The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-17 00:00:00

IN RE BRITTEN.

This bankrupt carried on business on an extensive
scale as a fringe-merchant, in Noble-street, and had
applied to the Court under the Private Arrangement
Act, but the proposition was not satisfactory to the
creditors, and on the application of Mr. Dalton and Mr.
Pook (Coleman-street) the case was adjourned into open
court, and thus became a bankruptcy. The amount of
the debts and liabilities, or the amount of the assets, did
not transpire at this meeting.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)
IN BE GOODERED.-THE PICCADILLY SALOON.

This bankrupt obtained a certificate of the third class;
,he assignees not opposing.

(Before the Chief Commissioner.)

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.-- IN RE HUMPHREY BROWN.

In this case an application was made for an adjourn-
ment, in the same way as the directors of the Royal
British Bank.

The meeting was adjourned till March, when it is
,xpected the trial will have terminated.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THIEVES IN DIFFICULTIES.--James Button, John
Jeffcoat, and William Sarefield, three young men, well
known to the police, were placed at the bar before Mr.
Beadon, charged with being found loitering about the
public streets for the purpose of committing a felony.
Sergeant Crocker, 9 C, deposed that on the previous
afternoon, he was in Prince's-street, Leicester-square, in
company with Cole, 317 A, and Joy, 338 A, when his
attention was attracted to the prisoner Button, who was
looking very earnestly in at a jeweller's shop window.
He watched him, and after a while he was joined by the
prisoner Sarefield, who, after speaking to him, walked
about 30 yards away and stood looking on. The
prisoner Jeffcoat then came up In an apparent Lurry
and went into the shop, where he remained a minute or
so, and then came out and proceeded a short distance up
the street till he arrived at another jewellers' shop into
which he went, the other prisoners watching him all the
time. As soon as Jeffcoat came cut of the second shop
he walked as fast as he could up the street, into Crown
Court, followed by the others. Witness then called to
Cole and Joy, and with their assistance took them into
custody. On searching Sarefield witness found two pairs
of boats, with the principal marks obliterated, in his
pockets. TheQe, no doubt, formed part of the proceeds
of a robbery they had recently committed.
Cole, 317 A, proved receiving charge of the prisoner
Jeffcoat, and on searching him at the station found a
gold ring, and a lady's ornamental case containing a
silver thimble, tablets; and other articles in silver.
Joy, 338 A, searched Button, and found upon him 30
' duplicates relating to watches, silver pencil cases, and
chains.
In defence, Sarefield said he was hard up, and pur-
chased the boots in the "lane" to sell again so as to
make a small profit.
Jeffcoat said he was in difficulties, and so was Button,
of whom he bought the ring and case, to give him a lift.
Button said he really was in difficulties, and was a
jeweller by trade. The duplicates related to his own
property, which he had been obliged to pledge to boy
bread.
Mr. Beadon said it was most likely they were in diffi-
culties, as they called it., and he should remand them
till Monday next.