The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-01 00:00:00

COURT OP BANKRUPTCY.
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(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
POOR WINDHAM ADAM-IN RE W. F. WINDHAM.

In this case an application was made by the assignee, in
order that he might be empowered to compromise certain
Chancery proceedings with a view to a settlement.
Mr. Sargood urged that it was to the interests of the
creditors generally that the application should be
acceded to.

His Honour remarked that in a case of so much impor-
tance it was desirable that the Court should be relieved
from all responsibility by the assenting creditors.
Mr. Sargood stated that creditors for £2,500 out of
£2,800 would consent to the compromise, but the Com-
missioner ordered the application to stand over.

Of course this application is purely a formal matter,
and does not affect the position of the estate in this Court
in any way.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

THE LONDON AND PROVINCIAL ADVERTISING AGENCY.—
CAUTION TO PERSONS SEEKING SITUATIONS.-Two re-
spectable-looking young men waited upon Mr. Knox to
ask his advice.

One of the applicants, a groom, stated that, having seen
in the Telegraph of the 23rd ult. an advertisement as fol-
lows :•

" Wanted, a young man, as light porter, who can
drive—wages 225. 6d. per week. Apply at the Advertising
Office, 41, Great Pulteney-street, Regent-street,"

and thinking the situation would suit him, he went to the
office, 41, Great Pulteney-street, and there saw a person
who told him he would have to register his name, and
that the fee for so doing would be ss. He paid that sum,
and, being told to sign a book, which he did, he received
the following memorandum :

" The London and Provincial Advertising Agency, 41
Great Pulteney-streot, Regent-street, W. No. 640. Re-
ceived
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dc o. fee
was then sent to a Mr. Ridgway in Newgate-street, the
person at the office telling hint that as he wrote a good
hand he ought to try for something better. Mr. Ridgway
asked him what ho was, and on telling him that he had
been a groom he said he would not suit. He then went
back to the office in Great Pulteney-street, when the per-
son there, he believed Mr. Coulson, gave him some names
and addresses to write to, which ho did, but received no
answers. Subsequently he went to the office, and finding
several young men who had been similarly treated, he
went with one of them—instead of writing as he was de-
sired to do—to one of the persons ho was to write to in
Cowley-street, Westminster, and was answered by an old
woman, who said that he ought to have written and not
attended personally, and that the " gentleman" who
wanted a young man to look after his horse and chaise
resided in Tothill-street, Westminster. They subse-
quently went to the office and demanded their money
back, when the person appeared to be very indignant
and threatened them with the police. They then
spoke to a constable who advised them to come
to that court. Several other young men were making the
same complaint about the office when they went there.
The other applicant said that seeing an advertisement
in the same paper for a young man to take orders, wages
20s. a week and commission, and application to be made
at the Advertising Offices, Great Pulteney-street, he went
there and saw a person who told him to sign a paper—
received £5 from him, and then gave in a memorandum
for it (similar to the above). He was referred to a Mr.
Ridgway, who told him that ho would have to deposit
£lO, £5 down, and the other £5 to be deducted out
of his salary and commission, which were to com-
mence at the end of three months. He was to solicit
advertisements for newspapers. Not feeling satisfied with
the affair he returned to the office and was then given the
names and addresses of some others, amongst others Mr.
Mr. Mill, of New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, as a person
who required a young man, but that person repudiated all
knowledge of the matter, and advised him to lay the affair
before a magistrate.

Mr. Knox said he thought. the best course the applicants
could adopt would be to got about a dozen of the persons
who had paid money to meet together, and then lay the
matter beforo a solicitor and see whether the parties could
not be charged with conspiracy.
The applicants thanked the magistrate and retired.

THAMES.
IMPUDENT MENDICANTS.—VIOLENT ASSAULT.—John Sea-
bright, aged 36, and Charlotte Seabright, his wife, 29,
were brought up on remand, charged with mendicancy and
violently assaulting Daniel Davey, a police Sergeant, No.
3 11.

The prisoners have long been a pest to the people as-
sembled in the public-houses in Whitechapel and vicinity,
by partly coaxing and partly bullying them out of alms,
The prisoners were engaged in this manner a few nights
ago. They went into the Golden Lion public-house and
asked for money. They were turned out of the Golden Lion,
and proceeded to the Garrick's Head in Leman-street, adjoin..
ing the H Division station house, where they obtained a penny
of a soldier, and demanded another. Davey, who had been
watching them, remonstrated with them on the impropriety
of their conduct, and expelled them from the house. They
had no sooner left it than they made use of fearful lan-
guage and made a violent attack upon him. They knocked
him down, and while the woman was pulling his hair and
scratching his face the male prisoner was pummelling him
with his fists. Davey soon obtained assistance, and the
prisoners were secured. Both were intoxicated, and it
seemed they were professional beggars, who expended the
contributions of the benevolent in strong drinks, and were
a nuisance to the community.
The prisoners were sentenced to one month's imprison-
ment and hard labour in the House of Correction.
DRUNKENNESS IN TILE DOCKS.—Peter Byrne, an Irish
labourer, was charged with assaulting William Northage
a dock constable.
The complainant stated that at half-past three o'clock
yesterday afternoon he saw the prisoner on the south
quay in a state of intoxication, and staggering about from
one side of the quay to the other. He directed the pri-
soner to leave the dock immediately, on which he turned
round upon him and struck him a violent blow oil the side
of the head. He then laid hold of him.
Mr. Partridge—Did you lay hold of him. before he struck
you ?

Witness —No, I did not.
Mr. Partridge —You have no power to arrest a person
for being drunk in the (lock, nor any business to lay hold
of them, or put a hand upon them.
James Oddy, a clerk in the dock, saw the prisoner and
the constable both fall together.
Mr. Partridge—Then the constable laid hold of the pri-
soner either beforo he was struck or at the time ho was
struck ?

Witness—l believe he seized him as ho was falling, and
both went down.
James Connor, a Metropolitan police-constable, No. 35 H,
saw the dock-constable and the prisoner on the ground,
and took the prisoner into custody. He made use of fear-
ful and disgusting language, and declared he would ruin
him. The prisoner struggled and tried to get his hand
into his mouth.

A foreman in the dock said there was a good deal of
brandy from Charente, recently landed in the dock and
near the place where the prisoner had been employed.
Mr. Partridge fined the prisoner 405., and in default one
months imprisonment.

TIIE TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.—From Pekin we
hear, through a private source, that the Russian Government
sent out two telegraph officers to ascertain whether it were
possible to obtain the permission of the Chinese Govern-
ment to establish a telegraph from Kiachta to this place,
but that the Chinese showed themselves altogether averse
to the scheme, and the officers have returned. —Lendonend
China Telegraph.