The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-19 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION

QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DA

BEVERICK V. ENGLISH AND OTHERS.
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This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who was oilp,g
and cashier of a mine in Cornwall; called the Austin's,,vi
Mine, against the five defendants, four of them being alu:it)
to be members of the committee of management, and theta
a shareholder of the company. The action was brought of
two bills of exchan.e, drawn upon the committee of nial
ment, and aceeptede'by two of the dtfendants such.o
case was tried before Lord Denman on the 10th -FebruarY
and a verdict was had for the plantiff, damages OIL for
Mr. THESIG ER now movectfor a. bill to show-cause Wh)
tbe
verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial hrn"nored
ground of the verdict being against the eVidence. , It ill)r
that the company had been established by English and one or
be
others, and that the defendant Wa,ket, for WhOm aloriebo
(Mr. Thesiger) appeared, had taken 20 shares which he
the
entered in the name of his wi!e. '1 he principal witt,es at
sod
trial was Capt. Mitchell, who vtas agent of the ruine'do
toses of
who stated that it was usual in Mining Companies
bills upon the committee ,or management for the exPen,beea
the undertaking. mow, in the present Can
.the bills h"'„ by
drawn upon the committee of. managernent and accepreuring
two of the def!ndants, but there was no pretence fur sag,
that Wasket was a member of that committee or took Fne
in the management of the concern further than attending
or two meetings of he shareho:ders. The Learned Cu, r,
referred to. the cases of Dickenson v. Bartley, Tredu'eot,
Bourne, and Bolt Morrel, in support of his arguin fl%
In the' latter case bills of exchange had been drawn urnoor
defendants and accepted by five of them-, as directors of a held
pany, the sixth being merely a shareholder. '1 he Court red
that the sixth defendant was not liable, and that case sPribeit
to come within the express terms of the one then'before
Lordships.
The Court granted the rule.
coiv 419.

IMON PIIEAS._(TIJIS
COLLIER V. GREYAN.
This was an action, brought by a lithographic printer.
one of the Directors of the Codier Dock Company, f2or,ll'4i,
done on account of the Company, to the ameunt of 2/..`.
was It appeared upon the trial that the amount of 191. 14s. and
by the Company before the defendant became a Direct°r ;,4
that of the remainder the amount of 191. was charged ler,. to
done, after the passing of the Act of Parliament, whereoYfroi
individual members of the Company Were exonerated
liabilit Jury the amount of their shares.
The found for the plaintiff 511., being the porti`rdire
debt incurred from the commencement of the defendant s
torship to the passing of the Act. wsit?
Mr. Sergeant ACIIERLY now moved for a rule to
verdict, first, the sum of 191. due previous to defecaandpird
rectorship, on the ground that by accepting office he rd
the debts of the Board ; and secondly, for the 1921.Dree" foti
after the passing of the Act, on the ground that the ~,
alone were individually liable for the plaintiff's claini,";:rols
the 188th section of the Act exempted the comesnr '
such debts.
thet
The Couur granted the rule nisi, on the understatiOtgoos
the discussion shall come on at the same time with 0300
the adverse rule—(to enter a verdict for defendant)--e"
on Saturday by Mr. Sergeant Bompas. , at
,
EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAV)
SMITH V. ROYSTON.
This was an action of trespass which was. tried 1/40
Abinger at the late assizes held at Derby, when a ve
found for the defendant.
Mr. BALGUY now moved for a rule nisi, to set aide,l74
verdict, and for a new trial, on the ground of misclio—„lled
the part of the Learned Judge. There was what is
buck leap round the defendant's grounds, urn The,
the plaintiff had built to the extent of four feet',oo
defendant claimed the whole of it, and it waspt the
that he had, on various occasions, taken 01% fear
fence of the Buck Leap, and had ploughed it to witi cor
or five feet of the outer fence. The Learned G'un'eto
plained that his Lordship had not left it to the JerYroperti
whether any portion of the ground in question was the P des.,
of the plaintiff, as ownership had been proved on both 51
Rule nisi granted.

