The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-08-15 00:00:00

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his Lordship, assigning such special reasons as could
induce him to allow the matter to go back toa Court
nf La* for its decision. Had a Petition _been pre-
seatea;stafing that therhs4, been taken by surprise,
or had been in mistakeln theylew of their case which
they had submitted to the Cburt of Law, and special
mice for the error into which they had fallen
hAd been assigned, his LOrdsbip might have con-'
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sidered how far -there. was any thing in the appli.
; cation ; but at present he saw no ground for his in-
terference. His Lordship abcordingly ordered that the
.amainit of the proof of the debt due. to Messrs. 801,
dero and CO. froin the estate ..of the Bankrupt be
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inited to 26,0001. without prejudice to Messrs. Bol-
dcro and Co. so make any specikl application to have
! the matter reviewed-by a Court of Law, if they should
be so advised.

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• •Ool7lll' OF CH ANeFsitY, Aucmse 11.
t-rAftes NICENE IN THE -HATTER or 'MatKAN.
• ThIS was in application on-the part of the Assig-
wees of the Bankrupt, to have the proof of tlit• debt
claimed on by Messrs. D sense, Thornton, end Free,
amounting in all to 12,0001. expunged to the extent
or 12001. on the ground that there was a cosh ba-
lance to that amount in the Bankrupt's favour, on
the face of the account kept with him be the Bankers,
which had not been allowed him. Mr. Free, how-
ever, having, sib* filed an affidavit, iti which he
Swart., that on a fair statement of-the accounts be-
tween the sirties,,the balance in Airier- st' Messrs.
Downe, Thornton, and Co, amounted to upwards
of'13)01. and that he bad_deducted tire. balance : ,
appearing on the face of the cash account. from
.this • I
sum, before any proof was made wider the nom- 1 On the morning of the 9th instant, the body of a
man was found at the west end of the. town of
mission.
The Loan CUARICELT.OI4 after IIeaTHS4 A Air. fr se - j
e k . Greenock, which crested suspicion that he might
have been murdered ; in consequence of which (by
erds in support of the Petition, andSi* S. Romilly
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and Mr. Montagu against it, orderml the pea i,f seder of the atainstnitest enquiry and search was in-
the debt to stand, the Solicitor for Messrs.: )owane, ' scantly made, a number
ber of people taken up on sus-
Thornton, and Co. allowing to the other party i„sper. plc ion, and lodged in gaol for examination.' An
tier of their roake, in order to satiety them as to the. , affray had taken place in that quarter early in the
accuracy of the balance.
i morning. The particulars of which we cannot ace
' I curateiv state; and as a precognition is expected
ax-restet eeeeson, 1•4 cur sterree or JACKSON. /to be taken, we forbear giving. the different
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Sir A. Pusateri., Mr. Lexcn, it'd Mr. R tern- tradictory accounts which are at present in eircula-
BY, stiped this case at considerable length, •on the tion. We are also informed of a nobbery, with very
pert of the Petitiocer, who prayed that Messrs. 801-: eggravatirg circumstances, having been committed on
dere and Co. in p-roiiag tile debt claimed by them J the same morning, near the Rue-end, the person hay-
from the estate of the Bankrupt, nowt, Jackson, ing. in addition to losing his money, been sere,*
should. have the sum for %hie!. they were to be al- heat and cut on the face.
lowed to prove limited to 26,0001. instead of 60,0001. , We are happy to learn, that the murderer of the
the sum originally clainid by them, but since re- 'unfortunate female, whose decapitated body was
:snicked to 58,0001. The petition:stated a variety of lately found hidden in a bog near Tory Hill, is likely
proceedings, relitise to thearaneactioi betweets the soon to be discovered. •-A variety of circumstances
parties ; partimilarly relative M .nu entry in the . tend to ha suspicion on a young man who has the
books of Hendren and Co. of a payment ramie by „ scowled. The particulars have - been commueicatect
that house to the Bankrupt on the 16th of October, : to us— tiul, for obvious reasons, :we cannot make I
179 :, of 25,0001 which the Bankrupt undertool: to them public. The high character and unwearied as-'
repay, by transferring to then 50,0001, in the three siduity of the gentlemen who have engaged in theme-
per cents. then selling et 51i percent. The Items vestigation of this mysterious affair, afford a fair pro-
which constituted this slim of 16,0001. were, on in- : n:ise that the sanguinary wretch who imbrued his'
vestigation, disallowed by the Commissioners in the' hands in the blood of this helpless female, shall not
proof of Nlessrs..Boldero and Co.'s debt. The Lord ' tong escape offended justice. The murder was per-
Chancellor allowed Messrs. Boldero and Co. to ' t tda ' •and, the girl knows!
