Star.
London, England, 1826-07-28 00:00:00

The Court broke up about half-past four o'clock.

At ten minutes before five o'clock, tke KING left the Palace in
his open travelling carriage, on his return to the Royal Lodge.
ills hisatstir departed by the Garden Gate, where there was a
large assemblage of persons reaching to the entrance to the Green
Park, waiting for the gratification of beholding their beloved So-
vereign. ills MAJeSTY returned their dutiful respects of " Hats
elf," &c. by very graciously taking off his bat.

LAW REPORT.

VICE•CIIANCELLOI3'S COURT, JOLT 27.
WCOT AND ANOTHIER V. ROBERTSON.

Mr. HEALD this day continued an application made
Wednesday, for an injunction to restrain the defen-
dant from publishing a weekly publication called The
Pulpit. Mr. Robertson, the defendant, projected the,
kin July, ISM It consisted of extracts from Ser-
mons and other pious productions. He entered into aii
agreement with Knight and Lacey to print and pub-
and undertake all the expences, for which they were
to receive one-third, and he two thirds of the profits. In
13'21, Knight and Lacey offered him 501. for his share
of the pul4ication. This he declined, but wrote a letter,
stating that he would take 1501. to which they sent no
written answer, and continued to publish the work as
usual down to the time of their bankruptcy. Since that
time it had been conducted by their assignees. A short
time after the bankruptcy, another publication, under a
similar title, appeared, and continued to be published
constantly by the defendant, to restrain which the pre-
sent application was made to the Court, grounded on
the affidavits of Knight and Lacey, which averred that
they had made a parole agreement with Mr. Robert.
son, whereby it was conditioned that they should
pay him 1101.
Air. Haase, in behalf of the defendant, contended that there was
no evidence of agreement.
The Vscs.Cuancsaaos granted the injunction.
AMOY AND ANOTHZ& O. AOSSITSON.

Mr. HEALD applied for an injunction to restrain the
defendant from publishing a periodical' work called
The Jitchanics' Magazine. The plaintiffs are assignees
of Mihail Knight and Lacey, bankrupts, who had, in
1823, made an agreement with the defendant to take
upon themselves all the expenses of the Magazine, he
supplying only the articles for publication ; both parties
sharing the profits equally. There was an agreement
to the same effect in 1824, with the additional covenant
that the defendant was to receive, .on the first day of
each month, 251. towards his share of the profits; and
that neither party was to sell or assign his interest,
without six months' notice, in writing, to the other, and
the consent of both parties. &lon after, a proposal was
Made for a surrend, r of the defendant's share for the
sum of 7501. a year, fur three years, they (Knight and
Lacey) having the option to renew it for three years
longer it they pleased. In 1325 the defendant became
indebted to the plaintiffr.tor 8601. for which he executed
a mortgage on the work of his whole property in it;
they having the power, in default of payment, to sell his
interest in tr. The parties also bound themselves not to
publish any other work with the same title, &c. Oa the
sth of June list, however, the defendant took the pub-
lishing of No. 146 of the work from the plaintiffs, and
gave it to Hunt and Clarke, alleging that the assignees
had violated their part of the agreement, by not paying
him 251. per month above mentioned. This covenant,
however, Mr. Heald contended, was destroyed .by the
mortgage, and at all events, the defendant had no right
to transfer the bankrupts interest in the work to ano•
Cher. After several other arguments, the Learned Coun-
sel hoped his Honour would grant the inpinctiena.
Mr. AMU followed at the same side. "
BICICIRSTETII contended for thelefondant, that
the -mortgage did not abrogate the agreement relative
Z the 251. per month. The defendant had done nothing,
thiough the while transaction, more than was necessary
to secure his own interest in the work. He had given
theM thesis months' nolce required by agreement, and
I.e.n.)ed them, that if they would not complett their
agreement, he would get somebody else to do it.
The Vica•Cmoncsuas refined the
INSOLV EN r DEBTORS' COURT, Aix 27.

P.ilivard Peters was opposed by Mr. Put. Lock. and Mr
13 KY ell behalf of several creditors. He was supported
I,y \lr. HCATIi. It appeared that the insolvent hat
.rnne?ly been a carpet ter. he 'then became a publican.
ar.r: lastly, having been s.ld up at the White Hart,
(Jr Allen-street; Long-acre, he went Ecirie4mberwell

11. gust last, a ith 1601. in his pocket, and owing deb!e
to the amount 0f 8001. lie there took it hotive of 601.
a-year, and commenced Isnilding six others, for which
purpose he borrowed 1,1001. by mortgage upon them,
from Mr.. Young, his ground landlord, and they were
now valued at 360/. each by the insolvent himself, and
at 2031. by one of his creditors, named Lambert. In the
meantime the insolvent ordered in expensive furniture
for hisciwelling-house, to the amount of 2601. from
va-
rious tradespeople (his opposing creditors), and 61/.
worth of mourning (having lost a child) from a li
draper, besides some articles from a tailor, which came,
home after he had been arrested. Subsequently to his'
imprisonment, this property was for the must part
pledged, and the duplicates sold, principally for the
purpose, he said,* paying the workmen engaged in
building the houses.
The case having been gone into at great length, and occupied the
Court for several hour!,
The Cum. COMMISSIONEq expressed himself clearly
of opinion teat the insolvent had been guilty, of incurring
debts with some of his opposing creditors without rea-
sonable expectation of being able to. pay them; and also
of subsequently making away with the property that
ought to have been given up for division amongst Iris
creditors; far which he must be remanded at their
suit ; but the period of that remand would be consi-
derably diminished, in consequence of the great negli-
gence displayed by those creditors in furnishing a large
quantity of goods to a man of whom they knew nothing,
without, it appeared, taking the precaution of making
any inquiries respecting him or his circumstances. As
soon as all the necessary documents were filed, the
Court would pronounce its final judgment.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

DURHAM, JULY
3LAWDER.-SPOOR V. BRIGGS.

