The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S NEWS

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
The Court took the special paper to-day, and were
engaged in hearing arguments upon the case of the
committal of Mr. Vandersol, by the order of the Court
of Review, for a contempt. The arguments were of a
purely legal character, and would not afibrd any general
interest.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice 'WILLIAMS.)
ILLUSTRATED RECORDS.
Mr. FITZHERBERT moved for a rule to show cause
why certain pictures, or, more properly speaking,
plans which had relation to a patent, should not be
struck out of the record, in a case pending before the
Court. It was the first time within his knowledge
that such illustrations had been introduced into com-
mon-law pleadings.
Mr. Justice WILLIANts—They are intended to illu-
minate the pleas, I suppose.
Mr. FITZiIERBERT—NO doubt, nay Lord. But
though it is now;the fashion to illustrate almost every-
thing, I never expected to see legal papers so tunbel-
lished.

Mr. Justice WlLLlAms—Take a rule nisi, and let
the matter be argued before a full court.
Rule granted.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius.)
PARNELL V. SMITH.
This part-heard case was resumed, and witnesses
were being examined for the defence when we went
to press.

INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY

(Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.)
IN RE JOSEPH HILLYER.

The insolvent was the well-known and popular
equestrian who had been so many years atit Lched to
the late Mr. Ducrow's company. He descri:Toed him-
self in his schedule as a riding-master and 'theatrical
equestrian.
The insolvent's petition to be discharged. was sup-
ported by Mr. Woodruffe, and opposea by Mr.
Cooke on behalf of Mr. Hayes, who manic d the late
Mr. Ducrow's widow, on account of a larg,a number
of horses and a quantity of theatrical propoz ty which
the insolvent had bought from her shortly after her
former husband's death.

During a lengthened and searching exam ination to
which he was subjected by Mr. CooKE, the insolvent
stated that the last engagement be had was at Fran-
coni's Theatre in Paris, where he, with wife, got
8/. a week. An action was brought in •one of the
French courts of law, in consequence of which he
left Paris, but returned again. He had mo property
whatever in Paris at present, although he took
over two horses and a pony with him who: n he went
there, but he subsequently disposed of th em to the
proprietor of the Theatre Francaise. Shot tly before
the late Mr. Ducrow's death he made a wil'd , in which
he left insolvent a legacy of 2701. ; am k d on his
demise iu January, 1842, he bought :from Mrs.
Ducrow seven horses out of the stud o f her late
husband, seven poneys, and a quantity of horse fur-
niture and trappings, and also some thessitrical pro-
perty. The sum which he agreed to
,lx ay for this
purchase was 7001., out of which the RIMY ant of the
legacy left by Mr. Ducrow was to be, deducted,
and the remainder of the money was to be paid
in quarterly instalments of 2.5/. He was urns, ble to read
or write himself, but he got some of the :ea embers of
the company to keep a profit and loss ace o tint of the
various theatrical speculations upon which k se entered.
Previous to going to Franconi's, at Paris, e took his
company and a portion of his stud to Hamburgh, but
this speculation proved a complete failure, a nd, after a
sojourn of nine weeks there, he was compeV.ed to give
it up, having lost a large sum of monelr . He was
engaged at the Theatre Royal, in Dublin, by Mr.
Calcraft, from whom he got a bill for 175/.
in payment of his salary, which bi'U he was
compelled to sell in Hamburgh for 701. He
also was compelled to sell some of his horses
there as well as some of his theatrical pl.( fperty. Ile
was born in Italy, but had been twenty-.3ne years in
this country, the greater part of which !he spent in
Mr. Ducrow's theatre. He had also bee xi compelled
to dispose of several of his horses in various places
where he had been performing. He swol e distinctly
that he now possessed no property whate'rer, either at
Paris, Hamburgh, or elsewhere. He did own a
house at No. 9, Stangate-street, abut fourteen
months ago, but during his absence on th e continent
his mother-in-law paid the rent and to es, and also
supported his children, and both the property and
furniture in the house, and the interest :in the house,
was vested in her.
Several other witnesses were examine od.
Mr. COOKE applied to have the case l mstponed for
a week, on the ground that although :the insolvent
had shown how he disposed of certain. property, he
had failed to render a satisfactory cash ;ac count.
The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER S id, although
he agreed with the Learned Counsel es to the cash
account, yet he thought the insolvent had shown
every anxiety to render a full and satin fact ory account
of his affairs.

The Cou-aT then ordered the case to stand ad-
journed for a week, in order that the ling vent might
file a new money account.