The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY ii, 1842

took the flannel shirt off my back himself, and sent for
those of the officers. On the 26th of February we
heard that Da Souza had settled with him to leave i❑
a few days by promising a large sum of money. He
now would not see us, and engaged men to strike me
amongst the Lascars, and who were ordered not to supply
us with wood and water. I accidentally met him, when he
said he had heard the boats would be ready in a few days,
and we should all be sent to Singapore. He
demanded what present I intended making him ? I
again mentioned the jewel-box, &c. At this he was
vexed, and said I must consider that, and all we had
brought here, as burnt in the ship, and our lives would
have been lost also if he had not given them us. I offered
him 300 dollars, being convinced he would not allow us
to leave without some fresh inducement, at which he
laughed in my face. Pangeran Eusof now returned after
an absence of 45 days instead of 15. We immediately
called on him, but were received without civility. He
said the Sultan would do as he pleased, and the prows
would leave the next moon for all that he knew. The
Sultan now sent for Mrs. Page's wedding ring, observ-
ing that the English custom was the same as theirs, not
to take it off the finger, but that was nothing to him ;
he wanted it. It was sent him on the following day,
when he told me he did not care whether I was angry,
about the ring or not, and that he would make me an-
swerable for my wife's acts. Our means of procuring
food were now stopped altogether. I demanded what
be in'ended doing with us. He replied, he had give❑
us our lives, and wanted his present, but would not say
how much. I offered 2,000 dollars for all, but he
would not allow me to mention the Lascars, and di-
rected me to sigu documents to the amount of 2,750
dollars for the officers and myself, and he would send
to Singapore for the money.
We mentioned to Pangeran Eusof we had no food,
when he laughei, but made no reply. I then told
him if ho would supply us with provisions and use his
influence to procure us a passage we would make him a
present of 1,000 dollars, at which he promised to speak
iu our favour to the Sultan, and said if we would make
him our friend that he did not want the 1,000 dollars ;
all ho wished was to assist poor men in distress, but we
must promise to give all the money we sent for into his
hands, and he would take care of us until one of our
party returned from Singapore with it, and we had better
send for all the funds we could raise, and he would pre.
cure merchandise for them, and insure me a large profit.
The following morning he requested me to write a list
of upwards of 1,000 Spanish dollars' worth of articles,
which he gave Mr. Gill instructions to bring as his pre-
sent, informing me that we must pay besides for all we had
from him ; and on the 30th of March we took up our
abode in an outbuilding close to his house. Mrs. Page
was confined the night after, and all went well with
her, notwithstanding her wretched situation.
The Sultan now ordered us to make all the Rajahs
presents, and we were obliged to give notes to the
amount of 2,500 dollars. The prows were to sail in
four days, but did not leave until the 23d of May,
when they took Mr. Gill, Miss and Mr. da Souza,
and three native servants, we being detained as
hostages. Pangeran Eusot'a brother, Pangeran Yacob,
informed us the Sultan had sold us to Pangeran Eusof ;
this we heard from all quarters. About this time a
teak-built vessel of 30 tons or thereabouts arrived, jury-
rigged, which the Malays said the pirates had given them
for 19 dollars. She had been a cutter and probably a
Dutch trader or gun-boat. Pangeran Eusof allowed us
sufficient to procure food, rupees per day, and was
kind in sending Mrs. Page tea, &c., and sold us some
cloth for a change of clothes. They now commenced
building what they called forts ; several prows were con-
