The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-11 00:00:00

IN THE MATTER OF CAPTAIN NV. STOKOE.

This matter, which had been several times before the
Court, was to-day finally disposed of. The insolvent, a
Captain in the service of the East India Company, was re-
manded, in September last, for a period of fifteen calendar
months, for fraudulently contracting a debt to a large ex-
tent with a gentleman named Dunne. He had married
some years ago Miss Emily Dunne, the sister of Mr.
Dunne, and had on the nuptial day executed a deed, by
which he granted her an annuity of 1001. in the event of a
separation ; he left her soon after the marriage, went to
India, where he remained some years, amassed some mo-
ney, and then returned to this country on leave of absence ;
be was soon afterwards arrested by Mr. Dunne, the survi-
ving trustee, under the settlement, and on his application
to this Court, was sentenced to the above imprisonment.
In December last a rule was obtained to set the judgment
aside. The rule had been argued at great length, and the
Court made it absolute ; a day was fixed for the rehearing,
but the insolvent had made an offer to execute another
deed to allow his wife 1001. a year out of his pay. The
offer was accepted, and the case stood over until the deed
was prepared. The insolvent to-day again came up, and it
was stated that he had executed the deed.

Mr. COOKE on his behalf, prayed that the judgment pro-
nounced in September might be reversed.
Mr. CRESSWELL, for Mr. Dunne, consented to the dis-
charge of the insolvent. He stated that he had executed a
deed to allow his wife 1001. a year.
Mr. Commissioner BowEN then reversed the judg-
ment recorded at the original bearing, and ordered Captain
Stokoe to be discharged. He had been many months in
confinement.

The Court, on its rising, adjourned till Friday.

SURREY SESSIONS.

Thomas Stafford, a well-dressed and respectable-looking
man, carrying on the business of a wax and tallow chandler
at Chertsey, was indicted for stealing some beans, value
3d., the property of John Harris, a livery-stable-keeper,
residing in the same town.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly re-
commended the prisoner to mercy in consequence of the
excellent character given of him. The prosecutor stepped
into the witness' box, and, addressing the Court, also joined
in the recommendation.

The Magistrates consulted together for some time, and
the Chairman, addressing the prisoner, said that the sen-
tence was that the prisoner be imprisoned for three months
in Guilford Gaol.

The prisoner exclaimed, on leaving the Bar, " I'm an in-
nocent man ; the prosecutor has done this and ruined me,
to save himself from an action."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

The Loan MAyon having read the statement which has
appeared in the newspapers relative to a female who has for
sometime performed the arduous duties of a seaman, and
whose sex was accidentally discovered, directed M'Lean,
the inspector of the City Police, to make inquiries into the
circumstances, in order that if the girl required assistance,
it might be rendered to her without subjecting her to annoy-
ance. M‘Lean thought that the best thing he could do
after having heard the story of the girl from her own lips,
was to bring her to the Mansion House, and introduce her
to his Lordship. He accordingly appeared before the
Lord Mayor, accompanied by the girl, the captain of the
vessel in which she came to London, and several gentlemen
who felt an interest in the remarkable details of the case.

Captain 111'Intyre, of the Sarah, from Belfast, met-the
girl whose name is Anne Jane Thornton, at St. Andrews,
in North America. She was dressed in ,sailor's clothes,
and had all the appearance of having been brought up to
that employment. He engaged her at nine dollars a month,
to act as cook and steward, and considered that she was
what she seemed to be, until a few days before the arrival
of the vessel in the port of London. It appeared that some
of the crew had suspected her sex before she was seen wash-
ing in her berth, and from the circumstance of her having
repeatedly refused to drink grog.
The LORD Mtivoa—lt has been reported that she was
ill-treated by her captain and the crew. I wish particularly
to be informed upon that point.
Captain APlntyre would call upon the girl to say whether
he had not uniformly treated leer with kindness, and whe-
ther when her sex was discovered the degree of kindness
and care was not increased ?

The girl declared that Captain M'lntyre had acted to-
wards her with humanity, and had desired her to complain
to him if any of the crew attempted to treat her harshly.
She had been in the course of the voyage struck by some
of the sailors because she could not work so hard as they
did, a thing she found it difficult to do in a gale of wind, but
she did not tell the captain, as she determined to endure as
much as possible without grumbling.
The LORD MAYOR-45 it possible that this mere girl, for

DIED.
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68th year, Elizabeth, relict of the late Alexander Caldcleug';ore.
On the Bth inst., Sarah, wife of Mr. Wm. J. Tilley, of
Surrey-street, Christ Church, Surrey. ° O.
On the 4th inst., at Isleworth, Miss Robson, daughter of lel
James Robson, Esq., of York.
On the 7th inst., J. Walton, Esq., of Kensington,ag.ed tit. 06
On the Bth inst., Emily, daughter of William Was°
Esq., of Horton, aged three years. .
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On the 10th December, on Plantation Best and Phcou '
merara, Joseph Becte, sen., Esq. _,I, Old
On the sth inst., at Walton-upon-Thames, Richard Nor'"' r
in his 67th year. f CIO°
On the Bth inst, in his 86th year, John Crabb, Esq., ° ;-, ty
ford, Essex. R bece!
On the 7th inst., in Dartmouth-row, Blackheath, —e 4
wife of George Joad, Esq., in her 67th year. iiito' flit'
On the 9th inst., at Dalston, Rosa, daughter of 31r. ikar
of Bishopsgate-street, and Dalston, Middlesex, and sister
Newton, 95, Cheapside tio'
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