The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-26 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 25.

Mr. John de la Mare was opposed by Mr. BARRY
on behalf of Capt. Benjamin Laing ; Mr. NICHOLLS
also opposed the insolvent on behalf of his (the
insolvent's) wife and children, who were suing in
Chancery by their next friend.
It appeared from the insolvent's statement, that
he had been an attorney, but for the last six years he
had not practised as such. In 1817 he married one
of the two daughters and co-heiresses of John
Marlborough Churchill, Esq., ana by that marriage
he received very considerable landed and funded pro-
perty; previous to which he had very little property
of his own. In 1820 his wife's sister died, and he
then became possessed of her share also of funded
and landed property. In the later end of 1823 an
action was brought against him for criminal conver-
sation with the wife of Captain Laing, the opposing
creditor, the damages being laid at 10,0001. He
allowed judgment to go by default, contenting him-
self merely with employing Mr. Brougham and Mr.
Cooper to attend when the writ of inquiry was exe-
cuted, and endeavour to lessen the amount of da-
mages. In the interim between the period of bring-
ing the action and the execution of the writ of in-
quiry, he assigned all his property by a deed to his
father, in trust for the separate maintenance of his
wife and children ; this deed he swore was merely a
colourable transfer in order to prevent Captain Laing
from levying an execution upon the property, when
the verdict should be returned, but it was under-
stood that he was still to be as much the owner of
the property as before the deed was, executed. In
January, 1821, the action was tried, and the jury
gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 2,0001. besides costs,
which were 1521. About that time he separated from
his wife and family, and when the action was tried he
was at Paris, where he chiefly resided, only visiting
London occasionally, until the-last two years, when he
fixed his residence in London. While abroad he
received remittances from his father out of the pro-
perty assigned to him, and his wife and children
had also been supported by the same means. This
deed of assignment, which was only intended to pro-
tect the the property from Captain Laing's execu-
tion, was afterwards put in force, and he could not
prevail on his father to destroy it; he therefore
levied on his tenants for rent to raise the question
at law, and his wife and children, suing by their
next friend, obtained an injunction to restrain him
from receiving the rents. A hill in Chancery was
then filed, and a receiver appointed, but in conse-
quence of the insolvent's not putting in an answer
to the bill, he was pronounced in contempt, and
had been committed to prison. Since his arrival
in England he had endeavoured to negociate with
Mr. Bostock, the solicitor of Captain Laing, and
had offered, if Captain Laing would take out exe-
cution upon the property assigned under the deed,
he would assist him ; but Captain Laing had never
yet taken out execution, either against his person or
property. Mr. Bostock had, in the course of the
negociation, offered to take 500/. down and secu-
rity for 5001. more, payable in a given time, in satis-
faction of the judgment and costs; but the insol-
vent could not comply with those terms.
Mr. BARRY said, this case was one of a most
aggravated nature, and as the insolvent's conduct
had been so aggravated, first in seducing the wife,
and next in transferring his property to prevent the
husband from enforcing the verdict, lie (Mr. Barry)
hoped that the Court would visit the insolvent with
a severe reprimand.
Mr. COOKE, for the insolvent, was heard at some
length, after which,
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said, if this were a
recent transaction the Court would have felt it their
duty to have passed a very heavy judgment upon
the insolvent. But looking at the lapse of time,
and taking the fact into consideration, that the par-
ties had been treating as to the mode of discharging
the debt, the Court were inclined to give but a
light judgment, -at the same time-making • it such a'
one as to mark their sense of the impropriety of the
insolvent's conduct.
The Learned COMMISSIONER then ordered the
insolvent to be remanded for a period of six calen-
dar months from the date of filing his petition.

There was some years since a celebrated ra-
ver on the Turf, to whom his owner had given the clas-
sical name of .Alcides, which the jockeys converted into
All-sides, the shape of the horse happening also very much
to justify- the change.

A ludicrous scene was exhibited yesterday af
ternoon in front of the Horse Guards. It being the time
appointed to relieve guard in the stone porches in front of
the building, a Life-guardsman, mounted upon a remark•
able fine horse, entered one of the porches, when it soon
became apparent that the animal, however well bred, was
most woefully deficient in politeness to the public, for no
sooner had he advanced into the proper• position with his
head towards the street, than he suddenly reared up, and
wheeling round on his hind legs, presented, sans cere-
ntonie, his hind quarters to the passengers, his head being
thrust in an opposite corner. In this situation he remained
for some time immoveable, in spite of the efforts of the
Guardsman to turn him about, who appeared much cha-
grined at the Quixotic figure which he cut before the pas-
sengers, many of whom could not restrain their risibility.
After, many desperate efforts with spur and curb the
rider succeeded in turning the obstinate aminal into his
former position, but he only stood so for a moment, for on
the keen air saluting his nose he again made another re-
volutionary movement, and stood in his favourite pos-
ture, and it being found impossible to stir him, he re-
mained in this position until the Life-guardsman was re-
lieved, when he apologised for the rudeness of his horse,
by informing the public that it was Ili% first appearance
before them in that situation.

CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA-

Lieutenant Hardy in his' Travels in gel:
ico," relates some extraordinary things, b(,/-11
are not, therefore, to set them down asp-r4s
romantic. When the kaffer Chief, epclked!
in a recent work on Southern Africa, rettr"e
to the interior from a visit to Cape Town, all
related that he had seen a waggon with an°
wings (his mode of describing a ship) 111°Ii°
on the water, the recital was received in the
jai
too usual with travellers, and " That'a slier'
was tittered at once by twenty voices. So, per
haps, will some say of Lieutenant Hardy's w:
ders; but as the Kaffer spoke truth, which 'Hi
ignorant hearers could not understand, and,s
there are more things in heaven and earth tli,l
our philosophy can find out, let us believe
Lieutenant, and encourage him to explore Wog
countries for new wonders. Our author is
_na
San Miguel de Horcasitas, where a Perl
afflicted with hydrophobia " was tied up
post with strong cords, and a priest was
.)
nistering the last offices of religi?rii•r,
At the approach of a paroxysm the Liu
tunate sufferer, with infuriated looks, fo,
sired the Priest to get out of the visi, i,
that he felt a desire to bite every body be co.. I
catch hold of. An old woman, who was Presei'l
said she would undertake his cure ; ski
there althcsit,
there were none who believed it possible thlit_,
could effect it, yet the hope that she might dgr
and the certainty of the patient's death if notbui!
were attempted, bore down all opposition, .o_,
her services were accepted. She poured a Po"
der into half a glass of water, mixed it well, an'
in the intervals between the paroxysms she force
the mixture down his throat. The effects wed
exactly such as she had predicted, namely, el
he would instantly lose all power over his bot
and mental faculties, and that a death-like st.uPs,
would prevail, without any symptoms of andluibe
tion, for either 24 or 48 hours, according 0,101
strength of his constitution ; that at the toy
hi
this period the effects of the mixture vccitisi
arouse the patient, and its violent operation,
ig
emetic and cathartic, would last about 10 or
minutes, after which he would be able In To
upon his legs, and would feel nothing hui
debility which had been produced by theretf:
bined effects of the disease and the medici'...
She mentioned also that the fluid to he,..disob
charged from the stomach would be as hlaoho
charcoal, and offensive to the smell. All go
literally took place at the end of about,e
hours; and the patient was liberated from
of the most horrible deaths to which tnorteo4
is subject. She had her own way of accono'd
ing for the effects of this disease. She tenth
it a local complaint attacking the mouth, 'V Ins
by degrees it irritates and inflames; this 7Peb y
the virus, which is conveyed to the brio()
means of the nerves, and is received ,als: thuf
the stomach with the saliva. The poison the
tongue converts the whole of the
matured in the mouth and at the root Otos
fluids of
stomach into a poisonous bile, which, if it ,1,0
not quickly removed, communicates with ift
blood and shortly destroys life." The rele
is as singular as the cure is extraordinary.
give it as the Lieutenant received it :

" METHOD OF CURING HYDROPHOBIA• e
ft The person under the influence of this disli
must be well secured, that he may do no migedo
either to himself or others. Soak a rennet in alit
minutes).m PW
v eorri
zeed thtstna v
ahwda
aean tausttiritmibsluehcrahso
afbsewelt eydrobn(eef,otrainadl:ll2..ft
hl
the thumb and three-fingers. -Mix it &131,-,s-n- 11.1
and give it to the patient (that is, force it "‘"' The
throat in an interval between the paroxysms)'
patient is then to be put into the sun if possible.gli
placed near the fire), and well warmed. Ifth iron
dose tranquillize him after a short interval, no L,
is to be given, but, if he continues furious, anotP,:
dose must be administered, which will infallibl
quiet him. A profound sleep will succeed, whit.,°'
which will last 24. or 48 hours (according to IT
strength of the patient's constitution); at the alte;
ration of which time he will be attacked with sef..iit
purging and vomiting, which will continue
poison be entirely ejected. He will there be
'
stored to his senses, will ask for food,, sad her
fectly cured. There is an Indian living in Tal,
tame, who is known to have an antidote to `lO
poison, injected into the wound occasioned by t 0
bite of a mad dog, tta.; and it is therefore sulle"it
to the savadilla, which will only cure the disell„g
when it has been formed. Two thousand doini
have been offered to him to disclose the secret,,o.'
he has constantly refused to accede to the ter:is
His charge is ten dollars for each patient,
ma I
mkeasdea comfortable livelihood
diligerainquiri inquiries
swhiby the
pineirlireit:4o,
tpe
nlroidraia,twesheatnhteidrottheerheax%egrefaatitlyedi,nsbtuatnclc 0
could hey
no one case where it had been unsuccessful."

A murder was committed on Sunday t h- nt.o
inst., at St. Pierre de Varengeville, in the departilL.,/
the Lower Seine, under the following circurnst3l4"" 1,
Two individuals of the place happening to qu';ne'd•
struggle ensued, in which one was thrown to the! j far'
They were separated by a friend,but the one virb° Alptter
fered 'most in the fray ran home, and saying
should' not end so, armed himself with a guy, be sirs!,
turning, shot his antagonist in the breast, just 85„ttl>s.
parting from a friend at his own door. The 1031,°' of
man, whose name was TOO RAND, le since del'
wounds. The assassin is in custody.

PAINTED AND PUSLISHRID BY IMMO Iro°lv.7:•'''
TM Sim 112, Snitaxn, LIMO°