The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-29 00:00:00

LV:t, .AJESIY'S rHEATRE.

t;t• lit • i t rctfully Informs the Nobility, Patron; to
ttp3..t., at: .1) s, and the Public, that HEtt BENEFIT
NW '1

4 11.11:titiDAY NEXT, AUG. 1,
't-tvne 1 Itutsint's Opera of IL BARBIESE, D 1
by ,Madame Grim, Madame Belani, Signor
';ikoor F Lablache, and Signer Fornssari.
..; WI 01\ DINE. (lodine' Mdlle Cerito
;um' .• L Ys NE GRANDE DAME, in whi.:l)
Aal.) r •!,! ,n...
Jo. 'IV_ Ned 11. v I-• ..f tof Doniaetti% Opera LUC Lt D I
IL A‘i 6.- +0111:. 1 . _dame Pers:ani; and Edgai do, S gncr
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e ,rg, Mdlle. Cerito and Al St. Leon will
•• • . 4.lka
"t t 1 ivertissement, by M. Perrot, entitOd
4- ••c t. SOUS LOUIS XIV.
" variety of I'al-1m and Pas se Came-
.
, E' will appear al a Cavalier of the Court 01
"• e i I with Wile. Vela() the ad.nired Minuet
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-vittk a 'eel:rated Ball Scale of ALMA. Alma.
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rjaz WAIN WEBSTER, LESS E
• , 114 a Ev ENING, JULY 29,
1,;„4-1>„red tie I:,:nredY of Tilt.; BUSY BODY. Sr
Marplot, Mr. Charles Mathews;
'A • • •• • !us. r. I. raven.
• • it:dame %,siris; Path, ;Mrs. lioniby.
•. • •uufs.a.t the Mr, John Parrs will sing Fayre
Char:es Mathews' ttmeetta of RE WOULD
Ailoll.- Motley, Mr. Chutes Mathews; Dicky Darling,
Becky Morgan. Mrs. Caulfield.
. ,„•4117 be added tl:e new Farce, entitled THE M1L-
...4 .401.: *DAY. Sir Sin, in Sparkes, Mr. auckstone ; Mr.
~ ,• B,`riekland; y Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett ;
• •
Mafia, b.:. ; Boxes. fA.; PIA ; Gallery, ; Ilpyr
Half.prict. —Boxes, Se.; t. ?a.; ; Dow
D00r5„,,,,,a,„2.i at Dalf.past Six, and the Pertarniance,
seven.
daces r,, oe gad of Mr. LT. Arcl er, the Box
. • •••••• ;an •• kive.

71- I NCZNIVS THEATRE, s;NFORD.STU LT'.
1.14,:55EE., Mr. J. M. !AA DDOX.
'I HIS EVENING, JULY 29,
d the ce!olirat4d Opera, L'El D AMORE.
ex.:; iustin ; Nemeth)°, Mr. Allen; Doctor 14a.camara.
.rhich, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr.
• .. —;:oopatra, Miss Emma! tanley.
• tate with a New and Original Burlesque, entitles( THE
..)./iNUL LAMP, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin.
Mr. Paul Bediud ; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; Princess
' Miss E. Stan Ly.

- ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH Ot'ERA.
HOUSE
Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
a cures of Martin Chuzzlewit" having, on each repre
neen received with every possible mark of public appro.
• e the TOOK fashionable and crowded audiences, and having
t ti4otuiced by the unanimous voice of the publie press to be
• :is.: most interesting Dramas ever produced from the works
• • silistwated Author, a repetition of its performance will take
• :my evening till further n, tire.
THIS EVENtNO, JULY 29.
shipearied a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE.
Pri.mipal characters by Messrs. R. Ysunge,
F. Vining,
Aathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch,
_Turner,
. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley' Miss For-
. Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
,j skier, Miss 1 uruer, and Mrs. Keeley.
•••• vlst: ed by an Apropor liagatelle, called POLKA M ANIA.
• liy Mr. P. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr, Keeley, Miss
- • ;I. i Mrs. Keeley.
:.i.,.:•./ts..nisJe with a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO.
'el I r.sl..:S QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, 'F.
sti, C•olLier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan.
k OF A DAIISSION.—BaIcony Loxes. 4 • Upper
- • ...I, ; rtt. 25.) Gallery, Bd. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ;
b-zes, Is dd.; Pit, Private Boxes en the tisii.nny Tier
o,i:ht persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
Lukiicg eight persons), One Guinea and a.HaIL Private
tie Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Goir ea
• -office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direr-
..'Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

