The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-27 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY COURT-(THIS DAi.)

Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque was the Commissioner
of the day,
.but the only case for the morning was pro
forma.

IN RE WEST AND WEST.
These bankrupts, brothers, had carried on business at
Donnington, as drapers, and absconded a short time
since with considerable property, a great portion of
which, however, was recovered through the exertions of
Russell, one of the " detectives," and the bankrupts were
apprehended. A petition has been filed to supersede the
proceedings in bankruptcy, on the ground that one of
the bankrupts is a minor. A day was appointed for
argument in the case.

MARLBOROUG_H-STREET-(THIS DAY.)

CHARGE OF UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COlN.—Loatisa
Lovick, a respectably-dressed middle-aged woman, was
brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with uttering two
uounterfeit shillings.
Charles Westerbrook, an omnibus conductor, stated
that about ten o'clock last night the defendant got into
his omnibus near Wilton-place, and requested him to
put her down at Regent-circus. On arriving at the latter
place she got out and tendered him a shilling in payment
of her fare, and which he immediately detected to be a
counterfeit. He told her the coin was bad, when she
gave him another which was also bad. He then called
a constable and gave her in charge.
Wright, 48 C, said he took the defendant into custody
and conveyed her to the station, where eight other coun-
terfeit shillings and a good half crown were found upon
her. He had since been to her address, and found that
she had lived in service there for 14 years, and bore an
excellent character.

The accused, in reply to the charge, said she was
coming from Brompton last night, and on crossing the
road she kicked against something wrapped up in brown
papal'. On picking it up and opening it, she saw it con-
tained several shillings, and not having the remotest idea
they were base coin, and having no smaller change, she
gave one of them to the conductor of the omnibus for
her fare. He directly told her it was a bad one. She
gave him another. He said that was also bad, and he
then gave her in charge.
Mr. Jennings, hairdresser, 100, Regent-street, said
the defendant had lived in his family for 14 years. She
afterwards left them, and went to reside at Birmingham.
She was at present out of a situation, and from the great
respect they had for her, they allowed her while in town
to make their house her home. He was convinced she
was incapable of a dishonent action, and that she was
not aware the coins were bad.

Mr. Bingham said he was inclined to believe her story
to be true, and would take Mr. Jennings' bail for her
appearance to -morrow.

Mr. Jennings readily consented to be answerable for
her appearance at the required time, and she was at
once discharged from custody.

SOUTff RK.-(THIS DAY).

ROBBING A SAILOR.

Emma Williams, a fashionably dressed young female,
of questionable character, was brought before Mr. Combe,
charged with stealing the sum of 55., the property of
Samuel Fuller, a sailor.
Prosecutor said he had recently arrived in London
from Charleston, and last night about ten o'clock, he
met the prisoner in the Westminster-road, and having
treated her to sundry glasses of grog and supper, they
proceeded to her lodgings in White Horse-street, New-
cut. After remaining there some time, be put his hand
into his pocket and missed ss. Being satisfied no other
person had been near him, he called in a constable and
gave her into custody.
Police-constable, 65 L, said the prisoner was searched
at the station-house, ti,nd two pounds seventeen shillirgs
found on her. Among the silver were two shilling
pieces which the sailor said were his.
Mr. Combe asked what account she gave of hay gso
much money in her possession.
The constable replied that she said it had been given
to her by a gentleman, but he believed she had stolen
it, and if she was remanded, no doubt he might hear of
another robbery of a similar nature, for she was well
known as a thief.

Mr. Combe accordingly ren7mrded her for a week.

TOBACCO LICENCES.

