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London, England, 1837-08-12 00:00:00

INATCPIBULL V. rEARNHEAD.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case,
affirming the decree made at the Rolls, and overruling the
exceptions to the Master's report.

IN RE CHAMBERS, A BANKRUPT.
Mr. ANDERDON appeared for a petition presented in this
matter by two of the creditors who were opposed to the ar-
rangement made with the bankrupt. The object of the
petition was to vary an order made by his Lordship on the
26th of July last, which order was for the payment of
2,0001. out of 10,0001., which the majority of the credi-
tors had consented to pay to Mr. Chambers and his family.
The LORD CHANCELLOR saw no reason for such an ap-
plication being made now. After some discussion his
Lordship gave Mr. Anderdon leave to mention the matter
on Tuesday.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, at his rising, observed that
the business of the Court was now much reduced. When
the Court sat again it was his intention to dispose of the
appeals entered, in the meantime, and then to make ar-
rangements for the despatch of other matters of pressing
importance.

ROLLS' COURT—Auarn' 11.
NYAS V. THE NORTIIERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.

This was a bill filed for the specific performance of a
contract entered into with the plaintiff for the purchase of
twenty-two houses which intersected the proposed line of
the railway. The bill also prayed the payment into Court
of the sum alleged to be agreed upon as the purchase-
money.

After hearing Counsel at considerable length, his Lord-
ship, the Masus, of the Rous, would give the order he
intended to make to the Registrar as early as he could
next week.

His Lordship then proceeded with petitions, which occu-
pied his attention till seven o'clock, when he rose for the
holidays.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CzornoN, Au. H.

DROWN V. HUDSON AND HUDSON.-SINGULAR CASE.
The plaintiff is a merchant in Great St. Helen's, and in
1833, he had a freight which he had purchased for the
African trade. He wanted a supercargo to dispose of it,
and he advertised accordingly, and the junior defendant
answered it.. An interview took place, and the elder de-
fendant (his father) joined him in a bond of 2,000/., that
he should do certain things connected with the freightage
at places particularised, and at prices marked down, ono
express direction being that he should commence bis mer-
chandise at the island of Goree. As if fully bent to run
counter to his orders at the outset he refused to touch at
Goree, and commanded the Captain of the vessel, the
Susannah Ann, of London, to steer on to Gambia and
the St. Mary's River. When he arrived at that destination,
instead of exposing his goods for sale to the natives, he went
on shore and pursued field sports sometimes, and at others
sports with the " fair damsels" of Africa ; indeed, so indis-
creet was he, that on one occasion he narrowly escap©d the
scalping-knife, and the native who rescued him was re-
warded with rum and other articles, the property of the
plaintiff. While the Susannah Ann was in the river before
named a declaration of war by reprisal was issued by the
Governor of St. Mary's against a native Prince called
Tama Yang, and no vessel was allowed to proceed up the
river beyond Macartney Island, without special leave of
the Governor. This leave, which might have been ob-
tained at the expense of two or three dollars, was not ap.
plied for, and the vessel lay at anchor for three weeks, with
its crew, a native pilot, and four extra hands on board,
which created a great expense to the plaintiff, and, what
was worse, either from the intemperance—which was con-
sequent upon indolence from the climate, or some other
cause, two of the seamen died. During all this time the
supercargo had made only a few trifling sales, and the
worst part of the business remained to be detailed.
Young Hudson met with an English adventurer of the
name of Pitman, and to that person he sold his remaining
goods, the prices of the articles being agreed upon for
1,0664 and a fraction, for which he received a piece of
paper, called a bill, on London, which piece of waste paper
was made payable at six days after sight ; and the conse-
sequence was that Mr. Brown lost almost everything by
his venture. Hence it was that he felt called upon to
bring this action upon the bond, which had been signed by
father and son. A great number of prolix depositions were
read, which had been sworn to before Baron Gurney by the
captain of the vessel and others.
The defence was that he should not have taken Pitman's
bill but for the interposition of a gentleman known to the
ppiintiff, who said he would guarantee it for 1 per cent.
he deposition of this gentleman, although in Court, was
not called for by either part), which excited a good deal of
surprise. Counsel having addressed the Jury, his Lordship
summed up, after which the Jury retired, and on their re-
turn delivered a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1,2651.
Os. 4d.