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London, England, 1825-11-07 00:00:00

!ROY LLOYD'S AGENT AT lIANSGATE, DATED NOV. 4.

"The unfortunate ship lost on the Goodwin Sands yes-
terday, with the crew and passengers, proves to be the Ogle
Castle, from Bombay. Several bales of cotton have been
landed here, marked FL,HI,WE D, C C. and Co. A
quarter piece has been also landed here, representing a
sailor boy in the act of heaving the lead, the line coiled in
one hand, the lead hanging from the other; also a quantity
of gum lac."

FROM TITS AGENT TO LLOYDS AT DOVER, NOV. 4.

" The Poll, pilot cutter, Thomas Barnett, of Dover,
spoke. Amu tor 12 o'clock on Wednesday night, of
Ilythe a homeward-bound East Indianian ; she bad yel-
low sides,i with figure head, and poop, and had the appear-
ance of 700 tons; it was then blowing very hard, and the
cotter had four reefs in her mainsail. Barnett offered his
services to conduct the ship into the Downs, but they were
declined. We think it very probable this may have been
the ship that has beet, lost on the Goodwin Sands. A
French boat has arrived this evening with five baits of cot-
ton, picked from the wreck, marked F L, E S, 706, I G, 81.
" Mr. John Dawson, the owner of the Ogle Castle, has
this morning received a parcel, containing a piece of m-
esas, washed on Acre, with Ogle Castle' painted on it."

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LAW INTELLIGFNCE:

COURT OF CHANCERY, B.truitiur, Soy. 6.

WELLESLEY C. THE noir or BEAUFORT.
The Court was extremely thronged this morning with highly
respectable permns, in the expectation of hearing this case die.
cussed. As soon as the Lord Chanrellor had taken fns scat,
Mr. HORI:r roar and claimed his right to be heard in a part-
heard bankrupt petition.
The SoLICITort-GE N unat. said,• he had a very important mo-
tion to make with respect to Mr. Long Wellecley'e children ; and
it was rendered extremely necessary to be beard this day, as there
was an application pending in the Court of King's Bench, to be
heard on Monday, for the return of an habeas corpus, and it WAS a
rule in tat Court not to suspend its proceedings in consequence of
any proceeding in Chancery, unless ordered to do so by this Court.
It was therefore extremely important that there should now be no
delay, to run the risk of a competition in the two Courts, upon the
question of guardianship over these children.
After a few observations from Mr. llonter. he consented to give
precedence to the Solicitor-General, upon the Court assuring hint
that he should be heard on Tuesday morning.
The SoLicuroil-GEstEliaa. was thea about to open his mo-
tion. but
Mr. HART requested leave to interrupt him for one moment, to
state that he thought Mr. Horne might be gratided by urging an
opportunity of proceeding in less than a mtarter of an hoar, because
the Solicitor-General had made a mistake in the case he was about
to open, and in which he (Mr. Han) appeared on the opposite side,
in stating that the question to be brought before the Court was a
question of guardianship, because the question was, whether the
Court would do that which it had no power to do, namely, take a fa.
ther't children from their father, and put them into the hands of
other persons ?
The Loan CHANCELLOR said, there was no doubt in the world
that the Court had a jurisdictim, in a case tit for it, to exercise
such a power as to temove children from a father, and put them
into other hands ; but then there must be a very strong case indeed
matte out, in which the Court would so interfere.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, he had that strong case to
submit.
Mr. Haire then had only one thing at present more to say ; this
was a family affair, and he had thought that his Learned Friends
would have agreed with him to have had the case argued in his Lor-
dship's private room, rattier than have preferred to hive had the in-
terior of this family exposed all over the kingdom. As Counsel,
certainly, the gentlemen on the other side had a right to exercise
their own discretion upon the question how they would dis-
cuss their motion ; but if they continued determined to have this
-matter argued In the public Court, he (Mr. Hart) should apply to
have the petition and affidavits referred to the master, for scandal
and impertinence.
If ?Ilie Loan Cte.oreet-coi had no objection to sitch a reference,
r. Hart would suspend his proceedings in the Court of King's
Bench.

Mr. Fl ART would agree to such terms. Or he hid no objection
to the Court's reading the affidavits, because he knew his Lordship's
ability to discriminate between statements relevant and irrelevant,
tho Ugh those whose bu►iness it was to carry to the public what
passed here, had not such clear discrimination.
The Souctron.ttEaranat. considered it necessary to meet
what Mr. Ilan had just stated with a fete observations. In the first
place he seemed to be pitying with syllables, when he said the
question was not a question of guarthisuship, but such s question
as he (Mr. Hart) had stated. In the next place, as to Counsel in
support of the motion preferring to have it heard in public—
The Lora.) CHANCELLOR begged to interrupt the Learned
flentleman one moment, for the purpose of asking whether Mr.
Hart would or would not really suspend proceedings in the Court
below?

