The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-11 00:00:00

.IN THE BA.NYRUPTCY OF SAMUEL ALFRED WARNER.

Captain Warner passed his last examination to-day
without opposition. The prominent features of this sin-
gular case have been already before the public. The
Captain is described as a projectile manufacturer, at 27,
Southampton-street, Strand. The balance-sheet, which
extends from January, 1831, to October, 1850, has the
following items:—Unsecured creditors, 3,8971.; secured
ditto, 150/.; creditors holding documents relative to the
Captain's claims on the P.rtuguese Government, 10,8001.;
surplus, January, 1831, 16,950/.; amount granted by the
English Government towards the expenses of the expe-
riments at Charnock Chase, 1,300/.; gift of his late Ma-
jesty William IV., 1,0001 ; ditto, by the Duke of Buc-
cleuch, 500/.; ditto, by Sir F. Burdett, 7001.; ditto. by
Captain Britten, 1,0001.; ditto, by Captain Collins, 5001.;
liabilities, 1981. Upon the credit side of the balance-
sheet are the following items:—By property held by a
creditor, 501; expenses incurred; by making an experi-
ment, chiefly for the satisfaction of the English Govern-
ment, 12.0771.; expenses incurred in the service of the
Portuguese Government, upon which I have a claim for
49,0001. and seventeen years' interest, 13,000/.; personal
expenses, 6,624/.; interest, 943/4 losses, 3,995/.; law
costs, 107/4 documents relative to the claims of the
.Portuguese Government, 10,800/., held by Earl Talbot,of
Ingestrie, Staffordshire. The sum which Captain Warner
states the British Government promised to him is
20€),0001., and an annuity of 3,000 L The expenses are
moderate, the bankrupt having
had a family of eleven
children to maintain. Amongst his losses was 951. by
the publication of a pamphlet entitled " Captain War•
ner's Narrative." All the other items of any interest
have long since been
published in this journal. The
bankrupt, as has been stated, passed, Messrs. Lawrence
and Keddel being solicitors for the respective partieF,
and the day fur the certificate meeting having been
named.

(Before Mr. Commissioner PANE).
The only matter of interest on his Honour's list was a
last examination meeting in the matter of Vouillon, the
well-known Court milliner. The balance-sheet not being
in readiness, the meeting was adjourned by consent.

INSOLVENT DES TORS' COURT, Jan. 10.
The cases disposed of to-day were of little public im-
portance.
Philip Henry Conan], a printer, who was heard a few
days since before Mr. Commissioner Law, appeared to-
day for judgment, cud was remaudei for twelve calecdLr
months from the date of his vesting order fur a fraudu-
lent preference in favour of his father-in-law, to the
prejudice of the other creditors.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Mr. Justice
TALFOURD

THE CASE OP MRS. SLOANE.—Mr. HUDDLE6TON ap-
plied to the Court to fix the amount of recognis2nces
that should be entered into by Mrs. Sloane in the event
of her being taken into custody.
The CHIEF BARON directed that Mr. Sloane should
enter into an additional recognizance of 5001. for his
wifd's appearance, and that two sureties in the sum of
2501. each should also be provided.
Edward Amos, aged 25, was indicted for feloniously
setting fire to a workshop, the property of Thomas Ross,
is t ent to it jurs him.

Mr. Garde. and Mr. Noel conducted the prosecution;
M. Puiiing defended the prisoner.

The circumstances ofthi3 case have been detailed
v .r 7 fully within the last few days in the police re-
po!tt. The prosecutor, Captain Ross, is a gentleman
of property, who is carrying on au extensive building
speculation at Clapham, and the prisoner had been
employed as a carpenter upon the works. The fire in
question took place in the evening of the 20th of
December, and it appeared that a workshop contain-
ing a large quantity of valuable building materials was
entirely destroyed, the value of the property being esti-
mated at over 1,0001. It appeared that shortly before
the fire there had been some disagreement between the
prisoner and a person named Wood, who had some eon-
trol upon the works, upon the subject of an intimacy
which existed between the prisoner and his sister, and
Wood had threatened to discharge him unless he ful-
filled a promise ho had made to marry her, and it would
seem that this had very much incensed the prisoner. On
the day following the fire a letter was received by the
brother of Captain Ross, which pointed to the prisoner
as being the man who bad set fire to the premises, and it
was rather a singular fact that this le:t3r turned out to
he written by the prisoner himself, and on the same day
he give himself into the custody of a police-constable in
the New-road, and admitted to him that he had set fire
to a workshop belonging to the prosecutor, and subse-
quently made a statement La the same effect to Captain
Ross himself, stating at the same time that his object in
committing the crime was to have revenge upon the
family of the Woods, and that he wished they had all
been burnt in the fire.