I..EY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF A itilL
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY
r. 44440 the Chinese Feast or Lanterns, and New Military
and Naval Spectacle.
THLS EVENING, All. i 29,
epeatod an entire new Military and Naval Equestrian
widtled THE CHINESE WAIT; or. The Conquests of
'hubs's, Arum. New Sceuery, to es, Appointments. Sm.,
1.! reciut triumphs of England's Army and NA% y. Feast

•14rnu.
t the POLKA, by Mdlic. l'ushole and Sig. Milano.
1‘ . &squalled Scenes of toe Clic e—Extraordinary Feats
',unship by Monsieur laid; Tournaue. S.g. siermani,
t haibeus, Mr. Newsome, fix., with Mr. R. Smith's highly
44.-t :113u:oda.
~..ter which, the old English nt of THE SUMMER'S
N IRPS; or, the White WrJat.: mid Flitch of Bacon.
„ ti
conclude with THE GREAT S' ! E LPLE.CHASE; or, Ens.
nvest Horne.
Acting and stage.msnager alr. W. 1) Broadfoot.

.OA., mows ROYAL :tit/inFY 'THEATRE
THIS EVENIN , JLIL
opera and splendid Spc ;tido tinvu attracted the greatest
estiow ever remembered ii.c. curing nightly.
week but three of the Opera.? .3iols, commencing with FRA
Powertbl °wade Coln' :.uy— bliss Romer, Miss Betts,
e.iaraoo. Kr. D. W. King, Pi:. I 011.4 r, Mr. E. L. dime, Mr. S.
%i ...op, and ifr. J. Stansbury, c okltu , Increased Band and etti-
bie..: .ores from Ore Theatres to)
4v ..u.lclude with an entirely new A quet Spectacle, introducing
al we •t•eues of Real Water, en‘it, . I H MO U NTA IN CATA.
*at ; or, The Enchanter's Sp.:ll.
lh •-:". and Private Boxes to ba . Mr, Kerschner at the Box-
:J.o4re • i .on Eleven to Four.

ROYAL SURREY ZOO` L (lARDENS.
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LONDON In tt 01
Painted by 11,1 (NIL
; ....fuggungy caused by this "It cora ta, eduction Is beyond all
Alamo precedent; the artist, ti e A./;.fc-r, the casual observer
ase tit unseat sstisf eXtraos 4.4111, Ty Ur:m.l3'llnd fidelity of dehnea.
1118-..Atid are ussatr4mous in prOut the most wonderful ex.
ttllr ttesi vm witness:?d- To OWN t Qaly a vehicle for the terrific
gibe meyst Desk is un;ust ; Al 'V) In thoc:tra stillness of
*uLa. ravening, with its ToA A.;tc.plesrellcciell in the spa.
eat tsl.• ite, to be dully app[ ecil
1. vessing PRODIENA t ek..lt un Tues.
UP, s ednegdnya and Thu' >o.t)s, conuac cI uy Mr. Godfrey.
Wes tpne a scale et more than acti•J excellent r: 1.44 words tail In
444 iustlce to the awful repre,er. 1),41 of
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tat, teat delight is predorninatd ; :error; ; the Thousands
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:Om. .11e1jurivalled Pyr 4t, Is .4 .ieyed a matchless
iltst mph.
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"" aillionite and interesth titt ms..7er, them . , ..orate, .
GEORG.... rtaut part of Euro-
laistory, viz.—CH e`-RIA-9 1., 01- E R CROM WELL,
rOtafl.4 XIV., to the dealt 's of 1., and the EMPEROR
itAIPOLEOIf. in 1821. Ttak %_111:114ae Mae .
. bassadors, ant their tmies
has been visited often,
. &Ow the 'ast and present ye;r, by the it, Ysl Famr.9, the Duke of
111141,tritoll, the Foreign PrinccO,
deo, 'Deny ilortsands of tho 1..,T0, .Y and Public ; and the pro:
IlitdiP 4' tins recently been Lble to Ots!!".!1se. h 7 severai very fine
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of
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Ilinise hies, in this ma t instructive any alto hundreds have said it
tslegkt to ty.., .. Vationa: -Yu:seam. Van, the sand have inspected I.
and 1,..-lIRT eRINUIVA.L en by .i fte PUBLIC p,2
Mw 444 ,Sed that :t oug:lt to be seen by Lvc- f One.' ne pllOl3 of adir:.
MB4 1a re laced to OWN aULLING.
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liar Pia madly. dal/ v frra, Tea till Pik.
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2 as STATE OF stziitictsiauttz.—At the last annualhist
Lori ship, through hi.; agect,„ r. George Gill, stated that
she la me had new znia._d when it was absolutely neces-
sary to ren dv= a eery *sable assistance to the farmer.
_lll .the vi a-tending to their welfare, he marl
With for eleven years, at a re.(l
Mei of fr., I. oivel: to ten per cent., which Would give
thaw n outrwit4. opportunity of improving-the cultiva-
den et thsi: ati, and of reaping the benefit of those
apptovanait s ; I lurt her added, that if at any period
thig found the -Ist cut = t (ranting leases was not belie-
to the e. they taleulated upon, he would at
gnu eaumt shei, e j ,:v es, and receive them as yearly
tenants as here, ?As jv Thu announcement was received
Ilikk loud app!ar oc,ti)v A_is,borL'ship's tenants.

