The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-18 00:00:00

18.1g91
130.17.61

THE. sun, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1865.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

COURT OP BANKRUPTCY.

EN RE CAPTAIN CROSSMAN. -THE HON. RICHARD BETHELL

AND HIS LIABILITIES.

This was an application for release, and the bankrupt de-
scribed himself as of 38, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-
square, captain in the army, invalided, and now a prisoner
for debt at No. 1, Bream's-buildings, Chancery-lane. He
states on the proceedings that "the failure arises from your
petitioner having incurred debts on behalf of the Hon.
Richard Bethell, which he has failed to meet." Amongst
a somewhat long list of creditors are the following:—
West of England Life Office £l,OOO, and the bankrupt
accounts for the debt by stating that the office holds a joint
and several bond of the Hon. R. Bethell, self, and another
person ; also a policy of insurance on the life of the said
Hon. R. Bethell for £2,000.
J. Jacobson, 30, Albemarle-street, £252 ; holds bank-
rupt's draft, accepted by the Hon. R. Bethell for £252,
dated May, 1864.
F. Yates, 36, Henley-street, £406, holdsbankrupt's draft,
accepted by the Hon. R. Bethel], for £4OO.
Messrs. Lawrence, Plews, and Bowyer, who filed the
petition, supported the present application for release, Mr.
Spyer opposing for Mr. Jacobson.
At a quarter to one it was arranged that the bankrupt
should go out on bail.
After the matter had been arranged the parties applied
to the Commissioner to confirm it, but he declined.
The Bankrupt—l owe my present trouble to having be-
come security for the Hon. R. Bethell, and if I am released
I can, perhaps, induce him to do something for me.
His Honour—He is just as likely to do it now. Perhaps
Mr. Bethell may be appointed assignee.
Mr. Lawrence—l should be sorry to propose him, and
your Honour would not confirm it.
His Honour then formally refused to sanction the dis-
charge, but said the application could be renewed upon the
choice of assignees.
Application refused.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MANSION-HOUSE.

STEALING A PIANOFORTE.—A man named Godfrey was
placed at the bar charged with illegally pawning a piano-
forte.

From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner and a
man named Nash went to Messrs. Moore, of Bishopsgate-
street, and hired a pianoforte. Tho reference used was
satisfactory, and the instrument was lent, but in a few
days afterwards the instrument was pawned.
John Young, assistant to Mr. Attenborough, Fleet-
street, said—The prisoner came and asked if he lent
money on pianofortes. He told him they did, and he
(witness) asked how much he required. He said £4O as
the instrument cost £7O or £BO. He told him he
would take the pianoforte in pledge if he could pro-
duce the receipt for its payment. He told him it was no
use coming with the pianoforte without that document.
He said he thought he could get that, and on the 25th of
February the prisoner and a Mr. Nash called and
said they had brought the receipt. He then told
them to take the piano to the warehouse, and they
did so. After this he told the men he could lend
them £lO on the instrument, and they returned to the
shop. The prisoner produced the receipt, from which it
appeared that the instrument had been bought of Messrs.
Moore by a person named Parker for £42.

A member of the firm of Moore and Co. identified the
pianoforte at Messrs. Attenborough's warehouse as the one
lent to the prisoner.

The prisoner was remanded in order that time might be
allowed for the capture of the prisoner's companion, Nash.

BOW-STREET.

STEALING THE THIRD EDITION OF "THE SUN" NEWSPAPER.
Joseph Thompson, an auxiliary letter-carrier and sorter
at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, was
charged with stealing one copy of the latest edition of
The bun newspaper, of the 17th inst., in its course through
the post.
Mr. Peacock conducted the prosecution.
Mr. Lord, superintendent of the Newspaper Department,
General Post-office, deposed at about 28 minutes before 8
p.m. on the day in question he saw the prisoner, who was
engaged in sorting the newspapers for the Eastern Coun-
ties line, put a newspaper into his coat pocket. He gave
information to the inspector of letter-carriers.
Mr. Steele, inspector of letter-carriers, stated that from
the information he received from the last witness he sent
for the prisoner to his room, and taxed him with having
put a newspaper in his pocket. The prisoner admitted
that it was true, took the paper from his pocket, and gave it
up. It proved to be a late edition of The Sun. He excused
himself by saying that he only took it to read because he
had a son in America, and he wanted to read the American
news. The paper had not been opened. It was addressed
to Mr. C. M. Burton, Crown Inn, Oxford, Suffolk.
Mr. Andrews, the publisher of The Sun newspaper, stated
he made up the paper himself, placed it in the envelope,
and despatched it from the office by the messenger.
Mr. Peacock—Do you often receive complaints of the
non-delivery of The Sun newspaper ?
Witness—Yes, the complaints from all parts of the king-
dom were frequent, especially on the eve of an important
race—the non-delivery of the paper on those occasions being
particularly annoying to the subscribers. The third edi-
tion of The Sun, containing the return of the day's racing
and the latest betting on forthcoming races, made it of
special value to our numerous sporting subscribers in
the country, who were dependent on the receipt of
the paper for authentic information relative to the
latest movements in the racing world. We have suf-
fered from this system of appropriation for years.
Mr. Reed, the messenger, stated that on the day in
question he received from Mr. Andrews, in the usual course,
the copies of the latest edition of The Sun, to be conveyed
to the General Post-office, which he duly delivered at St.
Martin's-le-Grand at a quarter to 7 o'clock.
Henry Remball, one of the police-officers attached to the
General Post-office, deposed that he was called by Mr.
Steele to take the prisoner into custody. On searching
the prisoner he found on him two £lO notes, four £5
notes, £lO in gold, a handsome gold watch with his name
"Joseph Thompson" engraved on it, a betting-book, ands
number of cards relating to betting transactions, showing
that he had been somewhat extensively operating on the
turf.
The prisoner said he only took the paper to read the
American news.
He was remanded for further examination.

