Court Of Chancery, Thursd...
LAW RRPORT. tIX tu1 51Etmg ?R tne tOurN, a lady lhandedt up a letter or written paper to the Lord Chancellbr' who read it over, and then 6sked her if she bad prepared it herself ? The amiable sauitor answeredr L Ye.". The LoaD CHANCel oLn* was glad of it, because he knew that thiere were many persons, sufficiently aware of the practice of the Court to be mischievous, who prepared papers which were handed to the Court by suitors, which could have no effect, or if atly, only those of vexation and trouble. Ile was convinced, that among the many houiourablo men practising at the bar, the lady woald bave no diliDeulty in getting one of them to take her papers and bring her case regularly before the Court, if she were incapable. of remunerating them. MIr. SUGDEN, in corroboration of his Lordship's assertion, cheer- fully tndertook to manAge her affairs, as any of his ,earned friends about hilm would gladly do, without any desire for remuneration. BLAKEBlctOE V. GLANIORGANSHITE CANAL. Air. HEALD resumed his argument for committing the managers to the Fleet for contempt of Court and breach of an injunction is- sued against them in August last to prevent their widenin6 and deepening the bed of the canalto the detriment of the plaintiff's pro- perty. rhe answer, as wasstatedinonrpaperofyesterday,was, ,that the defendants had only hei htened the bank, and not deepened the water, and that the eiFect of their work was only to cleanse the basin. He examined the conflicting affidavits on this point, and eon- tended that they had, in the most flagrant and contemptuous man- ner, violated the express order of the Court, which offence was fur- ther aggravated by their previous failure in endeavouring to obtain the sanction of an act of Parliament. He noticed the mischie- vous consequences of a provision in a recent general act of Parliament, which enacted, that as soon as the profits of a canal should exceed a divilend of 8x per cent., that the duties shoulld be lowered. The effect of this was, that no sooner did the profits approach the statutable rate, than the canal comnanies set themselves to work to squander awvay money, so as to avoid a sur- plus, of which they were not allowesa to make any use, inflicting the most unwarrantable Injuries on persons whose property lay in con- nexion with their own. Mlr. HART and Mr. PEPXsa,Mr. HORNE and Air.VW AKEPIELn, and iMir. SItADWNELL and Air. SUIGDEN, Were heard on behalf of the several defendants.-Further hearing postponed. OUJRT OF CHANPERRV- T ^nAv N7nv. 2. .- ., ,,._FENALr ADVOCATE.