The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-23 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE

COURT O 1 CHANCF,RY, JULY 21.

E:IPARTR BFATON IN RE BEATOV.

Mr. ANDERTON filireCd in this ea.,.e to discharge Robert Bea.
ton, a ban frog, the curtimtment of the Subdivision
Court in Bankrupt,..y. The fiist oljection to the commit:wnt
was, that the Subdivision Court, in its examination of the
ba;:krupt, did not refer to and continuo the previous xami.
nation of the bankrupt before a single Commissioner, but pro-
ceeded to exami:,e him de novo. The second objection wag,
that the warrant of commitment did not state with sufficient
clearness and precision the reasons for which he was com-
mitted. .

Mr. SWANSTON met the first objection by contending that.
according to established practice, the commitment iv:.uld
have been wrong if the Subdivision Court had not fully exa-
mined he bankrupt de novo. The second objection they con-
tended Was also incapable of being supported.
The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinio❑ that the first objec-
tion was not entitled to much cof sPeraticri. With rospect to
the seco;.d objection, his Lore ship thou4ht that the language
ttcd in the warrant of commitment had the same import as the
words presented by the Statute, and that the commitment was
perfectly legal.
Mr. ArDERTON, after the disposal of thcs: two legal ques-
tions, proceeded to contend on the facts of the case, that there
was nothing in the general oxamination of the bankrupt to
warrant his commitment.

The LORD CHANCELLOR was clearly of opinion that the
bankrupt had not given a satisfactory account of his property,
and he, therefore, dismissed the application with costs. The
casts of resisting the motion to be paid out of the bankrupt's
estate.

OXFORD CIIIC Ul t—SitmerrsßußY, JULY 20.

Lord Abinger arered here yesterday afternoon, and having
opened the Commissbn, attended [divine service. The civil
business commonecd this morning at nine o'clock. There
are but five causes entered, one of which, a special jury base,
b lag a question of pedigree, is expected to occupy a conside-
rnble time. Beyond this there does not appear to be anything
of particular importance. The calendar contains only sixteen
prisoners. There is one case of murder.

William Bast&bury, a collier, aged 39, was indicted for
the wilful murder of John Machin, also a collier.
After hearing evidence, his Lordship summed up, and the
jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter. Sentence—Twelve
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AND
HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT KENSINGTON.

On Saturday appeared some particulars of a daring robbery
committed on a lady named Auterac, residing at Kensing-
ton. Miss Auterac having given a description of her assail-
ant, extra policemen were in consequence placed in the
neighbourhood, for the purpose of securing the villain, should
he again attempt a similar outrage ; when nothing was heard
of him until Saturday afternoon, when, as a gentleman of
the name of Senior, residing at No. 2, Norland-place, Not-
ting-hill, accompanied by his son and daughter, two chil-
dren about eight and ten years of age, was proceeding up
the line whir° Mis ; Auterac was attacked, he was stopped
by a fellow answering the description given, who stepping up
to Mr. Senior, and presenting two pistols to his breast de-
mand " his money or his life." Mr. Senior seeing no im-
mediate assistance near, and fearing his children might, if the
ruffian fired receive the charge intended for him, with great
presence of mind pushed them from him, and at the same
instant his murderous assailant snapped both the pistols at him.
That in his right hreal fortunately missed fire, but the one in
his left hand was discharged, Mr. Senior receiving the con-
tents in his right side near the groin M-.:Seniar, although feel-
leg himself woundee, with great determination seized the villain
by the throat, and, though he mode a ma_t desperate resistance,
succeeded in keeping fast h&c' of him until a man named Coe,
a gardener in the service of the Duke of Bedford, at Camp-
deabill, followed by a servant in the establishment of Sir John
Frazer, arrived to his assistance, when his assailant was with
great difficulty secured and conveyed toward, Kensington,
meeting with polio e constable White, T. 119, he was given
into charge. On reach'ng the station-house, and being
brought before Inspector Black, he behaved with the greatest
impudence and effrontery, first saying his name was John
Brown, and then saying they might enter it in the charge-
sheet as " Jack Turpin" if they pleased ; and when ques-
tioned as to his residence he said that they might put down
that he had none, or that he lived a hundred miles off. On
searching him there were found on him the two pistols,
one of which was loaded up to the muzzel, a bag con-
taining fifteen bullets, a phial, and two papers of power. a
duplicate for a silk handkerchief, and a weapon of a
most murderous description, about two feet long, with a
knob of formidable dimensions at one end, and a string to
Lsten round the wrist at the other. Previous to his being
locked up Miss Auterac was brought to the.station-house by
Pummell, the Kensington beadle, when she immediately iden-
tified him as the person by whom she was stopped on Wed-
nesday, and he was in consequence detained on both charges.
At seven o'clock on Saturday he was before F. P. Barlow,
Esq., the sitting magistrate at Kensington, the magistrate a
room being crowded to excess, and the outside of the house
surroundei by hundreds of persons, when the whole of the
witnesses not being in attendace, after a short preliminary in-
vestigation, he was remanded for further examination till this
day. Mr. Senior has, we understand, been but slightly in-
jured, the purse in his pocket turning off the shot with which
the pistol was loaded, several of which,. however, penetrated
his left hand while attempting to turn the muzzle of the weapon
up wards.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 20.—The
business transacted this week has been moderate, at steady prices. The
London market is so much below Bristol, that our trade is (as is so
awn the case) restricted to those places, few comparatively in number,
that cannot readily supplied from other ports. We may naturally, there-
fore, expect to see the demand in London continue, as it has late),
beon, very great—for the London dealers have our trade and their
own : their market may even advance in consequence, without
mending our position. There is no life nor energy here; no MO
who wants 20 hhds., will buy 40 ; London must advance to ours
(which is rather a remote spculation) or we must decline to their
standard. We don't think there are two opinions which event will take
place.—Bristol Mercury.
On Saturday last a fine active child, three years Of
age, the son of William Lloyd, gatekeeper, at Machynlleth, Mont'
gomeryshire, was thoughtlessly despatched by another lad to a neigh'
inuring house, to bring a light wherewith to light a pipe. The little
fellow departed on his errand, but was instantly heard to shriek veil&
mently, and his agonized father, on rushing to his assistance, beheld
him enveloped in flames! In his efforts to extinguish them the father
was fearfully sc ,rehed ; but the poor boy was released from his suffer'
ings by death on the ensuing morning.—Shreresbury Chronicle.
SHROPSHIRE.--The prejudices excited against the
New Poor Law among the ignorant and the interested, are, we trust,
cv po-ating, no'withstat ding the mischievous (Mats of some who t ewe
to ex ci!e hatred against he Local Commissioner and the Guradians , the
former has had surpassing toil in contending with ignorant prejt•erce in
some districts in North Wales. In this vicinity thirteen Unions 11:ice
been established : the aged and infirm are contented and grateful ; nvni
able.bodi,d persons have been compelled to industry, and have thriven
and bce:•t happier than when they were dependant beggars.—Shretos
bury Chronicle.

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