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London, England, 1858-02-20 00:00:00

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The Lord Chancellor delivered juaglnent in fikti lafre .4'.--
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This was an application by Mr. Watts, who had been i.
struck off the roll of attoreiee of this Court, to be :
restored. .-
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It will be rerrenabered -
that Mr. 'Matte, f;:nrierly us:
attorney q,l this Court, wae st:usele off the-relle of aiLOl-
- ...s by Flis Henour Vicc-ChauctliorSit J_olinStus.rt, and
afterwards on appeal by, the Lord Chaneethirein respect of
the misapplication of one thousand peunde received by hint
from the Rev. MreFerrby, to vest it on good toortgaga
security. Mr. Watts represented to Mr. Fonby that
the money was invested on good minority, but it was
lent on buildings in the course of erection at Felkstone
and Nlairlatone, which , turned out an .utrprafitam„
' speculation, and Mr. Watts himself afterwards beeline
bankrupt.
The Lord Chancellor in delivering judgment said, that
this case Lad given him the ereetest possible anxiety, not
only to find cut whether there were sufficient gourd*
for the penal suspension of Mr. Watts from the duties
of his office, but also to see whether there were
sufficient grounds for restoring Lim ae au attorney et
this court. It appeared that he and hie partner carried
On business in Ilythe to the extent of about 45,000/. per
annum, but his loss in building speculations and other-
wise led him to bankruptcy: His lordship observed
that it now appeared upon evidence that the misrepre-
sentations made by him to the Rev. Mr. Fonby, that
he heel laid out Lis money on a good mortgage invest-
ment, was made after the money was advanced and
eilPn he was btnkrupt, but it was his duty to have
informed Mr. Fonby that be was in bankrupt cite
curnstancez, and that it was his duty to look to the
F uffioiesicy of the security given. If be had done se,
Mr. Fonby might have recovered his money fmne
Watts' assets in the hands of his bankers. His lordship
did not consider that this misrepreeentation made after
bankruptcy, and when no money was advanced by Mr.
Fonby on the faith of its being, true, was a sufficient
ground for continuing Mr. Wet's' suspension from his
office of attorney. His lordship had conceived, and he
believed the Vice-Chancellor was of the same opinion,
that Mr. Foribyleed advanced his money upon Watts'mie-
rapreseutation of the sufficiency of the mortgage security;
whereas, it now appeared that money was advanced
before any misrepresentations were made and that the
money was placed in his hands to get the best security
he could. His lordship did not free Mr. Watts from
blame in making a misrepresentetien to Mr. Fonby after
Lis bankruptcy, but be did not consider that the public
would sustain any injury by restoring Mr. Wafts to the
roll of attorneys of this court on the payment of all
CO 4te.
Trio rule to strike Mr. Watts off the roll was dis-
charged and Mr, Watts is now an attorney of tide
court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ONE EFFECr or Tr GOVERNMENT BlLL.—Amcng
the persons charged with drunkenness at this court this
morning was an Italian, who gavo his name 'Batista
Darighi, brought before Mr Binghav by Police-con-
Ltable C, 145.
It appeared the constable found the defendant drunk
in Piccadilly at between two and three o'clock in the
morning, where he was exceedingly noisy much to th•
annoyance of the inhabitants. As he woul:i not mode-
rate his clamour the constable was ander the necessity
of locking him up.
The Italian told his worship this morning, through
the medium of the interpreter, that he was sorry he Zot
drunk, but the fact was it was all owing to the bill
thrown out in the house last night.
Mr. Bingham asked how he would have done bad it
been the oth(r way and not thrown out !
Defendant thought that might have somewhat altered
circumstances and caused a little delay, as he should
probably then have got drunk in Italy icateal of Eng-
land.

Being a foreigner, and his firot appearance here, he
was disehargei without a fine.

NA.VAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE'.

Sir Charles Style, Bart., of Bromptor, Yorkshire,
nioently addressed a letter to Colonel M'Pherson, C.B.,lnspecting Field Officer of the York District, intimating
his desire to promote the enlistment of recruits for her
Majesty's service, and with a view to that object
remitted a cheque for 1001. to be given as extra bounty
to 100 young men who shoul enlist iu that district.
This patriotic offer was at once accepted, and
a letter was addressed to Sir Charles Style by the
authorities at the Horse Guards, conveying to
him the Duke cf Carnbridge's thanks for the noble
example he had set to other influential landlords to
exert themselves in filling the ranks of the army. The
hundred men have since enlisted, and received the ad-
dition to their bounty offered by Sir Charles.
An Admiralty order arrived at Chatham yesterday for
the Aflicaine, 44, and the Mercury, 42, attached to the
reserve at Chatham, to be fitted for divisional ships in
lieu of the Boadicea, 42, and the Resistance, 10, ordered
to be taken into dock and broken up.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred visited Portsmouth
Dockyard yesterday, and was attended by Commander
Joseph Grant Bickford, of the flagship Victory, Lieut.
Cowell, R.E., and the Rev. W. R. Jolly. His Rojo'
Highness will shortly join Her Majesty's ship Euryalus,
fitting out at Devonport, under the command of Capt.
Tarleton, C. 8., for an interesting cruise.
Tee Algiers, 91, screw, made another trial of her
machinery yesterday. The Pigmy steam-vessel, Master
C rrurnanner Johnston, arrived at Portsmouth on Thurs.
day night from Plymouth, with supernumeraries. The
Comet steam-vessel embarked a draught of the 221
Regiment yesterday at Portsmouth, and conveyed them
to Cowes for Parkhurst. The Spbynx, 6, paddle-frigate,
was taken into dock, and the Termagant, 24, screw, into
the etearn-basin at Portsmouth, yesterday, for repairs.
The Vi7allice, iron paddle-wheel vessel, was taken out of
dock aftor refit yesterday.