The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-03 00:00:00

S Br' JUNE 3, 1848,

LA W INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKIWPTCY, June 2.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GotmoottN.)
IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF lIOLDITCH AND HOLDITCII.
The bankrupts, George Holditch, J. F. Holditch, and
E. D. Holditch were cyder merchants in Bankside.
Mr. Lawrance supported, and Mr. Wire opposed.
The balance sheet has the following sterns —creditors,
10,3034; liabilities", 1,3952; profits on trade, 15,5981.;
the surplusc redoi
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doubtful and bad debts, estimated at 750/.; property
given up to assignees, 1,2851.; losses, 5,251/.; trade ex-
penses, 13,660/.; sums drawn out by the partners, 3,0001.
The main grounds of opposition were dealing in ac-
commodation bills and carrying on trade after the period
when they must have known they were grossly insolvent.
The certificate of George Holditch was suspended for
12 months from the date of the fiat (October last), and of
the other two bankrupts for six months respectively
from the present date.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF
This bankrupt was a wine merchant
inSTANBOROUG Berners-street,
Oxford-street. This was the certificate meeting.
Mr. LA.witAticr. supported the application.
The certificate was granted.
IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF L. J. JULLIEN.
The last examination of this bankrupt, who is the
well known musician, was adjourned for six weeks, the
accounts not being in readiness.

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the Protection Act.
Mr. STURGEON to-day showed cause, and submitted
that the Court could not release the insolvent upon three
grounds:—that the allotment to one commissioner of
this court was not in accordance with the statute; that
the Court as described in the Act could not be repre-
sented by a single commissioner; and also that this
Court had no jurisdiction to release prisoners confined
in gaols more than twenty miles from the General Post-
office. The Learned Counsel read an affidavit from Mr.
Dufour, an attorney of Gray's-inn, setting forth that he
believed insolvent had various shares not mentioned in
his schedule, and that insolvent in June last stated
that he had been commissioned by the King of Prussia
to write an historical account of Prussia, and that he
intended to set out for Berlin as soon as the Diet as-
sembled. The deponent added that he believed if in-
solvent were discharged out of custody now he would
leave the kingdom, and not appear to undergo his ex-
amination.

Mr. Dowse, in reply, contended that the concluding
words of the sixth section gave to a single commissioner
all the powers of the aggregate Court ; and it this Court
had no power to release the insolvent now, they would
not have any power to Make any order to bring him up
to be heard, as the insolvent hadknot been resident for
six months in any one place. - --- -
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said, he would allow the
rule to stand over to enable the insolvent to reply to the
affidavit which had been read ; and when the matter
came before him again ho would take an opportunity of
consulting one of his learned brethren upon a point of so
much importance Cnd novelty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
James Henry Bradbury, who had been examined some
time ago as a particeps criminis with a man named
Clark, in committing forgeries upon Masterman's bank-
ing-house, was brought up on a fresh charge of having
forged a check for 300/, upon the banking-house of Dixou
and Co., of Chancery-lane, in the name of Mr. Mayhew,
of Carey-street, solicitor.
Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, solici-
tors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against
Forgeries and Frauds, appeared for the prosecution; Mr.
Wontner attended for the prisoner.
Mr. S. Warr, clerk to Messrs Dixon and Co., said, in
December Messrs. Mayhew, Son, and Reynolds kept an
account at Messrs. Dixon's. On .the 18th of that month
a cheque purporting to be drawn by the firm for 3001,
payable to Mr. Harrison for debt and costs, was paid by
me in notes for 2751. and 25/. in gold, The three 501.
notes produced are part of those with which I paid the
cheque.

