Star.
London, England, 1804-12-29 00:00:00

LAIN INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY. Deese.
as
This cafe occupied a contiderable portiou of the
' time of the Court yeflerday, and the whole of this
des ; and as Come points were decided by the Loan
CHANCIII.I.Oa, we &An RUC the particulars for the
faformation of our Readers. The fads are thefe :
lie Rev. Mr. Strong, Retitle of Norton, in Kent.
claimed the trait of 5841. for tytltes and colts dine;,
from the petitioner Bernet. A tat had been cmn-i
minced in the Court of Exchequer, which had ter-
minawd in favour of the demand. Mr. Bugles, att
the conchifion, of the foit, as attorney for the pee
ti ince, applied to Mr. Tappinden, of Feverfharo, fo.
I..itor to Mr. Strong, for a concealon in pint d
-time, for the payment of the faid amount, and receiv.
• .1 an anfwer. tinder date oldie i gth of June, where-
in Mr. leppinden raided any .fecurity for a remote
payrnent, and required filch eternity for the dif-,
-charge of the account- in November following, al-
kdging, that it eoeld not be espeded, after the long
elelay,and the coercive means to which Mr. Strong
loasobligeden mend. that any indulgence could pot-
fibly-be granted. Mr. Tappinden intimated, that
Mr. Bennet might return lac:de without profped of
,enalettatinn from Mr. Strong. It Items at this time
the petitioner was under fears of emit from this
clergyman. Mr. Bugden then wrote to his client,
"ttiarhe might return home without any apprehention,
•aeleaft at the fish of Mr. Strung. Mr. Bennet did
-tetursi home, when he was arrelled by direction of
Mr. Strong, *Ad lodged in Maidilone gaol. There
he remained two months, and thus, by opetation
-of law, became bankrupt. although at the time he
.warped of a confider able landed prnperty.and of
a taro chattel property, meek snore than (efficient
-Mellows the amount of the demands upon
lit this ateetine, Mr. Whitehead. a farmer, who had
ill ifted is welting the petitioner. and Mr. Matot, a
.bricklayer, who was the petitioning creditor. and
whole demand in the fcquel was fully paid. were ap-
,pointed alßgnees.
Mr. RonILLY proceeded to comment on the va.
riots fads of this cafe, which had been progreffively
felenitted to the attention of his Lordthip. He
ornsteeded. that the whole was irregular in every
particular but one—it was, indeed, a regular Wien
a Pidgin. Mr. Bennet was informed, that he
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sal return to his hock in cOnfidence ;he had no
- . r placed reliadet on the art:ranee' he received,
-lime his itte/fatt was feised,And from the Wan of his
Lteetilyabe is tondeded to the public gaol of the coon.
ty. It appeared on the proceedings, that while the
petiiideer *as in pace, Mr. Strong (poke of felon-
:ing•ve eemptdfery wens. What, an Englifhman
singes from his home, from the fond circle of hi.
• fOtftis themes of a gaol I Did Mr. Strong, a
, this& thee, were not conspulfory means ?
ec rpas
No ',Lbw** would fee, that theft were tender
wierties to what were defigeed. It was the intention
to fell *lithe property oldie petitioner, to turn hi%
Ablates adrift", sad the moment the cenumiefion if-
/Pk detainers wete to be lodged, and there was no
losilihtlity, with all the ample means Mr. Bennet be-
fore poffeted. of paying a tingle creditor. But his
*tier reitscias were not yet cabal:fled : why was not
1044;ernes the petitioning creditor, fence the whole
4.5 done St his inftigation ? Was it becaufe he was
selSerwywese, and this petfecotion would not Teem
twelalleist with the Chriaian„ temper he would ineul-
vete *Mtn the pulpit? No, it was becaufe Mr.
aimig, by beetwrimg petitinning ereditnr, mull place
this unfortunate 'Wins of his refentment in a Rate of
liberty; and to this he could nnt. be inclined. It
lei & be imagined that a gentleman. whole life was
, 40M in preaching the dottrine of Chriflian Charity,
.world be Ws virdiflive to his unfortunate debtor.—
Mitre was no inflatice whererthe petitioning cical-
:al not proved his debt a fecond time, to entitle
to the dividends; and it (hews this was a
eta fehense of tyranny with all the parties. Ma.
• teat *mid not prove his debt before the Omit:Mon-
treita t 'pea it was, therefore, deemed advifable to pay
44:1;jeWhitehead was no creditor, and thus Maton
none; and the former WAS nominated at the
halliecit of Mr. Strong, becaufe lie had arnlled the
lodes's of Inflict in the arreft of this perfecuted man.
