Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
Two uldtta 'Ofet err atine uip to. be beard on hlis petition. Tw ben eledinre aIPPearcI to oppos-e in eraon ; btut the lfnsolvgat nen ezdwith a -violent epileptic fit, the ease-was ordered tet stand over for a shiort timec, until 'he recovered ; and whben it wz~ ~Afterwards called on, the opposing creditors signified -their intention to i6ithdraw their opposition, and- left the Court. The eagse jir.aly, stood over to serve notice on thec gsaignees of' M)cssrs. Itjars&, Stea.- ccY, and Co., ard to conmplete somie other stervices. lWmlia,a Tovitts ffV(sill wVat oppoised by Alt. PoLLOCK for ii essrs. Rayicood and Son. It aypp&red tlhat the insolvent had been a linendraper in Holhors, and becmuing en barraswd in the -.ear 1821, he execute(t a deedl of corjpoaitioni with his Creditors for 9i. in thje pound, to be paid by instalincltS, in front three to 18 mwnths. Being enabled to continuce to carry on his business by advances o? stock fromi Alr. Mei dley, with whomn hie lodJged his ese ?SR a CU- rity ; and receiving a loan froni a friend of 2001., he continuedl to pzy his insealments until Messrs. Rarwood, who declined being parties to the cotniposition, and lesisted on being paid their full claifm, ar- restedl hlim. (.pon their previously threatoningr to dohvo, the inso]l. vent toldl thecm, that in that case they wouild be -paid nothinig. He directed hiis %ttorney to plc:!c to the action, and afterwards to bring a wvrit of error, which put tbe.-n t.o 701. costs. it wa Ill.n this tr`o1ndi, Of p)Utting hit Ppsirg eteditors to vexsatious expense, thiat hiis discharge wns opps. The Coun obsrZ~erred, thiat, this was one of those ordietar7 cases wh.ere honest boanifid- comipositions were defeste by one creditor holding out for the puirpose of exiracting either paynsent orsecurijy fo3r a greater stint thani thie other credtitors receiveti. - WI] how-ever, the insolvent's~ conduct. with respaectto the lega1proceeding's, brought himwitintheopratonof neof hepenal clauses of the act, and rendredit ecesar tht te Curtshould remand hiitm bxt, takn *int eosidraon he acttha h had 41ready been in close eest~y inc lia-vlast an al th oter crcunstnee ofthecase, theh udgmet was thathe shuld b discargedafe beig- en. I _ J* .r DEBPOR R ' n7 S m . . _ ,.