The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-19 00:00:00

IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF WARD AND GRIFFITHS.

The bankrupts in this case were printers in Far-
ringdon-street, and came up on the question of their
certificate. Mr. Linklater supported the bankrupt
Ward. The balance-sheet shows debts to the amount
of 1,540/, while the good debts and property do not
exceed 3501. The losses, however, by realization of
the stock and machinery, are put down at 1,2491.
The bankrupts had started with a capital of 2,3001.,
which had been lost in 1847, as well as a further sum
of 1,0001. introduced by a relative of Ward.
The bankrupts failed in October last, when they
executed an assignment for the benefit of their cre-
ditors, to secure an agreed composition which they
were unable to meet, and were made bankrupts in
May last.
Mr. LIMELATER referred to the particulars of the
balance-sheet, and said that he could not, under the
circumstances, ask for a certificate of a higher than
second class, to which the assignees were willing to
consent.
Certificates were accordingly granted to each of the
bankrupts.

SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS. Oct. 18.
(Before Mr. E. PENItIIYN, Chairman, and Mr. GossE.)
JOUN WATKINS, APPELLANT, V. A CONVICTION UNDER.

THE POLICE ACT.

In this case the appellant, who was the landlord of
the Red Lion public-house, Pearl-row, Southwark,
sought to be relieved from a conviction for harbour.
ing improper characters in his house, under which he
had been fined in the penalty of 51.
Mr. Robinson appeared for the appellant. No
Learned Counsel was engaged to support the convic-
tion, but an inspector of the M division of police,
named Townson, attended to produce the necessary
documents, and apparently to conduct the case in
support of the conviction.
The evidence on the part of the police, by whom
the information had been laid, appeared to be, that on
the evening of the 16th of September two constables,
named Hunt and Jones' went into the appellant's
house, and represented that several persons of
bad character, two of them being reputed thieves,
were standing drinking in front of the bar.
The appellant was told the chara?.ter of these
people, and warned that he was not justified
in permitting them to be in his house, and the
constables then went away, and returned two
hours afterwards, when they found two of the
same persons again standing in front of the bar. Upon

these facts, it appeared that Mr. Jardine, who hap-
pened to be casually sitting at the Southwark Police-
court, under the new regulation regarding the attend-
ance of magistrates at the different police-courts,
convicted the defendant of the offence of " wilfully
harbouring" bad characters, and the present appeal
was brought to try the validity of that conviction.
Upon the cross•examination of the constables it
appeared that two separate informations had been laid
against the appellant for an offence of a similar cha-
racter, alleged to have been committed upon two con-
secutive days, and that the first was dismissed. It
also appeared that after the notice of the present ap-
peal had been given, another information against Mr.
Watkins of the same kind was brought before Mr.
Ingham, and was dismissed by that gentleman. The
constables likewise admitted that upon every occasion
when they went into the house there was not the least
disorder, and that the appellant asked them earnestly
to tell him what he was to do, and said that the people
lived in the neighbourhood, and he did not see how he
could help serving them with refreshment, so long as
they conducted themselves peaceably. It also ap-
peared that they were unable to prove that the persona
they referred to had remained in the house between
the period of the two visits, and they admitted that
it was possible they had left immediately after their
first visit, and had returned when they made their
second.

While the case was proceeding the inspector who
was watching it repeatedly interfered and suggested
matters which he said the witnesses could prove.
Mr. ROBINSON objected to this description of inter-
ference, and said he hoped the Court would not per-
mit it to be persevered in. There was a proper and
legitimate mode of supporting the conviction if it had
been considered necessary to do so ; and he did not
think that a police inspector ought to be permitted to
interfere.

Mr. SUMNER said that, as one of the bar, he must
also protest against the inspector taking upon himself
to conduct the case for the respondent, as it affected
the privilege of the bar to pre-audience.
The CHAIRMAN said that the inspector must not in-
terfere any more. The Court was placed in rather an
awkard position by not having any depositions, and
no counsel being employed on behalf of the respondent,
but at the same time it was bound to take care that
the business of the Court was conducted in a regular
manner, and the inspector clearly had no right to in-
terfere in the case.

