Star.
London, England, 1820-02-05 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, FEBRUARY 4.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat this morn:
ing at a quarter to eleven. The VICEICHANCELLOR
immediately afterwards entered the Court, and took
the Oaths of Allegiance to his present Majesty. The
LORD CHANCELLOR then withdrew to his private
_room, where he remained a considerable time. On
Otis return, the hearing of Motions was resumed, but
the whole of them were of no public interest.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL took the Oaths of Alle-
giance in the morning, and several of the King's
Counsel went to the' Court of Exchequer, where they
also took the same Oaths.
The Court rose at three-o'cliiek.

COURT OF RING'S BENCH, FEBRUARY 4.
rciabEto WARRANTS OF ATTORNEY.

Mr. GURNICY. moved fora Rule to shew cause why
the judgments entered upon two warrants of attorney
should not be set aside, on the ground that the name of
the party on whose behalf the application was made,
was forged by the person who gave the warrants of at-
torney to the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel stated,
that he made this application on behalfofa respectable
clergyman, a resident in a neighbouring county. The
warrants of attorney had been given by a gentleman
who stood in a high .and respectable station in life, for
the purpose of securing payment of an annuity. The
clergyman in question had been on terms of Intimacy
and friendship with that gentleman. The annuity
had been paid for several years, and in consequence
of the gentleman who gave the warrant of attorney
having recently absconded to the Continent, the
grantee of the annuity, finding the name of the cler:
gyman in question, to the warrants of attorney, as
one of the joints obligors, directed his attorney to
require that gentlemah to pay the annuity, for the
security of which they had been given, with an inti:
mation that if payment was not immediately corn%.
plied with, judgment would be entered up. Applit
cation was accordingly made to the gentleman, when
he immediately replied, that he was utterly unac:
quainted with the transaction to which the applica;-
tion referred, and that although he had been on terms
of intimacy with the person who had absconded, ye%
that he had never joined with that person in any •such
undertakings. The reply given to this answer was,
that the plaintiff must presume the warrants of at
to have been duty executed, and that unless
the requisition was complied with, judgment must
be signed, and execution issued. In the result, judg-
ment .was accordingly entered up, in consequence of
the clergyman haven g positively refused to comply
with the request made by 'the plaintiff; and now the
application was made to set aside the judgments on
a positive affidavit, that the signatures of this Gen-
tleman to the instruments were forgeriei, and that
he had never given any authority to the patty who
had absconded, to sign his name thereto. The in-'
struments purported to be signed in the presence of
George Pike, and William Adams, a schoolmaster,
but the Learned Counsel studiously abstained from '
disclosing the names of the principals in this extra-
ordinary transaction.—The COURT granted a
fo shew cause.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. FEBRUARY 4.

12.1 AB RICHARD PITERAMITn.

Mr. Serjeant LENS moved that the name of Richard
Peter Smith, an Attorney of this Court, might be
struck of the Roll, on the following facts :—Mr.
Smith had, in a case in which he was Attorney for
the defendant, put in one of his clerks as bail, and
ron the justification of bail; had assisted him in
swearing that he was not a clerk, but a lace. maker,
.e.npinying men under him, and, therefore, that he
was perfectly competent to become bail. Mr. 'Smith
was :in Attorney of the Court of King's Bench, and
on the representation of these facts, and a similar
mction, that Court had referred-it to a Master on the
Pleas wide, who reported that he found the above facts
to he as stated, on which Report the Court of
King's Bench had ordered him to be struck off their
Rolf. The Learned Serjeant observed, that he had
a copy of the Master's Report and the Order made
thereon, and that he was therefore entitled to his
motion. But -the Court said, that his affidavit
was not full 'enough, for he should have shewn
its it where the -Master's Report was, whether
sled of record or not; and as this was a very se-
rious 'and important proceeding, they wished for
every infOrtnation ; they therefore directed that he
should amend his affidavit in this respect, which
having done, they granted the Rule, observing, that
if the facts were sufficiently icrified, it might be a
question, whether Mr. Smith should have the benefit
of shewing cause, as they should feel themselves
partially bound by the proceedings in the Court of
King's 13each.

Monday, a bag-fox was turned oat before to
Chester.Harriei s, uear!grave Lodge; but, after
a short run, it took shelter in the Covers at Eaton,
and was lost.—Lord I.3eLonAve was in the. field;
together with a great number of Gentlemen; and
on the close of die sports of the day, his Lordship
invited the company generally, to partake of the
hospitality of Eaton Hall: the invitation was readily
accepted, and -the polite urbanity .of his. Lorrhhip is
spoken of id terms of general admiration. ,
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