The Learned COUNSEL for the prisoner endeavoured to
show that he was a man of weak mind, and that being
actuated by a fear that ho should be suspected of
having committed the crime, he had made admissions of
guilt which did not attach to him. He called two
brothers of the prisoner, who stated that they had ob-
served that he was sometimes very melancholy and
desponding, and at others unnaturally cheerful, and
they expressed a belief that his mind was not in a sound
state.

Mr. Sewell, the assistant-surgeon of the gaol, was
also examined, and in answer to a question put to him
by Mr. Garde, said that he had had frequent oppor-
tunities of observing the prisoner, and he had not the
slightest reason to suppose that his mind was in any way
affected.

Mr. Justice TALFOURD having summed up,
The jury, without hesitating for a moment. returned a
verdict of Guilty, but judgment was respited to give
the Learnel Judge an opportunity of considering a
technical point that had been reserved by the prisoner's
counsel, as to whether the building was properly de-
scribed in the indictment.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON•SERGEANT.)
James Thomas Newland, 17, labourer, was indicted for
stealing 62 dozen. of ladies' collars and other goods,
valuk,d at 61, the property of Wellington Williams, his
master, and Henry Hart, 23, labourer, was indicted for
feloniously receiving the goods, well knowing them to
have been stolen.

Mr. Ballantino prosecuted, and Mr. Parry defended
Hart.

Newland pleaded " Guilty," and was admitted evi-
dence, and the statement made by him and the other
witnesses did not in any way differ from that given
before the magistrates at Guildhall, and which has ap-
peared at length in our columns within the last few days.
The facts were briefly these: —On the 28th of December
last Henry Wobb, 258 City police, having received cer-
tain information, went to the shop of a tobacconist in
St. Martin's-le-Grand, where he found a bag had been
left, and which he learnt would be called for on the
Monday, and ho accordingly went there on the Monday
following, and waited in the back parlour in company
with Wardell, another City officer, and shortly afterwards
Newland, who was porter to the prosecutor, who resides
at 84, Gutter-lane, came and asked for the bundle, and
also for a knife, with which he cut the top from the bag,
and tied it up closer. He then went out, followed
by the officers, and proceeded as far as Bishopsgate by
omnibus, they being in a cab. They then followed him
down Artillery-lane and some of the streets in the neigh-
bourhood, where, not being well acquainted with the
locality, they lost sight of him, but as they went along
saw Hart and another man standing waiting about. Oa
the next day the officers took Newland into custody at
his employer's, and he then made the statement which
implicated Hart, and which was to the effect that Hart
had instigated him to commit the offences he had been
guilty of; that he had been acqnainted with him about
tw ) months; that he first saw him when he came down
Gutter-lane to buy old clothes. Ile (Newland) sold
him an old jacket, and Hart asked him if he could not
get him some of the things that his master dealt in, but
that for some time he refused, and it was not until he
had had seven or eight interviews with him that he let
him have anything. He then went on to describe where
he had been in the habit of meeting Hart, which de-
scription in some degree agreed with the place to which
the officers had followed him on the previous day. Just
about that time Hart came into Gutter-lane, when he
was taken in custody and searched, but nothing was
found on him. He had his bag with him, but no money
in his pockets. The only evidence to at all corroborate
Newland was, that on one occasion he had been seen
talking at the door of his master's warehouse with Hart,
but this turned out to bo the time when he had sold the
jacket to him.
In cross-examination it appeared that Newland had,
for no purpose, told the officers several untruths, and his
master said he had made several false charges against
persons in the establishment, and was not a man to be
believed on oath.

