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LAW INTELLIGENCE
HOUSE OF LORDS, March 7.

The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present
were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell.
E3TUMIT V. SI'OTTISWODE.

Their Lordships, after hearing the Counsel for the appel-
lant in this Scotch appeal, gave judgment, affirming the deci-
sion of the Court below, with costs.

TILE REV. DR. R. GORDON V. THE EARL OF RIN'NOM
This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from
the judgment of the Court of Session. The appellant is the
Rev. Dr. R. Gordon, the collector of the Ministers' Widows
Fund in Scotland, and the respondent, the Earl of Kinnoul,
is the patron of the parish of Auchterarder. Our readers
will recollect that the long litigation which has taken place
with respect to the right of the Noble Earl to present to the
living of Auchterarder, and the refusal on the part of the
Presbytery to induct his presentee (the Rev. Mr. Young) to
the living. The question that now came before their Lord-
ships was whether the appellant, as collector of the Mi-
nisters' Widows Fund, wa.s entitled to the stipend
during the vacancy in the living, or the presentee of the
noble resp, ndent. The Court of Session decided in favour of
the Earl of Kinnoul, there being eight judges for him, and five
against him ; and from that decision the present appeal was
brought.
The Lord Advocate and Mr. F. Kelly were counsel for the
appellant, and Mr. Anderson for the noble respondent.
The case appears likely to occupy their Lordships some days.

COURT OF CHANCERY, March".
The LOAD CHANCELLOR, after disposing of several lunatic
petitions, proceeded to hear the further arguments on the
part-heard case of the Ludlow Charities, which occupied the
Court the whole morning.

VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT,March 7.

The Vice-Chancellor of England took short causes and un-
opposed petitions to-day, none of which possessed any interest
except to the parties concerned.

SECONDARIES' COURT, March 7.
Theresra.s only one cause for hearing this morning, which
was a case of simple debt, and presented no point of interest
whatever to the public.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, March 7.
(Before the CHIEF COMIIRSIONEIS.)
IN RE JOHN LE Gays.

The insolvent had carried on an extensive business as
a coach-maker. His petition had been already before
the Court, when it wag adjourned, in order that a certain
deed of assignment, by which all the property became
vested in certain creditors, on conditions ofpaying a weekly
sum to pay wages until some unfinished carriages were com-
plete 1. The property was eventually taken to an auction
room, and there sold. Several of the creditors com-
plained that they had not received a fair share of the
proceeds of the sale.
The LEARNED CHIEF COMMISSIONER commented
strongly upon the conduct of the insolvent, by which all
were defrauded for his benefit. However, the circum-
stances of the case did not come witkin the statute, and
he must, therefore, be discharged.

IN RR ALEXANDER BLAZDELL.
•
The insolvent in this case was one of the firm of Wood-
gate and Blazdell, the well-known pianoforte and harp manu-
facturers of Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square. A large
number of creditors appeared in his schedule.
His petition to be discharged was opposed by Mr. llawse
on the part of a musical instrument maker, named Lock, and
supported by Mr. Cooke.
It appeared from the evidence of the opposing creditor, and
several other witnesses, that the insolvent had become
bankrupt about a year and a half ago, and after getting his
certificate, he became a partner in the above firm, Mr.
Woodgate being understood to be the person who was to
supply the money for carrying on the business. The oppos-
ing creditor supplied the insolvent with pianos and other
musical instruments, for which he never received one penny,
the property hating been sold under a distress for rent shortly,
after their delivery and a short time previous to the insol-
vent's arrest. There was a quantity of valuable timber used
in the manufacture of pianofortes and harps, some of which
had been sold for the payment of wages, and the remainder
passed into the hands of a person named Barret.
The LEARNED COMMISSIONER said he should adjourn the
case, in order that an account might be rendered of the above
property.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.°''

