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London, England, 1819-12-21 00:00:00

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COURT OF CHANCERY, Lisrottes
Mumm, Drcrxistn 20.
A SUPPOSITITIOUS CHILD.
SERGESSOV r. SEROEysOV.

it will be recollected that there was an issue directed in
Ibis cue to try whether the Plaintiff .was or was not the
Juncture of the late Colonel &Treason, and that the infant
Plaintiff had undertaken to be the Platonist law, therthy
takintt on herself to prove the alliimative,

Mr. WINS?! MD applied that the aim of !VT/ should
paid out of Court to the infant Plaintiff's Solicitor, (or Ihr
pin pose of forwarding the issue and hrialtinyt it to trial, 3%
%Ile was without funds for that purpose. This sum could
nut be thought ton largo, for in too event of her olitaiusng
a verdict, hie would he candled to the whole fund lu Court,
amouniinit to 20.0001.

Mr. HART, Consist! for the Defendant, contended that
this was too great a sum to be allowed. His client would
have uo übjectisio to the sum of 300/. for the purpose.
The LORD CHANCILI.Oft—" Take 3001. Mr. Wingfield,
with liberty to apply for more, on affidavit, if that sum
thou id not be solficient."

31r. WIVOIIIILD staled, that the minutes directing the
keine uric settled between the parties, except in one in-
titmice, and what he had In ask of hts Lordship was, that
the litteitilant should be directed to lodge in the Master's
()thee all letters he had obtained from Nell) Cunningham,
as that woman sea ens dead.

The Luau Cumicrt.Loit—" Certainly, all letters that
hare reference to the nr.tisr in dispute."
Mr. W INGFI7I.I/-••" Would not 311 letters relative to the
parties he better? for there may he some that do not di-
rectly witch ou the flintier that mizlit thrust great light uu
its omits."

Mr. HART said he was inaructed to say, that there was
no ohjecti .... to produce all the letters, except that in some
of them the chtuarter.uf third perauns might be implicated,
he did ant menu ci malually, but by then• having WI diem let.
ter. inadvertently.
. .

The LORI) Citawcret.olt-6, This order will answer:
T11:61 Inters which brie on the nue.tion •hell he pro-
liurrd iO the master's Office. for the inspection of the Plain-
lA, ;mil that nu letier Owl! be used as evidence on the trial
that had Out heels so produced."

COURT OF KING'S pENcH,
AluNrAr, Drcessen 20.

WALLIS V. GOOD.

This was animism fur recovering en insurance from the
Defendant, who isms underwriter. The Plaintiff is widow
and administiatrix of the master of .1 vessel which was load-
ed at Newfoundland on the 21i1 of October, ISIS, bound fur
Genoa, ■nd wrecked in the Mediterranean, whereabouts
unknown. The Plaintiff resoled at Workington, snit at the
tune of reeeivine notice from her husband of the lading and
chartering the ves.el, and fur some time subsequently, was
prevented front 'Wetting the pulley, so that It war nut done
until the 13th of February following, It was now contended
that the underwriters should have known of the lung lib-
settee of the ship fetim the port of her departure at the time
of in.:tannic her, which they had out, or the insurance could
not have been effected at all.

Time J wage ■ml ins y at quieseed in this opinion, and a ver•
dirt was pr 44444444 need fur the Defendant.
After this, fruin tic nun-attendance of parties and alto,-
nit s, there was alumni' a perfect irrte►rnption of the business.
A few undefended at-lions on bills of eachange were gone
through, and at ball-past twelve the Citit► Jusi ice adjourn-
ed the Cum!.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
Mosemv,CEMßllt 20.

IN THE MATED OF NOBLE. • BANKRUPT.
PAGE r. SALT.
The Plaintiff was oprigeree to the estate; the present air.
lino MME brought us, Iwhnlf of the creditors, to recover
n7r. I Is. 4d. paid to the U fenilaut mart suspicious cir-
cumstances.

