The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-28 00:00:00

IARN 28, 1842.

ought to have been done before they left his premises.
All our goods came in at the back door.

Was there any seeresy observed in your taking those
goods ? —None in the least, and they were in a cOnspi-
cuons part of the warehouse. • On the 20th of August
the bankrupt brought Mr. Buzzetel with him, and they
saw me alone. Mr. B. soon left the room,_ saying he had
better not hear what we had to say together. I told him
there was do necessity for his doing so, and he (the
bankrupt) said he had sold Mr. B. some furniture and
plate, -and that he Would give us a guaranty for 5001. 1
said I could not take it, as it might be considered a pre-
ference, and that I would take no preference. He then
said, this was independent of the plate of his private
house. He pressed.me for money, and I could not give
him any, adding--",you may take the security back if
you please." However, subsequently, Mr. B. having
signed the guaranty, went away. On the 2d of September
we sent in Mr. Parrington. the accountant. We struck
the•do3ket; and are the petitioning creditors.
During the whole of your dealings with the bankrupt,
have you ever, directly or indirectly, entered into any
Concert- with him, in order to obtain for him either
goods or cash, to the injury of the creditors?—Never;
and there is not one word of truth in the bankrupt's evi-
dence, that we wished him to conceal goods or anything
else for our benefit.

Are you ready to let the creditors have the leases You
hold, and valued by the bankrupt at 6,5501., if you get
1,5001. for them?—Perfectly willing, and that the assig-
nees may have a week to consider of it. Besides those
leases, we hold a guarantee for 1,0001. which is disputed;
Buzzecott for 5001., the joint bill for 7,0001., and nothing
else. The debt due to us when the bankrupt failed was
(including Cook's 3,0001.) nearly 20,0001.; and, supposing
all are fully realised, we shall still be creditors for nearly
10,0001.; and in January, 1341, the account was 16,3001.
Between January and July in hand was 10,4591. 93. 5d.,
and during the same period ho received from us, to make
payments to ourselves and others, 10,927 L 15s. 5d., leav-
ing then a balance of 4801. 4s. 11d. We gave more than
we received, besides increasing our debt for goods. Af-
ter Mr. Warwick called for a reference, we supplied the
bankrupt with goods to upwards of 2,000/., before his
bankruptcy. The cash advanced and- the payments made
to us amounted to 7,440/. 3s. 11d., and cashed for goods
3,3071. Os. 6d., making the amount before given. The
whole of the interest taken by us from the bankrupt
amounts to 1,322/. 6s. Bd. from the Ist of January, 1838,
to the time of the bankruptcy, and that 3vould average 71
per cent., including commission.
Mr. HUIIIFREY here stated that he had no ftirther quest
tions to ask Mr. Gladstone.
Mr. Gladstone—l wish, generally and particularly, to
deny any imputation of fraud or desire of concealment;
and I also think it right
.to observe, that our counting-
house is not a private oue, but is open to every one who
may enter the premises. Therefore when we wished the
bankrupt to bring his brother, we thought it right to see
them in a private room up stairs ; and the bankrupt
afterwards, of his own accord, came in at the private
door.

The lengthened examination of Mr. Gladstone having
been read over to and signed by him, a short conversa-
tion ensued between Mr. .Marlon and• Mr. Humfrey,
when the further hearing was adjourned to Wednesday
next.

