The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-18 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STAMFORD RACES.--TuEspar.
Handicap Plate of 50 soya
Miss Goldschmidt Walked over,
The Stamford St. Leger Stakes.
Benhams Walked over,
Burghley Stakes.

Besika _
(Fordham)
Hermit
7t04 on Hermit. Won by two lengths. Two ran.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs.

Filly by Alarm, out of Little Fairy Walked over,

STOURBRIDGE RACES.—TUESDAY,
The Ladies' Purse.

Roving Betsy
Helene
Whitelock :
Timotheus
Helene

Six ran.
The Enville Stakes.

Eight ran.
Gold Cup.

Whalebone
Kiteflyer
Tower
Four ran.
Saucebox is ?scratched for the Nottingham Gold Cup

LA W INTELLIGENCE. --(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.

The Lord Chancellor sat to-day in the Old Hall, Lin
coin's-inn, for the purpose of hearing appeals.

PENNELL V. SMITH.—JUDGMENT.
The Lord Chancellor • gave judgment this morning in
this case, which came before him, upon appeal from the
decision of the Master of the Rolls, ordering a deed
granting an annuity of 751. to the defendant Smith, to
be delivered up to be cancelled. The plaintiffs are the
assignees of two parties, of name of Wm. Henry
Pease, and John Robert Pease, who, in and prior to the
year 1846, carried on the business of wine mer-
chants, in Ingram-court, in the City. In 1846
the Messrs. Pease became bankrupts ; but previous
to their bankruptcy, in consideration of the sum of 7501.,
they had granted an annuity of 751. to Smith, with
whom they had extensive monetary transactions. It
was asserted, on the part of the plaintiff, that this was a
merely colourable transaction, inasmuch as part of the
consideration money had been returned to the defen-
dant ; and, for the purpose of supporting that propo-
sition, it was sought to show that a 5001. note and a 501
note, part of the consideration, had been returned to the
defendant. The Master of the Rolls, considering the
case clearly proved against the defendant, and looking
to the provisions of the Annuity Act, decreed the de-
livery up of the annuity deed for the purpose of its be-
ing cancelled, and from that decision the present appeal
was brought.
The Lord Chancellor, after going at considerable
length into the facts of the case, stated that he could
not agree with the decision that had been come to by
the Master of the Rolls, as there clearly bad been no
proof established of any return of the consideration with-
in the meaning of the 6th clause of the Annuity Act.
His lordship, therefore, ordered the bill of the assignees
to be dismissed—in effect allowing the appeal, but with-
out costs.

Nothing of the least interest occurred during the whole
morning, either in the Master of the Rolls or any of the
Vice-Chancellors' Courts.

BOW-STRE.ET._(TBIS DAY.)

THE CASE OF STRACIAN, PAUL, AND CO.
To-day, shortly after 12 o'clock, William Strahan,
Sir J. D. Paul, Bart., and Robert Makin Bates were
placed at the bar for the fourth time, in accordance
with the repeated remands granted by Mr. Jardine,
charged with feloniously disposing of a large amount of
foreign securities entrusted to them as bankers for safe
keeping.

tno v court, as on former occasions, was densely
crowded.

Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Bal-
lantine for Sir J. D. Paul and Strahan, and Mr. Sleigh
(in the absence of Mr. Parry) appeared for Bates.
Mr. Bodkin said he had at the last examination
stated there was a difficulty with respect to the books,
and also a difficulty with respect to the state-
ment of Strahan being at variance with that
of Overend and Co. That difficulty to an extent
still existed. Since the last examination they had
been engaged in investigating the books of the bank,
indeed a professional accountant had been engaged in
pursuing that investigation from day to day, and not
without results of an important kind. He was not then
in a position to go further into the case that day, as he
thought it would be best not to occupy the time of the
Court by going through those accounts, which were ex-
tremely voluminous, especially as they would be the
subject of investigation elsewhere. It remained, how-
ever, with the worthy magistrate to say if he thought
due diligence had been pursued, and if he should be of
that opinion he (Mr. Bodkin), in that case, should ask
for another remand. He could not say even at the ex-
piration of a week he should be in a position to go fully
into this painful case, but he would confine himself by
to-day merely asking for a further remand.
Mr. Ballantine had no objection to a further re-
mand, but he did hope that this investigation would
soon be brought to a termination. It was very
painful for these gentlemen to be brought up to
this Court day after day, and under those circum-
stances he trusted there would be no unnecessary delay.
It was then arranged that the prisoners should be for-
mally remanded till Wednesday next, with the under-
standing that nothing should be done on that day fur-
ther than that the prisoners should be brought up, in
order to comply with the act of Parliament.
It was ultimately agreed between the counsel that the
next examination should take place this day fortnight.

EAST NORFOLK ELECTION.--NORWICH, Tuesday
Evening.—The Liberals failed, after all, to find a candi-
date. Mr. H. Birkbeck, who was applied to on Friday,
declined, after a conference with his partners, to be put
in nomination ; and. on Saturday morning a second
meeting of the leaders of the party declared in favour of
Mr. Wm. Earle Lytton Bulwer, of Heydon Hall, a
younger brother of the literary baronet. It was doub -
ful for some time whether Mr. Bulwer would. accept the
invitation conveyed to him ; but yesterday it was gene.
rally reported that he did not intend to contest the seat
against the Conservative candidate, Mr. H. J. Stracey,
and the proceedings at the nomination this morning
proved the accuracy of the information—Mr. Stracey
being proposed by Mr. Fellowes, M.P., seconded by
Mr. A. Cator, and elected without opposition.