The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-30 00:00:00

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JSSOL.PENT' DEBTORS' COUNT, Ocr.O.
• Mrs. Lydia 0%111 was opposed by Mr. Pouots.
riot!► the short statement mods to the Court by the
Learned Counsel, bets theimitnination his wit.

JOT* _ __..on of n..
treafra,' it appeared, that the Lady then claiming her
discharge had petitioned the Court about a year and
bet agn,andwas remanded for • concealinent of pro.'
petty. It was allegedat that timethat she had an annul-
- ty of 2001. s'year,which was not in her schedule ;end'
when ached as to the annuity, she dechtied Opp-
' .nth that shtriveo not possessed cif soy; It *is Our
rAjected, that if she had not'the annuity, accadin
to her .owtl statement, yet abe. was still
.isist entitle
to her discharge, as in that calm an objettion would
lie against her for obtaining tisoney under false Pre' ,
tensions ; 'for it ti Oar frottithe witnesses who
'#er• to be called, tie pbed Sot credit Upon her
own represetitalians of istiliS en anpaity. Mrs.
Bali bad Come upon' WO -present decision upon
hair Petition ;'. but thistewiobjeationi which hieder.'
tld hei discharge before.svoild be brought forward at
present, end lie had nit doubt'would be sufficient 10.1
,Low that she wit nate to her discharge.'
He then milled the OpPoiing creditor, Mrs. piths.'
sloe Vrtioreight, widow' of Thomas WainWriglit,
stlitiol-the Umtata& *u indebted in itrairds"ert
'tali glees (Our 61114' payable at
asrsi4 AC Ifni, and iwelite months; 'ante .proMlsed
molt fittitiol(y that they would be paid resiOarly
when cine,.avabit shooltrecelte her annuity: The
witness had elartyii beard' her • speak of her anoiity,
ind 'often regret that It wee we in her poorer to be
punctual, as her sneaky' tided to come from lOW
Couetry.
' In her cross.ezerninitioet by Mr. who
appeared for the Insolvent, the witness said thlethe
(the Insolvent) half had dealings with her r.w dine
ireats, paid her a large sons of money, but could not
..,
lay now much it was. s
There stele two or three other witnesses Allied who
had dealings with Mrs. Balls, and they all concurred
in saying, that either from herself, or her son, or her
daughter, they always understood her to hare au
amity.
UpOts

MIDDLICS -stioworrs,oeT. 29.
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An epptieetion was hotaitt&Olirioitrt oet the •putt
ef• Mr. Nicholi,m Wilcock, !keno, ill.
ihorising Ithre.tio. alma the Pheilhilhav ior4he

4 purpose
of exhibiting theatrical performances of singing,
dancing, he, Bet the diIAHMAN observed, that as
Oro similar applications, the first by Mr. Seymour
ad others, the second by certain proprietors and*
ii•ownert, bad already be*, rejected,-he could nor
nsisteotly with what he seaceived to be his duty,
pomply with the present request.
1 i A littimcis was applied. ftionadgrauterkfor open-
ing Bagrngge Wells. 5.f...! ,
.
- A licence was; granted to, /Oft illroold for ve-npen-
log, at a convenient time,_ 1R English Opera House
in the Strand. •
The Court, fOr the rest of the day; was engaged
io hearing and adjpdging parish appeals concerning
the disposal of paupers, among which there was so
case of particular interest.
,
. '.. •• : - - *BOX/NfL• •-- ;"....•.-: ..-
• i.,.,. .. , iii; r: r, ...,..4-1, • —....ww,--• ' lit fe,:- pip..- f'..
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lifolebeftlient, Where reeny a mete milky k
bled,ese Stain the seat of action ea The rsday,and ik
"rotenone practised there kept pace with Mow feats
of -manhood already recorded in the fight between'
Saks and Isle of Wight Hall, men possessing science
superior to most, and 'equal to soy' walk* boxing
file/ sheds weights are something more thee slayers
'stop!, oaf* le* pounds, which thegalls-se-fight we
are about .f 6 deird tont soffihem. Our Correspon-
dent never tiblierved so feel people at a fight, perhaps
not more. thaw tiro thoesend,-- one half of whom were
looking fore screen, nokruvekns, and the other he'll
consisted of the cognoscenti, who would endeavour
to earn-a guinea without standing open nieeties, is
the sportsman like way, that is, to merit friend or
foe, if his judgment fooled him. We most ezcept a
few distinguished characters who are amateera of
English apart., and General Gourgaud. At one
ti(cloCk Ball made his bow to the spectators, and
Bales loon followed. They tied their colours to the
stakes and corned to. Seconds, Belcher and Harmer
- Ea?

