The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-18 00:00:00

materials, 31,000/., making a total of 52,2381. From this
there was deducted 1,927/. 14s. Bd. for cash received,
leaving a balance of 50,3101. ss. 4d.
A letter was then put in, and acknowledged to have
been received by the insolvent from Mr. Murray, in be-
half of Colonel Wyndham, dated Dec. 24, 1838, de-
clining to comply with Mr.Bankes' proposal, and offer-
ing to pay the costs if the insolvent would prosecute his
claims in a Court of Law.

By Mr. PLATT—Was there an action commenced
against the executors of the Earl in your name ?
There was.

And I believe your Counsel withdrew the case from
the Jury ?—He did.
Were you present in Court at that trial ?—I was.
I believe you admitted, in your answer to a bill of
discovery, that you had received certain checques from
his Lordship ?—I did.
A cheque was handed to the insolvent, dated Sept. 28,
1835.

The Insolvent—l know nothing of this cheque; I have
no means of recognizing it.
Another cheque was handed to the insolvent for 1,0001.
dated the 20th September, 1828.
Mr. PLATT—What do you say to that 7—There is
nothing upon either of thuse checks to prove that they
were ever paid to me, having never kept an account with
Lord Egremont as to the moneys he paid me.
Will you venture to swear that neither of them were
paid to you ?—I will not venture to swear that.

The CO3I3IISSIONER—To whom are they made
payable ?

- Mr. PLATT—TO " bearer."
A cheque was then handed to the insolvent, dated the
18th of December, 1833, for 1,0001.

The Insolvent—l will not undertake to swear that
they were not paid to me, but there is no evidence that
they were.
On another check of the 19th December, 1834, for
1,2001. being handed to the insolvent, he said, " I have
a recollection of 1,2001. being paid to me by Lord Egre-
meat, by cheque. In examining the bank book, with
Messrs. Wigney and Company, and from other sources
of information, I recognised the amount of that
cheque. I have no means of ascertaining that sums
were paid to me except through my bank books.
_ _

By Mr. PLATT (handing a paper to the insolvent)—
Does not that refresh your memory that 1,2001. was lent
to you by Lord Egremont, to enable you to purchase
some land to build a cottage upon ?—I did pay that sum
to Mr. Furnall, but I am not sure that it was by that
cheque.

A letter was then read, dated the 12th December,
1834, in which Lord Egremont consented to advance
1,200/. to purchase some ground.
By Mr. PLATT—Does not that enable you to say that
the cheque was received for that purpose ?—ln my judg-
ment it was.

A cheque was handed to the witness, dated the 14th
of April, 1837, for 50a, payable to the bearer, at Messrs.
Masterman and Co.'s bank.

Was that paid to you by Lord Egremont ?—I should
say it was, from Masterman's name being indorsed upon it.
Were they the agents of Messrs.Wig•!ey?—They were.
The insolvent was then examined as to whether he hail
not, in his answer to the bill of discovery, refused to
admit the receipt of the cheques in question, and he re-
plied that he had refused.

The COMMISSIONERS thought that was rather a matter
for the Court of Chancery.
Mr. PLATT said the insolvent had claimed a sum of
19,0001. as due to him from the estate of the late Earl;
whereas it could he shown that the schedule was a
total fiction. He had not given any particulars of ac-
eount. An action had been brought by the insolvent
against the executors; a bill of discovery had been filed,
and in the answer to that bill he denied several large
sums which they could prove him to have received.
The Learned Counsel then examined the witness
at some length as to his engagements during
his connection with the Earl of Egremont, from
which it appeared that during that time he had been
engaged in executing works for Earl de Grey, in addi-
tion to those which he executed for the Earl of Egre-
mont. His object in doing this was to show that the in-
solvent had not devoted himself exclusively to his en-
gagements with that Nobleman. The Learned Counsel
also examined the insolvent as to his sources of income
in 1833, which were a house in the Edgeware-road, at a
net rent of 601. a-year ; and another, formerly used as a
studio, at a rent of 351. per annum. His object, he said,
was to show that the insolvent could not have received
such large sums as appeared in the bank-book, from any
other person than the Earl himself.
The examination was then adjourned until to-morrow.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
THAMES POLICE.

Thursday afternoon a Malay, named Handromon, was
brought bet'ore Mr. Ballantine, charged with cutting and
wounding a Chinese called Howsung, who appeared be-
fore the Magistrate in a dreadful state. His face had
been cut down from the temple to the chin, and his gar-
ments were covered with blood. The parties were sea-
men on board the Scaleby Castle, East Indiaman, from
Canton, which was navigated homewards by a mixed
crew of Lascars, Malays, and Chinese, of whom little
care has been taken since their arrival in the port of
London, and who have made complaints to the Magi-
strates, of the want of proper clothing and provisions.
Luke, a constable, said this day, at ten o'clock, Sir, I
was informed the Chinamen and Malays had got fighting
en board the Scaleby Castle, and that one man had been
nearly killed. On reaching the vessel I found her in a
state of great disorder ; there had, indeed, been nothing
but fighting and noise all the morning. The wounded
man had been removed from the ship before I got there,
and this Malay was pointed out to me by a Chinese sea-
man as the person who cut his cheek open.
A Chinese sailor, with a long tail which nearly
reached to the ground, was here put forth to interpret,
the evidence, but he could only speak a few words of
English. It, however, appeared that he saw the affray,
and he stated that the Malay took up a long knife and
cut the man Howsung on the face, and there was a good
deal of fighting.

