The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDONI rITESDAY _EVEN i NG; AUGUST 12, 1856;

TAW INTEL'

:.—(This Day.)

Rusoois ---- -
this rift COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.)
IRE JULIUS ROBERTS.
This bankrupt was described as of Poplar, manufac-
t, Irer of ships' pump, &c„ ship steering apparatus, &c.,
& 1.; he bad also entered into a contract for laying down
an electric telegraph from Sardinia to Africa, and from
Get. toa to the mainland. Tc-day was appointed for the
last examination.
Th e balance-sheet, by Mr. Maynard, extends from
Decet nber, 1854, to July, 1856, and shows debtor to
creditor a, 2,3321. 119. 63.; to ditto holding security,
2261, if s. 7d. ; profits, 7,829/. 14s. ; liabilities on bills
receiyabt'e, 1,7831. 13s. ; claim on the Mediterranean
Telegrapi, Company, 8,1301. Gs. 9d. (this claim arises on
an alleged breach of contract on the part of the com-
pany after h ankrupt had gone to considerable expense
in chartering a vessel to carry the cable, &c.: the opi•
nion of Mr. Serjeant Bytes has been taken as to bank-
rupt's right, and he is of opinion that the amount will
be recovered, and an action is pending) ; patent in the
hands of creditors, 2301. ; losses, 757/. ; trade expenses,
573/.

place, and a scuffle, during which several blows were
received by various persons.
Mr. Broughton—ls the child that was christened

alive ?

Witness—Yes, sir. It was taken away by a woman.
The witness further stated that he was forced to obtain
a •sietance in order to apprehend the prisoners, because as

he was going upstairs he was told it would be dangerous
to go •into the room, which was crowded. Some had
pokers, some tongs, some shovels, and others had
basins, plates, fruit-pots, &c., with which they were
striking each other.

Mr. Broughton—Was either of the prisoners in the
possession of any implement ?

Witness—The female prisoner had a poker in her
band.

Mrs. Lynch—But I did not use it, sir.
The witness added that it required three or four po•
licemen to convey the male prisoner to, the station-house,
as he made some resistance.
The male prisoner was sent for seven days to the
House of Correction, and the female prisoner was fined
55., or in default seven days' imprisonment.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO A CHlLD.—James PM//iv, a
respectably-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Bea-
don, on a charge of cruelty to his son, a little boy aged
9 years.

After a long discussion the bankrupt passed.

IN RE HOUGHTON.

This bankrupt was described as of Friday-street and
Watling-street, merchant, and to-day was appointed for
the last examination. The balance-sheet, by Mr. Chat-
teris, commenced January, 1854, and ends September,
1855, shows debtor to creditors, 22,9301. 16s. 2d. ; ditto
holding security, 9,1381. ; liabilities, 11,4911. ; to J. G.
Taylor, Melbourne, 16,1821. lls. 10d. ; capital, Jan.,
1854, 11,5871. 14s. Bd. ; creditors, good debts, 2341. 7s. ;
Houghton and May, Montreal, 4,0671. lie. 6d.; J. S.
Taylor, Melbourne, 3,2031. 17s. ; property, 7741. ;
stock at Sydney, Adelaide, and Hobart Town, 2,905/. ;
creditors holding security, 3,000/. ; trade expenses,
6,2721. ; losses, 23,566/. ; private expenses, 9871. 7s. 4d.
The examination had been adjourned to ascertain the
assets from the colonies, and was still further adjourned.

It appeared from the evidence that the boy had been
sent on several errands by his father with cash to pay
for goods, when he stopped away from home and spent
the money. On Sunday morning last the prisoner sent
him with eighteen-pence to pay for the cleaning of a hat,l
when he returned and stated that he had paid for it.
Subsequently the prisoner ascertained that the boy had
told a lie, and had squandered the money away with
other children. The prisoner was asked to speak the
truth, when he still persisted that he had paid the hat-
ter, which was false. The prisoner then sent the mother
for a cane, and beat the boy about the body and arms.
The neighbours interfered, and the boy's back was ex-
hibited when the prisoner was taken into custody.
The magistrate saw the condition of the boy's back,
which bore several marks of severe beating.
The prisoner (crying)--I am very sorry that I marked
him, but your worship it was the first time I ever did
so. He is a bad boy, and I really do not know what
to do with him.

POLICE INTELLIg.ENCE.—(This Day.

MANSION-HOUSE.

REFUSAL TO PAY CAB FARE.—Admiral Collier was

summoned before Mr. Alderman Carter by Wm. Pone,
cab driver, No. 10,243, for refusing to pay his lawfu
fare.

Mr. Beadon—A father has a right to correct his chil•
dren, but it must be done without any uudue violence.
It is clear that he is a very bad boy, and he ought to
be punished for his dishonest habits. You must enter
into your own recognisance to keep the peace for six
months.
The prisoner was subsequently discharged.