verted into gunboats, and their conversation was ge-
nerally about fighting white men. On the nlJth of
July we saw our boat burnt for the iron work. On the
sth of August an English schooner was reported to
have anchored in the roads. All our Lascars were sent
out of the way and closely guarded, and the entire
force of Borneo went to the river's entrance, as we
feared, to cur her off. On the 9th Pangerau Eusof
returned and told us the schooner had come to trade,
but on being questioned he admitted she had demanded
us, but the Sultan had decided not to let us go
until his prows and the money arrived from Singa-
pore, even if ten ships should be sent. Many of the
Malays had told us that if their people were detained by
the English Government they would murder every Eu-
ropean they could get bold of, and that the Sultan now
regretted that he did not kill us in the first instance.
Pangeran Eusof had expressed himself much pleased
at the manner in which the Sultan had acted, and
informed me the prows Mr. Gill went in were
dismasted, and blockaded by pirates. He desired me
to write to Singapore, and he would send the letter
by one of his prows, to say that we were deter-
mined not to leave until a ship was sent for us, as we
feared the pirates, and that the schooner, which now
proved to be the Royalist, nobly sent by Mr.
Brooke from Serawak for us, was too small. I ad-
vised him to persuade the Sultan to let U 3 depart in
the prow, as we did not fear pirates, and he might send
a person with us to settle accounts, but I positively re-
fused to write, as the Singapore authorities would now
certainly know our situation. He asked me if I had
written to Mr. Gill for ships of war, but he observed,
" I don't care whether you have or not, as it will be the
worse for yourselves, as our forts are now all ready, and
we don't fear them. On the 25th, 18 of the crew who
were in the cutter arrived from Maludu, which place
they reached two days after we lost sight of them ;
9 of that party died from eating oysters and green
mangoes on landing, and 19 are still near Maludu,
which, with those who were in the long-boat, account fur
all that were on board the Sultana. They brought a
report of an European lady being near there, whose
husband, along with the officers of the ship, was killed
by the Rajah 15 years since. She attempted to destroy
herself at their death, but was prevented by the Rajah,
by whom she is said to have a family. She begged the
Lascars to inform the English of her wretched situation,
but as they only saw her they learned no further parti-
culars. On the 2d of September we heard that seven
ships were in the roads, and two steam-vessels " like
mountains." All their force were dispatched to the
forts, and I was told that it was all my fault, and I had
sent for them. Extra guards were placed over us, and
they said if a Malay was killed it would be bad for me.
Oa the 3d a boat arrived from the Hon. Company's
steam-vessel Diana, with Pangeran Eusof, who ordered
me immediately to go to the vessel, as the captain
wanted to see me alone. I positively refused to leave
without the rest of our party, and alter a good deal of
palaver we started from Borneo, accompanied by Pan-
geran Eusof, and arrived on board the Diana two hours
afterwards. We found her the only vessel, and that she
had been sent by the Singapore authorities. She was
at anchor within gun shot of their absurd and harmless
forts, and to the gallant manner in which Captain Con-
gleton stood up the river I entirely attribute his success.
We heard, to our very deep regret that the prow
Messrs. Gill and the Da Souzas went in was not forth-
coming, although a gun-boat had been sent by the Singa-
pore authorities in search of her. Captain Congleton
with much difficulty procured all the people who arrived
in Borneo in the long-boar, and nine of those that came
from Maludu, so there arc now in Borneo nine of the
Sultana's crew. Messrs. Zachariah and Co. have sent a

