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London, England, 1823-11-28 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, NOV. 27

TIIE MATTER OE RICHARD witsow, AN INSOLVENT.
Mr. Comm, on a former day, having obtained a rule
calling upon the insolvent's detaining creditors to shew
cause why he should not be at liberty to file his petition
to be discharged,
Mr. POLLOCK now shewed cause, and founded his op-
position to the rule on the affidavit of Mr. Curtis, of
Queen's Elms, Brampton; in which it was stated, that
the insolvent induced the deponent, Mr. Kendrick, and
others, by representing himself to be worth upwards of
20,0001 to dispote of their interest to him in a patent
obtained originally by Mr. Kendrick, far an apparatus
for extracting tanning matter from bark, for which he
agreed to pay 4,0001. the first year, 8,0001. the second
year, and 11,0001. every year afterwards. In some time
after this agreement the insolvent called on Mr. Curtis,
saying he had purchased the extensive premises of Sit
Robert Graham, opposite the Mansion-liotisi,7*.here Mr.
Moberly, the Member of Parliament, witli'whOm he was
connected, intended to have a counting-house *for the
Ptirpose of the tanning patent; and be requested Mr.
Curtis to rend him 3001. or 4001. to make a deposit with.
Mr. Curtis told him he had not so much money to spare,
hut save hiiii a bill of exchange for 1001. which the in-
eavent promised to meet at its maturity. This promise
he did not keep, although 'he received the amount
,of
the bill, and Mr. Curtis was obliged to rake it np.—
Thel foceedi of it *ere not applW to the payment of
the deituferor which it was obtained. At the time the
insolvent agreed for the purchase of the and
Attained die bi'll of exchatige, he was a prisoner in the
Batch prison, and in uncerifficated bankrupt, If
WWI the deponent theft knew nothing. 1.4
Lik;he lodged a' detainer against him far e. IbQf.. -to,
which the insolvent took defence, and aftei putting hirsi
to the espense of 301. he gave- a consent for a verdict.
Iu coniequence of the insolvent's nori-performanci of
thb -coullftions of the agreeinent, the deponent and the
other parties thereto filed a bill in Chancery, and ob-
tained an injunction prohibiting the insoiVent from in
any way disposing of the patent in question. Under
these circumstances, Mr. PuLLOCK contended that the
rule ought to be discharged.
Mr. Cooxt replied at some length, stating that the
insolvent's estate had been considerably improved since
his imprisonment, and that his patent was of sufficient
value to pay all his debts ; but to enable him to do so,
he required the assistance of this Court.
• The COURT said, that so long as the injunction re-
mained in force, the insolvent waerestrained from making
the necessary of all his property; and conse-
quently they must discharge the rule.--Rule discharged.
Jolla Dove was opposed by Mr. HEAra, for a creditor
named Chaplin, an innkeeper in Chichester, who stated
that be had joined the insolvent in a bond .to the trus-
tees of turnpike tolls in Sussex, of which the insolvent
became lessee,- and that he had been compelled to pay
1201. in consequence of the insolvent's default. He had
been at the' insolvent's house a few trays before he was
arrested; -and saw goods in his shop, and furniture in
his hotise, •to the value of 2001. which were net ac-
counted for in his schedult
• the insolvent denied that he had the property stated
by Chaplin, and said be had offered to pay him by in-
stalments, but be refused to wait.
The Coulee said, there was not sufficient proof of the
insolvent'having made away with his property to justify
remanding him for that offence, but There was so much
suspiciOn in the caseohat the Court would remand him
for six months under the 16th section of the Act, which
gave that discretionary power.

- .
&CA?! /ROW Jittr..—On the 22d of September, a
de,perate hitteMpt was niade by the convicts in the jail
of New Orleans' to make their escape. They rushed
upon the turnkey to possess theriselves of the key to the
outer door, bsit he had presence of mind enough to throw
the-key through' the rating into the street. By this
time the alarm was given, when the city guard, a por-.
tion of the several volunteer companies, and a large
number of citizens immediately assembled and - sur-
rounded the prise& •Fmding themselves unable to suc-
ceed by the front door; a past of the criminals, to the
number of twelve or fifteen, endeavohred to escape
from the roof of thelow building in the rear—here a
concourse of citizens arrested drew progress, and it was
not till several shotihi,d been discharged at them from
the rani tithe church', that this party would retire into
the tOrisOO. Yu tttenieantime, others exerted themselves.
to escape by cutting a hole through the door of the
Sheriff's offci--;-sifiii shots; however, discharged by the
armed citizens, whose pieces would bear upon them:.
from the street, soon 'drove them from this point. When:
the Nlayot with a part of the military entered the pri-
son, it wit' found that one of the leaders was killed,.
anotherhaortally'wotinded, another stabbed in the back,'
and
,svo others slightly wounded, A few days .pre-
siouity to this event. the prisoners in the 4ouge
Jail, rushed on the jailer, as he ernesed to supply tberel
for their evening wants; four of 'them (and we believe
that way4,tha only ones that made the attempt) sire-
44easiti itVw.resibig the keys from The nian and made
. their Way through the jail'yaidibUt they lad hardly,
got outside of the knee, when assistance was procurei,'
acid three of them were returned to their lodgings im-
mediately ; one being knocked down as he got oat ofj
the gate; and the two others taught be ore they reached
tic woods--the fourth made bill iiipaise: 'but neat day
was aPprabended within ars. of ;Nits mitts from tc!wil• J

