The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-07 00:00:00

IN THE MATTER OF JAMES SCALES.

The insolvent had been a job and cab master, and was opposed
by Mr. Woodroffe on behalf of Sir Henry Richards.
It appeared that he had rented some;premises in Carburtt n-street,
Fitzroy.square, under Sir Henry, and having fallen into arrear of
rent, the property, consisting of cabs, horses, stabling, and furni-
ture, were removed, when an action wet brought, as the insolvent
had refused to surrender possession of the premises, and judgment
was allowed to go by default. The chief grounds of opposition
were, that at the time the action was brought the sum of 401.
alone was due, and before its termination the rent owing accurnu.
lated to upwards of 150/.,and also that he had neglected to file the
lease and keys of the premises in Court.

Mr. Commissioner BowEN said it was much to be reprobated
in insolvent circumstances like the present one, the retaining pos-
session: of premises, when it could neither be of use to themselves
nor to the landlord, and in all such cases the Court was determined
to inflict a proportionate punishment. The sentence of the Court,
therefore, was that the insolvent be remanded for nine calendar
months from the date of his vesting order.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY
OLD COURT•

Archibald Leslie, whose case was reported last week, and who
was convicted of obtaining goods and money by means of false re-
presentations and forged documents, was brought up today for
judgment.

The RECORDER said th At a more aggravated case than the one
before hitin had never come under his notice. The sentence of the
Court was, that he should be transported for seven years.
John Gannie was charged with embezzling and stealing the sum
of l/. 3s. Bd., the property of Mrs. Maxton, his mistress.

It appeared from the evidence adduced, that the prosecutrix kept
a baker's shop in Spencer street, Clerkenwell, and on the 25th and
26th of January last, the prisoner was sent out with bills to col..
lect. He accounted for some part of the money he received, but
did not mention having received the sum stated in the indictment.
On the next day he absconded, and was apprehended in his fa-
ther's house.

The Jun found the prisoner Guilty, and
The COURT sentenced him to six months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

NEW COURT.

FRAUD ON LORD STANLEY.—WiIIiam Esworthy, aged 26, a
person of respectable exterior, was charged with obtaining, on the
27th of December last, the sum of Si. 4s. sd. from Thomas Dods-
worth, with intent to defraud him thereof.
Messrs. CLARKSON and BODKIN conducted the prosecution, and
Mr. PAYNE appeared on behalf of the prisoner.
Mr. CLARKSON briefly stated the case to the Jury, and called
Emma Norman, who stated that she was servant to Mr. Dods.
worth, the officer and storekeeper at the Colonial Office, Downing.st.
On the 27th Dec. the prisoner brought a box to the office, wrapped
up in matting, addressed " The Right Honourable Lord Stanley."
He stated that there was Si. 4s. sd. to pay on it, and presented some
printed papers to that effect. He said further the box contained
a chandelier sent to Lord Stanley, by the Right HOD. James Alex.
Stewart M`Kenzie, Governor of the lonian Islands. Witness saw
the prisoner again four days after, in Thames.street ; did not know
him at first, but when his hat was removed, immediately recognised
hint to be the man who had brought the box and received the mo_
ney. Witness had no doubt that the prisoner was the et-- . Niro
brought the Lox ; never doubted it after his hat was rely
Eliza Wray, a fellow-servant of the last witness,cal her
evidence ; was in the hall with the prisoner for ten IQ it and
had no doubt as to his identity.
W. Dodsworth examincd—l am office and store: e e tthe
Colonial-office, Downing street. On the 27th of Dee iwas
informed that a person had brought a box to the rffice, I tto
Lord Stanley. Paid him 31. 4s. sd, for it. Believe the , r,,oner
to be the person who brought the box, and received the money.
Cross examined by Mr. PAYNE—It is my duty to take in all
parcels left for Lord Stanley, and to pay the demands for carriage
or porterage. Sent the box to Lord Stanley's private residence.
The butler to Lord Stanley proved the opening of the box ; it
contained nothing but .stones carefully wrapped in straw; lie
thought it was a funny chandelier.—(A laugh )
A custom.house officer examined the receipts and papers left by
the prisoner. Such papers were used at the Custcm.house, but
never for so small an amount.
William Cook, a polica.constable stated, that in company with
Emma Norman, the first witness, he apprehended the prisoner, in
Thames street. Witness showed prisoner the papers before re.
ferred to, but he denied all knowledge of them, and stated that so
far from ever having been at the Colonial. office, he d:d not even
know where the Colonial office was; he was at the Ship Tavern,
Water.lane, the whole of the evening in question, playing at cards
and drinking.
Thomas Warren, coachman to Lady Hope, of Park-street,
Westminster, stated that on the evening of the 27th of Septenber
the prisoner called at her Ladyship's residence with a box for Mrs.
M`Kenzie, a friend of Lady Hope's, and demanded 31. 4s. sd. for
carriage. Her Ladyship, however, desired the prisoner to leave
the box till she could examine it, and call again for the money.
This the prisoner refused to do, and he went away, taking- the box
with him.