Complainant said he was taken off the stand at Gros•
venor-gate to go to 63, Mount-street, where he took up
a lady, a little girl, and some luggage. From thence he
went as directed, to 16, Halfmoon-street, Piccadilly,
where he took up another lady and little girl, and some
more luggage, so that he bad in all three persons to
charge for and sixteen packages of luggage outside the
cab. He waited a quarter of an hour in Mount-street
and half an hour in Halfinoon-street. From that place
he drove his passengers and their luggage to the London
Briige wharf, where the ladies got out with their
luggage, and he then demanded his fare. The first lady
he took up told him he must wait until another lady came
to the wharf. Complainant remonstrated because his

time was precious, but as he could not help himself he
remained twenty minutes on the wharf till ordered
off, and then he had to take his horse and cab
to a public-houso and get a man to look after

it. After waiting about an hour and a quarter, the
defendant and a lady came to the wharf in a carriage,
and then he understood he was to ply him his fare.
He know the admiral very well, and if the lady he took
to the wharf had told him the admiral was to have paid
him, he would have called at his house for the fare.
The admiral's lady offered him 24. 6d., but he demanded
7s. 6d.—viz., distance, 24. ; 9 packages, ls. 63. ; and
waiting 11 hours, 3s. 6d. They then offered him 3s. 6d.,
and at last gave him 4s. 61., refusing the other 3s.
He told the admiral he should summons him. After
that he went to his house, and whilst speaking to th e
servant, the admiral called to him over the stairs,
" Get out you d— swindling son of a b---h."
(Loud laughter.)
The admiral denied that the complainant had waited
so long as he had said, and that he was not civil.

Alderman Carter ordered the balance, 33., to be paid,
with 53. loss of time, and 3i. for the summons.
The admiral paid the money and retired.

GUILDHALL,

ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—Two men, strangers to
each other, named Macdonald and Halls, were charged
before Mr. Alderman Sidney, the former with violently
assaulting the police, and the latter with obstructing
them in their duty, and also with assaulting them.
It appeared, from the evidence of police-constable
235, that about six o'clock last night Macdonald was
turned out of the City Arms, Snow-hill, and got into a
quarrel with an artilleryman. He seized him by the
collar, tearing down his coat and shirt, and held these
so firmly that the officer, in endeavouring to make him
let go his hold, the prisoner tore away a piece of the
artilleryman's shirt. The prisoner was so violent
that it took five officers to convey him to the police-
station. Whilst witness was engaged separating the
prisoner and the artilleryman Heelis came up with a
book and pencil to take the numberi of the police, and
pulled down witness's collar the bet er to take his num-
ber. The prisoner Heelis was much excited, and made
frequent appeals to the crowd against the police, and
in consequence there was a general cry of " shame "
raised against them. He folio wed the prisoner M'Do-
nald and the police to the station, and on the way as-
saulted police constable 247, and otherwise misconduct.
ed himself and obstructed the police in the discharge of
their duty. After the prisoner I.U`Donali was lodged
in the station house Heelis was taken into custody.
M`Donald was very violent, and struck police constable
235 a severe blow on the mouth, cutting his lip open,
and also kicked him and some of the other officers.

Heelis said that he was induced to interfere in conse-
quence of the improper manner in which the police were
treating M‘Donald. He denied that he incited the
people against the police, or that he wished to obstruct
them in the discharge of their duty.
M`Donald said he had just returned from the Crimea,
where he received a shell-wound in the head. He bad
also lost his right lung, and in consequence of which he
had been discharged from the 44th Foot. He knew the
artilleryman in question at Balaklava ; and as he was
having some words with another man, he (prisoner) was
interfering to make peace between them when the police
came up and interfered. He said the police acted basely
towards him.

Mr. Aldernm Sydney fined Heelis 10s,, or 14 days'
imprisonment, and M'Donald 255., or five weeks' impri•
soument. Beth prisoners were locked up.

BOW STREET.

ROBBING MARKET GARDENERS.—This morning a
young man, named fames West, was placed at the bar,
on remand, charged with stealing a seive of cucumbers,
the property of Mr. Fitch, of Fulham.
From the evidence of the police constable, it appeared
that of late a regular system of robbing the growers at-
tending Covent Garden Market had been carried on by
a number of bad
,characters, who manage to make off
with any description of property they can lay their
hands on while the owner is engaged, serving his custo-
mers. A few days ago, the prisoner was observed to go
up to the stand of Mr. Fitch, and deliberately carry off
a seive of cucumbers. On the officer taking him into
custody, he said he had paid for the property, but on
his (the officer) insisting that he should return with him
to Mr. Fitch, he refused. Ile was then taken into
custody.

Mr. Fitch said the cucumbers were his property, and
he had not sold any on the morning of the robbery.
Had he done so the prisoner would have had in his pos-
session a ticket for the hire of the basket which he
would be able to produce. _

The officer said he had made inquiries into the pri-
Boner's character, and he found that he had been em•
ployed for some time in the neighbourhood of Bermond-
sey as a potman, and was always considered to be an
honest man.

The prisoner denied the robbery, and said he bought
the goods.

...
Mr. Henry said that statement was denied by the
owner of the property. As he was not known to the
police he should only sentence him to three weeks' im-
prisonment.