The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-20 00:00:00

A SINGULAR APPLICATION IN INSOLVENCY-TN RE WOOD

Mr Battey applied in this ease for proof to be admitted
against the estate of an insolvent, the insolvency having
taken place so far back as 1840. The proof was founded on
a judgment recovered in one of the superior courts, but the
bill itself had been lost. The claimants were the sur-
viving executors of a Mr King, a 1)111 discounter, and he
died in 1847. Wood. was discharged from custody as
being of unsound mind, and so continues, and no schedule
has been filed, the insolvent having been released on the
application of the keeper of the prison. It now appears
that a sum has come to hand which will pay 10s. in the
pound, and it therefore became an object to prove.

His Honour considered that, after such a lapse of time,
the absence of the bill, the death of the drawer and other
par ties, he ought not to admit the proof.

LORD MAYOR'S COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant and a Jury.)
THE " LONDON GAZETTE" AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.-

SINGULAR POINT -HARLAND V. SKINNER.

This was an action to recover the balance of an account
for board and lodging supplied to defendant's son, and for
money paid to his account.

Mrialfourd Salter (instructed by Mr Reed) appearing
for the plaintiff, and Mr Phillips (instructed by Mr Samler)
representing defendant.
Plaintiff said he had boarded and lodged defendant's son
from April, 1859, to December, 1861, and he had received
£35 on account. In addition to this he had paid £ll 7s 4d
for the son.

In cross-examination, plaintiff admitted that he had been
bankrupt in 1861, and that he was embarrassed in the latter
end of the same year.

Mr. Phillips put in the London Gazette to prove the facts
in question.
. _ .

Mr. Salter objected, and would ask the court if ,the Lon.
don Gazette could be called evidence.
His Lordship—Oh, yes ; it is an official public document.
Mr. Salter—Of course, the London Gazette itself may be
evidence, but the question is, if every printed copy is.
Mr. Phillips then said that defendant's son had been ap-
prenticed to plaintiff, and called for the deed. When put
in it was found to be insufficiently stamped, and plaintiff
was non-suited.

DETAINING WORKMEN'S TOOLS.- MASTER AND SERVANT

JONES V. GARNER

This was an action to recover damages for the detention
of certain carpenter's tools.
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Mr. Salter (instructed by Mr. Olive), appearing for
plaintiff; Mr Kempt (instructed by Mr Allen, of, 64, Chan-
cery-lane), representing defendant, who had paid £2 into
court.

It appeared that the plaintiff had been in the service of
the defendant for three years, and that a quarrel ensued.
His Lordship suggested that the defendant should with-
draw a plea; and Mr Kemp said he would if the record
were also withdrawn, but Mr Laxton said he would no do
that.

Mr Kemp—The tools were very old, and not worth 10s.

Mr Lawton—And you pay £2 into court ?

The plaintiff was called, but Mr Kemp said, acting under
the authority of Mr. Allen, after what had fallen from the
Court, he would agree to giva up the tools and pay the costs.
His Lordship— Oh, yes, plaintiff was an old servant.
Verdict by consent.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

WESTMINSTER.

UNPROVOKED AND SHAMEFUL ATTACK UPON
WOMEN.—Michael Dillon was brought before Mr. Selfe
charged with a disgraceful assault upon a young woman,
and a subsequent assault upon another in whose house
she took refuge to escape his brutality.
Mrs Jane Webb, a corn-chandler, living at 76, Marlbo-
rough .road, Chelsea, said that at 6 o'clock on Saturday
evening the defendant disgracefully attacked a young
woman, with an infant in her arms, who was passing
through the street. The complainant was much alarmed,
and the infant in her arms was crying, when she rushed
into her shop for protection, when defendant fol-
lowed her, aad then again seized her. Complainant
then interfered to loose his hold of her, when defendant
struck her in the mouth and knocked her down. She bled
profusely from the mouth and was much hurt in the
shoulder.
Mr Selfe—Did you know anything of the prisoner ?
Complainant—Not the least. The young woman whom
he attacked in the way I have described was also a stranger
to him. The police came up shortly after he had knocked
me down, and took him into custody, but not before he had
ill-treated an old man who interfered in my behalf. He
knocked him down and hurt him very much.
Edward Geary said he saw the defendant attacking the
young woman in the manner described, after which he
followed her into the shop. When he had been there a
short time he rushed upon witness, pushed him down, and
hurt him very much. The consequence was that he was
unable to walk through lameness.
Defendant said he was drunk and did not know what had
occurred. He must have mistaken the young woman for

some one else.
Mr Selfe—Drunkenness is a miserable excuse for such
misconduct as yours. You are committed for six weeks.

