Star.
London, England, 1817-12-25 00:00:00

LAW MTELLIGrxer.

COVET OF CHANCERY, DEC. 24.
The Loan CUM:CRUM was this day occupied
from ten o'clock till near tour, in the hearing of ar-
guments of Counsel, on dry legal points of no inte-
rest but to the parties concerned.
The three motions respecting the Opera-house
were postponed till the next Seal.
Lord ELLENanttountr, in the ,course of the morn-
ing, had a conference with his Lordship in his pri•
vote chamber.
The Lono CIIANCEUM his intimated, that on. the
9th and 10th of Jatimity, he will give judgment in
several causes, which st..ind over for that purpose...
The Court then adjourned for the holidays.
COURT OF KING'S BENCII, DECEMBER 24.
COVEIMALE SP. DUIIRKLL.

This was an action to recover a deposit, paid upon
the purchase of an annuity of 4116, granted by the
Strand Bridge Company to the plaintiff. secured up, •n
the tolls payahle, or to be paid to the said Company.
The ground of the acti•un was, that the grout of the
annuity was not cortor:nable to the Statute of incor-
poration, and the question WA% whether the partial.
Lars of sale tinder which the plaintiff purchased were
complied with by the defendant!
Mr. MAttavorr was for the plaintiff, and Mr.
GURNEY and Mr. DAIMEWELL for the defendant.
Lord ELLENnunouutt was of opinion that the grant
was not a strict co►npliatnte with the Statute, and
therefore directed the Jury to find for the plaintiff,
with liberty to the defendant to bring the case under
the consideration of the Court above. Verdict for
the plaintiff—Damages el 16.
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CHAPMAN ail) OTHERB e. DE TASTET.
This was an action to recover the sum of £ll6 for
work and labour. The plaintiff was a Surveyor. Ii
appeared that Mr. De Taste' had a large house iii
Alderman's-walk, -liishopsgate-street, in which nu-
merous repairs had been made, and the plaintiff was
employed to examine these, to WC that they were
properly executed, and that the charges were properly
made. He had accordingly surveyed all the repairs,
examined the tradesmen's bills, and found the whole
to amount to 42,284 19s. on which he charged the
' per centage. On the pan of the plainbff, the dif-
terent tradesmen who contributed to die fining up of
the house, soil) as carpenters, brickiayers, masons,
painteis, bell•hangers, ironmongers, paper-hangars,
&c. &c. were called to give evidence as to the work
they had dime, the amount of their charges, and the
inspection of their bills bribe plaintiff. All these
parses had been paid. but some of them said they
‘t ere obliged to bring ..colons before they could re-
cover; others had called fifty times before they could
get their money; and one man said he compounded,
sooner than enter into a law suit.

Two Surveyors' said, the usu.l commiuinn charge
for surveying a building was five per cent. upon the
wl.ole value of the premises.
Lord EoLexponot;ou, when the cause had pro
ceeded to some length, thought that it was a tit Ties-
tion to refer, but nut to a professional person ; mean-
ing that it ought nut to be vet. rred to a Surveyor.
Mr. Scani.Err. for the defendant, said, that As nei-
ther his client nor the Attorney were present, h,
could not take upon himself to accede to his Lore.-
ship's reccnhmettif ation.
Lnrd ELoassloitowon-0 I think every Counsel is
fully justitieJ in acting for his client according to
what, in his judg.- ent, is his client's interest."
• Mr. Scani,err—ii So do 1, my Lord ; and if I
was Counsel tor your Lordship, I should have no
difficulty hatever."
Lind ELLENBORJUGII—Ie We most proceed then.",
Mr.SCAIII.SIT deteoded the action, Upon the ground
that it was unreasonable to suppose, that a Surveyor
could be entitled to a remuneration fixed upon the
amounts of the bills which lie himself was to regu-
late and settle. It was his interest to swell the sum
as much as possible, for the sake of his commission,
and as such must be allowed to be the case, the Jury
would say, whether the demand of the plaintiffs was
founded on justice ?
Lord ELLaseunocau shortly charged the Jury,
who, without hesitation. gave in their verdict for the
plaintiffs—Damages sel 14 Ss. being after the rate of
titre per cent. upon seff.2B.l, the total amount of thr
tradesmen's bills.

DIIMIDLE qh LAVGIITON.

This was an action against the defendant for as- I
saulting the plaintiff. It app:ared that the defect.
dant had had a dispute with a man of colour about
waves which had beco.oe due in the West Indies,
anu the panics met at a Proctor's 0f60.-, in Doctors'
Commons, for the purpose of adjusting the claim,
whew the plaintiff. who was stated to be a crimp, ap•
peared on the part of the man et colour, and advo-
cated iii. case. High weds arose between him and
the defendant, which ended in die latter petting him
with his hand on the cheek. For this assault the
resent action wa, brought, and the Jury, under the
circurnst of the case, found a verdict 'for the
plaintiff—Damages
The Common Junes being all disposed of, Lord
Et.t.Essintotrou adjalurned his further Sittings until
Monday, the Mir of January, for the purpose of
trying the remaining Special Jury causes.

Yesterday a young man, only eighteen years of
age, the son of a respectable man residing at Mar-
den, in Surrey, was brought from Croydon to Horse-
, monger-lane jail, on a charge of setting tire to a house
and some ri;ks of hay at Maiden He was fully
committed for trial by• the Magistrates at Croydon.
A daring robbery was committed in tl e house of
Mr. Tathain, Alpha.road, Lisson-green, last Sunday
mom ning, outing the time the tamity were attending
public worship. The parlour window was entered,
althriugh very near the road, and a pocket book lying
on the table st as taken, 4; ontaining sundry instruments
and papers of value.
A'short time ago, a Mau knocked at the door of a
Gentleman, named Royce, who resides in Gilbert's.
buildings, Westminster, and told Mr. Royce that his
name was Planner ; that he was a tailor, and had
lived in the asijoining street for many years, and very
urgently solicited his custom. Mr. Royce happen-
ing to have a quantity ut black cloth (seven 'yards),
gave it to him, and urikred him to make him a coat
and waistcoat ; he took the measure, and walked
away with the cloth. Mr. Royce not hearing from his
new tailor, made MVOS ies for him, and found he had
I been robbed, as no such person lived when: be Stated
bs had so lons resided.