The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-26 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles, R. 8.... ..... 385 .. 385 .. 385 .. 385
L. 8............ 242 50 .. 245 242 50 .. 245
Rouen • 985 .. 985 -. 985 .. 985
Rouen to Havre
Orleans
Strasburg to Bale• • • • . 240 .. 240 .. 240 .. 240
Avignon to Marseilles."... 766 25 .. 766 25 . 766 25 .. 766 25

RAII•WAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 31sT OF JULY.
Versailles, R.B.
L.B.••••
Rouen •• •• •• •• •• •• • .
Strasburg to 8a1e.....
Orleans
Avignon to Marseilles. •

We are glad to see that a new asylum for infant
orphans has been established in the City on the most
extensive and liberal principles. There is to be no
religious distinction. The children of misfortune, of
whatever creed, are to be received into the same asy-
lum, and the hand of charity is held out to the Church-
man and the Dissenter alike. This is the way to re-
concile contending creeds. Why should Christians
quarrel with one another in distress ? Why should
religious dogmas, of which the children know no-
thing and the fathers little, stand in the way of cha-
rity? The supporters of this institution, called the
New Asylum for Infant Orphans, deserve the support
of all charitable men.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—There has
been a considerable increase in the number of deaths
during the week ending Saturday, July 20, the num-
ber being 896, while in the previous week it was 831

—average 900. The increase has taken place chiefly
in diseases of the first class called zymotic, among
which are small-pox, scarlatina, diarrhoea, and typhus.
The deaths from scarlatina were 72, average 39 ; diar-
rhoea 40, average 27 ; typhus 34, average 28 ; and trom
small-pox 37, average 11. The deaths from consump-
tion and inflammation of the lungs, and, indeed, from
most others, are considerably below the average. Of
the 37 who died of small-pox, 24 had not been vac-
cinated. The following is an analysis of the list of
violent deaths :—Fracture or contusion, five cases, of
which 1 was by a carriage, and 3 by falls ; wound, 1
case; poison, 3 cases, of which 2 were accidental, and
1 a suicide ; drowning, 9 cases, of which 4 were acci-
dental, 1 suicide, and in 4 it is not stated whether they
were accidental or otherwise;. suffocation by foul air,
1 case; and " accidental" (an imperfect verdict), 1
case. Total 16 males (including 1 case put to tetanus)
and 4 females.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

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BANKRUPTCY.--(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner GpuLnowor.)
IN THE CASE OF ROE AND RLACKFORD.
The bankrupts, who had been acting managers of the Joint-
Stock Bank, Newport, Isle of Wight, applied to-day for their
certificate.

➢ir. Montague Chambers with Mr. Sturgeon were present
on the part of the bankrupts; and ' Edwin James with
Mr. Sturgeon were retained by the Directors and Shareholders
of the Bank to oppose them.

The evidence liken on a former ,day having been read at
the request of Mr. Lucas,
Mr. JAMES rose to oppose the granting of the certificate.
He said that he would briefly lay facts before his Honour
to prove that both the bankrupts had' acted in the most
flagrant manner, both in their capacity of bankers and more
lately in that of servants, and he was sure that his Honour
would be well able to discriminate whether the one was
more faulty than the other. The case was a most important
one, and he should detain the Court but a very short time,
as his friend Mr. Chambers would no doubt address it after-
wards at length, and with great ability, in behalf of the
bankrupts. The present opposition was not entered upon
from any vindictive feelings to the bankrupts themselves,
but from a desire to do a duty to the shareholders of the
Joint-Stock Bank, and to the general public. It
appeared that the bankrupts Roe and Blackford
had succeeded to the banking business carried on in
Newport, Isle of Wight, under the firm of Sir Richard Bassett
and Co. In 1842, this bank was considerably pressed, and
in fact insolvent. A number of gentlemen unaware of the
fact, however, proposed to amalgamate, if he might so say,
into a joint• stock bank, the operations and business of the
other. These gentlemen were of the highest standing and
respectability in the island, and the bankrupts at once ac-
ceded to their proposition although they were then, as was
subsequently discovered, actually insolvent to the
enormous amount of 50,000 or 60,000 pounds.
He (Mr. James) would direct his Honour's attention
to this fact, fully confident that that alone would afford suffi-
cient reason for refusing their certificate. But there was
something
.of even 'a deeper dye than this non-disclosure of
their insolvent condition. Mr. Blackford, on being asked
whether a true statement of the assets of Bassett's bank had
been furnished to the directors of the joint-stock bank, said
that he was not aware such was iequired. He (Mr. James)
would prove by witnesses that Blackford had said that that
statement should be furnished every hour; but it never
was furnished, and the most paltry excuses were alleged for his
non-compliance in this respect—such as that the customers
of Bassett's bank would feel aggrieved if their private
affairs were exposed, &c. Yet all this time Blackford knew
that he and his partner were insolvent; and he still stated,
not once but often, not to one person but to many, that the
bank was perfectly solvent. The shareholders and directors
of the joint -stock bank were grievously deceived, and a debt of
63,0001. was saddled upon them, in consequence of the bank-
rupts' misconduct. The joint-stock bank paid off a sum of
Glyn and Company for 21,0001., thus purchasing the business
of the old banking-house, and they then placed the bank-
rupts in the confidential position ot"managers of the concern.
The bankrupts had now entered Upon a course of deceit in not
• communicating the state of their affairs, and in order to
screen themselves from the just indignation of the directors,
they tried all manner of shifts, some of which he should lay
before his Honour. They had pledged a number of secu-
rities, as deeds, promissory-notes, and so forth, with
the Messrs. Currie, to an -amount stated to repre-
sent thirty-two thousand pounds. This they had no
right to do, for the property was that of the joint-stock bank ;
but the bankrupts' motives were simply to patch up the
falling credit of Bassett's bank, and they did so for a time
by this contrivance. His Honour would find that, on the
14th of November, 1842, a letter was written to the Messrs.
Currie and Co. by Mr. BlaCkford, stating that he " would feel
obliged if Messrs. Currie would forward promissory notes of
Bassett and Co., as per other side," and he signs this as
manager of the joint-stock bank. Those securities were
no more theirs than they were his (Mr. James's),
and the Messrs. Currie thought that they were parted with
to the join-stock hank. On the 21st of November a similar
circumstance occurred, and again a third in December, mak-
ing in all upwards of 9,000/. got in this manner, which he
(Blackford) took credit for. They were all this time
insolvent, and they knew it ; but when certain of
the old customers to Bassett's bank wished their sums,
or nominal sums—for there were no assets to meet
the claims of creditors—to be transferred to the joint-stock
bank, the bankrupts did so, thus, in fact, saddling
their debts on the shareholders and directors, whose confi-
dence they had so sadly abused. He might continue the
calendar of their misconduct, but he -thought he had said
enough to make his Honour pause before granting the bank-
rupts certificates, and be would now call witnesses into the
box to prove these allegations.
The bankrupt Blackford was placed in the box, and his
examination, by Mr. Lucas, was going on when our re-
porter left.

