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London, England, 1870-11-03 00:00:00

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SliN, LONDON, iIIURSPAY, NOVEMBER 3, 16%.

LAW AND POLICE,

THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S BANKRUPTCY. —Anacljourned
me,Aing was held beforo Mr. Registrar Roche under the
bankruptcy of the Duke of Newcastle.—Mr. Arnold
Munns, for the bankrupt, stated that. a proposal had
been made to pay the duke's creditors 4s. in the
pound, which had been rejected, and therefore he
had to apply that the examination sitting might be
adjourned until the 11th of January next.—
Mr. Davis said he should tell the Court that

the duke's proposal had been refused by a large
majority of the creditors, and by the principal cash
creditor.—His Honour : What do you call a "cash
creditor?" Mr. Davis : A creditor on a bill of exchange
for money advanced. There are but few trade creditors.
—Mr. Munns said it was not quite as Mr. Davis had

stated. It was true that a meeting of creditors had been
held, and a sum of £l,OOO had been proposed to be paid
down to save the duke from the unpleasantness of
bankruptcy. His Honour : I see from the affidavits filed
that it is so stated. There have been already three ad-
journments, and if I now again grant an adjournment it
is only right that the bankrupt should know the conse.
quences of non-surrender, as I shall certainly enforce the
law. I wish it to be distinctly understood that unless he
surrenders at the adjourned sitting,the bankrupt will have
committed misdemeanour.—Mr. Munns said the assignees
had had the estate of the duke for more than a year and
a half in their own hands, and that it was the intention
of his grace to surrender on the next occasion.—The
Registrar : Well, I will grant an adjournment until the
11th of January, and all I can say is that I will then
enforce the law. Mr. Davis then asked for a private
meeting at which to examine Mr. Padwick, Mr.
Pollard, and Mr. Tidey, and said it would be necessary
to examine the duke ; and, therefore, be applied for a
summons against him. His Honour granted a summons,
though he did not quite see the necessity of examining the
duke.

FURIOUS DRIVING.—At the Mansion-house George
New, 35, a carman in the service of the Great Western
Railway Company, was charged before the Lord
Mayor with being drunk, and driving to the common
danger of foot passengers in the city. The com-
plainant was a city police-constable named Raven,
who stated that on Monday evening, between six and
seven o'clock, ho saw the prisoner driving a
horse and van in front of the Mansion-house, in the
direction of the new street, at the rate of , about
seven miles an hour. He was stationed at the crossing,
and he held up_ his hand for the prisoner to stop, but he
continued fit the same pace, and nearly rfth oyez the
witness. He was followed and stopped, upon which he
fell from his sent into the roadway, although without
hurting himself. He was drunk, and bad been in custody
all night. His horse and van had been taken to the
company's stables by the van guard. The prisoner,
in his defence, admitted that he had taken too
much to drink, but stated that he had been in the
service of the company for a number of years, and
bore a good character. The Lord Mayor said the
crossing in question was one of the most dangerous in
London, and it required all the care of a sober man to
pass it safely. He should advise the prisoner on the next
occasion that he knew he was intoxicated to lead his horse
and van into the nearest stable-yard, and walk home.
By such reckless acts as he had committed a frightful
amount of life was sacrificed, and he (the Lord Mayor)
really believed that there was a special Providence
fez drunken men, and that they did not get hurt as
much as they 'might. Ho fined the prisoner 205., with
the alternative of seven days' imprisonment. The fine
was paid:

