The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-05 00:00:00

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.--AUGUST 4.

Mr. Fr. twit applied, befor the sitting of the Court, for per-
mitsion to give notice of a motion for an injunction, upon as early
a day as could conveniently he' named.
The Vrce-CiasNetti.ox said " After the Bankrupt Peti-
Cons, Sir."
IN TIM MATTIK OF RAM.SDEN AND CLARKE, BANKNUM.
This was a petition on the part of Joseph Hadon, praying the
Court to supersede the Conirsiasion of Bankruptcy, and stay the
certificate of Rarnsden, on the ground of fraud and collusion.
Mr. MosTacux, on the part of the petitioner, a tobacconist,
in Oxford.street, contended, from the affidavits, that Mr. Rams-
den had entered into partnership with Mr. Clarke, in the business
of a coal-mer Chant, for the mere purpose of procuring a bank-
ruptcy, and defrauding his creditors.
The Vice-Ctrarrcemoa went over the various facts of the case,
commenting upon them as he proceeded. There could not be the
slightest doubt, in his mind, that there was a mass of the broadest
fraud, and the grossest perjury, throughout the whole of the pro-
ceedings; and although it had been his first impression that t'he
Commission should be superseded, lie was now determined to
adopt a different course, and would, therefore, send this case to a
Jury, in the hope that a public exhibition would lead to criminal
punishment. He would give' directions for two issues—first,
whether there was a valid Com Mission ; and next, whether there
was a concerted act of bankruptcy:
Mr. Mowraoux hoped, that as the parties could be punished
for conspiracy, his Honour would not pronounce a decision which
must involve his client in expellee.
The VICZ-CHANcsr.LoN, had twice found that a reference to the
Attorney-General produced no good result ; for the rake of public
justice, the case.must, go to aJury.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT, Atrauvr 4.
Peter Anderton, a carpenter and builder, was brought up;
and opposed in person by a Mr. Dalkish, a timber-merchant, whO
examined a great number of witnesses respecting the insolvent's
affairs. The tendency of the investigation was to show that the
insolvent bad made misrepresentations respecting his affairs, hub
the evidence did not go to establish the fact. it appeared that
his insolvency arose from an extensive speculation in building
houses on the Hampstead-road. The insolvent was remanded to
amend his aelleitille.

Oit Wednesday evening, a special general. Meeting
of the city of Loudon Literary laud tzieie tihc institution was hew,
for the purpose of considering the practicability of raising a sum
of mosey to build a theatre, for the delivery of lectures.—W. G.
Prescott, Esq., of the firm of Prescott and Co., bankers, took the
Chair. The report of the Committee stated, that from the
crowded attendance given by members to their lectures, Albion
Hill, the place where they were usually delivered, was found
totally inadequate to their accommodation. They considered a
theatre, which would hold shoot 800 or 1,000 persons, absolutely
necessary for eke purpose, and that the stim requisite tar the erec-
tion of such an edifice was 8,000/. When they considered how
much the cheapness and advantage of the amusement and instruc-
tion furnished to youth by the detiery of lectures was appreciated
by well-inforned persons at the head of :'amilies, and when their
beneficial effects were known, there could be little deubt that there
was sufficient Oolitic spirit. in the city to carry' this plan into the
Same complete execution that had attended other efforts of the same
nature elsewhere.—(Applanse.).-At was also proposed to provide
larger class-rooms for the accommodation of classes of young Men
engaged irt commercial or professional pnrimits,'who were desirous
of perfecting themselves in the attainment of modern languages.
They, therefore, recommend that a public subscription should be
opened for these purposes, and that particular advantages should be
given to those meroberi who subscribed beyond their annual stti7
seription of two guineas. After some discussion, in which De.
Black, Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Green, Mr. Paylar, and others, spoke
at considerable length, the report was adopted, and the resolutions
founded upon it, carried.
An inquisition was held on Wednesday at the Nag's
Head, . Kentish-town, on the body of Mr. Augustus Barker, a
medical gentleman of high respectability, and the son of an emi-
nent dignitary of the church. The Rev. Robert Drought, curiae
of Shidwell, sworn. --d knew the deceased well before his death
which happened on Saturday last. He resided at the Northern
Dispensary, near St. Panora., church, in the New-road. I saw
him last about twelve o'clock on Friday morning, at the Bankrupts''-
court, in :BainghaVastreet, and had some Conversation with him
at the time.. The deceased went to surrender himself at a com-
mission of bankrupt; he appeared very dejected, but spoke ration-
ally at first. After some conversation, be suddenly appeared to
labour under great excitement. Perspiration broke .out all over
his face, his eyes rolled in a singular and wild manner, and he
gave such incoherent answers to questions which I put to hint,
that 1 should have been alarmed, had I not conceived this violent
emotion was produced by the painful situation iu which he was
then placed, as front long intimacy and experience I knew him to
be a man of great sensibility, end a highly honourable mind.--
The deceased felt and expressed great agony of mind at not
being able to meet the full demand of his creditors. I have
not the smallest doubt that that circumstance caused temporary
derangement. I knew him to be very , religiously disposed ; he
always spoke of suicide with the utmost abhorrence. I should
also state I ant a relative or the deceased.. He drank tea at my
house the day previous. I observed he put some liquid in his
tea, but I cannot say what it was. He however told me it was
to raise his spirits. Several other witnesses deposed to the same
effect. Verdict—" Found dead in bed, but how or by what
means the deceased came by his death, it does not appear in evi-
dence to us jurors."
At Horsham, on Thursday, at noon,, the sentence
of the law was carried into effect on the person of Daniel Leant',
'aged 19, who was convicted on the preVious Friday of the mut-
der of Benjamin Rowel, at Brightling, In Sussex. 'Hannah
Russel, who was convicted with him, has been respited sine die.
Ilia execution was at first fixed to take place on last Monday,
and ao little was it expected in the town that an extension of time
would be granted him, that the executioner was broUght doyen
front London exprefei. The delay it supposed to have been for the
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having been administered to the prisoner, and
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dons made in front of the gaol, he was conducted to the platform.
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of the parties to this melancholy affair bore but an indifferent
character in the neighbourhood. They had long been known to
coo,gangs of daring smugglers that infest