The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-25 00:00:00

CHANCERY COURT-THIS DAY

The LORD CHANCELLOR, on taking his seat this morn-
ing, intimated to the Bar that in future it was his intention
to sit in the House of Lords on Mondays, Tuesdays, and
Fridays, and in the Court of Chancery on Wednesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays. His Lordship was occupied
the greater part of the morning with a cause petition of
Andrews v. Walton, in which the petitioner, Mr. An.
drews, who has been incarcerated for contempt in the Fleet
for some years, pleaded his own cause. He had not con-
cluded when we left.

ROLLS COURT-(THIS DAY).

FEW V. GUPPY.

The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in
hearing the further arguments upon a motion (which was
part heard yesterday) made in this cause to amend a Bill
of Discovery.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GILPIN.

This was the petition of the Regius Professor of Ana-
tomy, Christ Church, Oxford, praying that the Dean and
Chapter of that College might be ordered to pay his salary
for a certain period. The facts of the case were shortly
these :—By the will of Dr. Lee, a school of anatomy was
founded in the College of Christ Church, Oxford, and the
professor directed to deliver annually a course of lectures on
anatomy, and to demonstrate them by dissecting two bodies.
Up to the period of Mr. Warburton's Act, as the com-
pliance with the provisions contained in the will would
have been illegal, the dissecting two bodies was dispensed
with, and the demonstrations were made upon preparations,
but when that Act passed the provisions of the will were
complied with. In December, 1832, an order was made
by the Court upon the Dean and Chapter, directing them
to pay the salary to the Regius Professor, but some delay
took place in drawing up the order, for the purpose of
enabling the parties to ascertain the provisions of Mr. War-
burton's Act ; during that period the Regius Professor of
Anatomy had not been paid his salary, to obtain which was
the object of the present application. The petition also
prayed that the Dean and Chapter, who had several livings,
some of which were very inconsiderable, might be at liberty
to apply a sum of 1,0001., which had arisen from the rents
and profits of a general bequest for the purpose of aug-
menting one of these livings.
His HONOUR made the order as prayed.

COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.)

MARKS AND OTHERS V. LAHEE.

Mr. ALEXANDER applied in this case for a rule to show
cause why the verdict found for the plaintiff on the 14th
of May last, should not be set aside and a verdict entered
for the defendant. This was an action of trover brought
by the plaintiffs, the assignees of Messrs. Colnaghi, prin-
ters and publishers, to recover certain upper-plates,
etchings, pictures, prints, impressions, &c., which were in
the possession of the defendant before the bankruptcy of
Colnaghi. The facts of the case were these .—Colnaghi,
before his bankruptcy, was indebted to the defendant in
a sum of 400/., and at this time the defendant had in his
possession a number of copper-plates belonging to Col-
naghi, the defendant, being a worker of engravings,
and having these plates to work impressions. It appeared,
that as regarded the copper-plates there was an agreement
between Colnaghi and the defendant, which was contained
in a letter, from Colnaghi to the defendant, in which the
former stated that the amount in money due to the de-
fendant was MO/. ; for this sum he requested him to con-
sider the copper-plates in question as a security, as also for
the bill of 45/. It was clear that to this extent the de-
fendant had a right to retain the plates as security. The
plaintiffs in their replication alleged the payment of 1041.,
in part discharge of the defendant's demand, and a tender
of 100/.. which they averred to be sufficient to cover the
remainder. The defendant in his rejoinder denied the
sufficiency of the tender, and the question was, whether a
sufficient tender had been proved. The question mainly
turned upon the admission of an entry made by the clerk of
the plaintiff's attorney. in the books of the office ; the
clerk having died between the period of making the entry
and the trial of the cause. The entry was to the effect
that he, the clerk, had tendered to the defendant the sum of
1001. which the defendant declined. He (Mr. Alexander)
objected to this evidence as proof of a tender, and referred
to the case of " Chambers v. Bernasconi" and other cases,
to show that such evidence, had before been tendered and
refused.

The Learned Counsel was proceeding in his argument
when our Reporter left.

