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posed entirely of Muniporeans, submitted without the slightest
appearance of dissatistaction, and cheerfully continued to ad-
vance, though constant rain had so much swoln the nullahs
that it was necessary to throw bridges ever the three principal
ones, the Euraing, .Esyee, snd Toobut, the timber for which
was, in each instance, cut immediately after marches, rendered
peculiarly humming from the mountainous nature of the coun-
try traversed.
4. On the 10th inst. thierce marched from the left bank of
the lisyee Nullah, and commenced the ascent of the hills form-
irg a western boundary to the valley ot*llunipoor. Parties had
been previously detached to take possession of two Naga vil-
lages, one on either flank, in which the Burmahs had stationed
pickets, twelve Miles in advance of the town. At three P.M.
the village of Koongakool, on the left, was reached by one of the
parties, and a few of the Burl-nabs captured ; the other party
was equally successful at Aliangkoonow, where a large portion
of the enemy was killed, and some taken. The men were so
much exhausted by the day's march and wantof food that it was
necessary to halt, although at such a crisis, rapidity of advance
was most advisable.

5. At two o'clock, P.M., on the Ilth, while attempts were
making to obtain a small supply of rice for the men, from the
few neighbouring villages, information was received that the
Burma had evacuated the stockade in the town, and we took
possession of it the following day. Every thing of value hxd
been carried oft', and nothing was found in the stockade but a
few muskets, two iron guns, and about one hundred and twenty
maunds of rice in husk. The enemy, consisting of 600 fight-
ing men, and as many followers, retreated in a southerly direc-
tion, and information being yesterday given that they had
stockaded themselves at a village called tindro, about ten miles
distant, Gumbeer Sing and myself, with two hundred men,
went in pursuit of them. On reaching the Elia Nulla, six
miles distant, we found that the enemy had again retreated, and
subsequent intelligence proving that they had altogether left
the; district, 1 returned to Munipoor, and Gunbeer Sing pro-
ceeded to the Towban Purgunneh, to make such arrangements
for procuring supplies for his-men as the exhausted state of this
once fertile district will permit.
6. As the principal objects contemplated in attempting this
advance was, the obtaining some accurate information regard-
ing the different passes into the country, its resources; and the.
strength of the enemy, my attention is now wholly directed to
their accomplishment ; and 1 hope in a few days after my re-
turn to Sylhet to have the pleasure of transmitting plans of the
town, stockade, and sterrounding country, together with a map
of the route from Danksandy, and such information as may
eventually prove ustful.
7. The favourable mention of Gumbeer Sing's name will
not, I trust, be considered presumptuous. To his energy, per-
severance, and skill, is. the success of the undertaking priaci.
pally attributable, and should his co-operation in any subse-
quent advance be required, it will, I doubt not, be such as to
reflect equal credit upon himself and men.—l have, &c.
(signed) K. i 3. PE3I BE RTON, Lieut.
Offig. D. A. Q. 11. Genl.
(A true Copy.)
(Signed) R. STEVENSON,
Quartermaster-General of the Army.
Published by command of the Right Honourable the Grover-
nor-General in Council.

GEORGE SWINTON, Sec. to the Govt.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY—(TiiIs DAY.)
PRIVATE lIEAIIINC.
IM THE HAVrEIt Or 3111. WILLIAM ARCHIBALD WARE.
This was a motion to supersede a Commission of Lunacy
i,sued against the 'above gentleman. Both parties having
prayed the Lord Chancellor to hear it in his private room, his
Lordship consented, and the parties attended him this morn-
ing. The result was, that his Lordship snpersedtd the Com.
mission on the production of an affidavit by Dr. Turner.
IN Tilt MATTER-OF DR AX.
N. STEWART prayed the Court to confirm the report of the
Masters who had found by his report that it was necessary to
purchase certain articles of jewellery for the use of the lunatic.—
Motion granted.

BEERE V. WARD.

Mr.-HART stated; that as the parties had agreed to settle
their dispute, it only remained for him to pray Inc Lordship to
refer the question to,the Master, as agreed on by the parties.—
Granted.

His LORDSHIP then proceeded with'a bankrupt petition,
which was likely to last the whole-day.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 6.
lIOBBEB.Y OF THE NEWBURY DANK.
LANFEAU V. VINCENT AND OTHERS.

