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L.I7F INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF Cll.:NCI:11i, I.thcot.re.-10N,Eti44 14.

Er-part. BeNsow and DOULTIME, iu the mailer Of
1.110, a Mr 4.rupt.
This was a petiiion by tAYI) of th? Credimrs of the
Winkrer, paying th, Lord Chancellor to direa the
Colornibidenei s to inquire and tXulmire into the vAli•
dity or invalidity of he Pc itiiming Creditor's debt.
ar.d in case it should i rove vtilod, and bu estahlt.:l.e
as a good Petitioning Crt dam', debt, and
to authorise him to stne out a Commission, mitt then

his Lordship might dire& proper Assignees to be
appointed.
Mr. Coosa, fcr the Petitioners, state ;that Leo,

having committed an Aa of Bar kruptcy. the P,ei-
tioning Creditor in qdestion lock out a Commission
of Bankruptcy against him, and two persons, of the
names of Peachy and Myers, were appointed Assig-
nees. He further stated, that it hid also appeared
that the BarkrUpt had obtained Hs certificate frau-
dulently, a person of the name or Rohi' S:,11 having
been procured, and thing a cre trite, was induced to
put his signature to it, in consideration of a sons of
121. giveiN him for that purp ise. The Assignees
themselves were persons in a very low situation in
life, the one (Pearl:),) it now a prisoner iA the
Fleet, for a d;.tst of only 401. and the et:-.er (Myers)
wasgone al.:, to., hut, beton he v ens, held the •uµ.
at ton of aerl: in. h!si brother's bums,. And li.iffs"SP.
Iwo pot M sFake.
Loan CHAnct Leon—Why. Mr. Cnoke, I be:
lirvr there is hrnhing very criminal in a manta living
up two pair of stain 1 t..k for granted, ti at
when the creditors chosr him td be Assignee, they
knew where he lived •
Mr. Cunt, after ,a fete other 'ohsetvations in
support of his application. averted to the Case of
.frovh, a Bankrupt, wherri an order was ma :r by
Lord Eldon, to the effect prayed, on simil tr
grounds.
ire S•Liettoa-Gaatans., nn the other hand.
contended, that the Court never could rani such
an application as the Vr-Gent, when the parties
Oaining had themselves proved their deists, im.ler
their Commission of Bankruptcy, but Much more
phrticularly, where they had previonsiy offend trt.
complumi-e the matter, as he -hould show in this
Case. The Learned Comnsel the referred eat a
passage in one of the affidavits, in nh'ch app..ved,
that the Petitinseis had gone to 'he Fleet Potion,
where'the Bankrupt was confined, and elfer“l
settle the matter, but the Bankrupt did no seem
star dto ail tiesce; and as tit y went away, one
of them (Boultbe•) observed, t tit sathenever
Bankrupt s.nt for him, he would comet hat if e
would nit settle it, he tai;, he sli.add kelp him iu
prison all the days of his kite. The I..eat....iC:ua-
srl then, in c ntinttance. observed, that hiyess, the
Assignoe. s is a foreign merchant. and the Bank-
s opt Will also a inrei,!,er, and the e•eat object of
Myers's going ahroa s, was to coiled the Bankrupt's
debts. •
Mr. Ittosteson appeared on the part of the Assig.;
nees—He said, he did not merle to oppose s' e
h.s •Lirds:tip shpuld think it such a one
as he could enteitAin.
The f solo Citasest.t.es observed, that he did not
4,9,414•A1DAs o.w". ter-tell-re they ap.•
--sr t::e ads •,.!e• of the

- ..- we doing ...iing t-r Cie advainag.
estat, He did not mean to do any thing in order
to set awle the Commission. but ...heeled that Mr:
Peachy snauldbe removed from ii a Assitneesitip,
and some ether creditor appointed in bis Mae,
Ex--earle eras, iq aestivate 1 has VON AlllkralDtrj,
This was tde Petition nl lite Bankrupt, praying,
that a new action ar law sh Add be tried, respedfing
the validity rai- the rfankrope• trading.
Mr. Piiietvaa, in support of rho Petition, stated.
that the Petitioner DA% a very infii in and blind old
man, who bad formerly he. n a plaisterer, hut had
re:ired from husir,ess, and afterwards became con-
cerned in the pureoase of snore lots of boners, eon-
j I •ily with two persons of the :lames of Emory and
; lar vey. To these persons he hncrme indebted, and
they sued out a cruirrnission of bankroptcy againia
him, ore of them being the Petitioning Credaor.
'lite proof of the trading before the Commissioning
etas supported hor by one witness, of the name et
SimmonS, who stated, that the Bankrupt had bnirght
A quantity of old building miterials, for reverting
some of his houses, and after wards soli a part, which
he could not Take use of. His property was then
seised upon, and himself thrown into the Fleet pri-
son, where his only support was the ordinary gaol
allowance; his poverty being so great, he was
wholly unable to support himself otherwise ;
couch less was he able to go to the expence
of ayplying to the ,Coutt to rovers-tie his
commission. A Petition had certainly bren
prts-nted to Lord Eldon. who direeted a teal at
law, to try the question of Vie Bankrupil tradi:ig.
That. trial, in which the Bankrupt was Mai tiff,
came on before Lord Chief Justice Mansfield. in
the Court of Common Pl-as, and the Plaintiff was
nonsuited. At the time the commissiEn was sued
our, the Bankrupt was posses.ed of property trt the
amount of 80001. and his debts only amounted to
15001. T:ii i, therefore, the Learned Conner! ob-
served, was a case of very great hardship. at the
same time he was rather afraid that. at this late
period, it would be too much to ask to supersede the
Commission. He, therefore, under these circum-
stances, only prayed of his Lordship to direll a new
trial.
The Sottcrrow-Gevea At, on the other side, ob-
served, that Lord Eldon did not direct a new iliai ;
but left it at the Bankrupt's option to bring his
aElion or not, just as he pleased.
The Loan CHANCELLOR desired to know, what
proof there WAS of the Bankrupt's trading?
The Sordc t r oa-G es La AL replied, that his books
contained many tranaaSiens of that nature.
Mr. Atutarrote. for the Petitioner, said. there
did not appear to be any Petitioning Credi:or's debt
in existence.
The Loio CVANCLLLOI said, milers there was a
clear case before him, he could do nothieg in it.
The Bankrupt had already had the beoefit of ti c
order made by Lord Eldon.
Mr. RICHARDS added, that although Lord Eldon
felt great compassion for the age and infirmities of
this poor man, yet he did not feel it his duty to
supersede the commission.
The Loan CHA NCR'. LOD, in coneleslon, said,
Lord keldon would have given every thing to the Pc-