Webb said that up to this time he found that Hart bore
a good character.
Saveral witnesses were called who gave him a good
character.

Mr. PARRY, for the defence, contended that there was
no corroborative proof to support the allegation of New-
land, who was wholly unworthy of belief.
The COMMON-SERGEANT having summed up,
The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict
f Not Guilty.
The prosecutor said that having promised the prisoner
Newland's parents, who are highly respectable, that he
would do all he could for him, he begged to recommend
him to mercy.
The COMMON-SERGEANT said the prisoner's conduct
in making talse charges against his fellow-servants was
more disgraceful than the offences he had pleaded
guilty to, but in consideration of his family the sen-
tence would be a comparatively slight one, which was
that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12
months.

Mr, BALLANTINE said the prosecutor had reason to
believe, and wished it to be publicly stated, that there
was not any foundation for the charges that Newland
bad made against several servants in the employment of
Messrs. Welsh and Margetson, and Messrs. Neville.

THIRD COURT.
(Before Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY.)
Elizabeth Bates, 17, spinster, was indicted for cutting
and wounding Mary Hawkins, with intent, 86c.
Mr. Ribton prosecuted.
The charge against the prisoner was, that both she
and the prosecutrix were inmates of Shoreditch work-
house, and, a quarrel ensuing between them, the pri-
soner seized an old dinner knife which had been worn
to a sharp point, and threw it at her with such force,
that at a distance of some feet it struck her and buried
itself in her skull, and remained sticking there until the
nurse took it out. Some one seized the prisoner and
fetched the police, and so violent was her conduct, that
(although a sickly-looking object) she could scarcely
be re3trined from further acts of violence on the prose-
cutrix, whom she swore she would murder if she got
hold of her.

The jury found her Guilty.
It was stated that the prisoner was one of the most
turbulent and desperate characters, and, although so
young, had been repeatedly convicted of assault.
The COURT sentenced her to eighteen months' impri-
sonment and hard labour.
Henry Harwood, 24, turner, a short, square-built,
determined-looking fellow, was indicted for burglary
in the dwelling-house of Mrs. Ann Sherratt, with intent
to steal.
Mr. Carteen prosecuted, and Mr. Payne defended.
The coachman to the prosecutrix (a widow lady living
at 24, Soho-square) said, that on the night of the 3d
inst. he was awakened by hearing a noise in the middle
drawing-room, where he slept for the security of the
family, which consisted of his mistress and the female
servants, and, looking up, saw the prisoner. He in-
stantly jumped up and seized him, when a desperate
struggle ensued, the prisoner knocked down and extin-
guished the light, broke from his grasp, and, throwing
up the window, got on the portico over the door, and
was escaping, when he (the coachman) recovered him-
self, rushed to the window, and, raising an alarm, the
police came up and caught the prisoner as he fell.
The jury found him Guilty.
Sergeant Thompson said the prisoner had been known
to him about two years as a noted burglar; but that, ex-
cepting several summary convictions, he had, until this
time, managed to escape.
The prisoner said he had two witnesses outside who
could prove an alibi.

Thompson said the two witnesses he spoke of then at
the door were both convicted thieves.
Mr. GURNEY said the offence the prisoner had been
convicted of was a serious one, and transported him for
seven years.

James Cornish, 23, moulder, James Welch, 21. bed-
stead-maker, and Jane Welch and Elizabeth Lovell, were
indicted for a burglary iu the dwelling-house of John
Pitman, and stealing a quantity of plate and wearing
apparel, valued at 301.
Mr. Platt prosecuted.
The prosecutor's house, at Hackney, baying
been
broken into, information was given to the police, and
Sergeant Kelly succeeded in tracing the stolen property
to a room in Bethnal-green, where the male prisoners
lived with the two women.

The jury acquitted the two women, and the Men were
transported for ten years.
Thomas Savage, a repulsive-looking old man, between
sixty and seventy }ears of age, was convicted of a felo•
nious assault upon Susan Brough, a child ten years of
age.

