The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-16 00:00:00

TIE SUB, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENMG, AUGUST 16, 1865.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Brougham).
IN RE WILLIAM lIOWARD GLOVER,.

This bankrupt was described as of 52, Adelaide-road,
composer and publisher of music, and contributor to a daily
newspaper, and to-day was appointed for the first meeting.
The debts already on the file amount to £760, and amongst
the creditors aro Messrs Chappell, musicsellers; of Bond-
street ; Frederick Chattorton, Drury-land Theatre ; D.
Davidson, music publisher, Regent-street ; A. F. Godfrey,
bandmaster, Coldstream Guards ; D. Godfrey, bandmaster,
Grenadier Guards ; Charles Halle, St. James's Hall ;
Madame Schumann, pianist, and various musicians of her
Majesty's Theatre and elsewhere. The cause of the bank-
ruptcy is said to be " failure of a series of concerts given
in the years 1864 and 1865, at Drury-lane Theatre and St.
James's Hall. This was a second petition, the first hav-
ing been dismissed in consequence of some informality.
It was anticipated 1 hat eventually some arrangements
would be made with the creditors.

CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day.

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NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
Frederick Osborn, musician, whose trial was postponed
from last session, was this morning indicted for stealing
20 oz. of gold, the property of James Redmond, and also
for feloniously wounding police-constables Thomas Evans
and Ambrose Sutton, with intent to prevent his lawful
apprehension.
Mr. F. 11. Lewis prosecuted, and Mr. Harris defended.
The prisoner, it may bo remembered, were of a gang of
scoundrels, who watch the jeweller and gold-case makers'
errand boys aS they come home from Goldsmith's-hall or
the flattening mills, and plundered them of whatever
article they may have in their possession. In prisoner's case
prosecutor was a gold watch-case maker, living in Rahere-
street, Clerkenwoll, and the robbery took place a fortnight
before Christmas. The prisoner was not taken at the
time, but on the 20th of June policemen Evans and Sutton
were on duty in Wentworth-street, Whitechape], and they
saw him, and on their attempting to take him into custody
he drew a knife and wounded the constables very severely
and made off. On the 20th of June, hearing the prisoner
was in custody at Birmingham, the constables went down
and took him into custody, and ho was positively identified
by the boys robbed as the man who had taken their mas-
ter's property.

Inspector Bryant said the prisoner was a ticket-of•leave
man when he committed the robbery. lie was one of tho
most desperate thieves he ever knew, and formed part of a
gang of men who wore habitually robbing the boys under
the circumstances stated.

The Common Serjoant sentenced him to 14 years' penal
servitude.

The Common Sorjeant ordered the two constables a re-
ward of £3 each for their praiseworthy conduct during the
capture of the prisoner.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
The trial of the Frenchman Lafaucade, for wilful and
corrupt perjury, was resumed this morning.
The case will last the entire day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

MOWING A BOY INTO A Ti.:l3 OF WATER.—BiChard
Kennersley, a labouring man, was charged before Mr.
Kuox with assaulting a little boy about seven years of age,
named Edwin Chockley, by throwing him into a tub of
water.

A young man named Price, residing in Brewer-street,
Golden-square, proved seeing a number of boys splashing
ono another with water from a tub of water used in mixing
lime, tho road being under repair. The prisoner walkad
up to the complainant and threw him into the tub, and loft
him to get out the best way he could.

The boy said that while standing by the tub tho pri-
soner caught hold of him and threw him into the tub of
water.

The prisoner said the boys were not only splashing each
other, but every ono who passed.
Tho witness Price said the prisoner for some time had
stood laughing at the boys.
Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 10s. or seven days.

The Attempted Murder of an Officer by a
Soldier.

CHATHAM, Wednesday, 1 o'clock.
This morning, John Currie, one of the Sappers and
Miners, who stands charged with shooting, with intent to
murder, Major Horatio De Vera, of the Royal Engineers,
was again brought before the sitting magistrates, Captain
Savage, chairman.

