The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

T
co,„*"A7,-W INTELLIGENCE.
7.„,"T OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 29.
koefore Mr. Commissioner SHRPFIERD.)
The b RR JOHN SLMONS, A BANKRUPT. •
Cinder, aas roPt in this case had carried on business in
94.',1,-Tivn, as a_ coal merchant lit s debts amounted to %tate sat which there were le or no asset's, the
Thers 'salg been mainly swallowed up by
thaneslar cost:
hre,t, PbP,oared in the balanee-sheet uo less x-anots
4104%444:0f costs from six.-and-twenty different attorney_ ,_ gla all to upwards of 6001. The bankrupt_w_!3-
taitioll'•e) ePposed by his legal friends, but the Learned co l.
Ursevs:' caasidenng honeto have been a victim to the a
granted his certificate without conditions.
Th 4: RR BARLOW, AN INSOLVENT.
eelpt: ,tiolvent had been in business as a builder in Nort'l!-
tliee
kri' and his debts amounted toaplied for his
h. k tinder the late Insolvent Debtors' Act.p the insrke, for the creditors, opposed on the ground
tthat
the twot7eet had bean insolvent before, and that his deb
Petir(teasims united exceeded the statutable amount.
ion dismissed.
/N s°,
vEN 7' DEBTORS' COURT,
Sept. 29.
ourned t
c u (Before Mr. Commissioner PoLLocic..)
)o rt sat Ito-(lay for a short time, and on its rising ad-
take ur s?
a ce.
ay, when the second vacation (for a short
1141 , JOIIN ISAAC COULSON.
kr x ns(oent, who had been a builder, was opposed by
.or.ttillebills for -Messrs. Flockton, lead merchants, and sup-
It an •T 'ar• Cooke.
kkr?eared that the insolvent bad petitioned the Court of
w
!ppgarel,),te!! a short time since, when the creditors who now
aPPosed him on the ground that he had fraudulently kfiour;a,Part of their debt. The result was, that the Court
tard,, 413 casa sine die The insolvent was soon aft;n
en ther,usr,,ato prison, and it was now sought to remand hi
kr, -07 e round.
A,04
twin
tid r tfowrea rorradnetr ehdi his in d
• that the facts
nassioner POLLOCK was of opinion
reiscrnhaanrgdeil. g the insolvent to prison,

°LICE INTELLIGENCE.
I,%terds, A GUILDHALL.
sq% i'nn Spring, a laundress, who had the care
tie ealnbers in the Temple, and was charged a few_
?Ilk', 4 With pledging the wearing apparel and articles of
1r J. Pirli)(!aced ill her charge, was 'further examined before
gr,
kr, V 847 the solicitor, attended on her behalf.
114 atttPs stated that the case stood over till this day for
°thegan'tianee of hr. Glyn case st(,jd over till this day for
nwh Glynn, who was in the. country, the
boltidre theetnriesoni:rho employed' the prisoner having agreed to
of the good character she had
itiffeeZd of her haTinag ccount
ali family. She had already
be i41514'.' inlPrisonment, and he hoped Mr. Glynn would eteent to her.
take thelYna (of Hare-c nut said he was sorry he could not
forsmaine view, but he thought something more must be
Protection of the gentlemen whose property was
.had paned to these laundreses In his case the prisoner
;44 broken some towels,sheet., and other things, and she
'orea a —en °Pen a closet togt at them, and had tried to
loaginPen ltis cash-box Shee had also pawned a coat be-
beee4 t° him, and she ;mild give no information what had
some of the articlesg He did not wish the fact of
content ,4 been forced to *be taken notice of, but shouldia
Penning -" 11' she were summarily convicted for ille
gal
l blow admitted this was dealing mercifully with her.
tta, after admonishing her, adjudg.A her to be
the v:;netl three months, unless she paid a fine of 20s. and
the Sh:"l'e of the ds
was goo •
msh.bornutitted. She declared she had not touched

