The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-05 00:00:00

EX-PARTS CIIAMPNITS, IN RE IeGRATII.

The bankrupt in tins ease was a pavinamer in the army,
and the question was, whether be had done such arts in
trading as to entitle bias to the benefit of the bankrupt
laws. Sir Thous is Clsampnevs was here a creditor under
the coenisission of a debt of Wilt, and now prayed that the
certificate might be stayed. Another question arose ae.to
whether this WA a valid debt. The bankrupt iu his eats.
vit denied that any debt was due to Sir 'Thinn as Champ.
news, admitting, however, that there bad been souse bill
transactions between the parties.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR did not see how be could refuse
an issue to try the question at law. The alleged trading
was, that this gectlesnan, who was an officer in the army,
had !might carriages and coaches, and had sold them at a
ra'it.
Mr. iWaitsvielas said that the trading alleged in tit: affi•

davit Owes the shipping
to the West !miles.

and Ireland

The irtcs.enancer.Lon observed. it yap too evident That
this bankrupt was no more like a trader tbso any
man at the bar. He held a rank in the army. aad *al re-
aired into society as an officer; and in order to enable
Wm to take the benefit of these bankrupt laws, and elude
creditors, be came to England, sod was made a dealer in
carriages at Brussels. If there was any trading here, it
was plainly a colourable trading only. There was. he ob-
aerved, a long list of debits and credits in the accogot, all
of which were such as a man, not in trade, would have in-
curred. He Was satisfied that an inquiry should be di•
rected, and the only question was, in what shape it should
be made.

ag
Dar. rr AIRFIELD was ready to take an issue to try the
question, whether the bankrupt was indebted to Sir Thomas
Champneys.
The Vica-Cnawczu.on had rather direct an inquiry be-
fore the Master, or viva nee, before the Commissioners, as
it would prevent delay.
Mr. WazeetELD said, that Sir Thomas Champneys could
not appear before the Commissioners, as he had reason to
believe that that gentleman was now confined for large
debts in lichester liaol.

It was ultimately directed that an affidavit should be Med
as to the fact of Sir T. Champneys being confined at 11-
chaster. and that the petition should stand over till Wed-
nestisy morning.

ASSIZES.-NEWCASTLE, FaIDAY, Aim 1.
-Imo--
CIVIL SIDE.

WATSON V. WALTON.

This was an action to recover damages, in compensation
for a bodily injury received by the plaintiff, through the
negligence of the defendant, who had not closed the iron
grating over the entrance into his cellar, and through
which the plaintiff tell in his way home.
The cellarman of the defendant, J. Crooke, was returning
home with the plaintiff about two in the morning, in the
Bull Ring, in North Shields. As they came up to the
grating the witness called out to the plaintiff to take care
lest it should be open ; but, just as be gave the warning,
the plaintiff fell through the area. There was no light near.
and the witness bad to grope down to assist the plaintiff.
A person belonging to the brewery, who was in the back
part of the cellar, came forward, but, instead of affording
any aid, made use of ill-language. The plaintiff being un-
able to stand without assistance, the witness aas obliged to
take him sway on his back. The plaintiff was at the time
quite sober, and witness was himself " pretty fair, not
amine' able to take care both of himself and his friend.
On his cross-examination, by Mr. Baoutinals, it appear•
ed that the witness and plaintiff had been tippling from 9
o'clock in the evening to 2 o'clock in the morning when
the accident happened. lie would have considered it
" amiss" to have drank a whole barrel of beer, but not so
to have only made a hole in a barrel. Witness had been
discharged from the service of the defendant, but he would
not swear whether or no he was so discharged for being
stupidly drunk on this very night. when he stated himself
so competent to assist his companion, and to tell a Jury the
particulars of what happened.
Eliza Rooke, a relation of the plaintiff, said she had
nursed him. His ribs, or three of them, were broken, and
he was bruised all over. He was in his bed for fi►e weeks,
and unable to work for nine weeks, and it was a space of
fifteen; weeks before he recovered finally, if, indeed, he
would ever be thorougblv
The druggist prover the supply of medicines for 9
weeks. .

In the defence, Mr. Belot:newt endeavoured to chew that
the plaintiff And his companion (witness) were bath intox-
icated, and had received the bruises in consequence of their
falls in the street.

