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DECEMBER 18, 1851.
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ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING
COMI'ANY.
(Incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet.)
Offices—No. 11, Adam-street, idelphi.
Capital, 50,0001.,
In 100,000 Shares of 10s. (fully paid up) each.
To Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his Shares.

PUBLICATIONS.

MR. DISRIELPS NEW WORK.
Now ready, in one large volume Bvo., 15s. bound,
LORD GEORGE BENTINCH,
A Political ll!ography.

TRUSTEES.
Charles Herbert Cottrell, 'Esq., Hadley. Herts.
George Earnott Green, Esq., Emmett Ilall, Lancashire.
James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent.

By B. DISRAEI.I;
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To to had of all Booksellers throughout the kingdom.

CHAIRMAN.
GEORGE EDWARD corrRELL, Esq, James-street, Buck-
ingliam-gate ; and New-square, Lincoln's Inn.
VICE-CLIAIRMAN.
FRANCIS DENNIS MISSY DAWSON", Esq., Victoria-
square; and Pio eden-buildings, Temple.
DIRECTORS.
John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey.
Symeon Taylor Bartlett, LL.D. Carnbridae.
Jonathan laider, Esq.. Penrith.
Charles [Pricks' Esq., Birmingham.
Joseph George Parker, Esq , Warminster.
Sir C. S. Runabold, Bart., Argyil-street, Regent-street.
RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN CALIFORNIA.
Caleain Sir Henry Vere Huntley, R.N.
BINE.ERS.
London and Coun'y Bank, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Coombe, and Nickell, Bridge-street, Westminster.
SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALIFORNIA.
James Maconochie, Esq. 1 William Godfrey Huet, Esq.
SECRETARY (ad interim).
Mr. George Frederick Goodman.
This Company bring now completely registered, the Directors
take the earliest opportunity of laying before the Shareholders a
statement of its progress an i prospects.
It may be confidently asserted that no Company was ever brought
before the public with equal proep.ct of speedy and successful
results.
The prompt assistance afforded by the Shareholders to the Direc-
tors, and the perfect confidence in the management displayed by
them, have enabled the Directors to take catch steps as must ensure
an enormous dividend within a few months.
Sir Henry Huntley, the resid Director in California, has been
in that country five months, and the course adopted by tire Directors
for carry in out this enterprise results feom time experience obtained
by him dining that perio I. The instructions given to Sir Henry
Hunt ey were, in effect, that he should make every possible inquiry
relative to the state of the country, the tenure of land, the com-
parative merit; of the different quartz veins in the several districts
of California, and after mature deliberation to advise the Directors
as to their best course of proceediog, and to take such measures as
would enable them to carry out his views as speedily as possible.
Following these instructions, he has secured for the benefit of the
Company, sufficient lands for all mining purposes ; but he is clearly
of opinion, that for tile present, at least, it is not desirable to tteder-
take mining operations, but to crush and amaegamate quartz to
be supplied by those who are possessed of mines, and have raised
the quartz. With the assidance of some gentlemen of great
experience is geology and mining matters, he has inspected and
tested a great variety of veins iu the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass
Valley, and other districts, and has come to the conclusion,
upon sound reasons, that the vicinity of Grass Valley and
Nevada City, is that which affords the greatest advantages for car-
rying on our enterprise. He has, therefore, entered into an agree-
ment with some As erican gentlemen, who have formed a company,
and have opened, and, to a considerable extent, worked a vein of
quartz, dlitant about three miles from Grass-Valley and Nevada
Cit s, and about thirty miles from Sacramento City. to crush and
amalgamate the quartz to be raised from the mine openedcru hed by
them. By means of machinery, he has already
and amalgamated considerable quantities of the quartz sup•
plied him from this mine; and the r. salt of his operations
has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average
richness, and that the locality oilers many important advantages in
the way of water, fuel, means of trans's, &c., &c. He has, there-
fore, entered into a formal agreement with that Company, wh
with ich, ins
n
a few words, amounts to this : lie is to be supplied by them
much quartz as his machinery shall be found capable of crushing
the quartz is to be deposited at the mills free of expense ;
ha is to crush and ausalearnate it at his own expense, and
he
g Id produced is to be divided equally between the owners
of the vein and our Company. Formal and legal agreements
for carrying out the above arraneement fairly and honestly, aaa '
without any copartnership, have been entered into. Steam-engines
and machinery- estimated to crush about thirty tons of
quartz a day,
