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and such creditors as from inadvertence or negligence did not ae-
quiesce, must suffer the consequences a•tendiug their disregard of
the specific cautions.
The application was accordingly refused.
James Smith, of Armley, in the neighbourhood of Leeds, a
cloth-factor, whose case had been adjourned from the 2d of De-
cember, was brought up for final hearing end judgment. In the
month of August last the insolvent was possessed of money to the
amount of Ififif. exclusive of some live stock of small value. At
this period the opposing creditor, Mr. Loughton, asked for payment
of what was due to hint WO, and agreed to insolvent's proposal of
paying hint next day with an equivalent in cloth. The following
day, when Mr. Loughton called, he could not get the cloth, at.)l
ultimately consented to take 10s. in the pound. But the insolvent,
taking advantage of the creditor's facility of assent, insisted on re.
during this -u nto 4s. On the remonstrance of the opposirg cre-
ditor, insolvent said, " If you do not take it. and law me in any
way, I'll pay you in the Fleet Prison." In the interval of the ex-
pression and :he execution of this threat by insolvent's removal to
the Fleet, he disposed of his property by private sale and public
suction, and did not fairly account for the proceeds in his schedule.
Mr. Coos le, for the opposing creditor, argued that the conduct
of insolvent had rendered hint amenable to the censure of the
Court.

Dlr. POLLOCE, on the part of insolvent, urged to the Court the
vague nature of the affidavit. which were submitted against him,
and that, orta comparison of them with the insolvent's account, to
trifling a discrepancy would be discovered as nut to affect the insol-
vent's title to a discharge.
The Outer COMMISSIONER was clearly of opinion that the
insolvent was included in that clause of the Act which remands the
petitioner for fraudulently making away with his property. The
judgment of the Court, therefore, was, that the petitioner should be
confined within the walls of the prlron foe six calendar months from
the date of his petition.
Richard Ravenhill, who had been remanded on Friday, under
CiTCUMIRSOCIS mentioned in our former report, was brought up, and
it appearing that the insolvent had procured the consent of three.
fourths of his new creditors, he was declared by the Court entitled
to his discharge.

Some other insolvents, whose petitions were not opposed, or
whose cases contained no matters of public interest, were brought
up and received their discharges, and the Court adjourned.

POLICE.

GUILDHALL.
George Angel Lowe was charged with embezzling various sums
of money, which had come into his bands as clerk to MellsTEl.Valpy,
the printers in Red-Lion-court, Fleet-street.
Mr. S. Hunt, the Solicitor for the prosecution, briefly retapitu.
lated the nature of the charges he intended to bring forward, pre-
mining that he did not mean to show the extent of the prisoner's
guilt, whose embezzlements amounted altogether, he said, to be.
tween two and three thousand pounds, but should be content when
he had laid a sufficient ground for his commitment.
Mr. R.Valpy stated that they were publishing a large work bear-
ing the title of the Gelphin Classics, which was delivered to the
subscribers at 18s., 135., 205., and 21a. each part, according to the
time when the subscription was made. The prisoner was their in-
door clerk ; and whenever any money was brought to the counting
house, it was his duty to call either of the partners, if they were in
the way, to receive the rash, and if they were absent, to enter it in a
book, and render an account from time to time. It appeared that
on the 11th of April, Mr. Lys, a solicitor in 'l'ooke's.court, Chan-
cery-lane, called at the counting-house, and p:dd 311.65. by a check
en Messrs. Dixon and Co. of Chancery-lane, on account of a friend
of his, a Mr. Patterson ; the prisoner gave a receipt for the sum in
his own name, and the check was duly presented and cashed at the
banker's, but the amount had never been accounted for. In another
instance Mr. lValforti„ the Solicitor to the Customs, called and paid
the prisoner an order for twelve guineas upon his brother, of the
firm of AValford and (been, of Coleman-street, merchants, taking
the prisoner's receipt. The order had been exchanged atMessrs.
Watford and Green's for a check on Messrs. Currie, and the cash
had been obtained upon that check, at the banking-house, but the
prisoner had never accounted for it. In a third case, the prisoner
had receiyed, and not accounted for, a sum of 11. Bs. brought to the
countinghouse by one of his (Mr. Valpy's) apprentices, from Mr.
Bumpus, the bookseller, at Holborn bars. Upon the discovery of
some embezzlements by an out door clerk a short time since, it be-
came necessary to write to all the persona on their books, and he
was surrised that a groat many of them took no notice of the let.
tens. 'I he fact was, however, he believed, that the prisoner had
withheld their answers, and put the money they contained into his
own pocket, for upon writing to them again on the present accasion,
his correspondents in numerous instances (he produced a large roll
of their letters) alleged that they bad sent the cash when he wrote
before.

