The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-01 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

PRIVILEGES OF COLONIAL LEGISLATURES. —A case
involving the right of Colonial Legislatures to commit for
contempt and breach of privilege was argued before the
Privy Council on Tuesday. From the statement of Sir
Roundell Palmer it appeared that on the 27th of April,
1869, a person named Glass was arrested on the warrant
of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria,
for breach of privilege and contempt, and was lodged in
the gaol at Melbourne. A writ of habeas corpus was issued
byAhe Chief Justice of Victoria, and Glass was discharged,
the court holding that it was necessary for the warrant to
state the reasons why Glass had been committed, iu order
for the court to inquire whether there was sufficient cause
for committal or not. Sir John Karslake, for the respon-
dent, urged that the Colonial Legislature only posse'sed
restricted powers, and it was within the jurisdiction of a
court of law to inquire whether the reasons for committal
were sufficient. The Privy Council held it was part of the
privilege of the Legislature to commit ou a general war-
rant, and judgment was given accordingly.
ARMY OFFICERS AND MONEY LENDERS.—A case illus-
trating the pernicious effect of the money-lending system
was heard before Vice-Chancellor Stuart, it being insti-
tuted by Lieutenant Phipson, 75th Regiment, against two
money lenders carrying on business under the title of Boss
and Co., Maddox-street, Regent-street, London. It
seemed that the plaintiff, being deficient of pecuniary re-
sources, borrowed £2OO of the defendants, for which he
gave them an acceptance to a bill of exchange for
£240, paying also £l2 to a " touter" for com-
mission. Being unable to pay the bill on
its falling due, the defendants induced him
on three successive occasions to give them accptances
for nearly £BOO, which bore interest at the rate of 75 per
cent., and without receiving, as lie alleged, more than
£67 in further advance. Even out of the latter sum £5l
was paid the " touter" for alleged expenses. The
plaintiff also executed an assignment of his commission,
the regulation value of which was £7OO ; but the
defendants having recently instituted proceedings in
bankruptcy against him, lie now asked that an account
might be taken of what had been actually advanced to
him, and that it might bear interest at the rate of 5 per
cent. only. The defence was that the plaintiff had not
been induced to give the acceptances under any pressure
whatever. But the Vice-Chancellor believed the transac-
tion to be monstrously unconscionable, and ordered an
account to be taken as prayed.
THE TICHBORNE BARONETCY CASE.—This matter wa s
brought before Vice-Chancellor Stuart on motion. The
plaintiff is described as Sir Harry Tichborne, Bart., an
infant, and is represented by his mother, the Hon.
Josephine Tichborne, his next friend ; while the defendant,
called in the proceedings Thomas Castro, claims to be
designated Sir Roger Tichborne; and the object of the
suit is to administer the Tichborne and Doughty estates.
It will be remembered that by the authority of
the Court of Chancery there has been brought an
action at law of ejectment for the purpose of
trying the claim of Sir Roger to the property. It was
to have been heard in the Court of Common Pleas on the
9th of February, but was postponed on application to
the 9th of May, on the ground that material witnesses
were in Paris. Mr. Karslake, Q.C. (with him Mr.
Locock Webb) now moved for an order for the Clerk of
Record and Writs to attend the trial with the affidavits,
pleadings, and other documents filed in the Chancery
proceedings. Mr. Chapman Barber appeared for the de-
fendant, and while not objecting to the motion, asked
that the clerk might be ordered to attend at the request of
either party. Mr. Karslake assenting, the Vice-Chancellor
made the order accordingly.
A MANAGER SENTENCED TO PENAL SERVITUDE.—At
ti.e Central Criminal Court James Loveday, late agent
and manager to the London establishment of Mr. John
Candlish, M.P. for Sunderland, trading under the title
of the Londonderry Bottle Company, was indicted for
embezzling various sums he had received from customers,
to the amount in all of about £2,000. It appeared from
the evidence that it was the prisoner's duty to forward all
cheques he received to Mr. Candlish, at Sunderland, without
delay, but instead of doing so,he obtained cash for them of a
tradesman in the City, on the statement that the money
was required for the purpose of business. Alderman
Lusk was returned as a debtor for £157, when that gen-
tleman had settled nts account monthly. Various other
defaults were proved, and the jury having found the pri-
soner guilty, he was sentenced to five years' penal ser•
vitude.

