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London, England, 1846-07-07 00:00:00

BOLLS' COURT—(THIS DAY.)
ItOIII_XSoN AND GILLET v. WALL, FLIGHT, AND oTHRIIB.
This was a motion, which was commenced yesterday) for
leave to file a supplemental bill, with the view of putting ill
issue deeds, &c., which had been disch,sed by an original
supplemental answer of the defendants, in 1.9.315 to a cross
• bin of discovery.
Messrs. Turner and Rogers appcs'. ipport tle mo-
tion, and Messrs. Kindersley Chaudlesa ter the plaintiffs.
,„!1/44. TURNER said the ‘.',"Liginal bill `Nils filed against Wall,
reght, and others, for the purpose of enforcing the
Itrfortaance ot h contract entered into by Wall, for the pur-
thintearsirgeifdt. telit!-;ll.3fewiiiittee.rest in the estate of Sir Thos. Champeney,
that an- -jilt° It was alleed that the contract was
by Wall as Flight's agent; but Flight denied
i)een contract had ever been executed, or even if it had.
tor It was made under circumstances that would render it
atrinsBstibhliem.for a decree of performance to .be obtained
tby The arguments were concluded to-day, and it was arranged
%_eonsent that two deeds, of August, 1830, and of Septetn-
',lB4o, should be considered as an issue in this cause.
thnessrs. Walpole, Bacon, and Rolt took their places within
it„' "ter, after the usual formalities, they having been recently
rPointed Queen's Counsel.
13ANKRUPTCY—(THIS DAY.)
(lelore kr. Commissioner FoNniaNquE.)
To.da IN RR BRACE AND. ALLEN.
00 b .s 7 was appointed fur these bankrupts, who had carried
cho.4stness as warehousemen, in Mitre-court, Milk-street,
Atr'
itide, to come up to pass their last examination.
ttin trup 'n', the solicitor to the fiat, said that although the
ts' ar)
accounts had been prepared, they had not been
i,lea, under circumstances which he had to relate to the
toeuret, and was determined to do so in every similar case, as
tl he had to complain of was becoming continual and
—.4114--it was that at the last moment the accountant had
f.eiesed to give
up
the account, unless his charge, 151., was
:1;4 Paid without being taxed. The accounts only consisted
rPaYeti sheets and the charge was five times as much as any
i.iciter would have made. The bankrupts, who had no
"ZWance, were unable to pay such a monstrous charge.
t.he Learned CommisSloNEß said Mr. Reed had acted quite
ut In Mentioning the subject. He (the Learned Commis-
alm.„.7") had for a long time looked with a jealous eye upon
~z'antents, many, the greater number, were exceedingly
severe
in their duty, and although some acted liberally, in
eievfet' eaSes out of ten, the accounts were made out unsatis-
fw.2=iy by them, through their not taking the accounts
the books but from imagination, and they were in many
tb:anees extortionate in their demands, applying the screw
fliament the bankrupt was unprotected, and thus by
an adjournment, usurping the functions of the Court,
:ri2,'d Interfering with the course of justice. What he would
se in such cases, would be for the parties to throw the
„;celltitant overboard, and go to the official assignee, who
";Ild render every assistance.
f3l'. Pennell, the official assignee, did not see what diffi-
LY the bankrupts could have had in making up their own
Nuts.
he ten Learned COMMISSIONER said, that in nine cases out of
baiwfn ever-O ous.untants were not only unnecessary, but positively
gelttoin said this was the third case within a very short
V_ that he had had to make a similar complaint against
ittie accountant.
urorurie Accountant, who was present, said that he could not
to lose his money.
Nrb.Zte.y, AtuiSSIoNER—You should let the bankrupts know
hot ,V.le charges would be, or give them an opportunity to
' cests taxed; as it is, the examination must be ad-
estate, at an inconvenience to them and an expense to the
ia Ro,
.aaw ota.,4°,liit then appointed a day, observing, he should
:Peakin the bankrupts' own account, which, generally
-Pileera4eWs as More satisfactory than those made up for

CRINT,‘,
---LoAL COURT— THIS DAY.)
(Zetor the OLD COURT.
11,,:,--e Costsrox SERGEANT and Alderman W. HUNTER.)h
,man i'lrlor ROBBERIES.-.-it will be recollected that the
,bety fraancr pleaded guilty to four different charges of Ino . stata i'l, railway termii, two committed at the Birmi
iegh
tPert allwaY and two at the South-Eastern, from Ivh
lie Y was stolen of very considerable value. Baron
0 th,bfore whom he pleaded guilty, deferred sentence, till
the ne circumstances of the case should be brought. be ore
tril_4l.nourt on the trial of Mary Ann Newlands during the
1-1.,_ t session, who was committed for receiving the goods,
ring thens to be stolen.
etia.3l Awe Newlands was placed at the bar this morning
~,, Enis indictment, and by the advice of her counsel (Mr.
