Star.
London, England, 1817-05-03 00:00:00

ORGILL V. NIsIITIG

This was a speciAl for the opinion of the Court.
It was an action upon the stat. C. 3 c. 130,
br-ught by A lice-maker at Coale llooningford,
against the Hunched,
.to rec;vei competisation for
4. t‘selve lsce-ir.tmes, behig cngiocs," which Weie de-
stroyed in the briween the 10th and 11th of
April,lblil,•by *dim i persons rinit.csly asF.emblrd.
A vet-diet was tinted for the phtintiff, with damage,
to the amount ol £4OO. The question now was,
whether thefefranin v:Pre. ex;;;net, within the mettfiing
of the above mentionedlict •

The Court were unanimously of opinion, according
to the true constructiou of the Acts reletrtd to, that
the worJ tz:gine must mean something connecttd with
the soil, And unt Meqiy moveable, as a 14ce.frame
ccrtainly w.ts, horn ot.e room to another, and there-
fore pronounced judgtuynt I•Jr the defendant.

ROLL'S COURT.
PniDDY r. THE RIGHT °COME ROIL
This is a case Inraing out of assignment of a peri-
-1 sion grained to Mr. Hunt, formerly of the Ordnance
' °Mee. It appeared that. a pension of £1.537 hld
b;:eii granted w Mr. Hunt, or his'Assigmes, for the
term of his natural life, but nevertheless revokable in
the case of an cffice or offices being accepted by Mr.
Hunt, the emoluments of which might amount to a
sum equal to the pension. The pension was payable
out of the old stores of the navy ; and Mr. Hunt had
assigned it to tl:e plaintiff. Mr. Rose, as Treasurer
of the Navy, was restrained from paying over the
money to the Assignees of Mr. Hunt. A bill having
been tiled by the plaintiffs to recover the amount -of
the pelistili trot Cie Crown, the case came to be ar-
gued on Thurso:l,y night,..ou the . part of the defers-
dams, Wore the MASTER of the Hoot. Sir A.
PIG•7I' and Mr. drams contended, that nowith-
btauding the introduction of the word assignees in the
giant; the penti.in was not assignable; and that it
was granted not only as a rerompence for past, but
with a view of future set vices, as was evident from
the terms of the grant. It therefore resembled half-
pay, w! ich could not be assigned. But if it shmtjd
be held that .the pension was assignable, the Crown
was entitled to a set.cif against it to the amount of
the debt due to the public by the defaulter. Finally,
it was argued, that the plaintiff bad not only mis-
taken his case, but-the Court to which be ought to
apply for a remedy, if lie were entitled to say The
matter was not within the jurisdiction of the Court of
Chancery, but the Court of Exchequer.
Judgment was postponed to a future day.

At the termination of the Glasgow Assizes, an Sa.
turday last, three prisoners received sentence of death,
viz. W. 111' Kay, for utte:ing forged notes of the
Greenock Bank t, J. Smith an J. Privet, for ;urines
'robberies, accompanied by personal violence. They
are• to be executed on the '2Bth inst.—Roder/ ili;vl,
the cruel luthan, who malireattql the old Toll-gatherer
and his woe. as stated in the STA n of IVeditesday last,
was sentenced to seven years trati.pottation.

Some idea may be I•rtncd of the very great distress
Which at present prrs in the Nor Is of Scotland, by
I stating that in the dis.ricts of the enmities
of Sistiirtiand, Ciithness, Ito.s, and Inverness, the
people &rive a Very pincipal rart ot their sub►istence
Irorn bleeding their cattle, and bnilinr their blood into
puddings. As there was a sevete.sterm of frost and
snow on the ground when the last crop was cut and
got in, the produce has suffered severely in the quality
and quarrtlty. Ti c I otati..e crops have been entirely
destroyed by the boa. And unless the great land
proprietors shall take measures to provide the penele
with meal tor immediate relief, supply tl►em with
grain and potatoes fur seed, and Alto deyise mudes of
mokyartat for the people until the new crop comes
torward; there is every.•prosr ect of a famine in that
quarter.—Tl►e Bill-brOught into Parliament in the
►ast fiession, against the use of S:ake Nets inScotland,
is loudly tomplained of. as operating to injure very
extensively the SAUCIit of living of the lower classes
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through the season.
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