The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-12 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA
SCOTIA LAND COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.)
The general meeting of this Company was held to-day
at the offices of the Company, in Copthall-court; John
Moxon, Esq., chairman of the Company, in the chair.
The advertisement having been read, the Chairman
called upon the Secretary to read the report, the sub-
stance of which was that a considerable advance has
already been made in promoting the interests of the
Company. But as the several points are comprised in
the observations of the Chairman, it would be useless to
state the contents of the report here.
The report having been read,
The CHAIRMAN said, that before he read the cash
statement, he wished to observe that some eight or ten
years ago the expenditure had exceeded the income of
the Company by about 1,5001. or 1,600/., but last year it
had been reduced to 9001., and now it was only 321 L, a
much greater diminution than was anticipated last year.
Had all the property been realised which the Company
had to dispose of; there would have been a balance in
their favour, while there was at present a small balance
of 381. against them. But in 1846 he fully
anticipated the difference would be on the
other side to the extent of two or three hundred
peunth. There was another topic which he ought to
touch upon, and that was the possibility of a war with
America, the commencement of which would subject the
Company to the force of public opinion. He believed,
however, that a war would in 11,, v. affect the pros-
perity of the Company, except to at for a while the
tide of emigration, so that instead 0;* eight or nine thou-
sand emigrants in their territory, they would have only
eight or nine hundred. Nova Scotia offered no oppor-
tunities for military posts of which the Ameri-
cans could take advantage, and the descent of
troops from the upper provinces would, as had
been the case with Belgium during the last
war, where the presence of large bodies of troops, who
had paid for what they consumed, had conduced very
largely. to the prosperity of the country. Then, as to
the project of the military road, he believed that since
their interview with Lord Stanley last year, the Govern-
ment had given it up, and were very likely to render
their assistance—probably- advance or guarantee the
capital for a railroad from Quebec to Halifax, which was
sure to be of great advantage both to the territory of
the Company and this country generally.
By the cash account it appears that the balance of
money in hand is 1,3141. 7s. 2d., including the deposit at
Wright's, on which dividends are still expected.
The cash account having been read,
The CHAIRMAN intimated that he had received notice
of a meeting to further the interests of the Society for
the Promotion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and lie
would suggest that some of their body should attend
there to stow what the society had done. They had
built a church, and paid 521. a year to the resident cler-
gyman, besides several other advantages, which they
conceived was the best mode of advancing the inte-
rests of any community. They were reedy to do the
same for any other Christian body to a prudent extent,
and the application of a respectable body of the Roman
Catholic population was now before the board.
To the inquiry of a SHAREHOLDER,
The CHAIRMAN replied that they bad probably done
more in this way than any other body connected with
our colonies in North America. The outlay had been
about 3001. in money, and 100/. in Lied, besides the
stipend.
The report was then adopted, and Mr. Philip Gowan,
Mr. George Nicholls, Mr. Thomas Newnham, and Mr.
Newman Smith, who went out of office by rotation,
were re-elected directors, and Mr. John Norbury was
re-elected to the office of auditor.
Mr. Butts was then elected a director in the place of
his father, deceased, and Mr. Richard Blanchard in the
place of Mr. Ambrose Humphreys, also deceased ; the
former was known to be a good man of business, and
the latter, in addition to that quality, considerable
knowledge of the colonies.
In consequence of a suggestion of Mr. HANKEY,
The CHAIRMAN explained that the deputation was
only suggested to show the feeling of the proprietors,
and not intended to commit the society to any grant of
money. The church establishment has arisen in conse-
quence of a proposition from the Society in Pall-mall,
who had given 100/. towards the pews and the paint-
ing of the church, and had proffered to give 100/.
a year to the minister, provided the Society
would pay anything like half, and that was the reason
why the society had given 52/. a year, believing it to be
wise that there should be a religious society of some
kind.—(Cheers.)
To a further suggestion of Mr. HANKEY, that there
should be an equality of religious communi.ies, it was
explained that the Society had been particularly careful
to preserve that equality, and to prevent any difference
of position whatever between the different sections on
their territory.
To an inquiry of Mr. COPE,
The CHAIRMAN replied, that in the event of any
other religious community coming forward, as the So-
ciety for the Promotion of the Gospel in !foreign
Parts had done, that to the extent of their means the
Society would render the same assistance.
After some further conversation on this subject, it was
decided that there should be no formal deputation of the
Society to the meeting at the Mansion House, which was
called on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of
the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman and directors,
for their services during the last year, as also to the
Chairman for his services this day. The latter returned
thanks, and the meeting separated.
At the close it was announced that Captain Hayne,
the American agent of the Company, would leave
America about the end of April, some time before which
there is to be a meeting to consult with and take leave
of him.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING.
SIX o'CLocK.

