The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-05 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY.

Yesterday mornin,z, at ten o'clock, notice was
sent down to Lincoln's Inn, from the Lord Chan-
cellor's house i❑ Bedford-square, stating that his
Lordship ►vould not sit that day, in consequence
of continued indisposition. Judgment was ex-
pected to have been given in the case of Lady
Emily Vane Tempest, and, in that of the Opera
Ilouse.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, M'incii 4.

FRENCH V GILES AND ANOTHER.

The plaintiff, art Ironmonger, brought his action
against the defendant, a Coach-master, to recover
damages for an injury received by ' the breaking
down of a carriage whiela he had hired it,
August last.' The plaintiff had hired a harouche
on the '2(l of August, to rake his family to •
Chiselhurst, in Kent. On their return to •
town the straps of the dickey broke, and the
plaintiff was thrown off. His shoulder was dislo-
cated, his arm broken, and three ribs fractured. •
A surgeon attended him several months, and he
was not quite recovered when the action com-
menced. The accident was attributed solely to the
rotten state of the leather straps.
The Learned Judge held that persons letting out
carriages were bound to see they were fit for use.
—The Jury retired three hours, and on their re-
turn,f,ounda verdict for the plaintiff—DatuagesisOL

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

THE POOR LAWS BILL.

The PO to Nmend the Law's for the Relief of
the Poor, as amended by the Committee of tilt.
lott.:e of Commons, hi.; been printed. The fol-
lowing is an abstract of its contents :

Parishes are empowered to establish select vestries for ma-
naging the concerns of the poor. The number of members
of such select vestry to consist of substantial householders,
not exceeding- twenty, nor less than fire, with the Rector or
Curate, and Churchwardens, and these members, so elected,
to he appointed by a Justice. Such select vestry shall con-
thine in office until 14 days after the neat annual appoint-
ment of Overseers, when it may be again renewed. In cases
of emergency, Justices are empowered to order relief. Over-
seers are to be appointed by Justices, upon the nomination
request of the inhabitants of a parish in vestry assembled.
The Churchwardens and Overseers are empowered to build
or enlarge workhouses, by the direction of the inhabitants
in vestry assembled ; and where no poor-house can be ob-
tained within a parish, they may resort to an adjoining parish
for one, which shall he held and considered to be part
of the parish on behalf of which it shall be purchased or
hired. Churchwardens and Overseers are empowered, with
consent of the inhabitants, to let portions of land to poor
inhabitants. The amount of money to be raised within a
year, for building, purchasing, or repairing, is limited to
one shilling in the pound upon the annual value of the pro-
perty in the parish assessable to the rates for the poor : but
in cases where the inhabitants of ally parish shall consent
that a greater sum than one shilling in the pound shall be
expended in one year, further sums may he raised by loans,
or by sale of annuities for lives, &c. chargeable upon the fu-
Vire rates of the parish. The rates shall be levied in certain
ases on the owners, instead of the occupiers of houses, but
the owner not being an occupier, shall not be rated in places
where the right of voting for Members of Parliament depends
on the rating. Power is also given in this Act to remove
chargeable poor born in Scotland, Ireland, or in the Isles of
Man. Jersey, and Guernsey, although they have not com-
mitted act of vagrancy, and should they be vagrant, they
may be removed without being previously whipped.

LONDON JOURNALS;

FROM THE MOIINING P‘PERS OF THIS DAY.

[British Press.]

The 1111rquess (!e Latour Manbour, who, we
understand, is appointed At of France to
this conotry, and shortly expected here, was the
friend of -- de Puzy, and confined with him
chitin;; the time of the Republic : a closer onion
has since taken place, by the mart iage of the sort
of one party to the daughter of the other. 'I he
Marquess de Latour Maubourg served as one of
Buouaparte's generals, and lost a leg in one of
Lit celebrated betttics.

p/or ning Chronicle.]

The fiono,irnb!e C. Percy left London on
Thur,dav for Corfu* with llispatches for Sir Tiros.
Maidaml.

It is at length determined, that a Commission
of Over and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery
shall ° issue into the four Northern Counties, and
I‘lr. (Nine, the King's Counsel, is to preside on
the ocezision.—(fbid.)