UNION-HALL.-(THIS DAY.)
William Etheridge, landlord of the White Horse Tnn, Fann-
street, Aldersgate, was placed at the bar charged with steal-
ing a wooden frame and some wood letters, the alleged pro-
perty of George Jasling, landlord of the Cricketers, at Cam-
berwell.

The complainant stated that he took the Cricketers from
the prisoner, whose name in large wooden letters was over
the front of the house. The prisoner had on several occasions
asked for the letters forming his name, which were refused,
and at four o'clock that morning he brought some men with
him, and proceeded to take down his name, when complain-
ant, hearing the noise, went out and gave him into custody.
Mr. Child, the solicitor, contended that there was not the
slightest pretext for charging the defendant, a highly re-
spectable man, with felony ; that the wooden letters, com-
posing his name, were not, included in the inventory of the
goods purchased by the complainant, when he took the
Cricketers from the accused.
Mr.- TRAILL expressed his surprise that the accused should
have been subjected to the indignity of being given into cus-
tody on a charge for which there were not the slightest
grounds. The Magistrate, haying strongly deprecated the
conduct of the complainant in making such a charge, imme-
diately discharged Mr. Etheridge, who expressed his inten-
tion of adopting proceedings against his accuser for false im-
prisonment.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
TEWKESBURY AND GLOUCESTER RACES.
wErecv.anar.
The Produce. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for colts,
Bst 91b, and fillies Bst 61b. Mile and a quarter. (14 Subs.)
Lord G. I3entinck's All-round-my-Hat walked over.
The Gloucestershire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only
if declared ; the second saves his stake. Two miles.
(31 Subs.)
Mr. Sadler's Bellissima, aged (Rogers) 1
Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 4 yrs
Mr. Bristow's Freystrop, 3 yrs...
Mr. F. Kelly's Illustration, 4 yr 5...... , 4
Mr. I. Day's Somerset, 4 yrs 5
The Ham Stakes of 5 Sovs. each, with 30 added. Heats,
once round and a distance.
Mr. J. Day's b f by Rubastes, out of Zelinda, 3 yrs 2 1 1
Mr. Jones's Walking Stick,4 yrs 1 3 2
Mr. M. P. Lloyd's Chesterfield, 5 yrs 3 2 dr
The Cheltenham Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added.
Heats, once round and a distance.
Captain Hussey's Cracksman, aged ... ...(Oliver) 1 1
Mr. I. Day's Preissnitz, aged ...... ...
Mr. Johns' Petard, 4 yrs ........ . ..... . ... ... ......
Sweepstakes of 3 Bove. each, and 20 added ; for three yrs old,
7st 41b; four yrs, Bst 81b ; five yrs, 9st ; six yrs and aged,
9st 51b ; half-bred allowed 71b. Winner to be sold for 501.
Heats, once round and a distance.
111 37'3 • •••••.. ...(Darling, jun.) 1 3 1
Mr.
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nbd, 4
a Lipsey Queen, 4 yrs 3 1 2
Mr. Williams's Lucy Hampton, 5 yrs
munstmv.
The Southwick Park Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added ;
One mile. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Raworth's Kilgram, 3 yrs (Crouch) 1
Captain Denny's Tarquin, 3 yrs 2
Captain Hussey's Cracksman, aged
The following were not placed :—Sir C. Cockerell's Au-
rungzebe, 4 yrs; Mr. Gregory's Loadatone, 3 yrs; and Mr.
I: Day's Preissnitz, aged.