Mr. Birnie prosecuted.
The prisoner was sentenced to a year's imprisonment
and hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION- HOUSE.
Junes Bassett who was a few days ago charged with
having robbed his employers, Messrs. Savory, of Corn-
hill, of four clocks and a great number of musical boxes,
was brought before the Lord Mayor, in the custody
of Michael Hayden, the officer, for further examination.
Mr. Bush, of the firm of Bush and Muliens, attended
for the prosecution.
The evidence of William Thompson, a witness who
made a statement at the former examination relative to

tho taking stock upon the two last occasions, having
been read over by Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk,
Tho prisoner raitl—l should like to ask the witness
what number of clocks ought t 7) have been in the shop
of which I had the superintendence on the llth of De-
cember, when the stock was first taken by him?
Witness—There were 121 entered on the 11th of De-
cember.

The prisoner—How many clocks did you find there
on the Friday after I was apprehended?
Witness (upon referring to a paper in his band) said
—I find there were 11' clocks on the premises ou that
day; so that there was a deficiency of four clocks.
The prisoner—That is not correct. I declare to God
the clocks were all right on the Friday, with the excep-
tion of one that was stolen off the counter, as I explained.
I wish to have matters correctly stilted.
The witness—l have stated the fact.

Mr. Wratball, who is also in the employment of
Messrs. Savory, and in charge of the shop No. 54, Corn-
hill, iu which the prisoner had preceded him as super-
intendent, was next called by Mr. Bush, in answer to
whose questions he said—l know Mr. Gayer, of New-
gate-street, as a tradesman. He came to me to Cornhill,
and made a communication to me about the prisoner. I
have heard, and I believe, that Mr. Gayer is an importer
of foreign clocks, and he is, I believe, in the habit of
doing repairs for Messrs. Savory; but he is not in the
habit of supplying them with clocks.
The LORD MAYOR—Is Mr. Gayer here? Mr. Gayer
did not answer.

The LORD MAYOR—It IS necessary that, as Mr. Gayer
made a communication to one of the witnesse,i whose
evidence I have heard, he should attend here to give his
testimony. I must require the attendance of all persons
who can throw any additional light upon this very serious
case.

Mr. Bush said, he had no doubt as to the readiness of
Mr. Gayer to state the amount of his information upon
the subject at the final examination of the prisoner, and
assured the Lord Mayor that duo notice should be sent
to that gentleman that his evidence would be necessary
to the ends of jastice.

Mr. Bush-4 shall now call evidence upon the subject
of the pieces of wood which were cut into the form of
hazes, to represent musical boxes.
Rigg, porter to Mr. Viney, trunk-maker, of No. 48,
Cornhill, next door to the principal shop of Messrs.
Savory, said—l have known Mr. Bassett, the
prisoner, since I have been in Mr. Viney's service,
which is about three years and a half, and have occa-
sionally gone upon errands for him. About three weeks
li or a month ago, in consequence of a message that was
brought, I went to No. 64, Corr-thin, to measure a case,
and I saw the prisoner, who said to me that he wanted a
piece of wood, and that he was not particular as to the
length of it. I asked him whether he wished for a piece
two or three feet in length. Ha said he wanted a piece
of solid wood of a certain width and a certain depth.
To the best of my recollection it was to bo two inches
and three. quarters wide and an inch and a quarter deep.
He said he could cut the piece of wood himself, and I was
to bring it in two pieces, as it would be too long in one
piece. There was no particular article to measure with,
only according to what he showed with his hand. The
two pieces of wood were to be sent inside the case, so as
not to be seen. I gave the orders at my employer's.
Three or four days utter I was passing the shop and he
said to me, " What do you think your master charged
me for those pieces of wood?" I replied that I could not
guess, and he said he charged him eightpence. He did
net deny that he paid the eightpence.
H. W. Meecham, shopman to Mr.Viney, said—About
a month ago I had a communication with the prisoner
about a piece of wood, and I took to No. 54 two pieces
which were ordered by the porter. The prisoner said
they were too rough and not exactly the sia?.. Ho
wished to be particular, and was anxious that they
should be of the exact size he pointed out and
smooth. He wished them to be two inches and three-
eighths, by an inch and a quarter. We had a measure
across the counter. He wanted them, he said, for a
particular purpose, therefore they must be very exact.
I then asked him what length the pieces must be ? He
said he was, not so particular as to that—from two feet
nine to three feet, in two pieces. It was my duty to
ask Mr. Viney what should be charged for the wood,
and he said eightpence ; and I accordingly sent in
that charge.
Mr. Bush (handing the witness one of the pieces of
wood which had been substituted for the musical boxes)
—ls that like the wood you supplied ? Witness—This
is nearly about the sir?. It is the exact width, and it
has been cut by somebody with a very fine saw.
The LORD MAYOR—Prisoner, have you any ques-
tions to ask the witness who has just given evidence ?
The prisoner—Not any, my Lord.
All the witnesses whose evidence had been concluded
were then bound over to appear at the Central Criminal
Court, and

