The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-01 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 28.

IN RE FREDERICK ROBERTON.
The insolvent in this case carried on business as a draper and
mercer. The amount of debts in his balance-sheet was consi-
derable, and amongst the creditors' names were those of Messrs.
Leaf, Cole, and Co., Scott and Day, Robson and Macgregor,
and several other warehousemen in the City. He had been
before the Court for hearing some time back, when the case
was adjourned for the purpose of filing a fresh balance-sheet.
His petition to be discharged was opposed by Mr. Woodroffe,
upon the grounds of havisig given an undue preference to a cre-
ditor of the name of Colquhouii, by handing over to him a
number of bills of exchange which were becoming due
shortly before the time of his arrest, and with hav-
ing executed a warrant of attorney in favour of
his brother, and of having concealed the fact from
those from whom he got credit. The Learned Counsel

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also opposed on the grounds of having made away with certain
property to the detriment of his estate, and having been s.
party in a collusive judgment got against him by entering an
appearance immediately, and allowing that creditor to
issue execution prior to any of the others; and further,
with having concealed certain books connected with his trade.
Several witnesses Laving been examined, whose evidence oc-
cupied the entire morning,
Mr. COOKE, on behalf of the insolvent, said he began busi-
ness in January, 1839, with a good capital, but h'o'-
ing suffered much by sickness, he was placed in his pre-
sent position. With respect to the alleged preference in favour
of Mr. Colquhoun, the fact was, that he was the person who
suffered most of all the insolvent's creditors, as he had-ad"
vanced large sums of ready money, and of the bills of exchange
which he received in repayment the greater number had been
dishonoured when they became dile. The books which 10
was accused of having concealed, were nothing more but
a few memoranda, which he made whilst be Wall
in prison, and not at all connected with Ifs t sae
accounts. As far as the opposition for having concealed the
fact of having executed a warrant of attorney from his creditor'
went, he (Mr. Cooke► would cite a case from a d-cision-pr.°•
noucced in October, 1837, by the Learned Chief Cornnu°'
sioner himself; in the case of an insolvent named DaVies, van
he held that the suppression of the fact of the existence 0
a warrant of attorney was no offence under the Act.,_
The insolvent had been now in prison upwards of six itieo",!s'
and he trusted that would be deemed more than sufficient for
an insolvency arising from ill health.
The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the case wis
complicated, and the evidence so lengthened, that he 1111'
take some time before he would pronounce judgment, and be
should therefore defer it to Saturday next.

CENTRAL CRTMTN—AL COURT. "
The: Sessions at the Old Bailey commenced yesterasi
before the Right Hon. Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldertne°'
and Sheriffs.

As soon as the Grand Jury had been sworn,
The RECORDER delivered his charge to the following effect'
The cases that would be presented to them were of the ordinal
character, and contended no points of law calling upon him for
explanation. There were two or three cases to which
would briefly allude—of murder and manslaughter. In one e
these in which the prisoner was charged with the greatest offence'
it appeared that the blow had been inflicted with a dangeress
instrument, loaded heavily with stone. The prisoner, it trA
peered, had followed the female, his victim, to a house, and e 7„
watched the door until she came out, uttering language evinciess
a disposition to strike her. The prisoner was in a state of
toxication at the time, but the Recorder felt bound to to
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the Jury that excitement of the passions, through the influence
of intoxication, was no answer to any charge of assault. The
prisoner, in this case, struck the fortale on her appearance !t
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the door, a blow which produced concussion of the brain, and
ultimately death. It became his duty to tell the Jury that i
the blow was inflicted without misconduct on the put
of the person injured, and inflicted with any inetz,,,;
ment of a dangerous nature, more especially if
party inflicting the blow had appeared to have been suing
mg an opportunity, under these circumstances by law, '
would be held that the offence amounted to murder.
case should be proved to them as involving circumstances like
these, it would be the duty of the Jury to put that case h!iii
course for further inquiry. Another case to which he view;
allude, involved a charge of murder on the high seas. It WI:
not an ordinary case, for the charge was against the captei_!;
mate of a vessel, for supplying bad provisions to two lads,,
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at the same time exacting more labour from them than uf
health would admit of, and which treatment was *Deb--
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to have accelerated their desths. The case was Id
of great importance, and in which the Grand Jury wt..
make anxious inquiry. The third case to which he would .
lode was one in which a blow of the fist had been inflict.-- ;,
a moment of intoxication, but which, although serious WI
was the consequence, did not amount to murder, but cam,
under the denomination of manslaughter, as there did not sP;
pear to have been any indication of premeditation. After at
other general remarks, the Learned Recorder remitted
Grand Jury to their several duties.

