The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-05 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Ocr. 4.
ROBERT BEETON'S BANKRUPTCY.
This bankrupt, who formerly carried on business as a linen-
draper, in the Blackfriars-road, and who was remanded by a
sub-divi.ion Court for not having given a satisfactory account
of the disposal of his property, was to-day brought up for final
examination.
On being questioned by the Learned Commissioner, the
bankrupt still persevered that he had no disposition to make
any alteration in his former statement, as sworn before the
sub division Court, upon which the Learned Commissioner
said it was impossible such a statement of accounts could be
passed, and the proceedings were adjourned sine die.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Ocr. 4. I
SWINDLING.—John Cooniber was opposed by Mr. Weeks, '
a tea-dealer, who complained that he had been swindled out
of about 60/. worth of goods.
The insolvent had set up as a grocer, but Mr. Weeks said
he had discovered that he was connected with a gang of per-
sons who had plundered the public ; one had been transported.
He gave him as he thought a respectable reference and a bill
of exchange. The referee left his residence, which he had
tAken to give characters, and the acceptor had left. The goods
supplied by Mr. Weeks and the insolvent both disappeared.
He had been thirteen months in Whitecross-street Prison.
He refused to say how often he had been in prison.
Mr. Commissioner Bows.N said the insolvent • had defrauded
Mr. Weeks out of his property, and remanded him at his suit
from his petition for a period of fourteen calendar months.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A little girl named Eliza Fox, not yet ten years of age, was
brought up by a constable named Isaacs under these odd cir-
cumstances :—lsaacs was in the watch-house of one of the
wards when the child was brought in, at ten o'clock at night,
and represented by the officer who accompanied her to be in a
destitute condition. She told him that she lived in the neigh-
bourhood of the Victoria Theatre, and he accompanied her
thither, but after having led him round the streets in that vici-
nity, in which nobody appeared to know her, she confessed that
her parents did not reside in that part of the town. He then
went with her to other places, but he found that she had told
him nothing but lies. For hours he went about with her, but
could meet with nobodl. who had ever seen her before; but he
met with rather a disagreeable incident in their peregrinations
A gentleman, who appeared to be in liquor, accused him in
the street of having cruelly treated the child, said that Lord
John Russell deserved to be punished for appointing such a
fellow as a guardian of the public, and actually caused him to
be taken to the station-house, in Tower-street, Waterloo-
road. and charged him with having acted like a bat barian to
the little girl. The Inspector of thegL division certainly re-
fused to take the charge, but he also refused to take Isaacs's
charge against the gentleman for having obstructed him in the
performance of his duty. After dodging about from one end
of the town to the other, he at length lodged the little girl in
the Compter, where she was recognised as a regular run-away,
having disappeared from the place in which she had a protec-
tor no less than eleven different times.
The Loan MAYOR asked whether any friend of the little
creature was present ?
A decent woman stepped forward, and said that the little
girl was the chance child of her husband's first wife, and that
her husband and herself were desirous of doing all in their
power to serve her. The child, however, had such a pro-
pensity to wandering about, and lying, that it was quite im-
possible to controul her. She fancied that the Compter was
Newgate, and when witness went to her in pri-on, she
laughed, and observed, " Well, nobody can say uuw but that
I have been in Ne ate."
Isaacs—a le appears to be an uncommonly clever child,
and reads extremely well. I was greatly struck as we went
along in a cab riding, in which she was highly delighted, to ob-
serve how well she seemed to know all the places we visited.
She is perfectly acquainted with all parts of the town, and she
gave me inure trouble than I ever had before.
The little girl smiled upon being asked why she told so
rnin“ lies, and seetre2d inwardly to enjoy the annoyance which
sh, had eaus, d the constable.
The Loan MAYOR—We must send back the child for a few
days. This is a ease which requires •‘onsid,ration. It would
be dreadful to let tt;is.
poor infant he destroyed,

