The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-11 00:00:00

CERTIFICATES GRAN f ED.

T. J. Edwards, King-street, St. Georg.-'s Bloomsbury,
dressing case maker, certificate of the first class—W. H.
Griffiths, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, ironmonger, cer-
tificate of the second class, after 21 dap; from Sept. 5
W. Hayhurst, Liverpool, coach proprietor, certificate of
the first class, after twenty-one days from Sept. 4—M.
Colledge, Brinklow, Warwickshire, coal merchant.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

G. Innings and F. Hinings, Pudsey, Yorkshire, dra•
pers—J. Clough and Cl. Clough, Bradford, Yorkshire,
ale end porter merchants—E. Scott and W. Exall, Dean-
street, Soho, timber merchants—Ann Hickinbottom and
T. Hickinbottom, Aldgate High-street, retail butchers—
J. Walker and W. Jones, Liverpool, ale and porter
dealers—W. Bryden and T. Porter, Liverpool, drapers
—T. Hawksley and R. Jalland, Nottingham, civil en.
gineera—W. Cox and H. W. Barnes, Manchester, t ?bac-
conists —J. Carr, G. Carr, M. L. Jobling, R. Lambert,
and N. G. Lambert, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, and
Cousin-lane, City, bottle mauufactur, rs (so far as re-
gards J. Carr. G. Carr, and R. Lambert)—G. Wild and
S. Nield, Stockport and• Manchester, cotton spinners—A.
Melross and J. Roberts, Northampton, curriers—J.
Hannaford and S. Giles, Plymouth, ironfouuders—J.
James and W. Nevison, Penrith—J. H. Barnard, D.
Barnard, and W. S. B.)ulton, Norwich, ironfounders—L.
ff. Davy and W. Wilkins, South Brent and Ashburton,
Devonshire—J. Riley, J. S. Riley, and J. Russell, Liver-
pool and Carlow, provision merchants—M. S;eltax and
W. Gorst, Liverpool, coal dealers—F. Herbert, W. H.
W. Burnett, and H. Lang, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street,
solicitors (so far as regards F. Herbert)—R. A. Pearce
end J. Pearce, Worsop, Nottinghamshire, saddlers—T.
Clarke, J. Armstrong, J. Clarke, and P. Hodgsoo, Car-
lisle, timber merchants.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Thomas Wise, Oxford, bootmaker.

Robert Roberts, Dolgelly, Merionethshire, mine agent.
Ferdinand Rowobl, Manchester.

John Wright, Springfield, near Manchester, book keeper.
John Cameron, Manchester, cabinet maker.
James Hyde, Bickford, Staffordshire.
Francis Moreton, Stafford, gardener.
Christopher Dodsley, Swinnertop, Staffordshire, clerk.
John Pring, Swilscombe, Devonshire, general dealer.
John Booth, Bradford, Yorkshire.

Henry Cook, East Donyland, Essex, master mariner.
George L-a, Liverpool, saddler.
Edward Kirby, Liverpool, auctioneer.
Joseph Unsworth, Liverpool, butcher.
Thomas Godfrey, Liverpool, shipbroker.
James Clarke, Liverpool, pork butcher.

John Williams, Liverpool, book keeper.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

J. P. Millar, Edinburgh, commission agent, to meet
Sept. 18 and Oct. 9, at one, within Dowell's-rooms,
Edinburgh.
J, Lillie and W. Lillie, Glasgow, drapers, to meet
Sept. 16 and Out. 7, at two, within the Star Hotel,
Glasgow.
G. Clark, Edinburgh, innkeeper, to meet Sept. 16
and Oct. 7, at three, within Dowell's•rooms. Edinburgh.
J. Douglas, Edinburgh, fishing tackle maker, to meet
Sept. 17 and Oct. 8, at two, within the writing cham-
berd of R. W. Jamieson, Edinburgh.