Mr. Bennet had two hooks, one at Fevetlham, ann
!her, furrounded by his elate, called Norton Court.
lie applied for tome of the provilions which were
eolleded in sail quantities in his dwelling, ui ing the
VIVO 501 months of his imprifonment ; his intreaties
-were dieregarded, in the tame (pint of cruelty. If
*Sir. atomg would wouldpon his tights ; if this
voiced Clergyman have his pound of Refh, let
hit% have nothing more than the penalty of his bond.
.., Irbil bond dosb ere thee brie no jot of blued'
The wal mufti, arc a pang al Orb--
Then sslts Ay b.,,d.-
liis Lordlltip world fee to what extent Mr. Strong,
And the pet fons with whom he abed, had any legiti-
mate claim. Under the commiffion, they proceed to
fell the Norton Court ellate ; and the price obtain-
ed, with the timber, was t 0,4501. What were the
debts of the unhappy prifoner ? There was a mon-
gage on the elate all 6,6001. and
the whole
ar ic.l.of the
other claims upon him, amounted o only 3,
tit that by this tingle aft, the Affignees wer provid-
ed in hard osas with to,asol. to ply 9,8601. e From
t ,i. moment the Atlignees became nothing more
than 'notices for Mr. Bennet. with refpelt to the
jot pill in his favour, all hi, propel ty at Feverfha m, 1
winch was untouched, and the debts due to him
from various parts of the country. In thi, fituation
of affais,s, this wretched man, whofe property was
thus fcattered, imploi ed, hoth of Mi. Tapp:mien,
the agent of Mr. S.rong, f i A -,-,
o. the I goers, .said of
the Commitlioners thensislscs, 1114 t no more r f his
effeas might be fold to inch a ruinous difadvantagc,
esthete was mote than Incien cleftc t anfwer
every demand upon liim.tli Thit , •ntssei 1.; o ons MT.
Tappin len appears nn the face of an affidavit.. .. lie
(Bennet) was dead in law, and he tonfidered him
sto more than his dug." The ellate was NJ in No•
Tember iflo3, the money war not paid until Match
)804, and Mr. Tappinden, who uni.ed the chatac
ten of Feverasam Slicitor and Maidnotie Banker,
fuftained that dunble charader with refped to this
Commiflian, and depotitcd the pr
races pduc in his own
coffers. During this time, Mr. Bennete's affairs acre
on every ride battening to eleflruetion. lie implor-
ed the AiTiy,nees ei far to execute their duty, as to
EtoilC in his demands, as the t ifle with I.i • debtors
s, a,, wily increafinz hi neglat and procrastination.

To this, it 'was mewed, that as the este was fof-
ficient to NO all claims; the Affignees would take
nu trouble about the out Rending debts. Mr. Ben-
net was without remedy, for none of his creditors
would, or could, pay him in his fituation. His
treatment, on every «cation, and by all parties,
was confident. He was permitted, for the fake of
examining the proof of debts, to attend the Com-
miffioners at one of their meetings : at that time he
repelled to fee tome of the proceedings, but he was
inllantly (deuced by the menace, that if he did' not
hold his tongue, he *mild be tmmediatelylent back
to gaol. Now, for a moment, the Learned Counfel
would turn Iris attention from this monfirons and ar-
bitrary (-endue, to the fagaeity and diferetion with
which the efferis were difpofed of. Mr. Tappinden,
the Solicitor to the Commit:Gots, the Attorney to the
Clergyman claiming under it, the Banker to the
dime, affirmed a fourth charaaer, and became the
agent of General Harris, for the purchafe of Nor-1
ton Court, and greatly below its natural value; it
was knocked down at his own.price. But who was
the oftenfible buyer? His Lordesip would be are
nailed when it was. mentioned, that Mr. Sheltered,
one of the Commiffioners of the Bankruptcy, foist
forgot his fituation and chars her, as.to condefetesd
to bid at the Pale for the purchafer. Who were the
buyers when the property at Needham was ford,
contrary to the ezprefs orders of Mr. Bennet, for
whom, it has been Laid, the Affignees were nothing
more than Trufices ?. The Auflioneer bought a part
of the property ; Mr. Abbot, a puller, purchafed a
freehold houfe ; and Mr. Whitehead, the Affigsee,
bought a number of holies, which, it appeared by
the affidavits. he had mifreprefanteal. to obtain a
more beneficial bargain. Mr. Bennet ineseated that
his children might be permitted to remain M the
houfe at Feverflialts, for their temporary accommo-
dation : but fits offspring. and his confidential fer-
vent, Mr. Burrs with them, were turned off the pre-
miles, and the forma were conveyed to his dreary
apartment in the county gaol. Mr. Romilly then
recapitulated the material faas, and concluded with
an animated appeal to his Lurdfhip, as keeper of the
Great Seal, the procefs of which, in thefe proceed-
ings, had been fa gmfsly and nefarioutfly
He intieated, that all the fates to thefe parties, as
eollufive and vitiated, might be rendered nugatory ;
that the property might be refiored to the petitioner;
and that all polfible tedrefs might be altorded bins,
which it was in the power of the Court to mate&
WETS. RICHARD! and RAWSILL, MI the part of
Mr. Strong, Mr. Tappinden, the Affigssees, the Com-
miffioners, and, thirteen er fourteen Gentlemen,
againfi whom this Petition was direeed,endeatniured
to repel thefe ferious charges. They Paid, if Mr.