Mr. BALLANTINE—Here is a pretty state of things—a
parcel of Malays and Chinamen fighting, and with knives,
and they are under no control at all. There should be
some English person inves►ed with authority to manage
them, and superintend their provisioning and control
them. Where are the European officers of the ship—
don't they look after them ? Luke—The European
officers don't care a farthing about them—they don't
care if all the Lascars, Malays, and Chinese kill each
other after the ship is brought home.
_ _

Mr. BALLANTINE—There ought by all means to be an
European boatswain to look after them and prevent
theta getting into disorder. Does the captain of the ship
look after them? Luke —He is not often on board, Sir.
I do all I can to keep them quiet, but they are too
much for me.

The officers said the Captain of the Scaleby Castle
had waited on Mr. Broderip in the early part of the
week, and complained that many of his Asiatic crew
were annoying the owners of the vessel, and loitering
about their offices in the city.
Mr. BALLANTINE said it too often happened that the
Lascars became vagrants in our streets, because they
were not' properly looked after. Do you expect any
more of these men ? Luke—Yes, 6ir ; the Fort Wil-
liam, a 1,200 or 1,300 ton ship, is coming in to-morrow,
full of these black people.
Mr. BALLANTINE then directed that the prisoner should
be detained until to-morrow (this day) at the station-
house, and that in the meantime a proper interpreter
should be engaged to explain the evidence to the Court.
He would suggest also while the Lascars, Malays, and
Chinamen were in the East India Dock, that policemen
or some persons armed with sufficient authority, should
be stationed on board the different ships, where they
were to prevent similar outrages, and see that the men
were properly treated. The state of things which existed
at present was quite disgraceful.

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MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Dec. 11, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:—

Weekly
Total. Average
1838-9.40
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l5l 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 132 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Hea-t and Blood-vessels l9 18
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Organs of Digestion...
Diseases of the Kidnoys, &c.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain 5eat...... B6 103
01d Age, or Natural Decay 56 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 18 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes... -
Average Weekly Deaths .. 926

Average Population Deaths
NVeettly enu. in
Deaths merated the
I'3e-9-40. 1641. lh ea.
West Districts—Kensington, Saint
George (Hanover-square), West-
' minster, St. Martin in the Fields,
St. James
North Districts—St. Mary-le-bone
St. Pancras, Islington, Hackney 163 365,660 14
Central Districts—St. Giles and St.
George, Strand, Holborn, Clerk-
enwell, St. Luke, East London,
West London, City of London ... 190 373,806 149
East Districts—Shoreditch, Bethnal
Green, Whitechapel, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 2ll 392,493 182
South Districts—St Saviour, St
Olave, Bermondsey, St. George,
Southwark, Newington,Lambetb,
Camberwell, Rotherhitbe, Green-
wich

•... ............ ... ... ...... 223 438,060 191

otal 926 1,870,727 770
It is stated that underT the term Metropolis aco comprised tilt,
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon.
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Alortality—
and the parishes of St. Maryiebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith( Chapelry), St. Luke (Ch elsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Broom
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was
1,870,727. The weekly averrge for 1838, 1839, and 1840,
was obtained by dividing the deaths in the three years by 156.
TEMPERATUKE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
Dec. 4. Dec. 11.
59° 55°
45 40
51 47
16, 1841.

Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean .
General Register Office, Dec.

The gamekeeper of Sir John Kennaway. Mr.
Cock, killed a few days since, on_ the grounds of West-
hill, twenty brace of snipes and one brace of partridges
in thirty-nine shots, without. missing a single shot.—
Western Luminary.

DISTRESS AT PRESTON.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR—Witnessing the lots of furniture (if it can be
called by that name) sold every day at the Obelisk, be-
longing to poor people, who are sold up for rent, I ap-
plied to a rent-collector for a statement of the gross
amount of such sales. He gave me a list of thirteen
cases, which I beg to enclose. This list proves two
points: first, the lamentable destitution of poor families,
when the whole of the furniture and bedding will not
fetch more than 2s. sd., 3s. 4d., 6s. 3d., or rarely indeed
as much as 15s. It also fully explains why the home
trade is almost entirely at a stand. I specially beg the
attention of the well fed, well clothed, well bedded, and
well housed bread taxers, to this appalling statement.
Preston, Dec. 16. Yours,
[ln the list transmitted only two sales exceeded 155.;
one brought 2/. Bs, fir the property of a little shop-
keeper; and another 11. 1 ls. ; the average of the other
eleven did not exceed 6s. 5-}d.!]
The following is a list of the amount of distress sales
within the last two months:—

O s. d.
1 11 0
O 11 2i
2 8 0
O 3 4i
O 14 2
O 8 3.
O 12 6i-

O s. d.
O 7 4
O 2 8
O 12 3
O 7 101
O 13 1
O 6 3

THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY
CORN MARKET.

This week's supplies of Wheat have been small, but
considerable of Barley and Oats. Wheat firm in price,
with little doing. Barley very dull. Oats very heavy
and Monday's prices could not be obtained. Flour as
last imported.