The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-28 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

Yesterday Nathaniel Stockwell, who lately carried on the
business of a baker at No. 13, Queen-street, Islington, was op-
posed by Mr. POLLOCK, at the instance of the Metropolitan
Society, on behalf of Thomas Reynolds, Robert Gillett, and
Vowles; and by John Howse in person. It appesr-
ed that in the month of January the insolvent introduced him-
self to the opposing creditors, who are flour factors, at the
Corn Exchange, as a fortunate youth who would soon be in-
dependent of business° he being entitled to the estate of
Sandywell, in Gloucestershire, worth from 12,0001. to
14,000/. per annum ; and stated that Messrs. Brougham
and Denman had engaged, for a sum of 20,000/. to esta-
blish his claim at law. He also said that his friends had
given him 500/. to go into business with, and would advance
him as much more as he required. His cause, he added, was
to be settled at the next Gloucester Assizes, and he had then
in his possession two documents for which he had been offered
3,000/., and 1001. a-year, but he had refused to give them up,
.or even to trust them into the hands of his Counsel, Messrs.
Brougham and Denman, and had got a solicitor to copy them
at his own house. Confiding in the truth of these representa-
tions, which were strengthened by the testimony of tuo of his
associates, named Cullyer and Perry, the opposing creditors
let him have a large quantity of flour, upwards of 100 sacks,
on credit for which they never were paid ; and one of them
sold him his shop and business. At a meeting of the insol-
vent's creditors, he was asked to give up the documents he had
,tated to be in his possession, as a security for his debts; to
which he replied, that they were in the hands of a lawyer, and
he should be able to produce them at the end of a week.
When that period had elapsed, the insolvent was in prison.
Mr. Denman was called, and stated, that he knew nothing
of the case to which the insolvent had alluded, nor had he ever
even heard of the Sandywell estate, or seen " the fortunate
youth," in the insolvent box, before in his life. There was
not the slightest truth in the story he had told, so far as re-
garded him (Mr. Denman.)
The insolvent denied having ever stated that lie was entitled
to any property in Gloucestershire, or that Mr. Brougham or
Mr. Denman were engaged to recover it for him. John NVil-
hams, his father-in-law, however, who kept sedan-chairs in
the city of Gloucester, was a claimant for the Sandywell estate,
for which he was at -law, and the cause would have been tried
at the last Gloucester Assizes, but for the sudden death of his
attorney. This was the only representation he had made to his
creditors.

Mr. POLLOCK having been heard for the opposition,
Mr. CooKE, on behalf of the insolvent, contended that the
opposing creditors had deprived themselves of just ground of
complaint, by not having taken the precaution of making some
inquiry into the insolvent's circumstances before they parted
with their goods, instead of adopting his representation of them,
which, if their account of it was correct, was almost too absurd
to be believed by a child, ushed in as it was by the phrase
" fortunate youth," which proverbially accompanied the most
glaring misrepresentation. Indeed, it was utterly impossible
that they could have credited such a ridiculous story, and there-
fore that could not have been the ground on which they had
been induced to trust him.
Mr. Commissioner HARnts observed, that it was not neces-
sary for the Court to discriminate between how much of the
insolvent's story had been believed, and how much discredited
by his creditors. it was quite clear that they had been induced
through his misrepresentation, aided by the conduct of two
associates, to part with their property to him. It was impos-
sible to conceive a more audacious fraud than had thus been
perpetrated upon his creditors. The judgment of the Court
therefore was, that he remained within the walls of the prison
for a period oflB calendar months.
Robert Rochester was opposed by Mr. HEATH, on behalf of
John Bond, and by another creditor in person. The insolvent
having been discharged under the Act in 1823, he was examin-
ed by his Counsel, Mr. COOKE, to shew that his debts since
incurred had been the consequence of unavoidable misfortune.
But in this he failed, as his present debts, amounting to 1,4001.,
appeared to have been incurred within about two years through
accommodation-bill transactions. His petition was therefore
dismissed.

ASCENDING AND DESCENDING HYDROSTATIC
CARRIAGE.—A Mr. GEORGE F. REEVE, of Orange
county, New York, has constructed an engine,
which not only exhibits an eccentricity of ingen-
uity in the inventor, and a pleasing novelty to
the beholder, but bids very fair to become exten-
sive in its practical utility to the community. The
design of the engine being to transport goods or
articles by aid of water, any distance, where there
is a sufficient quantity and fall for any given
distance. Its leading principles consist of a wheel
and axis, with floats or buckets, adapted to a race
or trough, whose angle or incidence is adapted to
the fall, or other circumstantial conveniences.
the race, waterpraacret
partial
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Upon each end of the axis of this wheel is a cog
wallow wheel, which works into a rack or cog
plate, which is placed upon the top on each side
of the race, and which answers for what may not
improperly be termed' a rail-way. The engine
being situated at the foot of the race, and the
water let in, and operating upon the floats, turns
wheel being peered with the
the wheel, and by the wallow eft
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hltmeels'ade to descend with the velocity the wheel' ascends ;. and by a
supply of
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last, as Mr. Woakes, music and dancing master,
was,
by Wooirton, in the parish of King's
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large mushroom, which he picked,
with two
Younger ones/ called buttons. He mea-
sured the large one in
,the presence of several re-
spectable persons at Weobley, and it proved to
be two feet eleven inches in circumference ; one
of the buttons,
not open in the slightest degree,,
ten inches and a half, and weighing five. ounces.
The larger mushroom was afterwards boiled for
the supper of the party, was very delicious, and'
more than could be eaten by them all'