• SALES OF PROPJER74% . ,
.
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. tir.ssßs. ROBINS". "
Freehold. =The Thin Estate, situate isild9iaoll44,l44lB2lllWieh
and Dc:al, Rent; comprising a retidenee eonilinitig 'Mies wkicitia
rooms, various domestic apellments, double coath-hoete,.etzbling,
cow.;ard, detached buildings, plantations, and jundry enclosures of
arable and meadow land, together with 191 A. 2 IL 17 P: l't is
Mr. Hatfield, tenant at will, at £550 per annum. Also an im7)ol
log dweUhig, known as Hain-House, with ont-buildings, *Wen.
paddock, fang, Heckling*, Russet, and Shter Wiled% celsedninv
29 A. 25 P. now in hand, of the estimated annual value 91410
Hetklence Cottage and Grounds, 4A. 9R. let to Mr. Smith et
£10; and Osier Ground, s4_4. Ist to Mr. Wills at the like sum
yearly—total 228 A. 5 R. 12 P. gross annual rental X 720.-141 by
direction of the proprietor and with consent of the mortgagee, pro-
duced X 17,000-
Leasehold.—No. 20, Bolton.street, Piccadilly, late the property
of General S,r Thomas Musgrave, Bart. deceased, containing eleven,.
rooms, domestic offices, yard, and cellarage, held under the original
lease granted by William Earl of Bath, for the refnaining term qt'',
17) years, at a ground-rent of £lB 15s. quarterly, tinr of all dti-
ductions, land-tax excepted.—Sold by direction of the surviving vie-'
tutors of General Musgrave-900 Guineas.
Life Auurance.—A policy for £5OO, effected June 1805, in. the
Equitable Ashurance Office, receivable on the death of a Genthenan
aged sixty-nine, annual premium paid £22 13s. profits declared in
1820, 45 per cent. the additional increase to be paid iu 1 SIM In-
chided in the purchase-590 Guineas.
Shares.—An original Renter's Share of £5OO for 71 years in
Drury-lane Theatre, producing Is. sd. every night of performance,
With free admission, transferable annually to all descriptions of en-
tertainment. These shares paid in full, before the other class are
entitled to any dividend-920 Guineas.
Another similar Share--900 Guineas.

A £lOO Share in Druty.lane Theatre, the dividends on which
have paid seven per cent. with personal free admiuion.dering the life
of the purchaser, or any one hereafter nominated by him, extending
to every class of performances-90 Guineas.
A Share of like description-75 Guineas.
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RESPITE OP TIVO CONVICTS.

