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• CONSTltifiwriArli.. Assoe
(' 7he~astawt apperwariee Ur Mr. Secretary Muni apti his
• yasusr,e" Messrs. Prefer, North, sad Duke, 'atomlb*
Caen every day devil% the 'proses! Old Bailey SitiOmni gave
'•••drearlfill ante of preparation' *gainst the ragged leprosy.
lee of Giallo., and it wee knows that it was intended to
peeler bills of Widows, seldom those miserable brim for
the publicatioe of the " blasphemes?' works which they were
bleed to vend. The three mteollifil." were I. attendance at
the Grasd Jury Room es Wednesday and Thursday, sad Mr.
Secretary Myna, was wen brodlire about with hues rolls
sf parthibiat ender his snit ready to be presented to the
Greed faqiiest. Oa Thursday evening the indicinieuts were
laid before the Greed Jirry, sod they were occupied, we
believe, for torrent hours is pereeiug the loolethy doye-
n/eta, for tie witnesses were called ie. Yesterday asovoluie
the " yesinies" were called In snecembie before the Grand
Jolt sad at two o'clock in the afternoon the filter body
entered the Court and returned "tree bill?" aiainst /sign
Tampbew. William Holmes, Jobs Barclay, George Clarke
alias Pilinloses, and a man whose manse is 'mimosa," for
the pablicatioe of blasphemous libels. 'These bills, with
the exreptios of that evillest Clarke (preferred V/ the So-
ciety for the Buppressime of Vice) were preferred by she
Beideostreet Society. It will be recollected that three of
the viten committed from Guildhall refused to give their
same., but sloes thst time Mr. Murray has succeeded in °h-
olmium the Dames of two, namely, Vanspliew and Hobsee.
Taniptiew is the miserable, shirtless old man described in tier
Guildhall reports. The third wee persists is his tieiteraity
es to his amine.

DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
Mr. A-, an isissesnembrolstest oppsoord yesterday st
the Tow* Mall, illoothwart. bedlam Om presidia, Alderman
(J. J. Sositb),lssbew were wry he Neglected to usaistaio his
wife.
The Defendant, who lea mild gentlemanly bolilsg man,
said that be mitered limo wedlock with the claimant about
seven years sr, with every primped of eujuyioe happiness
sad felicity in her society, and MI expectations were
realised, if am to their /sliest 'meet, at least to his satisfac-
tion. His cambia is her was Iliad and liberal ; sod al.
though she had, dewier that short period, sousodered sway a
sum of 6,0001., he did wet upbraid her with her extravegasee,
tsar dieskl he have done so now, bat within the last km
months clreuesstaneee had come to his Imiowkdge, which left
as doubt but that she had dishonoured Isiim in I marser
that admitted of no palliation—lee bad, in fact, iatercepted
letters in his possession, which had been addressed to her by
bee paramour, epos whom, so doubt,slie lavished ho much of
his (Mr. A.'s) fortune, sod the osmium which lie adopted on
reavrietiag the istelligessee of her guilt, removed every doubt
which be might have previously astertaieed of her perfidy
I sad baseless. He Hies certainly did espel her his house,
sod would *ever more let her eater it ; but whatever sem
the parish takers sad the Magistrate might deem sulkiest
for her maistenaoce is a secluded bot respectable matimer,
he was willing to pariahs the hands of a person from whom
she meld receive it *ally.
Mrs. who is a young woman of interest lug appeti-
twee, sod far edvanced is a state of pregnancy, now rustled
forward, sod throwing herself on her horn before him, las-
placed his forgiveness in the meet pathetic manlier, is which
eappllasit pismire she went into strong hysterics. The tear
for lb* moment ghttered In the distracted busband'e eye,
but a recollection of his wrongs moos produced mere power-
ful feelings; and tearing himself resolutely from her grasp
he departed, promising to abide by the derbies of the parish
officers The wretched woman was afterwards conveyed
home ky her sitter iii a most pitiable shanties.
We toderstuid that the heartless villain who has calmed
all this calamity le sow a primmer for debt ia
mem.
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SUSPICION OP POISONING.
A cadets eireanistance took plasm eresing this wing,
in a confettioser's shop, is the ereighboerbood of Oohed.
Meet. Two respectable females, eitemedrd b a guattemou.
who paid Ms addresses to owe of them against the wishes of
bar friends, weal isle the said shop, mad the latter coma..
yielded to him that she had ietermisued, after moth delihess.
lion, to follow We Meads Myles. and from that time to es-
continue a coaseziou which might prove fatal le heralds/.
laterests and happiness.
The lover used all the pourers of clameree Se dissuade her
ageism tocsin a resoletiou so fatal to histamines hsepioses;
hat she said nodules amid woe her Wen her purpose.
During the merrersalinn some refreshineut wes takes, and
the mallesnas called for maw soda water, a bottle of which
be purred out and rave to hi faithless lover. She *ask it,
sad inumediately afterwards essmitsiard alibi must excessive
pain; she protested that poise* hid been adminietend to her
is the suds water; this perposissess accusation was denied,
sad alse woo advised to walk in the air. as it was alsought it
would do her good. She walked till she wired oppoaite the
Middlesex Hospital, and the pain immasiag, she imbued
upon geeing in and taking the opinion of the neediest smile.
men belosglog to the establialsterat ; stated to dies that
she believed she had bees poimeed, and asked for as sari.
dote• after describes( her symptoms, *a emetic was admi.
mist:red, bug her disorder was so metre that it was the ant
mioreing before she could pit the ha petal. The bargees@
were perfectly satisfied that so poises bed estarsi the sto-
mach of the yeas( lady, sad shot bar lodiepeeliiee was
produced by oetaral mum.

