The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-16 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OFTHANCritY, THURSDAY, Ave. 13.
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• SMITH V. sin DATES LEVIES.
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On a former day Sir S. Ilomilly moved for an order to regret,
certain annuitants on the property of Sir W. Lewes, from proecetlieg
to the mile of one of his estates in Wales. He now o'eserve.:. that
the property about to be sold was mtuateit in the centre of the peeeee-
'goo; ot Sir W. Lewes. it had beee put up to ruction on a ieeteer
occasion, when it was bought by Sir W. Lewes, a; he txp::.A.:a tint
he should be able to produce the money oil the day it was nude
Flyable he the conditions t at that time, in comic..mem: of a Otcseepeti •
mg in the Exchequer, a person of the name of Alorvtus latthbecn
directed to pay to Sir W. Lewes a mita exceediag 4,e001., and another
hrge sum had bees detreed to him . by thiieCettrt. the Litter beyond
the Amount for eskich . the. estate had been toll . It 'DM+ of course
very. important to Sir W. Lean to become •tire purrehiser, alit: ettere
w•2O no prospect Stist. if the sale took place as cerly a was advert:lml.
he 'should be utile to produce tlip suet necessary. Wed* thr.e.cit-
ciimstancts it ma submitted that, as. tut- a short del et iteetail be
re tired, it woelel he conceded by the Court in coneideratieett of tae
di cullile• willeiwach Sir W. Lewes had to contend.
OlutritsH, on the other hale, urged, that the various ar.aui.
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tilts fin-whole- he was couieiel flit cot to be kept out of their eta
ley, of. which they had been so ' Ling deprived, and wheel now ex-
leeztled 5,1)001. ' The first utile took pleee-rnue time: ago. and it was
afterwaeds found that Sir W. Lewee had become the purchaser
erterelt ror the purpose of delay ; the whelt called upon to pa the
stun which Me estate bail. produced. he h,Ol one to rive e he bad,
.p`„, he proiiteiltie oAre-of Ilieth-Little $4 sottthwark, tied the
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dy
ie expected in tliejionelieqiiEr. in--eare bends of his creditors,
2,es -a ' *city for the ceinltletion of the ceentract of sale ; belt it wee
seem discovered that the eirst could not lee available trader the terms
under which it was held. anal the latter was :.ot itirthcomeeg ; of
course the first sale war set aside, and the obj.ct :zee was to ereil4e
Sir W. Lewes to pm:eel just in the 4:1111Q manner tvith regard to the
eeepnd sale, which by thewsdvertisement was to take piece Ina day or
two. The. matter now. befere the Couit had been long under its
codl.ideration,.fos a bill had been filed as early as IN.], The learned
coueetil trusted. thorethre. that his Lordship would not aid in the
cheat of ltnete,e and sufli:ring creditors.
Sir S. Hominy, in reply, observed, that if the creditors of Sir W.
Lewes were sufferers, they could not be more grievously.so than he
lied long been, in consequence of the cruel disappointments he had
tnet with. and the expensive suits in wiliest he had been involved.—
Ile contended that eller. was nothing is this application toshow that
Ste W. Lewes was deeiroes of defeating hit creditors ; on the con-
trary, he was most deeirous to pay them, and 'it was not his funk
fruit they had nut long ago been setieqecl ; the short delay now re-
quested.would itself 'actinid e. that obj.et.
The Lord Chancellor eeked why Sir W. Lewes ,had not come to
Court earlier ? Why t:tis application hied been postponed. until w ieliiti
a day or two of the sale ? . ..
bir S. Rotnilly appeared not to he prepared to give *satisfactory
*newer, and his Lordship refused the applice6on.
EXCESSIVE, FEES TAKEN
.111'._COMMISSIONF:itS OF

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On *previous day tha; ca:BeAcfNelli•-ißanirjr:ttili:l4:o:l.4lo‘ii ek:rie siligularity
wed inspiutanue, was mentioned,
in
the
wsi
oi • a,ppeared that certain
Coremissmners of Babkrupts . raglanor rtrei old
e xssive fees for their attendance, and lkitai.W.,itles atm; 1 travelling ,
expanses, and ebagges at the i:tns whece.t,iey diced; aprons of Mein
had bought ithorac at Use sale of t IT^. i/Ankr4o4' etc. :6 The Lord-
Chancellor poittPahetl 14deeiti m.".'llt toe ce witmeMiticirduat
pi
• was brousitt'.b..diste Litranittat aas sae the i tier is ad alfi-
, dawns. .„...'. .