The Tradesmen's and Innkeepers' Plate of 100 sovs, added
to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft. Two miles and
a half. (7 Subs.) _
Mr. Hook's Una, 6 yrs (Brick) 1
Mr. Sadler's Idleness, 3 yrs
Mr. I. Day's Somerset, 3 yrs 3
Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 50 added ; three yrs old,
7st; four yrs, Bst 61b; live yrs,Bst 131 b ; six yrs and aged,
9st 81b ; mares, &c., allowed 31bs, and maiden four yrs old,
41bs Heats, two miles.
Mr. Raworth'N Clinker, aged (Bradley) 1 1
Mr. J. Day's b f by Bubastes, out of Zeliuda, 3 yrs 2 8
Mr. Gregory's Loadstone, 3 yrs
A Free Handicap of 10 soya. each, h ft, with 25 added ; once
round and a dig.
Mr. Bristow's Freystrop. 3 yrs ..... .. . . . ... (Hutchinson) 1
Mr. J. Day's Tamburini, aged 2
Mr. J. Day's Preissnitz, aged
YARMOUTH RACES.—TuEsDAY.
The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each ; winner to be sold for ,
300/., &c. Heats, two miles, and a dis.
Mr. Sare's Discretion, 3 yrs ...... .. .... (Pettit) 1 1
Mr. Jenner's Prosody, 5 yrs •
2 2
Mr. Abel's Negus Portsoken, 6 .0.1 • 3 dr.
The Members' Plate of SOL Meats, two miles and a dis.
Mr. Sare's Discretion, 3 yrs (Pettit)lLl 1
Mr. Dove's Bother'em, 4 yrs ... 3 2
Mr. Jenner's Prosody, 5 yrs .... . ......... 2 dr
The Hunt& rs' Stakes of 2 soya. each, with the Vauxhall Cup
added by Mr. Symonds. Heats, as above.
Mr. Cooper's The Devil-among- the-Tailors, 5 yrs... 0 1 1
Mr. Boome's Slow, 6 yrs ... ...............
Mr. Button's Faith, 6 yrq .. 3 dr.
The first was a dead heat.
WEDNESDAY.
The Gentlemen's Plate of 50/. ; the winner to be sold for
150/., &c. Heats, two miles and a dig.
Mr. Sare's Discretion, 3 yrs... ..... . ............ (Pettit) 2 1 1
Mr. Jenner's Prosody, 5 yrs 1 2 2
Mr. Turner's Fingary, 6 yrE
The Handicap of Two SovS. each, with 30 added, the second
to receive W., was won in two heats bv the Devil- among-the-
Tailors, 5 yrs, beating Slow, 6 yis, and Discretion, 3 yrs.
SHORNE AND GRAVESEND RACES—Tnunsoay.
The Pony race, catch weight, Was won in two heats by Mr.
SPDonald's Turk.
The Pony race, 9st each, was won in two heats by Mr.
Jerry's Cinderella beating three others.
The Hack Stakes were won in two heats by Mr. M'Donald's
Betsey beating two others.
LEITH RACES—TvEsDAT.
The Silver Cup of 15/., twice round. was won in two heats,
by Mr. T. Dunning's Mystery, aged J. Livesley), beating
Mr. A. Cook's Zoroaster, aged, Mr. Alackray's Harold, aged,
and Mr. J. Kitchen's Wee Willie,laged, after a good race.
The Mid Lothian Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with a Whip added.
list, each. Gentleman riders. Twice round.
sir G. Sampson'; I'll-see-you-through-it, 6 yrs .16 1 •

Mr. Ellis's Biscuit, aged i... 2
Mr. Wilson's br c by The Earl, 4 yrs 3
The winner objected to.
The Edinburgh and Leith Stakes of 3 soya. each, p.p., with
25 added:
_The second to save his stake, and the winner
_..

to be sold for 701. Heats, twice round.
Mr. Dixon's Foxhunter, aged ...- ...(Owner) 1 3 1
Mr. Cook's Clem-o'-the-Cleugh, aged
Mr. Fawett,e Wanton, aged 2 2 dr
Mr. Brett's Bugle, 6 yrs
WEDNESDAY.

The Coach and Omnibus Plate of 101. each, winner, to be
sold for 20/., twice round, was won, in two heats, by Mr. J.
Colston's Billy, aged, beating two others.
The Pony Race was won by Highland Mary, and the Port
of Leith Stakes by Clem-o'-the-Cleugh.