The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-28 00:00:00

MOCK AUCTIONS.

Mr. IVAITHMAN said, he should not •go over
the same grounds' on !his subject which he had so
frequently done before. He had before stated a
great number of facts of Irauds, and even robbe-
ries, that had been committed at Mock Auctions,
and lie might now safely declare that 'these evils
were;not in the least abated, Indeed, an idea
had arisetv that something had been 'done against
them, and the 'people, still attended them, and
were consequently more easily deluthtd. The
Members for Bath and Bristol, it' had been said,
would support any measure that was brought tur
ward on the subject. Communications had beets
-had from Birmingham; Hull, Sheffield, Liver-
pool, and .Oxford; and one of the Liverpool,
• Members had assured him be Would support
the. Bill, proceedirngs on which bird commenced
when the subject was last agitated in i'arliament.
Nothing could be so it ksome, in his opinion, as
to come, year after year, and make the same
statements to the court, without any effect : be
hoped some measures for the prevention of Mock
Auctions would be speedily put in force. He
concluded by moving 'that the petition on the sub.
ject should be

The LORD MAYOR said, he would • support the
petition, as he considered Muck Auctions a great
evil.

After some observations from ‘lllt. Dixon and
Mr. Alderman Atkins, and smite preliniina'ry pro-
ceedings,' the petition against Mock Auctions,
which was to theliouse of Commons, was agreed

After transacting a good deal of business of mi-
nor importance, Ilse Court adjourned.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. 27.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES V. the
Earl of LivEßpoot. and Cou»t MUNSTER, Exe-
cutors qf the late Duke of BituNswicK.

The SOLICITOR GENERAL, Counsel tor the de-
fendants, stated, that the Royal plaintiff had filed
a Bill ag►inst' them as Executors to her late'
Brother. '[he Bill alleged, thatrthe Duke in his
life time gave the ROyal plaintiff two promissory
notes—one fur the amount of 1,500/. sterling, the
other •for a 'similar sum, but payable in lonis-
d'ors. The former bill had been produced to tl►e
defendants, but the other had not; and the mean-
ing; of thiS application was, that it might be pro-
duced 'to the. defendants, to enable them. to as-
certain- whether the two notes were not given for
one and the same SUM, so ai to enable them to
shape their answer to the bill properly.
.Sir ARTHUR I'IGGOTT followed on the same
side, and said he considered it 'a mere motion of
course.

Mr. SHADWELE, Counsel for the Royal plain•
tiff, admitted :hat the Bill set forth two notes,
duly one of which had arrived in 'this country.
He was, howe‘w, instructed to move the Conit
to atneild the hill, by leaving out of it the note
,which had not arrived. For this purpose, be
Asked the
,Court for time until next Seal.
The Login CHANCELLOR—" There can be no
objection to the bill's being amended in the way
you have mentioned, Mr. Shathiell, but it will
be necessary for the Royal plaintiff to make an
affidavit in support of the bill as amended."

COURT OF' RING'S BENCH, FEB. 27.

CONSPIRACY.

TFltt KING V. KFIRoBL, Kofrisci, AND GIBSON.

Au indictnient against the 'defendants, for a
conspiracy to put in fictitious bail, an .RCtioll
Was the d'tendant, and a person
of the name of 'Woodward. was the plaintiti.7---
Korsch and GihsAn teptesenteri themselves to Mr.
Che..ll, clerk to Mr. Justice Holroyd,, as clerks to
the respective attornies in the cause, when, in-
tact, the first I►ad been discharged more than six
months, anal the last was only an errand-boy, and
the persons they stated to he their employeis,lia4
nothing to do with the suit. The Jury` found
Korsch and Gibson gpilty, but acquitted Khroel,
it being proVed in his behalf that he was a fo-
reigner, unacquainted with the law, and that
being in prison the two other defendants had pin-
posed to obtain his liberation for 301., he not
knowing that there was any thing illegal in their
so doing. . . -

Inct DrIVICS, Esq.:one of the Magistrates at
Larnheth,street Qffice, who filled that situation
for a panther of years, has resigned the office in
consequence of ill health, and Mr. Mircui IN, of
.Shikd well Office, succeeds him. Mr. BUFFELL
fills the 'place of the latter Gentleman at Shad sell
Office;