THE STAB. AND GARTER LICE: MS.—THE COMPANY
FINED.—The summonses which were taken out by the
Excise against the Star and Garter Hotel Company,
charging them with keeping, on the 17th day of August,
nine horses, being at the time only licensed for five ; also
for keeping seven carriages, when they only
held a license for four; and for keeping a
male servant without having made a return or
being duly licensed, ceme on for hearing before
the Richmond bench cf magistrates. The magistrates
decided upon convicting in two penalties only, viz., for
keeping horses and carriages in excess, and for keeping
servants without a licence. The bench fined the defen-
dams £lO for the first charge, and £2O on the second.—
The fines were paid.
A WIcKED GlRL.—Louisa Bradford, a very intelligent
but wicked girl, only 12 years of age, was brought up on
remand before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames Police-
court, charged with robbing her mother, Caroline Brad-
.ford, whose simple and heartrending story drew tears
from many. The poor woman is the mother of seven
children, whom she maintains by her own industry, her
husband having abandoned her, and only contributed
4s. Bd. towards her support iu 12 months. The prisoner
was the eldest child, and could be of service in look-
ing after the other children at home while the
mother was selling goods of her own manufacture
out of doors. The girl, however, had frequently plundered
her home and absconded. The last wicked thing she did
was to take three frocks belonging to her sisters, and the
only ones they had, and run away. She was absent for
four days and four nights, and in bad company. The
girl had robbed her mother frequently, reducing her to a
state of utter destitution. Mr. Lushington : Have you
sent this girl to school ? The mother : Yes, sir. A police-
constable produced the three frocks which he took.from
the prisoner. She was unable to sell them owing to her
juvenile appearance. The prisoner was obstinate and
offered no defence. Mr. Lushington remanded her for a
Week.
SERIOUS ASSAULT.—Mary White and Thomas Pybus
were brought up !before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough-
street Police-court, charged with assaulting George Box,
Maria Box, and Sarah McKenzie. The complainant
George Box WAS so much injured that he was unable to
attend the court. Mrs. Maria Box, residing in Savill-
street. Marylebone, stated that on the previous
evening she went with her husband and aunt into the Ship
tavern at the corner of Marylebone-street, when the pri-
soner White insulted her without any provocation, struck
her and her husband, and her husband was so much in-
jured that he was compelled to be taken to the Middlesex
Hospital. Mrs. Sarah McKenzie, aunt of the pre-
vious witness, said that in consequence of White
insulting her niece, the landlord put her out
of the house. On afterwards leaving the house,
White seized her and threw her sprawling in the
street, she not having given her the slightest provo-
cation, and while she was trying to get up Mr. Box was
very much hurt by the prisoners. Police-constable Ford-
ham, 215 B, said that on going up to see what was the
matter he found the man, now in the Middlesex
Hospital, lying on the pavement. He accused White
with striking him with something tied up in a
white article, and the injured man said that a short,
stout man had kicked him in the groin, and he appeared
to be seriously injured. He took the injured man to the
Middlesex hospital, and White into custody. He after-
wards took Pybus, who he was told was the man who had
kicked the injured man, to the hospital, and he was iden-
tified. Mr. linox remanded the prisoners..
ALLEGED EXTENSIVE FORGERIES BY A FOREIGNER.—
At Bow-street, Roco Mitelli, a foreigner, was brought up
before Mr. Vaughan from Newgate, under a writ of
Habeas Corpus, charged with having wrongfully issued
three notes on the National Bank of Sardinia, for a
thousand lira each. Detective Greenham acted as inter-
preter. The prisoner stood committed for trial
from September last under several similar charges,
involving in the full amount an exceedingly
large sum of money. He had been living at various
places, and when apprehended at C haring-cross Hotel,
notes to the value of 20,000 francs were' o
in his
possession. He was now charged with issuing the three
notes in question under the following circumstances. Mr.
Hopper, clerk to Messrs. Venables, bullion changers at
the Stock Exchange, said that on the 18th of August the
prisoner sent
_the notes to their office by the clerk to
Messrs. Mackiel. Witness purchased the notes, and
handed a cheque for the amount to the person who brought
them. They were duly forwarded to Italy, where they
were detained as being forged. The issuing was traced to
the prisoner, who was now committed for trial on this
additional charge.
THE IRISH AMBULANCE PROSECUTION CASE.—The
following letter from B. Cotter, dated from Caen, has
been sent to some papers.—" As my name has been
brought before the public in connection with the Irish
Ambulance Corps, and as I see by the papers that a pro-
secution has been commenced against Mr. McDonnell, the
alleged secretary, will you kindly allow me to state the
facts of the case? The Ambulance Corps in London was
established in connection with the one in Dublin. The
only parties concerned were myself and the secretary,
in whose absence, through serious illnete, Mr.
McDonnell acted a short time. I deny emphatically that
wo had the remotest idea of enlisting men for the French
army, of to breaking the laws of our country. It is also
false that my brother appealed to patriotic Irishmen to
fight for the French Republic. Vhen we landed at
Havre I found that the Ambulance Corps aas quite
filled up, and our services were, therefore, not wanted.
The idea of joining the army emanated from some of the
men in their drunen frolics-after landing ; nor was there
previously any pecuniary or other inducement held out to
them to prevail on them to become soldiers. I aen sorry
to add, the conduct of the majority of the: men,-as a dis-
grace to civilisation.
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rffiE -WAR.

THE CAPITULATION OF METZ.

