The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-15 00:00:00

IN THE CASE OF SHERIFP, A EANKEUPT.

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This Wits an application, made by Mr. MART,
upon the part. of the Assigneesi, to obtain an order
froth the Court, imperative ;on Mr.:- Ilivington, a
respeaable : Solicitor, to give up certain papers,
letters, and other documents, calculated to give per-
lea and additional information with respect to the
Bankrupt's estate.
It appeared; that Mr. Rivingten was .the Solicitor
of the Bankrupt's "littler, who had granted a gua7
rantee ter his son the Bankrupt. The latter had,
with a very small capital, , entered into parteership
with a Mr. Sundius, a Gentleman of very extensive
wealth, but who had aceeded to the firm• under,
the persuasion, that Mr, Sheriff, of Leith,, the fa-
, ther of the Bankrupt, would secure him against
the tniSmaeagetnent of his son. Securities fur that
object were rssed and accepted, and, the son had
fiited to, a ~considerable amount, viz, 23,0001. A
CetinuisOen
,of Bankruptcy was taken out, and the
twertion .upon which the present applieatioa was
founded was, whether the:Assignees had not a right
to every, paper and document of a Bankrupt, although,
they bad been, put by him previously into the hands
rif the Solicitor of another person •,
It was contended by Sir Att7cuutt ,Pitoorr, that
if such .a principle, was recognised; the confidential
papers of : a • person totally unconneeted with the
Bankrupt, in the way et his personal dealings, might
beleited upon. In the present case Mr. Riving-
ton had received them fliom the father of the Bank-
rupt, for the purpose of defending him in two ac-
tions' coter,;cneed. byJNlr. Sundiusitthe Assignee,
under the alleged guarantee. was still;,wihing
to submit them to the inspection of • itny 1X73(11.1
whom the Conti might think proper to appoint,
--
The particulars relating to the affairs of the Bank-
rupt were merely extracted from the original books
of the Bankrupt, which were iu the hands of the
Assignees,
After qt variety of'observations on both sides, his
Lordship ordered that Mr. Rivington might he al-
lowed to make an affidavit as .to the parts of the pa-
pers which he conceived necessary to his Client's de-
fence that he might be allowed to take copies of,
the extracts from the books conceived by him to be
necessary evidence, and that he might have a fUture
opportunity to apply to,that Court for the means of
'obtaining the legal evidence of such entries optin the
trial. •

Mr.*Rivington was ready to accede to any deci-
sion, empowering him to dojustice to the confidence
reposed in him by his Client, the same time that
tie was anxious to acquiesce with the wishes of the
application.

THE 'JAN. 1
newly discovered Comet hivi been occasionally visi-
hic tor several weel(Xpast at inverness,'Orkney, arc.'
When last observed, its position was .near .Andro-
meda, - and t 5 deg. south of the southernmost bright
star in Cassiopeia. It is surrounded by a distinti
coma, and may, bp moving towards the sun, but
seems not to have altered its position materially
since first ohserVed. Some have expressed doubts
of the existence di this second Comet. This re-
minds uacifswhat Puhriays in the Critic, on hearing
two morning guns--“" These fe'lows (the players)
never know when to have cone with • a good
„thing,"

In addition to the Regiments' already mentioned
as kavinviinbarked at Sicily under Sir 3, Moon u,
the 6 t st and Regiment of Watteville were seleaed ;
but, in consequence of the ohjeBt of the Expodition
being silt aside, mid reinforcement being required in
the Garrison of Gibraltar, these two Battalions were
lauded there. The 61st is 960 strong, .commanded
by Majur COWMAN.'

A swittlooted' 'hero, of the name of Hardin&
groom to a Gentleman, undertook yesterday, for a
wager Of 20 guineas, to go from Hounslow to
Slough, and back to Smallbery Green,.a distance of
24 inileß, in three hours and forty minutes. The
pedestrian, went sntnething more than seven Miles
the first hour; and the second hour he Wein seven
miles and a quarter on the heaviest ground : over
this ground he had to return, and he did iitL miles
and a quarter in 603 h,ird holm . He had three miles
And a quarter to go in tiny minutes„ and he per-
formed it with rase, in.,inclement weather. The
•1)e .L striae about fret 7 •