Strong was a clergyman, in aiming the Owed pro-
feffion, he did. not, in this country, current* his civil
rights; that he followed up his claim in dhe collo-
mar), forms of law. which was refilled, by every pot
fable expedient. by Mr. Bennet. The Affignecs had
alto afted confillently with the duties of their fitua-
tion. They could not tell that all the creditors had
proved, and therefore proceeded to fell the Aims at
Needham, to put the effeas in a fituation to an•
fwcr the demands. It was true, the family was not
permitted to. continue at Needham. Betides the
acknowledged children of Mr. Bennet, there were
two women at the houfe, each of whom bad a child;
and whoever might be the father of &di, the Af
fignees did not think it tight to accommodate them
at the expence of the elate It appeared on the
affidavits, that to the other children no incivility was
(hewn. In refpea to the Norton-Court elate, in
which Mr. Tappinden had been implicated, as agent
to the purchafer, he was merely to be eonfidered in
the light of the deliverer of a meffage, or a letter-
carrier, without any interell at all in the commu-
nication. It was true, that Mr. Abbot was em-
ployed as a bidder at Feverfham, and that the houfe
having obtained a price exceeding the limits to
which he was prefcribed, he bought it with his own
money, on his own a..eount. It was admitted the
Arreioneer made Come (mall purchafes, and tßat Mr.
Whitehead, the AlTignee, obtained the horfes; but it
was pofitively denied upon the affidavits, that for the
fake of his own bargain, or for any other purpofe, he
giepreciated them. They truned that, on the whole
ht. the cafe, it would appear, that if their clients were
ill any refpet unguarded, from being ignorant of the
fobtletics familiar to that Court, there could be, at
lead, no imputation on the morality of their condufl.
Mr. ALLIANDER, as Counfel for General Harris,
laid. whatever culpability might he attributed to any
of the parties, his client could be fubjett to no pot.
tie* of it. He had bought the Norton-Conrt elate
for about the turn mentinned (although not einire
ae-
curately) ; he had fence difpoled of tt to Mr. Luib-
ingtoo. who bad laid out a large firm of money in
valuable and fubfiantial improvements. General
Harris few the advertifement for the fade; in the no-
tice, reference was made to Mr. Tappinden, for the
particulars; the General in eonfequenee went, and
having acquired the information he fought, Paid
confidentially to Mr. Tappinden, he would give
to,ooe guineas ; and afterwards obferving that
that was a round funs, and others might fix in their
minds precifcly that amount, to turn the ',glance, he
woul.l give ten or twenty pounds more. He then de-
fired Mr. Tappinden to dire° any body he pleafed
to bid to that cstent at the Pale. A Mr. Thomas
nnßennet Was fit II &fired to dobeing abfent
tome military duties, and Mr. Shepherd thc Com-
mill-toner, bring accidentally on the fpot, the latter
was requelted to bid lot the General, without having
hirnfe:t any interell what( Ter. The Rule of the Court
was. MAL no arta could totravi for 4;tnfelf. The Learned
did rot IlicAn to ditpute the maxims of pro-
found w‘fdon; and policy, under the guidance of
which this rule had been formed ; but altbough he
did not difpute the found reafon in which it origi•
rated, to the prefent cafe he denied its application.
If Mr. Shepherd the Commilßoner, be cemiidered an
agent, he purchafes for General Harris, and not for
his own emolument, fo that the tranfattion di es not
at all infiinge the tape principle adopted by his Lend.
(hip, arid by his noble and learned predeceffor. If,
however, the Court Ihould determine to annul the
fate, he trotted that every allowance would be made,
cotifi.lently will: the pra(hce of the Court, for the ex-
tenlive improvement; made or. the elate.
