The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-29 00:00:00

L A MBETI-1-STREZT.

Mary Musgrove' an Amazonian vender of
opters, was charged with having assaulted Mr. J-
eremiah Pringle, while in the execution of his duty
as sworn-broker. Mr. Pringle detailed the nature
of the assault with much feeling. He had gone into
the defendant's house for the purpose of distraining,
when to his great astonishment he found his rear
vigorously assaulted by the fair foot of the defendant.
Finding he had no chance with such a determined
antagonist, he made a precipitate retreat, and took
out a warrant for the damage he had sustained.
Mrs. Musgrove assumed a penitent aspect, and
declared that the result arose from a moment of
" in itation."

The Magistrate (Mr. WALKER) decided that she
should pay 20a. or he imprisoned for one month.
No sooner was the announcement made, than, for-
getting her meekness, she broke from the officers,
and, with the dexterity of a Cribb, put into the un-
lucky Mr. Pringle two right and left scientific facers.
The onset was so sudden and unexpected, that Mr.
Pringle could only protect himself by getting into a
corner, until relieved by the officers, who by main
force held the assailant et the bar, until the Magis-
trate had conferred a further punishment of an addi-
sional 205,, or another month's imprisonment.
An elderly countryman, inflamed with wrath and
rum and water, bolted into the office, and, turning
the hinder part of his person towards the Magis-
trates, exhibited his coat, which had been recently
deprived of one of its tails, and begged that a war-
rant might be immediately granted against the indi-
vidual who had been guilty of the outrage.
The Magistrate could hardly forbear laughing
outright at the irresistibly ludicrous figure exhibited
by the comtliinant ; bur, upon inquiring into the
circumstances of the complaint, discovered that the
tearing of his coat had arisen from a difference of
opinion betwixt him and a butcher, nne of his cus-
tomers, respecting the probable proceedings of the
Duke. of Wellington at the ensuing Session of Par-
'lament, as respected the currency. The Magistrate
on learning this, declared that no warrant should be
granted for such a trumpery m►nter.
" Well," said the countrywan, with a look of dis-
appointment, " I knew'd I wits all along right ; and
I was served so, because every bcdy said I'd cleared
up my print.'
'1 he Magistrate having expressed very pointed
doubts that it was not the only pint he had cleared
up before coming to the office, dismissed the ap-
plicant.

INSOLVENT DEB i ORS' COURT, Surr. 28.

Thomas Tovey, lure of Cheltenham, Gloucester-
shire, collector of the paving and watch-rates, was
opposed by Mr. COOKIE, on behalf of the Commis-
sioners of Cheltenham by Edmund Lambert New-
man, clerk to the Commissioners, appointed under
the Acts of the IA and 2d of George IV.
Mr. Woonnoii supported the insolvent.
From the examination of the insolvent by the
Learned Gentleman (Mr. CooKE), it appeared that
he bad been collector of the rates sieee 1821, dur-
ing which period he had become deficient in his
accounts to the amount of 7001., and not being in a
condition to psy the balance, they (the Commis-
sioners) had caused a detainer to be lodged against
him for 5001.; previous to which, on the 27th of
June last, be rendered in discharge of his bail, in an
action upon which he had been originally arrested.
The Commissioners, it seems, are required by the
above recited Acts to audit their accounts periodi-
cally, whereby they are the better enabled to check
the collector of rates; but in the case of this insol-
vent, notwithstanding the powers given them, they
had suffered the insolvent, from time to time, to
collect monies and apply the old rates in liquidation
of the new. The last audit made by the insolvent
was in 1830, when it was discovered that he was K
defaulter to that amount. It also appeared that he
had entered in his collecting book the names of
several persons as defaulters, whoma person of the
name of Russell proved by the insolvent's rate-book
and receipts in the handwriting of himself, his son,
and a person of the name of Maley, had disharged
alt claims upon them.
Woonttom, on the part of his client, said
that the Commissioners had proceeded against one
Of the insolvent's bondsmen ( rainier) for 5001.,
and that be had returned 500/. debts on his schedule
which were due to him from the persons for whom
he had become liable to the Commissioners, who, if
they had done their duty, would not have suffered
the insolvent from year to year to have made default
in the way he bad done.
Mr. Cootat, in a short address to the Court, con-
tended that the insolvent had been guilty of a direct
fraud, and that he had made out a case of embezzle-
ment against him.
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS, in pronouncing the
judgment of the Court, said, that there was no
doubt but that the insolvent had been guilty of a
gross breach of trust. , The Court, however, could
not shut its eyes against the manner in which the
Commissioners had suffered the insolvent's accounts
for so long a period to go into smear; and the case
might he of some consequence to the Commissioners
of Cheltenham hereafter, not only in auditing their
accounts regularly, but in taking better security in
future, as it uppeared that one of the bondsmen had
become bankrupt, and the other (Mr. Tanner)
against whom an action had been brought, had
not paid the penalty. It was false that the insol-
vent had .5001. due to him from persons liable to the
payment of the rates, for he perceived upon look-
ing over the insolvent's schedule, that no less than
3701, had, no connexion whatever with that sum.
He would not, however, go the full length of the
penal clause of the Act of Parliainent, but he con-
sidered the insolvent merited a severe sentence,
and adjudged him to 12 months' imprisonment from
the time of filing his petition, at the suit of the
Clerk of the Commissioners under the Act of Par-
liament.

On Monday afternoon an accident of an alarm•
ing nature happened about three o'clock to a poor man,
who. bad the charge of a dust cart, as be was passing
through Charing-cross. The poor mart was walking by
the side of his cart in the middle of the road, and driving
it at a very easy pace, when opposite to Craig's court,
another cart coining up in a contrary direction; suddenly
closed upon him before he perceived it, and in his effort to
escape the danger of being crushed between the two
vehicles, his foot slipped, and falling forwards to the
ground, one of the wheels of his own cart, which was
heavily laden, went over his left leg and thigh, and it
was understood fractured both severely. The wretched
sufferer lay ea the ground writhing in the most dreadful
agony, and moaning aloud, amidst a-crowd of persons
who surrounded him, and at last was conveyed on men's
shoulders to the Hospital.