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S.)
DEAL, MAT 24.—Wind N. E., strong.—Arrived from the
river and proceeded,• the William Foster, Young, for St.
Thomas; arid Commerce, —, for Calais. Put back, the
Rosanna, for Berbice, and remains with the Ruckers ; Gre-
nada, Francis, for Mauritius; and Courier, —, for Ham-
burgh.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind E.N.E., fresh.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind E. S.E.—Sailed the Transit,
Seally, for Malta.
FALMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind E., fresh breezes.—Sailed
his Majesty's brig Espoir, for Lisbon.
ISLE oP WIGHT, MAY 24.—Arrived off port the Atalanta,
Selverson, from Ivica.
DOVER, MAY 24.—Arrived off port the Manchester, Hawkes,
from the Mauritius.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 23.—Arrived the Gun, Mackenzie, from
Sicily ; and Selma, Detlof, from Dantzic.
WIVENHOE, MAY 24.—A large Prussian-loaded galliot,
bound upwards, with square stern, got on Hesbia Sand at 7
P.M. yesterday, and in 20 minutes went down, with all on

board.
NANTES, MAY 21.—About 12 casks of palm oil, marked
A. L. It, L. R., I. V. N. A., L. L. R., have been landed
at different places on the coast.

The Ottoman, Gray, from Parmeo to New York, was
driven on shore at Raquehaz, ith inst.

GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS.

BERLIN MAY 14.—Every thing else that might occur
here seems of no great importance, compared with the ar-
rival of the two French Princes. No Prince of the house
of Capet was ever before in Berlin, either as a guest or
otherwise.

VIENNA, MAY 13.—Sir Frederick Lamb, the English
Ambassador, is duly expected. The Imperial Court will
go to Schonbrunn at the beginning of next week. Prince
'Metternich will go about the same time to his seat at
Kingswortb, when part of the foreign Ministers will accom-
pany him. Messrs. Kukne and Franke, Prussian Coun-
sellors of Finance, who were to confer with our Go-
vernment, for the purpose of effecting an arrangement be-
tween Austria and the States composing the German Com-
mercial Union, have already left Vienna. They appear to
have left with the satisfactory conviction, that a commer-
thercial treaty between Austria and the German Union
may probably be concluded before any very long time shall
elapse. _ _

VIENNA, MAY 14.—Five per Cents., 104; Four per Cents.,
99 ; Three per Cents., 75,i ; Bank Shares, 1,3661. —Allge-
meineZeitung, May 19.

_ .
BRUSSELS, MAY 21.—M. Pierre Verbist, of Antwerp,
had on the sth of February, 1836, wounded in a duel M.
Claessens, student at the University of Liege. By a sen-
tence of Bth March last the tribunal acquitted M. Verbist,
" because," says the sentence, " there is no penal law ap-
plicable to wounds inflicted in duels." The Attorney-Ge-
neral having appealed from this sentence, the Court of Ap-
peal at Brussels, conformably to the legislation of the Court
of Cassation, decided yesterday, May 20, that wounds in-
flicted in a duel are punishable : but in consideration of
some exculpatory circumstances, the Court applying Art.
463 of the Penal Code, only condemned M. Verbist to a
fine of 16 francs and costs.
BELGIAN FUNDS, BRUSSELS, MAY 2.1.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent.
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 9S%
Society of Commerce, 4y per Cent 132
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l2O
—Brussels Papers, May 22.

Yesterday evening, several of the tradesmen residing
in the metropolis illuminated their houses in celebration of her
Royal Highness the Princess Victoria's birth-day.
The Margravine of Hesse Homberg intends to leave
this country the first week in October, and will be accompa-
nied by her sister, the Duchess of Gloucester, who will not
return to England until late in the spring.
GREENWICH RAILWAY.—About 2001. was yes-
terday received for passengers, at 6d. each. A new engine,
made by Messrs. Forrester and Co. of Liverpool, has arrived
on the works at Deptford.;
POSTPONED FlONOURs.—Friday's Gazelle an-
nounced the King's permission to the sth Regiment of Foot to
bear on its colours and appointments the word " Wilhem-
stead," in commemoration of the gallantry displayed by that
regiment when serving with the allied army at the battle of
Groebenstein, on the 24th June, 1762—tw0 generations ago I
VAUXHALL-BRIDGE.—The proprietors have an-
nounced an immediate reduction of the tolls upon all light
carriages.
We are glad to learn the report of the physicians
was rather more favourable yesterday respecting Lord How-
den's health. His Lordship's son, the Hon. Colonel Caradoc,
has arrived from Paris.
We understand that it is now settled that Mr. Senior
is to succeed the late Mr. Trower, as Master in Chancery.
Several persons have been employed for some time
past, putting Vauxhall Gardens in complete order, preparatory
to the commencement of the season.
The town of New Ross offers a wager of 1001. that
a handsomer lady will be found therein than in any other town
in Ireland !—Limerick Chronicle.