The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-12 00:00:00

INTELLIGENOM.—Jund 11.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. CornmiAi=ioner Evans.)
IN RE BALDWIN. -THE " MORNING HERALD."

'DAs was the adj'airned examinatian meeting in
the case of Ed ward Baldwin, described as a pr.nter,
ofShoe-lane, late proprietor of the Morning _Herald
and other newspapt ra. The accounts which extend
over only a short period, from May, 1856, to Feb.
last, contain the following items :—To creditors
unst cured, 22,390/. ; to C. Baldwin, unsecured
claim for an annuity and interest, 17,677/. ; to
creditors partially secured, 38,647/. creditors for
cash deposited for advertisements, 245/. ; liabili-
tie •, 3,752/. ; profits, 5471. ; dividends, 1211. By
cash given up, 13/. ; good debtqrs, 1,8671. ; Isaac
Butt, balance of cash and bill account, 1,6331. ;
furniture realiied, 1,1361. (deduct 'payable in full,
1,280/. )-1551. ; pryperty estimated at 295/. ; ditto
held by creditors, 2,403/. ; plant, machinery and
coyright of the Morning Herald, Standard, and'
M. James's Chronicle, sold for 16,500/. ; 10-ses, in-
cluding loss on realisation, 13,113/. ; annuity to
C. Baldwin, for nine months, 1,400/. ; interest,
2,195/. ; law costs, 4741. ; domestic and personal
expenses, 1,673/. ; liabilities, as per contra, 3,7521.;
deficiency, May 17, 1856, 37,933/.
The profit and loss account extends over nine
months, and shows, on a total expenditure of
29,7801., a balance of profit of 5741. The receipts
are stated as follow,—by publication 14,331/. ;
advertisements, Morning Herald, 4,886/. ; ditto
Standard and St. James's Chronicle, 903/. • ledger
accounts, Morning Herald 6,312/. ; ditto Standard
and St. James's Chronicle, 1,102/. The loss on
plant, copyrights, arc., was returned at 11,500/.
Mr. Johnson, the official assignee, stated that as
the accounts had been only recently filed, he should
require an adjournment, for the purpose of examin-
ing them.

Mr Lawrance, for the bankrupt, concurred, and
an adjournment for three weeks was ordered, with-
out discussion.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Tuns 11.

BOW-STREET.—John • Bryan, an ill-Poking
fellow, but much better dressed than is usual for
men of his class, was charged with defrauding Capt.
Valentine Baker, of the 10th Huss,rs, by selling
him a false card of the Ascot races

Captain Baker stated that a little before twelve
o'clock that morning he was driving in his carriage
to the Waterloo Station, on his way to Ascot, t't
attend the races, when the prisoner accosted him,
asking him to buy a card of the races. He bought
one, and paid the prisoner is. for it. He went on
a little way, and then, looking at the card, disco-
vered that it was one of last year's, the date having
been altered. Upon this he went back, and as soon
as the prisoner caught sight of him' he ran away.
He follovied and caught him, and gave him in

charge. A number orsimil4r Cards, altered in the
.ame way, were found upon him. Another gentle-
man came up, and stated that he had been defrauded
in the same way, but he did not give his name.
The prisoner said he was not aware that the cards
bad been altered.

Mr. Jardine observed, that this was a scandalous
fraud, and one which the prisoner probably expected
to commit with impunity, as it might be supposed
that persons in a hurry to the statinn to go to the
races would not come back to complain of it, even
if they discovered it, before entering the train..
The prisoner was remanded for further examina-
tion.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—William Pullen
was charged with throwing a quantity of vitriol
over the dresses of two young women.
Sarah Tucker, waitress at 52, Howland-street, a
coffee-house, kept by Mr. Jones, stated that on.
Tuesday afternoon the prisoner came into the kit-
chen, and after making a surly remark went behind
her and threw something on her gown. The next
morning she found that her dress was burnt into
holes.

Margaret Bailey, a servant in the same house,
on Tuesday night found a gown which was hang-
ing up in her bed-room smeared with vitriol. When
she got up the next morning she found a frock and
another gown burnt with vitriol. The damage
dope amounted to between 4/. and 5/. Heard MI
Jones ask the prisoner wby he threw the vitriol
over the girls' dresses, to which the prisoner an-
swered that he wanted to do them some mischief.

Henry Fatt, servant to Mr. Gilbert, oilman,
Tottenham-court-road, proved that on Tuesday the
prisoner bought a pennyworth of vitriol, and on
being told there was water in it had it changed for
the strongest sort.

