The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-30 00:00:00

NICHOLSON V. HAvsoN.

This was an action by the plaintiffs, who are bankers at
Leeds, to recover 600/., the amount of a promissory note lodgill
with them in 1810, as security for their advances to Messrs.
Field, Royston, and Field, who have since become bankrupts.
The defence to this action was, that Mr. Manson had, in
May, 1822, specially indorsed a bill of Messrs. Field and Co. to
the plaintiffs, in lieu of his forinn. note. Such a bill, so in-
dorsed, was produced ; but Mr. Field, one of the bankrupts,
swore that it was indorsed at his request, and not instead of the
note. On the other hand, Mr. John Mattson, a nephew of the
defendant, stated that he carried a letter from his uncle to the
bankers, on the day when the bill was indorsed, warning them
that they were to regard it 'is redeeming his former liability on
the note. The plaintiffs denied that they ever received such
letter, and treated the evidepee of this witness as wholly false.
The Um) CHIEF JUSTICE left the question and fact for
he Jury, who found a verdict for the defendant.
At three o'clock, an indictment for perjury, " The King v.
Williams," was called on for trial, but was postponed at the
request of the Counsel on both sides, as it was likely to occupy
several hours.

The Lord CHIEF.JUSTICE, finding a difficulty in filling
up the time with other causes in which parties were ready, ex.
messed a strong opinion against taking cases nut of their order,
and intimated to the Bar that he wits not bound to rise at any
customary hour.
At last a common Jury cause, of no public interest, was
taken, and occupied the Court till near six o'clock.

COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRUPTS, GUILDHALL.

IN BE P. F. ANDnEw.

The Conunissioners sat on the adjourned examination of
this bankrupt.
Since the last public examination of this bankrupt a private
investigation before the Commissioners has taken place, which
was of a most extraordinary description. The bankrupt, on
being asked whether he was prepared either to reconcile the
consistencies of his former examinations, or to furnish more
explicit accounts than hitherto given in, replied that the ac-
counts previously sworn to were erroneous and imperfect,
and the statement* he had made altogether fictitious. He
was then called upon to amend the latter instanter, and
in answer to questions put to him by Mr. Wilde, he said
that a sense of shame and desire of concealment had in-
duced him to suppress a fact which he now had found it
necessary to admit, in order to account in part for the de.
ficiency in his balance-Acct. During the time he resided in
Edward-strect, Brighton, Mrs. Andrew went on a visit to her
relations at Puthorough, where she remained a fortnight ;
during that period he had admitted various damsels into his
house, and who, of course, had possessed some claims on
his generosity. These admissions might have amounted
in number to ten or a dozen. The parties he had thus
been connected with might have been five or six ; he
could not say, but he might have invited the same ladies
frequently; used to admit them sometimes at the back door,
but more frequently took them through the shop ; slept up
stairs—his son and the servant sleeping on the same floor.
The ladies were not common women—would not say whe.
ther they were married women or not, but could safely. assure
the Court they were tine women—very fine women indeed.
—They used sometimes to throw gravel up at his bed-rootsi
window, when he would go down and let them in. Did no
recollect whether he burned a rush-light—thought he did some-
times. Did not pay the ladies who honoured him with
their company very liberally—generally gave them a trifle,
but after be had removed horn Edward-street to West.
street, they used to call upon him for money, which he gave
them to a considerable amount, being afraid of his wife
hearing of the Ai& ; titcy were, however, always very civil;
used to send the women off before it was daylight ; frequently
gave them two or three sovereigns at a time; thinks he
may have given them on buttered pounds, perhaps more—
perhaps less. Ilas reason to think his son used to take money
nut of' the till ; knows he was very wild, and for a long while
under the hands of a doctor; he cannot say how much he has
taken; would not positively say that he had so done, but has
grounds for suspecting it ; allowed hint to remain in the shop,
and to have controul over the receipts to the time he left
Brighton, although he had been made acquainted, by Dr.
Ivory, of his son's wild conduct three months before ; did not
say any thing to his son on the subject then or since.
Mr. WILDV, Counsel for the assignees, was unavoidably ab-
sent, and Mr. POLt.ocx, for the bankrupt, prayed time of the
Court for his client ,to put in an amended statement. of his ac-
counts, He observed that his client was evidently 11-12ths of
a fool, and allowing the remainder to be knavery, he trusted
the predominance of the former quality would obtain for him
ail the indulgence which it was in the power of the Court to
grant.
One of the assignees rather doubted the correct proportion of
Mr. Pollock's adineasurement.
underru the commission,
The Court, however, agreed to the request of Mr. Pollnck.
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space of the western side, which is now in a considerable state
of forwardness. A new walk, for public convenience, has been
made on the outside of this railing, and a suitable opening
made to it from St. James's NOE:

SLccezas Rcrnov}:n.—A rodhudiit preacher
p,
observing that several of his congregation had
fallen aslee
suddenly exclahned with a loud
voice, " A lire,a lire !"—" Where, where!" cried
his awakened auditors, " In the place of punish.
ment," added the preacher, " for those uho
bleep under the ministry of the Holy Gospel."