The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-07 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE•

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PRIVY COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY'2I
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rio
again to day in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. Council,
Lords present were Lord Campbell, the Master of itiot
Rolls, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Chance'
of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Sir Edward Ryan.

SEAL V. SANDLE.
T distj
The further arguments in this part heard
appeal were resumed, and occupied their LordshiPs
whole morning.

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) 4,
IN RE CATHERINE HALL, CAMBRlDGE.—JuPcnal'iliie
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in
important case, which was heard before him some e°"l3l,
dereble time since, upon a petition presented to
of
Lordship, acting on behalf of the Queen as Visitorer
the College of St. Catherine the Virgin, in the tjuilifie
city of Cambridge. The petitioner, Charles W)c ore
Goodwin, of Lincoln's Inn, prayed a declaration fr.oa
his Lordship that, according to the true construes' t
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of the statutes of the college, his fellowship di° a
become void on the 10th of November, 1847, .13‘
reason of the number of fellows in holy orders be.o,
incomplete, and that ho was, therefore, still
sod
titicd, as a fellow, to enjoy all the privileges r-Eetl
advantages of a fellow, excepting those deir'tripe
from residence. The petition set forth the founds oat
of the college by the Rev. Robert Wodelarke,
of King's College in 1473, and its incorporatioo,6o
letters patent of Edward IV. A book of statute. Tod
framed by the founder, but in 1549 they were rellgiif
and altered by Commissioners acting under the autlit);l
of King Edward VI. By the original statutes it ore
(nth red that there should be a master and three or ilsof
fellows, all of whom were to be in holy orders• re
the statutes, as amended, that provision wiluserof
tained, but the fellows were increased to the nu 133,1:010
six. The third chapter of these statutes, in prey oleo
the qualification of the fellows and the manner or erode
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tion, proceeded thus:—" Eligantur tantum (si 0031.01:
fieri potest) Presbyteri, aut Diaconi, aut alioqui oito
deatur ut ex numero sociorum duo ad minim ult illi°
Presbyteri et unus Diaconus. Si autem ahquis %stet!
discesserit senior juxta admissionem eorum, qui n();teir
sunt Presbyteri nut Diaconi, infra unius anni orroti°
Presbyterum aut Dieconum, prout hujus statutl..o.3l
postulaverit, se fieri curet aut alioqui a collegli
4t s
mentis recedat nisi fuerit aliquis ex junioribus q ooh
decedentis Presbyteri aut Diaconi locum sus sgup(l°
succedere velit." The statutes also stated other trodoll'
of exclusion or removal which are not in 'ted'
The petitioner was elected a fellow of the cooelfoOf
1840, at which time it consisted of the master all II
fellows, who were in holy orders. In Nov,, 184j4els
master, the Rev. Joseph Proctor, died, and was suuevot°
by the Rev. 11. Philpott. On his admission theseortga
only three fellows, the petitioner, the Rev.,6 Oft'
Corrie, and the Rev. F. Proctor. In March, 1311„'op ev
Pine was admitted a fellow, and ordained a desvriste%
the 20th Sept., 1846. So far the number was uerfroeto:
but on the 10th of November, 1846, the Rev. F. ante
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vacated his fellowship, and Mr. Pine, the deacoet
the Ist of April, 1847. Mr. Parton was
fellow on the 16th of that month, and Mr. 'list ()A
who was in deacon's orders, was admitted on the vortiPi
October, 1847. On the 9th of January, 1848, "; ae;
was ordained le deacon and Hopkins a priest., to L'a,
on that day the college was perfect, eccoralleoe;,
statutes, there being two priests and one
to lir,
From the dote when Mr. Proctor vaetsfoor feog
fellowship, to tleis period, although there were
lowa, there were only two in holy orders; and it
therefore, alleged and insisted on by the roastel
other fellows, that as the petitioner had not ef!.t4e7r, jellev
holy orders before the 10th of NQTeMbert 1°

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