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

IN BE DESBOROUGH.

This bankrupt was ue,cribed as of Lower Staunton,
Bedfordshire, farmer, etc., and this was a meeting for last
examination.

Mr. Doria opposed on behalf of the assignee, on the
gr nod that the accounts were totally insufficient and un•
tlue. The bankrupt's fist 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 n, t appear in either, and others
proved for azionuts differing with those set down in tha
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 16s. in the pound to his
(bankrupt's) creditors.

The b &nkrupt'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 mauled 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 stsge to form any opinion ou it. Further accounts must
be filed.

Mr. Doria said that so far from the omissions being for
small amounts, one cielitor for £l5B was om tted.
Adjourned.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
BILL DISCOUNTING—GU UCKY V. TUCKER.
Mr. BuchaLan applied that an order of commitment
ordered en a previous day should be rescinded, and the case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 tor ten days was ordered. He hoped (he
Court would grant the application, for the merits of the
case were much in favour of the defendant.

The plai diff's solicitor objected, a- the action was on a
judgment on a bill of exchange, but his Honour considered
the application and the cas • was gene 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 artangement was come to, and Mr.
Buzhanan said that 118 had been paid for overholding
bil of £l2, and, in tact, the bankrupt had received more
than (WWI, the amount of the bill, but the payments not
being k-pt up, plaintiff broupht an action in one of the
superior courts, and obtained judgment, on which a judg-
ment summons was taken in this court,
Hi., Hi n .ur—Wnat is the plaintiff?

Mr. Buc•,an•n—He is a bill discounter.

Deter,d-tnt—And he has an extensive milk business, in
a very populous and fashionable district.

His Honour—Did he not formerly live in Caveudish-
quare ?

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 per mi nth.

POLICE---THIS DAY.

BO W-STRE ET.

VIOLENT ASS4TILT --Joseph Bristow, Frederick Howe,
George Gardiner, and Janes BaT,Tow, the first-mentioned
person being in the service of N.eville'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 cornplai ants were on duty in plain
clothes, shortly before 10 o'clock last night, in the Strand,
when their attention was drawn to 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 a
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 &mist from such disorderly conduct, but Bris-•
tow den. hed 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 him
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 tive station-h, use.

Mr. Corrie asked Bristow what he had. to say in answer
to the charge.

Bristow said they were doing no ham when the officers
interfered with them. They had been "doing the Inter-
national" atd were a little " spreeish," but they had not
ben drinking to any great extet4. They were not drunk,
and t hey did not know that the persons interfering with them
were police officers until after the blows had been struck,
48 they were both in private clothes.

Inspector West said he told all defendants, that they were
police officers whilst lir.lmes was on the ground.
Inspe, t tr Mackenzie believed that all the defendants were
drunk when they were brought to the station-house.
Mr. Currie said it was pot.sible that the defendants did
not know the persons whom they had assaulted were police
officers, and theref re he would not send them to prison.
They must, however, pay a fine of L! each, and 4s. each
for the damage done to the officer's uniform. In default of
paying the fine, he should order them to be impris.ned for
six weeks.

MARLBOROUGH- STREET.
SHOPLIFTING IN REGENT-STREET —Susan Jackson and
Bridget Sadler, both well-dressed women, and the latter
with a child in her arms, were charged with stealaig 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 tne Princess
Charlotte publio-house in Princess-street. He followed her
in, and asked 'ner where she got the shawl, and she said she
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. Ring's shop, and she was afterwards searched, but
nothing found on her. She gave a correct address.

John Constantine, shopman 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 arswer 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 or ARsoN.—Johanna zones, of 30, Stephen..
street, Tottenham-court-road, a married woman, W 9
charged with wilfully setting fire to her room.
Andrew Frew, a carp nter, said that last night, about
11 o'clock, while in his room., above that occupied by the
tnsoner and her husbaTA, he sm'lt a strong smell of
smoke from burning wood. He went down to the room, its
which there was only 'le prisoner, and found that sl,e had
piled a qu.mtity of things on the fire—shirts, knife-bat
&c., and the place. was full of fire and smoke. He observed
!he prisoner wkikkg about the room, r vicg as if she was
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 was
walking about the nom with a pair of tongs in her liana
and some other articles, which he had no doubt abe v/8°
going to add to the fire.
Samuel Drake, 122 E, said he was called to the house jo
Stephen.str et by the cry of " Fire," and on going up t°
the priscner'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 alas saying.
something about loyalty.

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

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

SOUTEULAIPTON, Wennesday Morph)Pu
Tho American btauiur 1 uscat ora put to sea during t"g
night.
The B.varin, which sails to-day, takes out 400 passen-
gers and
71,601 f worth of Ft ench
A.,ri,ed—Anne, from Newt ort ; Purveyor, from Port
laud ; Pour Brothers, from Swanage.

(BY ItAGNETIC TELEGRAPH).
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morrtitig•t
Arrived, July 29—Elizabeth Sophy, Prirce 11.1?er !
Good Hope, and Jno. Robinson, from Archangel; _.
►
Imrn St. Lucia.
Arrived, July 30—Stadt Dordrecht, from Dodt.
Sailed—Sir R. Peel, fur Dunkirk ; Sir E. Bank, steamer'
for Calais.

DEAL, Wednesday Mornilag•
Passed—Tyro, from Hartlepool, for San Sebastiaija2;
Index, of Yarmouth, and Valiant, of Arurda, t
north, for the west; Albion, from London, for Quebec.

The Viceroy of Egypt, attended by the She
Charles A. Murray, paid farewell visits yesterday to th:
Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cambridge and th:
grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, at their reppecese resi-
dences. His Highness also paid visits to Villev unt 171".
meratou and Earl numell.l