The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-25 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has also been ren- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
dered very heavy, and at the close quotations were CITY, QUA R7'ER TO THREE.
generally lower. For cash, Paris and Orleans closed
at 1,1701. ; Paris and Rouen, 8821. 50e.; Vierzon,
5021. 50c. ; Strasburg and Bale, 157 E. 50e. ; Nantes,
3801.; Northern, 5231. 75c.; Bordeaux, 4791.; Paris
and Strasburg, 403 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 8901.;
Monterau, 258 f. 75e.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. JAN. 24.
Boulogne and Amiens, 135 A—Central of France (Orleans
and Yierzon), 14—Namur and Liege, Oh— Northern of
France, 11'A—Sambre and Meuse, 7.

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat in his court at West-
minster today, at eleven o'clock.

WILLINCK V. BENTINCK.-JUDGMENT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to day in
this case, which came before his Lordship some time
since, upon an appeal from the decision of the Vice
Chancellor Wigram. The plaintiff was a merchant
in Liverpool, who had for many years been the con-
signee of the estates of the family of the lientincks,
in the colony of Demerara, and claimed to have a
demand for 16,0001. against these estates, and the
defendant had agreed to pay that sum by instalments,
but in consequence of the inability of the plaintiff to
produce the proofs of the hypothecation fur his debt,
which, in the colony, are called grosses, they refused
to pay more than the first instalment, and the plaintiff
filed a bill, and obtained an order for the appointment
of a manager in the colony, until the question
of the necessity for producing the grosses,
according to the practice of the colony, had
been ascertained by inquiries before the Mnster.
Since the order was obtained a sequestration had been
issued by the Colonial Court, at the suit of a trades-
man, who is a creditor. The defendants had ex-
pressed their readiness to pay the debt and costs of
the sequestration, but according to the Dutch law,
which prevails in the colony, the sequestration could
not be removed without the consent of all the cre-
ditors. A motion was made for an order on the
plaintiff to do what is requisite for the removal of the
sequestration, so as to restore the estate to the con-
trol of the Court, and for a declaration that the
payment of the debt and costs should be without pre-
judice to the claim of the defendants, that it should
be paid by Ihe plaintiff. The Vice-Chancellor thoug.ht
that, under the circumstances, he had no jurisdiction
to make such an order; but the Lord Chancellor upon
that motion coming on before him on appeal, over-
ruled the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, and directed
the payment of the debt to be without prejudice to
the ultimate claims of the defendants on the subject
of the management. On the cause coming on for
hearing before the Vice-Chancellor, he decreed in
favour of the plaintiff's claim, and from that decree
the defendants nppealed to the Lord Chancellor; and
upon that appeal his Lordship now gave judg-
ment. His Lordship was clearly of opinion,
although the facts of the case were complicated,
that no doubt could be entertained as to
the propriety of the decree pronounced in the Court
below. To his mind the claim of the plaintiff was
clear, and such being his opinion, the appeal must be
dismissed with costs.
BELL V. LORD MEXBOROUGH AND OTHERS.
JUDGME?iT.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was
steady. Sales, 4,000 to 5,000 bales. There was but
little speculative demand. Railway Shares were firm,
and a fair business was done at a decided improvement
in prices.

Accounts from Graham's Town, Cape of Good

Hope, of November 16, state that the troops hod not
crossed the Kei on the 13th instant. In another en-
gagement between the English troops and the Kafiri',
the latter were again worsted. The colony suffers
severely from the war, but there nprears to be some in-
crease in the exports, which is so far a good sign. Im-
ports were no longer a criterion, since the supplies sent
over for the troops would cause them to be augmented;
but, on the other hand, the expenditure on this account
must occasion a deFided increase to the circulating me-
dium of the colony.

