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

COMPANY.

This bankrupt was described as an editor and literary
man, late of Park-lane, Newington, and to-day he came up
upon the adjourned order of discharge. His accounts show
debts £1,316, and assets £899, leaving a deficiency of
£328.

Mr. Sharman, the barrister, appeared for the bankrupt.
Upon previous occasions, when this matter was before the
Court, great objection had been taken to certain statements
which the bankrupt had put upon the file of the proceed-
ings in reference to the Midland Banking Company. In
consequence of those statements the legal representatives
of the Midland Banking Company objected to his passing
his last examination unless the offensive matter was
removed. Upon the last occasion considerable
discussion ensued, which resulted in the case
being adjourneduntil to-day, and the bankrupt has removed
his charges, substituting the following—" I claim to be
possessed of twenty shares in the Midland Banking Com-
pany, under circumstances which have been fully explained
to my assignees." Although the bankrupt has taken off
the various charges he has made in connection with his
affairs, he has made this addition—" bankrupt states the
cause of his inability to meet his engagements to be, want
of employment on several occasions during the last eight
years, and being defrauded of several sums for remunera-
tion to which he was entitled."

It was understood that all opposition was now with-
drawn, and that the bankrupt will be allowed to pass.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)

IN RE MASON-A POINT OF PRACTICE AND A SCENE IN

COURT.

This bankrupt was described as a painter and glazier, of
Holloway, and to-day he came up to pass his last examina-
tion.

Mr. Dubois appeared for the bankrupt, and Mr. Sykes for
the assignees.

During the examination of the bankrupt a creditor's
representative wished to make some remarks, but was
checked by the court, his honour refusing to hear him.
Mr. Dubois endeavoured to correct a statement by Mr.
Sykes.
His Honour—Sit down, sir, you have no right to speak
at all.
Mr. Dubois—l beg your pardon, I have a right to cor-
rect a mistake, as I am the representative of the bankrupt.
I wish to make an explanation.
His Honour—There is a proper time to make explana-
tions, sit down, sir.
During this little 'wrangle the gentleman who wished to
oppose had instructed Mr. Brough, the counsel on behalf
of the creditor.

At the conclusion of the examination it transpired that
the bankrupt had kept no cash account, and his Honour
ordered an adjournment.
Mr. Dubois said that he would now correct the mis-
statement that had been made.

His Honour—This is informal. You have no right to
address the court, and cannot have any position in it.
Mr. Dubois—l am attorney to the bankrupt, and it is
something new to me to be told that I have no position in
the court.

His Honour—Have you anything else to say ?
Mr. Dubois—l have made my explanation, and lam
satisfied; but if you ask me whether I have anything else
to say, I might say a great deal.
His Honour—Well, say what you like ; we have not got
much before us to-day.
Mr. Dubois made no answer to this, and the matter
dropped.

MARKETS—This Day,

MARK-LANE.

Fresh up to our market to-day the arri7als of English
wheat were very moderate, and a considerable number of
samples came to hand in poor condition. Holders of fine
dry samples, consequently, were firm in their demands ;
nevertheless, the general state of the English wheat trade
was quiet in the extreme at the rates current on Monday.
With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup-
plied. Notwithstanding that the return shows no arrivals
this week from foreign parts, buyers operated cautiously
both in American and continental descriptions. In prices,
however, no alteration took place.
Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderato request,
at late rates.

There was a fair supply of barley on sale. Good and
fine samples moved off slowly, at previous quotations ;
otherwise, the barley trade was dull, at about stationary
prices. Heated foreign produce sold at low currencies.
Malt changed hands to a moderate extent at previoui

quotations.
The oat trade was devoid of animation. The supply of
produce on offer was moderate, yet prices ruled stationary.
Beans met a slow sale, at late rates. For peas, the
market was firm.

Most descriptions of flour were in moderate request, at
late rates.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat.Barley.Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 1,140 1,490 2,640 4,020 1,130
Irish
Foreign

- 14,700

150 sks.
1,000 brls.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MANSION-HOUSE.

THE ALLEGED FRAUDS ON INSURANCES COMPANIES.—
Messrs Barry, and the three men lately in their employ,
were this morning again placed at the bar before Alderman
Stone, for the purpose of undergoing another examination
on a charge of having obtained several large sums of money
from various insurance companies on account o.f goods said
to have been destroyed at the fire which took place at Mer-
riton's Wharf in December last.

The evidence taken this morning was that principally
relating to the drawing and paying various cheques, and
therefore dull and uninteresting.
The evidence for the prosecution was v‘ pry much weak-
ened by the cross-examination of the wane: ;ses by Sergeant
Ballantine, on the part of the Messrs. Barry, as he elicited
from one of them, a person well acquainted with the busi-
ness of the port of London, that the amount.of "sweepings"
entered and charged for by the Messrs_ Barry was not.
extraordinarily large, considering the extant of the ware-
houses in which the fire occurred.

The case against the prisoners will not be concluded
to-day.

WESTMINSTER.

