The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

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QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

HILTON V. LORD GRANVILLE.
This case was resumed at the sitting of the Court this
morning, and occupied the whole of the day in hear-
ing evidence with respect to the working of mines, and
in hearing cases cited in which parties had recovered
compensation for injuries caused to their property from
the working of mines.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Court on be-
half of the Crown, and witnesses having been called in
support of his case,
The Court adjourned until to-morrow.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.)
IN RE SIPPINGS.

This bankrupt, who had carried on business as an
hotel keeper at the Hotel de Paris, at Cromer, came up
for his certificate.

Mr. LUCAS appeared to oppose, principally on the
ground that the bankrupt had attempted to conceal a
great portion of his property, In the course of the
Learned Counsel's address he said that the opposing
creditors had had great difficulty in making out a case in
consequence of the expense of bringing up witnesses
from Norwich and elsewhere, but when they had done
so at their own expense, and made out a prima facie case,
his Honour had ordered the assignees to take up the case;
and although ultimately his Honour appeared to be of
opinion that the bankrupt could hardly be con-
sidered liable for the attempted concealment, as he
was not proved to have been present, yet his Honour
thought it a case in which the costs of the opposition
should be allowed. He (the Learned Counsel) would
take the liberty of mentioning to the Court a suggestion
of the members of the Chamber of Commerce at Norwich
on this point. The Chamber of Commerce was com-
posed of bankers, merchants, and gentlemen of the legal
profession in that city, and they had come to the con-
chision that the object of the Act was frequently frus-
trated by throwing the expense on individual creditors,
where they had to take witnesses a distance to London,
and they had urged on the authorities that it would
facilitate the proceedings, and lessen the expcnse, if in
certain cases, such as inquiring into concealment of
property, the Commissioners of this court should
have it in their discretion to appoint the judge
of the county court, or some other compe-
tent person, to act as their deputy, and take the
examination of witnesses, except in large estates, and
when the subject was intricate. The Chamber had, he
was informed, made a communication to the Lord Chan-
cellor on the subject, and had entertained hopes that in
the new Act some clause giving such discretion to the
commissioner would have been inserted.

His HONOUR said, that as the matter had been men-
tioned he would remark that seven years ago ho had
taken a great deal of trouble at Norwich to impress this
on the minds of gentlemen there, but as the evil was
only then coming they had not then thought it necessary
to take any steps, and they were now feeling the conse-
quences of their neglect. Many of those gentlemen
were wholesale dealers and large warehousemen, and if
they did not continue to look into the matter they would
still continue to have a very indifferent legislation.
The subject was then dropped, and the case was
proceeded with.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.)
EMBEZZLEMENT.—Thonias Freeman, aged 39, de-
scribed as a wig-maker, was charged with embezzling a
sum of 481. 18s., the property of the overseers of the
parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn.

From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was
one of the poor-rate collectors, and in that capacity ob-
tained the money in question, for which he neglected to
account.

Mr. Robinson conducted the prosecution, and Mr,
iluddlestone the defence.

There was nothing of interest in the case, but during
the examination of one of the witnesses a question was
raised as to the correctness of the indictment, it being
contended by the counsel for the defence that the money
in question was not the property of the overseers, but
of the guardians, whose servant the prisoner was. In
this opinion the Common-Sergeant concurred, and con-
sulted Mr. Commissioner Bullock, who took the same
view of the law on the question. The case, however,
was permitted to proceed, and the prisoner was found
Guilty, but sentence was not passed, the point contended
for by his counsel being reserved for the decision of the
judges.
This being the last case on the calendar terminated
the business of the court.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The June adjourned sessions commenced this morning
at the Court House, Clerkenwell-green, before the As-
sistant-Judge and a full bench of magistrates.
The calendar was unusually heavy, owing to the length
of time intervening since the last session—no less than
150 persons being for trial; of these 23 were charged
with misdemeanours, and the remainder with felony.
Of these 45 were described in the calendar as unable
either to read or write, 104 as reading and writing im-
perfectly, and one only out of the 150 was able to read
and write well.

