The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-10 00:00:00

IN RE HENRY HICKS HARPER.

On this case I;eing called on, a number of creditors
appeared to oppose, but as the insolvent when summoned
did not think proper to show himself, his petition was
ordered to be struck off the paper.

, BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT, Dec. 9.
(Before D. D. HEATH, Esq., Judge.)

CHA.MBERi V. PETERS.-1 SURGEON COMMITTED FOR

FORTY DAYS.

In this case the plaintiff, a tailor, sought to recover
from the defendant, a surgeon, the sum of 5L ss. for
goods sold and delivered. The present was a judgment
order, granted in July last, before which time, on the
case being first heard, defendant had been ordered to
pay directly, but had neglected to do so. Defendant
now said that the order had only been received by him
a fortnight ago, and three weeks before that he sent a
friend to the plaintiff to offer him 51. in lieu of the
debt and costs, which he refused to take. He was not
now prepared to pay it, besides which the clothes sup-
plied had not turned out as warranted. The plaintiff
said that a person came to him and offered him 3L for
the debt, telling him that defendant was going to
America. He refused tojtake it ; and, subsequently
ascertainining that the story about going to America
was false, he caused the order to be served upon him.
The defendant said he was a surgeon, but not in practice.
He had been supported by an independency.
JUDGE—You might have proceeded against the plain-
tiff for a false warranty of his goods, and as you do not
offer any terms, I shall order your committal to prison.
An order was then made out for defendant's commit-
ment for forty days, which will be put in force on
Tuesday, unless in the interim he arranges with the

WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT, Dec. 9.
(Before Sergeant MANNING.)

WHEATLEY V. LANCASTER-AN OMNIBUS DRIVER NOT

USING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.

This was an action brought by Mr. T. Wheatley,
omnibus proprietor, of Greenwich, to recover from the
defendant, a charcoal-burner, of Rosemary-lane, 81. 65.,
for damages done to his omnibus, alleged to have been
caused by the negligent driving of the defendant. This
case had been several times before the Lord Mayor, at
the Mansion-house, and the defendant was charged with
having furiously and negligently driven the shafts of his
cart against the panel of Wheatley's omnibus, and caused
damages to the amount sued for ; but in consequence of
the plaintiff not proving wilful damage, it was dis-
missed. In October last a driver in the employ of the
complainant was driving his omnibus near London-
bridge ; he stopped and put down a passenger. The
defendant, who was proceeding in a contrary direction,
came in contact with the omnibus, and the shafts of the
cart struck the panel, and a large hole was made.
The defendant denied that he was driving improperly,
and said the driver was on the wrong side of the road.
A number of omnibus drivers were in the habit of stop-
ping and loitering near the spot, and it was with great
difficulty that the various vehicles could pass each other.
The Learned JUDGE said if the driver thought proper
to cross over to the wrong side of the road, when there
was not room for him to do so, he must put up with the
consequences. He could not interfere in this case, and
the plaintiff must be nonsuited.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

The LORD MAYOR stated, that he had received a long
account of alleged swindling transactions by a young
man named John William Jones, transmitted to him by
Mr. Bovill, the Secretary to the 'United Brethren called
" Moravians," at Brighton. It was evident, his Lord.
ship said, that the person who called himself Jones was
a swindler. John William Jones, who is, according to
the history thus given of him, a native of St. Kitt's, in
the West Indies, has been going about and levying con-
tributions upon the public by means of details of ship-
wreck disasters. He represents himself as being enti-
tled to enormous wealth, now lying in the Bank of
England, but incapable of being touched until a satis-
factory personal identification of him shall have taken
place. The manner in which he became acquainted
with Mr. Bovill was singular, and might have excited
suspicion in the mind of any person acquainted
with the ingenious devices of the present race
of impostors. Jones told that gentleman that as
he passed by Trinity Chapel. in Ship-street, Brighton,
he saw on the board before the door a notice
to the effect that a meeting would be held at the
Town-hall, in aid of the United Brethren called Mora.
vians, and that having been a friend of these missionaries
in the island of St. Kitt's, and presented them with a
large sum of money, he thought that he might derive
some advantage at that moment from his connexion with
them. He found Mr. Bovill to be the secretary, dined
with him, borrowed money and clothes of him, and was
recommended to the warm notice of others, to whose
liberality he became also indebted. Mr. Bovill writes
thus of the individual whom he calls upon the Lord
Mayor to expose for the sake of the community :
" I gave credit (alas! in an evil hour,) to his assertions
of his misfortunes, and coupled as they were with the
apt quotations from Holy Writ I could not reject them
without violence to my feelings, and I yielded to the in-
fluence of what has proved to be a misplaced humanity
and confidence in the truth of his narrative, and so I
fell a victim to this swindler."

The following is one of the clalia of letters which ope-
rated upon the benevolent feelings of Mr. Bovill
Brighton, Wednesday Evening.
" Dearest Friend,—Language c annot on any account
inform you of my sincere thanks to you for your ex-
cessive kindness to your unfortunate West India friend,
but as the Almighty sent his beloved Son into the world
to save sinners, even so has he &mit you to my relief in
this our time of need ; but as I s.vited yesterday to you,
that the holy psalmist David exp rt.sses in the 18tk verse
of the 9th Psalm, with these most solemn and impres-
sive words—' The needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.' How
beautiful are the words of the hot', psalmist in another
of his chapters! How impressive are these words—
' How long wilt thou forget me, 0 Lord ? For ever ?
How long wilt thou hide thy face, from me ? But glory
to him who alone can order the vast ocean to rise and
subdue the powers of men!' God, in his tender mercy
to mankind, has promised salvation to us all. In an-
other remarkable part of our Lr.oly Scripture, we are
told, that whom the Lord 16 veth chasteneth ;'
therefore it is for my good, fo r his thoughts are not
my thoughts, neither are his wa.vs my ways.' Saith
the holy prophet Isaiah, Hot v wonderful are the
works of the Almighty to his eret "tures here on earth.'
But language cannot in any wa y express my sincere
thanks to you and your dear wife for your charitable
feelings to the unfortunate Kitts fonian. I must con-
clude in informing you that I saw the lady you sent me
to last night, and receiveg money from her.
" May my prayers ascend to ti le Almighty in behalf
of yourself, wife, and children; likewise in the behalf
of all our united brethren aad fellow creatures. Con-
cluding with kind regards to your ;elf, wife, and family,
I remain, with due respect, yours in the Lord,
" JOHN W. JONES."

TheLeup MAYOR said, that in all. probability Mr. John
William Jones, who, it appeared,. had been for three
years living upon wrecks produce scl by his imagination,
would be helped to a troublesome r it etoriety by the press,
and soon be introduced to the chiol! magistrate of Lon-
don through the intervention of tl .at active body, the
Mendicity Society.