LAJZI3 Cr:/. CIA LUK.—.. In my. view of tl,s cite,
it i• r,. t material tAllelliCl the conim.fliou was eaten
alit by Mr. Strong no Mr. MAtt,n. it it ware at
the inilance of the former. This c,riilziation, I al-
lure you has arougl) irripieffed ittclf upon my mind

for the laltihre weeks. When we attend to the hif-
tory of this Court, in that Ikon period, we are almon
led to conclude, that its exertions nta be unequal
to
the junice of the country. In this thou ter,
Co eigm-
ht
days have been devoted to the hearing of two
minions of Bankruptcy only ; and I will fay, in Office
to the Bar, that ant a minute of that time has been
mifapplied. How far the obfervation I make ii jun,
will he difcovered by thole who are aware that one
hundred and ten petitions of the fame kind remain
yet to be difc.slTed. With refped to the pedant cafe,
it is pretty-clear, that the fait in the Exchequer lied
excited much animate. But it was lamentable
to oblerve, that the fame ineffedual refinance was
made, which is fo frequent and fo unreafonable, to
this fpecies of claim. Mr. Bennet had mortgaged
his ell et for more thas Spool. and although it was
now slifenvered that the latter was the proprietor
of a confiderabie landed ioterel, iret Mr. Strong
might not be aware that he was competent to
Ewer to to the accumulation of tithes and cons; and
5841. is a very ferious furn toe country clergyman:
We mon, however, be furry to fee. that Mr..'l'appin•
den, who mon be fuppofed to have vame.inforsna.
(ion on legal (labiate, did not pwfue a leis violent
comic, and did not perceive that a Comesiffion of
Bankruptcy was. of all others. the worn mode of
proceeding. Then Mr. Tmppindts caracfponds wide
Mr. Bugden, and the Petitioner rettiras,to his own
dwelling upon the affurancesf feturity. •tattAbivex-
pedation is vain, and he is concluded to gaol."—
(After this, his Lordfirip procaine/Minsk* a variety
of remarks on the way in which the vale of lawn/as '
evaded in the appointment of Cooseniffionees of
Bankruptcy in the cowry, mid thee proceeded as
follows:) "Under the hew:lcons it isevident thattbere
is too much charged on the bankrupt's ensue. In
the management of the affairs, there appears irre-
gularity and indiforetioo. 1 do not remember a tingle
inflance where s C.olarniffioner or a Solicitor were
bankers, where the money was not paid, into the
hands of tin& agents. Ido hope to love to fee the day,
when this predict litallbe for ever abandoned. Ames
who ventures to ad in this double elsoratler. places be-
fore himfelf a temptation he is incompetent to refill if
we do not affent to this propnatioa, we man be blind
to fume of thema prominent features by which hu-
man nature is diflinguithed. After the of ens were
fold at Nunes, the hankers received the money.
in due courfe ; on amount was railed hating to
Rawer all the demands ; and Mr. Bennet was kept
in gaol from the month of November until Marth.
Then the atlignees did not coiled in the debts clue. to
the bankrupt, which was an efeotial part of their dn
ty: on this fubjed inquiry ma be made, an d tnk hey
mull be rendered refponfible far loges in co.
quence of this neglee. Farther, the fele to Abbot is
invalid, and thofe to the Aguas are equally nuga-
tory. With reined to the eons, I think it right that
they fbould be referred to the Sigler, and he will
carefully point out what fisould be &dated, after a
patient review of all the cireumflancesof the cafe.—
With regard to the purchark of the Nortos Court
eflate by CreneralHarris, it Bands in a Staab). Come-
what different born thole to which .I bane ja ad-
verted. I (ball take it into confideration and give
the opinion of the Court at a future period."

LONIWN MARKET&

CORN-EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER sli.
MIMS of WHEAT in Mark.lase, including only from the
loth of Dec. to the Isth of Deeember-Total tots Quarters.
Average loss 91.1.--Is. Sid higher than bit recurs.
A RETURN OF FLOUR.
From the istb of Dceemberto the sad ofbecensben
Tenal—topit facks--.Average 96a. pl.—
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;sold. lower than hilt retarn.
INSPECTOR'S RETURN. AT UXBRIDGE, DEC. 27.
V.'heat per load 141 os to 191 los
Batley per quarter sl as to Si OS
Ors ye. ditto II 6a to ti +Se
&ens per ditto . , sl Ito to al Ifis
Peak per ditto al Is to sl 14$
PRICE OF HOPS.
IAI2I. I'OCRtTS.
Rent - 31 16s to 41 tI. Kent - 41 os to 51 to.
Wks - 31 141 to 41 al Sulks - 41 os to tl cs
Eifel - 31 141 to 41 Is Farnham 71 os to Ei 51
PRICE OF HOPS IN Titt BOROUGH.
Bap 41 410 51 01 1 Pockets 41 sOs to SI ISO
PRICE OF SEEDS.
Red Clover 4os to 1001 per cwt.
Whits ditto 6us to Ito. do.
Trefoil 16S 10 40$ do.
Carraway 1301 to 1401 do.
Coriander, 101 to iis do. t
Turnip as to 241 per bUEISI.
White Muftard Seed, 7. to sc. 6d do.
Drown ditto, la to 17. do.
Canary. 7s cd to 8. 0.1 do.
Rye Graf. nos cd to tos od per quarter.
PRICES OF HAY AND STR,IW.