The LORD MAYOR said to Bassett—lt will be my
duty to commit you for trial, but I shall remand you
until this day week in order to give time for preparing
the depositions, and to add the testimony of Mr. Gayer,
who will have notice to appear on the day of committal.
The prisoner was then token from the bar.
GUILDHALL.

Yesterday William Daniels, a respectably-dressed
young man, described as a civil engineer, was brought
up before Sir P. Laurie for further examination,charged
with defrauding Mr. Fuller, mining sharebroker, of No.
48, Threadneedle-street, of the sum of 501, by means
of forgeries committed on the Wheal Mary Anne Mining
Company, at Liskeard, in Cornwall.
Mr. Fuller—On the 18th of December I received a
letter from the prisoner, signed " W. D. Some," inform-
ing me that he had souse mining shares to dispose of,
and would take 501. per share for them. I wrote to tell him
I would accept them at that pric,. I received in answer
another letter directing me t.) sell them for 501. per share,
and more if I could get it for him. He sent me a blank
transfer, which I filled up end got signed by Mr. E.
Jones, who purchased the slum) for 501. 1 then for-
warded the transfer and its duplicate, or counterpart, to
the prisoner at the Old Bell Hotel, in Holborn. I after-
wards sent my boy to the Old Bell Hotel with 50/., and
be brought back the transfer and a receipt for the money,
signed by the prisoner in the name of W. B. Bosse. The
purser of the mine Wheal Mary Anne is Mr. Climo.
William Bunyer, landlord of the Old Bell, iu Hol-
born—l knew prisoner from his frequently calling at
my house lately. When he first came ne asked me how
I was, and said he was a fried of Mr. Ashtield, of Bris-
tol, and was at my house with that gentleman during
the railway mania. He did not give me his name then.
I do not remember prisoner ever coming to my house
with Mr. Ashfield. I know Mr. Ashtield very well.
When prisoner came again he told me to take in all let-
ters addressed to " W. D. Boase," and intimated that
such was his name. He never came under the name of
Daniels at any time. I received 50/. from Mr. Fuller's
boy for the prisoner, and my daughter wrote a receipt in
my presence. I handed that money over to the prisoner,
and he gave me the receipt produced. I saw him write
it. It is signed " William D. Boase."
A waiter from the Old Bell corroborated the statement
of the last witness as regarded the name prisoner gave.
Charles Gimtee, in the employ of Mr. Fuller, said,—
I went to the Old Bell Hotel, in Holborn, and paid Mr.
Bunyer 50/. for the prisoner. He gave me the transfer
and a receipt, which I handed over to my master. I did
not open the papers to see what they were, but returned
them to Mr. Fuller, folded up as I received them.
William David Boase—l um a solicitor living at Lis-
keard, in Cornwall. The letters and papers produced
are very like my handwriting, I never wrote them,
neither did I authorise any one to write them for me. I
know the prisoner, and am acquainted with his hand-
writing. I believe the letters produced are written by
him. He was a surveyor when he was in Cornwall, and
sometimes he did a little business as a mining share-
broker. The signature on the transfer purporting to be
mine is not in my handwriting, nor has it been attached
to the transfer by any one with my sanction. I believe
it is the handwriting of the prisoner somewhat disguised.
I have never seen Dlr. Fuller until to-day, and have not
had any shares in the Wheal Mary Anne Mine for the
last two years. I received the transfer from Mr. Climo,
who is the purser of the mine, about two days ago, at
Liskeard.
William Bunyer recalled—l received the transfer and
its counterpart from the prisoner, and I saw him sign
both papers with the name of W. D. Boase.
Daniel May, a detective officer, said there were two
other cases against the prisoner of attempting to obtain
two several sums of 50/. each, in both of which he failed.
There was also another case, where he succeeded in ob-
taining 50/. by similar means precisely, but the gentle-
man most concerned was now in Cornwall, and would
rather abandon the prosecution than be at the loss of
time and expense of coming up to town and neglecting
his occupation—that of surveying the mines in Cornwall.
Sir. P. LAURIE said the ease was quite clear, but as
there were several other witnesses, whose evidence
would be essential at the Old Bailey, and who were not
now present, he would remand the case till next week,
and in order not to put those persons who had come
from the country to more inconvenience than was abso-
lutely necessary, he would take the case again at an
early day of the week.
The prisoner was then remanded.
William Piper was brought up again, charged with
having obtained a quantity of scented soap, value .5/. 165.,
the property of Messrs. Price
•and Co., of Lombard-
street, under false pretences.
Sir P. LAURIE committed the prisoner for trial; but,
as time will be required to prepare the depositions, re-
manded him till Mondayhim for that purpose.

