The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-30 00:00:00

AIANSION-

HIS DAY.)

The captain of the Brilliant Gravesend steam-packet ap-
peared to answer the complaint of a poor woman, who had
come up from Gravesend with him without a shilling in her
pockets to pay her fare. She had a large stone bottle in
her possession, which she said contained two gallons and a-
half of the best ketchup, worth to her upwards of a so-
vereign. The captain seized it, opened the jar, and on
smelling the stuff, threw bottle and all into the river.
The captain said, in answer to the complaint, that he
had been often swindled out of his money by parties leaving
a jar or bottle of water very carefully corked and sealed.
He was afraid of the like imposition in the present instance,
and opened it for the purpose of ascertaining. He had no
sooner got out the cork, than he was nearly knocked down
with the horribly bad smell, and several ladies who were
near had to run down to the cabin. The Company's se-
cretary was present, and ordered him to throw it over-

board:
The LORD MAYOR said neither the very intelligent Se-
cretary, nor the worthy Captain, had any right to do so, and
they must compensate the woman.
The Captain declined unless compelled.
The LORD MAYOR was not sure whether he had any
jurisdiction in the case, but if not the woman must go to
the Court of Requests.
The Captain was about to retire thinking the case was
over,
The LORD MAYOR ordered him to stop ; he would ex-
ercise jurisdiction, and not allow him to depart till the
woman was satisfied, and if he was the least saucy he would
whisper to him there was such a place as Bridewell.
The woman was sworn, and deposed that the ketchup was
good, and had cost her more than 10s.
The LORD MAYOR ordered the Captain to pay the
woman 10s., which, with the one due for her fare, made

11 s. He did so, but with a very bad grace.
The LORD MAYOR said the Captains of steamers were
very great men when on board, but he hoped that would be
a lesson, and that civility to.the poor would not be so scarce
again in the Brilliant.

NSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT-(THIS DAY.

(Before Mr. Commissioner BowEN.)
THE EFFECTS OF BEING SECURITY FOR OTHERS.

A market-gardener named Boyes applied, upon petition,
for his discharge. From the examination of the insolvent
by the Commissioner, it appeared that the whole of his
debts amounted only, he believed, to between sixty and
seventy pounds, the greater part of which had been incurred
in consequence of the insolvent becoming security for pre-
tended friends. _

Mr. Commissioner BOWEN said that it was highly im-
proper for any person to become security for others when
he was unable to pay his own debts. Such persons
neither deserved the pity of the Court or his cre-
ditors, many of whom were cheated out of their
just rights in consequence of the conduct of the in-
solvent. The Learned Commissioner wished to know
what had induced the insolvent to become security for
others, and by that act to throw himself into prison ?
The insolvent observed, that he placed reliance on those
for whom be went security, that they would pay the amount.
He was extremely sorry for what he had done.
Mr. Commissioner BowEN considering that the insolvent
had had sufficient punishment, having been in prison up-
wards of two months, ordered him to be. discharged.