George Walker, servant to Lord Sudeley, of 35,
Dover-street, Piccadilly, raid, in December last I was
out of a situation, and I advertised in the Times for
one, and received a letter in reply, appoint-
ing me to go to the Grotto Tavern in South-
ampton-buildings. I accordingly went there, and
saw the prisoner, who engaged me as a messenger for
gentleman at Blackheath at 265. per week. I was
call at the Grotto next day to see the gentleman. I
iid call, and I saw the prisoner, who took me to 51,
Lincoln's Inn-field, where he left me in the passage and
went up the steps himself. I was to wait for him. In a
few minutes he came down, and told me he wanted me to
zo for a Great Western Railway bill to the Golden
Cross, Charing-cross, and he gave me a shilling to pay
out of it for the bill. I returned without the bill, and
he told me to get my dinner with the shilling. He said,
he gentleman war not yet arrived, and he then asked
ie to go to the Bank of England and get him seven
irereigns' worth of silver. When I returned with the
Ever I met him at the entrance to 51, Lincoln's Inn-
•ld4 and he gave me a shilling, and told me to go
unA the corner and get a glass of stout. I did so,
id he came to me in a hurried manner, and said he
anted me to go to Chancery-lane. He then gave me
e address of Mr. Dixon's banking-house and a pocket-
ioldlike a bill case with a cheque in it. I took the
,eci e to Dixon's, and received in pay of it four Si.
its and other notes, and 251. in gold, and I returned
id eve the whole of the money to the prisoner, who
as t the entrance of 51, Lincoln's Inn-fields. He
Len ore me six shillings for the day's work, and said I
as f course engaged to the gentleman, who would
'rite; to me when my services were required. The next
me I saw him was in prison. I gave information to
!emirs. Mayhew of the circumstance.
Coss-examined by Mr. WONTNER—I did not send the
ieque, but I received 3001. in payment.
The first witness said, this man (George Walker) is
le Person to whom I paid the cheque.
Mi.. Alfred Mayhew, of Carey-,street, stated that he
iptian account at Dixon's at the time. The cheque in
tes ion was not signed by him. The signature is a very
so• imitation of my writing. I never authorized him
• a t y other person to sign it for me.
M . T. Hunt, of 151, Tottenham-court-road—I re-
siv •d one of the 50/. notes produced from the prisoner
a t e 28t4 ofJanuary, 1848. He purchased a wedding-
,ng a keeper, and a silver milk pot, and he paid me
'ith the note, on which he wrote the name and address
Si gleton, Great Guildford-street." ,
H Beechen, in the service of Mr. Collins, of Regent-
,re.t, jeweller and silversmith, said he sold a wedding
ng a keeper, and half a dozen silver spoons to the best
F D a knowledge, to the prisoner, who paid him with
tot er of the 501. notes produced. The dealing took
lac soon after Christmas.
Tie prisoner, who it was stated had been, successful
L a • rest number of instances by the ingenious man u
la ,described in the foregoing evidence, was remanded,-
i order that several other cases might be brought
vast him. Clark, who it will be recollected, was in a
fornler case in which a person who advertised for a situ-
ation employed to receive the amount of a forged cheque,
charged with being an accomplice of Bradbury, was
subsequently brought before the Lord Mayor, and also
remanded. Clark's business was to follow the uncon-
scious person employed by Bradbury, to see that all was
right at the banking-house.
Mrs. Bell, the widow of Mr. James Bell, who for up-
wards of fifty years carried on the business of a news-
vendor at the Royal Exchange, applied to Alderman
Moon, who sat for the Lord Mayor, for assistance under
circumstances of peculiar hardship and-embarrassment.
Her object, she stated, was to obtain pecuniary assist.
ance to enabled he to bring up her family, who are now
dependent upon her for support, and she stated that if
she could procure a fund sufficient to enable her to com-
mence business, a number of gentlemen connected with
the city, who had long known and respected her deceased
husband, would most willingly and zealously engage in
forwarding her views.
Alderman MOON said, he had known Mr. Bell for
many years, and was well acquainted with his integrity
and many excellent qualities. He should feel great
pleasure in promoting a subscription, and entertained no
doubt, if the hardship of the case were publicly known,
many benevolent individuals would feel that it was neces-
sary for them to use their exertions to relieve the desti-
tute condition of the widow. He believed the Lord
Mayor would most willingly consent to receive contribu-
tions for the benefit of the family.
The LORD Mixon subsequently said, upon being in-
formed of the appeal, that he had known Mr. Bull for
many years, and much respected his character and
family, and he would certainly not only contribute him-
self, but promote and receive subscriptions for Mrs.
Bell.
GUILDHALL.
A German named Harm Frederick Koh'', of No. 28,
Skinner-Street, Bishopsgate, was brought up in custody
of J. Dalton, 336, on the charge of presenting a forged
bill for 2101. at Messrs. Hoare and Co.'s, the bankers, in
Fleet-street.
Richard Harrison, a clerk at Messrs. Hoare and Co.s',
stated, thet about half-past ten o'clock on Thursday
morning, the prisoner presented the bill produced for
210 L for payment. It purported to be drawn by Charles
Guthrie, and accepted by George James Guthrie, and
was
dated the 29th of March, 1848, payable in two
mosnths. It was due on Thursday, and what
roused wit-
ness's suspicion was that Mr. G. J. Guthrie was not in
the habit of accepting any bills whatever. The hand-
writing was a good resemblance, but he showed it to the
other clerks in the establishment who were accustomed
to see Mr. Guthrie's handwriting, and they concurred
that the handwriting was doubtful, and that it was not
the gentleman's practice to have anything to do with bill
transactions. As the prisoner stated that he received
at
the bill from a gentleman who was w
coffee-
house near Leicester-square, Nitressaideting a
emed it prudent
Guthrie, to send the porter. with him to Mr.
return the Ito ascertain
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porter said that he had seen Mr. Guthrie, who repudiated
all knowledge of the document ; and the prisoner was
told that the bill would be detained. He then
requested that some acknowledgment should be given
to him that the bill had been detained; but witness de-
clined doing so, and told him to send the gentleman from
whom he had received it. No person calling about it,
in the course of an hour or two witness and the porter
went to a ctiffeehoase in New-street, Coven t-gart4en, to
see if the gentleman was to be found there. The gen-
tleman nut being found there, it was decided that the
prisoner should be taken into custody, which was accord-
ingly done.
Abraham Thomas Hopson, porter to Messrs. Hoare,
the bankers, said, that be was in the banking-house on
the morning in question when the bill was presented by
the prisoner, and observing that there was some d:ffi-
culty about it, and that Mr. Harrison was showing it to-
several other gentlemen, he remained in the way. Ulti-
mately it was settled that he should take a cub, and, ac-
companied by the prisoner, go to Mr. Gut.hrie's house
and ,ee if all was right. Ha did so, and on showing the
bill to that gentleman, and asking him if any portion of
it was his writing, he said it was not, and that he hoped
the bill would not be paid. He and the prisoner then
left and returned to Mr. Harrison, and having commu-
nicated what had transpired the prisoner was allowed to
depart.
Alderman HUNTER wished to know the nature of any
conversation that had passed between the prisoner and
witness.
Hopson replied, that both on going to and coming
from Mr. Guthrie's the prisoner gave his address, and
said that ho saw the person who gave him the bill write
his name on the back of it. He was a stranger, and he
did not know either his name or address, as he only met
him at a coffee-shop, where he went to get his meals
(alluding to the house in New-street). He declared that
he had never seen the ma❑ before; in fact he was a
perfect stranger to him.

