The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-17 00:00:00

IN RE JOHN WARREN.

The bankrupt in this case was a surgeon-dentist, re-
siding at No. 32, George-street, Hanover-square. In
his examination by Mr. James he admitted that his lia-
bilities were 3,000/., and his assets 92/. He attributed
his bankruptcy to heavy expenses incurred by law suits.
In one action against him, tried at Guildford, for
compensation for having run over a lady named Blake,
he incurred the sum of 4501. to his solicitors, Messrs.
Beck and Flower, who were the solicitors to the present
fiat.

The examination was adjourned to Tuesday, the 6th
of November.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A young man, named John Isaacs, was charged, un-
der an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament,
with havi9g, sold cigars in the street.
• Ai; txcise-officer stated, that, suspecting the prisoner
to be a cigar dealer in the streets, and seeing a small
box in his possession, he went up to him, and offered
to purchase one. The price was a penny, and the pri-
soner handed a cigar to him, and pocketed the money.
The LORD MAYOR, upon looking at the cigars, ex-
pressed surprise that an article of such quality could
be sold at the small price of one penny.
The officer said that they were a home-made article,
and that such was the price.
The LORD MAYOR—You don't mean to say that the
duty was not paid upon the tobacco ?
The officer said, that the charge against the prisoner
was for having sold a cigar in the way described, which
be had no right to do. A great deal was sold in that
manner, and the Board of Excise was determined to
put a stop to it, by proceeding against every one de-
tected in violating the Act.
The prisoner said that he never had the least idea
of selling cigars, and he merely handed the cigar in
question as a sample of the kind of article to be had at
the shop of his employer, Mr. Jacobs, who was exten-
sively engaged in the trade. The box produced was a
sample-box, and he would submit to the judgment of
any one present whether such cigars could be had for a
penny a-piece.

The cigars were to all appearance worth twopence
each ; they appeared, in fact, to be very little inferior
to the Havannah cigars.
The lather of the prisoner solemnly assured the Lord
Mayor that his son never hawked anything in his life,
and that he was employed as an agent to carry about
sam pies.
The LORD MAYOR asked the officer whether that
explanation was not satisfactory ? The officer—He
did not hesitate a moment, my Lord. I wont up to
him and asked him the price of one of those in his box,
and he told me without disguise, and took the money.
Mr. Hobler said that doubtless those who framed the
new Act had reason to think that ao improper mode of
sale was resorted to.

The LORD MAYOR—WeII, I shall fine you in the
lowest penalty, 251.

The officer—He can petition the Board of Excise for
a remission of the penalty ; but if I did not bring for-
ward the accusation, I should be chargeable with a
breach of duty. We have a great many difficulties to
encounter in the prosecution of our labours, as every
system of ingenuity is adopted to foil us.
The prisoner was then ordered to be detained until
the pleasure of the Board of Excise should be ascer-
tained.

ALLEGED INCENDIARISM.—We are happy to
learn that the stubby-stack belonging to Mr. John Am-
phlett, of Tapenhall, burnt on Thursday last, was not
the work of an incendiary, as was at first supposed ; Po-
Leeman Onslow having, after a searching inquiry, aster_
tamed that the mischief was caused by a little urchin of
six years of age, named James Grove, who had trumped up
a sun), tending to raise Ihe above-mentioned supposition._
Worcester Chronicle.

A correspondent at Ulverstone has a specimen
of iron ore, obt4ined within two miles and a half of that
Place- It is reported, he says, to contain 95 per cent of
iron• One specimen, of ten pounds and a half weight, has
been purchased and forwarded to Lord John Russell by
our correspondent, in order to be presented to her Majesl.
tie adds, that front 700 to SOO tons of this ore are
weekly,l..nd the bulk has 67 per cent. of iron. Steel ore
is also found,atnoegst it. . .