THE WEATHER.—SIN OFFICE, JULY 29.
rHERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest, 82; Noon, 67.
Ihiaomarras, 30.05.—W0rn, N.W.
Nara.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
a ually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS DAY.
Morning ... 16 minutes after I I livening ... I minutes after I.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1844.

THIS DAYS NEWS.

BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.)
JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF ROE AND BLACKFORD,
BANKERS, NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.
This being the day appointed by the Learned Commis-
sioner for giving judgment in this important case, the Court
was at the very earliest hour crowded with parties interested.
The Learned Commissioner having inquired who was the
trade assignee in the case, Mr. Wilford stood forward.
Mr. Commissioner Gotrumstss—What, Mr. Wilford, is your
eEitnhrupts in asde
this case
of conduct and proceedings of
tea
Mr. Wilford—As being most deceitful to their creditors.
The same question was put to the official assignee, who re-
plied, that as far as he might judge from the bankrupt sheet,
which was most voluminous, they had stated their affairs in
a very straightforward manner.
The Hon. and Learned CosattastoNEn then delivered
judgment. This was a case of very considerable importance
as respected the two gentlemen Roe and Blackford, and as
respected the public. It was one of a number of cases of
failure by large banks, and in this particular case mis-
fortune to a great extent had been entailed on
a large proportion of persons in the Isle of Wight.
Since he had the honour of sitting as a Commissioner in
Bankruptcy, three of those cases had been heard before him,
one of which, he might observe, was in its general aspect
very similar to the one at present before them. The circum-
stances, in fact, were almostithe same. He referred to the:Rom-
ford Bank. In all those cases they observed in the parties incul-
pated gentlemen of station and of position in society, and fre-
quently connected with the best families in the district in
which they resided, trusting to the chapter of accidents ; re-
ceiving deposits up to the last moment from unsuspecting
individuals, and then failing, and leaving but little assets to
cover perhaps their reckless profusion. What were the debts
in that case? 100,0001., and the probable amount recovered
would give a shilling in the pound. It had been strongly
urged by the bankrupts' counsel, in excuse of the conduct of his
client, that the opposing creditors had themselves only to blame
and that, if they had exercised a wholesome vigilance, they
would not then be in such an unenviable position as creditor to
a large amount. He (Mr. Commissioner. Goulburn) would
at once accede that the conduct of the creditors of Mr. Cooke
and other gentlemen was not right—that they were greatly
to blame in not using proper caution; but did this absolve
the bankrupts ? Those creditors stated that they had im-
plicit confidence in Roe and Blackford, and more especially
in Mr. Roe, and they therefore wished to serve them, and to
prop their credit on the island. It was imputed to Cooke,
and he thought most unjustly, that he had selfish motives,
and that he assisted the bankrupts for the profits that might
accrue. He (Mr. Commissioner Goulburn) saw nothing 'in
the circumstances of the case to justify this imputation.
Now, the question was—how far did this blind confidence
on the part of the creditors justify the bankrupts? Bankers
were frequently, as here, highly connected. Roe was the
nephew of the late Sir Richard Bassett, he was living in
splendour mad opulence, he was the chief magistrate of the
town of -Newport, the principal place in the island, and all
these circumstances induced a belief that he was perfectly
solvent. Persons went to his bank, where their fathers had
gone before, and after depositing their money and leaving,
they looked up at his elegant missions and seeing the
symptoms of boundless wealth there, could it be expected,
could it be thought that a shadow ofdoubt would cross the
mind of the creditor?. Could they, therefore, think the plea
iof the creditors' negligence could be urged by the bankrupts
with a good grace ? He thought it but added to their turpi
tude. Let them look at the charges which had been ad-
vanced against the bankrupts, and he (Mr. Commissioner
Goulburn) was most anxious that they should be fully under-
stood. The first charge was, that in the year 1842 they were and
had been for some time bet re in a hopeless and helpless state
of' insolvency, to the amount of 50 or 60,0001., Blackford
being personally indebted in an amount or upwards of 10,000/.,
and Roe in a smaller amount of from 6 to 7,000/. The
charge was, that at that time they permitted the opposing
creditors to form-with them a joint-stock bank, they wilfully
concealing their insolvency, and holding out to them a con-
trary and untrue statement. lie (Mr. Commissioner Godi-
burn) was afraid that that was proved to demonstration by
