The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-26 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FA/ix.)
IN RE ORRIDGE.
this insolvent, described as of F..arl.street, Red Lion-square,
ein'osed by Mr. Nicholls on the ground that he described
ire,elf as of no tusiness or employment, yet in two years had
,aetractid eebts to the amount of '2,0001., for which, accord-
rg to the insolvent's own statement, he had not received any
_o.nsideratien or any property to give up. The Learned Coon.
subritted that this statement alone excluded the insolvent
'rote the benefit of an interim order.
arulth. Dusicstx, for the insolvent, contended that as the op..
471e13 crtditor's debt had been incurred on bills discounted on
ge interest of no less than 47 per cent., the insolvent was
net responsible to the opposing creditor.
• The Learned COMMISSIONER said, that he cf u•d not tbn.
:icier the individual conduct of creditors, or whettw: the cons
rt of one had assisted the prospects and htfici d up assertions
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expectancies
tattng persons to keep up appearar.ces, might do so very un-
atentionallv. The Court, however, had not to look to the
%duct rf creditors, but to that of debtors.
I Dusicast said the opposing creditor was a bill broker,
bed insolvent had never misrepresented his expectations to
and he (the creditor) had no right to come in and claim
"n• money advanced on such usurious interest.
'rhe Learned COMMISSIONER paid that facts might arise so
that any person advancing money might meet with punish-
"'
„erit ; but he must hear the case.
beltie insolvent was sworn, and said that up to 1842 le had
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a merchant at Corfu, and since then a clerk in a merean-
tile hoots., at a sal :ay of 250/. a year ; and had on the death
of his father, on expectancies, had incurred the debt. lie,
however. tsad only received 35N., but always expected more.
DUNCAN again submitted that a person coming into
lkuuf I;Otirt to oppose must come with clean hands, and not with
of his having taken 47 per cent.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said, that if people were to
rend on expectancies, and their swearing to their belief,
tete would be no end to fraud. The insolvent was not justi-
-to in making such statements.
Mr. DuNCAN said that the proof of the insolvent believing
(fortune was coming to him, was giving up his situation.
,• The COMNIISSIONER said it was a prof of idleness.
the COMMISSIONER dismissed the petition, with leave to
sly
. for a protectional order on the Bth of February. The
,'vent will be confined in prison until that time.

eItIMINAL COURT—(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
I (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
, Charles Peden, a labourer, aged 39, was convicted of an un-
' nttiral offence upon a child of the age of nine years—and
"kr. Baron PLATT ordered sentence of death to be recorded
itinSt him.
~ FORGERY.---•William Coleman Balls, 55, a printer, was in-
. with feloniously forging a paper writing, purporting to
' receipt for 301., to detraud John Randall and others.
„Ild
ji r. ballantine conducted the case fur the prosecution, and
,tz' O'Brien defended the prisoner.
t•rom the statement of the Learned Counsel for the prosecu-
Lt' ) and the evidence adduced, it appeared that the prisoner
L7obeen the Secretary of the " United Brothers' Birming-
,7, In Provident Society" for five years, and that they deposited
. nair funds with the Finsbury Savings' Bank ; that the society
geld its meetings at the City of London public-house, Sidney-
' 'feet, City-road, and the prisoner, as the secretary, kept and
4(1 access to all the books of the society, among which were
the minute book and the depositors' book, both of which were
!!'fluired to be produced, at the Finsbury Savings' Bank, upon
'lle withdrawal of any portion of the funds of the society. It
if Peared that the prisoner according to the case alleged on the
!lan of the prosecution, by the secretary of the society, applied
Jo the Bank, and gave notice of the withdrawal of the amount
Atted in the indictment, and that' at the expiration of the
notice, the money was received by the prisoner, he forging the
:talus of the trustees to the receipt. The facts of the case
bite
within the last few days been fully given.
Air. O'BRIEN then addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner.
The case, which is the fast for trial at the present session,
, "44, Slot Gncluded when we went to press.

MARLBORO UG H-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY AND RECOVERY
V' THE FROPEREY.—John Clarke, a middle-aged Irishman,
Eio described himself as a labourer, living in Church-street,
r• Giles's, was charged on suspicion of stealing a rosewood
saing-use, containing jewellery of the value of 3001., from
k,llOn.`ie of Sir John Campbell, of No. 39, Curzon-street,
"(417-fair.
