The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-23 00:00:00

TV OR SHIP:STREET.

On Saturday a sailor, who gave his name John
Castle, was brought before the sitting magistrate,
Mr. BROUGHTON, charged with having capsized an
orange-stall, the properly of Benjamin Perkins.
Benjamin Perkins stated that on Thursday even-
ing last, at nine o'clock, he was wheeling his bar-
row, consisting of oranges, apples, and other mer-
chandise, down High-street, Shoreditch, for the pur-
pose of selling them, when, unluckily for himself,
the prisoner came up and upset the whole of the
contents, value 3/. 10s. In consequence he gave
him into custody, and on asking him at the station-
house what could have induced him to have done
so, he replied that he had done it for a lark.
Mr. BROUGHTON—What have you lost by your
barrow being thrown over ?—Complainant—Your
Worship, I have no wish to punish him if he will
only pay me for the trouble I have had in cleaning
the nuts and oranges which he threw into the mud.
Believe me, your Worship, I have had a precious
job of it, cleaning the nuts. It took me a whole
day ; but, however, they are not hurt.—Mr.BROUGH-

TON—I don't know that ; 'tis not very pleasant to
•at nuts after having been in the mud. To the Dri-
:oner—What have you to say P—Prisoner—Why,
f I have done wrong I'll pay for it. Your Wor-
ship, he says I threw over his stall for a lark. Now,
your honour, it happened in a lark. I had laid a
wager of ss. to run backwards for half a mile in a
terrain time, in doing which I accidentally came
stern foremost on this good man's barrow, and cap-
sized it.—Mr. BROUGHTON, to the prisoner—There
is a grand difference in the meaning of the words
" in" a lark, and " for" a lark, and therefore, under
all the circumstances, I shall merely order you to pay
for the mischief you have done, which is 10s. or, in
default of payment, ten days' imprisonment in the
House of Correction.—Prisoner—Will your Ho-
nour let me sit down while I send to my friends in
Wrapping for the money, for —me if I have a
farthing ?—Mr. BROUGHTON—Certainly.—Priso-
ner—God bless your Honour ! May you live a long
life !

QUEEN- S QUARE.
Police constable Keinnty, of the B division, No.
74, was charged with attempting to violate the per•
son of Caroline Miller, aged 19, the daughter of an
artist in Kensington-place, Vauxhall•road. From
the evidence of the complainant, it appeared that
sure knew the prisoner from his acquaintance with
her sister. Or► Thursday evening last, about
half-past seven, she met him near Regent-street,
Westminster, and he asked her to walk up Millbank
with him. When they approached Vauxhall-bridge
he wanted her to go down a lane with him which
led to the Vauxhall-road. She refused; and he
then seized her by both arms and dragged her down
a considerable distance. The complainant begged
him to let her go, but he refused. She then struggled
with him until she fainted. On her recovery she
found herself in his arms. He made use of a com-
mon low expression, and said " I'll murder you if
you cry out again." He next thrust a handkerchief
into her mouth, and on her resisting, threatened to
throw her into a ditch close by. The complainant
then fainted away.
Mr. George Ray, a printer, of No. 3, Vauxhall-
bridge-road, said he was passing the top of the lane,
when two ladies stopped him, and said that they
had heard cries of murder and distress from a female
down the lane. On going down the lane fifty
yards he observed the prisoner and the com-
plainant, who had recovered from her fit, and who
eagerly appealed to him for protection. The pri-
soner said that the young woman was subject to
fits, and he had found her in one, and was endea-
vouring to get her home. In her struggles she had
pulled his belt off his arm. The complainant was
then taken home, and her father, on hearing of the
prisoner's conduct, informed the Superintendent,
Mr. Lowry, of it. The prisoner was taken before
the Commissioner, who at once sent the case before
the Magistrates.
The prisoner, in defence, said that while walking
with the complainant she took hold of him by the
collar, laid her head upon his breast and fainted, and
he merely took a handkerchief to wipe her lace, as
she was covered with perspiration.
Mr. MARRIOTT said, that it was a most serious
charge. He did not know whether the threaten-
ing looks of the prisoner had deterred the complain-
ant from stating every thing, but there was quite
sufficient to commit him for the misdemeanour. He
trusted that the two ladies who heard the screams
of the complainant, and had given information to
Mr. Ray, might hear of this examination and attend
at the Sessions, as their evidence was very impor-
tant for the prosecution.
The prisoner was then ordered to find bail, him-
self in 2001. and two sureties of 1001. each, and the
witne-ses were all bound over to prosecute.;.