Mr. HART replied that he would.
The LORD CIiANcELLoR chotght that on that condition
there could be no objection to the present motion's standing over,
With respect to Counsel electing to discuss the motion in public
rather than in private, nothing of the merits of the case having yet
been made known to the Court, it was impossible for his Lordship
to only anything about that election. There sal, however, no
doubt in the world that both the Court and Counsel would be to
blame In the highest degree, if they did not take care not to utter
one word that unnecessarily reflected on any family or individual.
lf, on the other hand, there was any other mode of conveying to
the public unnecessary reflections, it was to be understood that the
Court was not to blame fur that, nor had it any thing to do with
such a circumstance upon any obaerrrion from the bar.
I The SonrciTon-Oexxstax resumed.—Mr. Hart, he said, had
made a statement that the Counsel for the motion had, against his
inclination. preferred having it distussed in public rather than in
private. If my opinion was asked, I should say, Ido prefer to
have it discussed in public, in the fair discharge of my duty, be-
cause I know that public discussions often aid the ends of justice
more than anything else. IVell I remember, in a very important
case, not long ago. I mean Lord Portsmouth's case, that the public
discussion which took place there materially advanced the views of
justice, and accomplished that which nothing else could possibly
' have done. I suffered some censure for that case's being so dia.
cussed, because it was upon my responsibility it was argued in
public, and upon a similar responsibility I'll have this case also
heard in public.
The Loan Cautsrcetnon wished to know what the Learned
Gentleman said to Mr. Hart's proposition, that the motion should
stand over for the present.
The Sottcrron-GENERAL said, that that could only be as-
sented to upon the further terms of the children's not being re-
moved out of this country, or interfered with in any way whatever.
Mr. HART agreed to those terms.
His LORDSHIP then ordered the motion to stand over.
The Sor.terron•Oxwenat. wished to know how many days
Mr. Hart wished it to stand over ?
Mr. HART said it was quite clear that the children in question.
according to their rank and expectations in life, must be educated
out of their own property; cod, as the scale of education and main-
tenance would be named by the Court, he had no objection to go
before the Master row to approve of a plan.
The Sonicyroa-Gemen•L emphatically said—l object to any
sort of partial hearing of this case. The case must be, and shall
be, fully heard, and that in the public Court too.
Mr. Desalts. who was with Mr. Hart, then said, he would
move at present for a reference to the Master, for scandal and im-
pertinence.
The SOLICITOR•GRXERAL considered this only part of their
tactics, from which they might take all the benefit they could, but
any such thing should not prevent his object, for he should now in-
sist upon proceeding to make his motion.
Mr. HART and Mr. BEAMES submitted that their motion for a
reference was perfectly of course,-and that they were entitled to call
upon the Court to refuse hearing the motion until the Master had
made his report.
The Sol-Luton-GENERAL said, really this was something
new.

The Loren CHANCELLott had no conception that such a doc-
trine wig well founded. The gentlemen had a right to move for a
reference if they pleased but that was not to prevent his hearing
any application respecting wards or infants. Mr. Solicitor. General
was in possession of the Court, and jibe chose to insist upon it, he
was quite entitled to proceed in his arguments. This was a case in
which hie Lordship at present would feel extremely sorry to say
any thing ; but he thought he could put the gentlemen into a
OCIIITSt in two minutes, that would totally annihilate the object of
reference, provided there was a case for it, and that such reference
wait insisted upon.
The SOLICITOR•GEYEEAL felt satisfied of the truth of this
statement, and that he had such a case as his Lordship had alluded
to.

The Lotto CHANCELLOR said. that, in a case in which the
safety, security, and proper disposition of infants was a matter of
dispute. the Court could not and would not admit that an applica.
tion for a reference could stop the heating of the motion. As to
taking the petition and affidavit home to read, he would do that
with all his heart between this and 31ontlay morning; and there-
fore the best thing to be done would be to suspend every discussion
and proceeding till his opinion we. known after u perusal of the

• PaPei".
This was agree) to, and the case adjourned till Monday.

FOR/TER. D. CAPES.

This was an appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor. and is
interesting to the public only as to the jurisdiction of the three
Courts of Chancery. The Master of the Rolls had made a decree
directing certain accounts to be taken by the ,!aster in Ordinary,
who, it seems, took some =taunts that one party thought did not
come within the terms of the decree. The cause being brought on
for (intier directions before the Vice. Ch timelier, he directed the
defendant to pay a sum of 2,501.11. into Court.
Tha Loan CHANcrctort thisday Fan judgment, and in doing
so. reviewed the Statute whereby the ice-Chancellor was appoint-
cal, and by which tlra Chancellor was empowered to delegate a part
of the business of his Court to him ; but he added. that the original
jurisdiction of the Chancellor and 11Iaste: of the Rolls could never
be affected by any proceeding of the Vice-Chancellor, who could
not in any case Alter or amend the decrees of either of them. Hie
Lordship then went into the met its of the case and the mutera put
in issue by the pleadings, and upon the whole he reversed the order
of the Vice-Chancellor.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH,
SATURDAY, Nov. S.

The Judges of this Conn tit in Banco to-day, in the room be-
hind the Court at Guildhall. Westmin.ter, and heard arguments
upon *Teem! cases, none of which were of interest to the general
reader. it was expected that the New Court in Westminster
Gall would to re/0y for the reception of the Judges on Monday,
the first day of Michaelmas Term, but the building not being suf-
ficetxly possession will not be taken until Hilary Term.

Concti Aectrortvr.—A serious accident happened on
Monday evening Ipst by the overturning of the Leeds anti
Liverpool mail coach near Heywood, about fonr miles from
Rochdale. At the time the accident happened there were
eight pas ensers with the coach; one of the outside pas-
sengers had his arm broken, and an inside passenger was
very much bruised. Mr. John Fielden, of the White
Horse Inn, Rochdale, had his leg so terribly broken anti
lacerated, bat immediate amputation was found necessary,
and after languishing till three o'clock on Wednesday, he
expired. On Thursday an ingtust was held upon the
body, when a verdict was returned of" Accidental Death."
—Leeds AI tree ry.