with with fonds sufficient for putting it iu motion, have be placed un
the control of Sir Henry Huntley; and, unless some unexpected
delay has arisen, the machinery is now actually at work, and a
return will be made auout Christmas next.
For the satisfaction of the existing shareholders of this Company,
and without wishing, in any manner, to deteriorate from the merits
of other Companies, the Directors at e desirous of calling
this attention
to some of the more prominent advantages possessed by
pany over others now in the field. Shareholders in other Companies
must mainly rely up on reports sent over by persons interested al
selling the mine; we rely upon the reports of our own resident
Director and his practical assistants on the spot, whose only
interest is to give us facts. The Directors of other
Companies generally base tho estimate of the value of
their mine upon calculations founded on experiments
upon a few pieces of specimen quartz, sent over to this country for
the express purpose of advertising the commodity offered for sale to
the British public ; we found our calculations upon experiments
tried, during several weeks, on quartz raised from the mine, and
crushed and amalgamated b pus own Superintendent
Companies pd ,an
opt with our
r
own machinery and apparat. Other rse
incur the expense and risk of carrying out miniug operations
upon their vein, before the quartz arrives at their mill, and, should
their labours prove successful, they must then pay out of their
profits large per-centages for obtaining their leases, and large royal
ties to their lessors ; whereas we have secured as muh
ic qas secure
es
our machinery is capable of crushing, the title to whichs
as that of any other company, unfettered by any per-tentage or
royalty. The half of the produce to be paid by this Company to the
parties who supply us, free of expense, with the quartz, being in fact
merely equivalent to the dividend upon the outlay of capital ex-
pended in raising the quartz, and lodging it at the mill. the
new companies, unlike this, must be a consi terabit) time before
their arrangements and machinery can be ready for carrying out
their schemes—this Company alone Is actually at work.
The paid-up capital of the Company will not exceed 20,0007. An
almost certain estimate of the produce of our machinery can be
formed, and, from the calculations made, the Directors confidently
anticipate bring able even at the most moderate estimate, to
tweld
a dividend of 200 per cent., at the least, within the nexte
months. According to thedata fn d ishe to us, the quartz which
we are now working yields upon an average 4d. per pound, or 1/.
17s. 4d. per cwt., or 371. lls. Sd. per ton • and, as we can crusts and
amalgamate at least 20 tons per diem, would amount to 7461.
13s. 4d., or 3731.5 s. Sd. per dices as the share of this Company.-
By. the peculiar arrangements this Company has made, based
upon practical experience, the economy in working expenses must
necessarily be such as to render the current outlay most trifle
In case circumstances should induce the Directors to alter the
system now adopted, and lead them to undertake mining operations
of their own, arrangements have teen made securing four distinct
sites, most carefully selected for their eligibility for mining pur-
poses, and Sir Henry Huntley has on the spot Cornish millers who
went out with hlm, and who have voluntarily retendered him their
services. •
The gentlemen who formed the Provisional Committee of this
Compmy, have added to their number several gentlemen poss:mssing
the acquaintance and entire confidence of a very large body of
Shareholders In the provincial districts. To add such men to the
Dire :tory was due to those Shareholders who ha
Measuresve in fac
bet ,e
tastab-
ken
lished and nobly supported this Company. will
for further augmenting the Directory, and a Special General Meet-
ing of the Shareholders will be convened for the middle of January.
In conclusion, the Directors beg to offer their best thanks to the
Shareholders for the uniform support they have received, and tthey
pledge themselves that the affairs of this Company shall be con-
ducted with the most rigid economy, and with the sole view of for-
warding the interest of the Shareholders.
The Directors beg to call the attention of Shareholders particularly
to the fact that, from question sm adopted by this Co.npany, it c
not be affected by the qnow agitated between the holder of
leases and Colonel Fretnont or his agents. The district select ed for
the operations of this Company is far removed from the tract cl .aimed
by Colonel Fremont. The difficulty arising out of the many points
now raised relative to the tenure oftand under leases, had bee, 1 long
known to and was maturely considered by those having the e ,ontrol
of the affairs of this Company, and was one of the reasons sill ich in-
duced them to parsue for the present the course they have, a ad not
to incur certain heavy expenses with doubtful results.
The Directors trust that Shareholders will approve of the pr tidence
of the course they have adopted.
Prospectuses may be had upon application at the offices of the
Company.