The private letters rt ceived by the Indian mail are
considered to be of as favourable a tenor as eonld pos-
sibly be expected, under circumstances. Of necessity
the parties writing laboured under feelings of excite-
ment and despondency, but the fact of the money mar-
ket continuing easy at Calcutta, and of no additional
failures being announced, is at least Fatis to.c to ry. At
Bombay, the trading community are evidently in a
very sound position, and we hope soon to hear of an
improvement in the China markets.
From the Mauritius, under date of October 29, we
have nothing of importance, but the future arrivals will
be very interesting.
The following paragraphs, from a report on the state
of the iron trade, are from Aria' Gazette s

The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment to-day
in this case, which was also heard some time since
before his Lordship, upon an appeal from the decree
of the Vice-Chancellor of England, allowing a de-
murrer to the plaintiff's bill. The facts of the case
were shortly these. The bill was filed by Robert
Courtney Bell and Robert Chadfield, on behalf of
themselves and all other shareholders in the Direct
London and Exeter Railway Company, except the
defendants, against Lord Mexborough and others,
who were members of the committee of manage-
ment, and against Adolphus Capel, John Allen,
and others, who were members of the pro-
visional committee of the said railway company,
hut not members of the committee of management.
The bill prayed an account of the assets of the com-
pany, and that each of the defendants might be corn-
pelled to pay up the amount of the deposits on 150
shares, which had been allotted to each of them, and
accepted by them, and that the same be held to be
assets of the company. The defendants Capel and
Allen demurred to the bill. Mr. Hunt and Mr.
Hetherington supported the bill. This was one of
those railway speculations which failed in its object.
The plaintiffs were shareholders who paid up the
deposits on their shares. The defendants had allotted
among themselves 150 shares to each, but they did
not pay up the deposits. All the defendants except
Allen and Capel signed the subscribers' deed and the
Parliamentary contract. Capel and Allen were on
the list of the provisional committee, but not on the
committee of managemeet ; and, on these grounds,
they, by their demurrer, insisted that they were not
liable to the consequence's of the acts of the committee
of management. But they must be held to be part-
ners with the plaintiffs to all intents and purposes,
and the object of the bill was to fix them as share-
holders, liable to pay the deposits on the shares which
they accepted. His Lordship in giving judgment, said
that he was against the plaintiff upon all the points
urged in his bill, and he therefore felt bound to dis-
miss the appeal with costs.

111 E GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. TILE
mitmiNGIIAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY COMPANY.

he further arguments in this part- heard appea:
were resumed this morning, and occupied the Court
the remainder of the day.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
TILE BISHOP OF HEREFORD (DR. HAMPDEN) r.

GRIFFIN.

The case came before the Court to-day upon motion
to dissolve an injunction which had been obtained from
his Honour a short time since by Mr. I3ethell, on
behalf of Dr. Hampden, restraining the de-
fendant from publishing in a separate form
an article on Thomas Aquinas, written by Dr.
Hampden about fifteen years ago, for the " Encyclo-
pmdia Metropolitania. When the injunction was
applied for and obtained, it was stated that the article
was given to the proprietor of the " Encycloposlia,"
on the distinct understanding that it should appear
only in that work, and that the defendant, a book-
seller in raker-street, Portman-square, who, it ap-
peared, was the present proprietor of the " Encyclo-
pte.lia," had lately announced his intention to publish
a separate edition of the article, contrary to the
Bishop's remonstrance.
Mr. Holt appeared in support of the motion to
dissolve the injunction, and Mr. Bethell and Mr.
Fleming to oppose it.
(The arguments were proceeding when we went
to pres.)

" We begin, however, to feel apprehensions for the
prospects of our labouring population. The few iron-
masters who hold stocks of wrought iron are unwilling
to part with them at the reduced rates, while the general
merchant and other orders are of a nature scarcely

justifying the manufacturing consumers in purchasing
at the former prices, although their warehouses prove,
as we predicted, quite destitute of iron; hence the work.
men are daily being thrown out of employment for want of
materials. Among the nail-makers especially the de-
plorable wretchedness that must ensue is fearful to
contemplate. A respectable dealer informs us, that, in
collecting his small accounts through one district, he
found in several houses the whole titmily huddled to-
gether, without food or fire, their spirits completely
broken, and, instead of asking for his money, he was
constrained to offer his mite towards alleviating their
distress.
" The propriety of taking the most stringent mea-
sures has been canvassed, and unless a speedy intima-
tion of some intention to resume their employment by
the puddlers, forgemen, and others, is apparent, we
should not be at all surprised to hear of a resolution to
blow out simultaneously the whole of the furnaces in the
district.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

EXPARTE RAMSEY.

