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London, England, 1838-01-16 00:00:00

LA W INTELLIGE,N CE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, MONDAY, JAN. 15.
wtt.l(l,4sos V. nsuwoon.
In this case a commission of lunacy had been issued on the
petition of the father of the alleged lunatic, a Miss Wilkinson,
of Sudbury, but in consequence of certa'n proceedings taken
by a perOoll named Goodhay, the commission was not worked,
and on the motiOn being argued before the holidays, permission
wls given to Goodhay, friend of the lady, to file a
sill fer the purpose of placing her under the protection of
the hut!: In the interim the Lord Chneellor had, by a
personal intervievi"; rts9ertained that Miss Wilkinson, although
of very weak intellect, was, tt79rtheless, not of unsound mind.
Apetition was now presented by Mr, Goodhay, praying a
rcter4tteß to, the Master to appoint proper persons as guardians
of MisslkinaVits, snd also to take an account of the property
left by her grandmotileili Abel now amounting, as alleged by
thei.etitiou, to the sum of 5,0V1, And upwards.
ANDERTON supported the petition.
Mr. CRAW, vrt the part of the executors, took an objection
to the Bill.
Mr: WALKER, for the fatiree a Miss Wilkinson, submitted
to the judgment of the Court.
The LORD CHANCtLtPa would make the 114ttal (ACT of re-
ference to the Master to appoint a guardian to take on account
of her property, and to state the sum fitting to be allowed for
maintenance. flit Lordship also allowed the father of Miss
Wilkinson to go laeforc the Master and propose himself as
guardian, if he thought proper to undertake that duty.
TANILYN V. REYNOLDS.
Mr. TRESLOVE appeared in this matter in support of an ap-
peal from an order of Lord Brougham, dismissing the plain-
tiff's petition with costs. The defendants had been suing in
forma pauperis since 1825, and paupers were not liable to
costs. Of that part of the order, therefore, the present pe-
tition complained, because it was tantamount to an order for
perpetual imprisonment.
SYENCE appeared for the trustees of the fund claimed
by the plain:Yr. That. fund amounted to 1,2001., and the share
Of the plaintiff, if !'rd established his,claim, would be a twen-
tieth pail of the sum.
The LORD CiLINCRLLOR would into the precedents,
and authorities before he disposed of the praflit petition.

VICE-CHANCELLOR' S 'COURT, MONDAY.
JONES V. ROBERTS.

Thls WAS a petition to tax an agent's bill. The argument,
which occupied part of Saturday and was concluded to-day,
was principally directed to the question whether the Court
had rower to order the talation of an agent's bill. The
plaintiff employed a solicitor in London. The defendant re-
sided in Wales, and the plaintiff's solicitor employed a solicitor
in that country to conduct the proceedings there. The suit
ended In a compromise, by which the solicitor in Wales re-
ceived a sum of money for the plaintiff He then furnished
his bill for full costs, to the amount of 731. to the London so-
licitor, and also transmitted the money, after deducting 701.
towarda his bill of costs. Under these circumstances this pe-
tition was presented by the plaintiff, and served upon the soli-
tor in Wales, praying a taxation of his bill of costs, and
offering to bring into Court the balance between the sum re-
tained and the full amount of the bill.

Mr. KNIGHT Mixer. appeared in support of the petition.
Mr. JACOB opposed its prayer on the part of the Welch so-
[icitor.

His HONOUR granted the prayer of the petition, except as to
the trifling balance, which his Honour thought it was not
worth while to bring into Court.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JAN. 15.

RAWLINS V. VEI`DORODGII.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE appeared to move for a rule to show
cause why the verdict given for the plaintiff in this case should
' net I,e set aside, and a new trial gr.:listed. He first applied on
the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The Court
said that the rule might be granted on this point, but that it
must he suspended till another cause arising out of the same
policy, and now depending in another Court, had been tried.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE then applied upon the ground that the
statements made to Mr Travers to the Economic, and commu-
nicated by that. office to Mr. Smith, the actuary of the Eagle,
ought to have been communicated by the Eagle to the Atlas.
The Court took time to consider the question.
DUNCOMBE, F.SQ., M.C., V. DANIEL, ESQ.
Sir W. FOLLETT moved for a rule to show cause why the
verdict given in this case for the plaintiff should not be set
aside and a new trial granted; first, on the ground of misdi-
rection ; secondly, on that of the rejection of evidence ; and
thirdly, that the damages were excessive.
Lord DENMAN said that the Court was of opinion that the
rule must be granted on the question of the rejection of evi-
dence, and on the question of the evidence received satisfying
one of the pleas.—Mule granted accordingly.

BAIL COURT, JA.v. 15.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied to the Court for a rule,
calling upon Mr. Wake, a gentleman residing at Sheffield, to
show cause why a criminal information should not be filed
against him for sending a letter to Mr. Parker, a solicitor, at
Sheffield, calculated to provoke that gentleman to commit a
breach of the peace.
Mr. Justice PATTESON—YOU may take a rule to show
cause.

Sir W. FOLLETT applied to the Court for a rule calling
upon Mr. Mitchell to show cause why a writ of quo
warranto should not issue, commanding him to show by what
authority he held and exercised the office of one of the alder-
men of the borough of Kingston.
Mr. Justice PATTESON— You may take a rule to show cause.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—J.div. 15.
' WARING V. MORTIMER.

Mr. MAul.li moved for a rule nisi for a new trial in this
case, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at tl.e
Sitting after the last Term. It was an action brought by the
owner of the a small vessel called a trow, to recover
damages for an injury done to his vessel by the Nura Creina,
a steam-boat, of which the defendant was the owner and mas-
ter. The grounds on which the Learned Counsel moved for
the rule were misdirection by the Learned Judge, and also
that the verdict was against evidence.
The ConaT reserved their decision as to the misdirection
until fuller notes had been obtained.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-110U USE.

Captain Bush informed the Lord Mayor that he had suc-
ceeded in raising the greater part of the Apollo steam-vessel,
sunk by the collision with the Monarch. The chain which be
had succeeded in placing under the sunken vessel cut her in
two, and the engine and its apparatus remained below. He
had, however, fastened two larga anchors of fourtaen
hundred weight each, to tiro engine, and had no doubt
that when the weather was so temperate as to permit
him to work, lie should haul up the engine : but he ex-
pected that it must be pulled to pieces. The moment he
could set to work again in the River he fully expected to clear
away the obstruction altogether, and he should afterwards be
glad to undertake to raise the brig which lay in another part
of the River, and also formed an impediment to the naviga-
tion. An order had, he understood, been issued to blow up
the brig; but he should like to try to raise her by means cf
the lighters, in the efficacy of which he had great reliance.