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London, England, 1806-08-23 00:00:00

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LAW M. 71 Jd GENCE.

COURT OF CIIANCF.KY, LINGOLU'i-INN, AUGUST 21

Es-paste mesas.
Is tbr niter of Lewis, a Brinirt;pl.
Mr. A LAI stated, that This was an appli-
cation praying his Lordship to dire& the Commis-
.inners, under rite commission issued afzainst the
I.l4”kropt, to alloy the Bankrupt's ceis.ficate un-
der these circumstances.
The c rtificate in question was signed by some of
the. Bankrupt's creditors, who had proved under the
"ermarnission ; but, in conseTience of the death of
'(he Solicitor, the proceedings were mislaid, and.
BQso the most diligent search, could not be f
1 he Commissioners had refitted to allsw the Bank-
tires certificate, because they could not ascertain
tfi ir want of the proceedings) whether the pro-
visions of the AR of Parliament had been complied
with, viz. whether four-fifths in number and value
of the credito• s had signed the certificate.
The Loan CHANCLI.LOR consideied this a case
of some novelty, and worthy coniiideration. He
said, he should look into eases upon this ste-je4l, aid
su ed the party, thy, in whatever jildvrient
he
shoal mak.", the ends of justice should be aridly
atlee.ed to.

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Er-parr.
la the ,Titer cf CUSSINGH ANC. a B mkrmpt.
' This cause (of whi It we gave a fu'l report
in nor Paper of Mond.sy, the 11th instant) being
called n for jodgme-t—
-rh, 1,... Cris scectoe, having repeated his
former observation. as to the length if time which
had elapsed since the commission had been sued
out (being t 6 years ), thought it was now too
late to come in. for the purpose of superseding such
A commission. If the parties. however, pressed
the a;,pl,cation, he was ready to give his opinion
ti,e whole of the ease; it would, however, he
alvis fsr th •rn to let the matter rest where it
*as. No order, V., rehire, was made in this use.
PEARCE V. courciiriccet.
' This is the case of Mr. John Lock-r, who has been
sl 1 lig in Prison under tl.e order of the lute Chan-
..ccor. fore:internist, in running away with the Ploin-
wh4 was a Ward of the Court, as mentioned
par icularly in mit- paper of Wednesday last, and
several papers anteceient, to which we b g leave to
' refer our readers.
Mr. HA it r, on behalf of Mr. Locker, read the
Minute tot the Chancellor's order for his Lerdedp's
approbt•ion,`v it. That Mr. and Mrs. Locker should
s:ver illy lay helot e the Master proposals for proper
settlements to be made on Mrs. Locker of her own
tontine, for her benefit, and that of the issue of tile
marriage; and that, upon tho MASI- S'S approving
such proper se tlem,sa, and Me. Locket's executing
it, he should be diicharged out of custody.
Mr. Fom exam:tux, on behalf c f Mrs. Locker, ob-
j Fled ro this orJer, on the grounds, ti a., if Mr.
Locker was discharged, and they should take ex-
ceptions to the Motet's report,. they wuu.d nut have
any teasedy Against him.
The Loan CH/kr:CELLOa replied, that he ter-
tardy would not detain Mr. L-cker in custody for
one moment after the settl.me, t Approved of by the
Master was executed by him. lie had already suf-
fered the full measure of justice. The party might
hereafter except to the rep4,4l but whe i the settle.
ment was done, he should instantly discharge hiin.
His Linish.p then decided the few remaining,
causes, which stood over for judgment ; an.l, after
hearing some short applications, of no public inte-
rest, the business of the sitting: concluded.
His Lordship. we understand, will sit for a few
days previous to the next Michaelmas term, in 0/der
to dispose of the business of the first Seal.

Art extraordinary instance of the virtue of the
Snake-stone, in caws of bites from venomous rep-
tiles :—On Thursday, the 14th inst. as a gentleman
of Cumberland was sooting grouse upon the
moors, one of the dogs was perceived to become
suddenly lame. In the space of half an hour, the
foot and leg were swelled to a prodigious size, ex-
tendirl to the shoulder and breast ; and on VlA-
mination, a wound was discovered. to which the
master of the dog applied a Snake-stone, brought
by him from the East Indies. 'lbis had the 'dewed
etfea ; for, thougn no one (not even the poscessor
' cf the stone, who had, in toe East, witnessed its
happy ettrai, in more than one instance), believed
it could recover, as it was greatly agonized and
convulsed, the animal gradually recovered, and
on Saturday was perfettly well. the swelling *laving
quite vanished. Some violen:e v..ts rennired to ;a-
tom Oat stone, which adhered like a leech.