The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-23 00:00:00

OIL COLOURS.

This bankrupt, the well-known patentee of printing in
oil colours, applied to-day for his order of discharge. The
debts and liabilities are stated at £4,800, but it is antici-
pated that the assets upon realisation will produce a sur-
plus.—His Honour ruled that•the bankrupt was entitled to
his order.—Order accordingly.
(Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.)
IN RE BARROW.

This bankrupt was described as a warehouseman in
Milk-street, Cheapside. The debts are stated at £lB,OOO,
and the deficiency £ls,ooo.—His Honour ordered the case
to stand over till April 19.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
STUBBS' TRADE PROTECTION SOCIETY AND ITS SUBSCRIBERS

MYERS V. CRAIG.

This was an action to recover .£9Bs., for negligence in
not taking the necessary steps to recover a dobt due to
plaintiff by a person in Chesterfield, whereby the same is
now irrecoverable, and is so stated by defendants' local
agent.

Plaintiff is a tradesman of Southampton, and defendant
(for whom Mr. Woollett appeared) manager to Stubbs' Mer-
cantile Association, 14, Gresham-street.
Plaintiff, who is a subscriber to the association, stated
that he had a debtor in Chesterfield, and he instructed
defendants to collect the debt. There were certain rules
to be observed, and plaintiff had forwarded to the office a
white ticket and a yellow ticket ; the white ticket was a
notice to the society to apply for the debt, and the yellow
ticket was a notice to sue. That would be the case in the
ordinary course of things, but plaintiff urged that even
upon 'the white ticket, under the circumstances, the defen-
dants should have proceeded. It appeared that the debtor
had executed a bill of sale, and in consequence of this the
debt was lost.

Mr Woollett called one of the clerks in Stubbs's office,
who deposed that the yellow ticket had never been for-
warded.

Plaintiff said that he did forward it.

His Honour ruled that, upon the evidence of Mr. Spils-
bury, there was no proof that the yellow ticket had been
forwarded to the defendants. Plaintiff would be non-
suited.

Mr. Woollett applied for the costs of a number of w,
nesses from the office.

Plaintiff thought it was extremely unfair to bring such
a lot of persons forward in this case. However, the defen-
dants would not get much by it, as he should withdraW his
subscription.
Plaintiff nonsuited with costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,— This Day,

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MARL BOROI7GH-S TREE T.
ROBBING A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT—SINGULAR OASE.
—James Madgwick, lately coachman in the service of Mr.
William Vansittart, M.P. for Windsor, residing at No. 27,
Dover-street, Piccadilly, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt,
with stealing a saddle, four bridles, and some other harness
and horse clothing, the property of his master.
Mr Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared
for the prosecution, and said the prisoner, who had been
about three years in the service of Mr. Vansittart as coach-
man, was lately discharged owing to his giving way to
habits of intoxication. After the prisoner was discharged
Mr. Vansittart discovered that the prisoner had stolen
a quantity of harness, and had been going about to the
various tradesmen and ordering goods in his name. He
(Mr. Lewis) would proceed with one charge that day, and
then asked for a remand.
Mr. Vansittart said that on the 15th of this month he
discharged the prisoner, who had been three years in his
service as coachman, and he afterwards discovered that a
great deal of property had been taken away. He after-
wards went to a public-house kept by Mr. Hayley, in
Adams-mews, Grosvenor-square, and asked Mr. Hayley if
he had got any harness, and he said he had, and would
give it up, and ho dia. so. The harness produced (by
Binstead Webb, 112 C) was his property, and bore his
crest.

George Crook, butler to Mr. Vansittart, said that on
Saturday week he saw the prisoner remove some of the
harness from the house, but he did not say what be was
going to do with it.

In answer to Mr. Lewis, the prosecutor said he never,
authorised the prisoner to sell the harness.
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Mr. Hayley, of the Royal Exchange, Adams-mews,'
Grosvenor-square, said the prisoner, who was a customer,
told him that he had some things he wanted him to see
and he went with the prisoner to Duke-street, St. James's,
where the prisoner showed him some harness and horse
clothing, and asked him to take charge of the property.
He did so, and on seeing Mr. Vansittart's butler, that
person told him not to give them up.
In answer to Mr. Lewis, the witness said he did not buy
the harness of the prisoner. The prisoner owed him a bill
and he thought it would be a security, but not directly
Of late the prisoner had behaved like a deranged man, but
it was not from drink taken at his house.

The prisoner said the harness was his own property, and
he had offered to have it done up to be used of nights from
a feeling of generosity.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a pity such singular generosity
had met such a roward. (Laughter.)
Mr. Lewis, in asking for a remand, said that Mr. Van-
sittart's object in giving the prisoner in charge was that
the state of his mind might be inquired into.
Mr. Tyrwhitt reminded the prisoner.
Mr. Vansittart said he did not wish to be hard on the
prisoner, as he thought he was deranged.