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__- : the present Bishop aril his snee.ssor, but I am sure
—..__ you wiil not expect me to touch it. It is not now
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COURT OP CHANCERY, AUGUST G. before me, and therefore do not go into it."
A CASE OF REAL DrSTRESS. , Here the case ended. His Honour having gone
RR-PARTE PERKINS, IN rum MATTER OF IMRE, A i through the business of the Court, will :idiom it to-
BANK atIPT. morrow at three o'clock, and on Saturday morning
Mr. HART said, he had formerly mentioned this be leaves town for Dover, being then to remain for
case of great distress to his Lordship, awl it; facts sit or eight weeks on the Continent. This is the ear-
lay', as be thought, in a very narrow compass. The liest period of the rising of this Corrt, that Las hi-
applicant was a Dissenting Clergyman, possessed of, therto occurred, and proves the rernarLably improved
little knowledge of the world, and much less cif dispatch of business.
Courts of Law. His little all was embarked in the The LORD CHANCELLOR sits till-Saturday the lsth.
hands of the bankrupt, and he lost it tic came be- NEWCASTLE ASSIZES, AUGUST 3.
fore the Commissioners, to whom it was represented Mr. Justice BAYLEY sat at the Guildhall this morn-
that he was a partner of the Bankrupt. On this in g, in order to try both civil and crim!`.:al cases for
point he underwent a very strict examination; but the City and County of Newcastle. There were only'
his mind being totally confused, he was unable to four prisoners for trial in the City jail ; three for ber-I
answer the' questions with any accuracy. His claims glary and thefts, of whom two. are husband and
to be a creditor were of course rejected. He stated wile, and one for petty larceny. ifis Lordship ex-
his piteous case to him, and he (Mr. Hart), feeling pressed great satisfaction that the number of prisoners
its truth and its importance, voluntarily, without fee, -
for an entire year was so small. There was nothing
advocated his rause. Would his Lordship thin!: it peculiar in the few cases to be laid before them. If'
proper to send this before the Commissioners again, the wife should appear to have acted in the presence!
to examine the case further? He could assure his of her husband, the law presumed that she acted nn-1
Lordship. that in bringing it forward he did so from der his controul, and was not therefore to be tried as'
a regard to hpmanity, and-he would cheerfully and a free agent. The Grand Jury soon found true bills
gratuitously do his utmost to serve the poor Man in against three; against the wife they found no bill for,
any way. the burglary and theft charged. The three were ari-'
The LORD CHANCELLOR was afraid he could not reigned, pleaded not guilty, and are to be tried on
do it, unless an affidavit was made. What were the Wednesday morning.
means which this Rev. Gentleman possessed? There were four civil causes entered for the City,
M,. HART said he had none; and he had further which were all unimportant, and were dispcsed of
to say, he could not provide a Solicitor, unless hi, before twelve o'clock. . .
Lordship was pleased to appoint him one.
The LORD CHANCELLOR was still afraid he had COUNTY COURT.
not that appointment in his power, unless some of Mr. Baron WOOD presided in the Crown Court till
the Grand Jury', (of which Sir C. Mosx, Bart. M.P.
the Gentlemen at the Bai• stated to him, on a proper
certilicate, that this was a case of such a nature as to is foreman),
Prins Court. Mr. Justice BAYLEY came to theforeman), were sworn. lie then withdrew to the
require his granting the request. He had no doubt N,
Crown Court about one o'clock, and the Grand Jury
that any of the Gentlemen behind the Bar would
give this person every assistance, on a proper state-
having found some bills, proceeded with the crimi-
nal tnals. Of the seven prisoners, two were admit-
mem of the case being made before them by that
Gentleman. ted witnesses for the Crown ; five only therefore re.

LAW Ei-TELLIGENCE.