Clark °n) pleaded guilty. kr.
• Vt ---(lnwar, who appeared with Mr. Ballantine for the
secutors stated, that from all the circumstances of thete
e. the male prisoner was evidently a man who was in h
Raba of visiting railway termini for the purpose of plunder;
that in the ease which had led to his detection, when he
stole the property of Dr. Roberts, he was traced from Folkes..
14)11 t
vt„e. LoLondon on the train, and at the terminus. was seen
at ..Y '''usY with the luggage, which led to his being
ht•ralot.sed. with ; but he succeeded in carrying off a portmanteau
*ithug2pg to the gentleman already named. He made off
eh; us booty by meap of agcab, and after changing his
ktre'ela several time arrived.at last at a house in Sloane-
14.ti-, Chelsea. Mr. Bodkin said that the female prisoner
4 the mistress of this house in which the portmanteau in
Viettien was found, and a quantity of property. besides of
4 euaracter which led to the strongest suspicion that it
)vas
lie tome by in a similar way; several articles of
inquiry
~,,,...ell, for example, with the marks taken out. When
14 Made at this house for a man of the name of Farr,anthe. /4'341 an denied all knowledge of such a person, notwithst d
ritt3t2akarit this was an alias by which the prisoner was gene-
hi the cwn• The prisoners were represented to the servants
I;,_ e house as brother and sister, but it seems that they had
'4,zl on terms as man and wife.
,:yrvedr, eit..:.tox stated that the woman was evidently in-
"te_od to the meise, by the unhappy position in which she
—44 Prisoner; that previous to meeting with
41:11.neati she bore a most respectable character, and was in
4.1,__ tour Most respectable family.
ttrt Most
the male prisoner to transportation
441,17 seas for seven
'Tae la all 21 . years on each of the three indictments,
,__ )ears.
"vurrieut au7,prisoner was sentenced to six months' impri-
aard labour.

Vim
tai. or ritherip---------,„.
lotto. tut efrects-`43 JUBILEE CUP.—Saturday, at the
the r:are.e t, Fitz °f the late Mr. J. Johnson, of Upper Char-
tarther 35r and NY-square, was sold the cup presented. by
atitatedi76o, to David of Stratford- upon-Avon, Se,p-
lantps ~ ba' hhi, l'avid Garrick, and used at the jubilee in-
Plant mrainaii 41 that month, at the birthplace of Eng-
att . ed at his, bard
inn. ,
fruit. ea a Ninenative place a mulberry tree ; it had long
nue god Ava 3 33 of growth, produced the most luxuriant
°et, till, in .....!_ile admiration and veneration of every
et. °Pant of 156, the Reverend Francis Gastrell, the
4.. traeller., the house, from the frequent importunities
4 eril hell; co house,
a dislike to the tree, and in
a geese tree tin contempt of the popular adoration, or-
Tiiai odiumo b felled, and its logs split for fire-wood ;
ver,thas was excited, and a watchmaker named
wh.l'eti the I.aP, of that town, secured the pieces, and con-
cli ith the tregments to uses widely different from that to
_..p under
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.11c had been so irreligiously condemned. The
Litrergud"?t notice was about 11 inches in height, lined with
s'uNer Was' a run of silvergilded round the foot • and the
41113,1. silzscled with a cluster of mulberries. andi leaves,
fes' band, wk., •. At the jubilee Garrick held it, raised, on
yr that _ :utile singing the following lines, composed by him
k 13. Q.C. aaion, beginning-
-‘,.(plct this fair goblet, 'twas carved from the tree
. A"ch• my sweet Shakspere, was planted by thee,
what
relic, I kiss it, and bow at the shrine;
comes from thy hand must be ever divine!
" All shall yield to the mulberry tree,
" Bend to thee, blest mulberry,
" Matchless was be who planted thee,
On " And thou like him immortal be."
