The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-21 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN RE DUBBINS.
This bankrupt, described as of the Somerset Hotel, in
Le Strand, and of Colchester, Essex, came up to pass
."1 last examination.
111. Graham, the official assignee, expressed himself
Ortisfied with the accounts; the solicitor to the assignees,
Ilvever, proceeded to examine the bankrupt as to his
rest in the hotel, as it was contended that there had
n a partnership between him and a person of the
eof Kimber. The bankrupt's version, however, was
that he was to conduct the business, and have one-third
°f the profits above the first 5001.
Sorue difficulty had been experienced by the messen-
rs in getting possession of the books on account of the
Irinsactions between Kimber and the bankrupt.
Rig HONOUR allowed the bankrupt to pass his exami-
Ration, and appo'nted a private meeting for the examina-
"On of witnesses.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
fore Lord Chief Justice WILDE and Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
ANFANTICIDE.—Ann Cleveland, aged 26, described as
tsPinster, and Hill, alias Dolly, aged 35, described as a
"qcourer, were indicted for the wilful murder of a male
thud.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Huddlestone conducted the
osecution ; and the prisoners were defended by Mr.
rgeant Allen and Messrs. Clarkson and Parry.
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•BALLANTINE stated the case to the jury, and
`led the following witnesses:—
„ kr. Benjamin Brooking, surgeon, No. 7, Bow-street,
;;ovent-garden, stated that he had been called in to
dead the female prisoner in her confinement, at No. 7,
Wellington-street. The child was born before he ar-
tie
ed, and was in a perfectly healthy condition. He
T'4,8,1 called in on the Friday, and the child was dead.
he countenance was " suffused;" there was a Ipro-
Ttrusion of the eyes, and the hands were clenched.
he extremities of the fingers were livid, and the
NI were drawn up towards the body. From these ap-
pearances he suspected that the child had not died from
:laurel causes. On Saturday he made a post mortem
!Areination. He found that, though the body had a
'lateral appearance, there was congestion on the lungs,
tvttiicularly on the left lung, which had three spots of
I,ood on it. The heart was completely empty, and the
tide did not present a natural appearance. The left
Lge of the brain also exhibited the same appearance of
Zngestion as the left lung. From these appearances he
Zee decidedly of opinion that the child died of suffoett-
van.
te_Str. James Brooking, brother to the last witness,
bnted that he delivered the child; that there was not
trre than ordinary difficulty in the parturition, and
'ut_t the child was quite healthy.
cl thr. Guthrie, surgeon, stated that he was present at
e Post mortem examination, and concurred with the
-I't witness as to the cause of the death.
Jane Johnson, 32, Stanhope- street, Clare-market,
ted that she knew the female prisoner about three
f!'eaa before her confinement. She lived in the house
Ith her, and knew her to be in the family way. The
:ftt ale prisoner often said to her that she knew the child
v)ult' not live, and that she hoped it would not. She
L 0 said to her that she would have destroyed the child
-"`re it was born, but that it had gone too far.
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PARRY cross-examined this witness. There were
Lgo or three persons living in the house besides herself.
'K) Would rather decline answering where she lived be-
:e 8 she went to Mrs. Cleveland's, as Mrs. Cleveland's
~e not a respectable place. Had never seen the male
i'Llioner until the day on which the child died.
We Burgess Swan stated that she had lived with
W. female prisoner. This was before the confinement.
Lue female prisoner stated to her that she would not
rruvide any baby linen, as she knew the child would
et live. She saw a great change in the appearance of
the child after its death. There was a discharge from
ne nose which induced her to make some observations.
;,„11 the night of the death of the child she heard Mrs.
tike
bell ring, and she went up to her apartment.
tile found several persons there, and was told that the
Zd was dead. She then went for Mr. Brooking, the sur-
Vel- Mrs. Cleveland said she expected him. Believed she
~ere the male prisoner. She said to the witness that
was a bother about the child, and she would
►re her a sovereign if she would carry him a note: Saw
0_ prisoner at Mrs. Cleveland's early and late. Saw
in Mrs. Cleveland's bed-room on Friday morning
vlut nine o'clock, and served him with breakfast.
LThis witness was cross-examined by Mr. Clarkson,
t nothing material was elicited.
~garah Cecilia Barber said that she was a laundress,
attended at Mrs. Cleveland's in that capacity. She
li°,ltrd Mrs. Cleveland say that she would not get baby-
tiZei as she did not think the child would live. She
thi7-nursed the child, which she took to her
mother
place. At the request of the prisoner's
she brought the child to her. When she brought
tt the infant she tied a napkin round its head, in
4equence of its having a cold, and placed it in the bed
Vh the mother. After leaving the baby with Mrs.
I,eveland, she remained away for about an hour and a
half
She returned then, and took up the child, when
h„e Saw that it had a running at the nose, that it could
itr.t draw its breath freely, and was crying very much.
..ge took away the child, but after receiving two mes-
.,mgas from the mother, she brought it back ; it was
about half-past three o'clock on Friday. The running
"t the nose had ceased on the Friday, when she brought
Ills child to the mother. While she was below she
the
a bell rung. Ellen, one of the servants, answered
R. 6 bell, and she went up about ten minutes afterwards.
"64, had some conversation with Mrs. Cleveland. Mrs.
acveland told her to take away the baby, which she
1,17 k 'IN and found to be dead. She told Mrs. Cleveland
-At the infant was dead, when Mrs. Cleveland fainted
AY. The surgeon was then sent for.
\4°as-examined by Mr. Sergeant ALLEN—The child
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ta....half born an hour and a half before Mr. Brocking
geeing
The child lived entirely upon arrowroot. The
Ellen
at the nose continued till Friday morning.
%h.'''. ten Driscoll, servant to Mrs. Cleveland, stated that
41;`,."14, in the room at the time that Mrs. Barber took
ikreue baby and found it dead. There was on the baby
ietitht shawl. Mrs. Cleveland said that she had not
the baby out of the bed. The hands of the child
here clenched.
c ~klia.rles Foster said that he was a tobacconist, at 46,
s-,Cpledos-street. Was at the house No. 9, Wellington-
aZt, on the Friday in question, and saw the prisoner
tit-Ing down the stairs. Gave his name as Smith at
coroner's inquest, because he did not wish to be
b'
r2l- Had not seen the male prisoner before.
VC 41"7 Davis, a lodger in the house of Mrs. Cleveland,
tOse real name was Turner, was at Mrs. Cleveland's on
21st of May. Heard a footstep, went out, and
the male prisoner coming down the stairs. Saw the
Poser there the day before. That was about five or
O'clock in the evening. The male prisoner, during
15.!. Month that she was lodging at Mrs. Cleveland's,
IPied a room there.
ere
tit'. CLARKSON, who appeared for Dolly, said that as
at,, was no evidence against the male prisoner he
-"IA not trouble the court with any observations.
th'l4ord Chief Justice WILDE said that he did not think
the evidence was of a nature to deliberate upon the
411rge against the male prisoner. In this opinion his
The
Brother concurred.
.141 male prisoner was then discharged.
%T. Sergeant ALLEN then addressed the jury for the
-'l4l prisoner. This was a case depending entirely
,1, circumstantial evidence. They were to consider
ItotZher those circumstances could so concur as to bring
'tat: guilt to the prisoner. Circumstances must be
Att . When unaccompanied by some direct evidence
Of there was no such testimony. This was a charge
her gravest character, offending against all the natural
th legs of humanity, and so opposed to a knowledge of
EI rm ale instincts—
jtZe Foreman here interposed, and stated that the
vicre of opinion that the prisoner was not guilty.
/),,;": verdict of Not Guilty was then returned, and the
-`4oner was discharged.

