The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-13 00:00:00

BAIL COITRT,TIIIS DAY.)

Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE came into court at ten o'clock.
N THE MATTER OF TILE PARISHIONERS OF IT. ANDREW AND

ST. GEORGE, noun:no%
Sir F. Pouocx moved for a rule to show cause why a writ
a certiorari should not issuo to compel the Poor-law Commis-
sioners, who had united the Ely rents to the parishes of St.
George the Martyr and that of St. Andrew, Holborn, to re-
scind their order. It was clearly shown, by a late decision in
the Court of Queen's Bench, that the Poor-law Commis-
sioners had the power to unite parishes by the 4th and bth of
Will. 4, chap. 76, sect. 32, and this power applied to single
parishes, without any reference to any local Act ; but the ques-
tion was, were they vested with the power to unito parishes
not already united without the consent of the parish, or the
two-thirds of the Board of Guardians of such parish. He
made the application with the full knowledge that the Poor-
law Commissioners had the power to unite in the first instance,
but having omitted to add any particular parish to the Union,
they were precluded doing so without the authority of two-
thirds of the Board of Guardians.
The Court said the question was one of importance, par-
ticularly as it was not as yet decided, and granted the rule.

EXCHEQUER COURT.—(This DAY.)

The Court was occupied the whole morning with the Spe-
cial Paper. No point of public interest arose. Their Lord-
ships rose at one o'clock, in order that the Court should be
prepared for the reception of the Privy Council, wholemen annually
meet here, for the purpose of nominating three gent for
the office of Sheriffs for the scvQral counties. At a quarter past 2
o'clock the Chancellor of the Excheqtor in his robes of office,
the Lord Chan'tellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Duncan-
non, Lord Denman, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, Lord Abingcr, Mr. Justice Vaughan, Mr. Baron
Parke, and Mr. Justice Bosanquet, took their seats on the
Bench, while the other Judges sat at the table on the floor.
A number of gentlemen were excused, and other names
substituted.

On Wednesday evening last an inquisition was held
at the White Hart Tavern, East-street, Brighton, on the
body of Richard Poole, Esq., of the well-known and re-
spectable firm of Poole and Gawlcn, solicitors, Gray's Inn,
London. The unhappy gentleman had been •at Brighton
but about a fortnight, when be was found on Tuesday morn-
ing with his throat cut, and a pocket-knife lying by his side
in his bed-room. The Jury returned a verdict of " Tem-
porary Insanity."
AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—A hostile correspondence
took place last week between the Hon. Captain Forester
and Mr. James Shipley, the Mayor of Bridgnorth, in con-
sequence of the latter having sent a letter for publication.
in the Wolverhampton Chronicle, in which he said that a
statement reported to have been made by Captain Fores-
ter, at the recent Conservative dinner at Bridgno7th, was
" false." Captain Forester demanded a rctraetation of the
charge of falsehood, which the Mayor refused unless the
the Captain admitted that the report of his speech was in-
correct. After a conference between the gentlemen ap-
pointed to manage the affair, it was determined to leave the
matter in dispute to Mr. W. Whitmore, who suggested
the propriety of Mr. Shipley withdrawing the epithet
" false," upon an understanding that the incorrectness of
the report should be distinctly admitted by Captain Fo-
rester. The affair was thus arranged to the satisfaction of
all parties.
A ROYAL DISCOVERY.—The Brighton Gazette
of last Thursday informs its readers, that the Queen is par-
ticularly ford of singing vocal music. As the Brighton
Gazette has long been proverbial for the correctness of its
information, we are happy to say, upon the faith of such
undoubted authority, to give all the notoriety in our power
to the fact of this her Majesty's most extraordinary predi-
lection.—Literary Gazette. .
Au honest skipper was asked the other day why his
vessel was still in the harbour, when it was understood he
was to sail souse time ago ? He replied, it was true he had
been ready for sea several days, but that he had forgotten
where he was to sail W.—Scotsman. •