The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-15 00:00:00

POLICE.

• 111AwsroN-HOir'SE.—A woman of the name of
Palmer, Who was last week committed -from the
Mansion-house to the Poultry-Compter, to take
her trial for slicip4ifting, contrived to effect her
escape, .a few evenings since, in • the following
. singular .manner.:-,--Two or three female acquaint-
ances haying called on her, when they were de-
. parting, in the dusk of' the evening, she bent
her body, and placed herself under the peticoats-
-of one .of the, women, having previously taken
off her -shoes, to prevent the keeper's attention
beting ,attracted by the sound of her steps, and by
thi"s manoeuvre she made good her retreat:: While
Watd, the keeper, was opening the door, the bet,.
ter,to distracthis attention, one,ef therladies gave
hinrr a good-natured tap on one side of, his cheek;
and-accosted him in very friendly terms, while her
companiotv played the, same trick on. the-other.
I inmeoiately on the escape being discovered,- Ward
toinmenced a search after the stray lamb: he. was
-unsuccessful for several days, but at length traced
her from a .house in Oxford-street, to lodgings
near Bethlehem, where he yesterday re-appreh end-
.-her, and she was conducted to 'her -former
lodgings. -
Theper -son with whom she cohabits is a
jour-
neyman boot-closer; but .notwithstanding•his ap-
parent4overty, the room in. which the prisoner
resided, was found well stocked with hosiery,
linen-drapery, and a variety of miscellaneous ar-
tide's. A numherof. letters were-also discovered,
fr-Om which it, appeared that the prisoner was the
Wile, of a initn lately.executed at Hertford for for-
•
,

A. respectable looking woman was,, summoned
by a-Banker's clerk', for refusing to pay two
.pounds, . being theamoulk of a forged Bank of
England note, :which had been paid by her above
d'w"Cek .ago.,. The gentleman confessed he:put no
nark upon the note at the time he received it;
but he ,afterwards put such a mark upon it, as
convinced him it was one' of the NOtes he had re-
ceived ill payment for a bill. of nine ,poimas, and.
swore to it; when the defendant was .obliged to
_pay the two pounds.
A man was brought up by Goff, charged on
-suspicon of horse-stealing, under
,the following
-circumAtinees :—A 'few eveninrs.,:.;ince„a. 2-cutlet:nail
.on horseback stopt at the corner o`f the eqi-tlin Inn-
B • s.O c. ,in otougn,:w hcl'e.tao pi ner
111 L.std dS 411 Osth.l au.t
could be taken into bait; the prisone;,•ins2'veted in
the a tknaative, and tide lkiirse was d4i7c4,1;7.;ci to Lim.
As.sOOn aF, tne gentleman was, gpatt,..L.l-.r
•priSon(ri.nz.)uuted, rodc.out of town, erid the
horse for -sale at ham : not meeting
to his mind, .he rettirned to Lo;r:-,i1 ; arid ltif9
n,stio:: vi the circurnstarices ha, 1.-,g in the Inf:an-
tinie been given to Oolf, lie cliscc,‘,TJ.ed, the, pri-
soner. at the Thin. Horse public hc-..;sse, in .the
Borough, and took him into custodv, the hort:e
was 'fOundn pnt at the ilo:se-shoe. public:-IvJuse.
The prisoner was conimitted for re.--xan:lnatio...

The weather appearing rine, Min: tbe prospect
of a beautiful-harvest, and a large 'quantity of
wheat being brought beer sale'at Warminster 2121.-
ket, last Saturday, occasioned a rechietion in the
pi ice trout 83-. to 10s. perquArter. e
Potatoes arc expected to be very abundant; and,
of coarse, very cheap this season. There never
was a year when more were .planted;- in all parts
of the -country,. and every where they appear very
promising. So al:Linda:it they are likely to ploVe,
that in many places, except for feeding, they will
icarcely pay the farmer.
Three men have been taken out :of - vessel
lying el' Cowes, on suspicion' of being- aecom-
Tikes with Williams, who put an end to
leis ex,-
isteace after Ole murders of the ALlrrs and-Wii
432Asong:

LAW P,'-g,f'ORT.

