Star.
London, England, 1825-09-26 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' cont.
Thomas Bell was opposed by. Messrs. Batey and
tailors, of Duke-street, St. James's, for a debt of
100 guineas. The insolvent, it appeared, was the son
of the late Sir Thomas Bell, who, during his life-time,
allowed him SW. per annum, and paid all his tailors
and other tradesmen? bill. He had dealt with the
opposing creditors for several years, and continued to
do so after the death of his parents. The present debt
was incurred for clothes supplied to him within the last
year, at very exorbitant charges, seven and a halt gui-
neas being the charge for a coat, 41. 10s. for a hunting
jacket, and three and a half and four guineas for a pair
of trowsers. It was argued in behalf of the insolvent,
that even though the opposing creditors should lose the
amount of their present bill, yet when it was recollected
that he had been dealing with them for several years,
and they charged him nearly double the usual price of
the articles supplied to him, for instance, seven and a
half guineas for a coat, the common charge being only
four guineas, they would not ultimately have incurred
any loss through the insolvent ; indeed, they must still
have realised a considerable profit upon their de dings
with him. The insolvent, like many other young men,
did not take their excessive charges into consideration,
and their bills being c,..nstandy paid by h;s father and
mother, they went on furnishing him with clothes at
the same prices after his pantos' death, upon the calcu-
I ition constantly acted upon by tradesmen of their de-
scription, namely,—that by giving young men long
credit and charging enormous prices, whatever bills
they were fortunate enough to receive payment of
would-indemnify them for their losses in other trans-
actions, and leave them a large profit besides.
. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER obset ved, that complaints
of the present kind made by tradesmen of the opposing
creditors desciiption were generally received by the
Court wilt very little consideration. When a tradesman
chose to give young men credit to a large amount,
charging extravagant prices for his goods, and trusting
for his chance of payment to his bring able to extract
it from the feelings of their parents, and, being disap.
pointed in his calculations in this respect, then came
to this Court to comilain of his customer he (the Chief
Commissioner) for one would always set his face against
such complaint. But let it not be understood, that if
such a person as the ins :lvent, who was no longer in
the heyday of his youth, should obtain goods, even from
a west-end-of•the-town tailor, and at extravagant prices,
he was to be at liberty to say to his creditor, le You have
imprudently trusted me, and you shall not be paid."
In the present case the prices charged were extrava-
gantly high, and had been paid for some time; conse-
quently the loss, if any, must be very trifling ; but the
insolveut was not an inexperienced youth, he being
thirty-four years of age, and therefore well knew he was
incurring a debt which he had no means of paying.
Under these circumstances, the jadgment of the Court
was, that he be remanded within the walls of the prison
for six calendar months.
In the matter of William Gayland, an insolvent dis-
charged in the month of July, 1824.
Mr. Pou.ocit :hewed cause against a Rule Nisi, ob-
tained on a prev:ous day by Mr. Heath, to be served
on the ex tutor and executrix, for them to chew cause
why they should not pay over to the assignee of the
estate of the said insolvent, such sum out of a certain
legacy of 1,0001. bequeathed to Sarah, the -01fe of the
insolvent, since his discharge from this Court, by the
last will and testament of one William Bennett, lately
deceased.
The case being one of a novel description it occupied
the Court for a considerable time. The facts connected
with the c Ise are briefly these.
The insolvent was discharged by this Court on or
about the 23d of July, 1824, his schedule then contain-
ing debts to the amount of 2701. or thereabouts, and
Mr. G:orge Ellis Cooke, a respectable jeweller, in Jewin-
street, was appointed assignee to his estate and effects.
Since the insolvent was so discharged, a Mr. Benne t
(now deceased), by his last will, bequeathed the sum of
1,000/. to Sarah, the wife of the insolvent, to be paid by
his executors, within six months after his decease,
which happened about Marsh last ; she (Sarah) being
niece to the defunct.
After a long conference, the COURT ordered that a copy of the
deed of release should be filed, and that the officer of the Court,
after investigating all the circumstances, should report what sum
was due to the creditors, the assignee being allowed the costs con-
nected with the rule obtained against the executors.

The alterations and additional rooms rem...—
by a Committee of last Session to be made in the House of Lords,
near the Royal entrance, have been commenced. Great improve-
ment will be made in the Eithops' staircase.
Thursday morning, some children who were rambling ,
through the fields near King ston-upon-Thames,in search
of blackberries, discovered in a hedge, a considerable
distance from the main road, a young woman almost
perfectly insensible, and nearly destitute of clothing.—
The children tried every means in their power to restore
the sufferer;but without effect, and one of them went
off to communicate the circumstance to their parents,
several of whom speedily repaired to the spot, fortu-
nately in time to save the fleeting life of the miserable
girl, who was then reduced to the last extreme of fa.
mine. With the assistance of some labouring men, she
was removed to the Three Jolly Butchers public;house,
and the parish-officers having been applied to, she was
attended by the surgeon of the workhouse, who adopted
the ordinary means of restoration with effect. She was,
when sufficiently recovered, removed to the workhouse,
where she gave the following melancholy history of
herself:—Her parents were in a respectable sphere of
life, residing at Gosport. While on a visit at Ports.
mouth, at a friend's house, she became acquainted with
a young Gentleman, who, under the specious shew of
affection, and promise of marriage, induced her to elope
with him. On her-arrival in the metropolis, she expe-
rienced the usual fate which awaits indiscreet and too
hastily formed attachments. Sate was abandoned by
her heartless seducer. She had determined to re-
turn to her friends, and had proceeded en her way
homewards as far as Kingston-upon-Thames, when het
resources failed, and being unable to procure the com-
mon necessaries of life, she wandered into the fields,l
where she had subsisted on wild berries for three days;
when nature being exhausted, she lost all firmness of
mind, and awaited death. The parish officers, on
ascertaining her name and address, have written to her
parents, describing her melancholy situation • in the
meantime, she has been visited by the landlady with
whom she first resided on her arrival in town, and who,
as also the parish authorities, have sbewn the most hu-
mane attention. She is an extremely handsome girl,
only lft 'eat s of age, but ber dejection of mind has given
her the appearance of a much mote advanced age.
A Lady living in Devonshire-place, Edgeware road,
has at this time in her garden, a honeysuckle in full
'ossom being the second time this season..