to death of Mrs. Garrick,l_ this cup
,was, by a decree in
Cheery, sold, May 5,182 a, at Chnstie s Auction-rooms, in
by street, St. James's, for 121 guineas, and then purchased
VII'. Johnson, by whom it was estimated so highly that
114 l'rice asked was 200 guineas. Since his deatti it was
eqalitted with other effects to auction, and put up at a re-
th:'(l Price of 100 guineassecond bidder appearing
For sell' Was withdrawn. On Monday it was again submitted
chk,te, without reserve andduce 40/. Bs. 6d., the pur-
b'r Mr. Isa s fU ' Gower-stdet
1:1...,tm A ac., o pper. •
,0404 'KABLE INVENTION.—During a recent visit in
iktwetaierflv:. were shown specimens of the production of a
AZ:ttishin Piece of mechanism, which were, indeed, truly
eb. TA Lg. They were miniature busts of Daniel Webster,
14e!, otlirlicea and Levi Woodbury; being perfect fac-
ttttle.titt,t Aeir distinguished originals, and wrought out of
inaeetilliaeutZterikcan marble, and by a machine which has
tare, en tett ..37 Mr. Themes Blanchard, of Boston. This
deep tlittl taotlllY establishes a new era in the art of sculp-
the artic:4,ot,--&, M dispense, almost entirely, with the
itnarhie-‘,,in h:Z classic stud and indefatigable labour of
V this ;Inionr,nstorZterts to pyti,t . life and. poetry into the
theft ',chine .art, everything tangible, can be copied
e Whey guidedwi.,"ll a precision which defies the chisel,
so :I.". gifted tale -3' the most skilful hand and directed by
their
o give
i i rednt•
~ The machine, too, can be graduated
in et,„111„ 11.ature 1:,-q copies of any statuary, which shall,. in
row, "Ithing ',l"'e Perfect and exact copies of the originals
reins_ Tici dimple but the size; preserving every line, fur-
Pre 'as ever ' and giving prominence to muscles and
_ r_PeOrtion. by particular lineament and feature, in exactd
pa 1 et has-reliYf the same machinery the most correct and
`al, .
~, e Profile likenesses may be cut on the hardest
o,ofikiife.iikaensuizeof any size required, from half an inch
.to
, rienry Clay, ; e saw a strikingly exact cameo profile
!hive ever seen I: perfect a head of that statesman as we
the fashionable size of the busts or casts to be found, and of
specimens shown :et f°r
...t_equaintances, cut in a lady's breast-pin. Among the
stetting in pins, the firsctaine°
", Were the heads of several of our
,_minds the originals as I
j, and ivory, the proper size for
efore our
se of which called b
Y 136 or pencilled miniaturereadilyas the most perfect daguerreo-
ed that the best of Greenough
would have done. We are as-
(areenough's and Persico's productions,
Whit have cost them years of study and effort, can be
e4Pied by thisapparatus with most positive accuracy ; and
tfli!1?lock of shapeless marble put into its power will, in a
Aa, ors, stand forth a pet copy of the most beautiful
id animated statuary the greatest sculptors ever produced.
'ihd, What is most wonderful, this
tnirechinery may be readily
graduated to increase or diminish 4 colossal or a miniature figure, with equal Precision,
so as. to furnish
prectsion, and in
all respects exact proportions.—Anteran
FATAL ACCIDENT AT RocHtsTratPa.---PeYresterday at
idday, a small boat, yacht rigged, was observefrom
d - 'Ro
heater-bridge, sailing
•on the waters of the Medway under
earY canvass. When nearly opposite to the Castle, the
Win
d blowing fresh, on a sudden she capsized, and
ter, and
before
that were in her were seen struggling in the water, and
b4fre assistance could be procured they had sunk. The
hoqe,lea were picked up about three hours after thc accident,
'i' `leerge Ladbury a waterman, and his brother, by the op-
) ication of creepei.;. The names of the men whose lives are
tost are Henry Macpherson, a married man, aged 34, living
in St. Margaret s, in this 'city, and Joseph William Dives,
4,.ged 19,a native of the place. Macpherson could swim very
:ell, and it is supposed that in endeavouring to save his colinfie-
-4,4,f1i0n, whom lie found to be drowning, he lost his own
~
.n s
440 body of the young man Dives was taken to the Qua
Arms,
t_, at the foot of the bridge, and the other was conveyed
," M. Margaret's, to await an inquest, which was held this
nrni -
ha at half-past ten o'clock. The boat being a very un-
:T.l: sailer, was sold about a week ago for 8/., and it is stated
"11,..t she was not fit to be used in this river.
ijUICIDE FllOlll A HUSBAND'S ILL-USAGE ----An in-
quest was held on Saturday at the Coach and Horses, Greek-
& treet
ob 'Soho, before Mr. Bedford, otr the body of Charlotte
ber raon, aged 55. Deceased had lately been residing with
soh on, Mr. Phillips a hairdresser, at No. 22, Princes-street,
Ilet., having left her husband accont of his ill-usage
lalf, Solelyattempt on account of his brutality. It was thought, after
taturdi"al' that she had abandoned her design, but on
te,.,
_„a _y morning she was found hanging by a rope to the
rat',.°.' the. bedstead, and quite dead. Verdict, " Tempo-
‘,,,y Inknt„.,,
the J
nocie_ _ruin paid by the Society of Friends this year,
tut% t,t.!straint, and in obedience to ecclesiastical demands,
' . . ‘I to ,0001., Which they as Usual protest against.
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