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Mr. TROWER said, Ms information on the subject of her late son whit is the plaintiff, John
was completely ptolethtelys extent,diifren
1 before him there would ultimately be a balance of 1 the mortgage-money and interest which .
£5OOO due to the bankrupts. I amounting together to £7OOO and upwards,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, giving the petitioners ' a sale of part of the estate in question.
in Court." andt ; and also
l t hiet o lodge
statement the
11111 't:
Wright,only to aEI
si ft:. estate in
that
na
tt the
rp.rovperrtigthyt,
credit that they would file the affidavit which had i
been promised, he had now to consider if he had the
jurisdiction ; and, if he had the jurisdiction, whether ! to, she holds the same as a trustee for the
• ••a I • iasnd caroled
SHERIFF': COURT, YORK, AUGUST
ORDUCTION.....PROCTOR V. BALDER'
he had the power, sitting in bankruptcy, to make such This was an action brought by John .
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an order as that which was now demanded of him ? 1 met and grazier of Ingleton, against JA
The facts of the case his Lordship proceeded to de.lston, of the same place, a proprietor of
tail, dwelling particularly on the way in which the : ries, to recover a compensatiln in damages,
cash was remitted from the petitioners to the bank. seduction of his daughter. The plaintiff
rupts, on the nature of which transmission, his Lord- judgment go by default.
ship was of opinion, a great deal depended. These I Miss Jane Proctor, a very interesting
remittances were made in the identical sums paid into ; that she was the daughter of the phintt
the house of the petitioners on account of the Crown, ! defendant became acquainted with her
and were in addition to these sums increased by an ! years ago. That he visited at her frehee
additional sum, making the cash balances by the . two years before he paid her any p irticul
petitioners to the bankrupts amount in the whole to i That he then began to pay his addresses
£22,274 2s. 9d. Besides these there were the short way that she considered honourable, and _
bills, written short, because they were not given as understood both in his family and her father's,
for so much value received. And to meet these were he contemplated a mat riage with her.
the acceptances of the bankrupts, part given for a said she was 31 years of age, and Mr. Balderston
valuable consideration ; part not. For the short bills ; about 34. Her father was far advanced
so lodged in the bankrupt's hands, there was no va. ! was 67 years of age. She kept his house, ,
luable consideration taken by the petitioners ; and, if : her mother twelve years ago. The connections
there had been no bankruptcy, the petitioners must I the defendant were respectable; Dr.
clearly have been entitled to say to Messrs. Brickwood ! brother, and Mrs. Lodge his sister. About
and Co. " these are short bills of mine in your hands. the year 1809, in an unguarded moment,
It is true you are entitled to hold them till I set my the favours of a husband in her father's
whole account with you to rights ; but, having done i out the ceremony of marriages about A;
so, you are obliged to deliver up these bills to me." i formed him she was pregnant. Some tit,
This it is obvious the petitioners, in the event of there : situation became known both to her god
being no bankruptcy, would have been entitled to have ' the connections of both families. HIS 111
said. The next question was, did the bankruptcy gan, as generally happens in similar cases,
make any difference ? His Lordship conceived on this frequent. On one occasion he called,
point, that the assignees could not be understood to about the marriage, but promised to call
stand in a better situation than the bankrupts them. the 16th of January he called, and said
selves. The third question was, did the extents oc- given it a thought till Christmas-day
casion any change which was to create an alteration pregnant, and not stopping on Christrnas.d
in the rights of parties ? It had lately been decided usually had done, to receive the sacrament,
that when the acceptances were not due at the time he had done her seemed to flash upon his
of the bankruptcy, the extents would not lie. In the strong conviction, and he said that he had ,
case of the Attorney General and Behb, a question sacrament on that day that he would marry
somewhat similar had occurred, and, if this case were Having no house to go to, her father said
exactly the same, it might be for the consideration of be accommodated in his. Balderston then
the officers of the Crown, whether they would not i his promise of marriage, and said the ceremony
have kept the claim alive ? But, there was a vast dif. ! take place on the Monday or Tuesday followin,
ference where the monies of the Crown were not ptov.! called again on the Bth and appeared
ed to have been transmitted to the hands of the banker i mind. She did not see him again till a few
against whom the writ of extent was taken out, and the time fixed for the marriage. The child
Where these same monies were actually proved to have ,on the 19th of March, and has since then
come into his hands. Thirty years ago, his Lordship ported at her father's expence.
recollected it to have been held that, when specific The witness underwent a long cross-ex
monies belonging to the Crown were proved to have hut nothing came out that impeached the
been paid into the hands of bankers, they knowing her testimony.
whose money it was, that they were held debtors to Richard Proctor, the lady's brother, the
the Crown • and the writ of Extent was allowed... I;am Waller, perpetual curate of Ingleton,
His Lordship doubted much, if the mere acceptance James Buck, a respectable inhabitant of ' Once,
of these bills, payable to the Commissioners of the were then called on the part of the plaintiff,
Excise, could make any difference. He did no more proved that the circumstances, character.
than give the credit due to the Officers of the Crown, Lion in life of the parties were perfectly,.
