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London, England, 1824-08-10 00:00:00

Au application was subsequently made to his Honour the V ice-
Chanlor, on the part at the defendant, to dimly.. the injunction-
The application was grounded on the affidavits of hi.nselfand his silk
the tamer of whom stated, that when he tossed up with the plaintiff,
he was uuctly ignovastof his wife having any *lwo in that Or
of the number 18,701 i having been drawn a price. Mrs. Law
the wife, swore to the same fact. and both professed a total lignp-
ranee of their son having called at the hotel, to bargain with the
savants foe another sixtntli of the same tidal- Ile stated one
eiretimsn.nee to show that both were ignorant of the number. It
was thus :—When Smith, the clerk, called on the morning of the
13th. in company with a watchman, he annonuc.d todkfettdalt
and his wife, when they appeared at the window, that the ticket
No. 18,700 was drawn a price. He then replied, '• Thank you,
Sir, but my ticket Is 18.730," believing such to be the numba
and this impression, she said, was pruduced on her tniud in conse-
quence of a mistake committed by her son in taking dawn the
number on a slip of paper. The defendant farther suited in his
affidavit, that his only object in calling so early on the plaintiff
was, to mention something about a horse lie hail ;mondial to lend
him ; mat subsequently to the transaction plaintiff said, " Veto
aught to give me ilk., as you had such good luck," to which the
defendant assented, and gave in par: payment of the same a cheque
fur 371.
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No affidavits were put in either by the son or the plaintiff, or the
watchman who accompanied Smith, the clerk, ou the morning of
the 1.:411.

On these grounds his Honour the Vice-CuanCrte.oa d,r-
/wired the former injunction, and made au order to have OW. de-
livered ova- to the defendant, impounding 1001. to meet the oasts
of Ow suit. _ _

31r. HEALD on Thursday applied to the Lord Chancellor to pre-
vent this order from being carried into erect, and to allow the de-
fendant to draw the 626/. to wt_ich his wife was entitled by beg
share in the ticket. _ .

Mr. Hoax': opposcal the application, and contentl,Nl that the
case was one of ernes fraud, and list to satisfy the justice of it the
whoie of the 1,2501. should be paid into Court.
The Loan CitAscti.coi said, that if the parties proceeded in
litigation, the probability was, that their prize would tutn out
a blank, and that at hot the question must be tried by an issue.
It might not became the dignity of that Chair to mention the ease
of the parties who went to law fur an oyster. The lawyer took
the oyster himself, and gave a shell each to the plaintiff andsle-
fendant. It was not improbable that the same would be the result
here. Ile would therefore recommend to do that at first which
must b., done at last. Ile would give the parties till Monday to
consider whether they would agree to an issue.
Mr. Pula Luanne mentioned the cue this morning, and said
hie client, the defendant, was willing to have the matter go to as
issue.

Mr. HORNE said, his client, relying on the justice of his case..
RSA anxious to go on, unless his Lordship was clearly of opinion
that an issue must ultimately be directed.
The Loan Civaisicar.i.oa said h.: had no doubt that it must be
at last decided by an issue.
Mr. HEALD expressed a hope that the fl2lil. to which his client
wait clearly entitled, would not be impounded.
The LORD d;IIANCELLOR-1 doubt that Mr. Heald.
In answer to an observation from Mr.
His LORDSHIP said he RAI distirset/v of opinion that the ca:
must be put as on a thuds He would home the issue himself.
CHELSEA HOSPITAL.

SIM CH.f.I.ES LONG, IN THE MATTLE UN BROTHERS AX3

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In this case a petition had been presented on behalf of Sir
Charles Long, ps treasurer of Chelsea Hospital, pri9ing that he
might be examined under a commission of bankruptcy issaed
against Brothers and Leith, touching a sun) of 'J,OOO/. which came
into the hands of the bankrupts, fur the purpose of being paid over to
certain soldiers in the Baud Indies. The petition sho prayed dust
Mr. Wyatt, the assignee appointed under the commithios, might be
removed. . _ . _ . . .

Lc circumstances of the ease were shortly these :—A eonjokit
expedition was sent out from the East Indies against Java aril
other places in that part of the world, which, having been aueeess-
tid, gave the military employed in it a claim to prize money.
Many of the soldiers transmitted orders through the house of
Fairlte and Ferguson, of India, to that of Fairlie and Bouhani, of
London, fur the payment of this prize money, which, to tile amou:it
of 11,0001. was paid over from Chelsea Hospital to Brothers and
Leith, in whose hands about 9,0001. of it rernained at the ttroe of
their bankruptcy.
It was contended on the part of Brothers and Leith, that Sir C.
Gong, RE Treasurer, had no right to be examined, and that at•xtrJ-
ing to the provisions of the sith of tke late King, having once pa...!
over the money he had nothing further to do silt the boldness. szd
could not be considered as • Creditor.
After hearing aigiantenta an both sides,
The Loan CHANCELLOR said there was no doubt on his mind
that sonic party should be allowed to prove the debt of ii,ooo/. under
the coomtission. It was, however. another question, and one of
some difficulty, whether Sir C. Long, as Trrasurer of Chelsea
Hospital, was the person ex d,bito josiitiff robe examioed. He
would look carefully into the Act, :had be prepared to give his Mal
on Thursday.