A. Cheyne, Oi'sherry, Z:tland,to meet Sept. 12 and
Oct. 3, at twelve, within the Sheriff-Clerk's office,
Lerwick.

G. Bridges, Ayr, hotel keeper, to meet Sept. 13 and
Oot. 4, at twelve, within the King's Arms Hotel, Ayr.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 10.
Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD sat alone. The cases
disposed of were few and uninteresting. In the mat-
ter of General de Rumigny, formerly aide-de-camp
to the late Louis Philippe, an application was made
for an extension of the period of surrender. In sup-
port of the application.an affidavit from the General
was produced, setting forth his inability to attend in
consequence of the refu'al of the Prefect of Police to
grant him a passport. Rumigny was partner with
one Lakeman, and they carried on business as com-
mission agents, in St. Mildred's-court. The case has
been reported on several previous occasions. The ap-
plication was acceded to, and the meeting for the
choice of assignees was held to-day. Lakeman has
♦lso been made a bankrupt..
In the matter of James Bohn, of St. James's-
street, bookseller, the meeting for last examination
was again adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Atkinson, Con°lly, Coucher, Mulvany, and Turner,
enginemen belonging to the Director steam• vessel, to
and from Guernsey and Jersey and LOndon, were
charged before Aldermen Gibbs and Wilson with
having been concerned in a smuggling transaction.
Turner pleaded "guilty" by some mistake, as seemed
to be generally supposed.
Mr. Beverley; from the office of the Solicitor to the
Customs, appeared for the prosecution, and the
penalties sought for amounted to 1001. upon each of
the defendants.

Mr. T. Hayward, officer of the Customs, said he
boarded the Director at Brewer's- wharf. Upon
examining the department of the engine•room he
found secreted under the flooring; at the foot of the
ladder, 251 b. of tobacco, in several small paper
packages. It was evident the tobacco could not have
been thus placed and concealed without the knowledge
of every person whose duty it was to attend in that
part of the vessel. Atkinson, Coucher, and Conol
were in the engine-room at the time the wit. )'",

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proceeded to the examination of the vessel, and very
soon afterwards Mulvany came on board. As all the
defendants were enginernen witness considered it to
be his duty to repurt the matter to Mr. Potter, his
superior officer, and they were taken into custody.
The vessel was liable to seizure on the part of the
Crown, upon the 534 section, which also enacted
that all persons found on board vessels in which
contraband goods were detected were' liable to be
detained.

Atkinson said he was persuaded that nobody
connected with the engine-room knew anything
whatever about the tobacco.

Mulvany said he was just as positive as Atkinson
that the smuggling was quite a secret at the place in
which he worked. The strongest proof that could be
was, he said, the fact that while he was on shore the
steward told him that if he got on board he would be
taken into custody. Notwithstanding which, he had
acted in opposition to that advice, convinced that no-
thing could happen to a person in total ignorance of
the commission of any offence.
Conolly said it could not be expected that he who
worked with the rest should know anything about
smuggled goods.
Turner, who had pleaded guilty, said that he was a
complete invalid ; that he had been ill during the time
the vessel had remained at Guernsey and Jersey, and
that the smuggling was accomplished while he was
lying in a helpless condition. He said that while he
was lying in the vessel he heard trampling up and
down, which convinced him that all was not right,
but he was wholly unable from debility to interfere,
and that he had cautioned one of the other defendants
to take care how they got him into trouble.
Alderman GIBBS, having conferred with Alderman
Wilson, said, that Turner must make his representa-
tion to the l3)ard of Customs, who would no doubt
give him the benefit of the investigation which would
be instituted into all the palliating circumstances
which presented themselves; but it was the duty of
the magistrates to inflict the penalty of MI. upo❑
each of the defendants without exception.
The defendants were accordingly committed in
default of the payment of the penalties. We were
given to understand that the four first defendants ex-
pressed willingness to give evidence that Turner was
wholly innocent of the smuggling transaction, but the
Alderman had, under all the circumstances, no alter-
native but the committal of all the men ; which leaves
them at the disposal of the Board of Customs.

