Star.
London, England, 1830-11-16 00:00:00

CLEO& OF THE COOSCZL.

Mr. STANLEY renewed his inquiry about the Clerk of the Coun-
cil ; Mr. Buller, who lately filled it, was dead ; and he understood the
President of the Council had appointed his son to supply the vacancy ;
was that the fact P

Sir R. PEEL said, he had not heard of the appointment ; if it had
taken place, he was ignorant el it.
Mr. STANLEY hoped it was not the fast, especially as he had put
a question on the subject an Friday ; but lift were fact, it would appear
that the vacancy had been filled up within 44 hours of its having oc-
curred,

Sir H. PEIII. confessed that he was wholly ignorant of all the cis.
comatances connected with the ease; he knew not in whom was the
appointment; most certainly the biome seeretary had not had any thing
to do with it.

Mr. Alderman THOMPSON then obtained leave to bring in a bill
declaring what charitable inedtadosa were liable to the payment at pa.
id ru.

Mr. KENNEDY roved an Aimee to his majesty for a return of
certain mere coonemod with the elective franchise in Scotlanclo—
alC: r. L. CIOWIII moved fee s illeket Committee on the Tolls and
Cameos la Ireland.

Motion agreed to, sad the medium of the omelette nominated.
Sir R. PitlL, as we undoemed, postponed his motion for a eon—
mime ea the Host India Ce's oaks.
Mr. HUMS moved as for a room of all Pensions on his
Mar's Civil List (1810.)—Agreed to.
ATTORNIIY-GENZILAL hies& ta a bill for amending thei
Act for the lotto admisiesadot of jostles is Howland and Wales
Reed a fine time ; indeed to be mad a seemed time en Weloaday nest.
Alderman THOMPSON in • 11111 derbalso la mkt mass'
the possemitme of attain diri badintiess obi be Noble to the
poymentet rates for local purpeees.—Wed a Sem time; to be read a
emend dee ea Friday wit.
R. AntLahvery paddies well= by Lod IV. Psalm, by Sir
NA by Mr. Sykes, by and by Mr. Syn.
An sleeks petition was pretend egileensTrreture for Dover.
The ether orders of the day were due arse& of, and the House ad.
jonmed at Half-past Tan.

LAW REPORTS.

COURT OF JUNO'S BENCH, Nov. 13.
WON Mr. Jasdoe lATTLEDALE.
THI LINO 9. 1111631SS_AND LACY.

Mr. WTloatt mewed fir Rakes Corpus, directed to Messrs.
Knisbet sod them to being up the body of Mr.
Ma Knight, Oa bed amending to the affidavits been removed by
knee Am his haves r ika.maputa, to tats Lunatic Asylum 0 the
tiehodest was Sallsbaly. where he had been de.
taloa fifiees swift egabst Ids will, sod deprived of pins, in mad
papa. The admilsmes Knights. one of whom is an attorney, were
his brothers, and it was sworn that they bad afterwards obtained Fos-
mei= of his keys and pares, and exercised full power over his person
, and estate, refusing permission to his friends to visit him. Mr.
Wyborn amended that acceeding to the affidavits of eight _ paeans
who had obtained access to him, Mr. Joint Knight wee prrml- y sound
In mind, but that MD admitting his insanity the legal farms_ regulating
Lunatic Asylums had not been observed, but he had been clandestinely
' taken away and concealed, and that in cases of confirmed lunacy, the
law never committed the custody of the person, of a lunatic to hie
heir, nor the custody of his estate to any person without security, and
that the solicitor of the commission could not act as receiver.

Mr. Justice LITTLIDALI.—.YeIi hare shewn enough to raise the
question, but it would be inconvenlast to have a suspected lunatic
brought into the Court, from day to day, during the discussion, would
it not be better to take a rule to spew Bose

