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London, England, 1844-06-29 00:00:00

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Sir T. WILDE then proceeded to open the petition °i ion
Dyce Sombre, praying for the supersedeas of the confbre,
which was issued in July, 1843, against Mr. Dyce 'atter
(We decline entering further into the case until the 1—
shall have come more fully before the Court.)

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DA"
(Before Sir JAMES WIGRAM.)
WOODROFFE V. WOODROFFE. ne 5016
His HONOUR pronounced judgment in this case. ni LI A 5
question was, whether a gentleman who had been nedis"
guardian ad litem to an infant defendant, should be that
charged. There was no imputation against him, e%cel)lo, it
he had employed a solicitor of the name of Hutnell, w.'inoer
was said, had conducted the proceedings in such a P,l' aua
that he ought to be removed. He had read the hiy6kill•
he had never seen one drawn with more professionalA
One of the grounds on which the plaintiff's case resteo in
that he had appointed as guardian a gentleman wh0.,8 anY
no way connected with the family. He would not gis 0-0 a
opinion as to whether or not it was right that such 3 Pif on?
should act as guardian. With respect to Mr. Hutucii,ooso,
mistake had been committed, it was the mistake Of 5, tlO
and he, therefore, was not to blame. Still, considf he
es,
there had been great exasperation between the panto
thought it right that Mr. Chapman should undertake e wise
point a new solicitor to conduct the proceedings in ;Ito b 5,
on behalf of the infant. The question of costs must
pended.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAnioct
:sittings at Nisi Prius before Chief Justice Dom'

Special Juries.)
THE QUEEN v. UPTON. asult,
This was an indictment preferred against the dean" dale,
solicitor, and a partner in the firm of Messrs. 1381°13trget,
Tatham, Upton, and Johnstone, of Great Winchester,ssbire,
by Mr. Benjamin Hope, a solicitor, at Wells, Sorneree%
charging him with suborning the prosecutor's brother_e_A
Henry Payne Hope, to commit perjury, which he was
to have done in the form of an affidavit, stating that be Ytite
B. Hope) had refused to execute a mortgage unless od
warrant of attorney contained a defe,astune Of 60(34
interest. f Creff'
Mr. Hope conducted his own case ; Mr. Martin, lk-r•
der, and Mr. Bristow appeared for the defendant. „t
Several witnesses were called by Mr. Hope, arnlorn
e
was his brother, but the charge was not proved, an the
under the direction of Lord Denman, immediately re'
verdict of Not Guilty.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAlgior
(Sittings at Nisi Prius in London, before the LOP
BARON.)
BALDWIN V. ALSAGER AND °TITERS• ni a
became This was an action in trover ainst the assignees e'
"recov
Sewell, who in the year 1843 a bankrupt,
to
the sum of 208/., the value of 72 barrels of ale. lain
Mr. Jervis and Mr. Petersdorff appeared for the P
and Mr. Cockburn for the defendants. Aro,-
The plaintiff in the action kept the Queen's RailwaTB42,
Charles-street, Paddington. the month of lklaY, io the'
went with Sewell to the brewery of Messrs.
Hampstead-road, and there ordered 78 casks of aleltittinio;
nuns, t 583.
per cask, and they were sent to his house. In the, -.Arts;
of that year Sewell succeeded to the business, anlkdateo-
the stock in question, 72 barrels, by a memorandl!ill3'aldwit
August 4, 1842, was still to remain the property, etpo, afte'
Sewell afterwards became a bankrupt. The ass' grib ob)t"s
a protracted dispute sold the ale for about 108 L, ant tiff
of the present action was indemnification to the plaw bad sir
MKB r. COCURN , for the defence, said the assignee; or tlllar
interest the very reverse of depreciating the vall been II1?
periug with the ale which had by the he
side
e,. _d wits
puted to them. The point upon which he mainly r oot
that Sewell, in the eyes of the world, was the repute,di,posi:
of the ale which was certainly in his own order anyi'aii aryce
tion. A claim against it from the creditors might_ In
on the sole ground of their allowing debts to be
when they saw the security. 1001. I°S.
The j ury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,

