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London, England, 1851-07-14 00:00:00

stroments. By the will of UM, after certain leue
his wife, • bequest of te the Wesleyan
Society, and various other )gads, the Wilt*
the residue into abases gee% te he dimelhefted men kis
and his wife's Madam the le Mrs. RIMINI a
power of argeleteneet so far as ter own might've end
nieces were easeemsed. The will of the Ilk et
1819, after dispesing of cornea kpd.le hie de, dieted
the residue to be divided between the allele= of Mrs.
Hunter sad the family Si the ftrefeene, hey haw hie
wife's relatleas. When the themend melafted hewe! of
1846 he wee in expectation ef IMMATMICSIS wild= to his
ppeawtty et the death of kis sant, Ma. Mama mad had en-
MeMedlds istenties of dielding all the legacies upon that
event laggeeleg. Nem the eistente ef het will it amend
teak
thesis* ea SOSIIMIS et draw* of leirs. Hoene, wlsi
passe the dde al Aigint. 1119, and the heft et hie wilb,
whisk enured km days afterwards, it bosom mosessary
the testator should make a new arrangement et Walks&
Under these eireameleams the latter will was dem up
by Mr. Maxwell, end entatted by the is emitting
all mention of the isgray the Wedgy= 'esery So-
'
eiety, but laving left &germ kr the some. Ater refer-
ring to the *Ahem el the attsitiss witnesses end timid
Mr. halvah the breed judge them* them wee me
doubt whatever although it wee a Maki Amnesties, yet
that the will of August 1849, was net cooly the set of a
capable testator, hut she executed emardenee to the
meridiem tithe eat Si pedienesmt. The teamed judge in
peeneemeing hr the latter will direct the oasts of all parties
to on.. oat et the estate.
WILLIAMS AND CMOVLSI O. CVILSMAII.

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Thu to la this ease occupied the attention of the
court aatil its rising.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.--SATErZDAT.
BaPJOII MS. C 010111.1101131 OOII.IIOIIS.
HE SllttrAlill.

This was the certificate meeting in the case of Robert
Sheppard, commission agent, of Norwich. His accounts,
as arranged by Messrs. 'N•Killop and Young, showed 47401.
due to unsecured creditors and 2,4671. to those holding se-
curity. The assets, in good debts and property, wore mfi
mated at 3141.; property held as security, 1t7771. TM
fits, during during seven years and two months prior to May Mg.
were 3,484. • lows, chiefly on realising debtor'
1,8541. • trash expanses, 3,1211.; domestic exploit=
He bat began with a capital of 6111., and had sesolved
261 anti., his wife's marriage settlement.
Flossil, the official assignee, reported that the bank-
rupt had been in business for 20 year at Norwich. He
attributed his losses to having incurred a great amount of
bad debits. His books had been kept with gegsdarity during
the wilds Idris&
II& Pa
as_geddtion.
Md. as b of linos. Harvey and
Nedera, beakers, et ssudid. pkidgedir SS the
Apt the expenditure had WOW essislid she psoltirs°."ll
wet urged that this must Mee ham Mown to the bank-
rupt, from the fact of his Wm*. his beim .
His Honour said it was mot semetelde wide his
pod debts were only W., the bed Ada le 3,0001.
no bankrupt, is answer Srim Mu Idle smut,
mof had that une large bad debt d miss *MO his
taking an acceptance for wool sold. He bag dealt with the
party before for several years, and believed aim a substan-
tial man. AU the debts had been fairly Inslitssese L She
way of trade with parties whom he believed be Mien&
Mr. Linklater urged that the case was ewe of Medetese
entirely.
His Honour said the bankrupt had conducted himself
fairly and honestly, but the misfortune was he had slat
looked his affairs in the face earlier. He was hiller
mendable fin having kept his books with great ty
but whenever he balanced them, he mast have him-
self how he was to go on regularly spending a third mesa
than his income. Had he stopped seven years ago it would
have been better for him, for he had lost his owe capital of
6111. There was no charge of fraudulent preference. His
ennui fur the bad debts seemed to be a fair one—that the
panics were those whom he had dealt with before and be-
lieved to be responsible. but for three bad debts he would
have been solvent. It was a case of misfortune, for a man
in business mast give credit, and in this case the ordinary
precautions had been taken. There was nothing whatever
against his character, and a second-clans certificate would
be allowed, in the hope that, if he went into business again,
his past misfortunes would teach him greater caution.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—SATuanas.

Inman Ma.

IN SKR MATrii/1-0-iihisJA:iiVilo-w-Zrril:—A STSANOII

CANE.