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when he stated that for the last 25 years they had and that the seducer was possessed of property
shewn less disposition to try questions of this kind amount of about 132000.
than any other suitors who came before the Court; Mr. HARDY addressed the Jury on the
and he believed their elections, where they had any defendant.
to make, in such cases as the present, were made con- Mr. TINDAL, the Sheriff's Assessor on
sistently with justice, and with the relative rights of sion, recapitulated the leading features
the parties interested. The next question was, how and dwelt upon the aggravated circumstances
did the law stand on this point ? Of this his Lord. which the seduction had been effected.
ship presumed there could be no doubt; and if the The Jury, after a few Moments deliberation,
assignees did not meet his Lordship with the plea that sessed the damages at £5OO.
he had no jurisdiction over the case, they, he was sa-
tisfied, could have nothing to state.—The Crown had
a right to exercise their privilege of choosing between
the two securities which presented themselves; and
the creditors of the bankrupts were not entitled to
complain of the exercise of this right. The present
question came before his Lordship in bankruptcy, but
he did not see any reason to induce him, in such a
case as the present, to turn the petitioners round, and
to put them to the trouble of amending their bill,
which could only have the effect of postponing till
the day after to-morrow what his Lordship could
with equal safety order to-day. On further consi-
deration of the case, his Lordship was of opinion,
that he had this jurisdiction even without any such
amendment. The petitioners, who were the only
strangers to the Court, had submitted themselves to its
jurisdiction, and the assignees were already amenable
to the orders of the Court as to the distribution and
'disposal of the assets of the bankrupts. His Lord-
ship accordingly ordered that the 021,000 worth of
short bills should be delivered up by Messrs. Brick-
wood and Co.'s assignees to the petitioners.
IN THE MATTER OF EMDEN, A BANKRUPT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR--" I hold in my hand the
petition and six affidavits in this cause, the latter of
which charges the Bankrupt with wilfully concealing
his property from his assignees : .I have read them
over three distinct times since I was last in Court; and
however much I should wish to divest my mind of
the Bankrupt's being guilty of concealment, my most
studious investigation of these affidavits has not been
able to remove that impression. I will read them
again before I undertake to make anyorder in this case.

Sunday se'nnight Dinah Skins, of Hull,
fully burnt, in consequence of her cloaths
on fire, by a coal falling on them. She was
the General Infirmary, and every possible
rendered to her, notwithstanding which
Monday last.
A few days ago, as an artillery driver.
was riding one of the horses, the animal
consequence of being spurred rather severely,
threw his rider over a wall nearly six feet )'
satisfied with the extent of the punishment
flitted on him, he actually leaped over the
him, and kicked at him for some time, by
driver's skull was fractured, and he was c
much injured that he is at present confined
Masszon-Houser.—Yesterday, two men,
Gry and Heavy, both Hibernians, were charged
countryman named Kinshela, a journeyman
ter, with having put him in danger of
by reports they had propagated of him.
was, that he had been a private in the _
tia, during the rebellion ; and that he had
self to come up to Dublin and officiate
the Cat, or Flogger ix Ordinary to one of
ing tribunals, which the circumstances of
rendered necessary to establish in that city.
shela complained that this report was propagated
the defendants amongst his countrymen in Undone
and particularly at a public-house in Grub-street
that he was every where treated by them
and that he was hourly in danger of losing
Mr. Guy, who assumed the office of spokesman
the defence, said—lf he did say such a
true enough, for he had ocular demonst
and while he himself was in confinement
cion of being one of the Crappie:, he had
seen the complainant flogging the suspected
the triangles, and dipping his cat in the
stroke. The LORD MAYOR advised the
tire and make up their quarrel amongst
HORRID DEPRAVlTY—Yesterday Erma
only 14 years of age, was charged at Bow-
attempting to poison her mistress and
Mrs. Parker stated, that she sent the prisoner
cure 2 oz. of arsenick, to poison the rats,
put into a desk ; and soon afterwards
prepared tea, which she brought up in _
Mrs. P. and two children, one five, and
three years old; when, after drinking
they were taken ill, but by proper antidotes
sorted to, were recovered. Mrs. P. then
prisoner with the fact, which she stedfastly
on examining the packet, there appeared
an ounce deficient, when she admitted the
prisoner declined saying any thing in
and was committed under Lord Elleaborough's
No cause can be assigned fur the diabolical
as she was on good terms with her -
had been heard to say, that if her mistress
should come in for her cloaths.