Mr. ROBINSON then made a very able speech to the
bench on behalf of his client; and
The CHAIRMAN, after a brief consultation with his
colleague, said the Court were of opinion that there
was no evidence to support the allegation that the ap-
pellant had wilfully harboured improper characters,
and they therefore considered that the appeal should
be allowed.
The conviction was accordingly quashed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LAMBETH.

Henry Thomas Taylor, George Adams, and Charles
Gosling were brought up and placed at the bar before
Mr. Elliott for final examination, on a charge of
breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr. George Stiff,
in Streatham-place, Brixton, and stealing therefrom
301. in gold and silver, a gold box of the value of 40
guineas, and various articles of plate and other pro-
perty.

The particulars of the robbery are briefly these :
On tl • evening of Tuesday, the 24th of last month, a
young man knocked at the door of Mr. Stiff, and
upon being answered by a young woman named
Plowman he said that a serious accident had taken
place at Mr. Stiff's publishing-office in the Strand,
that a considerable weight had fallen upon Mr. Stiff's
housekeeper, and that if her sister wished to see her
alive she must take a cab and proceed there without
delay. The young woman, believing the representa-
tion, locked up the house, took a cab, and pro-
ceeded to the Strand, where she found her sister
quite well, and ascertained that no accident
had taken place. On her return home she
discovered that during her absence the house
had been entered and plundered of the property be-
fore mentioned. From the fact that the gold snuff-
box had been taken from the interior of a pianoforte,
where it had been placed for greater safety, and also
from the circumstance of the prisoner Taylor having
stated to a fellow--workman in the service of Mr. Stiff,
that he would put Costello (a thief) on the house of
his master, suspicion fell on him in the first instance,
and he was taken into custody. Since then it had
been found that he (Taylor) had been seen, on the
evening after the robbery, to enter ,a notorious re-
ceiving-house in the vicinity of Drury-lane in com-
pany with the prisoner Adams, and yesterday wit-
nesses were in attendance who swore to having seen
Taylor, Adams, Gosling, and Costello (who is at
present in Newgate on a charge of burglary) in front
of Mr. Stiff's house about the time of the robbery.
The prisoner Adams, previous to his apprehension,
made some disclosures to Mr. Stiff about the rob-
bery, and said he was present when the property be-
came a matter of dispute between thieves.

The depositions established a strong case against
the prisoners, and they were fully committed for trial.

THAMES.

ROSINA lIERBERT.—This wretched woman, whose
case excited so much sympathy and commisseration,
and who was out on hail on her husband's security,
surrendered yesterday to abide Mr. Ingham's deci-
sion on the charge of having illegally pawned seven
cotton shirts, which had been entrusted to her to make
up by a woman named Miller.

Mr. Thomas Ruthven, in the employment of
Messrs. Favell and Bousfield, wholesale clothiers, No.
12, St. Mary Axe, stated that the prisoner had for-
rnt rly been employed at their house; and, though but
an indifferent workwoman, would still have been con-
tinued there had she been found trustworthy. She
had worked for the firm up to the 25th of August,
1849, on which day she was brought before Mr.
'Yardley at this court, charged with pawning several
articles of wearing apparel which bad been entrusted
to her making up. Had she not so committed her-
self she would up to the present time have had work
of a good description which would have enabled her
to obtain a comfortable livelihood. Here the prisoner,
who had been for some time weeping bitterly, let her
child drop into the dock, and fell down herself in
a sort of fit. It was, however, observed by some
of the officers accustomed to such exhibitions, that the
manner of it was not natural, and it was also observed
that before dropping the child, which cried lustily on
its fall, she allowed it to slide as near to the ground as
possible without altering her position. After a brief
interval allowed for her recovery, the ease was re-
sumed, and the witness Ruthven proceeded to state
that it was entirely through her own misconduct she
was obliged to take work at second and third hand,
and of course at a reduced remuneration. The result
of the inquiry before Mr. Yardlfty was that she was
ordered to pay lls. 6d. for redeeming the articles, and
Bs. fine, in default of which she was imprisoned with
hard labour for fourteen days.
__