denesterda BOW-STREET.
. Lta're Arthur, a widow woman, aged sixty-four
intefe_ ly blind, appeared before Mr. Hall to request
:f_settlero'llee with the parish authorities, that her claims
eeleatif,eitt might be admitted, she being in a state of en-
shet. Gii';',l°l3. The applicant was it'accompned by a beadle
had 8 Parish, from whose statement appeared that
taker' ietruade a similar application on Friday last, and was
htined th° the house as a casual pauper, but it being ascer-
-114 rse 'at she had been a householder in St. Anne's, Soho,
diaehete'ved a loaf of bread, shelter for the night, and was
if
hgaedeeilt.b.!ing considered that her claim for settlement,
h; Ilua • "vas upon the authorities of the Strand Union.
that thwthxl, the relieving officer of the Strand Union,
jges cogtaPPlicant had been excluded from the advan-
la ot oa ent on a settlement from the fact that she had
St to„,,er house into several tenements during her residence
krliCe 8 parish.
thority
ve!,l. said he could not exercise any magisterial
respecting
Madaet settlement, and he had experienced such shuffling
obliged a.,,Moug the officers of St. Giles's parish, when he was
there fo send such destitute persons as the applicant to
the st r rchef, that he was repeatedly:obliged to request of
(listraseral:ll Union authorities to examine into cases of real
than tem isre being no funds at his command to afford more
He Perary relief, and that to a very limited extent.
thro4Oht it would be well if a general fund was established
tellees, 'it the country to prevent such lamentabl? occbtrhrelief -
each
intistead of having parish authorities comparing wi
tsruir whose business it might or might not be to afford
tiravilLthe. Person having a just claim was suffered to
trusery and want.
Lisa on 'llirc'ed said there could not be the slightest objec-
-1"ould first Ipe
to take the applipant into the hbuse; b ut ita
patipe rst
expected by the Board of Guardians,that
14°1'4 io-ese claim was matter of dispute should be re-
The the legal way
liiac'tVi'roth°ldisPePiieaYiltht ell;aeaaalieh, Tut croentudrnucetdedinbaackfewto
the
St. Giles's
4sese Court that she not only was rejected from
Ntaer.4‘ was turned away in the most unceremonious
„
ka C41"041 being again sent for, at the solicitation of
he hadgistrate agreed to give relief to the applicant 4
until
taoin I,ePPortunity of laying her case before the board of
said that the circumstance of the applicant
erst 4,14 `ePt in the parish of St. Giles's entitled her in the
t di
to h ale% instead of sending her about from day y,
'
sake eh her condition and claim investigated ; and unleas
ate poereekaLrere put in time to such a mode of proceeding.
",_ttrmg the coming winter, would be dying of
-ell la the streets.
WORSHIP-STREET. •
pea g man named Charles Taylor, who had been re_ -
s"outai,, remanded upon the charge of having dangeroustly
alark st a loan named Charles Chapman, while firing a
the
tack:lth a rifle, loaded with ball, in a field adjoining
The ?'..rea,l, was placed at the bar for final exammationo.-
krat,e4diliared man was now in attendance, and was pr
ne4::'ut ei danger, although the ball was still lodged in
terite that
traet it and baffled all the efforts of the surgeons to
trate heritage, on behalf of the prisoner, assured the magis-
his Client deeply deplored the unfortunate occur-1
elPen' 414 wag pbesides defraying all the medical
etire "ea, to present the injured man with a gratuity of 4/. as
futePeen_sation for the sufferings he had undergone.
aat ex short conference between the parties, the complain-
the
„,,._.Preased his assent to.
the proposed arrangement, hd
VAS discharged
John CLERKEN W ELL.
tnittin. "'nicker, a married man, was charged with cosemr-.
I'vant 11.1 raPe on Johanna Maloney,.
4)ala-r.Lthbridge, an undertaker in Gloucester-
aged eighteen
street,
-te The complainant's statement was of the most
rehab lekind.
oat, Cemplainant'S master observed that he heard her call
site
_and went to see her. The prisoner was not present._o..
set.,:aade no
a_._lag that a
costn4laint of having been assaulted, merely 3
had been with her. During the
who htold witnegss's :He that the prisoner was the man
the ere'", been in her room and perpetrated the offence. On
she fanPeeasion she said she was asleep, and on the second
olds A that his (witness's) child, who is only two years
T : h %%Pulling her about.
often.i!.AGISTUATE said that, as the presecutrix More tO the
it t, flaying been effected by
eke avilrY to decide as to the prisoner's
the accused, he should leave
guilt:, but he *mild
tan ail for Ms appearance to take his trial at the Old
uey.