the memorandums, which could not err. He found that 9n
May 22d there was a meeting held, and at that meeting Mr.
Cooke inquired of Blackford, whether, after appropriating such
and such debts and securities, they would retain sufficient assets
to meet their engagements and liabilities, because if they
had not such they would place the Company in a must awk-
ward position? The answer to this was a distinct
one—that they held such a sufficient amount of assets
as would meet all their liabilities. Now that was
a distinct untruth—a wilful suppression of the truth.
It was no argument to say the creditors ought to have looked
The question was asked, and it ought to have been truly
answered. Confidence was reposed in them, and it had been
unworthily abused. The same question was put to Roe, and
he answered in a similar manner. Could any man doubt then
that this was a gross imposition on the part of the bank-
rupts? The consequence of this deceitful concealment was an
involving of those gentlemen, who form the Joint-stock Com-
pany, in a large amount. Here, as in every case, to begin
with falsehood led to other and deeper evils. The secoed
charge was this t—Cortain securities and bills of exchange,
which'haying been the property of Roe and Blackford, were
left in the baud, of Glyn and Co., and were thence redeemed
by the Joint-stock Company, and placed in the banking es-
tat lishment of the Messrs. ' Currie, the said securities and
bills being then the property of the new bank. The Joint-
stock Bank dOttiailved on the bankrupts the entire manage-
ment of the new concern. Now, what was their duty as
honest men ? It was their duty to have conducted themselves
with strict integrity towards their employers. But what did
they do? Blackford writes to Messrs. Currie and Co., with-
out the consent of Mr. Cooke or the other gentlemen of the
co-partnery, as from the new concern, wanting those securi-
ties back, which, having been sent to him, he places to the
credit of his own bank. What is the excuse he makes? This.
That Christmas coming on, he thought that customers might
like to take up their securities. If he thought so, why not
have kept them beside him ; why give himself a fictitious
credit by appropriating property not his own? The Curries
at last wrote that they did not like this mode of doing busi-
ness, and that letter falling into Mr. Cooke's hands, he made
inquiry, was answered with the above excuse, and the se-
curities were sent back again. Another charge was that
certain customers of Roe and Blackford's, who were suspicious
of the stability of that bank, had their amounts actually trans-
ferred to the new bank, and, in one instance, a person, very
wisely, drew his amount from the joint-stock bank
immediately after his account was so transferred. Was
it possible, he would ask any honest man, to justify
this pro-ceedure ? They had no warrant for such a
course from their employers. To cover this conduct
they had, recourse to another evil. It was usual that
a balance-sheet should be submitted to the directors every
Thursday, and Mr. Blackford was in the weekly practice of
altering the state of the accounts in that sheet to meet the
directors' eyes, and then, having answered their purpose, he
re-altered them again for the purposes of the creditors. How
did he justify that? Oh! he called those alterations mere
" scratches." They had got to this position with those gen•
tiemen. They began with falsehood and untruths for the
purposes of deception ; they appropriated securities belonging
to others for the purpose of building a fictitious credit for
themselves; they transferred accounts from their own bank
to the new without the sanction of the directors, and they
then began those alterations in the weekly statements which
were necessary to conceal their previous misconduct, and all
the time they were insolvents to an enormous amount.
Now under these circnmstances were those gentlemen to be
permitted to go back to trade, and to have the
privileges allowed them. which the law humanely granted
to those who were unfortunate, through no misconduct, and
no culpable negligence of their own? What an amount 'of
evil had the bankrupts not done in the Isle of Wight ! His
friend who sat below him, and who gone to Romford on a
Chancellor's order, could harrow up their feelings with a de-
for having introduced such
de-
tail of the misery brought upon the middle and lower classes,
there; and could the bankrupts,
bthnek world,their failure in Newport. The question
evils
vyitl thehiss
in
case failureth e
answer
island, o f
for that Court was, had the charges against the bankrupts
been proved ? He was bound to say they had; and could
he, from any feelings of a morbid humanity, think of per-
mitting them to pass that Court ? Could he answer to his
conscience, if he gave protection to those gentlemen—men
of education, of good families, going on from year, resolved
at all events to take money, and from all persons who might
offer it. He felt it his duty, as a judge in an English
Court, under all the circumstances, to refuse the bankrupts
their certificates.

