The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-08 00:00:00

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he was anxious to have the
Essstanze of t'e Master of the Rolls for many reasons.. Ilc
himself wati an official trustee of the Museum, though he had
been se negligent that he knew nothing of the buildings, nor
did he believe he had ever been there, except when he was
obliged to walk through the groivals to get the safest way to
Westminster, after an attempted destruction of his house.
The single point was, whether the Mike of Bedford, if an ac-
tion could be maintained, must be content with the action com-
pensating him for any injury he had to complain of; or whe-
ther he was entitled to the Metter relief a court of equity was
in the habit of giving by injunction ? It was in the memory of
all (of himself at least), that' there was not one brick tin another
in the street called Gower-street ;' ittul when Gower-street was
built, and Bedford-square was built, nobody could doubt that
the persons who had nouses in Bedford-square thought them of
more value from the circumstance of having the squaie on one
side and. the Museum gardens on the other; and the houses on
the east side of Gower-street were advertised as more valuable
than those on the west, for the reason that they were pleasant
habitations to every body; particularly to lawyers pent up in the
Temple, who could get their breakfast at six in mopping, which
was the •eustom, and have a comfortable walk 'from. one of
those streets, where there was not a single house till they
found their way to Queen's-square., From time to time,
hoivever, buildings were raised round MOntague-hotise and the
trustees now sought to erect their building. His Lordship then
proceeded to consider. whether. the Duke of Bedford, having
thus defeated the object of .Mr:Montague, to secure Montagne-
house from being surrounded by buildings, was entitled to come
into a court of equity for relief. He was unable .to find this
was one of those cases in which a court of equity would grant
relief by injunction ; and in stating that without prejudice, he
requested the Master of the Rolls to inform.. him:in what view
he saw the case?

The MASTER of the ROLLS said, that as the case came under
consideration now for the firsttime, and considering his situation
in common with his Lordship,as trustee of the Museum',lie should
have desired some time for consideration,if he could have brought
himself to entertain the leaSt doubt ; but after having given the
matter all the consideration in his power, he hadsno hesitation
in at once giving his opinion. He thought the single question
was confined to the jurisdiction of the Court, In considering
whether the Duke was precluded froth having an equitable as,
sistance from the Court, it was not to be supposed the Court
cast the least imputation on his conduct : but had not the Duke,
from the altered state of the property, by his own act, entirely
abandoned and waved all that was applicable to the property in
its former state ? Did not all that was engaged respecting the
property belong to it whilst it remained in that state ? It was
his opinion that the Duke, having changed the property, made
the agreement not applicable so as to call on a Court of Equity
to assist him.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the consequence-of that was,
that the injunction could not be granted.
Mr. SHADWELL observed, that the sole object of the Duke
of Bedford was to try the question, for the sake of the personal
comfort and convenience of the gentlemen, his tenants.
The LORD CHANCELLOR men said, that if there were any
remedy at all, the dismissal of the bill did not affect that remedy