THE

WOOLTVICH.
James Smith and William Jackson were placed at the bar
before Mr. Jeremy, charged with breaking windows at the
house of Mr. Wates, the relieving officer for the parish of
Woolwich.
Mr. Wates stated, that the prisoners on the previous even-
ing came to his house and wanted relief. He told them he
would make them out an order for the union ; they refused
to go, and said they had just come past the union house.
He told them he could not help it ; these were his orders.
Shortly afterwards he heard the noise of two windows
breaking.
roved that when he apprehended
Police-constable, R 101, p
the prisomers.they acknowledged having broken the windows,
and said they were sorry for what they had done ; but they
did so in order that they might get into prison to be supported
there; they were waiting deliberately for him to come up
with their backs to the walls.
The Flea of the prisoners was, that they had come from the
country, the one from Suffolk, the other from Chester, and
could obtain no employment whatever.
Mr. JEREMY said he hardly knew how to deal with such
persons ; there was no excuse for them, coming as they did
fr nn the country, where agricultural labour was in such great
demand. He should order them to pay the damage they
had committed, viz., 3s.
William Cherry, a labouring man residing at Eltham, was
charged with stealing three exceedingly diminutive turnips,
the property of Mr. Geo. Smith, a farmer.
Police-constable Taylor, 218 R, deposed that he was cross-
ing Mr. Smith's farm on Sunday night about one o'clock,
when he heard a noise, and turning his light on, he saw the
prisoner in the act of pulling turnips a little out of the path ;
he had two turnips in his pocket and one in his hand ; he ap-
peared to hay, been drinking.
Mr. Smith said that 51. would not pay him for the loss he
had sustained by the robberies committed on his turnips and
potatoes.
Mr. JEREMY said he hardly knew how to estimate the
damage done in this case, as the value of the articles was so
trivial.
The prisoner said the fact was, he had been to Woolwich
that night, and he had had too much to drink. Finding him-
self thirsty he pulled one of the turnips, and that being rather
small he threw it away and pulled another, as he thought he
would get a larger one.
Mr. JEREMY said that was just the way in which persons
who entertained such loose notions acted, and thus Mr. Smith
might suffer even to the extent of his rent. He should put a
stop to such practices, by committing the prisoner to hard
labour for fourteen days.

THE MURDER OF MR. PEACOP.
CHESTER, SATURDAT.—Tha further examination of the
four prisoners charged with this horrible murder took place
to-day, in the Nisi Prius Court. Shortly after 'eleven o'clock
the following magistrates arrived :—The Rev. R. M. Fielden
(Chairman), Messrs. J. D. Case.. J. R. Shaw, H. Winch, W.
ackson, and W. Potter. After being in consultation about a
quarter of an hour in their private room, the four prisoners,
Tallant, Lptch, Nwlan. and Burns, were placed at the bar,
and the Court doors thrown open to the public, when a
tremendous rush was made, and the Court speedily crowded
to excess.
Mr. Fielden having asked Mr. Chew whether he appeared.
for the prisoners to-day, and being answered by that
h gentle-
man in the affirmative, said, " I have to state tatth e
magistrates have given this case that ample consideration
which they promised they would do, and the decision they
have unanimously come to is, that the case must be referred
to a higher tribunal. The prisoners must, therefore, be com-
mitted to take their trial at the next assizes."
Mr. Chew declared the proceedings of the magistrates to be
contrary to law and to justice.
Mr. Fielden—We are not trying the case.
Mr. Chew—Then are these men to be incarcerated in gaol
for six months upon no evidence at all?—(His further obser-
vations which he was muttering against the magistrates were
put an end to by the Chairman remarking that the prisoners
stood fully committed, and immediately the magistrates left
the bench.)
The prisoners appeared much disappointed at the result
as they had been led to the belief by their attorney that the
Bench could not commit them according to law. The im-
mense number of Irish labourers at Birkenhead are alsolmuch
disappointed at the result from the same cause, and a great
teal of dissatisfaction is expressed.

