The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-30 00:00:00

IN RE DESBOROUGH.

This bankrupt was described as of Lower Staunton,
Bedfordshire, farmer, &c., and this was a meeting for last
examination.

Mr. Doria opposed on behalf of the assignee, on the
gr and that the accounts were totally insufficient and un-
tz ue. The bankrupt's first account was that his estate
would pay 20s. in the pound, and leave a large surplus.
The statement, however, w.ts perfectly fabulous, and there
were great inconsistencies between the statement of ac-
counts—there were only 22 or 23 creditors, but in the
balance-sheet 11 or 12 creditors appeared and proved,
whose names did net appear in either, and others
proved for amounts differing with those set down in the
balance-sheet. The bankrupt's statement was therefore
fabulous. The principal creditor was a Mr. Atkinson, who
claimed £2,000 for money lent to the bankrupt, part of
which was to pay a composition of 15s. in the pound to his
(bankrupt's) creditors.
The bankrupt's solicitor said the assignee was the bank-
rupt's brother• in-law.
Mr. Doria said that Mr. Atkinson had two daughters
one of whom married the assignee and the other the bank-
rupt.

The solicitor said that the bankrupt had been prosecuted
by his father-in.-law. The omissions were only of trifling
amount.

His Honour— Mr. Doria is for the assignee and a large
creditor. You are for the bankrupt, but the case is not in
a stage to form any opinion on it, Further accounts must
be filed.

Mr. Doria said that so far from the omissions being for
small amounts, one creditor for £l5B was omitted.

Adjourned.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
BILL DISCOUNTINO-GUTUCILY V. TUCKER.
Mr. Buchanan applied that an order of commitment
ordered on a previous day should be rescinded, and the case
heard. He said that the defendant was in court only a few
minutes before the cause was called on, and only left to run
across the street to him (Mr. Buchanan), but in the inter-
val a commitment for ten days was ordered. He hoped she
Court would grant the application, for the merits of the
case were much in favour of the defendant.

The plaktiff's solicitor objected, a, the action was on a
judgment on a bill of exchange, but his Honour considered
the application and the card was gone into. It appeared
that, last year the defendant was in an hospital, where he
was laid up for eight months, whilst proceedings were taken
in this Court, but an arrangement was come to, and Mr.
Buchanan said that 118 had been paid for overholdit.g
bil of Xl2, and, iu tact, the bankrupt had received more
than doubli, the amount of the bill, but the payments not
being kept up, plaintiff brought an action in one of the:
superior courts, and obtained judgment, on which a judg-
ment summons was taken in this court.
His Honour--What is the plaintiff?
Mr. Buchanan—He is a bill discounter.
Defendant—And he has an extensive milk business in
a very populous and fashionable district.
His Honour—Did he not formerly live in Cavendish-
square ?

Mr. Buchanan—l can't say, but the " cream" of his
business is in the City.
His Honour rescinded the commitment, and ordered
payment of the debt at 10s. per month.

POLICE-THIS DAY.

BO W-STREET.

VIOLENT ASSAULT.--Joseph Bristow, Frederick Howe,
George Gardiner, and James Barrow, the first-mentioned
person being in the service of Neville's Bread Manufactory,
were placed at the bar, charged with assaulting Inspector
West and Sergeant Holmes, of the F division of police.
It appeared that the complaie ants were on duty in plain
clothes, shortly before 10 o'clock last night, in the Strand,
when their attention was drawn to I the four de-
fendants, who ap eared to be intoxicated, and were
" larking," to the extreme annoyance of the passengers.
The officers went up to them as they had pushed against n
number of females in a most offensive manner, one of whom,
they had nearly forced under the wheels of an omnibus, and
told them to dssist from such disorderly conduct, but Bris-
tow clenched his fist and held it up in a very threatening
manner in Inspector West's face, when Sergesnt Holmes
interfered. Bristow then said to Holmes, " Oh, you
are his friend, are you ?" and immediately struck him`
a violent blow in the right eye, and knocked hint
down. Inspector West then told the prisoners that
they were police officers, and eventually, after some
skirmishing, during which both officers were kicked and.
struck, the defendants went quietly to the station-house.
Mr. Corrie asked Bristow what he had to say in answer
to the charge.

