The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

PROMOTlONS.—Commander—Ahn Washington, of
the Shearwater; to the rank of Captain.
Mate—Benjamin P. Priest, of the Dublin, to the
rank of Lieutenant.

APPOINTMENTS.— Commanders—W. L. Shering-
ham, to the Sylvia cutter; C. M. M. Wright, to the
Alfred, vice Woodthorpe, promoted.
Lieutenants—Peter Cracroft (Flag), to the Victory,
vice Bouverie, promoted; John Lodwick, to the
Growler; E. J. L. Cooper (additional) ; and J. R.
Thompson, vice Elliot, to the Ringdovc ; D. P. Du-
meresq, to the Isis ; R. J. Smith, to the Alfred ;
F. G. Leigh (acting), to the Driver ; Jacob J.
Young. to the Resistance; Chas. Seaver, to the Ja-
seur ; Geo. Cleaveland (additional) to the Styx.
Purser—Thomas M‘Knight, to be Naval Store-
keeper and Agent Victualler, at Hong-Kong.
Assistant-Surgeons--Dr. A. Armstrong (addi-
tional, for service at Haslar Hospital, to the St. Vin-
cent, vice Costello ; J. Brown, to the Alfred ; S. R.
Risk, to the William and Mary, for special service in
Woolwich Dockyard.
Mate—H. R. Foote, to the Kite.

Midshipman--11. D. Graham, to the Formidable.
Volunteers First Class—W. Fenwick, to the Cam-
bridge ; George Parker, to the Carysfort.
Royal Marines—Captain Isaac Toby, to be Bar-
rack-Master at Plymouth ; First Lieutenant Edward
Rea, to be Captain ; and Second Lieutenant W. Jol-
Hee to be First Lieutenant.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 26.
IN RE. CARRON.

This day being appointed for a meeting of the creditors
under the fiat against the bankrupt, who carried on ex-
tensive business as a draper and mercer. in Southwark,
Mr. JAMES, on behalf of the creditors, applied for
the interference of the Court under the following cir-
cumstances :—lt was alleged that the bankrupt had
made away with, or secreted, property to a large
amount shortly bofore and subsequently to the is-
suing of the fiat, and that there were three per-
sons who had cognizance of this fact, two of whom
were in attendance to give evidence, but the
third party, who was Miss Agnes Carron, the
bankrupt's sister, refused to recdve the summons
issued from the Court. The messenger who served it
put in an affidavit stating that Miss Carron was sitting
in the parlour behind the shop when ho sent it in to her
by the shopman, but she refused to touch it, and said
she -vas not compelled to attend in consequence. Now,
as Miss Carron was the person who was supposed to be
best acquainted with the facts connected with the re-
moval of the goods, it was of the utmost importance to
the creditors to have her examined, and he (Mr. James)
therefore applied that the Court, acting under the
powers which were vested in it by the Act, would issue
a warrant compelling her attendance, as she had ne-
glected the first summons.

Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD said it appeared to him
that although Miss Carron was wrong in not attending
the summons, yet he thought that neglect did not warrant
taking extreme measures. However, a second summons
should be issued, with a memorandum appended, stating
that if it was not obeyed a warrant would be issued:-
The case was then proceeded with, but was of a pri-
vate and wholly uninteresting nature.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE..
MANSION-HOUSE.
An information was laid against William Minchell, an
old smuggler upon a large scale, by the revenue officers
for having brought over from Ostend, in the Menai
steam-boat, without payment of duty, 3;345 Flemish ells
of foreign lace, and a small quantity of tea.
.The officers having had information of the arrival of
this man, went on board the Menai, but he managed to
escape to the house of his son-in-law in Lower Thames-
street, where he stripped himself of the lace, which was
so concealed about his person by calico pockets, that no
part of him appeared to be disproportioned to the rest
of his body ; even his neck and legs were stuffed with
the neatly-arranged lace. The above-mentioned quan-
tity of lace was found in the house, and also the calico-
dress in which the defendant had performed the charac-
ter. The officers said they had not then the power of
detaining the defendant, as the lace was thread and not
silk. Since the seizure he had disappeared. It was
stated that the defendant had been caught at Dover with
a great many thousand yards of lace, and had frequently,
visited Brighton with foreign goods.
The ALDERMAN having heard proof that the goods
had not.paid the duty, fined the defendant. 1001. The
lace was, of course, lodged in the Queen's warehouse.
An old woman, of decent appearance, named Sarah
Lewes, was brought before Sir C. Hunter under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—A policeman, named Godwin,
stated that he had been informed by a man named Rey-
nolds, that the prisoner, who kept a marine store-shop
in Silver-street, was a receiver of stolen goods ; and,
being told by Reynolds that a boy had taken some
broken pewter- pots into the shop, he went to the place,
and asked the prisoner whether she had made any pur-
chase of the kind. She replied she had not, and was
not in possession of anything of the sort. Witness,,
however, put over his hand to the spot near which she
was standing, and took hold of a bundle which proved to
be the pieces of broken pewter pots, which had the
name of the publican upon them. He considered he
was justified
did not know where Reynolds was.
The old woman swore most positively that she had
never seen the bundle mentioned until the policeman
came, into the shop, that he had pretended to take them
up from a place near where she was standing in the
' shop, but, in fact, he must have brought the bundle
in himself. She moreover stated that she had missed
several things from her house when she returned from
the station, to which she was taken off by the policeman,
wit') had then ransacked the house with Reynolds.
The ALDERMAN said it was a very singular business
altogether. He should discharge the prisoner, and
should recommend her to consult a solicitor, as to what
she ought to do. The policeman was at liberty to go,
but he would have to explain his conduct to the Com-
missioner of Police, who would certainly investigate the
matter fully.
Mr. Tow, an official person connected with one of the
City Companies, waited upon Sir Peter Laurie for the
purpose of mentioning the particulars of a case in which
he, as one of the executors of his deceased father-in-law,
was proceeded against by a solicitor for the sum of 54/,
the amount of a bill of exchange which the deceased was