The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-06 00:00:00

IN RE CASTLE.

This bankrupt was described as of Vantage, Berks,
cattle dealer. The balance-sheet, by Messrs. Hart,
Brothers, showed—Debtor to creditors, £225 18s. Ild.
Creditor, by good debts, £ll 14s. ; doubtful, £4l; property,
£152; profits, £255; trade expenses, £102; losses, bad
debts, £397.

The solicitor to the assignees said he wished to ezamin•
the bankrupt, not with the view of asking for an adjourn-
ment, but for information; but the bankrupt had not ar-
rived, and the case was allowed to stand over for a short
time. This was the only case up to one o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENOE-( THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

AN AFRICAN SHOP THIEF.—Sambo, an African, well
known at the West-end of the town, and who has been a
source of great trouble to respectable tradesmen, was charged
before Mr. Beadon with stealing a Glengary cap from the
shop of Messrs. Townsend, hatters, 371, Oxford-street.
Frederick Kent, a lad in the prosecutor's employ, said at
a late hour on Saturday night, while shutting up the shop,
he saw the prisoner in the shop trying to thrust the cap
into his pocket, and then run off. He was pursued and given
into custody. He had at the time he was in the shop some
song-books.

Prisoner, who was all in rags, said, " Oh no, me meant
to buy it. Me have the money in my pocket, and me vast
a nice cap. Me told by the man to go and me do go. No
man in this country call me king. Me not guilty. "
The constable said the prisoner only had 12. IN. in his
pocket at the time. Committed for trial.

THE BEGGING NUISANCE.—During the past few days,
as usual at this season of the year when,tso many influen-
tial families are brought to town, a large number of beg-
gars have been brought to this court, some of them the
most notorious in the metropolis. In moat cases the pH.
soners were committed for a month each. In the neigh-
bourhood of the clubs they have become aperfect pest.

THAMES.
ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Margaret Blake, a dissipated-
looking woman, about 30 years of age, and well-known at
this court, was charged with attempting to commit self-
destruction.
William Moyse, tailor and cutter-out, of No. 5 Hooper's-
square,Whitechapel, stated, that yesterday afternoon, about
three minutes to three o'clock, he was passing a public-
house at the corner of Prescott-street, and Leman•street,
Whitechapel. Tho landlord and his men were closing the
house. The prisoner was insisting on being served with
gin, and the waiter refused to serve her with any. She
was then swallowing something from a phial. The waiter
asked her to give him the phial which she refused to do
unless he gave her some gin. She was turned out of the
house and immediately fell upon the ground and appeared to
be dead. Her hands were chafed, some cold water was thrown
over her face, and she recovered sufficiently to utter a few
words, and said she had taken laudanum for a disease of the
heart. He took the phial from her, and found it to con-
tain the remains of some laudanum.
The prisoner said in her defence that she had been in the
practice of taking laudanum for some time.
Mr. Yardley—You took too much yesterday.
The prisoner—l only took one pennyworth.
Mr. Yardley—l don't know whether a pennyworth of
laudanum will kill or not.
Moyes—Sho told me she took two pennyworth of
laudanum.
A policeman said that the prisoner was taken to the Lon-
don Hospital, and a good deal of laudanum was dislodged
from her stomach.
Mr. Yardley said the medical certificate merely said the
woman was labouring under the effects of poisoning by
laudanum. He asked the prisoner if she could give some
account of herself, and she replied that she lived in High
Holborn.
Mr. Yardley—What brought you to this end of the
town ?

Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner was well
known.

Mr. Yardley—Has oho been here before ?
Roche—Very often. I have lost sight of her fur nine
months.

It was here stated that the prisoner said this morning
" I have much trouble on my mind; I am determined to
poison myself."
Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner for a week, and said
he should probably commit her for trial when she was
brought before him again.