The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in charging the grand jury,
referred to the number of prisoners for trial at the pre-
sent session, but said he was glad to find that they did
not exceed the average as far as the time elapsing be-
tween each session went. After alluding to the measure
now before the Legislature upon the subject of criminal
jurisprudence, he said he was happy to find that, although
he could not approve cordially of many of its provisions,
yet that it still was a step in the right direction. During
the course of his address he dealt a smart lecture
to those tradesmen who were in the habit of exposing
goods outside their shop doors, and thus throwing an
uncalled-for temptation in the way of young boys, and
concluded by saying that he for ono would most gladly
promote a low which would compel all such persons to
bear the whole expenses of the prosecution.
An application was made by a sergeant of the B divi-
sion of police to have the evidence of a witness in a very
important case taken as speedily as possible before the
grand jury, under the following circumstances:—The
witness was a female, who was daily and hourly expect-
ing her confinement, and there was no place for her to
wait in except the common hall, where there was no seat
to sit down upon, where she was jostled about amongst
300 or 400 persons, and which, for persons even in ro-
bust health, especially in winter, or the warm months of
summer, was almost unbearable.

The Learned ASSISTANT'JUDGE said it was a most
scandalous case that no accomodation could be afforded
to a witness under such circumstances. The arrange-
ments for persons in waiting on the Court, as prosecu-
tors and witnesses, was an actual disgrace to the country,
and he was glad the Chairman of the County Magis-
trates (Mr. Pownall) was present.
Mr. Pownall said if it rested with the Chairman of
the Court, the proper and much required accommodation
should be afforded as speedily as bricks and mortar
could be run up, but he was, unfortunately, wholly
powerless in the matter.
James Squires, convicted at the last sessions of steal-
ing a pocketbook from the person of Captain Archdall,
M.P., at the Ilungerford Pier, was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
T beforeot t
mo
Binghamr. dw a rd
charged F o x, a
itstonemason,liendeav was
to extort money from Thomas Hill,
GROSS ATTEMPT-asbroAugThtEx
byw charging him with attempting to commit a nameless
offence.
The prosecutor stated that he was a waiter, and resided
at No. 9, Orford place, Marlborough-road, Chelsea. On
the 16th instant he went into Hyde Park to see the
review, which he found was put off till the following
day in consequence of the wet. Le left the park and
proceeded towards Hyde Park-corner. Oa arriving oppo-
'usrHpoosspital he entered one of the screens
e. He had not been there many
fors oppo-
site
a St.
certain Geo George's
minutes when the prisoner and a third person came in.
After witness had adjusted his dress he left the
place and proceeded towards Knightsbridge. He had not
walked many yards when the prisoner came up to
him, and entered into conversation with him about the
unfavourable state of the weather. By this time prose-
cutor had arrived opposite the White Horse public-house,
where he had a pint of Porter ; and as the prisoner had
stated that he was out of work, witticss invited him to
parteke of it. They afterwards left the house, and had
another pint of porter at the Clock•heuso, Knights-
after leaving the latter Louse, walked
bridge- Witness,
towards Piccadilly. Ou arriving opposite the Green
Park, the defendant said he IVIF not ging any further.
Warier,: replied, that as he uederstooci that he (prisoner)
was residing at Pimlico, the m-arest way would be across
the Green Park. Witness was about leaving the
prisoner, when he (prisoner) said "I must have some-
thing before you go." Witness asked him what he
meant? The prisoner rejoined "You know what I mean.
I want some money." Wanes, replied that he could not
have any from him, as he had none about him. The
prisoner then said, " That be d—d. I have given a
fellow three months this morning, and he told me atht