POLICE INTELL/GrENCE.
THAMES OFFICE.
'Wednesday Thomas Prince, a weaver, aged 22, residing
at 32, Green-street, B7thnal-green, and Sxrah Hopkins,
aged 27, his sister, of 32, New Gravel-lane, were charged
with being disorderly, refusing to pay their fare at the
Limebouse station of the Blackwall Railway, and as-
saulting Michael Chick,- the station clerk, and Hood, a
police sergeant of the K division ; to all which charges
they pleaded Not Guilty. -
It appeared in evidence that the defendants presented
themselves at the railway station on Tuesday evening in
a state of intoxication, and asked for tickets. Mr. Chick,
the clerk, observing the parties to be drunk, refused to
take their money, . and requested them to depart.
They immediately commenced abusing him, and per-
sisted in going by the next train. The clerk, find-
ing remonstrances in vain, sent for the porter who
was attending to the telegraph, and he endeavoured
to eject the noisy couple, who made a great disturb-
ance,
but he could make nothing of them, and was
obliged to leave them in the hands of the clerk, who was
struck by Prince, and threatened to be annihilated.
After much scuffling he sent for Hood, the police ser-
geant, who attempted to take the defendants into cus-
tody, and was attacked by both and severely beaten. He
was eventually obliged to call in the assistance of several
other police-constables, who, after a good deal of scuf-
fling, locked up the defendants.
Mr. Prince and his sister denied that they were in-
toxicated, but only a little mellow, and also stoutly
denied having struck the police-Sergeant ; but the case
was too clearly made out to admit of a doubt.
Mr. BRODERIP said if drunken persons were allowed
to proceed in the railway-trains serious inconvenience
and loss of life would be frequently taking place, and he
thought the clerk and the police had done quite right in
not allowing them to travel in the carriages on the line.
The officer had been violently assaulted in the execution
of his duty, and he sentenced Prince to pay a fine of 41.,
and Hopkins to pay 21. . .
The defendants were unable to pay the fines, and were
sentenced, tile former to six weeks' imprisonment, and
the latter to three weeks.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTEI, JAN. 26.—Preparations are making
here for the King of Prussia, expected to visit the naval
arsenal and flag-ship. The arrival of Prince Albert is
also confidently spoken of.
The Warspite, 503 Capt. Lord John Hay, C. 8., is to
take out Lord Ashburton (appointed special Minister to
Washington), and will be completed with all expedition,
to proceed to New York.

The Hastings, 72, Capt. Lawrence, is in this harbour
from the Mediterranean, to be paid off forthwith, and
fitted for the flag (white at the mizen) of Rear-Admiral
Sir Thomas Cochrane, Knight, C. 8., as second in com-
mand to Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, in the China
seas. Capt. Henry Bruce, 1821, is to be Flag-Captain,
and Lieut. James Caldwell, late of the Britannia, to be
Flag-Lieutenant.
Several promotions, consequent on the arrival of the
King of Prussia in this country, will take place in both
services.

The Illustrious, 72, Captain Erskine, arrived at New
York from Spithead on the 30th December, with his Ex-
cellency, Sir C. Bagot, Governor-General of Canada, on
board, and after repairing her defects, occasioned by
heavy weather, was to sail for Halifax to join Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Charles Adam, on the Bth January.
Letters from the Ganges, 84, of the 2d instant, state
the ship in Malta Harbour, all well, and that the report
of her being ordered home is unfounded. She would
not leave the station until the arrival of the new Admiral
from England (daily expected), when Sir Francis Mason
was to proceed in the Vanguard, 84, to take the com-
mand in the Tagus.
The Implacable, 72, Captain Harvey, is gone into Ha-
moaze, to be paid off, having left Gibraltar on the 2d
inst. with the Hastings, 72, since arrived at this port.
The Alfred. 50, Captain J. Brett Purvis, may be ex-
pected at Spithead about the Ist of February ; but men
enter for her at Sheerness very slowly. Her destination
is Rio de Janeiro.

The Rhadamanthus, steam transport, Mr. Lane, Master,
from Woolwich, takes out a detachment of Engineers, and
Sappers and Miners, for the repair of the fortifications of
Gibraltar, thence proceeding to Corfu and Malta.
The Vengeance, 80, it is reported, will shortly be com-
missioned here. She has never yet been to sea. •
The Powerful, 84, is ordered to be taken into dock, to
ascertain her fitness for re-commissioning.
At Spithead—Queen, 110.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Hastings, Excel-
lent, Royal George yacht, Carysfort, Nautilus and
Rapid.—Brighton Gazette.

SALE OF A MENAGERIE.
, Yesterday, the splendid collection of wild beasts, ele-
phant, &c., belonging to Mr. Batty, was sold by auction
by Mr. Wisby, on the grounds of the Beehive Tavern,
Castle-street, Walworth. There were upwards of 300
persons present, among whom we noticed Mr. Womb-
well ; Mr. Oliver, of Cheltenham ; Mr. Isaacson, pro-
curer to the Liverpool Zoological Gardens ; and a great
many dealers, &c.