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COURT OP CHANCERY., lawootn'A hut.
rim JAIIIVAICT LI.

This was the first day of the sittings before Teroa.
The LOAD CuLscaLLea COMA lUD) Coact it
half-post ten o'clock.

JUDGMENTS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that he had
arranged his judgmental. and he would deliver those
Cu muttons at the coucluaion of the.seatl. and those
in causes hr would deliver two in every day. afte►
giving notice two drys before of the specific judg.
mental he intended to give on euch day.
Az-parte ISHAII/1 AND OTRAIIII, 1w THU MATTE*

Or HOWARD AND Glass, PANICRUPTII-
The AiTource•Gesaaat. stated tots petition
,
came before his Lordship in the shape an appeal
from the decision of his Honour the Vire-Cbancel-
lor, which went to remove Mr. Carroll and °theta
from being the ersigoeca of the bankrupts, although
they had been chosen by the majority of the creditor.,
and his Honour had also ordered that they should
pay the costs of their own removal. He (the Learnkri
Attorney-General) was counsel for M. Carroll
and his co-assignees, sod they had, in hit opinion,
most properly opptsled from the decision of the
Learned Judge. The petition •of Shane stated,
that Carroll, Duffe, and Wilkie. were appointed
assignees instead of the petitioners, by the threats
of the bankrupts ; that one of their creditors, of the
name of Bridges, who intended to vote for the pc.
titioners as assignees, was influenced by Howard,
one of the bsokrupta, from doing so mailer • threat
that if he did, he would deprave him of one of his
best customers, and the consequence was, that
Bridges did not vote at all. The petitioners sub-
mitted that Carroll and his co-assignees ought
Not to Imre been declared the assignees, and
prayed that Shine and his list might he de-
clared the assignees of the bankrupts. There was
also an ez-parse petition to stay the assignment of
the bankrupts' estate to Carroll. &c. On the 29th
November the petitions come on to be heard be.
fore the Vice-Chancellor, and his Honour ordered
a new choice of assignees to be made, and that
Carroll, &c. should pay the costs of their own re-
moval from the office of assignees, on the ground
of the interference of the bankrupts is the choice
of assignees. It was considered, when before the
Vice Chancellor, as a new case, as it was the first
application that had ever been made to the Court
to stay an assignment of bankrupt's effects to as-
signees who were properly chosen and capable of
acting. The jurisdiction of his Lordship in
bankruptcy depended on the statute of the Sth
George 11. It set forth that assignees should be
elected by the 'creditors. and that the Commis.
sinners of bankrupts could not interfere, as they were
only the Returning Officers end they were bawd
to make an assignment where the persona chosen
assignees were competent to take in point of law.
It would be therefore necessary for him to call his
Lordship's attention to the 46th section of the sta.
tote ; by it the Commissioners were bound to give
early notice in the Gazette for as early meeting of
the creditors to prove their debt., and for the
choice of assignees, and in the choice taking place,
they had no discretion as to making the onsgniseot
of the bonkrupt's estate. This shelved how anxious
the Legislature was that assignment should be spee-
dily made, for until it was made the estate was vest.
ed in the bankrupts. Ina following section of the sta.
toe, the Slat, power wee given to the Court to correct
the Choice of assignees after assignment was made.
but not before. It might be said by his Learned
Friends in support of the petition, that if his Lord-
ship had the power after assigoinent, it would be bet-
ter to see it before the assignment. He would so.
seer them No, for during the litigatios there
would be no person to administer the effects
of the bankrupts. The jurisdiction of the Court
must he founded on the Act of the 3th of Geo. If.
and that gave it oone in the present stage. although
it did its the subsequent one after essigument. The
Vice-Chancellor ought to have told the Petitioners
they were premature in their appliestion. at the
Commissioners could not withhold the assignment
to the assignees, who were the choice of the ere.
dimwit. His Honour, however, wee a opinion, that
the . pellet ice of tau spe Wing the advertisement for the
choice of assignees, was a precedent for suspending
the assignment. If the Legislature bed intended
to have given the jurisdiction to the Court, they
would have token the more core to have given it
before assignment as after it. If the decision of
his Houour was right, it would lewd to oodles*
litigation; for in every choice of assignees where a
bankrupt had spoken to a creditor, there yenta be
an application to stay an assignment, and there
would be no person left to administer the effects of
the bankrupt. He would, for the make of ergs-
mem. sesame that the Court bad the juriadro.

