The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-11 00:00:00

VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DO)

of WILSON'S
JohnILSON 'S
EdwardsCl iAR I 1.1.-
This was the peltiNtiounE
who stated themselves to be Freemen of the city or Lonclntni
praying for the due performance of the trusts of the Charity
in question, under the direction of the Court. Filla mt.,
statements of Sir WiLriAm HoRNA, with Whom was
i, n,
ANDERSON, it appcaed that a gentleman of the name of r, isunes-
by his will, dated on the 7th of October, 1766, gave the
the
of 20,000/. to the Lord Mayor, the two senior Aldermen?
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Recoreer and the Chamberlain, of the city of London, efisi
trust for the benefit of young tradesmen, freemen of theyor
of London, who had commenced business withi three les"
and not more than two years, in the city or within rto
thereof. The benefits provided by the will was the lof: :s
the persons whom the testator had pointed out in his willo
enn,
of not snore than 3001. and not less than lON., to as sist 11;
'rid George Sinitht
in their business, not to extend to a longer period On, the
years. By the will, it was provided that the application 0
_,,e_
funds should be in the Lord Mayor, the two senior aldeiersrat's
the recorder, and chamberlain. According to the state
,etbe
in the petition, however, the application of the funds nt the
of
charity had been
chamberlain. The accounts of the charity had been 10 had
very unsatisfactory manner, notwithstanding the testatnr that
given 40/. a year to a clerk in the chamberlain's officernre OS
purpose. It was provided by the will that the surplus 0
to I
should beplaced out in government securities; that bad ncitb
tOi
done, for the chamberlain had at the theowinentlargesu
in his hands. Under such circumstparneeseesnitst was ast ett:: the
petitioner that the Court would institute au inqu'''' - lone
administration of the funds of the charity, and that a se
_,
might be uirected for its future application. When the
pare.
was before the Court on a previous occasion, it being.
..e,, not
sented by the Counsel, on behalf of the city, that they'.o.7 the
had an opportunity of stating the case on their side 't7
rill nablill
matter was ordered to stand over, for the purpose 0. e twit
worn..
them to do so, and tho case now came on with full
on both sides. oppolling
Sir E. SuunEN, with whom was Mr. RANDALL, in . would
the petition, observed, that, no doubt the Ceen'ef the
be surprised, when he informed it that oae... college,
gordeP
petitioners was himself a pensioner at Who had
and that the other was a vender of Daffy
's
Elisirrities as tk,
been trying to compromise with the parish
therefore,autho see, if
the payment of his rates. The Court would, iittiprop
the case went against them, there would be vevYreeet, of trust
bility of obtaining the costs of the suit. 14° b e petition WO
had been proved ; the speculation of presenting the therethre,
a jobbing one ; and the Learned Counsel trust ,
that the petition would be dismissed with cost&
His HONOUR, after hearing Sir NV. Horne in replynawas
per,
that he considered that the present state of the fa u
()thing ""
fectly consistent with the will of the testator, that nt
aro that
ots ~...e court
a misapplication of the funds had been made
nothing had occurred which made it necessary for
case wade
to interfere. In the opinion of the Court, the c''A there.
ithet'h.
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in behalf of the petitioners totally failed, and he
fore order the petition to be dismissed with costs.
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IN RE LANGHAN'S CHARITY. hale d,
This was a similar petition with respect to the c
of
upwar
John Langham, who, in the year 1764, gave a
of
_...e city co
of 6000/, to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of
etn, „,,ineet
London, in trust for the relief of 27 poor distress:, Co
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soldiers, and their families. The Lord mayor: and t
Aldermen had latterly distributed that bounty . 8
1,,c31; the 146.
each of the aldermen two tickets of 41. each, sv"' ~ fend
the chart 3'
tioners contended was a misappropriation of
'th eosts.
His HONOUR dismissed this petition also In

It is said in the C
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ar ts having er
a short time ago the young Due de Nernours
_..,
the same q;",
pressed himself averse to standing tip ill
drille with his shoemaker (an officer of the Garde Na.
A
tiona!e), was exiled to Neu
illy
with his GOYeroo6 jai 0
week, in order to inspire the legitimate Pri,D,cB,;?
greater inclination for the festivities of the Toug-jh 4
; ht, -
lb II turnips, &e., el BLOODHOUNDS.—On Monday Seng'igrigtory
briadngee chaseT took place between Cantley and gre-oitier'
The servants of G. B. Greaves, Esq• 0;,; aPle
sentga.l I
of
bloodhounds
out half an hour before letting be ce°ole.
ounds, belonging to the above-named
man, slip
.og. in pursuit, for the purpose of exercise ts:
_kbie,
in
owe,After making every possible double, over ;sumo
i. t circles of Paris,
short
.hole,
y two men amon 3 a, Broc 06,
gst the winos or gorse, ne #
when the men took a different route. PresentlY 6"-e the
were seen well on the scent, and on coming tacitwfahuelftt ba:
uten had separated the were for a momentthe origi°B"
the leading hound immediately yhit upon .,,e
he was *oined for a
scentand both ', the 11°°
stables, ware t ._...e to
into cover at Rossington-bridge
fellow, being very much exhausted, bad only Po .tr., tbe
shut the gate to prevent himself from being seised u/
hounds. e • or
rhIS hi
THE COLLINGHAM GHOST. •"'" a pig-
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terious visitant, who has recently been ntakia_t and ~
hideous" in the vicinity of Collinghatn,
The awful ghost turns out to be a man bag' , v'to aight.
,
stand, been rendered " palpable to feeling a a
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trumpet, who took his post under a bridge,..st hi, gooi
"groaned horribly an unearthly groan, hil.notul/4
friends the poachers carried on their avocation ugoo 11
by the trembling keepers. Tae body of this no a°ll_,„
we hear, been taken into custody, and We "'his cass4
but the law will prove a strong exorcist
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Of
Leeds Intelligencer. dam
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COMBAT DES OISEAUX.--4n ;., Oingba'-'
d a
the water-mill belonging to Mr. Lane, ''',„ ago 3,,nu ig
most singular combat took place betwee°,,"; !ant a " c,
duck. On a small island situate in the luura feet safey
had deposited here ggs, as she thought, i° P.' r, the bo;
but a crow from the neighbouring trees obserrnoels; 0
regularly robbed her every day as she laid here °,oitres
ore unlucky day, after keeping watch some ic° 'her brlfor
duck caught her in the fact, seized her vv'ith, water. ~
bill, and a long and violent fight ensued in to" f dill!
life : in the end, however, after a great lobligedo to iieed,
struggling, and squealing,
the crow A
wasdrefa
feeling
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her life up to the prowess of the duck, and
—Norfolk Chronicle.