The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-15 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF BANKRUPTCY.

COURT OF REVIEW, WESTMINSTER, Mar 12.
EX' PARTE PHILLIPS, IN, RE PHILLIPS:
This was the petition of William Phillips, declaring himself
to be the heir-at-law of the bankrupt, who died abroad in •th'e
year 1818; aid it prayed of the court to direct a final dividend
to be made, under the commission, mid the surplus to be paid
into court to await the decision of a chancery suit now in sus-
pense. The bankrupt carried on business iu London as -a dea—
ler in fish, but without any extensive trading. The commission
against him was issued in 1794. when Mr. Nicholls, who is still
living, was appointed to act as his assignee. The bankrupt left
England, and after residing many years in America, died in
that country, leaving Michael Phillips, of Bathtown, Virginia,
as his heir-at-law whose whose death ensuing in 1831, his rights were
transferred to the present petitioner, according to his• own
representation, but of this some doubt existed, and an investi-
gation is now under process before a master in Chancery, for
`the purpose of ascertaining the merits of the claims of both
parties. On application' to this court in July, 1831, an order
bade
was' declaring the representatives entitled to the surplus,
When its amount should have been ascertained. The debts due
under the commission were few and small, and owing to various
*Eireinnitances some property in houses belonging to the batik-
'rupt has so increased in value, as to leave a probable clear re-
venue of £6oUper annum, after payment of all •liabilities and
expenses: •
'After hearing counsel for the petitioner, the creditors' as-
signee, and another member of the bankrupt's family :
The court said that it was not called on to give any opinion
on the merits of the respective 'claims—that was reserved for
another tribunal; but its duty was to see that the affairs of the
commission were properly wound up. The commissioner to' be
at liberty, on the application of the assignee, the petitioner, or
respondent, to call a meeting and declare a final dividend; the
surplus to be paid into court, with liberty to apply thereon. The
costs of the asstgnees to be paid by the petitioner, but the pay-
ment to be reserved until the master's report shall enable this
court to settle the question of cost incurred by the respondents
generally.

A LOVER op THE EST A B I.IS MEHT.--A friend of ours, who
is a farmer, not Off the Carrick border, but on the Carrick shore,
and within two Miles of Girv.in, has a dog which has for• many
years past beefi a regular church-goer. Ile usually attends his
master or any of the family, and for about ten years has never,
we believe. been once abSent from his master's seat in' Girvan
churdr. Dien when by any cause the family have remained at
horne'on the Sabbath, Hero, for so our church-going dog is
named, regularly sets off himself to church, and takes his usual
place in the pew, where he quietly remains till the service is
over, when, like the rest of the congregation, he takes 'his de-
parture home. 'Not long a o Hero showed in the most decided
manner his love for the established church, .over those of the
voluntaries. One of the farmer's family having thought proper
to go to the seceSs?on church one Sabbath forenoon, Hero fol-
lowed him to the door, but there be stopped, and seeing the per-
son enter, he turned at once, and set off to his old place in the
parish church. The dog is of the terrier kind, with short
rough hair of a reddiSh brown colour. His master feels con-
iderableyride in the fact of his dog being so great a lover of
e establishment.-.—Ayr paper.