The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LO N PON, FRIDA

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MANCHESTER RACES—(This Day.)

(RY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPTI.)
CHESTERFEELD HANDICAP.

';'avtl and Military Intethgence.

The following circular has been addressed to the Gene-
ral officers commanding divisions and brigades, and to
officers commanding infantry regiments :

" Horse Guards, Sept. 19.
"Sir,—His Royal Highness the General Command-
ing in Chief is desirous to receiv 3 your opinion of the
bayonet exercise introduced a few years since into the
army and carried on under the superintendence of the
late Mr. Angelo, and to ascertain more particularly—
" First, whether you consider that the system is cal-
culated to give confidence to the soldier in the use of the
weapon ; and,
Secondly, whether, as a gymnastic exercise, it tends
to supple the limbs, strengthen the muscles, and set up
the man.
" You will be pleased to report whether any and what
regiments under your command have been practised in
the bayonet exercise, and whether it is still carried on
as a part of drill. I have, &c.,
" G• A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."
The Dauntless, 24, steam-vessel, Captain Rysler, left
Portsmouth yesterday for the Mediterranean.
The Perseverance, steam troop ship, Commander
M'Donald, left Portsmouth yesterday afternoon for the
West India station.
Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., Deputy Inspector-General of
Hospitals, inspected a large detachment of Crimean and
other invalids at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, yester-
day m oling, the whole of whom had been sent up from
the invalid depot at St. Mary's for the purpose of en-
abling the medical authorities to ascertain their fitness
f r fur;her service. The draught, which numbered 80
non-commissioned officers and men, consisted of 29 men
belonging to the 44th Regiment, and 27 of the 47th Re-
giment, the remaining number belonging to various ca-
valry and infantry corps. There were also 20 men who
had received wounds or injuries in the Crimea. The
non-commissioned officers and men found to be unfit for
further service were ordered to be taken before the com-
missioners from Chelsea Hospital at the Chelsea Board,
which will be held at Chatham this day.
Yesterday morning 44 non-commissioned officers and
men belonging to the 31 Buffs, 7th Royal Fusiliers, 13th
Light Infantry, 18th Royal Irish, 28] Welsh Fusilers,
33d (Duke of Wellington's), 38th, 41st Welsh, 49th,
68th Light Infantry, 72d highlanders, and 77th and
95th Regiments, left Chatham, having been previously
inspected by Lieutenant and Adjutant J. Pope, for their
respective homes, the whole of theirs having been granted
their discharge by the Chelsea Board, owing to their
unfitness for further service. Each man before leaving
received his arrears of pay at the railway station.
The African Mail Company's steam-ship Gambi, Com-
mander Holt, sailed from P'ymouth on Wednesday for
Madeira and the %Vest Coast.

The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Salamander, 6, Com-
mander T. Meeham,from Liverpool, arrived at Plymouth
on Tuesday, and sailed thence on Wednesday for Queens
town, to convey Rear-Admiral Chads to Plymouth, to
assst at the inquiry regarding Capt. Nias, R.N., and
the officers of the Rqyal William Victualling yard.
The brig Linnet, 8, Commander H. Need, is ordered
to be fitted at Devonport as a tender to the Cambridge.
The crew of the screw mortar-ship Seahorse, 12, Com-
mander Leopold G. Heath, are ordered to be paid off at
Pqmouth on Saturday.
Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, commandant of
Woolwich garrison, attended by his ordinary staff, and
accompanied by a numerous body of mounted artillery
officers, trooped the guards at half-past 10 o'clock yes-
terday morning on parade, and subsequently went
through an inspection of 400 disciplined recruits, who
marched past in slow and quick time in a soldierlike
manner. The brigades of Horse Artillery and the bat-
teries were brought out on Plumstead and Woolwich
Oommon, and were exercised throughout the morning.
After the dinner hour a body of gunners repaired to the
mortar range, where they went through a course of
practice with 8, 10, and 33 inch shed firing.
Admiral Sir B. Walker, K.C.8., surveyor of the navy,
yesterday visited Woolwich dockyard. He was accom-
panied in his tour of inspection through the building-
slips and round the docks and fisting-basins by Comm°.
dore Shepherd, superintendent of the yard. The object of
the admiral's visit did rot transpire, but it is understood
to be connected with the disposal of the various vessels
which at the present moment encumber the basins. The
inner basin is completely blocked up, and contains 12
gunbcats, 9 mortar-vessels, her Majesty's troop-ship
Resistance, unloading guns and anchors from Sebastop
and floating battery Thunderbolt, and her Majesty's
steam sloop Vixen; under repairs.
A number of shipwrights were yesterday morning sent
up to Rockwall from Woolwich dockyard to assist in
carrying out the building of a number ofgunboats ordered
by Government. Blocks are laid down for the com-
mencement of four of these vessels at the building yard
of Messrs. Pitcher at Blackwall ; and two others, it is
understood, are to be built at Messrs. Green's. They are
to be six in number, and are to be similar in many re-
spects to the ordinary class of gunboats of the light squa-
dron, but are to be so constructed as to carry an addi-
tional burden of 100 tons.

