The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-27 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JUI.Y 26.
PRACTICE IN THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.
Mr. 'MILNE stated, that the Accountant-Ceneral had been
ordered by the, Yice,Chancellor to transfer a sum of money to his
client ; the other party in the cause had appealed against his.
Honour's order, and upon the Accountant-General's having been
informed of the appeal, he had reffised to make the transfer pend-
ing the appeal. Mr. Horne submitted that this could never be
allowed by this Court.
His LORDSHIP was clearly of opinion that it could not.
Mr. HORNS thought it of infinite importance to the public that
they should understand that neither the Accountant General, nor
any subordinate Officer of this Court, could take upon himself so
to deal with people's property or the orders of this Court. It
might happen, if this practice were suffered to go on, that between
the ordering of the transfer and the hearing of an appeal the funds
might fall from 90 to 60 per cent., which might
,be the entire
ruin of a wealthy family.. Should, such a. case ever occur, he cer-
tainly, for one, should strongly recommend legal proceedings to
be taken against, that Officer, whoever he was, for the recovery
of the deficit.
His LORDSHIP ordered the transfer to he made at once; that is,
that it was not to be detayed on account of the appeal.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT, JULY 26.
James Eaton was brought up yesterday, but in consequence
of some irregularity in his documents, the Chief Com Missioner
ordered him to be remanded, until be should amend his schedule.
Mr HEATH, on behalf of the insolvent, requested he should he
then diticharged, as his child was on the point of death.
The CIIIai• CommissioNxit then asked him to produce his
authority for saying that the child had been very unwell, where-
upon be banded in a letter which he bad received from his wife ;
but, on reading it, it appeared that the child was getting better.
The Commissioner having; read the letter through, discovered
something relating to the insolvent'a affairs, which he said he
should notice on his being brought up again. The insolvent being
brought up this day,
Mr. HEATH said, that the letter in question had been written
in the most perfect confidence by a wife to her husband in prison
and that it was not intended that any other person should see it.
He, therefore, submitted that the Court ought not to take
judicial notice of it—that the allusions therein contained
resp6ethq the insolvent's property implied no collusion
between the husband and wife, who werb solely actuated
by upright and honourable Motives in the disposal of their pro-
perty for the benefit of the eredithrs.
The CHIEF' Commisstonn said, that the Court did not intend
to take judicial notice of the letters in question, the only allusion it
made to it was, that the insolvent' should read the letter, and be cau-
tious how he would swear after reading it. He was surprised at
the attempts which acme people make to induce the Court to de-
part from its rules, by giving instructions to Counitel, which were;
unfounded ; in act, the Court was so much in the habit of being
imposed upon, that it would be useless for it to sit here if it yielded
to such representations as were made to it yesterday, without in-
quiring into their authority.
This was all he did in asking permission to read the letter, and
having found that the first sentence was in contradiction to the
insolvent's assertion, be read it through, in order to find an excuse
for him ; but instead of that, be discovered something that did
not agree with the statement in his schedule. lie might now be
discharged, but it would be all to no purport if he imposed, on
the i'nu►t- .