The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-16 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY,-(THIS DAY•)

IN RE CLARKE.
This bankrupt, who had carried on business as an
e
and porter merchant at Kingston-on-Thames, cam es
to-day to pass his last examination. The bankropo
liabilities amounted to 8,1081. ss. Bd., but in consoplesta
of his balance-sheet not being correct, no opinion am
be formed of the asets.
Mr. LAWRENCE, who appeared for the assignees, sbelia,
they had agreed to have the examination adjourned' and
cause of the unsatisfactory state of the accounts' One
they wished to inquire into the goods consigned-
of the assignees had a claim on the estate for 2,5001.00 e
Mr. SWAN, who appeared for a creditor, objected !, sna
bankrupt passing, on the ground that he had trade"
lived on the property of his creditors ; but if the Oro,
cation was granted, it ought to be at the bankrupt's°
expense.
be
Mr. LAWRENCE trusted such B. course would not
adopted; the assignees were anxious to see the congro
accounts, for at present they were not in a condition
say whether they were correct or not.
that t
he
His HONOUR said, that unless it was shown t-aAt he
bankrupt had acted with wilful negligence and fraud' a•
should not make him bear the expense of the adisi:is.
meat. The case mustte very clear against him °tot
tify that. As the adjournment was ter the belie"'
the estate, the costs must be paid out of the assets.
Adjourned for six weeks.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.)
Arthur .Keefe, David Moore, and MichaelMarf-Iti
three Irish labourers, were indicted for violently assa"„
ing Edward Kelly, on the night of the 7th inst. rot
The facts were marked by the usual peculiarities °Ol
Irish row, and the prisoners having pleaded g1.„,'i1t.L,60
expressed their contrition, the Court sentenced Atu'i;-ks'
to two months', and the other prisoners to live Wee
imprisonment each.
t a fcr
Thomas Ryan and James Taplin, were indici.etheit
stealing a quantity of potatoes, the property el. -
employer, Mr. Thomas Logan. hscl
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoners S
been sent out with the prosecutor's waggon to delicnere
load of potatoes to one of his customers, when Ryan tbs
turned in a short time and said they had lost one O',l the
sacks. This upon inquiry was found to be false, 3% .Ist
policeman discovered a quantity of potatoes of it s--1
description at the prisoner's house. reed
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Letl-e0
ASSISTANT-JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to six we-
imprisonment.

In the case of Anguish Honor Augustus Durant,g- the
whom a bench warrant was issued a few days bein,,ca
last session closed, on the charge of having horsewn,lll to
another gentleman in the streets, Mr. IV yLDE aPPbe4ocs•
the Court to have the trial postponed until the ae"‘t",. ,
ed
sion, on the grounds that when the case was ad.i°°"tbst
from the last session it was with the understanding ar
the defendant would have a month or six weeks t° tier•
pare his defence ; but such a short time having .111
vened, he was now unprepared with his witnesses.
Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the prosee"•
bo
said he should not oppose the application, because
to
was in hopes that in the meantime an cpportunitYNtblo
be afibrded to the parties, who moved in a most resPec"- ; it
sphere of life, to settle the matter without brings"
be
Thee CO COURT then consented to allow the case to o°4
over to the next sessions.
steal'
77ionzas Henry and James Smith were indicted for s
ing a coat, the property of John Andrews. • tioll"
The facts of the case were of the ordinary descriP
The prisoners entered the prosecutor's shop, and w tllO
one pretended to be looking over some articles forkoto
purpose of purchasing them, the other managed 'E.o by-he
down a coat, which hung near the door, with Wh'e ito
walked away, but was seen by a person in an oPP°S
shop, and given into custody.
The prisoners were both found Guilty, and sentell
to three months' imprisonment.