This insolvent, an iron-inwider, was opposed by Mr.
Sarguod, fur Mr. Godson, ironmonger, Alderegate-street.
The complaint against the insolvent was that he had
made away with property by giving au undue preference to
creditors. The ease was a strange one, The insolvent wen
sued in 1849 by the opposing creditor, and at the latter esti
of 1850 a person named Greener, for money advanced, lb.
Mined a judgment in an action and levied an execution.
Tbs insolvent got a person named Jeffery to purchase the
rods under a bill of sale, and it came out that Greener,
wise had levied the execution, actually advanced the massy
is pay it out, because he said he could not sec the insolvant
and his n turned into the Street. The insolvent car-
ried= business in the name of Jeffery, and the proceeding
bad defeated the execution at the instance of Godson. It
was insisted that, by the trick an the part of Greener put-
ting in an execution and paying it out, the creditors
had been damaged. The insolvent had also given a cre-
ditor goods to 201. when he was embarrassed.
tlommitsioner Phillips was el opinion that the car

called for a judgment under the discretionary claw. By
the trick between him and Orecner, the creditors were con-
siderable ►sees. It was a mock action, and a mock levy.
The man who had put in the execution had actually ad-
vaaced money to pay it out again. The judgment of the
court was, that the insolvent be imprisoned from the vest-
ing order for a period of tire calendar months.
IN EE JTLIIA 0. BEANDT.—TEE LATE CHARON OF

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FOKOIRT.
This insolvent, a concert singer, who was acquitted on
Friday at the Central Criminal Court, on a charge of
forgery, was to be heard under the Protection Act. Several
counsel appeared in the case. An application was made
on the part of the insolvent to postpone the hearing, on the
ground that he was, ht consequence of the trial, not in a
proper state to be examined, arising from excitement.
Ihe Court assented, and the case was adjourned to the
4th August next.

ASSZE INTELLIGENCE.
Y 0 RKSIi IRE ASSIZES.— SATURDAY.
The commivjun was opened to-day before Mr. Baron
Platt and Mr. Justice Withiuns. There are in the calendar
eighty prisoners from the county and two from the city,
besides six who are out on bail. There are two cases of
murder ; several cases of attempting to shoot, and of other
otfennn of that elms , horse-stealing appears more prevalent
than usual, even fur Yorkshire. In the Nisi Prints Court
there is espected to be under the average amount of busi-
ness. There are eight special juries, of which we have
beard, and probably that number will be slightly aug-
mented before the entry of causes is concluded. The
North and Last Biding. list will be taken tint.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.--SATuaDAy.
Ewes TIM itatol4l.l.•
T tiro DT LErria.

Was. Lacey, 32, was indicted for feloniously sending a
letter to Thomas Bate, threatening to murder him.
This cwe has also appeared within the last week. The
prisoner was employed at the new works at Billingsgate-
market, and the prosecutor, who was one of the foremen,
had discharged him for some misconduct. This exciteti
the anger of the prisoner, who wrote a letter to him, in
which he threatened " that lte would stick a knife into him
the first opportunity he had, and be hanged for hint." The
prisoner, it appeared, was not taken into custody for nearly
a month after writing the letter.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The Recorder said that proceedings such as these could
not be tolerated, and but that it appeared that he had
not, daring the time he was at large taking any steps to
carry out the threat contained in his letter, he should have
inflicted a much more Revere sentence. He then ordered
the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for one year, and at
the expiration of that period to enter into his own recog-
nisance in 1001. to keep the peace for 12 months.
Tit! BAKI li

Wm. Gordy and John 4ler, who had pleaded guilty to
a charge of stealing a cash-box from the London and H est-
Master Bank, were brought up on Friday before Mr. Jus-
tice Wightman to receive sentence.
His lordship said it was perfectly clear, from the 1111111/1
in which the robbery was committed, that the lehmerws
were moot expert, daring thieves; and he, therefore. MI
las duty to sentence them to transportation. Any
el that description to prisoners at their time of 1* OM
gag, must of necessity be tantamount to one of t
am dor lite; but the court had no alternative, =
to its duty to the publie, but to pass seek a
then ordered the prisoners to be trammel=
moss.
irdaweefritoner Canty, before he left the her, Wile In
b to state that he felt it right
_pal/ that
use of the young men belonging to the link wen say
way concerned in planning or executing the

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robbery.

THIRD COURT.—SATURDAY.
B•ross r.. RCII..tt. Ot.sM
koftozar

Herman Law, 31, merchant, who had pleaded guilty to
forging an at ceptance to a bill for 1,2,101., with intent to de-
fraud Conrad Wm. Thorn, was brought up for judgment.
Mr. Bellantine, who appeared for the prisoner, said he
had not been intrusted to make any statement, excepting
to leave the prisoner to such mercy as the court could
Mr.t.
Mr. Gurney. in passing sentence, said the prisoner had
tried to set ions circulation the bill in question. Inquiries
had satisfied him that this was not a single instance, bat
part of a system; and he should, therefore, order the
prisoner to transported fur 10 years.
UTTERING FORGED NOTES.
. .

Mary Elizabeth Johnson, spinster, was indicted for
uttering to Frank Senior three forged promissory notes
fur the suns of 61., and 4111., with went to cheat and
defraud him.

The prisoner, a delicate ladylike-looking young woman,
seemed quite unconscious of tht nature of the proceed Mrs
that were going cm, and remained seated the whole time
the trial wits proceeding.
Kr. Parry, la stating the ease to the jury, said that the
=7:rwas • persist of literary attainments and of high
connezioas, sad the question they would hare to
disable was, whether she had sot bean Letpteed apse by
some see is bereft the bilk peeled a oft hes as getreaee,