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London, England, 1822-09-07 00:00:00

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INSOLVRId 1) tyhtnt COURT.
I eratea ;t about tliik4e Iforti• !ice end':
• there was a Sir:olh; eirrision Wreath theOlitAsaurrr
Yesterday David CiiiViterd Passer came up td he extending from the pelvis to the diaplirighi' thd is.
beard en his petition to bedischarged. The insolvent .venalnt ounces .of the same fluid were fl on eieh
had been a farmer at Mkrch, in Cambridgeshire, and side of the chest • the liver and spleen d• eated,
his discharge was opposed by Mr. Cooler; on behalf but not sufficiently to cause it's:meditate death ; the
of his landlord, Mr. Woodward. brain was minutely examined, aiid found perfectly
Mr. COOKICS examination of the insolvent consisted healthy ;, in allprohatality the injurih she ar pem.ed
to
of an inquiry into the disposal of his property., The have received caused her death..
insolvent stated that, in the year 1817; he sold his The Cohorts& addressed the Jury at soh* length,
share of an estate,which was then subject to a Chan- in a most perspicuous manner ; lie thought the facts
cif), suit, to his uncle for £1,800; and, in the year 1 would fully authorise them to find such a verdict as
1820, he received a legacy of 1:300. He left his farm should refer the case to another tribunal.
in December last, because he was threatened with a The Jury immediately found a verdict of witrui.
distress by his landlord, and with an, execution by a Murder against Thomas Lee.
creditor of the name of Lee, to whom he had given A warrant was immediately issued against Litt,-
a warrant of attorney for £6OO. He had then 96 wtro has not been heard of since he left his home at.
six o'clock on Tuesday morning ; he" i, about fiftl•-r
sheep, which he sold to his brother for I:140, in part
payment of £250 he had borrowed from him. Ile five years of age, by trade a smith, and worked fest
removed .orne of his furniture to his brother-in-law's Mr. lloperaft, of Doswell-street.
house at the same time, and left part in his house to
be taken by his landlord. His landlord brought an
action against his brother-in•laiv for the part of the
furniture %%lull had been removed to his house, and
it was given up to him. The remainder of the Learned
Counsel's examination related to the insolvent's dis-
posal of his houses, for which he accounted, and to
his account-books. The insolvent stated that he kept
no account-books but of the labour done in his farm,
and a memorandum-book in which he entered the
quantity of corn he sent to market, merely that he
might know the quantity the farm produced.
Mr. HKATII, who was Counsel for the insolvent,
examined him in explanation. His farm contained
500 acres; he held it eight years at £BOO a-year. Ile
did not think there was any arrear due to his land-
lord, though he claimed a year's tent at Lady-day
last. The landlord entered his first distress in Decem-
ber, for £550; he was in possession a considerable
time, and made two sales,which produced £1.50. Ile
put in another distress after Lady-day, and sold every
thing that it was possible to sell—the g: owing crops,
consisting of 100 acres of wheat and i 0 acres of cole-
seed, worth at least £3 per acre. Ile also sold
everything that was movable, even the fixtures out'
of the house, and of ter wards got furniture to the value
Of £lOO, which the insolvent had removed to his
brother-in-law's house. The insolvent repeated his
opiniau that he-was fully paid, and said his insolvency
arose from the dearness of this farm, the rent of which
Mr. Woodward gave him to understand, in the year
1317, he would reduce, but had never done it.
Mr. Woodward, the landlord, was examined by
Mr. Cooxe.—He bad been frequently at the insol-
vela's house, and seen three account-books there
within the last twelve months. He did not see the
insolvent's property that was taken in distress. About
1.300 of it was bought for him. Ile did not think be
got it much under the value. He offered it to the
insolvent's brother-in-law at £5O more than the pur-
chase price.
The insolvent was examined respecting the three
books seen at his house by his landlord, and said that
two of them were in his possession in town, one the
labourers' book for 1821, theother the memorandum
book he had mentioned, and the third was the la-
bourers' book for 18‘...)0, which was in the country.
Mr. Cooxs prayed the Court that the case might
be adjourned till that book was produced.
Mr. HEATH said lie must agree in that prayer, be-
cause he would not wish that the insolvent should be
discharged with the shadow of imputation on his cha-
racter, " though," said the Learned Counsel, " I must
regret that in the meantime my feelings may cool
before I can have air opportunity to observe upon the
persevering oppression of the landlord, who, after te-
ceiving such a rent for such a length of time, and
taking the last remnant of property his tenant had,
now seeks to keep him in pri.,on, though it is doubt-
rul whether anything is due to him."
'lnc Cower adjourned the case to give time for the
production of the book. .

AN UNNATURAL PARENT, AND DISORACEFVL Con:/-
TnAcr.—A few days ago, the wife of an innkeeper af;
Castor, who is the mother of five children, actually
sold the youngest of them, an infant about three
months old, for a damask silk shawl, of the value of
20s. to a licensed hawker of drapery goods, &c. ac-
cidentally calling for reftethment. The man took
the child away, and hastened on his journey, appa-
rently well pleased with the disgraceful contract ! A
few hours afterwards the occurrence had become ge-
nerally known throughout the town, and in cous2-
, quence thereof, the neighbours were not sparing in
uttering deserved and vehement reproaches on the
conduct of the unnularal parent,which compelled her
to attempt the recove. y r.f the infant ! For this par-
pose, accenipanied by two female friends, they sue.
ceeded in finding the child at Crassby, a villa,;e
about three miles on the Biigg road, and where the
purchaser had left it, on account of its becornion-
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excessively troublesome for the want of its accoqomed
nourishment. The mother and her friends reLnuel
safe home ‘rith the child a; one o'cloa next mornia-
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NEWGATE4xu LEADEN 11.11.1. AI A ttli 171.8..itm.
(By the ('arcase.)
Beef ... l4 83 to 2s 6,1 I Veal os 43 -0 4s 01
Aluttou.. hill,' to 2s fia Pork Cd to Z.% 44
Lamb -42.4 Od to 3s 4d.

PRICES or HAY Ass) STRAW Y TE1l)11.
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/Tay 2110 s Od to 41 4s 0411 Huy... Za 101 to 41 (Is 0.1
Straw 1110 s Od to 11 17s 641 1 Straw 11 12i to 11 IE, 01
Clover SI Ss Od to 41 4s 041 I Clover 41 Os to 41 10, od

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