The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-25 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.)

The following appointments were made this afternoon
at the Admiralty

Lieutenants—J. S. Graham to the Renown ; —Fitz-
roy (additional) to the Ve3uvius ; A. J. Day and Thos.
Barnardiston to the Curacoa.

Mates—Stanhope G. Price to the Excellent ; John L.
Hope (confirmed) to the Trident.
Paymaster—John G. Whiffen to the Curacoa.
Clerk—William A. Martin to the Curacoa.
Assistant-Clerk—John F. Rule to the St. Vincent.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—ahis Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
IN RE GREENWOOD-JUDGMENT.

Lord Campbell gave the judgment of the Court in this
case, which was one of importance to prisoners for debt
and creditors. It came before the oonrt on a rule calling
on the Judge of the County
Court of York to show
cause why he refused to hear the petition of an insolvent
named Greenwood, on an order of reference from the
judge of the Insolvent Court in London. In February,
1856, the insolvent was confined in York Castle under
an execution for debt, and on an habeas corpus he was
removed to the Queen's Bench Prison. A creditor in
the Oct. following petitioned in the London Insolvent
Court for a vesting order, which was granted, and the
insolvent filed his schedule, and an order for hearing in
London was made. On the hearing, however, the
London Commissioner ordered the insolvent to be
taken back to York with au order of reference to the
York County Court judge to hear the petition. He,
however, refused to obey the order, believing he had no
jurisdiction under the now laws, and the rale was ap-
plied for and granted to decide the point. Two ques-
tions arose on it —first, whether a creditor could file an
insolvent's petition ; and, secondly, if a county court
judge was bound to obey an order of reference from a
judge of the London Insolvent Court. Th• Court was
of opinion that the object of the aLeration of the insol-
vent law was to give the same jurisdiction to creditors
as to prisoners for debt to file the insolvent's petition,
and that the judge of a county court was bound to obey an
order of reference from the judge of the London Insol-
vent Court.
Rule made absolute.

THE QUEEN ♦. ETON COLLEGE.-IMPORTANT DECISION.

Lord Campbell, in giving judgment in this case, said
that the Court had taken time to consider the case, from
the great importance and novelty of the main question
raised. The main question involved was, whether on
the pretnoton of an incumbent to a colmial bi-hopric
he vacated his benefice, and the same lapsed to the
Crown. There could be no doubt that, on the promotion
of an incumbent to a bishopric in Eugland, or Ireland,
the benefice became void, and the presentation lapsed
to the Crown. It WB.l clearly the prerogative of the.
Crown, Lowever it might have ari-en, or however it
might have been acquired. It rested on uniform
usage, and was eupported by the dicta of our
text writers and the dec:sions of the Courts
of Law, that coulil no;-, for a moment be
questioned. In this case the Rev. Mr. Harpur, incum-
bent of Stratford Mortimer, in the gift of the College,
bad been promoted to the Bishopric of Christ Church,
in New Zealand, and the question Was, whether the
defendants or the Queen bad the right of presentation to
the vacant benefice. The learaed lord entered fully into
the law of the question, and concluded by stating that
it was the unanimous opinion of the Court that a colonial
bishopric did not come within the law and usage as laid
down, and to which ho bad referred, and therefore the
judgment of the Court was for the defendant,?, which
retained to them the future presentation to the incum-
bency.