n
MORGAN V. SYKES. o
This was an action, tried before the Lord Chief lisr(ousi St
the sittings in London after last term, when a verdict Os . •
for the plaintiff. 1,011.
Mr. EKLE now moved for a rule nisi for entering. 4 4
snit. The action was brought to recover the value Of. r 110)
wine from the defendant, who was a public carrier, dan
plaintiff was a wine-merchant in London, who rece,leed yy
order in these terms :—" Gentlemen, we shall be 01)1400
your forwarding by first waggon, two pipes of Y°9"tro nit°
double diamond, according to the understanding come
your Mr. Morgan, when we had the pleasure of seeinco.the
Bury." The two pipes were accordingly given , artits'
defendant, who was the usual carrier between thelp,
One of them was let fall and burst, the other was We Jo Of
livered. He (Mr. E.) now contended that the accertS'n )Ir.
the one pipe, part of the order, vested the property to
Lockwood, the person who ordered the wine. he bees
was COURT were of opinion that the property in the oe
was vested in Morgan at the time of the loss. He wouldipe of
no right of action for the r'covery of more than one r
wine against Lockwood.—Rule refused.

WHAT HAVE THE WHIGS DOlO7

In answer to a Correspondent, we give the following °h,(l
list of their deeds during the last ten years. We wish they
done more, but we must be thankful for what we receive
Taken off taxes to the annual amount of .. . ......... 4:6,2,;,5,000
Lessened the annual expen-es of the Government. 3,4'
Lessened the number of official persons, I,BsB—sa- 2509 A
larks thereby saved 369rw"
Abolished upwards of 2,000 places—salaries saved
Reduced the salaries of the Ministers, Chancellors,
Chief Justices, Attorney and Solicitor-Ge-
neral,, &c ..... ,
Reduced salaries and allowances of Ambassadors, &c.
Two Boards of Stamp 3 and Taxes thrown into
one, wi;h various other economical preparations
Noose-tax ...........................................
Duty on printed cottons
........ .... .....................
Duty on candles ... . .................
_eoPealled.
Duty on starch ........ . ................................. Pe
Reduced
Duty on soap ............................................ one half.
Duty on slates and coals .. ...... Repealed,
Duty on tiles
..... ........................ Rep ah:d"
Duty on hemp ............................. Redu,/
Duty on drugs
Duty on currants and fruit
Duty on cotton wool
,ce

199,43°
50,525

StaMps on marine insurance ee a
w
Stamps on fire insurance—farming stock' .... :. Del' ea
Duty on advertisements
St imps on small receipts
ed
!
Land tax on personal estates
Duty on pamphlets and alrnanacks
Duty on commercial travellers
gßeeFealea
r'
Duty on clerks and bookkeepers
Duty on horses of clergymen and ministers—if e sled'
saary under 1201.
Bel'ea j.
Duty on tax-carts
Redlire •
Duty on overseers. warehousemen, and shopmen... ting 1')
The Irish Church placed on a more satisfactory f°°, to tile
the abolition of several useless Bishoprics and adding
salaries of the inferior clergy.
Irish Church cess abolished. 10)5e
Irish Tithe Abolition Bill now passing through the
of Parliament. dtelo
The Bank Charter renewed on a much more liberal s"' The
—a monthly report of its accounts to be made public'able•
convertibility of bank-paper into gold maintained invicd Chips
Ihe East India monopoly destroyed ; all India an fof 13r''
thrown open to British enterprise and the employment
tish capital.
oftage,
They have abolished negro slavery, given us cheapPp be-
and greatly reduced the stamp duty on Newspapers.
to 001 Y
lieve they would do a great deal more if the people w°
urge them on.