The landlord of the Ship Tavern, and a foreign waiter at that
house, appeared to negative the prisoner's assertion relative to his
having been there on the night in question.

A gentleman from the Government office produced a copy of the
appointment of the Right Hon. James Alexander Stewart M'Ken-
zie to the Governorship of the lonian Islands; and another wit-
ness, residing in the house of the noble prosecutor, stated his
Lordehip's:style, title, and dignity to be" The Right Hon. Edward
Geoffrey Smith, commonly called Lerd Stanley."
Mr. PAYNE addressed the Jury at considerable length on behalf
of the prisoner, and submitted that this was entirely a question of
identity; he should call several witnesses, who would prove that
the prisoner was otherwise engaged on the evening in question, and
who would state where he was during the whole of that night.
Mr. Payne then called five or six witnesses on the part of the pri-
soner to prove an alibi, but no one was forthcoming.
The COMMON SEUGRANT briefly summed up. There could be no
doubt as to the identity of the prisoner; the evidence, he thought,
was quite conclusive.

The Jury at once found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court sen-
enced him to be transported beyond sea for the term of seven years.

MARCH OF THE FOOT GUARDS THIS DAY.
—This morning, at half-past ten o'clock, several hundreds of
the Foot Guards, preceded by their band, marched from their
barracks over Waterloo-Bridge, on their way to Brighton, via
the Railway terminus at London B:idge. Many of them were
young men, but from their soldierlike appearance reflected the
highest credit on the corps to which they belong.
BIRTHS EXTRAORDINARY.—At Aylesbury,
en the Ist instant, Jane, wife of Daniel Jacock, shoemaker,
Castle-street, of twin daughters. This being the fifth time of
her giving birth to twins, and six single children, seven of the
twins are now living and three of the others; four of the
former are under two years of age, who with their mother are
likely to do well.

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING PRACTICAL DE-
SIGN, SAVILLE-HOUSE, LEICESTER-SQU ARE.—The following
gentlemen have, through their Secretary, C. K. Nicholls,
Esq., kindly presented the above Inst.tution with the f,llowing
donations. William Ewsrt, Esq., M.P„ 51. ss. ; H. La-
bouchere, Esq., M.P., 101. ; J. Morrison, Evq , M.P., Si. ;
Sir D. Norreys, Bart., M.P.,5/. 58.
Mr. Sidney Smith has addressed a letter to us,
but for which we have not room, complaining of a paragraph
inserted in the Morning Chronicle, alleging that a lecture,
requested by the parishes Of St. Martin's and St. Anne's, to
be delivered by him
,i,tt the Western... Literary Institution on
Friday, was for " hire. Mr. Smith denies the allegation, and
,tates that all lectures furnished by the Metropolitan Anti-
Corn-law A ssociatien,AcicEß aEreLproFyildseidiwEinthyou.__t anyo whatever.cnheargneigiiitlast
weaesi tce one
of the Hastings mackerel boats, Breach,
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caught off Plymouth 13,000 mackerel, which
were immediately purchased for the London market, and
realized 130.