The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-23 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 21.
John Alexander Wilmot, whose case was before the
Court on a former day, appeared for judgment. The in-
solvent, who had been a solicitor at Rochester, was op-
posed on the ground that he had vexatiously pleaded to
to an action brought against him on a bill of exchange for
201. The costs amounted to about 191. The insolvent
had become liable for some debts cf hia son, John Alexan-
der \Villmott, who brought an action for a libel against
the Weekly Dispatck, and who was discharged under the
Act about three months ago.
The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said be had merely
to pronounce the judgment recorded by the Common Law,
which was that the insolvent should be discharged after
three months' imprisonment from tho vesting order.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LAMBETH STREET.

Mrs. Abrahams, the daughter of Mr. Money Moses of
the Black Lion public-house in Vinegar-yard, Bridges•
street, Drury-lane, who, it will be recollected, came vo-
luntarily forward on Wednesday last to give evidence in
the gold dust case, and who states herself to hare been the
person who negotiated the sale of the gold dust between
Moss and Solomons, yesterday put in bail, herself in 500/.
and two sureties in 2001. each, to appear at the next ex-
amination of the prisoners on this day week.
Mr. C. Isaacs, who is one of her sureties, applied to
Mr. Hardwick for an order to see Moss at Clerkenwell
Prison, but was refused. Mr. Hardwick remarking, that
if called on, he was prepared to show ample grounds for
such refusal.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

ALDERNEY, APRIL 19.—The Louise, Charles Marie,
Rio, from Bayonne to Rouen, struck on the rocks on the
western part of this island, and immediately sunk. Another,
chassee naaree, was seen to go down a few hours after.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, FEB. ',O.—The Trafalgar, Bax-
ter, from Liverpool to New South Wales, was totally
wrecked on the Green Point last night ; crew and pas.
sengers (except one woman) saved.
GUERNSEY, APRIL 19.—The Albion, Boune, which sailed
from hence on the 15th inst., for London, was run doisn
near the Caskets by the French brig Contoz, or Coutoz,
of Portrieux ; crew saved by the latter.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITII,--Superb, Poole, to Newfound-
land, sth inst., lat. 44, lon. 28 ; Caravan, Liverpool to
Boston, Bth, lat. 47,10 n. 25,—105t both topmasts in a gale
on the 6th; Dolphin, Dublin to Quebec, lat. 50, lon. 10,
by the Elizabeth, arrived at Liverpool; Robert Newton,
London to Constantinople, 14th ult., lat. 37, lon. 12,
Europe, Liverpool to Alexandretta, 24th, lat. 37.10 n. 10, by
the Lady of the Lake, arrived at Messina; Eliza Ann,
Whitehaven to Cadiz, 2nd inst. lat. 51, lon. 12 ; Terry,
Dublin to Cadiz. 30th ult., lat. 38, len. 13; Shale, of
Maryport, 13th inst., lat 43, lon. 9, by the Comet, arrived
in the river; Ann, London, to New South Wales, 21st
Feb., lat. 6 S., lon. 2 W.; Sapphire, Newcastle to Con-
stantinople, 11th inst., lat. 42, lon, 11, by the Marmora,
Barnes, arrived in the Creek ; Enterprize, of Liverpool,
25th Feb., on the Equator, by the Ida, arrived off Hast-
ings; Palamburg, Amsterdam, to Batavia, 16th January,
lon. 18 W., by the Christina, Bell, arrived at the Cape of
Good Hope ; Pomona, London, to Rio Janeiro, 19th ult.,
lat. 4 N., lon. 21 ; George Canning, Sydney, to London,
23d, lat. 9, lon. 31 ; James Cruickshank, St. Vincent to
London, with bowsprit sprung 15th inst., lat. 49, lon. 21,
by the Singapore, Lock, arrived off Dover ; Duand, Li-
verpool to Batavia, 25th Feb., lat. 2 N., lon. 28 W. ; Li-
verpool, from Liverpool, 24th ult. 1at.:33 N., lon. 32 W.,
by the Nereide, Richer, arrived at Ilavre.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday an inquest
was held on the body of a man of the name of Bowyer,
aged 2s, a coal-heaver, at the Sun public-house, Lisson-
grove, who died in consequence of drinking a large quan-
tity of brandy. At the conclusion of the inquest, Mr.
Wakley, the Coroner, observed that there did not appear to
be any culpability on the part of the landlord, but that the
man fell a victim to his own imprudence. It did not satis.
factorily appear what had been put into the brandy to cause
the sediment at the bottom of the bottle. He had heard
that capsicum and cayenne were usually put into brandy by
publicans, to give the liquor a pungent and stinging
flavour. Indeed there was scarcely any article sold in the
metropolis that was capable of adulteration that was not
adulterated. Sometime ago he set a chemist at work, in
order to analyze many of the necessaries of life, and the
quantity of poison contained in articles sold at pastry-
cooks, oil. shops, and public-houses was almost beyond be-
lief. At a chemist's an article was purchased fur the pur-
pose of colouring custards, and upon being analyzed it was
found to contain a quantity of prussic acid. lie should
some day publish all the facts, with the names of the par-
tics. The Coroner continued, that before ho was elected
to the office he now filled, he could scarcely have believed
that so many persons died throu,:h their own imprudence.
Newly all the evils which men were subjected to, arose
from too free an indulgence in spiritous liquors, and the
subject was so pressirg itself daily upon the attention of
society, that in the end some legislative enactment must
bi' passed to check the evil, although he admitted it was
difficult to make people prudent by Act of Parliament.