The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY NOTICES.

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company,
at their last meeting, declared 10 per cent., the maxi-
mum dividend allowed by their Act.
It is expected that the Chester and Crewe line, now
an integral part of the Grand Junction Railway, will be
opened about the 17th inst.—Railway Times.
The results of the working of the Blackwall Rail-
way continue to be in every respect most satisfac-
tory. There are now four intermediate stations
open, and, although only one line of rail is at work,
the average number of passengers is about 6,000
daily. The second line will be opened either this
day or to-morrow, after which trains will start every
quarter of an hour, thus giving about 100 trains daily.
As soon as these arrangemonts are fully completed, the
directors will be prepared to accommodate steam-boat
passengers on a large scale. Hitherto they have not:
been able to comply to any extent with the offers held
out to them.—Railway Times.
LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—it is pro-
posed to open the line in October, as far as Hooley-
lane, upwards of 16 miles from London ; and further
from a point south of Merstham to the Three Bridges,
near Crawley, a distance of 11 miles ;- so that the
journey between London-bridge and Brighton will
be easily accomplished in four hours. They antici-
cipate opening as far as Hayward's•heath, a distance
of 37 miles, by Midsummer next, and throughout to
Brighton early next autumn.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—TIC opening of the
line from Sterenton to Faringdon last week, has given
a considerable increase to the returns, upwards of
1,0001. being the first day's proceeds. The compara-
tive returns for the last week of the Great Western,
aid London and Birmingham, lines show that the
reeeipts per mile on the Great Western were
about 1051. 10s., while those of the London and
Birmingham were 1551. The line will be opened from
hence to Bath in about three weeks. Every thing pro-
gresses most satisfactorily in regard to the preparatory
arrangements. Mr. Brunel is now on the spot, and is
pushing the work forward with great rapidity, and the
utmost activity prevails in every department. One lo-
cometive is at present being tried on this part of the
line *land in the course of next week we understand four
other engines will be placed on the rail for the same pur-
pose.—Bristol Paper.
ARDROSSAN RAILWAY.—We understand the rail-
way between Kilwinning and Ardrossan is nearly com-
pleted, and will be opened in a few days hence. There
has been for a considerable time a railway there, but it
was only a single line, and the rails of a light kind, fitted
only for a horse draught. The line is now double,
it is laid with strong rails, and instead of passing
at a distance from Kilwinning, and running on to
I Er4linton policies, it takes a curve northward, and
joins the Glasgow and Ayr line at the Kilwinning sta-
tion. The trains that run on the Ayr railway are not
the same as will run on tile Ardrossan branch, but the
time.; of starting from Kilwinning to Saltcoats and Ar-
drossan will doubtless be so regulated as to suit the
passengers on the Ayr line ; and in this way passengers
from Glasgow will reach the fashionable watering-place
of Ardrossan in two hours. A fine new engine, made
by Messrs. Barr and M'Nab, for the Ardrossan branch,
is to be sent off from Paisley on Monday morning, and
a second one will follow in two or three weeks after.--
IPaisley Advertiser.