IMPERIAL PARLIAiVIENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
The Reading Market and Weston-Super-Mare Was
works Bills were considered and agreed to. CIO
Mr. W. EVANS presented a petition against
Rates.
Mr. FITZGERALD presented a petition from rinij'
agaMr.inst the Advertisement Duty.
BAIRD presented a petition in favour of al
Public House (Scotland) Bill.
On the motion of Mr. BENNET, the evidenee,c:
before the Huddersfield Election Committee was °aen
to be printed.
ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY B----thil
On the order of the, day for the second reading of
bill being read,
Lord R. GROSVENOR said that since this bin 13/131
been introduced, the Chancellor of the Exchequer 6;
declared his intention to deal with the tax ; and el! d
turday last he (Lord R. Grosvenor) had accornPtevs
deputation of professional gentlemen to the Cbtar''-tsef
of the Exchequer to lay before him the reason wuY„sl.
were dissatisfied with the measure of reduction Prer; oI
They hoped that before the time that the resolutler
the right hon. gentleman came before the house, tbetheeit
sons laid before him would induce him to yield t° fso
wishes or else to state that it was the intention °co,
Government to propose this partial reduction prev'ef
a further reduction; and finally a total abolition of
tax. If neither of those alternatives should be ad°P,,sl
it would be his duty to propose an aniell,,sS
to the resolution of the right hon. gentleman Pl'sl'yes'
the house to the abolition of the duty. lie should,isoo
fore, postpone the second reading until Wednesday'
Ist of June.
Mr. BASS said he had always opposed the inotiollaii
the noble lord, not because he saw any peculiar 6'?
in a tax on attorneys' certificates, but because/
trades and professions being taxed in a similar nvor
he saw no reason why attorneys should be the first 0,
relieved. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Excbe4o
it appeared, proposed to reduce the tax upon attott;),
but he also proposed to imposeupon seven other 110
of trade very important restrictions. He was informed s
the certificate duty to be imposed upon Barclay 0,0
would amount to 2,8501., while the whole amount "os
was to be raised from brewers and malsters
amount to no less a sum than 100,000/. He undeOr;
that so great were the difficulties antls.pated in the Vs
tics,' operation that the right hon. gentleman bad Ill;
taken to reconsider this part of his proposition,
fact it amounted in plain English to an additional
tax of 100,0001., he thought it very desirable th 9
subject should be well and duly considered hi
bearings. He had no objection to such a capitati°l/d
if it were made general, but if it were confined t41:1
branches of trade only, it was nothing less than',
cation and communism.
Captain SCOBELL said that he had also if
representations to make with respect to the teams
tobacco dealers, but as be understood the Chanelne
the Exchequer had undertaken to reconsider t. 13" 10
tion of his scheme, he should postpone his remlo7.l
the present.
The second reading of the bill was then p°
until Wednesday, the Ist of June.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS BILL.
The report on this bill was brought up and agl'd
Mr. FITZROY brought up several new clause'ut
ing reference to costs and the removal of indictluell
writs of ce;tiorari, which were agreed to.
JUDGES' EXCLUSION BILL.
The report on this bill was agreed to.
ABSCONDING DEBTORS' BILL.
_A d
The second reading of this bill was postpone'
Wednesday next.
COUNTY RATES EXPENDITURE Witt°
The further progress in committee of this tu
postponed until this day week.
SOUTH SEA AND OTHER ANNUITIES
COMMUTATION BILL.
On the motion for the third reading of this big, sdll
Sir. F. KELLY, after apologising for his absennol
night, when the bill was brought under the considelel/
of the house at a late hour, which was entirely 00 y
his ignorance that the bill was on the notice paFesr 01/
portant as the measure was it was most desiraelsesol
it should not be hurried through with too great h
precipitation. (Hear.) He bad two clauses to p50r,,,,;
one to regulate the mode of conversion of r
by parties beneficially interested or trustees. di
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUERbjO
that a clause had been prepared to carry out the 10
which the hon. and learned gentleman had in vigils
as the Solicitor-General, who had drawn it up, vi efitir
the moment absent, perhaps the hon. and learned Lila
man would postpone moving his first clause MI
return of the Solicitor-General.
Sir FITZROY KELLY said he would 7,00"
postpone his first clause, and proceed to the sif sec
which was to limit the creation of two-and-a-I° el°
cent. stock (proposal No. 2) to ten millions. Sr,
lieved that there was no instance of any great opeLsoega
shown, as was proposed by the Government, r6l
been effected solely by the means, and at the
absolutely by the Finance Minister. The 103tio,
was to submit the bargain to public comPeti,„L
the
in this mode it was easily ascertained wb°o.-to eff
lowest terms on which the public were vvii",T,
pqu
thoecseepzseerdattiohne.giftEithero f divination h
Ojler raeas
eCliatnocewllhoiscohf the wer
strangers, or else he was advancing ra"
money market, careless of the loss which lie might Pip
duce to the public by the manner of his operation. al
therefore, wished to limit the scope of such a
operation. dba
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 53101 r
objected to the proposal of the hon. and learned "8
man, both on the ground of precedent and reason•
must give a most unqualified and positive denial tt°l".
statement of the hon. and learned gentleman, that
was no instance of a Finance Minister having pr°c,,e
in the manner in which he now proposed to ac'ir
point of fact, he was persuaded that he was nocirad
suing the very course which had alwaYsdotit
proposed in cases of conversion of stock. No sr,
in point of technical law, the stock which 06,
about to create was a new stock ; but in fact itl
mere conversion, and not creation, of stock svilichiestle!
were about to effect. He admitted that the El%:°'"ts;'
Bonds which he proposed to create were a new 61.siPt
but here he proposed not a fixed rate, but aee°,,s3
to what could be obtained in the market, due e'lcivi
course being taken of the interest of the public. gor
regard to the reasonableness of the hon. and I evelef
gentleman's proposition, he contended that there the
had been such a thing known as to raise moneY ti°
market for the purpose of applying it to the e% t 1; g
of stock. In doing that, the Chancellor of ,s
chequer would be creating just an artificial storrol
in the market by going into it to
30,000,000/., and then directly after an artifiel'inselli.,
when he went in to pay off the stock. Such aPr 310
e)
in, would be most irrational, and cause enorlu°,;po:,;
to the public. The operation which was now Pr
would not, in fact, increase the amount of debt, bi,
fund which would be at the same time provided
ipooli,
house would reduce the debt to a much greater d
than that by which it would be necessarily inerels,
this operation. If the operation were limited to t 1.1 b°
proposed by the hon. and learned gentleman it 0°
much too small ever to come properly into the view -rOl
public, and would not afford a fair test of the w.°ecti°
of the principle on which it was founded. The obi
of the hon. member for Huntingdon (Mr. Barinillr4
spoke on Friday night in favour of the hon. and Le,
is rij
gentleman's motion, was that even 30,000,000/.
small a sum fairly to test the principle, and
Chancellor of the Exchequer) could certainly „
sent to reduce its scope to 10,000,0001. alone.
.4 V
Mr. HUME thought the mode of operation W`"
very best which could be adopted. d ova
Mr. SPOONER said that the bargain was a -°l. ths
altogether, and a great deal too much in favour 0
capitalist.