The LORD CHANCILLOR-..." I never could VIM
derbtsud what my predecemon bad done in baok-
roptey, witboat they thought dal had ammo jam-
dieting whirls was not given to them by auy Aet of
Parliament."

The Arroaxtv-GinnisAL, in continuation,
said, with respect to the bankrupts having inlet-
fered iu the choice of magneem, by threats sad
misrepoesetstateus to the general body of creditor*,
he said tbe the bankrupt laws would not permit
the interference of the bankrupts in the choice of
assignees ; but iu mum cases it might be desirous,
and be was of opinion that this was oort uf those
cam. It was not denied hot there was a general
mutes far the two lists, and the the bankrupts
had joined in that canvas, • and it was most na-
tural they should. as they had • great stake de-
pending. The Ince-Charicelior, boweirer, was of
*pinkie that the iuterferetroe of the baekrupts was
improper and illegal, and that the assigcees chosen
by such means were not competent to serve the
office.
The LORD CUR/MELLOR...." I ROE of opinion

that the chiefs& the Gaud', gg out .f 100 in sunk.
rupteies, ore cowed by the interference of bankrupts
in the choice of assignees. cud 1 think this is a most
proper clue to correct the evil."
The A reit so v -G Es saa iuowstinaotion, said,
that what bad iallen front his Lordship tailed he
correct as it bore on many eases iu ►snkrsp`ey, bat
he would contend, with eJI ►ubtuissioo to his Lord-
ship, that there might beams in which it would be
rcuel to prevent the rate►ferettt:e of Abe Issokrupt it
the choice at his avail/atm ; for isetaace, is U.. cane

