The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-16 00:00:00

CRAWFORD AND LINDSAY PEERAGE.

The further examination of witnesses on behalf of the
claimant to this Peerage, took place this morning, and occu-
pied their Lordships the whole day.

V 10E-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)
DUNCOMEE V. LEVY.

The proceedings in this case, which were appointed to be
proceeded with to-day, were postponed till to-morrow.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. PETERHOHSE.
This case came before the Court upon the petition of the
Professor of Casuistry in Peterhouse College, Cambridge,
praying that certain scattered pieces of land belonging to
the Professorship might be sold, and their produce converted
into stock for the benefit of the Professor. Part of the land,
it appeared, had been purchased by theCnnunercial Railway
Company, at a sum of 6001., and it was considered for the
benefit of the Professorship that the other land should be
sold and converted into stock.

Mr. BETHELL appeared for the petition, and
The Court made the order as prayed.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. HODGSON.
This case came before the Court upon a general demurrer
to an information filed by her Majesty's Attorney-General
under the following circumstances. It appeared that as long
ago as the year 1805 a hatter of Little Russell-street, named
Christopher Flattery, by his will, after giving a few legacies,
left the residue of his property to his executors in trust, to
found a charitable receptacle for twenty-seven poor old men
of England and the like number of Ireland, on which they
were to be maintained during the remainder of their lives, the
institution to be under the management of the Roman Ca-
tholic Bishop of Dublin; and the testator further provided
that in case it should not be convenient to
form such a receptacle, then the amount was to
be given away in charitable donations. The
executors, one of whom was the late Mr. Thomas Wright,
the banker, of llenrietta-street, Covent-garden, renounced
the will, the consequence of which was that administration
was arplied for and granted to Miss Mary Flaherty (the
lady, we believe, who sometime since by her will left to Lord
Brougham about 20,000/.) The information alleged that
this lady had never applied any part of the property she re-
ceived under the administration to the purposes of the
charity, but continued in the enjoyment of it up to her
death, in November, 1841. Upon application to the ex-
ecutors after her death they refused to apply any of the
testator's property to the purposes of the charity, and the
information was then filed to which the present demurrer
was put in.
The arguments Were proceeding when our Afternoon
Edition went to press.

BANKRUPTCY.--(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner SNEPHEED.)
IN NE ELSTON.
This insolvent, who carried on business in New Church-
street, Lisson-grove, as a china-dealer, came up for his in-
terim order. . . _

Mr. BUCHANAN eppOseti, first, that there"was an informality
in the schedule; next, that he had unfairly parted with his
property ; and thirdly, that he had vexatiously defended an
action at the suit of the opposing creditor.
It appeared that the insolvent had actually parted with
his property within a day or two of the three months limited
by the Act before the insolvency, and that point was at once
admitted by the Learned Commissioner to be fatal to the ap-
plication, although at the same time, he did not consider
any fraud was intended.
Mn S ntikosr said that the intbivfint had paid the oppo-
sing creditor 5001. in less than five years; and the action had
now been brought for Bt., the plea hid been put iii on good
grotinds, and had the tithe gone to trial itti doubt it 'Verdict
Would have gone in favour of the insolvent. It appeared
to be a hard case, and should the learned Commissioner de-
side 911 acijOurning the ease, he trusted protection would be
given against Mr. Levy at all eienti, or the remaining property
would be absorbed under a judgment and order under the
Small Debts Act. The insolvent bad been paying off all
his old debts.
The Learned 001.1Sttesto5 tit said that the petition was
evidently wrong, and he therefore could not grant the protec-
tion ; but he could come up in three months,
Mr. BticitAiiAlf theii put in a written examination of the
insolvent for his signature.
t‘....11% STURGEON (to insolvent)—.Do not sign it.
Mr. BVCHANAN—Then I apply to your Honour to compel
nitn to do so.
The Learned COMinsittoVEß—You may take an examina-
tion in writing, but I canna compel him to sign it—he has
aticin to his sehedults .
M. STURGEON— I do not know what use may be MMUS
of it, and therefore I obiect.

The case
',se then adjourned for three months.

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BOW %STRET.::4 T HIS DAY,)
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Twomen,named Triviti and Varner; were charged; the
forniet 'With Stealing, and the latter with receiving; half a
The nrriml.zr Turner and another man had been taken in
spoons* the property of Elizabeth Hendrake.
charge by a pblicethan of the F division for fighting in the
street, and on the way to the station Turner was observed
to drop two silver spoons, and at the station-house four
others were found upon him. He said that they v ere given
to him by Trevitt, who was a carman inr the employment of
Mr. Mabley, of King-street, Covent-garden, and who was
taken into custody immediately.
The prosecatrix stated that in the course of last week she
was removing from Princes-street, Soho, to the Fisher-street
Aluminum, to which she hgtl jut been mtraittotl as La- '