The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

IN RE R. H. OBBARD.

This bankrupt was described as of Old.street Road,
lead merchant, and the balanoe•sheot prepared by Messrs.
Butler and Ca►nninge shows—Dr. to creditors unsecured,
2,4581 103. 91. ; to ditto holding mortgages, 3,8781. lie.;
profits, 6691. ; losses, 8311. Assets—Good debts, 2451. ;
doubtful, 971. ; property estimated, 6311. ; property
mortgaged or not conveyed, also title deeds, life policy,
&e., 4,0781. ; ditto held by a creditor, 1,3301.

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The bankrupt passed.
IN R$ DAVIS AND NORMAN.

These bankrupts were described as cement manurao•
turere, Great Scotland-yard, and this Was a meeting for
the choice of an official assignee. IN o preliminary state-
ment has yet been made out.
Mr. Chidley appeared for the petitioning creditor, and
is solicitor to the estate.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

GUILDHILL.

DOING an Italian, was placed
at thebat jbeElv.—j
fore4br.nAPssldaer,man Hales, on remand,
charged with defrauding "mac Simrnonds, carrying on
business in Field-lane, of 131., by substituting 13 brass
guard watch chains for 13 inferior gold chains, pur-
chased of him by the prosecutor. The prisoner was
also charged with stealing the 13 sovereigns.
The gold chain*, it will be remembered, were proved
on the former examination to be of a very inferior
quality, the g being only worth 153. per oz. The
chains substituted were of brass with a little alloy of cop-
per, and were only worth their weight as old brass.
Tne prisoner, who denied any knowledge of the Eng-
lish language, had the assistance of an interpreter ; but
when he was about to be committed, and was asked
what he had to say to the charge, he replied, in English,
"that the chains he let Mr. Sitnmonds have were worth
11. each."
The prisoner was then committed for trial.

THAMES.
STRALING AND SWALLOWING A SOMRION.—Mary
Ann Currie, a well-known thief, was brougbt up before
Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a sovereign from the
person of James Francis, a cook on board ship.
Tne prosecutor, a simple fellow, said he bad formerly
known the prisoner as the servant of Mr. James, a lodg-
hoise-keeper, with whom he was now staving. Yester-
day evening he met the prisoner in Upper East Smith-
field, opposite the St. Katherine Dock, and she invited
him into a fish shop, and then asked him to treat her
with something to drink. He put his hand in his
pocket and took out some silver and a sovereign. He was
looking out a sixpence from among the silver, when the
prisoner snatched the sovereign from his band, and
put it in her mouth. He asked her to return it, and
she seld she would not do so, until he gave her a half-
crown. He refused to comply with her, demand, and
she said, " Here goes," and suddenly swallowed the
sovereign.
Mr. Selfe--Were you sober 1
Witness—As sober as I am now.
The prisoner, in defence, said the sailor gave her the
sovereign, and she swallowed it accidentally.
Mr. Selfe—You must find the money or the value,nf it.
g The prisoner—He gave me the sovereign.
Mr. Selfe—What for
The prisoner—To stop with me all night.
Mr. Selfe—Which you did not do, and the considers.
tion fails as the law says.
The prosecutor said he did not give the prisoner
the sovereign.
Mr. Selfe—l shal remand the prisoner until to
morrow, the sovereign may then be forthcoming. (A►
laugh.) Lock her up.
DARING HIGHWAY ROBIRRY.—Ann Dwyer, a savage
looking woman, who has been in custody 50 times for
assaults and robberies, was brought before Mr. Selfe,
c' arged with assaulting and robbing Mr. Benjamin
Longton, a respectable elderly man, of his watch and
chain.
The prosecutor, who said he was "rather fresh "
last night, was attacked by the prisoner and another
woman in Albert-street, Shadwell. The prisoner
grasped him by the throat and nearly strangled him.
The other woman male a snatch at his watch, and
obtained possession of his chain. Ina struggle the
woman left her shawl behind her, and got away. Mr.
Selfe remanded the prisoner till to-morrows

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly
general meeting, held yesterday, as the society's house
in Hanover-square, John S. Gaskoin, E-q.,
F.L.S., in
the chair, the Viscount Kirkwall, and Messrs. T. W. B.
Biakeinore, M.P., W. Claridge, and J. C. Pennell, were
elected fellows ; and Lady Lennard, and Messrs. W.
Gardner, C. N. Stuart, MX , and J. T. Neate, were
proposed as candidates for the Fellowship ; and Mr.
Louis Fraser, as a o,rresponding member of the society.
The report from the council stated that the number of
visitors to the gardens during the last month was nearly
48,000, and that the total number during the year had
already amounted to 274,513.
PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SIIIPVIRECIE.—Yester-
day a meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; Captain
L. Perrott in the chair. The minutes of the previous
meeting having been read, the silver medal and 21. were
voted respectively to Win. Wedge and Jas. Turpin, com-
mission boatmen of the Coastguard at Saloombe, Devon,
and to Thos. D. Warder, boatman, in acknowledgment
of their gallant conduct in putting off in a small boat in a
heavy sea, at the imminent risk of their lives, and reeu-
ing two out of three men who were capsized from their
flailing boat od Bantham Bar, on the night of the 27th
instant. A. reward of 61. was also granted to three
Coastguard men for putting off in a small boat and
rescuing, at the imminent risk of their lives, four out of
five persons who had been in a heavy sea capsized from
their boat off Port Rush, an the coast of Antrim, on
the 221 of July ; after they were rescued the little
boat again put off and succeeded in bringing in the cap-
sized boat. A reward of 61. was likewise granted to six
fishermen for rescuing, at the peril of their lives, two out
of four persons who had been capsizes during a sudden
and heavy squall of wind from their boat off Hamnaroe,
Shetland, a few weeks since. It appeared that while the
boat was fishing the wind suddenly rose to a strong gale,
accompained by a sudden squall off the land, which cap-
sized the boat before her crew of
four men were able to
take in her sail. They were plunged into the sea ; two
of them were happily ,aved .by clinging to their boat,
although twice welshed free? ; two others sank to rise
no more. Much risk was incurred in the rescue of the
aftertw o
themen,sea broke,
inasmuch
and
then
quickly
s t heycou d onl y be approached
snatched from
their very dangerous situation. The loss of life among
the Shetland fishermen this year has been unusually
great. No doubt many of these accidents, which have
caused the greatest misery among the families of these
poor but deserving men, have been caused from the de-
fective construction of their fishing boats, and the unskil-
ful manner with which we fear they are too fr,quently han-
dled in the hour of peril. Fishermen's boats are
often of the most primitive construction, and are pro-
bably
on7raeradd, II.N
ae report of his recent
uCb'tt'o the lifeboats of the society on the
bably now the same in. character as they were 100 or
the inspector of
2iiof
visiteoh ooaftsi yearsnt
seapgetoch.tei
oin
Lancashire and on the north and south coasts of Wales.
On these occasions he is in the habit of taking the boats
afloat, in order to thoroughly examine them and test
their capacity for service In the hour of need. The
boats are also regularly exercised once a quarter through-
out the year. Ile reported highly of the qualities of the
new class of lifeboats of the institution, and suggested
that some of its older boats, built 20 or 30 years ago,
should be replaced. A communication was read from
the Boulogne Shipwreck and Humane Society, in the
management of which some of the English residents take
an active part, inviting the inspector of lifeboats to visit
their establishment. Their request was complied with.
Captain Ward, R.N.,atnl Mr. Peaks, the inventor of
Vie lifeboat of the institution, were deputed to visit the
Boulogne Lifeboat Station accordingly. Tile proceed-
ings then closed.