The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-28 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 26.

IN RE HENRY SAUNDERS.
The insolvent is this case had been a boot and shoe-maker in
Shoe-lane, Fleet7street, and subsequently carried on the same
business in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. He was opposed
in person by several wholesale boot and shoemakers, from
whom he had obtained a large quantity of goods. His petition
to be discharged was supported by Mr. Cooke, and opposed by
Mr. Nicholls, on behalf of a person named Simpson, who was
the plaintiff in an action for damages against the insolvent.
All the money now available to his creditors did not amount
to 51., whilst his debts were Bove 990/.

Mr. Burdon said he was a wholesale ladies' boot-Maker, and
the insolvent being recommended to him by a person named
Clarke, he let him have a quantity of goods for which he ro.
ceived a bill of eachancrbe, and when it became due he found
the acceror of it to be confined in the Fleet prison, and the
endorser in Whitecross-street.

In reply to the Court, the witness said shortly after the in-
solvent got possession of the goods, he found out that he had
passed through this Court in the years 1836 and 1840 ; so
that this was his third appearance to take the benefit of the Act.
Mr. Harwood, of Fore-street, said the insolvent got a quan-
tity of boots and shoes from him, on the representation that a
person named Gadson was his (the insolvent's) brother-in-law,
and would he security for the amount of the goods received.
The insolvent was examined by Mr. Harwood to establish
the fact of having made his (Mr. Harwood's) foreman drunk,
for the purpose of taking away the goods, and also to show that
he had afterwards offered them far sale at a price very much
below the trade price.
The insolvent denied such to be the case.
Several of the creditors having opposed the discharge for
having obtained similar goods by false representations,
Mr. Nicaots stated the facts out of which his client's claim
against the insolvent arose. Mr. Simpson went on the 7th
of June last, accompanied by a person named Hughes, to the
insolvent's premises, in Shoe-lane, on business, when he was
given into custody of a policeman, and taken to the
station-house, on the charge of the insolvent, for an as-
sault, when he was released in about half an hour
the Inspector on duty refusing to take the charge.
Warrants were subsequently issued at the Guildhall,
when.the sitting Alderman dismissed the charge. Mr. Simp-
son afterwards brought an action against the insolvent for false
imprisonment, and was awarded 20/. damages.
A number of witnesses having been examined in support of
the Learned Counsel's statement, the insolvent was likewise
examined, and flatly contradicted their testimony.
The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said there could be
no doubt but there must be gross perjury on one side, and if
Mr. Nicholls wished he should adjourn the case for the pro-
duction of further evidence.