RAILWAY TRAVELLING.-Since the opening of the
Hull and Selby railway, parties may leave Lincolnshire
by the New Holland packet at nine in the morning,
proceed by railway at ten, spend two hours and a half
at Leeds, and return by the three o'clock train to Hull,
which saves the six o'clock packet to New Holland in
the evening ; thus affording an opportunity to the Lin-
oolnshire farmer of selling his corn at Leeds market and
returning the same day.
RAILWAY RETURNS.-London and Birmingham,
week ending July 25. For the conveyance of pas-
sengers, parcels, horses, carriages, and mails, 16,3351.
103.; merchandise, 1,8671. 9s. ; cattle, 2271. ; total,
18,429/. 193. Grand Junction, for the week ending
July 25. Passengers, parcels, and mails, 8,1581. 3s,
6d.: merchandise and live stock, 1,552/. Os. 6d. ; total,
9,7101. 4s.-Birmingham and Derby, week ending July
25. Passengers, 1,008/. 7s. 10.1. ; merchandise, 179/.
10s. Bd. ; total, 1,087/. 18s. 61-Midland Counties,
week ending July 25. Passengers (10,271) 1,537/.
191. 3d. ; merchandise, &c., 1631. 18s, 1 d. ; total,
1.7081, 17s. 4d.-North Midland, week ending July
25. Passengers and parcels, 2,256/. Os. 6 d. ; mar-
chandiS-, 981. Os. sd. ; total, 2,4541. Os.
11 sd.-New-
castle and Carlisle, week ending July 25. Total
traffic, 1,707/. 175.-Hull and Selby, from July
20 to July 26, inclusive. Passengers (5,773)
647/. Is. 9d. ; parcels, Bm, 31/. 2s. 21; total
traffic, 6781. 3s. I 1 d.-111anbhestcr and Leeds (open
13, miles), wetk ending July 20th. Passengers,
731/. Bs. ; goods, 806/, Os. Bd. ; total, 1,043/. lls. Bd.
-Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, week ending July
23;1, Passengers and pared's, 388/. 12s. 6d ; goods
and coals, 128/. 19s. 10d.; total, 517/. 12s. 41(1.-
Great Western, week en-ding July 26th. Amount re-
ceived from
passengers, 5,4081. 153. 8,1. ; merchandise,
524/. 103. ; carriage of materials for the line, 71. 12s. sd. ;
mails and parces; 3371. 9s. ; total, 6,278/. 7s. 1 d.-
London and Croydon, week ending July 30. Pas-
sengers (11
,033) totsl receipts, 796/. 6i. 2:1,-d.-
London and Greenwich, week ending July 30. Num-
ber of passengers (32,090); total receipts, 999/. 15s.
104.-Liverpool and Manchester, week ending July
24. Coaching department, 3,7831. 7s. 3d. ; goods
and coal departments, 1,899/. ls. 6d. ; total receipts,
5,682/. Bs. 9d.-London and South Western, week
ending July 26. Passengers, 6,854/, 14s. 3d. • goods,
428/. 7s. 3d. ; total, 7,283/. Is. 6d.-Manchester and
Birmingham (from Manchester to Stockport, six miles),
week ending July 27. Passengers (12,768); total
traffic, 368/. Bs. 6d.-Birmingham and Gloucester
(length of line opened 31 miles), from July 18 to July
24; inclusive. Amount received for passengers, parcels,
carriages, and horses, 969/. 15s. 19d.-Ilailway Times.
DANISH is not generally known that
-a railway from Altona, two miles from Hamburgh to
,Kiel, in the Duchy of flokteiri, has been projected,
and is about to be constructed under the auspices of the

King of Denmark, with a view of effecting a communi-
cation between the North Sea and the Baltic. Mr.
George Watson Buck, Engineer-in-Chief to tl:c Man-
chester and Birmingham Railway Company, hai been
selected as the Engineer to the undertaking.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT--FRIDAY, AUG. 7.
(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.)

HOPKINSON V. SNOW AND OTHERS.-THE METROPO-
LITAN PARCELS DELIVERY COMPANY.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is
a corn factor, carrying on business in London, against
the defendant, Mr. Snow, one of the Directors and
Shareholders of the Metropolitan Parcels Delivery Corn-
pany, to recover the sum of 1461. for corn, and other
horse provender, supplied for the horses of the Corn flatly.
Mr. Petersdorff and Mr. Wordsworth appeared for
the plaintiff; Mr. Ogle and Mr. Hughes conducted
the defence of Mr. Snow ; and Mr. Horne watched
the case on behalf of other defendants, Shareholders
and Directors of the Company, who had allowed judg-
ment to go by default.
Mr. Petersdorff addressed the Jury, and said that
his clLnt carried on the business of a corn-merchant at
Paul's-wharf, and the defendants were shareholders in a
Company styled the Metropolitan Parcels Delivery
Company, that had been established in London a short
time back, in opposition to the London Parcels De-
livery Company-. The defendants had several stations
for carrying on their business, and at one of them, in
the Gosw•ell-street-road, the plaintiff had supplied corn
to the value of 1461. There were in fact many respec-
table names attached to the prospectus of the Company,
and the plaintiff considered he was justified in giving
credit to that amount. He should show that the de-
fendant Mr. Snow had taken an active part in the
formation of the Company ; that he had taken thirty
shares in it ; and that he continued a shareholder
during the whole time of the corn being furnished ;
and be apprehended that in law this would render the
defendant liable to pay the amount that was now sought
to be recovered by the plaintiff from him.
The Learned Counsel then called the following wit-
nesses :