The Defendant had taken a hill accepted by Noble, from
• it. blur of his named Morris, It bo had endorsed it. Noble
was en prison for debt, and exprrtiug a commission of bank-
6-Higley to be issued against him which he was anxious to
avoid. For this purpose be hail raid the Defendant the
slim in gserhun, a. it appeared to reader his creditors more
tractable, by seducing the importance of the claims against
hint. 'the Solicitor to the lisokruptcy had called on the
Defendant, and found that tl 2ls the bill was paid a whole
month In fore at was doe, there had been is., discount allow.
ed. The Defendant hail sulrserturittly inserted a detbtetioo
for de.comit, as if it hail taken place at the time of payment.
Mr. Justice Dat.t.al did not attritive of the method by
which the Mitre. information Mid Inca, obtained; but as the
ra,useeit was made at a time its whirls Noble knew of his in.
aolveury, and was therefore contrary to the Bankrupt Laws,
he was of oriniou that such a payment was not valid.
The Jul y pr 1111111 l uccd fur the Plairtiff—dasnare 1171.
11. 4d. Costs 40,..

We are concerned to learn, that Mr. C. H. HUT.
CHINSON, Who has been confined to his bed by se-
erre indisposition, ►inee i 1111 l iediately after the de-
bate of Nlontluy the 13lb instant, is oot likely
to teas% 1111 l e Ins teat in the House of Commons tir
some nine yet.

M 011.6. Nil RV MOVEMFNTS.—On Monday
last, the troop of Horse Artillery, with thrir two
field pieces, &e. a..d a troop of the 4111 Royal
bish Dragoon Guards, marched from the barracks
near this city to Tadrarder, from whence they re.
turned on Wrthiesday. We understand they were
ordered to wait their-, iu case of bring wanted at
Barnsley or el,ewhere, hut, like ull the feat, it prov-
ed—is filse alarm.—( York Herald.)
The first division of the €3.1 regiment. corn.
mended by Colonel 011 A itA. marched out of Marl.
horoin4li bariacks on Wednesday anorumg, for
Gloueriter ; the other divisions followed in succes-
sion.

Last week three troops of the 411 t Dragoon Guards
marcher, from rock for Durham, " there to wait
the orders of the Magistrates of the county of Dur-
ham." One of these troops halted at Darlington,
the others it..%e aimed at Durham.

At a inecttng ..1 the Calrdotonnt Must, held at
E.lintsgrgh, au Tuesday, it W 146 resolved that the
next turruug ►huuld be held at Ayr in October
nest.

The Poem* of CHANDOS LEIGH. Eiri. will be
published in a fro days, by WILLIAM SAMS, Bookseller
111 lu• Royal Flightless the Duke of Yottc, No. I, SI. J•metra-
sts. tt.

lurk Horse Show.—The Christmas horse show
herr, doriow the present week, has beet' very sou-
mermisly aiteildrd, both by buyers and horses, but
there has riot been a brisk sale; for though good
roadsters fetched high prices, yet those of an inferior
"Kriel 'felon writ: not 111 le4itarm.
A General Court-martial assembled yesterday
in the Court-martial room, Governitierit-house,
Plymouth, for the trial of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel
llocc, of the 55th regiment, on a special warrant
bout his Royal 'Nimes* the I'RINCE REGENT.
DI Ijor-Grurfad BAYS lks, President. Members :
Cul. Barris. R.A.; Cul. Dalloiar, 4th I.ilhl Dragoons.;
Lire.. .4:01. shim, .11110; R.E.;
Lieut.-Cul •Is Polly and Wilt, lAth Light Wigwag;
Liesit..Coluatla LPOyly and Sir N. Hill, Gmaglier Guards;
Lieut.-Col./earls Elrlianstuite sad Cruultallaalia. 3114
anise ; Litui..Colowela Errs sod Hawker, ILA.; Lim..
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Colonels O'Hara mud Le Ger, 48d itorsimeat. Brigade.
Major C. Hervey &milk Depusy Judge Advveste.