CHESTER CUP.
15 to 1 agst Sweetmeat
20 to 1 agst Clumsy
25 to 1 agst Best Bower
25 to 1 agst The Baron
25 to 1 agst Hope
25 to 1 agst Miss Burns
30 to 1 agst Fitzallau
40 to 1 agst Discord
40 to 1 agst Billy Purvis
50 to 1 agst Weatherbit
50 to 1 agst The Magnet
DERBY.

9 to 2 agst Sting
16 to 1 agst Brocardo
25 to l agst Tibthorpe
50 to 1 agst Poynton
50 to 1 agst The Premier

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY)

Sub-Committee No. 1.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)

SCOTTISH CENTRAL (PERMIT T7i2,1v11111
AND STATIONS).
Mr. Weems appeared for the promoters.
The formal proofs were gone into, and the standing orders
were declared to have been complied with.
ZDINBITEGH AND GLASGOV.T, SIONILLAND
AND XIIVIUNTILLOCH, AND SLA-

14' NI~N.
Mr. Sherwood appeared in support of the petition for this
Bill, which was unopposed.
The formal preof4 having been put in, the standing orders
were declared to have been complied with.

THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW', AND
(SHAW AND COLTNESS ADEALCAVIA-
WON.
Mr. Sherwood appeared for this Bill also. The standing
orders were declared to have been complied with.
Several other Railway Bills were then called on, but the
parties not being in readiness, the Glasgow Union Arcade
Bill was taken.
Mr. Brunel appeared for the promoters, and the standing
orders were declared to have been complied with.
'the Committee adjourned at, four o'clock.

Sub-Committee, No. 2.

NORTHUMBERLAND AND LANCASHIRE.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
The next allegation was abandoned. This terminated the
ease of this petition.
The CHAIRMAN then announced that in the case of this
the standing orders had not been complied with.

NEWPORT, ADERGAVANNY, AND HERE-
FORD.
Previous to entering on the formal evidence, Mr. CO TES,
ttlhiaetatTenthfieoirgthhtes
ana
promoters of the Bill, said he would admit
spans of all bridges on the plans de-
posited in the comity were incorrect, but that they were
corrected in a subsequent notice, and
quite accurate-in the
deposits of the 31st of December.
The CHAIRMAN said that under these circumstances they
must of course find that, with reference to the subject of the
admission, the standing orders had not been complied with.
The formal proofs were then taken.
The petition against the Bill was from kr. j
on behalf of Messrs. Morgan and Watkin, ownerse Hemming,oemfming,
pro-
perty along the line, complaining of non-compliance
with
the standing orders.
It appeared that the parties had Ivithdrawn their e p ti-
tion, but subsequently authorised Mr. Hemming to proceed-
on the petition.
Mr. VENABLES appeared in support of the petition.
After some discussion on a technical point, evidence was
heard to show that the consent of certain parties interested in
the line, to lie heard on this petition, was obtained.
The first allegation was that there was an error in the de-
lineation of the plans.
The evidence in support of the allegation was then taken.
Mrs. Edwards was examined—Was parish clerk of
Idanrrhangel Duckta Rex.—(A laugh.) She did not go
into the place where her husband, the late parish clerk,
and give out the responses.—(A laugh.) (It w:s
here announced that the Speaker was at prayers, which
from its similarity to the question put to the witness, led to
renewed laughter.) In oilier points she tilled the place of
her husband.
The Committee found that in this can the standing orders
had been complied with, and adjourned, shortly after four
o'clock, till Tuesday.