brig in search of the prow, and to their exertions we are
particularly indebted. We have received the most

generous kindness from Captain Congleton and all on

board the Diana.

THE LATE SHIP SULTANA'S CREW AND PASSENGERS.

Left Borneo in the Hon. Company's steam•vessel
Diana, on.the 7th of September—Mrs. Page and infant,
Mr. Page, Mr. Alexander Young, ship Nakhoda and
Craney, Mr. Anderson, Andrew Goise, and 37 natives.
Left Borneo on the 23d of May in a prow for Singapore
—Miss Da Souza, Mr. Da Souza, Mr. G. H. W. Gill,
and three native servants.

Nine Lascars in Borneo, 19 men at Maludu,
,and
nine dead.—Total number on board the. Sultana, 87.

fCHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
—(From a Correspondent.)—We understand that it is
now definitely settled that the solemn and imposing cere-
mony of christening the Heir Apparent to the British
Throne is to take place in St. George's Chapel, Windsor,
on Wednesday, the 26th inst.
Sir George Clerk, Sir Thomas Fremantle, and
Mr. Bonham, had long interviews with Sir James Gra-
ham yesterday, at the Home-office.
DEATH OF LADY EHNE.—We regret to an-
nounce the death of the Countess of Erne, mother to
Lady Wharnclitle, and grandmother to the Hon. J. S.
Wortley, M.P. for Yorkshire. Her Ladyship. expired at
Hampton Court Palace, this morning, at three o'clock,
after a somewhat short • but severe illness. The late
Countess was widow of the first Earl of Erne, of Crum
Castle, county of Fermanagh, by whom she had several
children who survive her. Lady Erne was one of the
Ladies, of. the Bedchamber for several years to Queen
Charlotte,: and on the death of George 111. had apart-
ments assigned to her in Hampton Court Palace, which
she occupied until the time of her decease.
•
FATAL ACCIDENT.—At a quarter past four
o'clock on Sunday evening Henry Woolin, aged 21 years,
apprentice to Mr. Scott, No. 4, Pearson-street, Kings-
land-road, and Frederick Atkins, aged 17, of Cornwallis-
court, Curtain-road, were walking on the ice in Bunker's
pond, Hackney-road, when both fell in, and were dragged
out and conveyed to the Carpenter's Arms, Anne's-
place, Pritchard-road. They were attended by Mr. Ten-
nison, of Hackney-road, and every effort to restore ani-
mation was tried, but with regard to one of them, H.
Woolin, without success. The body lies at the Car-
penter's Arms to await a Coroner's inquest.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—WhiIst the wife
of Charles Devonport,' moulder, of Cyfarthfa Iron Works,
went to the shop on Monday morninglast, she left two chil-
dren in bed; when on her return, without being absent very
long, the first spectacle she beheld was a fine, intelligent
'boy of five years of age, almost burnt to a cinder. It is
easier to conjecture than' to describe her feelings at such
a sight. An inquest was held on the body before Wm.
Davies, Esq., Coroner, when a verdict was returned ac-
cordingly. Here is another warning to parents. We
would strongly recommend families where there are chil-
dren, to have guards to prevent them from going too near
the consuming element.— S iluria n.
The statement that the Duke of Bedford has
disposed of property near Covent Garden, for land in
the Regent's Park, is an erroneous one. No such trans-
action ha,s taken place or been contemplated.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 17.—N0 progress has been
made in the Jerusalem church affair. • Mr. Bankhead
being fully aware of the impediments encountered by
his predecessor, has, according to public report, left the
renewal of these negotiations to Sir C. Canning. If the
object be desirable, it is to be hoped that his Excellency
will succeed ; but in truth it is difficult to comprehend
the utility of appointing a Bishop, and of erecting
church, where there is no flock, or prospect of a flock ;
or at all events where the congregation will be restricted
to successive Consular agents, or to some half dozen
casual English travellers. These latter will, doubtless,
dine with the worthy Bishop, and bleat over his Leban
wine, es becomes lambs of the true fold ; but they will
expend all their superfluous " circular notes" in the pur-
chase of Catholic relics, and return home with rheuma-
tisms " caught" in the empty Anglo-Prussian church at
Jerusalem.
Fine figures would Lord Ashley and Sir H. Inglis
cut if, after a journey to the Holy Land, they re-ap-
peared at home on crutches—not from bullets picked up
in the victory that would infallibly have been gained
over Ibrahim Fuchs, had not Commodore Napier im-
mortalised himself by his diplomatic triumph at Alex-
andria—but from sitting in a damp, tenantless church of
their own architecture.
Principle apart, what great religious or political ob-
ject can be gained ? If the purport be political, then it
is profane and jesuitical, and we should he guilty of the
very duplicity which we condemn in the French. Then
as to proselytism there Can be little hope of such an
issue amidst the prejudices, bigotry, ind intrigue, and
fanatic malevolence to which the new foundation will
be exposed. The Church may be planted, well tended.
and well guarded, but as for flourishing, that cannot be
expected by the most sanguine.
However, as it would be the climax of absurdity to
maintain a Bishop without a Church, and as it is requi-
site for consistency's sake that the negotiation should be
revived, the Church must be sent, as soon as possible,
to shelter the pastor, thus reversing the old story of
Mehemet, who finding the mountain somewhat adverse
to locomotion, jumped on his camel and trotted off to
say Namez on the mountain.
The Turks, they say, are all ill-disposed towards
Christians. If this be true, there is apparently little love