In this case Mr. Maule had—Obtained a writ of
habeas corpus, calling upon one George Brown and
Letitia his wife, to bring up the body of Margaret
White, an infant. The circumstances under which
the application was made were fully reported at the
time.

" We have learned with much regret the embarrassed
circumstances of a very respectable firm at Tipton. The
cause is stated to be the disastrous influence of the
continued suspension of business, acting upon resources
previously affected by the sudden, cessation of demand."
We are not advised of any further failures on th•
Continent, but it is now considered certain that M.
Plitt, the German merchant at St. Petersburgh, has
embezzled monies belonging to the insurance office of
which he was a director. This party, we believe, for•
merly was in business in London.
After the material rise of 2 per cent., some re-action
in the value of Public Securities was to be expected, and
hence the value of Consols has been down to 89k and
88g. There appears to have been some money sales.
Still, while cash is abundant prices will rule well in the
main, the only disquieting circumstance being the revo-
lution in Sicily, and the general state of affairs abroad
The French Funds also come lower. Exchequer-bills
hare been steady at 275. to 301. premium. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at 89k to
90g. Bank Stock is supported at 1981 to 200, and
India Stock 239.

The Foreign Securities have been quieter. Spanish
Five per Cents. have been 20i and the Three per Cents.
301 -I. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 26. Brazil
Stock is at 83. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are
in to 54.
The Railway Share Market is rather flatter.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 200. 198%
- - - - -

per Ceat. Reduced Annuities......... 891,i A; Bs%
3 per Cent. Consols Anna.. ........ 418704 BVA *IN
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 4161,4
New 31,4 per Cent. AIMS SO 39 eov, 90
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 9
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 15%
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16
India Stock 23*
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account
r;xcliequer Bills. Bd.
1,00(d.
500/.
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 0 per Ceat
Ditto Small

Mr. Brown now appeared with the child, an in-
telligent looking girl, about eight years of age, and
stated that he was prepared to abide the decision of
the Court. _ _ _

Portuguese Benth, 4 per Cent 26
Spanish Bonds, S per Cent, 1640
Ditto for the Account ....... 201x04
Spanish Bonds, :1 per Cent...
Ditto for the Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 214 per Cent.,l2 Guild 54 5113",
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
mUsINESS DONi: 11l RAILWAY' iiIIAREZ AT ONE O'CLOC%
RAILwAis. PAID. PEN IiZAILE.
Aberdeen

Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — ...... to
Ayrshire and Galloway
Balfast and Ccunty Down .. 10 .. ..
Birmingham St Oxford June... SO
Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ... . 161, to —.
Binning., Vol., & Stour Val. 101.145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 784/
Boston, Stara, & Binning... 5
Bristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire l2!. 4s — •• ••• to
Caledonian

Ditto, half Shares
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead.— ..... 37% 19% 20% to 19%
Ditto, Preference l2
Clarence. - ••.A. to -
Do., lit Class, 4 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., GOY. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 33/4 to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% ......
East Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
aid L. & D.
Ditto, 18/., E. & H lll ..... 8 % to
Ditto, 8/. 10s., E. & 11... 2
Eastern Counties ....
Ditto, ditto (B) ... 20
Do. l'erpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 135. 4d...
Do., do. N0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... par ...... to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter .... .. ........... 12%...
Do., New
East ersn Union - ...... to --.•
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% _ to
Ditto., Thirds ...135. 4d — to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... II
...... _
to -....
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
..... to --
D.., New Quarters -
East Lincolnshire 12%...... 134 to
Edinburgh and Glasgow so -
Ditto, Halt Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Edinburgh and Northern ... 22%...•.•
Ditto, New B% .... ..... . to
Ditto, New port.. ..
Ditto, ditto, New
24 — ••• •.• to
Exeter, Yeovil, k Dorchester 2% — ...... t. ,
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Cerlisle..B/. 65.8 d... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 60 ...... to
Ditto, New

