The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

SMALL DEBTS ACT, AND 1 I IC r
INJUSTICE OF CLAUSE 128, CAI.LH) Co:,. -
CURRENT JURISDIC i lON WI I.
COURTS."
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SVN.
SIB,—As Parliament shortly assemble, will you do
Ile the favour of calling public 7, ttentian to the above
clause? Whether left as part of the Act as an engine
for the advantage, enrichment, and oppressive use of
rnall3" petty lawyers and discounters I know Dot ; but
thus much I can say, that I have been a severe suf
ferer in the shape of law costs, paid to fi.-a times the
reunt of the debts I owed, and being a man with a
large family, struggling with the difficulties of the
world, it has cost me many hours of anxiety and
trouble. And no doubt numerous others have shared
lha same .fate, to the enrichment of a set of petty
,awyers who rake from the books of tradesmen small
Leh tiJ", due by persons resident twenty miles apart
from their creditors, and under the above section are
still at liberty to sue and charge their full costs,
Ihieb in my case has been for debts averaging from
`‘*tclisl. The costa paid from 50s. to Si each.
-,5,n1ire,.,11 if we are to have a law, the creditor is the
-rl.O be studied before the lawyer, who in my case
ook especial care
to have his costs paid down before
a would consent to give me breathing time. Busi-
re;ll„4 taaY flourish with some, but it was not the case
"'ree, as I had to summon numerous customers to
t' ao P the rapacious lawyer, and thus have I destroyed
0 a great extent my own and family's existence ; and
ineu hues.,
p in seven cases out of ten, it is " want of
cea°B,7 not dishonesty, that retards payment. The
„°untY Court, so far as it goes, has certainly a v‘ry
rirePer and merciful jurisdiction placed in the judge,
nAnci. 40 private person (lawyer) ought to possess a
at „he
Optional within himself to create his own gains
Lce • cost of his country and the increase of
pauperism.
•1•11 case of three 6/. bills, I found that although I
1)111, them to my creditors they had at maturity y found
du(ie'r Way ..into a lawyer's hands ; and no sooner
Ln.r.an down came writs. On applying to a soli-
111'1' I Obtained the information, and further, that it
64 become a practice with professionals of the coin-
run grade to obtain the loan of a friend's name resi-
,nt twenty miles from London, for the express pur-
ree et Carrying the 'interpretation of this clause in
_ Act out to the letter, and that many entirelyde-
pended upon this valuable privilege for their living.
'l,„s under, I give verbatim the part alluded to, Sec.
448
And be it enacted, that all actions and pro•
v oings which before the passing of this Act might
have eau brought in any of her Majesty's superior
rts
an
t Record, where the plaintiff resides more
t4nty miles from the defendant, &c., may be
uught and determined in any such superior courts
tabt;t_he election of the party suing or proceeding, as if
Act had not been passed."
blf this clause is to remain the law of the land then
e petty
ut , lawyers and bill discounters will ever pray ;
'''24 help. the poor man placed at their merciful
.
the 'ratloolamb•, much, I imagine, alike to the wolf and
' I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
0 VICTIM TO THE 128TH CLAUSE.

Lyini it JAN: 2:—This morning, about two
- Ems,
gale, the coast-
°eleckeVind S.W., it blowing a tremendous
tllTard on duty, about two miles to the westward of this port,
i:,erv, Ora light from some vessel ondsh e when he irume-
CLeT ehewed a blue light, and fire_
Hseveral times, which
e crew answered by three cheers.
Possible to obtain assistance to rescue theem from their perilous
Fragments have since been
WllB4l,l°l'l, When, on
.returning, the vessel was a total
birtc ; , crew all perished.
• --'e'l UP 'Which prove her to be the Angeline,of ofOuistiraeatmhe,
42 tons -i.e, - .
Pt,oc.k,et, air ter. A black coat, with a pair glovesf
Some wooden shoes, have, also
fbeen....ountppUingp
- ''ne time of post, no bodies had been found ..—Shipping
"d lir c .
*van tie Gazette.
aEADTUL-OCCURRENCE.—On Christmas night, a
',',,radful'oeenrrerice took place within six miles of Kilrush.
tl• idgetliallgh dressed herself in man's clothes, and having
;144ekened her face,went to hertther-in-law's house to have
130ine diversion. Her brother-in-lawa was taking care of the
I:?ue' al his father was not at ome—he had a loaded gun in
'5 hand. and when he saw as he thougilt the man blackened,
tileePresented the gun at his sister-in- law and fired, and lodged
e., contents of it between her shoulders. She died at.once.