A NEW MONTIILY JOURNAL.
On the Ist of January, 1852, will appear, price Bd.,
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT O.P Q UEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 17.
BAKER V. GREGORY.

This was an action to recover the sums of 92/. 75.,
and 11/. 1 Is., the amount of fees paid to counsel for and
on behalf of the defendant.
Mr. M. Chambers Mr. Bramwell, and Mr. Bell ap-
peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. E. James and Mr. Haw-
kins conducted the case for the defendant.
Mr. M. CHAMBERS, in his opening address, said, the
plaintiff, Mr. Baker, was a Parliamentary agent in
London, and the defendant, Mr. Gregory, was the late
Member for Dublin. The action was brought to recover
the balance of a sum of money due to the plaintiff for
fees, which he had paid to Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and
Mr. Sergeant Murphy under the following circumstances:
—ln the year 1847 an election took place for repre-
sentatives in Parliament for the city of Dublin, and
there wero three candidates on the occcasion—viz., Mr.
Grogan, Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Gregory, the present
defendant. The two former gentlemen were elected, and
a meeting of Mr. Gregory's friends was subsequently
convened, and it was resolved that a petition should be
presented against the return of Mr. Reynolds. A peti-
tion was accordingly presented to the House of Com-
moue, and Mr. Jackson, the private agent of Mr. Gre-
gory, acted as the Dublin solicitor for the petition. Mr.
Baker, the defendant, was engaged as Parliamentary
agent, and he sent a retainer to Sergeant Wrangham on
behalf of the petitioners. Sergeant Murphy was retained
by Mr. Gregory himselF. The petition went before a
committee, and the contest between the parties lasted a
considerable period. Mr. Sergeant Murphy attended
before the committee several days, and when he discon-
tinued his attendance, his clerk sent Mr. Baker a bill
for 217/. 75., being the total of the fees due to him.
Mr. Baker submitted the bill to Mr. Jackson, who
handed over to him 1251. in part payment
of the account. Mr. Baker made up the dif-
ference out of his own pocket, and paid the 'whole
amount to the Learned Sergeant. Mr. Sergeant
Wrangham did not appear before the committee, bat
Mr. Baker paid to him 111. 113., the fees for the retainer.
The inquiry upon the petition ultimately resolved itself
into a scrutiny of the votes. Tho fund for meeting the
expenses of the contest was made up of subscriptions
among the electors themselves. In the course of the
inquiry Mr. Jackson was taken ill, and Mr. Gregory
wrote to Mr. Baker requesting him to prepare the neces-
sary lists for the scrutiny, and stating that he would
himself undertake all responsibility in regard to the
outlay. Every effort had been made to obtain an
amicable settlement of the present claim, but without
success, and the plaintiff was, therefore, compelled to
bring this action into court.
Mr. Jackson was then called, and in the course of
his examination acid altogether about 4,0001. was col-
lected in subscriptions for carrying on the scrutiny.
Mr. Gregory personally contributed 1,000/. or 1.200/. of
this sum. The contest in committee lasted po or 91
days. The election took place on the sth or 6th of
August, 1847, and the Committee sat in April or May
following. It was first contemplated to retain Mr.
Austin and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham. Mr. Sergeant
Murphy was an intimate friend of Mr. Gregory, and
had, besides, very little respect for Mr. Reynolds, and
Mr. Gregory thought that on both those grounds he
would bo more anxious to support the petition.—
(Laughter.) Mr. Austin refused to take any election
petition briefs. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham declined also
to attend the Committee, on the same ground. The
counsel who appeared in support of the petition were
Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Norton, and Mr. Patrick
M. Murphy, of the Irish and English bar. The last
two gentlemen attended during the ninety days, but Mr.
Sergeant Murphy retired on the eighth or ninth day, in
consequence of the funds not being sufficient to pay the
fees of a senior counsel.
The plaintiff was next examined.
Mr. F.. JAMES, for the defence, contended that the
plaintiff had no legal claim whatever upon Mr. Gregory
for the two sums in question. Mr. Baker had clearly
advanced the fees on the security of the fund collected
in Dablin, and it was an afterthought on his
part to seek to fix Mr. Gregory with the debt.
Mr. Gregory had contributed 1,2001. himself to
the fund, and the plaintiff's own expenses, which
amounted to 3001., bad been discharged out of it as
well as all the other expenses which had been incurred.
In consequence of the great cost of the proceedings in
Parliament, the fund became exhausted, and when the
plaintiff found there was no hope of additional subscrip-
tions, he determined to claim the balance owing to him
from Mr. Gregory. Tho Learned Counsel submitted
that, under these circumstances, the plaintiff was not en-

