The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-14 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

LAND CItEDIT COMPANY OF IRELAND.—In the suit of
this company against Lord Fermoy, the Rolls Court made
a decree last year requiring the directors to refund a large
sum of money, which they bad expended out of the com-
pany's funds for the purpose of buying in the market shares.
An application has now been made by Mr. Munster, M.P., for
a rehearing of the case for him to prove that he was not
cognizant of the proceedings of his fellow-directors. Lord
Rotnilly doubted very much whether the court would per-
mit a re-hearing of a case because witnesses were ready to
come forward and falsify their previous evidence. On the
ground of public policy a director ought not to be allowed
to say that be did not know for what object money,
belonging to the company of which he was a director, was
ordered at a public meetinf of his fellow-directors, at wbich
he was present, to be expended.
A DESIGNING FEMALE.—On Saturday the case of "Jones
v. Jones, Ross, and Myers," came on for trial in the Divorce
Court. The opening speech of Serjeant Ballantine dis-
closed some very peculiar facts. The petitioner sought a
divorce on the ground of the respondent's adultery with
three persons, but the only co-respondent against whom
damages were sought was one Hamilton Ross, a married man
of considerable property, a broker and merchant at
the Cape of Good Hope. The reason why damages were
not sought against the other co-respondents was that at
the time their connection was formed the respondent was
avowedly so worthless and abandoned a woman that
beyond the fact of proving the adultery, there was no
ground for damages. Mr. Gilbert Jones, the petitioner,
seems to have been brought up with very little knowledge
of the world, and had acted very foolishly in
marrying the woman. He met her in the streets,
of St. He'_ier's, Jersey. The lady made signs to him,
which led hith to believe she was smitten with his'personal
appearance, and they immediately became acquainted.
She represented herself to be the widow of an officer,
with a small ir.cDme of her own. She bad a guardian,
Mr. Hamilton Ross. The end of it was that they were
married in 1865, and after some time the peti-
tioner was led by foice of circumstances to
doubt the fidelity of his wife. He discovered
that her former husband, whom she said she had married
6)0 miles inland from the Cape of Good Hope, was a myth.
Ross, her "guardian," was in reality her " protector," and
had been in collusion with her to effect her marriage
with Mr. Jones. It was now stated that the respondent
was the daughter of a groom; at the age of 14 or 15 she
left one family in consequence of her loose morality,
and the same thing had occurred in other
families. Ross was living with her only a

few days before her marriage, and after the • mar-
ria4-e he still continued to perform the kind offioa of
"guardian." At a later period the respondent was found
living as the wife of a venerable Israelite, at Exeter.
After the evidence for the petitioner had elicited the
above facts, Mrs. Jones and Mr. Myers were
both placed in the witness-box, and denied in
tote the evidence that had been given, and denied that
any adultery had taken place. The jury, after a long
deliberation, found that the respondent had committed
adultery with some person unknown at Starcross, and
also with Mr. Myers. but Lord Penzance refused to grant
a decree nisi until the point was thoroughly investigated
as to whether the petitioner had separated himself without
cause from the respondent.
BRF,ACII OF PROMISE; DAMAGES, £l.—On Sattrrday, in
the Bail Court, before Mr. Justice Blackburn
and a jury, a girl of 19, named Leukenck,
brought an action against a young man, named
Folic, a beadle, with a salary of .2107 a year. They
became engaged in February 1869, and in consequence the
plainquwas dismissed from her situation. The defendant
promised to marry her on the Ist of August.
plaintiff's mother, who was very deaf, affirmed
that she distinctly heard the promise made, which the
defendant now denied. The solicitors for the plaintiff
offered to compromise the matter for £5OO. The jury,
after consulting a minute or two, gave a verdict for the
plaintiff, damages twenty shillings.
LIE LEEDS BANKING COMPANY.—In Vice-Chancellor
Malins's Court an application to set aside a compromise
of a claim of £9,000 against Mr. Blakey, one of the con-
tributories of the Leeds Banking Company was made.
The official liquidator had agreed to accept £520 in satis-
faction of the claim. On behalf of theapplication, it
was alleged that Mr. Blakey had failed to make a full
disclosure of his property. Mr. Blakey denied this, but,
as his father had recently left him some property, he
offered to pay £2,000 more. The Vice-Chancellor directed
that this offer should be accepted, all imputations against
Mr. Blakey being withdrawn.
THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY.—N.O less fiveth ft-
actions against the Brighton Railway? Company for
injuries received in the New Cross accident
have been heard in one day. In one of these
tried by the Under-Sheriff of Surrey and a special jury-,
the plaintiff claimed £3OO compensation, but after he had
been cross-examined, lie was awarded one farthing. Two
actions were tried in the Court of Queen's Bench; in
which verdicts for £BOO and £450 were given, and two
others in the Exchequer, in which the damages were
respectively £3OO and £6O.

