The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-08 00:00:00

nANXIIUPTS.

Mr. MONTAGU on behalf of the petitioner,
to proceed to the new trial.which had been conditionally granted
by the Court on paying MI., the costs of the Former trial, into
the hands of the assignees, but without prejudice to the excep.
Lions taken to particular'. items in the bill of costs.
C The LORD HANCtLLOR said that he had been told, and
so had the kingdom at large, that the costs of a trial at common
14w. were next to nothing. By these costs, it appeared to be
nearly as expensive as a suit in Chancery.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JULY 7.
This being the last day of Term; his Honour was occupied
in hearing motions. With the exception'of thefollowing, none
occurred of any importauce.
.IfOBIiOUSE AND HANSON V.A3ALLAS, KNlbill:
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• COLDURIC
Mr. HEALD, shortly. before the rising of the CC/Utt, requested
his Honour to hear a short motion which he bad been prevented
by accident from •making hethre the Lord Chancellor. The
plaintiffs were John Cam Hobhouse, Esq., and John Hanson,
Esq., the executors and administrators of the late Lord Byron,
and they prayed that an injunction might issue to restrain the'
defendants, Robert Charles Dallas, Esq., Charles Knight, and
Henry Colburn, from publishing certain letters written by the
late Lord' Byron to his mother. The grounds upon which the
application WAS made were there :—Previously to the year 1811,
the late Lord Byron wrote several private and confidential let-
ters to his mother, Catherine Gordon Byron, who in 11111 died
intestate. Her son, the late Lord Byron, as heir-at-law, took
out letters of administration, and obtained posseision of the let-
ters which he had previously addressed to his mother. Being
subsequently about to leave the country, his Lordship placed
the letters in the hinds of the defendant, Robert Charles Dal-
las, for safe custody. It was supposed that Mr. Dallas had
either sold the letters, to the defendants, or had entered into
partnership with them to publish them The Learned Counsel
then read an affidavit, which had been filed by the plaintiffs,
in support of the injunction. Itset forth that in the ware 1890,
1810, and J 811; th,. lnto Lon] Aylvrt:T.Ltitriv.wornl.l.l4etra.-4.3bi..--
,mothei, which were private and' confidential, and not intended
for publication : that the mother of his Lordship died in 1811,
and that his Lordship administered to her estate and effects, and
became possessed of the aforesaid letters : that the plaintiff's be-
lieved that his Lordship was in the habit of corresponding with
the derendant, Mr. Dallas.' and was on terms of intimacy with
him; and that his Lordship, on quitting 17:nglatid;'Intritsred
Mr. Dallas with the letters aforesaid : that the plaintitni be-
lieved that when the death of his Lordship became known, Mr.
Dallas Assumed a title to, and claimed a copyright of, the let,.
tars, and formed a plan to publish them, and agreed to sell such.
pretended copyright to Charles Knight, of Pall-mall East,book-
seller, and Henry Colburn, of .New Burlington-street, book-
seller, who, in consequence, had published an advertisement in
the papers of July 4, stating that on the 12th of July instant
Would be published " Lord Byron's Private Correspondence,
including his Letters to his Mother ; written from Portugal,
Spain,' Greece, and other parts of the Mediterranean. Pub-
lished from the originals, with notes and observations by lt. C.
Dallas, Esq."
The VICE-CHANCELLOR immediately directed the injunc-
tion to issue.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 7..
THE KING v. WILLIAMSON.
Cornelius Williamson, charged with manslaughter, in killing
a man in a public-house squabble, was ordered to be bailed in
the county of Lancaster, on entering into a recognizance of 130/.
and finding four sureties in 20/. each, forhis appearance at the
next Assizes.

IN TUE MATTEB Of BENNETT.
Mr. Cunwoon applied on behalf of a person named Ben-
nett, now a .prisoner in the custody of the Marshal, that he
should be admitted to the benefit of the rules.. He was con:
victed of keeping ri,common gaming-house, and sentenced to
pay a fine of 1,0001., and to be imprisoned for twelve months.
rho term of imprisonment had expired, and he now remained
in custody for the fine only.
The CouitT asked if the application was made on special
grounds ?
Mr. CuawooD replied that it was, as there were affidavits of
two medical men dust Mr. Bennett was in a very bad state of
health. • _ _

The COURT declined to lay down any general rule as to the
allowance of this favour to persons dawned in prison for fine,
but directed that a special rule should he drawn up on reading
the affidavits of the-medical men, that the Marshal be at liberty
to grant the benefit prayed for to the applicant till the fourth
day of next term.