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VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, ill ILIAY, Au4.l. 13.

(Before Lewd Girrinn. Neuter of thc Roils.)
Rusin t.
IVP yesterday ?Witted this two at con iderable length, and this
day his Lordship intimated to !tit. Ileald that, haring read the affi-
davits it, this yor. he continuml to be of the opinion which he yes-
tiday captestied, and the motion was accordingly granted.
PUBLICATION 01' PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

101 rt LLD AND BANT:It V. DART ANN I; 1.11 LDE, W !DOW.
;411. If r.m.D moved the Court for an injunction in this rase to
restrain Mary Ann Chilck, late of Kink, in the county of Salop,
from publishing or printing, or causing to be published and
printed, any letters wnttrn by leer before her marriage, or any ex-
tracts f;om smolt knees, or any documents or papers belonging to
she testator in his life time. Stitch was the extent prayed for, cer.
nook, ra-partrt but the circumstances, he Cllr. Heald) thought,
rudiil justify the ('curt in granting the injunction. This applies-
tioa win supported by the affidavn of the (acronym. Alessrs. Itot-
field sod Baker, and set forth, that Mr. Wm. Childe, lute of
KIM... in the county of Ntlop, died on the lil February last. and
left a will, heaving date the 1.341 of the July preceding, appointing
these gentlemsri as his executors. lkfore his marriage, as well as
WO, Mr. Childe had corn %pointed with this lady on family af-
fairs-Imil entered into many personal and private details—all in-
tended f.ir her psivaie perusal. Mrs. Chiltk, however, hail lately
reword on advertisement to he insertid salopian and %Vortex.
tee of her intention to publish these doroments.
The depar.ents &mantled that all such letters, doeumetits,
vid papers, as heir, 1 the property of the testati.r, should be
dalisorcd tato their possession ; and this application was r--
ft! 411 Lod Chesterfield's case supported this appheation ; and
C.c. advertisements ii the newspapers were sufficient evidence of the
intention to potlish.
Lord fiteroar.--Vou swear that the letters were eonfi-
.;
r. /ALT —t certainly do, my Lord.

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3I minis granted.
After this rise MRS disposed of, Mr. AloonE addressed the Court,
and observed, that not being in Court when his Lordship pro.
POUtiCed his Judgment lo the case of Smith v. Starkie, he could not
have urged that his Lordship should allow Alt. l'ownal to art oil
the costa incurred by him against the !Mils incurred by the pro.
reidings which led to the prse•tt application. Any man might
commit an error in practice.
Load fltwroaw—l said nothing is the least degree reflecting on
the character of Mr. l'ownai.
Mr. hlwoag—l am 'mite aware of that, my Lord; bat I
thought it my duty in submit the question of ants.
Mr. HEALD was afraid that some confitsion might be mated if,
the order In be mad• were not more definitively settled. Let Mr.
Atonal per the coats incurred by thtse proceedings, and he can
base his peeper costs in the former proceedings.
This was assented to. and the order accordingly made.

POI,ICE.

BOW-STRF:ET.

CHOI-A 07 FR SriII!LCIFT BATIIIIIVIPTCY.—Iresterady Geo.
Redid, a foreigner. was placed at the bar upon a charge of de-
trauding his creditors of jewellery, and other valuables, to the
Jaloort of some lbw...ands of prom&
N r. A nice attended on the part of the prisoner's assignee", and
ci•eced the nature of the charge against the prisoner, who. he In-
formed the filagistratec, a short tune since carried on the business
of a jeweller, at Hastings, and in that situation was trusted to a
large amount by numerals dealers. Shortly lifter setting up be
became a bankrupt, and declared his strain were in that state that
they would only yield 3s. rid. in the pound to his en:dhows,
which 3s. lid. yea accepted. A tiny or two since one of the
ircJitors received an antsciesnous letter, informing him that Evani
bad &trawled him, And that he had secreted property worth of
more than 2,11110/. at a house in Pimlico. The house at Pimlico
• was mentioncil by the writer, and no time was lost in proceeding
to search it, the result of which was, that the creditor foittol hail.
buses cum nining shainondn, rings, necklaces, and other jet. (fiery,
which he( the creditor) knew to hare hen sold be the r,s4 of the
creditors to Evani. Some of the property was alai identified as
elating from himself.
To substantiate his charge, Mv. A t.I.ET called
Clarice Reeves, solicitor, of Ely.place, Holborn, who deposed.l
that the prisoner at the bar wan declared a bankrupt on the truth of
March last: witness was solicitor to the commission; the prisoner
primed his third examination the 15th of June last, and gave an
account at his drills. by which it appeared that Isis stock of jewel.
try sicounted to 701 H., Its plate and goods to 115/., and the lease
of the house at Hastings to he of the value of 50/., making it, the
vol:als a total of 6651. The prisoner's debts amininhrl to'
11,016 L 6,6 d., and lie slid not make any return of the property now
predated by Jansen Serle.
James :Wiled...puked, that be was alo .11%.,1at0t ma...carom.
tressN prritlured two ow found by concealed in the house of a
Mr. Hutchinson, in Pimlico.
I'. P. Adurmt, watch-maker, of St. John's-square. deputed. that
the prisoner purchased of him, on the 3.1 of feet January, goods
to the amount of 113 f. consisting of lire gold and three silver
watches. The prisoner gave whitest this acceptance, which was
net paid. Four gold watches rind any silver watch now produced are
part of the property had id witness by the prisoner. One of the
watches now mudocal is male with a patent gold detached lever,
and the cost peter Is 31 guineas.
Six or seven other gentlemen, all creditorsof the prisoner, de-
posed to the property now produced being the greater part so ille-
gaily Minden% from them by the prisoner. The goods eon‘isted of
Wacelete, rings, broochn, seals, awl musical boxes ton one of
which Sir Richard Himie very pulttely favoured the office aids a
tune), for all of which they produced their bills, antic for upwards
of 3001. in amount.
son to the keeper of the house at Pimlico, de-
posal to Evani's depositing the gaits at his father's 110111. W.
Tile prisoner was remanded tiU Friday next, in the lope of ob-
taining more of the property.