The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-26 00:00:00

IN RE WILLIAM THOMAS WARNER.

The insolvent in this case was described as a general dealer and
ship agent. His debts and liabilities amounted to about 2,3001.
while the assets available to his creditors, was 750/.

Ills discharge was opposed in person, by a creditor named Gil.
man, who was a bill discounter, and had had frequent transactions
with him previous to the one upon which the grounds of opposi-
tion rested.
It appeared that the insolvent had been in the habit of dealing
largely in accommodation bills, many of which were endorsed by
captains of ve.sels for whom he slid business, and the opposing
creditor cashed those bills at a large discount ; and upon a further
consideration that a quantity of wine should be taken in proportion
to the amount of the bill. The insolvent accepted a bill of ex-
change drawn by a person named Walton, who soon afterwards
went out as the mate of an East India vessel, and had not returned
to England since. A writ was issued against the insolvent, upon
which he was arrested at the suit of his brother.in.law, and the oppos-
ing creditor contended that the arrest was a friendly one, and got
up with the design of defrauding the other creditor by enabling
him to pass through this Court.
The insolvent was subjected to a long examination by the Court,
in which he stated that his insolvency arose from the severe losses he
experienced by the wreck of a brig on her way to Sydney, to which
place he consigned a quantity of goods. He likewise said he had
been subject to long illness, which incapacitated him from attending
to his business,.

None of his other creditors appeared in opposition, when the
Ccurt ordered him to be discharged forthwith, and appointed Mr.
'William Alexander Sampson to be assignee.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.
' James Lainchbury, a clerk in the banking-house of Messrs.
Banbury and Co., of Lombard-street, was brought before the
Lord Mayor, in the custody of Roe, the officer, charged with
having stolen a bank-note for 101., the property of the firm.
Mr. slush, the solicitor to the Committee of Bankers for
protection against fraud or forgeries, appeared for the prose-
cution.
Mr. William Adams, a clerk in the house of the prosecutors,
stated that, on the Ist of the present month, he received at
Messrs. Price and Co.'s, for his employers, the bank-note pro-
duced, so. 27,341, and marked it so that he could at once iden-
tify it, and on the same day he delivered it to the clearing clerk.
Mr. James Bewick, also a clerk at Messrs. Hanbury and
Co.'s, produced a book of accounts in which entries were made.
Upon referring to that book, he found that, on the 2d of Feb-
ruary, amongst other entries made by the prisoner, was one for
the above-named 101. note, in the manner, "27,341, 10th De-
cember, 10." A few pages further in the book there appeared
in the writing of the prisoner, an entry of " No. 27,347,"
which writing witness believed to be a false one. He believed
that the 1 had been altered into a 7. Some confusion having
arisen from the state of the balance at the end of the day, in-
quiry was necessarily made, and the note numbered " 27,341"
ss as missed, and afterwards it was ascertained that it had been
changed by the prisoner.
Mr. C. Browning, a clerk at Hanbury and Co.'s, stated that
upon his return from c Ilecting on the 2d of February, he
changed the Bank note numbered 27,341 for the prisoner for
gold, and paid it over subseqnently to the prisoner, with the
rest of the money he had collected, in order that it might be
entered in the customary manner.
Mr. I'. Banbury, of the firm of Banbury and Co., stated
that on the 11th inst. the prisoner was called into the parlour
and questioned on the subject. The prisoner at first said that
he was wrong 10/., but subsequently stated that he was wrong
to the amount of 110/.
A. solicitor attended on the part of the prisoner, and took
notes of the proceedings, but asked no questions. —The pri-
soner was then committed for trial.
John Forrester, the officer, having been employed by the
assignees of the bankrupt broker Cassidy, to go in search of
that fugitive, who has been cutting so distinguished a figure
elsessh,re, left London for this purpose on the 9th instant.
Upon the arrival of Forrester at Paris, he found that the bank-
rupt, who had an immense number of bills in his possession, had
been lately liberated, and had departed from that capital. The
officer took with him an active assistant named Byron, from
thence in pursuit of the bankrupt to Brussels, where he re-
ceived the most prompt assistance from the police and other
authorities. He traced Cassidy from Brussels to Aix-la-
Chapelle, where he arrived on Saturday morning last, and as-
certained that the bankrupt was safe in the town. Forrester
soon found the hotel at which Cassidy resided, and laid his
plans accordingly, having been introduced to and received
every necessary aid from the Plesident of the Regency,
the Procureur- General, and the Prefect of Police on
the occasion. The bill upon which it was intended
Cassidy should be arrested, was made over to a barris-
ter, to whom Forrester was recommended by a person who had
rendered very great services in similar cases. On Monday he
took possession of the bankrupt's tin box, containing between
13,000/ and 14,000/. in bills, also the bankrupt's papers. As
Cassidy was absent, the door of his house was broken open by
the authorities and Forrester, who soon learned that the bank-
rupt had entrusted the tin box to the care of the landlord.
The landlord, again, hearing that his customer was a bankrupt,
gave up the box to the authorities. It is believed that the
bankrupt has little or no money, and it Is also thought that he
will come to some explanation. The police have stopped his
passport.
The above intelligence was all that was known yesterday in
the City, but we expect further information in the course of
to-morrow.