Star.
London, England, 1824-11-27 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH-THIS DAY.
PUBLISHING POLICE REPORTS.
DUNCAN P. THWAITES.
The expected decision in this important cause excited consider.
able interest, and the Court was crowded to excess.
On the Loco Cum JUSTICIt taking his seat, he proceeded to give
judgment in two cases, and then intimated that the Court was not
prepared to give their judgment in the above cause this day.
ST. MARTIN'S PARISH.
Mr. CUItWOOD moved for a Mandamus to be directed to the
racers of St. Martin's Parish, directing them to select six persons
from what is called the optional streets, for the purpose of forming
a Committee under the Paving Act. The 26th Geo. 111. requires
the Parish shall elect six out of the optional streets, and six out of
the Parish at large.
Ti affidavit on which the application was made, stated that two
only had beet, elected from the optional streets.
Mr. Justice BAYLKY.—Take a Rule to chew cause.

REFICAEINGS, APPEALS, AND PETITIONS, DEPORT THE LORD
CHANCELLOR, A MICHAELMAS TERM, 1824.
Saturday. December 4, First Seal Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday following, Rehearings and Appeals.
Thursday, December 9, Second Seal—Friday. Saturday, and
Monday following, Rehearings and Appeals.
Tuesday, December 14, Third Seal--Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday following, Rehearings and Appeals.
Saturday, Dec. 18, Fourth Seal—Monday following, Petitions.
Sess.s, EXCEPTIONS, FURTHER DIRECTIONS, AND PETITIONS, REFOILZ
THE VICRXHANCELLOS, APTEE MICHAELNIAS TERM, 1824.
Saturday, December 4, First Seal— Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday following, Exceptions and Further Directions.
Thursday, December 9, Second Seal—Friday, Saturday, and
Monday following, Exceptions and Further Directions.
Tuesday, December 14, Third Seal—Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday following, Bankrupt Petitions.
Saturday, Dec. 18, Fourth Seal—Monday following, Petitions.

COURT OF CHANCERY, NOVEMBER 26.

Ex-parte ROLLAND AND OTHERS, IN THE MATTER OP
MARSH, STRACEY, AND GRAHAM, BANKRUPTS, AND

OF HENRY FAUNTLEROY, A BANKRUPT.

Mr. HEALD said, that a commisson of bankruptcy
had issued against the three parties first mentioned, and
a separate commission 'against Henry Fauntleroy. In
the beginning of October, Mr. Seymour, a creditor,
tolk out a commissice against the tour. No assignees
had been appointed : nothing had been done in the
commission, which, in short, was perfectly useless. The
assignees under the commission against the three prayed,
therefore, that Mr.' Seymour's commission might be
superseded, and that he should be directed to pay all
the costs; including this application.
lkir. GLYNN appeared on behalf of a creditor, to request that this
application might stand over.
Mr. HEALD took a formal objection to the interfe-
rence of any one creditor with thioapplication. If one
creditor had this right, why not 100? Why not the
1,500 or more creditors who were likely to claim under
the commission /I

The LOAD CHANCILLOIL said, that the objection came a little too
quick upon him, u he really did not know what the Counsel
were about.

Mr. SHADWILL, on the part of the assignees against Henry
rituntleroy, had no objection to thy application.
Mr. HEALD had been as much in the dark as the
Lord Chancellor, for until this minute, he had under•
stood that Mr. Shadwell appeared to oppose the appli-
cation. The assignees, however, for whom he appeared,
prayed for the superseding Mr. Seymour's commission,
or, in the alternative, that the proceedings might be
stayed, and deposited in the office of his Lordship's
Secretary for Bank? opts.
The LORD CuaNcELLort said, there could be no dif-
ficulty in this ca-.e, and the applicatii.n id' Mr. Glynn
was of no use. A commis,ion hasl i. sued against three
of these partners, and at first it did not occur to him
what was to be done with the loofa]. But he was then
informed, that an Act of Parliament had lately passed,
which enabled creditors to take out a commission
against some of many partners, without barring them
from the right of taking out a second commission
against the remaining parties, if need should he. This
was the very case before him, and the Act of Parliament
enabled the two commissions to work as if they were
a joint-commission against the whole of the partners.
There was no necessity, therefore, for the third com-
mission. At the same time it might he premature to
supersede it, because defects might be discovered in
one or both of the first commissions, which would leave
this commission of Mr. Seymour as the only valid one.
The proper way would be to render this commission
inoperative for the present, by staying the proceedings„ s
and depositing them in the Secretary office, without
prejudice to the right of any creditor to present a pe-
tition under it.

Order—Commission to be stayed, and the proceedings deposited
With the Secretary of Bankrupts.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOV. 26.
THE KING V. THE HULL DOCK COMPANY.

This was an appeal against a rate for the relief of the
poor of Hull, on the ground that persons liable to be
ated were omitted. These persons were of three classes:
first, individuals having property in Hull, but not per-
sonally resident within its limits; second, the owners of
:!Jips registered in the port ; and third, the landlords of
1,01,e5, whose tenants were too poor to pay the rates.
The COURT now gave judgment, that the two first
classes ought to be included by virtue of a local statute;
and that the third class were rightly omitted according
to the pi inciples of the common law. They therefore or-
der the rate to be amended according to their decision.