In answer to the Bench the prisoner said that ho had
nothing to urge against being further remanded for a few
days, and Captain Savage accordingly ordered him to be
brought up again in a week.

We aro glad to be able to state that the unfortnate gen-
tleman is very much better, awl our reporter was informed
that the gallant officer was able to eat a mutton chop this
morning. Tho prisoner, Currie, has not evinced the least
regret since the occurrence, if we except the fact of his ex-
pression of his sorrow that he did not complete his
purpose.

South Australia.

We take the following from the South Australian
Register of the 27th June :
" The April mail did not arrive till the 23d June,
14 days after it was due. The delay was occasioned
by the want of a steamer at Galle to bring on the
Australian portion.
" The steamer which should have been at Galle
was the Bombay, with the April mails from Aus-
tralia. She had not arrived when the Salsette left
Gallo with the English mail on June 2, and it is
feared that she may have met with some accident.
" The weather has been exceedingly dry for the
season during the whole of the mouth. Rain is
much needed. The northern sheep runs are suffer-
ing to a dreadful extent, and great fears are ex-
pressed for the grain crops.

"The New South Wales and Victoria Governments
have failed to agree respecting the collection of the
Murray River duties, and the former Government
have applied to that ofSouth Australia again to
undertake their collection, which the latter have
consented to do.

"A Convicts Prevention Bill, similar to that
from which her Majesty withheld her assent, has
been introduced into the House of Assembly, and
will probably be passed. It is intended to exclude
from the colony all persons who have been convicts
who cannot prove their having been free for three
years previous to their arrival here. It was stated
that as her Majesty did not disallow' the former
bill, his Excellency will assent to this in her name.
" The Government have intimated their intention
to grant some measure of relief to the squatters in
the Far North who have suffered so seriously by the
long-continued drought. Extended leases will pro-
bably be conceded.
" The House of Assembly, in answer to a petition
numerously signed by Sir R. Murchison and other
gentlemen both in England and in this colony, have
made a further grant of £l,OOO to Mr. J. M'Douall
Stuart, the explorer.
" The Govehment have agreed to vote £5OO in
aid of the search for Leichardt, the explorer.

"At the sale of runs held under the annual
leases, Mr. Way, solicitor, on the part of the pre-
sent lessees, who claim a right of renewal for five
years, protested in writing and verbally against the
sale, which, nevertheless, went on by order of the
Commissioner of Crown Lands, who was present.
The total sales were 900 square miles, at an average
price of £6 14s. 51d. per mile. The right of the Go-
vernment to sell the leases is likely to be tried in
the Supreme Court, and some of the present holders
will probably refuse to give up possession.

" A new local Bank, to be called the Bank of
Adelaide, is about to be started. The projectors
are men of high commercial character and influence.
The capital is to be £250,000, to be raised by 50,000
shares of £5 each. Considerably more than the
whole number were applied for the first day. The
list was kept open a fortnight, at the end of which
it was found that applications had been made for
181,676 shares. _

"A fine lode of copper ore has been cut in the
Yelta, Mine. Shares :went up in 24 hours from £9
10s. to £25. The present price is £2O ss.
" The first post for the new line of telegraph to
New South Wales has been placed by Mr. W. Duf-
field, M.P.
" Exchange.—The Banks sell draughts on Lon-
don at 60 days' sight at Ito 1 per cent. premium,
and purchase same at I per cent. discount to per
cent premium. The rates are in a -very unsettled
state.

" Shares.—Burra, £66 ; Moonta, £166 ; National
Bank, £6 ; South Australian Insurance, £2 3s. 6d. ;
Adelaide Marine, £1 6s. ; Adelaide Gas, £9 5s .
" Copper.—Burra and Wallaroo, £BB per ton.
" Flour, silk-dressed, per ton of 2,0001 b., at the
port, £lB 10s. Wheat, per bushel of 601 b., at the
port, Bs. 6d."