NANAVAL INTELLIGENCE:
PORTSMOUTU, SF:PT. 29.—The Eclair steam-sloop,
Commander Walter G. 11. Estcourt, came up to the
Motherbenk this ruorniug, about nine o'clock, with the
yellow flag, with a black ball in its centre, flying from
her mainmast head, emblematic of death on hoard.
She has been so awfully vieitecl with sickness since she
has been on the coast of Africa that she has been sent
home. The awful number of 62 have died in the vessel,
and others are dying hourly. We regret to state that
Commander Estcourt is among the dead. The names of
the other officers al(' men we cannot at present cell,
communication being allowed. We are informed there
are now 23 ill on board. The surgeon was alive this
morning, and on the quarantine officers going alongsi 'e
the vessel, we are informed, he answered their inquiries;
and said the mortality was from a fever, something
between the yellow and the black. One of the men
died this morning. The Customs authorities are fear-
ful of removing any one on board. We believe, how-
ever, fresh provisions hove been sent to the vessel, but
whether any human assistance, we cannot find oet; we
believe none, owing to the feat- of centegian. IF elie
remains at the Motile:bank, sae will have to ride 'Jut
forty days' quarantine; tart we are informed it is: an rat
probable she will be supplied with fuel and fresh
sions, and be sent for a cruise le the North Sea. Tl.e-
Admiralty dispatches are landed, but nothing else. A
boat rows guard round the vessel to prevent c-erimani-
cation and consequent contagion, as well as to prevent
any one escapkig from the vessel improperly.
The Eclair Ives only commissioaed last August twelve
months, and is a new veseel (prat named the Lucifer), of
350-horse power.
The Formidable, F 4, Captain Rich, flag of Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Edward Owen, late Commande'r-in-Chief on
the Mediterranean station, arrived at St. Helen's during
the night, and got under weigh at nine o'clock this
morning for the anchorage at Spithead. when she came
in under royals, tete. allunt sails, topsails, and courses,
jib, flying jib, and spanker. At twenty minutes to ten
she in royals, hauled down the flying itb, and stood in
for Spithead. At ab'-ut a quarter to eleven she up
courses, put about, and run up to her aneiorage, with
the quarantine boat alongside, the Formida.ble having
come in with the yellow flag flying from her main, which
she hauled down alien the quarantine beat shoved off.
She then let go her anchor and brought up. On ap-
proaching the anchorage the Victory saluted with 13
guns, when the Formidable returned 11 (Rear-Admiral
Parker's complement). The Admiral came from Spit-
head in the Portsmouth yacht, and when nearly abreast
of the Platform Battery, a salute of 13 guns welcomed
the gallant Sir Edward Owen home, a compliment not
paid here to a naval otiicer since the war.
The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, which arrived yester-
day from Plymouth, has come to be fresh coppered and
re-stowed and trimmed, prior to rejoining the experi•
mental squadron, which sailed yesterday morning on
their winter cruise. She has had her guns, powder,
&c., taken out, and will come into harbour to-morrow
morning.
The Athol troop-ship, Master-Commander. Pearn,
sailed from St. Helena this marningfor Plymouth.
The Dasher steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Sherringham, left. this morning for the eastward.
Rear-Admiral I)ac:es proceeds on Admiralty leave for
a fortnight. His flag was struck on board the President,
50, Captain Stanley, this evening at sunset.
The appointment of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart.,
as Commander-in-Chief at this port, has received her
Majesty's confirmation, and will be down to-morrow.
The gallant Admiral will hoist his flag in the Excellent
or President pro tem. Captain Sir Richard Grant will be
flag captain, a gentleman respected by all ranks in and
out of the service who have the pleasure of knowing him.
The flag (red at the fore) of Vice-Admiral Owen was
struck this evening at sunset, on board the Formidable,
84. It is reported this ship will repair a few defects,
and then join the experimental squadron. No orders,
were down to that effect at five o'clock this evening.
WOOLWICH, SErr. 29.—The Devastation steam-
frigate, Commander Kitchen, has arrived at Purfleet
from the Mediterranean and Portsmouth, and when she
has unloaded her powder will come up to Woolwich to
be paid off.
The Avon steam-vessel, Commander Denham, fitting
in the basin at Woolwich, is nearly ready for sea, and
is announced as about to proceed for service on the coast