pe ra eby s.ane , as wasto I
bring an action or actions at law, for proving the i have had a pound note and some change in bet pos.
amount of their claim against the Bankrupt's estate; session on'the evening before she met her untimely
an action was accordingly tried in the Court of fate, it is supposed that the barbarian was proml
King's Bench for ascertaining this fact, in which a i by avarice to destroy the hapless and unsuepisfeus I
ease was reserved for the consideration of the Court; possessor. The murder was committed en the 34th
who ultimately sustained the verdict to the.amount • of June,27 days before the body was discovered, and j
tole, of 2(1,0001. Since this decision of the Court of
five weeks before the suspected person absconded.—
Law, a Petition heti been presented to his Lordship ; (Waterford Mirror.)
by Mes,rs. Bolden) and Co. praying to be allowed p
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arley harvest began at Aberdeen a few days 40,1
to pmvc for this sum of 26,0001. and-also for a va- ;
and new bear meal was sold in that market on the
riety of items in their books, amountiug, with the : .
Gth most. from a. farm in the vicinity.
exception of one article, to such a sum, as, with the
26,0001. allowed by the Court of King's Bench,l A Cork Gentleman being advised by his Physician
to
made up their original restricted demand of 58,0001. Ig o to Bristol for the recover
ly it there Doctor
of his health said ,
In consequence of this application on the part of I very ( y y
r I " I shall never find,
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Boldero and Co. the previa Petition for having their j for I lost it, all at Killarney." '
demand restricted to the sem allowed by the Court , On Sunday last an elderly man, in the service of
of King's Bench became necessary. The ground of. Messrs. Smith, of the Wicker, dropped down sear
that decision „ was, that the contract, nuder which 1 Attencliffe Bridge, Sheffield, and immediately expited.,
the advances were made by Messrs. Boldero and Co. 1 —The same day, a young child was drowned hi a
to the Bankrupt ass usurious; and, the Learned.- Posen liver the foot of Ladies' Walk.
Counsel submitted, his lordship having allowed tnel LINER.% t.rrlr.—The Rev. Patrick Magginn,.Paris ,
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Messrs. Boldero to try Ens point in such manner as -li)riest. of Monaghan, cut down a beautiful field al
they thought best, and the Court of Law having de.; barley op the 28th of last month : he immediately
tided it against them, that his Lordship neither could, I thrashed it out, and produced it at market, for the
nor would consumer himself called on to interfere. I use of the poor, at 'very reduced price. The name
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Sit Semen Roanw.'r, and MI.. Bret, contended,' or this benevolent man deserves to be accomptnied,
that there was nothing derided by the Court of King's with a more lucrative title than that of 'Parish Priest.
Bench whirls could at ell preclude the interference of On Wednesday night, or early the next morning,
his Lordship, or bar him from deciding on.the appli. the dwelling-house of Mr. Kempton, Croswell-street,
enithm now made to him, which Was entirely distinct Clerkenwell, was broken open, and a quantity of
from the question which had been under the cousi- 1 cash and. ether articles of value stolen thereout. The 1
deration of the Court of Law. The Court of King's 1 thieves are act yet discovered. •
Bench had no d %lit decided, that if the house of 1 •Tux Film—An eagle had for many years Heed
Boldero and Co. hail paid to the. Bankrupt the sum of ! her abode, and reared her young cues, in an island,
25,0001. and had taken an obligation from him to ; centred in a Loch, in the parish of Straiton.—
give them in return, stock to the amount of 50,0001.1 From this almost inaccessible eyry she made incur.