lost. For all Christiana, especially French Christians,
according to the French Press, which by the bye has no
fixed creed, moral or political, most cordially hate all
Turks. But Turkish animosity towards unbelievers of
all denominations, is tenderness when compared with
the bitter aversion of the Latin and Greek Church, at
Jerusalem, against Protestant heretics. The official
establishment of a new Church—new at least legally
speaking—may be a cause for union between Catho-
lics, Greeks, Armenians, and schismatics ; but it will
be the signal for interminable and rancorous hostilities
against the, so called, intruders. This, however, may
be an additional motive for losing no time in furnishing
the Bishop with a fortress wherein to defend himself.
The mere fact, also, of the first Protestant Bishop
not being an original Christian will operate unfavour-
ably. This observation is made with profound defer-
ence for the Bishop's personal merits, and with equal
respect for the liberal sentiments of those who selected
him. But the fact will be disadvantageous to him as a
preacher and converter. It will diminish the respect
of bigoted Christians, and increase the hatred of Israel-
ites and Turks. Thus, in lieu of his being held up as
an example worthy of imitation, this antecedent wiil be
employed as a term of reproach. The Bishop's piety,
learning, and acknowledged virtues will be feeble bar-
riers against the crafty malice and ignorant superstition
of a jealous and rapacious priestcraft ; and whilst he is
solely occupied with the duties of his sacred mission,
they will be constantly engaged in seeking, by every
possible religious intrigue and political cabal, to bestrew
his path with thorns. Sooner than the Bishop should
undergo this species of martyrdom, we wish him, not at
Jericho, but at Durham, Winchester, or any other
good bishopric not in partibus infidelium.
But the question is not whether the Bishop will be
well or ill received, but whether he will have a roof
under which he may receive his limited Anglo-Prussic
flock. Capitulations have been ransacked; Dragomen
have passed sleepless nights in hunting for precedents ;
equitable arguments and diplomatic subtleties have
been exhausted ; but your Ullemah is a sturdy caitiff, a
mixture of crocodile and tortoise, and unless Sir S.
Canning is prepared to discover a loop-hole in the shell
of the Koran, or to crack a vertebra of the restrictive
Fetwahs, it is highly problematical whether his Excel-
lency will succeed i❑ adding this pious victory to his
previous diplomatic triumphs.
In the meanwhile, in addition to the change already
operated in the Ministry, by the re-annexation of the
department of commerce to that of customs under one
director-general, Tahir Bey, agent to the Validi, it is
intended to abolish all the mouhassils (a kind of sub.
prefect), who were appointed according to the plan in-
troduced by Reschid Pacha. From early times down
to the period when this innovation, which has proved
detrimental both to government and contributors, was
introduced, the mode of levying the direct taxes was a
system of farms, somewhat similar to that in vogue dur-
ing the existence of the French fermiers generaux.
That is to say, the resources of each district and sub-
district in the different pachalics having been calculated
approximatively, upon returns furnished by the different
ayes (mayors—literally eyes), the receive ships were
privately bargained for the paellas, or put up to public
auction in the presence of the divan or council attached
to each provincial Government. The purchaser, after
deducting provincial expenses from the amount offered,
paid the surplus to the Government, and was permitted
to levy the taxes in the manner best suited to his own
interests, and this without control as to the amount. The
result not only was, that the farmers committed the most
illegal and oppressive exactions on the people, who paid
double or treble the amount received by Government, but
that the pachas became the monopolists of all the farms,
and generally paid to the State only two-thirds of the
real amount which their district was enabled to produce.
For, in the event of their not being able to conclude a
satisfactory private bargain, and their iltezam being
put up to public auction in their presence, no man
dared to bid beyond a certain price, lest he should in-
cur the wrath of the Pacha. Whereupon the latter
forwarded the highest " bid" to the Minister of Finance,
and, as a proof of disinterestedness, usually added an
offer of a few thousand piastres, which was of course ac-
cepted, and thus, as before said, the Government was
pitilessly defrauded, under the mask of the most perfect
legality. The only benefit in this plan was that the
Government pretty well knew how much it would re-
ceive, no matter how small. However, in order to da
away with this system of malversation, and to increase
the revenues of the State, whilst it diminished the bur-
dens of the people, a cadastral return was ordered to be
made by all the mayors of the capabilities of their can-
tons, and a fixed standard of taxation determined upon,
beyond which they were not required to pay a single
piastre. Forced contributions and exactions were
strictly forbidden ; the Pachas received regular salaries,
according to the magnitude of their commands, and
the niouhassils (uniting the functions of district magis-
trates and inspectors of revenue) were appointed to pre-
side over the receipts, which were paid into the hands
of the Deftedar (treasurer and accountant). All dis-
bursements, civil and milit try, for local and provincia
purposes, were paid by the latter, by order of the moo
hassils, and the remainder was forwarded to the Trete
sury.