Several witnesses were called to establish the three charges, and
the Alderman (J. J. Smith) committed the prisoner, who offered
no defence, upon men of them.
BOW-STREET.
Mr. Moss, proprietor of a wine vaults in Chandos-street,
Covent-garden, gave information at this office yesterday of an at-
tempt that had been made to cheat him of a aunt of money by a
trick, which he understood had been successfully practised in
many instances. A very chilling looking fellow, accompanied by
one of the " tip-top" women of the town, came into his house at
eleven o'clock on Friday night last, and called for some liquor. He
talked gayly and loudly to the woman, and spoke of hishaving dined
here, and drank there, and observed, that he had paid for his en-
tertainment throughout the day, and in the taking up of a heavy
bill in the morning had completely drained him of cash. Having
thus wed the way for his intended application, he called Mr.
Moss aside, and taking from his fob what appeared to be a very
superb gold watch, chain, and seals, said he was in want of a little
temporary assistance, and requested the loan of 3/. It so happened
that he could not have hit upon a worse subject to practise his trick
upon than Mr. Alms who is a good judge of watches and of the
precious metals, and had moreover heard of some of his own fra-
ternity having been cheated by a similar device. He took the
watch, and examining it found that neither it nor its appendages
were gold, though a very excellent imitation, and that the works
were perfectly worthless. The chain was a curb one, and the
seals got up in very showy style, in imitation of chasing. This
watch case was ornamented with a raised edge, a wreath of oak
leaves, also of imitative chasing, and the watch had a dial plate.
Mr. Moss at once refused to comply with the request, and the fel-
low then asked for his watch back, as a matter of course, but Mr.
Moss did not feel it quite so much a matter of course to return it.
" No," said he, " you have had some liquor. and say you have
no money. I shall keep the watch, because I like to hare se-
curity, and I also feel inclined to make some inquiry about it, for
it seems to me a curious article. Call again to-morrow, and you
shall have it." The man went away grumbling, and. the next
morning Mr. Moss ascertained from the judgment of others, as
well is his own, that the watch and appendages were together not
worth twenty shillings. The owner has not called for it, and per-
haps it is well for him, if he wished to avoid paying a visit to. their
Worships at this office.
Charles /Iraq/ Goold, an apprentice to Mr. Towers, a boot-
maker in Exeter-street, Strand, was brought up on a charge of dis-
turbing a congregation of Dissenters (calling themselves, we be-
lieve, Arminians), assembled at a place in llurleigh.street for
divine worship, at least so ran the charge in the watchbouse book.
One of the managers of the chapel, himself an occasional
preacher, stated, that there was a large congregation gathered to-
gether at their place on Sunday, and it was crowded even unto the
gallery stairs. At one period of the evening there was a loud noise
on the gallery stairs and in the gallery itself, from irreverend, hea-
theniall persons, who wished to interrupt the discourse of the
preacher, and the witness thought it would be advisable to watch
and bring to justice the offender or offenders. With that view, lie
placed himself on the gallery stairs, and presently he perceived the
defendant " send forth a loud shout, which thrilled throughout the
chapel, and completely astounded the hearers, and stopped the per.
son who was delivering the word from the pulpit," The witness
then seized the defendant, but he got away and ran out, pursued,
however, by a constable, who took him into his custody, and con-
veyed him to the watchhouse.
It was next to impossible to avoid laughing at the formal and
deliberate manner and affected phraseology of this witness.
The lad, in his defence, denied that lie shouted, and complained
strongly of having been severely beaten and pushed about by the
constable, who he said called after him " Stop thief!" and when
he came up with him he struck him n hard blow with his stick,
though he might have secured him without any violence of that
kind.

11r. Towers, the boy's master, said he did not know whether the
charge of shouting was true or nut, but this he did know, that the
chapel Itself had long been one of the worst nuisances in the pari.h.
No brothel could be a greater nuisance to the neighbourhood. it
was a regular place of assignation ; there was nothing but confu.
sion ; and as to their assembling to instruct people in the word of
God, a parcel of illiterate stupid Sues ! they were no more fit fcr
the task than - .

an elephant. . tell yuu rrluift, Sir Richard," said
Mr. Towers, "it I. nothing more nor le.-1 than a regular cock.and.
hen club, and that is the plain truth."
The managers said it wan no such thing,
Mr. Towers repeated that it was, and complained of his appren.
tice having been called after like a thief, and struck by the con-
stable.

The constable denied this at first ; but Mr. Towers called the
son of a respectable tradesman, who said that the noise was occa-
sioned by a crowd of buys and girls on the gallery stairs, all talking
together. He saw the constable strike the defendant a severe blow,
and afterwards push and drag him about as though lie had been a
thief. lie did not hear the defendant shout. There was a lady
preaching, which he believed was the cause of the place being
so full.
Sir R. Rift); P.—A lady ! Pray is that lady licensed?
One of the /llsnagers—We are all licensed.
Sir R. Bt n•LE—Have you her license here?
Manager—No, I have not got it about me. But we do not
charge him with interrupting the preacher, but with disturbing the
congregation according to the Act of Parliament. (A laugh.)
Mr. Towers said, the apprentice had been with him six years
and a half, and he never knew him to be out after nine o'clock at
night. Ile was an extremely steady and good lad.
One of the Managers said, it was by r•u:h " chaps" as the de-
fendant and his witness that they were annoyed.
Sir R. DIRNIE reproved him for this remark, and bald he
I thought such a tern, as " chaps" rime with an ill grace fmm an ex-
pounder of the Gospel. It had been sworn (the worthy Magistrate
continued) that the defendant shouted, and he must find bail ; but
lie should accept the simple undertaking of Mr. Yowers for his ap.
pearance at the Sessions.
Mr. Towers became answerable for his apprentice.
MARLBOROUGH-STRUT.
DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SELF-DESTRUCTION.-011Sa.
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