This was an action to recover compensation in da-
mages, for certain slanderous words uttered by the,
defendant, imputing insolvency to the plaintiffs.
The facts of the case, which appeared in evidence,
are as follow:--Messrs. Spoor and Co. are extensive
mercantile grocers and drapers at Sunderland, and the
defendant is a clerk in a merchant's house. In the
month of March last he went to several persons, and
said, " Why, Spoors are insolvent; they are actually
compounding with their creditors; I have heard this
from several persons." But in the afternoon of the
same day he said to a Mr. Andrews, " I don't believe
the report, because I know that Mr. Spoor has received
money at the Bank, which shews his credit to be good:'
However, the report soon spread through Sunderland,
and persons hurried in from several places with their
accounts, particularly two, named Hoare and Douglas,
whose demands were very heavy, and who afterwards
acknowledged, that had it not been for chat they had
heard, they would not have sent in their bills so soon.
The plaintiffs were very much inconvenienced by this
report, and immediately caused an inquiry as to its
author, and traced it to the defendant, with whom it
was stated to have originated. In order to prove the
averment on the declaration of injury to the plaintiffs,
a clerk of theirs was called, who stated that two very
excellent customers had withdrawn themselves on hear-
ing the.pepote. and had declined commencin& again.
The datendant put in no justification, and allowed Judgment
go by Windt.
The Jury.retired, and after a quarter of an hour's deliberation
returned a verdict for the ylaintlffs—Damages £3O, costs 40s.
William Ruddick was indicted for having, on Wed-
nesday last, the 19th of this month, assaulted one Joshua
Henderson, and put him in bedily fear, and taking from
his person the sum of 761. in notes and silver. The ap-
pearance of the two persons strongly contrasted them
with each other. The prisoner was a short slight young
man, while the prosecutor, who seemed to be nearly six
feet high, was well formed, and very muscular. There
could be little doubt, however, that his courage would
not at all make good the promise of his strength, and
while giving his evidence, he appeared to be in some
fear of the prisoner, who stood with great coolness at
the bar, and watched the case as it proceeded, at times
putting some most pertinent questions to the witnesses.
From the prosecutor's statement, it appeared that on last
Tuesday, he was returning home from Darlington to a
place in•the vicinity of Barnard Castle,when he engaged
the prisoner to become a servant with him. He stayed
that night on the road, and in the course of his journey
on the following day he stopped at several places to take
money which was owing to him, and which he collected
to the amount of 801. About 701. of that sum were put
ioto his pocket book, and sewed up in the left breast
pocket of his coat, by the wife'of one of his debtors, as
both she and her husband were afraid he would drop
the book out of his pocket, on account of the state of
drunkenness in which he then was. When he arrived
near the place where the robbery was committed, he
said to the prisoner, " Go thee baclwfor I don't like thy
looks;" to which the prisoner answered, " Nayrmaster,
do let me go with thee, and I will behave myself well."
They then proceeded a little further,when the prosecutor,
again desired him to go back; upon which prisoner
took hold of the bridle of his pony. Prosecutor seeing
this, said to him, " Let go the bridle, else I'll fell Viee ;
on which the prisoner did leave the bridle, but continued
running by the side of prosecutor's pony,and a sheet time
afterwards took the stick from prosecutor's hand, and
knocked him off the pony. Prosecutor did not remember
anything from thattime till he found himself raised up in
the road by some one; he felt his pocket, and find-
ing his book gone, be cried out that he was robbed ; a
small bundle that the prisoner bad carried was found
by the prosecutor when he was discovered. Other wit-
nesses confirmed the prosecutor's statement of his having
received the several sums of money on the day in ques-
don ; and one of them stated, that while lie was giving
a sum of .591. to the prosecutor, the prisoner was sitting
near them in the raid kitchen. The prisoner saw the
bearing of this piece of evidence, and in order to weaken
its effect, if not to render it incredible, he asked the wit-
ness the erect spot in which he was supposed to have
sat at she time in question. This witness anso ered. that
it was near the clock in the kitchee. The prisoner asked,
.1 Then who held the pony?" The object of the question
was thus defeated, for the witness at once answered,
that when the prosecutor first came into the house, he
(witness) put the pony into the stable, and brought it out
again when the prosecutor wished to depart. One of
the witnesses also swore, that on the morning of the day
on which the robbery was cuumitled, the prisoner had
paid him three halfpence for a gill of ale, and she wing
another halfpenny, said, that that was all the money he
had.in the world; and two or throe other persons pr.ivcd,
that on the night of that day he appeared in Barnard
Castle to be very well provided with money, and ea•
changed several notes. None of the notes, however,
were identified. Information was given, and the guard
of a coach travelling between Newcastle and Lancaster,