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London, England, 1818-07-22 00:00:00

LAW LVTRLLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 21.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, on coming into Court,
said he had now to intimate, as he had done pester-.
day, that he would on no account whatever consent'
to hear motions on one day, when they ought to have
been made on another. Ile would not hear, during
the present Sittings, a single motion where Solicitors
had not delivered their briefs before Wednesday;
which was the first day of the Seal ; but he begged
to intimate, that this was not to extend to motions
which, in the course of the Court, parties were en-
titled to make at any time when the Court was sit.
'ting, or to motions for which the special order of the
Court was obtained. If it happened, as formerly was
the rase, that no Counsel appeared during the Seal,
he would that moment put an end to that Seal, for
the authority of the Lord Chancellor was not to be
trifled with. It was, to say the least, most improper
to make such application to the Chancellor by mo-
tions, and not to attend to them. when they were
called on.

EX-PARTE CRAWLEY IN TIM MMUS OF CRAWLEY A

BANKRUPT.

We yesterday fully reported Lis Lorchhip's deci-
sion in this case.

Mr. ROSE appeared for one of the Commissioner's,
two of them being out of town, and was ready to sub•
mit to any order which his Lordship should make.
The LORD tnaarcaLLoa conceived he had nothing
to do with the examination of the bankrupt, for as
the motion was'brought before him by Habeas Coi-
pus Writ, it became him very properly and fullf-so
examine it. He had read the warrant of committal,
'but he thought that it was very insufficient in sub 4
stance. He had read all the proceedings before the'
committal, and with all due respect to the Commis,
sioners, he must say that he thought their minds had
in no small degree been influenced. He (Lord Eldon)
had read over the warrant of committal repeatedly,
and he was rather inclined to suppose that the minds
of the Commissioners must have been influenced, for

he must further say that he did not in the least be-
-1 ieve how it was possible for an honest mind to re-
main unbiassed. Indeed it appeared to him impos-
sible to determine how an honest mind could extri-
cate itself from such difficulty as was laid here, but
such bias must have their influence.—[His Lordship
then took a general review of the whole law of the
case, as we detailed yesterday in our Report.}—He
said that so little were law authorities to be depended
on, that in one case Lord Chief Justice De Grey and
his colleagues had found the answer of one party
quite satisfactory ; but when that case was introduced
to the notice of Lord Kenyon, he, and all his col-
leagues in that Court, had found it was most unsatis-
factory. So much for the difference of opinion'among
Judges.
Sir SAMUEL Romitty—Your Lordship is perfectly
right in the discharge of the prisoner according to
the warant of the Commissioners : but I ask to know
whether such discharge will go to the full extent of
the Commissioners warrant ? .

LORD CILANCELLOR—If this was an error merely
as to form, and not in substance, he might be cau-
lk:HlS in discharging it, as it was his duty to see that
the necessary forms were attended to. He did nut
think the objections in this case proper, and he there-
fore granted the motion for the Insolvent being dis-
chfr/ed, especially, after what had passed yesurdak
in Court. _ _

Sir SAMOIrL ROMILVY—ThRD I 21111 your-Lordship,'
how can th, jailor discharge him?
LORD 'CHANCELLOR—Let the jailor be authorised
to discharge him in the common way, for I don't
think I can see any other way of doing so after what
I stated yesterday.