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London, England, 1824-05-31 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS,

.1111,, 19. .1. Sparks tool A. I% les, eonland.streer,
.;.r. • itt the Bankrupts' Court.
Jitly in. I'. Jones, Il'e•t stationer, at eleven, at the
k rup is' Court.
Jame 19. J. Baker, Ilnth, tailor, at twelve, at the Ilinkrupte
Court.
June 25. 11. Wood-Ca.l.rby, Lincoln, rattle-jobber, at
eleven, at the It nom• len. llorneastle.
July G. J. Boloon, Sinalerkted, Iturham, grectx and tea-dealer,
at eleven, at the Coolden Lim. Inn, Sunderland.
June 22. E. Iloward mid J. liubba, Cork.strect, Burlington.
gardens, money.wrivence, at twelve. at the liankrupts' I 'putt.
June 2). 11. Potters, Itrrdficld, tanner, at eleven, at the Thorn
Inn, hliatley, Vo•RPX.
June 9. li l'arker, !Urchin-lane, rope-maker, at twelve, at the
Bar krtpts Court.
July IV. W. Stewart, Illitre.court, Chearaide, merchant, at
eleven, at the Itinikropn.'l'niart.
June 2ti. .1. I libleirt, Ilylord'a.roort, remelted-friars. wine,
spirit, aril pier itiereliant. at Aran, at the Ilinkrunts* Court.
.liine2ti. J. l tehardvo, llolhorii, linen-draper, at t levels, at lbs
It •nkeliple ('nun.
June In. r.:l:kinsnn, lladubne-place, f fonl-street,
dinh.r, at err, ot the Ithnkrupte Court.
June 2'k I). Casks', Lime-attest, merchant. at eleven, at the
Eon:onto .' Conn.
.luny 19. M. fl. Schlesinger, Church-coon. Clement's.lane,
Lotubsnl.street, italitm.nitrehant, at one. at the Bankrupts' Court.
June 19. T. Berry, Bond-court, ‘i'allinvok, wine and porter
merchant, at twelve. at the Bankrupts'
June 19..1. Mick, Chitthetter, linen-draper, at twelve, at the
Bankrupts' Court.
June 22. U. Itlair and 11*. Plimpton, Lower Thanses.street,
herdsmen, itt twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court.
June 21k J. Chethant, Stockport, herivener, at ten, at the llulke.
ley Arne. lon, Stockport.
June IV. J. Fildes, lamb's Conduit-street, upholsterer, at ten,
at the Bankrupt"'
C CRTI PE 19.
T. Clubb,, l'hr.ter, ale and porter brewer.—J. Benny, Aliens.
more. Ileretnrd, lanner.—N. Temple, Flert.wreet, wine and spirit
merehant.--J.l7phm, Tadeasiter, lurk, money-scrivener.—S. For.
sal+ Shomditch, haberdasher.
I'A[ITNEIt"IIII'S
T. S. Fogg, E. Ilughes, 11,111 J. E4lwank, Manchester, cotton.
spinecm—J. S. \l'hitlark and J. Lamb, Jun., Nottingham, lace.
manufacturers.—T. Parke and I'. Iliggin, Chnipside, warehouse.
men--C. Benson and T. Ad', Eing.street,Comnietrial.mad, bot-
tle dealers.--J. Ilichanbion and W. Coulaori, ‘Vbitehill-Point,
Northumberland, salt.manufaciurem.—.l. and B. Jedevy, London,
meichauta.--.1. 3linon aid %V. Faultier, Ilaainghtll.street, dealers
in eandlewick.--l'. T. leitwyche, H. and liven, Itinitinghatn,,
jewellerh.—J. Comfier sand Vl'. Manchester, c.sienderers.-1
H. 3161Attehir and W. Adamson, Church-lane,W'hitechapel, mill.
wrighet.-11. lutte ridge, and J. Page, St. Allan's, Iler ford, auc-'
tionmra.—F. 11. Nizhohan. Rochdale, and J. Carr, Maltese, linen.
drapers.-11. Colverwell, sen. and li. CulverweU, jun.* Exeter,
51ot:chimer warelumwitten---W. Wilkinson, sen. and %I*.
jun., Queen-awes, Chesphide, apice.merchants.
e average price of Brown or Muscovado sugar. computed
Nom that 'Return,. wade in the week ending the %ill sky of 3lay,
1321, is 3thi. Ithi. per cwt. exclusive of the 'hairs Of Customs
paid rt payable thi Tenn on the importation thereof into heat
Britain.