BO I.V- S IRKET.
John Hannon, sch, is charged wit causing to be engravA
a plate of a note for ten dollars of the Bank of Toronto,
Upper Canada ; and likewise with causing to be made a
stamp, intending to resemble the signatures of Mr. Ri,!out
and Mr. Proudfoot,the Treasurer and President of the Bank,
was yesterday brought up for further examination, and, after
evidence had been heard, he was remanded.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mrs. Short, an aptly-named little dame, charged Mr.
Poultney, (we of the tax-collectors of the parish of St. George,
Hanov4 r-square, with having committed the enormity of
" frightening her out of her wits," by threatening to blow her
brains out with a stick of red sealing-wax.
Mrs. Short stated that her daughter and herself occasionally
relieved the tedium vita with a touch at the piano. One of
her daughters having mastered a piece of new music, came to
her, and pressed her to hear it played over. Nut being at
the moment favourably disposed towards the " concourse of
sweet sounds," she told her daughter to postpone the infliction
until the " bohea " had been imbibed. The daughter, finding
she could not persu.tde her to make an "obligato accompani-
ment," set off with allegro moverre.nt round the table, in
chase of her. The ndiy race was, however, stopped by
a thunderiug sap at the door. When the knock was an-
swered, Mr. P. presented himself at the door, and warmly de-
manded what all the racket meant. After venting les anger
he went to the landlorii, and laid the matter before him, but
not being then completel satisfied, he made his app arauce
again iu ts'e vicinity of complainant's room, and performed
the exploit which had caused him to eppear at the office,
namely, be threatened to blow her brains out with something
he held in his hand, if she persisted in again cutting capers
round the tea table.
Mr. Poultney entered upon his defence. Immersed as he
occasionally was in the onerous duties of tax colleCtor, his
faculties were frequently " flabbergasted" by the con strepito
performances of the upstairs pianists. On the day when th
occurrence took place, hearing a noise above similar to wha,
would be produced by a dozen 3outig elephants " larking,"
he went up stairs to 11. g the ladies to infuse a little less of the
forte in their motions. Mrs. Short rated him in good set
term:, told him that her " room was her castle," and that she
would do as she plea-fd in it.
Mr. CHAMBERS—Ay, but what do you say to the charge of
having attempted, pistol in hand, to storm her castle? Nir.
Poultnev—l admit, on bei,ig greatly provoked, that I said to
her, " certainly blow your brains out if you continue to
make such a noise," but here is the sort of pistol which I had

in my hand at the time (pulling out a piece of red sealing,
wax and an office ruler).
Mrs. Short confessed that she did not see what Mr. Poult

ney held in his hand, but she believed her daughter and ser.
rant did.

Miss Short could not swear it was a pistol M. Poultw y
had, but is looked to her larger than an office ruler.
The servant girl saw something in Mr. Ponitney's hand, but
the only description she could give of it was, that it moved
backwards and forwards.
A Miss Corinna was called to prove that Mrs. Short made
so much noise that the other lodgers had threatened to leave if
she stopped.
Mrs. Shoit declared that Miss Corinna's evidence was only
a " bit of spite." Formerly she made one of her daughters
quite her bosom friend. They were more inseparable than the
Siamese twins, and like to a " double cherry parted," where-
ever one was, there the other was to be found. A squabble
had, however, occurred, and Miss Corinna could give her
quondam friends a sufficiently disparaging character.
The landlord came forward and said it was his wish for Mrs
Short to leave his house.

Mrs. Short—No, I shall not go before my time is up.
a quarterly lodger, arid I shan't remove till February nex
Mr. CHAMBERS—TiIe charge of threatening to blow your
brains out turns out to be mere nonsense, and as you wish to
stop in a house where you say you are afraid such a threat will
be put into execution, I cannot believe that you entertain any
such fear, and therefore 1 snail discharge the warrant.

W 0 1? SHIP- STRER T.
Yesterday Mr. George Charles Smith, commonly called
Boatswain Smith, appeared at this office on a charge of
preaching in the public highway, so as, by collecting a crowd,
to CRIPC an obstruction of the public thoroughfare.
Inspector Lewis, of the H division stated that the defen-
c'ant had sent a communication to the Commissioners of the
Metropolitan Police, as well as to Mr. Pierse, the Superinten-
dant of the division, that it was his intention to preach a ser-
mon in Charles-street, Hackney-road, that being the locality
from which a person on Sunday last, of the name of Hyde,
was taken to the station-house on a similar charge, and who
was released from any bond, he having promised not to con-
tinue the obstruction. In consequence of the communication
the Superintcndent and witness, at the time stated by the de-
fendant, went to a house in the neighbourhood to watch the
defendant's proccedit:gs. About six o'clock they saw the de-
fendant, who was accompanied by some children of the Mill-