The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-15 00:00:00

ROBBING A RAILWAY TRAIN.

A money parcel, value between 501. and 60/., was
adroitly stolen, on Wednesday last, from a train on
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway.
It was the passenger-train which starts from Hull at
six A at. On its arrival at Raiford two gentleman-like
men, very stylishly dressed, stepped up to the guard
and begged that he would allow them to continue
their journey in his van instead of a carriage, so that
they might enjoy a better view of the country.
The guard's van is placed at the rear of the train,
and being open abaft, its occupants have an uninter-
rupted prospect. The guard told then that he dared
not admit them as it was against the rules. When
the train stopped at Worksop station, eight
miles further west, the two passengers renewed
their application to the guard, and most pro-
bably resorted to the eloquence of a douceur,
for the guard this time granted their request.
Upon admitting them to hie van, however, he told
them they must get out before reaching the Sheffield
station, or he should get into trouble. They readily
promised compliance, and kept their word. At Wood-
house junction, a few miles east of Sheffield, they
bade the guard a cheerful " Good morning," and en-
tered a passenger carriage. Their blandness had
been remarkable. The train sped on its way till it
reached its destination at Manchester, and then for the
first time the guard missed a parcel containing money to
the amount of more than 501. It had ben entrusted to him
at the other end of the line for delivery to the railway
company's cashier at Manchester, and was the pro-
ceeds of sales of coal. The guard at once suspected
that his two affable travelling companions, whom he
had mistaken for enthusiasts in landscape scenery, had
stolen the parcel. They had fled, however, and all he
could tell of their whereabouts was that he last saw
one of the twain step out of a carriage at Woodhead,
between Sheffield and Manchester, but whether or
not he resumed his seat he did not know. The two
strangers wore numerous showy rings on their fingers,
and were in all respects very expensively dressed.
Several money parcels were received by the guard en
route between Hull and Sheffield, but they were all
put into a safe box, which was left at Sheffield. The
bex bad an inner lid, sustained by springs, and so
constructed that parcels can be put into the box, but
cannot be taken out till it is unlocked at its destina-
tion. Money parcels going beyond Sheffield lie loose
in the guard's van, and as a caution to the guard the
amount enclosed is marked in bold characters on the
wrapper. This writing is also useful in directing the
fingers of a thief to the most valuable parcel. Mr.
Aliport, the manager, at once suspended the guard
from duty. We understand that he has been a long
time in the company's service, and that up to the time
of this occurrence his character for honesty was un-
impeached.

QUARANTINE NOTICE.

Lisbon, Ne. 7.

Sir,—By an order of the Board of Health, dated the
let instant, in the Diario of the 2nd instant, the ports
of the province of Riff, in the empire of Morocco, are
&eland suspe.eted.
CHARLES JAUNCEY, Agent to Lloyd's.
Captain G. A. Hutted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dec. 13.
ROSENBORG V. ALLEYNE.

