The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY.--(Tuts DAY.)
LONDON ZNCYcLOYIDIA.
Mr. Solicitor General stated, that he had to move for
an injunction to restrain the sale of a book called the Lon-
don Encyclopedia, hut, that he understood Mr. Home, on
the other side, meant to ask for time to answer the affidavit
that had been filed. He (Mr. Solicitor General) would
not object to a reasonable time, and the parties all living
in Paternoster-row, and in the vicinity of where his Lord-
ship- was sitting, a very short space of time would be re-
quired, particularly as the case lay in a very limited com-
pass.
Mr. Horne did not intend to ask for any unreasonable
time, but his ground of complaint was, that the motion
fell within a very limited period. As he understood the
case, the motion might have been made in March last,
and yet the bill was not filed until the 22d inst. ; notice
of it not being given till the 24th, and on the 26th they
purposed making the motion.
His Lordship asked what time was required?
Mr. Horne said, till next Friday week. But the So-
licitor-General meant to require that, in the mean time,
the sale of the hook should be restrained, which was, in
effect, asking for the benefit of the injunction from this
moments
His Lordship thought the question was, how long they
had had notice of the selling of the hook before the filing
of the bill ?
Mr. Horne said, since March last.
Mr. Solicitor General observed, that his clients had
been in hopes that this piracy would not have gone on, as
notice had been given several times of objections to the
book..

His Lordship was of opinion, that the best way to put
it would be, for the sale to go on, the defendants under-
taking to keep an account.
Mr. Home consented to this, but he did not think the
plaintiffs could object to the sale going on, unless from a
consciousness that their book was not so good as the de-
fendants'.
The Solicitor-General said that this was an argument
which might apply In every case of piracy. However he
abstained from going into the case at present.
PIRSONAL APPLICATION.
The party whom we stated applied to the Court yesterday, to
restrain the sale of furniture, again addressed his Lordship to-day.
He stated that he had given notice to the assignees under his
bankruptcy, and also the auctioneer, who was to sell the property
at twelve o'clock to-day at Hackney ; that he should now men-
tion the subject, with a view to restrain the sale.
His LORDSHIP endeavoured to prevent his going on, on the
ground that he had no affidavit of service, nor any affidavit on
which the Court could act.
The old gentleman, however, persisted in speaking for some
time. He stated himself to be of the name (as we under-
stood him) of Thomas Daunford, a Common Councilman
and member of the City Corporation ' - that he had, from the
pressure of the times, become a hankrupt ; that various persons
of respectability haul advanced him large stuns of 501., 20 guineas,
and so on, to enable him to subsist, and take all necessary steps
for his protection ; that his brother, as his Lordship knew, had been
a most eminent barrister ; that his father had been a most respectable
man, and that he himself had been known to the Chancellor for
the last 30
.I.ears to possess an irreproachable character. He had
been carried away by the Chancellor's eloquent argument, when
Attorney-General, in defending the House of Commons *Oust
a libel, and yet, on that occasion, having been on the Jury, he
starved himself for six hours, rather than comply in returning a
verdict.
Mr. MowrAcu was in this case, and be really should have
advised, if the assignees could have got hold of the property the
gentleman had stated he had received from motives of charity, to
have taken possession of every shilling of it.
His LORDSHIP never considered himself an eloquent speaker ;
but was always content to think himself a very dull one. Mr.
Daunford had done very right in properly discharging his duty
AS a Juryman ; and the Court would have been glad to have
rendered him any assistance now, but all his Lordship
could say was, that under the circumstances in which
this application was brought before him, by law he was not au-
thorised to make any order ; but this assurance he should give to
the applicant ; that if the assignees improperly sold this pro-
perty, he should not fail to call them to account for it hereafter.
Mr. DAUNFORD was quite satisfied with this intimation.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.--(Tats Mr.)
THZ MAIQUIS OP .1117NTLIT 0211101 S AItZWARCHT.

Mr. Suonzx applied to the Court on behalf of the plah;tiffs,
trustees to the Ormond estates, to compel the defendant to pay
into Court the remainder of the purchase-money, and the value of
the trees on the estates which he had purchased.
Mr. Hama, for the defendant, said that the entire of the pur-
chase-money should be paid as soon as a good conveyance
would be made. This his client had a right to ask for.

Mr. Lrnen—Your client is in poesission, and in receipt of the
profits.
Mr. Honwe-e.But he has paid to you the entire amount of the
rents which he has received, with the exception of 601. Ilia
client, he said, in consequence of a decree of the House of Lords
affirming the capacity of the plaintiffs to make a good title, had
taken possession of the estate in question, but he had returned all
the profits thereof to the plaintiffs ; he was entitled to have an ab-
stract of the circumstances, and a proper conveyance made to
him, until this was done the plaintiffs had no right to call on
him for the purchase-money.
The VICI.CIIANCIMLOR said, that if the defendant was in pos-
session of the estates be ought to be ready to give it up, as the
Court would not allow him to keep the possession and the pur-
chase-money at the same time.
Mr. HORN! said that his client was ready to give up the pos.
session, or to pay the remainder of the purchase money when a
proper conveyance should be made.
The application was refused.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—(Tnts DAY.)
Ludtvig Eding, of Sidney-street, Commercial-road, being
brought up and examined by the Chief Commissioner, said that
he became a convert from Judaism to Christianity, and that his
children were clothed and educated by the Society for promoting
Christianity among the Jews. There being no opposition he was
discharged.
George IFigzell, of Kensington, an engrave:, Wall brought up
on his petition. It appeared by his schedule that he had entered
down his furniture and implements as worth no more than 201.,
the stun allowed by the A 0 of Parliament, whereas a broker had
valued a portion of them at that sum, after the landlord had taken
away to the amount of N.
The Cnixr Coststustotaz reprobated the careless manner in
which the insolvent had signed his documents, and called on him
to account for it.

The insolvent said that the broker 'had over-valued the goods,
as there were some of the tools which cost him no more than 2d.
a-piece.
The CHIEF Comsfisstowza said that he was quite satisfied as
to the correctness of the valuation. As there was a considerable
surplusage, there could be no doubt but that the insolvent had
deliberately attempted to mislead the Court ; but as some money
had been paid in, he would not detain the insolvent..—He was ge,
cord ingly discharged.