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London, England, 1825-01-31 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT Or CHANCERY, SATURDAY, JAI. 29.
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On hit Lordship's entrance into Court. Mr. MART submitted a
trodon that a writ of sequestration might be Issued against the
goods of a person who had been taken into custody by the Sheriff,
and indeed in Whitecrowastreet Prison. As the Fleet Prison was
the jail to which persona taken into custody by miry of a ('earl of
Equity were usually conveyed, a difficulty arose with respect to the
writ of sequestration. It would be fin the benefit of *di parties that
the writ sheuld issue ; hat it had 'seen refused on account of this
informality.
The 1•01/D CHANCZI.LOI: doubted whether the form of the
Court would not prevent his interference. At the same time, as
it was tilt the advantage of all parties, he would do a hat he
could. It was unfortunate that the forms of the Court stood in
the way of making the mast beneficial order for all parties.
BAULEZ V. RARLY.E•
This was an application for a commission Sc lenalico inquirendo,
sought for by the husband against his wife. A ffidavia had been
tiled OK both sides ; those in support of the commission were strung
and decisive, declaring, that ever since the marriage, Mrs. &mitt
lies felt a rooted detestation for her husband, and many of her
kindest friends, owing to the unCytanate aberrations of her mind.
Toe affidavits against the commission deny that any such aberra-
tions exist., and state that Mr. Barite had treated his wife with the
greatest enmity.
sir. SHADW ELL and Mr. WHIT MARSH were beard to-day for
be motion, and further hearing was pomponed.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, S _ATCRDAY, JAI.
THI KING R. TIMOTHY POWELL.
This morning the Court heard the further argunients of Counsel
against the rule nisi fur a new trial, obtained by the Attorney-lie.
natal.
Mr. Ottawas' and Mr. BRODERICK argued, that the points
upon which the defendant had been Tound guilty of perjury. were
points the most essential to the formation of the judgment of the
Larol ChoneollAr %AA that it had been laid (loan by Lord Itay-
mond, that a verdict should be supported, if upon the trial any one
material part of the indictment or assignment of perjury had been
established.
The COURT, after consulting upon the subject, announced
that :hey would read the hills and answers tiled in Chancery, before
they heard the Attorney-General and the other Counsel in support
• of the rule.

COURT OF COIIMON PLEAS, SATURDAY, JAW. N.
in Banco.]
THOMAS V. 10W.
Air Sergeant TADDY moved for a rule to show cause why the
plaintiff's attorney should not pay the costs of taxing his bill in this
case. The Learned Sergeant stated, thrt when the action was first
commenced, the defendant applied to stay all further proceedings
on the payment of debt and costs. The bill of the plaintiff's at-
torney was then brought before the prothonotary for taxation—it
arneunted to SI. &L, but on the taxation by that officer, the bill war
reduced by striking off the sum of IL Ss. Under these cireuen-
stenos% the defendant contended, that by the terms of the Stttate
?George IL C. ICI, the plaintiff's attorney was liable to the pay-
ment of the costs of taxation, as more than one-sixth of his bill bad
been struck off.
The Court, however, held that that statute was not intended to
apply to any case but those in which the bill thus reduced had been
d'eUvered by the attorrey to his own client, and not to those where
the bin was delivered to the opposite party. It would be manifestly
unjust to put any other constriction upon the statute ; for though
the officer might have struck off more than one-sixth. considering
that the defendant was not liable to pay so much, still he had nut
by that determined that the items so struck off ought not to have
been introduced at all. It was well known always to be the case
that there were mary charges to which a party was properly liable
to his own attorney, but which never could be recovered from the
adverse party ; aid such might have beds the case with respect to
the items reduced by the officer in this taxation.
The motion was accordingly refused.
In the course of a cause of no public interest on Friday, the
Cutrr A:erica dropped an expression that he thought his
Brother Vaughan was treating hint most unfairly by persevering in
asserting a pout which he thought was out of the case. The
earneel Sergeant denied the imputation with great warmth.
When the Chief Justice came to deliver his judgment, he adverted
to the circumstance, declaring that he had not the slightest wish to
wound the feelings of his Learned Brother, whom he highly re-
spected. His Lordship added with emotion, that he trusted none
of his Brothers would ever be in the same situation as himself, in
one respect at least: he sincerely hoped that they would always
enjoy better health than Providence had been pleased to bless him
with, and they would then never feel that imtation both of mind
and body which might cause them to utter hasty expressions, that
never could be so painful to any one as to the person who bad
uttered them.