The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-24 00:00:00

Mr. Justice EnLE7-But the Court had only power to

imprison f arty days for such an offence.
Mr. PARRY said there was one other ground a objec-
tion to the form ,f the order. It stated that the eel.nd-
ant had " destroy ed, made a gift, or transferred his
property for the purpose cf defrauding his creditors."
Now, this being in the disjunctive, the offence was too
indefinitely slated to justify the committal.
Mr. Justice ERLE—Had the conjunction been "and,"
then the objection would not lie.
Mr. PARRY was afraid not. The last ground of objec-
tion we', that it ordered the prisoner to be imprisoned
for " forty days, or until any sooner discharge in due
course of law." Now, he contended that the order ought
to have specified in what manner any sooner discharge
could be obtained, such as by paying the debt and costs,
which amounted in the whole to 241. 19s. It had been
held in the Insolvent Court that such an order was
clearly bad.
lir. Justice ERLE said the points raised were of
some importance to the public, but they were so nice
and minute in themselves that they required some con-
sideration. He would not, therefore, give his decision
till to-morrow morning.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Bt fore Mr. Under• Sheriff BURCHELL.)
MILITARY TAILORING.—JOIINEON V. COWPER.

Tho plaintiff in this action is a tailor and army-
accoutrement-maker, in Jerwyn-stree', St. James's, and
sought to recover the sum of 15/. 7s. 61 fur goods sold.
Defendant is a surgeon in the army.
D ,fendant suffered judgment to go by defaul'.
The plaintiff's traveller was called to prove tho order-
ing of a pair of fringed bullion epaulettes, a second-
hand regulation sword, &c., and that the prices charged
were fair and reasonable. _ .

The UNDER- SHERIFF —HOW was the order given—
in writing ? Witness—No. Mr. Cowper was at the
time only an assistant-surgeon, and expecting promotion
said, that the order was to be executed when he was
gazetted.
The UNDER•SHERIFF—Then the Gazette was to be
the order, did you take it from that ? Witness—Oh,
no. It is pretty well known how things are, without
looking to that.—(Laughter.)
The UNDER-SHERIFF—I see you charge interest
upon the debt contracted in 1846. Did defendant
agree to pay interest? Witness—No, but it is usual ;
and when I applied :for the amount defendant's only
excuse was, that ho had not enough to pay, and offered
to give up the epaulettes, for which, as they were not
much worn, I said 51. ss. would be allowed.
Another witness was called to prove that the charges
were fair, and that it was the custom to add interest
on over-due accounts. _ _

The UNDER-SHERI:Fr said, as there was no defence,
the jury would probably give a verdict for the amount
claimed.

The jury found a verdict fur 151. 7s. 6(1.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
AN EXPENSIVE BOOT.—George Parsloe was charged
before Mr. Bingham with having stolen a leather boot,
value 5/, under the following circumstances:—
Mr. John Hollis, licensed victualler, 39, Union-street,
stated that a club of bout and shoemakers was hold at
his house, and once in the year the members of the club
exhibited to the trade prize specimens of their work
manship. About nine o'clock last night, whilst he was
at supper with some friends, the prisoner and two other
men came in and requested t,) be allowed to see tau
prize boots. Believing them to be in the trade, he
desired his waiter to show them up into the club-room,
wherein the boots were exhibited. After ordering some
gin the waiter left the room to attend upon witness, 'sad
during his absence the prisoner and his companions came
down stairs and left the house. A few minutes after they
left, he had occasion to go into the club-room, when he
missed one of the prize boots and a shoe, worth tog( ther
about St. lie immediately gave information, with a de-
scription of the prisoner, to the police, who succeeded in
taking him into custody in about an hour after the rob-
bery bad been discovered.
A witness named Barwell said he was standing at
prosecutor's bar about half-past nine last night, when he
saw the prisoner and two other men come down stairs.
As they were leaving the house, he distinctly saw the
heel of a boot sticking out of the prisoner's coat pocket.
On hearing that one of the prize boots was stolen, he told
prosecutor of what he had seen.
The prisoner, who denied the charge, was remanded
for a week.
DARING ROBBERY.—James Bassett, a well-known
thief, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with
stealing 55 yards of cotton print, value O. 55., the pro-
perty of Mr. James Syden, draper, 7, Leicester-square.
Martin Milaa, a porter in the employ of the prose-
cutor, stated that on the previous afternoon, about five
o'clock, he was in his master's shop, when he saw some
person come to the door and snatch a piece of print from
a pile close by the door. Witness immediately ran out,
and saw the prisoner running across the square with the
piece of print produced under his arm. Witness ran after
him, calling out " Stop thie'," and the prisoner seeing that
he was closely followed threw away the print and bolted
up Panton-street as fast as his legs could carry him. On
turning into the Haymarket he ran into the arms of a
constable who had heard the alarm,' and who detained
him till winless arrived, when he was conveyed to the
station.
Thomas Hyde, foreman to the prosecutor, identified
the print as the property of his master.
Police-constable. A 323 proved taking the prisoner
into custody, and stated that ha (prisoner) vras an asso-
ciate of thieves, and had been convicted several times.
The prisoner, who denied the robbery, was fully com-
mitted for trial.

