The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-16 00:00:00

GUILDIIALL.

Mr. R. A. :Sprigt; addressed Alderman Johnson
with a complaint that his name had been mentioned in
the reports of Saturday's proceedings at this court a'
one of the directors of the Parcel Post Company, when
in fact he had resigned long ago, and had entered the
proper notice at the Registration-ofliee. Ile put in a
letter he received from the secretary, dated the 3d of
November, notifying that. the board had accepted his
resignation on the previous evening with great regret.
It was addressed to IL A. Sprigg, Esq., Great Russell-
street.

Mr. Alderman JoIISSON asked if he had notified his
resignation by advertisement? Mr. Sprigg said he had
not, because he was not aware that the names of the
directors had ever been advertised to the public. He
was a director but fora very short time, for he soon
saw enough to satisfy him that it would be prudent to
withdraw.

Mr. Alderman JOHNSON asked who solicited him to
join? Mr. Sprigg replied, the person who furnished the
carriages, who said if he went in the parties would be
under some restraint, and he should not be afraid to
trust them, and should know what was doing. He made
a proposition that each of the directors should put down
250/. towards the preliminary expenses. He was sup
ported by a director named Balch, of Clapham, but the
rest were unanimous in rejfcting it.
Mr. Alderman JOHNSON asked how much, then, he
had been required to pay up? Mr. Sprigg said 351., as
his proportion of the money paid for the premises of the
Corn•law League. He thought the business should be
cleared up as far as possible, and was ready to give
any information to the sufferers by the failure of the
company. _

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. Francis Buchanan Hoare, solicitor, of Beaumont-
street and St. James's-street, was brought up for final
examination on various charges of felony.
It will be recollected that the prisoner was fully com-
mitted ou a charge of having fraudulently disposed of
►rust property belonging to the Bishop of Llandaff, Mt.
Scarisbrick, and Mr. Ansel', valued at 5001.
To a question from Mr. Sewell,
Mr. Btrichem said that the committal would be for a
misdemeanour, yet it would he competent on the same
evidence to deal with the charge as one of felony.
Mr. Sewell and Mr. Hobler appeared for the pro-
secution ; Mr. Humphreys and Mr. Thomson were for
the prisoner.
Mr. Sewell said, he understood that there were other
casei against Mr. Hoare ; one charge would most
probably be preferred by Mr. Bohn's assignees, other
charges would be brought forward by other parties.
Now, he would either go into these charges before the
Court, or make such arrangements with the prisoner's
attorneys as would put them in possession of the neces-
sary particulars.
Mr. Humphreys was quite willing to let the other
charges remain.

The prisoner wai then fully committed. Bail was
offered and accepted.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GIDES.—PARISH OP
ST. STEPHEN, WALREoOE. —ln the Vice-Chancellor's
Court, on Friday, before Knight Bruce, the suit instituted
in November, 1843, against Mr. Alderman Gibbs and the
select vestry of the parish of St. Stephen, Walbrook, for an
account of the receipts, by Mr. Gibbs, of certain charity
moneys in respect of the parish, was heard. The
report of the Master had found that Mr. Gibbs was
a creditor to the extent of 500/., though he claimed
1,8004 to be due to him. This sum of 500/. had
not in any portion, under the decree, been paid into the
banktng-house of Messrs. Willis. Percival, and Co. The
Vice-Chancellor sail—My present ingression in the par-
ticular circumstances of this ease is, that the defendants
should be allowed to speak on Thursday morning next ; and
I think that the only decree that can be made is this :
Let the Master inquire whether any and what sum or sums
of money has or have, under or in pursuance of the
direction in that respect- contained in the decree,
been paid to the joint account of Mr. Gibbs and
Mr. I%Thitak.r, or the churchwardens and Overseers for
the time being of the said parish with the banking-house of
Messrs. Willis, Percival. and Co., Lombard-street; and if he
shall find no such payment has been made, let the Master
state why and under what circumstances it has happened
that no such payment has been made; let the Master in any
event continue the accounts directed by the decree from the
fOot of the report: continue the reservation of further direc-
tions and cogs. Mr. K. Parker suggested the appointment
of a receiver, but the Vice• Chancellor said that he could not
do this upon the present state of the pleadings.