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VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
jUI;CMENT.....EX.PARTE TITTER, IN ICE DOLZY, A

BANFfarPT.
T•
he VICE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment, at the
Tiling of the Court, upon this bankrupt petition.
ne question for his decision was, whether Mr.
C4rriberland, one of the assignees of the bankrupt,
9purchased part of the bankrupt's property at the
e under the commission. It would be a super-
,ous Proposition to say that it was the plain prin-
411e of this Court, in its jurisdiction in bankruptcy,
:t to allow an assignee, directly or indirectly, to
dZehase any part of estate, which it was his
„ty to administer for the general benefit of the cre-
ofltters of the bankrupt. It appeared clearly in
btaSe that Cumberland had expressed his intention
oming the purchaser of the property in qeestion.
e~ that Mr. Brooks, his solicitor, did, in fact, pur-
, se that very property, and it was now contended
the petitioners that he so purchased it as the
tik(ent of Cumberland. It appeared, however, from
ill" affidavits of Cumberland and others, that he hay-
(4.g consulted with Brooks as to the legality of his
lltring his intentions into effect, was advised that
Could not, under any circumstances, buy the pro-
pe ttY at the bankrupt's sale. It appeared also that
t - Cumberland, who had esigaged a Mr. Sweeten
bid for him at the sale, subsequently distinctly re-
eked that order.
kis HONOUR could not refrain frOm remarking
te the improbability of the case, as sought to be
de out by the petition. It was, in his opinion,
wiPIY improbable that Mr. Brooks, the individual
11,40 had advised Mr. Cumberland of the illegality of
.144 purchasing the bankrupt's property, should be
tl Very person afterwards selected to bid for him at
4 sale. The very fact of Mr. Cumberland's having
ly avowed his intention of becoming the pur-
-1,,,er before he was made aware of the illegality of
t',74 a proceeding, did away, in his Honour's
ifilitts with many of the facts put forward in support
klt' the petition. His Honour, after going through
tend of the affidavits on both sides, and remarking
Zthu zeal manifested. by Cumberland and one of
'NI-assignees, Mr. .Molyneux, to get the bank-
ststlPt's stock into the most saleable condition, said that
suspicion ought to rest on them for not inserting
their catalogue of the stock Mr. Dolby's lute-
,t
in several rights. Mr. Dolby stated that he
d 1157/. for these copyrights, but he (lid not add
ben that money was paid, or what species of
''lterest be derived from the purchase, so thnt his
Tt;Oita were, as respected this part of the property,
:fiectly undefined, and it was therefore not the duty
tne assignees to put up to sale the copyrights, of
o
tie"lctt they knew nothing certain ; but it was in evi-
aeethatthe auctioneer when questioned on the sub-
s', during the sale, stated openly that whoever pur-
t,tred any part of the printed stock became also en-
ded to Mr. Dolby's interest in the copyright of
inie Works. It was also in evidence that Brooks
;7 not purchased " Hook's Roman History," one
iphe works that Cumberland had expressed his
it't!ntion of buying. Mr. Brooks became the pur-
4ter of " The British Theatre," and other works,
\Nth
II he re-sold to Mr. Cumberland at a profit
30/- This circumstance certainly raised a suspi-
th, that Brooks was the agent of Cumberland, but
at inference was discharged by the affidavits of
neon who best knew the real facts of the case.
trcloks swore that from the circumstance of there
huntwing, been numerous failures in the book trade, he
• gnt that a speculation in books might be profit-
Q, and that therefore he was induced to purchase
'le books in question. His Honour proceeded at
%Itsiderable length and ,with much minuteness to
t:tunneut on the nature of the charge brought against
Cumberland, and the evidence brought forward
h.:,lupport of it. Much of that evidence might
L'Astps be attributable to mistake unintentionally
iVe, and perhaps founded upon the fact of
44-• Cumberland having expressed his determination
becoming the purchaser of the bankrupt's stock.
lel4 there were other parts of the evidence so con-
iet,_ °TY, that his Honour was called upon to say
tk Willi+ party credit was due. For instance, when
Le evidence ef- Mr. Dolby conflicted with that of
Zt_. Cumberland, his Honour could not forget that
: Dolby had upon his last examination before
Commissioners, sworn that his property, if well
tif.4_llll(l. would be sufficient to pay all his debts;
be debts amounted to over 21,0004 and
ire available property to meet these debts con-
iltted . of stock' to the value of 6,5001., and
lis_eNg to the extent of 5001. Add to this
'"e extraordinary manner in which the ac-
Ibknts were kept by him. For instance, in the
11.1lidst of his entries reweting business were to be
hot such entries as thee—" This is excessively
7t weather"—paid to Mr. Lewes 2/.—" it rained
1,141 Y all day."—" I went to Hampstead last even-
es and drove Susan round the Heath." These
F,cutristances, to say the least of them, showed
eat levity of understanding, and a very in-
-I;etirate method of keeping his business-accounts.
Port the whole of the case, therefore his Honour
t
etel of opinion that Mr. Brooks did not purchase as
c agent of Mr. Cumberland; that the re-sale to
for- Cumberland did not take phee until the 27th
itrijanuary, three days after Brooks purchased the
iniertY• Under these circumstances the petition
thtlat be dismissed, but as there was perhaps some-
-101% however innocent, in Cumberland's conduct
excite suspicion, the petition, as respected him,
tat be dismissed without costs. There was, how-
,'er, nothing in the conduct of his co-assignees to
use the slightest suspicion, and, as far as they were
"erned, his Honour dismissed the petition with
%sts.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
ROBERTS V. LADY GREILEY.
St J. SCARLETT stated that this was an action to
trover the sum of 163/. I Is. 10d. for goods sold and
(Vivered. The plaintiff was a cheesemonger in
tieat Marylebone-street, and had supplied Lady
rr
esley for a long time with cheesemongery and
Cher
goods, in all amounting to 563/. 11. 10d.,
ti.9l°l. having been paid at different payments, leaving
.ue balance which the plaintiff sought to recover.
Mr. WILLIAMS, for the defendant, contended that
"1e proof was insufficient that the plaintiff had sup-
Pied so large a quantity of goods to this widow Lady
Ithiti a space of two years, a part of which time she
Id been out of town.
returned a verdict for the
The Jury immediately
""tiff—parnages 1631. I Is. Hid.

