The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-07-19 00:00:00

TO THE Prlll,ll'.

The llanszers of the Itoston T:seatre, having su
Pteti, not unit• ...vere mortification, frees the
pointinent experienced h 1 the ptiblie. bet a hear,
rcuniary loss. from Mr. Keen's non•felttnrnt of hi
enrizement with them. inslolgeti the hope that then•
shoul.l not, in addition, be accused of '• concurring in
any opoe~ to the publie." Mr. Kralll'S statement.
however, republished in the Roman parrs sit this day.
has reduced them to the unpleasant alternative, of
either by silence, admitting the truth of that state-
ment, or of publicly ditavooing it. Tory therefore
respt•ctfnlly stare, that Mr. Kean's refusal to perform
the part of ;:irA.rad 11. was alit only without their
conrorte.:Cl*, hot met front them all the opposition in
their p.ncer which they thonght ll..e.•rous anal gen-
tlernanly. This course was tlicta!e.i by a sense of
,Intv that they owe•t to the parroas of the drama;
.11141. when they add that Mr. K••:ut was not to receive
any soecilic stun for his services, lout was to share
the receipts of the eight nights,. if they exceeded
a certain agreed sum, and to hare the ninth night
clear for Iris benefit, it wonl,l appear evident that
i►t(.'rrst, as trt•ll as (hay would prevent them from
" concurring."
The Managers submit this statement in duty to the
public and themselves, nut fr.►nt any hostility to Mr.
Kest*. JWI DUFF.
IlJston Theatre, Jane 4. J. .1. DICKSON.

LAW lAI'IibLIGESCE.

COURT OF KINOIII BENCH. GUILDHALL. JUL•
The Cuter JISTICI tried two Special Jude'', which
were upriefendetl, and the Court adjourned to Sa-
turday.

COVRT OF COMMON tr. Gt mop ILL. Jui.v 18.

PI.O MI or ritooles 01 MAIII:1114;:-.
1111.1.11,11 r. DATII:11.

This action was brontrlit by Miss Eliza Hillier, a
young latly residing at Manor-place, Waitron!' , zai list
the Defentiant, who keeps the Georre Inn, a: Eaton,
near Windsor, t.• recover a collipoil.Ation in damage%
for a breach of promise of inarriAge. '1 lie Plaintiff
was described to be 23, and the Defendant 21.

It appeared that the Plaintiff had lived with a Gen•
tleman named French, whose ease she assumed. Ilav-
int. quitted that connexion. the Defendant paid Iris,
addresses to her, and several letters passed between
them which proved he I.all made a promise of mar-
riage. Tier. Lady did nit ket•ii hint in ignorante of
her situation, hut apprised hint of all that hail occur-
retl. In one of his letter% he expressed a strong. de-
sire to be hi: sed with her, as a partner for life. Mr.!
Peach, the person with %ikon, Miss Hillier resided, de-
scribed her to be a 'w tutifal young woman, tb,11,1,11/ de-
licate (,hat was the expressi.oi of the u lute's) in her
manner-. The f)efemlant vi-ited her as a lover at
Manor-place, and the yt ung lady expended lOW. in
purchasing wedding dresses. The courtship cobti-
tined clown to the Path of September, 1,‘21.1, when the
Defendant rescinded his promise.
Sergeant V. I-I:IAN, for the Defendant, cortroded,
that his client, a young man without experience, had
esraped tI r snare of heauty. The injury compl..ined
or was, the s.:;.p..sed loss of dresses ; but the Jury
would no t!•.uht c.mclude, the beautiful young ladv
wou'l In r rich dre:ses ;grain. The advantage
her tine pe.4'):l would obtain would he more than smith
cleat t coaii.rnsate fur the infidelity of the De-
fendant.

The .Inry. under all the circumstances, found a rer.
diet for the PlaintiS-I).imagel 301.

11.,w,avacrr.—A charge of bigamy was heard
before, Ir. Minsbul on Tue.liay evening. A man
manor. hi!will C,:ptqin Ma.4a•Ts alias MurArcra, alias
Moismisig, was brought up by Davis, who appre-
hended him at a public-house, in the. Westminster-road,
char..ed by Mr. Anderson. a respectab:e shopkeeper
in Drury-lane, with 'sari n 4. intermarried with his
slaughter, Nilson Anderson, his former wife now liv-
ing, as proved by the testimony of her brother, Mr.
Itntlhison, of the national school, Chelsea. It appeared
Iliac soon after he married Miss Itedkison he used
her ill, and then left her : since that, he paid his ad-
(dresses to Miss Anderson, and prevailed on her to
elope with him to be married : be has since awed to-
war is her with a great ileal of cruelty, and left her in
the same manner. He is well known in the neigh-
h otrhood of Drury-lane, Islington, the City-road, and
St. lieut.'s-fields. Another exansination will take
place on Saturday week, to give time to collect the
I witnesses, as some of them reside its the country.