SuL-Committee No. 6.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
CHICHESTEU AND BOGNOR.

This case Wa.9 again brought before the Committe, and all
the requisite proofs having been tendered,
The standing orders were declared to have been complied
With.

WITILPORD, CIIXCHESTZIL, AND PORTS-,

rdouTn.

',Faso Wes next called on, but the petition not being
N!thing, it was postponed until that docuna,ent wa; found
vate Bill-office.
Lmittee then adjourned.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Committee of the Standing Orders met this day, at
half-past twelve o'clock; present—the Earl of Shaftesbury,
Lords Redesdale, Hawarden, and Hood.
EASTERN COUNTIES (MARCH TO LINCOLN EX-
TENSION).
This line, which was strongly opposed, occupied the atten-
tion of their Lordships for the greater portion of the day.
The Committee, after hearing the usual evidence, decided
that the standing orders had not been complied with in several
respects. One of the of upon which the decision was
founded was, that the plans had been lodged with the clerk
of the peace two hours too late ; another was, that some of
the plans had not sections marked on them • and a third
was, that two individuals had not been served with proper
notice.
MANCHESTER, MIDLAND, AND GREAT GRIMSBY
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
In this case the Committee decided that the standing
orders liAd been complied with save in two trifling exceptions.
They therefore reported favourably on the Bill.
MANCHESTER AND LINCOLN RAILWAY AND
CHESTERFIELD AND GAINSBOROUGH CANAL.
After hearing the usual evidence, the Committee decided
that the promoters of this-, line had complied with the stand-
ing orders)!
EASTERN COUNTIES:(CAMBRIDGE TO LINCOLN).
This case was adjourned till half-past twelve o'clock to-
morrow.
The Committee adjourned at five o'clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIA MENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
There being only thirty-four Members at Four
o'clock, the House was adjourned till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Lonn CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at Five o'clock.

POOR-LAW.
The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a petition
from Kiasale against the existing poor-law.
The Marquis of CLANCARTY presented a petition
to the same effect from other places in Ireland.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Air.
Nathaniel Herbert, in the county of Herts, against the
Direct Northern Railway Bill, complaining that the pro-
posed railway would pass for a mile through his estate
and orchards, and close by his dwelling-house, and prayed
their Lordships not to allow the proposed Bill to pass
into a law.

The Marquis of WESTMEATH felt the greatest
sympathy with every word that had fallen from the
Noble Lord in reference to Mr. Herbert. There were
many other cases of a similar and even a more aggra-
vated naturein Ireland, and he hoped their Lordships
would take them into consideration, with a view to pre-
vent the evils complained of.
Lord BROUGHAM would, at a future period, move
for a standing order, which would give to parties circum-
stanced as the petitioner was their expenses in opposing
railway Bills.
Lord CAMPBELL thought the best course for the
petitioner to have adopted would have been to bring his
case before a jury at Harts, and he would not only
then have had compensation for the timber which had
been cut down, but also damages for whatever other in-
jury he might have sustained.
THE IRISH; PACIFICATION BILL.
The Earl of ST. GERMANS moved the further con-
sideration of the report on the Irish Pacification Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM would observe, in reference to
the amendment of his Noble Friend (Earl Grey), that
if such a clause were to be made a part of the Bill, it
would be entirely ixoperative, for it would be contended
in Ireland that the house of a sick neighbour was always
between the offender's house and that of the clergyman.
The LORD CHANCELLOR would move the read-
' ing of the amendment, which he wished to be made part
of the Bill.

