The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-21 00:00:00

GARDINER r. a 1701116.

This was a snit for administering the estate of the late
Dr. Montagu Morgan Mahony, an inspector-general in
fhe niedicalidepartment of the army. Dr. Mahony, by his
will, after giving numerous legacies and annuities, gave
all the residue of his property to the National Lifeboat
Institution. directing that all moneys coming to the in-
stitution under his will should form a fund, to be called
The Sir Edward Blakeney Fund," and tie applied by
She said institution in establishing and maintaining life-
boats on the coast of Ireland. The testator left consider-
able property. and it isexpected that the institution will
derive a substantial benefit from the residuary bequest.
Mr. Waller for the plaintiff; Mr. Milder for the de-
fendants.

Hu lordship made the usual decree, directing a special
isiquiry as to the rights of the institution.
(Before Vice-Chanoellor Sir C. M. Giffard.)
IV RE IrRTONE PLR/ COLLIER! 001EPLET.

The ordinary order was made for the winding up of this
company. The petition had been ordered to stand over
for a time, to see if the company were taking anyhow' fide
steps to procure a voluntary winding up . and it was now
shown that nothing whatever had been done.
Mr. Fry appeared for the petitioner.
Kr. De Ger, Q.C., for an opposing shareholder, ad-
mitted the inability of the five only remaining sharehold-
ers who had not died or become bankrupt, to wind up
voluntarily, and hoped his Honour would allow his client
his coats of opposing the petition hitherto.
The Vice-Chancellor declined to make any other than
the common order.
Mr. Lindley appeared for another shareholder.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—DEc. 19.
♦tit Term Nisi Prior Sittings ►t Guildhall.—(Before the
Lord Chief Justice end a Special Jury.)
BEAM AN V. UREA AND ANOTHER.

This was an action to rteuver the sum of 400!., the
balance of 1,0001., for the purchase by the defendants from
the plaintiff of 3-10ths of certain patents for the manu-
facture of paper from wood and straw.
Mr. D. Seymour, t4.C.. and Mr. Day were counsel for
the plaintiff ; Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. Cohen ap-
peared for the defendants.
The plaintiff, who was a native of Hungary, had taken
p
ant three patents for the manufacture of pul from pine
wood shavings, and it, subsequent treatment by a chemical
process to be made into paper. The defendants were
merchants and agents. carrying on business in Ifoorgate-
street An agreement was entered into between the
parties, whereby the defendants undertook to purchase for
1,0001.3-10ths of these paten ta, subject to their being satis-
fied, after experiments, of the value of the schemes. There
was also a claim for the date ntion of the sealed patents.
The pleintirs case was that s not:earful experiments were
made and the defendants bad paid him 6001. on account
ef the purchase money.
The defence wasthat the contract to purchase was re-
scinded, and a set off for money s paid.
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In the course of the trial a tier was read, written by
Mr. Sabel, in which be estimated the profit from the
wood paper at from 16/. to 20/. per ton.
The defence was that the patent was not actually
handed over to the defendants when the agreement was
entered into to purchase it; and they had to advance the
tiff 2604 to redeem it from the possession of a Mr.
Lowe, who had advanced a considerable sums upon
it. When it was handed over it was discovered
the tent was made out in the names of Sawyer
and Batsman, and it was n eceirary to take out a second
patent in Deauman's name, the defendants supplying the
funds. Experiments were tried and failed. It was a
wild goose chase after success, without the possibility of
obtaining it. Defendants had advanced nearly 1,0001.
Ultimately the parties consented to a verdict being
mitered for the plaintiff—damages 601. on terms.

SECOND COURT.
Atter Term Nisi Prius Sittings at Guildhall.—(Before Mr.
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Justioe Hannan sada COMMON J mi.)