The body of Major-General B.Tylden, landed from the
transport Imperial, at Woolwich, from Constantinople,
has been conveyed to head quarters of the engineer corps
at Chitharu. The Rev. Mr. Tylden, son of the deceased
general, yesterday proceeded to Chatham to receive the
body and mike preparations for its interment.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday the court met for the despatch of public
business.

A communication from the Board of Works was read,
announcing the intention of the Government to employ
an officer of the navy to make a survey of the Thames,
and asking for the plan made under Mr. Telford's direc•
tion in 1823. The request is to be complied with. A
report of the General Purposes Committee on the metage
of potatoes was presented by Deputy Halt, recommend.
ing that the whole of the subject of metage should be
taken into consideration. This was agreed to, and re-
ferred back to the committee to be put into execution,
with a view to holding a meeting of the corn trade and
others interested in the question, and negotiating with the
meters about the abandonment of their claim to metage.
There was a motion of Mr. Besley's, that the Court
should proceed t> discuss the Corporation Reform Bill of
last session, but the Lord Mayor held that as the bill had
been withdrawn, the motion could not be entertained.

It was then moved by Mr. WOOD, and seconded by
Deputy PEWTRESS—" That it be referred to a committee
to consider and report their opinion as to the alterations
and provisions which should be made, and generally
what should now be done for the better regulation of
the CJrporation of London, and the management of its
affairs ; stating what can be effected by the powers of
that court, and what would appear to require parliamen-
tary aid."

Several members F poke on this motion, expressing
their opinion that they wtro bound to do what th-y
could, by themselves, to remedy the existing defects i❑
the municipal constitution, and that it would be better
for them to seek parliamentary aid for that purpose than
to have a bill forced upon them perhaps by a hostile
Government,

Mr. F 3. L. TAYLOR suggestei that the words " to a
committee now to be appointed," and " to'report thereon
forthwith," should be added to the motion.

Mr. WOOD having assented to this aleration, the
motion was put and carried ; and a committee, consist-
ing of the Lord Mayor, the aldermen present, and a
commoner from each ward, was at once appointed to
carry the object of the motion into effect.

Deputy LOTT moved, " That the bye-laws passed by
this corporation, at the instance of the Markets Lit-
provement Committee, to prevent the driving of cattle
through the streets of the metropolis on Sunday, and
which were represented by the Secretary of State to the
inhabitants of Llington, petitioning for a change of the
market-day from Monday to Tuesday, as sufficient to
prevent all nuisance arising therefrom, having been
decided by a police magistrate to be invalid, and cattle
of all descriptions being driven about the metropolis on
the Lord's day with impunity, to the great annoyance of
inhabitants, it is the duty of this court, in order to keep
good faith with the public, to remedy this evil by ob-
taining :an efficient legislative enactinent for the sup
pression of the nuisance, or by courteously complying
with the prayer of the numerous petitions, tl change the'
market day to Tuesday."