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Alderman.HITNTER, after having cautioned the pri-
soner that his statement would be tak. n down, and per-
boebisbegry
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haps used against him, said that he was atliberty to
maketate ahs
The prisoner, in a few words,-said that he could only'
requested to go to the banker's and get the bill cashed;
and seeing the gentleman write'the his name on back,
he thought it was all true. The name written on the
back of the bill was " F Ferygal." Above that ap-
peared the endorsement F.
Guthrie. ot,W,4). Musgrove and Charles
Dalton stated that there was a witness who could
prove that the bill was given
saw the party alluded to endorse be was
the prisoner, and who
Mr. Alderman HUNTER callede it••
this witness, who gave
his name as
John Henry Huisgen, the owner of the ff
c ee-shop in
New-street, Covent-garden. He said that
on o
the prisoner came to him, andwished to know,
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hodneaday
could
give him any employment, and he told him to call the
next morning, which he did about ten o'clock.
An elderly
u-
p
man entered immediately after, and called for a c
of
collo°, after which he asked witness whether his son
was
in, and on receiving a reply in the negative,h be turned to
the prisoner and asked him if he had any objection to go
as far as Fleet-street and get money for a bill. The pri-
soner said he would go, and he (witness) saw the elderly
man write his name on the back of the bill. The latter
person he (witness) had seen two or three times before,
but lie had never seen the prisoner and him together.
Alderman HUNTER said, that as Mr. Guthrie would
be a necessary witness, and an adjournment must take
place ifor his attendance, he thought the better course
would be to remand the prisoner until Tuesday, without
going into further evidence ; at the same time ho would
have no objection to allow the prisoner out on bail,
himself in 80/. and one surety in 404
In default of bail he was taken to prison.
BOW-STI?EET.

James Grant, a'messenger at the Masters in Chancery-
*offices, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, his
two children (a little boy and girl), and Ann Baker, the
laundress to the chambers, were charged with stealing
5001 b. weight of law reports, Acts of Parliament, papers
Parliamentary reports, &c., from the rooms to which
they had access.
During the week a negro vendor of waste paper was
taken into custody on suspicion of stealing a quantity sof
printed sheets found in his.possession, and owing to cer-
tain disclosures made by him Police Sergeants Thompson
and Pocock were induced to make inquiries of a Mr.
Frewin, a cheesemonger and dealer in waste paper,
living in High Holborn, from whom they ascertained
that the bundles of papers and reports produced had
been purchased, from time to time, of the prisoners at the
bar, who had represented themselves as entitled to the
same, as perquisites, when the Masters had no further
use for them. He had known the Grants for many
years as customers, and had been in the habit of occa-
sionally purchasing waste paper of the children and the
laundress for about two years, or probably more. He
gave 2d. per lb. for it, which was the trade prier. He
had sometimes questioned the laundress, but never sus-
pected that the Grants had no right to the things which
they brought to him for sale.
A clerk in the office, named Roden, identified many of
the reports and papers as the property of Mr. W. IVing-
tielii, the Master in Chancery, although, not having cc-
l.Mastersas
casion for them, they had not been missed from the
a
nABhelves until the police-officers drew his attention to the
circumstance. It appeared that, of the immense quan-
titya
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his children to dispose of dirty, useless, unbound publi-
cations, Sir e m,ra. ,aret,
till lately a clerk in the office; but he denied all know-
ledgea of the sale of the books and reports.
Baker said, that whatever she had sold to Mr. Frewin
was received from either Grant or hisswife or their
children; and the latter said that they only sold the
sweepings of the offices.
Me. HENRY doubted if Frewin ought not to be placed
in the dock with the prisoners, for his share in the trans-
actions, and he should therefore require him to enter
into his own recognizances to appear at the next exami-
nati,