titled to a verdict-.
Lard CAMPBELL having summed ap the evidence,
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full
amount.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 17.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLA.NQUE.)
IN RE W. STRANGE, SEN.
The bankrupt was a bookseller in Paternoater-row.
This was the certificate meeting.
Mr. LINKLATER appeared for the bankrupt. He
was apprehensive that the matters that would press
the most adversely to the bankrupt on the mind of the
Court would be his previous failure and his conduct in
defending certain legal proceedings that had been
taken against him in connexion with the royal etch-
ings. It was true that the bankrupt had been a bank-
rupt in 1829, and an insolvent in 1835 and 1840, and
hence it might be said that his past failures ought to
have induced great caution; but beyond that they
would not, he was sure, weigh in the mind of the
Court. .In 1847 the bankrupt had a capital'of 1,393/.,
and whilst carrying on his business as a bookseller had
the misfortune to become acquainted with one Judge,
who suggested to him the publication of certain
etchings executed by her Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert. Judge employed the bank-
rupt to prepare a catalogue, and a copy was for-
warded to the Queen at Windsor, with an in-
timation that it would not be published
without first receiving the consent of her Ma-
jesty and her Royal Consort. This course save
great offence, as well it might do. Almost immedi-
ately af.er th 3 communication had been forwarded
the bankrupt had occasion to take a journey of 200
miles into the north of England. During his absence
his son was wai'ed upon by Mr. White, the private
solicitor to the Queen. This was about the 20th of
October, 1848. Mr. White wished to purchase a
copy of the catalogue, but could not obtain one. In
about a week Mr. White called again, and inquired
whether it was-the intention of the bankrupt to pub-
lish the catalogue, and an information was shortly
afterwards filed on affidavits made by Prince Albert.