.inere
qtru was are inquest held on her body, and the verdict re-
ei„ ed we 5.....“ Manslaughter against Michael Hugh, de-
-aeed's biother-in-law."--Limeriek Examtner.
1 OYELI3ARGAIN.—A strolling beggar in this city
?-4.t,?17 sold his son, a child. about 14 years old, to Monsieur
~ 4Dlo Perique, to be trained in
consideration of the wound:caused
"" his paternal feelings.—Cork Examiner. m
. LET Or SALMON FISHINGS AND ......ILLS..
tit the last very unsoccesaful season it was anticipated that
ere would be a great fall in the rents this year ; but upon
t,,liese of the Earl of Wemyss, which were exposed by rottp
"n Fridak last the reduction was only about 200/. upon a
„,tental of 1,8001. The total amount this year was 1,583/.
/here Were& great many present, and considerable competi-
tion. Fore the Town's fi gs he were no offerers, ex-
-Istationsshinof Lally, e Wheel, and Yennels,
eepting fex the smal-
,;
as they
Which let At 441. and -in ing mill in
were exposed at a mini-
Mill-street, belonging
Zinn sum.- flax P
The
spinning
snbeen occupied in Granaries for
rj_Q_trhael veers; was was let to Mr. Hutton, at Cromwell Park, for
pPi., on a lease of nine. th een years. It is understood that a
r4"ee fititi is to establis a power-loom manufactory on the
"41ses...=:Pertlishire Courier.
1144 SON THE HANGMAN OF HIS FATHER. AND
the°THEß.—The folloWing remarkable case occurred during
ht,...,reigo of. Oliver Cromwell :—At the Derby assizes, a
ee'rl_n.Y, consisting of a father and his two sons, were tried,
~,
evicted, and sentenced to hanged,be for horse-stealing,
4 'c'vr, the Bench entertained the cruel whim, as there was
extend mercy to one of
th2rn ulty,in finding a hangman, o
bon-, cr i
nniials, on the barbarous condition that he should
Veetfttille other two. The offer was first made to the father,
" Was it ever known
that a :t4Pritiieed, in bittegni
? How can I take away
toilf/?es livNe'lehiaePiegjedhabeise childrengiven ?" He bowed, gave up the
e.,!: ands: his life. It was then made to. the eldest son, who
tiv,t'nned teatt upon it. The proposition . was then made to
hem ,
~ son,John,
3.'ungest: who accepted it with an avidity that
04 eet to tell the. Court that he would hang half the creation
remorse otex. Ins, and he performed the fatal work without
vi th
~_ mine father and brother; and he acquitted himself
of
pueboilnetueeh dexterity. that he was appointed to the office
of th., _ xEcutioner, or Jack Ketch, of Derby and several
tree,' neighbouring. counties, and continued in it to an ex
r -'e age. So void was he of feeling of distress, that he
tieb.ldoictehd_at. murder for the sake of hi,s, perquisites—a guinea
Hesays Brady,
ie his
varieties
of the execute .
ne4,., n yariettes of Literature,"about the year 1705, loving
rea;;atil beloved by none. He s.pent a lite of enmity with
deavon. ai yar,y. children pelted him, and the mothers en-
Cre..l•••eu tn atop the infant cry with the name of John
-......Latid.,,
toidti,,°G
,T:itaiNlNG tx MUNICH.—One afternoon J.
c —e Lam, she heard a tremendous noise, the shouts and
Bdorge!n108 °art ' ,ild al lir
lit
end: tahned
rushed a nd ou dio, a '
the terriffie howling and yelling of .
gentleman from. the stu '
tnue....l ” and there, in a lugs adjoining field, through the
man raced
aloe or there had been a heavy fall of snow—a
abig.,
iptirsuedi,
se,„enOrmous dog, the fiercest brute i
by
the
hairse of this'h•a:agdilipot upon bini it tore him, it hook himt
atztening and,,'
Fed him along the ground, the
Or; nowling I Then they were gdog,
bit_
be
round and round the field, man andt J.,8
judtiswlll beasts. J. was .horrified beyond words,
n 1 kedanudietoly on
and eal'i?itiblet, indignation the gentleina_ -I".ior .
feerfulni edb, What could it mean ? To ,her itti.se.emed a
Nettt Murder. Bat no 2it was only the training of a
lihtl:,eohtigtgve; '4'-ha
-a very frightful business it must have been,
rY grand.to witness, the gentleman declacred:
bly inlan wt ia all bound up, so that the dog could notP Sal
frighner krl:4 materially ; but his head and face, with their
wo4nd'i hati4aes, suggested no other ideathan that of 11 Ss Whiell nude. him look all the more dreadful. These.
robb egs, t ens trained, are necessary as security against
ettelts l ma PeoPle keep them; there are two at the
tie'ai, but Iliave noticed nothing very ferocious about them.