This system promised to act well, and if honestly car-
ried into execution would have been advantageous to
the state, and beneficial to the people. In the imme-
diate vicinity of the capital,the system produced the de-
sired effect, but in the, distant provinces it proved worse
even that the old mode of collection. Instead of one
great robber—the Pacha—there were as many plun-
derers as monhassils, and these added to their numbers
the Pachas and defterdars, whose silence they were
obliged to purchase by enormous bribes, So in the end
the people were doubly fleeced, the Government doubly,
plupdered, and the.Pachas discontented. It was diQr

cult to select between,two evils, the old or new system,
but as under both the people were plundered, the Go-

♦ernrent has determined to return to that which at

leabt secured theMselves. It' fiai therefore been re-
solved to abolish the mouhassiliks, and to farm the re-
venues to the Pachas, not' as formerly by auction, but
according to the taxation returns, which are in the pos-
session of the finance department. The Paella, upon
nomination, will be obliged to pay a certain number of
purses to Government, and he will then be at liberty to
levy the taxes and collect the revenues, according to the
returns furnished to him by the Mayors, and reimburse
himself in this manner for the sums paid to the treasury.
This, of course, will lead to abuses, but at all events the
Government will be assured of receiving a fixed sum,
upon which it may calculate its expenses. This is a
very imperfect account of the institution, but may serve
to give an idea of the past and projected systems.
It appears that the dismissal of Ali Effendi, Under-
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has been re-
scinded. He continues to bold office, and Nouri and
Sarim Effendis are appointed members of the Council.
Ali Effendi's amiable and polite manners and perfect
knowledge of the French language have rendered him a
favourite with the whole diplomatic corps ; his continu:,
tion in office has therefore given
general satisfaction,
Four out of the fire line-of-battle ships and three fri-
gates are already equipped, and the remainder of the
squadron destined in case of need to be employed upon
the coasts of Greece and Albania will be ready in the
course of a month. The crews are completed, and are
daily exercised in the harbour. Regiments of redif
(militia) continue to arrive daily from Asia Minor to
supply the place of the corps
that are directed upon
Adrianople and Sofia. : The Austrian frigate Venere,
after removing her artillery and stores on board the
three-decker, Fevziete, in the outer harbour, has gone
into dock to be hove down and repaired. Admiral
Bandeira continues to reside at the Austrian palace
until his vessel is refitted. The Talbot (Captain Stop-
ford), the Austrian and French brigs, Monticuculi and
Bougainville, are moored near the shore, opposite
Tophaue ; a Russian schooner and war-steatner
are anchored on, the opposite side, near the
celebrated Ynli (bank side) Kiosk. Major Farrant
t recently- arrived from Tabriz with • despatches frOm

Persia, will continue bis route via Malta, and
thence by the Oriental to England, this afternoon.
The despatches brought by Major Parrant, who has
been compelled to perform quaramtine, have already
been forwarded to the Government. They are said
to be of no great importance. Sir S. Canning is ex.
pected here in about ten days. His arrival is looked
forward to with anxiety by his colleagues and by the
Turkish Government.

ZachariaTacha is expected every day to take cam-
mend of the army of observation in Roumelia. It ap-
pears that the destination of Yacoub Pacha has been
changed, and that he will proceed to replace Said
Pacha at Aid in. Mr. Fellowes, accompanied by the
Rev. Mr. Daniel, Las left Smyrna in the Beacon.
Being in possession of the necessary firman, obtained
for him by. Mr. Bankhead, he will be able to prosecute
his researches in Syria, and to enrich the British Mu-
scum with several interesting antiquities already dis-
covered. It is curious that the ruins discovered by
Mr. Fellowes should have escaped the notice of the
French Commission which was sent, some time past, to
explore various part; of Ask Minor for the same pur-
pose. This commission returned .home without mak-
ing any important discoveries or additions to the royal
collection.

The French Government steamer was again forty.
eight hours of er her time. The inefficiency of these
vessels to perform their passage with regularity, except
in modera•e wewher, is constantly proved by the delays
that take place in their arrival. The French man•of-
war steamer Veloce has this instant entered the port
(1 rx.), having on board M. de 13 iurqueney. The
batteries and guns of the shipping are firing the cus-
tomary salutes.

LAW INTELLIGEN CE.
SHERIFFS' COURT, Jan. 10. ,
THE QUEEN V. THE LATE THEODORE HOOK.