of Africa.
By letters received to-day at Woolwich the Agincourt,
72, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, Knt.,
C.B. ; the Dmdalus, 20, Captain Peter M'Quhae ; the
Vestal, 26, Captain C. Talbot ; the Cruiser, 16, Com-
mander E. G. Fanshawe ; the Wolverine, 16, Com-
mander H. G. Clifford; the Vixen frigate, Commander
G. Giffard, and two of the Hon. East India Company's
steamers, were in the Straits of Malacca, all well, on the
23d of July. The money sent out in the Dmdalus had
been transshipped to the Osprey, 12, Captain E. Patten,
fer conveyance to New Zealand ; and the Fly, 18.
Captain E. P. Blackwood, had just railed for Sydney,
New South Wales.

DEPARTURE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FLEET
ON THEIR SECOND TRIAL.
The experimental fleet, undo r the command in chief
of Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., left Ply-
mouth Sound on Sunday morning, at a quarter-past
seven o'clock, for their second trial cruise. The fleet
was composed of the St. Vincent, 120, flag-ship
of the Commander-in-Chief, Commander Rowley ;
the Trafalgar, 120, Captain T. F. Martin ; the Queen,
110, Capt. Sir Baldwin Walker, three deckers ; and
the Rodney, 92, Capt. Collier, C.B. ; the Albion,
90, Captain N. Lcckyer, C.B. ; the Canopus, 84,
Capt. Fairfax Moresby, C.B. ; and the Vanguard, 80, •
Capt. Willes, two deckers ; with the Daring, 12, brig,
Corn. H. J. Matson. They passed out at the western
end of the breakwater in the following order, with a fine
topgallant breeze from the N.W.:—Canopua, Trafalgar,
Rodney, St. Vincent, Vanguard, Queen, and Albion.
They are ordered to proceed to the former cruising
ground ; but the Admiralty have very wisely left every-
thing to the discretion of the Gallant Commander-in-
Chief, giving him permission to extend the cruise farther
to the westward, to encounter such.' weather as shall fully
put to the test the qualities of the various ships core..
prising the fleet.
We cannot announce the departure of the squadron
without again calling attention to the condition in which
the surveyor's ships go to sea. Whatever the result,
that great ship, the Aibion, has been lightened so much,
that her draft of water is only 23ft. lin. forward, and
241 t. 3in. aft, with a height of midship port of 6ft. 10in.
Now in order to bring her to this draught of water, her
provisions, water, and ammunition have been all reduced,
and she goes to sea less efficient as a man of war than the
old Canopus. of nearly 800 tons less burden, and swim-
ming so light, with her rnidshipp,...orsthsipacwtuitahllya
much
lower in the water than the Rodney,
greater stowage, heavier armame,nt, and a great many
tons more ammunition.
It is now admitted that the Albion, as a man of war,
has failed in her performances to realise the expectations
of her constructor. She never mounted the armament
she was designed to carry, and now she proceeds to sea
with 13 tons 17 cwt. less shot and shell than was consi-
dered sufficient store for her lighter guns. Had she her
proper armament she would be more than one foot deeper
in the water than her construction drawings intended,
and although guns, shot, ballast, provisions, water, and
other stores are taken out of her, and with a total weight
on board of only 1,593 tons 2 cwt., she has the enormous
spread of canvas of 30,800 square feet. The Vanguard
and Superb, 80-gun ships, of about the same tonnage as
the Rodney, 92-gun ship, and 230 tons larger than the
old Canopus, 84-gun ship, have had their stores, provi-
