The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-24 00:00:00

IN RE -A DISPUTED ADJUDICATION,

In re a firm of merchants in the city, the adjudication
was disputed. The figures are said to be heavy, but it
would be manifestly unfair to the firm to publish the facts
pending the result. _

(Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.)

:N RE LIEUT.-COL. CHESNEY-THE NATIVE INDIAN ARMY.

This bankrupt was described as a retired lieutenant-
colonel of the Madras Native Indian Army. He was for-
merly a lieutenant,' then a captain, then a major, in the
23d Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, and then Deputy
Commissioner of various places in India. Ho ascribes his
failure to having been obliged to retire from the army in
consequence of being pressed by various creditors. The
accounts filed show debts £2,780, of which the bankrupt
states that he shall object to the proof of about £760 under
the statute of limitations.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Refer° Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)

LONDON BAD FISH SENT TO PARIS-BENJAMIN V. EDWARDS.
This Was an action to recover £lO for fish supplied to
defendant, plaintiff being a fish salesman of Billingsgate,
and defendant also a fish dealer.

Plaintiff deposed that he had sold the defendant the fish
charged for.

Mr. Buchanan (for defendant)—"Was not Mr. Edwards
employed by you to send the fish to Paris, as it was unfit
for the London markets ?

Plaintiff—l believe that the fish did go to Paris to a
person there, but I did not employ him to send it. Defen-
dant bought the fish upon his own account.
His Honour—Was any one present ?
Plaintiff—My son. •

Plaintiff's Son—l was at the stand when defendant
bought the fish. He bought them in his own name.
Mr. Buchanan—Were they sent to Paris ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Buchanan—They were too bad for the London
market, were they not ? (A laugh.)
Witness—They had been put on one side.
Mr. Buchanan—They were not that day's fish, at all
events.

Witness—No, they were not. They were the previous
day's fish, and had been put on one side.
Mr. Buchanan—Now, I ask you, was the fish fit for the
London market?
Witness—Well, not quite. (Laughter.)
His Honour thought he had better leave the case to a

jury.
Mr. Buchanan—l will call a witness to show that plain-
tiff actually employed defendant to send his fish to Paris.
Defendant—l was in the s'.2rvice of a man named Myers,
who consigned large quantities of fish to Paris. Plaintiff
wanted to send some, and he sent them in my name, as he
did not wish Myers to know that he was consigning fish
to Paris.
His Honour—l shall send the case to a jury. •
Mr. Buchanan did not think the parties should be put to
the expense.
His Honour—l shall send it to a jury, to see if they
would give plaintiff *a verdict upon this evidence as to the
fish sent to Pars.

The parties subsequently agreed to settle the ease, and
defendant was to pay the debt by instalments.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

PARISH PROSECUTION OP BROTHEL KEEPERS.—RacheI
Nathan, refreshment-house keeper, 29, Coventry-street,
and Martha Thompson, her servant, were brought before
Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, charged with keeping a
brothel.

Mr. Robinson (from the office of Messrs. Danger&ld and
Frazer, solicitors to. St. Martin's parish) appeared for the
prosecution; and Mr. E. Dillon Lewis, of Great Marl-
borough-street, for the defence.

Inspector Walker, C division, having proved that the
prisoners were the persons keeping the house and named
in the warrant,

Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the prisoners to find two bails
each in £4O.

Mary Cross was charged with keeping a brothel at 8,
Oxendon-street, and Mary Howell one at 15, James-street,
Haymarket, and were ordered to enter into bail.
The prisoners were all committed to the sessions.

SELLING IMITATION JEWELLERY WITHOUT A LICENSE.—
Wm. Justice, described as a hawker, of No. 3, Hanover-
street, Pimlico, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with
hawking imitation jewellery without a license.
Sergeant Thos. Shillingford, 4 0, said that about one
o'clock that morning ho saw the prisoner offering imitation
gold articles for sale. He said ho had a first-rate gold
watch, and that he would sell it at cost price. A page boy
bought a set of sleeve links of him, and he (Shillingford)
then asked him if he had a license as a hawker, and he
said he had not, but that he was employed by a firm in
New York. He then took the prisoner, who had been
drinking, into custody, and at the station found in his pos-
session a quantity of jewellery made in imitation of gold.
The prisoner said ho had been dealing in the articles for
years, and that he bad never been interfered with before.
The prisoner said there was not a publichouse from
Pimlico, where he lived, to that court, but he was known at.
To do as ho had done was better than getting his living
dishonestly, and he did not see why he should be picked
out more than others.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner's was a most mischievous
trade, as he got amongst raw servants from the country
and imposed upon them. The prisoner had got no license,
and ho would therefore be fined 405., or a month.