The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-08 00:00:00

PRIVY COUNCIL.

In continuation of our Saturday's report of the pro-
ceedings before this Most Honourable Board on that
day, we have to state that, the second 6.w which oc-
cupied their Lordships' attention was one comprising
the claimS of Messrs. Boyd, Ker, and Cor,* John Wit,
kinson, John Carstairs, James 'Carey, and 'Robert
Pigott, for the value of several actions or shares-of a
Company established in France previous to the ye,u.
1792, 'designated " The New East India Company."
The Commissioners for the Claims of British Sub-
jects against the, Government of Fiance rejected these
claims, on. the grounds that the bonds became null in
consequence of certain payments made to the share-
holders, and the neglect of the Company to comply
with the provisions of the Stamp laws passed in
France in August, 1792; also as the holding of these
shares by Englishmen was in direct contravention of
the Act 9th Geo. 1.,. cap. 26, prohibiting his MA•
JESTY'S subjects from subscribing or being concerned
in any Foreign Company trading,to the East Indies ;
'neither did it appear that -the effects of this Company
had been seized by the Revolutionary Government of
France, by virtue of the violent and arbitrary decrees of
confiscation and sequester issued in September and
October, 1793, against British property.
Their Lordships gave judgment on a former occa-
sion, affirming the award of rejection of the Connis-
sioners, but it had not been Made final by an-order in
Council, as in the case or the Baron de Bode, from
the Counsel for the parties having immediately after
the delivery of the judgment, petitioned for a re-hear-
ing. The case was opened by Mr. Fonblanque, in
which. he was followed -by Mr. Carr. The King's
Advocate-General was heard, on the part of the Com-
missioners, after which their ,''Lordships adjourned,
without coming to any decision reipeeting the right of
the parties to indemnification,,havingpostponed their
final judgment to some future ,day.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.) ,!!T

COURT OF CHANCERY.—,-(Tuxs 14.1:).. •
BRITISH ANNUITY COMPANY.--VAN SANDAN '1,P.941Et, AN!,

OTHERS.
this
... .
His LORDSHIP gave judgment, in the aboVe case hi 'morning,
and entered at great length into all the circumstances of it...'.. The
'present application was an appeal motion from . an 'order made by
his Honour. theViee-Chancellor. The niution to the Court below, es
that it might be referred to the Master, to inquire whether the
fourteen answers, put in separately by fourteen defendants, were
different--whether there was any necessity 'for the defendants
to answer, and whether, if the Master round affirniatively, there
was any necessity for repeating the schedules to all the: answers that
had been annexed. His honour made the order,: saying that he
felt satisfied that ithad beep made from the best.ei motives, namely, ,
with a view to prevent oppression, which ' :been the declared 'ha
object of the Solicitor, who had advised }Mitt iii hf 'the;neparata,,
answers. Whatever might be the proper "etini-eq_ ftn'.l)lll. adopted,
with respect to ' culling upon the 1 .fiefeudentffitk,l psy':, :the
unnecessary costs incurred by this mode.ofrittink tt„,the,tifanwers,
or with respect' to calling upon Mr. Willtea,,fie.solibitor,'te 'pay
them, or with respect to an applidition.,tii 011ie hips Off the
rolls at some future stage of the 'gamic,' there' Was no existing rule,
by, which the Court could compel defendants to. put• a joint an-
swer. Defendants, by the Constitution of this country, were entitled
to take-such a line of defence, and to employ such agents in the,
conduct of that defence, as they thought proper ; but the Cotat
would not do its duty, if when it came to make a decree, it did
not make the unnecessary Costs incurred fall upon the . proper
parties. Perhaps also, in some stage of the cause, if the
cause were to proceed, an application might. very properly
be made to the Court to strike the Solicitor off the
,Rolls, but in
with that this. stage
it would be premature to deal that question in any
shape., Looking, hoWever, at the difficulty, and the iint'bintie:
expenCe that would attend bringing this cause. to a he= nit,.
with nearly three hundred defendauts, surely it would,hoif wise
thing for both plaintiff., , awl: defetultints, ,t 9 ,cotmili(B).7(pot, A
would not be much to t
ht Advantage of them all, to set all tieir
disputes arnicably. Perlutiieot,' too, in 'posing au Mit, affecting ,
till's iNnnininy;4ind, if n'dt unierkpehtted it in the •Act, so dealt with
the' deed 'regulating the ,COMIAIIy by calling: for it, as. to him,
made it that. deed .llllailliiih . alone the institution was to ,be
founded, and by theAlirma,nf wbicli it WilA to, proceed ; and upon
that deed a eerioes m
,questi( nro,ie, whether any one shareholder
Could, at his plinisure;ilin,;(ilve flitlicMfie4tiy,,,aS A partner could in
any common partitatiihiP. ' I rpm tltylitilli, tinnii being no authority,
in existence, which weuld enable the,Ceirrt to order the defend-
ants
to file a joint answer, and tp take ,them,into cuntody by at. '
tachtnents, if they &lid not; and,,
,lifing at the impropriety of
sending Romany defendants into the' Master's Office to be examined
on interrogatories, and there, at thls'ihrlYitage ofthe proceeding,
disclose the I,irlinle'nf 'their'defence, 'thereby givitig the plaintiff an
opportunity of having the cause laird hyi a side wind. Upon chin
motion it was the duty of, the Court to
.diacharge the order that
had been made.. . , , : '
His Loansuir then intimated thitt'SnitorS, 'and the publie„
might now Understand, that lifter the l'inlientientary tiiession 41141-
he closed he will eniph)y every Monday ^fit-,tiving judgments, lot-
ring nothing be put in the papers.foylim tlitys but his judgiuents,
but informing parties on the. Fridays preceding what judgmehts,ht
will give. i