110 W-STREET DAY.)
AeLl,,ree brothers, named James, William, and Edward
with Coy, were placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged
tt/tb, assaulting policeman E 125, and several other con-
in of the same division.
tkaPPeared that two of the prisoners were quarrelling
13tdue streets on Saturday night, and the third was
wene,3•vauring to pacify them, when the constable E 125
"P and desired them to go away quietly. They
ko;t unilA attack the corAuble, ‘vhora thf-y bu=tt
%is unmercifully. Ile called to the bystanders for
luch!allee, but James M'Evoy kept off those who were
—"eld to interfere. The constable was knocked

down by William, end when down was kicked
by Edward in a most brutal manner. A gentle-
man, who was looking on from a wiLdow, brought
a rattle and sprung it, and two othtr constables,
E 95 and E 109, came up. They were both ill-treated
by the prisoners. They et length succeeded in captur-
ing them.
The prisoners denied that they used any violence.
Mr. HALL dwelt at some length on the peculiar atro-
city of the case, which he said was the worst of the kind
he had heard for some time, and inflicted the highest
punishment the law gave him power to ord(r, one
month's imprisonment each, without the option of paying
a fine.

MARLBRff-STREET---(THIS DAY.)

George Dickens, a well-dressed young man, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Bingham, charged on sus-
picion of stealing four five pound notes and forty sove-
reigns, the moneys of Mr. Ferdinand Arundel, commer-
cial traveller, 116, Titchfield-street, Maryletione.