Mr. INGHAM, to the prisoner—Have you any ques-
tion to ask this witness ? Prisoner—No, sir. _

Mr. INGEIAM—Have you anything to say? Pri-
soner—No, sir, I did it. 'Ls true.
The minutes of the proceedings of the 25th of
August were then produced, and the case was found
to be as the witness stated. At that time she lived at
Marmond-street, St. George's-in-the-East.
Mr. J. F. Roper, honorary secretary to the
Distressed Needle women's Society, here stepped for-
ward and wished to say a few words. In answer to
questions from the magistrates, he entered into a long
statement of the advantages of the association, which
advantages he said would have been extended to Ro-
sina Herbert had she been a deserving person. He
added that the sempstresses at the east end of London
were better paid than formerly, but that prices were
lowered by the wives of the dock labourers, who were
compelled to take in work at a very low rate, while
their husbands spent their own earnings (from 255.
to 30i. a week) in drink!

The result of the inquiry was that Mr. Ingham
sentenced the prisoner to pay Bs., the amount for
which the articles had been pawned, and a further
sum of 10s. penalty, in default of which to be impri-
soned with hard labour for 21 days. I must now
tell you (added the magistrate) that since your case
was last before me several benevolent persons have
sent in moneys for your use, amounting to the sum of
431., not one single sixpence of which shall I apply to
your benefit. There may still be some mitigating
circumstances in your case, and if benevolent per-
sons choose to inquire into them and to devote
their private funds to your use, they of course are at
liberty to do so, but when I find you guilty of
an offence, and discover that you have previously
committed another one, I must not let it go forth to
the world not only that you are not punished, but, on
the contrary, that you are rewarded as the conse-
quence. If the parties who forwarded you the dona-
tions choose to reclaim them they can do so, and shall
receive them back if before the end of one calendar
month they show themselves to be the persons by
whom the amounts ware forwarded, but if not re-
claimed before that time, they shall be put in the poor
box for the general purposes of the district, to be be--
stowed on deserving persons. There is one remark I
have to make with respect to sums forwarded for cx.
plicit purposes. I now declare that not a farthing
shall ever be given for such purposes. If money be
sent (and I now speak the sentiments of Mr. Yardley
also) to be used at our discretion, it shall be received,
but not a farthing otherwise.
The prisoner was then removed.
The prisoner's husband, addressing the magistrate
suppose if the pawnbroker were paid, sir
Mr. INGHAM—I have decided the case.

Mr. Roper said he had another application to make
respecting a Mrs. Fitzgerald, on whose behalf public
sympathy was excited some time ago, and who is
really a deserving object. She is still in distress,
and applies for a portion of the sum remaining on
hand, and as more than then deemed sufficient for her
wants.

Mr. INGHAM—She appears to have an equitable
claim. Let her call and make her application.
ersa
Just before the court closed, Mr. llnghamto d
and
Rosina Herbert to be again brought before bile,' and
addressing her said, some kind person having Self
your caoe, has forwarded an order payable to yourtbe
in your own name, saying it was intended for
our
payment of your fine. As it has been sent inirdo
name, I suppose it is intended that you absraied to
with it as you think proper. It is expressly are
be sent for the payment of your fine, so that Y"
now at liberty to go; but let me advise you to Jeo
this 1-:e a warning to you in future ; and if you t!'h
again tempted by distress, either apply to the Pari'ch
or some other societies established for affording 7be
relief, for it is not to be tolerated that you shall'
to
permitted with impunity, much less with rewsrd,oor
pawn articles belonging to persons perhaps as P-
as yourself. You are discharged. T raast
Mrs. Herbert—What will become of me ?
go to the workhouse, as my husband has lost his eni'
p!oyment again. slate.
She then left the court in a very desponding