An injunction was thereupon obtained, and the bank-
rupt was advised to resist it. The question was a
very nice one, viz., whether, having obtained the ca-
talogue in a proper manner, he could be prevented
making a use of it. The Vice-Chancellor came to the
conclusion that, inasmuch as the catalogue had been
obtained by Judge improperly (but of which
Strange was ignorant), he must give it up.
Judge, it appeared, was a literary character
at Windsor, and had been connected with
certain local newspapers. He became ac-
quainted with 'a printer, wha had been employed by
the Court to get struck off a few impressions of the
etchings, and purchased the matter that had formed
the subject of four suits 'and four criminal informa-
tions. The bankrupt had every confidence in his
solicitor; and such was the confidence of the solicitor
himself in the strength of his cause, that he made no
demand upon the bankrupt for his costs, although
they amounted to 8001. Upon the proceedings ter-
minating adversely to the bankrupt, it was but due
to him to observe that the Solicitor-General, who
conducted the case for Prince Albert, said he should
not press for his costs as against Strange, because he
might have been deceived by Judge, whose conduct,
possibly not without cause, was commented upon with
great severity. The case went by appeal to the Lord
Chancellor. He must here observe that the bankrupt
Strange felt that his name had been improperly
joined with Judge's in the application for the in-
junction, and that he had been thereby improperly
subjected to a liability for costs. In fact, he
could not but feel that an aggression had been made
upon him. He had made an affidavit that he had no
intention of publishing the catalogue, and he felt that
that act might have relieved him from having his
name included with tnat of Judge's it the appliea.
tions for injunctions. The pant was clearly one of
great legal nicety, and the bankrupt was throughout
acting under the advice of eminent counsel.
The COMMISSIONER—Was be in a position to in-
dulge in the luxury of trying an abstract right?
What profit did he expect that could justify him in
expending 8001. in the matter? Mr. LINKLATER
submitted that the bankrupt believed he might obtain
a fair and reasonable profit by successfully establish.
ing his right. There was in society a class who were
very curious touching anything that proceeded from
the Court. There was also a class that had the bump
of veneration very large. Anything coming from so
high a quarter was certain to command attention.
The COMMISSIONER—When the bankrupt found
that permission would' not be given, why did he not
that instant suppress the publication, and give an
undertaking not to publish it? Mr. LINKLA.TER—
This would appear to have been done, The bank-
rupt was quite willing to adopt such a course. But
he had been a party to a suit, and liable to costs. The
fact that Prince Albert subsequently relieved the
bankrupt from costs, whilst a contrary course was
adopted towards Judge, showed that there was really
no complaint against him. Strange gave up every
copy that he had, and he did all in his power to put
the Prince in possession of any other that might be in
existence.
The COMMISSIONER—When was this ? Mr. LINK-
LATER—In January of the present year; no doubt
a late period. The case was different as regarded
Judge, who was incarcerated for the costs. It
was true that the bankrupt had incurred a consider-
able amount of expenditure in his own costs, but no
part of them had been proved against his estate. The
bankrupt had throughout acted under the advice of
counsel very eminent at the bar; and, in short, acted
as a man would do who placed himself in the hands
of his physician. He felt that there had been a
certain degree of precipitancy in the first instance
on the part of the Prince's legal advisers, and to
this might be attributed much of the course that had
been taken.
The COMMISSIONER—You have said nothing in
respect to the disposal by the bankrupt of his stock to
his son. Mr. LINKLATER—Upon that point the as-
signees are satisfied, your Honour.
The COMMISSIONER—Bat why does the statute im-
pone upon me the duty of locking into the conduct of
bankrupts if I am to be satisfied with the opinion of
the assignees I recollect that on the occasion of the '
case coming before me at the examination meeting I
had strong suspicions with respect to the bont i fide
character of the sale. Mr. LINKLATER—The property
in question passed to the son, and afterwards to his
creditors.
The COMMISSIONER—When? Mr. LINKLATER—
Immediately that he (the son) .became a bankrupt.
The COMMISSIONER—Ah! Let me see the pro-
ceedings. The Learned Commissioner here inspected
the documents in the case, and having done so said—
You have not said a word about the bankrupt's rail-
way speculations.
Mr. LINKLATER—Mr. Strange being a man of con-
siderable ability, as may be supposed from the coun-
tenance he received from persons in high authority,
and having in 1847 a capital of 1,000/., thought that
he, in common with many others, might make a profit
by purchasing railway shares, but he was neither stag
nor anything else. He purchased some shares in the
Belfast and Down Railway, and but for that unfortu-
nate step and the matter of the royal etchings, he
might have been now a prospe,rous man; The bank-
rupt's debts are now only 1,500/., and about 1,2001.
of them arose out of the verdicts and costs in these
two transactions.
The COMMISSIONER—I have nothing to do with the
transactions so far as they affect the question. Did
the bankrupt carry on
a proper business in a proper
manner? Mr. LINKLATER—The bankrupt did not
enter into numerous railway speculations, and they
p,
were of a character that may rather
be classed under
the term of investments.
t having failed His HONOUR said the bankru
pre-
viously, ought to have been very cautions in his mode
of carrying on business. However, he dad carried on
a from his
rather a hazardous description of trade, that had in-
volved him in large law costs, not merele in one case,
casually, but in several instances. It pigged
examination that, for an alleged piracy respecting the
Illustrated London News, he had incurred 1001. costs;
in another action, at the suit of Sewell and Cross, for
libel, he had been involved in law costs. It smeared that
he was the publisher of a class of works alit served to
feed the:morbid appetites of those persons wlo delighted
to investigate matters into whicbithey bad eo business
to pry. As such a publisher, it was probarle that he
had been selected to publish the catalogue. His
judgment would be the same as if he bad
piblished a
catalogue obtained surreptitiously by meant of access
to the gallery of any person, whether a nolleman or
a trader. He must have seen that he was
that in which there was no propriety. If aeout to do
the consent
of the parties had not been obtained, he cruet imme-
diately to have retracted, but there was no evidence
of his retracting until a subsequent period. a trader
had no right to peril a large sum of his creditors'
money in maintaining
an abstract proposition of right.
The consequence was that a sum of 8001. bac been
incurred for costs. The bankrupt had also gore out
of his line of business as a bookseller by specuating
in railway shares to a large amount, so Ruch
so that a loss of 1,0551. had been thereby Metered.
Instead of meeting his difficulties as he ought to
have done, be had transferred his stock to his son,and
departed to France. The manner in which the bask-
rupt had answered questions put to him at the exarti-
nation meeting as to that fact had been so unsatisfac-
tory, that it was not until he was told his examinatim
would otherwise be adjourned sine die, that satisfac-
tory answers could be obtained. The bankrupt's
books had been imperfectly kept; andf having regard
to all the circumstances of the case, he would not re.
ceive a higher certificate than of the third class, nor
that until there had been a twelvemonth's suspension
from the date of the first examination meeting. The
Court felt it to be its duty to mark its sense of the
bankrupt's irregularity of conduct by recording a
twelvemonth's suspension, although from the circum-
stance of the bankrupt's examination having taken
place some time since, a less period would now have
to pass before the certificate was issued.
On the application of Mr. 'ANIMATER, protection
was granted.