After a long conversation between the Learned Counsel on
bath sides it was determined that the insolvent should take
judgment to-day.
Mr. WOODEOFFE on behalf of several creditors ente:cd an
opposition for hav:ng fraudulently obtained goods from them
without any reasonable prospect of repayment.
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said, he was perfectly satisfied
with the truth of Mr. Simpson's version of the story. The
insolvent's conduct had been most fraudulent so far as all his
creditors were concerned, and he (Mr. Commissioner Rey-
nolds) shonld therefore order him to be remanded, under the 76th
clause of the Act, for six months, at the suit of Mr. Simpson.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Multitudes assembled at the Mansion-house on Saturday, in
consequence of the interest excited by a case iii which three
persons were charged with having committed a burglary and
robbery, and three abets with having committed a forgery on
one of the bills which were the fruit of the robbery.
Mr. Hobler, jun., stated the heads of the case for the pro-
secution. The premises of Mr. Ruffey, a merchant in Mark-
hne, had, he said, been broken open on the 28th of January
last, and out of the iron safe, which was also broken. open,
were stolen three bills of exchange and a half of a Si. note,
which had been deposited there. No more was heard of
the affair until the I,9th of the present month, when a
young man, of the name of Wood, went to the
counting-house of Mr. Johnson, of Fenchureh-street,
whose acceptances the stolen bills were, and asked him whether
there was not a bill of his due that day. Mr. Johnson, who
had of course heard of the robbery, desired to see the bill before
he could answer the question, and upon seeing it discovered at
once that it was one of the stolen bills; he also observed that
the name of Mr. Ruffey, to whom the bill was specially en-
eorsed, had been forged, in order, no doubt, to give the instru-
ment currency. Inspector Walker, having received instructions,
proceeded actively in the business, and succeeded in appre-
hending three men, named Saint, Clarke, and Davies, who were
distinctly charged with burglary and robbery. These three
men had, soon after the robbery, gone to a public-house in St.
George's-fields, with their wives, and ran up a score of 255., as
a security for: which they hit the identical half of the 5/. note
which had been stolen out of the safe along with the bills. An
they did not return to take up the security, inquiry was made
at the Bank, where the note was stopped, and it was so..n as-
certained that the three before-mentioned prisoners were con:-
cerned. Upon further inquiry it was found that Wills, Cun-
ni and Lloyd, the three persons charged with the for-
gery., had received the stolen bills from those charged with the
robbery, and a regular connexion was- established. It also wan
found that Lloyd had endeavoured to get the b 11 particularly
alluded to ntociated through Wood, the individual who called
upon Mr. Johnson, upon the subject.
Mr. Johnson. of Fenchurch-street, deposed that he accepted
a bill drawn by Mr. Ruffey, for 521 103. 7d. ; he wes applied
to on the 19th inst. by a Mr. Wood, a bill-broker, to be in-
formed wk ether the signature to a bill, which he had taken, was
his (the witness) or not ; upon seeing it he informed Mr.
flutroy of what had occurred, and Wood was immediately taken
into cu•tody.
Mr. Stevens Wood, a bill-broker, deposed to having endea-
voured to get the bill discounted, which he had received from
the prisoner LlOyd, but was unable t i do so ; he had promised
Lloyd to try other parties and kept the bill for that purpose, but
ae Lloyd did not return he took it to Mr. Johnson to know what
to do with it. I3efore he would endeavour to get the bill cashed
he required that it should be endorsed.; Lloyd to kit fur that
purpose, and brought it back with Ituffey's name to it.
Another witness, Pickard, said that the prisoner Davis
wished him togo and read some bills for him, as he could not
read ; witness did so, the bill produced for 52l 10s. 7d. was
one of them ; there were two others similar. "J. Ruffey"
was not written upon the one produced at the time; none were
endorsed; all were payab'e to Mr. Ruffey.
Mr. Ruffey here produced duplicates of the stolen bills.
Edward Davies, a clothes-dealer, said that Lloyd asked him
to go to the bank with part of a Si. note to get it changed, and
stated that one of his children set fire to it • at the bank he
was told the owner must make an affidavit of the fact ; Lloyd
said he would make the affidavit, but he never returned.
Parker, the waiter at the pubic-house in Aloorfields, said
that three o' the prisoners, having taken refreshments at the
house, left the half of a Si. note as security he afterwards gave
it to Lloyd.
The prisoners Saint, ciark6, and Davies, were then com-
mitted for the burglary and robbery, and Lloyd, Wills, and
Cunningham were committed for forging the name of Mr.
Ruffey on the back of the bill.
Stec ley, who was charged With having converted to his own
purposes French -Dutch bonds to the amount. of
.1,250/., the
pmperty of Mrs.-,Molony, was fully committed for trial to
Newgate.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrival.—Mat flower, Headley, from Van Diemen's Land,
off Portland—sailed from Hobart Town, Oct. 13.
Arrivals at Hobart Town.—Harriet, Kreeft, Sept. 4, from
London; Waver!ey, Margaret, 12th, from Dublin, and sailed
Oct. 6, to India; Westmoreland, Brigstock, from Sheerness,
and sailed Oct. 6, to India; Brilliant, Ritchie, 13th, from Port
hilip, and sailed Oct. 7th, to New Zealand ; Cici!ia, Jackson,
from Manilla, and sailed Oct. 6, to Sydney ; Hebe, Wishart,
22d, from Sydney; Aurora, Boss, 27th, n om London, and load-
ing for Alanr:tius ; Sir John Byng, Ellis, from Launceston •
James Todd, 30th, from Sydney; Caroline, Wooden, Oct.
from Port Philip ; Gulnare, Stevenson, from Liverpool ; Ro-
bert Pulsford, Clough, from Boston ; Indian, from whaling ;
David Clarke, 4th, from London ; Naiad, from Adelaide ;
William Wise, and Gai land Grove, 10th, from London ; Twian,
from the Cape ; Tasmanian, from London and Port Philip ;
Water Lily, from Sydney, Margaretha, from Port Philip.
Arrivals at Port Philip—Strathfieldsaye, Aug. 30, from
London; Tasmania, Sept. 14, from London; Middlesex, 30,
from London.
Arrivals at Launceston.—William, Le Grand, Sep. 24,
from Sy.lney ; Timbo, 25th, from London ; Lady Emma,
from Adelaide ; Countess of Wilton, Oct. 2, from London ;
Fox, from Adelaide ; Henry and Lowestoft from Port Philip;
Norio, Hill, 6th, from Singapore.
Departures from Launceston.—Tamar, Sep. 23, to Port
Philip; Chilmark, 25th, to India ; Scout, Oct. 2, to Port
Philip.
Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales.—William Abrams,
Sept. 4, from Port Philip • Stratheden, 6th, from Port
Philip; Harrington, 11th, from Port Nicholson; Canton,
Crouch, from Cork. •
Departures from Sydney.—llegia, Aug. 31, Martha Por-
tenia, Sept I, all for New Zealand; Pearl, 13th, to India;
Margaret, I3th, to Lombeck.

