The Sun.
London, England, 1830-03-30 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY).

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
EI-TARTS SMITH, IN THE MATTER 01 WALKER, A

BANKRUPT.

A question of rather a novel nature was brought before
the Court upon this petition, namely, whether the Court
could refuse to grant the bankrupt's certificate, on the
ground of the badness of the Commission, when the peti-
tion did not pray that it might be set aside. The petition
prayed for the disallowance of the bankrupt's certificate, in
consequence of the commission being a friendly one, con-
certed between the bankrupt and the petitioning creditor.
Mr. Ross and Mr. AIONTAGU appeared for the peti-
tioners, contending that the commission might be taken to
be good as against the bankrupt, who had procured its
issuing in concert with the petitioning creditor, although
in every other respect it might be considered bad, and one
liable to be superseded.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR wished Mr. Montagu to in-
form him if he was aware of any precedent of the Court
doing what was now asked?
Mr. MONTAGU thought the Court had adopted such a
course in Mr. Roscoe's bankruptcy, which some years ago
occupied so much of the attention of the Court.
The COURT thought itself bound to allow the certificate
during the standing of the commission, unless some sta-
tutory ground of disallowance intervened. Such being his
Honour's opinion, he felt himself bound to dismiss the pe-
tition with costa.

Mr. MONTAGU intimated that it was the intention of
his clients to appeal from the decision of his Honour ; and
requested that the issuing of the certificate mightibe stayed
till to-morrow.

His HONOUR did not think himself justified in staying
the certificate further, and ordered it immediately to be
issued.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

Frederick Haldane, late a clerk in the East India
House, with a salary of 1801. a year, was brought up for
a final bearing and adjudication.
The insolvent was before the Court on the 22d instant,
when a report of his case appeared in The Sun of that
evening. The Court were extremely displeased with the
conduct of the insolvent on account of his extravagance,
he having contracted debts with tradesmen to the amount
of near 2,0001., and the case stood adjourned, in order to
ascertain whether the petitioner was likely to be reinstated
in his former situation, with the ulterior view of touching
his salary.
This day Mr. S. Pardy, clerk to Mr. Squires, the in-
solvent's attorney, deposed that he on Saturday last waited
upon Mr. Auber, at the India House, when that gentle-
man gave him a verbal answer, that the insolvent stood
dismissed from the service of the Company; but be (Mr.
Auber) refused to give a certificate of that fact, it being
dissonent to the standing order of the House.
In consideration of the insolvent having by his impru-
dence lost his situation, and that under the present extra-
vagance being deemed no sin, the Court ordered him to be
discharged forthwith.

DUBLIN, MARCH 27.—Mr. O'CONNELL
arrived here this morning, and will take his departure for
Downpatrick on Tuesday. A meeting has been called at
the Parliamentary Intelligence Office, for Monday, when
Mr. O'CoIoTELL will submit his plan fsr the formation of
a new Society for the improvement of Ireland, which lie
intends to base upon the principle of national union, to-
tally excluding all sectarian views. Indeed, as Irish so-
ciety is at present constituted, it would be quite idle to
hope for the success of any sectarian association. The ob-
ject of Mr. O'CoNNELL, and those who approve of his
project, is to raise up, in the place of the present inopera-
tive " Society for the Improvement of Ireland," a con-
federacy of all parties and creeds, to attend to Irish inte-
rests, and press upon the Legislature measures for the
benefit of this country.

GLASGOW.—A Society has just been formed
in Glasgow to co-operate with the Society for improving
the system of Church Patronage in Scotland ; HENRY
KNox, Esq. President, JOHN ROBERTSON and PATRICK
FALCONER, Esqrs., Vice-Presidents, Messrs. lIUCIS
BROWN, jun., THOMAS MTWAN, ANDREW APGEORGE,
ROBERT TAYLOR, JOHN FLEMING, R. B. STEWART,
ALEXANDER BANNATYNE, H. KNOX, jun., and JAMES
TnomsoN, Directors, W. T. NIMMO, Treasurer, W.
Mows's, Secretary. It is obviously of great consequence
to the Society to obtain so respectable a footing in Glas-
gow; but this, considering the nature of the cause, and
the intelligence and enterprise of that city, is just what
might have been expected. We would add, that if esta-
blishments in this island, and in this age, are to retain
their influence, they must purify themselves, so as to be
fit to contend with the rivalship of the unprivileged
churches, and the opposition of those who are indifferent
about all chcrchmanship ; and this seems very much the
object of the Church Patronage Society. The establish-
ment of the Society in Glasgow will probably lead to the
formation of a number of auxiliaries in the neighbouring
parishes.—Scotsman.