Smithfield. St. James's. Whiterhapel
16.7p:toad 4 •10 4 4 3 st oto 4 11 or 16 to 4 12 o
Straw 117 to 2 0 1 16 oto s S o 1 16 to z s o
Clover 4 o to 4 t 6 4 4ls 5 s •
SMITHE ELD, December :8.
To fink the offal--per Base of 61b.
loot 45 od to se 611 Veal 3$ od to 64. 04
Mattes 45 41 to se 44 I Port 44 od to 5, 44
•1411, OW
Dealt. about oto—hheep and I...rnbs apoo.
111111WOATE and LEADENHAI.I.,DicernW:r at.
Per Rate of Sib. by the meek.
Beef 3s od to 4e 114 I Vssl 41 Ild to fa 84
Mottos oodto (6 44 Ports oodto so 44
RAW lIIDES. _

Hldes(perhone) 3s Sil ;2 as ad Hark Skins las od to (71
Middling 31 ad to 3s 6d I Heavy Calf tos 6d tacit
Ordluarp 32 od to 3s ad Sliccp Skins as 6d to 6s od
PRICE OF TA1.1.0%1' IN LONDON.
St. James's market as 34 Town Tallow 71s od to ea
Clare Market 4. 3d Rufria ditto •eats.) 694 oil to '. is
IKhiteeliapelltlarket Raffia sirto(foap)6l34 od I • os
(pet Row of Sib.) as tel Melted Si of slls od to co
..—......- Ditto rough aos od to os
t2S Id Grear. s 11. cd,
Average rtice as aid Good I trczs I ti*to os
Yellow Soap, 7111. to os.--Motticil,lB. —Curd, oat.
I rice rd Candles per Smolt, i ts. 6.l—Nlosilda, t se. 6.1.
PRICE OP LENI I lER, per lb. NI LEADLNIIAI.L.
Riilts..lo to 3616 cock 234 to lad
Ditto, 6c to 61I1t aid to 26.1
Merchants Kicks —.l to 224
Drefling Elides 224 to 234
File Cnerb liides 134 to 244
Crap 111,ts (or Cutting 214 to 144 .
•
Fiat Ordinary 224 to 21d
Call Skins, so to 401 h per dorm ;td to :4,1
Ditto so to 706 131 to 3-d
Ditto 7o to /clb 31d to 34d
Small Seal (Greenland) rcr lb. is 14 to 3.. std
large ditto I '.... to • 6 • per dot.
Goat !-lii•is ...1 to —s tlit.'3.
Ith

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1 anneol Horfe 141.1 e. ;-% .:•, "
COAL D
be 14. ' ..L.litun

B-111 Csl•,

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141. r. c.. 1 to Ha

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lklircrcd to liuuki.

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To this, it wstsentNvered, that as the estate tills fof- for the lakatee treks.
LAW INTELLIGENCE. fieient to fulfill all claims; the Affi
gnees would take try of this Court, in I
o
-- nu trouble about the out. (landing debts. Mr. Dem led to conclude, that ii
--* ~,... COURT OF CHANC,LRY. Dsc.ss net was without remedy, for
in none
fitueti of his creditors the
shave juffice obeen devot
f the coon
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• This cafe occupied a considerable portion of the treatment, on every occation, and by all parties, millions of Bankrupts,
t • time of the Court yetterday. and the whole of this wea ennfillent. He was permitted. for the fake of to tbe Bar, that ant a
f dey ; and as Come points were decided by the Loan examining the proof of debts, to attend the Com- mit:moiled. How fat
Comcset.oa, we (hall RUC the particulars for the milSoisers at one of their meetings : at that time he will be difcovered by
faformation of our Readers. The falls are thefe : requelled to fee tome of the proceedings, but he was hundred and ten pets
, lhe Rev. Mr. Strong, Ream. of Nortrito in Kent*, inflantly filenced by the menace, that if he did' not yet to be difcraled. N
claimed the fum of 584 for tytltes and colts &eel hold his tongue, he hboutd be tnunediatelyrfem back it is pretty-clear, that
from the petitioner Beonet. A tat had been coon; to gaol. Now. for a Moment, the Learned Couplet edited much anima
noticed in the Cour; of Exchequer, which had teru- would turn his attention from this monftrons and ar- to oblerve, that the :
mi"ettri in favour of the demand. Mr. Bugled, °,l; bitrary eondua, to the fegteity and difcretion with made, which Is fa in
• Ore coneltifion, of the fait, as attorney for the pets-,
which the effeas were difpoied of. Mr. Tappinden, tins fpecim of claim
,ti riser. applied to Mr. Tappinden, of Needham, f 0,.., the Solicitor to the Comtnon, the Attorney to the his ellete for more tl
loitor to Mr. Strong. for a concealon in pint or Clergyman claiming tinder it, the Beniter to the now eliftormed that
.time, for the payment of the (aid amount, and recent. effete, affumcd a fourth charaaer, add became the of a confiderable Au
•.1 an anfwer. under date of tlie igth of June, where- agent of General Harris, for the poroitafe of Nor- might not benoram I
in Mr. Tappinden raided any .fecurity for a remote ton Court, and greatly below its natural value ; it fwer to the adorned;
.payment, and required rich leeway for the d;1 was knocked down at his overprice. But who was 5841. is a eery feria'