It appeared that on Friday afternoon the butler of Sir John
•4. Inpbell arrived from Leith at Blackwall, and hired an om-
tsius to convey the family luggage he had brought with him to
.:14raou.street. , On arriving there, and as the unloading of the
rkisibus was being proceeded with, the prisoner came up and
On to assist, and, as the butler supposed he was one of the
t ti belonging to the carnage, he was permitted to carry diffe-
:n packages into the hall. Amongst the luggage was the
'sing-case in question, which the butler bad himself placed
tithe hall. In about a quarter of an hour afterwards it was
t..l4i"ed, and the prisoner had also taken himself off. As he was
qty along Curzon-street with a package under his arm he
met by the housemaid, who knowing that he had been
'Alaisting in unloading the luggage, a.ked him where be was
'.long to; he replied that he was sent with a message to GI afton-
Zr.ets • and passed on. Information of the robbery
VII in
given at the station-house of the C divi-
Vine-street, Piccadilly, and between eight and nine
is!ltick yesterday evening Sergeants Driscoll arid Miller, ap..
sg_ehen ded the prisoner in the gallery of the Adelphi Theatre.
Z..beinginformed of the nature of the charge against him, he
70ed knowing anything about it, or that he had been in
AZurzon-street, on the evening in question. The constables
e°ing also traced out that the prisoner had taken a box to No.
Pipe-maker's-alley, Bedfoidbury, immediately proceeded
,;• there, and in the front room, on the second Poor, the door of
4(..b.L.14ich was opened by a key found on the prisoner, the dress-
; ,r_g"ease was found, with the whole of the contents excepting a
noch and finger-ring, which the prisoner is supposed to have
Nsposed of, to furnish himself with ready money. The landlady
the house also identified him as being the person who brought
in box there ; he bad but a few days previously hired the
1% The lock of the dressing-case had been forced, and a
It of a patent lock, which had been taken from the inside,
41 found on the prisoner. When taken into custody he bad
, . 6413' la. fid. about him.
tie declined saying anything in his defense, and was re-
.7ttdcd until Tuesday next.

ALLEGED MURDER AT ROTHERIIITHE.—Yester-
: 121 an adjourned inquest was held beforh Mr. C. Carter,
ct.the New-cross Inn, Deptford, on the body of Ellen Tyrell,
'gs'd forty, whose death is supposed to have been occa-
. L'aned by unfair means. A man, named White, is at
custody on suspicion of being concerned in her
death ; but,, although the investigation lasted four hours,
c!), little additional information was elicited tending to
eillpate the anused. The evidence was chiefly confined
endeavouring to prove that he had no scratch or wound
the face on the Wednesday he was with the deceased. On
point, however, the evidence was very contradictory, and it
hid
very doubtful whether he might not have been asleep in the
"I'd of Styles for an hour, as he afterwards went to another
at,
ee and staid drinking for two or three hours on the
:lilt in question. The most important fact was, that
white bonnet had been found under the arches of
the• railway, and was like one she had worn, and her
could no where be found, although the canal
4841 been dragged. The bonnet had evidently been con-
. ceteed 120 yards away from the canal, and the Coroner was of
°Pinion that that was a material fact, and that an adjournment
:tight to take place for its production. The foreman, how-
:ter, thought no good would ensue, unless White could be
• 'raced to have been with the deceased later than he had ad-
-ICitted. The Coroner said the public interest must not be
aserificed to save &little trouble. The Court was then cleared
cf strangers, and after about half an hour's deliberation the
laquiry was adjourned till Friday afternoon at three o'clock.
EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—MANCHESTER, MON.
