Lord Lyndhurst, accompanied by the Master of the Rolls, the

Vice. Chancellor, and several of the Masters in Chancery, entered the Court at ten o'clock on Saturday morning; when his Lordship took the customary oaths as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, with the

usual formalities. The oath was administered by Mr. Edmonds, the newly appointed Clerk to the Crown (Lord Brougham's Private S■e,. cretary); the book being held by the Master of the Rolls. The 'eon was excessively thronged. The Lord Chancellor, addressing the Ler, said that if any motions were of a pressing nature, be would apiddia an early day to hear them. No answer being given, Sir E. Sugden moved that,the oath just administered to his Lordship should be re. corded in the usual manner. Sir C. Wetherell thought Sir Edward was irregular ; the duty of making such a motion had devolved on the the senior counsel at the bar from time immemorial. Sir Edward Sag. den making no reply, the Lord Chancellor said he would appoint au early day to hear motions of a pressing nature ; but upon that point, as well as other matters respecting the arrangement of business, he would communicate with the gentlemen at the bar, if they would favour him with their company in his private room. His Lordship and severdl of the King's counsel then withdrew ; when it was arranged that the Court should sit at Lincoln's Inn Hall for the first time after term ou Thursday the 4th of December, to hear motions. His Lordship hav- ing received the congratulations of the Bar, on his return among than, withdrew to the Court of Exchequer, where he presided as Lord Citirf Baron during the remainder of the day. The sittings in Chancery are consequently adjourned until the 4th December.

The usual dulness of the Vice-Chancellor's Court was relieved on Wednesday by a display of facetiousnes from Sir Launcelot Shadwell, and some of the Counsel. Mr. Keane applied in behalf of Colnaghi and Co. for an injunction to prevent Mr. Darton from selling pirated copies of prints of Lord Eldon and Sir Robert Peel. The originals and the copies were handed up to the Judge.

The Vice-Chancellor, on examining both, said the only question here was would any body purchase such a villainous production as that of the defendant, ? Sir Edward Sugden—" Will your Honour allow us to have a look at our oil master ?"

The Vice-Chancellor—" Indeed, Sir Edward, you would not know Lint again, I cannot think that this (the defendant's) print is a copy of the plaintiffs' work."

Mr. Keane—" Your Honour will observe that the dress of Lord Edon, is nearly a complete copy of my clients' print." The Vice-Chancellor—" It is strange but I was at that moment thinning that the dress was not like that in the plaintiffs' print." Mr. Keane—" Your Honour will observe, that the watch-key, the eye-brow, and the buttons of the coat, are closely copied."

The Vic,e-Chancellor—" The plantiffs must be better judges of the tote and discrimination of purchasers than I ant; and as they swear that injury is likely to accrue to them, I must grant the injunction to protect them from this horrible copy of their print, by the defendant."

Sir E. Sugden and Mr. Knight expressed their opinions that the defendant's copy did not bear the most remote resemblance to the original.

Mr. Keane said he was also instructed to move for a similar injunction against the same defendant, for pirating a print of Sir Rohe it Peel, the c right of which also belonged to Messrs. Coluaghi. The Vice-Chanceillor—" I suppose, Mr Keane, that the defendant's print of Sir Robett Peel is now just brought out, with a view to prevent the formation of a new Administration ?"

Sir E. Sugden—" I sin sure no one would like to have such Ministers as those represented by the defendant's prints." His Honour, after examining the print of Sir Robert Peel, which he deemed a most execrable likeness of that Statesman, granted the injunction as prayed.

The Arches Court has annulled a marriage which had been con- tracted between two persons, byname Hopkins and Roberts, on account of consanguinity. It appeared that the man had actually married his aunt, who at the time of the marriage was in mourning for the uncle of her second husband.

Sir James Scarlett moved the Court of King's Bench, on Saturday, for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to two Mid- dlesex Magistrates, to compel them to sign warrants for levying the rates of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. After a brief argument, the Court granted a rule nisi.

