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

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STAMFORD RACES.—TIIESDAT.
Handicap Plato of 50 sovs
Miss Goldschmidt Walked over,
The Stamford St. Leger Stakes.
Benhams

Walked over
Burghley Stakes.

Besikas

(Fordham'

Hermit
7to 4 on Hermit. Won by two lengths. Two ran.
Sweepstakes of 50 sous.

Filly by Alarm, out of Little Fairy Walked over,

SI'OURBRIDGE RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Ladies' Purse.

Roving Betsy
Helene

Six ran.
The Enville Stakes.

Whitelock
Timotheus

Eight ran.
Gold Cup.

Whalebone
Kiteflyer
Tower

Four ran.
Saucebox is scratched for the Nottingham Gold Cup

LA tiY 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. S3IITH.-JUDGMENT.

The Lord Chancellor gave judgment this morning in
this case, which carne 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 the 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
cme clearly proved against the defendant, and 100kin.,2
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 chanc*.g'.!7, 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 had 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-STBEET.-(TRIS DAY.)

THE CASE OF STRAHAN, PAUL, AND CO.
To-day, shortly after 12 o'clock, William Stralean,
Sir I. 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.
The 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 ir,-; would be best not to occupy the time of the
Court by going through those accounts, which were ex-
tremely Iroluminous, 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 op inion he (Mr. Bodkin), in that case, should ask
for another remand. He could not say even at the ex-
piratio• a of a week he should be in a position to go fully
into th is 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 brought to a termination. It was very
painful for these gentlemen to be brought up to
this Co urt day after day, and under those circum-
stances he trusted there would be no unnecessary delay.
It w: ta then arrangvel that the prisoners should be for
malty .emanded till Wednesday next, with the under-
sten: li• og that nothing should be done on that day fur-
ther t han that the prisoners should be brought up, in
orde r to comply with the act of Parliament.
It was ultimately agreed between the counsel that the
next. 'examination should take place this clay fortnight.

13 AST NORFOLK ELECTION.—NORWICH, Tuesday
f ;nirtg.--The Liberals failed, after all, to find a candi-
daia L Mr. H. Birkbeck, who was applied to on Friday,
dr,cl ined, after a conference with his partners, to be put
i n n ominatiou ; and on Saturday morning a second
nn, le tin g of the leaders of the party declared in favelur
of
M r. Wm. Earle Lytton Bulwer, of Heydon Hall, a
yo unger brother of the literary baronet. It was dont).-
ful for some time whether Mr. Bulwer would. accept the
itation conveyed to him ; but yesterday it was gene-
rah y reported that he did not intend to contest the seat
ag a inst the Conservative candidate, Mr. H. J. Stracey,
at ia the proceedings at the nolnination this morning
P roved the accuracy of the information—Mr. Stracey
b eing proposed by Mr. Fellowes, M.P., seconded by
dr. A. Cator, and elected without opposition.