- - -
Mr. WILLS put in the affidavit of Mr. and Mrs.
Brown, which stated that in the winter of 1639,
Mrs. Ramsay came with the child, then scarcely three
weeks old, to their house in Lynn, and said she was
the wife of Mr. Henry Thwaits, the brother of Mrs.
Brown, and required shelter for herself and infant.
Mr. Brown gave it, but ascertained that she was not
married to his brother-in-law. Subsequently Mrs.
Ramsey left, taking with her the child, and carne to
London, but discovering that she was earning her
livelihood by singing in the street, he offered to adopt
the child as his own, and she consented to his doing
so. The child had accordingly been under his charge
till last March, when, through a temporary dispute
with his wife, he was induced to bring the child to
London, and place her in the custody of Mrs.
Buckingham, an actress at the Haymarket Theatre,
and the sister of the mother of the child. Learning, .
however, that the was anxious to return to his
house, and that Miss White—who was an actress at
the Olympic Theatre, playing under the name of Mrs.
Ramsey—meditated bringing her up to the stage, at
the request of the putative father, his wife's brother,
he endeavoured to and did receive possession of the
child. The child was not anxious to return to the
house of Mrs. Buckingham, and therefore it was hoped
the Court would decide that she should remain where
she was.

Mr. Justice WIGHTINAN said the only objection he
had to making such a decision was, the' circumstance
of Mr. Brown having separated from his wife.
Mr. WILLS said that was not so

Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN, having questioned the
child, said it appeared to him to be her wish to re-
main with Mr. and Mrs. Erown, and as both the
supposed father and the mother had for seve❑ years
allowed her to live with them without making any
objection to it, he thought it best to accede to her
wish.
The writ was therefore discharged.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

Do. IA Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% — .. ... tn
Great Nortnern.... .......... ... 101/2 •
Do. London & York Eaten. 21/2 — ...... to
Gt. South. k West. (Ireland) 4171,¢ — ...... to
Great North of England 1,00
Ditto, Nt w 40/. 6 -
Ditto, New 301
Ditto, New 151...... .... ..... VA...... . ... to
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 17/ VA.. ... . ..... to
Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. _.
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby 5O -
Ditto, Half Stares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214 — ...... to
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 171/2 II% t4ll -•••,
DO. do. and Norwich -
Do., dio., Extension Scrip
(late (Carob. and Ely)
--
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds lO ...... -- ' to
Lancashire and Yorkshire - ...... to

NEWTON V. CONYNGIIAM.
This was an action brought to recover 27.51., the
amount of deposit paid upon some shares in a railway
company, of which the defendant, Lord Conynghain,
was a director. It was tried before Mr. Justice
Cresswell, when the plaintiff was nonsuited.
Mr. NEWTON, the plaintiff (a barrister) appeared
in person, and moved that upon payment of the costs
of trial to the defendant their Lordships would be
pleased to grant a rule nisi to set aside the new suit.
The COURT said, es an application had already been
made for a new trial and refused, they considered
that it would be creating a mischievous precedent if
they granted the present applications—Rule refused.

___ _ ......
Ditto,
ditto - ...... t.
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths -
Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 614...
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101. 4s
Do. Liverpool aid Bury... 38
Do. (Iludders. and Shelf.) 63
Do., Waketiold,Pontefract,
and Goole 47% —
1)o., West Riding Union _4l. 28.... . -
Do., Preston aid Wyro ... 25
Do., 4.., Half Shares (A) 0
Ditto ditto ..............(E) 114
Leeds aid Bradford
Leicester and Bedford l6a — to

Leeds, Dewsbury, 34 Manche& 42% to
Do., Branch % Shares 12% — ...... to
Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2% — ...... to —•
Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to
Do., New Exten. (pink)... '2% — ...... to --'
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New
....
.....
......
to
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 31A. .... .....• to --
Liverpool. Crosby, and Soul h-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester,. and
Newcastle Junction 2I,E — to
London 131ackwa11...16/. 138. 4d
Ditto New, No. 1, .
Ditto New, No. 2 4/. 13s. 44....
Po. Exteuilea