Star.
London, England, 1818-07-09 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY A.
TEMPEST r. onor. . .
The LORD CIIANCELLPR, preVio:lsl7 !a his emeriti
the Court, wa, engaged for some time i!, his privy
cramber with the Counsel ails! Solicitors. in farther
consideration of this important case. Nothing em:r;
elusive was done; but it is generally supposed, thh
judgment will be given before the close of the week,
The Court was chiefly occupied in hearing A:
peals on Exceptions, of na interest but to the.paitiess

ROLL'S COURT. JULY 8.
GORDON V. GORDON.

His Honour the 111AsTe.e.--ofthe Rotts this chi;
gave his judgment upon the motion for a new triali
The rase was originali7 brought before the late M.
ter of the Rolls upon a question of legititnat
namely, whether Mr. Harry Gordon, or Mr. James
Gordon was the eldest legitimate son of the
Colonel Gordon and Hannah. his wife. Colonel Oct
don was alleged to have been privately married
1735, and again publicly married in 1763,
James Gordon was horn after the public maniai
and Mr. Harry Gordon in the interval between I ,
and 1763, and the circumstances of the case dcpe)
ding upon the weight of evidence, Sir Wtn. tir:
directed an issue, which W:l4 tried in the Court
Common Pleas, the verdict of the Jury estabiishi
the private marriage,' and consequently the legi.
macy of Mr. Harry Gordon. Mr. James Gorden the!
brought forward this motion for a new trial, srhr
the case was ably argued by Mr. Serjeant r
Mr. Conwoon, for the defendant, aad by Mr. Serjt
Lewis for the plaintiff. llis Honour entered at gre,
length into th s..veral facts, and seeing no reason
impeach the verdict of the Jury, or the doctrine
the law as laid down by the Learned Judge ('
Justice PArtk) who tried the cause, was of or:n,
that nothing had been advanced in the course of
present application which afforded grounds
granting a new trial.—Motion refused.

COURT OF KING'S DENCIL JULY 8.
Tern r. CURTIS.
This was an issue from the Court of Chance:-(
try the validity of an assignment made to the pl
tiff, under the following, circumstance!:
It appeared, that Charles 'l'app, brother of
plaintiff, was a coach-maker, and had entered i
partnership with a Mr. Clowther on which ccca,
the plaintiff had advanced liinr a considerable stn
mcmey. Messrs. Crowther and Tapp carried on _
ness until the year 1816, when, by the suggestion
another of plaintiff's brothers (Mr. James Tai
Messrs. Crowther and Tapp determined to give ,
plaintiff security for the advances made On the pal
of his brother. Messrs. Crowther and Tapp had.
May, 1816, let aft a landau and harness by the ;
to a Mr..Cov.'el, a gentleman of fottune, who agr•ed
to pay ninety guineas a-year for it, for five yet
during which time he contracted to keep it. Th.
determined to assign over this sum to the plait
and a regular assignment was drawn up by'theii
torney, in October, MI6, and kept by him, wif
any notice having been given to plaintiff or to
Cowel of this circumstance. Messrs. Crowther
Tapp became embarrassed in the latter part of .
and at the end of the year finally becamel,anknu
On the 7th of January, Mr. Cowel received nc
that he was to pay ninety guineas a-year, the rent
the landau, to the plaintiff, as a regular assign :.
had been made to that effect by the partners, M
Crowther and Tapp. It however appeared, the
the day this notice sNlis given, the docket had ,
struck against them, and the question now to be
cided was, whether this assignment to the broth(
one of the bankrupts was or was not an undue
ference given to plaintiff to the prejudice of the
creditors ?

A re;t number of witnesses were examined
both shies. •
After which, Mr. Justice Assort summed up
case to the Jury, who retired ; and, after a consults.
tion of more than three hours, returned a verdict r
defendants.

This trial lasted the greater part of the day;
Jury did not return into Court till past four o'eloci

The late Jadge Rooku, in gomg the Western
cuit, had a great stone thrown at his head, but,
the circumstance of his stooping coy much, it pass
over him. " You see," said he, good-humouredl
to a friend, " if I had been nn upright Judge,*
might have been killed l"
Yesterday afternoon Justices Riot Anus and
LAS, accompanied by S. Boors:, lisg. Sheriff, al
long retinue of Gentlemen, javelin men, &c. em 4
Northampton, and opened their Commission for
Assizes, which commenct.d this day. There a.,
prisoners for trial, viz.—ls housebii-aking ;
highway robberies; :t for !:heep-stealing. ; 2 for'
stealing ; 4 fin shop-lifting ; c for milleng
and 7 minor (deuces.