A THEATRICAL DISPUTE.—The well-known scene-
painter Mr. Callcott, has brought an action against. Mr,
Barry Sullivan, late of the Holborn Theatre. The defen.;'.
dant was engaged by the plaintiff for a year. at
£l2 a week, but dismissed on his refusal to
paint a particular scene. An action to recover
damages for wrongful dismissal was tried before the Lord
Chief Baron in Surrey, when the verdict was for the
plaintiff, damages £lOO. A rule for a new trial, in the
Court of Common Pleas, has been applied for, but dis-
charged.
THE Loss OF LUGGAGE—An action to recover the loss
of luggage by a passenger by the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway, has been tried in the Court of
Common Pleas. The plaintiff, a Jew, who lost a
box containing clothes, a diamond ring, two books,, • two
papers en route from Hamburg to London, valued his pro-
perty at £ll9. It seemed that on his ticket a caution was
printed that the company was not answerable for
loss or damage. The Lord Chief Justice said ha
would nonsuit the plaintiff, giving him leave to
move the full court ; but the defendant's counsel
said he wished to lay some further evidence before
the jury. The company brought emigrants from Ger-
many at an extremely cheap rate, and many of these
persons were of such a character that robberies were fre-
quent among them, and therefore they declined to be
answerable. When the plaintiff wrote to the company
complaining of his loss, he did not mention the
diamond ring, nor the receipts which he now valued at
£32. The case was not concluded.
DR. EDMUNDS AND Sr. PANCRAS.—An application has
been made in the Clerkenwell Police-court for a summons
for libel against Dr. Edmunds, one of the St. Pancras
Gaardians, whose name has been brought prominently
forward durin,, the late inquiry. The application
wis made on behalf of Ellen Pells, a professional nurse
w:lom 1)r. Edmunds hat accused in a letter to the- poor-
law inspeet,)r of conspiring with Dr. Ellis and another
nurse to pla,.:e cases of contagious fever in the wards in
order to introduce an epidemic. The magistrate advised
test the application should be adjourned until the now
nding poor law inquiry was finished.
CITAIME AGSINOT A SOLICITOR.—A solicitor, at
Hackney, has been committed for trial from the WorAip-
street Police-court, on a charge of having been in unlawful
mssession of four clectro-plated spoons, the property of
Messrs. Spiers and Pond, the well-known coi.b..actors for
supplying refreshments.
THE ACCIDENT AT STAFFORD RAILWAY STATION.—At the
Shire Hail, Stafford, Thomas Earley, was charged with
sending bottles containing oil of vitriol, by the Stafford-
shire Railway, without labelling the same or giving notice
in writing to the company's servants. A further remand
was made, in -order that the magistrates might consider
the matter. It will be remembered that one of the bottles
exyloded and did great damage.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Feb. 12.

Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princess Beatrice, drove in the grounda this
morning.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and
Prince Leopold, also went out.

Feb. 13.

The (ueen drove out yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty and the Royal Family attended
Divine service at Osborne this morning.

The Prince and Princess of Wales drove oui
on Saturday.

LATEST INTELL MEM

(RE UTE R'S TELEGRAMS.)

_ F RANCE.

PARIS, Feb. 12.

M. Ulric Fonvielle has been provisionally released
from prison. Seven persons on the editorial staff
of the Reforme have been ordered to appear before
the Correctional Tribunal on the 18th inst.

The France of this evening says that the motive
which induced the authorities to make several of
the recent arrests was the discovery of a plot
against the life of the Emperor. It is rumoured
that very compromising letters from M. Rochefort
were found on some of the individuals arrested.
The Patrie also announces the seizure of some im-
portant papers of a compromising character, which
will serve as the basis of a minute judicial investi-
gation of the recent disturbances. The Pattie adds
that the public hearing of the case which will fol-
low will enable every one to see the legal correct-
ness of the indispensable repressive measures to
which the authorities have resorted. M. Rochefort
has written a letter to M. Schneider proposing that
the Ministry should be impeached for inciting to
civil war. The departure of General Castelnau for
St. Petersburg is denied.

In to-day's sitting of the Legislative Body bt
Glais-Bizoin introduced a resolution for the esta-
blishment of an ad valorem duty on wine. M.
Ordinaire commenced reading a letter from M.
Rochefort, beginning with the word " consider-
ing." The hon. member was, however, interrupted
by the President, who objected to the letter being
read. M. Ordinaire maintained his right to read it,
whereupon the President put the question to the
House, and the latter decided that the subject
should not Le proceeded with. M. Ordinaire
then wished to deliver the letter to the Presi-
dent, but M. Schneider refused to accept it.
The interpellation upon the measures to be
adopted with a view to give effect to the propo-
sals made at the agricultural inquiry was then
resumed.

PARIS, Feb. 14.
A letter from M. Rochefort to the Prefect of
Police has been published, in which the former de-
mands that, despite the regulations of the prison,
his letters or articles he may send out shall be
exempted from examination by the director of the
prison. Immense cold prevails here.
M. Jules Favre delivered a lecture yesterday
upon the duties of a citizen, in which he stated that
liberty ought not to be defended by street disturb-
ances of any kind, but solely by the moral force of
liberal ideas. The lecture was a great success.

BOURSE, Feb. 12.—Three, o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

4i per Cent.
3 per Cent
End of month._ 73 45
Credit Mobilier 200
Transatlantic 217 50

Bank S}iar©9 2885
Ited'an wives 54 60
Austrian Fivt;s 64 25
Ottoman Loan 323 50
Do. Debt 44 30
Spanish Threes 26
Home Debt 22 25
Deferred .
RAILWAYS

redit Foucier _1737
Paris Gas 1677
Suez Canal 340

Cash.
Orleans
Western
Northern
Strasburg
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 612}55
Sardinian
Austrian 7BU
Lombard 5lO
North of Spain 62
Saragossa
Roman 45

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, Feb. 12.

The Royal Mail Steampacket Company's ship
La Plata arrived here at 8 a.m. to-day with 37
passengers for Southampton £6,356 in specie, 422
packages of cotton, and 109 of sundries.
The Douro, with the outward Mail of the 10th
January, arrived at St. Vincent (?), Pernambuco,
on the 26th January.