Star.
London, England, 1824-05-24 00:00:00

THE KING V. LORD YARBOROUGIL

This was an inquisition to determine whether ce►tain
salt marshes on the coast of Lincolnshire were derelict'
by the sea, and consequently vested in the Crown by'
virtue of the King's prerogative. The inquisition uas
found for the defendant, and being traversed by the
Crown, the principal issue raised was, whether the
marsh land in question had been formed by the gradual
and imperceptible deposit of alluvial matter, by the flux
and reflux of the sea ? This issue was found in favour
of the defendant at the last Summer Assizes for Lin-
colnshire,and a motion having been made in Michaelmas
Term for a new trial, the Court then directed the ques-
tion to be discussed in the form of a special case.
After hearing Mr. Gowan/tor for the Crown, and
Mr. S. M. PHILLIPS for the defendant, the Court took
time to consider its judgment.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 22.

DAVIS V. TILE BANK OF ENGLAND.

The plaintiff in this case was the brother of that un-
fortunate individual, who, by a forgery upon the Bank,
drew out almost all his brother's property. The forgery
was committed in the month tA October, 1819, and was
not discovered till some months afterwards. The plain-
tiff had not notice of the forgery until after his brother
was taken into custody for another forgery on Messrs.
Drummond, which was early in the month of the suc-
ceeding April. From that time to the following Sep-
tember, the plaintiff took no steps whatever, when he
executed a power of attorney, authorising his broker
to transfer all his stock in the Bank. When this power
was presented to the Bank, the broker was informed that
all the stock had been already transferred nearly twelve
months before. The plaintiff then brought an action
against the Bank to recover the amount of the stock
thus improperly transferred. The declaration con-
tained two sets of counts, one of which was for having
illegally transferred the, stock in 1819, and the other for
refusing to transfer under the plaintiff's order in 1820.
The case had been twice tried, and a special verdict had
been found, stating the circumstances, and declaring
that in the opinion of the Jury, the plaintiff had not
adopted the act of his brother, unless the concealment
of the forgery ftorn March to September, 1822,
amounted to such an adoption. The case was argued
on Thursday last, by Mr. Serjeant Osiscovv for the pl
tin-
tiff; and by Mr. Serjeant LENS for the defendants. The
question being whether, on all the facts of the case, the
plaintiff had not deprived himself of the right of reco-
vering by his concealment of the forgery? The Court
took time'to consider a question which they stated to be
of an entirely novel kind, involving points of consider-
able difficulty and importance. On this day their Lord-
ships said the case had been very welt argued, but they
conceived it to be of such importance that they should
prefer having it re-argued next Term, when the Court
would be full.

The fitting of the GRIPER, Captain LYON, at Dept-
ford, proceeds with the greatest rapidity, and great
numbers of visitors daily go on board, who enter their
several names in a book prepared for that purpose.
Neatly all the stores are embarked, and among them is
an extensive supply of pounded dried beef, to which
melted fat has been added, and prepared after the man-
net practised by the Indians in the northern parts of
America, and called pen ',nicer, but which they make of
(venison dried in the sun, or over large fires. A large
quantity of gum Arabic is also on board, to he used by
the party who proceed on the land expedition. The
!GRIPER will leave Deptford on the Ist of next month,
for Northfleet, and there receive on board the mathe-
matical instruments, after which she will drop down to
the Nore, for the officers and men to be paid their
wages, and sail direct to Repulse Bay.
A somewhat curious correspondence has taken place
between the Catholic Board in Dublin, and Earl GREY
and Mr. Bnotrotram, upon the subject of the Catholic
Claims. It appears that in the Petition which has been
this year prepared for Pat 'lament, such an extension is
given to the demands of the Catholics, that neither Earl
GREY nor Mr. BROUGHAM can support those demands.
Both the Noble Earl and Mr. Bnouonam, however, ex-
mess their willingness to present the Petition, such as it
is, with the understanding that they will accompany it
with a declaration of their non-concurrence with certain
parts of it. To this the Catholic Association a.sented
by a unanimous vote. The first prayer of the Petition
is for a reformation in the temporalities in the Church
Establishment of behold. The second prayer of the
Petition is for the better regulation of Juries. The
third prayer of the Petition is for the disfranchisement
of Corporations. The fourth prayer of the Petition is
for the removal of the disqualifications to which Catho-
lics ale now subjec'.