01•1•1 M.
A NEW MODE OF SERVING A "„„Itlif
At Bandon quarter sessions, on Monday(-"1-° pl.
I.ll‘Carthy, alias John Davies, was indicted
ing a pair of shoes from Patrick Sullivan, en the rea
smart
e.
inst., at Macroom. The prisoner was a
spectable young fellow, about 18 or 19 years of %All.
Patrick Sullivan, examined by Mr. BrY311„;,,dol
wey, Crown solicitor—l remember the last """,b
in Macroom. It was on the sth of this ni°°;„'oo
was selling brogues on the Square of igact°°"-jaci
that day. I recollect seeing on tbst him
the prisoner w
near my pannier. Immediately after ISa 911
;
running off as hard as he could, and a
who was standing near made after him ; be /380110
foroteo
shabby suit of clothes on him, and an old bat, 11-
time. Well(
Cross-examined by Mr. Philip O'Connell--;,,,.
Paddy, this is a queer case now, isn't it?
Wisha, be Gor, 1 believe it is, sir.— (Laughterra of
Mr. O'Connell—Do you remember the st,,,,%tcb
the two bailiffs, Paddy, that got up the boxing "-alit
in Macroom, a short time ago, in order to be br°.-ito
before a certain magistrate there, as the onl9 t;gb•
serve an order of the court on him ?—(Great
ter.) Witness—l hard tell of it, sir. th, pas
Mr. O'Connell—Well, now, upon your 0-
a
ipto
not this great robbery only a mere trick to get ss
Mr. Warren to serve him with a Chancery °l;ue-101(
the only means left this poor boy, who spent bc'e,iviclof
vainly endeavouring to get a look at this,'"-„°,0311(
magistrate ? Witness—l was told so, Mr. 011 le
Mr. Gallwey—Don't mind what you were tr:of
Mr. O'Connell—Mr. Warren lives at the,:ji°o?
the bridge, right opposite the church, ves
Witness—He does. „„rels
Mr. O'Connell—Do you ever see him go 07003
even as near as he is to it ? Witness—Faith, id
say say as to that, sir, but if he went to mass I 0—
him.—(Great laughter.) aped,
Mr. O'Connell—As far as this case is enne.„-ti go
Sullivan, I don't think you need be sorry I-0- to
different ways. Did not Mr. Warren ash it
swear those informations ? Witness—Ttle,Zieoi
was, sir, was this—when we went before Mr. ""t;00
he asked me was I going to swear inforlel o
against the prisoner, when he (prisoner) han,natloo
paper to Mr. Warren, saying, '' there's inf°l'.
for you." „ sn°
A constable was examined by Mr. Gallweittb th'
proved his seeing the prisoner running off W; fore
shoes, and his arresting him, and taking On
Mr. Warren, the next magistrate. I, at°
Cross-examined by Mr. O'Connell—Was . naftel
the direction of your barrack that Davies ray'
taking the shoes ? Witness—lt was.
Mr. O'Connell—Were you not standing sv t wer°
couple of yards of the place where the shoes
ay
selling at the time you saw him run off withibgeesieg
in fact so near him that he could not avin't" have
you ? 'Witness—lndeed, I am sure be ren'"
seen me.
Mr. O'Connell—On your arresting him clid(hte-afel
demand to be taken before the next Infigt,"'e-reas/
Witness—He did, and I told him it would ";,k ails
to satisfy him, as he was not far off. I then trA
before Mr. Warren, and on seeing him he es" Ain
this hi, Worship ? that will explain all," banding
Warren at the same time a papee...._(Laughter;),3o
Mr. O'Connell—Was it not after that and eite'cas'
Warren saw the paper, that he ordered him iPt°
tody ? Witness—lt was. f alter
Mr. O'Connell—What became of the pisPe-wheo
you saw it handed to Mr. Warren ? Witness ---10 it
Mr. Warren got the paper, one of his men tbreAoa,
back ; I t( ok it up and kept it for a couple of "e-ifis
until I saw Mr. Warren a 'n when I gave it t° bap'
Mr. O'Connell—Did yogumsee the words "in oath?
cery" at the top of the paper, upon your ;20
Witness—l don't recollect it ; 1 certainly neeinit
paper ; but, suspecting whatit was, I folded
°gal:II:. O'Connell—And did you not eoneeice?
duty to have assisted in serving that order, sir the
Mr. Gallwey—lndeed, Mr. O'Connell, I thin"
constable has done his duty very
fairly.•
Mr. O'Connell—But Ido not think :11
so, BR 6d
wey. Now, policeman, I put it to your oath, the
answer it as you will—Do you not believe that of
only way to get an opportunity to serve an orclerout
any kind on this magistrate is to get him int° Y
custody first ? Witness—l believe so. ,
a Dot
Mr. Gallwey—Don't mind your belief; that
evidence. 11 f"
Rowland Davies, examined by Mr. O'Conue sei.
vet
, „
the defence, proved that he was appointed wee
over the property of Mr. Warren ; that he cinder, 50
the prisoner to serve him with a copy of the er at to
appointing him receiver, and desired him to res"
every stratagem to try and serve it. ; ecte4
The evidence being concluded, his Worship directed tast
the jury to acquit the prisoner, as it was evidep° tokeli
the shoes, however improperly taken, were
with a felonious intent, but as a ruse to obtain '
„I, are°
twice to the gentleman in question
The hearing of this case- was attended $
laughter all through, the magistrates on tbe
large number of whom were present, joining' "-t-0
in it, and adds a new mode of writ-serving
many ludicrous means at present on record'
Examiner.

