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, Ai:Ws-terrace, Cam-
bridge-heath, Hackney, Nov. 8, at 'alf-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. 6, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
William Robert Baxter and Frederick George Baxter,
curricrs, Birmingham, Nov. 7 and Dec. 5, at eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.
John Hawken, jun., merchant, Padstuw, Cornwall, Nov
8 and 30, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court.
William Machin, merchant, BnrsleTh; Staffordshire, Nov
sth and 21th, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Coart,
John Ellis, victualler, Nottingham, Nov. 4 and Dec. 6,
at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
William Goode, jun , cattle dealer, Great Bowden, Leices•
tershire, Nov. 5 and 25, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis.
trict Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Alexander Hood, baker,.cleceased, Inverness.
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 lit of August,
the prisoner End 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 ;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. 7-1-d., into the
purse. The officer said he understood the purse
contained 12s. 40., two pieces of paper, and a gold
ring, end he inquired what had become of these
articles. The prisoner replied that he had not seen
any ring, and 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'Donnell 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 whomsit 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-
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 MARTINEAU ON Fisn 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 been habitually buried in the sands whenever " the
take" was larger than common. There was no demand for
more than a small quantity. no, 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 bo expected of a people whose labouring ebisscs
rarely taste meat. It seems probable that the obstacle is the
inability of the women t) cook. Fish is a luxury when m-
telligently- cooked, but it is easy to spoil it in the dressing.
Fish which is overdone has lost its nutritive quality; but
when one does meet with a woman who understands when
to buy mackerel, herrings, whitings, and skate, mad how to
treat them when bought, one sees that varied and excellent
meals may be had at no greater cost than mere dry bread.
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