The motion, after a discussion, was negatived by an
overwhelming majority, only three hands being held up
in favour of it.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—We understand that
the committee of shareholders appointed at the recent
meeting of the company have called upon Mr. Fane,
Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Packe, to retire from the board.
PENRHYN dASTLII.—"A Constant Reader," writing
on the subject of the inconvenience attending a visit to
Penrbyn Castle, says :—I went—a stranger—to an hotel
in Bangor to take car for a visit to the slate quarries
and the castle, and was told by the lsost that tickets for
the castle were only procurable through two stationers
in the town. I called on the first, but the young man
in the shop wished me to call again, as his master was
away. I then callel on the second, and politely asked
him to favour me with a ticket, which he sail he could
not ; it was now near 1 o'clock, and the c-it'e is only
open on Tuesdays from 2 to 5 ; we started for the quar-
ries, and then returned to Bangor to the first stationer
to repeat my request. He went into his back parlour
for about 10 minutes to see if he had any at liberty,
during which time his young man was placing before me
all kinds of books; and thinking, if I did not purchase
I might be minus a ticket, I bought a popular work for
3s. 61., which I could buy in this town for about ha'f
the money ; and this, with 2s. 6d. I paid for seeing
through the castle, makes it rather an expensive visit.
The Austrian Gazette states that the paella com-
manding on the Danube has received orders to
occupy with troops the seven or eight points at
which the river is practicable, and to fortify the
tetes-du-pont on both sides. The recent movement
of Ottoman troops from Widdin to Kalafat, on the
left bank of the Danube, was effected in pursuance
of this order. Our authority adds, that the reso-
lution of the Porte has the full approval of the
Austrian Government.

.E V E S r E B It 26 18 5 6

Sporting Intelligence.

TiITTERSALIIS-THIIRSDAY.

About 20 subscribers mustered for the despatch o
business, but the betting 'was marked by no change of
importancr, For the Cesarevritch 200 to 13 was taken
three or four times about Fulteek, and 500 to 20 and
250 to 10 were booked about Cotswold. The other
iransactiona on this event were in small sums. F,r the
Cambridgeshire, 20 to 1 was offered on the field.
B ink Bonny was in steady demand fur the Derby,
1,000 to 80, 2,000 t ) 160, 600 to 50, and 1,200 to 100
were successively booked about her. The following list
of prices comprises all the business transacted :
EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP.
6to 1 agst Poacher (taken)
10 to 1 " bar ono" offered.
CESAUEWITCII STAKES.
200 t) 13 agst Fulbeek (taken)
20 to 1 agst Middleton (taken)
25 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken)
25 to 1 agst Cerva (taken)
200 to 8 agst Mary (taken)
40 to 1 agst Comedy (taken)
300 t ) 10 was laid against Pole Star for each of the
two events—Cesarewitch and Cam'nidgeshire.

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CAMBRIDGESHIRE ►ST` lES.
20 to 1 agst Pt!tnoodie (taken and offered)
20 to 1 azst Poacher (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Lance (take 25 to 1)
DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken)
14 to 1 agst Tournament (offered)
1000 to 40 agst Sidney (taken)

LEICESTER RACES.—THIIRSDAY.
A Plate of 25 SJvs., adc'ed to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs
each for 2-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights,
&c. T.Y.C. Half a mile. (5 subs.)

Mr. French's Profile, by Portrait, 2 yrs, (401) sst 41b
(Pritchard) 1
Mr. Brown's Coal Black Rose, 3 yrs (401.) 6st 111 b

(Fordham) 2
Mr. Hanks's Admiral of the White, 2 yra (501.) sst llb

(Edwards) 3
Mr. Andrews' Chatteress, 3 yrs (401.) 7st . (Sapp) 4
Major Yates's Clara, 3 yrs (401.), 7st (J. Land) 5
Betting-5 to 4 agst Profile, sto 2 agst Coal Black
Rose, 4to 1 agst Admiral of the White. Won by two
lengths ; bad third. The winner was sold by auction
for 115 guineas.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50
added ; winners extra. Gentlemen riders ; professionals
61b extra. One mile and a quarter. (9 subs.)
Mr. B. Land's Weathercock, by Weatherbit, 5 yrs,
list 13,13 (including 61b extra) (B. Land, jun.) 1
Mr. Cartwright's Bright Phoebus, 5 yrs, list

