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London, England, 1834-07-14 00:00:00

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The Lord Chancellor, ford Wharnoliffe, and Lord
Cloncurry sat this morning to hear appeals. •

THE MARQUIS OF DONEGAL V. SALT AND OTHERS.
The arguments in this appeal, which have occupied se-
veral days, were concluded this morning.
Judgment postponed until the opinion of the Judges
could be obtained on several legal points.

LORD MAYOR'S COURT, JULY 12.

(Before the RECORDER.)
CHAMBERS V. LONGMAN AND CO.

Mr. GURNEY stated this case, which was one of attach-
ment. Mr. Jerdan, editor of the Literary Gazette, is in-
debted to a plaintiff, who is a tailor, in the sum of 315/.,
and understanding that the Defendants, the well-known
publishers, had moneys of Mr. Jerdan's in their hands, they
having the payment of his salary as editor of the Literary
Gazette, and also the payment of his share of the profits as
part proprietor of that publication, he brought this action
against them. The Defendants resisted the action on the
ground that they had no moneys in their hands belonging
to Mr. Jerdan.

W. A. Scripps was then examined—ls publisher of the
Literary Gazette; was so in December last ; his son re-
ceived the moneys on account of the Literary Gazette.
Has seen some of the partners of the house of Longman,
Rees, Orme, Brown, and Co., of late ; the proceeds for the
sale and advertisements of the Literary Gazette are paid
over to Longman and Co. weekly. Has had no conversa-
tion with the partners in Longman and Co.'s house on the
subject of money which they had in their hand belonging
to Mr. Jerdan.

John Angus examined—ls clerk in the house of Long-
man and Co. Knows Mr. Scripps, the publisher of the
Literary Gazette. He is in the habit of handing money
over to Longman and Co. weekly on account of the Lite-
rary Gazette. Does not know what sum Mr. Jerdan re-
ceives as editor of the Literary Gazette. Had always
heard that Mr. Jerdan was part proprietor of that publica-
tion, but never heard any thing on the subject from either
of the partners of the firm of Longman and Co. Never
understood from them that they had any money in their
hands belonging to Mr. Jerdan.
The Jury accordingly returned a verdict for the De-
fendants.

SHERIFF'S COURT, RED LION-SQUARE, JULY 12,

HOEDER V. ASHTON.---SOLDIERS' DEBTS.
The defendant in this case is a corporal in the Ist Regi-
ment of Life Guards, and the plaintiff the landlord of the
Rose and Crown public-house immediately opposite to the
Knightsbridge Barracks. The Court was crowded with
Life Guardsmen, and appeared more like a Military Court
Martial than a Court of Common Law.
Mr. DERBISHIRE, for the plaintiff, stated that his client
came into Court reluctantly —by actual compulsion. The
action was originally brought for the small sum of 3/.65. lid.,
two pounds of which had been lent on the 30th of Decem-
ber, 1832. The remainder constituted the corporal's score,
run up in 1831 and 1832, when his regiment occupied the
barrack in the neighbourhood. There was something rather
singular in the transaction ; for the plaintiff, finding that by
a clause in the Mutiny Act soldiers were protected from
arrest in execution for all debts ,under 30/., and that there
was no prospect for him, did not relish the idea of paying
costs, and would have stayed the action altogether, had not
the defendant forced him, by a Judge's order, to give a pe-
remptory undertaking to go to trial. The scores of publi-
cans were, it was well known, kept with a chalk or a slate
pencil ; but the corporal's own acknowledgment, and some
circumstantial matters, would supply the apparent defect.
Three witnesses proved that the defendant frequented
the plaintiff's house, and that he sometimes paid for what
was delivered to him, and sometimes " stuck it" against the
wall. They also stated that he admitted that he owed
money to the plaintiff, and that he would pay it when he
could. This was the only proof given of the debt.
Mr. HARNETT (attorney for the defendant) described
the conduct of the plaintiff as most vexatious towards his
client. In fact, the corporal owed nothing for his score,
and was on guard at the Horse Guards the whole of the
day named as that on which he was said to have borrowed
the money ; so that the loan was all a farce.
Verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of his demand.