The Sun.
London, England, 1823-03-14 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

,COVRT OF CHANCERY, llnttctt 13.
MANCHESTER TITHES.
/MAXIMUM' V.JErsost.
The LORD OMAN cgcto a—This case came befbre the Court
on exceptions taken to the Master's Repot, who decided that
the modus anciently agreed upon between the Rector of the
parish of Manchester and the parishioners thereof, In lieu of
tithes in kind, was an equitable modus, and that it therefore
ought to stand. His Lordship. had applied to this point his
laborious attention : he had read over and examined with the
severest scrutiny 41 the proceedings, anti his final opinion was
that all the moduses • were good, with the exception of that
which related to Hay. The rest of the case, thezalore, had been
properly. disposed of, and no other alteration Consequently
would h made' in' his Honour's direction, than with respect to
that to which fie had. alluded.

Mr. Aumt, onhehalf of the Rector, applied for the casts in
the suite.

The 1.40un CDAWCEI.T.OR said u 9 theme. tithes hatl never
been paid, he thought, the present, order would be a sufficient
infliction on these parishioners, especially when it was consider.
ed what the other party would gatn. •
Mr. AGAR -rophed,,, that, his client }taxi been already ruined
and obliged to fly the country in consequence of the very heavy
exTences incurred, in the course of dill' protracted 'suite, amount.
in to no less a stint than :30;000/4 independent of the considera=
thin that no tithes whatever had been paid during the period in
which the cause had been pending.
The LOAD CitwwCELLoa reserved the costs.

The Honourable stnEn presented a petitionlirOin•Maki.—
stone, in the County of Kent, against the insolvent Debtors'
Act, and iccompatiled it with. Some observations, which were?
inaudible. •
Mr. STUART WORTLEY saki, that the mercantile inte-
rests of, this country had so strongly expressed the hardships
to which this laW'expost • them, as, in his opinion, to make it
imperative upon the Government to bring some remedy before.
the !louse.
Sir E. KNATCEIBULL fitfly conettired in what had fallen
from the Honourable Member for Yorkshire. The laws 'of
this.country were justly its boast, and such a one as that which
gave facility to fraud and dishonesty ought not to be suffered
to continue.

The SOLICITOR.GENERAL said, that the Law... Officers
df the Crown were ready to give every attention to whatever
suggestions might be offered by Honourable Members, as to
alterations or imptovements in any of the clauses of the A
But be was satisfied that the House would not retrograde from
the principle on which that Act was founded,..-(bear ! )—and
return to the uujust system of inflicting imprisonment far
life.—(Hear, hear 0-110 had given the strictest attention to
.the subject, and, with very few exceptions, he did not see the
possiblty of effecting much alteration upon the principle.--
Very considerable .misconception had gone abroad respecting
the provisions. of the Art. Upon 'is former occasion, when the
Right Hon. Ba6net, the Member for Waterford, called upon
the Law Officers of the Crown to remove the parts of the Act
objected to; his lion. and 'Learned Friend,. tits Attorney-le.
neral, desired that those parts might be pointed out. The lion,
Member for Hereford then stated a point, which, it wa4 a sin,
Fular fitct, the act distinctly prorated for. lie said, this to
chew that great misunderstanding, and Yreat misinformation,
had gone abroad relative to this law. Ile repeated that lie
should gladly hear any suggestions that might be noule as to
short -,o.giving up the principle,
onr Itatetrithatti°hne devaeruseesfing. There. was one case in which
he confessed an alteration bad appeared to hint likely to proVe
oshfothuld
beneficial. 'Where collusion was proved, the parties mlght
deprived of the benetit,of the act.--(Hear , hear !)-There Vitas
one outer observation which he was desirous of making opt%
the subject. It was. well known, that our system- of Rank-
nytey Laws had. POW .existed for two hundred ywifikr-,
For the whole of that period there had been complainfirbi%
hardships and fraud committed by the doytar against theyeitt.f'
ditor, and the greatest lawyers, in- that goose had applyal,.
themselves to remove such grounds or canplaint without being
altogether successful, for in softie measure they existed dawn
to the present moment. It was not,. therefore, because fraud
was fOurld to exist Loa great, extent, under such a measure as
this, that the principle Was bad, and that the whole ought to be
removed. •
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Sir J. explained what he had said to the At-
torney-General upon the occasion alluded to.
Mr. BRIGHT expressed his sorrow at what had fallen from
the SolicitoreGeneral. For although be thought the subject,
was one of great difficulty, yet it ought to be so Modified as
to maintain something like Justice between debtor anti credi;
tor. If nothing could be done with the existing law, might
they not recur to the old one with limitation in the time of Jul!.
pnsontrient.
Sir /*I. W. RIDLEY had heard whet.fell from the Hon. and
Learned Solicitor-General with different, feelings titan those
expressed by. the Hon. MeMber ivlio spoke last. Ile was glad
to hear that his " Majesty's Governinent were disposed to con.
eider and remedy the detects of this Act as tar as .4 remedy
was practicable.
.f.2!r J. BOUGHEY explained the case which he had stated;
as alluded to by the Hon. and Learned SolicitorAieneral.'
Air. G. BENNET described this law like the ,tiame Law.
and some others, as being a disgrace to any civilized .country
in which they were. found to titbit: Ild did not understand
why measures like these were to-be left.td any one who should
happen to take them up. Why did not the Ministers introduce
some amenditent of the present Act. They, were not paid for,
coming down Wand taking their seats to do-nothing; their duty,
was to bring forward' such nieasures as were necessary for the
sound government of the (wimp. The code required many'
such measures of Amefidment whit+ alight •to have.beetv pro-
duced long ago. Bot all such measures wele %topped by at in-
fluence exerted elsewhere. It was to Lord Eldon that the pre-
vention of such improvements in our code were owing,- arid
.it was high dine that the Government sholdd teazle to some,
terms with that Noble Lord upon the subjeat.
Mr. Secretary PEEL felt -himself called .uptin'to 'Meet the
general charges- of • the lion. Member by a general denial. it
the Hon. Member. ,knew how the different general
were oc-
cupied in the ditties of their (aces from, morning_ to night, he
would see how devoid those charems were of till foundation,. .4.
\With regard to the specific charges of the llon. Merober,whieli
were always of. snore. consequence tie m his gerleral allegations,
let the House see bow they were groluided. The subjects of
thim were the Ineolvent Debtors' Act and the. Game Laws...A
ilia Houourable and Learned, Friend,. had declared with re.
gard to the foriner, that he eauld not, according to his joti::
meat, abandon the:principle of the Act, consititently with his
duty, but that he was ready to ottendto any suggestions which
;night heanatie upon,particular clauses.. What more could-be
expected ?---(Hear, hear I)—Por hiniself, he. could only say,
that when his Hon Friend, the -Member for Yorkshire, told
him that the Game Laws was a sehject upon which inquiry
ought to be had, he replied, that he should nit - object to a
Committee for that purpose, anti that if .fie• were pet upon
it, he should -give every atterition tdj its Prueeettitigs.-.-(llear,
hear!}--.What did the flor.ourable (itealemari expect -them
tad° beyond this ?---f Hear, hear !IL-With respect to the alhi.
. sion which had been made to an absent individual at the head
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