ST. JAMES'S.
kthlt heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ......... 15 to 1.3 0
4 Meadow Hay 3 5 • 3HI
`l-titZtgartd Meadow and Rye-gran► Hay SIS 415
Nt.t ItaT 3IS 6 0
;,4 -raw ..—.. AI to Xi IS I Wheat Straw 118 . 2 2
Rl,4BPPty taierably rxxl, and trade somewhat brisk, at Tuesday's

SMITHFIELD.
ket4-. beary Lowland Meadow Hay £9 10 to £:1 0
`l.uNiew Meadow Hay 3 5 310
NZYnland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 10 4 10
ua Hay (ext2lfir2tt 1.g.-I.iV(lleeanr*;;; 11:6)
A good supply, and a chill trade ; prices as last quoted.

per Bushel. CH ELTENHd.
I'Vh g. to A
s. M d. d. to d.
time t
Ns"•••••• utton
ti, . ..... fa J 6 74
N.
............... ... 4 0 5 0 Veal
1N................ 4 9 6 6 Lamb 8 9
..... ~_-....... 5 0 8 0 Pork 6 7i
'1,7 ....... ........ N. 15s. to 41. 4s. per ton

An extraordinary measure was taken by the
Polite in Paris on Wednesday morning, regarding sixty or
4°tltY of the clerks employed in the Arrival Department
'lie General Post-office. At the hour when they usually
MMitt their work, a detachment of police-agents broke
the office and seized all employed in the above division,
t, -72ng M. JaQuEs6x, who is their chief. In order not
7,6errut the business, the clerks were conducted by
nctachments to their residences, where they were
;Ininotied to deliver np their papers, family letters, private
Pondence, &c.:, all of which were seized and carried
So great was the number of perquisitions, that it was
tvaliftletil. to procure a commissary of police to be present at
*--Parir Paper.

LATE KENT MEETINd.

TO THE EDITOR. 01' TH.E. NIORNING CHRONICLE.

Sir.,—ln your
.account of the meeting at Penen-
den Heath, though the pincipal features are taken
notice of, and the speeches of those who delivered
their sentiments most accurately reported, still there
is a colour given to the proceedings calculated to
leave a wrong impression on the mind.
You much overrate the victory gained by the fol-
lowers of Lord Winchelsea, if you consider it in any
respect triumphant. The more subdued tone used
at the meeting on Friday last, compared with the
bloody harangues uttered by the Brunswick Asso-
ciation at its first institution, is itself an acknow-
ledgement of defeat. The numerical superiority
was the superiority of assiduous schooling, over
plans concocted, in a hurry; the influence of large
landed estates in the neighbourhood of.the place of
meeting, opposed to an aggregate of individual exer-
tion, brought together from every corner of the
county, without connection or unity. Had the place
of meeting been changed to the less bigoted parts of
the county, nearer the metropolis, would the libe-
rals have had to descend to a forced conscription of
the peasantry, to ensure a triumph far more glorious?
The proper effect, moreover, of the Liberal party
there assembled was much hindered by the gross par-
tiality of the Sheriff, who presided at the Meeting;
however bad their preparations were, this circum-
stance operated with scarcely less force against them.
It is of course the wish of those, whose principles are
not laid in reason, to let no argument be heard which
would attack those principles; hence proceeded the
illiberal usage the reasoners met with on the 24th :
but a little energy, impartially exerted on the part of
the Sheriff, would have put both parties on fair
grounds; and those who endeavoured to.reason would
have had only the weakness of their arguments, or
the prejudices of their hearers, to tax for their want
of success. As it was, the most impudent interrup-
tions were permitted, and the majority of those who
address,,hl the Meeting on the Liberal side could be
heard only by their most immediate neighbours. The
issue of the Meeting was at all events very import-
ant. In one of the strong holds of bigotry and into•
lerance, with all the benefits of previous organization,
on Association was formed to force Government to
certain measures; whose opponents, too, with few or
none of these advantages, had, in addition, to contend
with the partiality of the High Sheriff. With these
drawbacks the victory was almost doubtful. May
such a victory attend the Illiberals in every county
throughout England, and I shall not despair, we may
be yet spared the horrors of a civil war, and free our-
selves frcm a continuance of that ignominy justly
heaped on us by every nation in Europe, for our
treatment of unhappy Ireland. _ _

