The National Register.
London, England, 1816-03-24 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.

Saturday last, on evening the Court, Mr. Serj. Runnington,:
olindeal to :wine obseivations which fell from au lieu. aleisiber
-of Parliament (Mr. Lockhurt) on Thursday aright, relative to
the operation of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, from which the
robin. might be led to .oppose that many of the insolvents who
had been dischavged, bad succeeded in attaining that object by
seams of frond, amounting in fact to felony. lie now called
ape" the bar to declare whether or not, in the eenrse of their
awartiee or observation, they had known the discharge of an
insolvent when there had been even a semblance of felony
ippon the face of his transactions. The Lentlemen at the bar,
with • general (-mires: min, declared thus no MICR cumin-
etatwe had, to their knowledge occurred.
James Davison, commonly called Captain Havison, who
otari•ied Miss Duncan, the actress, was then brought up to be
discharged. He was opposed by Mr. Smith, on account of a
debt of 2501. due to a Mr. Gardner. Mr. Pollock, on behalf
of the insolvent, applied to the court to allow his client a
charge, on his admission and acceptance of the debt.-- Mr.
Smith agreed to consent to It. But the learned scrjeant having
viewed the prisoner's schedule, etoss-examined him as tidlows.
—Q. I see by your schedule that your debts amount to t.t:Zal.
Have you no property M the world? A. None, but some debts
due to me, which I have rettirned.—Q. Have you u wirer A.
Yes, but she is in a distinct situation: site is an iietress.—
What is lacy salary A. She has no fixed salary.—Q. Ate yOll
Separated A. At present we are. lensge.l-0. I mean, have
you a deed of separation? A. No: What is the avera4e
amatint of your w ite's salary? A. If she is ill, she does ant re-
ceive a salary ; I Way not aware I had contronl inn her sa-
ry.—M r. Seri. It. You should have put it in your seliedttle.
What clothes had pule wife?— :•the had ne clothes but what
she lived in her profession ; many of the clothes belong to the
theatre.—Mr. Pollock. If she do not play, she is not paid. I
should wish to have the opinion of the court, whether the pro-
duce of her labour is such part of his property as ought to up-
pear in the schedule r. Serj. R. You and I, as lawyers,
sew koo,, Ilott far the intermediate time of his being in pri-
aon, it ought to appear in the schedule : an I no matter how cr.
quired, the property belongs to the husband. This is one of
tho..e ca-es 1 don't like to see.—Mr. Pollock. It was not the
wis"i in the part of Mr. Davison to have been so.—Mr.Serj. R.
Were th,- tl••;),..: incurred before your marriage %—f,. Tias oust
twat villein.. Mr. Serj. R. I shall not linally moan(' sou; and
you ati Sr hrowAt up again on Monday week; in the mean
time you had better amend your sell:Aide

POLICE.

GUILD/11U..

Yesterday Thomas rani:burst was fiuxtic examined, charged
with sti.:l;ing from his employer, Mr. Joliti.e. of fleet Market,
it quantity of •iliN er from tic to time. Eying taken into cus-
tody. nod his lod zings searched, sillier onionotiog to about vOl.
was fooled concealed. linen, wearing apparel, .a:e. of immense
value were fotanl, together with about a dozen pair of silk
vrt,vot on thisexetnivahon to be the property
of Mr. in the Poultry, where the prisoner had lived
precious to goinie into the service. of Mr. Jolitle.
The prisoner was fit:ly committed for trial upon both charges.
MANSION HOUSE.

Yesterday Mary sinUnonds Was brolight before the Lord
!Slayer, charged with stealing 11. lOs. in silver, together with a
quantity of copper. from the till of the Star public house in
Rosemary-lane on Thursday last.
it :,,,pem,.•l ;hat the prisoner was a laundress, and had been
coil ,:CraWe that c itoloyed by the landlady of the house in
,t,,; ~.0 ...melts.. On the day already tnentiotwd, she
broaglit ilollle some clothes, aud, as was usual with her, went
behind the counter to converse sillu her employer. In a short
time the latter had Occasion to leave the shop ; and the prisonr r.
takMg advantage of her absence, opened the till cud rifled it of
the property in got sting. A gentleman, however, in a corner
of the place. nlw.i ed her conduct; and having communicated
the fie. to the landlady upon her return, the prisoner was se-
cored, and the money being found upon her, part of which was
fortunately identified by the probecutrix. The former was
"liven in custody.
She was fully committed for trial.
BOW-STREET.

