The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,
4,T.S.Visbson, TUESDAY.—The Duke of Wellington
13ti to-day at the Castle un a visit to her Majesty,
62e:queen and Prince Albert walked out this
Tillieon in the Home Park.
Royal Highness Prince Albert drove in a
1111:11 Phaeton to Frogmore, to visit her Royal High-
the Duchess of Kent, who returned with the
Pence to the Castle.
"1r Hearyd Wheatley took his departure from the
34tie to-
Marquis of Ormonde has arrived to succeed
tWant Sydney as the Lord in Waiting on the
een• Captain
pMeynell has also arrived to succeed
41 , ion. Captain Duncinnbe as the Groom in Wait
I?ruher Majesty.
he
and Lady lladdo will have the honour of
lr.l the Royal dinner party at the Castle this
1.1 lig.
oo,er Majesty's private band and the band of the
Guards will be in attendance at the Castle
-41 g. the evening.
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Majesty's Royal bounties were distributed on
lis°tlaY and Tuesday to upwards of 800 poor old
6kciresecl persons residing in and about London, who
4.eeen previously recommended by the Clergy,
Vity, and Gentry, residing in the various parishes.
ihe lie bounty is limited to persons who are above
pki'g'e of 60 years,-and the exception to the rule is
Ae it,
phi. favour of the blind, and those who are afflicted
severe bodily infirmity.
The Royal Gate Alms to 168 persons, each receiv-
ithirteen shillings, were also distributed.
E These bounties were distributed by Joseph Hanby,
4, Secretary and Yeoman of her Majesty's Al-
t, IT, under the immediate orders of his Grace the
AN Archbishop of York, Lord High Almoner.
411 electing of the Ecclesiastical Commission was
Ile Yesterday at the Office in Whitehall-place.
Are, tollowing Commissioners were present :—the
shop of Canterlatry,-the Bishop of London, the
°P of 11'inchesterl the Bishop of Llindaff, Sir
ces Graham, and Sir Herbert Jenner Fust.
c
(3unt Reventlow, the Danish Minister, transacted
cress yesterday at the Foreign. office. His Excel-
also transacted business at the office of the
7 of Trade.
Irr,td Bloomfield transacted business yesterday at
~I,l?rne- office.

' CORONER'S INQUESTS.
4sterday evening Mr. Payne held an inquest on the
';4IY of AN`m. Peters, aged 48, a bricklayer, employed
ki!oolwich Dockyard. It appeared that deceased
414nother workman had been employed on a brick
above which was erected a wooden frame, where
Cral carpenters were at work. They, in fixing a
ktY plank in its proper place, unfortunately let it
o')Ver immediately above the deceased. fie was
ljd to and looked up and saw the danger ; but had
4,tinie to get wholly out of the way, for the plank
C'e down upon his foot, completely smashing it. He
h?‘ immediately carried to the surgery in the dock-
-4I; where his wounds were dressed, and he was af-
4, rds removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where
gutation of the foot was performed. Gangrene
141,4,,wed, and the deased died shortly after his
'lssion. Verdict— deceased died shortly after his
lS5i Verdict—Accidental Death.
ji'mother inquiry was held on the body of Joseph
ektnan, a drayman, in the employment of Mr. Mar-
, the eminent brewer of Lewisham. It appeared
ft he had been delivering some puncheons in Dept-
4, and while staniing behind the dray, one of them
down upon the pavement, knocking him down,
►q breaking his leg in several places. He was con-
kto St. Thomas's Hospital, when the limb was
14(rtated. Deceased did not recover the operation,
died. Verdict—Accidental Death.