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
The Rec. Jacob Knight was brought before Mr.
Broughton, charged with having been found lying in
Oxendon-street the previous night drunk and incapable
of taking care of himself.
The police proved, that about twelve o'clock the pre-
vious night the Rev. Gentleman was lying on the broad
of his back on the pavement in Oxendon-street, so drunk
as to be quite incapable of walking. He was conveyed
to the station-house, and placed iu one of the lock-up
cells. In a short time he because perfectly outrageous.
He called for Inspector When by name, and when
the inspector came he demanded to be released.
On rceeiving a refusal he began to kick at the door
with such pertinacity and vigour as to spilt two of
the pann.ls. This violent conduct he continued for
more than two hours, and it was found at last necessary,
in order to drown the noise, to remove him into one of
the lower cells. Tho upper cell eloer was quite sound
when the Rev. Gentleman was first placid in the cell.
The daina?,e done was to the extent of 125., besides an
indentation of the iron into the wood in consequence of
the great violence used.
The defendant said he did not make any noise after
be was placed in the second cell. In fact, he was quite
unconscious of having acted in the way described. He
had dined with a friend, and had taken some wine, but
in moderation as to quantity, being in a sickly state of
health. In some conditions of bad health even a single
glass would be found too much. He could assure the
magistrate that it was quite an accident which had oc-
curred. Be felt exceedingly the disgraceful position in
which he was placed.

Mr. BROUGHTON asked him if he was a clergyman °
the Church or England ? The defendant said he wtoi•
Mr. BROUGHTON inquired if ho had a cure ? The de-
fendant
i
said, not at present. Ho had formerly officiated
n a parish near li i lock, in Hertfordshire, but ha
recently been on the continent. He again begged to
say it was an accident that had overcome him, and he
was truly ash:meal of what had occurred.
Mr. BROUGHTON remarked the defendant might well,.
be ashamed of himself. Here was a clergyman found
1.!
midnight stretched en hs back on the pavement, in.*
state of such beastly intoxication as would have d 10.;
graced the lowest of the low. To the honour and creth
of the Established Church, he was inclined to thing
there was not another such example, certainly not WI
such as the case before hina'presented. Ho considered 1
net at all unlikely if the case became known to the de'
fendant's Bishop that he would be deprived of his gni
How could it be expected that a man who got drunk en,
was found lying about the streets of London could tow,
and instruct others properly in their religious and more!
duties ? For the damage done the defendant W 5
ordered to pay 125.. or three weeks' imprisonment.
tWESTNINSTER.
Captain James Nestor, an officer of the array on j
pay, about sixty year., of age, whose appearance sn,
manners were very singular, was charged with stealint.
a watch of trifling value, the property of a very rest°.
able-looking widow named Jane Evans, whe procures
subsiste3co by going out charing and keeping a lodging.
house in Hendon-street, Vauxhall-bridge-road.
He was remanded till Wednesday.