The prosecutor stated that, previous to Monday last,
he deposited about sixty pounds, consisting of four five
pound notes, three of the Bristol bank and one of the
Bank of England, and about forty sovereigns, in a car-
pet bag in his bed-room, which he always kept locked.
On Wednesday last he went to the bag with the inten-
tion of taking out the whole of the money to pay away,
when, to his great surprise, he found the bag forced open
and the money taken out. He then informed the land-
lord of the house of the robbery, and asked him if he
had see:. any person enter his bed-room. The landlord
said he had not seen any stranger enter the house, and
if the robbery had been committed, it must have been by
some person who lived in the house and knew witness's
habits. Witness immediately suspected the prisoner,
who lodged in the room adjoining his, and on making
inquiries, found that he had suddenly absconded without
paying his lodgings. Witness then gave information to
the police, who took the prisoner into custody yesterday
morning.
Police-constable 43 D said, on Wednesday last the
prosecutor came and informed him of the robbery, and
said that he suspected a person of the name of Dickens
to be the thief. Witness, from information he had re-
ceived, proceeded to the Rising Sun public-house in
High-street, Marylebone, where he was told that
the prisoner had called there, and wished the land-
lady to take charge of thirty-one sovereigns, which she
refused to do. Witness then traced the prisoner to the
Waterloo Arms in the same street, where he was in-
formed by the landlord that the prisoner had left 31
sovereigns in his charge on the 15th instant, and that on
the ensuing day he had called and asked him for ten
sovereigns. Yesterday morning he called for the re-
mainder, when he was detained till witness was sent for
to take him into custody.
James Maddox, landlord of the Waterloo Arms,
proved receiving 31 sovereigns from the prisoner on
Tuesday last. The prisoner informed him that the
reason he wished him to take care of the money was,
that he was going into the country for a few days, and
did not like to take such a large sum with him. On
Thursday last he came and asked witness to give him
ten sovereigns. When he came for the remainder yes-
terday morning witness detained him, and sent for last
witness, who took him into custody.
Mr. Roger Roberts said he was landlord of the
house No. 116, Titchfield-street. The prisoner had
lodged with him for about two months, but suddenly
absconded about a week ago. The prisoner always
appeared to him to be in needy circumstances.
The prisoner, in defence, said he had not the least
knowledge of the robbery. He had received 351. from
his father, who resided at Derby, and who had sent him
the money to support him till he could get a situation.
Mr. BINGHAM said at present the case looked rather
suspicious against the prisoner. He should send imme-
diately to Derby, and should it be found on inquiry that
he had received the money from his father, of course he
(Mr. Bingham) should discharge him. In the mean-
while he should remand him till Wednesday next, but
would admit him to bail, providing he could get two re-
spectable housekeepers to be surety for him in the sum
of 1001. each, to appear on that day.
The prisoner in default of bail was then locked up.

THAMES.-(THIS DAY.)
John Simpson, a well-known " long shore-man," was
charged with the following assault on Alexander
Colday :
It appeared that on Saturday evening the prosecutor
was going from the Minories eastward, and, as he was
passing the St. Katherine Dock Hotel, nearly opposite
the London Docks, the prisoner and four other men,
dressed like sailors, suddenly rushed out on him and,
without saying one word, the prisoner struck him a
violent blow in the face, and then endeavoured to repeat
the attack. Colday parried the blows, and the men see-
ing a constable approach ran away. They all succeeded
in making their escape but the prisoner.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner declared that
Mr. Colday was the aggressor, and had first struck him.
He was a seaman, and got his living honestly.
Mr. BALLANTINE inquired whether the prisoner was
known? when Roach, the gaoler, said he was a well-
known character, and had been repeatedly in his cus-
tody. The farthest voyage he had ever made was the
City Canal.—(Laughter.)
Mr. BALLANTINE ordered the prisoner to find good
bail to keep the peace till, not the next, but the follow-
ing Middlesex Sessions, which would have the effect of
confining him for that period.
He was locked up in default.

DISASTROUS FIRE AND PRO-
BABLE LOSS OF LIFE.-(THIS DAY.)

