The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, DBC. 22.

A WHOLESALE DEALER.—JocI George Young, whose
case was before the Court on a former occasion, came up
for judgment. This insolvent, whose case presented some
remarkable features, had been three times a bankrupt, and
had twice petitioned as an insolvent debtor ; but his pro-
ceedings on both occasions were dismissed. He was now
described as a general merchant, and his debts and liabilities
were stated at 9,8701. 13s. 2d., of which he had received
consideration for 4,8891. 17s. 2d. ; he had no tangible pro-
perty, and had no less than 125 creditors. From Mr.
Seward, an upholsterer, Blackman street, Borough, he had
obtained furniture and money, amounting together to up-
wards of 401. Whilst a ruler of the King's Bench prison,
he called on that creditor, represented himself as a man of
property, and ordered some expensive articles, which were
made to his order. The goods were delivered at No. 38,
Bridge House-place, Newington Causeway. The insolvent
called soon afterwards with a bill of exchange for 401., ac-
cepted by a person named Hobbs, whom he represented as
possessed of property ; he desired the difference of 71. odd,
telling him to deduct his account. Mr. Seward had not the
money at the time, but he gave his I. 0. U. for the sum of
71., which was presented when he was out of town, and the
money obtained ; no portion of the debt had been obtained,
and it had been ascertained that the acceptor was a female
servant. The insolvent, after he had obtained the goods
and money, told a man named Evans that he wished he
could catch such a d—d fool every day.
Mr. Wyse, ironmonger, &c., at Putney, the second op-
posing creditor, complained that the insolvent owed him
upwards of 601., contracted in a somewhat singular manner.
He had completed some work for him on houses at Twicken-
ham which he believed were his property, and there re-
mained a balance of 271., for which he was pressed ; be
said, " My dear fellow, I will pay you your bill, and lend
you a 1001. any time you want it." He was thanked for his
kindness, and told he would be troubled for the rum of
50/. ; he brought a bill of exchange, drawn on " J. Web-
ster," for 25/., which he gave to him on account of the debt
due, and afterwards brought him a bill on the same party
for 501., to assist him. He left the house, but returned in
a hurried manner with a slip of paper, saying " Life's un-
certain ; pat your name on this to acknOwledge the bill I
have lent you." The paper was partly covered, and Mr.
Wyse wrote his name. Some time afterwards he was
threatened to be arrested for 50/., and discovered that the
paper he bad signed was a stamp, and he had paid 251. to
get out of the mischief. He positively stated that the word
" accepted" was not in his handwriting. The bill lent to
him by the insolvent had not been used, and the other had
not been paid. It was ascertained that "J. Webster" was
non invenlus.

It was contended that the insolvent had practised a series
of frauds, and a remand of the utmost extent was prayed.
The insolvent had acted with a malignity of heart seldom
witnessed.

The Learned COMMISSIONER, in giving judgment, said
the sentence was, that the insolvent be imprisoned at the
suit of Mr. Beck for eight months for a vexatious defence,
and at the suit of Mr. Seward, Mr. Wyse, Mr. Gough,
Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Watson, to eighteen calendar months,
for fraudulently contracting their several debts.

On Thursday evening, as the True Briton coach,
which leaves Huddersfield for Manchester at four o'clock,
was going down the hill on the opposite side of Stannedge,
the driver, owing to the darkness of the evening, drove the
coach completely off the road, and upset it. Several of the
passengers were injured, but not materially.
Wheat•sowing, in consequence of the late stormy
weather, has been lamentably protracted. Much seed,
usually in the ground about the middle of November, even
yet remains unscattered, on account of the soddened state
of the soil.

We arc informed that a School of Design is about
to be formed at Paisley by the leading manufacturers of the
town. It is to be hoped that the example shown by our
sagacious Scotch neighbours will not be lost on the manu-
facturers of Yorkshire and Lancashire.

For several days past the inhabitants of the Hay-
market hare been greatly inconvenienced by not being pro-
perly supplied with water. Application was made to the
Water Company, who caused workmen to examine the
large main water-pipes : when, on Saturday night, an
enormous eol was found alive in one of them, which from
its size prevented the proper flow of water. The eel mea-
sured four feet, and the body nearly twelve inches in cir-
cumference. The inhabitants havo since been properly
supplied with water.
On Wednesday last a female named Ann Burkitt,
in a moment of great excitement, jumped from the attic
story of the work-house in Great St. Andrew's parish,
Cambridge, on to the pebble pavement, and with the ex-
ception of a few slight wounds and bruises of the flesh, she
is otherwise unhurt. This escape from broken bones, says
a correspondent, "is marvellous, and reminds us of what
occurred in the Barnwell theatre some years since, where
a false alarm of fire occasioned the greatest confusion, in the
midst of which nine women jumped from the gallery into
the pit, but not one of them had a bone broken."—Cant-
bridge Chronicle