The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-21 00:00:00

LAW FIiTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Gouiburn.)
THE METROPOLITAN BREAD COMPANY-LIMITED.

To-day was appointed for the examination of some of
the directors of this company, which is being wound up
under the New Limited Liability Act.
Mr. Ogilvie, one of the directors, was called and Exa-
mined at some length, but the only point of interest arose
on the witness's solvency.
Mr. Lawrence of jetted, and contended that the C iurt
had no power, wider the act, to inquire into the private
circumstances of pirsons tolled upon to give evidence,
and said that in a case in the matter of the Royal British
Bank, on one of the shareholders being called upon to
show cause why he did not pay the-501. ca'l made by the
directors, Mr. Commissioner flolroyd held that he could
not inquire into the circumstances of the party.
His Honour said that was entirely a different case.
Here the party was summoned to give evidence as to the
trade, dealing, estate, and effects of the comp Any, and
one ingredient was to ascertain whether the directors
were responsible parties and men of substance, or wne-
ther they were men of straw ; but as the question put
was whether the witness had not been insolvent seven
years ago, he should decide on that point that the ques-
tion need not bo answered.

The solicitor said he did not impute insolvency at the
present time to the witness, and his txlinination termi-
nated.

His Honour said the question was one of great im-
portance; and required much discussion, but the point
did not arise here. On one point he was quite &ear,
that they had no right to go back for seven years and
inquire into the dealinz of a man's whole life.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

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THAMES.

PLUNDER OF GOODS FROM A BARGE.—Henry Brooks,
•Aged 22, was nroir4.l,t before Mr. Yardley, charged with
stealing 13 plttes, 16 glasses, 9 cup and 9 saucers, and
4 jugs, value 12s.
It appeared that the prisoner was the mate of a barge
called the Ceres, belonging to the Kennet and Avon
Canal Navigation and Great Western R dlway Corn.
pany, in which were goods consigned to the ship La
Hogue, outward bound, in the Wet India Dock. The
prisoner wa seen by the ship-keeper of the La Hogue
under the tarpaulin of a barge called the Richard, made
fast to the ship. The noise of hammering first attracted
the attention of the ship keeper, who sa s the prisoner
break open two casks, one containing g'ass
and the other crockery, on board the Richard,
and take away a quantity of articles from
each which he took on board the Ceres. Information
was given t.) a dock constable, named Cordran, who
found the goods above-nadred on board the Ceres. The
prisoner, on being charged with the theft, said he bought
the glass and crockery of men who had stails in the
street.

Toe merchant who shipped the goods, the lighterman
who put them on board the barge Richard to be trans-
ferred to the La Hogue, and other witnesses clearly
proved the ideitity of the goody and the has from the
casks.

Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, advised his client to
plead guilty, and then called James Cooke, the captain
of a canal barge, who said be had known the prisoner
many years, and ha always bore a good character.
Mr. Yaroley said the witnesses called for the defence
wool I hear the sentence he was about to pass, which he
he hoped would be known to every bargeman in the
kingdom. He was sorry to say that his experience told
him that gouds in transit, either by canal, river, or rail-
way, were plundered to a fearful extent, But for the
v'gilsnce and good conduct of the ship-keep.J., Thomas
Joyce, the goods would have been shipped and sent to
sea without it being- known that the casks had been
plundered, and pr..bably the crew of the ve,sel would
have been Id tined for that of which they were quite in-
nocent. He could not allow the charac;er given of the
prisoner to affect the punishment ho was about to inflict
in the slightest degree. Goods forwarded by canal or
railway, or in the course of transit t, be shipped, were
too often plundered, and he should inflict the most severe
punishment in his power to award. He sentenced the
prisoner to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in
the House of Correction.

MA ItKET WS.—(This D .)

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 4110 s Od; new
do., a Os to 4/ 43; old clover, .11 103 to 5/ 53; new do.,
3/. 103 to 41. 153; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 13s per load.
Ti ale steady.
CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 3/ 83 to 4/ 113 ;
new do., 3 03 to 4/ 4s; old clover, 3/ 10s to 51 ss; new
(10., 31 103 to 41 16s; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11 14s per load.
A slow trade.

WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 3/ 53 to 41 103 Od ;
new do., 31 03 to 4/ 44; old clover, 3/ 103 to 51 5s ; new
do., 31 lOs to 41 168; and straw, 11 81 to 11 143 per load.
Trade firm.