The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-11 00:00:00

PREROGATIVE COURT, FEB. 9.

RARTORD JONES BRYDGIS, itgarrovelez JONES, BART.
AGAINST KING.

The argummt in this case, which has occupied the
Court three days, was brought to a close.
Sir JOHN NICHOLL said he would take time to
consider his sentence.
INTERRUPTION Or COUNSEL.

Dr. LUSHINGTON, in the course of his speech,
had occasion to comment on the circumstance of a
draught for a sum of money bearing date a day pos-
terior to that on which the witness on his behalf
stated it to have been signed by the testatrix; and
he observed, that nothing was more common than
for a person to post-date a draught when it was
signed late in the day. "I am sure, Sir," said the
Learned Advocate, " when I sign au opinion late on
Saturday night, or between that and Monday morn-
ing, I always date it on the Monday."
Sir JOHN NICHOLLYOII never . date it on the
Sunday.
Dr. LUSHINGTON—Oh, never on the Sunday.
Dr. LEE here ro.e, and remarked that it was

highly improper that the Court and Counsel should
cut jokes together in a case of such importance as
this, involving questions of fraud and perjury. He
was justified in making this remark as amicus curies.
Dr;LUSPIINGTON desired he might not be inter-
rupted by Dr. Lee, and proceeded in his argument.
At the close of the day, after the business was
declared by the Registrar to be over,
Sir JouN NICHOLL spoke as follows :—" The
public business of the Court being now concluded, I
have to notice another instance of interruption given
this day to the proceedings of the Court, by the in-
terposition of one of the advocates, Dr. Lee, in ad-
, dressing and censuring the Court and Counsel in
the middle of a Counsel's speech. I extremely
lament that this unfortunate gentleman has not some
friend who has sufficient influence over him to con-
vince him that he labours under an error and illusion
in supposing that it is the province, or the right, or
the duty, of an advocate to interfere in the proceedings
of the Court, to censure the Judge and Counsel under
the strange notion of being anzicus curia. As far as I
am personally concerned (having now sat for more
than 19 years in this court), I should feel not the
slightest degree of anger or resentment against an at-
tack of this sort ; I should rather feel pity and con-
cert?. But as judge of this court, there is a duty
imposed upon me, the performance of which, how-
ever painful, I shall not shrink from ; for it is the duty
of every judge to preserve regularity in his court, and
to protect the office he fills from reproach or censure.
I must, therefore, without meaning any unkindness,
for the reason I have adverted to, give Dr. Lee no-
tice, that if he is guilty of any similar interruption
again, it will be my bounden though painful duty to
resort to those measures with which the law has
armed every court to maintain the respect which is
due to the public administiation of justice."

We understand that the Lord Lieutenantship
of the county of Nairne has become vacant by the death of
Baorns of Brodie, and that MACLEOD of Macleod, as next
substitute heir of entail, succeeds to the extensive estates of
the deceased.— Caledonian Mercury.
THAMES TUNNEL.--In consequence of the
complaint made to the Port Committee, of the temporary
bank raised by the clay thrown into the hole made by the
irruption of the river into the Tunnel, and which bank
had been raised many feet above- the level of the bed
of the river, the Loan MAYOR received a deputation from
the Directors, consisting of Mr. BRUNEL, Mr. Wouas-
ToN, Mr. IlLtarex, and Mr. BLANDRAM, who informed
his Lordship that the bank was necessarily made of great
thickness, to admit of so much condensation of pressure,
both from above by the water of a spring tide, and by a
judicious management of pressure from below, by the water
in the shalt, until the ►hole should be levelled to the bed of
.the river; that the height of the bank had already diminish-
ed nearly three feet, and was continually lessening ; and
that until removed either by such pressure, or by being
taken away, a light would be kept by night, and a watch
by day, to prevent the possibility of any interruption to the
navigation; that the former irruption had at one time had
a similar temporary bank, but that at present no portion
of it remained, and that the bed of the river there was quite
a level. On this his Lordship expressed himself quite sa-
tisfied, and the deputation withdrew,