The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1849-12-04 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.  COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—(Before Mr. Commissioner Perry.)—Yesterday week, a long enquiry took place, arising out of several disputed items in a bill of costs presented for taxation to the registrar by Mr. Charles Pemberton, attorney, for professional services in the affairs of Edward Roberts, a bankrupt. After acting in the case for.some time, Mr. Pemberton received notice that his services would be dispensed with, and Mr. Evans was employed in his stead. Mr. Evans now applied on behalf of Mr. Roberts's assignees to have certain items struck off Mr. Pemberton's account, on the ground that in one case he had acted without a retainer • in another in which the retainer had been withdrawn ; and in another, had charged for work that bad been previously paid for. [Mr. Pemberton's account contained a charge for preparing a deed of assignment in the case of a person named Mary Williams ; for executing a writ upon a person named Bollard, a debtor to the estate; for writing a letter in the case ; and an item of £1 ss. for attending before the commissioner in bankruptcy on the choice of assigness.] Mr. Clarkson proved that he had paid Mr. Pemberton three guineas to attend on the choice of assignees. A good deal of sparring took place between Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Pemberton, and finally as the Commisioner declined to hear Mr. P. except as a witness, Mr. Yates, jun., undertook the case in behalf of Mr. P., who swore that he was instructed by Mr. Clarkson to obtain the writ against Bollard. He admitted having taken certain proceedings after receiving notice not to proceed, but if he had not done so no money would have been recovered to the estate. After hearing some further evidence as to the serving of the writ. which was not very clearly made out, His Honour, in adjudicating, said, in reference to the bill in Bollard's case, the charges ought to be struck out; the items in reference to Mrs. Williams's matter must be disallowed; and for the three guineas received for attendance at court, and included in the bill of costs, credit must be given.—At the same court on Friday, the case of Henry Cole was heard. Bankrupt is a builder at Birkenhead, and the present was a dividend which the assignees applied to have postponed, on the ground that a contract entered into by the bankrupt for some land in Birkenhead was still open, and that the vendor had called on the assignees to ascertain if they would perform it. After some explanations the case was adjourned to the 27th inst.—ln re Michael Neale Baynes, timber merchant, in Birkenhead, a meeting was held to Choose assignees, but no creditor appearing the case was adjourned to the 27th. In the case of the dean and chapter of Rochester and Mr. Whiston, the latter has obtained from the Court of Queen's Bench, a rule nisi for a mandamus, for his restoration to the office of schoolmaster, from which he has now a second time been ejected ; this time, it is supposed, in due form of law.  In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Friday, between three and four hours were occupied in the trial of a cause, an action for goods sold and delivered, in which the real difference between the parties was a question of discount, which, if taken one way, would entitle the defendant to recover upon the balance of an account " three shillings and sixpence," or, in the other way, he would have a verdict for one half-penny." In the Bail Court, on Monday, Sir F. Thesiger, following up the rule he obtained last week in the inquisition on Mrs. Whalley, at Leeds, in which a verdict of felo-de-se had been found, applied to have the proceedings quashed, which application was granted by Mr. Justice Patteson on the first objection that the finding of the inquisition was not on parchment, according to the 6th and 7th Vic., c. 83, which so required of all injunctions in regard to murder or manslaughter' and felo-de-se was self-murder. Several other technical objections were raised, any one of which would have been fatal to the inquisition. The object of the patties concerned is to obtain Christian burial for the deceased.