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, . Mr. llotre no, tigpilaved is' be raa ;L .ott rt and
1
r , sated that the whole % s urari.mtted by them- w - apd the:the:;la_ ,
liclette dery unique tionably entitle a*, • tad. to
414).411#1isst tare was on; an excess of 71. which had ~ a .ed
to the antrOttfauf tewiAlng expl'nees -.. I : „,' ...
The Lord-Chancellor observed. that althott only. ra al per-
L" tips been iaetually rec.:it-eel, the i.nn clargett: the mmi Cos:stoners
**,7•ll44;:eetleat 90i, while the eapense ia I,otalon Would not have been
re than 181. It: the first place ea.h Commissioner charged two
. &nests to 21. Mr every attendance. instead of H. Cie fee of the sta-
. tote.: they had elan required the payment of travelling expensas, and
Heir hill; .4 tile ma., so that every ina.eting cost wore than 91. This
ticas cleer'a iihaarl.
Mr. I rt.ree iiallxl. that it was undoubtedly the geneval practice of
country commissioners to charse and he slowed more than the sta.
eatable fees. and the Cerniaiaatoaers in question bed fallen into the
usual erne:.
The Lard Chancellor hoped an 1 believed that the rror was not
esual : he hail known many instances of the contrary. Sometimes
mate barristers refused to attend as commissioners for the remancra-
tam assigned brthe act. and other country commissionci I had been
: ib•titabal. but his Lordship had always taken sue that no more
caininissions should be directed to such b:wristers.
Mr. !Tome. further remarked, that the 90L had only been charged
itat paid to the Commissionera:, and the charge he did not apprehend
fell within the statute.
'I he Lord Chancellor waseclearly of a contrary opinion, and re-
ferring to the act, he observed that if the money had net been paid.
the payment had been ordered by the Conunissioners, awl that ordar
Yodelled them incapable of sitting upon that commiasion and upon
any other. The regidataal tie was 11. and though it might Ire hard
r-at, r.ommissionera should not be paid their travelling expenias, the
law was otherwise, and his I.ord hip could not alter it. .
Mr. It :vie (against Air. Horne) rantinded .114 Lordship. that these
Caminiasionen, one of whom was named• letlmontla, had been sent
for from Truro. when the eutomission wits sited oat in Pena:trice, and
taere were several Cratitni,simwrs who had not been employed.
Mr. Horne said, that these Commissioners were most respectable
men • one of them had, it was said. putchsaed a horse at the sale of
tlai I:ankritat's eff:cts.
The Lord Chancellor remarked, that that was comparatively a
trifle, though it was el arty illegal for a Commissioner or become a
purchaser of any pan of the effect; of the bankrupt. . .- - in..
Mr. Horne assared his I,ord.hip, that the commissinners were
sake ready to obey his Lordship's direction. as tai WI) part of the
money they had received.
Mr. Hese referred the Court to an .order 'man this very seroject,
saarl.! by Lord. Hardwieke, in 1759, to.ch. %WI to be fousii in 7
I. s. Abr.
The Lord Chancellor directed that thirSetesste;y of Bailirupts
:liquid bring the recoal of Catt order into Coart;',ll,driat ai.;lit of
which his Lordship would prabahly give his further orders.

POWERFLL EFFLCT ov CoNSCIt.3CF. -71, fin, inonthe agn,
the body of a young woman was discovered tit the water Heal
Brit Milo; , in Kent, %%MI wanks of violence, which set ined to
indicate that vile had been murdered. Nothing, ho ever,
transpired which could tett,/ tots the gnat on any individual;
end all Artist r inquiry Into the rirenitastanees had ceased,
when, on Monday last, a young man declared himself Jo he
murderer. .id that ever ,iiire the execution of
11t39”.y, Om horrible thonelet of 116 uatn i uilt hard crude' ed
has life a hoiden to hint ; that lie COlllll find no rest an
d.iy ; and that lie liad, at last, Como to a 1'444.41111011 to deliver
himself up to the baud. of jostle,.
The pretni4es of ftokit Russell, Esq. of Ex..ter, si!tutte at Red
Loft estate r.l.nr lionnon, consisting of tit., faun hoase, barns,
rabies. grenv.ries, and other oniees, were on 1. rithir coniatined by
fire, together with at large quantity of gn.in, in e.41..1C null sore, hay.
&c. The tire was entirely aceinent.l
A fire broke out on Weill-0.'411,y morning in the tipper story of the
bouq.: of NIL (,rennin, grocer, on bait ,v 0-1.7 to 1 ..I.ld •
titan supply of pron.pt ate ur ma., .t.
way very soon subdtted, after law:tin-rut ul• Lac :uo: !pry. • • •