141-.—On Friday last a most extensive case of embezzlement
tame to the knowledge of the police of this town. It appears
that a person named Isaac Andertoon was in the employ of Mr.
t. J. Moller, a very extensive foreign merchant, carrying on
business at No. 9, Marble-street, as clerk and salesman, and
had, as far as could be seen, conducted himself to the satisfac-
'Mir of his employer. Mr. Moller carried on a very large busi-
"leas, and placed the utmost confidence in Andertoon. On Satur-
day week he asked leave of absence for a day or two to visit his
friends at Clitheroe, which was readily granted. He left
Manchester on that day, and has nut since been heard
cf• His absence created no suspicion until Wednes-
day, when on inquiry it was discovered that he had
taken with him a very large sum of ntoliey and a
vquantity of fu-tian goods. Immediately on this discovery
ing made, information was given to the pollee, and a
thorough investigation instituted, and up to this time a defi-
ciency in money alone to upwards of 4,000/. has been dis-
covered, besides a large quantity of goods, tie value of which
has not yet been ascertained. It is also believed that the de-
: heiettey of money known to have been embezzled falls far short
cf the total amount with which he has absconded. Yesterday
Morning a placard was issued by the police offering a reward
af 50/. for his apprehension, but up to this time no trace has
t
een obtained to his place of retreat. It is thought he sailed
14Y the Caledonia from Liverpool to the United States on Tues-
uty last. He is described as being " about forty-five or fifty
Sears of age, five feet nine inches high, proportionately made,
and of ruddy complexion." It has been known to the police
tir some time that he frequented one of the gaming-houses of
'his town, where such large sums of money are won and lost on
horse-racing. It has also come to their knowledge that he has
been shipping goods to America on his own account, and that
he
-has done an extensive business for some time past.
TAILORS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.--Yesterday
the half-yearly meeting of the supporters of the Institution for
lhrelief of aged and infirm journeymen tailors, was held at
Freemasons' Tavern ; Mr. Adenay in the chair. The re-
Port,of the Committee stated that the funded capital had now
reached the sum of 12,081/. and that there are seventy-three
'Pensioners depending upon ;hem for support in the new asylum
at Haversteck Hill. At the last anniversary dinner of the
rasters, 799/. was added to the funds, and at the journeymen's,
, 201. Two of the pensioners had died since the last meeting,
but the health of the inmates of the asylum was generally good,
and the conduct of all was characterised by order andregularity.
On the motion of Mr. Roll hr, seconded by Mr. Prior, the re-
tort Was adopted, after which two additional pensioners were
ailed for, and the meeting separated.
SERIOUS CARRIAGE ACClDENT.—Yesterdny after-
boon, between two and three o'clock, a serious accident
°centred to Stephen Walker, a coachman in the service of
Braithwaite, Esq., a gentleman residing in Seymour-street,
Tryanston-square. Walker bad been desired to have the
carriage in readiness at three o'clock, and in driving through
'Lie yard where the horses are at livery, he incautiously
neglected to lower his head whilst passing under the gateway,
aid in consequence he was precipi'ated from the box with con-
a:derable violence. He was immediately picked up in an in-
sensible state (the wheels of the carriage havirg gone over
him), and was conveyed without delay into the house of a
surgeon, when it was ascertained that Walker had received a
severe concussion of the brain, in addition to inward injuries
of an alarming description, which leaves but slight hopes of his
reeqvery.
,AACCIDENT ON TUE LONDON AND BRIGHTON
lA•vr Av.— On Sunday there were nearly 2,000 visitors to
Brighton from the metropolis by the excursion trains. One of
these trains arrived from London at nine o'clock, and after the
!,'savengers had alighted, the engine came up for the purpose of
'removing the carriages to make room
he fore for the next train. A
21,e from the engine was affixed to he carriage, and
' Ridley, man named Robert a porter in the Company's em-
Ploy, seated himself on the buffers of the carriage to remove
ltoh.e. rope when necessary. While doing so, however, he either
his hold or was dragged by the rope cn to the line, and the
1:;:titd•
eo. f the carriages passed over one of his legs. He was
lately removed to the hospital, where he now lies in a
Precarious state.
_r-r lIE POTATO CROP.--We us derStand Unit in
o!ato
Several. parts of this country a sort of blight has attacked the
crops, and in same instances completely destroyed whole
"la of them in a few hours. The blight, it appears, first
Whets
, the leaves, whence it proceeds to the stems, and finally
La.
the roots, rendering the tubers quite unfit for food either for
or beast. Ferns the aec Lunts we find in the public papers,
thi s
calamity is not confined to Cornuall but extends throuoh-
d --•.,
stri6lts oor. the kingdo
—Devonport Independent.m, affording a melancholy prospect for tlnsrlin-
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