The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-09 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHAT' CERY.--(Tirts 9e:t11)
aXIARTE ROTHSCHILD IN THE MATTER OF COLLI11,;01AN/C RIJ TT..
• Mr. SUGDEN said he had had the presdre;petition put
into his hand, to' enable him to Ask permission to have it
answered by the Court immediately, and that an early day
might he appointed for hearing it. It pressed particularly
isthe'ground, that the choice of assignees was appointed
take place on Tnestlay, and. Mr. Rothschild's object was,
, • to et an order authorising him to votein the choice.
Ills Lordship could not froM courtesy, to A. B. consent
that, bankrupt petition's which had been standing. over for
several years, should now be longer postponed,, that A.
11.'s new case should be taken instanter. The cow
would takeit afterthe bankrupt petitions were got through,
but not before.
Mr. SUGDEN did not know why the petition should not
go to the VicgChancellor. If the Court would answer
the petition; be thOtild' be content to go to his Honour
with it, provided his Lordship gave leave to mention it
in the Court below.
116 10m:is. iiiP Was `qUite willing to do any thing that
could be considered consistent, both with respect to
suitors and,the Court below ; and, ,as it was asked, he
would answea rite petition for the present petition day,
with liberty to mention it to his Honour.
•
• COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.
• colisr v. neaals.
Mr, Suonmappeared to oppose the petition which was opened
before the,Court roie yeaterday. The petition wos resented with,
VieW to obtain en.order, directing the Master to review his re-,
'Pert of geingthrowili the accounts. By the Master's report he
•hatti4isallowed,the application of the funds of the Theatre to the
amount of 20,000/. 11Ir. Sugdeti said, nobody could feel for the
receiver, even if he were, placed in a hard 4ituation, by having paid,
away funds for the liettidation,of debts he ouht not to have
llgtu-
dated without the authority of the Court. . The receiver'had treated
Mr. Harris, for whom Mr. Sugden appeared, until the Court
taught him better, as if he, had lied no interest in the concern;
nays even as if he had been an intruder, notvrithstenting he bad a
.much greater interest, than any person concerned in the establish
Rent. The receiver was,,to be considered as one with Manna.
Forbes, 'Willett, and Kemple ; and their great object was, to avoid
e_ °.hliglitions of the deed of 18.12, and to apply the fimds to the
I?ritimi!tions of the deed of the 11th of Marsh, 1822, to which Mr.
wit rris t:iiiss no Part Y• The Learned Gentleman hoped the Court
otdil dismiss the petition with colti.
Mr. J A ,
.- 11119 war the
,same 541 e. This was, in.fset, the
urtkatruggle .made by the other side to avoid the just applica-
tou of the funds, and to lay theta out agreeable to their own flo-
twn'. They boil already, without any authority, paid large sums
under the deed of 1422, leaving unpaid debts to which the funds
deed,
to have. been applied according to the provisions of the former
eil, and for which Alt thane was ' He trusted the Cour
would not alloW the gentlemen on the other side to continue IR!
to act.
11r. Hits in replied. He loni heard nothing against the pe-
tition, but that the receiver was, in truth, Weirs. bl
let, and Forbes, which he thought a very rally; but still ma
eiy* I
stateinent: Bills had been paid for oil,' carpenteeivoegr.
work, 'tkr. jib?* the receiver haul been appointed ; were' true
those bill, had been paid without the authority of the C to to Pa), those identical bills, but they had been contracted 'in the
way of carrying on the concern, atid woe, they had been paid, thetheatre would hevil been elnit 'Up;
By the Present report,
however, the receiver would have to Surtl pay the sums twice over—,
. y there tvas:to be a discretion left itt the hand* of a receiver
att to what annul he should pay in the ea 44 of a theatre, which
was well known to be au extremely unwieldy, and unmanageable
concern to atilt Court.
Hie Loturootte said, the Royal Circus was the first Theatre
that was bronght here, by Lord Thurlove ; mut. in omequence that precedent, the Hartiarket,Drury-lane, the Opera-house, the
Rurrey, and abet:. Theatres, had found their way into this Court;
and his LortlsliiP was sure, if a calculation was made of the time
wlie had 'pea answering them (vacation% as well as other time) it
411111 be Gindthat, in due ?tepee, hf had been in the theatres for
,14111 veins but for which he luol had no allovvanee mode
"1 laugh)L—The Court wished to know whether Mr. ifealdts
was!Pplication to have the thing referred back to the Master,
review
.his report generally, or to: view report at • • i• Lori in
I,'"e glveo rule ?
ilsoln believed his application :watt to have to have the
. . .
. 'Palk reviewed generally..
His Loki-Ante then wanted to know how the Master was to be
,ected to
-tr. g° On, without some.elue from the COMA, .n to what
tteularlywas' to If some such rule or elite were . not
hare., I.l„,,e'tttl, Vet certain k.hat.the thing,would be brought hack
Ah..lle' Years neueeieuttly upop aoimilar application.
I") peep looking into the petition More particularly,

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r ‘:r f i.
found that it prayed The Court would order the Master, in review-
ing his report, to allow the aceounts mentioned in an annexed
schedule.