John Cubley deposed that he was a shareholder in
the Company in question.
Mr. OGLE objected that the evidence of this witness
ought not to be received, inasmuch as was interested in
the cause. The effect of his evidence would tend to shift
the responsibility from himself to ;another.

Baron GURNEY said that at the same time the wit-
ness would,fix himself. He did not think he ought to
reject the evidence.
The witness then proceeded to state that he was also
agent and town traveller for the plaintiff, and he received
the orders for furnishing the corn to the Company, and
in pursuance of those orders, corn to the amount now
sought to be recovered by the plaintiff was sent to the
Company's station in Goswell-street.

Cross-examined.—Witness had ten ihares in the Me-
tropolitan Parcels Delivery Company—it was first
formed in September 1839. Some of the proprietors of
the Company held a meeting at the Exeter Hall Hotel,
and they considered it a good speculation, and resolved
that the Company should be formed forthwith. They
did not commence business until January, 1840.
Re-examined.—The defendant with the other defend-
ants to the present action, acted as a provisional com-
mittee.

Mr. Charles William Jones deposed that he was a
solicitor, and he was concerned for the parties who
sought to establish the Metropolitan Parcels Delivery
Company. 'Lie defendant with Messrs. Adams, Chan-
cellor, and other gentleman, was present at the first meet-
ing that took place upon the subject. Resolutions were
passed at that meeting that the Company should be
formed forthwith, and Mr. Snow, Mr. Nunn, Mr.
Adams, and some other gentlemen were appointed as a
Committee, to act on behalf of the Company, and to
carry out its objects. It was resolved that a capital of
50,0001. should be raised by five thousand shares of
101. each. Mr. Snow took an active part in the pro-
ceedings all along. He took thirty shares, and gave a
check for 60/., for the amount of the deposit upon them.
He was also at every meeting of the Committee up to
the month of October.

Cross-examined—The " Company" is not now in
existence. It is either joined or sold to the London
Parcels' Delivery Company. Should say that the
Company was insolvent in the month of May. In
the month of October the defendant re-
signed his appointment of trustee, and from
that time he did not attend any of the
meetings. A deed of partnership was drawn up, but
Mr. Snow refused to sign it, but he did not assign as a
reason for not doing so that he had no interest in the
Company ; but of the five thousand proposed shares
not more than four hundred were taken up ; and at a
meeting of the shareholders that was held in April; the
defendant wished to know how he would get rid of his
shares, as he said a fresh call of 21. had been made, and
he was unable to pay it. The other defendants are all
persons of property.
Baron GURNEY—No doubt it was a very good
" Company."—(A laugh.)
The resolutions for the formation of the Company,
and the conditions upon which it was to be established,
were then read.
Mr. PETERSDORFF said this was the case for the
plaintiff.
Mr. OGLE then addressed the Court, and said that
his defence to this action was one purely of law, and be
was prepared, confidently, to submit that the defendant
Mr. Snow, was not so connected with this Company as
to render him liable to the payment of the debt that
bad no doubt been incurred on their behalf. He sub-
mitted that, although the defendant held shares in the
Company, that he would only have been liable supposing
the Company had been established upon its original
footing of five thousand shares being issued. Instead
of that, however, it appeared that a very small number
of shares only had been issued, and there was no proof
that the defendant was aware of this deviation from the
original plan, and still consented to continuo his liability ;
and besides that, it appearel that the defendant had
refused to sign the deed of partnership, and after
the month of October he withdrew himself altogether
from the management of the affairs of the Company.
Mr. Ogle then cited the case of Pitchford v. Davis,
which was an action of a precisely similar character,
against a shareholder in a projected Company, and in
which it had been distinctly laid down by Lord
Abinger and Mr. Baron Parke that a shareholder
could not be made liable for the contracts that were
entered into, unless it was shown that the principles
upon which the Company was originally established had
been fully carried out in every respect, or that the de-
fendant, as a shareholder, was aware of any deviation
tbat had been made in them.

