The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-04 00:00:00

THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANK.

The following important circular has been ad-
dressed to the proprietors of the London and County
Bank

" I am instructed by the directors to communicate to you
their deep regret at the unfavourable issue of the two judi-
cial decisions, which have recently been given in relation to
the affairs of the late John Sadleir and the bank.
" With respect to the Irish estates, the judgment of the
Irish Courts, both in the first instance and on appeal, were
so absolutely in favour of the bank that the directors relied
with every confidence on their being sustained in the fur-
ther appeal made by Mr. Eyre to the House of Lords, and
their disappointment on the reversal of those judgments is
proportionately great. The amount herein involved is,
however, already provided for.

"The suit relating to the' mortgage' has been'
beard before Vice-Chancellor Wood, and, although the case
on the part .of the bank was most ably argued by counsel,
the Vice-Chancellor has decided adversely to the rights of
the bank.

"Notwithstanding the high judicial character of Vice.
Chancellor Wood, the directors feel that, in a case of such
magnitude, they should not be justified in resting on any
decision short of the highest tribunal. It is, therefore, their
intention to appeal against the present decision to the
Rouse of Lords ; the amount involved in this case, as the
shareholders have at their meetings been already informed,
is about £lOO,OOO.

" Although the amount of loss that may be thus incurred
is considerable, it is a source of gratification to the directors
that the reserved fund (£175,000) will enable them to
liqiiidae it,• and still leave a large amount at its credit,
while the future dividends of the bank will not, they feel
assured, be affected, as the large sum in question has not
for a long time been productive of profit.
" The directors have the further satisfaction of feeling
that they have the prospect of being able to terminate the
anxious litigation which has so much occupied them during
thg past six years, as there are no other cases in which the
judgments already given in favour of the bank can be dis-
turised.--I am, arc.,

" W. WKEwAN, General Manager."

sEBIO US AFFAIR NEAR SHEFFIELD.

SHEFFIELD, Wednesday
Morning.
Rumours having been circulated of the exhntn. a-
tion of bodies by the sexton of the Wardaend Ceme-
tery, near Sheffield, and of his having sold them for
the purposes of dissection, the attention of the
police has been directed to the circumstance. On
examination they found a large number of bodies in
an excavation in the cemetery, some of which were
mutilated.

Yesterday evening a mob went to the cemetery,
and, enraged at the sight of the bodies, broke into
a house formerly occupied by the sexton, and then
partly furnished for the use of the minister ; they
forcibly entered the place, broke the doors and win-
dows, destroyed the furniture, and tore the surplice
into rags. They then went to the sexton's house,
turned out his wife, who was alone, and set fire to
the. premises. The house, with its contents, was
entirely destroyed. The damage exceeds £5OO.
•,To one, as yet, has been apprehended.

)lIPPRESSION OF THE WEST •END BROTHELS.--
Oft Tuesday the authorities, acting on the suggestion of
Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, for the suppression
of the infamous houses in the West-end, commenced vigor •
cue proceutings for their extirpation, and the owners and
occupiers of those establishments in the vicinity of the
daymarke, Leicester-square, Regent-street, Covent-gar-
rl-markett, and the Strand, received notices to shut them
dicted
up forthwith, and all who fail to do so will be at once findin-
punished with the utmost rigour. Already the
whole of the iztamons houses in Exeter-street, Strand,
near the Lyceum
l Theatre, are closed ; also those in King's-
,
Quee's-oreo, Regent-street, and several
pe, Pall-
in Leicester-square, and
low their example. the others are all preparing to fol-
CHE SARA, SARA---The best excuse for Miss
an allegation by a writer in the Post,
Sairey Todd is in
rY raaul, as probably she
that she was formerly a Laund - •
thought that a carriage-horse
had no there feeling than a
clotties-horm—runch.