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offer, but ultimately, through Ur. Cooke, his coun-
sel, he agreed to set aside 401. a year for the liquida-
tion of his debts.

This offer was accepted by the Court, and an agree-
ment to that effect was ordered to be appended to the
schedule.
Upon the insolvent's application the first quarterly
payment of 101. was ptistpondd until Midsummer
next.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Lew.
IN RE MARY JONES.

IN RH JAMES CUM
This insolvent, an applicant for a protecting
order, was opposed by Mr. SANDFORD for Messrs.
Edgecumbe and Evans, upon the ground of having
improperly disposed of certain silk goods which had
been intrusted to him to make up for sale. The
debt thus due to the opposing creditors was
351. 15s. 6d.

Mr. Commissioner LAW said this was a case which
under the other jurisdiction of the Court would not
entitle the insolvent to an immediate discharge, and
he should act here upon the same principle. As the
balance-sheet was defective, he should, to allow of
amendments being made, name a day for the final
order, which would on the next:occasion be either re-
fused or adjourned sine die.
(Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.)

IN RE THOMAS ROBERT SKIDMORE, THE ELDER.
This insolvent was opposed by Mr. WOOLLETT for
several creditors, named Hay. It appeared that the
insolvent had some years ago been appointed executor
with his sister under the will of a Mrs. Sanders, who
left 1001. to be divided among the children of the in.
solveitis sister upon the decease of the latter. These
children, nine in number, were the present opposing
credi`ors. The insolvent said he had allowed his
sister (now dead) to have the money, and took her
receipt for it.

Arr. Commissioner Pnu.mps said the case was
clearly one of a breach of trust, and as such deserved
the strong reprehension of the Court. He should
name no day for the consideration of the final order.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
Before Mr. Sergeant An.ims, Assistant-Judge, and
a Bench of Magistrates.)
ABSENCE OF COUNSEL.—Edward Brunton and John
Neal were indicted yesterday for an assault upon a
person of the name of Barratt.
The attorney for Neal, on the case being called,
rose and addressing the Court, said that Mr. 13a113a -
tine had been retained to defend his client, but that
Learned Gentleman was:not in Court. It was very
hard, then, that his client, who was to have been
defended by Counsel, should be compelled to take his
trial without his Counsel being in attendance. The
brief and the feelhad both been given to the Learned
Gentleman weeks and weeks since, and yet his client
was now expected to take his trial without his Counsel
being there to defend. him.
The Learned JUDGE said it was not in his power to
help the attorney in the matter. All he could do was
to recommend to attorneys to give briefs to those
Learned Counsel who would attend.
The Attorney observed that this was not the first
instance where he hal been served in this manner by
Counsel. lie should, however, know how to act in
future.
The Learned JUDGE said, the case must now pro-
ceed, for the jury had already been sworn in it, when
Mr. PAYNE, who was engaged for the prosecution,
stated that his Learned Friend Mr. Meller would de-
fend the case in the absence of Mr. Ballantine.
The Attorney was much obliged to the Learned
Gentleman. But it was a very hard case—it was a
grea t hardship. Mr. Meller had kindly offered to
defend his client, but then he could not at.a moment
become so well acquainted with the facts and bear-
ings of the case as the proper Counsel. Then he must
say that he considered it to be extremely unfair that
Counsel should take "fees" and afterwards "re-
freshers," and then not make their appearance to dis-
charge the duty for which those " fees" and those "re-
freshers" had been paid to them.
The Learned JUDGE told the attorney he could not
hear him, for the Court did not know who he was.
He must, therefore, ask him to hold his tongue. The
case must proceed.
The trial was then proceeded with, and Mr. MEL.
LER CrOSS•EXaMitled the witnesses for the defendant
Neal.