The Clerk at the table having read the clause as
amended,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the clause
would require some slight alteration., namely, in reference
to the applicatiou of the words "proof whereof,"
he would have the word " whereof" so placed in
the sentence as to make it apply to the " law-
fulness of the occasion," of the absence of the
party from his house during the proscribed hours, and
not to the " suspicious circumstances." The Noble Lord
then suggested an alteration in the clause bearing on
the intimidation of witnesses, which, he said, only
affected the grammatical construction of the sentence.

insurgents. On the 28th of February there was not (as
your correspondent in Vienna pretends to know already,
on the 24th) a man of Prussian and Russian troops
about Cracow. Why does your correspondent said you
these unfavourable reports ? lie either can know
nothing, or will know nothing. But what I know is, that
it is a shame, on the ground of a mere report, to cast a
slur on the honour of troops at the moment when they
show a devotedness and fidelity which gain the admi-
ration of all foreigners, and still more that of their own
countrymen.

lIAMBIIRGH DORSENIIALLE, MARcn 6.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents • ...
Bank Shares .. • • • • • • • • .• 1580
Anglo-Russian Loan .••• • • • • 106% 106sa
Russian 5 per Cent., Ilamb. Certificate. 101 101
Ditto Ist series Inscription •• • • 102
Ditto, Mope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 98
Ditto, in Certificate • • • • • • .. ....• .
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. • •
Ditto Stieglitz . ....... ••• • • • ..• 88
Spanish New 5 per Cent l9 181;
Ditto 3 per Cent 30%
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent. •
Dutch Actual Debt, 23 per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 80
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • •
National Bank 5hare5...............
BELGIAN FUNDS.—likus'iLLs, MAac 10.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • •
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent- •• •
Ditto Three per Cent .. ••
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .• .• • •
Ditto,ditto,lB4,) IGOI4
Ditto, ditto, 1842 • • . • • • • •
Ditto, 1844.. • • • • • • • .• .. • • •• • • • • ••
Ditto, 1836.. ...
Ditto, 1838
Ditto of the City, 1832 ................
Ditto, 1843 • • • • •• • • • • • • • .. 100%
Bank ofßelgium.... • • • • • ............. BGS
—Brussels Papers. March 11.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING MARCH 12, 1846.

the moment the United States have put a period to the joint '
occupation, during which every permanent establishment is
prohibited and impossible, they will plant their standard in
all points ►here American citizens are to be found, that is,
every where. They wilt execute justice, they \yin organise
a government, thay wiii levy customs' duties, they will per-
form acts of exclusive sovereignty—they will do it a thou-
sand times for one. They will thus reduce England to the
alternative of evacuating the Oregon altogether, or waking
war for the maintenance of her rights in that quarter; and,
after the vast preparations that she is making, and which
Mr. M'Lane has sufficiently characterised, would England
take the first part or the second? Thus, the vote of the
House of Representatives is, at the bottom, an offensive one,
and if it were thought that the Senate would the same
measure, war must be expected. We perse•rere in hoping
that the Senate will resist the fatal impulse to which the
'House of Representatives has yielded, more perhaps than it
itself imagines; and all the acts which it has hitherto per-
formed confirm us in that hole."

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL EN-

GINEERS.—MARcu 10.

(Sir Joux RENNlE,President, in the Chair.)

The paper of the evening was an " Account of the
Drops used for the shipment of Coals at Middlesborough-
on-Tees, with a description of the town and port of Mid-
dlesborough," by George Turnbull, M. Inst. C. E.
The communication first gave an account of the town
of Middleborough-on-Tees,and then described the docks,
and the coal drops used there. The rapid rise of the
town into commercial importance was treated of and
accounted for, chit fly by the fact of a branch having been
constructed from the Stockton and Darlington Railway
to Middlesborough, which, as a port for shi, ping, pos-
sessed many Ldvantages over Stcckton. As an example
of this increased importance, it was stated, that the
quantity of coals sent down the gtoekton and Darlington
Railway and Shipp' d at SLckton and Middleilii;.;congh,
in :825 26, was 7,926 tons ; and in 1840-41 it had in-
creased to the comparatively immense amount of 493,092
tons. The handsome manner in which the t 0%% n was
laid out and built, and its active ;pant:factories, were
also noticed.