C!' /R 29 r*, CHANCE z, AuG. t 4.

Elc-PARTE MOLINE IN TUE MATTEE OP IttE:/i-X.
was an application on' the part of the As--
signeea of the Bankrupt, to have the proof of the
debt .ctairned on by Messrs. Downe, Thornton
and kree, anthupting in all to 12,000/. expunged
to the extent 0f'12,0001. on the ground that there
was a cash halancesto that amount in the Bank-
ript'i favour, on the, faCe of the account kept
'With Kira by.the,Eankers, which =had not been al-
lowed . hirn. , gr. Free, ithweVer. having. now
Oled an affidavit, in which be swore, that on a
fair statement accounts between the parties,
the balance in'favour of Messrs. Downe, Thorn-
ton and Co. amounted to upwards of 13,0001. and
that he,bad.deducted the balance appearing. tin the
face of the cash account for this stam,.hefore
proof WaS made under the commission.

The L 91113 CHANCELLOR, after hearriss
RICEtAIiDS in support. of. the petition,, and Sir S.
ROMILLY and Mr. 'MONTAGU :-IgailSt it, ordered
the proof of the debt to stand; the z•;olicitor for
Messrs. Doivne, Thornton cnd CO,ailowinp.; to
On other pirty inspection of their hooks, in 'or-
der to satisfy theta as to the accuracy -of the ba-
lance.

. .
.ET=petrtC:ACE.'3o7S in the mfittei of rACKSOX.

Sir A..Prco77, Mr. LEAen, and Mr.ll..ktrn.BY;
stated this• CR'e at considerable Lengtlt, ou the
part of the Perftloner, who prav(-d that. INiessrs.
Boidercp.nd Co. -proving th‘.! c'sebt' ctainled by
then) from the cztate of :the baokrupt, Henry
Jackson, Shoilld have the turn for which they
were to he allowed to:prove .liLr.ited to f::6,00)01.
;ostead of 60,0001. the sum orijnally, claime,l by
them, btit since restricted. to 58,0001. The eti-
.
Eon stated a variety of ..proCeedings relative
transactions between the parties ; 14rticnlerly rc-
latiye. to ,au entry in the books of Bolder°. and Co.
of a payment made by that house to, the Bankrupt
on the,-16;214 October 1795, of 25,0001. Which the

f . .
Bank'spot undertook to repay, by_transferring to
`diem 50,00(il. in the 3 per cents. then selling at 514
per cent. The items which constituted this sum
of 25,000'. were, on investigation, disatio,wed by
the Commissioners 'in the proof of Messrs. Bol-
dero and Co.'s debt. The Lord Chancellor
lowed Messrs. Boldero and Co. tO bripg 'action
or actions at law, for proving the amount of their
claim against the Bankrupt's estate ; an action
was accordingly tried
.in the Conrt
.of King's
Bench for ascertaining this fact, in which a case
was reserved for the consideration of the Court ;
who. ultimately sustained the verdict to the amount
Only of 26,000/. Since this decision of the Court
of Law, a petition had been presented to his
Lordship by Messrs. Boldero and Co. praying to
be all Owed to prove for this sum of 26,0001. 4ti
.also for a-Variety of items in their books, amount*
ing, with the exception of one article,. to such a
sum,' as, with the 26,0001. -allowed by the Cou-it
of King's Bench, made u.p their original reStict-
ed.dethand of 55,0001. In consequence of this
application on tte part of Bolder° and Co. the
present Petition, for having their demand re-
stricted to the.sunlallowed.by the Coon of King's
Bench, bevime necessary. The ground oft'elat
decision was, that the contract, under which the
advances were made "by Messrs: Bolder° and
to the Bankrupt, was usurious ; and the Learned
Counsel submitted, his Lordship haVing allowed
Messrs. Bolderos to try this point in such a man-
ner as,they thought best, ana the Court of LaW
having decided it against them, that his Lordship ,
neither could, nor would consider himself called
on to' interfere. •
Sir S. ROMILLY and Mr. BELL contended;that
there was nothing decided by the Court of King's
Bench which could atall preclude-the interference
of his Lordship, or bar him from decidingon' the
-application now made to him, which was entirely
distinct from, the question which had been under
the consideration of the Court of Law. The Confr.
of King's Bench had no doubt deeided, that if the
.hou3e of Boldero and Co. had paid tO the bank-
rupt the sum cf 25,0001. and had taken an o;Iiga:.
-•tion from him to give them in return, stock to the
amount of 50,0001. it then selling at 514lrer Bent.
that was an usurious transaction, which could not
be supported: The points now put to hiS Loyd-
ship, however, as to the different itenis' On which

