The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-02 00:00:00

IN RE HUDSON.

This bankrupt was described as of Queen's-place, St.
Pancras, surveyor, and this was an adjourned last exami-
nation, the adjournment having been made for enquiry into
the accounts as to the petitioning creditors' debts, and for
bankrupt to answer requisition. Mr. Boyd, Aldermanbury,
was appointed accountant, and Mr. Saffery, Basinghall-
street, to inspect for the assignees.

The debts are : to unsecured creditors £668 ; secured,
£4,000. Profit in the hands of creditors £3,450.
A further adjournment was taken by consent.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)

BISHOP AND ANOTHER V. SEVERAL DEFENDANTS:--110W
TO STOP THE INFAMOUS TALLY SYSTEM.

These were tally cases, but different from the ordinary
run of such matters, inasmuch as the majority of the pre-
sent actions was against " securities." In seven cases
women appeared, and it appeared that, although their hus-
bands were poor labouring men, whose wages were some-
what uncertain, they had most foolishly become sureties for
friends or relations. The debts were, as usual, to be paid at
ls. or 2s. per week; and in two cases it was admitted that
plaintiffs had sued for too much, upon which his honour
refused to allow any costs. As regarded the documents or
"guarantees," his honour hinted that it was necessary the
paper should bear a stamp; but in reference to the facts,
Mr. Kerr very strongly denounced the system. Facilities
were afforded to one poor person to run into debt in order to
serve another poor person, and nothing could be more reck-
less or abominable. But (said his honour) I will put a stop
to it, if possible, for it must be put down, I shall order
such long payments that you will either charge so much
for your goods that no one will be able to buy them, or you
will not give such credit for the future.

Orders were made at 25., 35., 45., and ss. per month.
ADVICE TO TRADESMEN,-SIMPSON V. GORDON.

This was a claim for goods supplied. Mr. Sorrell, of
Mark-lane, appearing for the plaintiff, and Mr. Buchanan
for defendant.

The accounts were much disputed by the legal gentle-
men, and his honour strongly recommended that better par-
ticulars should be given.

Mr. Sorrell objected, and said he could make out his
case.

Mr. Buchanan would not mind paying any money into
Court.

His honour wished that tradesmen would make out proper
accounts. A loose system led to endless trouble and litiga-
tion, added to expense.

After some discussion, his honour, with great trouble,
found for the plaintiff for £2O 4s. 3d., with costs.

A CHILD FOUND DECAPITATED.—Yesterday
morning, between five and six o'clock, as a labouring man
named Thomas Bainbridge was passing to his work along
the towing-path of the Regent's-canal, on reaching that
portion running along the frontage of Albert-terrace,
Regent's-park, he discovered a paper parcel resting on the
wall. He took it down, and en opening the parcel dis-
covered to his horror that it was the dead body of a fine
newly-born insant, with its head severed from its body. He
gave information to the police, and upon the body of the
ohild being more minutely examined the head was found
lying underneath its legs. It had evidently been cut off
with a razor, or some exceedingly sharp instrument ; and
there were other indications showing that the child had
been born alive, and had been the victim of a foul and
deliberate murder. The body was removed to St. Pancras
Workhouse to await an inquest.

•.
ADMISSIONS TO THE EXHIBITION BUILDING.—
Several respectable persons who had obtained admission
yesterday into the Exhibition building by using exhibitors'
and workmen's tickets found themselves, as might have
been expected, in the somewhat disagreeable position of
being in the custody of the police, and were conducted by
them to the Executive Committee, the members of which,
being
the building. The most
rigorous measures are now b
i being adopted to prevent the
disposedthem
immediately d ea l
t elenientlyleavewith their first offence,
ordered
admission of auy person whc s not actually an exhibitor or
employed in the building.
ACTION AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY FOR
NEGLIGENCE —At the Liveipool Assizes yesterday, before
Mr. Justice Mellor, an action, of Clementson v. the London
and North Western Railway Company, was tried. On the
night of the 18th of December the plaintiff, a cotton broker,
while en route from visiting lis brother at Mossley, went to
the station there to take a ticket fk,r Ashton-under-Lyne.
The Mossley station was at teat time in process of rebuild-
ing, and, in the crush, the paintiff tripped over a railway
sleeper and fell on his face oi a pile of slates, severely in-
juring his face, and permanaitly injuring
his powers of
mastication. The plaintiff (Urged the defendants with
gross negligence,
.
they
layingthe solo fault of the accident
at the door of the plaintiff. The jury, after hearing medical ,
and other evidence, awarded io plaintiff £2OO damages.

