The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-13 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LO-RDS-(THIS DAY.)

Loid BROUGHAM and the Judges sat to day in the
House of Lords, for the purpose of hearing Writs of Error.
Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with the
case of Featherstone v. Featherstone, which was a writ of
error from the Exchequer Chamber in Ireland. The ques-
tion in the case was, whether, under the words of the will of
a Mr. Featherstone, his eldest son, 'William, took an estate
for life, or an estate tail.

Sir JOHN CAMPBELL and Mr. JEMMETT were Counsel
for the plaintiff in error, and the ATTORNEY and Souci-
TOR-GENERALS appeared for the defendants,

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

THE ACCOMMODATION " BILL SYSTEM."

Scarcely a day passes but persons whose insolvencies have
been occasioned by accepting accommodation bills of exchange,
present themselves for their discharge.
John Stainforth, an unopposed insolvent, applied upon his
petition for his discharge.
The insolvent had, it appeared, been arrested on an accom-
modation bill, and had been obliged to petition to obtain his
liberty ; he ascribed his insolvency to the ", Bill system."

- Mr. Commissioner BOWEN told him he was fortunate in not
being opposed by his detaining creditor, had he been, he would
have been remanded, as the Court had laid down the principle
that a man had no right to issue " accommodation paper." I would
advise you, said the Learned Commissioner, not to continue the
practice, for if you do, and come here within five years, you
will •certainly not be relieved without the consent of three-
fourths of your creditors.

The insolvent was discharged.
Mr. William Henry Cobham, a teacher of languages, ap-
plied to be discharged. This insolvent had been arrested on
an accommodation bill, by a Mr. Wallace. He kept an esta-
blishment at Cheltenham, where some of his creditors resided ;
others were resident in London. He,had been arrested in the
Waterloo-road; and he had, since his imprisonment, received
a letter from Mr. Wallace, informing him that he arrested
him to enable him to relieve himself from his difficulties, by
application to this Court.
Mr. Commissioner BOwErt said, that being the case, he
should require the production of Mr. Wallace to prove his
debt. The case stood adjourned for that purpose.
The Court will rise to-morrow, for the Easter recess.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

NEW COURT.
TRIAL OF THE MICHIGAN CHIEF.

At half-past 10 this morning, Muc Coonse, the Michigan
chief, who had been out on bail, was brought into Court, at-
tended by several friends, and arraigned for a felonious assault
on Frances Sarah Moreton, a child, ten years and five months
old, on the 13th of February last. There was a second count
in the indictment, charging him with a common assault.
The prisoner, a swarthy-looking, square-built man, about
45 years of age, was accommodated with a seat in the side-
bar. Sir Augustus D'Este was on the bench during the trial,
and the Court was crowded with persons who appeared to
take great interest in the proceedings.
Messrs. Phillips, Clarkson, and Payne appeared for the
prosecution, and Messrs. Adolphus, Channel, and Jones for
the defence.

After some delay, occasioned by the absence of senior coun-
sel in the other Court,
Mr. PAYNE stated the case. The defendant, who was a
native of some of the Indian climes, and who held the rank of
a chieftain in his own country, had come to England some time
since, and was employed by Mr. Glossop, manager of the Vic-
toria Theatre, where he exhibited marvellous specimens of his
skill in shooting with the rifle. The defendant lodged in the
house of Mr. John Moreton, a writer on glass, No. 100, Water-
loo-road, and in the absence of the child's parents, the sister
of the defendant brought her up stairs to a bed-room, and
went to sleep in one of the beds.. This was about three o'clock
in the afternoon of the 15th February, and it was then the
alleged offence was committed. The child did not tell her
father or mother until two days afterwards, when the mother
observed that she was ill. She then stated that she had been
threatened by the chief, and was afraid to tell. Some medical
men were then called in, and the result was, that the defendant
was taken into custody. ,

John Moreton, father of the prosecutrix, deposed that the
defendant and three other Indians lodged in his house for
about two months. In consequence of something communi-
cated to him by his wife, he sent for a surgeon, by whom his
daughter was examined, and he then applied for a warrant :
he did not execute it for some time, as he feared that the other
three Indians, who still remained in his house, and who ap-
peared to be undor the controul of till defendant, might com-
mit some violence ; the defendant did not come near the house
afterwards; witness had been offered a sum of money to give
up the prosecution.

The -prosecutrix, an interesting little girl, was then exa-
mined by Mr. PHILLIPS, and detailed the facts of the case.
She was cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS at considerable
length, but her direct testimony was not in any way affected.
Mrs. Frances Moreton, mother of the child, and Mrs. Martha
Pretty, a woman who was present during the-examination of
the child by the surgeons, were then examined:
An officer from Union-street deposed, that he took the de-
fendant into custody. He found him in a back-room, up stairs,
in a brothel, off Waterloo-read.

The depositions of Mr. Hooper the surgeon, who examined
the prosecutrix, and who was unable to attend from severe in-
disposition, were put in and read.

The case for the prosecution here closed.—Not Guilty.

