The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-14 00:00:00

IN ■H DE WILDS.

The bankrupt in this case carried on business in partnership
with others, as a wholesale ironmonger, in Wells-street, Oxford.
street. It was for the choice of assignees.

Mr. L►waENCE, who appeared for the fiat, objected to the proof
of 3.9001. 7s. on the part of Mr. Mills, who was formerly In part-
nership with the bankrupt, but in 1842 he left the concern, when
the bankrupt agreed to pay to him the sum of 4,8001, being a
portion for goodwill and debts. The latter were very large ; but,
unfortunately, 2,8001. were found to be bad ; consequently, Mr.
Mills ought to bear a loss on his part to the extent of 1,300/. In
addition to this, he had been paid 900/. ; thus he actually received
more than he was entitled to, yet he, not having paid a shilling into
the concern, now wanted to prove for 3,9004

His HONOUR said he had no power to rescind a contract, and the
proof was allowed.

An objection was made to a claim of a Mr. Hardman, who had
been a partner of the bankrupt, and was solvent, for 1,7001., but
which was also allowed.

Several claims from Birmingham were admitted, and Mr. Mills
and Mr. Maliens, of Birmingham, were appointed assignees.
(Before Mr. Commissioner ENANS.)
IN RE JOHN Q. HARRIS.

This day was appointed for the final examination and audit
of the estate of the bankrupt John Quincey Harris, who formerly
carried on business as a hatter in the Southwark.bridge-road, and
for seine time represented Newcastle.under.Lyne in Parliament.
The case had created some degree of interest, from the circum.
stances that the bankrupt, about a month since, was committed for
want of sureties from Bow-street to the House of Correction, and
front thence had been removed to a lunatic asylum.

Dr. Sutherland was now called, and deposed that the bankrupt
was a lunatic, and from his present state of mind it would be in3P3B.
bible to have him brought up and examined.
His HONOUR inquired when was it probable the bankrupt could
attend and pass his last examination ?
Dr. Sutherland said that at present it was impossible to fix any
period, when, on an application being made, the final examination
and audit was adjourned sine die.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, June 13.
(Before the Cum Commissiorms.)
IN TN II hums OF JOHN saorutronnts.

This insolvent, whose case has appeared on several occasions in
this journal, now appeared for judgment. At first he refused to
be sworn to his schedule, and asked the dismission of the petition,
whish was refused. He then consented to sign the usual docu-
ments, and was sworn to the truth of the schedule.
The CIIIEF COMMISSIONER, in pronouncing judgment, went over
the general facts, declaring that the case was a must extraordinary
one. The insolvent was remanded by the Court in 184'2. In
1843 he took the Brown Bear, in Broad-street, Bloomsbury, where
he remained until the end of May, 1844. He had been anxious
to remove the record of his proceedings from the Court, and had
made some payments for that purpose. His wife had an annuity,
which was mortgaged, which mortgage was assigned, and a policy of
between 7001. and 800/. had been effected in the Sun office. When
the insolvent left the Brown Bear he had about 3501. in his posses.
sion, or under his control, which should havebeen distributed among
his present creditors. The excuse offered for the insolvent w as, that
he was not, on account of the state of his mind, to be held respon
aible for Its disposition—an excuse which, if founded in truth,
would have been ample and sufficient, but if in falsehood, there
was an aggravation of the offence. The hypothesis of the derange.
merit of the insolvent's mind was based on his supposed conduct
en
.the 29th of May, in his hurried journey to Margate to pay
some money, and afterwards to Brixham, in Devon, for a similar
purpose. It had, however, turned out that the money was paid at
Margate some days before the sale of the public-house, therefore
the foundation for the insanity could not be sustained. After his
visit to Brixham, the extraordinary story told by the man was that
he was seized with a sudden desire to bathe, and went to Weston-
super-Mare, near Bristol. There he received a blow on the head,
and, according to his account, several months had passed before he
awoke to consciousness ; that he discovered himself in a lunatic
asylum at New Orleans, reached New York, and returned to Eng.
land. There was nothing to confirm the alleged state of mind,
but on the contrary the evidence showed a different state of things.
As far as the evidence went the Insolvent was lost sight of from
the sth to 22d June, and two witnesses had been called who had
spoken of having seen him in London in June or July.
The insolvent departed on the 22d of June from Liver-
pool for New York, and en that day a singular circum-
stance occurred. A certificate was prepared by Mr. Brenham
(who received 100/. out of the 3501.), and forwarded to the in.
surance office in London, giving a moss laboured account of the
supposed death of the insolvent, and of the dangerous current off
the coast at Weston.super.Mare, which frequently carried bodies
across the Atlantic, and of the improbability of ever hearing of the
insolvent again. This docement was sent for the purpose of getting
paid to Mr. Johnson the insurance on the life of the insolvent,
upon the hypothesis of his death. They then lost sight of the
insolvent for two months, when he re-appeared again. He had
left this country with a considerable sum of money, and returned,
to all appearance, pennyless. Such conduct on the part of a debtor,
with reference to his creditors, was by no means unusual, and if a
plea of insanity was to be admitted as an excuse, there was no
telling to what it might lead. The adjudication was that the in.
solvent be remanded for a period of twelve calendar months from
the date of his vesting order, for having fraudulently made away
with his property with intent to diminish the sum to be divided
among the creditors. . _

