Court Of Chancery, Tuesda...
LA VZ: REPO.?. M}r. BIaKE RSTETH called thp attentdl ofthC 0urtto. a question which required the tianction of.its dethsie, Tthich]idnriren>la2te poeeedilngs in-n lunacy of no publidlmporasnc.abnly whether the Stamp Rtpeal Acttook off th6-dta=nipctleti ?rdn nt Affid4vhiled in the affair&of a lunatic, - - . . The LORD CUANCELLOR WaC -qtt,itendouW2 uptbe point, xvhkh could no: he dcAermine&-vAshmitg'&.caidtd cwIlSn',of tire particular clausea in-both o0ti. '." * - The decision of the Court taes accoffdlilyD.-potpoe4. - 3OkM )DULL.-SrAOCPLL Y.5LA1LAt- The argiument dpdis this ease ecupzetboeournol&an theelti of the nittinga of yestetday, and the conclde1 t cn svazte this ionming, but was further poatpone4. ^5FTt..`nibl pe, atsiarzt:mvery precise information upon thelspirdtoP $i AbAve brought the partiea into confict beford the tdEa %'howiters iaiha John Bai havingtaken the West TihCWUin 1hdkWMtt*:tfie elave.. trade under their prbtecdon13ppeatedtbzv citOw dEairue. -ion of the defendant'e influence in opposiog that trrimamos44heir immediate dutie. A series of obserratnns.tQtdtflgly dlr4ced against his characterinTapolit-cal, mpratdmuercwrnlejipintbrvien: The defendant had' procdeded to calLupan tbe. autortb ,zuisLwer him before thecour of comvmon-lawn t.tsoafbr.cil dinices.z They, on the other hsiitl,toek conveninfiteIzej64 ancaery, by.jp. plying for a commission to nearch A-ica-Aimeriee 'the EaRt.lndieu and tle West,. for evidence in -just'ieatipf the3ibels in places where the acts and deeds. upon .Wbic13J]Ab X-te,re.alleged-had beezitransacted lz liv. Mscaulsy.4d g o fgrf jv WjtncdQn to restraid him from going to trial unuchovjletcgehouM b.e<obtain.. ed. To these proceeings Mr. Moeau1ey frt pnt a demurrer lst Trinity Term, :henrrzument wemusjy4b7his vuutel.agdinst allowing thE petition, on .fhe groandphan te wp;otvwatin iia nit ture totally unprecddhird and entir 3lVapWntabIe in ito prycg, either by the opinions atijudgmzat in pwchr cass oz the wholesomie and juj constructien-u3:he tightriof .paties by the teneral tenour ofthe liat. The LORD CHANcELLqOR dWczred ix e: eaiisl who wap . ahijat the samne und teinedAdAnbthar M'S M.eula?dut i nd: irfyc answering:the points adiu~4iw rhe-paiunulfa afwikAi of jualt4. the librel. . Thetini nction isaued accofdlingly, as wgreain 'ureportwot t.he proeredinga at the timn. . . , : 'ls CITOTt.GEnERAL ltowltxzo-4 no mtic6n-of coutseg that the wommnisslon shouldgo # Mr. SHAbWErLL prohucedthe affllavt ofMfs acaglay, whihh met, explained, and refuted the as..teens h e the affi.n davita of-justification, atld arguledL aszat thp gilowing pi thte bill of discovery, and the moat unwatr3itgable avonts'ea ot -time and search which:were prayed fbr by the,plainti$ Tls argumentawent much da that which tool placei upon the demirrer.overriied in last Trinity Term_the general terou9 of thalr7ifwhlch t-acuiedto all who paid it perfect obedience tWe.rpeactul c-njoyient of' teir cha- racters and called upon allsthoae bwIotemPte tpjnvt-shat very. naturat right to be ready tith on i4stunt. de2ice of thelr .conduct,; or to submit to the coercion of tha lbit. ,taleoKauarged-.le pati. cular inapplicability:of the ednatfission, inasmuch so it wan Intend ed to obtaim evdence from paita in places-where f%n tta repuia. tion of Mir. Maeday's.exernicsintboelavetret xap quiteiurn possible to hope tor any dusinlereated7ividence.agairist Mr. Maicau. Iay, those places beingthe chief sees the.evit, idJ.h!ecorts of those whbs were most intereatedin itreninnn- Mr. PEr-ys fllooyed on the sameitl4e, and. sntqndrd.4infl t6e utter confusion and i-icdnfenIehse- which nloul.S, into libel actions at common la*, byuilanwig the-lcfrndiihtN, nrgainatall lavw, allzyuineiple,-or pretedent; .to-4'de the paurifa of iIce by oobtainisg this interminable comamissio5. kt wZasJn.uogrueatoned dic. turn of law, -that art Vublihwit libel4 knowing thg.wifiionea who alone could enstl nia 1s jwilj tfgehe,llel to:h. abroiB, cs'ul' plead no delay for absence of evideiaee. - - TheLonD CH1ANJCELLOR tbiit$to kuo&h7or -long thatflad been the prindple'of tbsbe cadeaata-&smonolaJn7wS.he proftbsed hil ignorance of the time of itsintroduqkion'lLtd thDat pss-&cte. . . ' lMr. Papys had undersndsonihatltbe pflvcipehad tjver bpen otherwise than as he lad jint h-t hoepDur ofatadtig.hid t the Court.. .1 I . " , The LoanD CnAuosts;7oa-aidbftvtoculd uancbtedlX lead to much confusion. if a preeedirtgtf thfiatussr&:b dqjeity eJIhold, beadmittedas a nivelty int.-the-iractic-of the .ourtn. ,hil. however, undersitood the prisi jdle tS be qut dhlibrren; oizd thnILt waas an axionRof commohilswt.batjte eidgad itaty2l6bceer good in, progecuting by nhblndicmetr w7asn4,idwlued .iasinr_ .ent e Chancellor) mBiKhtheuor4aiirled.b$,theSYohlcidoi.Gie,i*r,lwhamiri, offierfJtustify iaiobjeoiionabefosrvzhe CoP AW'bud. it lie grauff&- cient warrpntfor the.Courrte-reiofa theMaiitiind qpportt. nity on an-affidavit tendered tybii, b the lb;i1&;ksrt that theed coldbae nonutdh evideneeprodueA?A tne;ezMegniion, thu ii$i davit of'one-party wanasgood an tft of nstiher-.; - Ar. OAunrrnttfolluted.r-FlnPpya, fn,oppqMiig she L4jiiigor the comrmision,t which si'ent tnt.~olIect edvdemice fiombeuiitrlea: almost the untsied pdjufilatiort oF uElsch were-44r.filag t.lstity to Mlr. MXacabillay rnd-the e3ue.wb, h provohed thes' enmity a,ainst The SOLscnon.Glts ~ ~ ~ t!odi pon Ttie 0LICZ-TO140. pE Upp the lisotion.o. 4Wtdg the commisioni',. . Mr. SUGoENawau-Mr. W AKFIZD are yet to Ne hoard an the same side In thefeply.. - Air. HAXT inforSe4 the Couirt, tl4t the defefdAnt hud returned from abroaxi, and was re'ady to s,ppeasn;to5-eisaer . fC as a5 put down for hearngen Thuradayugt. . . . - CXOURT OF CHANCERY.'A bhY9 lire. 21. STA3M 4. -rnptl_ 1..I