Star.
London, England, 1809-08-08 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EDINBURGH RAdLS-1809.

Tuesday, his Majesty's Purse of 100 p. lies won by
Sir H. l'empest Vane's b. rl.l.ittle Fatuity - 4 1 1
Mr. - Hutcheson's ch. h. Harmless - 1 2 2
Mr. Cumming's bf. Hatnidetonian - - 2 dr.
Mr. Hendry's b. b. Caledonia - - 3 dr.
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Wednesday, the Nehlemen and Gentlemen's Subscription Purse
of 50p. was run for over the same course, and woo by
Mr. Cumming's b. b. Silvio - - 1 1
Mr. F. Cnllinson's br. c. by Shuttle - - - 2 3
Mr. Peacock's b. c. Carlisle - - - - 3 4
Mr. BaiWe's g. h. Mark Anthony - - - 4 2

The first heat was very keenly contested, and aforded much
Wort.
A hack race followed, which afforded excellent sport—it was
won by a horse dealer from Fife, atter three heat 3.
A rotleman's horse feU near the distant post, and broke its
neck—luckily the rider escaped unhnrt.

Arrived at Dumbreck's Homi—
ny Hon. W. R. Slavic, the Hon. John Ramsay, the Hon.
George Rich, the Hon. Simon Fraser, Sir Thomas Pilkington,
Wm. Pilkinvoo, Esq. Sir Thomas Trowbridge, Gei
Smith. Ferguson,
Henry Trail, Esq. and family, Cal. Green, Capt. , Capt.
Findley. Wm. Ellice. Esq. M. P.
Arrivals at the London Hotel—
The Hight Hon. Lord and Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Hon.
Miss Dundas, Capt. and Mrs. Sober and family, Major and Mrs.
Auckland and family, Hon. Lieut. Dawson ; Captains Turner,
Quirks, and Hutchinson Ist dragoon guards; Thomas Alder,
J. W. Wale, A. Gresson, H. Hall, and F. Lee, Esqrs.

In the last two years, Three of /220,000, Two of
£lO,OOO, Three of £.5,000, One of £4,000, One of
09000, Three of £lOOO, Six of £5OO, &c. have been
shared among the friends of 1-loaNsav and Co. who
so kindly honoured them with their commands ; be.
sides One Million sterling in former Lotteries.—
HonNsev and Co. solicit the favours of the Public in
the present Lottery, which begins drawing on the 20th
of October, and finishes on the same day. Only .5000
Numbers, which may be had at the old-established
State Lottery Offices, 26, Cornhill, and St. Margaret's
Hill, Borough.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COUkT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST E.

if/MARIE CAMPBELL IN THE MATTER OF JOHNSON.
Johnson is a Bankrupt. At the time of his mar-
riage an instrument was drawn up, by which he en-
gaged to transfer R2OOO Bank Annuities, into the
hands of Trustees, in behalf of his wife, immediately
after the marriage, or upon request of the Trustees,

of whom the petitioner Campbell was one.
Mr. ALEXANDER stated, that the object of the pe•
tition was, to desire that the Comm►ssioners under
the Bankruptcy might be directed to admit the proof
of the debt created, by the instrument above men-

tioned.
It appeared, however, that boa) the Trustee and
his Wife knew at the time the instrument was drawn
up, that the Husband had no Bank Stock to transfer.
The question therefore was, whether it was a debt
available against the Creditors ?
The Lou) CHANCELLOR directed it to be admitted
as a claim, and ordered the Commissioners to inquire
at what time the request to transfer had been made.
Unless this could be proved, the inclination of his
Lordship's mind seemed to be, that this debt could
not be allowed.

SURREY SPECIAL SESSIONS, AUGUST 7.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS.

The Court proceeded this day to the further libe-
ration of the prisoners for debt in the King's Bench,'
under the late insolvency Act, and several of the
debtors were opposed by. their creditors, on their ap-
plication for the benefit of the Bill. Among others,
Richard Mathews, an attorney, was opposed under
the 34th section of the Act, which excludes from the
benefit of this Act all attornies and solicitors who
shall have embezzled or converted to their own use
any money of effects which they may have recovered
for their clients.
It wic stated, that the debtor was employed by a
,00r wid no, named Trimmer, the next heir to a per. •
son deceased, who had made an imperfect will, in
order to set that Qitt aside, in the Prerogative Court.
'the debtor employed Mr. Browne, a Proctor in
Doctors' Commons, who carried on the necessary
proceedings, and finally succeeded in eetting the will
aside, and thereby Mrs. Trimmer became entitled
to 40n1. which sum the debtor received in virtue of
his warrant of attorney, from Mrs. Trimmer, but he
never paid her any part of the money ; neither did he
pay Mr. Browne, the Proctor, his bill of costs in the
clause, amounting to M. but settled it by his bond,
which he never discharged. The ill fated Mrs.
Trimmer, thus defrauded of her property, was redu-
ced to extreme want, and obliged tz take refuge in a
workhouse where she died.

The plea urged on the debtor's behalf was, that
the objection could not be with Mr. Browne, the per-
son who opposed him, for he was not defrauded, hav-
ing taken a bond for his claim ; and as Mrs. Trim-
mer was dead, the debtor was accountable only to
her representatives, and no opposition was offered on
their part; nor did it appear that she or any person
on her behalf had ever made any demand on the
debtor.

The Chairman, however. overruled both objec-
tions, and decided, that the ground of opposition
urged by Mr. Browne was completely within the ex-
ception stated in the Act, and the debtor was accor-
dingly remanded.
Edward O'Reilly, Esq. a Captain in the Warwick-
shire Militia, was opposed in his application for dis-
charge, on the ground that he had not inserted in his
schedule the property which he must have possessed
as his qualification for the rank he held in his regi-
ment.

It appeared, however, that Mr. O'Reilly received
this qualification by the aid of a friend, who convey-
ed to him by dad a landed property in Yorkshire to
the amount of 2.501. per annum ; and having by this
means obtained his object, the deed was cancelled.
lc was, however, pleaded, on the part of the credi-
tors, that this property ought to be surrendered to
them, as it did not appear that any deed of recon-
veyance was executed, and, that, consequently, the
act of cancelling the first deed did not restore the pro-
perty to the original proprietor.
This claim, however, was rejected ; because it did
Sot appear that the deed of conveyance had ever been
registered, nor was it ever in the debtor's possession; it
being a mere expedient pro tempor, to obtain the com-
mission. The debtor v..as therefore discharged.
A debtor named Michael Reilly Was also opposed,

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upon the ground of hi having obtained, under false
pretences goods to the amount of 3501. from an iron-
monger, being a part of the debt for which he was
confined. It was stated, that he passed himself for
another person named O'Reilly, and falsely pretended
to be a merchant, and in that character obtained the
goods, under a pretence that he wanted to export
them to Buenos Ayres ; but he sold the goods in
England.
The debtor denied that he had represented himself
as a erc ba n d said that the change which had
taken place by onr loss of Buenos Ayres was the sole
reason why the goods were not exported thither, and
had his creditors been less prompt in arresting him,
he would Noe been enabled to pay them all.
The Court refused his application, and remanded
him to prison.