Alderman Woos and Mr. Sheriff Lion's some days
ago received a communication from a prisorier
_con-
fined in Newgate, and under sentence of death, request-
ing their immediate interference to prevent the rxecu-
tiou of the law upon him, as it could be proved, beyond
the possibility of doubt, that he was innocent of the crime
for which he was sentenced to die. - The convict had
mentioned to Mr. Wontner, the Governor, tharthe proof
of his innocence was within the walls of the prison ; and,
by the advice of that benevolent officer, the Magkrates
were immediately applied to, although he calculated but
little upon any testimony in opposition to that which had
fully satisfied the Jury. The offence upon.which the ver-
dict was given was highway robbery. The prisoner
had been recommended to mercy by the prosecutor,
:who sustained no injury in his person, and but little in
his purse; and it was more than probable that mercy
would have had the ascepdaut in the consideration of
the convict's case by the executive. Expectation is, how-
ever, sometimes defeated ; and the prisoner, as soon as
he had ascertained that an appeal to the Secretary of
State might be made on some rational grounds, took
the necessary measures, and Alderman Wood and She-
'tiff Laurie entered upon the investigation with a zeal
'proportioned to the importance of the subject. The
prisoner-told these Gentlemen, that by an extraordinary
interposition of Paovionice, there was a living witness
in the prison who could prove that the crime for which
he was sentenced to be hanged was the unparticipated
crime-of another person, and that no one could doubt
that fact when the very person who committed the rob-
bery was the man who, as the best way of recompensing
society for the offence, Was ready to take the load off
the shoulders of the guiltless. He then referred the
Alderman and Sheriff to a cell in another part of the
prison, where the real offender was to be found, and
was anxious to relieve himself from the hurthensome
secret. Alderman Wooti,whose experience is nOt easily
imposed upon in matters of this kind, suspected the story
and determined to examine the self accuser for the unfor-
tunate fellow's own sake, as well as for the sake of justice,
with the most attentive care. He soon perceived that his
suspicions were well founded, for being supplied with
the particulars of the accusation, and seeing that no
point of resemblance between the two men was at all
likely to deceive the prosecutor, he finally ascertained
the ignorance of the young man,' who voluntarily
charged himself with the crime, as to the particulars of
that crime. The falsehood being detected, it was not
longer denied, but the excuse was calculated to raise
the inquirer's qpinion of the self-accuser. He had, he
said, been convicted of highway robbery himself; and
been recommended to mercy on accosts, of his youth,
and his having offered no violence. Hd, however, heard
that he had nothing to hope, as the Crown eras -re-
solved to protect **properties of the people under all
circumstances. Judging from' this assurance that he
might do a kind ant before be sofferedebe penalty of
the law, without any aggrueatiOn'of his 'own panisala
merit, he' made inquiry amongst his fellow-prisoners,
to their offences ; and finding one who seethed MC willing
as himself to do a service to 'a fellow-creature, offered
to take upon himself the awful responsiffility of a second
crime of as serious a nature as that of which he had
been convicted, and to state to the proper authorities
that he alone was guilty.
Alderman WOOD told the unfortunate fellow that 'bit
course he porsued *as most dangerous to himself,.
as well as naost unjust to others, int& that the mercy
which would probably_beeztendedtetim upon the con-
sideration of his solitary offence, could not have beesi ex-
pected had his adoption oft* which he had n6t com-
mitted proved sactiessful. '
We understand that the other' -convict was nth at all
dissatisfied at the event Oldie examination, and that he
had made a similar offer of fathering the guilt of his,
fellow-prisoner, but without effete..
Those two young men are included In the list of thosel
who, in the tate Report of the Recorder, were respited
during his Majesty's pleasure; 'so that the mercy of which
terkatthem despaired Was been extended to both. •
irad*filar, al -nomination took place before tbe
Gobeiisore,4o: or pirist's Hospital, of the boys edu-
cated in the Blue Coat School; after which the Go-
vernors; several dignified Clergymen, and other Ovule-
men, dined together in the Hall. :t
Clerkenwell and • Middlesex Sessions commence on
Mondili heat: and the Old Bailey Sessions on the Wed-
nesday following.
The common style, says tbe Trenton rim 14nrerical.
41 which a hasband advertises his wife is, that she has
left his bed and board; 4t. klut one in a Chilicote paper
states a much stronger gronnd of complaint, that his
wife has ibscendedarzt-taken tailor* bed
7On the deith a premium was oaf►
feted for tfie best writteirepitapis on that brave- officer.
4 number of poets of all descriptioos started as candi-
dates, and among these was a poem 4. the
log was one of the itagas
• "Hs warded wfibout dread or fears
At Use bead onus bold trisisdk.es
Ma sviistinsi man rese....my,aviper:desiar,
He aillab'd quacks diatraiete Owp -pda•uw• • .

