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London, England, 1818-08-15 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' CflUlir.

FRIDAY. AUGUST 11.
William Kill, a fnlinr-work-kmater from f)erliy-
shire, and an insolvent. applied for his discharge,
and underwent the followinK curious ex* 000 ioo ;111011
from Mr. PoLLocI, w 1.4, opposed his upvliention :
Q Your debts, I see. are 802/ ; how murk of Sheen do yon
say yen owe to your owe immediate family ?—A Ors r 7091.
Q That Is, you owe Ihi. 7001. to your brother-in-law,
yonr sister, 1.141 your niece'—A. Yes.
Q. I perceive oue debt of 131. 10s. ?—A. There is one.
Q. By the virtue of your oath. did you Not pay one attor-
ney 51 another 41. sod a third 101. to defend Milting against
you for the recovery of this sum of 13/ 10s ?
The Ceillte-i-4 MN. to ward of a di bt of 131. 10s !"
The lessitysistaww 'Yes, me and my brother raid it."
Q Prsy, Sir. ware ewt eis* returned es a Member in the
present Parliament ? A. No.
Q Were not you one of two Members returned at the
last General Election to serve its Parlimmeut fur the Borough
of Sr. George's Fields'-4. NO.

. .
Q. Are mot you called thr Wm Hall in the King's Bench
Priaoa?—A. Yes, I htlicre so.
Q. Dual you know that yonrself and another were re-
lented after some form of election in the Kieg's Bench
Prison; that yon were both knighted, and gave, at your
owe expease, a grand treat on the occasion?—A. I know
.•tae fens. were gone through, but we gave sin treat; I did
out pay a farthing.
Q. Who've.' out the writ of Ilatiesi Corpus to bring 01,
up to town?—A. I don't kuow.
Q. Du you Ilitall to say you don't kuow who obtained the
writ ?.—A. Perhaps my mother.
Q I see yew ewe a large sum to a person named Samuel
Guars: who is he?—A. hly brother•le.law.
Q. Is ant he a day.lahueser ?—A. I don't know any thing
abseil his easegeres.

Q. Mrs. Itobbasoe is another errilitor : is not ob. your
sister?—A. Yes.

Q. Most properly has, she, that site cola.' Irnd large moms
of moues is t►is way?—A. 1 duo% know ally ibis( about
lair property.
Q. Who is Joseph Hall, to whoa you owe 211 ?—A. My
brusher.

Q. Who is Maria Hall, to whom you gave as assignment
of your property ?—A . My soiree.
Q. How much asustey did she give you fur this assign-
ment ?—A. 1401.

Q. Whe►e did she pt this money ?—A. 1 don't know.
Q. How old is she ?—A. About lb; it is • year and •
half silica she lent the money to me.
Q. Who is Abraham Harrisseu ?—A. My uncle.
Q. Did he net lay stows, this money On .the table when
the assignosent was made? Did not Maria Hall go through
the form of taking it up, and did not you baud it back again
to the uncle?—A. Nu, never.
Q How was the motley paid—in ho'r many Bank notes?
—.4.1 forget. I think Mere were two notes, there might have
bees, four, but it 'emir ago I can't tell.
Q. Was nut it in last February twelve months you gave
this bill of Slily, and Can% you recollect the lutes you got
the money in?—A. No.
Q Hu+ lung did yen keep these Bank notes ?—A.
forget.
Q What did you do with them ?—A. I Joel know ; they
went in sloe way of business.
Q. Pray, +here was Maria Hall reared ?—A. I don't know.
Q. Isn't robe an illegitimate child of pole sister, and was
she net reared by the perish ?-41. No.

