The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-26 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

William Arthur D'Arcy, horse dealer, Alpha-road, Re-
geet's-park, Middlesex, to surrender, Nov. 3, at eleven, and
Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Alexander Paine, poulterer and cheesemenger, Grove-
terrace, Queen's-road, Bayswater, Nov. 8 and Dec. 6, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Charles Morgan, builder, Ann's-terrace, Cam-
bridge-heath, Hackney, Nov. 8, at half-past two, and Dec.
13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edward Wm. Biaggini, warehouseman, Huggin-lane,
City, Nov. 5, at twelve, and Dec. G, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
William Robert Baxter and Frederick George Baxter,
curriers, Birmingham, Nov. 7 and Dec.s, at eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.
John Hawkers, jun., merchant, Padstow, Cornwall, Nov.
8 and 30, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court.
Williant.Machin, merchant, Burslem Staffordshire, Nov.
sth" and 24th; at Cloven,- at the Birmingham District Collat.
John Ellis, victualler, Nottingham, Nov. 4 and Dec. 6,
at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
William Goodo, jun , cattle dealer, Great Bowden, Leices-
tershire, Nov. 5 and 25, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Alexander Hood, baker, deceased, I nvcrness.
John Macdougall, farmer, deceased, Barnaback, Argle-

shire.
John Lawson, merchant, Lanarkshire.
James Turner, farmer, Bishopcleuch.
David Shiach, grocer, Elgin.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF

FELONY.

At the Chichester quarter sessions on Friday,
Mr. James Collins, a master tailor, residing in the
City-road, surrendered to take his trial upon an in-
dictment which charged him with stealing from the
person of Anne Pheldrake, a purse, containing some
florins, a halfcrown, a piece of paper, and a gold
ring, her property.
Mr. Creasy conducted the prosecution on behalf
of the London and Brighton Railway Company.
The prisoner was defended by Mr. M'Donnell of
the Home Circuit, who was specially retained, and
Mr. Kemp.
It appeared that on Monday, the Ist of August.,
the prisoner z nd some of his family left London
for Lancing, and got out at that station about noon
of the same day. The prosecutrix was travelling
by the same carriage, - and she got out at the
Shoreham station, wnere she discovered that she
had lost her purse and its contents. The prisoner
and his family went to the lodging he had taken for
his family at Lancing, and on the same evening he
returned to London. In the meantime information
had been given to the railway police of the supposed
robbery, and in consequence of information that was
received by Carpenter, an officer connected with the
railway, he proceeded to the prisoner's place of
business in London, and told him that he understood
that he had picked up a purse in the railway car-
riage, and asked him what had become of it. The
prisoner did not deny that the purse had been in his
possession, and he produced it, and it was then found
to contain three halfpence, and he said that he had
made use of the money it originally contained, but
he was ready to replace it, and he then put several
coins, amounting altogether to 9s. 70., into the
purse. The officer said he understood the purse
contained 12s. 4td., two pieces of paper, and a gold
ring, and he inquired what had become of these
articles. The prisoner replied that he had not seen
any ring, any he had destroyed the pieces of paper ;
and he then stated that it always had been his in.
tention to return the purse.
At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr.
M'llonnell argued that a charge of larceny could
not be supported, as there was no evidence that the
purse did not come honestly into the possession of
the prisoner, and there was no evidence to show
that he was aware to whom it belonged, and his
subsequent appropriation of it, therefore, did not
amount to felony.
The Chairman, Mr. C. J. Cobbett, declined to
stop the case ; and
Mr. M'Donnell then addressed the jury, and he
contended that no felony had been established ; and
that, although the prisoner might have acted im-
prudently and negligently, there was not the
slightest ground for convicting him upon the pre-
I sent charge. •
A number of highly respectable witnesses gave
the prisoner an excellent character, and some of
them stated that he had informed them that he had
found a purse in the railway carriage, and expressed
his intention to return it to the owner.
The Chairman having summed up, the jury im-
mediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

MISS MAItTINEAU ON FISH DIET.—The strangest
thing is that we do not make more use of fish than we do.
In the Catholic days of this country everybody ate fish ;
and there seems to have been enough for everybody. But
within this century, when our fisheries were languid, and
fishing was a precarious vocation, many tons of fine fish
have bean habitually buried in the sands whenever " the
take" was larger than common. There was no demand for
more than a small quantity. The railways have since opened
up the markets of the interior, so that in tne very heart of the
island fine fresh herrings may be had in the season at a
shilling a score ; yet the demand falls very far short of what
might be expected of a people whose labourir4 classes
rarely taste meat. It seems probable that the
inability of the women t cook. Fish is a',uxury when in-
, telligently cooked, but it is easy to it in the dressing.
Fish which is overdone has lost it,, nutritive quality; but
when one does meet with a wor- La who understands when
to buy mackerel, herrings, - ••
n andskate, and how to
. whittngs,
r:ostacle is the
treat them when bowl •
meals may be had, at
cost than mere dry bread.
Once a wca, Frea er
...it, one
tsces that varied and excellent