-charge of the account- in November following, al- the oftenfible buyer? His Lordasip would be alto- We muff, hovered, 1
,hedging, that it colad out be cepeßed, after the long nailed when it was. mentioned, that Mr. Shepherd, den, who mull be Cu
R
eleley,and the coercive means to which Mr. Strong one of the Commiffioners of the Bankruptcy, fo fat tient on legal fubjeth
• inasobligeden Wort. that any indulgence could lan . forgot his fituation and charaaer, as to condefeend courfe, and did not
fioly-be granted. Mr. Tappinden intimated, that to bid at the isle for the purchafer- Who were the Bankruptcy
rocein mess of
Mr. Bennet might return bc:3e without profpeet of buyers when the property at Needham was (ofd, pg. Then 1
,Ineledation from Mr. Strong. It Items at this time contrary to the exprefs orders of Mr. Beane. for Mr. Bugdenb and tb
the petitioner w;s under fears of arrelt from this whom, it has been feid, the Affignees were nothing dwelling upon the d
clergyman. Mr. Bugden then wrote to his client, more than Trullees ? The Anaioneer bought a part peaation is vain, an
"tfitifhe might return home without any apprehenlion, of the property ; Mi. Abbot, a puller, purchafed a (After thissihis Lord
•aelealt at the fuit of Mr. Stiong, Mr. Bennet did, freehold hook ; and Mr. Whitehead, the Affigsee, of remarks onithe es
'Word home, when he was attelied by dire tin of tonight a number of holies, which, it appeared by evaded in the limo
Mr. Strong, Sad lodged in Maid(ione gaol. There the affidavits. he had mifreprefented, to obtain a Bankruptcy in the c
he remaina two months, and thus, by operation more beneficial bargain. Mr. Bennet ineseated that follows:) "Under th
wf law, became benkropt, although at the time he his children might be permitted to remain M the is too much charge
woopeffeifed of a confider able landed property.and of houfe at FeeeralaSs, for their temporary accommo- the management el
a tarp chattel property, muck more than fufficient dation : but his offspring. and his confidential ter- gularity and indifore
•tosithater the amount of the demands upon him. vent, Mr. Burro with them, were turned off the pre- inßance where a C
It this remotion, Mr. Whitehead. a fanner, who had miles, and the Comcr were conveyed to his dreary bankers, where the
waded is welting the petitioner. and Mr. Matins. a apartment in the county gaol. Mr. Romilly then hands of there agent
tbrieklayer, who was the petitioning creditor. and recapitulated the material lathy and concluded with when this pretties la
whole demand in the fequel was fully paid. were aP' an animated appeal to his Lordlhip, as keeper of the who ventures to set i
,pointed Aimed. • Great Seal, the procefs of which, in thefe proceed- fore himfelf a tempo
Mr. ROWILLY proceeded to comment on the ea- ings, had been fa gmfsly and nefarioutfly ohofed.— we do not offence° i
-riots fatted this cafe, which had been progreffieely He inn gated, that all the fates to thefe parties, as to fume of decimal
fobenitted to the attention of his Lordffip. He dilutive and vitiated, might be rendered nugatory ; man nature is diffia
wrosteoded. that the whole was irregular in every that the property might be reAmed to the petitioner; fold at Nunes, tl
particular but one—it was, indeed, a regular (yams and that all polible redrela might be afforded him, in due courfe ;an
Of mann. Mr. Bennet was informed, that he which it was in the power of the Court to donde. solver all she deny
ma return to his bode in etinfidence ;he had no
feat? Melts. RICHARDS and Bowsao,_no the part of in gaol from the re
• r placed ediadet on the aturances lee received, Mr. Strong, Mr. Tappinden, the Affigswes, the Coen- Then the affignees
•thinhis ifthfon-lett *iced'!" from the h°frm of his matinees, and, thirteen ce fourteen Gentlemen, the bankrupt, ethicl
tfaMilynoe ietondutted to the public gaol of the con.n. againa whom this Petitioo was direeted,endemOured ty : es this fubjed
ey. lt appeared on the proceedings, that while the to repel thefe ferious charges. They faid, if Mr. mutt be rendered r
peeisOeber *as in pace. Mr. Strong (poke of relent- Strong was a clergyman, in aiming the leered pro- quence of this nee]
sitekvo oempedthey imam. What, an Englishman feffion, he didotot, in this country, furrenettr his civil invalid, and thofe
shied from his homer from the fond circle of hi. rights; that he followed up his claim in the cuao- tory. With refpe
•is themes of a gaol I Did Mr. Strong, a
ice, that& thole were not cowl:limy means ?