THE HORNSBY ABDUCTION CASE.—At Clerkenwell
Police-court, John Casemore, Eliza Stevenson, and Thos.
Henry Gibbs were charged on remand with the abduction
of Grace Taylor, a girl under sixteen, and with felo-
neously receiving £lB, the moneys of Mr. Taylor,
cowkeeper, of Hornsey-road. Mr. Ricketts said that
the complainant had come to the court with his
daughter, but, owing to her being taken ill, she
had had to go away again. He did not know
what influence had been brought to bear on the
complainant, but, whatever it was, he was instructed not
to offer any further evidence against the prisoners, and to
ask for their discharge. Mr. Taylor, the prosecutor, said
that he wished to withdraw from the prosecution. The
friends of Gibbs had promised that he would marry his
daughter. Mr. Cooke said he was very reluctant to allow
the charge to be withdrawn. After a suitable admoni-
tion, however, the defendants were discharged.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Saturday night, a
father and son, both lightermen, living at the east-end of
London, quarelled when under the influence of liquor, und,
after a struggle of some duration, the son was found to be
stabbed in several places. He died soon afterwards. The
father has been brought up at the Thames Police Court,

on a charge of manslaughter, and remanded.
AMPUTATIONS IN HOSPITALS. —At the Lambeth police-
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to a complaint made by Mr. Mayo, an attorney, that a
woman named Atkins had had her arm amputated with-
out her consent. Ho was present to give a complete
contradiction to the statement. He trusted that the press
would make public his denial. A report of the case in
the South London Press was handed to the magis-
trate, headed " Forcible Amputation at St. Thomas's
HospitaL" It was stated that it did not proceed from
any of the reporters regularly attending the court.
Mr. Mayo admitted that he had written the report. Mr.
Chance said, in his opinion, it was what no advocate
ought to do. The cases before the court were correctly
reported, and in the event of any mistake the reporter
could be spoken to, and would, no doubt, make a correc-
tion if necessary. Mr. Walker said there was no foun-
dation for the statement which had been made on the
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part of the woman. The amputation was performed with
her knowledge and assent. She was asked, as usual,
when she left if she had i,uy complaint, and she said she
had not. Mr. Chance said he had no doubt the newspapers
would give the contradiction to the statement that had
been made.

The area of the oyster-beds of the Chesapeake and

its tributaries is computed to embrace 3,000 acres. These
beds yield to commerce al3out 25,000,000 of bushels
annually, and it is stated that a sufficient quantity besides
is taken to form the chief provender of 20,000 persons.

LORD DERBY AND HIS Nisi' EsTATEs.—The de-
putation sent over to Knowsley to Lord Derby regarding
his rumoured intention of selling his Tipperary estates has
been informed by his lordship that he did intend selling
them, but be will consider the memorial, and send a reply
in due course.

SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY.—The Scottish Ea-

turalist states that a work on the birds of Scotland, by
Mr. Robert Gray, secretary to the Glasgow Natural
History Society, is in the press ; and that Mr. Howie,
secretary of the Largo Naturalists' Field Club, is draw-
ing up, for publication, a catalogue of the plants of Fife-
shire.

COMPROMISE OF GLASGOW BREACH OF PRO•
MISE CASE FOR 2.500.—The case of Miss Richardson
against Mr. Normand, Glasgow, for £4,000 damages for
breach of promise of marriage, which was enrolled for
trial by jury on Friday, came up on Saturday before Lord
Ormidale, when the case was compromised by a joint
minute, the pursuer accepting £5OO compensation, along
with expenses.—Evening Citizen.

