The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-25 00:00:00

IN RE VALENTINE.

The bankrupt, JAL] Valentine, teadealer, North-
ampton, came up to pass his last examination. The
accounts show the following :—Creditors, 1,0781.;
capital, 1501 ; profits, 675/. ; debtors, 630/. ; pro-
perty, 182/. ; losses, 3061. ; expenses, 7771.
Mr. Carr was for the assignees, and Mr. Heath for
the bankrupt.
The bankrupt, upon being examined by Mr. Carr,
said he entered moneys received generally in his
cash-book. He had occasion in 1838 and 1839 to
borrow money; that money was not mentioned in
his cash-bouk. In March, 1848, he borrowed 2001.
of Mr. Trounce. This was not entered. He was
not now a creditor. The last payment was made in
August of this year. The payment to Mr. Trounce
did not appear in the books. Mr. Trounce had
threatened him with proceedings. No proceedings
were commenced. The money was raised to pay this
gentleman by the sales of teas, and he had one sale
by auction, which realised 421. This was not entered
in his cash•book. 401. were paid to Mr. Trounce.
Other creditors were pressing him at this time—to
one of them he bad paid V. This was entered.
There had been two seizures of tea by the Excise.
Mr. CARR submitted that it was impossible the
bankrupt could pass his examination upon the present
balance•sheet. It was also necessary that Mr.
Trounce should be in attendance to explain the trans-
action gone into. A cash account and stock account
were also wanted.

Mr. HEATH contended that the bankrupt ought to
pass, as all the transactions were on the books, the
seizures, and also the sales of teas.
His HONOUR ordered an adjournment for a fort-
night.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Freiherr Von Foster, the young foreigner who de-
scribed himself as the Knight of Starkenburg and
Adjutant of the Ist Regiment of Prussian Dragoons,
and who also has ben charged at this court with
stealing three 20/, notes, the property of Mr. Jour •
des, and one 10/.-note and one 61.-note, the property
of Mr. Prevost, of Ghent, from the York Hotel, New
ridge-street, Blackfriars, was again placed at the
bar before Alderman Salomons fur final examination
relative to that charge.
Mr. Wood appeared for the prosecution. A soli-
citor also attended for the prisoner.
meStrecr,pgoelaintatn policeofWeale,2res.a2id,—on the
the R
Idaisytisionofthe
examina-
tion I received instructions from the alderman to see
that Mr. Jourdan wss in attendance, and, accord-
ingly, having received sufficient funds from Mr.
Quartermaine for that purpose, I left London for
Germany on Saturday last ; and in due time arrived
in Bremen, where I found Mr. Jourdan. I commu-
nicated to him that his presence was required at this
court, and he accompanied me back and is now pre-
sent. I have received additional information that, be-
sides the robberies on Sir George Wombwell at Li-
verpool and Lord Edward Russell at Portsmouth, the
prisoner has been identified as having robbed one of
the Margate hotels to the amount of about 401.
Wilhelm Peter Jourdan said—l am a native of the
Duchy of Oldenburg. I am a merchant, and generally
carry on business at Bathurst, on the river Gambia,
where I am about shortly to return. I was in London
in September last, staying at the York Hotel, Black-
friars. I have been engaged on the coast of Africa
in the suppression of the slave trade, and it was in
consequence of the loss of a vessel that I returned to
England to obtain the insurance from the under-
writers at Lloyd's. I received on the 26th of Sep-
tember, a cheque, drawn by Messrs. W. B. Hutton and
Sons, of Watling-street, on Glyn's bank, for 124/.
2e. 101. I cashed it at Glyn's, and received in change
six 201. notes, and the remainder in gold and silver.
I went straight to the York Hotel in a cab, and on
the way I looked at the notes and noticed the numbers
of them. I only made a memorandum of the lowest
number, which was 24,769; the remaining five were
consecutive numbers. I saw the prisoner on the
evening of the following day (Saturday, Sept. 27) at
the Argyll Rooms, when he entered into conversa-
tion with me. He said he was in the military service,
and also a native of Baden, and came to this country
to see the Great Exhibition. Hs asked me how long
I had been here, to which I replied only a few days.
He then asked me how long I intended to stay; 1 told
him I was going back to Germany on the Sunday even-
ing. He reinimiled me that we were lodging at the same
hotel. I remarked that he did not rise very early, as
I had seen him taking his breakfast in the afternoon.
He said he would he up very early on the following
morning, as he wanted to sp-ak to me in my room. I
informed him it would be useless to come to my
room at all, as I should not go home that night to the
hotel. He said he slept very near my room, and that
the number was 14. From some observation he made
I was induced to tell him that my room was No. 17.
Prisoner left the Argyll Rooms about 11 or 12 o'clock ;
I returned to the hotel about 7 o'clock ou Sunday
morning, and I noticed that my clothes had been dis-
turbed in my absence, but did not suspect that any-
thing was wrong. I lay down on the bed for a few
hours, and when I awoke I opened my portmanteau
to take the numbers of all the notes, as I was about to
take them to Germany. I found two of the six notes
were gone, and one of another lot that I had placed
in my portmanteau previously. The two highest
numbers (24,773 and 24 774) were missing. I met
prisoner on the stairs as I was going to my room, and
he said he was going to a chymist's to get some medi-
cine. I heard no more of the notes until I received a
letter from Mr. Quartermaine, and Sergeant Neale
fetched me from Bremen. The notes were all en-
closed in a large envelope. I had more money in my
trunk in notes and cash. I did not tell the prisoner
that I had money in it, or how much. I did not take
the notes with me when I was out all night.
William Thomas, cashier at Glyn's bank, pro-
duced the cheque alluded to by the last witness, and
identified the numbers of the notes it was paid with.
George Willis, a grocer of Armley, near Leeds,
said—l was in London on the 28th of September last,
and was staying at Anderton's Hotel. Prisoner came
in early iu the morning and called for breakfast. I
saw him give the waiter a 201. note, which I cashed
for him. I gave the waiter the change, and saw him
giv' it to the prisoner. I afterwards passed the note
to Mr. J. C. Quick, of Fenchurch•street.
Mr. Thomas Reek, the head clerk in Mr. Quick's
employ, proved the payment of the note to him, and
by him again into Williams and Deacons' bank.
Richard Adye Bailey, a clerk in the accountant's-
office of the Bank of England, produced the note in
question, and further stated that the other missing
notes had been stopped, but had not been received at
the Bank yet.
Mr. Wood here submitted that the case was now as
complete as it was possible to carry it. One of the
stolen notes had been found, and traced into the pri-
soner's possession ; and, though only one case was
legally made out, yet there were -numberless others
in which the witnesses were dispersed all over the
country, or gone abroad, so that the expense of bring-
ing them together would be so immense that the par-
ties most interested were unwilling to prosecute on
their own responsibility.
Alderman SALOMONS said he believed that the pre-
sent case against the prisoner would be found strong
enough to obtain a conviction, and he would there-
fore send the prisoner for trial. If he was fortunate
enough to get acquitted, the other persons would 'B4ll
have the option of charging him on any of the other
cases.
The nature of the evidence was then communicated
to the prisoner by means of an interpreter, and he was
fully committed for trial.
Mr. Wood then applied for a certificate of expenses
of the attendance of witnesses and bringing them from
abroad and the country, which was granted.
BOW-STREET.
Jean Zanozzi, an Italian, was charged with caus-
ing serious damage under the following circum-
stances :