THE NEXT OF KIN. OF BARBER.
The circumstances of this case are before the pub-
lic : Mr. Barber returned from India, after having
accumulated a large fortune, and died almost imme-
diately after his arrival, at Osborne's Hotel, in the
Adelphi, without having any communication with
his relatives, or making a will. Since his decease,
there have been a great number of claimants as his next
of kin, generally persons in the lower spheres of life.
The LORD CHANCELLOR this day made the follow-
ing order :-46 That the several claimants should go
before the Master, and be examined by interrogatories;
and the expense of the examination to be paid eut of
the estate of the deceased ; as, from the poverty of the
several claimants, the next of kin would never come
into possession without this kind of interference of the
Court, which was distributing equity against herself ;
for if the next of kin was not ascertained, the Court
being in possession, would be entitled to hold the
estate ; and whoever was the heir at law could not
complain, as the order enabled him to prove his tide.
JOHN ATEYNS WRIGHT, ESQ. V. MRS. CHARLOTTE
ATKYNS.
On Saturday last this cause, which relates to the
family estate of the Atkyr.., in the County of Norfolk,
came on for judgment, when the Master of the Rolls
decided that the defendant, Mrs. Atkyns, is entitled.

•
rty, and, subject there.
tee for the heir at tisr
'aintiff, John- Atltyna
ght is etithled have
it which he cl.iimed;
id upwards, raised by
potion.
AUGUST 14.
BA LDIRSTOW.
John Proctnr, a far.
ainst James Balder-
ietor. of stOne guar-
n damages, for the
Le plaintiff had let
voting female, add,
',Limit!: That .ha
th her about seven
fa•her's house about
irt;cular attention.
limsses to her itt
de, and tl.arit was
I her father's, 11: t
I her. The Lady
gr. Balderston eras
lvanced in life, he
s house, having lost
['he connections of
Dr. Loige is his
About June, in
ioment, he obtained
other's house, with.
out August she 'in-
(ime time after, her
cr ged fatter end
His ',ails then be.
lar cases, to be less
ailed, said nothirg
to call again. On
id said he had tv.t
,-day that she was
iristmas-d .y, as she
crament, the a rong
ipon his mind with
at he had taken his
ould marry her.—
ser said they should
;ton then repeated
he ceremony should
day following. He
eared in the same
till a few days atter
the child was bora
ince then been sup-
cross-examination,
bed the veracity of
her, the Rev:Wil-
Ingleton, and Mr.
ant of that place,
the plaintiff, end
tracter, and ettia•
fectlr re pectable
of property to the
on the part of the
laor on this oeca-
'tures of the case,
eumstances snider
ed.
s deliberation, as-
f Hull, was dread•
cloaths being set
She was taken to
possible assistance
which she died on
driver at Leith fort
animal reared, in
her severely, and
iii feet high. Not
ishment he had in•
over the wall after
ime, by which the
e was otherwise se
in fined to his hoes'.
two men, named
were charged by a
ourneyman carper.
:er of assassination
him. The report
s the Carlow MM.
t he had hired hitn•
iciate as riONIOI of
one of the &genet-
nces of the rebellion
that city. Mr. Kin-
was propagated by
trymen in London,
in Grub-street
y them with insult,
of losing his life.—
of spokesman in
uch a thing it was
lemonstration of it ;
nement upon suspi-
, he had frequently
to suspected men at
in the brim at every
ed the parties t., re.
iongst themselves.
ty Efisa NksclocV
at Bow-street, with
and two children.
the prisoner to pro-
the rats, which the
wards the prisoner
up in two pots for
five, and the other
inking a cup each,
• antidotes being re-
P. then charged the
edfastly denied; but
neared one fourth of
itted the fact. The
ing in her defence, •
illenborough's Act.
diabolical attempt,
her mistress • but
er mistress died, the