SINGULAR APPLICATION.—A very respectable-looking
man solicited the magistrate's assistance and advice under
the following circumstances:—

Applicant said he had reluctantly been compelled to
come before the magistrate through the misconduct of his
wife, who suddenly left her home on the 4th inst., taking
with her the whole of his furniture and his son, a little boy.
Mr. Selfe—Well, what do you want of me ?
Applicant—A warrant to take my wife into custody.
Mr. Selfe—What for?
Applicant—Robbing me. She has taken my property
away.

Mr. Selfe—A woman can't be charged with robbing her
husband. Were you married in a church ?
Applicant—No, we were married at the registrar's office.
Mr. Selfe—That's a pity, because you probably did not
go through so full a ceremonyas at church. Had you been
married in the latter you would clearly have had to say,
" With all my worldly goods I thee endow," and having
done that, all your goods necessarily became hers, and so
she cannot, in taking them away, steal them, although
their loss to you may be inconvenient.
Applicant—But she took the child, and it is not hers, it
is only her stepson. Grant me a summons for him.
Mr. Selfe—He is only removable by habeas corpus.
Applicant—Then grant ine.a habeas corpus.

Mr. Selfe—l cannot—This is not the place, and to obtain
one you must go to a superior court. We do not grant it
here.

MARLBOROUGE.STREET.

A WRESTLER TRYING HIS STRENGTH ON A CONSTABLE.—
Richard Bernard, tailor, and Alfred Otterway, betting man,
was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and dis-
orderly, and breaking a glass of the value of 3s. 6d., at the
house of Frederick Brunhold, of the Lord Belgrave Head,
Spur-street, Leicester-square.
Mr. Brunhold said that on the previous afternoon the
defendants came into his house and were served by the
barmaid, and directly after they began wrestling. He re-
quested them to desist, but they refused, and wished to be
served with some more drink. Seeing they were intoxi-
cated, he refused to let them have any more, and they
began wrestling again, and between them broke a glass
dish of the value of 3s. 6d. He asked them to pay for it,
and as they would not, he called in a constable and gave
them into custody. On getting outside the house Bernard
seized the constable and threw him, and but for the assist-
ance of another, no doubt ho would have been seriously
hurt.

Henry Rough, 310 A, said that on taking the defendants,
Bernard threw him violently, hurting
so much that he had had no sleep all night. The defend-
ants were both drunk. his head and back
•

Otterway said that he was not wrestling ; that Bernard
came in and began talking about being able to wrestle any
man in England, and to throw a man over a house, and
then tried to throw him.

Watkins, 303 A, said that on going to Rough's assistance,
Bernard tried to throw him, but was not successful.
Bernard said he was sorry for what he had done.

Mr. Knox said, as far as Otterway was concerned, it was
but a trifling matter. He should order him to pay the
damage, and a fine of 6d. The other defendant's conduct
was more , serious, and he would have to pay 405., or 14
days, for the assault on the constable.
COWARDLY ASSAULT ON LORD HOUGHTON'S COACHMAN.
—William Kitely, a s3rvant out of place, was brought
before Mr. Knox by Rosekelly, one of the warrant officers,
charged with violently assaulting James Jarvis, coachman
to Lord Houghton.

From the complainant's evidence it appeared that he was
inside the Crown Tavern, Park-street, Grosvenor-square,
talking to a friend, when the defendant came in and tipped
him on the shoulder. On the complainant turning round,
the defendant immediately struck him a violent blow, hav-
ing a key or some instrument in his hand, the result of the
blow being that the complainant's forehead was badly cut,
he lost a great deal of blood, became insensible, and was
obliged to be taken to a surgeon.
Miss East, the barmaid at the tavern, corroborated the
complainant.

Mr. Knox remanded the' defendant, that the result of the
complainant's injury might be ascertained.

THAMES.

ROBBING LODGINGS.—Louisa Ashment, a middle-aged
woman, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with
robbing her ready-furnished lodgings.
Bridget Hickey, the wife of a driller, and dwelling at
No. 95, Ann-street, Poplar, said the prisoner had been
lodging in her house, and that she had missed three un-
bleached white sheets, a basin, milk-jug, and tumbler of
glass, a bolster-case, sugar-basin, saucepan, and three
sheets. All the property was in court, except the sheets,
which the prisoner had deposited on loan at a leaving-shop.
The keeper of the leaving-shop was not in attendance.
Eliza Wilcox, an attendant at the laundry of the Public
Baths and Washhouses, East India Dock-road, Poplar, said
the prisoner was there yesterday, and washed three shirts
of the description mentioned by Mrs. Hickey.
A gentleman said he was deputed by the Commissioners
of the Public Baths and Warehouses, in Poplar, to call the
magistrate's attention to the evil of the leaving shops in
the district, where property was concealed and delivered.
Large quantities of property had been disposed of at these
receptacles.

Mr. Partridge said the complaint was well founded. The
unlicensed pawnbrokers' shops were a great nuisance. The
proprietors of the leaving shops ought to be prosecuted.
He remanded the prisoner until Friday next.