QUEEN-SQUARE.-(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Robert Bowring, who Was described 43 a lawyer's
clerk, and who assumed an air of considerable importance,
was placed before Mr. Bond on the following charge:-
142 B said that about ten o'clock last night he met the
defendant at the corner of New-street, Horseferry-road. He
was drunk and disorderly. Witness persuaded him to go
away with his wife, who was with him, and he accepted his
advice and went away, but came back a second time and
began to abuse witness, and as he continued to create a dis-
turbance, and to turn a deaf ear to his persuasive powers, he
took him to the station-house.

The defendant admitted he was intoxicated, but intimated
that he had a counter-charge to make against the policeman,
whom he charged with striking his wife, and with exceeding
his duty, as he was at his own door at the time, when that
with which he was charged was disposed of.
The defendant was about to proceed to cross-examine the
policeman on the charge he brought against him, but he was
stopped by
Mr. BOND, who said, that if he had a charge against the
policeman he must make it to the Commissioners of Police,
from whom it would meet with all due attention. He
mild only decide upon the case before him. Persons in
his situation of life ought to set an example to those' in an
inferior station of life, and not imitate their vices. He must
pay a fine of half-a-crown.
The defendant paid the fine, and having politely bowed- to
the Magistrate, who, howeVer, did not return the civility, he
left the Court with his wife, apparently under the impression
that justice had not been done to him.
Amiddle-aged man and a boy, whose faces were brown
with exposure to the sun, were charged with destroying their
clothes in St. Margaret's workhouse. They had, of course,
to be supplied with others.
They said their clothes were filthy, and that they could
not wear them.
Mr. BOND committed them to the House of Correction for
fourteen days.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
There were an unusually large number number ..)f " drunk
and disorderly" charges, but none of them possessed the least
interest.

SINKING OF THE "STARLIGHT IRON STE4sf BOAT.
—An accident, providentially unaccompanied with loss of life,
occurred at Westminster-bridge at nine o'clock last night to
the Starlight steam-boat, which plies between Chelsea and
Londorf-bridge. . On her passage from Chelsea, at which
time she was crowded with passengers, she ran foul of the
bridge, and received such injuries as caused her to leak so ra-
pidly, that before she could be got to near the pier by several
feet she sunk; but it being nearly low water at the time,
she was not completely covered with water. By the time
the a
to
thef
time, planks,succeeded cci eidme ilpo is n s
ilbelae v
she went down all the passengers had, through the timely
s
aid of the persons on the pier, the captain of the boat, and by
to
ogsiay what catastrophet. Had it been high
iva t
e r use
might not have occurred ; no doubt many lives would have
been lost. At twelve o'clock to-day, at which time the tide
was running up, workmen, with the aid of the empty barges,
were still actively engaged in raLing the boat, which they
will probably succeed in doing in the course of the day. Oc-
currences of the above nature are so frequent in the Thames,
that means should be taken by the proper authorities to as-
certain that the steam-boats which ply on the river are sound
in every respect, and to put a stop t', the reprehensible prac-
tice of overloading boats. We fear, however, that those who
have the means of remedying the evil will only become sen-
sible of the importance of the subject, and the dangers to
which the public are exposed, when an immense sacrifice of
life has taken place.
COPENHAGEN, JULY 22.--His Royal Highness the
Crown Prince returned Yesterday afternoon, on board the
Flora corvette, from his visit to Scotland and the Tara islands.
The Russian fleet is still at Elsinore, wind bound.

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