13oidero,'nnA -Co. now claimed to, be ailow.-ed td

prove, on bankrupt's estate, had never been
before the Court of Kin?-'s Bench. The entry of
the payment of the 17!5,0A1.' and the sale by the
Bankrupt of stock, were twrcly. fictitious. But
would it be contended that "tivple fictitious entrie3,
ought to, prevent Messrs. Bolder° and Co. from
claiming, 'said from being allowed to proVe for ad-
vances actually made by them Supporting
dero and Co. to lrave brought their, actions far
each of these several sum n_i separitely, N,VOuld it be
contended that the usurious contrcct, which, at
the sametime, was said to be a ;inlay, could sO
far be supported, as, by its ex.i:qt2nce, to render
'the whole of t!-..e items. null and void ?.

. .
The ,Learned Comte:et could not cpticcive
what ground a Courtdo;: Law could be entitled to
...look at one•ide of en lccount, vs.,(l•:to I,ll{t its
eves evainit the other side of it : or how an
try, which itself a nollity, could Le supported
tf; 'theyfrect, of cutting tlown'etlier elahns which
the Me:_6rs..Lichtero had .a.gain3t. the Banir.reTt
TiTe.r..62D Cuml-CELLORsaid, IVresrs.
_ .

• • r
• and Co:hail-been ailowe:i to I.ririg-nyac.l..ion or.
:lictiorts:th:ty for the ptlrpo.,e (!f: agcecta.uH
ing, •by tae. verdict of a Jury.trl-:::tr-s ~:nouut
of the sun td-the extent of •,,shich th.2y
titled to prove on the estate df Bankriizq.
.therefore; sere at full liberty 'to fiTUp? their.-
action in the way most advan*eotis
seli'es, and not have the sail)e ground
of complaiuoas if they. bad been restraini.:d by the
terms of an issue direc;:ed
,by the Cuurt. Th 4.
way in sv.hich'they had put it to the Court of
King's Bench wa-;,•that :agreeably to an entry in
their hOe,kS, they had; on a certr.in day, advahf-ed..
to the EankrUpt 25j)00i. in consid;rAtion of Nirhirti
the Bankrupt H:141 .entered into 'a contract for thi
sale of .certaia (.ftntity Of itOck. E 4 •
COurt of King's had held ivaA an tisuricas..
Contract, and, as such, could not
.he strol;,,,r.td.---
tuis Lordship was of that iniad also, and he wal.
igaitted to doubt wLeUler any Gaya utatbliteut

the transaction would have iiiticed the Court of
King,sßench ts-, view the merits-of t'_:e case more
favourally. llerather,iiislined to think that Messrs.
Marc) would have :been held bound by-the entry
in their own books. Be this as it might, however,
they.liad not co:ae to his Lorth,hip, assigning,
such special reasons • as could induce him
to allow the matter to go' back to a otrt of
Law for its decision. find a petition been
presented, , stating that they had been taken .by
surprise, or had been in Mistake, in the, view of
their case 'ivhich they bad Subinitted to the
Court of Law, and speciakcause for the, error into
Avtlich they had fallen had. been. asiligned,
Lordship Might have considered how far there
was any thing in toe application.; but at pre-.
sent, he saw no grounds for Lis interference—
Lortllip accordingly ordered that the,
amount of tbe-proof oftbe debt due to Messrs. Bol-
ccro and Co. 'iron' the Estate of the Bankrupt "s4e
l'rnited to 26,C001. without prejudice :to 'l4es...
Bolder° and Co. to •thake any special apPliCiitOn
to have the matter reviewed-by a Court 6(1.4-iv,
if they should be so advised.