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London, England, 1822-01-29 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 28.
EK-PAP.TE cannoLL IN THE MATTER OF novrAnri AND

G IBBS.

The AT TORNEY-GEN ER AL requested that counsel. might
be allowed a few days longer, to prepare for arguing the point
proposed by the Court.
fir. Hour{ asned what that point was ?
The Lo HD CHAN CE L L OR said, the question to be argued was,
whether a bankrupt could prove a debt against his own estate,
sod vote for the appointment of assignees without the authority
of an order of the Court. lie had found, in reading the docu-
ments in the cause, that when Messrs. Carroll, Shaw, and Duff;
were appointed assignees under the first commission, Mr. Wil-
kie, one of the assignees under the last commission, had pre-
sented a petition against the choice, on the ground that Mr,
Carroll's debt was tainted with usury. In the fiice of that pe-
tition, however, Mr. Wilkie had Noted for Mr. Carroll on the
second election of assignees. Mr. Wilkie might be able to
explain the motives of his conduct, but otherwise it would. ap-
pear extremely singular.
The case was ordered to stand over until Monday next.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 28.
• STANLEY V. 130/IBS:
This was an action tried before the Lord Chief Justice,
against the defendant,who is a cow-keeper in the parish of St.
Matthew, Bethnal green, the supplying with milk the poor-
house of Bethnal-green, contrary to the penal statute of CJ
Geo. 111. This Act, in the first place, disqualifies persoca
who have not property to the amount of 801. per annum from
holding the situation of an overseer of the poor; and further
clares, that no director shall furnish the poor-house with provi-
sions, &b. under a penalty of 1001.
It appeared that the defendant had supplied the poor-house
with two quarts of milk a day, but as the evidence went to slew
that the defendant had not been an acting overseer for two y ea: 3
and a half, the plaintiff had been nonsuited.
Mr. SCAIILETT contended for the plaintiff, that the spirit of
the Act of Parliament was decidedly to check the interference
of the overseers, and that although the defendant had not bears
in the active management, that yet, he had always the powers
to act as overseer without any new appointment.
The CIIIEI' JUSTICE thought that it was a very hard thing
to debar every one who•had been an overseer on elis Act. ilia
Lordship said, his opinion was still the same as at the trial, that
this case was not-within its spirit.
Mr. JUSTICE BAYLEY, and the other 'Judges, thoui;ht
it was a question of impo7tance ; and, the:eore, that it our t
to have the fullest consideration. •

Upon this opinion a rule was given to spew cause why the
Nonsuit should not be set aside, and a new trial granted

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 23.
GROOM AND OTHEIIPS V. SIR. THOS. CHAMPNLYS.
The Court heard Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW for the plaintiff :4, and
Mr. Serjeant LAlrus for the defendant in this case, and defer-
red the final consideration of it until to-morrow.

Mr. Pr.uMEir.—On Thursday, the 2 ith
the remains of NVir.i.Lim PLI774EIt, Esq. of Gaston Park,
in the Count)/ of Hertford,' followed; y the prayers 3 and
regrets of hundreds of sincere friends and spetatatens, were
conveyed to the family vault in Eastwick Church, on the
shoulders of his own labourers. The solemn service wag
impressively mat: by the Rev. James Tomlin ; but though ,
the grave has clog 'd upon the man, the memory of his many •
virtues will long survive him. He was, we believe, the oldest
Member of the House of Commons, having been returned in ,
1763 for the Borough of Lewes. At the general election in
1766, he succeeded to the representation of the County of Hen-
ford, in which he continued till 1808, a period of 38 years. Asa
as a proof in what high estimation his services were held by .
the independent freeholders of the county, he was presented
by them, a few years afterwards, with a silver vase of superior
workmanship. Though death at the age of 36 cannot be called •
sudden, yet in the instance of this venerable gentleman it wes
peculiarly awful. For many months he had enjoyed a state of
health rarely witnessed at his period of life, never exceeded
at any. At six o'clock in the evening he had retired from the
drawing-room in perfect health and spirits; at seven it pleased
God to visit him with the fatal blow, under which he sunk, and
he was carried to the bed he never left again alive. For the
few days he survived his mental faculties remained perfect ; ha
was sensible of every thing about him but his own danger. The
mind of Plumer was the last part of him that became extinct :
and when at last he ceased to breathe, it was so imperceptibly, ,
that it was some time before his attendants perceived that the
lamp of life was extinguished. Truly then it may be s4id, that
he enjoyed life till the latest hour of his existence, and that he '
died without protracted suffering.
" Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus
Tam can capitis?"