The insolvent, who was greatly excited, exclaimed, vehemently,
that "he never knew a just judgment in that Court." He was
then removed in custody.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARY LEBOA E.

PUBLIC PRRFORMANCB INTERRUPTED.—Yesterday Phtlip Watson,
a boy about twelve years of age, was placed at the bar, before Mr.
Long, charged with conduct of a most outrageous nature.
The prisoner, although so young, has, during the last three or
four years, obtained a livelihood by performing feats of a singular
and dangerous description, for the pleasure of her Majesty's liege
subjects, who have often rewarded him pretty liberally for his exer.
tions. In the day time, his exploits have been confined to the
principal streets and squares of London, where, to the terror of
some persons, and the infinite delight of others, he has stood upon
his head for half an hour at least, on the top of an area rail, an d
while in that perilous situation he would play all manner of antics
with his hands and legs. His evening labours consisted in visiting
beer.shops and other places of resort, and there singing "Jitn
Crow," "Lucy Long," and many more nigger melodies, in cha.
racter, always standing upon his head, and beating time, a rncrvcille,
with his feet.
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^•The evidence now brought against him went to show that o►►
the same morning he was balancing himself on an iron spike, in
front of a house in the Edgware-road, and that a gentleman,
imagining him to be in imminent danger pulled him down. The
prisoner then pelted hint so unmercifully with stones that he
deemed it prudent to make off as fast as he could ; and the noise
and confusion at length became so great as to c.inse upwards of 200
people to assemble at the spot. The prisoner also bit severely the
finger of a person who endeavoura to prevail upon him to be
quiet; and on his being taken into custody he kicked and other-
wise resisted police-constable Porter.
Mitchell, the gaoler, said thg the prisoner had many times been
committed from this and other courts.
Mr. Tuckford, one of the officers of the parish of Marylebene,
observed that the youthful offender had been repeatedly received
into the workhouse, but in two or three days after his admission he
generally contrived to effect his escape by climbing over walls, &c. ;
his cunning and agility were truly astonishing.
Mr. LONG (to the prisoner)—what have you to say? Prisoner
—Please your vorship, I bad my head at top of a spike, yen a
man lays hold on me, and without speaking a blessed syllible •ot-
sumdever lags me right very down on the pavement, arter vich he
ch44ed a gone at me, and in course shied another at him. I'm

as hinnocent as a hunborn babby about anything else rafts' bin
swore to.
Mr. Lor4G fined him tOs. for resisting the officer, but as he e
as well have been called on to pay off the national debt sent
to his old quarter , ' . being ramcweet
from the bar he held both hands up to his face and pretended In
cry, but in spite of all his efforts to fall into the " melting nletod..
he tsas quite unable to " wipe away a tear."

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