The National Register.
London, England, 1822-02-03 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JAN. 30.

Captain John Williams, of the Royal Navy, came up to
be heard 011 his petition to be discharged.
Mr. Barry, Mr. Andrews, and Mr. Lawe opposed the in.
solvenCsdischarge oil behalf of twenty-thiee creditors, the
;chute number in his schedule being that).
Mr. Pollock, who was counsel for the insolvent, stated,
that he had his authority to say. that the insolvent, who had
a wife and eight children, all of them depending on hint for
►upport, anti who had, besides, nit open wound in his head,
w hich required constant medical a:tendatice, was willing,
out of los income, w hick amounted to 4101. a year, to make
an allowance to his creditors of IW. a year.

Mr. Betty said the ereditois, for Whom he opposed'
thought the bum propteied to be paid out of his income was
too small, and that 1501. a year ani,;lst he upplied to that
purpose.
Alr. Lawe said he appeared fur Messrs Broughton and Co.
the insolvent's former agents, to whom lie owes half his pre.
sent debts, and foi the liquidation of whir b he pa) a Ant. a
year, wills winch, and a premium of ibl. u year for the
insuratice of the insolvest's life, they were quite satisfied.
Mr. Andrews claimed, on the part of the creditors he re•
presented, that 2501. a year should be set apart fur the pay-
ment of the insolvent's debt..

The Court said, that taking, all the circumstances of the
case into consideration, ordered that 1301. wear out of the
insolvent% income should lie paid over to 11:v assignee, to be
divided among lii, creditors.
Geo. A1i41.1111 trb umioseil by Mr. Pollock, on the ground
of having put Ms creditors to vexatious c tpriice.
The creditor's solicitor ',Loved that lie sue L the insolvent,
and, after a verdict had been obtained, the insolvent brought
writ of error, on sshich the taxed costs amounted to
211, 10s.

The Court said, it was impossible to departiram the rule
laid Minn, and that an insolvent who put his creditor to vex-
atious et pence, shtatid nut be immediately discharged.
Toe judgment of the Court therefore was, that the insol-
vent should he discharged in four mon:

On Wednesday ahutil ten u cluck, as William
Saunders, accompanied by his brother and several other
persons, were passing along Old Bridge-street, Truro, in
their way to the Exeter inn, to assist in brewing, they
were suddenly alarmed by the discharge of a gull, and
and an immediate exclamation front W. Saunders, of—
" I am shot, r am shot!" and he instantly dropped
down. Suspicion immediately tell upon a barber, com-
monly known by the Willie of Sundry White, as the
persons who committed this shameful and wanton out-
rage. Mr. Johns, of the Exeter ism, who is a constable,
and several other persons, immediately proceeded to
Wh,te's shop, where, after some opposition, they found
a musket which had recently been discharged. We un-
derstand White admitted that he had discharged the
gun, but said it was merely with a view to frighten some
idle boys who frequently annoyed him. The injured
man was conveyed to the lattirmary, whit the shot
lodged in his loins, and is now very ill. Application
has been made by the wounded man's brother fora war.
rant to ;Apprehend White, which lin the present has
been refused; Inn we understand au investigation of the
case will take place at the next monthly justice meeting.
An extraordinary flow of water, without any appa-
rent impulse but that of spriog-tides, occurred at the
morning and afternoon tides of Saturday lait (the 2tiits
inst.) along the northern coast of Kent. The sea rose
from four to five feet perpendicularly, above the usual
height of the Itig'tesi spring-tides, overflowing the banks
and marshes, and, in some situations. insulating the
cottages which border the shore. 'rite wind blew from
the N. W. and was fortunately light, as, had it blown
from that quarter with violence, the most tittastrous con.
sequences must have resulted. The only serious damage
we have have yet learned, is at Ileculver, where the
mere action of the waves against the west side of the
cliff occasioned a considerable portion to shoot (fowl',
and more particWaily at the north-west angle of the
buying ground of the old Church, which has exposed
to view coffins with the mouldering remains of tomtit-
lity suspended, as it were, its " the midway air" be-
tween their parent earth and the ocean.
Nlooday last the celebrated pedestrian. Mr. J.
‘Vright, undertook for a small wager, to walk au tanks,
to and fro, betwixt Beverley and Bishophurton, within
nine hours, which he performed in grand style, in one
minute and a half within the time! and. wonderful to
say, so little was he fatigued with his Herculean task,
that he alterwards, the same eveuing danced a hornpipe,
in tile presence of a numerous company of spectators,
and proposed to walk 50 wiles in t 2 hums the next day.
On t hursday last, about eleven o'clock its the fore-
noon, the attention on- the isassengers in Goswell-street
was arrested by the extraordinary conduct of a respectable
usiddle-aged man, who paraded themiddle of the road in
a very singular manlier. At length he sat down at a
door, and pulling a razor from his pocket, was its the
act of cutting his throat, when a young woman rushed
on him, and seiz his hand, rescued the Weapon front
his grasp. The unhappy man refused to give any ac-
count of himself, and walked off.

Pedestrianism.— 0 Tuesday last, a young man named
Suinvier, by trade a stone-mason, and residing in Char-
lotte-street, Old-street-road, undertook fur the trifling
wager of 51. to go from the Standard in Cornhill to
Kingston-bridge, and back again in for r hours. He
started at eighr o'clock in the morning, went eight miles
in die first hour, anti aceounp:isited tita whole distance,
w -‘ll is f,:ia nudes, in duce Wuxi and fifty minutes.

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