The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

In the case Bainbrigge v. Bainbrigge, a rill le absolute-for
a new trial was on Tuesday, granted by the f court of Com-
mon Pleas, the ground alleged being that t he verdict :was
against the weight of the evidence.
The Court of Queen's Bench decided, on Tuesday, that
the Manchester Concert-hall, which was e rected at a cost
of £B.OOO, raised on mortgage by the societ ;y, which num-
bers GOO members, including merchants, 1 ,ankers, &c., is
liable to be rated for the relief of the poor.
In the Court of Queen's`Bench, on,Sat nrday, the Lord
Chief Justice observed that he saw gentle men of the bar
in court wearing coloured ,waistcoats, r and dressed in a
manner which was not at all suitable t o the profession,
and hoped he might not' have occasion_ to advert to the
subject again.
At the Court of Queen's Bench, on Satui •day. Lordetitillp-
bell discharged the rule recently obtained by Lord 'Broug-
ham, as Executor of the late'Queen reswager, requiring
the Lords of 'the Treasury to pay over such proportion of
her late Majesty's quarterly annuity as fell due between
the quarter-day, Sept.'3o, and the day of her Majesty's de-
.cease.

THE CHANCERY CASE AGAINST DR. WISEMAN.—This
case was mentioned again, to the Lord Chancellor, on
Friday. Mr. Bethell, who appeared for the complainant,
pressed his lordship to hear it, and said that his com-
plaint was that a oriest and a barrister went to a poor
man on his death bed, a' Roman Catholic, and obtained
from him, in twenty-four hours, a deed of gift of the
principal-partof his property for a Roman Catholic priest
and for a Roman Catholic charity. The transaction corn.
plained of was accomplished in twenty-four hours. The
learned gentleman gave the names of the parties.
In the Bail Court, ,on Thursday last, Sir F. Thesiger
obtained leave to file a criminal information against Mr.
,Jahn-:Kaye, the proprietor of the Wesleyan Times news-
paper; for a libel upon the Rev. Henry Wm. Clarkson,
an aged Wesleyan minister, nowof the Leeds circuit, and
formerly of the .Leamington • and Derby circuits. The
defendant's offence consists in making what was alleged
to he false and 'malicious statements in respect to Mr.
'Clarkson and a-girl who lived with him at Leamington,
and who endeavoured to affiliate a child neon him, of
which he solemnly declared he was not the father. The
girl entirely failed to prove her case.
In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on
Thursday last Dr. Lushington delivered judgment in
Branne and Edwards v. Bather. This suit related to the
validity of two wills devising property to the amount of
£31;000., made by an extensive brazier at Shrewsbury.
The first will was executed on the 23d of September, 1844,
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December, and decreed probate of the will of September
23. The Judical Committee now affirmed the decree of
the Court below, with costs.
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