it then selling at ei 1 per celt.:-.that was an usurious 1 slops upon the neighbouring poultry, and the mule
transaction, which could not be supported. The II eagle thinned the hills of taint), and game. A j
poiets now put to his Lordship, however, as to the j young man climbed the rock in their absence, and ,
differeut items on which Boldero and Co. now claim.: brought away a young one, which he tethered on
ed to be allowed to prove on the Bankrupt's estates, j the Loch edge between two traps. The eagles saw
and had never been before the Court of King's Bench. ! their young one, and alighting beside it, were cauglit
Tha entry of the payment of the 25,0001. and the Gin the traps. One of them plucked the trap fro 1
sale by the Bankrupt of stock, were merely fictitious. i the ground, and flew over the Loch, although it wag
But would it be contended that those. fictitious en- `snapped by the leg with en engine eight pounds in
tries ought to prevent Messrs. Bolder() and Co. from weight. It was seized and exposed to the people on.
claiming, and from being allowed to prove for ad- 1 Ayr as a curiosity. ' Tbe. female had her leg broken.l
isanCes actually made by them ? Supposing Boldero . mid getting from her fetters, soared, clernoariug, into ,
end Co. to have brought their actions for each of ' the clouds, and has net since appeared.
those several sums separately, would it be contended A wedded woman, of the village of Cressreed, on :
that the usurious contract, which, at the same time Clyde banks, left herchildrenin her cottage, and went '
wasnald to be a nullity, could so far be supported , to the river edge,
.to bleach some webs, a fur- .
as, by its existence, to render the wholr of the items i long below her residence. When she had accoin-
iulland void? The Learned Counsel could not con- i plished her work, she happened to cast beeves up'
eeive on what *ground a Court of Law could he en• i the stream, when she saw something floating towards
flied to look at one side of the account and to shut' her ; she catched it in her hands, and, horrible to ma- •
its eyes agaisierthe other side of it ; or hOw an entry, • ternal reelinge, discovered it to be the body of one of
which was itself a nullity, could be supported to the' her own children, . i
effect of cutting down other claims which the Messrs.' Brillpt Mactnanus was sent to the Bridewell of
Bolster° had against the Bankrupt ? j Glasgow, for three months, for having put, en the
The Loao CHANCELLOR said, Messrs. Boldero and -regimentals of a deserter, to facilitate his escape, 1
Co. had been allowed to bring any action-or actions' whoM she had obtained permission to visit. The de.
they chose; f.r the purpose of ascertaining, by the setter Bellied oat, apparently an old decrepid we.l
verdict of a Jory, what was the amount of the sum man, like his visitor ; but his ludicrous deportment 1
to the extent of which they were entitled to prove en betrayed the cheat, and he was immediately entire.
the estate of the Bankrupt. They, therefore, were hended
At full liberty to frame their action in the why -most 1 We have pleasure in mentioning, that after a rni-1
nhantageous for themselves, and could not have the note investigation cf the accounts of Messrs. Asnea- 1
same ground of complaint as if they. had. been restrain-, soy and Co. Bankers, of Philpot-latie, it appeared
ea by the terms of an issue directed by the Court.— to the satisfaction of the Creditors present at two
The way in which they had put It to the Court of several meetings, there was property sufficient to pay !
King's Bench was, that agreeablyacitmentry hi their every demand on them, and a handsome surph left
books, they hail, on a-certain day, advanced to the for ntr.,Anneespre, which the Creditors expiesied
Bankrupt 25,0001.. in consideration of which the their whiighould be made known to the Pliblli•-
Bankrupt had entered Into a contract for the stile of Tina Sectierisn SUMMER n.—M ACDON k La, the Earl
certain quantity of Stook. Thie the Gown of King's of Riese' eree's shepherd, conducted a drove if 300,
Bench had hell was an usurious contract, and, as sheep from the Braes of Athol to Caen-wood, be-
seech, could not be. supported. Ilia Lordship was of side Hampstead. This journal, of 550 miles, was Sc.
that mind also, and he wagenennedte doubt whether complished with the loss of only one of Ilia lioek,
any other statement of the treesactiouwould have ni. and the rest were as fresh as the moment they left
dated the Geoid King's Bknett to view the merits : their Scottish . pasture. The Agricultural.* Srciely
of the,emse sem favourably. Ile rather inclined to have promised to reward this careful Caledonian fur
think diet : Mom*
sßoldero - would have been performin a task, which would have honourtd the
held hound by the entry b their non 'boolti.-:-' pitritrigel Laban, or any of hia family to affesens-
lite Wen it mightelioiever, they had not come to plisb..; • '::'...
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