IMPORTANT TO SHIP OWNERS.—Dover, Jan. 27.
—All here have been this day highly gratified
by the extraordiany effect produced by the
entire opening of the first culvert at our
West Pier. The force of the water entirely
removed every particle of shingle from the
south point, leaving the rock bare from the
Pier to low water mark. The other two cul-
verts are not quite completed. The water fra:n
these is intended to act more immediately at the
entrance of the harbour ; but there is good rea-
son to believe that the one already in use will
prevent the necessity of using the others, by re-
moving any accumulation of shingle (which always
comes from the westward) before it can arrive at
the entrance of the harbour. When, hoivever,
the other two are brought into action, their united
services must remove every possibility of difficulty
to the pilotage into this harbour.
On Tuesday the Society of Writers to his
Majesty's Signet, in a meeting called for the pus-
pose, unanimously resolved to offer their warmest
congratulations to DAVID HOME, Esq. late Pro-
fessor of Scots Law, upon his recent appointment
to be one of the Barons of Exchequer; and a
deputation, with the Keeper at their head, were
accordingly authorised to wait upon the honour-
able Baron, and convey to him such sentiments,
accompanied,at the same time, with an anxious re-
quest that he publish his valuable lectures, which
would not only render an important benefit to
the profession, and the public at large, but be
the means also of preventing any attempt at a
spurious edition of them.—(Edinburgh Courant,
Jan.. 2.1.) •

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January 9.9, 1820.

• [BRITISH Puss.]
The accounts which reached our` office yester-
day from Ireland offer a.suliject for public at-
tention -of a character equally novel and.dis-
tressing. An engagement has actually taken
place between the peasantry and a small detach-
►nent of 'the
_39th regiment, in which the latter

wei'e compelled to retreat. The peaSantry as-
rembled on this occasion'are represented to have
been very numerous and well armed, amounting,
indeed, according to one account, to the number
of 800 men. It is very probable that there was
a considerable crowd of persons collected upon
the hills; but that there were 800 men armed
and engaged in firing upon the King's troops, is a
3:.ntement which we do not tied it very, easy to
credit. The insurgents, whatever may have
been their numbers, were advantageously posted
open some hills very steep and difficult of
ascent, situated between Bantry and Macroom,
effectitally intercepted all communication
Vetwecn these towns. Lord pantry, at the head
?f a party of the 39th regiment, under the com-
mand of Major Carthew, undertook to dislodge
-them ; but, after some distant firing, his Lord-•
was under the necessity of retiring. This
event was. quickly communicated to Mr. Hedges,
Eyre, a Magistrate in Macroom, who imme-
oiately proceeded at the head of a detachment
of cavalry and infantry, under the command of
A
taptain Fitzclarence, to attack the insurgents ;
but the position which they still- occupied ap-
peared too strong, and Captain Fitzclarence
-thought it expedient to await the arrival of re-
inforcements from Cork. An express was dis-
patched to Sir John Lambert apprising him ON
the state of affairs, when the gallant General
promptly dispatched a considerable body of ca-
valry, and on the following day a strong party
of infantry, to the assistance of the assailants.
The insurgents lost in the first attack onerkilled
and some wounded.—The King's troops lost only
cmentan, whose head we are told was severed
from his body, and borne in savage triumph by
the victorious party.