The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-03 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock.

TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening.)

CHESTER CUP.
1000 to 15 agst Bold Bumleech
DERBY.
Bto 1 agst Wentworth
10 to 1 agst Coroner
40 to 1 agst Sugar Plum

SPAIN.

We have received the Madrid journals of the 28th
ult. It appears from them that the announcement
that a committee of the Cortes had actually
accepted the propositions of the Grand Cen-
tral Company of France, for the construction of a
railway from Madrid to Saragossa, was premature,
but the Gazette intimates that it is not doubtful
that it will do so. Marshal O'Donnell had had a
relapse, but had got a little better ; and though his
illness had lasted longer than had been expected,
it M. Gutierrez, editor
net at liberty after
disquietude.
imprisonment. The cap-
tain-general of the Phillipme Isles had announced
to the government that a large crop of tobacco will
this year be obtained from the province of Cagayan.

LAW IN Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
IN BB WILLIAM ABLBTON.

This was a meeting for certificate. The bankrupt was
described as of Loughborough-road, Brixton, builder.
The amended balance-sheet commenced Sept. 8, 1854,
and ended Sept. 18, 1855, and showed Dr. to surplus,
2,070/. ; creditors unsecured, 8331. 18s. Id. ; do. holding
security, 1,2401. ; liabilities, 1571. 17s. ; Cr. by good
debts, 91. 4s. 2d. ; property, 622/. ; do. in dispute, 7001.;
do. held by creditors, 1,7501. ; liabilities, 157/. 17s. ;
losses, 1341. 15s. ; trade charges, 7021. 17s. 9d.; house
and personal expenses, 2041. gs. 4d.
' The bankrupt obtained a first-class certificate.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MANSION-HOUSE.

ROBBERY OF £985 BY A BANE CLEBIC.—A. respect-
ably-dre.mied young man, described on the police-sheet al
Robert Henty Withers, 19 years of age, clerk, was placed
at the bar charged with having absconded wits 9851. in
Bank of England notes from Leighton Buzzard, the
property of his masters, Messrs. Bassett, Son, and Har-
ris, bankers, of that place.
John Spittle, a City detective, deposed that in conse-
quence of a telegraphic communication received this
morning at the police•station, he went about 6 o'clock to
Euston-square station and there met Mr. F. Bassett.
Shortly atter, the prisoner, with a carpet bag and an
umbrella in his hand, entered the pay-offloe at the
station, when he was pointed out to witness by Mr.
Bassett, who gave him into custody. Witness informed
the prisoner he was a police-officer, and charged
him with robbing the bank at Leighton Buzzard of 9851.
in Bank of England notes. Witness desired him to hand
him all the notes he had about him, and he took a roll
of notes from his pocket and gave them to him, com-
prising 3 notes of 1001. each, 2 of 501., 11 of 20/., 18 of
101. and 36 of 51. He was then removed to Moor-lane
Station and searched, when another Si. Bank of England
note was found upon him, 91. 10s. in gold, and some
silver and copper. The charge was then made against
him and entered, but the prisoner said nothing. On
his way to the Mansion House he said, "It was his
intention to have gone down by the half-past six o'clock
train and have replaced the notes by half-past eight
o'clock, as it was his duty to take the notes out of
the drawer in the morning, and he could have re-
placed them without their having been missed. What
he did last night was owing to his having taken a little
drink."

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placed with them more with a desire of his o.xtaining a
knowledge of business than remuneration, and that it
was painful to him to have to appear against. him. It
was witness's duty to see the money was all riabt, and to
lock the sate. The prisoner bad nothing to do with the
cash. Last night, about half-past eleven o'clock, from
information be received, he went to the batik and ex-
amined the cash and found about 1,0001. missing. The
notes must have been abstracted from a roll: about a
quarttr past eight o'clock last night whilst wi taess was
called away to another part of the bank. The book con-
taining the numbers of the notes had been also a batracted,
but the notes produced had the private marks. of the
bank on them.
The prisoner, whe bad nothing to say, was ccanmitted
for trial at the next Bedford Assizes.