Hill LORDSHIP had not had this stated to him before; but even
if it were so, why should the receiver not pay the balance into
Court.

Mr. HEALn said, if those accomits were allowed by the Master,
a balance would be due to the receiver.
His 'LORDSHIP inquired if that were so upon both the reports?
Mr. HIALD observed that the second report had nut been con-
cluded.

His LORDSHIP found, however, that the Master had proceeded
so far in the second report,. as that he had made a great many
thousand pounds appear to be due from the receiver.
Mr. HEALD wished to know whatever his Lordship would
allow to be introduced by affidavit, the, items objected to in the
second report so far as it went, not having been able to have
petitioned against it in its present state.
His -Loansurr would state what he thought of this by-and-by.
It was utterly impossible that the thing could go on as it had been
going on ; if it were not conducted differently to what it had been,
the Court would certainly do, as Sir William Grant did in the
case of the Opera House ;• namely, sell off the property at once.
Mr. fixatai made a few more obseriatiouiL
His LORDSHIP observed, that the same principle which Zpplied
to a common partnership, applied to the case of a theatre. The
principle was, to carry on the partnership until. it was. properly
dissolved and wound up; but if there were any delay on the part
of any of the parties, the way was, to sell off the property at
once. And it might be extremely necessary for all parties con-
cerned in Covent Garden Theatre to be apprised, that unless
they could . agree to carry on the establishment properly,
sold the Theatre, should be. His Lordship desired to see the
prayer of the bill, which he would read, and then give judgment
on Friday. At, present he entertained a doubt, whether he ought
not to order the cause to be set down for hearing immediately,
and the Theatre forthwith to be sold. It might be material if a
sale was to take place, that the concern should be sold before a
new Mason commence 4.
HIS LORIISHIP'S HEALTH.
The Loan CHANCELLOR seemed still to have considerable pain
in his hand. On being asked for judgment in one or two cases
that were to have been disposed of ere now, he humourously oh-
served, that he should have disposed of a feW things within the
last few dam but he felt, if he had attempted it, lie would have
made a bad hand at it.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT—(Tail DAy.)
DICKENSON IN RE PARR.
This was a petition on behalf of the assignees of the bankrupt,
praying that the Court Alight order a Mr. Hartly, the solicitor to
the bankrupt, to give up all.the papers relating to the bankrupt's af,
fairs which remain in his posielision. It appeared that the solicitor
refused to give up these papers, until his bill of costs, which
amounted to 7401., should be paid. This the assignees ob-
jected to, 'deeming it extravagant, as the effects of the bankrupt
amounted tone more than 20001.

The Vtel-CnaNctu.ou granted the Onler, directing the bill
of costa to be taxed by the Commissioners,' and au account taken
of the disbursements,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—(Tuks DAY.)
A dozen or more poor old men and women came up to complain
that they were refuted relief by the parish officers of Biehopsgate.
Kinnersley, their beadle, attended, in a grand gold-laced coat, to
answer their various complaints.
The LORD MAYOR-7I wish, Kitinersley, you would put on a
little humane behaviour with that fine coat of yours. The entire
time of a Magistrate will he requisite to hear the ,complaints of
the poor against your parish alone.
The Beadle—Complain, my Lord, they're always complaining,
though we treats 'em more humanely than any body. They're a
sad set you've got before you, my Lord ; but let'i hear 'em.
A cadaverous looking wretch, who appeared scarcely capable
of supporting a tottering frame, said that he had fallen down in
the streets fron► exhaustion and illness, and was taken to the ,1
workhouse, but was turned out.

The Beadle..-.,Exhaustion and illness! guttling and drunken-
new ! He's a drunkard, my Lord. He. fell, down dead drunk in
theatreets, and a butcher brought him on his back to the work-
house'. We discourage drunkenness, my Lord.
The pauper solemnly declared it was illness.
The LORD MAYOR said his present condition left no doubt of
his being a proper object, and he ordered him to be relieved.
An old womau said she was starving, and had been refused re-
lief: • • • •

The Beadle.—She's a bad one, my Lord. She exercises the
black art. She's a fortune-teller. She tells all the young girls of
the pariah their fortunes, and that brings burthens on us. She
gets plenty or money, and the should have told her own fortune
better than to come to us.

The :sybil denied" that she had any money, and declared that
'lie was now unable to read the will of the fates.
The Loan Maros ordered her to be relieved.
Another old woman declared she was famishing, and that she
was refused relief by Mr. Kinnersley; who wanted to starve all
the old women.

The Beadle-You're a pretty one to complain, are you not ?
My Lord, she's a terrible one ; the kept a bad house ; you've done
a deal of mischef to the parish.
The old woman declared she was starving, and the Lord Mayor
ordered her relief, as well as several others, for all of whom the
beadle had some reproach to wake in justificatiOn of their objection.