1 am, Sir, &c. &c.
A MAN OF KENT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—There has been much said respecting the
meeting on Penenden-heath. As I was present on
that occasion, and being in a position which gave
me an opportunity of not only seeing, but of hearing
many things which of necessity escaped the notice
of the reporters, I proceed to lay before you those
circumstances which met my observation. lam the
more anxious to do so, being totally unconnected
with any of the parties who figured on the occasion.
I arrived on the heath early in the morning, where
I found a great number of agricultural labourers, car-
rying large sticks calculated to do much mischief in
the event of a row, among whom, knowing some-
thing of the yeomanry of Kent, I should say there
was not more than one out of thirty who were free-
holders.

Shortly afterwards a number of waggons arrived
from Chatham, conveying about thirty persdna each
(of course, freeholders), the draymen, and other
labourers, in the employ of Mr. Best, the large brewer
there.

In order that these worthies should be sufficiently
primed for the occasion, a.barrel of ale and a round
of beef was placed in each waggon by way of keep-
ing up their spirits.
Many other parties of a similar description of free-
holders, to the amount of some thousands, made
their appearance in succession from various rendez-
vous, where they had been ordered breakfast.

I have merely mentioned the above circumstances
to show with what assiduity the Brunswickers were
animated in order Rot only to secure a majority of
hats, but also a strength sufficient to put down or
drown the Liberals at their pleasure.
The urea enclosed by waggons was in the form
of a horse-shoe, and I should imagine calculated to
contain about 5,000 or 6,000 persons, the waggons
so placed being in many instances three deep, and
occupied by what are termed the higher and mid-
dling classes, generally speaking, nine deep. The
centre waggon was appropriated to the use of the
High Sheriff, his deputy, Lord Camden, Sir E.
Knatchbull, &c.

Immediately on the left of the centre was the
grand focus of the Brunswickerb, Lord Winchelsea,
the mover and beconder of the proposed petition,
Lord Guildford, &c., from whom emanated all their,
well•concerted plans for carrying into effect their
orders.

About two waggons from this station, extending
to their left, was a signal station for their partisans,
and so they were continued, at about the same dis-
tance, occupying that side of the curve.

_
A person pointed oat to me as Lord Abergavetiny
commanded the centre position, who, by the bv.,
was nut one jot inferior to the celebrated Caleb
Baldwin, in his most infuriated state at a Westmin-
ster election, encouraging, in the most boisterous
manner, not only the people immediately about him,
but straining his lungs to the greatest extent to pre-
vent the Liberals from speaking or being heard.
The cries of " No Popery," " Put him down,"
Off, off," " Questiorr, question," " Pass it on,
pass it on," commenced during the speech of Lord
Camden, Vi-ho was also interrupted by a beardless
cow-boy (a freeholder, no doubt), calling his Lord-
ship a-- old Radical; but this was increased on
Lord Darnley coming forward,, and was carried to
such an extent during the speeches of all the other
speakers, except Mr. Larkin and Sir E. Knatchbull,
who was only once interrupted by Cobbett bawling
out " Men of Kent, win you listen to a thing like
that, when there is such a man as me here ?" that
it was impossible to hear what was said, unless you
were within a few feet of the speaker.
The liberal party occupied the opposite carve, and
did any thing but act in concert.
Those who are known by character as Whigs were
immediately on the right of the Sheriff, Mr. Shell
about the centre, and Messrs. Hunt and Cobbett on
the right.

Independently of the Liberals not acting in con-
cert, they made much less display than they could
have done, being closely crammed together; whereas
the Brunswickers were in open order, which you
will perceive gave them the decided advantage they
had in a show of hats.

A most diabolical attempt was made by a Bruns-
wicker in Lord Winchelsea's waggon to excite the
people to a breach of the peace against Mr. Sheil.
—While the learned gentleman was addressing the
meeting with considerable warmth and action, the
worthy alluded to called out, " Men of Kent, will
you allow that vagabond to shake his fist in your
faces ?" "Put him down—down with him." "Is
this to be borne ?" " Put him down, I say." So
much for " their bold though gentle bearing on this
momentous question."
The Sheriff was completely under the. influence of
Lord Winchelsea and his party, and in the most
weak and culpable manner did he allow them to dic-
tate to him. They pressed upon him the names of
those they wished to hear, by what they called—
"passing on" any cry or signal they thought proper
from station to station, until a deafening shout was
raised, and which was kept up until their purpose
was served.
There was one or two instances wherein they were
defeated by their own dear selves.
When Mr. Larkin was speaking, the people at
head-quarters wished to put him down, by calling " Sir