Mr. HART was of course most ready to give his
assistance gratuitously to the applicant, as he thought
it a very hard case indeed ; but his Lordship was
aware, that whatever he might do as a professional
man, he could not in any way prepare the case, as a
Solicitor must do so.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that followed of
course, rom Mr. Hart's situation.

mained for trial.
Jaws Ilindhamet, a youth of 21, was charged
with the theft of more than kW, taken from his
master's desk. On his arraignment he pleaded guilty,
but the Judge persuaded him, as it was a capital of-
fence, to plead not guilty. The following facts were
disclosed in evidence:—On the 29th of April the of-
fice desk of Mr. Anthony Lambert and Mr. John

I Mr. astir suggested that probably his Lordship
I would allow the Secretary of Bankrupts (Mr. Pen-1
sam), whose diligence and very sound talents were II
every where acknowledged, to write to the Commis-
sioner, and make the proper inquiries on the subject.
The LORD CHANCELLOR could have no possible
objection, as he was sure Mr. Pensam would do so
\yid' pleasure. This was probably the better way of
settling the question.
Mr.-PESSAM intimated to his Lordship that he!
should do every thing he could fir the applicant
with the greatest pleasure.
Mr. HART—I was sure you would.
The LORD CHANceLton—Then you may mention
this some time to me before I finish the present
Sittings.
Mr. FlArtr—We are much obliged to your Lord-
ship for your kind indulgence.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—.-NOt at all. it is my
duty.

Lambert, hit son, solicitors, in Alnwick, was forced
. open, and upwards of 1262 were taken out of it.
The lock was found in such a state that the key could
not he turned in it, and on examining it a small piece
of iron, like the point of a nail, was found in it. The
• prisoner bad on the preceding day borrowed a pick-
lock from one Riley, which he returned next day ;
his pretence was, that he -bad lost the key of hi
trunk. The point was broken of this picklock, and
the point found in the lock fitted it exactly. The
prisoner, after he had been committed, told the cn..k
in the family, that the money might he found is a
stone bottle under a broken stone in the yard ; where
it was found. The numbers of the no:es had not been.
taken, but Mr. A. Lambert had previously given ten
of those notes, which W 4.1 eof thelSifik orEigland.
to Mr. J. Lambert. Those notes he had taken from
a stim of 200 notes, whose numbers formed a regular
series. Upon looking at the remainder, after the
theft had been committed, a chasm was found from

The other business of the day was of no interest.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT..
THE LORD MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF LONDON V.
THE LORD BISFIOT OF LONDON AND MR. BLOUNT.
This case was argued at great length on a former
day before his Honour, but the facts maybe detailed
in a few words. By an Act of Parliament passed a
few years ago, a certain sum was granted (150.0001.
we believe) for the erection of a Nesv Post-Office.—
The scite chosen for that building was in St.Martin's-
le;Grand, near the corner of Cheapside. The Cor-
poration of London were the plaintiffs, and the pro-
prietors of the houses in that district were the defen-
dants. The Corporation, however, were, it should
be observed, merely nominal plaintiffs, for the sum
to be paid to the proprietors and lessees was actually .
paid by Government, in virtue of the recent Act of
Parliament. The Lord Bishop of London had nine
houses in that district belonging to him, not as an
individual, but as the pro tcmpore holder of the See
of London. These nine houses were considered part
of the ground which it was necessary for the new
Post-Otfice tb occupy ; and accordingly they were
demanded by the Corporaiion of London (the no-
minal plaintiffs) for that purpose. The case came
to he heard before the Recorder and a London Jury.
when the Jury were of opinion that the sum of
9,89.51., was an equivalent sum for the purchase. In
his address to the Jury, the Recorder 'had directed
them to find the verdict 'so. 'Mr: Blount was the
agent of the Bishop of London; and the *scion
now was, whether the suns should 'not be expended
in purchasing new lands for the Bishop, he, 'at the
same time, to have the power, as given to his prede-
cessors, antiquojure, to grant leases, with the usual
reserved rent? The Recorder had held the leases of
the Lord Bishop of London to be not binding, in a
certain sense; and the agent of the Bishop brought
this before the Court of Chancery, by a bill filed for
the purpose.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR took an able view of the
facts of the case. His Honour then went into a long
review of the provisions of the Act of Parliament,
and contended that that Act, by the 23d,'27th, 29th,
30th, and 31st clauses, gave the Court of Chancery
sufficient power to act in this case. The Act was a
special one, and so were the powers it conferred. He
thought, therefore, the claim of the 'Lord Bishop of
London was fir# and equitable, and must of course
be granted. Let therefore the money be expended
in purchasing to him new grounds (that is, for him,
as the Bishop of the Diocese), with powers to grant
leases on reserved rents, as anciently and recently
done by the previous Bishops. He (the Vice-Chan-
cellor) thought this the most equitable decision he
could give in the case. There was a minor point of
£285 which had been paid to the Bhhop, but this
should, he thought, be repaid by the Rev. Prelate.
Mr. BMA. then stated some points (of however no
public interest) relative to how this would be settlscl
us the event pf the Right Rev. William Rowley,
D.D. the present Bishop of the Diocese, clyipg. '
The Vics:-Cstmiert g, .toe— That, Mr. Be% is a

