The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-18 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTRA ORDINARY CHARGE OF ASSAULT.--DIBGRACE-
PIM CONDUCT OF A " GENTLEMAN."—Mr. John Sey-
more, but whose real name is said to be Henry Bruce
Ogilvy, and who gave the address 2 A, Brook-street, St.
Georges, and described himself as a " gentleman," was
charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Mr Maurice
Kehullet, wine merchant, of 17, Panton-street.

Mr Kehullet said he lodged at No. 17, Manton-street.
About half-past one that morning he heard screams in the
house, and directly after the prisoner rushed down stairs.
He stopped the prisoner, who said it was all right. He told
the prisoner that he could not let him go till he saw whether
it was all right, when the prisoner gave him three blows on
the head with a sack, wounding him and smothering him
with blood. The prisoner then broke three large and thick
panes of plass with his stick, and on the complainant suc-
ceeding in getting the street-door open the prisoner rushed
out of the house, leaving his hat and stick behind him. He
with assistance pursued the prisoner and gave him into
custody.
Inspector Walker said that some prostitutes resided in
the house.

Mr Knox asked if there were any other persons present,
and the complainant said there was a boy.
Wm. White, a boy about fifteen years of age, residing at
No. 27, Grafton-place, said he was taken to the house in
Panton-street by a female who invited him to sleep with
her. On getting there connection took place between him
and the female in the prisoner's presence. He afterwards
saw the prisoner struggling with the complainant.
Brown, a constable of the C division, said that hearing
cries of murder, he went to the house and saw the com-
plainant bleeding from the head. The complainant said the
prisoner had assaulted her, and gave him in charge, He
noticed that there had been several panes of glass smashed
in the door. The prisoner was sober.
Mr Knox asked the boy whether the prisoner touched
him at all, and the boy said, " Only once."
Mr Kehullet said he stopped the prisoner because he did
not know what had occurred.

The prisoner said he went to the house with a female,
and another female asked him if he would like to see her
have connection with a boy, and he said " Yes." I did so.
Ile might have put his hand on the boy by accident. He
was afterwards going downstairs when he was stopped, and
then struck the complainant two or three times, because he
thought he wanted to extort money from him, and because
he refused to let him leave the house. At last on the door
being opened he ran out of the house.
Mr. Knox (who it should be stated had cautioned the
prisoner before he volunteered his statement, that what he
said might be used in evidence against him) remanded the
prisoner for a week.

Subsequently Mr, Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-
street, applied that the prisoner might be admitted to bail,
but Mr. Knox refused the application till he was made
aware whether the complainant was out of danger or not.

The Land Mortgage Bank of India, Limited.

An extraordinary general meeting of the pro-
prietors was held yesterday at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street—S. Laing, Esq., in the chair.
The Secretary read the advertisement convening
the meeting, which showed the object of the meeting
to be to bear resolutions to be proposed, "in the
nature of special resolutions, for the purpose of
authorising the company to exercise the powers
given by the act to joint stock companies to make
and use one or more seals, to be used in such place
or places as may be thought desirable in India, and
for the purpose of determining the mode and manner
in which, and the parties by whom, such power
shall be exercised ; and for the purpose of altering
the articles of association of the compary so far es
may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid."
The CHAIRMAN explained that the object of the
meeting was of a formal character. In taking mort-
gages there was a great difficulty experienced in plac.
ing in the names of trustees in India, where the succes-
sions were very rapid, and where possibly if a mort-
gage were vested in the names of agents, there might
be changes necessary by reason of death or from
those parties returning to this country. The diffi-
culty would be removed by a provision which would
enable the company to use a corporate seal in India
as well as in England. It was thought by the legis-
lature that such a power should be given in all
,
companies' general acts, and accordingly an act was
passed having that object
:n view. It would be
then lawful to have a corporate seal both in India
and in the colonies, and a second meeting would
be held !n seven clear days
to confirm that resolu-
tion, which it was important should be passed
without delay, because they would then be able
to commence business in India. The scale would
be placed under the custoey
of the agents and
solicitors, and the same caution would be used
as in the case of the one seal. He might state
that the last advices frcrn India were very
satisfactory. Mr Fitzwilliam had returned from
India, and the accounts which he brought were
very satisfactory. In a business of this descrip-
tion great care was necessary to avoid making bad
debts. Some delay had arisen from the extraordi-
nary state of the money market in India. Remit-
tances in silver, however, had been made, and the
whole of the paid-up capital iu India was invested
partly in mortgages and partly on temporary loans
on Government securities, from which they received
interest epproachirg 8 and 9 per cent. He would
now put the resolutions,which were four in num-
ber. Thefirstresovedhat the company and the
authorised and
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given them by
the act of 1864, sukect to resolutions to be passed.
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empowered to see that such seals were prepared
accordingly. The third and fourth resolutions re-
ferred to details connected with the affixing of the
seals, &c. A fifth resolution was that the articles of
agreement, so far as they might be opposed to these
resolutions, were repealed, varied, and modified.
All the resolutions were carried unanimously ; and
the chairman stated that another meeting must be
held on Monday week, which
_would leave seven
clear days'
notice as required by the act.
The meeting then separated.