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SOUTH W ARK.--(THIS DAY.)aet,
James Byron, a marine-store dealer, Kent-at' „Li
charged,
oodbefore Mr. Seeker,
with having pu
stolenw a g
ras.
his children were in the habit of robbing him of shee
A
an named Regan stated that for some time po,
blankets, towels, napkins, and various other articles. jle
rf
was at a loss to know how they disposed of the plueuheo
until at length he ascertained that they were in the tv,
toooffhnff
He
3,s
,feaol(cl
stolen
ttnoeogrtmloaepl
ntltl
shbleiena vapawnrfrtiehi)swoiocunhsw
eanorttni
ec ltehseorfae taehanisd prisoner'sfound
children a
,srPh;el6
edra,ywshop,rhevoiwouevsleyr.,
rHefeusmedentto7cl,re;
liver them up, and actually sold them to a woman fled
sum treble that which he gave for them. Regan.
.1-ails
that it was a hard case for a man to have his uh'witll
encouraged by men such as the defendant, wh° their
avidity purchased whatever property was brought t; oso
shops, without the slightest inquiry as to how 1 ie.,
obtained, whether the produce of plunder or other°, oleo
The defendant said he was very particular, and ue 06
that he was in the practice of buying stolen goads-yer
added, that a little boy came to his shop with the uo,a
ails, and said ho was sent by his mother to sell thel
not doubting his word, he bought them.
Mr. SECKEII said he ought to have doubted the cloy
and in terms of severe reprobation denounced t/aewbe
duct of persons who purchased articles—regardless Goss
ther they were stolen or not—from children such as "seii•
belonging to the complainant. The Magistrate then foll
tented the defendant to pay to the prosecutor tbeeo
value of the articles he had purchased of his child! •
and directed that if he did not immediately eoniP9
warrant should be issued to seize his goods and chat
to cover the amount.

CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY*) r,
Richard Jones was charged with riotous and tb6itll
derly conduct in St. Andrew's workhouse, and ;ale
wilfully breaking a lamp over the workhouse door, 01
value of 7s.
It appeared from the statement of the officers of tr
workhouse, that at a late hour last night the Pris°,l3ol
applied for admittance, and was admitted into the to
for the reception of casual paupers after he had 1)-1,f
supplied with food. In the morning, at the usual D°Er,o
for persons of the prisoner's description leaving ift
house, he received a piece of bread which he threw "Piitr
the floor, and swore he would not leave the house 11.110
out some money to carry him through the day. pti porter endeavoured to put him outside the door, „(1,
before he could do so the prisoner seized a billet ofor's
Kith which he smashed the hall lamp to atoms. He
then handed over to the police.
vg Of Mr. COMM said it was necessary that the of
the workhouse, who had sometimes very arduous (111"-rei
to perform, should be protected against
such chsracte,4s:
and he should, therefore, send the prisoner to the 0°:
of Correction, to be kept to hard labour for seven days'

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NEWMARKET RACES'

(THIS DAY.)

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL

Match, 300. B.C.
Leopard beat Auricula.
Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.
Coal. Black Rose beat Captain Phoebus.
Match, 200, h ft. R.M.
•Conspiracy beat Collingwood.
Handicap, for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C
Cantley
Dipthong

Prendergast Stakes.
F. by Venison, out of Cobweb

Archness .....
Ingoldsby

Glentilt
Isiz

Match, 200. T.Y.C.
Vanity beat Lady Lurewell.

THE PUBLIC REALTII.— Last evening a Pl-Ihleif,
meeting was convened at the Parthenon Rooms, St. Mi,";
tin's. lane, for the purpose of hearing from Mr.
Beggs a lecture on the sanitary condition of the in",hle
tants of large towns, as more particularly affected by "Dr
present imperfect means of ventilation, drainage, seiv'e,
age, water supply, &c. The lecturer deplored the geno
ral ignorance which prevailed with reference to the
iji
othealth, suggested remedies for the improvement of °be
sanitary condition, and concluded by urging upon,teir
higher classes the duty of forthwith contributing to t°
immediate adoptirn. A vote of thanks was given by
clamation to Mr. Beggs for his lecture and for his C°
stant exertions in promoting the public. health.
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PROPOSED FREE ADMISSION OF CORN.-SLT,-""„
LAND, THURSDAY, OCT. 15.—Yesterday afternoono
meeting of the Town Council of this borough was bete
at the Police.court, at which the present alarming !;:ijg
of Ireland and the scarcity and dearness now prevallloo.
in this country, were brought forward. After Ode
discussion a memorial, proposed by Councillor M°l:teci
and seconded by Councillor Thompson, was ed°,l',llo
.r
unanimously. The memorial entreated that the if;,-110
of the Privy Council would advise her Majesty to Ifs-he
an order in Council for the immediate opening O'
ports for all kinds of food duty free.