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London, England, 1818-08-11 00:00:00

REDFORD CHARITY.

Sir SAMUEL Rol.lll.Vir—" I sin instructrd t 4
inquire of your Lusidship when you will be aisle to
give your deciitats iu this cu e. which is of so nitwit
importance? It is Mg the wish of my clients to
press your Lordship to • hasty deci.ion is, a ease
to vitally important to the public, and «specially
to the Goventoili of public Charities. lam ruse.
your Lind:4lqt will fed, as you alivays It.oe done,
the most anxious desire to give i dispassionate and
cool decision."

The Loab Cliseczt.tott—'s I flippOse it is the
Jews' case you allude to, Sir Samuel, which was iii
fully gone into the other d•iy. Of its greet imports
mice I am fully aware; I have. therefore, gismo it
every attention, and 1 hope to lie able to give my
judgment in it on Wednesday morning. I.have
done every thing in my power to conic to I saris:
factory and unbiassed conclusion."
Judgment on Wednesday.
HABEAS com Pus.
It will be recollected that some time bock a writ
of Habeas Corpus was applied for by a 14.r0011, wfear
stated that he was confined under a cotninission of
lunacy, in Yorkshire, without any just g ~, ,
praying that he might lie brought up by the virtue
of the writ, and ezatnined by the Court, to a.cer-
lain whether his assertions were or were not
It appeared that the applicant was Confined by lila
son, after he had been in Londoii to publish forme
religious books. Mr. Justice Abbott *ft* fir's sp..
plied to for the writ of Habeas Corpus, then Mr.
Justice Ilolroyd, mid subsequeilly Mr. Justice
Bayley, who presided at the late Ynrk Ar4izeo, who.
after reading the affidavits, felt lie would not be
justified in granting the writ ; and on applielle
timi being made to his Lordship, lie oh-er ved that
he would read over the affidavit. which hard been
submitted to the Judges at the Assizes, at the Smite
time lie doubted whether he had the power to give
the relief sought for.
The LORD CHANCELLOR this day said; he hod
read the affidavits, and that, as a Judge,.he cr Mist
not give the relief prayed fur. The decision of at,.
Justice Bayley was yertuiiily correct. Ile was sv.II
aware of the high henefit of the writ of Ilabeas tor--
pus, and he would be the last man to prevent
having full scope; but in this case he could not
grant it. Ile was therefore under the painful rte.
cessity of dismissing the motion.
Motion refused.
Ex-parte NIAS, e Bankrupt.
This case, which occupied the Court almost the
whole of Saturday, was this moriiing again brought
under the consideration of the LORD CD A NcELLOR:
The facto are briefly these :—ln January, 1816. •
commission of bankruptcy was issued B.l.sitist Mr.
Nuts, as an insurance-broker, dealer anilchapinati,
which was regularly worked through, and be trod
procured the signature of some of the assignees, Bull
of a sufficient number of his creditors, to entitle
him to his certificate. One of the assignees, bows
ever, who had signed, received information that
Mr. Nies had been guilty of a fraudulent conceal.
meat of property, and, on this ground, a pctitiiiii
was presented to the Vice-Chancellor, praying that
the certificate might be stayed. On the statettiei.t
of affidavits it appeared, that there was contrary tsu-
. tinoany as to the validity of the assignineia of a
farm in Eases, called Chingford-hall, occupied by
the Bankrupt, and sold previous to Ins I,..tuitruptey
to his brother ; and the Vice-Chancellor thought
fit to direct an issue to try v.hether there was a lounit
fide sale of the household furaiture and stock to the
brother, or whether it was a fraudulent assigionetit,
intended only to defeat the claims of the Bankrupt's
creditors. Agamst this direction of the Vice-Chang
cellor the assignees under the commksion author's.
ed the present petition sod appeal to the Lord
Chancellor.

Mr. MoNTSGUE, on Saturday, was heard at
great length in support of the petition and nispessl.
He argued, that no such practice existed ns that
of directing nn issue to try whether a es rtilic.oe
should be granted sir not. It was for the Lord
Chancellor, having all the facts hcfore him, to use
his discretion in granting or refusinw the certificate
to the Bankrupt. It would he a most expensive
hardship on the creditors if it were otherwise, since
an issue could never be tried at a less expense than
100/. In the present case, it had been stetted in
the examination of the Bankrupt and his brother
George, that the lease of the farm in question
was the property of the latter, lie having Pura
chased it of his brother for a certain sum paid, and
a bill givers at nine mouths; but the account
which sh.•y gave of the manner in which the money
was paid WAS materially different ; and at a subse-
quent examination George declared all he hail
stated respecting his property in the faro► was
false, and that he made the statement under the
influence and control of his brother, the Ilahkriipt„
It was further stated also, that the Bankrupt 11.11
concealed pert of het► furniture and a (pi unity of
Part wine and Madeira, by burying them its his
garden. and that he had been guilty sir other arts
of fraud and concealment tosards his creditors :
upo► these statements it was that the uesighers had
presented the present petition. 1%11 gar stAhl.
that amongst other thine concealed nun pledged
by the Bankrupt was e quaintly of taste, and seve-
ral Frtheh lace-gowns, worth some fitutids,,ilth.horts;
these had broil drhee►rd to the racism vs's thother.
"" thr ear B,f ht, bAhkettpiet., sin p.ele•vv or tl►eir
ties, g ass urs►y fora debt slue alma t:k. !Lusk',
his bother. gosha were flume oil' tl►Ose ps
iusesiedial• I► alter.

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