City Sewers Commission.

The Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London
met on Tuesday at the Guildhall, Deputy De Jersey pre-
siding.

The Commissioners were for a long time occupied in hear-
ing appeals against the rating of certain premises in the
City, and in receiving tenders for cleansing, dusting, and
watering the City for one year from the 25th June next.
A letter was read from the City Remembrancer stating
that the Union of Benefices Amendment Act had been with-
drawn, and the petition in opposition which had been agreed
upon would therefore be unnecessary.
Deputy BURNELL said he considered that the petition from
the commissioners against the bill should have been pre-
sented a long time since, in order that the attention of the
House of Commons might have been drawn to the subject,
which, in his opinion, was one of very considerable import-
ance. The inhabitants of the parish of St. Benet, Grace-
church,had been induced to agree to theunion of that bene-
fice and to the removal of the parish church, in order that
a great public improvement might be carried out there by
the widening of Gracechurch-street and Fenchurch-street;
but now, instead of that improvement being effected, it was
contemplated to sell the site after the church was removed
to the highest bidder, and the original idea would be com-
pletely frustrated. The bill which had been introduced
into Parliament was for the purpose of getting rid of the
sanction of the Venerable Archdeacon Hale to the proposed
sale by auction, which had up to that time been withheld,
but since then, he (Deputy Burnell) understood the arch-
deacon had withdrawn his opposition, and it was now de-
termined not to proceed with the bill. He strongly de-
nounced any attempt to sell the site of the church in the
manner proposed, which would have the effect of defeating
the original intention of the inhabitants in giving their
consent to the union, and he regretted that a petition had
not been presented to the House of Commons directing
their attention to the question. (Hear, hear.)
The matter then dropped.
A petition was presented to the Court on behalf of several
of the inhabitants of King William-street, asking the Court
to take into consideration the necessity of the removal or
modification of the present statue of Xing William. The
petitioners considered that the entire removal of the
statue, and the substitution of an ornamental pillar,
would be a great boon, inasmuch as it would give
to the roadway a considerable increase of space all
round the present base ; it would prevent nuisances
which at present existed ; it would afford a safer land-
ing-place for foot passengers, and give light to the
road, which was so much needed, especially in the winter
season. They also contemplate the future state of the
traffic in that neighbourhood with great anxiety. The new
railway terminus in Cannon-street (now almost complete)
must of necessity add considerably to the present traffic,
and as the principal traffic from the east of London to that
terminus would necessarily pass behind the statue (it being
the only direct line of Communication), it became a serious
question how such a stream could ever pass througha road
which was only 22ft. wide, and which at present was always
in a crowded state. In addition to this a station of the
Metropolitan District would be erected still closer to the
statue, where every fraction of available space would be
required for the accommodation of the traffic which must
be expected. Should the commissioners consider it inex-
pedient to remove the statue entirely, the petitioners sug-
gested a modification of its present dimensions by remov-
ing the railings and massive lamp-posts which now encir-
cled it, and cutting away the projecting base of the pedes-
tal. This would effect a clear gain to the roadway of 6ft.
all round it and the footway as wide as at present. They
trusted that one of these propositions would meet the
favourable consideration of the commissioners, thereby
correcting a great evil. They urged the first as the effectual
remedy, and the last as a great improvement.
The matter was referred to the General Purposes Com-
mittee to examine and report.

In consequence of repeated complaints made by the inha-
bitants of the Poultry of the noise and inconvenience arising
from the iron pavement laid down there, Mr. Deputy Tegg
presented at a recent meeting of the commission a nume-
rously-signed memorial asking that it should be removed,
and a granite pavement substituted for it. On that occasion
the subject was referred to the engineer to consider and re-
port, and to-day Mr. Haywood brought up his report, in
which he stated " The object of laying down the iron pave-
ment was to ascertain if it would last longer than granite,
and lead to economy as well as diminish the inconvenience
to the public consequent upon the frequent stopping up of
the carriage-ways for paving purposes. Experience has not
hitherto proved this to be the result. It remains, however,
to be seen how long the iron pavement in the Poultry will
last, but if it be removed immediately this experience will
not be gained, and the main object of the experiment will
be lost. The pavement is at present in a sound condition,
and will, I think, last very well if not disturbed till next
spring, and I consider that it is a secure pavement for
vehicular traffic."

Deputy TEGG said he did not desire to offer opposition
to the report of the engineer, but at the same time he thought
the expression of opinion on the part of the inhabitants of
the locality was entitled to some consideration at the hands
of the Court. Every shopkeeper in the Poultry had, he be-
lieved, signed the memorial which had been presented, in
which they set forth the disadvantages and inconvenience
arising from the iron pavement, and he thought that their
request to have it removed ought to have some weight.

After some conversation, it was decided to allow the sub-
ject to stand over for the present.
The City Chamberlain, Mr. Benjamin Scott, who is the
treasurer to the commissioners, was stated to have in hand
on the sewers rate £11,636 2s. 4d., whilst there had been
overdrawn the sum of £4,363 19s. 9d. on •the consolidated
rate, and £2,871 Is. sp. on the metropolis main drainage
rate.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.