r treaty forms of law which was refißed, by every pot- they fhould be eel
lible expedient. by 'Mr. Bennet. The Affigned had carefully point out
Islo, aeletweleap would fee, that theft were tender alto deed confillently with the duties of their fitua- patient review of a
viatica to +bat mere defigoed. It was the intention
, „ lion. They could not tell that all the cre,iitors had With regard to t
to fell ilithe_retPerte of the petitioner, to turn "" proved, and therefore proceeded to fell the dilates at Aide by Generall
elikdren adrift; sad the moment the commiffion if- Needham, to put the effeas in a fituation to an. what different hot
. lied, "detainee were to be lodged, and there was no fwct the demands. It was true, the family was not dried. I (ball tal
lto, with all the ample means Mr. Bennet be- permitted to continue at Needham. Betides the the opinion of the
'atielbAreirtd. of paying a tingle ceeditor. But his acknowledged children of Mr. Bennet, there were
*Me emensim were not yet exhatated : why was not two women at she houfe, each of whom bad a child; LON
1114 Of the Petitioning creditor, fence the whole and whoever might be the father of &de, the Af
Weise door at his softigation ? Was it becaufe he was fignees did not think it tight to accommodate them
CORWRXCHI
. siVermyeemo, and this peefecotion would not feem
, at the expence of the effete It appeared on the RETtoito of Wthe HE,
owdalleat With the Chriaian, temper he would Mr°l- affidavits, that to the other children no incivility was reen oDee'te 1
vete tfiewn the pulpit ? No, it was becaufe Mr. (hewn. -In refpett to the Norton-Court effete, in Averaje 1038A99'
&ming, by becoming petitioning creditor, mull place which Mr. Tappinden had been implicated, as agent from the soh a
, this unfortunate eiaim of his refinement in a Rate of
to the purchafer, he was merely to be confidered in Tara;—tOP,
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**been ; and to this he could not. be inclined. It the light of the deliverer of a meffage, or a letter-
,'
ILO& be imagined that a . gentleman. whole life was carrier, without any interell at all in the conimu- INSPECTOR'S I
, .fpft in preaching the doettine of Chrillian Charity, uteation. It was true, Wheat per lot
that Mr. Abbot was em-"stolid be lets eirdiaive to his unfortunate debtor.— Harley per qua
played as a bidder at Needham. and that the houfe Ors yar ditto
'There was no inflatice wherenhe petitioning eiseli- having obtained a price exceeding the limits to Hans per din,
gaitear-i not proved his debt a fecond time, to entitle which he was prefcribed, he bought it with his own Peak per Out
to the dividends; and it (hews this was a
• money, no his own aseount. It was admitted the
• loraforso (theme of tyranny with all the parties. Ma.BAGS.
Ail/tinned- made Come (hull purchafes. and that Mr. Cent - 31 its
- • 4aik Would not prove his debt before the Commiffion. Whitehead, the Affignee, obtained the horfes; but it Sulks - 31 Lao
+that Itiod it was, therefore, deemed advifable to pay was politively denied upon the affidavits, that for the Ener ' 35 541
iatieLeWhitchead was no creditor, and thus Main fake
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fake of his own bargain, or for any other purpofe, he Baca 41 4,,
none; and the firmer WAS nominated at the Cepreciated them. They nutted that, on the whole
Red Clove'
4altioscit of Mr. Strong, becaufe ire had smiled the the cafe, it would appear, that if their clients were
•tedicers of Inflict in the :urea of this perfecuted man. its any refpe& unguarded, from being ignorant of the Whits aim
Mr. Bennet had two bodes, one at Feed (ham, ann ~ , familiar Trefoil
,UuIiCI,CS to that Court, there could be, at
tier, furrounded by his effete, called Norton Court. Getaway
heal}, no imputation on the morality of their congue.
lie applied for loose of the proeilions which were Coriander,
Mr. ALEXANDER, as Counfel for General Harris, Turitp
Culireitd in vett quantities in his dwelling, during the
laid, whatever culpability might be attributed to any White Mt.
tvro firlt months of his imprifonment ; his intreaties of the parties, his client could be Cubic& to no por- Brown dit
- were difeegarded, in the tame (pint of cruelty. If tints of it. He had bought the Norton-Court caste Canary,
*Sir. Romig would infift upon his sights ; if this Re-
for about the furn mentioned (although not quite ac- Rye Grafi
PRIG
'dead Clergyman would have his pound of Refit, let cuirately) ;he had tints difpoled of it to Mr. Lull. Snlithfiettl.
