The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY.—.(Tuts DAY.)
His Honour the MASTER of the norm came
into Court, this day, for the purpose of hearing
motions for the 14onn CitAstcer,Lon. At half.
past ten o'clock, however, there were only four
Counsel present, Mr. SHADWXLI4 and threes/tides
Counsel, neither of whom were prepared to move
in any case that his Honour could hear. The
consequence was, that he left the Court.

ROLLS couRT--rrats DAT.)
There were fourteen causes set clown for ?tear-
ing, this day. The following notice was also
posted :—His Honour will hear causes, petitions,
and farther directions, on Saturday, et half-past
nine o'clock,

THE CIRCUITS..
This morning the Judges or the Courts of
King's Bench, Common Pleas, and the Exchequer, assembled
in the long room adjoining the King's Bench Court, for the
purpose of being nominated to their respective Circuits, pre.
paratory to the commencement of the Lent Assises.—The
lowing arrangement took place
Rome Circuit—The Chief Baron, and Mr. Baron Graham.
Oxford Circuit—Mr. Justice Park, and Mr. Baron (Jarrow..
Midland Circuit—Lord Chief Justice Best, and Mr. Justice
Littletiale.

Western Circuit-3lr, Justice Burrougb, and Mr. Justice
Gazelee.

Norfolk Circuit—. Lord Cinefjustice Abbott, and Mr. Justice
Holroyd.
Northern Circuit—Mr. Justice Bayley, and Mr. Banta
Hullock.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
[FROM LLOYD'S.]
• .DrAt,, JAW. 25.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived and wailed for the
River, the Herald, from Demerart4; Horteus, Van Dee
Zweep, from the Mauritius and Cape of 13oOd Hope ; Naiad,
Randall, from Cork for Hull ; and the Maria, Hewitt, from
Limerick. The whole of the homeward and outward bound
have sailed.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25.—Wind to E.—Arrived tha
Dart, Clark, from Havre; Swift, Traverse, from Waterford;
Rover, Tatem, from You hall ; Le Victor, Teasel, from (Jaen;.
and his Majesty's cutter Ilyflyer, from 'a cruize. Sailed his
Majesty's ship Tweed, for Mexico; his Majesty's cutter Scor.
pion, on a cruize; Frederick, Roundtrec, for Hull; and Fanny
Dager, Devriest.for St. I.lbes.
Cowts, JAN. 25.—Wind E.—Arrived the Melpomene,
Johnson, from Honduras in HO days, with loss of bulwarks, and
short of provisions; his Majesty 'it ship Rattlesnake lias just
arrived at Honduras when the Melpomone left from the Island
of Rattan, where they had expected to have found ,'Gregor
landed to take the Island. •
FALMOUTH, JAN. 24.—Wind S.E—Arrived yesterday the
Lady Mary Pelham Packet, from Malta, &c. ; sailed from
Gibraltar the Ist Inst.

LIVE POOL, JAN. 24.—Wind S.S.E.-..Arrived the Union,
Smith, from New Orleans; Ganges, —.--, from Virginia;
Sir IL Douglas, Lindsays ; Peter Ellis, Chimer, and Seaman,
der. Wilson, from St. John's, N. B. ; latter sailed the lilth
GUEENOCK. JAN. 23.--The James Demist= Campbell,
arrived from Demerara; spoke on the 17th inst. a Kinsale l'iiot
boat, and was informed that a barque, timber laden from North
America, and a brig from St. Vincent's, had been driven on
shore in the neighbourhood of Kinsale, on the lath inst.

The Factor, of Portland, United States, was undei seizure
at Dublin; on 23d inst., for having tobacco on board.
The Twelve Brothers, Hawk, *Ailed from Yarmouth the
16th October, for Scotland, and hes not since been beard of.

POST MORTEM 0z EytNcE.,----Tho following
curious case came before the Cunt t at the Bury
Sessions, last week King on the prosecu•
lion of 11Vm. Sparrow against Edvv..Collis. The
defendant was indicted for an assault on the prose.
cutor last November. The prosecutor being call.
ed, swore that the (defendant having some dispute
with hint about impounding some pigs, struck him
a violent blow on the head and knocked him down
dead !! ! When he came to life again, he ran to
a man in the field, but he was so unsensed by the
fatal blow that, he did not know him, and called
him by a wrong name. The witness being called,
proved that a blow had been struck, but denied
, ,
tnat toe prosecutor was killed on the spot, 0$ he
had himself sworn ! Ott the part of the defend.
uni,,a child, nine years of age, was called, who
was keeping hugs near the fatal spot, but proved
that before the defendant had struck the,prose.
cuter, he held up his whip against hint in a threaten•
lag attitudepod in this he was somewhat combo.
sated by *mother boy lid by no means contradicted
by the prosecutoPs witness, who admitted it
might have been so and he not have seen it. The
Court seemed disposed to give credit to the cvi.
'desire of the children, but the ,fury found the,
defendant guilty, and he was sentenced to 14
days imprisonment. We btlieve this is the first
ease on record where the.witness himself proved
that he had received " a fatal Wow" and was
46 knocked down dead on the spot."

Three or.four persons have been npprehended
on suspicion of being concerned in the atrocious
murder of J. liedley, pear Ilexham. They have
been since distharged, however, nothing appear.
ing on their examination to justify, their, jletentione
A serious, end it is feared a fatal aCcideut,
carted to LEWIN BIIANSTONE, Esq., .of
court, Bucks, while following .the Cottlesworai
harriers on Monday. While ia full chase his
horse stumbled 'at a fence, and fell upon the
rider, who had his thigh broken in 'a shocking
manner, besides being otherwise so .much hurt
that recovery is'very doubtful. The tie* gentle.
man broke his. collar-bone in hunting last season.