The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-07-16 00:00:00

LAW INTRI.LIGENTE,

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COURT OF CHANCERY, YESTERDAY.

His LOIDINTP felt extremely sorry to have been obliged to
have left the Court yesterday so early, but he really was so ex-
hausted with the heat as to have been almost unable to walk (ruin
the Bench into his room.

IlonwE said, not only did the bar feel it very oppressive
here in the course of the day, but when they went to the Rolls last
•night, almost every Counsel in attendance had, one after the other,
to go out, to save themselves from fainting. Sir Thomas I'lumer
.converted that Court into a dwelling-house as well as continuing it
a Court, and if it were to be permitted to remain so, the whole bar
would be killed.
ATTOIIVI:V.GEREINAL V. SKINNIEIIe COWPANT.
His L 01113.111 r raid he had been looking into the papers in this
matter, and found he had not been supplied with the letters patent.
4 copy of which be was under the necessity of calling for ; and if
he were furnished with the copy in the course of the day, the par-
ties might depend upon hesring Judgment to-morrow.

GORDON G. GORDON.
His Lottosnie had again moot carefully read the papers in
this, to him, most painful case. His Lordship did not know how
it happened, that a petition in the cause had not been signed by
him; but he was willing to admit it must have been from some
mistake of bit non. No objection, however, on the part of the
defendant could be valid with respect to that circumstance, because
the Court had treated it as if it had been regularly signed; and
the Court was, and continued to be, most clearly of opinion. that
there ought not to hes new trial; nor ought the cause to be reheard,
on the ground of the newly discovered document (a registry of
the marriage of the parents of the plaintilland defendant) on the
part of the defendant, because, so far front that dccument further-
ing his cave, it seemed to give a perfect contradiction to the whole
grounds on which the defendant's case proceeded. This view of the
case might be taken by the Court owing to its incapacity more
correctly to view it ; but still it was the only view the Court could
take, and it could only act upon its own view in every case.
Upon the whole, his Lordship felt quite confident there was no
ground for altering the decisions that have been made in the case.
If the of the case was taken to the House of Lords, his Lord-
ship could not think but it would be most properly taken there ;
and if it were, he would da his utmost to .get the House to bear it
at a very early period ; ye consideriniw the relation its which the
pluintiff and defendant stand, that they are brothers, whether it
would me! be better for them at once to compromise it,. was for
them to consider; were he (his Lordship) in their situation, his
most anxious desire would be to compromise it.
Mr. HEALD said the cause came on now upon further directions;
and on the part of the plaintiff (Mr. Harry (Jordon) it was his
duty to pray the usual directions. He should only pray them in
point of form, and for the purposeof winding up the matter as far
as was in the plaintiff's power, for as to any pecuniary view, that
was out of the question ; if the other side chose to carry the case
to the House of herds, tey might do that as soon as they pleased,
it was not in the power of the plaintiff to prevent it. The Muster's
report having been confirmed, all lie had to pray was, &decree that
the motley, found due from the defendant to the plaintiff, should
be paid into Court, and nothing else. There is no time for paying
in the money mentioned in such a decree, but when it is necessary
a short application is subsequently made to enforce that decree by
a certain day ; now if the case were permitted to rest where it now
was, by the defendant, in all probability no application to enforce
the payment would ever be made, but it was necessary, in point of
form, that the decree should row be ordered to be drawn up.
Mr. lionNE, on the part of the defendant, considered it impos-
sible to resist what Mr. fleshd now prayed.
His !autumn p was of the same opinion, and therefore desired
the decree to be drawn up.
Mr. HEALS, further said, for the purpose of showing what his
client's feelings were, whatever the Court would have done on au
application being made to it, yet he advisedly made no application
for costs as against the defendant.
Mr. 11011 XE most sensibly fhlt the weight of this forbearance.
His Loa DBl4l Ooti's sake, Me. Horne, do try to com-
promise this case. It really is A case that ought to be compro-
mined.

Jr.ll HORWE.--I can assure your Lordship, no effort shall be
wanting on my part.
Kwtottr (with M. Horne) and justice to myself requires
me to state that no eflint on my part has been wanting.
111 r. HEALD—And 1 ant sure, not only for my client's sake but
for my own, I have striven pretty hard for it.
His LoaDSIIIP said, he meant to suggest to the bar whether it
would not be better for the Court not to sit before eleven o'clock in
the irdrning. If this were to be adopted during the remainder of
the sittings, it would give his Lordship an opportunity of reading
papers for an hour or two more than he can devote at present, and
which he thought would be very useful; it would greatly facilitate
his giving some judgonepts now standing over.