The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-07 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVENING,

1 THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY.
o,yertia, thrLe o'cl9cti pri-eisAy, Master Ltual•
hrt• try!' !Ps scf...; in tho court of V:ce-Chancellor Kin-
. der.ley. at L'neolu'. lon, for the purpose of furthtr.
?..ith the i
-11q.lirY into Ole g,uerul a ffiiri O
thi company by the utunlinatiou of witnesses and other

means.
This was the fifth thy of the ievestigation, which
has almt...t exclusively occupied 1111 attention of the
Master since I'l°nthlY morning, and the attendance wee,
if anything, more numerous than at the previous sit-
ting 9.
On entering the court, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, MY.,
asked Mr. Roxburgh why he did not appear in his
" big wig" as usual; to which the Learned Counsel re-
plied that he did so because ho would not have the plea-
sure of examining Mr. O'Connor to• day. The latter
gentleman tock the hint, and almost immediately re-
tired, eviden:ly to the infinite disappointment of the
motley atstrablego which had by this time completely
filled the court.

It will be remembered that the proceedings on Thurs-
day terminated with the understandings that the parties
should endeavour to come to
, th°s.erandesolicitor of the com-
pany, result in Mr. Roberts
up o n
whichhanding
documentsove r the
hdeeds w arrangement which
possession relating to the affairs
winding
-up
pounds—to
hethmeeoffici
to be impracticable to proceedsattihsfeacctoomrilpyanyin—atnlide
until 4 el
the manager,
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& cbn fore,i now in
wereg several
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al invdermecfru. pvvtioleMelerr.
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counsel fomri_Mr.°Roberts, conferred
Mr. Roxburgh, on the part of th
wish to allude to publicly, but that he official manager,
Wheeler said that there was somueutde's
earnestly together for several
; ultimately, Mr.
ifficulty respecting
the suggestions of his Learned Friend, which he did not
would feel no he-
Wheeler requested his Honour to wtteeth:
he-
sitation in explaining what he
presence of Mr. Roxburgh; and for this purpose Mr.
withM a: Master
them
into the private reom.
The Master did not think he was
entitled to accede
to this proposition for a private conference between
counsel on both sides and himself. There was no meet-
ing of whatever kind held in this winding-up that every
person having an interest in the matter had not a right
to atten, and, if he thought fit to make observations
upon the proceedings,
Mr. Wheeler remarked that his impression was that
on
all these matters ought to be the subject ofconference
and consultation between the professional gentlemen_. o
both sides, and not be made the subject of discussion in
urt'ster rather coincided in the observations of
open court.
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fromi
iere askingpaaetnattahe
de
Mr. Wheeler, but that was very d, i ffer
him (the Master) to retire with counsel, en
andt
e
that any person who was interested in any way v
in thel
winding-up of that matter—whether a creditorlottee, or a shareholder—was entitled to attend
meetings before the Master, and make such remarks as
he thought proper upon the proceedings; su
ch
observations su h
observalions were re'. wont to the matter under discus-
sion. It had been only recently decided that. there could
be no meeting held at which a party interested Was not
entitled to attend.
Mr. Roxburgh said he had reduced to writing a
was
pro-
position which he now begged leave to submit. It
to the effect " that Mr. Roberts deliver into the hands of
the official manager, on oath, all the books, documents,
papers, &c., now in his custody, belonging or relating to
l
the affairs of the National Land Company, the official
undertaking to pay Mr. Roberts out of the first
assets such sum as the Master charged with the wind-
ing-up of this company shall find to be due to Mr.
Roberts on takingthe him as the soli-
citor of the company and the official manager."
The Master—As solicitor and treasurer of the com-
pany.
Mr. Wheeler—Any proposition of this kind in which
account between
the word treasurer is used, as referring to my client, I
must decline to accede to.
The Master—And I will not sanction any arrange-
ment of this nature that has not the term " treasurer,"
until it has been proved to my satisfaction that Mr. Ro-
berts did not fill that character.
Mr. Wheeler—l was about to prove that most com-
pletely yesterday, when hthe examination was stopped
in limine.
The Master—Excuse me, Mr. Wheeler, but the exa-
mination was not stopped in limine in the way you men-
non; and I will not, aS I have paid, give my sanction to
any arraneement in which the word " treasurer" is
omitted, until it has been satisfactorily proved that Mr.
Roberta was not such.
Mr. Wheeler—l wish it to be clearly understood that
do
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to
ht oof
p
I am prepared to go into evidence upon the subject at
any time; but in my humble opinion, as regards the
question whether Mr. Roberts was treasurer or not,
my Learned Friend will find, is the result, on reference
to the t
rPodcreleidaimineginn atahtisimt
matter.
The The Mn fact, nothing to
Master—When, er—Wher, Mr. Wheeler, it is your time to
address an argument to me I shall pay every attention
to it that it deserves. I shall hear both sides fairly and
impartially, and decide the question to the beat of my
judgment. At present I think the Court may be ad-
journed sine die.
Here the Master rose and was about to withdraw,
when Mr. Wheeler made an application for leave to
tender an affidavit.
The Master—The Court is now adjourned, and I can-
not receive it.

Mr. Wheeler—l think it rather— I did not know,
practising in courts of law, that in courts of equity
matters were done in quite so summary a way. (Here
Mr. Wheeler withdrew.)
The Master—l shall advertise a meeting.
Mr. Roxburgh—The question is still open as to the
the delivery of the documents.
The Master—Oh, of course.