THAMES.
'` UNSEEN" LANGUAGE AND NIGHT DUTY HATS.-

Daniel Welch, a labourer, was brought before Mr Par-
tridge, charged with assaulting Thomas Banns, a police
constable, No 246 K.
The police constable stated that on Saturday night at
half-past one o'clock—
Mr Partridge—You mean Sunday morning ?
Witness—Yes, sir, the prisoners and othcra were creating
a disturbance and using the most unseen language. (A
laugh.)
Mr Partridge—What language?
Witness unseen language. (Continued laughter.) I
told them to move on, and they would not do so. The
prisoner pitched into me and struck me in the face. He
also knocked my hat off.
Mr Partridge—Was the hat damaged ?
Witness—Yes, air; it was damaged.
Inspector Griffin, of the K division, here asked the con-
stable if it was not a night duty hat ?

Witness—Yes, sir; it is.
Inspector Griffin—You must not put any damage on a
night duty hat. _ _

Mr Partridge fined the prisoner 10s, which he paid.
ATBOCIOUS OUTRAGE.—John and Honora Murphy,
man and wife, were charged before Mr Partridge with
violently assaulting Police-constable Button, 359 K, who
was in great pain. •
The prisoners, who had been to an Irish funeral yester-
day, got drunk, and began quarrelling with the mourners,
who were not merry or melancholy ones, but very noisy
ones. Returning home last night a quarrel and fight en-
sued. Button made an effort to suppress this most disgraceful
riot on a Sunday night and was furiously beaten. The
woman seized him by the hair of his head, and the male
prisoner gave the constable a very dangerous kick
and disabled him. Mr. Poole, a pawnbroker, who sprung
the constable's rattle, and Mr. William Clark, a blacksmith,
lent their assistance, and William Carson, 175 K, came up
and took the prisoners into custody. John Murphy at-
tempted to bite Carson several times,
Mr Partridge said this was the most disgraceful outrage
he had ever heard of. The only excuse was drunkenness.
He considered that an aggravation of the offence. The male
prisoner had anted like a savage, and his conduct was most
disgraceful and cowardly. The constable used no violence,
and in the first instance was doing his duty in the most
out
Inman and afterwards behaved discreetly and with-
out intemperance. He sentenced John Murphy to two
months' imprisonment and hard labour, topay bs for the
policeman's coat and 2s 63 for the trousers be had torn,
and 2s 6d for the policeman's night duty
hat h, whic was
lost. The female prisoner, who was a drunken, condi-
tioned woman, was to find bail to keep the peace for twelve
months.

SONTAG'S RETURN TO THE STAGE.—AII had
felt that it must be a marvel, if, after more than
20 years, this gifted prima donna could return with her
powers unimpaired. Yetithe marvel was here—an unques-
tionable fact. Her voice was" as fresh, pure, and beauti-
ful as ever." Madame Sontag brought back an artistic
skill, matured and perfected by the continued study
which, since her retirement, had been to her a labour
of love. The beauty which had exercised so great
a fascination over an elder generation was, strange
to say, but littls changed. It was remodelled
rather than effaced, whilst the figure seemed almost
untouched by time. The pleasing contour of the face, the
beaming and expressive eye, and, above all, the winning
smile which formerly bad stolen away so many hearts, were
all there. Men declared that with the most clear and
searching of opera-glasses they could not give her more than
five and twenty. She was, in truth, a living marvel I And,
more strange than all, the Sontag who had been deemed by
a former generation somewhat deficient as an actress (al-
thou' gh the most exquisite of soprano singers), was discovered
to ha'„,,,.• warmth, animation, expression, even power, as a
dramatic rtist I The fascination of her histrionic talent
came to be as
great as that of her faultless execution,—
Lumiey.B Beffi*:scenees of the Opera.