The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-13 00:00:00

INSOLVENT COURT.-THURSDAY

Daniel Palen, described as a bill broker, was opposed
by Mr. Cooke, on the part of Mr. Sherwood, an attorney.
The insolvent had been twice declared a bankrupt, and
had obtained his certificates. The'last bankruptcy was the
latter end of 1832, and the previous one, in the year 1816,
was not mentioned in the petition. His present debts
amounted to 4,153/. For 5471. he had received no con-
sideration, leaving 3,383/.`for which he had received con-
sideration. On the other side he claimed credits to the
amount of 2,4111., of which 1,875/. he said was owing by
a party to whom he had transferred bills of exchange and
promissory notes to discount. His business as a bill broker
was to receive bills and get them discounted. In that man-
ner!, he had received various bills, which he had given to the
party in question to discount. He had not done so, but
tl:e gentleman who had entrusted him with the bills had had
to pay them, and he had inserted them as creditors in his
schedule. The debt he considered " doubtful." He de-
clared that he had only received 3001. from the party, and
bad given him securities to the amount of the debt he
claimed. A minute inquiry into the bills he had received
from some public characters was made. They had given
the insolvent the bills, but had not received the money, and
afterwards paid them. In two instances they were bills
5001. each. The insolvent declaied that he had not re-
ceived the money from the party who was to discount
them.

The COURT decided that the " discounting party" must
be produced.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.

These sessions commenced on Wednesday before Mr.
CONST and a full bench of Magistrates. The calendar
contains the names of eighty-three prisoners, of whom six-
teen are charged with being idle and disorderly, seventeen
for riot, eighteen for stealing, and thirty-four (under twenty
years of age) for various minor offences.
Joseph Cannon and James Maters were indicted for
keeping a common gaming house in Pickering-place, St.
James's, in October, 1834- The defendants had traversed
over from the last sessions, and two other co-defendants,
included in the same indictment, did not appear to take
their trial.
The Jury found a verdict of guilty.

POLLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THAMES POLICE.

FAMILY JARS.--Yesterday Thomas Dale, the mate of a
ship, was brought before Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr.
CLARKSON, charged with beating his wife Elizabeth, who,
the moment she entered the office, and before the officer
had time to administer the oath, began with great volubility
to relate that she was the most injured of women, and ever
since her husband had come into possession of some money,
he had been in the habit of ill-using her. The night before
last he gave her a black eye while they were in bed !.

Mr. BALLANTINE remarked that. it was somewhat ex-
traordinary the parties should begin fighting in bed, and
asked Mrs. Dale if they had not quarrelled at supper time?
The Wife—No, Sir ; he has got another hussey he wishes
to go out with, and I won't let him.
Husband—Oh I Betsy, you can't say so !
Mr. BALLANTIND—I don't want you to tell me too much
of your secrets ; but did you not scold him in bed about
the hussey, as you call her ?
The wife—No, Sir, I did not. If you did but know
what a good wife lam to him, you would pity me. He
beat me black and blue—here's a state my arms, neck,
and face a►e in ! Look at them !—(She here diSplayed her
bruises.)
The husband, in defence, said that he and his wife bad
been at a friend's house on the evening in question, where
she grew jealous of a woman much younger than herself,
and when he got into bed, she began tearing him to pieces
with her nails.

Mr. BALLANTINE—You don't appear any the worse for
it. It is a very great pity that you can't live on amicable
terms, just after fortune has smiled upon you.
Husband—You know, Betsy, you went and got my
money, and wouldn't let me have it.
Mr. BALLANTINX-I hope she will keep it. The women
can take better care of money, and spend it better than
the men.

Wife—Oh, Thomas, you gave me a dose of poison ; you
isint it.

Husband—You are telling stories, Betsy. I was deter-
mined you should not take any more of pill of cotii and
Morison's pills, and I gave you a dose to do you good.
Ellis, the officer, said the defendant had been captain of
a ship. He had squandered away considerable property
bequeathed him by a relative lately deceased.
Mr. BALLANTINE said he believed the parties had some
fondness for each other, as the husband called his' wife by
her Christian name, and she did the same. He believed
that a reconciliation might be effected ; but in the mean
time the defendant must find bait to keep the peace, in or-
der to prevent him fighting with his wife between the sheets
and ill-using her as he had done.

An affray, we are given to understand, recently tool
place at Oxford, between some military officers and the Proc•
tors, which has been made the subject of a serious investiga
tion at the Horse Guards.

The parish of Rampton, near East Retford, can
boast of what few parishes can in the kingdom—namely, that
of having a Vicar, the Rev. Richard Barrow, in the 90th year
of his age ; his Curate, the Rev. Edmund Wallace, in his 87th
year ; and their Clerk, Mr. Robert Brown, in his 82d year ;
all enjoying remarkably good health, and every one of them
able to read without spectacles.
Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock,
another of those too frequent accidents which occur to female
servants, from standing outside of windows to clean them, oc-
curred to Maria Jackson, a young woman, 18 years of age, in
the service of Mrs. Burglois, in York-street, Bryanston-square.
She was standing outside of the. back drawing-room windows,
laughing and talking to her fellow-servant, who was engaged
in cleaning the insrde, when suddenly the latter pulled the
window down, which caught the fingers of Jackson, and from
the agony she endured she let go her hold, and fell into the
back area, a height upwards of 25 feet. Both her legs were
fractured in a shocking manner.
On Monday, as the daughter of Mr. Curtis, of
Peter-street (a girl about 13), was crossing the London-road,
opposite Walcot- terrace (several coaches passing at the time),
she was knocked down by the leader of the company's coach,
which was travelling at its usual pace, and before the coach-
man could pull up the horses and coach passed quite over her,
without doing her the least injury, except a very trifling bruise
on her head. The coachman pulled up as quickly as possible.
—Bath Journal.
DREADFUL FIRE AT SUNDERLAND.--.About
four o'clock on Saturday morning last, the ship-building yard
of Messrs. Adamson, of Bishopwearmouth Pans, was disco-
vered to be in flames. It commenced among dry shavings and
burned with great fury, extending to a number of fir deals and
other wood. We have heard the loss estimated at from 4,0001.
to 5,0001. Mr. Taylor had, it is said, upwards of 5.00.0 bushels
of malt in his malting, the whole of which was destroyed. We
are happy to state that no accident of a very serious nature
happened to any person.—Tyne Mercury.