. Mr. Beverley said the whole case shouldbe repre-
sented at once to the Commissioners.
BOW-STREET.
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Robert Butler, a respectable-looking man, who
stated that he was a commercial traveller, was
charged with stealing six bagatelle balls from the
Turk's Head public-house, in King-street, Holborn.
The prisoner had been alone in the room, and the
balls were missed immediately after his departure. He
was pursued and overtaken by the landlord, though
not until he had been in communication with others. He
was brought back to the prosecutor's house, where he
took a number of pawnbrokers' duplicates from his
shoe, and asked one of his companions to take care of
them. The landlord prevented the transfer, and gave
the prisoner into custody, having first refused the re-
quest of the latter "to have the matter compromised."
The duplicates were found to relate to watches,
some jewellery, &c. The balls were worth 31., and
the prisoner offered to defray the cost, in preference
to being locked up.
Mr. Hughes, barrister, cross-examined the prose-
cutor, with the view of showing that others might
have had access to the room • but it was stated that
the property was seen just before, and missed imme-
diately after the prisoner left the house.
Tne prisoner denied all knowledge of the balls, said
he was employed by a respectable mercantile firm at
Birmingham, and complained of the sufferings to
which he had been exposed by the damp condition
and ill-ventilation of the cell, which had compelled
his removal to the hospital.
Mr. JARDINE remanded him fora week, consenting
to take moderate bail, owing to the delicate state of
his health.
WESTMINSTER.
Robert Waller, a mail-cart driver, who has been in
custody upwards of a fortnight, charged with stealing
16 sovc:eigos from Mrs. Allen, of the Grosvenor
Arms, Lower Belgrave-place, was brought up for
re-examination.
The particulars of the previous examinations have
been already detailed in The Sun.
Mr. Chil ie, of the firm of Wire and Childe, soli-
citors to the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society,
again attended for the prosecution.
Upon the prisoner being placed in the dock,
Mr. Childe, addressing the magistrate, said he was
in a situation to adduce further evidence, but before
he did so he thought it best to ascertain whether the
magistrate's mind had undergone any change since

the last examination, upon which occasion his im-
pressi'm upon the law of the case was in favour of the
accused. He begged to rewind the magistrate that
although Mrs. Allen was the first to speak to the pri-
soner with respect to obtaining change for the 16
sovereigns, his offer was to obtain it from the City,
whither he stated he was going ; but he (Mr. Childe)
was in a position to show that, instead of making any
progress in that direction, he obtained change in the
immediate vicinity directly afterwards, and it cer-
tainly.suggested itself that the accused's reason for
promising to be back at two o'clock was to keep Mrs.
Allen quiet until he got clearly out of the way,which
he did, and absconded from his employment. Under
these circumstances, it was his impression that it was
for a jury to determine whether he did not contem-
plate the felonious act at the moment he undertook
to get the change. Supposing that position not to be
tenable, ho (Mr. Childe) submitted that he was en-
titled to treat the accu-ed as a servant for the time,
as he had taken upon himself the office, and was act-
ing in that capacity.
Mr. Buttatinn thought that the fact of the accused's
getting the change might be considered rather in his
favour than otherwise, as showing he did not then
contemplate the act. In the absence of an original
f.-loni'ous intention, it was his opinion that it could
only be construed into a breach of trust. With re-
spect to the second position taken by Mr. Childe, he
was clearly of opinion that the accused could not be
deemed a servant within the meaning of the statute.
Mr. Childe observed, that looking at the dishonest
character of the transaction, it was one that would in •
duce an advocate to travel through theintricate mazes
of the law to find some means of meeting the offence.
It would be a reproach to the law if such offences
could be committed with impunity.
Mr. BURRELL, after adverting to the technicalities
of law in the prisoner's favour, said he would take time
to consider the matter fully, and remanded the pri-
soner until Thursday.