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London, England, 1826-06-22 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Jen 21.
11: THE MAT mil or MR O. P. TEENER.
The LORD CHANCELLOR declared himself at a loss to
know how to deal with this case. He hid no affidavit
before him to show why 1,5004 was to be advanced
for the trial of the traverse.
Mr. HEALD contended that the petition ought to be.
dismissed. Those who presented it ought to have been'
prepared to lay every necessary information on the sub-
ject before the Court. His Lordship's indulgence in
allowing the letition to stand over, seemed to have no
other effect than that of giving the parties an oppor-
tunity of bolstering up their case from day to day.
The I,OIID CHANCELLOR said, that if he could find a-
fund, no man would be mole ready to order the money
to be advauced than he would, provided he was satis-
fied that it would be expended for the benefit of Sir
Gregory. His Lordship ultimately ordered the case to
stand over for a day sr two.

IN THE HATTER Or LORD PORTSMOIITH.
The SOLICITOR GicattaAL stated, that this was the
petition of the committee of the lunatic, praying that the
surplus income, if any, of the lunatic, after pa7ing the
costs and charges necessary far the maintenance of
Lord and Lady Portsmouth, and the other cots,
charges, and expenses, mentioned in the petition, should
be applied to the satisfactiqn of those costs which the
Ecclesiastical Court would direct to be paid as the costs
of Lady Portsmouth's defence in the suit instituted in
that Court for a divorce. The petition was presented
in accordance with the principle .of the Ecclesiastical
Court, which directed that in suits for nullity of mar-
riage the husband should pay costs of the nife's defence.
Mr. Pares followed on the same side.
• Mr. HORNE opposed the application, and contended
that what was applied for could not be granted. He
dared say 'earned doctors and proctors would not go
on without money, but he thought the creditors had.
quite as much right to the money as they had, and on
their part he deprecated the proceedings of the Eccle-
siastical Court. If the surplus, aif any," were to be
applied to the expenses of this suit, how was it possible
that anything could be done for the creditors?
The SOLICITOR GENERAL observed, that this' was
merely an attempt on the part of Lady Portsmouth to
prevent the suit in the Ecclesiastical Court from going
on. This opposition was a sample of what the Court bad
before seen of this Lady's conduct—a conclusion drawn
from the same premises. It was not now necessary to
trouble the Court with a repetition of what her conduct
was, for it could not be obliterated from the'mind of
any man who had heard of it. It was impossible so
forget Lady Portsmouth's conduct, and that of her Ad?
visers—he did not mean her legal advisers.
The Loan CHANCELLOR said, that the rule of the
Ecclesiastical Court was, that where a person sued to
divorce, and the Lady from whom he wished to be se-
parated remained his wife, be must furnish her with dim
means of defence ; and the question here, stripping ieok
the circumstances affecting it, was neither more nor leis,
than this—whether or not the Court, after having ap-
proved of a proceeding for a divorce, would furnish the'
means for making it effective? It certainly ought,lif it
could; and he had no difficulty in saying, that after the
prior charges were made, the surplus, if any, ought to
be applied to this purpose; but he doubted if there war
anything worth asking for under the circumstances Of
the case as they at present existed. Until the Muter
made his report, it could not be ascertained whether or
not there was any surplus capable of immediate.appli-
cation ; and if that was stated to the Court in Doctors'
Commons, they would reply that they wanted to know
in three days what could be done. If the committee
would say that he would advance the money at his own
risk, then the Court would know what to do. At present
he feared that the Court in Doctors Commons would
•not be satisfied with his declaration, that the surplus
should be paid over when it should be ascertaiaed by the
Master'sreport what it amounted to.
The Somalia Gemmel. thought that his Lorishlies declaradoe
wsulsaswer the purpose.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the judge in• Doc-,
ton' Commons might be informed of the purport
of his declaration ; and it would be seen what the
effect of it w ould be. A surplus might not be in
exigence for two or thiee years, and he was afraid
the Ecclesiastical Court would say that Lady Ports-
mouth was entitled to immediate means of defence. His
Lordship had no doubt that if his respectful compli-
ments were presented to Sir Christopher Robinson, that
Learned Judge would inform him what he thought of
his declaration.

Mr. HORNE stated, that as far as the costs which were
to be paid had been calculated, it was supposed they
would amount to 7,0001. He was informed that the
expenses of the suit in the Ecclesiastical Court would
not be less than 30,0001.

The LORD Cmasscat.z.oz thought he might here be
permitted to say one word for this poor hunted Court
of Chancery ; he believed that the expenses of proceed-
ings in this Court were less than in any other. He had
heard of an issue tried in a common action which cost
10,0001. He had no doubt, however, that suits of this
sort were made extremely expensive, in consequence of
the costs being all paid by one side.
The Solicitor of Lady Portsmouth observed, that there would be
no difficulty in this case, if Mr. Newtuu Fawns, the committee,
would advance the money.
l• The Loan CHAIICILLOS remarked, that it was an extremely dif-
ficult thing for a man to get rid of a wife, when neither abe nor
her solicitors liktd that she should part front him.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jars 21.
THE RING V. LORD HARBOROUGH AND ANOTHER.
This was an indictment against Lord Harborough,
and James Bayley, Esq. for assaulting Richard Adder-
son, a watchman belonging to the parish of St. George,
Hanover-square.
The COMMON SERJZANT stated the case : the unfor-
tunate prosecutor, he said, was obliged to appear in
this instance atiinst a Noble Peer of the realm, and a
Gentleman who h Id a distinguished rank in society.
It would appear the poor man had been badly used,
And lie, Mr. Denim wished that persons in exalted
rank would be correct in their conduct and not render
appeals to t:.e justice of their, country necessary. In
June last year, Lord Harborough was returning with
Iklt. Bray, his tricud, to his hotel in Band-street. The