POSTAL COMMUNICATION BE-
TWEEN LONDON AND PARIS.
The following memorial, to which the principal
mercantile houses in London and Liverpool have at-
tached their names, has been presented to Lord John
Russell :
" That the present postal communication between
England and France does not 'offer those facilities
which the great interest of the two countries require.
" That the mail service via Dover and Calais is
performed with much unnecessary delay, and con-
veyed by a circuitous and expensive route, to the
great detriment of commerce and international com-
munication.
~" That by the substitution of the more direct and
less expensive route via Folkestone and Boulogne,
letters posted in Paris in the evening would reach
London in time for the first morning delivery, and in
time also for the early morning mails to the north
and west of England.
" That the delay caused by the present postal ser-
vice between the two countries affects not only the
correspondence between London and Paris, but the
mails from India and China, and thereby occasions
much inconvenience to the general trade and com-
merce of the country.
" That the service between Folkestone and Bou-
logne could be performed with certainty and regu-
larity, except during the prevalence of suuth-west
gales of wind, which render the port of Boulogne in-
accessible for not more than twenty times in the year,
when the mails might be landed at Calais, and carried
by special conveyance to Boulogne.
" That even under such circumstances the mails
would be conveyed in the same time, and be delivered
at the same hour, as at present via Dover and Calais,
where there is an insurmountable fixed and regular
delay, occasioned by the additional length of sixty-
six and a half miles of road ; and that the present
failures in the service, which not unfrequently occur
during north-east gales of wind, when Calais is in-
accessible, would entirely cease.
" That your memorialists, therefore, pray that for
the interests of commerce and promotion of amity
and intercourse between the two countries the mail
service may be transferred to the direct and natural
highway between London and Paris via Folkestone
and Boulogne.
" And your memorialists, &c."

DIAMOND DUST.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
We may safely fix our esteem on those whom we bear
601:111e people depreciate.
Humility is the low but broad and deep foundation of
every virtue.
Wise sayings often fall to the ground, but a kind
word is never thrown away.
Reading is the ally, not the adversary of genius; and
be who reads in a proper spirit can scarcely real too

much.
Criticism is a study by which men grow important and
formidable at very small expense.
When the domestic virtues display themselves in the
midst of privations, and anxieties, and sufferings, then
they shine most conspicuously. They are like the
snowdrops and crocuses, which unexpectedly peep out
of the frost-bound soil, to diversify the depth and dreari-
ness of winter, and give us a cheerful foretaste of the
coming spring.

INVALID DEPOT FOR CONVICTS --The authorities
of the convict department have decided on converting
the old barracks at Shornecliff into a depot for invalid
convicts, to relieve the hospital ships and the other yes-
sell stationed at Woolwich from being overcrowded by
the sickly who are unfit for out-door labour in the Dock-
yard and Royal ArFenal at Woolwich, and from other
poti33 where convicts are employed in this country.
Thirty-six, mostly old and diseased convicts unfit for
out-door manual labour, were removed yesterday, and
conveyed by the South-Eastern Railway
.to Folkestone,
and thence to Shornecliff. Barracks, situate between
Saudgate and llythe, where they will be employed as
shoemakers and tailors, or other indoor work, suitable to
the Owe of their health.

ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. —ln the year 1779
there lived in Wrext,ala Captain Jones, an elderly gen-
tleman, and a young doctor, named Manning. They
were Melds until from some cause they quarrelled. We
believe that Caftain Jones's daughter was the subject
of dispute. A duel was fought, Captain Jones was
killed, and Dr. Manning became deranged. He resided
in Wrexham a few years afterwards, and wat then seat
to Kirkdale Lunatic Asylum. After a confinement of
yearshedietlla:stweek, and his body was
roigh fit
interment. His property is
said to hsve accuatulat >d to about 70,000/., which will
be divided among his relatives. During the last. week
nearlybt fifty
yo
Wrexham for
this incident has been the subject cf much fireside
conversation among the uld people of Wrexham, many
of whom remember the circumstances of the duel.—
Chesitr Chronicle,