The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-15 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following general order relative to the sur-
vey of regimental stores has just been issued from
the Horse Guards :

" The General Commanding-in-Chief, in concur-
rence with the Secretary of State for War, having
been pleased to direct that, whenever the number
of troops at a station permit it, boards of survey
should have an officer of another corps on them,
and a military store or commissariat officer like-
wise, officers commanding regiments and depot bat-
talions are enjoined, whenever it is necessary, to
assemble a band of officers for the inspection of re-
gimental clothing, necessaries, arms, saddlery,
equipments, &c., either received or proposed to be
condemned, to apply to the General or other officer
commanding on the spot to appoint one officer from
any other corps in garrison, and a military store
or commissariat officer, according to the nature of
the stores, to be members of the board. It is, how-
ever, to be understood that, as a general rule, the
above addition is to be restricted to boords convened
for the inspection of clothing annually, or for any
considerable supply of arms, clothing, appointments,
or free kits, and is not to be resorted to on every
occasion of the receipt of a small number of articles,
except when the ordinary regimental hoard consi-
ders it necessary to reject any articles forming part
of a small supply, in which case the board is always
to be reconstituted, with the additional officers as
herein directed. Boards, however, held upon ar-
ticles which have been in. use in a regiment and are
to be returned into store immediately should inva-
riably comprise all the additional officers.—By
command,

" G. A. WETIIERALI„ Adjutant-General."
The examination of candidates for admission to
the Staff College at Sandhurst, before the Council
of Military Education, commenced yesterday fore-
noon at the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. There were
above 30 candidates.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF PIRACY.—The purser
of the African mail steamer Ethiope reports from Teneriffe
that on the 24th November, at 9 p.m., a boat containing
Captain George Walker and four men of the American
schooner William was left off that port by the French barque
Rose Marguerite. Captain Walker, with his boat's crew,
shortly afterwards landed and made the following statement
before the Captain-General of the island and the British
and American Consuls, which has been corroborated by his
men.—He left Savannah on the 24th October, in the
United States' schooner William, with a crew of 13 men
and two passengers, females, bound to Smyrna. He had
also on board 27,000 dole. in cash and some bales of silk.
Four days after leaving he experienced bad weather from
N.E., which compelled him to w eer S.S.E. for 40 hours, as
far as lat 20.10 N. On the 21st November the schooner was
in lat. 30.16 N., long. 20 W., when ho spoke the French
barqne Jenny, of Marseilles, bound to Martinique; and, as
his provisions had been damaged by the bad weather, he
hailed the barque, launched his boat, and accompanied by
f, air of his crow, ho boarded her in search of a fresh supply.
The mate, meanwhile, was left in charge of the schooner,
and was ordered to)veep her close astern of the Jenny.
Captain Walker had made ono journey to and from the
barque, but on his returning to the schooner a second time
the mate made all sail, and completely abandoned him with
his four men in the small boat. He made every effort to-
give chase, but darkness shortly afterwards set in, and the
schooner was lost sight of. On the following day they were
picked up by the French barque Rose Marguerite, Captain
Brusson, and left. near Teneriffe, as stated above. In the
protest which has been entered by Captain Walker before
the Consuls he swore that from the proceedings of those on
board of his schooner after he le, t her, which he could partly
see during the four hours he was in chase, he believed that
the mate, whose name is T. J. Walton, intended to make
away with the vessel, and get clear off with the 27,000 dole.,
which was in Spanish doubloons. The master of the Rose
Marguerite had addressed a letter to the French Consul of
Teneriffe, and stated that he had nicked up Captain Walker
and four of his crew in a small lioat at sea. Capt. Walker
and his crew, whose names are Chas. Hunter, Peter Lynch,
Frank Joseph, and Jthn Raylars, arrived in Liverpool
as passengers by the steamer Ethiope,i which also brought
the boat in which Captain Walker and his men had been
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THE SUN, LONDON

LA TV INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 14.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE AYLWARD.

The bankrupt was a wine merchant of Doctors'-
commons. This was the examination meeting.
His liabilities are about £2,200, assets returned at
£250.
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Mr. H. Harris opposed for the assignees. The
case was only noticeable from the remarkable de-
meanour of a witness, Mr. Peter White Aylward,
a brother of the bankrupt, described in the balance-
sheet as a gentleman of Sunbury. He tendered a
proof against the estate for £998, and gave evidence
in the following style :
Mr. Harris—What are you, Mr. Aylward ?
Witness—lndependent of everybody in the world.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Harris—How long have you been indepen-
dent ?

\Vitness—l shall not give you the date, unless
the Commissioner requires it.
Commissioner—You must answer the questions
put to you.
Mr. Harris—How long have you been indepen-
dent ?

Witness—Upwards of three years.
Mr. Harris—How did you acquire that indepen-
dence ?

Witness—That is my business. That is a very
impertinent question. I have £BO,OOO or £40,000;
and it is a very impertinent question how I got it.
I came into £1,200 when I came of age.
Mr. Harris—How long is it since you were a clerk
to Mr. Leveridge, wine-merchant ?
Witness—Upwards of three years.
Mr. Harris—And what have you been since you
were his clerk ?