No bail being in attendance the prisoner was
locked up.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

RETURN TO AN ORDER OF THE HON. HOUSE OF
COMMONS, DATED MARCH 19, 1632; FOR,
Return (A the Number of Issues tried by the Court of Re-
view in Bank.uptcy ; of the Number of Matters heard
by that Court upon vied voce Evidence; of the Num-
ber of Days the Court has sat, and the Number of
Hours on each Day ; of the Number of Petitions and
Matters heard by the Court, distinguishing such as had
previously been decided by the Vice-Chancellor, and
such as were Matters beard ex parte, or not opposed ;
of the Fees received by the different Officers of the
Court, distinguishing those enumerated in Schedule I,
of the Act authorising the establishment of the Court,
from those enumerated in Schedule 2 ; of the Duties
performed by the Deputy Registrars of the Court ; of
the Duties performed by the Secretary, and the Number
of Hours of each Day in which be had been engaged in
the public Duties of his Office, and of the Amount of
Fees received by him or his Clerks; of the Number of
Attendances of any of the Judges of the Court as Cim-
roissioners ; of the Number of Matters now ready for
bearing in the said Court of Review ; of the Amount of
Fees received for the admission of Solicitors of the slid
Court, and the purposes to which the same have been
applied ; and also, of the Names of the Persons ap-
pointed Official Assignees.
No issue has hitherto been tried by the Court
of Review in Bankruptcy.
Ni) matters had been, on the said 19th day
of March, heard on viva voce evidence ; but
two matters, which were then depending in the
Court of Review in Bankruptcy, and had been
before then appointed for hearing, have since
been heard by that Court, and determined on
viva voce evidence.

The said Court had, on the said 19th day of
March, sat 42 days ; but there are not any means
of ascertaining the number of hours each day of
its sitting, no memorandum having been kept
thereof.

One hundred and fifty-eight petitions and
other matters were heard by the said Court of
Review, to the said 19th of March inclusive ;
of which two had been previously decided by the
Vice-Chancellor, and one hundred and eleven
were ex parte, or not opposed.
The Judges have frequently attended at the
Court of Commissioners of Bankrupt, in Basing-
hall-street, with a view to assist the Commis-
sioners, and sometimes on ar pointments ; but on
one occasion only has a Judge actually sat as
Commissioner.
The number of matters which on the 19th of
'March stood for hearing in the Court of Re-
view, on that and subsequent days, was thirty ;
of which eight stood for hearing on that day.
The sums received for the fees enumerated in
the second schedule of the Act, authorising the
establishment of the Court of Bankruptcy, to the
said 19th day of March, inclusive (comprehend-
ing 1361. 6s. for the filing of affidavits for pro-
curing the admission of Attorneys and Solicitors)
amount to 4861. 2s. 4-id.
The fees received for the admission and enrol-
ment of Attorneys and Solicitors to and upon
that day, exclusive of those for filing their affi-
davits, amount to 6811. 10s. The expenses of
the affidavits and enrolments, and the necessary
books for entering the residences of the Attor-
neys and Solicitors admitted in the Court of
Bankruptcy, up to the same day, is 671. 175.;
after
payment of which, there will remain a
balance of 613/. 135.; which, by the rules made
by the Judges of the Court of Review, on the

