The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-20 00:00:00

T,EIt MATTEII. OF Bof6E; A BANKICCIPT

Mr. NoximauE, in. moving•thar the. commission of• bank-
.ruptcy Which* had been issued against Mr. Boyle might be
supersededi. stated. the, following rather suTprising• 'facts i —The
bankrupt had, chiefly by his own exertions, paid off debts
against.the estate to the atriount- of 719,0001, There were now
only two unclaimed debts remaining, amounting to only 14,0001.
to satisfy Vhielvtlrissigriets' had more than sufficient effects
in their hands.
The Lo tin t'llAxcELLolt said, that if the commission were
to be superseded, it must be without prejudice: to the two-out-
standing claims or to the acts which had been done by the
assignees under the commit-Sion;
7 Mr.• sII.IDW IsL, pit the part of .the assignees, said; he was
'instructed not only not to oppose the ;notion, but to state.pub-
.licly tharhiveiferiu%ediThid6*d theniselVei under the greatest
obligation to Mr: Boyle, to whose exertions,it.was owing, that
after satisfying all claims against the estate;. there noviremained.
a surplus of 600,0001-- -
The LORD CHANCELLOR, en granting the/Tuition, observed,
-that this was:worth-air the bankrupt-dies-he ever heard of in his
life.

IN Tilt OF TILE Ekjur. or PORTSMOZTII.
The Ai;ion:.;ii-7-Gk'tiztnAi. said, that certain ani4avits had
been-filed ori;hia part of his clients which he-Was desirous that
his Lordship should peruse. •• - • . • •
The Lottli-CHANcEI.Lou.-LSend them M,me, end then I
shall-be able-Ad-judge what time Will-be necessary to enable the
other; side-to i_eply. to them: • -
The ATTORNEY-PE,NERAL thought that if his Lordship
read the affidvfts,- 'particularly those of font. medical men, he
would bo-of opinion that this-was a-most. ithportaiit ease.
The ItQUD. CHANCELLOIL—I -wish to God that any other
peison had jurisdiction to try this case than. myself; I cannot
forget what occurred foitherly, when affidaVits sufficient to 'con-
vince any man-of fact were all disproved.
Mr. A.
HEALD complained that Jle tad-.been furnished with
copies of -Only a part of the affidaWts'to which the Attorney-
. General had-alluded. From vita-he had seen of : those which
had come under his notice, however, he thought it:might be his
duty to refer them to the Master, in-order to ascertain whether
certain reflections which they contained-upon third parties,-in no
way connected with the suit, should not be expunged.
Mr. WETHERELL was of opinion that the conduct of third
parties would be found very material to the case.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that.it mi be question
whether the manner in which the Earl of Portsmouth lived
with other persons was not indicative, of the state of.hismind.
Some desultory and unimportant corii;ei-Sation here look place
between the different Counsel engaged in the case, in the course
of which Mr. Heald spoke of the Earl of Portsmouth as an
alleged lunatic.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, who had not heard the former
word, begged that Counsel would not call the Earl a lunatic.
He knew well, that when he had formerly occasion to try whe-
ther he or the Earl were the best arithmetician, his Lordship
beat him (the Chancellor) all to nothing.
His Lordship then directed that Copies of the affidavits should
be given to Mr. Heald, and that the originals should be sent to
him on this day week.

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' AU-GUST 17. ••
EX-PARTE LORD CREWE'S GatAI,,IDCIIILDREN..
This case was argued before his Lordship, in his Private
room, during the whole of Tuesday last. The ATTORNEY.
GENERAL, Mr. HORNE, and Mr. BLAKE,. in Support of the
Petition ; Mr. HART Mr. SIMKINSON, and Mr; 6111E136T-
TOM, on the other side.

It was a Petition from Lord Crewe, for the appointment of a
person in the nature of a guardian to his grandchildren, and
also for the removal of a Miss Shepherd, who has for some
months been acting as their superintendant and governess,
against whom his Lordship preferred a complaint of endeavour-
ing to prevent a proper confidential intercourse between the
said infants and their relations, but more particularly with their
aunt, his daughter, towards whom, moreover, she had conducted
herself in a most offensive and insolent manner.
The LORD CHANCELLOR having intimated a wish that the
Lady should .resign, it was communicated to his Lordship 'this
day that she had done so, and an Order was made that \V. Cour-
tenay, Esq. a Master of the Court, should be appointed to
superintend the establishment of the said infants, with perver to
appoint a proper governess in the room of Miss Shepherd.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT,. AVG. 19.
John Winer, who described himself as a lamplighter, was
opposed by Mr. POLLOCK, on behalf of a Jew salesman named
Barnet, on the ground that he had not fairly Atcounted in his
schedule for 1231 b. of tobacco which he had purchased of Barnet.
The insolvent stated that he was merely hired by Barnet to
carry the tobacco from Finsbury-passage, Finsbury-rgnare, to
Shadwell Church, and having occasion on his way to turn out
of the street, he laid down his burden for that purpose, and be-
fore he returned it was carried off by thieves, and never after
heard of.

Barnet, however, swore that he sold the tobacco to the insol-
vent for 3s. 6d. iaer pound, he saying he had two customers
who would purchase it of him immediately, and that he would
return and pay. for it in a couple of hours. • This was -in the
evening on a Saturday, and not returning -as be .promised,
Barnet went to him at about 11 o'clock at night to demand the
money, 'but was only told by the insolvent in reply, " to go
and be • he .wanted such a, fool as him to, arrest him,
that he might be cleared of all his debts."
Philip Nathan, alSo a Jew, and clothes-salesman,, was sent
by Barnet the same night to the insolvent, and received a similar
answer. Barnet, -therefore,-had him arrested on the following
Monday. •
The Court-considered the insolvent's story of having lost the
tobacco too absurd for belief, unsupported as it was by the evi
den& of 'any corroborating circumstance, such as his having
raised the hue and cry when lie niissed it, &c. ; whereas the
statement made by Barnet was fully corroborated by the testi-
mony of Nathan. They therefore highly Censured -the 'con-
duct of the insolvent, and ordered him to be remanded for
nine months.