The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-05 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.)

JONES V. POWELL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that he would give judgment
on Thursday morning in this case, as he had quite made up his
mind upon it.

IN THE MATTER OF THE SUITORS.
Mr. BEAMES had a petition to present in the matter of the
suitors, the whole of the prayer of which he believed was quite of
course, except as it regarded two items, namely, the payment of
1171., and of 118/. The former payment was to the porter and
laundress of the Master of the Rolls' Court, in Chancery-lane, and
the latter to the same officers of his Court at Westminster.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said it involved a question of jurisdic-
tion—did any one oppose it ?
Mr. BEAMES did not believe that it was to be opposed, but coun-
sel appeared on the other side, that the opinion of the Court might
be taken upon it.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he appeared for the suitors.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that this had come frequently
before him, and that he might as well cut the matter short
by stating what he had resolved to do. If no jurisdiction
was given to him by the Act of Parliament, such omission was
clearly a slip ; and, that being the case, he would make the order
(it being impossible,
_at this late period of the session, to think of
getting an Amendment Act passed now), trusting to the Treasury,
should it afterwards be found that the order ought not to have been
made, to recompense the suitor's fund pro tanto, and to bring that
into the estimates. His Lordship's opinion was, he had no jurisdiction.
Mr. SOEICITOR-GENERAL said that at the time the Act passed
the Master of the Rolls had no Court at Westminster, and that the
porter and laundress of his Court in Chancery-lane were paid out
of certain fees.

The LORD CHANCELLOR-But those fees were now carried to
the Fee Fund.

Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL believed not.

Mr. BEAMES said that, whether they were or not, his Honour
had given up his house at the Rolls to the public without any remu-
neration whatever.

The Loan CHANCELLOR was quite aware of that. He did not
know whether the giving up of that house would cost his Honour
as much as it might have cost any other gentleman. He re-
collected dining there some years ago, when his Honour gave a
very sumptuous dinner, but his Honour had not been there for
many years past, except going into that part of it in which he
held his Court. He had, however, very liberally given it up, as
well as the ground behind it, to the State Paper Department,
without any compensation, although it was very well known that
notwithstanding he was a higher Judge of the Court of King's
Bench, he had 1,0001. a-year less than that Learned Judge, in
consideration of leaving that house.
Mr. BEAMES said that besides all that, it,cost His Honour up-
wards of 6001. a year to keep the house up. The Land Tax alone
amounted to more than 3001.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was a very expensive house ;
so much so, that when Lord Lyndhurst was Master of the Rolls,
he gave it to a friend on condition that he would be at the expense
of keeping it up.

SMITH V. HOLLAND.
The Loan CHANCELLon proceeded to hear the argument in this
part-heard motion. •

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S.)
DEAL, AUG. 4.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived and sailed for
the river the Margery, Witty, Hindostan, Lamb, Ant, Pye, Salem,
Gregson, and Cornwall, Taylor, from Quebec; and Eliza Jane,
Friendly, from the Cape of Good Hope.
PORTSMOUTH, Auc. -4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Sophia,
Barclay, from Jamaica; and Tayside, Brigs, from the westward.
PLYNOUTH, Auo. 3.—Wind S. W.—Arrived off port the Emma
Eugenia, Tilly, from Mauritius—sailed the 2d May.
FALMOUTH, AUc. 3.—Wind variable, light airs.—Arrived off
port the Elizabeth, Edgar, from Pictou.
POOLE, AUG. 3.—,Arrived the John and Thomas, Moore, from
Newfoundland. Arrived off port the Sarah, Hudson, from Benicaibo.
Auc. 4. —Arrived the Borussia, Haman, from Memel;
and Caroline, Buck, from Kiel.

CowEs, AUG. 4.—Arrived the Balivar, Al'Mann, from New
Orleans.

LIVERPOOL, AuG. 4.—Arrived the To Barnes, from Jamaica ;
and Harmony, Widdicombe, from Mobile. Arrived off port the
Lunenberg, from Halifax.

CLYDE:A u G. 2.—Arrived the John Scott, Croall, from Demerara

His Majesty's steamer Spitfire, with the mail of the Ist instant
sailed on the 3d for Cadiz and the Mediterranean with all letters,
&c., arriving at Falmouth on that day inclusive.
Letters for Lisbon by his Majesty's brig Scorpion, and for Ma-
deira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, by his Majesty's brig Plover, wil
be M time to-morrow, the 6th instant.

Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's from Gibraltar, dated 14th
July :—" The Board of Health has this day done away with all
quarantine restrictions here on arrivals from places where the cho-
lera exists."