The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-22 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A mutiny is said to have broken out in one of the
Austrian regiments in garrison at Comorn. The
Austrian Government since the conquest of Hungary
has lowered the pay of the soldiers, which has occa-
sioned much discontent in the army, and in the Houh
and Deutschmeister Infantry regiments, composed of
Viennese, this discontent broke out in murmurs
and complaints, which were considered a sedition.
These men were summarily condemned to be shot.
At the hour fixed for their execution the whole
regiment broke out into mutiny. An officer of the
staff and several superior officers were killed by the
exasperated soldiers. The regiment has been ordered
into Lower Austria.

PRUSSIA.
Intelligence bas been received from Berlin to the
19rh.

The Ministry had received from both Chambers
the revised draft of the Constitution. There are
several points on which the two Chambers have not
been able to some to an agreement. These differ-
ences, it was believed, would be arranged by the
Government itself.

At the close of the sitting of that day the Secon d
Chamber was adjourned for the Christmas holydays
till the 4th of January.
The Kolner Zeitung of the 21st inst. contains a
lengthy dispatch, which the Prussian Cabinet ad-
dressed to the Austrian Government on the 12th
inst., in which it is stated that such is the organiza-
tion of the Prussian league that it contains the germs
of further development ; that by means of voluntary
adhesions it is calculated to embrace the whole of'
Germany ; and that it would place an alliance with
the Austrian States in the place of the former federal
union.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 21.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius before the LORD Cnicr
BA-
Ron and a Special Jury, at Guildhall.)
BOSANQURT V. 811ORTRIDGE.

The Attorney-General, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Un
thank appeared for the plaintiff; Sir F. Thesiger:
Mr. Knowles, and Mr. F. Robinson were counse
for the defendant.

The plaintiff is the representative of the London
and Westminster Bank, and this was an action on a
scire facias on a judgment for 30,000/. recovered by
the bank of the plaintiff against the Newcastle,
Shiels, and Sunderland Union Joint Stock Bank.
The question raised between the parties was whether
on the day the scire facias issued, the 11th of Jan.,
1848, the defendant was a shareholder in the New-
castle Bank, which it is perhaps needless to say is
now reckoned among the things that were, the whole
concern having suddenly gone to pieces in October,
1847, after having paid for several years, and up to
the last moment, a dividend of ten p( r cent. to
the fortunate shareholders. It appeared that the
defendant was one of the trustees of the bank, and
an original shareholder, but that, after selling out
from time to time, he parted with his last 100 shares
in July, 1847, to a gentleman named Thew, and it
was contended by the plaintiff that the transfer con-
nected with that sale not having been effected accord-
ing to the terms of the deed of partnership, the
defendant had .not thereby divested himself of his
connexion with the bank, and that he was accordingly
responsible for its debts. On the part of the defendant
it was shown that his trusteeship was merely nominal,
and that having become dissatisfied with the conduct
of the bank he had applied for information to Mr.
Chapman, the managing director, to whom the direc-
tion of the concern had been left by the directors,
and that not having received any satisfactory answer
he determined to part with his shares. This he did in
the usual way adopted at the bank—the assent to the
transfer being given verbally by the managing
director alone, though the deed required the
assent of four directors to any such business.
This was admitted to be an irregular mode of
proceeding; but it was the only course open to the
defendant, the directors holding only quarterly meet-
ings, instead of those required by the deed. Under
such circumstances, Mr. Thew became possessed of
the last 100 shares of the defendant, by contract, on
the 6th and 13th of July, 1847, at 51. 10s. per share,
on 51. paid up; it being agreed that the money
should be paid on the 20th of August, and that Mr.
Thew should receive the dividend, which would be
declared in the interval, at the general meeting; that
meeting took place in due course, when a flourishing
dividend of 10 per cent. and a " sound business"
were reported to the shareholders. On the 20th of
August the money passed between the defendant and
Mr. Thew, and in the October following the bank
was declared to be in insolvent circumstances, and
ultimately these proceedings were taken against the
defendant. After much discussion it was agreed that
a special case should be stated for the opinion of the
Court above as to the operation of these transfers
upon the liability of the defendant. A verdict was
therefore taken for the plaintiff, subject to a special
case.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yurh, Dec. 20.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Justice CRESWELL.)
Hannah Smith was indicted for perjury in having
falsely sworn that she was married to Mark Smith at
Sculcoates church, near Hull.
Mr. Thompson prosecuted.
It appeared that the prisoner had lived with a man
named Mark Smith, at Hull, for some time as his wife,
and that he, getting tired of her, left her, and she and
a child six months old became chargeable to the parish
of Hull; and on an inquiry before the magistrates as