Before the evidence had been brought to its termi-
nation,
Mr. .AIELLER suggested to the defendants that it
would be better that they should withdraw their
former plea 'and plead " Guilty," if the Court would
permit the adoption of such a course.
The Learned JUDGE considered that under the cir-
cumstances the advice of the Learned Counsel was
founded on good sense and judgment.
The defendants, prior to these remarks, having in-
timated their inclination to adopt the suggestion, now
pleaded " Guilty," whereupon
The COURT sentenced them to pay a fine of ss.
each, and to enter into their own recognisances to
keep the peace for six months.
William Augustus Ghisliu, George Ghislin, and
Martin Hansell were indicted for an assault com-
mitted upon a man of the name of Mills, at the
Satirist office, in the Strand, on the 30th of Sep-
tember.
The defendants defended themselves in person.
It appeared that the defendants, the two Ghislins,
were the occupiers of the Satirist-office, 334, Strand,
of which Barnard Gregory is the proprietor. The
latter had served them with notice to give up posses-
sion, it would seem ; and that possession was to ter-
minate on Michaelmas-day, the 29th of September.
Finding, however, that the defendants did not quit
the premises, Gregory on the following day sent seven
men to turn them out ; and the prosecutor now gave
the following description of the transaction:—A person
of the name of Timm, who, he added, was his master,
was a carpenter, and also the editor of the Satirist
newspaper, and the Ghislins were not only connected
with the paper, but were the occupiers of the premises.
On the morning of the 30th of September, Gregory,
Timm, and others went to eject the Ghislins, and to
take possession of the house, which they eventually
succeeded in accomplishing by forcibly putting them
out. In the course of the day, however, the Ghislins,
having obtained an additional force, went back, and
after a renewed struggle achieved a victory by turning
out Timm and Co. About ten o'clock
at night the
prosecutor went to the house, and, having knocked,
was admitted, but had no sooner asked for his master,
Timm, than the defendants commenced beating him
with great violence, and ultimately pushed him out
into the street. He was so severely beaten that some
persons who were in the street at the moment took
him to a neighbouring public-house and had him
cleansed from the blood with which he was covered.
The prosecutor, both in his evidence in chief and
in his cross-examination, contradicted his previous
statements as to particular facts. He also stated that
the day after the assault the matter had been investi-
gated before Mr. Jardine, at Bow-street, and that
that gentleman had refused to grant him either a
summons or a warrant against the defendants, not-
withstanding he had made the same statement to that
magistrate, and given the same description of the as-
sault, as on the present occasion.
The Learned JUDGE felt quite sure he could not
have dome so; for, had he, there was no magistrate
but w ssl.l have granted him the summons or the
wart He had known Mr. Jardine for thirty
and he could say of him, that there was not a
upright man nor a more efficient magistrate
s 1 the bench. It was perfectly clear that the story
...en at Bow-street and that on the present occasion
e.ust have been very different.
The prosecutor repeated his assertion that the two
versions had been the same.
The prosecutor was subjected to a long cross-
examination by two of the defendants, in the course
of which
The jury interfered, saying that their time was
being unnecessarily wasted.
Another witness, of the name of Richards, was then
called. His evidence in some parts corroborated, and
in others contradicted, the statement of the prose-
cutor, and, therefore, without the defendants being
called on for their defence,
The jury said they should acquit them.
Verdict, Not Guilty accordingly.

ANALYSIS OP THAMES WATER.—Mr. Faraday, in
one of his recent lectures at the Royal Institution, stated
that the result of a series of experiments in which he
had been lately engaged, went to show that the compo-
nent parts of the fluid, erroneously called water, filling
the bed of the Thames, were as follow :—Pure mud,
three-sixths ; impure mud, four tenths ; essence of dead
dogs, ten-fifths ; scum, eight-ninths ; froth, six fourths;
sediment, two-eighths ; deposit 12-11ths ; water, 0.
ROBBERY IN AN OMNIBUS.—On Saturday a lady
received 173/. in the Bank of England, end upon leaving
the Bank to:,k an omnibus to Farringdon-street, where
she left the omnibus for a Chelsea steam-boat, which
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This insolvent was a lunatic confined in Gloucester
gaol, and was represented for the purposes of this Act
of Parliament by Charles Jones, the detaining and
only creditor.
The insolvent was ordered to be discharged.
Mr. MAcamt, on behalf of Charles Jones, moved
for his appointment as assignee, and read an affidavit
from that person, setting forth that there was a sum
of 1781. in a Gloucester bank belonging to the insol-
vent, which would more than pay his debt.
Mr. Commissioner Law asked if there was any
affidavit ,liowing that there were no other creditors ?
Mr. :lA.CRAE replied he had none.
M Commissioner Law said, in that case it would
I,E,mature to appoint any person; and the
as representing the insolvent, was bound to give
the Court all the information within his knowledge
relating to the insolvent's affairs. The application for
the present could not be granted.