dversge prise of t'uct Com the Rettrrry; received in the IVeck
ending 3lnv 2.!, 1424.
IVheat. 1 Barley. Oata. I Nye. Bennie. Peas.
S. ft. S. :1. S. d. a. (I. d. a. it.
ft 3:1 i; '23 3 41 h 137 7 37 I

LAW I NTELLIGEA

WritT OF CHANCE:UV, SATURDAY, MAY 29.

Hit liorilNiiip had appoinicil this day for giving jiitli,micnt in
ninny cases, the decisi.iii Elvin which the Earth.. anxiously ex.,
peeled. Ylie cot, of unit write r. Jenkins...on, in re Frosts, and
IJoyd and SI. raid, were ail", g those which his lawdaldp
fur il.xision this dav, and the peseta. r were all ni attendance
r.t she sitting of the Court. Ifa taking hi* seat, however, his
Liiiilship pos;pori.,l jul•rietit in all them,l, LOT Varian* teIISMIN
until Alioid,l igurring. 'ln the CNN` Of Frosts, solicitor* la ques-
tion of great moment and of deep &timely to the parties concerned.
the diameter. of Ibaolr vntltnicii being Ft stake), his lindship
said be had luil laid a parer, with which be must be fur.
neshud, before lie gave his final judgnaest. This paper was unwed.
ingly handed tip to his Lordship. In anntli.r case, his I,u:dvliip
Juvlincil giving Judgment in the ahgtenee of Counsel.