This commercial activity necessarily caused the want
of a dock to be felt, and the present works were accord•
ingly executed,
The approach to the dock was stated to be by a chan-
nel of more than a quarter of a mile in length, which
was kept open by sluicing ; the entrance lock, built of
stone, was 132 feet long by 30 feet wide, the area of the
dock itself was about nine ecres.

The branch railway diverges from the Stockton and
Darlington line, and terminates in ten double iineF, lead-
ing to the ten coal drops. The manner of working the
drops was thus described:—The loaded waggon is run
on to a cradle or stage, which is arrested in a position
immediately over the hatchway of the vessel to be
loaded; it is then let down poppenclicularly, by means of
counterbalance weights, and when it has nearly iewhed
the deck of the vessel the contents are discharged into
the hold; the counterbalance weights then preponde-
rate, and the empty waggon is raised to the level of the
rails. At the ordinary rate of working about thirty
waggons can be discharged an hour by each drop.
In a statement annexed to the paper, it is mentioned
that in the year ending July 1, 1845, 505,486 tons of
coals were shipped by means of the ten drops here
described. The cost of the drops was 7,3001 The total
outlay for the whole works amounted to 122,0001. Th'ese
worke were designed by Mr. W. Cubit, Vice-President
of the Institntion Civil Engineers, Mr. G. Turnbull
being the acting engineer.
Mr. Slemen's chronometric governor was exhibited,
and after being explained to the meeting, its merits as a
regulator of machinery were testified to by several gen-
tlemen who had used it for corn and other mites, and it
was acknowledged to be very superior to the ordinary
pendulum governor of Mr. Watt.
The following paper was announced to be read at the
meeting of Tue;day, March 17 :
N. 734.—0 n the relation between the velocity ar.cl
the resistance encountered by bodies moving in fluids,
by J. M. fleppel, Graduate of the Institution of Civil
Engineers.

January, IS37', it appears that there remained in the tin
box 10,000!. of Exchequerebills belonging to the plain-
tiff. These Byrne delivered to the respondents to
receive, as they heel done before, the interest
thereon, and exehange ior bills, which
was accordingly done. At thie period Byrne had a ba-
lance of something more than 1.500/. standing to his credit
at his bankers, and certain bills of exchange of Byrne's
became due at this time, and being presented for pay
ment at the banking house, Messers. Barnett advanced
Byrne a sum of 3,2001, which, with the balance of
1,300/. belonging to Byrne, was required to pay these
bills. This transaction made a ballnee of 3,2001., in
their books due to them from Byrne. The Exchequer-
bills belouging to plaintiff, at to 10,1001, Nvbich
Byrne had last given to Messrs. Barnett, to receive the
interest thereon, and exc-large thee; for new ones, not
having been returned to i ~Tne as usual in due time, he
applied to Messrs. Barnett to return tin m to him, to be
deposited in the tin box, as he had been theretofore in
the habit of doing. Byrne, at this time, it appears, be-
came embarrassed in_ his pecuniary affairs, and owing
Messrs. Barnett a balance of 3,200/., they refused to
return him the Exchequer bills in question, claiming a
lien upon them, according to the general custom of
bankers in such cases, in older to secure the payment
of the balance due to them from Byrne.
The appellant, under these circumstances, brought an
action in the Court of Common Pleas against Messrs.
IZarnett, to recover his Exchequer-bills, or the amount
thereof. Messrs. Barnett, in defence to that action,
claimed as bankers the right to a lien (according to the
czsturp pf bankers in their behllQ of the :P.K.-
eht quer b:lis in 'question, whieh By roe had 'handed over
to them, in o:der to secure the repayment of the ad-
vance they had made him. They bed never been in-
formed by Byrne, or had any notice, or the slightest
notion, `bet guy pr all of the Flvaln quer which
Byrne kept deposited in the tin box, and which
frem time to time he delivered to them
(Messrs. Barnett) to receive the interest thereon
and exchange for new Excheeuer-bills, wc7e
the property of the uppaliant; but 4they had eon-
sidcred and treated them as the property of Byrne, and
therefore as such were liable to lie retained as a security
by them. The appellant's case before the Court below
was, that the Exchequer bills were never deposited with
Messrs. Barnett, by Byenc, in the poneee of their busi-
ness as bankers they were never entered in their books
to the account of Byrne, and the fact of their being
always deposited in the tin box by Byrne, who kept the
key, and being delivered by him only for a special pur-
pose, from time to time, to Messrs. Barnettl and then
returned again to hien hy thew when that parti-
cular object was attained, showed clearly that Byrne
was not dealing with them as his own property,
and that, even if they had been, the bankers never
beceme possessed of then; in such to way as would
entitle tin ill to have a geneeal iieo on them for advances
they might make to Byrne. Upon the trial of the action
a special verdict was given for the appellant, which was
afterwards turned into a special case for the opinion of
the Court of Common Picas sitting in 12anco, 1)-pan
argument the Count gave judguient In r4avour of the
aepellant, holding that under the particular circum-
stances of this ease Messrs. Barnett had not, through
Byrne, obtained or were entitled to a lien of these F.,x-
chever-sbille, the property or the appellant, The case
was then carried to the Exchequer Chamber, upon a writ
of error, by Messrs. Barnett, and the judgment of the
Court of Common Pleas was reversed, the Judges being
of opinion that Messrs. Barnett were entitled to a lieu
on the property. From the decision of the F.auhcquer
Chamber this appeal was brought.
Their Lordships, at the conclusion of the arguments,
postponed giving jadgenent.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
ROME CIR .7UlT—ilairt,torte, Tuesday.

