The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-21 00:00:00

SCHOOLMASTERS' SOCIETY.

Yesterday the anniversary of this most useful Institution was
held at the Crown. and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, when a.
number of highly respectable gentlemen of the profession sate
down to an excellent dinner. The Rev. Dr. VALPY, Master
of Reading School, in the Chair.
The object of this Society is to relieve distressed Scheoh
masters and Ushers, and their Widows and• Orphans ; arid that
laudable object is carried into effect under the direction.and ;-o---
vernment of a Patron, PresidentS, ViCe.:Prexidents; and a Com-
mittee. The Institution has subsisted for 27 years. . The pos-
sibility of the funds of this -thariti being'applied td assist un-
worthy wersons, is removed by obliging:every applicant to pro,
duce a certificate of an irreproachable life.
After the cloth had been reenoved.,:tbe.Cuainatari proposed
" The Patron of Education,. the Patron of the .Church, and the.
Head of the Constitution—the Xing ..;" drank with loud ap-
plause.
The following toasts were afterwards drank with every testi-
monial of respect and satisfaction :
" The Duke of York and the Army." " The Duke of
Clarence and the Navy." "The Patron of the Society, the
Duke of Cambridge."
The CHAIRMAN then read an apology from the-Secretary of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, which stated his
Royal Highness's regret that unexpected circumstances pre-
vented his being present at the meeting.
" The welfare of the Society" was next drank amid loud
applause.
The health of Doctor -Kelly, for 27 years the Treasurer of
the Society, was afterwa.... , drank with loud applause.
Doctor KELLY returned thanks, and proposed the health of
his successor, the Rev. Doctor Russell, Master of the Charter
House School, and 'considered himself as conferring the most
lasting obligation on the Society, by proposing a successor who
was the most rising man in the profession.
'Dr. RUSSELL, in returning thanks, made an eloquent appeal
in behalf of the Society. In The: course of the last year a con-
siderable sum had been expended, and he hoped that the sub-
scribers would generously contribute to preserve the Institution
for many. years.
A variety of other toasts were given during the evening, and
several excellent speeches made by various Gentlemen present.
Mr. Dignuin sang some humorous songs ; and the musical
talent of Messrs. Clarke and Goulding gave great zest to the
hilarity of the Meeting.
The amusement of the company was highly increased by se-
veral imitations of the popular actors, which were given with
great effect by Mr. Yates, of Covent Garden Theatre. The
company. continued together to a late hour, and the pleasures of
the evening were greatly' heightened by the talent and vivacity
with which the venerable Chairman discharged the duties of the
station which he was unexpectedly called upon to fill.

The New Courts for sittings of the Commis-
sioners of Bankrupts, lately erected in Basing-
hall-street, was opened for the transaction of'
public business on Saturday last, the 15th inst.
The building contains 14 public rooms, appro-
priately fitted up (being one for each list of
Commissioners), with commodious galleries of
communication, Sic. It has also an office for the
registry of all proCeerlings in bankruptcy causes,
which is open every day to the public. This is a
new arrangement, and promises to be one of great
utility. ,The building itself is substantially form-
ed of brick ; laid out rather with an attention to
internal convenience, than exterior decoration.—
The arrangement of the rooms is simple, and the
whole appears fully to answer the purposes of
public accommodation and utility for Iyhich it
was designed.

LAW IN'TELLEGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 96.
WARTNADY V. WARTNABV.-JUDGDIENT.

Counsel were this day farther heard in conclusion of their ar-
guments for and against the motion for striking off the files of
the Court the bill filed in the name of Mrs. Ann Wartnaby ; at
the conclusion of which,
The tont,- CHANCELLOR gave the following opinion :
Having noticed the terms in which the motion was couched, and
the prayer of the Petition, he observed, it had been put that Mr.
Shuttleworth, his wife, and others, had instigated Mrs. Wart-
naby to do what the had against her will ; but with that hia
Lordship had nothing to do, for on looking at the whole ques4
tion as a Judge, he could not say that the bill for an account
had been improperly filed, since, though the lady in question
might have been instigated to.do as she had,:yet she might have
been fully capable of transacting her affairs, though she had
attained the venerable age stated. Mr. Nirartnaby had been in
possession of her affairs for nineteen years without rendering
any account to her, and he ought to have been ready at any time
when called on to do so. The Petitioner, finding the bul had
been filed, had written a letter couched in terms to take hold of
the feelings, but so worded that another party:into whose hands
it might necessarily be expected to pats, could not make out its
meaning. That letter intimated that somebody had instigated
his mother to file the bill, but it must be borne in mind that
there were many other children, and each. of them had a right
to say, " I have an equal claim. upon you, and you ought to
call on this Gentleman to account. When you lim'e got your
rights; do what you please with the property." Now, under
such circumstances, could it be ruled that the bill had been im-
properly filed, or that the account ought not to be given
Another point for consideration was, that to this bill three an-
swers had been put in '• • now, if that bill were taken off the file,
what was to become o#' those three answers ? If it was the fact,
that Mr. 0. Wartnaby was a creditor for 4,0001., he had surely
every reason to wish that the account should be investigated im-
mediately ; and what reason he could have for not filing the
cross-bill before, his Lordship could not conceive. It wasalSo
stated, as a farther reason for taking the bill off the file, that the
lady was' not now competent. to put in an answer; it might be
true that she. did not possess her faculties so strongly as at a
much earlier_ period of her life, but his :Lordship thought it
would be very difficult to find a case in which the Court would
say that that of itself would be sufficient to stay proceedings,' as
it did not, in his opinion, require so much knowledge to direct
proceedings stripped of legal formalities as to preclude per-
sons of common understanding from knowing what they did--
Mr. Hart had paid him the compliment of hoping his Lordship
would be able to find out some remedy to obviate that evil.
He would not, however, say any thing more, at present, than
observe, that if the parties would point out to him what their in-
tention was, with respect to these accounts, it would enable him
to . come to a conclusion how to act with the case : but he
would in conclusion say, that he did not think the parties who
had filed the bill ought to be the least chargeable with-any de-
reliction of duty. If they could come to any agreement, they
migbe mention the result on Saturday, but if they did not, they
couch do so at the next Seal.
FISHER, AND .CHAPPEL V. CADELL AND DAVIES AND