COURT OF KING'S.LIENCII—(Tsis Oliys

mAitste HOLNE.

This WAS an action against the proprietor of a coach freriaorttion'
to Bath, for the amount of two boxes of silk which he, had inide.'el
taken to carry, on which the Jury returned a specialverdict 114 fife
'plaintiifi, subject to the opinion of the Court es to the respeniibility
of the defendant, having advertised that he would notrbe accoiint-
able for property above the value 0f51., unless eutetedrol such, and
paid for accordingly.
The Loan CutEr JUSTICE said, that as the plaintiff kneve: the
terms of the defendant, and did not comply therewith,
the fact of the defendant having undertaken: 'to' carry the
goods, knowing them to be of higher value, thou O. Was not
sufficient to take this case out of the Company's, rule, and 'eta' It'
did not appear that the goods bad been lost through any negli.
gence of his, the verdict should be for flefeOdent.' •

We have reason to believe, upon authority on which
we think reliance can be placed, that it is the intention
of his Majesty to honour the approaching Montem by
his presence. The greatest expectations are enter-
tained of the brilliancy of the spectacle. The Cep-
tain, Mr. Pickering, is extremely respected by the
authorities of Eton, as well as by his schoolfellows.--
The Saltbearers on this occasion are Sir J. Mordaunt,
and Mr. Chapman, third son of Sir J. Chapman.--
, Bucks Gazette.
Wednesday the Presbytery met at Paisley, when it
was moved that an overture against pluralities in the
church be transmitted to the next General Assembly,
which was agreed to, and the Presbytery resolved ac-
cordingly : against which the Rev. Mr. Fleming, of
Ncilston, entered his dissent and complaint to the
next meeting of the General Assembly.
A celebrated Dancer, who is avowedly under the
protection of the accomplished son of a Peer of the
Realm! is,, it is said, likely to be advanced to the dig-
nity of a Coronet, at the termination of her present
engagement. This elevation will not he without pre-.
cedent.
A Gentleman in Essex having in his orchard many
old supposed worn out apple-trees, which produced fruit scarcely
lax-ger than a walnut lie last winter took fresh made lime from
th, kiln, slackened with water, and well dressed them with a
brush ; end the result was, that the insects and moss were com-
pletely doarnyed, the outer rind fell off, and a new, smooth,
clan, healthy one was formed ; and the trees,, although some of
theta are 20 years old, have now a moat healthy appearance-