A. licii PAIIPER..—At the meeting of the Liskeard
Board of Guardians on Saturday, the case was mentioned
of an old postman, named Budge, who had for a long time
received 2s. 9d. per week from the union towards the sup-
port of himself and wife. The wife died a few days ago,
and a bank book had since been found in the house,
showing Budge to have £lOO in the Launceston Bank.
Further search brought forth money and property making
the man worth fully £lBO. The board decided to bring an
action against Budge in order to recover the money paid,
to him as relief.

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ISSUE OF £500,000 STERLING SIX PER
CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS
OF THE

CAMDEN AND A3IBOY RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION,
DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL, AND NEW

JERSEY RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES,

FORMING THE
UNITED CANAL AND RAIL ROAD COMPANIES OF
NEW JERSEY, _

In Bonds to Bearer of £2OO Sterling each, at the Price of 92 per
cent., or £lB4 per Bond.
The repayment of the Bonds at par (L 200) in 1894 is secured, in
addition to the Mortgage, by the establishment of an Annual
Sinking Fund, to be paid by the Companies to, and accumu-
lated by, the "Fidelity Insurance Trust and Safe Deposit
Company of .Philadelphia."
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN STERLING
MONEY IN LONDON,
FREE FROlt ANY FEDERAL OR STATE TAX.

Messrs. J. S. MORGAN and Co. offer for Public Subscription the
above Mortgage Bonds of the United Canal and Railroad
Companies of New Jersey, at the price of £lB4 per £2OO Bond,
payable by Instalments, as under
210 per £2OO Bond on Application.
£4O „ „ on Allotment.
£4O „ „ on Ist March, 1871.1.
z5O „ on Ist April, 1871.
£44 „ on lst May, 1871.

ClB4
Subscribers may pay the full amount in advacne on allotment •
or on any of the above-mentioned days, and upon such payments
dicount at the rate of £4 per cent. per annum will be allowed.
Ins case default be made in payment on allotment, or of any of
the instalments on the days named, the allotment will be liable
to be cancelled, and the amounts then already paid forfeited.
Upon payment of the allotment money, Scrip Certificates to
Bearer will be issued to the Subscribers, which will be exchanged
for the Bonds, as soon as possible after payment of the whole
amount of the subscription.
The United Canal and Railroad Companies of New Jersey,
upon whose mortgage security the above Bonds are issued,
consist of " The Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transporta-
tion Company," " The Delaware and Raritan Canal Company,"
and "The New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company,"
who, by agreement between themselves under authority of the
Legislature of New Jersey, have been united into one interest
and under one management, by which an end was put to the
competition previously existing.
These Railway and Canal Companies form three avenues of
traffic between New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Wash-
ington, as well as the country south and west. They are
amongst the oldest and most successful of all the Railroad
Companies of the United States, and have always been con-
spicuous for their very able and judicious administration.
The paid-up Share Capital of the Companies amounts to
$16,550,000, and the entire Bond and Funded Debt of the Com-
panies (including the £369,200 Sterling Bonds issued
Mortgage
in 1869,
and the present issue of £500,000) are covered by
Security representing $20,000,000, or £4,ooo,oooanies are nearly
The aggregate grow earnings of the Comp
$8,000,000 per annum. The Dividends paid on the Share
Ci.pital are 10 per cent. The net earnings heretofore, accumu-
lated in excess of profits divided as Dividend are upwards of
$1,000,000, which has been expended in the Works, and is not
represented in the Share or Loan Capital.
It will thus be seen that a very large margin of net income
will remain after providing for interest on the Bond debt,
together with a Sinking Fund for its redemption, equal to 2 per
cent. currency per annum on the amount of the Loan, which
will be paid semi-annually to, and accumulated by, the "Fidelity
Trust and Safe Deposit Company of Philadelphia."
It may be mentioned, as an evidence of the value attached in
the United States to this property, that the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad Company has recently offered to lease it in
perpetuity, paying, in addition to the interest on the debt, a
dividend of 10 per cent. per annum to the holders of the
common stock of the Companies. This proposal is now under
consideration.
The principal secured by the Bonds is made repayable at par
in 1894, and tho Coupons for interest, at the rate of £6 per cent.
per annum, will. be made payable half-yearly, on the Ist Sep-
tember and Ist March in each year ; the first half-yearly pay-
ment will fall due Ist September next. All payments will be
made in London, in sterling money, clear of all taxation in the
United States.
Applications to be made to Messrs. J. S. MORGAN and Co.,
but none will be considered unless accompanied by a deposit of
£lO per Bond applied for. This deposit will be returned with-
out deduetio in ithe event of no allotment being made.
22, Old Broad-street, London, 28th January, 1871.