In this case a bill had been filed for an account of the transac-
tions and profits of the Newbury Bank, carried on by Messrs..
Vincent and Co.' and the question for the consideration of the
Court was, whether the defendants had committed an act of
bankruptcy-within the meaning of the statute of James I. e. 15.
sec. 2., under the -following chszumstances:—On the night of
the 10th December, 1815, after business hours, the banking-
house, which consisted of two rooms under the White Hart-
Inn, at Newbury, had been entered into and robbed of notes,
bills, and specie,, to a considerable amount, in consequence of
which the firm stopped payment, closed the bank, and the
parties were not to he found on the premises to transact their
usual business. They were not, however, sought for at their
respective dwelling-houses in the neighbourhood, and the ques-
tion was, whether this constituted an act of bankruptcy.
31. BEAMES and Mr. PAREER submitted that this was' a
prima facie act of)bankruptcy; It had been held that where a
man had carried on the business of a news vender on the Royal
Exchange, and there only sold his newspapers, the Royal
Exchange was to be considered his shop (that being the place
where he usually transacted his business), and that his 'ab-
sence front the Royal Exchange to avoid creditors, constituted
an absenting within the meaning of the statute, and conse-
quently an act of bankruptcy.
In another case, where it appeared a man had usually car-
ried on his business at a coffee-house, and had absented himself
from it with a view of evading his creditors, that was held to be
an act of bankruptcy}
31r. 'lmre submitted that this was not an act of bankruptcy.
Here the Bank had been robbed. There were no assets in it,
consequently the bankers could not carry on their business, and
it was unnecessary to keep it open. No attempt had however
been made to show that the bankers had been inquired for at
their residences, or that they had absented themselves.
The VICE-CitastcEm.on—The words cf the Statute are—
that if any person shall depart the realm, or keep home, or ab-
sent himself' front his or her place of business, for the purpose
of delaying-his or her creditors; that shall be deemed an act of
bankruptcy. lam of opinion, that these two rooms under the
White Hart Inn, being the place. of business of these persons,
and all of them having shut them up and .absented themselves,
it is an act of bankruptcy under the Statute, subject, however,
to an explanation (if any such can be made) of the cause of
absence. .

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 6.
WILLIS V. WALLER.

This was an Action by an attorney to recover the sum of 171.
the amount of his. bill for preparing the deeds necessary to
convey to the defendant a leasehold interest in a house at Chel-
sea. The defendant contended that he had only engaged to
pay a moiety of the expence which he tendered to the plaintiff;
who, nevertheless, arrested him for the whole on a Saturday
evening, directing the officer, however, that the party was a re-
spectable man, and that he might take-any bail offered:
On the the main point in the cause, whether the plaintiff was
employed by the defendant on an understanding that he was
liable to pay the whole of the expenccs, contradictory evidence
was given.

The 14000 CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up the evidence,
took occasion to express his disapprobation of the conduct of
the attorney in arresting a man of whose responsibility there
was no doubt, on a Saturday evening, for so small a sum ;
but directed the Jury not to allow the feeling such a circum-
stance might excite to influence their verdict.
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The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
BAILEY v. BARTRAH.

This was an action on the case for falsely and deceitfully
representing a horse to be sound, which the vender knevi to be
rotten.

Mr. NOLAN, for the plaintiff, stated that his client was
induced in September, in the last year, to purchase a horse of
a groom of the defendant, for 351., on a representation that he
was sound, except tt thickness in the wind. It proved, how-
ever, that the horse was diseased and rotten, and in two niont!4s
he died. The Learned Counsel admitted that, in this form of
action, it was incumbent on him to shew that the defendant
was aware of the condition of the horse ; and this he thought he
should shew from circumstances which could not be mistaken.

The sale and the representation of the groom were proved ;
but the plaintiff's Counsel having totally failed in shewing
that the horse was known to be unsound by the defendant, con-
sented to be nonsuited.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 6.
THE KING V. WM. STEPHENS.

This was an information filed by the Attorney-General
against the defendant, William Stephens, for having an illicit
soap-manufactory in his premises, and for sending out and re-
ceiving quantities of soap with false certificates. The informa-
tion was supported by the same Counsel and the same wit-
nesses as were employed in a similar information, tried last
week, fn which Thomas-Stephens was the defendant, and in
which a verdict was recorded for the Crown. The case occu-
pied the whole day.