`the this tnesde of training dogs is not at all unusual,
re.h theStrede I should think not particularly agreeable.
*----ekene's'"lrots.4eltold Words."
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....IviitANCVOLY.BOAT ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE.
bOth 1::St POter Allen, blacksmith, and David Inglis, joiner,
•
4E1%11 lou Pug, to St. David's, ;were proceeding on Monday
iron, hoop
in a boat from that place to Cramond with scrap
8114 avingheuled close to the. land on the south shore,. a_
toediant squall struck the boat off Barabugle, when she
of her
inase abodeel lled andewent down, leaving only the tip of
Allane Water.. To this the poor fellows instantly clung:
quish-e'rr°JoAer, being an expert swimmer, sho.rtly
ilevin: u's 44)1di and struck' out for the. sh.ore , but after
he --t. Prne4ded a short distance, finding his s.rengtioh
afavileinryg
exislwaoasratedback to his companion, whom he reached
. i?nsiderablesiltelente'e,
ti.is friend's and was by him manfully supported for a
till all the efforts of Inglis o_ koneeap
Bead above ,water proved unavailing, andt
was
'i.eoneillvtaihatvhe:t boat.reaching them shortly after!vards, i r
PctorAllen,was uite dead, and Inglis in a ve y
~ t:ebled coildition. They q were immediately conveyed on
wbna:e, and
.._ .
pa". ,Pitelleal aid promptly called in. Allen, however,
and i,ix-ei,l I*.eenverY . and we regret to learn has left. a widow
eilake lament' h. .
glad to say, 10 to is untimely loss. Inglis, we are
11fail. AA. iL fair way of recovery.—Glasgow Daily
ACCIDENir her
THR LONDON AND NORTH-WEsT-
-4 tit.,l IZAILWAY sTA „„.
• o,urred o New Yetnx MANCHESTER.. An. accient oe-
lendonat 6 30' a.m 4 Daywhich leaves
to the mail tram .
.ehe • ' --i'lLa it was entering the station in Man-
, star at 2.10 P.M.' which' led to several passengers being
rt, but happily none of Ulm were seriously or dangerously
,I.liiree, The train had ate
ofsc,l,_wiok, and ~was again nipped for tickets to be collected at
Inoti n and passing the points
ez:no South Junction line, when the' engine ran off the rails
aneetlY at the_peints, taking with it the tender, luggage van,
the second.class carriage. The motion of the train was
I, t,(,),,, but this' check to its progress was sufficient to throw.l
4n7, Passengers in the second-class carriage from their seats,
ti :.1, several of-them were shaken and bruised. A lady, gen-
ole,,an, and a soldier of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, were the..
kV •Passongerse however, who it was necessary to furnish
Nteal aid t 0... The lady 'had three teeth damaged, the
t:la "lan had Rein across the nose, and the soldier a slight
tehra!ion across the temples. They were all able to proceed
1,,i eir destinations after their wounds had been dressed
e,,,,TFeit further inconvenience. The cause of the aecwiase a
ea. not be satisfactorily ascertained ; probably. it.
which
til;`l accidental. obstruction at a particular point which
titt.ed the wheels of the engine aside, and which no o
,rs° Would have Prevented.
v'et..
. f 2
~ 'NCH FismatmEN.—Ninety boats of Boulogne,
t14*78 tons, With 979 men on board, have been this year
L4,gbed is the herring fishery on the coast of
.Scotland; they
r, relight 'mine 17,866 tons of salt herrings.
ll `qtOSSING THOROUGHEARES.-- Mr. Weld, of the
°Yal s •
tte,,e coed a letter in the Builder, says—The terribly
treslia. a condition "of our great thoroughfares renders
business,
'14,1 "'g of thelti at all times a difficult and slow .
till.° eoinetimes even, a dangerous performance.. Permit me,
lek ilth your M.Xdiurn, to suggest the expediency of throw-
tek, gl,it cast-iron; bridges over the most frequented cross-
a' the bridges might be divided longitudinally by a
sC‘ fence or railing, to enable parties to pass to and fro ; and
se.„
stei," to then* might easily be gained by a double spiral
tro,''ase. 13y ;this • means our thronged streets might be
Ith4ed in safety, and without exposure to the unctuous mud,
the e those who preferred risking their necks by thr,ding
tirli oarriages. &e., to lasing the few moments of additional
ltie%required for ascending and crossing the bridges, would
' ne at Nilo liberty to do ev.