Witness—lndependent of everybody, living as a
gentleman, with plenty of property. You cannot
alter my position. (A laugh.)
His Honour again interfered, and recommended
the witness to demean himself with propriety.
Witness—Am I to answer this man's questions ?
lamof no profession whatever. lam independent
of every man in the world. (Renewed hughter.)
Mr. Harris—l must trouble you to explain what
that means ?
Witness—l mean that I can live without busi-
ness. I am independent of business, and have
plenty to support me. Am I not right, my lord ?
(Great laughter.)
Mr. Harris—ls it a fact that you married some
elderly lady after you left Mr. Leveridge ?
Witness—l did marry a lady.
Mr. Harris—And her property is settled upon
her, is it not ?

Witness—Not at all. Every farthing of it is in
my possession.
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-ur. _anis—l am very sorry to hear it.
(Laughter.)
Witness—l dare say you are. (Great laughter.)
Mr. Harris—Do you keep any books ?
Witness—What is that to you ? (Renewed
laughter.)
The Commissioner again interfered.
Witness—Why should I keep books when I am
out of business ? I have the items of the amount
advanced to my brother (producing a sheet of
paper), I swear that those amounts were lent ac-
cording to those dates, and £2OO more than that.
I know lamon my oath. Jam speaking the truth.
I would not speak falsely for £50,000.
His Honour again. expostulated with the wit-
ness on his unbecoming conduct.
Witness—l am happy to give you every account
in my power. Of cows° I was happy to assist my
brother. I would have let him have £lO,OOO with
pleasure.

Mr. Harris—This account, which you produce,
has been torn out of '3. book ?
Witness—No, it hm,s not.

Mr. Barris—:W hat book has it been torn out of?
Witness—No book at all. It is an old leaf. The
account is there. I swear solemnly that every
farthing has been advanced, and £2OO beyond that.
Mr. Harris—WhGn did you make out that ac-
count ?

Witness—Some tirae ago. I could not tell to a
day.
Mr. Harris—lt see ms to have been all made out
at one time?

Witness—Yes, of course. (Laughter.) All ac-
counts are. (Laughter.) You don't suppose I did
it some on one dtv and some on another.
(Laughter.) I was not ten minutes in making it
out.

Mr. Harris—Where aid you copy it from ?
Witness—Oh, I can: recollect pretty well what
the items were,

This kind of cross-fiing was kept up for about
half an hour, the witness displaying the utmost
volubility. He indulb.ed in a variety of charges
against Mr. Irving, the trade assignee, and ad.
mated that he had swept off the bankrupt's pro-
perty under
.a jud,gmen t obtained some time before.
Mr. Harris—Does the furniture remain in the
house still P

Witness—\o; certarzly not. I have given it
away.

Mr. Harris—To whorl have you given it ?
Witness—Oh, that's my business. (Laughter.)
I will take my oath I have not received a farthing
for it, and I shan't tell you to whom I gave it. I
gave it to a person. ( Renewed laughter.) It be-
longed to me. I shoo Id like to know who has; a
greater right to give a thing away than the per-
son to whom it belongs. (Great laughter.)
A second volley of culaarges against Mr. Irving
ensued.

Mr. Harris—Now aft e r this furniture business,
what was re6olved upon 2
Witness—l struck the, docket, and I said if it cost
me £lO,OOO I would srurtiih up the affair, because I
would not see a brother c e mine fleeced. (Laughter.)
Did you pay £lO stanip duty on filing the peti-
tion ? I shan't tell you. (Renewed laughter.) I've
got, nothing out of the a fair. I have given the fur-
niture away. I have not received a farthing's bene-
fit. I only did it for my- brother's sake.
Whit were you in 18571 ?—I was then a clerk.
At what salary ?—I v on't tell you what salary
I had. I divided my sal s.ry in various ways, and I
shan't tell you anything ;about it. (Laughter.)
His Honour thought the examination was pro-
ceeding unnecessarily ini;4)
Mr. Harris explained that it was necessary to
ascertain the witness's position at so early a date,
because, according to th a account he had handed
in, the first advance to E is brother of £l5O was
made in 1851, and possi 6 ly it might turn out that
he had not such an amoua it at that time.

Witness—Well, now, l ,ok. here ; if you are deter-
mined to go into the c atter, I had upwards of
£l,OOO in the Bank of E 3 gland, sir, at that time—
(laughter)—aye, and in my own name, too; and
that was a long time bef ore I was married. (Great
laughter.) I never took : t. 7.1 I 0 U from my brother,
nor any interest. I only wanted to assist him.
Mr. Harris—Well, but. 'that judgment, you know,
was rather an adverse pt.( K eeding. Did you do that
to.assist him ? (Laught a r.)
Witness—ln 1859 I mght it better to have
security, and my brother( fered me either a bill ofsale
or a judgment, and I tool c the judgment; but I did
not do it because I was t.% ?raid of the money. ])o
you think I did ? (Laug i ter.) What do I care for
the money ? (RI-mewed :laughter.) Why, I don't
care that (snapping hi ; fingers) for it. (Great
laughter.) I took the juddgment so that I might
come in for my share i v ith the other creditors.
They have had enough o F my money as it is, and I
suppose wanted more. 3..4 y brother had no money
of his own. My monc n r has paid everything..
(Laughter.) The credit ors have done nicely as it
is—oh ! yes ; they've doi le capitally. (Laughter.)
After a few more skir cc tishes of a similar charac•
ter his Honour admitted, the proof, but adjourned
the examination of the b a nkrupt.