The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-01 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS

The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im-
portance in the Gazette :
Marcus Markwald, jeweller, Hull
Herbert T. Ray, paperhanger, Crewe
Samuel Masters, fisherman, Hull
John Walsh, draper, Ellesmere, Salop
Robert Mason, mnsicseller, Worcester
Ann Garrett, farmer, Gannon-green, Worcester
Thomas W. Whittaker, cabinet maker, Manchester
Robert Lewlhwaite, joiner, Bury
Samuel Sunderland, farmer, Halifax
Thomas Waterhouse, baker, Salford
Richard Iloon, watchmaker, Liskeard
William Walker, licensed victualler, Stockport
Anne Beaty, licensed victualler, Brighton
John Barnett and Andrew Barnett, innkeepers, Southwarl4
Edward Brady, carpenter, Woolwich
Edward Brown, furrier, Paddington
Samuel Slingeby, bricklayer, Chatham
John Herman, licensed victualler, Bermondsey
Henry Spain, chandler's-shop keeper, Islington
Henry Pook, solicitor, Camberwell-green
Maurice Kahn, wine merchant, Seething-lane, City
John Parker, wheelwright, Camden-town

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Rev. Donald Fraser, Fearn
John Imrie, grocer, Kirkrauirhill
Alex. Wood, farmer, Kirkcudbright

Extraordinary Robbery of Weft and Twist

at Bolton,

In January last three men were committed for trial on a
charge of stealing 3,3001 b of weft and twist from the Ger-
man Mill, Bolton, the property of Messrs. Warren, manu-
facturers and cloth agents. The value of the property was
about £lOO, and the case has excited great interest in the
district. It was known at the time that George Robinson
and Edward Rippax, handloom weavers, were implicated as
receivers, and that they had absconded from the town. The
police have been on the look-out for them ever since, and on
Friday last they were apprehended—Robinson at Dews-
bury, and Rippax at Leeds. Yesterday they were brought
before the boraugh magistrates, charged as receivers of a
considerable portion of the stolen property in question. Mr.
Augustus Warren stated that on the 24th ot December he
missed a quantity ot weft and twist, and on taking stock it
was found that 3,3001 b had been stolen, the value at that
time being 2s 6d or 2s 7d per lb. The cops of weft and
twist produced by the police were identified by him as of
the same quality as those stolen. Mr. Henry Platt, rope
and band manufacturer, Bolton, proved that on the 6th
November last, he purchased 99ilb of weft fron the pri-
soners, at is lld per p'und. They brought it in a bag,
and sold it as a job lot. On the 9th he bought another
bag, containing 9411 b ; on the 10th another, containing
9711 i; and on the 12th, 801 b, for which he paid theta
the same price. It was all used except two or three cops
which he took to Mr. Harris, the chief constable. Shortly
afterwards Robinson offered to sell him another bag, but he
declined to purchase it unless he had some explanation as
to where it came from. Robinson said it was all right, and
that if he would not buy it some one else would. He went
again, and said he had two lots of 1501 b, which he would
let him have at Id or ltd per lb loss if he would take it.
Mr. Platt said he would have no more unless he could sa-
tisfy him that it had been properly obtained. Robinson said
he could give no other account of it; and Mr. Platt's sus-
picion being aroused, he gave information to Mr. Harris
and took him the cops he had left.—James Reeves, who de-
scribed himself as a waste dealer, residing in Lupton-street,
stated that on Nov. 22 the prisoners sold him sons 60's
cops similar to those produced, and identified by Mr. War-
ren. He took a sample and sold them to Mr. W. Flitcroft,
manufacturer,Bradshawgate, They asked is 10d per ib, but
he got them for is 91d. On the 26th he bought another bag
from Robinson at the same price. Robinson then said he
had another bag, but witness told him Mr. Flitcroft' would
not have any more unless he knew where it came from.
Mr. William Pliteroft corroborated Reeves's statement as
to the purchase of the• weft, and said it had all been used
except the cops he gave to Mr. Harris. The bags con-
tained 001 b and 921b--David Mitchell, who was at first
taken into custody as a receiver, but admitted as evidence
for the prosecution, stated that he is a manufacturer of
quilts and toilets, and has a warehouse in Commission.
street, Bolton—that on the 12th or 13th of November the
prisoners showed him a sample of weft, for which they
asked 15 11clid per lb—and it was arranged that he (Mit-
chell) should endeavour to find a customer for it in Man-
chester. He went to Manchester and found a purchaser,
and the next day he agreed to take it at is 10d per lb.
They said they had 5 or 6 cat, The day after they brought
him 100 lb in bags, for which he paid Sl4 Os 6d—on the
17th they brought 1001 b in bags, for which he paid £8 17s
6d—on the 11th December he got 9614 and paid them SS
lls 6d—and on the 12th 901 b, for which he paid £8 Is.
The greater portion of the weft he sold to a person in Man-
chester,and about 2001 b he had left was taken by the police.
This witness was cross-examined by Robinson at great
length, with the view of showing that ho was unworthy of
belief, but he was advised to reserve his cross•examination
till his trial. The prisoners were committed for trial. The
quarter sessions for the borough will commence to-day, and
as the three prisoners first, committed are to be defended, the
trial is expected to occupy a considerable time.

CLYDE, March 31.--Wind S.W.—Arrived—Reba of
the Esk, from Pereambuco--St. George, screw steamer,
from New York.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills sq.
60 days' sight is Mt per cent., and the premium on gold is
about C 2 per cent. At theca rates there is no prat on the
importationiot gold from the United States.