The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-10 00:00:00

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Mr. WOODRUFFE, who appeared on behalf of the in-
solvent, acknowledged that he could not deny that the
insolvent's conduct had been most fraudulent. Still he
contended there were no grounds upon which the Court
could legally remand the prisoner at the suit of Mr.
Salmon; and in the cases of the other opposing creditors,
as their debts did not amount to 201., it -would be quite
useless to inflict a remand, as the new Insolvent Debtors'
Act was in operation, because all he would have to do
to procure his release was to make an application to a
Judge in chambers.
Mr. Commissioner Nionou.s said he thought there was
quite enough to justify a remand in the case of Mr. sal-
mon. With respect to the conduct of the insolvent to-
wards the poor old woman Wynne, he should say that
a grosser swindle or more heartless robbery he never
heard of ; and, although owing to her debt being only
181., a remand at her suit would be unavailing, he
was happy to say he could still in the other case inflict
such a remand as would prevent others from following
such an example. The sentence of the Court was, that
he be remanded for 18 calendar months from the date of
his vesting order.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKEN WELL.

Mr. William Snowdon, a tallow chandler, residing at
4, Red Lion-street, Holborn, was charged with unlaw-
fully detaining three receiots for church-rates.
Mr. Boydell appeared for the defendant, and Mr.
Church on behalf of the parish of St. George the Martyr.
The complainant was Mr. William Parker, spollector
for the parish of St. George-the-Martyr. He stated that
on the sth instant, he went to the house of Mr. Snowdon,
to collect church rates. Under the impression that the
defendant would at once pay him, he placed the receipts
on the table, but the defendant took them up and refused
to pay more than 11 1 ts. 4d., the full sum being
21. Bs. He positively declared he would not give up the
receipts.
Mr. Boydell said he would cut the matter short by ad-
miffing that his client had detained, and still detained,
the receipts, but lie omplained of having been subjected
to a very great injustice. A rate of sixpence in the
pound had been made and collected ; that was the fall
sum which had been assessed and entered in the parochial
rate-book—the utmost the Act of Parliament permitted.
A supplementary rate had, however, been subsequently
made without any right or authority whatever, and that
rate Mr. Snowdon had paid, believing it to have been a -
jUst and legal rate. Every other parishoner had refused
to pay this supplementary rate, and his client, finding
such to be the case, considered that he was grossly im-
posed upon. Not a farthing of this supplementary rate
had been enforced, or was sought to be enforced.
Mr. Duncombe, a solicitor, who chanced to NI in
Court, said they had no right whatever to make this
supplementary rate.
Mr. Coxuk; said he could not try the legality of the
rate. What he had to deal with was the detention of
the-receipts, for which as yet no sufficient reason had
been urged.

Mr. Boydell said he had no objection to give up the
receipts. The defendant had detained the receipts for
the sum of 10s. Bd. he had paid as the supplemental
rate, and paid the remainder of the church-rates which
had been demanded.
➢lr. Parker complained of the insulting manner. in
which Mr. Snowdon had always treated him when ho ap•
plied to him for the rates. This was nut the place to
try the legality of the supplemental rates.
Mr. Snowdon indignantly denied the accusation of
having ever insulted Mr. Parker.
Mr. COMBE decided that the receipts must be given up
and that the defendant must pay the costs.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—The national balance-sheet published in the
Times of to-day has given great satisfaction in the City:
The excess of income over expenditure, amounting to
1,770,0801., is indeed less than that exhibited by the
April balance-sheet, which was upwards of 2,000,0004,
but, nevertheless, it indicates increased prosperity, if we
look at the items by which it is produced. In both the
balance-sheets China occasions a loss, the money re-
ceived under the treaty being very much less than the
expenses for the expenditure and the opium compensa-
tion. In the July sheet, however, the receipts under
this head are much less than in April, while the expen-
diture is somewhat greater ; and if the items referring
to China were struck out of the two accounts, we should
have an increase in the excess of income over expendi-
ture (as compared with April) amounting to about •
3,000,000/. " The balances in the Exchequer, amounting
to 5,687,000/., not only present a most favourable con-
trast with those of the corresponding period last year,
amounting to 1,835,000/, but show an increa.,e of more
than 3,000,0001. compared with the balances on the sth
of last April. It is almost needless to remark that one-
fourth of the 1,770,080 L will, after the 10th of October,
be applicable to the redemption of the National Debt.
SUN.—Consols closed steadily this afternoon at 99a
but a sale or two of Reduced Three per Cents. caused a
dec ine in them to 99:1
Spanish Bonds were 224 1 for the Actives, and 321 to
33 for the Three per Cents. Colombian were 131 to
Buenos Ayres 35, and Brazilian 84. Portuguese Con-
verted improved to 434.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 15 to ;
Chester and Holyhead, 1 ; Great Western, 604 ;
Ditto Fifths, 12 ; Hull and Selby, 134 ; Birmingham,
130 to 132 ; South-Western, 451 ; Croydon, 51 ; Man -
chester and Leeds Half, 194 ; Midland, 10 ; Northern
and Eastern, 14 ; Trent `'alley, 8 ; York and North
Midland, 614 ; and Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 1
premium. Blackwall have been 81, and Brighton 1#
discount-

The Exchange on Antwerp, Amsterdam, Paris, and
Frankfurt was steady, but on Hamburgh a shade lower.
Trieste was rather firmer.

NEW THOROUGHFARE to COVENT

GARDEN MARKET.

A meeting of the rate• payers and parishioners of St.
Paul's, Covent-garden, was yesterday evening called, by
rt•quisition, in the vestry-room of the above parish, to
take into consideration the propriety of adopting mea-
sures for the formation of a new street from the corner
of Long-acre to King-street, and thereby securing a
desirable entrance to the market, and so benefiting to an
incalculable extent the district at large.
At the appointed hour, six o'clock, the vestry room
was crowded to excess, and Robert Debenham, Esq.,
having been called to the chair, the proceedings were
opened by Mr. Moseley, the vestry clerk, reading the
minutes of a former mctting held for a similar purposo,
and which were received and adopted.
The.meeting was unanimous as to the desirableness of
the undertaking, and after some discussion a resolution
was passed appointing a Committee, to whom large
powers were delegated, authorising them to take steps
to ensure the formation of the new street.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting then separated.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.-TWO NEW LIGHTS

ON THE ISLAND OF

Admiralty, August 8, 1844.
Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith, for the
information of the Committee for. managing the affairs
of Lloyd's, a copy of the translation of a notice received
from her Majesty's Consul-General at Christiania, an-
nouncing the erection of two new lights on the island of
Udsire.—Lam, Sir, &c.,
• (Signed) SIDNEY HERBERT.
W. DohsOn, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's.
(Copy of Translation.)
NOTICE RELATING TO THE LIGHTING OF