Between the hours of two and three this morning a
very destructive fire broke out in the King's Head Ta-
vern, Brook-street, Ratcliff, the property of Mr. John
Waller, which, besides consuming a considerableamount
of stock and furniture, has been attended with serious,
and, it is to be feared, fatal consequences to one of the
inmates. From inquiries made it appears that the fire
was first discovered by the policeman on the beat, at
which time it had obtained a strong hold of the lower
portion of the premises. The constable raised an alarm
in the usual way, and after some trouble the inmates
were aroused from their slumbers, but with such vio-
lence was the fire progressing, that very few of the resi-
dents were able to descend the staircase. One person,
named John Camberton, a lodger in the house, finding
that the flames had cut off all escape by the stairs,
jumped from the top window, and, falling on the stone
flags beneath, fractured his thigh, and was otherwise so
seriously injured that he was obliged to be taken to the
hospital, where he at present remains in a very pre-
carious state. Another lodger jumped from the same
window, but, with the exception of a severe shaking, was
not much injured. A third party got out of
one of the windows, and hung by the hands
until a ladder could be procured, by the
means of which the individual was saved. Owing
to the timely notice which was sent to the engine-
stations, very few minutes elapsed before the brigade
engines reached the scene ; those were followed by ano-
ther, belonging to the West of England Company, from
the Waterloo-road. By that time, however, the greater
portion of Mr. Waller's premises was wrapped in an
immense sheet of flame, and the adjoining houses at
first appeared doomed to destruction. Under the direc-
tion of their chief officers, the firemen worked most
vigorously, but they were unable to get the mastery
over the conflagration until the building was nearly
destroyed, the furniture, fixtures, and stock in trade
partially consumed. The total damage will amount to
several hundred pounds, but fortunately Mr. Waller was
insured in the Sun Fire-office for the stock, &c.; the
building belongs to Messrs. Strong and Lurchin, the
brewers, and it is not known whether or not it was in-
sured. The origin of the disaster is wrapped in
mystery.

ELECTION MOVEMENTS AT KNARESBOROUGII.
The Tories here are in a complete fix. Their requisi-
tion to Sir Charles Slingsby, at first only a forlorn hope,
a desperate plunge for life, has been declined. Indeed,
how could it be otherwise, for both candidates had
offered to decline coming forward if Sir Charles wished
to stand, and although this was known to the prime
movers of the requisition, yet they persisted in trying to
induce him to violate his honour. It is expected they
will try another dodge, but they cannot succeed. Mr.
Westhead commenced his canvas on Friday, and he will
be followed on Monday by Mr. Lascelles. Success is
considered certain.
THE COURT.—Their Majesties the King and Queen
either to-morrow or Thurs-
dayof the Belgians aremeaxjpeesctyte,dto arrive in this country,
upon a visit to her Majesty,
be delayed until the
thlaettuerr-naami oefdtdhaeyir, the Belgian eu r i s t Majestiesead
next. Should
of returning to Buckinghamollo'oalaciets thstiasyafattercnolaorne,maosoitt
had been arranged, will p
not expected to remain
upon a visit to her
for another day or two.-rThegKini and Queen of the
Belgians are
now confidently state
ve set y
bbe el beyond
that n
we or eight d a
ny
may
that the session will be brought to a close on or about
the 15th of July, and
on the day following the pr
that Poaorliaamtiot_woillbsebeeedri.ssolved
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A meeting of the sub •
WINCHESTER COLLEGE.
cr connexion
Saturday
at
twtihthe
scribers
i baebrosv teo
seat
of
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gs c,
Earl of Eldon occupied
Thatched House Tavern. The
hwo laasr shhei pl d ionn
the chair, and was supported
by the Lord Bishop of
llege ; Mr. Baron
Oxford, the Warden of Winchester
oHeathcote, Sir
Durham, Dean Chandler, the Wardcen of New College,
Rolfe, Mr. Justice Erle, Sir William
John Awdrey, Mr. Cardwell,
Bramston, B
er and
'd
Mr. Stacy, Mr. Williams, Mr. Laing, Mr. ri g
the Rev. W. Short. After some friendly discussion, the
conditions proposed by the Wardens of the two Colleges
were unanimously adopted.
CONTRABAND SPIRITS.-011 Saturday afternoon,
as Mr. Pargeter, an Excise officer, was standing near the
chief office, in Broad-street, a man passed him, bearing
on his shoulders a basket, covered with a cloth, to which
a quantity of feathers adhered, and was to all appear-
ance a
a heavy load of poultry. The man was smoking
pipe, but the officer, as he passed, fancying that hede-
tected the smell of something besides tobacco, s. the
other. dthe basket with one hand, and the bearer of it with
other. No assistance being at hand, the man broke
from the officer's grasp, and escaped, leaving his burden
behind. On examining the contents of the basket, it
turned out that the feathered cloth was only a " blind "
to about 20 gallons of very superior whisky, of illicit
manufacture, in bladders, which was in transit to its des-
tination. Mr. Pargeter then deposited his unexpected
capture in the Excise warehouses.
The Governor of the Bahamas, whose arrival on
leave of absence was erroneously reported some time
since, was among the passengers of the Washington
steamer, which left New York on tho Ist instant.
His Excellency received, previous to his departure from
Nassau, addresses of the most complimentary description
from the three branches of the colonial legislature, the
;endly :ocieties, and other bodies, testiqing to
the beneficial effects of his Excellency's administration
for the past three years, and to the attachment anll re-
spect personally entertained towards him by all classes
in the Doligno gud 'Nark Wads.