The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-24 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day )

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COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE KING-A LARGE DEFICIENCY.

This bankrupt was described as an ironmonger, of
Grove-end Road, St. John's-wood, and to-day he came up
to pass his last examination, and for the order of discharge.
The accounts by Mr. March, of London-street, show debts
£4,800, with assets £6OO, leaving a deficiency of £4,200.
The bankrupt states that his expenditure for 1864 was
£2,500, and for 1863 £3,000.

Mr. Lucas appeared for the assignees, who opposed ; and
Mr. Bagley represented the banlaupt.
Mr. Lucas asked that the case should be adjourned. The
bankrupt had filed a cash account amounting to £2,500,
and in this ho had put down over £l,OOO as payable to
himself. Now the assignees wished to know what he had
done with the money. He had filed a deficiency account
which could not assist the assignees at all, and did not ac-
count for a single farthing. The official assignee said that
the extracts had been made from the partnership books.
The bankrupt had not accounted for his private deficiency.
Mr. Bagley said that his client was not, and never had
been, a man of business. The fact was that Mr. King, who
had a sum of money left him by his father, entered into a
partnership business, and was at the mercy of his partner.
Mr. Lucas said the only asset was some £5O, and the
assignees were now made parties to a suit in Chancery.
Mr. Bagley—That is your fault. If the adjournment is
granted no costs should be given, as the bankrupt is en-
tirely
unable to pay them.

Mr. Lucas—He denuded himself of all his property bc•
fore coming to this court, and his family are well off.
His Honour ordered an adjournment at bankrupt's ea•
pense.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE Fns AT SAVILE HOUSE.—Two of the professionals
engaged at the Odeon Music Hall, Savile House, Leicester-
square, lately destroyed by fire, waited on Mr. Knox this
morning, and handed him the following memorial :
" We, the undersigned, declare that we were yesterday,
the 20th, at Ryder's-court, where a committee is sitting to
receive donations for the sufferers by the late fire at Savile
House ; that we examined the books of the said committee,
and found that, on the first distribution, on the 4th of
March, each member of the committee took 10s., while all
the other members of the company only received ss. At
another distribution on the 15th of March, each member of
the committee took £2, whilst we then received only 15s.
"As, on the formation of the society, it had been laid
down as a rule that each member was to be entitled to an
equal share, whether belonging to the committee or not,
we regard the behavour of the committee as unjust in the
highest degree, and beg your worship to aid us in recover-
ing the money back from the committee, and we will then
elect another which will act not only in their own, but in
the interest and justice of all the members."
The memorial was signed by several members.

After reading the memorial, Mr. Knox said the only
remedy the applicants had was a Chancery suit, which, of
course, he would not think of advising them to commence.
Publicity being given to the application might perhaps be
attended with a beneficial effect.

The applicants thanked the magistrate and retired

THAMES.

SEVERE MISFORTUNE TO A CAB DRlVER.—Benjamin
Purser, a cabdriver, wearing a badge No. 7,572, was brought
before Mr. Partridge charged with being drunk and inca-
pable of taking care of his horse and cab in the Bow-road
last night.
The prisoner's head was bandaged and his left eye was
fearfully swollen and discoloured. He had lost a good deal
of blood. A police-constable said the prisoner was very
drunk last night, and was driving awkwardly. He saw
the prisoner fall off the cab into the road, and he was taken
up grievously wounded.
The prisoner said, in his defence, that he had been a cab
driver 30 years, and was never in such a disgraceful posi-
tion before. He was standing about on the cab rank and ex-
posed to the cold yesterday, and in the evening got a fare
who treated him with a good deal of liquor. It got the
better of him, and he became bewildered and intoxicated.
He had a large family of children to maintain, and he hoped
his worship would kindly take into consideration his long
services as a cabman, and the dreadful injury he had met
with. He had no victuals all day. He now saw his folly,
but it was too late. No one could tell what poor cabmen
suffered. They were standing about in the cold and wet
all day without food, and with nobody to help them.
Mr. Joseph Romaine, a cab proprietor, of No. 23,
Hawkins-street, Stepney, said the prisoner had been in his
service twelve months, and he had been in liquor before,
but not so bad as he was last night.
Mr. Partridge said that nothing could be more foolish
and mischievous than for people who', hired cabmen to
give them strong drinks. Every day drunken cab drivers
were brought up in the police courts. It was a very seri-
ous offence for cab drivers to be drunk in the streets while
plying for hire or driving a fare. It was attended with
great danger to the public. Females were frightened and
alarmed if they had the misfortune to get into a cab in the
care of a drunken driver. Notwiihstanding the severe
injuries which the prisoner had sustained, he would not
pass over this offence, but as the prisoner's license was
clean he should inflict a fine of ss. only. The license
would be now endorsed.
The penalty was paid.

IRISH VENGEANCE.—Mary Carroll, a large Irishwoman
with a child in her arms, was brought before Mr. Part-
kidge charged with scalding Mary Hyde, her neighbour.
Michael Hughes, a police constable, No. 206 K, was
called upon to take the prisoner last night for scalding
another woman in Plough Alley, Wapping. The prisoner
admitted that she had thrown a basin of hot water over
her neighbour, and had her revenge of her. The injured
woman was taken to the hospital. She was severely scalded
about the neck and shoulders. •

Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner what she had to say
against being remanded for a week.
The prisoner—Let me take my baby with me—pray do.
Mr. Partridge—Yes, you may do that. The baby is
suckling, is it not ?
The prisoner—Faith it is, your honour.
Mr. Partridge—You are remanded for a week.

MARKS T S -Tills Day.

MARK-LANE.

The arrivals of home-grown wheat fresh up to our
market to-day were very moderate. Most samples, how-
ever, were received in good condition, and the trade both
for Kent and Essex produce ruled firm, at quite Monday's
currency.

The supply of foreign wheat on sale was rather limited.
Good and fine Baltic wheats moved off steadily, at full
currencies ; and all other descriptions of foreign wheat

were firm in price.

Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, and both
wheat and spring corn changed hands,-at full quotations.
The market was moderately supplied with barley, but
the bulk was of very middling quality. Even good and fine
samples were a slow sale ; but inferior produce was very
dull. No change took place in prices.
Malt was in slow request, at late rates.
The supply of oats on sale was moderate; generally
speaking, the trade was quiet, on former terms.
Beans and peas—the supplies of which on sale were
small—met an inactive market, at late rates.

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The flour trade was steady, at fully previous quotata-