A GERMAN ACCOUNT.
The correspondent of the Cologne Gazette holds—but
that is a matter of course—that Bazaine could not have
freed himself. The sortie of October 7th proved clearly
that there was no hope of breaking through the German
lines. The writer then proceeds to describe the negotia-
tions :—Metz, with its terribly strong and far advanced
outworks, is without question the strongest and best
situated fortress in Europe, next to Mayence. That such
a fortress, or, to speak more correctly, such a
gigantic and strongly fortified camp, modelled
according to the best rules of fortification, and
containing about 115,000 unwounded and able-
bodied soldiers, was at last reduced to capitulate, is
an event which has never before occurred in the annals or
history of any period or nation. The negotiations com-
menced on the 26th October, and continued on this day ,
L from eight o'clock in the morning until two o'clock in
the afternoon, as the conditions could not be agreed to.
Marshal Bazaine demanded that the officers in Metz
included in the capitulation, in the same manner
as those who capitulated at Sedan, should
be permitted, in exchange for their word of
honour not to serve any more against us in the present
campaign, to remain in France, should they desire so to
do. As, however, the people in France have universally
declared that such word of honour was not binding upon
them as regards the Germans, and some dozens of French
officers have been infamous and dishonourable enough to
break their word of honour and again take up arms
against us, the King of Prussia has justly given orders
that in future no French officer taken prisoner of war
should be permitted to remain in France, but they
should all of them be forwarded to Germany as prisoners
of war. The negotiations on the 26th October having led
to nothing definite, they were again resumed on the
following day at six o'clock in the evening, and were not
concluded until eleven o'clock at night, at which hour
these memorable and historical articles of capitu-
lation wore signed by , the above-named gentle-
men in the library of the Chateau of Fres-
caty. During the meantime information had been
received from Versailles that the King of Prussia, in con-
sideration of the courageous defence of the garrison of
Metz, would permit the officers to retain their swords, and
they should choose either to remain in France in exchange
for their promises not to serve against Germany during the
present war, or take up their residence in Germany. It
must also be said to our praise that the capitulation ac-
corded the permission, which the garrison of Metz has so
well and richly merited, of marching out with all the
honours of war.

THE FRENCH PRESS ON THE SURRENDER.
The Constitutionnel says that three influential men in
France have declared that Bazaine has betrayed the
country, and that this crime is the greatest which can be
imputed to a soldier. It does not appear, however, that
those who accuse Marshal Bazaine of this crime have
made their case out very clearly. Hitherto an accusation
like the present has been followed by a council of war,
and the arbitrary decision of some members of the French
Government has given offence in some quarters. The
Constitutionnel' thinks that misfortune has induced the
nation to take hasty impressions, and pass severe judg-
ments. The epithet of coward or traitor is applied to all
those who are defeated, but it is not patriotic or
Repnblican to make such charges in an official manner.
Those who are entrusted with the care of France are re-
quired to preserve moderation in their judgments. The
height of disaster and the worst capitulation would be the
confusion of the laws of right and wrong which would be
created by the suppositions of those who are unable to
distinguish between crime and misfortune, The Nouvel-
Liste Rouen is reserved on the question of accusing Mar-
shal Bazaine of treason. It considers the Government of
the National Defence has prejudged the matter with
blameable haste, The truth must come out eventually
that the disappointment which has been felt on the re-
ceipt of the news of the fall of Metz should not precipi-
tate people into injustice. It would be well to wait before
condemning those who have fought and suffered for
France, in order to discover if it be true that they have so
far forgotten the requirements of military honour
as to betray the sacred cause of the country.
The Siecle declares that the capitulation of Metz is
the last act of the harrowing military epopee of the army
prepared by the Empire. The whole army passed from
defeat to capitulation, from Woerth and Reichsoffen to
Sedan and Mttz. The public, in seeking great warriors,
have only met with captains like Napoleon 111., Mac-
Mahon, Lebceuf, and, to crown all, Bazaine. It must be
remembered, however, that France is no more destroyed
because Bazaine has capitulated at Metz, than she was
when Napoleon surrended at Sedan. After Sedan Paris
was not in a condition of defence; but the Republic has
armed Paris and given arms to Frenchmen. The Republic
is stronger now than after the capitulation of Sedan.
There is yet time for France to make a final effort, and
bring back victory to the ranks of the army ; but she
must take the firm resolution to have no concessions
while the Prussian army violates her soil. If Metz has
capitulated, France and the Republic will not capitulate.