Star.
London, England, 1813-08-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OP CHANCERY, AUGUST 24
The LOAD CHMICIELLOR Sat this day at eleven
o'clock in his private riming where he gave judgment
in a variety of bankrupt petitions) and in other mat-
ters which stood over.

EX-PARTE NEWTOEN IN THE MATTER OP DOM.
This was a petition praying to have the Compi%ion
which had issued against the bankrupt supersOed,
and it had lain Over till now, that his Lordship might
have an opportunity of considering the affidavit filed
by Mr. Gregory, solicitor to the commission, as to
the witnesses by whom he expected to be able to prove
the petitioning creditor's debt, the act of bankruptcy,
and the trading, all of which it would be necessary
for him to establish in two actions which had been
commenced against persons indebted to the estate of
the bankrupt, and the fruits to be expected from which
two actions, it was alleged, constituted the whole, or
nearly the whole of the bankrupt estate, applicable to
the payment of his creditors.
The Loan CHANCELLOR asked Mr. Gregory if he
was prepared to bring forward any person who would
undertake for the costs of trying those two actions at
law?

Mr. GREGORY said he was not. He presumed his
Lordship did not mean to saddle him (Mr. Gregory)
with the costs of the trials in those two actions.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he did not mean so
but before his Lordship ordered those two actions to
be proceeded in, he must see that there was some
person who would undertake to pay the costs of them.
As nothing could be done in the mean time, he should
give no order, at present, as to the prayer for a =per-
redeas of the commission, but should let the matter
lie over till next day of petitions, that Mr. Gregory
might, in the mean time, see if he could get any per-
son to come forward and undertake for the costs of
those two trials at law.
IT PARTE IN THE HATTER or scorn,
This was an application on the part of the assignee
of the bankrupt under the late Insolvent Debtors'
Act, of which the bankrupt had taken the benefit, to
be entitled to comg in under an order made some
time ago in favour of the bankrupt, referring it to the
Master to tax the bills of costs of Mr. Richard Hill,
who had formerly been the bankrupt's solicitor.
The LORD CHANCELLOR ordered, that, on the peti-
tioner's giving security for the costs of any proceed-
ings which might take place relative to the taxation,
in the event of his being unsuccessful, taxation of Mr.
bills of costs should still be allowed, agreeably
to the former order ; the money overpaid to Mr.
Hill, and to be returned by him, if any, being to be
accounted for to the assignee or creditor as to whose
debt the bankrupt had, previous to the passing of the
Insolvent Debtors' Act, taken the benefit of the
Lords' Act.

IN TILE MATTER OF OLIVEIt A BANKRUPT.
This day the Commissioners in this case, at the re-
commendation of the Lord Chancellor, brought the
bankrupt before them at Guildhall, to answer further
questions relating to a sum of £4OO, sworn by him
to have been paid under particular circumstances,
and which have been already before the public. Mr.
Montagu attended on the part of the assignees, and
the Commissioners, after several questions were put
to the Bankrupt (and some of which were put by the
Commissioners privately) were sufficiently satisfied of
the truth of the Bankrupt's statement to order him to
be discharged. The Commissioners stated, that pre-
vious to the commitment, they had asked him dis-
tinctly, as appeared by that document, whether he
had any thing else to say to them respecting this
£4OO ? and his answer was, he had not ; he had there-
fore himself to thank for what he had suffered. They
considered it their duty to act in the same manner as
if it had not at all been before the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Montagu said the Bankrupt had still, to satisfy
the Commissioners of the whole of his accounts, (to
which the Bankrupt assented) or that he would be
still liable to return from %hence he came.—The
Bankrupt was accordingly discharged.

WARWICK ASSIZES, AUG. 20.
MURDER.

Wednesday last John Britain was put to the bar,
charged with having murdered his wife, Anne Bri-
tain, on the sth April last.
The prisoner was a pipe-maker, residing in Cot-
ton-street, in this town, and had formerly been in the
employ of Mr. Rose, on Snow-hill. The principal
evidence against the prisoner was his own son, who,
on the sight of his father, was scarcely able to sustain
the shack. His countenance betrayed his horror at
the painful part lie was called on to act, nor was this
feeling confined to himself—Judges, Counsel, Jury,
and spectators, were alike affected at the scene. After
some time had been allowed the witness for recovery,
the Judge, Sir L. LE BLANC, told him that the task
was indeed a painful one, but that it was a duty he
owed to his GOD, his country, and the memory of
his deceased mother, to relate to the Court such cir-
cumstances of the murder of his deceased parent, as
were within the compass of his knowledge, recol-
lecting that his father had broken the chain that binds
society together. After repeated encouragement from
the Counsel, he proceeded in his testimony, with but
little interruption, and in the course of it stated .the
following facts :
The witness was sleeping, on the morning of the
sth of April, in the same room with his father, mo-
ther, and a younger brother, who is about 9 years of
age ; about six o'clock, on being suddenly disturbed
by a noist, which proceeded from that part of the
room where his parents slept, he rose and went to the
spot, and there found his father standing in a threat-
ening attitude over tl'e bed in which his mother lay.
On examining the bed, he found his mother weltering
in her blood, which flowed from a wound she had re.
ceived from a bar of iron, which his father held in
his hand. The prisoner was again in the act of rai-
sing his hand to strike the deceased, when witness
rushed up to him, and wrested the bloody bar from
his grasp, exclaiming, at the same time, " 0, my
dear father, have mercy 1" and in his endeavours to
obtain the murderous weapon, received a violent blow
on one of his arms. On his father becoming cooler,
witness went again to his mother, arid saw that she
was much bruised about the head and face, her blood
flowing very fast ; her speech was gone, and she ap-
peared to be in extreme agony. He wiped the blood
from her face with some water, and his father in a
short time came to the bed and assisted him. Wit-