Star.
London, England, 1818-01-14 00:00:00

LAW INITLLIGENCE. •

1414 tit VIC&CHANCELLOR.
The Chancery Codtt was this Morning filled at flit
early hour, in the expectation of Sir ANN LEACH; •
the New Vice-Chancellor, being publicly sworn into
Office, previous to taking his seat to-morrow, when,
to the great disappointment of those present, and
contrary to former usage, Sir JOHN was sworn in the
Chancellotispriadle Room, and did not at all appear
in Court.
COURT OP RING'S BENCH, JANUARY It.
THE IMO O. THE COUNTY OF MIDDLULL
Mr. MARRTAT stated, that this action was brought
to ascertain whether the expense of repairing the
bridge over the Brentwater, near the five mile stone,
OH the Edgware-toad, between the parishes of Hens
don and Willsden, should be defrayed at the tharp3o
of the county of Middlesex, or the Lord of the Manors
It appearcd that this brides is situated on one side •
of the high road, and crosses a ford which is fat the
most part impassable after heavy rains, and during
the whole winter, and consequently no means left for
the conveyance of passengers but along the bridges
which has been of late in such a ruinous state as to
be impassable without the greatest danger; and con•
sequently, if not repaired immediately at the charge
of some party, the road to the metropolis in that,
quarter must be utterly cut off. About one fourth
portion of the bridge is situate within the parish of
Willsden, and the other three fourths in the pari.li of
Hendon, which is the end most shattered and dans
gerous.
'The Inhabitants on the Willsden side made BO
defence, and the point at issue stood between the
County and the Lord of the Manor of Hendon, Mr.
;Lowndes.
.Mr. Stirling, Clerk of the Peace for Mlddlever,
said in evidence, that during the thirty five years he
had had official access to the county books and ac-
counts, he never knew an initance of any charge for
repairing, this bridge.
On the other hand it *as proved by a very old
witness, who, as a bricklayer, had repaired this bridge
in the year 1787, that he had been paid by the Exec
cutors Of the late David Garrick. as Lord of the
Manor ; and that for some repairs done since that, he
had been paid by the • steward of Mr. Lowndes, as
present Lord of the Manor.
Mr. MARK VA' in reply, quoted the act of Henry
VIM which declared, that in all dotibtful cases, the
county was obliged to build and keep in repair every
public bridX,The bridge had been originally built
at a great expense by some one, nobody knew who ;
and the Trustees of the koads had often Made re.
pairs; and all the proof affecting a Lord of the
Mancr was, that Mr. Garrick was a genetotas rain,
had paid for one repair because he did not wish to
apply to the county. •
Mr. Justice HoiROYb summed up for the Jury,
who found the defendants guilty so far as regarded
the fourth part of the bridge belonging to Wiklsden ;
and not gullty as to the other three parts ; thus der
claring that the Lord of the Manor of Hendon was
obliged to keep those three parts in repair.
1112TH024 57. LOUGUNAN.

This Vt2S an action upon a policy of insm'at►ee, el•
fected by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Berthon and Koster,
as the brokers and agents of a person of the name of
Vasconcellas residing in the island of St. Michael,
upon a schooner vessel called the Maida Dios, of
which Vaszoncellat Was two-thirds owner. The
schooner left St. Michael at the latter end of May

or beginning of June, 1811, for a voyage to Pt;
nambuco, in the Brazils, and back, and the proprie.
tor of the other third part of the schooner had in-
sured his share at the commencement of the voyage,
but Vasconcellas, who was in fact the real plaintiff,
did not effect any insurance upon her, or gave any
orders for that purpose till he sent a letter to the no•
minal plaintiffs, dated from St. Michael, on the 11th
of December, in the Same year. On the receipt of
the letter Messrs. Berthon and korter effected the in-
surance in the usual manner for the sum of two
thousand pounds upon the vessel, and fifteen hun-
dred pounds upon the goods on board, from Pernam=
buco to St. Michael, the defendant, Mr. Andrew
Loughnan, having subscribed his name to the policy
for the sum of 2001. The schooner was described
by Vasconcellas as being at Pernambuco ; he hot
Living received any notice of her having proceeded
on her voyage home; whereas she had actually left ,
that place in the middle of September, and Was lost
within two days from the time of her sailing. The
grounds of defence were—first, that the goods were
not of the value described in the policy, but the value
of the ship was admitted. And, secondly, that the r
policy was void, as the anderwriters were not in,
formed of all the circumstances relating to the ship,
which the owner was bound to communicate, inas-
much as the ship having sailed en a voyage from St.
Michael to Pernanabtco in the month of May, which
at most should have eccupied but six months, ind
that consequently in the month of December she
ought to have been represented as a missing ship.--
The depositions of a considerable number of wit•
tresses, taken at St. Michael, were react, to shew that
Yasconcellas had no notice whatever of the loss of
the vessel. To this part of the case the defendant's
Counsel cordially assented, but contended that from
the length of time the ship had been absent, Vas-
concellas ought to have apprized the underwriter: of
the fears which he must naturally have entertained.
To shew this the undezwriters were called, who de-
clared, that had they been made acquainted with the
real facts they would not have insured the vessel at
ahy rate, one of the Gentlemen expressly deem ,kg
that he would not have touched her with a pair of
L tongs if he had been awv.:t of her having so much
exceeded the time usually consumed in the voyage.
Mr. Justice HOLROYD summed up at considerable
length, leaving it to the Jury to decide whether Vas-
concellas had disclosed all thp facts he knew ?
The Jury retired, and after being out for abott
three quarters of as hoar returned a verdict fcr
the plaintiff.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LAME, JAW. 14.—We at*
still without any arrivals from the Suffolk toast:
and although the supply of all•grain is in coast.,
(pence very small, the Wheat trade is heavy, except
for prime samples, which support Monday's price..
There was no fine Barley at market, the price ft
which is nominally as on Mond:4. .but the Inferief
descriptions are unsaleable. In 'Oats, Beam, anu
other articles, there is no alturaticu.