(Mr. Scobel,) 2
Mr. La Alert's Schamyl, 4 yrs, lOst 1016 (Mr. Blake) 3
The following also ran :—The Cropper, and Bobby B.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Bright Phoebus„ sto 2 agst
Schamyl, and 5 to 1 each agst the Cropper and Weather-
cock.

A fine race in, won by a head ; a length and a half
between the second and third. The Cropper was pulled
up and walked in. B )bby B bolted soon after starting.
The Scurry Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a sweeptakos
of 10 sovs each, and only 3ft if declared, &c. Win.
ners extra. Half a mile. 23 subs, 5 of whom declared.
Mr. St. John's British Remedy, by The Cure, 3 yrs,
fist 41b
Mr. E. Parr's Leamington, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (including
71b extra) (Sopp) 2
Mr. Brown's Coal Black Rose, 3yrs sst 111b)Britton)) 3
The following also ran :--Pantomine, Hanover, Bessie,
Prince's Mixture, Breeze, filly by Birdcatcher, out of
Sacrifice.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Breeze. 3to 1 agst Leamington,
0 to 1 agst British Remedy, 9 to 1 agat Hanovor , 20 to
agst Bessie (off.) Won easily by a length ; bad third ;
Pantomime was fourth. Breeze fell on rounding the
turn into the straight ; her jockey was unhurt. Sopp
wal fined 10/., and Prior and Withington were repri-
manded Joy the etewards for disobeying the starter's
orders.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3.yr-olds, 7st 71b
four, 9st ; five, gat 71b ; six and aged, gat 91b. Three
miles.

Mr. Vernon's Lance, by Launcelot, 3 yrs (carried 74t
81b)
Mr. Jackson's Lady Tatton, 4 yrs (J. Osborne) 2
Mr. Sidney's Excitement, 4 yrs (J. Hall) 0
Betting-6 to son Lady Tatton. Won by a length.
Excitement was only started to make running for Lady
Tatt on.
The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25
a 'ded, for 2-yr-olds. About three quarters of a mile.
4 subs.

Mr. Sidney's Sister to Nancy, by Pompey, (401.),
Est 101 b
Mr. Evans's Storms:tit (401.), 6st 101 b (carried 7st)

(J. Hall) 2
Mr. Andrew's Mary Agnes (401.), 0 t 10Ib (carried 7st)

(Soppj 3
No betting. Won by a length and a half ; bad third.
The winner was sold by auction for 67 guineas ; and
Stormsail was claimed, under the Newmarket rule, by
Mr. E. Parr.
The Innkeepers' Plate of 25 BOYS, added to a Sweepstakes
of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Allowances
and penalties. About ami e. 7 sub..
Mr. E. Parr's Stork, by Sir Isaac or Gabbler, 3 yrs,
7st llb (in. 51b extra) (Sopp) I
Mr. T. Walker's Mary Copp, 3 yr., Gat 7lb (Snowden) 2
Major Yates's CaleJonian, 3yrs (in 51b extra) (J. Lund) 3
Mr. Good's Vulcan, 4 yrs (in. 31b extra), B,t 2lb

(D. Hughes) 4
Betting—Even on Stork, 6 to 4 agst Mary Copp, 5
;o 1 agst Vulcan. Won by a length and a half; bad
,bird.

CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.—Ocr. 7.
The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap). Half a mile. Weights
declared at 6 p.m. on Tues lay, the 23d h.q.
Age st lb Age at lb
Bourgeois
Pantomime
Catherine Parr 67 4 rick 36 6
timer Paella 3 7 4 Assailant
Mermaid
Schaneyl
L'Addio 4 6 13 The Martlet .... ..... 3 6 2
Tom Thumb 3 6 8 Little Cob . 2 412
The Wynn stay Handicap. Seven furlongs. (23 sub.l.)
Weights declared at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 23d inst.
Age slit Age st lb
Coroner
Theodora
Hospitality
Paninure
Gaudy
Mermaid ...
Byrsa 3 7 2 ba by Touchstone—
King of Scotland 3 7 2 Diphthong......... 2 5 4
Mary Copp ...
Salmon
La Victinse
Underhand
Dolly
Luuelle
Miss Harkaway ... 3 6 4 Fairystone 2 4 10
The Grand Stand Stakes (Handicap). 7 furlongs. (11
subs.) Weights declared at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 23.1
inst.

st lb st lb
Martinet
South-Western
Daisy
Orianda
Kenerdy
Evelyn 7 0 Silkinore
The Chester Handicap Stakes. Mile and 7 furlongs (4l
subs.) Weights declared at 6 p.m. oa Tuesday, the 231
inst.

Ago st lb Age st lb
Lady Litton 4 8 7 Aldford
Early Bird 5 8 0 Alice
Polestar
Ellerinire
Saraband
Rict
Flatterer
Bonnie Scotland ... 3 7 2 Stvalcliffe
Mary
Prince of Orange Mary Copp 3 5 8
(inc 101 b ox)
Gamekeeper
Pantomime .... 66 10 King of Scotland
Coroner
Lundyfoot 3 6 10 Uzella ......... ........ 3 5 4
Siding 4 6 8 La Victimo
Whalebone
Imogene
Claret 4 6 2 Alma 3 5 0
Rip Van Winkle ... 3 6 21The Martlet
Catherine Parr 66 0I Tame Deer 34 10

TILE ROYAL BriTTISII BANK.

Vioo•Chancellor Kindereley at at the Angel Hotel,
Bury St. Edmunds, on Wednesday afternoon, to bear
the petitions for the winding up of the above corporation.
Four petitions ha I been presented. After a short dis-
cussion as to which petition should be first beard, the
Vice-Chancellor decided in favour of that for which Mr.
' Cotterell appeared, being influenced by the date of the
Lord Chancellor's fiat.
Mr. C )tterell said heappeared for Mr. Adolphus Sher-
man, a holder of 10 shares, on which 501. each had been
paid, sal read his petition p aging for a winding up, and
f•r an inquiry v►hethe: any and what advances had been
improperly male, what sums had been laid out by any
or which of the directors, and whether for their own or
for wUose b3ne6; if such advances bad been made, that
the directors might be made personally responsible
therefor.
The Vice-Chancellor intimated that he could not mike
other than an order for winding up, or, refuse it alto-
getl e-.

Mr. Gitterdl read some of the affidavits on which his
client rested his petition, one of which stated that the
bank was hopelessly insolvent, that actions were being
brought against it, and, as the bank could not meet any
judgments under the Banking Act, the shareholders were
i:nmediately responsible for claims the company could
nat satisfy. A fter stating the circumstances under which
his client be?ame a shareholder, he argued that there
were strong reasons for a winding up, inasmuch as ac
tions having been brought against the company, the
shareholders were liable to actions, and there was no
passible means of getting rid of the annoyance and ex-
pense of them unless his Honour made the order prayed
for.