The Commission for the county of Kent was opened on
Monday. There was nearly a hundred prisoners for
trial, and on the civil side 29 cases are entered, three of
which are special jury cases.
The Lord Chief Justice sat at Nisi Prius, and Mr.
Baron Alderson presided at the Crown Court.
CROWN COURT.

James Bowray, 24, wai indicted for a misdemeanour,
in hsving unlawfully thrown a stone upon the Gravesend
and Rochester Railway, and therehy endangered the
safety of the passengers travelling upon the line.
Mr. Smith conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Russell
appeared for the defendant.
From the evidence it appeared that some time prior to
the 20th of .January there had been repeated complaints
of persons throwing stones at the trains as they passed
upon the line ; and, on the day in question, as the five
p.m. train was passing under Ingham-bridge, the de-
fendant was seen to throw or drop a stone, which fell
upon one of the carriages. He was taken into custody,
when he admitted that the stone fell from his hand, hut
he said he had no intention or idea of doing any mischief.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in parsing sentence, told the
defendant that he believed that it was very probable that
he did not intend to do any mischief, but stiil the (ffoet
of his acting as he did might have been most serious,
and might have occasioned the loss of life. Under these
circumstances, and with a view to deter other persons
from the commission of a like offence, he felt it to be
his duty to pass a sentence of some s?verity, which was,
that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six
months.

CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.)

HARTWELL t>. CURLING.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is
the proprietor of a newspaper published in Surrey and
Kent, called the Mercury, to recover the amount of his
bill for advertisements connected with one of the pro-
jected Kentish railways, and to which the defendant
acted as solicitor.

The jury found for the plaintiff.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11.

CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN.)

31`DOWALL V. DUNNINGTON AND OTHERS.

This was an action brought to recover the amount of
a bill for printing books of reference, circulars, and other
matter in connexion with a projected railway called the
London, Nottingham, and Sheffield Direct Railway.
Sergeant Shee and Mr. Lush were for the plaintiff.
Mr. Prentice appeared for the defendant.
The plaintiff is a printer in Fleet-street, and he had
been engaged to perform the work specified in the decla-
ration. The defendant, and other persons mentioned in
the record, had taken proce:rdings in connexion with the
railway in question, and they. were now sued as the
parties who were responsible for the payment of the
plaintiffs claim.
The Jury having consulted for a short time,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE told them that there was
no defence to the present action. The defendants had
suffored their names to be put forth to the public as part
of the managing commi►tee of the scheme in question,
and they were legally responsible to the plaintiff.
A verdict was then returned for the plaintiff, for the
sum of 167/. 17s. 6d.