The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-03 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.:--(THIS DAY.)

The Loon —Qs—
o
Bishop a
tiCHANCELLOR, Lord C LVILLE, and the
appeals HEREFORD, sat to-day to hear Scotch
FORGES V. LIVINGSTONE.
SessionThiS • i aPpeal from the judgment of the Court of
nvolved the question as to the right of the.
appellant to the coals under the lands of Mannelrig,
In the barony of Haini, in the countof Stirling.
iih, e ProPerty formerly belonged to the Earl. of Lin-
nogow _ ,
Zy4"(l Callendar, butbecame forfeited to the
n en the attainder of the earl for high treason.e
.„ e question as to the right of the appellant or r p9ndent to the coals under the property has been 2tlgated for upwards of twenty years, and now came
t4:h q e cou
ion
in rt of final resort for the purpose of having
Parties, uest dispute finally settled between the
,41:31•1 • LUSHINGTON, Mr. MURRAY, and Mr. MACONO-•
Arl”RPPeared as counsel for the appellant, and the
e-NET-GENERAL and the LORD-ADVOCATE for the tesPondents.
had ad-
,LAfter Dr. LUSHINGTON and Mr. MURRAY _
ureSSed th •
Alre en. Lordships on behalf of the appellants, the
t :cEY-GENERAL and the LORD-ADVOCATE rose
egether to address their lordships amidst much laughter.
The Loa
Protest , n CHANCELLOR (laughing)—What, another
rzi The ATTORNEY..GENERAL••••-.YES, my Lord. lam
dr°esstsaaxious that the' Lord Advocate should first
ad-
for YOur Lordships, but Isonsider it my duty, not
m.ailirns);st.e.lf personally', butprotest
strengthened
For my office, to
la that 'is right to lead me ; and I am .
re- Position by accidentally meeting with two cases
is Paiierted in the Journals of the House. Th first case
177, appeal from the Court of Session ine the year
tee_he Attein which the Lord Advocate of Scotland and
i ttleY and Solicitor-Generals of England were
A 'ttop„en At thatperiod the late Lord Thurlow was
eG lie-44,17-Ganednerii,all,. and Mr. Wedderburne Solicitor-
lit,n't Dundas Lord Advocate.
ease Was signed Henry
all three, the Attorney-Ge-
fore +Bl,llame appearing first, clearly showing, here-
that that officer took precedence
Ditto_ "an CHANCELLOR observed,
Lord that
Le Advocate
probably Mr.
siabsslas aught have been appointed
Prtinent to signing the appeal.
not se, ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed, that that
office
awttthe'uteirnee!sehaesreitwaswaeseectl.ear he held the offi
tier case in 1823, which
of ,tat action brought against one of the great _ ffie v
the h„,. The name of the case was " Auchterlo yV.
r" of Gordon and others."
don e LORD CHANCELLOR. --• The Duke of
Seal in
at that time Keeper of the Great i
, The di
tue f --.TTORNEY•.GEENRAL stated that that was
then itet, and the present Lord Chief Baron was
4 Attoroe -
G
it elseeate• ie
neral and Sir William Rae Lord-
aged on the same side, and
raps-rernarkable theat inuthat case the Attorney-Gene-
and tame was before that of the Lord-Advocate
b;
the :" blebservable that that appeared to e
housellivari rule in all the proceedings. of the
et' i I3Y the articles of Union, It
En
as
lands
lsnY provided that the Attorney-General of E
tge
tedtaisoutlhdattaltaell precedence of the Lord Advoca ,
English peers should rank before
(4 theelif "el. He was willing to admit that the rank
cot-h-biparru I.dvo.cateinScotland was the same at the
thati,;! took
glish tis that of the Attorney-General at the
`Me, but he never coula permit it to e s.aid
hoos
Precedence at the bar of their lorbdship s
The
obligati )R° ADVOCATE expressed himself under greatt
tettio ens to the Attorney-General for calling the a - collie Of the house to the cases he had done, but he
the tii.hot but consider it unfair to attempt to influence
Gen pi,e,ds of their lordships in favour of the Attorney-
Pared';`, when he knew perfectly well he was unpre-
Th., '' argue the subject.
sh ''' ATr .-4 I, d that he had
o...serVe
YeSterda
41 the LordORNEY..I_YENERAL Advocate the cases he had referred to
The TY•
ll'as, th,,°an ADvocATE stated that his understanding deieneg- ,
slderecr they were to go on under protest. H
howilated to th
to re, the cases the learned Attorney-General alluded
incase under the consideration of thee
righ%Pd not the question between them of th Th precedence (A laugh.)
kfeL, CIIAN.—L oit—You considered that they
Th erred
t°
tile handcsEofLMannel-rig.
sh:
s. vecate,
LordeA44TroaNE- _
Yis GruEnlEinagAL—Aly learned friend, the
Ih.--IGreat laughter• ) a fine rig with your lord-
cedee oar, A • •
e was
not DI OcATE thought the question of pre-
request, as an
idre be discussed to-day, and he had to
Marents respecting tgiriellice to himself, that the argu-
Aliments on the might be postponed ; and that the
protest. If case might be proceeded with under dered th e must, however, observe, that he corm-
Geter , e Printed cases alluded to by the Attorney-t SNee 41 as ne authority, for it was well known
cwonuntshA,
and
~s ivere always left for the that tt,Was extremely easy,
"he Attorneyandnotmightjoke,name•• len 'L rd Advocate.—(Much
ku
titerer that of the o
f)
c„ he
CHANCELLOR (with apparent surprise)--
~, , LORD
C Sly you would not charge the Attorney-General of
l',,,gland with a species of fraud.—( A laugh.)
time'he LORD ADVOCATE—He might suppose at the
,„, that he was acting bona fide.
