The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-31 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

BO r,bay Gas, lint, si!
Ceylon Company, is
City offices, lint, 5}
Commercial Union, Insurance, 81
Company of African Merchants, lim., 2}
Consolidated Discount, lim.,
Coatinental Union Gas, lim., 7
contract Corporation, lim., 4;
Credit Fonder, 12
Credit 3lobia, r, 9
Crystal Palace, 33
Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim. 5}
Gut. Credit and Finance of London, 11M., 8 7;
Hone mad C;loni:4l.4.Bsurance, lim, ai

MISCELLAN EOUS—Continued.
Hudson's Bay, 19/
Imperial Financial, lim., Sa
International Financial 'ociety, lim., llk 11
International Land Credit. lim., 3} t
Joint Stock Discount, ilm.,
Land Securities, lim., 6k
London Financial Association, lira., 28
Ditto, new, .6k i 16
London General Omnibus Company, 21
31-•dras Irrigation and Canal,
Ditto, (ail),
Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 141
National Discount Company, lim., 10 4
North British and Mercantile lusurtnoe, lim,, 191
Nova Scotia Gold:and Land,
Ditto, new, 2k t
Ocean Marine (Insurance), 211 2
Scottish Australian Investment, Um.. 135
Societe Finar.ciere d'itypte, Him, 53- 6
Warrant Finance, lim., o k

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Before Lord Chief Barn Pollock, and Barons Channel!

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RE DOMINGO CAP. DE VIELLE.

The Inland Revenue, in this case, claimed probate and
legacy duty upon the property of the deceased, which was
refused by the representatives of M. de Vielle, on the
ground that he was a French subject, and that he
had never given up his domicile in France. The
question, therefore, for the Court to decide was whether
the deceased had given up his domicile in that country,
and had become domiciled in England, whereby his property
would become subject to the payment of the duty.
The deceased was born in Montroi, in the Ban Pyrenees.
In 1808 he went to Spain and entered a mercantile house
at Cadiz. At the breaking out of the Revolution he amongst
other Frenchmen were taken prisoner, and put on board a
hulk at Cadiz, which was after driven by a gale to the
other side of the harbour, Port St. Mary, where
a part of the French army was stationed, and, of course,
the French subjects were liberated. The deceased then
returned to France, but afterwards on the return of the
Bourbons he gave up his employment there and entered an
English house of business at Gibraltar. After some years
residence there he came to England and established himself
in business at Manchester as agent to a firm abroad. Since
1820 the testator had resided entirety in this country, with
the exception of two visits to France, one in 1846 and the
other in 1853, on which occasion he purchased some pro-
perty in Montroi. After his return from Paris on the last
occasion he entirely took up his residence in this country,
where he remained until his death.

Mr. Bovill, for the representatives, contended that the
deceased never intended to give up his French domicile, and
that he was whilst living essentially a French subject,
possessing, as he did, the right to vote for members of
the Corps Legislatif. M. de Vielle had never abandoned
his French domicile, and his property was not liable to
the legacy and en cession duty.
The Attorney-General, on the part of the Crown, argued
that the whole of the actions of the deceased showed
that he had given up his French nationality, and that
all his subsequent acts showed that his intention was to
make England his domicile.
The arguments were not concluded when we went to
press,

COURT OF PROBATE,
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
MACDONALD T. MACDONALD.

This was an application on the part of the children of
Capt. Macdonald, who was killed in India on the breaking
out of the mutiny at Meerut, on the 10th of May, 1857.
The wife by a will was made sole executrix, but she died
about the same time; but whether she escaped and after-
wards shared the fate of ter unfoi tunate husband could not
be discovered, The principal question raised was whether
in fact the husband was killed before the wife.

The court taking into consideration the circumstances of
the case, and being guided by the decision of his pre-
decessor, decided in favour of granting letters of adminis-
tration to the applicant as next of kin to the dceased.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Murray.)
IN RP, RANDA.LL.

This bankrupt was a grocer at Norwich, and this was a
meeting for choice of asaigness.
Mr. Bugg, of Norwich, appearad for creditors, and nom-
pla!ned that the property had been taken possession of
under an order of this court and sold by Messrs. Cuttan and
Davis at a great loss.
Mr. Lawrence felt assured that the order for sale had
been obtained by some kind of misrepresentation, or the
court would not have made the order had the facts been
truly stated ; but all that could be done at present was to
rescind the order and put the property under the control of
the assignees. Ho strongly reprobated the system which
bad sprung up, since the passing of the last act of selling the
property immediately at any sacrifice.
Mr. Bugg spoke to the same effect. In this case Messrs.
Cuttan and Davis went down immediately after and pro-
ceeded to sell off, and some portion had been sold to a man
in the bankrupt's employ at 18s. a •week, and he no doubt
bought it with money from the bankrupt's business, who
thus bought his own goods. He considered it a very gross
case, for there was not a pretence or excuse for such

precipitancy.
The Registrar said it was a rule in this court not to grant
an order for sale, except upon evidence of there being an
absolute necessity—as that the articles were of a perishable
nature.

Mr. Bugg said there was not the slightest necessity in
this case, for the property on the whole was not perishable.

A creditor said that he had sold £GO worth of stock to
the bankrupt, which would have kept six months and
longer. He considered the sale a fraud on the creditors,
whoever got the benefit.
Mr Cameron, the official assignee, said that he was not
fully aware of the facts on the grounds on which the order
was issued, as he was ill at the time. He asked what was
supposed to be the loss.
Mr Bugg said he could not say, but he would have the
inventory sent down and every item priced; but the loss
was not all, it was the gross injustice done under the colour
of the order of the Court.
Mr. Lawrence, who was interested in a similar case, said
the short way would be to bring an action in troves against
Messrs. Outten and Davis, and leave them to plead the
order of the Court.
Mr. Bugg said he entirely exonerated the official assignee
from any participation in what was a gross fraud.
Mr. Cameron said he had employed Davis and Cuttan in
the usual way, as he did not know who else to employ.
The choice of assignees took place, and Mr. Bugg carried
the choice.

FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART—(This Day).

•

The distribution of medals and prizes to the students of
the Female School of Art, 43, Queen's-square, took place
this afternoon at Burlington House, Piccadilly. Lord
Houghton occupied the chair.

The noble CuArumA's, in opening the proceedings, con-
gratulated the fair students on their having obtained such
signal success at the competitive examination, where they
were fairly pitted against the sterner sex. In their pro.
greys of art study, the Female School had obtained the
greatest possible number of medals and awards during the
year, and in that respect stood in the proudest position of
any Government school in the country. This fact was
the more pleasing as the annual Government grant had
been withdrawn at a very critical time when it was most
needed. Fortunately for them the Queen and Princess of
Wales had come to their rescue, and doubtless the Royal
patronage would ultimately become of more advantage than
the annual Government grant, which, as a portion of the
original School of Design, Somerset House, they were as
fully entitled to as the School at South Kensington. His
Lordship d welt on their success in their designing of lace, and
the number of students who had passed into regular practi-
tioners of art, swelling the ranks of the Society of Female
Artists, and occasionally finding a place on the line at the
annual exhibition of the itoyal Academy.
The distribution of honours then took place, at the con-
clusion of which the interesting proceedings terminated.