he bad no money about him, and I'm d--d if Ido 008,
give you three months also without you give me some:
Witness said that he (prisoner) must be a bad sob
fellow to make such a threat. The prisoner replied that
ho wanted the money for indecently assaulting whilsi la
the screen, and said he should give him (w,itn:„,,,ess2
in charge to the first constable that came up. "'"-:
then walked towards Berkeley street, and was an
turning the corner when the prisoner came aP.„,
stood in front of him, and would not let 1,7
pass. Witness then took him by the ,:e°lllo
and told him that he would not let "an "..t
till he had given him in charge for attemptinm.cr to ext°lll
money from him. The prisoner then said,
and rlarii,,(ll,
give you another quarter for collaring me '' and a", .te;
" that he (witness) might bounce and tell the inagialog
as the other fellow did, but it would be of little 0812,w
the magistrate would not listen to him at all." 6,_°",,,c
quently a police-constable came up, when the prould.
stable. was about to take witness id ebabrge'viit•
prisoner said, " I have not charged him le'''Tisoner
ftn.oaerlslse called
then
atr e indecentlyto him
a s s'a
u i 't
iln g g i vine et. this i 3
requested the constable to take the tat
he
in . charge for attempted extortion, and Abe
When tba tbd
(witness) would accompany him to the station...y.4i
constable then proceeded towards the station in vt'ag
street, but before they arrived there the prisoner vds";l6
,t, he constable to let him go to Pimlico to speak to „,i.ll
man into custcog:
mates," and then he would come to the station. 114
constable told him if he attempted to go aivoY___,l2.lollitb
take him into custody, as he would not be "'l" lad
any longer. The prisoner then went to the station•_:s,
gave witness in charge. On the following morning ritt
ness was brought to this court, and was disc _,,,
conseiEumemniacnnetoueociu,fsattrhotedifiyc.non-attendance of the rison:l;d
Witness met the prisoner in Castle-street last WO
Pr
The
a similar chargeiaal donne
ditelif
gave him
el
1: t bi:
prisoner, with the ff try denied 0
greatest e ron 0 si3 0
ld look over it and letgflhaormisstgt
charge and • •
b said the statement of the first witl2`..trilte
false from beginning to end. Ile hoped the laagi-
wou to b 8
Mr 0,, 5 ea
kept prettyinßiNe ills3al faea id t
custodyhath
ef
o(rp_r,tosiClos. eeomsniPeedrrii:tsiglavrie.s:or.:....k

remandhim-till Wednesday next.
THAMES.—(THIS DAY•?, w wai
3c,he
Faarrrgso Thomasemodfwai
with
Jones,the following
ojt
waalmiln,
egspTowr assaulte rs powerful,
yu
:,e—ay a ma
nf•ea,L 0
tyt. fa r
bi 4
the poor man's statement, corroborate- 00,0
sthoen and daughter, it appeared that yesterday after 00
prisoner followed the prosecutoYes daughtfsl7ol4le:
he had never seen before, to her residence, Isln• trateo
street, Whitechapel. Of course her father rem brother
with him on such a proceeding, and at last D.
prat
told him if he did not leave the house he would thd
into custody. After some persuasion he left' If,/ Or
ktolelndgoecmtkhaeendr,a the
annddhilasssotnheyalswoeqrueitpastedstihneg house shorl=igtree,
down tleel
v hi techapel, the prisoner rushed out of a 111113“ c& c's
Wl'
old man into the gutter, and then
head about.
In his defence the prisoner declared that dig! 81.14:01
been drinking with him all the afternoon. - dr• bpi
.abused. him. shamefully. He certainly
it was in his own defence. trociodd
Mr. 11
..-ALLANTINE said, that for such gn tnt the
outrage he should inflict the highest punyßA
w allowed him. His sentence was that the 13--
pay a fine of 51. to the Queen, of go to gaol lor
months. He was locked up in default.
struck hang