prisoners were then remanded. •
e magistrates, as well as all the officers of the
t, have been detained till midnight, during the
part of the week, in the event of any disturbances
ig from the probable congregation of Chartists and
es in the streets of the metropolis after dusk.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Thomas Barnard, whoa* real name is said to be Ram-
la solicitor, living at 11, President-street, Goswell-
roadJ was brought up tor final examination, charged with
havi tg committed various robberies at the Great Western
Railway station.
The first charge was for stealing a portmanteau, con-
taining a quantity of wearing apparel and a cheque for
1,8001., the property of the Rev. Francis Attree, of
Eaton-place.
The prisoner said be would not say anything in the
absence of his professional adviser.
114 was fully committed on this charge.
The prisoner was again charged with having stolen a
portmanteau from the Great Western Railway station,
the property of Mr. John Davis, land agent, of Banbury.
The prosecutor said, on Monday, the 15th of May, he
arrived at Paddington by the Great Western Railway.
He missed his portmanteau, containing wearing apparel
and other property of the value of between 30(. and 401.
Police.sergeant Gray said he produced a portmanteau,
pledged for ss. by the prisoner. Witness found the
ticket in the prisoner's pocket.
Mr.
Smith,Davisideatifiaesdsistthaenpt portmanteau,
sir. tmanteau
prisoner pledged the portmanteau on the 30th of May
for ss. George Ashman, said, the
The prisoner was fully committed on this charge.
There were four or five other cases of a similar nature,
which the prisoner was believed to be concerned in, but
Mr. Collard, the superintendent, said, these two cases,
being quite clear, would for the present be sufficient.
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LWAY INTELLIGENCE.
EASTERN UNION.
The first general meeting of this company since its
amalgamation with the Ipsvrich and Bur Company was held yesterday afternoon
at Radley's Hotely , Bridge-street, Blackfriars. J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P., in the chair.
The report stated that the Eastern Union Railway
Acts authorised the construction of a line from Colches-
ter to Norwich, 'with branches to Harwich, to Had-
leigh, and to Bury, making 98 miles of Railway.
The main line from Colchester to Haughley (31k miles),
and the branohes to Bury (12 miles), and to Had-
leigh (7 miles), had been completed and opened. The
continuation of the main line from Haughley to Nor-
w,: jell, (33 miles, including the branch to the Yarmouth
"ne). was in course of construction : a portion of it to
Finningham on the road to Diss, 6 miles beyond Stow-
market, will be opened for traffic early in June. The
line to Long Stratton, ten miles from Norwich, might if
the funds were brought forward, be without difficulty
opened in the course of this year; and to Norwich by
Midsummer, 1849. The branch to Harwich (eleven
miles), had been contracted for, part of the materials
were already on the ground, and the line would imme•
diately be under construction. The cost of the whole of
those lines when completed, including plant and perma-
nent stations, and all the extra expense entailed by severe
Parliamentary contests, would not exceed 22,0001. per
mile. The traffic upon that portion of the line which is
at work had been found to exceed considerably the esti-
mated amount; and justified the conclusion that the line
when opened to Norwich would, with a greatly reduced
per er centage of working expenses, yield a satisfac-
ty return upon the capital expended on it. It
being most essential that the line to Norwich
should be opened with the least possible delay, and
that the capital of the company already expended should
thereby be rendered at an early period productive and
remunerative, the directors recommended the share.
holders to raise among themselves, on bonds for three
years, under the company's borrowing powers, the sum
required for the immediate and vigorous prosecution of
the works to Norwich. With the same view, the di-
rectors submitted to the consideration of the shareholders
the expediency either of postponing ,the payment of the
interest authorised by the company's Act to be made up
out of capital for the year 1848, until after the
opening of the line to Norwich, taking credit
for the same, and for interest thereon in the

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