The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-07-10 00:00:00

THE KLING V. NATHANIEL HATS.

This defendant, having been conviettd of smug-
gling, was brought up for judgment, on the motion of
the SOLICITOR-ORNIRAL, who suggested that the de-
fendant had travel:ed a great distance to receive their
Lordship's judgment, and that there was every dispo-
‘4tion on the part of the Crown to treat him with lenity
and forbearance.

The Court told the defendant that, in consequence
of the suggestion of the Solicitor.Ueneral, they would
not pass any judgment on him, but would hold hiw,
t'ound in his own recognizance, to appear when called
on, which would not happen while he conducted him-
self weil. The Court rote at twelve o'clock.

INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT.

UNQUALIFIRD Arroatmvs.—ln the sittings of the
Conrt, yesterday morning. the Court Commissioner
spoke to the following effect :—" The Chief takes the
earliest opportunity of promulgating $ Rule respect.
ing the practice of this Conn, which we have unani-
tt•o'tsly agreed upon. We have long seen with regret,
and 'with feelings beyond regret, the very cnlpable ne-
glect of Attorneys who practice in it. I do not, of
course, mean all the Attorneys who practice in this
Court, hut those who so greatly neglect the business
of their clients as to leave it in the hands of their
►'erk•, or even of those who are not their clerks, but to
whom we greatly suspect they delegate the power to
art in their names. Ilad any evidence been brought
I.efore its suledantisting the fact we suspr.t to exist,
the person so offending would certainly be sr:vended
frou► artinT in this Contr. Every Attorney who has
been guilty of this practice has been degrading the
profession to which he belongs, and acting in direct
opposition to the rube by which he was appointed to
practice in the Court. We feel it our duty to inter-
tere to step a growing evil, for which purpose we
hope the Rule we have agreed on will he effectnal.
. 1 i'e Learned Commissioner then read the Rule,
v hich is to the following effect :
" That fr•'nt and after the 20th day of July instant,
on every schedule anal balance sheet shall be attested and
signed by the Attorney acting for any insolvent who
may apply for relief, and not by any clerk. But if
sorb Attorney should be absent from town, or prevent-
ed by any reasonable cause from making sncli attesta-
tion, th►n in snch case other of the Attorneys of the
Court oily attest the same."
Yesterday morning at day-break, the gable wall of a
tutee inhabited by some of the low Irish, in Little Bri
thin, Poplar, fell with a tremendous crash from the
toon•ia!iott into the street, carrying with it the first
•nr, an.l leaving the others, and the roof standing.—
The:e were upwards of a hundred persons in the house
at the time, who had assembled according to the custom
of tlieir country, to wake a person who lay dead on the
dour that gave way; the corpse was omen:lineal, and was
precipitated together with the greater part of the per-
sons who attended it. consisting of men. oa. nen, and
cl:ilffren into the street, several of them nk.t whit severe
injuries.
Saturday night as a poor woman, who had just re-
r, iced her linshand's week's wages, was on her way
hc.tne from time pay-table, on passing along Charter-
eouse-lane, a fellow came out of the Fox and Anchor,
131 d hold of her, and demanded her money, which,
through dread, she immediately delivered to him. The
riecti.rtatice luring made known to Thompson and
Fort e.;, rons4-Jles, they procnred more assistance, and
repaired to the Fox and Anchor, about II o'clock the
ssnir niett, where they atm-redid in apprehending 13
suspicions characters. whom they lodged in the watch-
-14.4445e. They were yesterday eNamined at Batton-
e rdrn. anal I I of them were committed for want of
b.t;!, two were discharged.

RETURNED CON% MTS.—What' the dromedary, re-I
trendy arrived from Botany Bay, was laying. in the
river s•ir Puri Jackson, on the 10th of Fehruary, Wori
White and P. Penny, two convicts who had been trans-
ported t"..r felony, took possess:on of a boat and rowed
inwards lie ship, about twelve at night; and it briny
very d .r!c, succeeded in getting on board into the
.boll undiscovered. They prJ.-ured a little water the
wood day, br.t remained eight days without food,
when they worked their way into the bread room, and
took jest enough to sustain life. In this situation
they continued for 17 weeks and three days, under-
• ing the greatest hardships, when one of them was
wrrei by a soldier, and shortly after both were
til•,covered and reported to the Captain of the ship.
tl-1) l•rotioit on deck, they were nearly blind front
•0 loii!r confinement in the bold. Their intention was
to I.lve dot on shore at Rio Janeiro, at which plate
they r%,e,-ted the ship would have touched. l)o their
r:rirnl in PlymoUth Sound they were placed under
4,,toineetnint; and having lieen examined before the
. r:aglsirates were on Friday the 6th instant, committed
Exeter to take their trial for retnruing from trahs-
Tortation before the expiration of their sentence.
MUNI/Vt.—A most shocking occurrence took plate
.•
. last week in a hay field belonging to a Mr. Price, about
two miles from Enfield. A number of hay-makers
were about.learing work in the evening, when a dis-
; pate arose between two-of them of the names of Rich-
... prrtison and Johnson, about the quantity of grass (one
hail that he had mowed more than the other). Johnson
;cued the grossest language, and threatened to beat
Rixhardson. who bore the character of an inoffensive
.Asso, and Richardson called him a scoundrel. Johnson,
upon this, took up the scythe, and, with dreadful im-
_precarious, ent against the legs of Richardson with
.great force, in the same way that be would cut a
.mlrarthe of grass. The unfortunate man fell down,
" You villain, Johnson, you lave mur-
dereu me." He expired in a few boon afterwards:—
, Johnson contrived to make his escape, and has not
•since been beard of, A Coroner's Inquest, on Satur-
day sat at the Cock Tavern, near Enfield, who returned
'sit:relief of "Wilful Murder" against Johnson; aid
the patisn have very properly offered a reward for his
teliensiMa.