The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-22 00:00:00

CHANCERY.—('ruis DAY.) ,
The LOAD CHANCELLOR sat to. la;' in the Old
Lincoln's Inn, for the purpose of hearing unoppo,':
lunatic petitions.

JUDGMENTS.
His LORDSHIP on taking his seat stated, that as there
were several cases in Which he had to give ju.dg"
went, it was his intention to dispose of all those cases
early in the next term.

IN THE NATTER CF MCC SOMBRE.
This case came before the Court upon the petition of
the trig tees of the marriage settlement of Mrs. Dyne
Sombre, praying that they might be at liberty to sell
certain new shares in the Great Western RailwayCompaq'
and also in the London and Birmingham Railway COlll-
- It appeared that part of the property of the lu-
natic, under the marriage settlement, had been in"s%d
in railway shares, and among the companies in wu`c
that property was invested were the London and Bie"
!Bingham and the Great Western Railways. New sha:e4
had bo(.n allotted in each of those Companies to the
trustees of the lunatic's marriage settlement—in j"
f,ruser 77 shares, and in ti.e latter 280 shares. ;Ws'
Djca Sombre had advanced to the trustees the
sum sufficicnt to pay the deposits on th°se
shares, and as they m'ght now be sold at
pr.loium, which would reali,e 4,366/., the present
petition had been presented for the leave of the Court to
sell them, and to repay to Mrs. Dyce Sombre the amount
she had advanced.
The LORD CHANCELLOR made the order, obst:rviabg
that it was a profitable transaction for the estate of the
lunatic.

MATTHEWS V. ERISE.
His LORESHIP stated that he had read the corresPon;
dence in the c , and that after that perusal he did ge
,s-c any reaso to Rhs the judgment he gave on 73"
turds v.

WRIT OF F.%NAT REGNO.
JAMES PARKER appl!ed to his Lori-hip to h"ti
on an early day, an application fora writ of ye tlef
a4alnst rrson h., did noi camp A ..lit et 1.
exeat regoo had been issued, but the Vic-Chancellort
England, upon an application made to him for that Pur7
pose on Saturday, discharged the writ, and it therefore
became necessary to make an application for lawthe-f
writ to his Lordship. The Learned Counsel trusted'
it was convenient, that his Lordship would hear them),
(ion to-morrow.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—I cannot hear it to-morr"
as I shall he out of town.
Mr. J. PARKER trusted his Lordship wow. naIDOOn
early day, as the matter was of great importunee• on
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should be in t-061)4
Tuesday weak, for the prorogation of Parliament, 1.
he would hear the motion on that day, at his hoes°
in
George-street, itt eleven o'clock.
His LORDSHIP, after disposing of all the unopr
lunatic petitions in his
paper, rose shortly before t
o'clock.

VICE-ChANCERY.-(THIS DAY')
(Before the VICE-CTIANCELLOR Of ENGLAND./
took
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of Engllnd
motions to-day.

HILL V. REGIME.
This case came before the Court upon for e
receiver of the real and personal property of an eecetintri
old lady deceased, named Senhouse; From theg.---ciotet;
ments of the Learned Counsel who made the nlW"c- the
it appeared that "Mr. Hill, theplaintiff, who "6
4 Si s
proprietor of the Ship Hot l C • Qs' Il
e, at haring-cr , op.
creditor of the late Mrs..Senhouse to the extent °` i'D
ao set !_e
wards of 700 L, that 'he bad brought
motion . .0
against her for the amount, and that be fore
B had obtained judgment against her Mrs. Senb"e‘l nt,
By her will she left several legacies to the defeociate,
who, it appeared, was her domestic and only ass, the
and to satisfy those legacies‘ it would -require chosenear
whose property left by Mrs.' Senhouse, and to hat
estate the defendant had administered. • It aPPeared t
Mrs. Senhouse lived some time since in ,a freehold h!_uiii3e,
of her's at Esher, but,: in consequence of her Shipvr
alarmed, she quitted it and went to bye in the do;
Hotel, where she died. At her decease the deire„nnaer
took possession of the whole of her property, en' "i- for
these circumstances the present application was lila e
a reccivier. ! u‘sosle•
The VICE-CHANCELLOR refused the inotioc, wit.—

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS Y
DL A.,) F
(Sittings at Nisi Prius in London, bore the np"
BARON and a special jury.)
The Court met at the usual hour,
HEATH V. DURRANT.
resumed the hearing of this part-hearcicase, which aree
out of a disputed policy of insurance effected by 0!
plaintiff, an African merchant, with the defendant, to
of goods shipped°
underwriter at Lloyd's, upon a quantity
Monte Vide.
in 1841, in a Brazilian vessel bomnd frona
. this morning age
for the coast of Africa called the Virtuosa Marti?
Aldina. The vessel in the' course of her voyage, as :earl!
as her cargo, was captured by a Portugunse sloor"f" .0
and subsequently condemned by the authoritie,
the
defence sat up
Lisbon as a vessel intended for the slave-trade, and _A
against such an event. g
proving the capture and ',I iie.
The whole of day was occuied ,• with el-Los
the ,
apnt
~hd
rattu ut
uh
condemnationee
se
Go oodyserwaoemfr were
Government
hit:v:0:0i::
Maria Aldine, by the
tribunals as asla%e-trader.