The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-30 00:00:00

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comfort of the Sovereign.; it wai,in fact, the King's
privilege to protect his servants. It now nppeared
That no personal inconvenience wautd erise'to his
Majesty from the detention of the Do(endow. The
Court would tint, therefore, t►rder his discharge, but
would put him, if he thought fit 60 to do, to sue out
bis writ of privilege.
The rale for his liberation was accordingly dis-
charged.

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AIR. HORSLEY'S GUILD.

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COURT OF COMMON' PLEAS, Not. 23.
'RIGHT V. ERARAM.
On a former day, Mr. Serjeant VAUGIf.tt moved
for and obtained , rule to show cause why the pro
ceedings taken by the assignees of the Plilotiff in'
this case, against the Defendant, should net be
stayed. This motion was feonded ow an affidavit,
which stated that the partles'had come to an arrange-
Meat, and that in point of fact the sum soeght to he
recoreted by the assignees of the Plaintiff had already
been pall to the Plaintiff himself. The sheet facts
of the case ate these :—lt will be recollected that an'
action' was brought by the Plaintiff, Mr. Wright,
against the Defendant, Mr. Braham, for criminal
conversation with his wife, and that theformer obtained
a verdict of 1,0001. damages. At this period M r.W right
was indebted to Mr. Braham in the tern of 6401.; and,.
Pubseqvent to the trial, It was mutually agreed that
5001. of this som should be admitted as a set-off
against the amoont of the damages. Under this
agreement the Attornies of both parties met on tbe
29th of September. 1316, when three receipts were
given ; the first on the part of Mr. Wright, ecknow.
ledging the receipt of 10001. (the amount of the da-
mages obtained by him against Mr. Brahatn); that
was to say, 5001. in cash, end 5001. in payment of a
debt doe trom the Plaintiff to the Defendant. The
second was for 1301. costs, and the third was a re-
receipt from the Defendant to the Plaintiff for 5001.
which the Plaintiff admitted to be owing to him.—
Mr. Wright, immediately after this transaction, was
declared a bankrupt ; and it appearing that he had
committed an act of hankreptcy previous to his com-
promise with Mr. Braham, and that consequently
Mr. Braham bad paid this money in his own wrong,
the assignees ander the Commission now sought to
'-11F recover the whole amount of the damages, for the be-
nefit of the creditors.
Mr. Serjeant I.t:vs this day rose to show aim
against the role obtained by Mr. Serjeant Vaught's.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—I asked, when the
original motion was made, if there was any affidavit
el the parties deo) ing collusion.
blesses. Serjeant VAUGHAN and COPLEY admitted
that there was no such affidavit ; but if this were ne.
ceasary,. Mr. Braham was perfectly ready to make
one. He was out of town when the former applica-
tion was made. Under the circumstances, they
trusted the Court wosild allow the matter to stand
over till neat Term.
Mr. Setjeant LENS said, that on the part the as.'
aignees he could not consent to the proceedings being
suspended. The assignees wanted this money for the'
benefit of the creditors, and could have nothing to do
with the adjustment entered into by the bankrupt.
Even supposing there had been no collusion, which be
did not mean to dispute, in point of law the creditors
were Nail lel to the amount of the damagesin question.
lit would appear that the docket was struck against
Mr. Wright on the very day the receipts were signed;
and that on an antecedent day he had committed an
Oct of bankruptcy.
Mr. Serjeatit CoILE4.-19 an action of this dn.
'caption of a criminal statute, where there has been
sueiudgmeut, the assignees can have no right to re-
cover.
The Cum iucltce.—The Court can't interfere,
Insomuch as there is no affidavit denying the collu-
sion.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGIIAN.—The Plaintiff never en-
tered- op his judgment.
Mr. Justice PANK.—the Court intimated that st.
davits denying collusion shoo' be produced ; the
wish of tee Court has not been complied with, end,
therefore, they canuot make any order. The rule
must be discharged.
Mr. Serjeant Copeue.—Mr. Breltans is in the
neialsbourhood,,and will make the affidavit required.
The'Court would not wait this proceeding, and
the stale was discharged.
Thbs Mr. Brilliant becomes liable to pay the da-
mages a second time, unless he can avert the evil by
future litigation.

On Saturday afternoon the following copy of a
letter was transmitted to Mr. Millie, the Magistrate,
by a Gentleman connected with the family, and its
authenticity may be relied on. It is also said, that
,f'l,, , a copy was vent to one of the partners in a meicati-
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tile home in Coleman-street :
•- " notierciain, Soodav, Nov. 22.
_ at In passing-through Breda last 'Tuesday, was
••- • "*" told lbat the fooiiih unfeeling wretch, who stole the
child frogs !rondo% panmt through theft with it a
.64 days before, ottvelling post night and day, and
flist a person inpirsait passed through Maisel) in
the dilige'nce tnatorlay., From what I could learn,
. it is probable ilat-thlty will he overtaken. They
took the t/treast iota They say tho man wan in
great Intate will thaiho I, *4 spoke the French lan.
.••• pate *if weld, the pof44ole. sot."
guedei Evenin..
.11/ *Alin* fhb alciv4, f am informed by a
Cientlitaah who has just iiiitstd from Amsterdam,
tat a Wiatt;witl a child sleet in a room aboee him it
the littialeninn, in Doole.itreet, last Sunday night.
The dieireii of the child wit eery great, he was cry.
I,:g all night. The thief left there on Monday with
• . . the child, Which was stippesprt to be his own; that
• the nephew of the fattier (Mr. ilorslity•, of 3, Ca.
•nonbury.fana, as appears by the Eoglish
N 9pii)ers, arrived there on Tuoday., t rid;. th the
. s•istancir of,l he PaliCe, disdrialred fOilsi off the
thief, tag sit etl with trigitotArtlf
. • : °,l•Ce thief lid embarked iteiz'citirtfi the" iichtrYta, for
North Wailful, landed a sidftdfifOnce from Araster
• Jam, reened to that city, and Win took pat to.
Words (emelt or that neighbourhood, to avoid dia.
covery. No doubt but that be will soon be over.
taken. Al Mr. Ilarilejt wail in great distress,
anaiery, and agitation, and Mach taken up with the
are in 50 tchi datifig hit shaft stay in Amsterdam)