Q Did not the father if the J11141.1* y the parish a certain
weekly sum as am iedentoillbation fur this child, Matta Hall?
—A. The palish had writhing to do with her after eke wait
seven years old, she ha. since lived With her molter
Q How did sbe get. this 140/.!—A. I don't pools. She
bad it sad gave is, that's all.
Q Where has she been place the parish ceased to have her
after she became seven years old ?—A With her mother,
working.
Q. Where did she and her mother lire ?—A. With me ;
bet they paid no rent.
Mr. HIATH entlenvoureil to explain away scone
of the inconsistencies in this maii's story, by get-
ting him to confers that the palsy intpaited his
memory._
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• The Court immediately remanded the Insolvent
for a caner dineitt prorrrs, xurl grOar injustice
towards bis creditors, and "sir William. who sreturd
greatly disconcerted at his story bring at all cosi-
siderrd incredible, as hr came up all the way Irom
Derbyshire to tell 1,, was taken back to his coasti-
tweets in the King's Beoch Prison.

No other ease 44 ,oii•tr-t took place.
Some new hops ilsve alrrN,h made their sporar-
epee in the Borough. which. at so early u period,
oe think is a circuakstauce ouprectdeuteth

EXECUTION OF
CHENNELL A +I) * 11.4LCR4F71

•
The .dreadful. ,sertle took place yesterday in
Gothdming Marsh, upon the roof-Hoer to t 1,,• town,
on. a gallows ',ever, for the pit 'pope. Thr site
cominalated a sit* of old Clientiell's I nose. and
the mideitiide rode, ted fr all ixoruv or • sur.
rounding country could -scatrel, flood). ! I: .s then
tele ti sand. The scene to the place or -se mama,
four miles from Guildford, woe i..desc,ihat.le, mod
clouds of dust enveloped the cutteleash and Ira,.
accommodated redes.ri sew„ f .th or Vie wretched
Ines. have strictly in iituoinerl theoe ibsavonval of
the murders, from the 1111 l meot of these cnovictinst
to that which comigord mlieuti to et .roite ; Chit.
ETA, it is true, troth on hi. 0.0% ro Giiildt..id to
take his trial, and irmatedi .tely after the yr-Merl
had been pronounced %wrist him,. scl limed 5114 he
was.. ocent, but addressing hiin.elr to Chense 11,
emplwtieally Mid, "George, you know I inn, nod
you can cle;rir merit is a hard care that
die innocent."

Each of the culprits betook themselves to marling
nod prayer on Wednesday siighr, hilt they ill" not
suffer these exercise* to interfere with their usual
enjoyments of sleeping and eating. They were
sedulously attended by the Rev. Mr. Mann', the
Chaplain of the gaol, ainl:the Rev. West, of
Stoke. Their wretched families visited Orin on
Thursday afternoon. A wile. from alums Cheiniell
had been separatill, and their child, about nine
years old, and the second wife of Orals-raft, and
six children, were engaged in this heart-breaking
scene. They all wept most bitterly ; gird the
wives and children of both implored them isn their
knees to make a einifeosion if they were guilty.
The unhappy men, in :ttie-iiaine state, denied it
reply. They took the sacrament lust *inning at
eight. o'clock ; before and after svh,i.sh they again
protteited their isinneence. Chaleraft said he was
guilty tif former crime., but riot of this.
At using o'cloi k they were 0... a a waggon, tit
he conveyed to the place 'of executiors, and .were at+
tended by the Rev, Mr. West. (hymen.*** sullen
and reserved; Clialcraft prayed. TheNatv. Mr.
West. in awful terms, implored them Jo:votress;
and said to Chaleraft, '• Do you know any tlung of
the murder ?" Ile answered, !"—" Do you,
Chennell ?" The answer was the same. Omicron
immediately replied, .1 tot" do, you do !"
Arriving at the itcene of depth, their Cos duct was
the same. (halt raft said he wits guilty of* charge,
had not of this. Chetinell would not speak.
They mounted the scaffold Mil it gred.4
Cheiinelldid not niter a word—Clialcralt pra3rit
most fervently. They were asked .a. I.oit time td
communicate, but refused, and were lanticlied iota
eternity at lialf-past eleven o'clock. The bailie*
weie in about ass hour cut down and headed over
to Ni . Parsons and Hornell, surgeons, of
Godalmiog. fur diseection.