P ECII4 2, 1862.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

BOW STREET. .
ROBBERY BY A JEWELLER'S ASSISTANT.—Joseph Brand
was charged with stealing a quantity of jewellery from the
shop of his employer, Mr. Ulman, of 10, Great Russell-
street, Bloomsbury.
Mr. Ulman said the prisoner was formerly in his employ
as assistant, and some days ago he di6eharged him from his
employment in the shop, but retained him as a commercial
traveller. It was his duty to collect orders, for which he
was to receive 5 per cent. commission. On the 25th of
March he missed a quantity of jewellery from the shop, and
in the course of that evening he found the prisoner in a
coffee shop and charged him with stealing the property.
Prisoner admited that he had taken goods to the amount of
£5O, which he had pawned. The greater part of the pro-
perty was discovered at the pawn shops mentioned, which
was at once identified by the prosecutor as his property.
Prisoner—He made me a promise, your worship, that if
I told him the truth he would not go further against me.
I told him I had pawned the things.
.Mr. Henry—Did you make the promise with him ?
Mr. Ulman—Yes, but he told me he had burned the
tickets, which was not the case, so ho did not tell me the
truth.

Prisoner—lle took my hand in his own and said, as a
man of honour he would forgive me, if I told him where
the things were.
Prosecutor—l promised to forgive him if I got my things
back.

Mr. Henry—You are a foreigner, and probably do not
know that the law of this country does not permit a prose-
cution after a promise of forgiveness has been made.
Prosecutor—l said I would forgive him if he told me
the truth.
Prisoner—At the time he made the promise he gave me
half -a-crown.

Prosecutor—Yes, I gave him the half-crown. I did so
because he said he had no breakfast. Ido not recollect
giving the promise in the way he states.
Mr. Henry —lt would save a great deal of trouble if you
could remember.
Prosecutor—l told him I would forgive him if he told
, r•» the truth ; I will not, however, prosecute him further.:
Mr. Henry—Then I shall discharge the pvicumor. as he
appears to have had a promise of forgiveness made him;
The prisoner then quitted the dock.
The police-constable informed the magistrate that the
pawnbrokers were in attendance with the property.
Mr. Henry—l shall make no order about it. The prose-
cutor seems to have taken the case into his own hands by
extracting a sort of promise from the person charged with
stealing it.
An elderly woman, named Ellen Lewis, was charged with
stealing a joint of pork from the shop of Mr. Robinson in
Drury-lane.
The wife of the prosecutor said yesterday the woman
came in the shop and stole the piece of meat. She followed
her and detained her as well as she could until assistance
arrived.
Mathew Jones, a butcher, said he saw the crowd
assembled round the prisoner and Mrs. Robinson. As the
' woman was trying to get away he held her until a police
constable arrived, and then he assisted in taking her to the
station. house. On the road thither she out her hand in
her pocket and said to him, " If you don't get away I'll run
a knife into you." Notwithstanding this threat he accom-
panied her to the police station, where, on being searched, a
knife was taken from the pocket of the prisoner. She was
quite sober.
Police-constable 176 F said when the prisoner was locked
up she was quite sober.
Prisoner—How can you say so—l was very drunk. If
I hadn't a been so, do you think I should have taken the
pork ?
Mr. Henry—Drunkenness is a very bad excuse for theft.
How do you get your living, and whore do you reside ?
Prisoner—Well, I've no regular place of living. I go out
to do cleaning.
Mr. Henry—Tell me one place that you have been in the
habit of going to.
Prisoner—Well, I can't recollect any one in particular
just now. All I know is, that I must have been drunk or
I should not have taken the property.
Mr. Henry—As you will not give any information about
yourself, I shall remand you in order that the police may
make some inquiry about you,
The prisoner was then locked up.