The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-24 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 23.
IN RE BEL LIS, AN INFANT.
Mr. HART applied 6,r an order to enable OK.. Bank of Eng-
'land to pay to the use of the infant, dividends upon stock, upon
which the late Fauntleroy had raised money for his own pur-
poses. The Bank had consented to do this, on condition of the
-responsibility in which they might be held by the administra-
tion of the bankrupt estate being taken from them—The order
watgrauted accordingly.
DE BEAUVOIR V. RHODES.
Mr. HEALD opposed a motion which had been made for
impounding all the papers and instruments in this cause.—
There were many of the documents which were necessary to
the lease in going on with his building contract+. After some
discussion, it was arranged that the papers should be impound-
ed, with leave to apply for such as might be .occasionally re-
quired.

HUDDERSFIELD RANK.
ith. Rot applied for the ex iuction of the commission of
bankruptcy which had issued in this case, on the ground of
ntiadeseription. The firm of the bank was John Thompson
and Co., bankers, at Hudderfield, and John Thompson, hop-
merchant, London. They had all been described in the com-
mission as bankers and hop-merchants.
The LORD CHANCELoR thought that this was not a mis-
description which would quash the commission. People in
these days of speculation entered into 40 different trades ; if
this objection were allowed, not one commission of a hundred
would be found good.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—CONST is. HARRIS.
The •Lortn CHANCELLOR, after considerable discussion
upon the directions to be given to the treasurer at the Theatre,
at length settled them on these terms. The receiver is to be
allowed the current expences, including the nightly expences,
rates, taxes, and other unavoidable outgoings ; he is to reserve
a proportion of the receipts for the payment of the rent: and
fte is every two months to state on affidavit what sum he has re-
served, and also what balance he holds in hand. Parties are
then to be at liberty to move the Court for the payment in, and
j
appropriation of such balances: His Lordship ocularly remark-
eci that hehoped they would manage such motions to the Court,
10 as not to pay box-prices for them.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 23.
IN THE MATTER OF WHYTE, A 13ANKRUPT.
'MT. HORNE appeared to argue the petition of the bankrupt
in this case, who prayed that the Court would order him to be
allowed to surrender to a commission of bankruptcy which
FK.I been issued against him many years ago. It appeared by
tNe affidavits filed in support of the petition, that the bankrupt
happened tube in France on business connected with his trade
in-the year 1802, and for some time afterwards. When the
war was declared between England and France, he was among
the number of Englishmen ordered to be detained by the Go-
Ternment of France. During his absence, the commission
was taken out against him ; be was duly declared a bankrupt;
tired although 'he was prevented by the circumstances before
sated from appearing under it, his property was dealt with in
the ordinary manner. When, at length, the restoration of
peace enabled him to return to England, tie found, that although
he:was stripped of all his means, he was not in a situation to
elsim the privileges which the laws bad provided for bankrupts,
And he presented this petition for the purpose of enabling him
to surrender, and duly obtain his certificate. The affidavits
were stated to be quite full, and to negative, in the mo,t expli-
,cit manner, the fact of his having gone abroad to avoid the
commission.
The Vicr-CHANCELLOR said, that the bankrupt must duly
surrender, and pass the ordinary xamination before the Com-
missioners. This would enali persons interested to
investigate the circumstances o • 24 would give the
bankrupt an opportunity of establishin 'facts stated in his
petition.—The Order was therefore granted as irraybfor. 4
EXPARTE SMITH.
Mr. Hone said he was requested to apply to the Court for
an order, that an attorney of the name of Smith should be re-
'placed upon the list of solicitors in Chancery. His Honour had
formerly ordered that this person should be struck off the roll,
sad some doubts havinte subsequently arisen, an application to
the Lord Chancellor had been made, who gave it as his opinion
that the Vice-Chancellor had no power to make such order.
He presumed, therefore, that his Honour would not now
object.
The VICE-CnAstcstt. non said, that the order had been pro-
nounced as a matter of course—it always following that when
an attorney had been struck off the rolls of the Courts of com-
mon law, (as this person had been), his name should also be re-
moved from the rolls of the courts of equity. The Lord Chan-
cellor was of opinion, that in point of form he (the Vice-
Chancellor) had no right to make that order, which had been
Frcnounced rather with a view to the facts of the case, than to
the technical forms of the court. This affair had been the sub-
ject of a correspondence between the petitioner and his Ho..
Tour's' Secretary, in the course of which he must say the peti-
etioner had displayed a singular degree of obstinacy. If the
party at whose instance he Was struck off the roll had re-
t paved riOtice or this application, and did not appear to
show cause against it, the order for his restoration should be
given.
It was intimated by the petitioner to his counsel, and through
him to the Court, that such notice had been given.
The VicE-CitaxcELLOß said, that upon an affidavit of the
fact being filed, the order mightpass.