A servant of the defendant's swore that, on the night al-
laded to, there were two lights in the cellar below; that he
believed, but would not swear, that the grating was fastened.
He was alarmed, about two o'clock in tke morning, by a
kicking at the grating. He thought it was an attempt to
break into the premises. He called out to know the cause
of the noise, and received abusive answers. He saw a man's
foot through the grating. The person (whose foot, he saw)
extricated himself. The men walked, or rather stag-
ger6i, away, they were so drunk. Crooke came to the cel- '
far shortly after; it was his business to have been there
early on that night, but he staid away. When he came,
after the time of the noise, he was so drunk as not to beable
to stand, and was obliged to sleep on the sacks until eight
o'clock that morning.
Mr. Justice BATLEY, in his charge, told the Jury that, if
they believed the accident happened in the manner stated
by the witness Crooke, they were bound to find for the
plaintiff. With respect to the amount of damages, they
would regulate it by the measure of the injury, and conse-
quent expence and loss sustained by bins. As to questions
respecting alleged charges tending to throw a slur on the
character of witnesses, neither the Judge nor the Jury had
any thing to do with them. They were the expedients of
Counsel to give a colouring to their own side of the case,
and should not be allowed to interfere with a fair decision.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 301., costs, 40.

HEREFORD, SATURDAY, JULY 2.—The Assizes terminal.
ell this evening, and the commission opens on Tuesday, at
Monmouth. Business has been very scanty—Barristers in
abundance—but very few briefs. Mr. Justice Park stated
in the Nisi Prins Ci.itirt to the tientlemen of the Bar, that
though he was glad on his own account that there was but
little business, yet on their accounts he could but condole
with them. A circumstance occurred in this city on Thurs-
day, which excited a very general sensation throughout
the place'; and theirs upon what a frail tenure we hold our I
mortal existence. The Rev. Mr. Hopkins, late Curate of
Byford in this county, was to have married a Urs. —, a'
widow, at the Cathedral Church of this City. The parties
attended at the customary hoar, and proceeded to the altar.
The solemn service commenced, and was proceeded in till
the bridegroom took the ring out of his pocket to place it
on the finger of his bride—but just at the moment when
she extended her band to receive the token of their
union, he suddenly fell back, and aftei a convulsive fit,
which, lasted but a moment, he lay on the ground a corpse.
To attempt to describe the alarm which prevailed, would
be only to fail ; the half wedded bride was conveved home
in a state of grief that is not to be expressed, and the body
of the bridegroom was carried on a bier to a neighbouring
tavern (the Red Lion), where an inquest was held the same
night by Abe Coroner, and the Jury returned a verdict of
" Died by the visitation of Goll."fhe Reverend ()antic-
man was a man possessing considerable property; he was
70 years of age—his intended bride 37. His property, by
this event, goes to his poor relatious. It is an extraor-
dinsry fact, that the late husband of the intended bride
dropped down dead.
Dumeaiss, July 29.—0 n Sunday, the 13th current,
more than a fourth part of the ceiling of the church of
Kirkbean, joists and all. fairly gave way, damaging, or ra-
ther smashing to pieces in its fall, many of the seats and
tables, and even mutilating the pulpit and precentor's desk.
Most fortunately (a thing very unusual) there bad been
no sermon in the church that day. otherwise the conse-
quences might have been serious, indeed. While standing
!at her own door, the beadle's wife observed &great number
of hats hovering about the belfry, long before their usual
rote of emerging from their retreat among the rafters.—
emergingese birds, if birds they may be called, had doubtless been
disturbed by the concussion within, and on finding' their
roost suddenly palled about their yam, were making the
best use they could of their leathern witigs.
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TIE STATESMAN.

SEEDS, &c.

MEAT.

1111111TIFIPI6LD, 140NDAV, IWO. 4.
Prices returned by the Clerk o( the dlorket.

MR ST .OF 8 POUNDS (ALM.)

HAY AND STRAW, rsi Lo *o.

POT A'
SPITALTIELDS. per ew t.
Ware •3 Bto 3 0
Middlings I 6to I 9
- .

Chats I 6to 0 II
Common Red 0 oto 0 0
On ions Os. Od. to 6s.od. per h.

LONDON MARKETS.
CORN' EXCWANGC, MARK LAWS.
Quantities and Prices of British Coro, dte. sold and deli-
tared la this market, daring the week ceded Saturday, the
Seth of July :

Qrs:
Wheat 9,167 for 97,210 1 8 Avenge .... 89 4
Barley 839 1,478 8 1
Oats 14,336 18,927 13 0
Rye

Beans
Nese

MONDAY. AUG. 4.—We bare nothing to notice in the Seed
Trade, with the exception of Rape and Caraway ; the former
Is ti per last dearer, but Carraway is rather lower.

s. d.

s. d.

s. d: s. d. Veal Bto 4 8
Beef 3 4to 4 e Pork ..........3 8— 4 8
Mutton 3 2 3 10 Lamb 4 0— 4 8
CATTLE AT MARKET THIS OAT.
Beasts, 2,333; Cal TVS, 340; Sheep, 23,740; Pigs, 220.
HEWGATE MARKET, MONDAY, AUG. 4.
PER ST. OF S POUNDS (DEAD.) s. d.

s. d.

s. tI2 5..(1. Veal S Uto 5 (I
Reef 2 6to 3 6 Pork
Mutton .. ..... . 6 3 6 Lamb . 3 4 4 8

Pima or BRIAR.—The price of the 41b Loaf is stated at
90. by the full-peueed Bakers.