r this evidence Mr. Potcome submitted, that for Hall, sod Oliver and Jones for
there was sufficient before the Court to warrant the betting, 7t04 on Estes.
conclesion, that either Mrs. Balls was possessed of ' THE. BATTLE.
this annuity, which she was hosed to give up for the
play urandlitie.r ow:: feralsodislatrcreittw .
anedermersetnils betNem. .Hai Pales l
beuefit of her creditors, before she could chaos bee reit:toed upon him slightly with the left hand. and the masterly
di/Chug' ; or that, If she did not, in point of fact, science which followed was perceptible Only to those close tapas
possess it, she had obtained money" ender false ii-
..ct.
ill:rat sua
reit-to Last foretactisereiwootTateheio:7l:iie7COutth; tsoultilb"elas-"e
presentations, and therefore was not entitled to the eernilited. Hall tell on his knees on missing a bit -
benefit of the Act. S. A seottskina round sommeaced. offensively by Mall, who
dropped claret pronuely from the fo-eheod. Several counter
Me, HEATH said, he treated he should in a few en. were eachanged in a galtiat rally, after Hall had returned
gionittals satisfy the Court that both the objections spoetrost parried Eales'S deo Med. -The blowsy/ere measured
were groundless. The truth was this—that circum- .7:llll,l7:haPrmeacobeirsis"ece ,:nraie., :,,,e,,,,:eilteerxPeit,t aaltiintru
etaticed as Mts. Bells was, she was in some degree -4sereer could anti:ell who had One got into the shouter/ tine..
justified in calling her income so annuity, but in Fetes W* 60 Oordsto the left' jaw, and both weal Ain't) ion
point of law it was no such thing. lie would admit c 3. Hall gWotil-hgeerlieirntlantdvellisibet at :he and he rorfowed
that airs. Balls might base so named it to her cite. ' in with the right, which told also. Files. nillturitllY stunned
diters, or any other persons ; and he would also by thehits. brim! 5r ..... id. and bad Ow_ worst f the round. rat
admit, that when last before the Court she had sworn'
beeonshireedd Ilst torifibiliq; mark of hotting, whilst 13011)*01a,miej
that she had not an annuity ; but in shut she had 4; Ilan went in to takrall Isis advetsary's fight oat-101111
firers correctlyi 1* 'honk sbe had a certain ai• ilteknwent with mach
imlttel:
.twany
.up 10, his, adversary'a. _
lowence, payable at stated periods, yet it was noel fistent,s-er);.' r. 1:8".111 1/)-•( fll6-111.,.."-ng....-edi,- 4. • ...
- it- - ..,
In any legal sense an annuity, for she had no right t- rld'i was a Salida rligtht MOO. butt It *heard the used
ludgesars wtha. Eareele;riviii'ithelituesvieswival • hter,naltilodugbhosthitet adlass;
to claim it from the person who gave it her. It was
'the voluntary gift of a Gentleman, abuse' Sams it elects tff seven minutes s.roug rzeifite. Ito 4 on Hall.'"
was 'not necessary to Mention, and who could with-
al!,
soured shay erd'irr ad vprels bands is iri nia "ditto
girl
draw it whenever be pleased. Why or Wherefore it kale* bad his adversaryTspended across the sparring.
ropes. so rinilf
was paid, it wee unnecessary en mention, but the him being erawed, he raised both his hands, and-lett bibs tIASS.
fact Masse; it might be paid or withheld, according raver worthy of sly, ofeM.!r of national sport.
r. Hull placed a good:bison the jaw of hales, but be fell on
to the pleasure of the donor, without any legal claim his kneetiiii pnrsuior, bits luck. hveu liettiag. .
foi its recovery on her part. A short time after Mrs. I Y. Fake parried some good hits, and saved himself mostveles%
lklis was last before the Court, and after she hid t tireirit;),ll.utikiwt.thl the:wit 61 she round, and be felt with hi*
ra
'sworn that she bad no annuity, a prosecution we's 9. hall had she hest of this round alio, and after receiving 1.14
Commenced against her for perjury by the present op- bits went down
lilr
. A amnion mill at counter hits, which told, bet the 'Petal
posing creditor, but the moment the case was heard' showed mat Emin, bad most le •I, ~,,, altogether a giant,.
on the trial, she was immediately -acquitted. He
tiring Pound to the advantage of Bales, who placed bits home
should prove from the evidence of the Insolvent and anIII I.lit'alLyee. t301.(.1 nle ounpoleirniej.went a begging, and Jews asked
her daughter, that the money she received was given Hall if he :seam to giveln f... undies Belt-her rEplted; oWe
to her in the way he had described, and therefore shun win it; we have scarcely a sFratchd fat..." nall erected
a ghit.tly 'mile, and turned to, as if umpired with coondence by
could 'slot he celled an antinity as was alleged. his second's stroke of the oll.hru.b, alias gammon ; he floored
• lie then examined Mrs. Balls and her daughter, his tuiveisary by a blow on the jaw, which was the first knock-
Miss Balls, who both agreed in stating, that she re- c 173".• Eels.
ga-hired himself for mischief, and hit some beery.
ceived a remittance of 131. every six weeks, but it house blows. Hall WAS brut a. drunk as if a quart of blue ruin
was solely at the will of the persyt who sent it to had operated upon him, and he fell, bugging his adversary's