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, APRIL 11.—Wind N. E. April 12.—Wind S.W.,
moderate.—Arrived the Robert, Wickthrow, from New York ;
Ellen, Labiston, from Sierra Leone ; Rolla, Bailey, from
Cape Coast Castle ; Betsey, —, from the Mediterranean ;
.Tc!,”.on. from Malaga ; Lavinia, —, from Leghorn ;
and Amethyst, Pridham, frsin.... Cadiz. Arrived from the river
and sailed the Georgiana, Gibson, for Grenada.; Si:
Banks, Nesfield, for Quebec ; Fanny, Lewis, for Liverpool ;
and Lee, Mowle, for Cork. Arrived the Union, Thacks,
from Shields, and remains. Arrived and sailed the Arno,
Smallbridge, from Cadiz for Hull.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind N. E. April 12. —Wind
S. E.—Arrived from London the Sesostris, Yates, for the
Cape and Madras; and Doncaster, Pritchard, for Mauritius.
Arrived off port the Caroline, Parker, from New South
Wales ; and Louisa, Woods, from New York—sailed the 16th'
ult. Sailed his Majesty's brig Water Witch, and the Mary,
Small for Lisbon ; and Planter, Doag, for Quebec.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 10 AND 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived off
port the Agenoria, Rolf, from Surinam ; Jesse, Britton, from
Malta ; and Constitution frigate, from the United States.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 10.—Wind N.N.W. April 11.—Wind
variable.—Arrived the Osprey, Payne, from Portsmouth for
Lisbon ; and Shannon (steamer), Mill, from Dublin, and
sailed for London.

STANGATR CREEK, APRIL 11.—Arrived the Francis Jeffery,
Fleming, Argo, Bruce, and Milford, Taylor, from Mogadore.
DOVER, APRIL 11.—Arrived off port the Mary Young, Ma-
ther, from the Cape of Good Hope.
TORBAY, APRIL 11.—Arrived off port the Zorgould Egheid,
, from Surinam ; and Vulcan, Radwick, from Malta.
ISLE OF WIGHT, APRIL 11.—Arrived off the Caroline,
Parker, from Sidney, New South Wales ; Louisa, Wood,
from New York ; Andreas, Anderson, from Messina ; and
Orion, Frau, from Malaga.
GUERNSEY, APRIL 10.—Arrived the Telemachus, Tanner,
from Demerara; and Bengt, Hogland, from Gottenburg.
BRISTOL, APRIL 12. Arrived the Duchess of Beaufort,
Farr, from Cuba ; and Albin, James, from Zante.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 11.—Arrived the Helen, Bastal, from
the Mauritius ; Acosta, Thompson, fronJ Iquique ; Mercury,
Peace, from Monte Video ; Rapid, Dandsie, from Jamaica ;
Elizabeth, Wilson, and Hermitage, Hayes, from New Or-
leans; and Armada, Hudson, from Charlestown. Off port the
Edmund, from Copenhagen ; and Adelaide, from Bahia.

GREENOCK' ANA 10.2-Arrived the Cossack, Campbell, and
Mayflower, from Jamaica; Langton, M'Bride, from St. Vin-
cent's ; Vernon, Malvine, from New Orleans ; and Science,
M'Lellan, from Savannah.
LIMERICK, APRIL 10. Arrived the Feronia, Newman,
from Quebec.

The Globe, Mann, from Liverpool to Bahia, was wrecked
near the latter port on the Bth ultimo; a very small part of
the cargo saved.
The Betsey, Dahlen, bound to Gottenburg, was on Shore-
ham Bank yesterday.

Prince Talleyrand, with other Peers, was sum-
moned to attend the trial of the conspirators, but will not be
present.
SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ELEMEN-
TARY KNOWLEDGE.-At a meeting held on Friday last, at the
Society's office, 13, Clifford's-inn, which was attended by se-
veral of our eminent literary contemporaries, most anxious,
both by their personal endeavours and literary assistance, to
further the one desirable object this Society has in view, by all
laudable means, T. H. Cornish, Esq. was finally elected its
Managing Director and Honorary Secretary. This gentle-
man, whose progress in the world of letters has not, we think,
equalled his acknowledged talents—it was stated during the
discussion which took place on the subject matter of the meet-
ing, had well deserved the appointment thus conferred on him
—having very recently produced several excellent compila-
tions, which had been most flatteringly received by the public,
calculated to quicken the march of elementary knowledge upon
religious principles, the copyrights of which we understand the
Society have become possessed by purchase.—Observer.
MEDICINE IN EGYPT.—Clot-Bey writes from
Cairo, under the date of the 21st of January last, that be had
just obtained permission from the government to apply the
mosque of Moristan to the purposes of an anatomical theatre.
" Is not this a step 7" he continues ; " you see we have suc-
ceeded in connecting anatomy with the very religion that was
most opposed to it." But the only subjects yet demonstrated
seem to have been a skeleton and some of Dr. Azoux's mo-
dels. The plague, he adds, continued its ravages at Alexan-
dria, but not to any alarming extent : not above five or six
cases occurred daily, and these almost invariably among the
poorest, filthiest, and u-orst-lodged class of the population.
Certain districts, too, seemed to be more liable to it than
others. No precautions had been taken by the authorities to
prevent the spread of the disease yet no case had been heard
of out of Alexandria. M. Clot himself appears to be strongly
disposed to consider the plague as not contagious.—Medical
Gazette,