I,,ftl,he LORD CHANCELLOR—What ! when a blank is
s'lli,e'r his name to take it into his head to jump over a
il.lieor officer.--( Laughter.)
Sir NiviiTT°RNEY-GENERAL,--I am convinced that
of the lain Rae and Lord Meadowbank never heard
the right of precedence being contested between
,r,ord Advocate and the Attern4-General.
his The LORD-.ADVOCATE must deny that any of
am pwredecessors in office ever waved the point,
Lords4ald t.ake upon himself to say, that if their
ral, it" Ps adnidicated in favour of the Attorney-Gene-
dicatiowneold be considered in Scotland an unfair adju-
The L
to
to bje hea what r 'a CHANCELLOR thought the House ought
Advo t.t the Dean of Faculty had to say upon the
Thecve.l-le might put in a claim against the Lord
Lo
could di an ADVOCATE observed that that officer never
gaged 2,Pute the point with him, but when he was en-
ofaltrnosg"hi,til till° Solicitor-Gener'al he always protests,
preee,htll_ giR opinion; he could not maintain his right
intounder a "e• The Dean of Faculty held his office
compeeutP°titi
aPpointed b ratl°.n, and, therefore, never could ent!r
on with an officer of the Crown, who is
Th
~ y the fount •
do e Loan c
1, am of honour.. .
Arend 'ANeELLon---It is an important ques-
the__. Cannot now be settled. You had better for
yhesernt go on under protest.
th • LORD
en' Lordships
ADVOCATE then proceeded to address
, and had not concluded when we left.
THE MARKETS —(THIS DAY.)
__........._
ti Ay MARKETS.--t At per Load of 35 Tru isei.l
CUMBERLAND.
(.4 ,nuderate supply, and a dull trade • prices as last quoted
11„Olcs,:k heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ' 13 10 to ..ti 15
adow Hay ......
... • •••••• " " 0 0
,401 d 1htt0.... ...................... ......... ....... L 4 2
4
t'ottv,, Viand Meadow and aye-rass . HaY••-• 4 ',.' 410
tra,..Y ........................................... 1 i?.., a
..... .E.l Bto X 1 10 I Wheat straw
C:"IPlY rather SMITHFIELD-
-3 5 so £3 10
N4,',!heav_ limited, trade dull, and prices as last quoted.
ti,efleact,4l-owlanu Meadow Hay.........
00 0 0
Eineuad bittioaY ................. ••••••••••-*** .... ::, 3io ain
'4" MaZ;;; ..... . ii•;:;:-TIs; . ii••);•.:•; 4 ° 4 4
isit'): 4e meaotwlrloderatelisUupNpGi ERFORD. .
11.,,ewf,11.;adow Ha £30 0?,1 0
Y, and a sluggish trade.. to £3 10
'4IIO,II,AV° .................... - 315 4 8
aa.0.,. .. ." ........................
4 4
............._v and Rye-grass Hay
ir b
uthf-the;:bollEdise's I%lc I 0----isTs.—The baneful
andinfl.tuhoeugnche
sh73_.S(Tiety in has extended to
.Brighton, al
disaltiroe, the s . town has been in existence but a
)stern
out ultage f hs read oerted to. theier
• Of en , or about twenty men have a
been thrOw.
I''g in 01' through their own obstinacy in persist-
The a' course th
a budder io at must inevitably lead to their ruin.
,question by the, who fi ~ were employed by Mr.
Hallett,
th. oath they hang that they had bound themselves
them the ' and the Y had taken, very properly discharged
ourthi_tr,a.desinznee course, we know, will be pursued
such
tt,!lKlng, the I the town generally, which is,. to
of ;p uorninahie rnost effective manner of repressing
VII: wp =illisaile.
investede Past TnonAtkillt ER.—At the commencement
in ain the '1 we alluded to the old adage being
it hfcordance
_ildness of the weather and, as if
hea;'y so , tit
t.s gone
ou'vith the innovating spirit of the times,
much ••iltn-weste 1 • On Friday we had a very
soow, rain and
sleet y
on
; on Saturday morning
t ; on Sunday heavy hail and thick
lands ella Yesterd
theare h; Grainpia_ aY Morning keen frost. The Pent-
the ianehed
_ts,, and other hills within our horizon_,
Your foliage now and contrast strikingly with
tise lage so early put forth.—Edinturgh