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London, England, 1826-01-17 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JAit. 16.
The blaster of the Rolls (Lord GIFFORD) at in Lincoln's Inn
Hall for the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. SilAswat.x moved, in Maclean e. Maclean, for payment of
1,5001. into Court. He did not take any order, it being under-
stood that it was to be opposed by a Counsel not in Court.
Lord Givens') stated that he was ready to bear motions from
Counsel. None, however, were made; indeed there were only
present, besides Mr. Shadwell, five or six Counsel behind the Bar.
The LORD CHAISCIILLOIL is not yet sufficiently recovered to preside
in Court; it is hoped he will be able to come down on Thursday.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, 1 -IMAM' 16.
HALLIDAY P. SIM.

This was an action to recover the value of a 5001.
Bank note, which the plaintiff had lost at Tattersall's,
and which it was alleged had been found by defendant.
Mr. SCARLETT conducted the plaintiff's case; Mr.
BROUGHAM and Mr. TINDAL that of the defendant.

The note in question was lost on the settling day after
Epsom Races, in January, 1823. No inquiry was
made after the note for a period of upwards of a year
and a half, nor was any notice to stop payment of it
given to the Bank. It did riot appear why the plaintiff
had observed this silence ; but Mr. Christopher Lee,
the plaintiff's attorney, and also a frequenter of Tat-
tersall's, said he had advised this course, from an im-
pression that it would be the best means of finding the
note again. The note was, however, at length traced,
and it was followed from the Bank to Messrs. Return')
and Co. the bankers of the defendant. On the plaintiff
calling on Mr. Sigel, the defend ant, to ascertain how he
had come into- possession of it, be said at first that he
had no recollection of having had such a note ; but on
farther conversation, some circumstances were men-
tioned which recalled to his mind that he had received
a 5001 note at Tattersall's from a person of the name of
Wilkins, and on examining his pass-book, this turned
nut to be the note. He was then asked who this Wil-
kins was ? to which he answered that he only knew him
by sight; he had ni acquaintance with hint beyond the
single transaction on which he received from him this
5001. note, but could recognise him if he sa.v him again.
None of the witnesses knew anything of Mr. Wilkins.
Even Mr. O'Meara, the defendant's principal witness,
a 'great frequenter of races, and who said he knew al-
most every person in the habit of attending at Tatter-
sall's, said that he knew nothing of Mr. Wilkins.
'The Cutir JUSTICE summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict
for the plaintiff—Damages, £5OO.

BAXTER AND OTHERS V. LORD PORTSMOUTH.

This action was brought by the plaintiffs, who ate
cnachmakers, in Long Acre, to recover a claim of
5001. for the hire of carriages.
It appeaied that the Noble defenoant bad been fur-
nished by the plaintiffs with a• landau and phaeton
during five years. The defence to the action was lunacy
on the part of Lord Portsmouth, but the Lord Chief
Justice held, that the demand being for necessaries
suited to the rank and condition of the defendant, the
plaintiff was entitled to recover.
The Jury found a verdict for the plalntilh—Darnages, 4543.
JONES V. LORD EGMONT.

Mr. BannonAm stated, that this was an action to re-

cover 6001. the amount of a bill of exchange, which
the plaintiff had accepted for the accommodation of
lmrd Egmont while Lord Percival. The plaintiffirad
been induced to accept the 'bill, and he ultimately paid
it. He admitted there was complication in the case,
and therefore had no objsetion to refer it. •
Mr. SCA imam on the part of Lord Egmont, did not
object to the matter beirig referral. At the same time,
Lord Egmont denied that it was. an accommodation
bill. That Noble Lord Would ribt have objected to
paying the bill, if any part of the amount had been ap-
plied to his use -r-The cause was referred.
THE KING V. HARRIET BELLWORTII.
This was an indietment for an assault, committed by
the hostess c.f. the Duke's Head, Loman's Pond, upon
a man named Bankes, one of her customers. It appeared
that she was.rating one of her debtors. when the prose--
cum:- interfered; some most abusive language was used,
and the expressions of the prosecutor were sworn to
have been of the very grossest kind. The defendant,
provoked by these, struck him over the arm with a
shovel she hid just been' using, and in two days after.
wards he was obliged to go to the Hospital, w hen it
was discovered his arm was broken.

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Ilse Court, under all the circumstances, recommended the parties
to settle the matter between them, and it was Jingly stated, that
they had entered into an urangement, thtnature of which was.not
mentioned. She was then Seed es. sd. and discharged.

One day last week, the man who attends the furnace
at the Etna iron works was preparing the charge for an
.4.r-inmate to cast a large cylinder, when it occurred to
;kir. Clegg to examine two old cannon which were to be
rallied' in the charge ; the precaution was most fortu-
nate, and in all probability prevented considerable mis-
chief to the works and destruction of life among the
many bands employed therein, as • one of the pieces, a
twelve pounder, proved to be deeply loaded and 'hotted,
and must inevitably have exploded on heatipg.What ren-
ders this incident the more striking is, that incredible
as it may appear, the gun in question had beep the
faithful guardian of a gateway, in.Gradwell-street,- for.
upwards of twenty-five yeari.—Liverpoei* Chronicle.
The revenue of the Customs the port of Leith,
for the quarts" %dans sth January, is upwards or
11174,00.0. • •

FIRE AT NIIRAMICHI.

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Yesterday, several Gentlemen of the Committee for
the management of the subscription for the sufferers by
the conflagration at Miramichi, waited upon the Lois
MAYOR on the subject of applying to the Corporation
for a subscription. The Loan MAYOR concurred in
the propriety of the intended application, and said, it
should receive hi, hearty recommendation to the Court
of Common Council. His Lordship mentioned that
there were a man and his wife, who had lost their all
by the fire, then in the Justice-room, supplicating
assistance to take them to Scotland. The male suf-
ferer then gave a most appalling account of the calamity
that had desolated the Colony. He had been settled
there some years as a farmer, and was getting on most
prosperously, when at once every particle of property
be possessed was consumed, and he escaped to the river
with his family almost by miracle. The owner of the
adjoining house, his wife, and three children, were
burned to death. The fire roared like thunder, and
many of the sufferers were persuaded that the pre-
dicted extinction of the world by fire was actually
taking place. The unhappy man and his family being
wholly de,tilute, were sent to this country by the Go-
vernment of the Colony. Two of his children died on
the passage from the effects of the terror and fatigue
they had endured : three who had survi.ed are now
with him. The family was immedia:ely taken under
the protection of the Gentlemen of the Committee.
In the course of the day, Alderman WooD, and Mr.
Him the Common Councilman, waited on the Loan
MAYOR, on the subject of converting the London Work-
house into a temporary asylum for the Spanish and
Italian Refugees, whose state they described as most
deplorable.--The LORD MAYOR appeared to concur in
the humane proposal;