Bristow said they were doing no harm when the officers
interfered with them. They had been "• doing the Inter-
national", and were a little " spreeisb,'' but they had not
been drinking to any great extent. They were not drunk,
and theydid not know that the persons interfering with them
were police officers until after the blows had been struck,
tht-y were both in private clothes.
Inspector West said he told all defendants, that they were
police officers whilst Holmes wr,s on the ground.
Inspei tor Mackenzie believed that all the defendants were
drunk when they were brought to the station-house.
Mr. Carrie said it was possible that the defendants did
not know the persons "thom they had assaulted were police
~fficers, and theref le he would not send them to prison.
They must, however, pay a fine of .£2, each, and 4s. e‘ch
tor the damage done to the officer's uniform. In default of
paying the line, he should order them to be imprisoned for
six weeks.

MARL B 0 RO U GH- STRE ET.
SHOPLIFTING IN REGENT-STREET —Susan Jackson and
Bridget Sadler, both well-dressed women, and the latter
with a child in her arms, were cb.arged with steal:ng three
shawls and some poplin, of the value of £7, the property of
Mr. Wi liam King, silk mercer, 243, Regent-street.
Thomas Pratt, 311 A, said that while at the corner of
Princes-street, Regent-street, the previous afternoon, he
saw Sadler leave the shop of Mr. King, 243, Regent-street,
and as she did so she dropped a shawl from under her dress.
She then picked up the shawl, and ran into the Princess
Charlotte public-house in Princess-street. He followed her
in, and asked her where she got the shawl, and she said sh.s,
had bought it. While speaking to her he saw her drop a
piece of paper and two more shawls, and he took her back
to Mr. King's shop, and she was afterwards searched, but
nothing found on her. She gave a correct address.
John Constantine, shonman to Mr. King, said the pri-
soners came in together, and purchased a small quantity of
sarsnet, and then asked to see some shawls. He showed
them several, and they bought one at lls. 6d., and went
down stairs with him, and Sadler left the shop, leaving
Jackson behind to pay. Sadler was directly after brought
back by the officer. The shawl and poplin were the pro-
perty of Mr. King, and of the value of £7.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said there were 13
yards of poplin, and the shawls were grenadine shawls.
Pratt said Sadler had been two or three times convicted.
They were remanded.

CHARGE OF ARSON. Johanna Jones, of 30, Stephen-
street, Tottenham-court-road, a married woman, was
charged with wilfully setting fire to her room.
Andrew Frew, a carpenter, said that last night, about
11 o'clock, while in his room, above that occupied by the
prisoner and her husband, he smelt a strong smell of
smoke from burning wood. He went down to the room, in.
which there was only the prisoner, and found that she had
piled a quantity of things on the fire—shirts, knife-boy,
&c., and the place was full of fire and smoke. He observed
the prisoner walking about the room, r ,virg as if she wag
either mad or drunk. He put out the fire as well as he
could, and then called for help.
In answer to questions, the witness said the Woman wag
walking about the room with a pair of tongs in her hand
and some other articles, which ha had no doubt she was
going to add to the fire. __ _

Samuel Drake, 122 E, said he was called to the house in
Stephen-str et by the cry of " Fire," and on going up to
the prisoner's room on the second floor, found a large body-
of fire, and the prisoner going about the room raving mad,
he believed, from drink. The prisoner was also saying
something about loyalty.

mr. Knox said the woman, was clearly not fit to be at
large, and he should remand her for a week.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.„
Tho American steaur Tuscarora put to sea during ti
night.
The Bsvaria, which sails to-day, takes out 400 passen-
gers and 71,500 f. worth of French jewellery.
Airived—Anne, from Newport; Purveyor, from port-
land ; Fuur Brothers, from Swanage.

Good (EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH).
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. ,
Arrived, July 29—Elizabeth Sophy, Prince AlberE,
HoPs, and Jno. Robinson, from Archangel; Suniuraf
from St. Lucia.
Arrived, July 30—Stadt Dordrecht, from Dodt.
Sailed—Sir R. Peel, for Dunkirk; Sir E. Bank, steamer,
for Calais.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning•
Passed—Tyro, from Hartlepool, for San Sebastian I
Index, of Yarmouth, and Valiant, of Arun del, from th°
north, for the west ; Albion, from London, for Quebec.

The Viceroy of Egy pt, attended by the H°"'
Charles A. Murray, paid farewell visits yesterday to the
Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, at their respective reel"
deuces. His Highness also paid visite to Viscount Fal-
must= and Earl Russell.)