ISSUE • OF £500,000 STERLING SIX PER
CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS of the CAMDEN and AMBOY
RAILROAD and TRANSPORTATION, DELAWARE and RARI-
TAN CANAL, and NEW JERSEY RAILROAD and TRANS
and
-
PORTATION COMPANIES, forming the UNITED CANAL
RAILROAD COMPANIES of NEW JERSEY.
The undersigned Agents for the above Loan beg to notify
that the LIST will' be CLOSED on THURSDAY next for Town,
and the day following for Country applicat ions.
J. S. MORGAN and CO.
22, Old Bond-street, London, 81st January, 1871.

NIOSES and SON'S
JLJ

WINTER OVERCOATS, 193. to £5.

BOY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. Od. to 455.

10 MOSES and SON beg to remind the public
_LA. that the cheapaes-4 of• an article depends end, ely on its
Quality, and they ,Nnture to say that their prices will compare
Won, ably witk those of a,,iy other house in England.

V, MOSES and SON'S
V •

OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 50s.

CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19s. to nOs.

jr ERTCI-1 JACKETS, 15s. to 425.

SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. 6d. to 50s.

BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 60s.

MOSES and SON'S
11.1.

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FROCK COATS, 243. to 635.

DRESS COATS, 255. to 60s

MORNING TROUSERS, I.ls. 6d. to 21s.

DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265.

MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5

E. MOSES and SON'S

BOYS' CLOTHING :

KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, 9s. 6s. to 40s.

ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s.

BRIGHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s

DRESS SUE'S, 255. to 635.

COUNTRY BRANCH
BR DFORD, YORKSHIRE.

EMOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system
• of self-mre enables them to execute orders by poet,
with the guaantee ofeasu a faultless tit.

EMOSES and SON invite special attention
. to their large Stock of GENTLEME VS DRESSING
EDBE7', at 18 to 2,4 Guineas; the assortment is unequalled
for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance
of finish.

E MOSES and SON supply every description of
Clothing, ready-made or made to measure, for all agats
es,
ad occasions, and .11 classts"; also Hosiery am Drapery,
H
and Cal s, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates.
All Goods marked in Plain Figures.
Any Article exchanged if not worn or injured.
List of Prices. with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and
Fashion-sheet, gratis and Lust-free.
E. MOSES and SON'S 1, stablishments are closed every Friday
evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business
is resumed until Eleven o'clock.
The following are the only addresses of E. M )SES and SO

LONDON.
CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE.
EW OXFORD-STREET. CORNER of HART-STREET.
CORNER of TOTT EN H a M-COURT-ROA D and EUSTON-ROAD'.

A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Pro-
prietor, Mr. Benjamin Webster : Managers, Mr. B.
Webster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.--THIS EVENING, at 7, a
new Drama, in One Act, SMOKE. Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley,
Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mrs. Billington, and Miss Furtado. At
8.15 ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. B. Webster and Miss
Furtado. To conclude with the MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mrs. A.
Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla
Dubois, Miss Bellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bella Moore ;
Mr.l3iittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse, and Mr. Odell.

ROYAL S TRANI) THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and 31angreress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS
EVENING, at 7, ON AND OFF. LIVING AT EASE.
Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E.
Button, and F. Hughes. C(EUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry,
Faulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mosdames Amy Sheridan, E.
Bniton, Santley, Loc, Goodall, &c.