NAVAL INT---ELLIGEINC-15.* '
gstrearin-gyasclhipt,Una°
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—This mOrlliDg the 4
alongsideMaster-Commander galaid 011171
thedockyaArdil,eD,
theo_ Commander-in-Chief, and other distingui aracl
tlicers, an opportunity of insecting her bottort!,lol
with which "00e
examining the state of the composition• wi
been put on to prevent the adhesion of rubbish- or
iner to esiortci
side of the vessel is coated with red lead, and the :4 to
with this composition, which has now been exPft,„eot•
the action of the water since the 12th ult. On/nri the
nag the bottom of the vessel this morning, we 4-tiliscies'
red lead covered with weeds, grass, barnacles, °Lig 8S
and such like adhesive matters, the red lead ae"7so
nourishment to the growth of such obstacles to theirl free
seed; whereas the composition side was clean al node
rom all rubbish, except such as would inimediatelloter
off on being slightly touched or acted upon by fore,
whendeemed
the vessel is in motion. The result, there tae
n eminently satisfactory, as far as all trialsieLboe
new composition for the bottoms of iron vesseqsde the
ic or deo sairtei ohnagpupiyt, et
oc l
se
itherto extended. The Undine was taken outth her
harbour when the tide floated her, and came ill "
who fell pittto'
taante that the young seams 10'
ethllead, on Saturday, while manningy.' - ~ trhifr
at from the topmast crosstrees of the gowf4 hice
...d. for xrd'4
Albert, is alive and well, having sustained hp'
injuries by his tumble of upwards of 200 feet- T
Retired Commander Henry Cradock, e3ell..a.dieu
assistant to the Master-Attendant of this docliya•-.15 ae
on Friday, the 18th inst., aged eighty-two. e ..„-f ale
officer of the Queen Charlotte in Howe's actielnioiral
Ist of June, 1794; was Master of the Glory (''"1805,
Stirling's flag-ship) in Sir Robert Cald#'s aeticlrl'rde Of
waroffieer,eyhedawrse.s
universally
thirty-sevenand was actively employed for a perio of 010%010
consideredwas
ssal last o.Bll#
The -
.Diligence naval transport arrived here ---
mg; from
Woolwich.
Itolsi
To-morrow the Deputy-Adjutant- G eneral of the 0 A
Marines
makes his annual inspection of this difislLi ia
lyr espeeteda. most
grand field day at Fort Cumberland will be inelou`
the day's events. well
WooLwicrt, JUNE 21.—The Garland
Captain steam- to
Smithett, is placed under orders to Intigiall°
Ostend to convey his Majesty the King of the J'''',l, oo
to England. It is expected his Majesty will einhe'l the
Wednesday, and land at Woolwich in the course of the
afternoon of that day. It is gratifying to learn i'rofed
health of King Leopold of Belgium is greatly ieltroel
within the last week, and that he is now able to lie be
without any apprehension of danger from the fstig

may have to
ADELPHI THEATR-o• oared/
A new three act comedy (or to speak
with
resit;
melodrama) from the practised pen of the te
ith the 11:0,''
was produced here last evening, 7, Title Dee
co
complete success. It is entitled the torus tittle
and the interest of the piece
certain
„e , _ford'
tho loss and the recovery u` air Calle" to
deeds, the property of Mr. Morant..t; proeeetditle
a West India merchant, who is abouisiziug the ,
be
Jamaica, and who leaves the box cell b of whien
ca *iota
deeds and a large sum of money in the cab, Pa..,,
knows not the number. The driver. fir'
Stati,l4
phrey Haywisp (admirably acted by he resiststh"er
finds the box. He is miserably poor, but
for his w°bito
temptation for a time, and had it not beene urges ed
he would have resisted it altogether. She
notwithstandingto break open th et
hbeoxenantrdeaatpiepsroopfri
his
se
witiVosnayteitiVivil
Woolgar) he gives way, and finding a largy„co 00, 1
money in the box, he appropriates that to hi! big old
frchases a cottage at Glastonbury, nd wittor
end Petcr Hush (Wright), a ci-deva
ant autu
actor, whom he engages as tutor tO b 1 be.
dren, retires into the country, where 06 be
comes a sporting man, and as such f.
comes acquainted with Turfy Goodwood (A3`,..ce),
Bedford), a blackleg, and Mr. Philip Fustic (Mr. rngfa'
a pigeon, and the partner of Morant. He has savef "boP
cient money to replace the sum he had found in tuedolle
and is anxious to discover the owner. Conscience h„,rissnont
its work with the mother,who hasbecome .'"ieedg
comes forward to claim the box containing the titleio {or
without which he will be ruined. Humphrey seectia
the box—it has disappeared. The old woman, in 110 not
fit, had removed it, and concealed it she hi10
5001;
where. There is a Mrs. Evergay (Mrs. Yates) gist
et
in the town with her two nieces (well any.— 006
Ellen Chaplin and Miss E. Harding). Philip
these young ladies, who is betrothed to fie!
Fustic, is fond of drawing, and in sketching 'bt, eb!
of the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey by
observed an old woman prowling about-8011ot of tit'
picturesque appearance she introduced the fig.tl' rani
old woman into the sketch. Sally HarilsP Soar
nises it as that of her mother-in-law•sinio pi
tece
is made among the ruins, and the box c,°nt The Pna
title-deeds is found, and all eilds happily stage; ale,
was capitally acted and admirably put on the h
lit
Peake has furnished the management it
deeds for a run of a hundred nights.