rected to be applied to the same purpose as the
fees received under the second schedule of the
Ist and 2a William IV. c. 56.
The names of the persons hitherto appointed
official assignees are George John Graham, Ro-
binson John Kitchener, Robert Waithman the
younger, Peter Harris Abbot, David Carman,
James Foster Groom, George Lackington
George Green, Patrick Johnson, William Tur.
cr land, Alexander Brymer Belcher, James
Clarke, Edward Edwards, William Tennant,
Charles Turner, William Whitmore, George
Gibson, Moses Asher Goldsmith, and Joseph
Lowe ; three of the first eighteen of these gen-
tlemen are attached to each of the six Commis-
slime's of the Court ; but Mr. Joseph Lowe has
not been attached to any Commissioner, so as to
enter upon his official duties; nor will he be so
attached, until it is found necessary to add to

ie present number of acting official assignees.
In consequence of the said order of the Ho-
nourble the House of Commons, the Depute
Registrars of the Court of Bankruptcy re•pec-
tively, have been required to make a correct
statement, for the information of that Honour-
able House, of the several matters and thing-
concerning them mentioned in the said order,
and have for that purpose communicated the
following statements.
Francis Gregg, one of the Deputy Registrars
of the said Court of Bankruptcy, attached to
the Court of Review, states that the duties o►

that office performed by him have been as follows :
Attending upon and assisting the Judges of thit Coot,
during its sittings : and afterwards, when the Coto,
rose early enough to enable him to do so, and on days
when it did not sit, attenoing at the offic, in Basing-
ball-street; inspecting the petitions brought there, and

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signing toe fiats for answering them ; examining bank.
rupts' certificates, and the documents accompanying
such certificates; conferring with attorneys, solicitors,
and their clerks, relative to matters heard or depending
in the Court of Review; drawing up orders of the
Court, when rtquired, and generally assisting in the
business of the office.

John Vizard, the other Deputy Registrar of
said Court of Bankruptcy, attached to the said
Court of Review, states that the duties of that
office performed by him have been as follows :
Attending at the Registrar's office in Basinghall-street
daily, from ten to four o'clock, there receiving and in-
specting all petitions presented for hearing in the Court
of Review, and signing the fiats for attendance on
them; keeping a daily record of such petitions, as they
are to be brought on for hearing, for the use of the
Court, and supplying each of the Judges with a copy
(left by the Solicitor) of every petition, two days prior
to the day fur hearing ; receiving all certificates of
bankrupts' conformity in the kingdom, when brought
for allowance ; examining the same, and the several affi-
davits, powers of Attorney and other documents filed
therewith, to see that the rules relating thereto, as
prescribed by Statute and the general orders in bank-
ruptcy, have been complied with, and signing the ad-
vertisements for allowance to authorise their insertion
in the Gazette ; preparing the allowance by the Court
of such certiffcates at the expiration of the time
specified in the advertisements, unless stayed by peti-
tion in the meantime ; receiving all applications and
papers for drawing up orders on hearing; furnishing
the R. eistr,ir with rvoru t,, coablc haw to draw
the minutes of such orders, and when drawn, attending
the Solicitors on both sides, on their meeting, to settle
the minutes ; making the orders ready for engrossment,
and uft-rwards passing and entering them; receiving;
all applications for orders of course ; examining the affi-
davits and other documents filed in support of such
orders; drawing up the orders, getting them engrossed,
passing and entering them.
Francis Charles Parry, Daniel William Rich-
ardson, William Cheek Bousfield, John Camp-
bell, William Henry Whitehead, and John
Barnes, the six Deputy Registrars attached to
the Commissioners of the said Court of Bank-

ruptcy, state, that the duties of their respective
offices performed by them have been as follows:—
lit. To attend upon and assist the Commissioners, to
whom the said Deputy Registrars are respectively at-
tached, in all their sittings; to examine the depos,tions
and other documents presented to the Commissioners,
anti ascertain their correctness in point of form; and
examine the exhibits referred to, and ascertain that they
are correctly set out.
2d. To examine all affidavits sworn before the Com-
missioners.
3d. To take down the examinations of various parties
summoned by the Commissioners where no Solicitor
attends, and on other occasions, when directed by the
Commissioners.

4th. To examine and authenticate all advertisements for
the Gazette, which come before the Commissioners.

Bth. To prepare and fill up the summonses to the Soli-
citors and Assignees under the old commissions, for the
purpose of examining their accounts.
A. To assist the Comntisbioners in taxing Solicitors' hills,