The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-22 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT, DEC. 21.
GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND V.

KERR.

Mr. JACOJI moved to take a plea in this case off the file
for irregularity, it having been filed without oath. The plea
denied the ability of the plaintiffs to sue as a Corporation.
Mr. KNIGHT submitted the motion was not fair. The
plea might have been disposed of, whether good or bad, be-
fore the present notice of motion was given ; and it .had
been in fact, set down for argument by agreement between
the solicitors. As to the point of law, he would have then
been prepared to argue it.
His HONOUR thought this was a plea in which something
more was necessary than the mere production of a record,
and ordered the plea to be taken off the filo. The par-
ties, of course, bad liberty to plead over again. .

COURT OF COMM9N PLEAS, DEC. 21.
WHITMORE AND OTHERS V. DAVENPORT.

This was an action to recover the amount of a promis-
sory note for 5001., with interest, to which the defendant
pleaded a set-off, arising out of transactions between the
parties. The evidence, however, failed to establish the
plea, and therefore the Jury, under the direction of his
Lordship, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for the amount
claimed.
The Other cases in the paper having been previously dis-
posed of by arrangement, the Court rose at an early hour.

ADMIRALTY COURT—DEC. 21.
THE GIACOMO.—SALVAGE.
This is a suit promoted by the owners of the Liberty
and the Providence, two luggers, against the owners of the
foreign ship Giacomo.' The Giacomo, a vessel sailing un-
der the Austrian flag, set off from Venice, laden with
bones, on a voyage to Hull in May last, and when off
Lowestoft, on •the Ist of August, nearly ran aground on
the Beacon. Ridge Sand, while steering by a Norwich
chart, which did not contain it. The two luggers, seeing
that the Giacomo was steering directly aground, made signs
to her that she should put her helm about, which, however,
she did not understand. They then went over the sand, and
one of the crew got on board, ran directly aft,and put the
helm about, by which it is alleged, on the part of the
salvors, that she was saved from being wrecked. There
was great discrepancy among the witnesses, sonic state-
ments made on one side being diametrically opposite to
those on the other. The value of ship and cargo amounted
to 2,000/., and the action was entered for 200/.
'Fhe KING'S ADVOCATE, for the salvors, contended that
in consequence of the crew of the lugger havbg voluntarily
risked their own lives, and the safety of their hats, they
deserved the sum at which the action was entered.
Dr. PHILLIMORE, for the owners of the Giaconid,,
tended that, if' the Court pronounced for the salvors, 1;
would be a most dangerous precedent ; and, therefore, sub-
mitted that his party ought to be dismissed, with their costs.
The Learned JUDGE having recapitulated the circum-
stances, was of opinion that, even if the exaggerated ac-
count given by the salvors could be believed, it was not suf-
ficient to entitle them to any reward. Their conduct
throughout the proceeding had been evidently for the pur-
pose of extorting money from this ship, and it was the duty
of the Court to protect foreign vessels as well as our own.
He thought it his duty to dismiss the petition for salvage,
and to decree the costs against the salvors.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDIIALL.

Yesterday Arthur Groombridgc, a young man who was
recently employed as a clerk at the Belle Sauvage Inn, Lud-
gate-hill, was charged with having embezzled various sums
of money. The prisoner was committed.