No. 1380 to 1391. In the bottle were found the in-
termediate ten numbers. The prisuncr had been the
elder Lambert's footman,-and slept in a room oppo-
site to the office. The office was part of the
dwel-
ling-house. The best character was given to the pri-
soner up to this charge. Ills Lordship, in summing
up, lamented that be could not find any ground .of
doubt in the evidence, and suggested to the Jury, as
the only thing left to them, in finding him guilty,
to recommend him to mercy. The prisoner's unhappy
father sat in Court during the trial.
William Clark, aged 37, a well-dressed man, and
apparently superior to his imputed profession, was
convizted of stealing 20 dozen pairs of stockings,
"from Royston, a carrier, the property of William
and John Turnbull, stocking •manufamurers, in Lang-
holm, North Britain. The prisoner was found to
claim some stockings, which the Turnbulls identified
as their's. But the principal evidence was Naylor's,
an accomplice—Guilty.
CIVIL stun.—BROWN V. JOHNSON.
The plaintiff, who is brother-in-law to the defen-
dant, claimed payment of a bond for £l6O, execu-
ted in 1781, and interest fr‘im that time, making in
all £320. For the plaintiff it was urged, that the
bond itself was quite clear, that an endorsement upon
it in 1801 proved the payment of interest that year,
and that the defendant, a man of 81, acknowledged
to the clerk of the plaintiff's'
attorney, on Tuesday
last, that he had never paid it. For the defendant it
Was contended that it had been paid, although the.
distance of tittle made it impossible to strew when it
was paid. The endorsement was a fabrication; it
happened to be so dated, that it was within twenty
years of the date of the bond and of the date of this
action ; but it was not written in 1801, for a copy
given to the defendant by the plaintiff since the ac-
tion began contained it not ; further, it referred to
an account which expressed nothing of interest, and
could not in any way be connected with the bond:
As to the pretended admission of the defendant, the
Jury were to consider that the clerk had gone to the
defendant's house on pretence of subpietuung his ne-
phew, whom they did not call, but in reality in or-
der to pump a confession out of the defer.dant. Nei-
ther life nor property was safe if evidence like this
could be received. llut the defendant had only de-
nied that he had ever signed such a bond, and with
the belief that he had nut, a want of memory not
surprising in a man of 81, he must have said that he
had never paid it. The strongest circumstance, how-
ever, was, that the plaintiff had never demanded
payment till 37 years after the date, while he was so
poor that he was supported by the parish, and while
he lived for many years on the worst terms with the
• defendant.—Verdict fur the defendant.

Yesterday morning the different prisoners confined
in Horsemonger-lane prison were conducted, under a
proper guard, to Guildford, where the Assizes corm
roamed yesterday. The only trial of importance is
that of iGrav Ckenell. William Cakrlft, and Sarah
ffar the supposed murder of Clennell's father
in November last, at Goditmi,L;r, Le..*;r
trial C*o22 nwrni:T.

question on which I am not now called to e►►ter. The
question, as a mere point of equity, will lie between