The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-28 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day )

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices.)
BANKRUPT PETITION-FOX V. HENDERSON.

Sir Richard Bethell, Q.C., appeared for the petitioner ;
aid, in add easing the Court, said that be was happy to
state, for the information of their lordships, that this
case was arranged. He hoped the arrangement was
:uch as would meet their lordships' approbation. The
arrangement was—that the French ctmpany who
c aimed to be ranked upon this estate for 160,000/., in
respect of shares alleged to be taken by Fox and Hen-
derson in the French Railway Company, and which
was diepated In the French courts, was now reduced to
17,0001., and he now asked a decree, in the name of

Stokes, against the bankrupt estate for that sum.
The Solicitor-General (Sir Hugh AVAlmont Cairns)
consented to thi• arrangement.
The Lord Chancellor said he was gratified an arrange- •
ment had been come to which was satisfactory to aq
parties.
Lord Justice Turner assented.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce said that the question
involved in this case was one of the most difficult that
could come before the Court.
Sir Richard Bothell—l am afraid your lordship does
not wish that the point went off. (Laughter.)

ROLLS COURT.
JUDGMENT—WEBSTER V. BODDINGTON,
His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, in delivering
judgment, said that the question raised in this case
arose upon the coustruetion of the will of the late Mr.
Boddington, and the question raised was whether th•
limitations of the gifts bequeathed to the legatees, viz.,
to his sons and daughters, and their children, and his
great grandchildren, were or were not void from remote-
ness. Lady Webster had the power of appointment
but declined to appoint. His Honour had no difficulty
with the first and second class of legatees—the children
and grandchildren—but the third class, the great grand-
children, were too remote, and could not be ascertained
in the lifetime of Lady Webster, and might not in due
time be properly ascertained after her death, so as to
make a proper distribution, therefore the gifts be-
queathed were void from remoteness.
His Honour deeared Lady Webster executor under
the will, and costs to be paid out of the estate.

COURT OF BA.NKRUPTCY.
EXTENSIVE EAILI7RE.—IN RE JOSEPH LEVY.
This bankrupt was described as a merchant, dealer,
and Chapman, of 29, Jewry-street, Aldgate, in thQ.oity
of London. This was the certificate meeting, and the
accounts, prepared by Messrs. Hart, Brothers, show :--
Liabilities,.—To creditors, 10,5411. Bs. 6d.; to do, at
Constantinople, 4 3481. ; to do. holding security at Con-
stantinople, 17,2501. ; to a creditor on consignment
out, 5,7271. 124. 3i. ; liabilities per contra, 7561. ; total,
39,127/. 9d. Cr.—By debtors at Constantinople,
7561. ; by property seized by creditors at Constants
nople under bankruptcy there, 12,160/. ; by property
held by creditors at Constantinople, 10,2001; by ex-
penses, 4 0071. 2s. 6d. ; by house and personal, 6601. ;
by losses, 2,975/. ; do. on trading, 2,2401. 14s. 3d. ; by
deficiency, let Sept., 18:.6, 5,3911. Bs. 61. ; by liabili•
ties per contra, 7501 ; by difference, 101. 155." 6d--;
total, 39,1271. N. 91.
. Mr. Lawrence supported, and pnt in several dem- •: ,
meats proving that the peti.ioner had been adjudicated a
bankrupt at Constantinople, and that his estate there -
had been seized by the Court of Bankruptcy at that -
place for the benefit of his creditors. A dividend had

hear, declared and paid there of about 3®. 6d. in the
pound.

Sotne questions arose upon Sampson's debt, and it
transpired that Levy had acted in the capacity cf agent
in Constantinople for Sampson, and upon that person
becoming bankrupt Levy handed over to the creditors
above 11,0001.
It was stated that some of the creditors who claimed
under this estate had proved against the estate at Con-
stantinople, and had received ss. 6d. dividend ; and it
was a question now before the House of Lords whether
they cool i prove against both estates.

His Honour said be did not see tbat the bankrupt Was
entitled to petition that Court as he had nothing for the
creditors, and not one farthing was handed over, and
the act said he must have 150/. This was not an avail•
able estate.

Mr. Lawrence—lt is an available estate, and has been
distributed l•y an English tribunal.
(The case was proceeding when we went- to press.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-SITEET.
THREATENING THE SEURETARY OF THE POLISH Asso-
OlATlON.—Jiiseph Kuj z Ai, a Polish refugee, was charged
before Mr, Beadon with using threatening language to
M. Szulzeweki, the secretary of the Association for the
Relief of Distresed Poles.
The prosecutor said the prisoner came to him some
time ago and asked him to assist him with funds to leave
this country, the amount he required being Cl. He ti Id
him he would lay the case before the council, and he did
to. Toe answer of the council was that the funds were
extremely low, but that they would grant him 11. to-
wards his travelling expenses. Last Friday week 130
brought him before the council, who said they could not
do more for him than for any other person. He said at
the time he was ill, and he was offered ss. more and a
ticket for an hes- pita!, but in a very sullen manner he
refused to take either, and every morning and evening •
since the prisoner had come to his place, calling him a
robber, and wit g threats towards him, saying he must
have the Cl., or he would see him (prosecutor) die ; and
as he was a man of determined and desperate character,
and he telieved he was put up by oLbers, he was afraid,
if he was not restrained, he would do him some serious
per-onal injury.
The prisoner, in defence, said be wanted to leave the •
country ;be never asked for a ticket for the hospital, he -
was not a beggar, and he waisted to know what he was
to do.

The prisoner here produced a pamphlet, which the
prosecutor said was got up by the dis•atisfied Poles.
Mr. Beadon said the society had no funds left, and it
was evident they could not do more for the prisoner
than they bad done. Tue society hardly existed, its
funds being all expended. The prosecutor was only the
secretary, and he must therefore be protected. Se
should theref re order the prisoner to find one surety in
the sum of 101, to keep the peace.

THAMES.
A BOLD ROBBERY AND SAVAGE OTITEACIE ON A
WOMAN.— Henry 'recertas ato 1, einieter-lookieg fellow,
was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing
3 lbs. of tobacco, the property of Mr. George Watts,
tobacconist, of No 81, Back Church-lane, and also %via
violently assaulting Margaret Watts, the wife of the
prosecutor.
Mrs. Watts stated, that last night the prisoner and
two other men came into her shop, and the prisoner and
another etch asked for a cigar, with which she supplied
teem, and they put down 2?. separately and requested
change. White she was serving them the prisoner
who had an umbrella in his hand, took I.IP
a package of tct-stcco in paper weighing three
lbs, and went out of the shop with it. She went after
him and demanded the tobacco, and he struck her with
his umbrella. She laid hod of him, on which he struck
her with his fiat and made a most determined resisteeee•
She took the parcel of tobacco from him, and notwith:
atandir g his confederates attempted to rescue him and
beat her, she held him fast until a policeman arrived.
Policeman 85 II said he took the prisoner into GO'
Cody, and he merely said, "The woman did not give.
the change out of my philling."
Roche, the gao!er of the court, said the prisoner bad
been convicted of assaults and robberies, atd had Can;
witted a robbery like this before, and he was convicted
for it.
she
Mrs. Watts, in answer to the Magistrate, Said
was much hurt by the blows she received. gr.
`The prisoner immediately pleaded guilty, and,d
Yardley, without comment, said, " You ate Erta's
10 nix uunths' imprisocrueut and hard-labour.