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London, England, 1821-12-07 00:00:00

LAW INTELLICENCE.
COURT OF CHANCRAT, Lugeocs's-Int,
Tytuasoair, thisiuletao..

The LIMO CHANCELLOR tame into Conrt at twelve
o'clock. He was orrnpied from tea o'clock in hearing a
ease in his private room, the eirtoosstisoces of which did
met tramopirs.
')• SOLD V. WTRWART.
The eiratallOotamen of this case we have already folly re.
ported.
Mr. Haw, Mr. Hamm), stud Mr. Spence, were beard i■
further arenone..l.

The LORD CHANCELLOR rose at two o'clock, and observ-
ed be would go on with this ease to-morrow.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH. %renameme,
THURSDAY, Demists 4.

Before the LORD Cuter Justice sad Common .fatrtu.
wooLLET, gracvtaix. R. CLARK, KELLY,
AND ANOTHER.
This was sn action by as Executrix to recover goods of
the testator wider the following circumstances, stated by
Mr. Brougham. The late Walter %Vuolley was a brass.
founder, residing in Clerkenwell; Clark, one of the Defeo.
dant., woo • beg-dresser in the game neighbourhood ; the
other Defendants, father and son, are brokers. Clark was
intimate with iVoolley, who made a will, in which be ap.
pointed Clark executor, nod lodged the will iu his hands;
hut afterwards learning that Clank was intermedilling with
hi• affair*, and atiannsing the office of executor before his
demise, he became dissatisfied, and sent to Clark to deliver
up the will, baying Omitted hie mind, but Clark refused to
gibe it up, eniseeiving that he had • sort of lien on it for
2/. or V. which be pretended Woolley owed him, After
various it. monde and referrals, Windley, to avoid litigation
on so novel a subject as •n excreter disputing the will
of its testator in the lifetime of the latter, made
another will, by whir+ he appeiated his wife (the present
Plaintiff) sole executrix. Shortly after the making of this
second will Woolley died. Clark lied notice given him
of Woolley's Welsher's to make the second will, and he
knew that tills, actually made, fora espy was read to him;
Immediately un Wvlleyl death Clark proceeded to act
under the first will, soil obtained • probate, and putting the
other Defendasts tato piressmion, sold the whole ringworm'
and stock in trade. Mrs. Woolley endeavoured to stop their
pfoceeditors by giving 'notice to the Asietioneers but they
proceeded at their peril. The Plaintiff had proceeded regu-
larly and et/stained • probate, revenant that PreyttaeatY Po*
eared by Clark. He (Mr. Brougham) understood that she
defence intended to be set up was, that the wrong was done
duriorr the existence of the first probate, and therefore the
action could nut be maintained is its present form. He
should satisfy his Lordship and the Jury that that probate
hslag fraudulently obtained (the party tiering outlet of
the second will), he should be entitled to a verdict
foe the valve of She property sold.
Witnesses were then called who proved the case for the
PLalatiff, though it appeared rather doubtful if Kelly,
sea. was touched by it.
Mr. NOLAN for the Defendants, contended that as to two
of the Defendants, the Kellys, they were completely jus-
tified in arches coder the authority of a probate regularly
obtained, and drones that could not so folly apply to Clark,
yet be could only be cousidered as executor de son tort, sod
he was prepared to @hew a due application of the newts.
The Oder Jetties thought, iu point of law, that could
be no jumificatiois of Clark.
Mr. NOL. then went to the Jerry on the evidence, as It
related to Kelly, sec. who, he contended, was not sieves
have taken party the transaction.
The two probates were put is. and read.
Under the direction of the LORD CHIZI Jurrlcg the Jury
found a verdict fur the Plaintiff, against Clark nod Kelly,
jou. for 4001. subject to a reference ant of Court fur the
value of the goods, and to the Court of Kiug's Bench un the
;mist of law.
THE KING At. SOLOMON..
Thlp-wal.tio4adietiseot for as assault. The parties were
females sniff the Jewish persuasion.
The await was proved by the evidence of Hannah Benja.
maim (the Proseentrix), sad her tusidservaet.
It was attempted to be 'hewn illst the assault woo mutual,
Apt th4.lll4kanivocatiu. given ley the Promptly* •
The Jail load the Defeudant
-,,N—OJIMMILLIAMs V. HOWLANDS. -t

Thiugelikkiimithse to recover a conmensatiou In damages
fur the lust ir.iertaois indentures of approaticeebip;whieh
the Plaintiff bad intrusted to the Ikfeadant, and which be
bad wilfully destroyed.
The Platuttff was a tailor. The iodeuteers in question
were thump of an •pprentiee abieh be had, who had nut away
from him. He intrusted them to the Idedriadaut (a mutual
friend), its order that the lad might call to see his lumber
(who was in as ill mare of health) without danger, and after.
wants the huh-wherry were to be returned to I ; but they
Narver were raturesod, kud, it appeared, the Defeudaut bad
blunt them.
The case ea, proved for the Plaintiff.

Mr.C. PHILLIP!, for the Defendant, add d the Jury
to reduce lbe damages. He cement/ell, from the Plaintiff's
ow■ &hewing, the apprentice Was so idle fellow who was not
worth becalm red of so mercurial • disposition, that be
was more fit fur a has Wiliam this the sedentary business of
a tailor.
Wan were called who proved the Plaintiff haven
impressed great diss•lufsction with the buy.
The CHLXV Jurrtcc left it to the Jury to •pportien the
damages, who after • short consideration furled a verdict
fur the Plaintiff—Damages 601.

Colonel noon SEYMOUR'S indisposition first
aeooe from lying in camp, in the Peninsular war.—
It commenced with on murk of the rheumatic
goat, from the effects of which he never recovered ;
it ended in the dropsy, which carried him of iii the
prime of life. An additional calamity intends the
family by the illness of Lady CHARLOTTE'S son,
Avlio is now seriously indisposed at Chohnoudeley
House.

Sir ROBERT WILSON has returned in company
with Mr. LAIIBrON, from Hetrick, the rout of Earl
GREY, to Larabion Hall. Sir ROBERT goes next
week to Paris, in company with• Mr. LAMETON:'
The Lords of the Admiralty arrived lust week
at Chatham, an their nispectiou of that dock-yard,
and subsequently of Sheerness dock-yard.

Extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at
Deal, dated 511 i install! :—" Many of the Deal
boatmen have been off to-ddy to the ship. in the
Downs, and we consider from the mea►ures which
have been adopted in order to resist the lute attempt
to withhold icquivite assistance to the numerous and
valuable shipping in the Downs, that the whole
are returisiug to their usual avocations."
The Stammer packet has readied Falmooth from
Lisbon. The private accounts are to the 26.1 i ult.
and state that the Portuguese Government are
adopting the rimiest ectmcmy, and it has been (le.
its missed that in future only Charges d'Afusres
shall be sent to Foreign Counts, in lieu of Ainbas-
sadors, by which a r•unsiderable raving will accrue.
Iu the Stammer packet two Secretaries of Legation
were brought over to this country, who are to be
attached to the 'nice of Charge d'Affaires in
Loudon.

On the 17th ult. us tome wo►kmen were clearing
the red from a freestone rock on Comb Down,
tieur Built, they discovered, two feet below the sur-
face of the earth, a human skeleton, decailitottd ;
uo stroblunce of *skull could be found.