The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-23 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

Stephen Spence, an unopposed insolvent, whose case came
before the Court on a former day, when it stood adjourned,
to produce the detaining creditor, came up again to-day.
The detaining creditor was examined to prove the vali-
dity of the debt on which he had arrested the insolvent. It
appeared that both resided at Brighton, and had been
" friendly disposed" towards each other for some time. The
insolvent about two months ago left Brighton and came to
London, his friend" followed him, found him, and ar-
rested him. He was asked where ,he found his friend, be
Said he looked in at the Marshalsea Prison, and not being
there, he found him in the neighbourhood.
It appeared that the-arrest had taken place to clear the
insolvent from his debts, his creditors principally residing in
Brighton. _ . . _ .

The Court was of opinion that it would be an abuse of
The Act of Parliament to discharge one who was his own
prisoner, and ordered the petition to be dismissed.
The petition was dismissed accordingly.
The. Court rose till Tuesday.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGIL•SrI?EET.

A man named Palmer, with his wife and Live small chil-
dren, one an infant in arms, have been for two or three
mornings placed at the bar as vagrants, the policemen hav-
ing found them sleeping in the open streets. The man
when questioned on the first occasion said he had no place
of abode, and his family were in a state of starvation. He
added he had come from Newport; in Monmouthshire,
where he had for a length of time carried on btisiness in a
small way, but, as he had understood from the parish there,
not so as to acquire a legal settlement. His settlement,
he had reason to believe, was the parish of St. George,
Hanover-square, he having some years ago lived as servant
at an hotel in that parish. The man was discharged, and
directed to go to the overseer of St, George, and ask for
relief. The man, wife, and family were again brought up
the next morning, having again been sleeping in the st! eetg,
He stated that he had been to St. George'S parish, and had
asked for some temporary relief. The overseers inquired if
he had lived in the parish ; he replied no, and he was then
told to leave the place, as nothing would be given him. He
then went to the overseers of St. Giles's, in which parish
he had last slept, and by the advice of the Magistrates
asked for relief as casual poor. He was, as he said, peremp-
torily refused relief, and he then went to the parish of St.
James's, because apprehended in that parish, but he was
also unsuccessful.

Yesterday the man and his family were again charged
under similar circumstances as vagrants, and the man
stated that, agreeably to the directions of the Magistrates,
he had again gone to the overseers of St. Giles's, but had been
very roughly told that nothing could be done for him. The
family were of course discharged, and Mr. CONANT told the
man to go again to St. Giles's Board, and ask for some
bread for his family. The man shortly returned and said
that in answer to his application the overseers had told
him that the hour for granting relief was passed, and there-
fore lie would get nothing that day.
Mr. CONANT said it appeared very singular for the Board
to fix any hour for the relief of the casual poor. He did
not see how poor applicants could be aware of such regula-
tions ; and it did appear to him rather hard they should
suffer for a circumstance which might possibly be unavoid-
able.

. Mr. CONANT and Mr. DYER then referred to the New
Act, apparently considerably perplexed as to their power
of acting in the matter. In St. James's and St. George's
parishes they could do nothing, as the Act took away the
power where there was a parish Board, or in cases of non-
residence ; but in the case of the. St. Giles's parish the
Bench determined to act, but previous to taking any steps,
Mr. Conant desired Avis, one of the officers, to go with the
man, and hear him again ask the overseers for relief. The
man did so, and Avis stated that the overseer had promised
to give them some bread in the evening and in the morning,
and to set the man to break stones, and the woman and
children to pick oakum. The overseer had also stated that
he had relieved the applicant.
The man had never been relieved by the parish of St.
Giles's, and observed it was a long time to wait for bread,
as his little children had tasted very little food that day
and, as he had no money, he and his family must sleep that
night either in the streets or in the station-house. The ap-
plicant hinted his fears, that with his sickly state of health,
he should be able to earn very little at such laborious work
as stone-breaking.
Mr. DYER said he would only be required to do what his
strength allowed him. All had now been done for him
which was in the power of the Magistrates. The man
then retired.

A gamekeeper, belonging to His Grace, the Duke
of Richmond, shot a Honey Buzzard last week. The bird (a
female) was, with her three eggs, presented to the Philosophical
Society for the Museum.
We hear from Rye that no importance is attached
to the movements of the peasantry. The labourers are re-
turning to their work, convinced at last *hat the sole object of
their employers has been to release them from the trammels of
their concealed foes.—Brighton Guardian.
LORD MAYOR FINED.--On Thursday last, the
Mayor of Lincoln was fined for obstructing the foot-pavement
by having bales of drapery goods placed before his shop. The
information was laid by one of the police.—Boston Herald.
On Tuesday, the ci-devant Turkish Minister, Na-
mik Pasha, after dining with his successor, Nourri Effendi,
took his departure from his residence in Portland-place. He
returns through Paris and Vienna to Constantinople, leaving
behind him impressions of mingled regret and admiration.