THE INDIAN MAIL.—It was the practice some
months ago, and may be still, that the Indian despatches for the
British Government were delivered at Marseilles to our Foreign-
office messenger and an agent of the French Post-office. On ar-
rival at Paris. the English messenger was not allowed to proceed
immediately on with them to London—no, he must wait for the
cstatette ; but, what was more extraordinary still, be was not al_
lowed to have in the interim the custody of the despatches. They
were seized on by the Paris Post.office authorities, and so
detained until•the departure of the estafette. There were
no open grounds for this detention of our despatches, and the
suspicion was, therefore, natural that the proverbial dexterity of
the Paris Post-office was exercised in opening the confidential
despatches of an Indian Governor. We know well that such a
suspicion did exist, andth at an intelligent agent of the British Govern.
ment suggested that the despatches should be enclosed in boxes so
constructed as that it would be impossible to open them without its
being instantly discovered that they had been opened. We chanced
to have an opportunity of examining the proposed box, and cer.
tainly it was full of ingenious contrivances. We know not whe.
they the French Government has as yet relieved itself from this dis-
reputable suspicion, but this we do know, that the boxes contain.
ing the confidential despatches, sent from London to India, are en-
closed in iron boxes which it seems to us almok impossible to vio-
late. The lids close down by springs which cannot be reached
from without, and upon their arrival in India they have to be en-
tirely broken up with hammers before their contents can be ex-
tracted. But the grand question is, why did the French Govern.
ment detain so long in their Cabinet Noir the confidential des-
patches of the British Governors in India 7—Sunday Paper.
It is matter of surprise to many that after the
enquiry instituted by the Commander-in-Chief, in reference to
the Vindictive having got aground on the Dean Bank, and
which resulted, as we understood, in the exonerating from all
blame those in command, that a court-martial has been ordered to
try the Captain. We do not pretend to know all the springs of
action in such matters, and therefore leave it with our readers to
draw their own inferences. Time proves all things.—Hampshire
Independent.

iNCENDIARISM.—Some villain, on Monday night
last, set fire to a rick of wheat, containing about 50 bushels, the
property of Mr. Major, of Gadlys. in the parish of Llangynwyd,
Glamorganshire, and it was almost entirely destroyed.— Welsh-
man.

The requisition in course of signature in the city,
calling on the Lord Mayor to call a public meeting of the liverytaen,
citizens, and householders, to take into consideration the necessity
of a petition to the Queen, or to either House of Parliament, relative
to the proposed measure of Sir It. Peei .vn the Corn-laws, has
already received nearly a thousand signatures.