The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-05 00:00:00

AN ABSCONDING BANKRUPT.

A grocer named Kennedy, who has for some time been
in business in Aston New Town, Birmingham, and had
obtained the confidence of the wholesale grocers and tea-
dealers with whom he traded, by his regular payments,
obtained within the last week or two about £2,000 worth
of goods. His shop was open for business on Christmas
Day, and everything seemed going on as usual. On
Monday morning the shop was closed, and though there
was nothing remarkable in this, as many shops were
closed on that day for the Christmas holiday, it was
thought rather singular when a messenger who had been
sent to Kennedy on business reported on his return that
he had, by peeping through the chinks of the shuttirs,
discovered that the shop was empty. Inquiries *ere
made of the neighbours, and it was found that fourteen
loads of goods had been removed from Kennedy's shop to
the "bop of his brother, in Sutton-street, Holloway Head.
Kennedy's creditors, under legal advice, filed a petition in
bankruptcy, and obtained an adjudication, the act of bank-
ruptcy being the ceasing to trade and absconding. Mr.
Commissioner Sanders, on an affidavit setting forth the
facts, also granted a search - warrant to search the
brother's premises for the missing property. The brother
stated that he had bought the goods of the bankrupt for
£3OO ; but the creditors, on account of some circumstances
CIA came to their knowledge relating to the brother's
positron, disbelieved the statement, and had the search
warrant executed. The result was that within a few hconis
of the adjudication, the creditors were in possession of
property worth £l,OOO. After this, fifty-two chests of tea
belonging to the bankrupt, and worth about £2OO, were
seized in au empty house near the Pershore-road. A
summons was then served on the brother, to examine him
as to his dealings with the bankrupt, but when the day
came for the examination, the witness failed to appear.
A warrant has been issued for his apprehension. The
creditors will not, it is stated, lose much, the property
they have secured being nearly sufficient to pay them 20e.
In the pound.

The smack Eliza, of Plymouth, Brown master,
which left Bideford on Thursday, laden with gravel for
the works now in progress on the Holmes, in the
Bristol Channel, is reported to have foundered with
all hands. The report, which is g,ncral in Bideford, is
credited there. as the vessel was very old and the weather
stormy„

ST. SAVIOUR'S Cli CR CH', BA TTE RSE A PAR E.
The foundation-stone of the above church was laid on
Tuesday, the 4th inst., by H. S. Thornton,- Esq. The
service was road by the Rev. J. Ince, incumbent of Christ
Church, nattersca, assisted by•the Rev. J. M'Carthy, the
incumbent designate of St. Saviour's Church, now in the
course of orectfon. The Venerable the Archdeacon of
Surrey delivered the address. He was followed by other
speaker 3, among wbom was the Vicar of Rsttersea-. The
church is situated in a very poor district, comprising no
less than 8,000 souls, for whom the present mission-house
is the only provision. The el:lunit is designed in the early
French Gothic style by Mr. E. C. Robins, of Southampton-
street, Strand, and comprises a nave and clerestory
chancel, north and south aisles, an organ chamber, and
vestry, with a small :gallery over the entrance lobbierult
the west end of the:na. a, and it afford! accommodation far
700 people.