Star.
London, England, 1826-01-17 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JA)WAIT 16..

"IN TII INATTNUOT 'WILLIAM TATIII.
About five seem since, Mr. Pota.oce rowed the
Court for an attachment against the Walden of the
Fleer for contempt, in disobeying an order relative to
the removal of the above Insolvent from the Fleet
Prison to Bristol Gaol, on or before the 26th of De
cember then next ensuing. It was sworn by a witness
that W. was tendered to the Warden to defray the
expenses of such removal, but he refined to obey the
order, en the ground cf its being informal, it not being
directed to him specifically.
At the suggestion of the Court, howev:r, the motion
was withdrawn for that time, and yesterday the motion
was renewed, when the Warden shewed cause against
the rule, by saying he consdered the order informal,
and by obeying it he would have incurred a consider-
able responsibility, by parting with a prisoner com-
mitted to his custody. Supposing a prisoner was
charged with three actions, at the suit of as many per-
sons, and one only applied to the Court for his removal,
and he were to comply with the application, he should
part with the prisoner as regarded the other two actions,
without having any guarantee for so doing. That in
order to secure himself, he ought to make a return to
the County Gaoler, in like niaiiiier as in the case of an
Habeas Corpus.. About twelve months ago, he was
served with a similar order, and refused to comply with
it, %hen the Court said they would consider the objec-1
tion, and he heard no more about it. Indeed, be had,
applied to one of the Learned Judges upon a similar, '
subject, who said he thought be might with safety
refuse to comply.
After a long discunion-between Mr. Poczocc and Mr. Illoarm,
The CHIBT COIIMISsIONER said the Court must be
guided by the terms of the Act of Parliament, and he
should be glad if an application were made for a man-
damus against the Court, in order that the matter might
he solemnly argued. As to the rule obtain d against
Mr. Brown, the Court would certainly discharge it.—
Discharged accordingly.

SOW-STREET.
The ate was yesterday morning crowded with a Vast Varlet
of visitors, but though many charges were gone into, aote occma
red of any interest, and the persons complained against were Ida
most invariably discharged.
A Lady of the name of Smith, whom in the fog Ste itt.erst
for the Swiss Giantess, but who, on a nearer bispeedoa. proved to
be little more than six feet high, brought up by a constable od
a charge of disturbing the neigithottrhood or St. MArtita's.bne;
during the hours of Divine Service bo Sunday, by chanting in A
voice of which volume rather than harmony was the characteristiti
that popular and independent melody, 44 1 care for nobody, no not
1, if nobody cares for me!" The truth of the accusation was not
denied, and the anuxonlan syren, after receiving a sharp reorimand
croon Sir &Wiwi, for her injudicious selection of time and places
was dismissed, on expressing her contrition, with a caution to he
less vociferous and more decorous the next time she takes it mail
her head to represent the " Jolly Miller."

14 A RLBO RO U G H.STRRET.

Yesterday fife youths, the eldest not above 14 years of age, whd
gave their names Self., Belt, Hervey, Wright, and Congolle, were
brought from St. rancras Watch.house, charged with playing at
cards and dice on the Sabbath day, at a coffee-shop, No. 4, !Islay.
street, Hampstead-road, kept by a man named Bruhn., a German,
and a tailor by trade; and the landlord was charged with per:.
mitting such gambling in his house.—Cousins, the watch.house
keeper, stated, that in consequence of information he received, that
almost every Sunday, youths such as the printers, tons of rt3pret-
able ttades-people, were permitted to assemble in this coffetl-shopi
he went on Sunday evening last, aboat eight o'clock, and found
these five boys, with a pair of dice, playing at hazard for money.
He took them an into custody, as wen as the landlord; on search-
ing the boys, he found on every one of them some silver and half-
pence, and OR the youth Chnstaille two good bAlf-crowns and a
bad one.

A watchman stated, that on the previous Sunday he saw a num-
ber of boys in this shop playing at cards. I •
The boys admitted that they were in the habit of playing cards,
&c. in this house on a Sunday, when they were sent out by their
parents to go to church, but instead of doing so they assembled at
this hoes. to gamble; and it appeared that Mrs. Brehm, the land.
lady, was in the practice of inviting parties .f boys to tea in her
back parlour, and encouraged them to play cards, Stc.
The boys, after a proper admonition, were discharged and given
up to their parents, on paying one shilling each, but the landlord,
Brahns, was held to bail for keeping a disorderly house.