Mr. Wrsoatr.—ln " the King v. Turlieguon, 2 Barr. 1116,"
lord Mansfield panted the-writ at ewe agaiast a husband, who had
imprisoned his wife in a madhouse; and that was approved of by the
prang Lord Chief Justice in " the Xing v. Middleton, 1 Chitty, 066."
Mv. Justice LIPTTLKIVALL—I am only deterred by the inconve.
Mena. his to be presumed these defendants suppose him to be Insane.
Mr. Wviscoaw.-1 myself lave doubts upon that belief ; and there.
fare should have requested the Court to have ordered an examination,
In thopresenos ef_she Master of the etewo-office, by such medical
moo as he should approve of.
Mr. Justice LtrwLsoamet..—l doubt whether I have the power to
ceder that proceeding.
Mr. IFTIORX.••••TiIIit was ordered by this Court, in the reported
ease 'of the I follefideS VICSta. Mr. Zachary M'Cauley suggested to
the Court, that this poor Aitken had been enuapped into this country,
sod exhibited foe money 11=1m will t and the Court, after pa
the Habeas Corpus, and • g the report of the Master, aelt2
tisemerives satisfied.
Mr. Justice Lirer.zoado.—.After consul the other Judges, de.
elated amiedoeision to be, that the rule Nisi only should be granted.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 16.

LIMII-411111111$ V: CIIISDLOII.
lIIT. WADDICKEIbiI IDOvel•farD rule SO show MK why the vadiet
in this cue should not be ,det aide and a new trial granted, is the
pound of a misdirection of the Leonid Judge who tried the cause. It
was as 'Aka fit libelaried lichee Abe Lad diet Heron at the last
Warwick wine e the Jury food • verdict fee the plaintiff—damps
150 L The phdatif le a dim* of the alestinghato Joint Bieck
Banking Ltbegeop, god the leibithot pditer el the Birmingham
Argtis nolipper. ~ The ..rated Vetoed kr the plaindg io 1
the trial entard, *Mew* otiose. JOIN liar the Pone libel had
been libhogld,•Jopinet .two dillboorg penes, against one of whom
orsill•Illonsill, be roomed lea limps, and reed several
Pl
heeti.eaboopene teundren of thi Alrghs,, in which the eendueton:
illiellidemi Milt seemly saintedeseled upone
apish of da.
Zetat%=as. .(41 up,oa 111111dt6t1 eellt as huh wasjfolia:drib74
assiogoteegeo simphissi of look place Ice an sawn • to a giteetipa
-- lei ilhe Alp east bawls/ imbed Si. about half an
ignara.: lam 0486, ant pat a quesda6 in drift, to the
s.Age,
to tha , fatileibig oft t. list ,a eletli-o spinet
the t ought to bl iii ttferviw* to. walOpmelilota tot=
my' • fist the slaraadant, or shah* OW IMMO'
the thus bk. Illemeell Wen te be use at bi isiosties of any
timeeepesee be awarded' Thu Chief Ism ,toil, iimit.be dld sec ow.
side the 4tasates.steovared hem Musa ought to he taken late eon-

sideration b the Jury.. This was the misdirection complained of, taw
les (hlr.W ) submitted that the Jury were entitled to take into
esnahlemeion the fact that the plaintiff had already recovered kw.
eimapsfreen Mr. Mansell, who bad sold the pamplikt containing th,
NEW Mod.
Mt. BIRO& BAYLEY...MAC a Vale to show cause.
BOARD OF EXCISE, Nov. 16.
TIM DINO V. DAVID DEDFORD.
The defendant was landlord of the Weavers' Atms public.bnou.
London-wall, and was charged on an information for mixing sugar,
salt, and vitrol, or other ingredients, not being malt ce hops, with hi,
beer, thereby incurring a penalty of MI. The fact being proved, he
was fined 100 L

TUX XING T..JAUXII CZAUP.
The defendant, who very recently kept the Bull's Head, Hungerford.
asarket, (where the detection took pkte,) was, for a similar offence aN
the preceding, fined 1501.
The Faso r.. 1. Bies.g.--This was a ginger infoonstien against this
defendant, who keeps the Coopers' Arms, in Great Baffron-hill. The
house bad since been shut up, and the ddendant did net appear to th,
information. It appeared that upon samples of the defendant's Deer
being taken by the officers on the 45th of August, and analysed by
chemist, it was found that one sample had a proportion of nearly four.
teen ounces of salt and eleven drachms of iron in the one hundred gal.
tons. The Court convicted the defendant in the full penalty of NM,
leaving him, if be should think peeper, to petition for a mitigation,
in case he could show good grounds for such a measure.