wiihdraw it at pleasure. isr.
111. Hall made a gallant stand, bat be was hit senseless t and
Mr. Serjeant RUNNINGTON, after recapitulating so much abroad was he. that be fought wish his back towards his
the evidence and arguments on both sides, decided, adversary-he fell senseless.
14. Estes placed three hits and broke his groped; Hall,. in,
that the oroney received by the Insolvent could not be endeavouring to return, fey. . 1
. considered as an annuity, and therefore ordered her • 15. Hall went in with snoch'eattantry, and placed two islte4l
'discharge. . bat in fut,'ng, his seconds raised his brad, which was Ale
stone, and he could riot be brought to time. Victory was pro-
•lsrail Marcos was opposed by Mr. Bevels, on the i claimed for Estes, after fighting 17 minutes and b`l sesueds.
ground of fraiidateritly purchasing goods without REMARKS.
means of apparent intention of paying for them. This was altogether a genera tight, and Estee has
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The Insolvent underwent a very long cross-eze- retrieved his character as a first-rate boxer ; hail
mivation by Mr. Hearn, from which it fully ap- has raised the reputation of Scroggies, and cootie.
'peered to the Court, that be had committed such gaently of Turner, who beat Scroggine, and
,Data's
• gross frauds as not to be entitled to his discharge.— defeat hes sunk the prowess of Donnelly. Altheuggh
Ile said he wale Prussian by birth, that this was the • 1101 fought, well, &les out-scienced him by a skilful
third country in which he had lived. Ile was first measurement of distance, &tidbit home. He, how-
in business at iiamborgh, then at Pariir, end latterly eve., wet very emek in the middle of the bettk.b;-,
in London.' He came to london'in Feb. 1.817, with There wen no hitting at, the body, it was all.fieert
a capital, in money and-frenitt goods, amounting IV Welk; it:S Hall Must Sorely feoe ' ',..
5001. With-Matte erimmineed merchant; end ep te :11, 'metre! kettle. 'tie fought "betl7-"Th- • a w
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-the !litre of histairest had contrived to comma debts-to butcher, end bald. It svelte beay bat peddling VA
0(2,11551. He admitted thathe bought 47U1. worth of between min leleniniatnre for a trifling seibictiptien
nhip strettors front a hle.Griel,withila he saidhe shipped purse. Heat had the worst 'of it shrougheit ; Ire;
of to Amsterdam , bit Wag • pressed spew the sob- broke 4111111141 rpm the wrist, after fighting 2rt mi.
ject, he acknowledged that lie had send them to lutes, ,lpittiej... 4..dia not find it. out until be
' his commissiou-btolter ter 1001. 'aesthete they bed triad LT tjt another eosittr., -
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cost him a tortnight before. This Ittr tried to explain,
by 'saying that !tetrad bead gist the price of ambers
...Jealerdity,morning, Joriatheo Young, agerelout
bed feileto : he had baud `so trove histotrespondeat , loam. the son of Mr. Young, .of Houton, snet with
at Amrerdam. When silted the name of this tor- the fellow.* accident sr-r,AI *Orient heel fetched a
respondent, be et first slid net seem to recollect ' • but pill of 1,804 water. from e dy4rs in the tiefghboor.
•at istt he called Ms" Lesi. He then produced his hood; eed bed placed. ii on a chair its the kitchen ;
• hooka, bat the clerks wile made the entries were not the ustfectumate child playing in. the kitthea
Att Court,' and he-did net well recollect their names. stumbled, and to save himself from titling, he grasped
•_ :Mel admitted that he had betight bOOl. worth Isf hits ,the handle of the pail of hot water, which feti upon
. hens, one matt, Which he intended to ship off, bet him, and scalded him so, severely that the Medical
- foiled It afterwards more convenient to itelllhem td Gieutlemee who attended him say that they, do not
his commission-broker. He went oil answering. Mr. think it is in thePoner of homso skill to save" life.
heath's questions, and involving himself by each la Yesterday morning a shocking' accident oc.ctst red
still greater inconsistencies. 4 in the suger-house of Wised. qts van gitil Company,
. Mr. Poccocz; who appeared in support of his Deßcan-street,:Whiteehapel. poor old men earned
' discharge, had jest Commenced examining him, when j Oliver
.Taylor, a painter and glazier, residing . in.
Serjeant linnlslncvoN observed, that, in order to i Leman.streat,
.Goodaten'e.fields, while iii the set el;
save time, it would be better not to ga on, as he eras i repairing If vljitelowS on the third story, by some
fully convinted; from *Set had transpired, that the : accident not slipped, and he was precipitated 19
4 it/ Was a •fraudulent one. Ile therefore ordered the : thegtound itching', bin head/ he frectreed liisekuti
Insolvent tea be remanded, for coutractitig debts with- . Ili a most adful mintier. lie was cntifejed IA the
out aoy means of pitying them: 1 London Hospital, where be died in the greatest pain,

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