Star.
London, England, 1806-06-17 00:00:00

LAW III'TELLIGENCP.

The Judges met on Thurfday in the King's Bench
Treartori Chamber. and chofe their Cireuitr, as under:
MIDLAND—Lord Filenborough and Mr. inflict Rooke.
Hua►nan—Lord Chief Janke Mansfield. and Mr. inflict
&sir.
Hows—Lord 'Met Baron and Mr Jolliet Heath.
Warrean.—Mr. Baron Thome= and Mr. !office Chambre.
Darnall—Mr. jukke Lawrence and Mr. Jultice Le Bboe.
~faaaaaaN—Mr. Baran Graham and Mr. Baron Sutton.
COURT Of KING% BENCH, JUNK re.

?111 XING O. PATNITIIOIOIB, IS4—PIOPIXTY TAX.
This moo important cafe to the public came on to
be argued upon the rule, which we formerly flated to
L have been obtained to arreft the judgment.
The defendant, a Gentleinan of confiderable Om,
and one of the Commiffioners for carrying the Pro-
perty tax into execution, had been tried before Mr.
Janice Rocuto at the lag York Affixes, and found
guilty of offering bribes to John Foner, his tenant,
. and who was one of the Affieffiars, to induce him to
make a falfe return of the value of the premifes occu-
pied by him as tenant to the defendant. The rootirn
to arreft of judgment was founded upon various ob.
jeCtiont ; but the only one relied upon refpeeled the
due appointment of the office of Affrffor. The Ad
of the 43d Geo. 111. C. 122, commonly called the
Property TAX Aft, provided that it was to be carried
into eseeuti m by means of Affieffurs appointed by an
AR to be pallid. The At fo referred to was at the
time in its prngrefs through the Houle of Commons,
and was of courfe intended to be palled after the Ad*
refirring to it; but, by Come unaccountable miflake,
it was fufferod to outgrip in its forms the intended
antecedent Azt, and inftead of palling after, as it
ought, paired Wore it, and was tonged as the 43d
Geo. 111. e. 99. It was contended, on the part of
the Defendant, that there were no Affiffors legally
appointed after the 4351 Geo. 111. e. i a:, and conk-
fluently thatno judgment could be pronrunced on the
verdia.—This objection vas taken by Mr. Serjeant
HEYWOOD.

Mr Nitta, Mr. Torrimo, and Mr. Wnoo, argued
that the order, in point of time, of the bills receiving
the Rozal Afrenr, was immaterial ; ar 3 that both
bad relation to the firft day of the SeUions.—Tbe
Court was decidedly agaiel them, and °blared, that
an Aft to bettered could never be confirued to mean
an Aft that had paired.
Lord ELLSNIOROUGH laidt it was (hocking that,
in a matter In highly interelltng to the public, no ap•
plication had been made tince the rule was firlt grant-
ed to thole who might have provided a remedy for
the. evil.

Mr. PARKE fired, that it had been mentioned to
the Attorney and Solicitor General, who did not
teem to confider that the objeflien was tenable. .
Lord Et.t.arr BOROUGH raid, he thought the matter
of fuck importance, that he had mentioned it `to the
Cecretary of Stare, and he was furprized at learning
that he had never even heard of the pendency of fuck
a (ration. Tt was remarked by Counfel, that the late
Property 4tt had guarded againll the inconvenience;
Lit it was not Rated that any meafure had been adopt.

rd to render payments valid already made under the
f ,rmer Aft, or to fccure the legal enforcement of ar-
rears which had been paid.

Lord Ex xxxaoanyn Ff intimated, that of eourfe the
judgment in this cafe mull he arrened ; but be wiffied
the hufinefs to nand over till the Ccurt, looked more
minutely into the Ac's. It was the anxious defire of
the Court to give it died, if pogible, to the obvious '
meaning of the Legiflature; and to to decide, at rel
magi: snifeett rant perrat. He added, that it could be
no in-conventence to the defendant to poflpone the de-
eition. The queftion remains open, doubtlefs, not fo
much for the confideration of their Lordthips, as to
♦.. Turd an opportunity for legitlative interpofitioc.