Mr. CAIRNS—It your Honour pleases, I wish to men-
tion the csse of Rosenborg v. Alleyne, while my
Learned Friend Mr. Rogers is in court. It was a
case in which I applied to the Court for an injunc-
tion, preparatory to the dissolution of partnership.
Your Honour may perhaps recollect that it was
then stated that an engrossment of the deed for
dissolution had been sent to the continent, in order to
ascertain whether the defendants would execute it, but
that the messenger had not been able at that time to meet
the defendants at Brussels, where it was supposed they
were. In poiut of fact, the defendants itnin, dtately after-
wards nceivt d the deed, and at once executed it; in con-
sequence there is no object in continuing the suit, but
we wish to go a little turthpr with your Lionour'a per-
mission, and to take off the file the bill and the
affidavits, which contain matters which no one would
wish to remain on the record longer than is necet•sary.
tly app'ication is for an order by consent for that pur-
pose. There are precedents to that effect.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Have you a precedent for
taking the affidavits off the file?
Mr. MALINS —I can mention one, Sir, which occurred
in the private room, in the case of appointing a guardian.
It was the last case of Mr. Hodgson appearing in court,
and the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce took the affidavits
off the file.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR—This is a case in which no
one has any concern except the parties themselves ; if'
they see no objection I have none.
Mr. CAIRNS—In making the application, your Honour
will allow me to express, on the part of the plaintiffs,
an acknowledgment of the very prompt and honourable
manner in which the defendants have evinced an anxiety
that the plaintiffs should not suffer from the unfortunate
position in which the defendants are placed, and to state
also, that had it not been from the accidental circum-
stance I have referred to, of the messenger not. having
been able to meet with the defendants, there would have
been no necessity to resort to this proceeding.
Mr. ROGERS—I appear for these defendants, and
your Honour will allow me to say that they left
this country feeling strongly the very honour•
aole character of Mr. Rosenborg. Accordingly
they executed a deed and signed a notice, which
he sent without any advice whatsoever, relying
entirely on Mr. Rosenborg's honour and propriety. As
the matter stands, of course your Honour will excuse
me just saying, that thor gentlemen still hope that fur-
ther proceedings will bring what they consider to be the
truth to light, and that they shall be restored to society,
Ind their character, at all events, so far as regards what
is mentioned in this bill, will hereafter be explained and
set right by them and their counsel.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Both parties consenting, let
the bill and the affidavits be taken off the file.
Solicitors for the plaintiffs, Messrs. Bevan and Good-
eve; for the defendants, Messrs. Emmet and Knight.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 13.
(Sittings at Nisi Prim, before the CHIEF BARON, at
Guildhall.)
THE GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY V. WESTOBY.

Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Willes were counsel for
the plaintiffs ; Mr. Crowder and Mr. Millward ap-
peared for the defendant.
This was an action brought to enforce the payment
of a call of 21. per share on 100 shares in the Gal-
vanized Iron Company. The company was started
in 184 i, and though the defendant, who is a Chan-
cery barrister, did not apply by letter, in the usual
form, for any shares, yet, when the concern was in
its infancy, a " friend" on the direction " secured"
him 100 shares, the letter of allotment for which was
dispatched by the secretary to the address given at
that time. In that letter was an intimation that the
deposit of 1/. per share might be paid at .Messrs.
Prescott's bank, and there, in due course, a payment
was made of 1001., in respect of those shares, by
Mr. Westoby. The defendant did not give him-
self any further trouble about the company, and,
strange to say, though several polite letters
from the secretary were forwarded to the same
address, announcing calls to the amount of 71. or
81 in all in the course of the next two years, no
notice was taken of them by the defendant, and at
length the secretary, acting on some information to
the effect that the defendant could not pay, erased his
name from the register of shareholders, and the direc-
tors passed a resolution forfeiting his shares. This,
however, went for nothing, as the forfeiture was never
sanctioned, as required by the deed, by the share-
holders at any general meeting. So matters stood
till 1848, when the company being insolvent, an Act
was passed on July 22 to wind up its aff4ars, and
therein power was given to the directors to make fur-
ther calls on the shareholders, in order to pay off the
liabilities. Under this power the directors, on the
24th of July, 1848, made the call in respect of which
this action was brought, and as an answer to which
the defendant pleaded that he was not a shareholder
at the time of such call. The Learned Counsel on
both sides agreed that there was no question for
the jury, the whole contest in the cause being one of
law,—namely, whether, as the defendant had not
signed the deed, he was, under these circumstances,
a shareholder?

The CIIIE7 BARON abstained from giving any opi-
nion on this point at present, and directed a verdict to
be entered for the plaintiffs, with leave for the defend-
ant to move to enter a nonsuit according to the
Judgment of the Court above.
A verdict for the plaintiff for 2331. Gs. Bd. was
thereupon taken by consent.

A M,

_OTHER'S AFFECTION.A poor woman of
Dundee, in Scotland ,l employed in one of the factories of that
town, and earning ony 45. 3d. per week, was induced by her
affection for one of her sons, a convict in the Parkhurst
that purpose, walking the whole dis-
tance from Edinburgh, upwards of 500 miles, accomplishing
the task
OM five 'Keel° (being 57 YeAra (gage) without
begging.
Prison,
Isle
She started for to undertake the journey to visit him
there.