The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—Iiis Royal Highness Prince
Albert left the Castle this morning, at twenty-five
minutes before nine o'clock, for Slough, en route, by
special train, to London. His Royal Highness re-
turned to the Castle at half-past two o'clock.
The Earl of Ellenborough left the Castle this
morning.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the after-
noon, fur some time, in the Slopes and grounds ad-
joining the Castle.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of %Vales and
the Princess Royal were taken out on ponies to-day.
Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice were taken an
airing in the pleasure-grounds.
Sir Robert and Lady Sale took their departure
from the Castle to-day.
Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson ar-
rived yesterday, from a tour.
The Earl of Liverpool and the Right Hon. Sir R.
Peel walked out for some time this afternoon.
The royal dinner party at the castle this evening
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Countess Wratislaw, and
Mr. G. E. Anson.

The band of the Royal Horse Guards were in at-
tendance at the Castle during dinner.
ller Majesty's private band afterwards attended.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Buckingham Palace at
half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning, from the
Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway.
His Royal Highness went to inspect the new summer
temple in the garden, and afterwards proceeded, at a
quarter-past ten o'clock, to Somerset-house.
The Prince left the office of the Duchy of Cornwall
for Paddington, taking his departure for the Slough
station, on his return to Windsor Castle.
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse
Philippstahl left Willey Court, Worcestershire, the
residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, for
London yesterday, arriving in town at seven o'clock
last evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
took an airing yesterday in a carriage.
Mr. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister, transacted
business at the Foreign-office yesterday. i
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, is
staying at his seat, Belmont Castle, N.B.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the ,
Colonial-office for the Governor of New South Wales. I
Mr. Henry Wyse transacted business yesterday at I
the Foreign-office.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial.
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office from Sir C. Metcalfe, Governor-General of
Canada ; from Sir W.
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LAW INTELLIGEN' OE,

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COW ?T, Oct. 31.

IN THE MATTER OF RENTON NI( ..;HOLSON.

The insolvent in this case, who as well known
upon town as the proprietor of the Garrick's Head
Hotel and Tavern in Bow-street, Covent-garden, and
the " Chief Baron" of the " Judge and Jury" So-
ciety held there, was described in hi. s schedule as a
hotel keeper and agent for discountin g bills, and an
author, and printer and publisher. He had also been
the editor and proprietor of a publicatkr, called the
Town, the Crown newspaper, the 171ustrtted London
Life, and Nicholson's Noctes. The amount of debts
which appeared in his schedule was about 2,4001., of
which 1,2001. was without consideratic .n. He attri-
buted his insolvency chiefly to the del hlcations of a
person named Abbott, who had the n mnagement of
the hotel business, and by whom he lost nearly 4,0001
in little more than twelvemonths.

His petition was supported by Messrs. Cooke and
Woodruffe, and opposed by Mr. Nicho Ils on the part
of Messrs. Burnett, the'distillers.

It appeared from the evidence, which was very
lengthened, and occupied the Court nearly the whole
of the day, that the insolvent had, kept the Garrick's
Head about three years. 'When he first took that hotel
a gentleman of the name of Lane became his security,
and wished that the arrangements and pecuniary
affairs of the hotel should be managed by a person
named Abbott. In little more than a year, when
they came to settle the accounts, it was found that
there was a defalcation to the amount of 4,500/. in
Abbott's accounts, for which he could afford no satis-
factory explanation. Finding that this extensive loss
had rendered him insolvent, he called together his
creditors, to whom he made an offer of paying them
at the rate of 6001. a-year, and they all seemed to
consider the offer a very fair one. However, in less
than a week after offering the composition, he was
served with an immense number of writs, and con-
sequently compelled to keep out of the way, to the
serious detriment of his business. By great exertions
he was enabled to pay 1,2001. out of those debts, but
owing to the loss of a large sum of money by specu-
lations at Hampton, Epsom, and other races, where he
had booths, he was unable to do otherwise now than
seek the assistance of this Court.
After some further evidence,

The LEARNED COMMISSIONER said, although the
insolvent had no money at the Bank at the time he
gave the cheque, yet all the circumstances of the case
proved that there was not the slightest intention of
fraud on his part. The whole facts of the case fully
proved that the insolvent's conduct had been fair and
straightforward through all the transactions, and he
(the Learned Commissioner) felt bound to order him
to be discharged forthwith.
The insolvent then left the Court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKEA WELL.

George Owen was charged with violently assault-
ing Joshua Everard, and Anne Everard his wife.
The complainants deposed that they were in a
private room in a beer-shop, on the Liverpool-road,
when the prisoner came in and assaulted them with
the utmost violence. The woman, whose face was
dreadfully swollen, swore he loosened all the teeth
upon one side of her face by the violence of his blows,
and she bled profusely from the mouth.
Mr. GREENWOOD (to the prisoner)—What have
you to say ? Prisoner (an old man)—My daughter has
been ruined in the house, and has poisoned herself.
Mr. GREENWOOD—I can't hear anything about the
poisoning. What have you to say to the assault?
The father, however, went on to say that his
daughter, who had been seduced by the complainant's
son, had given birth to a child in a cab, and—
Mr. GREENWOOD--I can't hear anything about that.
It has nothing to do with the charge of assault.
The father—But my daughter—my child—poisoned
herself on Monday night. I did not hear of it until
last night, and I was enraged. I went to the lodg-
ings of her seducer, and meeting the father and mo-.
ther there, and seeing my daughter in the bed, I
might hare attacked them, but they struck me first.
Mr. Ingoldsby, a surgeon, deposed that on Monday
night last, the prisoner's daughter having taken poison,
he was called upon to attend her. She was, however,
in a fair way of recovery until last night, when she
was again thrown into convulsions by the excitement.
When her father entered the room enraged, she, fear-
ing he would injure the complaintants, jumped out of
bed, and, in endeavouring to shield them, received, as
he was informed, a blow herself. She was now in a
most dangerous state. Mrs. Everard was bleeding
from the mouth when he entered. His object in at-
tending was to prevent the recurrence of further vio-
lence, as it would probably prove fatal to the patient.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Don't you say the prisoner
struck the patient ? Witness—l heard that he did
in the souffle.

The old man passionately exclaimed—" Struck my
own daughter ! Let her come here, and I know she
would not say I struck her.
Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced him to pay a fine of
2i., or a month's imprisonment.
Not having the money, he was committed.