The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-30 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

Mr. Robert Bunkharn, who has already op.
peered before the Court, was this day again
brought up to claim his discharge under the Act
for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. The amount
of debts on his schedule are upwards of 30,0001.
but to meet this there are very considerable as-
sets. His discharge was opposed on the ground
that, by the manner in which the balance sheet
was drawn out, a sum of 10,0001. remained unac-
counted for; but this was overruled by the
Court, and he was declared entitled to his dis-
charge. It appears that there is a commission
of bankruptcy now iu force against the insol-
vent, the third reading under which is fixed for
the Ist of January, in consequence of which the
Court declined appointing assignee►► under this
Act until the proceedings under the conunissioi,
are closed. The Court also intimated that an
application would then be heard by the Court as
to the appointing assignees relative to any jtaure
property of which the assignees under the cow•
mission could not take cognizance.

BOW-STREET.—(Titis DAY.)

EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES AT CROYDON.

For some time past the neighbourhood of
Croydon has been laid under very heavy contri-
butions by a gang of plunderers, who have con-
trived to evade the most indefatigable exertions
for their capture. Horses, mules, and asses have
been paid much attention to, and one person has
lost, within a few weeks, no less than six of
the latter. This day, John Exley was brought
up in custody, charged with having in his pos-
session a very ♦aluable animal of the latter
species, belonging to Mr. Hill, of the above
place. The animal being found in his possession,
he was culled on to account for how he came pos-
sessed of it, which he did by producing the per-
son of whom he bought it ; this person produced
several others, who swore to seeing him also buy
it, and there being no clue to the original
thief, Sir iticu.tao BIaNIE ordered the com-
plainant, who had seized it, to keep possession,
leaving the other parties to their remedy at law,
and discharged the prisoner. Before leaving the
office, the worthy Chief Magistrate observed to
the complainant, that if he were to send the pri-
soner to the Old Bailey he would not be con-
victed.

The Complainant.—" No, my Lord, I don't
want that. I don't wish to be hard ; but, my
Lord, you'll remember that Lord Ellenborouo
didn't acquit the man for stealing the ass.—
However, No got my little fellow, and I'll
keep him."

Sir IticuAnn.--« Ah, do, my friend, uud if
you can find the thief bring him here."
The holidays seem to have concluded unhap.
pily for some of the wirer of London, whose husbands, after
their excessive !illations and squandering their cash, have, in
moments of vexation, inflicted wanton assaults upon their ribs.
A very interesting young woman, attired in a style bordering
on fashion, entered the office, and charged her husband with a
violent assault. It appeared that they had only been married a very
short time, during which the husband bad frequently beaten her in
the most violent manner. The husband said he was justified in
threshing his wife, if he had cause. She was never at home,
and neglected him. Sir It. DINNIE—What can justify your
striking a woman? Prisoner—Provocation. Sir Iticitattn—
It is false, sir; and no man would ever be guilty of such
cowardice: I tell you, sir, plainly, that none but a most
deliberate coward would ever strike a woman. You took her
for better or worse," you swore to love and protect her at the
altar of Clod, and if you do not attend to the solemn oath you
have taken, it's my duty to see her protected—she must and
shall be protected, and you, Sir, must find bail. Two other
applications for warrants were made by wives against their has.
bands.—Sir RICHARD verily believed that all the husbands
were going mad !

Ronasnius.--Several daring robberies have
been committed since Christmas in the neighboar-
hood of Lambeth, and information was laid at
Union Hall, yesterday, of one in the house of a
surgeon, in George-street, Lambeth. The thieves
entered the house, and the ow ner, an elderly gen..
tleman, was violently beaten, and the whole of
his front teeth were kicked out by one of the
ruffians.—Another robbery was committed in the
house of Mr. Lee, of the same street, and others
in the same neighbourhood. The inhabitaut4
nightly discharge fire-arms to caution the thkves.
ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, as a brick-
layer, named BUMMER, was giving orders to
some w orkmen, at the new buildings near tt►e
Five-fields, Chelsea, two of the scaffolding planks
on which he stood, on the second tier, accident-
ally tilted up, and threw the unfortunate man to
the ground, n height of about 30 feet. The work-
men instantly ran to his assistance ; he appeared
senseless, being stunned by the fall ; they then
carried him off the ground, and medical attend,-
ance was promptly procured. On examining him
there was no hones broken, but he appeared to
have received several bruises about the body and
limbs. The pour fellow shortly after recovered,
his senses, and was conveyed home in a very
feeble state.