BQW.STREET,-4THIS DAY).
ROJISIAY -11 Y a SIRVANT.—john Towl was charged with
stealing two silver table spoons, and 11 tea ditto, value 205., the
property of Mr. Wm. Shaw, No. 19, Camberwell Cottages.
Mr. Shaw stated, that, on the Bth of last June,, he engaged the
prisoner as servant. On the 16th of the same month, he waited
on the /study at 'dinner, at•the conclusion of which he was de-
sired to go to a cupboard for some vinegar. A ii;reitt Ad of
plate was kept there: On' the same day, Sarah Pratt, his
female servant, came to him and stated that she had missed
two of the table spoons used at dinner, and she • suspected
the prisoner of having taken ;them away, as he was nowhere
to be. found. Mr. Shaw then searched for ToWl, and not
being able to find him, he went. to the cupboard, where the pri-
inner had been, from whence there had been taken 11 silver tea-
spoons. The prisoner left abruptly, without giving notice or
asking for ins wages.
Sarah Pratt confirmed the above as far as she was concerned.
The prisoner eudeavoured. to excuse himself, by saying that be
inn! no wages' due, as he hid not been there a week. lie Went to
another situation. He was remanded for a week.

Dos QA.sirEsAnEt.N.rt---BQTllliArelelEworne(iiii iiiiatisneDdAWY.llliams, Green-
field, and Murray, all sisters, were brought up in custody, charged
with violently assaulting one,Joh„ Raman..
It appeared from the statement of the conapiainant, who showed
evident marks of the injuries he received, that bet Ween ti and 7
o'clock last evening he was proceeding along King's Road, and
near the Rose and Crown public , house one :of the prisoners
MAW up to him, saying, " why don't Yon pay: me the three shil-
lings you owe?' and instantly struck him a desperate mow in
the eye. The other two then came up to the first woniati's
Assistance, and all three fell upon him instanter, and beat him as
unmercifully, that he was literally smothered in blood.
Two witnesses deposed to the cruel treatment 110 experienced
from the prisoners, who offered them not,the slightest provoca-
tion for the assault. Some persona at length interfered and res.
cued
,him from their fury.
The prisoners did riot attempt to justify themselves from their
infuriated ouduct ; one of them simply said he was indebted to
her three shillings.
14114411; however, declared he owed neither of them any money. ,
Mr. Caecortie said this was one of the most wanton and un-
provoked itseanltslie had.ever heard, and committed them all to Chi.-
pgirvistelli., and if bail was tendered twenty-four hours notice

MAIILEIOROUGH-STRE`ii—Cr°lllCALlr with
IViWenn livers was charged by a person newel
The „rilsouer
havilig stolen a shawl, two napkins, and a AM' F
p jOU of
was as appraiser's porter, fie had been placed in - rent, a
the complainant's goods, which had been
distrained
".
ro le„y
chest of drawers had been broken open, and the above pd
the
taken from them, The prisoner denied any knowledge
DI
r,
robbery, and nothinglvas found in his poseesainn• Mr' A:Ye,o.
however remanded hini till Saturday for an opportunity of lift"- the stolen goods.
John G. Proctor, Wm. none, and two lailia nimed BOA,
'field and Russell, were charged by a watchman -with- being noisy
and disorderly last night. The male prisoners were tailors, 'and
hadtthheatfellnlislasesßylauteseld°f al.il un'atartak.kenPar°k:t4lilber4tt;teodf ititnikienigPilatVti:
the shin with her foot. This, however, she den
ied t;
but said that
she fell over his foot, cried tint, and the watchman took theta all
to the watch-housr. They were, after an admonition,
Ann &whey was. brought up under the following circum-
stances:— discharged.
Joseph C9iiiiltii On ()nicer? stated, that she bad invu living with

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a post-boy named Turner, in Avery-row, Brook-street. A few
days ilium, their goods were distrained for arrears of rent; the

broker, in taking frn inventory, watexamialog the contents of a
large box, in which %vas a smaller one, on opening the latter, to
their great surprise, they discovered the remains of an infant
carefully wrapped in flannel. It appeared in a shocking
state of decomposition, no flesh remaining on the bones,
with the exception of the skull. The prisoner on the discovery
appeared dreadfully agitated, sod acknowledged the child to be.
hers. She said that she wall married, and her
.name Turner ;-
but she &lewd to Mr. Dyer this morning' that she was not,
and that her name was
,Stuckey.
Valentine, the officer, stated, that last night a fatale witness
attended, who deposed that she saw the child in question Writ
alive twenty-two mouths since, and that it lived only ten minutes;
she saw and washed it after it was death
Mr. DT/R.—How do you account for not having buried this
child? She seemed greatly affected, and answered, that she
had put it off from time to time till the seizure.
Collins said that he had applied, to the surgeon, who she stated
had delivered her, and who had an imperfect recollection of the
circumstances. The child might have been buried at the ex-
pence of 2s.
Mr. Dora observed, that the circumstances were very suspi-
cious, and he should remand her till Saturday.