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London, England, 1830-06-12 00:00:00

LAW REPORTS.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JUNE 11.

This being the first day of Trinity Term, hii Honour the
CHANCELLOR sat at Westminster to-day at half-past one o'clock.
The COURT (a thing most unusual on the first day of Term)
took cause petitions to-day, of which there were nearly two hun-
dred in his Honour's paper.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 11.
This being the first day of Trinity Term, the Judges and King's
Counsel breakfasted with the LORD CHANCELLOR, after which
they went in procession to IVestminster Hall, and opened their res-
pective Courts. At half-past one o'clock their Lordships took their
seats in Court.
The Axvoixtsr-GswznAr. moved to file a criminal informs-
tion against the editor and publisher of the Western Times, pub-
lished at Exeter, for a libel on certain Magistrates of the county of
Devon.

Mr. For.LET took an objection to the form of the affidavit in
support of the application, and the Court, without going into the
facts, ordered the affidavit to be amended.
IX RE CHARMERS AND SOT.II BANIRt:PTCY...-Tht AT.
TORWZY-GEWERAL said he was instructed to make a motion under
rather extraordinary circumstances. Their Lordships would re-
collect that there had been two trials in this Court, to try the vali-
dity of the commission of bankruptcy issued against Chambers
and Son, the late bankers of Bond-street • and a third one was now
pending. Mr. Chambers, however, had thought proper to cont.
mence seventy different actions against as many individuals who
had become parties to a deed before the bank failed. Every cause
of action was the same, and the declarations were all printed. The
notice of the present application was, that the Court would order all
further proceedings in this action to be stopped until the trial now
pending, and which would decide the validity of the commission, had
been brought to an issue. Every step that was taken in such a
number of actions was attended with enormous expence.
The COURT, after some consultation, granted a rule to show
cause.

At the rising of the Court, a foreigner appeared to plead to an in.
dictment, and conducted himself in a very extraordinary way. He
wished to obtain a copy of the indictment in Court, but was told be
must apply to the Crown Office.
COURT OF CHANCERY, JVWE 11.
This being the first day of Trinity Term, the Lord Chancellor
did not take his seat in Court till half-past one o'clock.
Mr. BELLAIIIS moved for the commitment of a person named
Brook, for contempt, in having married a ward of the Court, Mary
Anne Needham, but stated that, if any one appeared on the other
side to submit to the usual reference for a settlement to the master,
he was instructed not to pis his motion.
Mr. OLIVER ANDERZION hoped the Court would have con.
sideration for his client, who bad voluntarily attended, and was
willing to do anything the Court should direct. The situation
of the parties was se near as possible on an equality, and a
connection by marriage already subsisted between them, the
brother of the defendant having married the young lady's
sister. His client was extremely poor, and he therefore trusted
the Court would allow the the costs to be paid out of the first ac-
cruing dividends of the money, 1,1001, and permit the defendant
to return to his home, he undertaking by his counsel to obey
any order his Lordship might make, and attend whenever called
upon to do so.
The Loin CHANCELLOR directed the affidavit disclosing the
facts to be handed up, and said if he was satisfied from that that
the defendant had not acted improperly further than by marrying
the ward without the consent of the Court, he should not commit
him and that in the meantime he might return to his own home.
I,ZNT v. PACEY.—Mr. SyuRRIER moved for the production of
a certain letter admiuted by the defendant's answer, but which was
by the answer stated to have been written by the defendant to his
solicitor in confidential communication, and in which he di.
reeled the solicitor to take the opinion of Counsel on the subject
matter of the letter. In support of the application, Counsel con.
tended that the letter in question did not come within the class of
privileged and confidential communications, inasmuch as it did not
relate to the defence of any action or suit at that time, either com-
menced or threatened, and cited in support the can of Mundy v.

Williams, in the King's Bench; and of Hughes v. Bid'
cided by his Lordship, in which that principle Ito:" dist' tl'
ft. •
cognized.
Mr. Banos appeared to oppose the motion ; but
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, it is one thing that a cares''''.
dence and negociation take place which ultimately lead to toe action
or a suit—there, there can be no difficulty in ordering the hoer& to
be produced ; but this is quite a different case, namely, a kite,
written by a pan, to a solicitor in confidence, stating his affairs, and
directing the solicitor to take the opinion of counsel upon then' • chi,
sufficiently shows that some dispute or controversy was akey,i,„
begun, and doubtless that some action, or perhaps this identical
was then contemplated. Under such circumstances, he could Lor k,.
that the decisions cited at the bar would be at all contravened by Te.
fusing the motion ; and as it came on in the nature of an app,..J, h
should dismiss it with costa.
His Lordship rose at a quarter to three.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JUNE 11.
Fleury Saiehmell, a young man, by profession a su zgeus,
opposed by several creditors.
insolvent, it was stated, when he first commenced his c
in life, engaged a residence called Phienix House, at Blackti,a•-,',
and he obtained a considerable quantity of valuable lamina,
Mrs. Hull, upholsterer, of Oxford.street. Shortly after he root
the furniture from the house, and pawned and sold it in taraa
parts of Loudon. When he left Blackheath he took up his
at the Museum Hotel, Blackfriars-road, where lie lived for row
five weeks, at the rate of a guinea per day. At several other tan,rr
he lived in the same expensive style. He stated that he had ret..,.
about 2,0001. from his mother towards his support, the whoi,
which he had spent.
A professional gentleman, named McNamara, said that ti,, .•
solvent took a house from him in Half Moon.street, fcr
years • he made great representations of his practice and prosp,,
or (said Mr. 114Namara) I should not have let him have the houk
The house was let to him furnished, and to my great surprise rat
agent called on me one morning, and infomted me that any good,
were advertised to be sold the next day. I wort without delay ti
the house, and found sheriffs' officers in possession, who refused ;.
allow me to go in ; having some knowledge in these matters, I
in a prior claim, and saved my goods, and got ;iesselsion of nit
house—two years and a quarter remaining unpaid.
Mr. Commissioner
.Bowen—You may congratulate yuurstric,
Mr McNamara, on your success.
The case was here adjourned as the insolv,at's balance sheet
was discovered to be defective.