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

THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANK.

'The following important circular has been ad-
dresoed 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 ➢lr. 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 Chandos 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 rigtits of
the bank.

"Notwithstanding the high judicial character of Vice-
M‘lancellor Wood, the directors feel that, in a case of such
xna ,gnitude, 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
Ht ruse of Lords ; the amount involved in this case, as the
• eha.reholders 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
liq.alde.te it, and still leave a large amount at its credit,
whi'e the future dividends of the bank will not, they feel
assured, be effected, as the large sum in question has not
for a lo.ng time been productive of profit.
66 Thes directors have the further satisfaction 6.f feeling
that t.4ey have the prospect of being able to terminate the
anxious litigation which has so much occupied them during
the past six years, as there are no other cases in which the
3•u b laments already given in favour of the bank can be
sin, dis-
turbed.--I"
W. M‘K.nws'sr„ General Manager."

SERIOCS AFFAIR NEAR SHEFFIELD.

exhuma-
tion .
n—a
SHEFFIELD, Wednesday Morning.
Rumours having been circulated of the
of bodies by the sexton of the Wardsend Cem -
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
meteroemey,
to
and, enraged at the sight of the bodies, oin
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
entirelyr destroyed. The damage exceeds £5OO.
No one, as yet, has been apprehended.

SUPPRESSION OF THE WEST
•END BROTHELS
On Tuesday the authorities, acting on the
suggestion
Eir George Grey, the Home Secretary, for the suppression
of
e •of the infamous houses in the West-end, om
ous proceedings for their extirpation,
and the
vigor
e owners and
occupiers of those establishments in the vicinity
den-rnarket, of
Covent-gar-
upthe
Haymarket Leicester-square, Regent-street, nd the Strand, received notices to shut them
forthwith, and all who fail to do so will be at once in-
dicted and punished with the utmost rigour. Already the
whole of the intamo
rear the Lyceum Theatre, are closed ;
us houses in Exeter-street, Strand,
also those in King's-
lace Pall-mall, Queen'e„
P ) R t t t and several
treet, Regent-street, -s ree ,
in Leicester-square, and the tofo others are all preparing 1-
VW their example,