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• • SPORTING INTIOSIIEIRNCE.
j • IMITTING.ROOM, TATIIISSALL'S, NOV. 27.
'1 Tattersalk was thinly attended ae4ay, and no engagements were
pnaght:workis notice. The scree of the odds on each Stakes aro pre-
cisely a; in oar report cd.Alfinds., last.
r 1 • . • •
MerteP,.Fos-fietmds Inset on
,fifonday, at Main Wood;
111nrufly, at Xedbutern ; Sitirdstif; ben. 6,lat Radboine. •
c. • Sir George Siniel's en Tanday, at the sixth mile-stoat on the
Chesterfield and Wor.bsop Road ; Friday, at Swarinw Nest Tull-bar.
The Quark Haag ens Monday; at Easton rat* Wood.
Mr. /lay's to-morrow, at
The tale of Lard filiddletmes stud of htinters, on the 20th inst.
at tt.e Swan with Two Necks, Leicester, brtracted a numerous as-
semblage of sporting Geptienten. Ilse horses were knocked down
at prices thseindiested thibi eras {lo sq!"{tin of money its the county
of. Leleestee, if mealy
N'EW M A awn? COURSING MEETING, 1823.
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fucassAT, AOr, 27.--Tzries DIRT.--(zoTTlswist rrin.n).
TOR THZ CUP.
1. Mr.,Witkinson's Mk. p. Clara beat Lori Dunwich's br. b. Eel.
S. Mr. Hmkins's r. d. Horatio beat Mr. Rust's y. b. Belinda.
srATCHES.
1. Admiral Wilson', Mk. d. p. Upstart beat Lord Dunwiclis
r. d. p. Medler.
2. Admiral Wilson's f. d. Uxbridge beat Mr. Gooch's brit. d.
3. Mr. Wright's hr. b. Woodbead beat Mr. Wilkinson's bik. d.
Calliope.
4. Mr. Scott's br.l),To Against Mr. Hoskines y. and wb. d. Herds-
Naillserse.
5. ?dr. S. yer's E d.-Alutbi beat Mr. Ruses br. b. Baby.
O. Lord livens:l3ll.4l ltbbin Hood beat Mr. Wrigbt's blk. and
wh. b. Witchencl,- . •
7. 7.1 r. Denies f. y. p. Daphne beat Mr. Sayer's b 1 b. p. Miss.
8. Mr. Redhead's T. d. Sinlon beat Mr. Gooch's r. b. Gambol.
9. Mr. Rust's y. b. p. Betsey beat Mr. D.mn's 1. b. p. Dewdrop.
10. Admiral Wilson s blk. 1. Underweigh beat Mr. Wilkinson's
• AIL d. Cognise. •
11: Yussithinwicles bik. d. p. Merit beat Lord River's bi b. p.
IL Mr. Goochis 4,* d Garrick beat Mr. Redhead's M. and w. b.
Lapwing. • •
13. Mr. Gent's blk. 4. Stopper beat Mr. Hoskhas's bik. d. Horace.
SZCOND CLASS.
1. Lord Riven's b.h. Redrow, beat Mr. Hoskin's bik. and w. b. p.
Heiress.
2. Mr. Gooch's r.b. Gennet, beat Mr. Hoskin's d.d.p. Highlander.
3. Lord Dunwich's blk. 4. p. Mitre, against Mr. Usborne's r. d.
Quiz. Off.
4. Mr. Gooch's Ed. Gelert, beat Mr. Dean's bik. b. Doe.
& Mr. Wilkinson's blk. b. p. Cobler, beat Mr. Usborne's bl. b. p.
Quaker.
4. Lord Dunwlch'sr.d. Minim, beat Lord Rivers's blk.d. Romaine.
• BIARBSFIELD DOWNS COURSING, SURREY. .
There was a autnerous field of sportsmen at this Aunual Coursing
'Meeting on Wednesday, and the bares afforded eolue fine runs.
• The Mansfield Silver Cup,
Mr. Owen's Tina beat Mr. 'llaornbilrs brindle b. •
Capt. Goddard's.ied.b: beat• Mr. Rodeo's Fusin
Mr. Howard's Brush beat Mr. Stapleton's
Mr. Wood's Chance beat Mr. Powell's Fortune.
Major Ituueri's Flora beat Mr. Marsden's Luke.
Mr. Bouverie's Fan beat• ?dr. Gregory's tan b.
- In running the ties.off, the Cup Was adjudged to Mr. lieward's

Matches of sllO each.
Mr. Urquhart's Ply beat Mr. Harvey's Wisp.
Mr. Protheroe'labl. b. beat Mr. Laurence's Epping dog.
Capt. furlaar'aL ?Aim beat Mr. James Wandsworth dog.
44

SWAFFIItiM COURSING MEETING.

Swat ham Coursing ?Jetting this year was very thinly attended
by the members. The. fineness of the weather; however, attracted
huge Mcipanies of strabgers in the several fields, and the sport was
Arsdepent each der Friday, the 14th, Lord Rivers's bloc dog rte:
'best ?dr.- Wilkinson's Cognise, and won the Cap. The general
*mess which attedds Lord Rivers's marches (he having won five
maps daring the eleven Meetings be has been a member) mast be
acknowledged to proceed from the superiority of his dogs, his
Lords* being allowed to possess the best breed of greyhounds in
the kingdom. The balls on Wednesday and Friday evenings were
Weeded by.upwards of 900 persons of the first fashion and re-
spectability.