TE WEATHER.
A
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE,
STREET. 19'
Noon- Avtil'
Barometer 29 92 l'''
Thermometer
Highest 6O
Lowest
Wind N. W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg-

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d
r 60.
The Royal Society of Female Musicians' ,Itairet
Concert, at. her Majesty's Concert Room, Haeover—
We are gratified to learn that the
will take place next Friday evening, April 23. . nod
We
in course of signature in this city for a total and irsuint; lie'
repeal of the Corn-laws, had, last night, 22,000 names 9„4l'gtis-
to it. When it is considered that that great number of that
tures had been obtained in one week, it must be evi"ery AO
the inhabitants of Edinburgh have at last become keev':gdis"
to the enormous magnitude of the evil of taxed food.
burgh. Chronicle of Saturday.
, OW
Two young officers of the 25th regiment' king.
quartered in Brecon, having been caught knocker.breto the
have had to replace the missing articles, and pay 10/*
Infirmary,— Cambrian. • 3 rico
FIRST HACKNEY-COACH STAND.--1t11,9 oad
petition
edisto
years before this date (1636) the first hackney-coac': ,let'
was established in London. Garrard thus describes it ',P thing
ter to Strafford:—" I cannot omit to mention auf,,,r'e'; is on°
that comes up amongst us, though never so trivial. -tiere a tb°
Captain Baily ; he bath been a sea captain, but now lireyse°l,oll
land, about this city, where he tries experiments. 11 ;thee,
erected, according to his ability, some four hacknoy-c°lol-
put his men in livery, and appointed them to stand at fit`
pole in the Strand, giving them instructions at what -r, . the
carry men into several parts of the town, where all,-"Ll
may be had. Other hackneymen seeing this way, tb..oP'.--ate•
to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same
cab (lir
So that sometimes there is twenty of them together, r, voy-
Feisc up and down, that they and others are to be boa: 'ars"-
where, as watermen are to be had by the waterside- '''cbei
body is much pleased with it. For, whereas befo .0 CO3 orla
could not be had but at great rates, now a man may -bare
much cheaper." Or
It is understood that Lord Palmerston 1/15 , -
pointed Wednesday next, at five o'clock, to receive a. dePtuailt
tion from the merchants of London on the subject of Cal'
Eliiot's negotiations with the Chinese.
il
LOG OF THE CALEDONIA.—The i f 0.,
~,.;
extra-ts from the log of the Royal mail steamer Caledonia the
her outward passage to Halifax, will show the seventy et la,
storm on the 12th and 13th ult.:—March 12, lat. 47' sof
at 8, strong breezes and showers, wind veerthg ..01
long. 39. 59., A.M., fresh gales and squally, with showeroa
at noon, strong breezes and heavy rain; uP , )to
fo•-e)-
netg ;the foresail; 14 Ind hauling to the 5011th Ward• ; ..01-
ahhnaaduillis;
away he ore the wind,
hard gales and Leavy rain ; in fore and aft sails : the wind.. e ;
denly hauling round, and increasing to a perfect horric"i",ke
kept the ship
in their foresail. At 5 the foresheet broke, a.,,d the ,a I:I it,
to piece,; ; r muded the ship to the wind with tarpausflng
uri,
the m zen rigging. At 8, hard gales and heavy spa]; • "'the
der, lightning, and rain, with a tremendous sea ; I,°tvehard
could not attempt ti,_,,,,,,
starboard quarter boat, and carried her away. I‘,/iduini, 40.
gales and heavy squads. March 13, lat. 46..10., loll.' f hail ;
—A.M., hard gales and heavy squalls, with showers
,e,, with
heavy sea running. r. its., hard gales and heavy s9uluil;
snow showers; heavy head sea. At 8, ship pitching,' hex`_oat
carried away the jibboom. Mi,rnight, gale continuing,
heavy snow squalls. 17'
AP R 1
HIGH WYCOMBE, SATURDAY. under-
sheriffil of Mr. Rumsey, solicitor Of this plaused quite
fir the county during the ast year, hasbeaut 00°4'
a panic here. His liabilities are reverted to be a 0 .
and we regret to say that many pa. tit s .
curustance.
perty in his hands will be neatly ruined by the or
Windsor Express. .
h Lich plea'
MALTA, MARCH 31.--We have in
an,
ereo.,
and there ,
sure in being able to announce, that the offers d have
of both the Zebra and Castor continue healthy,the Ca-It°r"
been no new attacks of plague or deaths since
anival here on the 9th instant.-11Iediterraneo.
. who had deposited pro,:
• . --
or
sel the Columbine, W. Norwood, from Rotterdam,.
mail.
The General Stearn Navigation ComPaHY's weed
off the Custom-house yesterday, with the Dutch . _