The Court sat specially yesterday for the purpose of
executing a writ of extent which had been sued out at
the instance of the Crown, to inquire what proporty the
late Theodore Hook was possessed of and entitled to at
the time of his death.

Mr. Carpenter Rowe, the Barrister, attended on beha]
of the Crown.

Mr. ROWE stated that this was a case of a peculiar
nature, and he would state the facts as shortly as he
could to the Jury. They were probably aware that Mr.
Theodore Hook had been a man of considerable wealth,
and was celebrated in literature. In the year 1813 he
obtained an appointment under the Government in the
Mauritius, and continued to fill his office until 1818,
when it was found there was a certain deficiency in his
accounts, and he was found to be indebted to the Crown
in the sum of 12,5851. 14s. 6d., and a Commission re-
turned Mr. Hook as a debtor to the Treasury in that
amount. At the time that Mr. Hook's defalcations
were discovered, the Crown issued an extent against him;
but in 1825, upon petition of himself and some friends, it
was superseded. In the autumn of last year Mr.
Hook died, and therefore it now became necessary
to proceed again. The two main questions for the
Jury would be, first, when did Mr. Hook die,
and, secondly, what property was he entitled to, and
debts due to him, at the time of his death ? It would
be shown that he had a house of furniture at -Fulham
when he died, and that a portion of it had been sold and
applied in payment of servants' wages, and of the fune-
ral expenses ; but the most valuable part had been:sent
to Mr. George Robins to be submitted to the hammer.
The Crown, previous, to the sale, made a formal seizure,
through Mr. Hemp, the Sheriff's officer ; but did not
interfere with the auction, as it was thought that any in-
terference might prevent the sale from going on so well.
Mr. Hook, it appeared, left a will behind him ; but did
not name any executors in it. However, Mr. Broderick
had taken out letters of administration, and the produce
of the sale had been paid over to that gentleman, who
had converted the money into Exchequer bills. There
was no doubt, therefore, that the Crown would be entitled
to this money. About 1820 Mr. Hook became acquainted
with some gentlemen who were carrying on the John
Bull newspaper, a very valuable property, and eventually
he became entitled to one-fourth share, and also a
quarter share of the type and other articles upon the
premises, and the leasehold where the publication was
carried on. He was, in addition, appointed Editor of the
John Bull, at a salary of 5001. per year. Here
their inquiry might have ended ; but a Mr. Joel Ed-
wards had sent in an account between himself and Mr.
Hook, in which he debits himself with several items re-
ceived on Hook's account from the proprietors of the
John Bull, and amongst others there is a sum of 2,0031.
It would transpire that in 1831, Mr. Hook being in diffi-
culties, borrowed 3,0001. from Mr. Joel Edwards, and the
former entered into an agreement to assign his share
in the John Bull to the latter gentleman by way of
security, and further covenanted to insure his life for
2,000/. In 1834 Mr. Hook borrowed a further sum of

1,0001., and having failed to perform 'his covenant by in-
suring his life, Mr. Edwards did so for him to the amount
of 4,0001. in the Rock Insurance Office, and continued
to pay the premium from time to time out of a sum of
4001. per year which he received from the John Bull
office upon the order of Mr. Hook. Now he (Mr. Rowe)
contended that Mr. Edwards was acting in the character
of a trustee of Mr. Hook, and that the Crown was,
therefore, entitled to that portion of Mr. Hook's property
at his death. The Crown was not desirous of acting
harshly towards Mr. Edwards, but it was understood that
Mr. Edwards had received 4,0001. in hard cash from the
Rock-office, and instead of applying it in paying off the
mortgage on Mr. Hook's interest in the John Bull, he had
appropriated it to the liquidation of some bill transac-
tions, which he alleged had likewise taken place between
them, and which were all of a subsequent date to the
mortgage. The Crown, as he had before said, was
anxious to do justice ; but if Mr. Edwards insisted upon
the course he had adopted, the Crown would take the
high ground of asserting its priority of claim, and the'
mortgage deed would be thereby rendered as useless as
a piece of waste paper.
Several witnesses were examined, who spoke in corro-
boration of the circumstances mentioned above,and finally
Mr. Joel Edwards, of Hanover-street, Hanover-square,
gave an explanation of his conduct respecting the sum
in question, by deposing that he insured Mr. Hook's life
in the Rock-office for 4,0001., and had been in the habit
of receiving 4001. per year from the John Bull office, by
Mr. Hook's order, for some time past. He appropriated
the 400/. towards liquidating bills from time to time,
which Mr. Hook gave him for money advanced. Wit-
ness had received the 4,0001. from the Rock-office. The
sum of 2,000/. charged in his balance sheet to the credit
of Mr. Hook, was received from him at different times as
a portion of the 4,000/. Witness did not pay the whole
of the premium upon the insurance out of the 4001. re-
ceived from the John Bull, but only the premium upon
2.000/., the amount Mr. Hook had covenanted to insure
for under the mortgage and assignment. The remainder
of the 400!. was carried to Mr. Hook's account, in liqui-
dation of the principal and interest due to witness. Mr.
Hook altogether owed him (Mr. Edwards) 8,0001. at the
time of his death, and in simple words, he had applied
the 4,0001. towards liquidating that amount. The witness
having undergone a lengthy examination,
Mr. HopiuNsoN addressed the Court on behalf of Mr.
Edwards, and contended that he was justified in what
he had done, and after considerable discussion, the Jury
returned a verdict, setting forth the facts as they ap-
peared in evidence, and leaving the parties to contest the
matter hereafter in the Court of Exchequer.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 10.
IN THE MATTER OF GEORGE HINLEY.