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At A 11 WED.
On the 24th inst., at St. Mary's, Newington, John'eutle,
Esq., of the Ordnance Department, Tower, to Louisa, (laugh,
ter of Thomas Freak, Esq., of Blackheath.
On the 10th inst., at Loughton, F. Field, r, of Adtll4-
street, Aldermanbury, to Catherine Morgan, niece of the ktto
James Ilirt, Esq., of Loughton, Essex,
On the 28th inst., at Christ Church, Stain, John George
Maud, Esq., of Stamford-street, to Hannah, second daughter
of 31r. Jacob Bailey, Wood-street, Cheapside. •
On the 29th instant, at. Greenwich, Lewis Crumble, Esq., of
Argyll-street, to Harriett, daughter of Thomas Lester, Esq.,
of Crown's-hill, Greenwich.
On the 21st inst., at Spots-house, W. Copland, Esq., to
sabeth, second daughter of Robert Ilsy, Esq., of Spots, Dun..
bar, Pi. B.
On the 20th inst., at St. Pancras new chant), Charles Jet'.
feria, Esq., R.N.,of Wobuen-place, to Maris, second daughter
of the late Mr. John Pearson, of Rutland.place.
On Thursday, the 23d inst., at St. Giles's, Reading, Richard
Stosker, surgeon, of Welbeek, street, second son of U. Smelter,
Esq., of Guy's Hospital, to Anne, only daughter of the late
R. Southby, Esq., of Battersea.

DI ED.
On the 28th inst., in his 78th year, Richard Hunt, Esq. of
Kingsland-mad, many years an intelligble and active offittr the Custom-house, London. in
On the 28th inst,, at Tottenham, aged 88, Mr. James Amur,
many years an inhabitant of Clerkenwell.
On the Ist of November last, at Essequibo, in the 20th/ of his age, Walter Robert D'Urban, youngest son of tor Mat-
jamin D'brban, his Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, of that
colony.
On the 20th Inst., in the 7th year of his age, John
Esq., many years Freight Accountant to the .East India Chia-
-131101-15n. the 29th inst., at 100, nattoniraracno in the "tit yeet of
her age, Ann, wife of henry Morley, Esq.
On the 27th inst., Smith, wife of OtOril• Scott, optician,
Newgato.strects

L N TYCYN 3 0 UILN I.S.

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Extracts from Mc Moi•nitig'Papeili Dec. 30.

PrIG YIN ING POST.]

We received last tight, by Express, French
Papers to dui =2Bth iustant,and
.the Mode, cif
CiP.fily• The laheursof the Chambers had not
yet re4ularly begun. 'The Previsional Bureau of
the peptides had, had an arldlence of the
in whit:hit had presented. to his Majesty the list
of the candidates elected for the Presidency ;.butt
though a
.Council of State had. subsequently:beep
held, the Royal Choice lied not been made, or at
least had not becn publicly announced. 1.110.
Papers contain intelligence from Madrid to the'
l.gth instant, by which it would appear that the
Kiug'sresolution not to recognize the loan of the
Cortes had, for an:instant, been shaken ; for it
is said that M. '.ea Burinetle4, who is the Chief
opponent of that just and necessary measure, had
threatened to resign, if the
,idett of its adoption
were not abandoned. The grounds ou which he
founds,lds opposition are not changed. lie con•
tinues to fear, good', credulous man as he is, that
if Ferdinand should recognize the Loans of the
Cortes, Which were consecrated by his signature
and Royal word, he would be obliged to do the
'same with respect to those obtained 44 by the He.
bets of Peru, Chili, Coloinhin, end Mexico, when
those kingdoms shall have returnedto due obe-
dience'." Nor that they will ever return to due
obedience to the tyraut of Spain is become a po-
litical, physical, and moral impossibility. But
oven supposing, for the sake of argument, that
they should, in what name were the loons which
they procured negotiated ? In that of Ferdi-
nand ? No ; in their own. Never did they ap-
peal to his authority to strengthen their credit 7--
'never did he sign a single document to fasten any
part of their responsibility upon . himself. lie
.would therefore stand in a very different sitnP.—
lion from .that in which his oliicial acceptance
and actual recognition of the Loans contracted
by the Cortes for his service, have placed Wm.-7—
But the whole is a flimsy pretence to disgUise the
-staring dishonsty of a positive breach of faith,
and Is equally disgraceful to the Miniger who
proposes, as to the SovCreigli who adopts such an
'infamous expedient. The evacuation of Spain. by
.the French troops was proceeding io a regular
and orderly manner. The CotproAnder-itt-COief,
Coont' Divot), had already .retired with his
staff as fur baCk as Vittoria. The Prus7
sian Government of the Saxon provinces
ceded in Isll4 to Prussia, 14 in order to reductt
as-much as possible the -number_of individuals
from theindustrious classes, who devote themselves
to study," has, deemed II that., the sons of agri.
oulturists and artisans, even: if they should ills.
thignish themselves by their application aud good
conduct, shall be excluded from every scholar-
Alp :the nomination to which depends on the
Authorities." This is another proof of the great
conspiracy 44 to shut the gates of learning on
mankind " but it will fail, like the other at-
tempts of the holy Alliance, to chain the free-
dom or extinguish the light of the human mind.;
Even the Journal der bawls expresses disgust
at this disgraceful exclusion' of the children of
the people from the benefits of education, and
justly observes that both Germany and France
owe to the." indostriouuclusses " their greatest
into, in the church, in sciences, anti in letters.