During
the past week the boats engaged in
the mackerel fishery at Penzance have been more than or-
dinarily successful. Several boats' crews sold their fish
for the London and Bristol markets, for which they imme-
diately proceeded with a favourable wind.— West Briton.
SUICIDE.—The following melancholy event
has produced a strong and painful sensation in this town.
Early on Monday morning, Mr. JAMES FRASER, painter,
Bridge-street, was missed from his lodgings. At six
o'clock as a man was proceeding up the north bank of the
River Ness towards the Bught Mills, he found near the
spring called the General's Well, a pair of boots, a hat,
and a snuff-box, containing three half crown pieces. In-
side one of the boots was a slip of paper on which the fol-
lowing lines were written with a pencil
Fare thee well and if for ever,
Still for ever fare thee well.
God bless you all, and may you never follow my example.
JAMES FRASER."
Mr. FRASER was between 30 and 40 years of age. He
was an excellent tradesman and generally respected. Pe-
cuniary embarrassment caused by some recent failures in
this town, is supposed to have hurried him into this awful
step. For the last three weeks, he had exhibited symptoms
of despondency, and was daily and hourly in dread of ruin
and disgrace. The body his not yet been found, and from
the high state of the river, it is but. too probable that it
has been carried out to sea.—lnverness Courier.

On Friday last the Forrester coach, on ar-
riving at the foot of the hill, near Mem Tor, Castleton,
Derbyshire, was upset by a sudden gust of wind. There
were nine outside passengers at the time, but fortunately
not any of them sustained serious injury from the accident
—Macclesfield Cou►ier.

The cruelty of the fair sex is felt strongly in
this quarter. A young man who intended to have accom-
panied the first emigration, has met with no less than
thirteen love disappointments, and has accordingly re-
nounced the idea of crossing the Atlantic. Another, in
this immediate neighbourhood, having been jilted, has gone
deranged, being the second in one family who has had that
misfortune.—Perth Courier.

Four brutal fellows named SAMUEL DAKIN,
19, JOHN MACDONALD, 21, JOSEPH HAZLEDINE, 18, and
JAMES HoLLINSHEAD, 18, were on Monday last, fully
committed by the Mayor of this borough to the assizes for
trial, on a charge of having severally committed a rape
upon the body of MARTHA Fox, the preceding Tuesday
evening. The prosecutrix, a girl about eighteen years of
age, was about half past seven in the evening, returning
from her employment as a silk weaver to her residence in
Sutton, by a circuitous route, for the purpose of accom-
panying another girl to her abode ; and when at the bot-
tom of Richmond Hill met the prisoners, the first named
of whom carried her into an an adjoining field, and effected
his diabolical intentions. The other prisoners, and a man
named PHILLIPS, not in custody, stood by and perpetrated
a similar outrage is succession„ -Macclesfield Courier

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

KINGSTON.-(THIS DAY.)

The business of the Assize commenced this morning. "
Mr. Justice BAILEY presided in the Criminal Court, and
the Lord Chief Justice TINDAL presides at Nisi Prius.
The usual formalities having been gone through, and
the Grand Jury sworn, at which Sir R. Taanwicr, Bart.
was foreman, the Learned Judge delivered the following
charge :

There way one case which stood early in the calendar.

It was a charge of murder. There could be no doubt that
if two persons went out to fight a duel, and used weapons
of a nature to inflict death, or say severe injury, that should
either kill the other it was murder ; and that it was not
only murder against the principal who actually caused the
fatal event, but also that it was murder as againit the
seconds, both of the surviving and of the deceased parties.
This undoubtedly was the law of the land. It would be
for them to consider how far one of the charged parties was
affected by that part of the law which rendered the second
equally guilty with the principal. The party to whom be
alluded was a young man of the name of Burne. In read-
ing over the depositions, he was sorry to find the Magic•
trate had suffered matters to be introduced which ought
not to exist, and which were calculated to prejudice one of
the accused parties. It was one of the principal features,
and a most excellent featnre it was of the English law, to
keep distinct and apart from the knowledge of the parties
who might have to try the accused individual, all particu-
lars of circumstances or acts connected with his former life
which might be calculated to raise a prejudice, or excite an
unfavourable opinion, in the mind of any one against the
party accused.