if Mr. Cele'. IRMA detain kr in his Lordship's r•-
colleittisia. flie•had bees is slliditlitip ris ple.o.asoci.
• retired from lingual* with it property of leo,ooof.
but did mot take his name out of the coneeree,
as he left his son cud a person of the .ustois of
(hatpin iu possestion of it, who afterwards A-
iconded ; hut before they did en, they as eeptad
bills to au mueslis. attiouot, which 01.1 461,-,
couuted by the aid of saintlier', and the Mot
knowledge Mr. Cults had of has being consider-
ed a trailer and a baiskrupt, as one of the Arm
of Cdles and Gilpin. win the visit of the tate-
sever under the .curtimisston to hie mansion and
rotate in Hampshire. Would it lie then said, ghat
in such a odic as shit Mr. Coles ought not to inter.
fare in the cheice of his asitiviers. sled B.k, my
beg, end request of the 'creditors to vote for such
assignees as would secure to him his ',ripest),
and ',meet him ageinst *windier+ ? it would be
impossible to limy hoe meaty exceptimis might be
taken to the appointment of assignees if i, was se
be made a fixed priucuple of the Court that hoot -
*opts could net interfere iii the election of adverse
assignees. The benkropts in this co-e were meet
materially interested 'in the adininietration of their
effects, and they were of opinion that the oppoiut.
enrol of Carroll and his colleagues ci assignees
would be more adruntageoui to their estate than If
Shawe sod his colleagues were appoiirted. He
would ..k, *mould the Court say it was improper
fur the bankrupts to state to a creditor, i• If you rote
for Carroll and his list us assignees. you will lie pail
SOs. in the pound. fur we have the peanut Mafia
deuce in their integrity; but if you vole fur Sheoe'a
IWt. we will not undertake to say *hat the come-,
quences may be; but at the genie time you are at
liberty to esercire your own judgment." and floe
was all the bankrupts had done, which was ,donti-
initiated by the petitioners cantraseing to the elec-
tion of assignees. There wet only one instance of
their having used Roy influence with a creditor, sod
that was with Bridges. whore debt amounted to
only 221. and he did not vote, but if lie had it
would not here turned the scale in the moonset of
the debts so es to have 'seared the election a
Shawe and his colleagues. The bankrupts deirieci,
in the most positive terms, that they had held out.
any threat to Bridges, ami he had made no alfishos
vit ,• then the charge was only supported on the be-
lief of the petitioners. He should have expected
that a case would have been made out of colluviou
between the bankrupts and the assignees; Carroll
was the only one attempted to he charged wish it
by the affidavits', there was not a word in them re-
lative to Duffe and Wilkie. The petitioner, Sham..
could not complain of Carroll as to his canvassing
for votes. for be had done the same thing, and it we.
sworn that he applied to she basekrapt, Howard, to
assist him in his election for assignee.
Mr. Roue, Counsel for the Petitioners. said ho
rose for the purpose of correcting the latter part 4,f
the statement of his Learned Friend. es these was
fist a word sf it founded in truth ; it was com-
pletely denied by the affidavit of Mr. Shave.
Mr. MONTAGUR, Counsel with the Avroasist -
Glteleat 1., said it was certainly denied, but in Viet
Jesuitical way which only went to its confirmation.
The LORD CH•NCILLOII--" You wiry let the
argument go oa in its regular coarse. Mr. Hearn,
for I can emote you I have read all the affidavits
from the beginning to the end."
The ATTORMIV-GIMIRAL is coolionotion said,
that in this case the bankrupts were of tension that
their estate would limy eve'', shilling they were in-
debted. and leave them a large surplus ; it could
not be denied then, that they had so interest io the
adminietratioo of their effects. As to Carrell hav-
ing an adverse claim to the other eneditone, he be.
hewed that questiou was now set to rest, or would
be so befote his Lordship was celled on to girt his
• judgment ou this appeal. But even if he had 'Le
I adverse interest. his having been joined io the Ake
of 'soignee by two other creditors of a ceuteary is.
Serest to biat was a sufficient security to sheSe
ral body id the creditors for his cooduct.rt
therefore submitted to his Lordship that this was
not the appointment of asognees by the undue le-
ausace of the bankrupt.. Irbere was whir% into
gal in the assignees sucking application to the twe-
ditties for their votes to elect them ...for it meld
not, be supposed that the general body Id
creditors would like to have the comenialion
worked by dm tools or the agents of the
bankrupt.. He admitted it was a very .iesporstrot
cage in bankruptcy, as it wee the first of its us-
lure made to the Court on the ground of the
interference of hank:llpm in the choice of an
signers. As to the adverse interest of Carroll boas
that of the ether creditors, that point was Nettled he
the case of De Taatett, reported in the 2d vet, of
'no and Boom There De Mutant debit we.
greater than all the debts of the other creakiest,
and be appointed himself assignee, and the Coast
did sot moon him. The Vico-Chancellor, by him
order, bed given the coats of the petitioners out of
the estate, bat he had not allowed the ism mesies
their costs. Shelve bad applied far votes for him-
self to be chosen as.ignee; and if it wee jestifestste
in him, it most be oleo in Carroll. lie tweed rot
perceive why his Honour had made the distiocijoii„
If the bankrupts acted improperly by their tate,-
ference, they ought to pay for it out of their edits',
lead not the assignees to pay it. He submitted,
that whatever opiates his Lordship 'sight COM* 11.1
as to the Coen having jurisdiction, or ea to ttac
conduct of the bankrupts iii the dealt's of the as-
signees, that he would be of opinion. if a new
choice of assignees were to be woke, that the pee-
sent aesignees should hare their casts of these pre-
ceedings out of the boukrupts' eatate, lie ens-
tended that the decision of the Vice-Chum-Um ems
altogether won, aud toasted that his Lerishlast
would reverse it.
Mr. HART and Mr. MoIITAGIM followed oa Ilse
some side. The latter Learned Gentle:sae was
only beard in part.
The Loan CDAWCIILLOS observed, es it wps
loaf o'clock be was osatiged to fire, bee he *meld
bear the case egain to-morrow marmot (this day).

OMIT OF SINGH BENCH. Wuratiiima,
iIIIADAT, Imituat IJ.

•AOL P. IPITTINIM.

TMs seas es victims for • libel, tried before Mr.
Justice Best at Salisbury at the lest Awns, when
the Jury resod • Predict for the PirninutE TA.
libel eistapiaissed of arose alit d due tracks, rivalry
of two caisiattauakemi, fusediog is the same tom,

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