len . the prisonei
Mr. Charles Bowen, a brassi:ounder, residing at say " lie would well serve anybody out who
62, Red Lion street, Clerkenwe 11, stated that he had interfered with him." After the mother called out
occasion to call on a eustomet• at twelve o'clock in and told me her child was dead I went to the land-
Duke-street, Adelphi, and, as he approached the lady and informed her of what had occurred, and told
house in his gig at a moderate pace, accompanied by her I should fetch the police. She advised me to
a boy in his service, observing the prisoner grinding apply to the inspector on duty at the station, which
at a large barrel-organ placed on a truck, which could 1. immediately did.
be heard in the several streets adjacent, he requested Mr. BRODERIP—Do you know anything about the
be would desist until he passed, of which he took no general usage of the child ? Witness—lt has been
notice, but continued causing such a noise as was suf- most shamefully ill-treated during the time they have
ficient to frighten! any horse within hearing. On lodged in the house, which is about three weeks. It
arriving at the door, he got out, handing the reins has been smacked and beaten with that degree of vio-
to the lad, and, before he had time to enter the house, lence that you might have heard the blows from one
the horse, which had been in his possession two years, end of the court to the other, or a considerable dis-
and was remarkably quiet, flew off at a rapid rate, and, tance off. You might also plainly hear its being
coming ia contact with a lamp-post at the corner of thrown on the ground. I gave information to the
the street, the boy was dashed violently to the oppo• I landlady about this ill-treatment.