The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-01 00:00:00

INSOLVENT COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before the Chief Commissioner REYNOLDS, and Mr.
Commissioner Boss EN. )
Richard Peck, a rattier respectable looking man, who
has filled the various characters of a farmer, hay and corn
dealer, bankrupt and insolvent, was brought up on his
petition to be discharged for the second time, he having
taken the benefit of the Act rather more than five years
ago. From the examination of the insolvent, who was
not opposed, it appeared that i❑ 1828 he took a farm at
Totteredge in Hertfordshire, from Sir Charles Flower,
who, in less than half a year after the occupation, put in
an execution for tent. The insolvent offered to pay the
produce of the farm into the hands of the Baronet's
Banker, which he would not consent to, but insisted upon
selling the stock under the execution, by which the insolvent
sustained a loss. Added to this, Sir Charles Flower
brought an action of ejectment against him, the defend-
ing of which increased his embarrassment. That action
being ultimately decided against the insolvent, he quitted
the farm and went to reside at Kenson Green, where he
carried on the business of a hay and corn dealer. Va-
riances having taken place between the insolvent and his
wife, he left Kenson Green, and had since resided in St.
Andrew's Road, Newington. His wife still resided at
Kenson Green, and carried on a small school there. The
insolvent attributed his insolvency to the expensive legal
proceedings in which he had been involved by Sir Charles
Flower, together with the defence to an action upon a
Bill of Exchange, given by him to a creditor for hay and
corn.
The Insolvent, after a strict examination by the
Learned Chief Commissioner, was ordered to be dis-
charged.
Charlotte Tufton Mori, a lodging-housekeeper, in
Shepperton Ganges, Islington, was brought up on her
petition to be discharged.
The Insolvent's discharge was opposed by Mr. Cooke,
on behalf of her milkman, to whom she owed a debt of
31., and for which she gave him a bill.
The insolvent underwent a long examination by Mr.
Cooke, the chief object of which was to ascertain whether
there was any probability of her becoming entitled ulti-
mately to property from her relations, which the
insolvent answered in the negative. She had been
in the habit of giving bills for very small
amounts, which not being paid, actions were brought,
and expensive defences were made to those actions, some
of which were that part of the money had been paid. In
one instance, where the insolvent had given a bill for 41.,
an action was brought in the Court of Exchequer, and
defended by the insolvent in so expensive a manner that
the taxed costs amounted to no less a sum than 281.
Mr. WOODRUFPE addressed the Court on behalf of the
insolvent, and deprecated the practice of bringing actions
for such small sums in the superior Courts, observing that
the money might be recovered at a very small expense in
the Palace Court.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER, in given judgment, stated
that the Court did not approve of actions being brought
for such small sums in the superior Courts. The Court
sentenced the insolvent to three months' imprisonment
from the date of filing her petition, a week of which is at
present unexpired.
This case is one among many others clearly showing
the necessity for the establishment of local Courts.

Lord J. Russell is expected in town to-day.
Mr. C. Wood, the (patronage) Secretary of
the Treasury, who, with Lady Mary, is on a visit to his
father, Sir Francis Wood, in Yorkshire, is expected to
arrive next week at his residence in Richmond-terrace
from the North.
The Recordership of Macclesfield is vacant
by the death of John Harriott Roe, Esq. The only can-
didate at present is W. C. Townshend, Esq. Mr. Roe
was elected in 1804, after a contest with James Aber-
crombie, Esq., now M.P. for Edinburgh, late Lord Chief
Baron of Scotland, and ,on of the immortal Abercrombie.
Mr. Justice Littledale is the Judge of the
King's Bench on whom the trial of causes during the
ensuing Term devolves.
RESTORATION OF CAPTAIN Ross's
PArxus.—Sergeant Sbackell, who was instructed to
trace out the cab in which Capt. Ross left his papers, as-
certained, at a stand in Piccadilly, that the cabman had
amused his fraternity by reading extracts from a manu-
script which he said a "gemman" had left in his cab,
giving an account of the north-east coast of America,
and a description of the natives and their customs of
that part of the country. In thg midst of the story a
fire called him off the stand, and here all further trace
was lost. On the following morning (Wednesday) the
cab driver, seeing
an account of Capt. Ross's loss, took
the papers to the Captain's residence, and was duly
rewarded.