[LEFT SITTING.]

COURT CIRCULAR•

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
Majesty yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Pgi3tel'hle
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided Yreed trt,
morning at the Council for the Management ver'e
Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy-office, Soo9'
house. His Royal Highness was attended by the ha
c: B. Phipps.
The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe has succeeoiti
Viscountess Canning in her duties as the lady in
to her Majesty. Nora
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out eflcolot
back yesterday afternoon attended by Lieutenant-
F. H. Seymour.
aer9of
Hsr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kentp,ide„4
panied by her Serene Highness the Princess Au:'
Hohenlohe, went to Claremont yesterday roornNo _t
l,
visited the Countess de Neuilly and the FreecAgey
Family. The Royal Duchess returned to
'clg°
House, St. James's, in the afternoon. r VIVI
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of imi%litleter
and the Princep Mary dined with her Roya;.,--muce6kba
the Duchess of Gloucester at her residence, (1,7,.,
House, Piccadilly, on Monday. Her Royal ifig'-veevoy
Duchess of Kent joined the royal circle in the 13,61te
Mr. Hutt, M.P., had an interview with the 4k
Newcastle yesterday, at the Colonial-office. CoOP'
Dispatches were sent yesterday from the
office to the Governor of Gibraltar.

THE BUDGET.—MEETING IN SOUTIIIVARK.-1 e 5/ ;.
dayl a meeting of the inhabitants of Southwe'r7Asiti°,;l-
- by the High Bailiff, in pursuance of aretl-,5 he{.
signed by a large number of the inhabitants, ‘vl;.-esellt,
at the Town Hall, to consider the propriety ef Undo
ing a petition to Parliament in favour of the4sedivhe
and praying that the whole might speedily be P,'.if 'a t'Lt
a law ; William Pritchard, Esq.. the High Baia
chair. The chairman having briefly stated °vice the
for which the meeting was convened, Dr. Ci113.,/thdsit
dressed the meeting, and said that he agree.
terms expressed by Mr. Hume and Mr. Williale t be
the budget, taken as a whole, was one of the, rbeosierli,°:t,
gets that had been laid• before the Houset for many years. He moved a resolution to 'bi-"- her it
Mr. Wilson seconded the resolution.
dressed the meeting, agreeing with the resolutl
..e 000 f
as it went, but at the same time he thought the'sition 4
to be some expression of objection to the ill/orlieellicee;:
a tax on inc3ines of 1001., and the increase Tholotie
and moved an amendment to that effect. I°4'l,or ge/injo•
Mr. Sturmey, Mr. Hearne, and several 317„.1
men, having addressed.thameeting, the ovg'":„
tion was carried, and a -)etition, in aceerd4l2v-
with, agreed to.