Baron GURNEY, after referring to the case, expressed
his opinion that the present one was of exactly that
character. The defendant said that he consented to be-
come part of the Company if 5,000 shares had been sold,
but as 400 only had been disposed of, and the Company
began business with a capital of 8001., instead of what
they would have derived from the 5,000 shares, he did
not admit his liability as a shareholder.
Mr. PETERSDORFF thought that the evidence was
sufficient to warrant the belief that the defendant was
aware that all the original conditions bad not been ful-
filled, when the Company was established, and that he
was liable, as a shareholder, in the undertaking.
Mr. Baron GURNEY thought the evidence was not
sufficient. The question was, whether the Directors,
having carried on the Company upon a totally different
principle to that proposed by the resolutions for its
formation, and to the prospectus that had been issued,
could bind the defendant to their acts.
Mr. PETERSDORFF said :le could not carry the case
any farther.
Baron GURNEY then said that if he pleased he might
elect to be non-suited, but if the case went to the Jury
he should feel it his duty to direct them to find for the
defendant.

Mr. Pctcrsdorff then elected to be non-suited.
CRIPPERFIELD V. JUTSUM.

This was an action for an assault committed by the
defendant upon the plaintiff.
.INIr. James was for the plaintiff. Mi. Chambers for
the defendant.

It appeared that the defendant was a respectable
licensed victualler residing at Greenwich, and the
plaintiff was a journeyman carpenter living in the same
neighbourhood. On a Saturday night, just before the
hour at which the defendant was bound to close his
house, the plaintiff went in, and rang the bell vio-
lently, and demanded some brandy and water. The
defendant declined to serve him, on account of the late-
ness of the hour ; upon which he, as was alleged, be-
came very violent, and the defendant at length put him
out of the house. This was the assault complained of,
and it was alleged by the plaintiff that it was a very
serious one, and that he was severely injured. On the
part of the defendant, however, it was proved that no
more violence had been used than was necessary to re-
move the plaintiff from the house.

Mr. CHAMBERS addressed the jury, and after remark-
ing upon the facts of the case, said he was quite
sure that they would by their verdict express their opi-
nion that it was one which ought never to have been
brought into Court.
The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned
a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 6d.
Mr. JAMES applied to Baron Gurney to certify, in
order that the plaintiff might get his costs, bw: his
Lordship said he could not consent to the application.

OXFORD CIRCUIT, SHREIVSEURY,
AUG. 6.
HALL V. COLEMAN.

This was an action brought to recover the sum of 5001.
for bribery alleged to have been committed at the Ludlow
electior.
The bribe alleged to have been given, which consisted
of three 51. notes, and 35 sovereigns wrapped in brown
paper, was produced in court.
Timothy Meyrick examined—l em a miller. I have
lived in Ludlow 26 years. Coleman is a master-butcher
in the same town. A day or two after the news of the
death of Lord Powis reached Ludlow, I was in Coleman',:
shop. Mi. George Gtiffiths was there. He and Cole-
man generally take an active part election matters on

the Conservative side. Griffiths said to me, " You have 1
been very stiff with me often about electioneering. You
are a fool to yourself ; you may as well have something
for your vote as not. Don't be sold by a certain party."
I said, " No, when I'm sold, I'll sell myself." Griffiths
asked me how I intended to vote, and I skid, " For
myself." Griffiths said, "Do you mean that? If you
do, I can put 1001. in your pocket." Coleman then
said, " Griffiths, I'll warrant hire
,all right." About
a week afterwards I went again to Coleman's shop,
and he told me to go into the little parlour behind
the shop to his wife. I went in. Mrs. Coleman
asked me if I had made up my mind what price I would
have for my vote. She first offered 301., then 501., which I
declined, and said, ‘‘ I understand you have been bidding
hundreds." She said 50/ was 101. more than they had
given any one else. We did'nt agree. She told me to
send down my wife. I did not de so. I saw Coleman
again on the 3d of June, two days before the election ; he
told me to go down to his %de again, which I did, and
she told me to send my wife to her. I sent my wife
down that evening, and she brought me back that brown
paper parcel, contami‘r.
inigthcproepeso/ck the same.notesa day. I votedsovereigns.nd3s
fior gave
moneyto
have always voted for that party.
MAel°yertiheek. I
ck 's statement was confirmed by his wife and by
Margaret Me} rick.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having addressed tte jury for
the defendant,