C. Dwyer was chargtdWi7thtb; eMwder of P. Riley. T.
Cogan stated, that on the evening of Dec. to, he was passim:.
through Bnekeridge-street, in company with the deceased,
when they met the prisoner, in company with four others, who
'knocked them both down. The deeeased was severely wound-
ed on his head and other parts of the hotly; he saw the prisoner
'`irking him while on the ground. He conducted the deceased
to a surgeon. who dressed his wounds; he was then conveyed
to his residence in Holland-street, where he languished a short
time and died. The Coroner's Inquest brought in a verdict of
Willful Murder against all the parties. One of them, 'l'. Nor-
wood was apprehended a short time after, and committed for
trial at the ensuing Surrey Assizes.—Remanded.
Mr. Small, a gardener, at Old Brompton, applied for advise.
Me stated that he rented a piece of ground of Messrs.
'and Braham, of Old Brampton, and that he paid for it 11:131'•
terly ; and last Thursday, a imantity of roots, trees. ice. were
dog out of his ground by Mr. Earle, son to Mr. Earle, the book-
Seller, of Albemarle-street, and carried to his premises ; and
he wished to know how to act, as he had retnsed 501, bir then,
last week, and tiny were worth mulling to him now. 31r.
Lark, in his deft ace, said, he had boa _let the ground, which
included the stock, and hail carrii,l them away in the 011111 day.
Mr. Ilirnie advised lir. Small to tiring en action of trespass, as
It was out of his jurisdiction decide the n heir.
Circa cps, tl e hack :my (madmen', at present in custody on sus-
picien °filarial( driven away with a trunk of clothes, the property
of Miss Ann Brown, again brought tip. Mr. Birnie, th,
Magistrate, was present accidentally, and on seeing the pri-
soner, immediately recrgniaeil him as being the seine man who
short time since was brought to Wiw-street on sitspicion of
having driven away with some articles, the property of Mr.
Abercrombie, M. I'. for Band'. The charge, however, was ni.t
Mo taatiuted, and lie was on that °erasion discharged. On
ein; asked Mr. itititie if lie knew him, he immediately at.
know hedged that he did, and that he hal been before him at
flaw-stn eet.
Miss thrown, who is at present in Scotland, has been inform-
ed of the prisoner's d,deation A lady and gentleman attended
the office and identified the prisoner, as being the man who
drove the coach into %Well Miss Brown's luggage was Hit ; and
Mr. F.vance, under these circumstances, committed him for
ire-examination this day fortnight.
bIARLBOROUGH.STREET..
Mary Stobert, elderly woman, seaschArged by Lord Stan-
• ley, with fraudulently obtainiag of him a oae-ponwl note, under
tin following circanastauces. Ott Monday, the defendant

caned at his Lordship's house, stating that she vas sent for an
answer to a letter, from Mrs. Stanley, of Shoe.laoc, who she
stated to be in the greatest distress, with u finally of live small
children, whollv unprovitled for, her husband being confined in
a private maddionse. Ladd Stanley having previously received
a letter in a diffrrent name, and the hand-writiog resembling
very mulch the one received by his Lordship' led him to ',OS-
peel it came from the same" party, and he desired that she
might wait; during which time a servant was sent fur Plank :
on his arrival, his Lordship, after asking :natty questions re-
bisecting the distressed family, which she very readily answer-
ed, gave her a one-pour I note, and told her that he would
send a person with her to ascertain that Mutt she had related
was 'roe ; it ro, he %%wild do something more for the
The defendaat, .tt r making many frivolous incases, rehte-
tont lv eonsentud to a person going with her. Plank was desired
arcompany lwr, and on their getting into Grosvenor-square,
she stopped, and declined going any further. Upou which
Plank told her he must take her into custody, and on their
way to the office, she raifetsed she knew nothing of Mrs. Stan-
ley, but had been sent to his Lordship by a strange
whom she laud on t with at a publir-house. She was remanded.
W. Ric tardsou was charged with breaking and entering the
house of sit. Archlont, m ill:ilex-row, Mack friar's-road, and
stealing therein 20 gold seals, a qoantity of gold rings,
1. stated, that on the moroing of the 9th inst. he was dis-
turbed by a knockia ut the shop shutters —on looking out of
the window, lie saw a man, Alm, upon his calling out, " stop
thief,' ran away then went don n to the *hop, and found
that the iron work of the %homers had been rut through, the
glass of the window broken, and a quantity of jewellery, to the
value of littl..taken away, and that the gold seals which were
found on the prisoner, were part of the property stottm He
was laity committed.