hitis have nothing more than the penalty of his bond. ington, who had laid out a large firm of money in tlsetorloact 4 • t
~• • a Irbil bond rlor.b eve thee here no jot of blued'
The wards mutely ate a salad al Gelb-- vailuable and (Mbßantiel improvements. General Straw 117 I
Dever 4 0
Then tailts toy moo- Harris law the auvertifement for the fate ; in the no- ol
Ibis Lordatip would fee to what extent Mr. Strong, tice, referenc was made to Mr. Tappinden, for the To
And the potions with whom he aeted, had any lepiti- particulars ;tithe General in confequenee went, and ?yet 45 I
• mate claim. Under the commilfion, they proceed to having acquired the information he fought, Gilt
. MOEN as 4
Ni
,0 fell the Norton Court cllate; and the price obtain- confidentially to land Tappinden. he would give Beath
td, with the timber, was .0,4501. What were the so,ooo guineas ; afterwards obierying that reawoA7
debts of the unhappy trainer ? There was a moil- that was a round fum, and others might fit in their r
gage on the elate of 6.6001. and thc whole of the minds precifely that amount, to turn the hrilance, he IA :
roller claims upon him, amounted to only sorot.— wool/ give ten or twenty pounds more. He then de-
drat hy this fingle ea. the ARio,nces Were round- fired Mr. Treppinden to data any body he pleated Hl4es(peritosse)
i td in hard osas with t 0,4501. to pay %Viol. From to hid to that (item at the fele. A Mr. Thomas Pvhdatina 3
• t•ii• moment the Affignees became oohing more Bennet was fit ft defued to do fii ; but he being abfent ctratuirt mot
i than 'nukes for Mr. Bennet. wish reipeet to the on tome military duties, and Mr. Shepherd the Com- 8,. Jaime. mut.
Jut Oils in tilt favour, all his propeu ty at Feverthe m, milTioner, being accidentally on the fpot, the latter coso moon
winch was untouched, and the debts due to him was requefled to bid
I'm' the General, without having Whitecharsd Alai
. ,
, . from various parts of tire country. In thi, fituation himfcli any intercli whale. yen. The Rule ofthe Court tea Roue 0(1
. of effris,a, this wretched man, whsle proper' y %ma, wits, mat no arra eouti 1 twrawii fro 4;wfdf. The Learned
thus fcettered, mole, eel, both cat NI" Tappinden, Cont.:l chi! i..it 'man to dispute the maxims of prn-
Average TY
of the Allignee, arid of found vordon; and policy, under the guidance of Team sea
the agent of Mr. Soong.
the Commiffioncra thentialocs, Iliae to mote r I lii. which this rule had been formed ; but although he JO,O,O_lsto.
crofts might be fold to fuck a ruinous difadoantaga, did not difpute the found reafon in which it origi• "•111;,,stur,rit
as there was mote than (*Oneida co:Jetted to anfwer. rated, to the prefent cafe he denied
bete application. Ditto, 6c
. every demand upon him. Thi. •illo.er f;.im MT. If Mr. Shepherd the Commllßoner, onfidered an Merrhat
Tappin hen appears nn the face of an affia.rvio " lie agent, he purchafes for General Maris, and not lor Orelling
(Bennet) was dead in law, and he eonftdered him hr. own emolument, fo that the tranfattion di es not Filet...
sr° more than his dug." The ell ate was fill ii, No• at all int i Inge the tape principle adopted by his Lot& Crop 11
Flat Or
eember itos, the nioncy Was not paid until Match (hip, arid by his noble and learned preJeceffor. If, Calf Ski
1 804, and Mr. Tappinden, *lto uni,ed the chatac however, the Coon thou:el determine to annul the nom
tars of ICVCA2IIII St•IILIErIT and Maidarme Banker, fah., he trotted that every Allowance would be made, Dion
fußaino3 that double ft
charaer with refpe& to this confidently nob the praetice of the Court, for the ex-
Goat •I
Simi' S.
Commann, and depotited the produce in his own tenlive improvement; madeon the ellate. law A
1 taffeta. During this time, Mr. Bennet's affairs were Loma et:AN.CLILOS.--.. In my view of t) o. ode, Teener,
t on e‘,T tide h:otening to deflruetion. lie iMplor- ,it i. 1., t materiel Isliell,ci CM C,4111114;011 Was tenon
0
col the AiTionees fo far to execute their duty., As (Co I Vllt by Mr. Strong ot Mr. Maton, ii it were itiool at 113,410
,Cmcdis
c•till.fl in Oil demands, as the t ;lc with I.i • editors i the intiance of the former. Th.userieuidoation,
•I af- ,i, :,:;,,,,,
oa. uatly increafinz t' neglat and procraitinatioa. I Pure you list arougly impiefred idelf moo my mind sooveree