The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-28 00:00:00

61,711.D11ALL.

On Saturday IV. Held, a respectable looking
man, was brought up on a charge of misdemea-
nour, for retaining possession of a 'bill of ex-
change for 70/„whic'h he had found,the right owner
being known to him. It appeared that the
bill in question was advertised, but that the
prisoner kept it, thinking the reward too small.
ills possession of the Bill, and knowledge of the
advertisement, were proved, hut as it was dear
that he had found it, he was discharged on giving
up possession.

On Saturday evening, a melancholy accident
happened to a young man belonging to Earl CRA7
YEN'S yacht, lying near Southampton ; in lifting
a breaker of water out of a bunt alongside the
ship, he overbalanced himself, fell 'overboard,
and was drowned. Several boats were employed,
by his Lordship's orders, in sweeping for the
body, which was found on Sunday morning, about
Sire miles from where it sunk.

LAW INTELLIGENCE:

COURT OF CHANCERY, JuNr, 24.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND HODGES V. JOHN.

SON AND THE CORPORATION OF LONDON.

This question came on again this day, and
Counsel were directed to argue it on two grounds ;
first, whether the proposed wharf would be a
nuisance ; and secondly, whether the Attorney-
General was bona fide a party
Mr. 'FINNEY, on behalf of the plaintiff, con-
tended, that if the Court were to permit the
erection to go on, it would be a great inconveni-
ence, because the current of the river at that
quarter would be rendered more quick, and there-
by barges and other vessels would be subjected to
certain destruction. He bad affidavits in his hand
which stated, that so violent was the current in
March, 1818, owing to a storm, that all the
barges near this spot must have been stove, bad it
not been for the favourable retreat afforded by this
bay ; and one barge was actually so shattered,
that her owners lost some thousand pounds. Mr.
Johnson was in the habit of exacting dues from
those who used it, having entered into an agree-
ment with Mr. Impey, agent of Lord Grosvenor.
An indictment was preferred against him in 1818,
hut dropped, as the work had ceased ; but in May,
1819, the, defendant began by pulling down the
rail which protected the road, and by employing a
vast number of men to fill up the bay. Mr.
Hodges thought it his duty to take advice, and
he consequently filed this information, and ob-,
tained the injunction. On the same day he pre-
ferred a second indictment, to which the defen-
dants' had since pleaded, and it was now set down
for trial. It was impossible to say whether it
would be beard at the ensuing Sittings .after
Term ; but even if it should not, that would not
interfere with the jurisdiction of the Court. The
nuisance would be irreparable if allowed to pro-
ceed, as it included a apace of 373 feet long, and
33 in breadth ; and wAen it once was completed,
it would be beyOnd the power of any Court to
grant adequate damages for losses which might
thereby be occasioned. As to the Attorney-Ge7
neral, he remarked, that this being a public
nuisance; that Officer was ex•Otficio a requisite and
indispensible party.
Mr. Hostge, on the otherjrand, .was decidedly
of opinion, that the plaintiffs had totally failed in
making out that this was a nuisance, or that any
possible injury could remit from it to the public.
Even after the wharf was erected, therewould be
50 feet between the wall and the low-water mark,
and 100 feet between the wall and the high cur-
rent. The City of London had, by a gift of the
Crown, been appointed Conservators of the River,
which they had exercised for centuries. The
Thames, it was well known, was covered with
wharfs on each side in every part of the city, and
if such were nuisances, surely the city would ne-
ver have allowed them to be made. The Attor-
ney-General's name was put on this record for no
other purpose than to give weight to the appli-
cation; nisi to accotijrANl $l, private Ob. As to
the work itself, it would rather benefit Osan im-
pede commercial purposes ; and surely the public
advantage was to be consulted in preference to
the allegations of watermen, unless the latter
could show a prescriptive right to the bay. Under
such circumstances, he should move for the In-
junction being dissolved.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, when he came
to the Court forty-four years ago, it was custo-
mary then for the Attorney. General to attend in
propria persona when his name was on the record,
and to state whether he would go on with the
cause or not. That practice had been disconti-
nued since the days of Lord Thurlow and Lord
Loughborough; but he should now wish the So-
licitor-General to examine the record, and see
What, kA acting for the Crown, lie ought to do.—
He thought the question of a more serious nature
than perhaps might be generally supposed, and
was disposed to decide it whenever the Solicitor-
General made his report. He would implore the
Solicitor-General to make as much speed as pos-
sible; and jugdment would then be finally given.
At present, be must say it rather appeared to him
to be a nuisance.—At one o'clock the Court ad-
journed.
The case of
,the Princess of Wales a. Lord Li-
verpool and Count Munster was further postpon-
ed ; and that of Gordon v. Gordon was perempto-
rily fixed for a hearing on Tuesday.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE if,
THE KING V. MOSELY WOOLFE.

At the sitting of the Court before Mr. Justice
BesT, the Common Serjeant moved, that the fine
of 10,0001. which this defendant was adjudged to
pay last term, be entreated into the Court of .E,3
chequer. We understood this motion to be made
on behalf of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of
London. _ _

Mr. Jusice BEST suggested that the motion had
better be made on the last day of the term, other-
wise•the Learned Counsel would have to go into
the Court of Exchequer to make a similar appli-
cation. The motion was accordingly postponed.
Several cases in the Crown Paper were disposed
of, and amongst others that of the King v. the
Mayor of Gravesend, which was a motion for a
mandamus touchhig the election of the present
Mayor, the return to which was quashed.