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London, England, 1825-07-15 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

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COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 14.
ELEPHANT AND CASTLE CHARITY.
A didussion again took place with trferente to this case, which
good fur his Lordship's judgment on the quesdon of jurisdiction.
The LORD CHANCELLOR urged the parties to waive
the point of jurisdiction ; as, in the event of his deciding
against his juti diciion) the expense hitherto incurred
would be wholly thrown away, and everything that
had been done would be rendered of no avail. If such
should be the tesult, he should take care that, whatever
further proceedings might be instituted, the costs should
not come out of the Charity. His Lordship added, that
without heating any further arguments of Counsel, he
houlti decide the question of jurisdiction on Monday.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 14.
ROBINSON V. WINCH.

This was an action bought tar the plaintiff against
William Winch, for the recovery .f 10/. 18s. Id. the
value of two pockets of hops. From the evidence of
11Ir. Br ) ant, a clerk in tl:e service of the plaintiff, it ap.
pealed th4t the two pockets of hops in question had
been sold on an order from John Winch, who had been,
and was supposed to be at the time of the order, iu par-.
ntr,hip with his brother William. John Winch, how-
ever,:who was called to support his brother's defence,
swore that a dissolution of partnership between him
and his brother h.id taken place in April.lB2€2, and the
order for the hops had not bt en given till September
and November in the same year.
The Curet► Joat:ce, however, laid pecuFar stress
upon a letter, purporting, by being drafted on the back,
to be an answer from William Winch to a demand for
payment on the part of the plaintiff, while in fact an-
other letter, put in as evidence, was scut in reply to that.
demand. After consulting together for about ten
minutes, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff,
10/. 18s. Id. with costs. It was stated in the course
of the vial, that the defendant had offered 101. 18s. Id.'
to the plaintiff, but it was refused unless he would con-
sent to divide the expenses that had been ii.curred by
proceedings at law,

The report that there was an intention of instituting
in the College of Edinburgh a Regius Professorship for
Political Economy, has been contradicted.
COM DT N A T10N.,..,:rbe investigation relative to the late'
murder still proceeds at College-street Police-office,
Dubin'. Some witnesses have been examined against
the persons in custody, but no further arre-ts have
taken place. A reward cf 4201. has been offered for
the discovery of the perpetrators of the crime. The
desolating spirit of combination is spreading wider and
wider throughout Dublin. The men employed in the
coach-making trade have "turned OW," and the com-
mon labourers have " struck"

EFFECF OF CoIISINATION3.—A vessel lately sailed
from Dublin fur Cumberland, with a load of Irish oak,
to be used in shipbuilding; the conshivation of the
men preventing its being used iu that port for the
same purpose.

EXASHNATION CIP THE COlNS.—Yesterday; the P 3 ivy
o.oncil as embl.d, to meet the Jury for the Annual
Trial of his MAJESTY'S Coins in the Pia of the Mint,
when the usual ceremonies tot k place, and the purity
4 the Coins is,tred was 'roved by the evidence or the
.loldsuliihs' Company, &c. A certain quantity of the
sold cdtn was melted down, to ascertain that the alloy
was in the proper proportion. It appeared that the
total amount of the gold coined by the Right Honour-
able THOMAS WALLACIL, Master of his MAsessit's
Mint, from the Ist of July, 1821, to the Ist of July,
)825, was 5,046.30 a A similar account of the silver
coined, after the rAte of sixty-!is shillings to the pound
weight troy, of the standard of eleven ounces two pen-
nyweights of fine silver and eighteen pennyweights of
alloy. The amount of silver coined, including the
smaller pieces, was 187,7611. 16s.

During the last few days, the heat of the weather in
Dublin has been extremely oppressive. On Sunday
there was a great deal of thunder, followed by very
heavy showers. A Gentleman, while tiding out is the
'hcinity of the city, on the afternoon of Sunday, had his
orse killed under him by the lightning—he himself
escaped unhurt. Yesterday (Monday) was certainly as
warm a day as we ever remembered in this climate. At
noon the thermometer in the shade stood at 72 degrees ;
and in the sun 10 degrees higher. All accounts from
the interior represent the crops as in a most flout ishing
condition, and indeed there is every prospect of an early
Lind most plentiful harvest.—Dublin Morning Register.
THE MILTONIAN MANUSCRIPTS.—The recent dis-
cover y of the Miltonian MSS. in the State Paper Office,
attracted the notice of his MAJESTY, under whose
auspices the work, so long lost to the world, is about to
Le published. We understand, in consequence of this
and other interesting discoveries, made within the last
few years in the same quarter, Iris MAJESTY has been
pleased to appoint a Commisson to examine the docu-
ments in that valuable depositary of the records of
former times, with the view to printing the most impor-
tant of them. The Coma issioners named ate, the
SPEAKER of the House of Commons, Mr. Secretary
PEEL, Mr. C. W. WYNN, Mr. CROKER, and Mr. Hos-
mum Mr. LEMON, the Deputy Keeper of the State
Paper Office (by whom the above MS. was found), has
been appointed Secretary to the Commission.
GUILDFCRD TEIZATRE.—OtheIIo was performed on
Tuesday night at this Theatre, with the Follies of a
Day, supported, according to the Play Bills, by " a
combination of unusual and extraordinary resplen-
dency." The principal male characters of the Tragedy
were sustained by amateurs, and Desdemona was per.
formed by Mrs. Burnt. Colonel BERKELEY played the
Moor. His performance, in many instances, was pow.
erful, and throughout judicious.
The following anecdote is the topic of conversation
in the saloons at Paris :—On the day that the coronation
took place, as the KING'S tailor, SANCTUS, who had
been sent for to Rheims, for the purpose of arranging
his MAJESTY'S robes, &c. was employed in adjusting
the Ktuo's mantle, finding some of the eyelet-holes too
:mall for the hooks, he took his scissors from his
4-,ocket, and was proceeding to ease them by inserting
the points into the bte.st of the mantle, when a Lord
in waiting, imagining that the poor Snip was about to
assassinate his sacred MAJESTY, immediately drew his
sword, rushed upon the poor knight of the thimble,
seized him by the collar, and would no doubt instantly
have caused him to make his exit as " %glib a b.re
bodkin," but for the timely lot iteience of his MA-.
p:s7y, who laughed healttly at the mittake.
Monday, a battle for one guinea a-side was fought at
\Vesterleigh, in Moue. stershire, by two labousers,
rian.ed Lawrence and Filley, to decide a quarrel. In
rye fifth round, Lawrence received a blow on the no.
wl,ich prov"d inst/rfareously. fatal.