This day was fixed for the adjourned examination of
the bankrupt, who was described as an " auctioneer, of
Surrey-street, Strand," but who was, in fact, a " loan
agent to a considerable extent; and the public must judge
for themselves as to the sufferings of a variety of all
classes of creditors, who trusted in receiving an extra-
ordinary rate of interest, when they now find that they
should have little or nothing to receive for their invest-
ments.

Two witnesses, of the names of Jervis and Dickensori,
were, it appeared, necessary to be summoned as wit-
nesses in this case, but the messenger in vain sought to
discover their place of residence, and the result was, al-
though extraordinary disclosures were expected of neces-
sity to come out, that the further hearing was adjourned.

EVSOLVENT,DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 10.
IN RE W)I. STEWART MORGAN.
Tlip insolvent in this case described himself as a lite-
rau,wrii,er, and was opposed by Mr. WOODROFFE, on
lighalfo,l-lenry Chute, the proprietor of the Cambrian
Caffeci-house, Russell-street, Covent-garden.
lit appeared that the insolvent, his wife, four children,
and a•female friend, had taken up their abode at the
house of the opposing creditor, where a bill was run up,
which the defendant was unable to pay.
Several other debts having been read from his balance
sheet,
Mr. Commissioner BOWEN said he considered that the
insolvent had contracted the debt with Mr. Chute with-
out any reasonable expectation of paying it. As he had
been already three months in prison, the judgment of the
Court was, that he be further confined for seven months.
IN RE JOHN PETER HOLLOWAY.
This insolvent, who was a very aged and infirm man,
appeared on his petition to be discharged.
His liabilities were very large, and he was examined
at great length by Mr. WOODROFFE, regardinc, certain
chattels which he had given to a person named Smart,
and the disposal of a policy of insurance effected upon
his own life for 1,500/
The Learned COMMISSIONER said, in the present state
of the case, he should order it to stand over for a few
days.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
There appeared in The Snn yesterday an account of
the eccentric doings of a person who on Saturday last
represented himself as Sir Thomas Sibley, Bart., and a
member of the Reform Club. On that occasion he
charged a gentleman of the name of Wyatt with assault-
ing him ; the charge was, however, dismissed by Mr.
Hardwick, the then sitting Magistrate. No. sin the list
of charges was one against the same individual, preferred
by an unfortunate girl of the name of Chebley, for vio-
lently assaulting her.
Inspectors Jarvis—Since that it was necessary he
should state to the worthy Magistrate that the de-
fendant in this case was a person who had' been
bailed out on, the previous night, and who had not
appeared to answer the charge preferred against him,
neither had his bail made their appearance. There
was no doubt that the gentleman was insane.
While the Inspector was making his statement, a gen-
tleman entered the Court, and stated that he was the ,
person who had bailed the pretended Baronet, whose
real name was Thomas Selby ; he stated that the gen-
tleman, who is possessed of estates in the West Indies to
the amount of nearly 80,0001. per annum, is most de-
cidedly 'insane, and handed at the same time a certificate,
signed .by a surgeon of the name of Andrews, to Mr..„