The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-24 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY,

A RUFFIAN.—DanieI Bren.nan, a sturdy young Irish-
man, who has been for years the 'terror of the police,
was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being
drunk, and assaulting police constable 126 g; while in
the execution of his duty.
The constable stated that on
.Saturday night he was
.on duty in Robert-street, Grosvenor-square, when he
saw the prisoner fighting with a sweep. He parted
them, and requested them to disperse. Prisoner refused
to leave, and deliberately went up to a young man who
was looking on, and knocked him down. 'Witness then
arrested the prisoner, and was conveying him to the.sta-
tion, when two of his companions came behind him, and
flue of them put his head between prosecutor's legs, and
'flung him flat on his back. Witness speedily recovered
legS and seized: hold of the man who had. thrown
!hirF,,'Ny4n. some others came-up and rescued him from
'his custody. He, however, maintained his hold of the
prisoner, who struck him, bit him, kicked him, and tried
all he could., to get away, "until further assistance ar
rived, when the prisoner, who was slightly intoxicated,
was safely lodged in the station.
The prisoner, in a surly tone, denied the charge, and
asserted that the constable Lad sworn falsely.
Mr. Bingham said lee had no reason to doubt the con-
stable's 'evidence. Prisoner bad been guilty of a
ruffianly assault, for which he (Mr. Bingham) should
commit him to the .douse of Correction for one calendar
month.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.)
THE lACRIIM THEATRE.-BANKRUPTCY OF MB. O. J.

MATTHIVVB.

•
To-day was appointed for.. choice of Assignees, unde:
the bankruptcy of. Mr. C. J. -Matthews, lessee, &c., of
he Lyceum Theatre, who was declared bankrupt in coo
sequence of not being able to fully carry out an arrange-
ment under the Debtor and Creditors Arrangement Act.
NO balance sheet or prelinnnary statement having
been filed, it is impossible to state the amount of the debts
and liabilities, or of the assets, but they were in course
of preparation by Mr M. 'Thomas, Basinghall-street.
The Court was crowded to excess by the performers
and others connected with the theatre attending to prove
their debts, which were generally for small amounts, an•;
nothing of the slightest interest transpired. The meet-
ing islikely to last the greater part of the afternoon.
and probably will, in consequence of the number of
creditors,

The theatre will be kept open for the present, under
the superintendence of the official assignee, Mr. Whit-
more.

B4IL cOURT—(THIS DAY).

WYLD V. CALVERT.
The case was resumed this morning, and the defence
was not concluded at the time we went to press.

LOSS OF VilE BEDLINGTON ON THE

DANUBE.

The following is an extract of a despatch from Mr.
Lord, the British Vice• Consul at Ismail, dated Soulina,
March 24, 1854, transmitted to Lloyds from the Board
of Trade :

"It is likewise true that the Bedlington, iron barque,
is sunk just below Tehatal The master and 'crew were
taken out of the sinking vessel by the Russians, who
took them to Ismail."

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.-41!, William Ogle Carr is
appointed Chief Justice of the StiPrerne Court at Ceylon ;
Mr. Francis 4ongvrOrth is appointed Colonial Secretary
at Prince Edward's Island.; jr.A John Marie Holl is
appointed Treasurer of Prince Edward's Island ; Mr.
Edward Palmer is appointed AttOrney•General at Prince
Edward's Island ; Mr.- George Wright is appointed Re-
gistrar and Keeper of Plans, at Prince Edward's Island ;
Messrs. Francis Lcmgerth, J. M. Hon, E. Palmer,
Donald Montgomery, Roderick Macaulay, James Heron
Conroy, and Emanuel M'Echan are appointed members
of the Eicecutive COnncil of Prince Edward's Island
Mr. H. Culling Eudlek Childers is appointed collector
of Customs at Victoria ; Mr. Norman Campbell is ap-
pointed Registrar at Victoria ; Mr. Edmund Grimes is
appointed Auditor-General at Victoria ; Mr. Charles
appointed M.emb,er of Council at Sierra Leone.
—lledObdslePrvisera:Ppoin

THE CIVIL SEavicE.-'--112e. Robert Natalie Ternan
has been appointed a clthic in the inland department of
the General Post Office, at 80/. per annum. Mr. John
Ambrose Duesbury has been appointed to a clerkship in
the railway post-office department. There are three
clerkships vacant in the inland department, 801. per
annum, in the gift of the Postmaster-General. Royal
Arsenal, Woolwich.--Messrs. Frederick G. Viek and
.E. Nicoll have been appointed temporary clerks in the
storekeeper's department. Captain Boxer, R.A. has
been appointed
.assistant firemaster in the' Royal labo-
ratory departnient." Mr. Bake (late Ordnance depart-
ment, Antigua) has been appointed second clerk on the
establiArnen;-, Messrs. Raines; W. Bennett, and Well
have been appointed temporary clerks. The appoint-
ment of keeper of statepap-ws is vacant, caused by the
death of the Right Honourableileary Hobhouse, The
' appointment of commissioner for auditing the public
accounts- is vacant, caused by the promotion of Mr.'
Romily to the chainnan'ship of tho board. :Messrs. P:
Liu Pr 6 Dyer, Jame§ dray, and Henry Aneell; have
been appointed act:ng second-class clerks in the Admi-
ralty, Somerset House. 'There is i vacancy of 'a clerk
for general business at Liverpool, vice Mr. R. Parsons,
superseded. Mr:T.'B. Palley has been removed to the
office of inspectOr of imports and exports, London; vice
Mr. P. R. M'Allister, who exchanges: Messrs. J. 11.
B rnes and C. Wrightson have been appointed clerks in
the Long Rnom -in London. Mr. Harry Finden has
been appointed clerk in the office of comptroller of 'ae-
oourits for the legal quays in Lon4on. Mr. H. D. R.
Forster has been appointed clerk in the tea department,
London. 'Mr. E. Hackett has been appointed clerk in
the St. ,Katherine Degke.— Civil Service acceye. •

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