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Tuesday ; 1? I Wednesday . May 18
Sit at half-past it bethe nth of AprUs and the IC sth.
and 9th d( May; and at liglipast nine o'clock on the other days.

COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 13.
MA RM. STRACEIG AND CO:11 NANNIIMPTCY.
FX•PARTZ STONE—ammo.

Mr. MONTAOOI addressed the Court on behalf of the
estate of the bankrupts, in opposition to the application
of the Trustees of the 17,4001. stock sold our under a
power of attorney forged by the late Mr. Fauntleroy,
In which he contended that the petitioners could n.
claim thr. ugh forgery ; they could not waive the for.
gery, and elect to proceed for the civil injury. They
were not demnified, he said, as they had a clear claim
upon the Bank of England for their stock, which had
bt en settled by the case of " Davis v. the Bank of Eng-
land ;" and this was a mere question between the cre-
ditors of the Bank of England and those of Marsh,
Stracey, and Co. both innocent parties, but it was a loss
which would hardly be felt by the former, whilst it
might ruin some of the latter.
The. SOLICITOW-GENEUAL replied. He contended
that no case of felony could be posthumously brought
forward, and if this debt was to be tainted by crime,
the crime must be proved. With respect to the money
having been applied to the purposes of Marsh and Cn.
the fact was amply proved by the circumstance of the
broker who had effected the transfer debiting the house
with only one-half of the usual brokerage. This, in his
mind, was an indisputable proof that the transaction
bad reference to the whole firm.

The LORD CHANCELLOR began by observing, that
when previous to the holidays lie had consented to the
present application being brought forward, he had been
actuated by the consideration that a great body of cre-
ditors were concerned in having an immediate division
of the bankrupts' property ; and in the next place, if it
should turn out that the inquiry into the facts and the
law ought to be before another tribunal, the sooner
such an investigation took place the better ; therefore,
m apologising to the other suitors whose causes might
•by the preference given in the present instance have been
deferieJ, he could not avoid saying, and he spoke before
Gentlemen who would do him the justice of admitting
the correctness of his statement, that he devoted as much
of this time and attention to the general interests of the
suitors as it was possible for him to do ; but it must have
bees evident that for a great many months there had
been such a variety of applications for injunctions re-
latiag to Canals, Jo7nt Stock Companies, and other,
matters, requiring the immediate attention of the Court,
that although not regularly employed, yet he had not
been idle; on the contrary, he had disposed of matters
of great importance and difficulty, and ocCupying as
much time as any question which had been discussed
since this Court had sat. With respect to the present
ease, the simple question was,whether the Petitioners bad
▪ any t ight to prove under this bankruptcy and that de.
pended, as Jae had already observed, upon the clues-
lion whether the money bad been applied to the
use of the firm of Messrs. Marsh and Co. of which
application they weie -cognizant? His Lordship
then recapitulated the facts of the case, and the or-
' cumstances under which the fraudulent and felonious
• transfer of this property was effected, and having done
so, and adverted to the doctrines contained in the-case
• of? •• Davis v. Bank of England," said he should take a
• bolder step than any Chancellor bad ever done, or even
• ▪ .than he had ever done himself, and he believed be bad
decided more cases than any of his predecessors, with.
out that assistance that be had a right to call for, and
if he decided this case without sending it to trial before
• another jurisdiction, he-was the more particularly called
• upon not to venture upon a decision on his own,autho•
city, when he reflected that the judgment of the Court
of Common Pleas was to undergo revisal, in cons.:
quence of a writ of error having been brought for the•
• purpose of obtaining the opinion of a superior Court.
Upon these and a variety of other grounds to which his
Lordship had eeferrecVit appeared to him that this was
• a question which was but to be decided by an issue,
the terms of that issue to be, whether the house of
Marsh, Graham, and Co. were, at the time of issuing
the commission against them, indebted to the trustees,
Stan. Gahagan, and Fauntleroy, in any and what sum
1 of gooney? at the same time directing, that upon the
• trial of such issue, the trustees might attend or decline
• to attendlts they ould think fit. If it occurred to the
• Learned Counsel that the matter could be pat in any
• better way, it was his wish that they would intimate
their views to him when he next came into Coati; but
as et present advised, the strongest inclination of his
opinion*was, that what he had suggested was the most
tpropermode of bringing this question to a decision.

COURT OF KING'S MINCH, APRIL 13.
• WALTON V. GRESII.
this was an action brought by the plaintiff, who keeps
a Ibdging-hove in Pitt-street, Fitsroy-square, for on/
year's board and lodging of the defendant's wife.. Thqo
defence set up was that the Lady in question was a cool
'Won prostitote. • 1
Mrs. Kirby, the daughter of the plaintiff, proved the oceuimins;
Crosoomandned by Mr. flumentate--Who are you. Mrs. Wafts
you are not a widow ?•No.—What is your husband ?—( After aim
hesitation and beennthal Musks) A tariequin.—Ot! a tarlatan a
clown, where ?—A t **Adelphi.—Wbat it your father ?.—A seuip-
ter....-A sculptor you ay ; that is what we call, in common prose, a
memo, a dealer in stones....lltodezamined by Mr. Sea asset—Did y
-ever see my improper conduct in Mrs. Green P.... Never.
Mrs. Onstoonne and* Mho Mediae Onunanne deposed that Dirs.
Green was a very proper person.
Crees-eiamined by Mr. lbsoossuisa—Wow, Miss Rhedne, don't
Tyou lamb, this is a serious matter ; now, I say. what are Mt'
An actress. What pans do yes golfers' 1-111 the ~..am u-- often have you seen Mrs. Grees?—Cameot take upon myself to my
exactly. Three or four Mum, pertars?...Caamt say manly; coal-1
-run speak to mire slum three dem, And how hong did pm meter'
41, sarserbese dines 3—Perhaps Mitsui boor.
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1/.ad during this time,-said Mr. Baospostiim, with a
leer that shook the Coprt with laughter, and daring
these three long half hours you saw nothing indecent in
Mrs..Greees conduct? The witness tittering with a
nascent emotion of laughter. replied, No.
Mr. Ihtoiranius....l ow. Miss Illedae, you balball "'heft Pet
the Rondos to you about firs. Goma.
31r. SOMILIPTE—.No, abs dillies.
Mr. diseverme—But IMWI ells did.

Scatitsre to die Whom—WA if you did laugh, was it not
occasioned by the queerhott which my friend gave you at the time,,
and oat at the suestionf
The witiuna hors could not refrain from laughing;
Ur. Davutuemi !W . amidst/ of what Mr. &Ai"'