Mr. Glasse, Q.C., appeared for Mr. Robert Mee, and
after givirg the history of this unfortunate bank, though
refraining from saying anything against the present di-
rectors either harsh or unkind, stated that want of care
and attention on their part had led to great losses, which
considerably exceeded the amount of the unpaid capital
of 150,0001. It was therefore impossible under the pro-
visions of the charter to wind up, as the power of the di-
rectors was limited to 300,0001., half of which was already
received and gone. The loss exceeded 280,0001. Tile
figures were large, but it was unnecessary to say how
the loss had arisen. The affairs of the bank had been
gone into by Mr. Coleman, the accountant, and it ap-
peared, by a statement be bad before him, that there
WAR now in the hands of the directors a sum of nearly
49,0001. in cash—which he was very glad to find—And
also securities, debtors, &c., amounting to 225,669/.
The Vice Chancellor—So much I
Mr. Glasse said how much the securities were really
worth he was unable to define, but the liabilities were
540,000/. It was therefore important that immediate
steps be taken by the Court of Chancery to appoint some.
ons to take possession of the 49,000/ , and of the securi-
ties representing this 225,0001., and to provide for per-
forming those duties to the shareholders which the pre-
sent directors had abstained from performing. His client
desired to have these assets in the hands of some one ap-
pointed by the court. Last Saturday a meeting was held
unsler the 71st section of the charter, at which it was
declared that the loss of the bank had exceeded the
limits defined by the deed, and that there must be a dis-
solution, and a dissolution was declared. A. suggestion
had been made that it might be possible to wind up
under a committee of directors, or in some other mode ;
but his Honour would see it was impossible to carry out
such an idea, as the amount to be made good was so
much beyond the sent limited by the deed, and the con-
sent of every shareholder would have to be obtained, and
these could not be got. He represented parties to the
full amount, he believed, of one moiety of the bank, and
asked the court at once to make an order for dissolution
and winding up.
Mr. Glasse supported the prayer of the petition by
various affidavits. He adverted to several of the matters
which had been disclosed at the meeting on Saturday,
and said that it appeared that the deficiency far exceeded
150,0001. ; therefore, even if the directors had power of
calling up and enforcing payment of the remainder of the
capital, the sum would be insufficient ; and as a large
proportion of shareholders were in humble circumstances,
the amount deficient would have to be met by the sol•
vent shareholders.
Mr. Cotton appeared for General Acheson, who held
250 shares, and for other parties holding 100. The state-
ments made by the deputy-chairman and the solicitor; at
the last meeting, he thought, afforded unanswerable ar•
guments in favour of an order for an immediate dissolu-
tion and winding up. It appeared by the affidavits that
a call of 501. per share had been already made, making
150,0001. to go into the hands of the directors, whom
the shareholders at the meeting expressed an opieion
that they could not trust. It was lilt that, as directors,
they had neglected their duty in allowing 300,000/. to
be lost, and the shareholders wished some person to be
appointed to get this money in, and to keep it from the
hands of the directors. It appeared that a private book
had been kept by Mr. Cameron of advances to directors
and other parties, these loans not being entered in the
general ledger. By an order for immediate dissolution
and winding up this and other books would be obtained.
,Mr. Cooper appeared for Mr. Jeremiah Harridge, and
entered upon several reasons why that gentleman's pe-
tition should be acted upon in preference to those already
brought before his Honour ; alleging that Mr. Cottereli's
was too meagre, that the publication of Mr. Glasse's was
nut sufficient according to the act, and that Mr. Cotton's
was detective in various particulars, while in every point
the petition he presented was ample in all particulars.
After some discussion, in which Mr. Glasse con'ended
that his client had fulfilled the requirements of the act,
and after Mr. Stevens had spoken in favour of winding
up, though his clients had not petitioned,
Mr. Hetherington, for the corporation and directors,
said of course he also represented those shareholders who
ad not presented petitions. The company mast be
wound up, but he would urge that the winding up might
be made at a much lets expense under the charter. Ho
contended that under Peel's Act the company could
make calls, exceeding 150,0001., to any amount re-
quired ; they could bring actions for them. Tire direc-
tors could not object to a winding up order, but they
believed that in the hands of Mr. Coleman, the accouut •
ant, who had been employed at the wish of the share
holders, the affairs might be more cheaply managed. He
appeared especially for Mr. Stapleton, and three dire°
tors who bad joined the bank last August, and who
were not re3ponsible for the report of June ; indeed Mr.
Stapleton was one who took his stand to exclude Alder
manaßrown from the board, and to turn out Mr. Came•
ron, the manager; who pretested against the dividend
declared, and was in favour of a call of 251. per share ;
therefore no parties were more entitled to confliencs
than his clients.
The Vice Cuancellor said that with regard to the gene-
ral expediency of a winding-up many present were quite
aware how reluctant he was to make orders to that
effect until he was perfectly satisfied as to their propriety.
He had seen a great deal of mischief arising from the
mode in which windings-up were conducted, but had no
doubt that there ought to be a winding-up here. It was
something that all who appeared as petitioners or share-
holders were desirous of this step. It appeared that
150,0001. raised by call had been swamped, and exclu-
sive of the Welsh works (estimated at 40,0001.) there
was a deficiency of 210,0001. According to Mr. Glasse
there was 49,0001. to be had almost instanter, besides
the estates. Those estates ought to be realised with all
expedition. The only reason suggested why the com-
pany should nut be wound up was, that being now in
a state of hopeless insolvency, there might be a better,
cheaper, and more expeditious mode resorted to. If he
could find such a mode he should readily adopt it ; but
he was satisfied, considering the prob able position and
capability of a great number of the shareholders, that to
leave the parties to wind up under the act to which Mr.
lietheriogton bad referred would produce litigation to a
frightful a mount, and he apprehended there would be
no end of actions to be brought by directors again: t
contributors, and by contributors against the body first,
and then against individuals. Although he owned his
feeling was against the application of the Winding-up
Act, except inhere it was really necessary, he had nu
doubt that it ought to be adopted in this case. As to
the petitions presented, he overruled the objection as t
that supported by Mr. Glasse, as he thought the act
was satisfied. As to Mr. Cotterell's, though it did not
go into sufficient detail, and bad it stood alone he should
hove required a-great deal more, yet he thought it a
sufficient petition to found an order upon. He had asked
hionself why it was necessary for Mr. Harridge to peti-
den' but sufficient reasons had been given. He would
ask Mr. Cotton why his was presented on the 13th, after
three others were in I