PRINCESS'S THEAVRE;,,, oon
Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles 30313,3e,-0-pesi7;
menced an engagement here last evening, 10,' Criti
in Love's Telegraph, A Curious Case, and Alga bo'"
Their reception was most enthusiastic, and
_..tr-"tocilt‘
appeared all the better for their recent promc."`"
sion. The house was crowded.

bt the
MWILSON'S ER. t nig 0,
Music NTERTAINMENTs.---Las- - d
music Store-Areet, was filled by a heartY the
plauding audience, who had assembled to 11";$
tfiraheir
vtereiel
andlast
gbudget
the for
tongsthe sweaitsbo,n. Wi I s°° °re,
if possible, 01
n his usual excellence ; the result was, abnothifileo,D
encores. He sang e The Skylark," by request, /I it 0
again produced as great an effect as when he i,e thtl
his entertainment on Hogg's songs. We Perceenes:
on
.the concluding night of the season, on Mondl4,l„orilii
lißuits to
give his popular entertainment '
Its," when he sings some of Burns's finest soneiliel)
recites the humorous poem of " Tam o' Shalltsd 1
he gives with great gusto.
PIEBALD MICE.—Row, a mechanic, boo'
Lion-court, Taunton, has in his possession severs
tifully mottled white and black mice, from one of wn
34
he lately had the extraordinary progeny of ,13,ix Otetefh
one litter. The breed is common in the Austr"l" itiner
and has been imported by the Italian and Sviiis ,
rants.—Salisbury Herald. the 11_,.P
RAT-KILLING EXTRAORDINARY;-•••On per-
inst., Mr. Joseph Jenkins, of Blaenplwyf yam ', epre
Lampeter, and his two brothers, both under twelve:oo
of age, killed no less than 107 rats in less than ore.
hour. The modus operandi was as follows: --T11: aoiclt
brothers
poured boiling water, or cold water anuig
lime, into the rats' holes, and on their atterePti.l
escape they were knocked on the head with the
which the youths held in their hands. eot
THE CRors —The late rain has had
in the improved appearance of the crops in thAislse Sit
bourhood, particularly the wheat. In the ger"—,. nor
its beneficial effects are experienced, and peare,ar:„rcloi
plentiful (Thursday), at 9d. per peck, and on W‘'"oel"
(this day) there is no doubt they may be rettd"Y hdif"
chased at 6d. Many samples of new potatoes fre:lllBiset
ferent parts of the county have been shown of goo
Thered,ce
very clear, and perfectly free from disease.
goofl sprinlding of fruit— eortainly not the still° 'bet
j
„„ie o
of borne seasons—which, we understand, in so
counties is deficient, except that useful and P„—Arsei
fruit, the apple, which, we are glad to otatea,visisigel3ooB eigh°
reported to be abundant.—Bedford lifercurile