The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-09 00:00:00

WARWICKSHIRE SESSIONS.—LOVETT AND
COLLINS.—Mr. Miller made an application to the
Court for further indulgences to be granted to Lovett
and Collins, with reference to their diet, that they might
be allowed something rather better than the usual
prison diet ; they had applied to the Secretary of
State, and he had referred them to the Justices of the
Peace. He remarked, that it would be in the recollec-
tion of the Court that a similar application was made
and granted to three prisoners, Wooller, Edmonds, and
Maddox, on a charge of a similar nature ; and upon
that chiefly he grounded the present application. Ile
wished also for the Court to take into their considers_ EXTRAORDINA 1
RY tECOVERY OF
lion the recommendation of the jury to mercy. The OF A F„A,
DULENT BANKRUPT.—About the end of last
Reverend J. Beadier stated that, as a visiting Ma. . .
t)ocaar,la 'person absconded from Manchester with goods
gistrate, he could assure the Court that every care andPROPERTY
amount, and in debt sonic thousands. In
attention had been shown to the prisoners, which could,
IF3echswruicaakrrgyelast, one of the creditors consulted Messrs°.
in justice to the other prisoners confined in the same
solicitors, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham, as to
yard, and convicted for offences of the same nature, viz., the best mode to be adopted for the recovery of 1!1..
a misdemeanour, be possibly shown. Mr. Wilmshurst, claim ; and on the 21st of that month a fiat in bank.
the surgeon, had stated that he considered them both ruptcy was sued out by those gentlemen against
in perfect health, and that at present he did not deem
The any additional allowance necessary. It was decided by the party, necessary papers were then
the and duly authenticated
the Court to leave it to the Visiting Magistrates, with
rities here, for the purpose of seizing the books
whose decision they should be perfectly sati,fied.
COMMENCEMENT OF SICAITING. and property of the bankrupt at Sydney, to which
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'esterday place it was discovered he had gone under morning the ornamental waters in the Regent's and St, false name. A messenger, who was on the 6'
point of
James's Parks, were sufficiently frozen over to admit a leaving for that colony on other bus,ness, undertook the
to the Royal Humane So- rivirig
number of adventurous persons to skait on the edges, execution of the warrant Holum. him ; and upon nr°
at Sydney, he succeeded, after considerable trll'
A number of men belonging
ciety were in attendance to assist in case of accidents ; ble, in seizing a vast quantity of papers of great value
tents are also erected for the men, who are provided to the estate, and upwards of one thousand five hundred
of property. The messenger to whom
with proper implements to render instant assistance, and pounds worth
also with warm baths for the immediate reception of any this important trust was ennfided was Mr. Badhan),
tinfintunate persons that may require the aid of it. The sheriff's officer, Cannon-street, Birmingham, in whose
Serpentine River is also frozen over, but men are placed praise too much cannot be said for his activity on this
to prevent persons venturing on the ice. occasion. The Colonial Office was consulted pre'
riou!ly to the document being sent, and gave every
THE WEAThEit.---Since January 1838, when
to further the exertions of Messrs. Besvrick.
Mr. Murphy was a true p h have had no frost assistance
rop et, we
so intense as it was yesterday. At 9 A.M. the thermometer —Birniingkam Advertiser.
stood at 20, and in the course of the night,- even in a We are still without tidings of the Liverpool.
comparatively sheltered situation, it fell to 17, The The delay in her arrival is now attributed to a post
cold, however, was not much felt, as there was scarcely a ponement of her day of sailing from New York. It I
breath of wind. The sky is beautifully clear, and the is understood that she will not leave till the 21st.--
barometer stood at 30.25. Livequol Cyanic,. .