SIIIITUTIELD.—fIay, 80s. Od. to 110 v. 04.—Straw, 425. Od.
to 483. 04.—Clover, 903. Od. to 120 s. Od.
ST. Jawas's.—Hay. 635. Od. to 118 s. W.—Straw, 425. Od.
to Ms. Od.—Clover, 9.15.111. to 120 s. Od.
WHITECHAPIM.—Hey, SOs.od. to lOSs 04.—Straw, 41s. Od.
to 48s Od.—Clover, 100 s. Od. to 120 s. Od.

'OES.
Bonovcrst. per ton.
Wttre .e9 6to 3 0
Middlings •.1... oto I 9.
Chet§ I oto 0 0
Common Red 0 oto 0 0
Onions 05.0.1. to Os• Od. per b.

COAL MARKET. AVOLST 4.
Ships at Market. Ships Sold. • Price.
44/ Newcastle 4l .35s 6d to 43i 9,1
10 Sunderland.

Stow on the Vold new Fair for wool, cattl &c 18,1 on
26th alt. was numerously attended. The average price of wool
was 275. per tod, but some few samples obtained higher
prices. Horses, of which tbere was a good show, sold at
advanced prices.
Portsdown Fair concluded on Wednesday, the pleasure
part of which was unusually well att=ended. There was not
much business done in the two staple articles—Cheese and
Horses; the former obtained a little advance in price, of
the latter, not many sales were effected.

Our Beast-market, on Tuesda.y, exhibited its usual supply
of fat stock, the prices cf which varied but little from those
of the preceding market-day.—(Lewes Journal.)
Mr. John Olisunt, of Scale Hill, near Lazonby, in Cum-
berland, has a ewe which yeaned three lambs on sth of
March. They were all killed before the 24th of June, each
weighing 111 b. a quarter.
DURHAM Assizes.—At the late Assizes for the county
of Durham, the following prisoners took their trials before
Mr. Justice Holroyd :—Wm. Watson, charged with rob-
bing Jane Sherlock on the highway, and with an attempt
to commit a rape on her person. A true bill was found
against this prisoner at the late Assizes, but he being then
at large the trial could not take place, but be since surren-
dered himself. The Jury found him Guilty. Wm. Robin-
son, charged with stealing hay—Guilty. James Lorimer
pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing one bushel of coals
—Hard labour for a month. Robt. Watson. for stealing
wearing apparel from a dwelling house—Nine months
hard labour. Thomas Johnson and Charles Torkinson,
charged with burglary, were found Guilty of stealing. The
Jury were then sworn to try whether Richard IVoolner
stood mu'e from malice or by the act of God. The prisoner
was indicted fur stealing a great coat, but did not plead.
Mr. Green, a surgeon, deposed that he had attended him
since the I Ith of April, and that he considered him insane,
and that he had no doubt it was the set of God. Mr.
Wolfe gave similar testimony, and the Jury declared the
prisoner to stand mute by the act of God. He was accord.
tngly ordered to be remanded until his Majesty's pleasure
be known.

William Mead, found guilty at the late assizes for York-
shire, of killing and slaying Mr. James Law, by shooting
him with a pistol on the 14th of February last, was sen-
tenced to two yeses imprisonment in York Castle. At the
same Assizes, John Ashton, and John and Richard Burnett
(father and eon), who had pleaded guilty to a charge of
having committed a burglary in the house of Mrs. Ley-
bourne, of Why, were left for execution.

CORNWALL Assizes.—Mor/ii Osborne was indicted for
stealing from the dwelling house of John Botheras, of Bo-
ryan, a watch and 191. in bankers notes, and a quantity of
grass seed, on the night of the 31st of March last. There
were two counts in the indictment, the one charging the
prisoner with breaking into the house of the prosecutor in
the day time, nobody being therein, and the other charg-
ing him with concealing himself in the house in the day
time and breaking out at night, which breaking out has
been made a capital felony, by a late Act of Parliamen..—
From the evidence. it appeared that the prosecutor left his
lhouse *boat two o'clock in the afternoon of the day in
question, on which day there was a wrestling in the neigh-
bourhood, and returned about ten o'clock the next morn-
ing, when he found his house, which he had left fastened,
broken open and his watch and the sum mentioned in the
indictment carried off. Suspicion falling on the prisoner,
who hnd lived as a servant with the prosecutor, but whn
then rented a farm in the neighbourhood, in consegnenee of
the grass seed being traced to his house, a search warrant
was obtained. and the watch with some of the notes were
cooed in his chest. The prisoner admitted the robbery to
the prosecutor and the constable who took him into cus-
tody, and offered to repay the prosecutor it he did not send
him to prison.--Ouilty.---Not sentenced,—if is supposed
OK prisoner Will be transported.