L

IVERPouL BANKRUPTC.
I IA COURT.
4f4- .-XRPOOL, SATURDAY.—A case came yesterday
tit're the Court involving some of the most peculiar
hiel'/nstances that have ever been presented to the
141,11 e) and which Mr Commissioner Phillips, before
In the proceedings were exhibited, described as
-' of the most extraordinary, as well as difficult in-
,Zes that ever came before that or any other Court.
kiL.the bankrupt, in this instance, is a person of the
„'7l' of Hall, formerly a grocer at Warrington, and
Stan reputed to have been well educated, and to have
t;ounk religious tendencies. It appears that, in the
Oth of September, 1841, the bankrupt absconded
1,17 'Warrington and was subsequently discovered
b:2ave sailed for 'America, leaving his affairs perfectly
retected, but without any effects available to his
(tors, either from a secret disposition of them prior
leaving, or by some fraudulent negotiations with
ItZt:partieSi for the purpose of keeping the proceeds
0,!1 Ilia creditors. The bankrupt's father-in-law took
to7asion of the books arid has retained them up
iale present inquiry; and -they are stated by the
41.1Krupt himself to be so . mutilated as to be of little
leti") service in making out his balance-sheet, or pre-
' iQ'og even an ordinary Statement of his assets and
i.gations. On the- bankrupt's arrival in America,
ksolicited and obtained an appointment a:. clerk in a
~,ery store, where 'he evinced creditable talents,
tZboth activity and vigilance for the peilod of a
as described by his master in his adver-
jo'bent of the robbery in the different American
httirnals.. On the 19th of June, in the following year,
hi ~bsconcled from the house of his master at Brooklyn,
th:" State of New York, taking with him $4,950,
nioneys of his' employer, in Texian Treasury
tytes and specie of different denominations. It was
4,l),POsed that he had taken the route to Baltimore,
an active pursuit was commenced in that direc-
-0 but although every means was consulted that the
tie't authorities and the most practised assistants could
ibe':lBe, the search proved fruitless, all trace of him
1tt.,41g extinguished for a month or more. Shortly
trwards the bankrupt appears to have had some
fot)ibeetion with a Mr. Montfort, in South Boston,
whom he also absconded, taking with him $1,200
gent money of the State. Mr. Montfort immedi-
-443-• advertised the prisoner, offering a reward of 300
'• for hi 3 apprehension, but without effect. The
Crilllirept contrived to elude the vigilance of the police
fr the United States, and nothing more was heard
n him until information was received that he had
gn seen at his old haunts at Warrington, England.
accusers lost no time in memorialising the United
%tilts' Consulate of the felony, who, with the assist-
h.;a of an intelligent police-officer (Jones), took the
er into custody, seizing at the same time a large
4unt of notes of the Texian Bank, before any mes-
hirraer from the Corirt of Bankruptcy was apprised of
At' return. The bankrupt was brought up before the
egistrates at Warrington, to answer the charge of
Iltt felony preferred against him from his American
dictsoeutors by attorney; but the case was so beset with
eleulties, in consequence of the indeterminate rela-
tha°°3 between the two" countries on the point of arrest,
Shat recourse was had by Col. Aspinwall, the United
th'tas' Consulate, and alsO by Mr. Nicholson, clerk to
alagistrates at Warrington, to Sir J. C raham for ad-
In prosecuting the examination, which proved
`lrnately an affair of so much difficulty as to cause
tenmmendation by
reSir J. Graham of an abandon-,
lent of the cue —a com meadation which was in-
,--atly followed by the release of the prisoner, but
101114 of a restitution of the property, either to the pri-
:.,, ~Aer himself or to the parties deputed by the assignees
Zer his estate for their joint behoof. The bank-
h'igra affairs have now been brought into the New
111striet Court for final hearing, and the bankrupt
,141.erday, for the first time, surrendered himself, the
170 clay having expired, which is the limit prescribed
3P.!laestatute to prevent an oulawry.
-ehe bankrupt stated that he was unable to make
ttu
any balance-sheet, as his books were so much
urn and
mutilated; a summons to produce them upon
I)},t`e bankrupt's next examination was issued in the in-
to be in the possession of the official assignee
Pointed to the estate, which-will be at all times ac-
'ol sible to the prisoner, to facilitate him in the pro-
.:.:ll7eittion of what will be required from him on his
.!t appearance in .Court.
incler the circumstances the Learned Commissioner
,-`9ourned the examination sine die.
CThis case derives considerable interest, as being the
est evidence of the state of the international law
tWeen this country and America.
The money seized from the bankrupt by the police-
beer still remains-in his possession, no order having
oten iven to the messenger to take it for the benefit
the bankrupt's creditors.
Th;

b_ le Earl Fitzwilliam has appointed the Rev. J. .A.
l' auniont, 8.A., F.C.P.S., of Trinity College, Cam-
ege, and curate of Hunslet, Leeds, to be his Lord-
'lfs domestic chaplain.
The trustees of the Bath roads having had the tolls
ea_ their own hands for more than a year since the
'ropletion of the Great Western Railway, have
ttde-
rtisttaine isdon again letting, them. The funds of the
7it said, have not suffered so much by the
csi of travelling as was expected; and that there will
• a considerable sum left for the gradual reduction
,the debt, after paying all the expenses of the roads
-"Q the interest of the debt.
at The Great Western steamer, which is now laid up
~..13ristol, is to make her first voyage for 1843, via
4klatteira, on the 11th of Feb.
DR. JOHN TAiLor.—This individual, so well known
tieconnected.with the late Chartist movement, died on
• 4th inst., in Larne, north of Ireland, at the house
of
his brother-in-law, the Rev. James Smith, rector of
slandmagee.
• i„Beery newspaper published on a Saturday will
11:1 t7:l'e printed fifty-three numbers this year at its close,
be present year having commenced and finished on
4t day ; a circumstance that will not occur again
t),41
,114til 1853.
, • -r,
1.11)ii,,,,._"1ty MEM URE.—The measure when used by the
inrietors of fruit-stalls is different from any other.
.is formed by battering the sides of pewter pots,
:occasionally placing leaves in the bottom. A
made from the bottom of a small candlestick
an the lid of a large saucepan is well adapted to the
"F'.uvags of itinerant vendors.—Puuch.