t;tioner as far as he could. But he must, stake a '
much stralnger • ea,* than the prennts befoie tI:EZ;
t'ourt cool...filar:l.'l-e. 11c should-10%k over sF.se ar."
tioavits, at:4 see Alsat could be done to-morrow.
Mr. PIRCIYAL, however, thclitaipe to press the.
matter (Other at presti t. his Lords:op dire:Jed Ili.-
csts of the 4111.1iCAtion to be. paid out of the funds
ari,ing from the 134ukrupt's.estate. •
•

POLICE.

COW.ST !CET.
PT POCTETS.
On Wednesday evening,- at the Close of the per-
formance at the I4symarket • Theatre, a holy,
leaving the house, was hustled by a gang of Pick•
rwcketc,• between the door of the Tl.eatre and
Janices-street. She discovered. 'What the' villains
were at belore they robbed her, ant: gave the alarm.
Thompsoa and Gregory, the twa c.licers who at-
tend the Theatre, went in pursuit of the 'roblyei,
when they fou.,d, near the spot where the lady was
hastled. Jse Howl', a trnorimis Pick-pocket; Ole
few of t; e gang made their escape. The lady was
so extremely :Clamed at the daring attack, that the
fainted. She was conveyed baffle in a carriage, ex•
timely ill.
Yesterday, Hartek was brought before JASISS
Ratan, Esq. and committed for further examina-
tion.
A timitlernan from Ow Fla-t Indies attended. avid
riattOE'S—the 'gold wa•ch found by Rivett urn
Hulas, in Vioshall Gardens, on Tuesday night,
which he gay,- fifty guineas for at Bombay.
Nnoth-r gentleman attended, and claimed the
silt'-r snuff box found upon Wm, by Rivett.
ilediona ii.tekrai, the young highwayman, un-
derwent ano.her examination, when it was ascer-
tained that the spot where be rol:thed Mr. Birchal,
of C Iney, is in Hertfordshire; he was accordingly
fully committed upon this charge to stand his
trial at the next-assizes f6r the county of Hertford.
• MANSION-HOUSE.
Yererday.lesepb Milian', alias Pits/cat, was again
brought before the Lust, yuE, charged with at-
tiring a fork-kJ draft, drawn upon the bankingthouse
of Messrs. Bonn and Co. of 'Charge-Alley.
It appeared, that the prisoner called, on Friday
last, at the Sap* CofFeethou e and Wine-vaults,
its Holhoia, and told the landlord he expelled a
perter t-i bring a letter there for him. A porter
acentlingly. biought a letter, direeled to .1. Wil-
liams, from which the Prisoner took the draft, and
d rod him take it to the )rankers for payment ; ,
tovh.n the draft was ptesented, it was discovered to
be a forgery upon a gentleman who keeps cash
there. Aver q,,ei,Lioning the porter, he was do-
ter) hack to the person who gave him the
note a d they should follow him. Upon the pot.-
t t', return to the C ffee.house, he met the Pi . r,
who, 'findive the note was stopped, attemp:d to
make his eic.i: but he was hrought back and !
'secured. When searched. in his pocket-book was
found a Bank Notc for 1001. and other Notes to a
consideralile aniuunt. By the advice of this Solicitor,
he declined making any clefs nce, and was fully com-
mitted to take his trial. He was well dressed, abslast
40 years of age, als.d is a Jew.
Freneir tiicoir, akapprentice to a printer in Par-
pi '•-court, ifiert.ttlett, WAS charged before Sir
Co A se as Num with picking a man's pocket of his
•ilkerchief„ at the execution in the Old Daily on
Wej...-.Jay last. The owner of the haadketchief
not hemp present, he was remanded for further exa-
mination.

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