stakes.
Mr. MAU K LAN TI-1 do not wart to hear anything of your gam.
Wing transactions ; confine pvinself to the assault.
3lr. l'ollitts. in emuinuation, said, that he denied having had
any bet with Mr. Watson ; upon which Mr. Wahine challenged
him totight : to this invitation he answered, that he had some.
thing of teo much importance at stake to subject himself to a pale
of blatk cyes air a bloody nose. After this, Mr. Watson drew his
hand across his fare, and mum his getting up to go away, he fol.
lowed him into the centre of the room and knocked him down ;
when he got up he certainly did acing a knife to protect himself
front further outrage. whieh he had every reason to believe Mr.
%Vatsott contemplated. 'ntlt•r these circumstances. he said he had
to call upon the Worthy Magistrate to bind Mr. Watson over to
keep the peace
Mr. MARK I. AWTo —W here are your witnessest
Mr. Collins—l have none, Sir ; I could have brought several,
but I was told I could not force them to came-
Mr. BiAltk LAN lI—I distinctly told you to bring witnesses to
substantiate your charge.
31e. ALLEY—Arne store is good, Sir, till another Is told ; you
will now be pleased to heai what my client has to say on this sub.
jam, and I am rather inclined to think that you will turn the tables,
and make Mr. Collins find sureties.
Mr. Watson then proceeded to observe, *at as his Worship did
not wish to hear anything of the bet ow the Newmarket Stakes, he
would confine himself to the await. Ile certainly did demand
ROI. of Mr. Collins, which he had fairly won, but which Mr. C.
denied having lost Ile (Mr. W.l then expressed his opinion upon
such ungentlemanly eonilnet in very plain terms ; and to this Alr.
Collins made no other reply than etta)lenging hint to fight on Ken-
nington Common. fur a hundred or even live hundred pounds. lie
iIELLTS IN we sty xnr. answered this challenge by saying, that he did not get his living by
The arguments In this case occupied the greater part of the day. lighting—nor was he disposed to risk his person for the sake of per-
It was a bankrupt pc-titian, in which the main point to he coon. sonal gain. Ile was willing to aecommalate Mr. 'ollins, however,
titled was, whether the payment of certain dividends should be in the way he proposed, upon one condition, and that wan, that
postponed ? the money should be immediately staked, and that whosoever won
The Loan ensues:scan threw out smite general remarks the battle should held over his winnings to some public charity.
timm the system whit h hod been pursued for so many years of is- Mr. Collins not finding the word `r charity" in Ins vocabulary,
sating accmimulation hills. and observed upon the injuriotte effect would not accede to this proposition, Ant prepesed to decide the
of these bills Limn the bona tide creditor in case of bankruptcy. aflitir forthwith, and for the sake of pure love.
When lie Ihst entered a Court of Law the ass sawn to say so long 31r. 3IAR LAN D-1 lityr was thin battle to be fought, with pistols
ago as 1773), it was very well understood what a bill of exchange swords. or battle-axes, or what other weapon ?
really was. viz. an acknowledgment by the aces for to the drawer Mr. Watson—With no other weapon, Sir, than that which
that he had funds in his hands sufficient to pay the amount of the nature has provided—our lists ; and on seeing Ale. Collins in the
hill ; but a subsequent decision by the Judges of the /'ant of centre of the room, made up for mischief with his arms advanced,
King's Benda had completely overturned this doctrine, and. in his according to the most approved system of scientific self-defence,
opinion, had been nmst injurious in its elikets upon the inerean- I accepted his challenge. anal after acne sparring Hoorn! him.
tile world. That decision had declared that eases might arise I Mr. 3liatit LAN 11 —That is to say, in plain English. you knocked
when weepier, of such bills might not have assess in their him down.
hands to pay them. The consequence had be Our diffusion of I Mr. ‘Vatson--Jest an. Sir : and 1 was assisting hint up, that
accommodation bills in were part of the country. Ile had often I might reptair the compliment, wlneti he seized a knife. and ran at

roomrsoN r. 1iV1413:

Mr. ova appli.d, on ;he pale of the plaintiff, far an injune- I
tion to retain the defendant from parting a ith a number of deben-
tures of I,'ulttanbian Stock, under these eirenansisnr. a :—.Mr. Thump-
sun had borrowed a sum of S UCUi. from the defendant, anti as a Sr.
curtly, itol put into hi* hands the l'olonth:an dchenturti in mots. I
don to the amount of 110,041411., with an understanding, that on the
re-payment of the .1,0110/. the debenture* shoukl he returned. Mr.
Thooll4oll war suit Wetly to rep** the 5.000 i. so borrowed, anti re.
.tired the delivery of the debentures. Mr. lit nee it appeared was
out of town, and the plaintiff fearetl, that while absent he might
dispose of those &hemlines. The present injunction, therelae, was
to restrain such disposition.
hottit CHANCELLOR war anxious to grant the nrplica.
lion, but knew not in what shape to frame the order. without, at
the sante tune, making an acknowledgment of the tiovernment of
Colontlits.

111 r. Purrs npr.limuleil that that difficulty n•;glit be remedied by
omitting the tiovennuent altogether an the order.
The Loan I:11 ANCEII.I.OIt said, that it never could be al-
lowed, that sitting in one of hits 111ajentv's l'aiirt+ he shoukl
acknowledge• Government which, a far as lie knew, bad no exim-
owe 'hate:via% Ile mania:fleetly aware that a dilrerent opinion was
elsewhere entertained, but he must be governed by one plain unde-
viating principle.
Mr. Ptaro conceived, that in the order the debenture+ might be
called the instnonet,t+ of the individual by whom they were signed,
Jim. Mario de Cant lin.
The Loan Cot 0iCE1.1.011., an these terms, granted the in-
junction.