On Monday, the Court made absolute the rule for a criminal in- formation obtained by Mr. Gregorie the Magistrate, against the regis- tered proprietor of the Morning Chronicle, for a libel. The circum- stances of this case have been already given in the Spectator. The de- fendant was charged with having falsely imputed to Mr. Gregoric an irregularity in his mode of administering justice in a case that Mr. Shillibeer the omnibus owner was concerned in.

In the Court of Exchequer, on Thursday, a Miss Georgiana Richattis obtained 2501. damages against the notorious Robert Taylor, for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Taylor has married an old lady with 400/. or 500/. a year, and has, it is said, left the country. The new Central Criminal Court commenced the trial of prisoners on Monday. The attendance of barristers was numerous, but the rm. ceedings during the week have not been interesting.

Two women, named Moreton and Steel, were tried at the Old Cotat, Old Bailey, on Tuesday, for stealing three pounds of mutton, the property of a Mr. Carden. The affair was a very trumpery one ; but the verdict of the Jury affords another proof of the confined extent of the schoolmaster's exertions in this country. The case also gives a sample of the wisdom of a Metropolitan Magistrate.

It appeared from the evidence, that Moreton was a cook in the service of Mr. Carden, of Shacklewell Lane ; and that on the 1st of November she was de- tected by a Policeman throwing the remainder of a joint of mutton to the pri- soner Steele.

Mr. Phillips (for the accused)—"Now, Mr. Policeman, this is an important case here we have a quantity of mutton at stake." Policeman—" Not a steak; about three pounds of mutton, with the shank -

hone."

Mr. Phillips—" Was the mutton tough or tender? "—" Beautifully tender." "Exquisitely tender, excepting the bone, was it not; and you ate it ?"—In- deed I did." " Who ordered you to eat three pounds of mutton? "—" I did not eat three pounds. The Magistrate said I might eat it all, but I could not."

" Then don't you know you were a guilty receiver?"—" No."

" Indeed you are." Mr. Carden was cross-examined; and said that he was an unwilling prose

- color. He believed the cook gave away the mutton, as she did not like that meat ; but had no intention of committing a robbery, considering it as her own property. She had been a good see vant hitherto.

Common Sergeant—" Who is the committing Magistrate, and why has the cue been sent here at all ? " The Court teas informed, that Mr. Twyford was the committing Magis- tete; but why the case had been adjudicated to the Central Court, no one could tall. Mr. Phillips—" I should like to find any one here to give a reason ; but it lad. perhaps, better go to the Jury." Witnesses were called to character.

The Common Sergeant summed up the evidence in favour of the prisoners. The Jury consulted for some time, and returned a verdict, Guilty, but not with

at felonious intent.

Common Sergeant—" If they committed the alleged offence without a felo- nious intent, they are not guilty."

Tlic Court directed a verdict of acquittal to be recorded.

Yesterday, Frederick Finnigan was found guilty of murdering his infant daughter, and sentenced to be hanged at Horsemonger Lane Gaol on NIonday. The motive of the prisoner did not appear from the evi- dence. He left his child in a ditch near the Surry Canal, as he said, in a state of great excitement, but did not know how it came by its bath. He told his wife that the child was in heaven, and would want no more. There was no evidence to prove extreme poverty on the part of the prisoner.

A meeting of Middlesex Magistrates was held on Monday, at which the report of the Committee relative to Weights and Measures was presented. The report recommended, that the Inspectors appointed under the Act, do attend with the weights and measures at the follow- ing places, for the purpose of stamping weights and measures brought to them : Uxbridge, Hounslow, Kensington, Hendon, Edmonton, and in some convenient places near Goodman's Fields, Shoreditch Church, Goswell Street Road, Tottenham Court Road, and theYol ksh ire tingo.

Mr. William John O'Connell, a nephew of Daniel, and Mr. J. Richards, were held to bail on Tuesday, at Marlborough Street, for rioting and assaulting some Frenchmen and Police, the previous even- ing, in the Haymarket. Mr. O'Connell was very eloquent and per- tinacious in his asseverations of innocence ; but the Magistrate took the words of the Policemen in preference to his.

Mary Garry, an inmate of Bridewell House of Occupation, was committed from the Union Hall Office on Monday, on a charge of at- tempting to set fire to the institution.