sions, water, &c., also reduced in a similar manner; and.
with smaller armament, extd spreading the same quantity
of canvas, they thus nroceed on the next trial,
Now with such odds against the Rodney and. Canopus
it is absurd to call the forthcoming trials fair to those
ships, or to draw any conclusions as to their respective
capabilities. If the late trials have not been such as to
prove or establish anything on account of the fine
weather, why not stow and store all the ships as men-
of-war about to proceed on real fair or foul weather ser-
vice ? The surveyor's ships had advantages enough in
canvas, armament, and even, with reference to the Van-
guard, weight of provisions and water in the last cruise,
and ought to have been fully tried against the old ships
under these circumstances, and not be allowed to strip
in the manner they have for a second trial, unless the
superiority of the Rodney and Canopus, stowed as men
of war ought to be, over the Albion, Vanguard, and
Superb, is conceded.
The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, has been ordered
from Devonport to Portsmouth. to be docked and newly
coppered, and, it is stated, co be re-stowed, under the
superintendence of the Isk.vy-office. She left Plymouth
Sound at half-past five on Saturday evening, beating out
into the offing. She arrived at Portsmouth on Sunday
afternoon, anti yesterday commenced discharging her
powder, preparatory to going into harbour. The Harle-
quin, 16, will be taken out of dock to make room for the
Superb. It is not more than six months since the
Superb was in the same dock at Portsmouth. She will
join the fleet as soon as the surveyor has doctored her.
The Formidable, 84, Captain G. F. Rich, bearing the
flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen,
K.C.8., G.C.H. (red at the fore), anchored at Spitheaci
early yesterday morning. The Victory saluted with 15
guns. At ten, Rear-Admiral Deere; in the Portsmouth
yacht, went off to the Formidable to pay his respects
with
Sir
Rear-AdmiralEdward. Rbiucth
tbreetiAtrtdiemdii:aolntudisllhuouret wlaibta
until this morning. The Formidable hcnst the quaran-
tine Captainlcres ,
T. Troub •il •
ri cre in 1841, and on
commissioned by Sir E. I%
flag, but received pratique immediately. She was
with Captain by
Rich into the
Sullivan, who exchanged
that gallant officer's promotion was commanded' Sir C.
and will then • '
Queen in April, 1844. The Formidable will be docked
to have her copper cleaned, join the expe-
rimental fleet.
THE RETIREMENT.—The following statement will
show the progress of the scheme of naval retirement for
post captains. It will be seen that of the proposed
number (300) above a certain age, whose acceptance of
the proffered retiring pay is to be notified to the
Admiralty before the Ist of October, 216 have sent in
their names.
Of the first 100 on the navy list
Of the next 150
Of the remainder ll3

Total number
The above includes five holding goc,►'a-service pensions,
nine holding out pensions from Greenwich Hospital, and.
fifteen Companions of the Bath.

LYNN, SEPT. 25.—THE RAILWAYS.—We perceive
that the ground is already staked out for the railways
in the immediate neighbourhood of the town, so we
may expect by the latter part of autumn to find them in
the course of formation.—Norfolk Chronicle.
HOP-PICEING.—Hop-picking has commenced in
the county of Nottingham, and the produce is very light.
The average 'weight per acre is now estimated at not exceed-
ing two hundred weight. The hops in Farnham are also 4
dmct►ve crop.—llbttingleant Journal.