The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-06 00:00:00

HENDON V. COVENTRY.

Mr. HART was instructed to bring to his Lord-
ship'sjecollection this appeal, which had been part
heard a considerable time ago, and the hearing of
which had been interrupted from the non-ability to
produce a special order that had been made by the
Court ; that order was now found, and the present
application was for leave to have it put into the paper
for an early day. ,
His LORDSHIP desired Mr. Hart to have it put in
for the most convenient day.

EX-PARTE GRINISTEAD, IN THE MATTER OF
'HOWARD AND GIBBS, BANKRUPTS.

His LORDSHIP said he would, as he had purposed,
go in part through the voluminous papers before him
in this matter to-day, and finish the, judgment in it to-
morrow or Wednesday. The matter came before him
under very singular circumstances. The,matter to be
considered was contained in twobooks, which detailed
all the proceedings under the second Commission, and
all the evidence that had been brought forward upon
the trial: The question now to be decided,
and the. real question, was, whether • the sum
of between ~30,0001. and • 40,0001., which Mr.
Grimstead had proved under the firSt, and proposed
to 'prove under the second commission, was a debt fit
and proper, to be proved, or whether it was to be con-
sidered so tainted with usury as totally to preclude
such proof. It appeared that under the first commis-
sion the proof ,of the debt had been admitted ; that
under the . second, it had been refused by three gen-
tlemen, two of whom had admitted it under the first.
The ground upon which it was rejected under the se-
cond commission was, that regard being had to all the
circumstances, it was so affected with usury, as to ren-
der it impossible to be proved. Under these circum-
stances, a petition was presented to the Great Seal,
which came on to be heard before the Vice-Chancel-
lor, and his Honour directed-an issue, or an action,
his Lordship did not recollect which.
Mr. Hoitrai believed it was an action.
His LORDSHIP directed the action ..to try
whether Mr. Grimstead in fact was, or was not a
Creditor under the Commission ? Or in other words,
whether the Bankrupts, 'at the time of the bankruptcy,
was indebted to him ? This question bad been tried
in the Common Pleas,' and a verdict had been pro-
nounced against Mr. Grimstead.
His LORDSHIP then went at considerable length
through. the books he had referred to, stating hilly a
great number of items and transactions, which are not
very material to mention at present, and concluded
for the day by' stating, that lie would finally
deliver
himself of the matter on coming into Court on
ursday. ,

WILLIAMS V. GooDCHILD.
The Court then went upon the evidence' n this
Lunt-heard appeal.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH..(Tms DAY.)
HANAR v. KITCHIN.

This was an action to recover from the proprietor
of a booking-office the value of a parcel of muslin,
which had been booked at his office, with directions to
have it sent by coach to a tradesman in Hackney, but was
lost in the conveyance. It was tried at Guildhall on
Friday last, and the plaintiff was non-suited, it appear-
ing that he was the vendor of the parcel, the -legal
right of action being in the consignee, as decidrd in
the case of Dawes v. Beck, in Term Reports. It was
also contended on behalf of the 4efendaut, that having
sent the parcel by a carrier, the latter, anti not the de-
fendant, was liable to an action ; but the Lord Chief
Justice, said that as he had got directions to send it
by a coach, and thought proper to send it by a carrier,
he was liable.
Mr. DENMAN moved for a rule (this day) to show
cause why the non-suit should not be set aside, and a
verdict entered for the plaintiff, on the grounds that in
Dawes v. Beck the action was against the carrier, and
therefore ought not to govern this case.—Rule granted.

On Saturday night a young woman in the service of
A tradesman in St. Martin's-lane, was given in charge by her
muster and conveyed to St. Martin's watch-house. After being
detained there till some other cased were investigated, the constable
of the night asked for the pereon who had given her in charge,
but lie not being forthcoming the watchman was sent for him.
Upon his arrival he was asked what he hail to say against the girl,
When be stated that she had been sent on an errand at a quarter
past eleven o'clock, and had'not returned far three quartet's of an
hour, and that when she did return she had brought another
womawwith her, and had made such a disturbance at his door
that he found it necessary to give her in charge. A gentleman
who kad been standing at the door of a Coffee House
.opposite,
stated that he saw the girl come up to the door and knock gently
for o.dmittance to no purpose, that she then went away and brought
another Woman with her, who also knocked gently ; after 14111 C thole
the door was opened, and the mietrten of the house put ant her
hew!, and saying that the girl was no servant of her 's, abut the
door in theirfaces ; another gentleman who was paseing reeoq,
mended her to knockagain, and once more to request admittance,
as she had stated that she had no place to go to fee the n
ight ht.
lo Upon
her doing so her master came out, an d immediately aer
charge to the watchman. Under these circutnstances the constable
of the night very properly refused to take jar in charge, telling the
master that if she had not suited him, lie might have discharged
her in the morning, without the to
t} of ref
fusihng her admsucit-
h
tance at meet an boor, or sending her to e watch-ouse on
a charge, on this the girl wan liberated, and went home with the
female friend who had attended her to the watch-house.
A
principle streets
discildi of St. Crispin, who resided inone of the
in London, in the
principle at once to Make a. display of his learning, and at the
having some knowledge ,
same time to turn his qualifications to more substantial account.
He procured the aid of a neighbouring paiuter, and in a fa's, I""
the word* "Mena eonscid recti" glittered gorgeeusl oo toe
cur-
nice of his little shop. The plan succeeded, and why at with
toiners of profit, and customers of curiosity, the cobler's shop Was
for ever filled. Thie prodigious run of good fortune naterally ex-
cited the emulation cif a brother Wax," who doubting noodling
that his friend's acceeeion of business was entirely owing to the
learned scroll abiwe bis window, determined to outdo hint to sll-
intents and purposes, and therefore suoipentled 'front his d'' tit'
following Mal and women's coureis recti !"