The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-28 00:00:00

aenon against his rival for 3,0:- damages for the
prejudice he had suffered, independent of the penal-
ties tha• might be pronounced by the tribunal. The
appearance of the two antago-,.,sts attracted much
attention. They were two fashionables in full dress.
Bertholetto was grave and serious, like a man long
impressed with a consciousness of the supremacy of
his powers. Ma,.stro was warm and petulent as a
young adept. His Italian accent, strongly pro-
nounced, added to the or Finality of the scene.
After a number of questions and answers. which
called forth bursts of laughter, the following ex-
planation took place :—President—Why did you
call the gentleman a mountebank ? Maestro—
It was he who began attacking me. Bertholetto—
I beg the Court to observe that his fleas are nothing
but dogs' fleas. Maestro (in a rage)—ls it possible
to catch any others ?—Laughter.) My fleas are,
it is true, dogs' fleas, but in my hands they immedi-
ately become man's fleas. Here, exposing his arm to
the elbow, and showing it covered with flea bites, he
continued—Behold, this is the nourishment of my
fleas; I feed them with my own blood. Bertholetto
(showing his arm in his turn)—I am ready to sub-
mit to the judgment of the Court which has the.
most flea-bites; and, consequently, which is the
real master of the science. Maestro—Gentlemen,
do but examine my arms. Bertholetto—After all,
this proves nothing. My fleas are intelligent; they
have understanding ; whilst his comprehend nothing
at all. Maestro—lt well becomes you to make so
much boasting. Gentlemen, I will at once lei you
into the secret. Fasten a weight to the n.-ck of the
fir-t flea you catch, to direct its movements, and you
will soon see him draw water, fence, and perform all
the other manoeuvres; in short, conduct himself
like any great personage. Bertholetto—This is
not true. Maestro (with indignation)—This is
not true !—(and then, turning to the audience)—
Ladies, can any of you lend me a flea ? If you
can, I will immediately set him to work upon
the President's desk. Here the Pi e-ident
thought it time to interfere, or it would have
been impossible to say how far this buffoonery
would have been catried, encouraged as it was by
the laughter of the audience and the wit of the bar.
The pe,ulance of Maestro at times became so violent
that the Court was on the poi-it of ordering him to
he tak,n out. After hearing the Counsel, the Court
retired to deliberate, and during the absence of the
Judges the altercation between the doughty dis-
putants were renewed, and a circle was formed
around them, as if a mortal combat was about to
ensue. Maestro declared he was ready to meet his
adversary ; but Bertholetto p.oposed that a public
arena should be formed, in which their respective
champions, the fleas, should tilt at each other till
the victory was decided. This proposal was re-
ceived with general acclamations from the auditory
and the bar, all of whom promised to attend the
tournament. This point settled, the Judges re-
entered, and decided that Maestro should pay a fine
of 16f. for calumny, but refused either to award any
damages to trtholetto, or order their judgment to
be posted up, —Galignani.

COURT for the RELIEF of INSOLVENT

DEBTORS.

The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners
her, inciter named (the same having been filed in th.
Court) at- vis aoj •tialqsa Jo .ouqnss! atirl,
_r T. &lick , COO, .I.lllle LAUILI, 10 tile L'uleoUoo.
Norton, William, late of Johnson-street, Manchester, as-
sistant manufacturer.
Chaney, James Frederick, late of Ligonier-street, Saint
Luke's, etaandler's shopkeeper.
Smyth, William, late 01 Oxford•street, batter and under-
taker.
Weston, Ben' ace of Edward-street, City• road, butcher.
Patching, I .cry, late of Newgate-street, clerk to a ware-
housaman.
Gold, Wan., late of the Commercial-road, Pimlico, tap•ter.
Schooling, John, late of the St, ides Tap, Mark lane, Fen.
church-street, het nsed victualler.
Hutchinson, Edward, late of John's-place, Wal worth.
common, carpenter.
Fielaer, John, late of Wade street, Poplar, carpenter of the
ship Upton Castle.
Rutledge, Mathew, late of White Horse-street, Stepney,
pilot.
Ayton, William Capon, lato of Gray's Inn•square, attorney-
at law.
Savage, Henry, late of Melville-terrace, Greenwich, cheese-
moncer.
On Thursday, Dee. s.—Same Hour and Place.
Anderson, Grace, late of the Sabo Bazaar, Suho-square,
keeping a stand for the sale of child-bed linen.
Ellis, Ellis, late of Botolph-lane, Eastcheap, wine and
spirit merchant.
Hicks, Joseph, late of the Rosemary Branch, Shepperton-
street, Islington, formerly a licensed dealer in beer, and
I ate a licensed victualler.
Webb, E imund, late of Browne's-place, Lambeth-stalk,
butcher.
Harper, Thomas, late of Plymouth, Devon, merchant,
barge-owner, and lime-burner.
Cooke, Henry Smith, late of Church-strut, Soho, secre-
tary to the Bolivar Mining Associat;on.
Moore, William, late of Epaing, in the county of Essex,
licensed victualler.
Banes, William Thomas, late of Bedfordbury. Covent-
garden, baker.
Colwill, Charles. late of Fountain-court, Strand, carpenter
and undertaker
Scott, William Nehemiah, late of Dunmaston House,
Stanley-bridge, Chelsea, retired clerk in the Irish Trea-
sury.
Atcheson. Anthony Singleton, Lite of the parish of Teigh.
near °Wiwi), Rutlandshire, clerk, and rector of the
said pariah of Teigh.
Harcoutt, William, late of Staugate-street, Lambeth,
schoolmaster.
On Monday, Dec. 9 —Same Hour and Place.
Rocke, James, late of Berwick-street, and St. James's-
'met Bazaar, Middlesex, jeweller.
Wardill, Cornelius, late of Baker-street, Redford-square,
Commercial-road East, currier.
Jeff, ry, Robert Nathaniel, late of Edward-street,Woolwich,
tailor.
Ackers, Thomas, late of White Lion-street, Pentonville,
merchant, and promoter of the Brighton Water-works
Company.
Thom-us, late of Cable-street, St. George's in
the East, dealer in marine store'.
Burton, James, late of Tyson-street. Bethnal-green, bed-
sta ad-maker.
Manners, Charles, late of North-wharf, Paddington, black-
smith anal tarrier.
Wybrow, Sophia, late of King-street, near the Broadway,
Hammersmith, grocer, cheesemonger, and in the oil
trade.
Newton, John,
late of Park-terrace, Regent's•park, milk•
tnan and dealer in butter and cheese.
gust n, John Alton, late of Richmond-street, Kennington
road efet k to a coach-plater.
Wtight,
late ofJ übilee- place, Commercial-road East,
chief mate of the ship Tropic.
Sargeant, J %Ines, late of Wellington-street, Newington-
causeway, eerk to an attorney.

Saturday night -another fire broke out upon
the premises of H. Gamble, Esq., of Northam, which
consumed tour stacks, viz., two hay sacks, a clover stack.
ant a wheat stack. Both the above tires were the acts of
some inceni.:aiy, and both insured in the Norwich Union.
There is little doubt the latter fire was the malicious act
of the same party who fir, d Mr. Illigham's stacks last
week. Mt. G anble is a man of kind (lisp sition, and a
magistrate for Norfolk and Suffolk.—.Bury Herald.
CHANGE RINGING.—On Monday evening
last, the 25(h inst., the amateur ringers of St. Saviour's,
Southwatk, and St. James's, Bermondsey, rang on the
belts of latter church, in tour boors and a quarter, a
complete peal of caters, on Stedman's principle, containing
6,159 changes, being the greil,:at number yet perf,rmed
in that method.