RAILWAY SHARE IVIAR-K-'
BRISTOL. OCT. 18.
rites
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Saocx EXCHANGE. —The share market 1%'33 yeti;
to-day, and large transactious took place, alth(l3 134 er
were slightly -educed. Great Westerns were done ``t°, 6 P
itto, New 171. Shares, 5 dis. Midland, 44th --1)1
cent. (Birmingham and Gloucester), 125.
LIVERPoUL, Our. 18. werti/
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-daY, 491;
follow : Lancashire and Yorkshire 'Consolidated, 1147;
P. a
Ditto, Fifths, 7 3-16 dis. London and North_western
—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 7-16 p.—Ditto, Fifthsily,an
Ditto, Quarters (C), 24t p.—Manchester, Sbnei teo
Lincolnshire 19 Ditto, Preference
Preference, 4 p.—Midland, 44—Ditto, 'Halves, Oti
e.,
South-Eastern and Dover, 2074, York and .1,4,„°'".
land, 2.4%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. t
cha.s), 4 1-16 dis.—Eastern Counties, 6% c---,'"sSlia,"
cashire, 9 Lk, —Lancaster and Preston, Three-quarie,;, ..-/
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24% p.—Liverpool, Chester, and Stockport, 2%
•
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 12,4
BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. d 0011/°1
STOCK ExcuANGE.—The share market was flat an ,
what heavy to-day, but prices remain about the as bap''
last quoted. The only transactions were—Birolin.Zortie
Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 974 —London end )'
Western, New Quarters, 234 p.

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Larendon, of No. 2, Richardsen's-buildings, Goswrffere;
ever since giving birth to twins, 34 years ago, bad medic
to ell/
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men, both in France and England, had been unaAb'eri g
Her sufferings were intense, and oftentimes she sea', uu,i,:ael/';
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periods wholly confined to her bed. Ultimately, uY ,ncl r",;
of her friends, she made trial of Holloway's oir.tnaeoLt:ietf
and these celebrated remedies have completely forvi
wounds, and she can walk about with the greatest %'"110,01
Sold by all vendors of medicines, and at Profeoor °
Establishment, 244, Strand, Loudon.
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A GRACIOUS SQUIRE.—On Sunday a 13°e"-„ - irto.
der was fixed in a village church about five miles ft pops
chester, by the owner of the hall immediately CO
the sacred edifice :—" Whereas it has been the custonl,qol,l,
years past in this parish to give precedence to the, tm,
of the parish in going cut of church on Sun
flett°ll(l
parishioners are respectfully reminded that such dist'''.
an
in the house of God have no foundation in Scripture:ooff
this parishioners are also respectfully reminded, tll,4'oilt °
have only to consult their own convenience in glit"
church, as they already do in coming into church.