UNION HALL.—(THIS DAYtpland
The driver of cab No. 7,464 was summarily conv'c—'lice-
sentenced to a month's imprisonment, for assaulting
man of the Q division. It appeared that the dsfendathle ins
observed driving along at a most reckless speed, to t
minent danger of the passengers. When he was at '.!ogrit
stopped by the policeman his conduct was of the most ',loco.
nature, striking the policeman right and left in th?,,e bi
Several of the bystanders advised the policeman to stir „to
assailant, but he refused; and a gentleman named Bell't lie
witnessed the transaction, in giving his evidence said Li the
never saw greater forbearance than -was wanifestea
policeman on the occasion.inflict -co fille'
Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that he should not t
whiccouldh
mont4to h
easilyte
ilQuee of co
bepaid,but
ri.?Gat onti4.
c9e codefersrait the defers
fora

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Mr. Ongley's Mystery ...Oil)
Mr. Walter's My Mary
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Mr. R. D. Goup's The British Grenadier ...............• 4esti
The Borough Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. P.
once round. 1 I
Mr. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 4 yrs .........(O,Y) 3
Mr. Ackers named bf by Tenbury, 3 yrs ............... 2 3
Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, 4 yrs .............. «•• .th go
The South Shropshire Handicap of 10 sovs. each, Widiosl
added; the second saved his stake. Heats once roun
a dis. (9 Subs.) 5 1 1
Mr. E. Herbert's Tariff, 5 yrs ...... ...(Whitelouse) 0 2
Mr. Flintoff's The Exciseman, 4 yrs 1 , 3
Mr. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs
... 4 2 °
dr
Mr. Gough's Aimwell, aged .
Mr. Hope's ch gby Blazeppa, 5 yrs ••• 010
Free Handicap of 50 sovs. each, with 30 added.
round. 1
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Mr. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 4y-re ...............0 Sly 2
Mr. Hawkins's Nix my Dolly, 5 yrs
Mr. Gough's Fausta, 6 yrs ...... . ........ .................... ' 4
Mr. Flintoff's Countess of Lichfield, 4 yrs .....................

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) ad
The Lord Chancellor sa,t in Lincoln's-inn 11,...-11 t°.- -
shortly after ten o'clock.
IN THE CASE OF DYCE SOMBRE, A LUNATIC' AO*
The LORD CHANCELLOR, on taking his seat this ta-t iitto
said, that he was desirous of stating a circumstance tha wets
taken place in the case of Mr. Dyce Sombre. Thered 311.'
certain persons, it appeared, appointed to superintet!and
Dyce Sombre, with his own consent—officers of Poll'abiP
so on. Those individuals had communicated to his bad
that Mr. Dyce Sombre the other day, while walking otti'llo
dropped a letter down the area of No. 2, Park-lane-,0161,
officers had sent that letter to his Lordship ; it wee; what
but not addressed. His Lordship had inquired °t too
description this house was, and he bad heen,•,elia
it was a public one of some sort. His Lordship, not `,frote
himself justified in opening the letter, wished to 101°`: the}'the Gentlemen of the Bar engaged in the case what
desired he should do on the subject. a
Sir THOMAS WILDE knew nothing of the letter, so
plea
willing that his Lordship should adopt any course he Pe
upon tect.
Mr. Khe ELLYsubj, on behalf of Mrs. Dyce Sombre, would leave
the matter entirely in the hands of his Lordship.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said the letter must be ollieir/340.,
at some period or other, but he would consult. it
Dyce Sombre herself upon it. He thought thovto
might be convenient to the Bar that he should statewoi
he was obliged to leave Court to-day at half-poet. teed,
he was the more sorry for that, because he was cow-Oiled
from what he knew of the case, that it could not be finis„, of
to-day, and next week he would have to sit in the 11011'0- d
Lords every day, with the exception of Wednesday
Saturday.
Sir T. WILDE said that, since the subject was last InelY
tioned, affidavits had been filed of considerable lengths C 0
ing twenty or thirty sheets of paper. Those affidavits it
been filed on Wednesday, but not delivered till yesterchi
e'o,.
was, therefore, impossible that Counsel could make his
selves acquainted with them. He doubted, therefore, as
if'etbet
Lordship was obliged to rise at half-past two o'clock, wmrt, to
it would be a useful occupation of the time of the Curt' e.
with this important case to-day. He trusted,
fore, that the Court would order the matter to stand e:osts
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, if this was an ordino?,,se to
he would consent to the application, and adjourn the
would line
a future day; but he was afraid the adjournment 'ev°tDdecliee
such an effect on Mr. Dyce Sombre, that he must
_lies
acceding to it. He was afraid of the consequences, 'byes)
the Learned Counsel could obtain the consent of Mr'
Sombre. cobte
Sir T. WILDE could obtain the consent of Mr. Dyce
to anything but
CHANcEL delay. t"
The LORD Lon—Then you must go on with
case.