THE INVERIAL UNION AMIIIIIWICII COIDANY V. PRESTOX.
This was an action against the defendant, a shareholder
in the above company, to recover the amount of certain
calla. The defendant, amongst other pleas, imputed
fraud.
Mr. H. T. Cole. Q.C., and Mr. Manley Smith were
eounrel for the plaintiff. Mr. Shaw and Mr. F. H. Lewis
for the defendant.
"F rdappeared that the defendant, who had been engaged
for many years as a promoter of companies, was one of
the promoters of the company in question. He was
registered for 260 shares of IW. each. In Ma last a call
was made as these shares, but the refusal to
1417. About 6,tioor. had been received by the company,
an amount which the company by resolution had set
made for compensatioa for the promoters, of which the
defendant had received 2,6001.
The &demos was that the call was not made for the ladi-
ricei4a
s purposes of thsdue company, but for the purpose of m-
for the delsadan t.me baLm, stors.
, the chairman of the company, was called
Ma said he wan physician in Ras= and be was lailecad to become director by
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dine= mtg.. hweireiLMNlE was net among
the with Yr. lllerma and the wyaid,
wig am. grbere, were thankftesetere of the company.
Witness was ts goeltsdd 1, to be spree& over seven
yam. tot hie The delsadsat was to get MOM. It
was to bo paid to scow the promoter's siDemse.
loused jade. mid it woo Hie to can this fraud. It
salts Cols sa-I—Zd the prousoters, except the defendant,
took their wioasy is shares.
The jury returned a verdict for the pLiatita for lym.

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&heard Gillsti, 21, spring bails saanatactsrer, was
-convicted on • similar charge, and sentenced to six months't.
138.114:Cegrra7litry ompleted their labours te-day. Before
they were discharged, Colonel Smyth (the forsomaa) read
the following presenhanst :—" Ilia grand jury, having
again, as on teeny previous 000seions, had their attention
called to the larp muter of crimes of a serioas character
whose oriels is traceable to beerlonsia, duke to express
their strong opinion that some alteration &raid be made
in the existing systems of lionsing. with a 4111111_ teidasa
henhouses under such supervise°a as would Oisa the
evils now so gnevoosly complained of. llis ?sprees:ate-
bons made from time to time by the poises of the
Riding, and the individual experience of the saisabers
of the grand jury, have toned upon them the con-
viction that so long as the laws re/Wag to bow.
houses remain as at present there can be no material
reduction in the statistics of crime. Theisa=d jury_are
of opinion that the attention of the should be
called to this subject without delay, is • hops that some
plan may be devised whereby continuance of
beerhoueee may to roads dependent upon the
requirements of each locality, as well as upon the manner
in which they may periodically be reported to have been
conducted. The grand jury request that the
judge will have the goodness to forward this presentment
to the proper quarter.—J. G. errs, forassaa. Grand
Jury-room. Leeds, Deo. 19, 186P.'
His lordship said he would have great pleasure in for-
warding so important a presentment to the proper autho-
rities.

NORFOLK CYRClTlT.—NoirnAwrios, D. 19.
Mr. Justin , Byles arrived here yesterdey, and opened
the commission ; the business of the anises was proceeded
with this morning. There are only IS prisoners for trial,
and the charges are aot of a very serious nature.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.--STAFFoRn„ Dcc. 10.

(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)
Nall Manley, seed 24, was indicted for the wilful mur-
der of her female natant.

Prisoner, leaving the service of a surgeon at Leak, had
gone to Manchester, where she became an inmate of the
union. and was confined in September. A month after-
wards she left with her infant. For the latter a full set
of infant's clothing was provided, some of it being marked
Mancherter Union." -The same night she and the chill
lodged at Marries!leld, near which town she was seen
next day, at three o'clock. by Mr. Chamberlain. school-
master. Rushton. about eight miles from Mxcclosfield.
Mr. Chamberlain items to hare noticed the woman. who
was carrying her chill, and after returning to ltushton
by train, le about six o'clock saw a woman, who had no
child, but was carrying a bundle, get over a wall into a
field. The woman held down her head. so that he
could not see her features, and she did not
reply to his salutation "flood evening,- but the dress
was. he swore, the same as, or similar to, that worn by
prisoner when he met her at Macclesfield. Prisoner, at
a quarter to eight the same evening, reached her aunt's
house, Leek, and there said nothing about confinement or
child. About the same time some infant's clothing part
of it marked „Manchester Union," was found about half
a mile from Rushton, and some days afterwards the dead
body of an infant was found near the place where Mr.
Chamberlain had seen the woman get over the wall. The
police managed to trace out the prisoner, and she, when
before the magistrates, said, "I have done it."
Mr. Browne made an ingenious address in her defence,
but the jury found her Guilty, recommending her to
merry.
Hii lordship said the recommendation should be for-
warded to the proper quarter, and then, in the usual
form, pronounced the dreadful sentence of the law, which
the prisoner heard unmoved.