The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-26 00:00:00

LAW I NTELLIGEAVE.-(TIIL3 DAY).

COURT OF CHANCERY.

(B,fore the Lord Justices of Appeal.)

HASTIE V. ILISTIE, ALP.
This care came before their lordships to-day, upon an
a/ Teal from the judgment of the present Master of the
oils, ordering the defendant, Mr. Archibald Hastie,
.Itl ..P., to pay into Court the sum of 24,230/., which it
vn As alleged the defendant had received, and was due
frr )m him to the estate of his brother James. It appeared
OA it three of the brothers of the defendant, John, Robert,
d James, carried on most, extensive transactions in
C lcutta as coach makers and indigo and silk merchants,
a 3 in the course of those transactions remitted large
2 v mails to the defendant in this country. Robert
lied in 1834, John in 1840, and James in 1848, and
upon his death a suit was instituted in the Supreme
Court of Calcutta for the purpose of administering and
taking the accounts of the estate. The defendant in
the present suits was the personal representative and
e.rzecutor of all the brothers, and in that character the
fronds in question came into his hands. The defendant,
Archibald Hastie, submitted by his answer that he
rn s entitled to retain the amount in his hands until
klgment had been pronounced, with respect to the
a 2ounts in the Supreme Court at Calcutta, and further
a a ,erted that the sum of 24,2301. which the Master of
ti ) Rolls had entered to be paid into court, would not
et. b) 7er the amount due to him upon the taking of the ac-
-00.4 int of the estates of his brothers.

the Lord Justice Knight Bruce inquired whether it
NS, uld not be satisfactory ti all parties to - t•ske a decree
at. once for an account, as the matter must come to that
at - last.

Mr. Roupell, with whom was Mr. Clarke, objected
to, the adoption of that course, on the ground that, as
the plaintiffs were infants, it was unwise and dangerous
to a llow the defendant to retain in his hands so large a

su•J

Che Lord Justice Knight Bruce.—ls there any alle-
gi IA ion that the circumstances of the defendant are likely
to. endanger the funds in his hands?

•
Roundell Palruer.—O dear, no; he is a member
of Parliament, and a gentleman of large fortune and
u ni mpeachable integrity.

lfter some further arguments,

'1 'he Court ordered the proceedings under the judo:.
met tof the ►laster of the Rolls to be stayed, end the
case to stand in the paper for Thursday next, to enable
the] )arties to agree as to the decree to be pronounced for
takil lg the accounts.

TIZE FIRE AT THE FRENCH HOSPITAL.

CONSTANTINOPLE, I`,lAnda 12.
I seems as if it were the lot of one writing from this
pla tie to .chronicle nothing but calamities. Last night the
lam g,3 French hospital above the Grand Champs des Morts
w: me totally destroyed by fire. About midnight the light
wlai eh is the note of a conflagration was hung out on
G al, ata Tower, and the rush of Turkish idlers and French
utvi dry through the dark street below indicated the di-
retet ion of the calamity, which soon became more appa-
reit' by the bursting flames illuminating the heri-
za a . On reaching the spot, which is at a distance of two
mi „.es from the centre of the town, we found the whole
of
..one wing in flames, which rapidly spread until they
el aveloped the entire face of the building. The hospital,
u 'hich was formerly a Turkish medical school, is a fine
2 nd spacious edifice, which extends its long, low, stone
;rent along the road, and fortunately stands alone, with
the nearest houses at a distance of more than 100 yards.
gt was a moving sight to see the unhappy patients
driven from their beds in the dead of a damp and
' chfily alight, some of them scarcely able to walk,
of;h ers perfectly exhaustld, and carried in the arms
of! their comrades, or of the Turkish soldiers, all in
s. mnty attire, wrapped in their blankets, hastening to
s eek for shelter in the neighbouring' barracks or in pri-
x ate houses. Whole trains of them might be seen
through the deep mud, slipping into holes in
th /5 wretched read, or sitting down on stones, to await
sc !...aie one who might help them onward. Happily, the
h aspital was by no means crowded, or 'some loss of life
m last have taken place. As it was, all the sick were
sa holy transported to adjoining buildings, and no noel-
dm cat worth mentioning appears to have happened. The
wi iad was strong ; to day, indeed, it blows a gale.
T ke sparks were blown to a considerable distance, and
tb Le chief use of the little Turkish engines was to play
minet the wooden houses on the other side of the road,
w ich were thus saved from destruction. The skill with
ich the French troops acted was wonderful. From the
dou er end of the stone building our allies had built a
lon g series of sheds for the reception of convalescents
ani tof wounded durinc, the ensuing summer. It was
fee: red that these would extend the flames .to another
Tu. ”kish barrack which stands near, and the French, with
a party of Turks under their directions, set to work to
dr mg the whole structure down. They mounted on the
to p with strong hooks, kept for the purpose all over
Cotostantinople, and in an incredibly short time a bun-
a1-t 3 d yards of shed were level with the ground. The
smoke in the meantime increased so much as greatly to
intiarfere with the operations. It was blown right into
th e faces of the men at work, and gave a notion of the
tr =hie which a burning village must be to:an attacking
p aro, in war. H.owever' all laboured on, and their
lr at efforts were directed to saving the lower end
of: the building which contained the lecture-rooms,
and was filled with books and philosophical instri;
m eats. But the flames gaining ground, it (was
d etermined at least to save the con tents of these
rooms ; and in a short time barometers, electrical ma-
chi.nes, maps, and portfolios were being handed out from
all the windows, and piled up in a confused mass in the
mud and filth. The Turks behaved very well. Nothing
appeared to be carried off, and very little to be da-
m.sged.
The value of the property saved is, of course,
small, compared with the cost of the buildings which
have fallen a prey to the flames. But the chief loss is
the accommodation which the hospital afforded to so
large a number of the French sick. The city is now so
crowded that room is not to be bad for military or do-
ml,stic purposes.