Mr. Cotton stated that the others represented a small
amount of shares, and his c ient thought it incumbent to
take care that no proper steps should be omitted to se-
cure a winding-up.
The Vice Chancellor said much weight was to be given
to the consideration that it was of the greatest import-
ance to all parties that something should be done in-
stanter, and he thought on that ground he should make
an order on all four petitions.

The question of making an order for dissolution as
not prssQed, after a short discussion thereon.

Ttie Vica•Chancellor intimated that he should allow
the costs of the four petitioners, also of the party for
whom Mr. Stevens appeared, and of the corporation,
out of the estate.

FLOWERS OF THE EAST.—In the Gazette of yesterday
is republished a treaty made with the King of Siam in
1826. In the introductory portion of the document his
Majesty is described as the powerful Lord, who is in
possession of every good, and every dignity, the God
Boodh, who dwells over every head in the city of the
sacred and great kingdom of Si-a-yoo-tha-ya, incompre-
bensible to the heal and brain, the sacred beauty of the
royal pa'ace, serene and infallible there.
" EVER BUSY NOVELTY."—Well may the poet make
this exclamation, more particularly with reference to
fashion, of which the resources are infinite. Souse two
or three years since the far famed Madame de Gald
berg, of Park astonished the elite by introducing a
bonnet whereof the material was leather. At that
period it sounded like a fiction, but was not the less
true; and in the construction the use of bronze and
violet tints produced a very happy cffect• The same
intelligent artiste has once more piqued the curiosity
of the beau-monde, by placing before it a 'bonnet, of
which cloth forms the foundation. It is trimmed with
its own material, and sometimes intermixed with silk,
and will certainly create furore in fashionable circles,
for it is singular:y chaste and beautiful. Whether the
use of cloth is a sign of the times, and an evidence of the,
enormous advance in the price of silks and velvets, re-
mains to be seen. The fact need only be stated, and,
in the meantime, the new and very charming novelty,
the " cloth bonnet," is well worthy of inspection at
Messrs. Jay and Co.'s Mourning Warehouses, 247,
Regent street, whose first autumnal general disphy of
modes and novelties is now on view. It may be re-
marked that a decided improvement in the shapes of
bonnets has taken place, and that they are now worn 4
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