22 JANUARY 1881, Page 3

It has been decided by the Lords Justices of Appeal

that Mr. Dale and Mr. Enraght are to be set at liberty, after all, not because Lord Penzance had no power to send them to prison under the Significavit, for disregarding his inhibitions, but be- cause there was an informality in relation to the prOduction of the writ in the Court of Queen's Bench, and because the Lords Justices hold that the statute required absolute compliance with its regulations. This error of form, however, involves no results of any general consequence. If the same thing occurs again, the ,errors committed by the " Petty-bag Office " will not be made, and the future Mr. Dales or Mr. Enraghts will not escape.