ADELPHI THEATRE.
The attraction at this theatre last night consisted of a bap'
lesque on Acis and Galatea, which a few nights since' t
brought out at Drury-lane. Transformed so as to suit Adell;
fancies, the classical sentiment of the original gives way en t
Aristephanesque spirit of satiric drollery, which is !To
points was fairly touched off. Scencs, persons, ze 710
the accompanying serenata, share one and all in
absurdities of the •new metamorphosis. The blue-121"-,
Nereid" Galatea, personified in the original by Miss Rolf'
became, in the persoa of Mr. Wright, a whimsical sea-nycoPul
quite unrelated to all our pre-conceived notions of subaque° •
beauties, and who, in her method of love-making so Acis, copes
veyed no indifferent idea of an enamoured sea-calf. Mrs'
P. Grattan, as Acis, was a sprightly imitation, for it scarce;
descended to burlesque, of Miss P. Horton. With her eases
poll, face, and prettiness of manner, she strum,., off the
uth
Sicilian shepherd-boy in an arch and naive style. Cupids n:4
in the refined mythology of the Grecian pastoral, is light-wirr,
as Zephyr, and an aerial sparkler among rose-bowers and D-of
mortals, took on him the form, as enacted by Mr. Wilkinson 0
one of the most buxom monstrosities of earth, thegirth of vrn,..,°
waist, and diameter of whose limbs, were of true Dan Lanl7l,
dimensions. Polyphemus, in the person of Mr. Paul Hedrong
was as jocose a transcript of the Cyclops of Virgil as co
be expected ; and realized the well-known ./Eneid-line 11.
every humourous respect. With regard to the 01 8
characters that figure about the scene, as well as
scenes themselves, the Arcadian refinements of 0„117.4
became converted into the more intelligible ruran'of
which appertain to English customs. The thyrsni 01
the ancient fete became a may-pole dressed out in green's
flowers, and a Jack-in-the-Green, with its accompanica.eni
dancing villagers, took the place of the flower-shows wind, as' "...
corated the old games of Flora. Handel, too, does not es"wo
the prevalence of the burlesque : the " linked sweetneird.
of his octaves, and the depth of his bass, are
ridiculously to vanish into childish pipings, while the passe
of his sublime are noted by the grumblings of the tr 011)...
The verse, dialogue of course, retains so much of the prinzitr`c;
elegance of Theocritus, that instead of suiting the shepherds
of the golden age," it is scarcely fluted for the "ears of the
groundlings." It is advertised in the bills as got up for,„
purpose of bringing the Adelphi season to a prosperous teewit
nation, and though not as happy as Norma we presnd,e,,"
will have the desired effect. There are one or two P°74,..
which on repetitio a, would with advantage be omitted or rat".
gated, one being the repulsive elongation of Acis, after he he:
been dug out from under the rock by which he has beep
crushed by Polyphemus. The piece wz.s announced forre3
tition with applause. It was preceded by the Brea'
Promise of Marriage, which Mrs. Yates, as Lady Eas
acted with ease and truth, and Mr. Wright, as the Attor7l
Dabbleton, with the tact and prevaricative astuteness c0n201.4
to the gentry of p:rchments and codicils. The staple piec.k--'
Jack Sheppard, concluded the entertainments.
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MARKETS.-( YESTERDAY!.) j
CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrivals of the past week were small of Wheat, but ell
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tiderable of Barley and Oats. The fresh supply was re0d,14„..
of Wheat, and good of other Grain. Wheat, if very finer:ie.
ther dearer, and other qualities obtained last week's le"'
Barley very dull and ls. per quarter lower. Beans and
also Is. per quarter cheaper. The Oat trade is for the .pr 0,03
overdone with quantity, and sales are difficult at 16.7; r"::;
quarter below last currency. Flour as last reported.
..,..lit.,,
4 KRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DIMINO LAST w'''""
I Wheat. Barley. oats. Flollt. 0,
,
English
Irish _ 15,092 i SC° 16 Foreign
-- 1 6,269"
rascals 014 BOARD OF HUI'
Wheat,Red (old) -i. —s. Beans, Small (new) 316,4 881,
8.
..-- White (old). ..... --s. -.4. ''''......---... (old
42 ,
....-- Red 184.1) 520 s`is ---- Tick (news 27 214‘"
vs,- . 411 i 4
•-.------ Fine 50's. 635. --- (old) ... ---,-•395,'
-- Superfine 615.66:. --- Harrow (new) ...... 30•41,..
.---..... White (1841) Ms. 595.
------ I.'ine 6Ol 62s Brank
---- Superfine "Os. 725. Oats, Feed.. ..... ... ....8. 06
........
,5,
----Foreign free 564 765. -- New '-‘..5.6' '
lye .38s. 40s. Poland
24)1414
fbarley 265. 32s New
~* Grinding '2ss 28s Potatoe a.
Malting Ms. 355.
Malt 5Es. 60s Scotch 265.26
b
--- Fine New 62.. 64s Irish 14,. )7,•1
... 60s.
Pease, Grey, New 10s. 325. Flour Town (per sack).... .•
. ' o.
Maple New :th. 335. Seconds ?,2s.
4‘..'
White .345. 3Es —........ 14..rth Country ...• —An ' 5
gs.t
-- Boilers 3tis 38s Bran
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SMITHFIELD. tt
The supply of Beasts was good, of Sheep and Pigs shortji-t0.,;
of Calves moderate ; the trade was brisk. Beef, 36 rj
43 831; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 5s to 6s ; Pork, 4s uuth.
6s 6d, Beasts, 2,835 ; Sheep, 19,540 ; Pigs, 419 ; Calvehr-

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PROVISION MARKET.
Butter sells steadily. Fine Dutch at 114 s. to 1161. per 04;0;
and the best Irish 90s. per cwt. Bacon heavy, and prict,4
the decline. Lard dull, at 68s. for the best bladdered. lw-
ddficult of sale.

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