The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-07 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The notification, in your paper of last night, on
the " Improvement in the Parks," is very pleasing ; and
it is to be hoped that the Subs of the Board of Works
will place all the lodges the right way, not in the
manner the iron posts in front of the Statue at Charing-
cross are done. Each of those posts has a sort of medal-
lion casting on two faces of it, of W. R., and some of them
are placed inwards and outwards ; others sideways, thereby
contemning uniformity, which, by the bye, is perhaps not
intended, only it would look better.
Oct. 7, 1836. YOUR CONSTANT READER.

INSOLVENT COURT.-(THIS DAY)*

Thomas Bridgwood, who described himself as a deals He
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pipe-clay, applied upon his petition to be discharged. P,
was supported by Mr. Woodrooffe, and opposed by Mr. Coote
on behalf of John Marden, Charles Wynne, and other cre-
ditors.
It appeared by the statement of the insolvent, that he bad.
been declared a bankrupt in July, 1833, but had not obtaine_a,
his certificate, and since then he had been traveller for a Staf
fordshire-house, and a commission-agent to Marden, the 01);
posing creditor. He was now detained at the suit of Wr
for the law-costs of an action of assault brought by the inso,
'
vent. The action had been tried at the Staffordshire as
and although the insolvent asserted that Wynne was the ag-
gressor, the Jury found a verdict for the defendant, with one
farthing damages, and the Court refused to grant a new trial'
because the plaintiff would not consent to withdraw a Pr%
The insolvent had also brought another action for an assault,
against a person named Gates, residing in the same neighbour:
hood.—(A laugh.) The only other debt he had incurred,
exclusive of law expenses, was a sum of 471.
Mr. CooKE was about to examine a witness who had been.
present at the trial for the assault, to prove that the insolvent
was the aggressor, but
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the Court was satisfied that
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these debts had not been incurred through misfortune.
law expenses to which the insolvent had gone were unneces"
sary, as it was evident that he never should have brought the
action.
The case was then adjourned, to afford the insolvent an
opportunity of obtaining the consent of three-fourths of Ills
creditors.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAT.)

BOW-STREET.
A porter, named William Chambers, was charged before
Mr. HALLS with having possession of a box containing Clothes,
a pensioner's certificate, &c., under suspicious circumstances._
Police Constable F 158, saw the prisoner about twelve
o'clock last night offering to leave the box in pledge f"11,,,
lodgings for the night in a house in Short's Gardens. Havale
some suspicion that all was not right, he took him to the
station-house.

The prisoner said he was last night in the Crown Pub,lieci
house, St. Giles's, when a woman, a stranger to him,
to
him to carry the box to Titchfield-street. He was abeut„,.
do so, and in order to make it more convenient he was Inuil
a cord round it. When he had done he was surprised to fie,.
the. woman had gone. He went to Titchfield-street, accorhne
ing to the directions given him, but nothing was known of the
woman or the box. He thought it would then be safe n "
pledged it only for his night's lodgings.
The Magistrate remanded the prisoner till enquiry could be
made as to the owner of the box.

HATTON-GARDEN: of
This morning being appointed for disposing of a number
summonses on behalf of the parish of St. James's, Clerken:
well, Mr. Selby, vestry clerk, appeared before Messrs. lineEßi
and BENNETT in support of numerous cases, the following
which were the most important
PARISH OF CLERKENWELL V. THE CHARTERED OAS LIOIII.

COMPANY.
Mr. Selby, vestry clerk, stated that this was a summons
against the Company for the amount of 1501. for rates ve-
longing to the parish of Clerkenwell.
and
The Secretary of the Company appeared in defence, ,
stated that they were, and always had been,
perfectly real):
and willing to pay what should be considered just and lie:
to the parish of St. James's ; but he begged also to state tbsik
ever since July 1833, there has been a negociation between
the parish and the Company for the purpose of considering
what was the just demand ; there had been repeated meetil3ge
on the subject, at one of which the Company was rated se°
cording to the value of the pipes ; but since that the Cots'
pany have ascertained that they were rated according to the
value of the ground, and he wished, on the part of the Co°l-
- to ascertain how that was.
Mr. Selby, in answer, said that some time ago the parish
summoned the New River Company for the non-payment of
similar rate, which was decided in favour of the parish, again!t
which decision the New River Company appealed; 111)°"
which it was agreed that a case should be laid before the
Court of King's Bench, and this Gas Company agreed t°
abide by the decision of that Court, the two cases being
analagous. Upon that case coming on, the Court confirmed
the decision of the Magistrates, but now the Gas Company re"
fused the payment on the ground of an overcharge in the rate.
and contended that the rate, instead of being 1501., ought not
to amount to nrore than 1201.
Mr. ROGERS said that was a matter with which the Magis-
trates had nothing to do ; he considered that the Gas Com-
pany were bound to pay the 1501., but they might aPPe'''
against his decision if they thought fit.
The Secretary considered it a very unjust demand, but said
that if they were compelled to pay, of course they must do 5_,,.°6
but at the same time he begged to be understood, on bah'
of the Company, as protesting against the claim altogether.
Several other cases were then disposed of, and the parties
left the Office.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Hannah Tudor was placed at an
bar before Mr. ROGERS, charged with stealing a sovereign'
under the following circumstances :
Mr. Henry Gosbell, a stationer, residing in High Holborn,
stated that the prisoner was repeatedly employed by him as a
charwoman, and yesterday, a lady who was dining at his hous?
missed a sovereign out of her bag, and he, suspecting the Po'
soner, who was in the house, of stealing it, gave her into cus-
tody, and the sovereign was found upon her. He caused the
prisoner's lodgings to be searched, and in her box was dis-
covered a quantity of valuable property belonging to him, such
as pocket-books, &c., and also a considerable quantity of other
property, belonging to her landlord.
The prisoner, who said nothing in her defence, was re-
manded until Wednesday next.