Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
XUcWT(L U.,awara 01- uer. an otncer in tnn army, caine up wo be heard upon his petition. He was not opposed ; but the Court ob. serving, upon looking at his schedule, that lie attributed his insolvency to robbery, examined him at some length- respecting it. It appeared from the insolventes statenient, that he resided at BeDingham, in Kent, with his wife and family. He was induced some time ago to come to town for the purpose ofhavinga wound ex- amined bySirJ.M'Gregorand SirxA.Cooper;and upon hisreturn home he was stopped near the lines at Chatham, by three men,who robbed him of 65 sovereigns out of 71, which had been in his waistcoat pocket. The escape of the remaining six was owing to tiir having passed through a hole in the pocket into the lining of the waistcoat. IJpon reaching home, he found that his house had been plundered during his absence by one of his creditors who, accompanied by se. veral persons, entered it without any legal authority whatever, frightened his family threw his wife into fits, and carried off a valu- able quantity of jeweils and otherproperty, (amonystwhichwas astar of the Legion ofRHonour,)amountiag altwgether invalue to upwards of 1,3001. He immediately communicated the circumstance to the Diagistrates of the neighboutrhood, and even wrote to .Mr. Secre- tary Peel on the sabject, but he was informed tbat, under the cir- cumstances, his servant having opened the door to admit them, he cauld not convict the parties of a felony and ought therefore to sro- ceed against them by civil action for the trespass-s course w Tich it was his determination to pursue. The COURT obsered, tlsat it was a strange story, and it was rather odd that none of his creditors appeared to inquire into it. If they were thus indifferent to their own interests, they nmust take t7ne consequences. The Court was bouid to give credit to the insolvent's statement since nobody came forward tocontradictit: they thierefore tteclared him entitled to the benefit of the act, aad ordered him to be discharged forthwith. F,drea,d Jesni,, gs was brought up to be discharged. Mr. Spencer, the keeper of the 1New Debtors' Prison, informed the Court that the detaining creditor at whose suit the petitioner had been confined for a considerable time, had sent his discharge to the prison, on the eve of his application to the Coart for relief; but the insslvent was still in confinement, the gate-fees not having been paid. The COURT said that the discharge was evidently sent writh a view to harass the insolvent; but that view was defeated by his haring remained in custody. They ordered bim to be discharged forthwith. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, TuESDAY, JULY 13.