The prisoner denied the charge, and was fully
committed for trial.

SOUTHWARK.—Mary Ann Badgerry, a mar-
ried woman, was brought up in eu,to ly of George
Bonsor, police cons• able 121 M, from St. Thomas's
Hospital, and placed in the dock, charged with at-
tempting to commit suicide by taking a quantity of
poison. _ _ _

The constable stated that on the night of the Bth
instant, he was on duty in Little Suffolk-street,
Southwark, when he saw a mob of people collected
at the corner of a court. He immediately proceeded
there, and found the prisoner leaning against the
wall, apparently suffering great pain. He asked
her what was the matter with her, when she handed
him a paper marked outside, " Poison." He then
shook her and inquired what she meant by that,
when she, with some difficulty, told him she had
taken poison, and that she was dying. W,tness
immediately procured a'sistancc and conveyed her
to the hospital, where he usual remedies were used
with success, and she remained there until Wedut s-
day, when she was sufficieutly rtoiverell to be re-
moved.

The magistrate asked what was the description
of poison she took ?
The constable replied that the prisoner told the
doctor at the hospital that it was precipitate powder,
and that was ascertained to be a fact.

The prisoner, who sa-qued to have suffered con-
siderably from her folly, said she was extremely
so•ry, and she should not have taken the powder
only she was drunk, and had quarrelled with her hus-
band. She had three children, and she purchased
the poison to rub th,.ir hair.
The magi-ti ate aske I what her husband was ?
She answered that he worked at Hibernia,-wharf.

The constable informed his orsb i p that he was
a steady, hard-working man, and the prisoner's
conduct was generally good.
The prisoner declared that she would never
attempt it again, and she would refrain from taking
intoxicating liquor for the future.
The prisoner's husband was sent for, and on his
attending before the magistrate he promised to tike
care of her, and he had no doubt she would never
attempt such a rash act again.
His worship severely censured her, and gave her
up to her husband.

'John Donovan, a tall, powerful young fellow, 22
years of age, was charged with committing a vio-
lent assault on Catherine Donovan, his mother.
He was also charged with assaulting his father.
The latter, a hard--working old man, said that he
obt-iined his livelihood by working at the wharves,
and brought up a large family, who chiefly sup-
ported themselves, except the prisoner, who lived
at home. On the previous afternoon his wife was
confined. About 2 o'clock that m.,rning the pri-
soner came home intoxicated, and roused them all
up. He then entered the room in which his mother
and the baby were lying, and, making use of an
oafh, struck her several times and told her to get
up. She called out for assistance, and when witness
went up his son had pulled her out of bed, and
was threatening to throw her out of window. He
immediately seized hold of him to prevent him,
and had not a constable come in at the time he be-
lieved murder would have been committed.
Sentenced to six months, with hard labour.

THAMES.—Bartholomew Norton, a tall man,
about 30 years of age, was brought before Mr. S, lfe,
charged with violently as,.aulting his wife Eliza
Norton, an attenua' ed, careworn looking woman,
who presented herself in court with marks of brutal
violence on her face, and with one of her eyes
clo ,e d.

The complainant said her husband sometimes
played upon the violin and sometimes went to sea,
and *hat when lie was on shore he was continually
beating her. About six weeks ago her husband
s'ruuk her on the head with a chair, and knocked
her about. He had beaten and kicked her r-peat-
edly. On Wednesday night she was seated outside
her door in Russell-court, Sr. George's-in-the-East,
when her husband came home and kicked her about
the face and I:ody. She was anxious her husband
should not he punished, but only that he should be
bound over ti keep the peace towards her, and not
ill-use I er.

A policeman confirmed the wife's statement, and
gave the prisoner a bad eharact-r.
The prisoner, iu defence, said that he was inno-
cent of the charge, and that his wite was an habi-
tual drunkard, in the practice of pawning and sell-
ing his furniture, linen, and wearing apparel, and
also his children's clotbe3. He called a man named
Denis Murphy, who said that he had lived in -the
same house as the prisoner. for three weeks, and
always found him to be a very quiet mofien,ive
man. He believed the wife had beeu taking an
extra drop lately.
Mrs. Norton solemnly denied the truth of the
prisoner's statement.
Mr. Selfe believed what the woman said, more
particularly as she wished to shield her husblud
from punishment. He had no doubt the pi isoner
kicked his wife in the face on Wednesday night,
and for that assault he sentenced him to threw
mouths' imprisonment and hard labour,