OLD COURT.
Thomas Howell, Frederick Smith, and Robert Franklin,
who had been tried and convicted on Tuesday last of a
burglary, committed in the George and Vulture Tavern,
George-yard, Lombard-street, were this day brought up to
receive the judgment of the Court.
The RECORDER said that there could be no doubt of their
guilt, and it appeared that the two first-named prisoners had
been more than once summarily convicted. It was dangerous
to allow such characters to go at large, and the sentence of
the Court was that they be transported for ten years.
(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) ,
RAPE.— William Canzplin, aged 55, residing at 17, Ber-
mondsey-street, was indicted for having committed a rape on
the person of Jane Matthews, aged 13, on the 30th Decem-
ber last.
Mr. Doane and Mr. Payne were for the prosecution ; Mr.
Ballantiue and Mr. Robinson for the defence.
The evidence, which cannot of course be published, seemed
to establish the fact that the prisoner had taken the prose-
cutrix to his own house, and there had given her some gin
and peppermint, and while she If AA in a state of stupor had
perpetrated the offence for which he was indicted.
Mr. BALLANTINE took a technical objection, which was,
however, overruled by the Learned Judge. The Learned
Counsel then addressed the jury.
Mr. Baron PARKE summed up. and the jury, after a brief
coneultation in the box, expressed a wish to retire. They re-
mained out nearly an hour, and then returned with a special
verdict—" We find the prisoner Guilty of having committed
the act while the girl was in a state of insensibility. He
having administered the liquor to her for the purpose of ex-
citing, not of rendering her insensible."
Mr. Baron PARKS said he would receive the verdict as one
of guilty, and reserve the speciality of the verdict for the con-
sideration of the judges.
Mr. DOANE suggested a question which his Lordship was
about to put to the jury, but iu the minute that elapsed
during the entering of the verdict, and the suggestion of the
Learned Counsel, one of the jury, a Mr. Hobkirk, had vanished,
and although criers were sent out in every direction, he was
nowhere to be found. His Lerdship was, therefore, unable to
put the question, and the verdict was entered as given in.
The prisoner was afterwards brought up for judgment, and
sentenced to transportation for life, Mr. Baron PARKE ob-
serving, that he would reserve the objections raised in his
case for the consideration of the judges, but he could hold out
no hope to him of any avoidance or commutation of his
sentence.

NEW COURT.
MLNT PRosEcuTioxs.—To-day the Court was entirely en-
gaged in trying prisoners for passing counterfeit coin. Messrs.
Bodkin and Ellis were in attendance as Counsel on behalf of
the Crown. The parties indicted were Geo. Cottin, Maria
Robins, John Carrol, Daniel Gray, John Jones, John Morgan,
and Geo. Halliday. The two latter pleded guilty. The trials
were devoid of public interest, and the persons convicted
were sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for periods
varying from six to eighteen calendar months.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From Friday Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Eth of Victoria.
cap. 32, for the Week ending of Saturday, the ht day 01
March, 1845.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
X. X.
Notes issned ...... 28,952,105 Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin and bul-
lion 12,943,918
Silverbullion 2,008,147

£28,952,105
M.
Dated the 6th day of Marc

£28,952,105
SIARSHA.LL, Chief Cashier.
1845.

BANKING DI
X.
Proprietors' capita 114,553,000
Rest ... 3,575,172
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings-
banks, Commis-
F ion ers oftiational
Debt, and divi-
dend accounts) 5,476,984
Other deposits 10,323,799
Seven day andother
bills .....•983,328

WARTMENT.

Government SElM-
rities (including
Dead Weight
Annuity)
Gold
deesB:s2s4
Other securities
anasilver 119707:4005

coin 777,959

£34,912,283

M. MM
Dated th• Bth day •f March,

X 34,912,283
ISIIALL, Chief Cashier.
1845.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
let of March, 1845." The Table is issued from the ffice
of the Registrar-General :
Weekly
CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of
Five Winton!
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagions Diseases 169 172
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat ll9 114
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l7l 167
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration 404 347
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 4l 23
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &C.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles••• 11 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Old Age, or Natural Decay ...............'•••"88 89
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ••• 27 27
Causes specified
Deaths from all Causes
DEATHS most THE £IIINCIrAL
THE ABOVE HE.APB.
.... ..... ET:.. ......... ............ ................
Weekly Average
Total. of Five Winter".
Consumption l5B 148
Scarlatina 23 27
Pneumonia .
Dropsy ..... .. _ 3B 38
looping Cough 45 43
Typhus lB 30
Small Pox 24 19
Disease of the Heart
Measles 24 21
Apoplexy
Diseases of the Brain l2 11
Diarrhoea.. .. 8 6
Sudden Deaths ,,.,.„•, 19 18

DISTRICTS.
DCatha Weekly Births
iu Average of in
the Week. Five Winters. thetaeek.
West
North 2Ol 192 240
Central
East 224 223 349
South

1039

1480

Total ..