Mr. Justice AN ILLIANIS then left the case to the jury,
who immediately returned a verdict for the defendant.
A fresh jury was then sworn at the instance of the
counsel for the plaintiffs, and the following extraordinary
case was proceeded with

SHARP V. TILLEY.
This was an action of the same nature, to recover the
sum of 5001. for bribing one Samuel Coote, at the same
election.

Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW and Mr. WIIATELY appeared for
the plaintiff, and in support of their case contented them-
selves with putting in the examination of the defendant
before the Ludlow Election Committee, from which it ap-
peared that he had been engaged on behalf of Mr. Alcock
by Mr. Coppock and Mr. Downes, and that with the
know ledge and approbation of the two last mentioned
gentlemen he had canvassed Coote, and offered him 30/. if
he would vote for Alcock; that in pursuance of such offer
he took Coote up to the poll, where he voted for Alcock,
and Tilley then paid him 301., which he had received from
Mr. Downes and Mr. Coppock for that especial purpose.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD expressed the surprise and in-
dignation that he felt at the attempt to punish the agent of
the guilty principals in this transaction.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS having recapitulated Tilley's
evidence, the Jury, after two or three minutes' delibera-
tion, returned a verdict for the defendant.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT-7DERnr, Aua. 6.

CROWN COURT.— Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.)
James Hibbert, aged 30, and Aaron Hibbert, aged 26,
were indicted for the wilful murder of William Coggin!,
one of Sir George Sitwell's under-gamekeepers, on the
night of the 20th of April last.

The evidence adduced on the trial was substantially the
same as the statements made in the spring, and as the facts
are already known to our readers, a repetition of them now
is needless.

The trial lasted upv;ards of eleven hours, and imme-
diately upon the conclusion of the Learned Judge's sum-
ming up of the evidence, the Jury returned a verdict of
Not Guilty. .5

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

George _Rieke King, a clerk in the Inland-office of
the General Post-office, who was charged on Tuesday
with stealing a letter containing 181., was yesterday
brought up for final examination.
Mr. Peacock conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Hobler appeared for the defence.
Mr. Francis Niffin, tailor and draper, of Market
Bosworth, Leicestershire, proved that on the 3d instant
his son wrote and directed the letter produced to Messrs.
Payne and Co., bankers, Lombard-street, containing a
101. bill, a 51. bill of country banks, three sovereigns,
and one shilling, which witness sealed and took to the
post-office about three o'clock in the afternoon.

Richard Craddoecc,a constable attached to-the Post-
office, proved that when he searched the prisoner a se-
cond time at the Court on Tuesday, he found nothing
relating to the charge. After he had carefully searched
every part of his dress, the prisoner asked him if he was
satisfied that he bad nothing about him, and upon his
saying " Yes," the prisoner said, " I'm d-d if you
know if I havn't got it now, but I wish to God I had."
Mr. Hobler observed, that however foolish such lan-
guage might be, it could form no part of the charge,
and ought not to be admitted in evidence.

Mr. Peacock considered it a justice aue to the pri-
soner to offer all the evidence he could procure, that
he might not be taken by surprise on the trial.
Mr. HALL thought that such an observation might,
or might not, have some effect on the jury, but it
would be too much to conclude that it had no bearing
upon the case.
The former evidence was then read over, and the
prisoner having declined saying anything in his defence,
be was fully committed for trial.
• In the course of the day the prisoner's father, who
had held a commission in the army, and lost his right
leg in the service of his country, was allowed a private
interview with him previous to his being placed at the
bar.