Stock• Exchange, and had compounded with his cre-
ditors; and, unless Mr. Brook exculpated himself,
his possession of the notes would implicate him in
this charge. The letter containing the notes must
have passed through many hands before it arrived at

Leeds, and there were eighteen clerks employed in
the Leeds post office.
His LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner Guilty,
The prisoner then charged Mr. Brook with incit-
ing him to steal the letter in order to relieve himself
from his pecuniary embarrassments.
His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said, the pri-
soner's attempt to cast upon Mr. Brook the guilt of
having tempted him to commit this crime would, if
true, be no excuse to a man in his position, placed as
ho was in a situation of trust. It was necessary for
the protection of the public that the laws should se-
verely punish such offences as this, and the sentence
of the Court was that he should be transported for the
term of ten years.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 16.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MLULE.)
Richard Reynolds, aged 25, and James Calderbanh,
aged 35, were indicted for the robbery of James Har-
rison, at Leeds, on the 16th of August last, and steal-
ing from him a gun and a powder flisk.
Mr. Boothby prosecuted. Mr. Anderson defended
the 'prisoner Reynolds; the other prisoner was un-
defended.
It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor,
(who is an old man) was a guninaker at Leeds, and
that late on Saturday night, the 16th of last August,
he was passing down Meadow-lane, in Leeds, when
he stopped at the Trafalgar public-house. There he
had some drink, and appeared, according to the evi-
dence of the landlord, to be " fresh." When be left
the public-house, about twelve o'clock at night, the
landlord looked out of the door after him, and saw
the two prisoners follow him, and the prisoner Rey-
nolds put his arm round his neck. They all ap-
peared fresh," and ho shouted to the prisoners to let
the old man alone. He thought they were in
fun. Afterwards, according to the testimony
of the prosecutor, he was pulled backwards, and a
gun which he was carrying and a powderflask were
taken from him by the prisoners, who ran off. A

METROPOLITAN ASSESSMENTS.
IMPORTANT QUESTION.
A special session of justices, acting in and for the
city of Westminster, was holden at the Vestry-hall,
St. Martin's-in-the-fields, on Tuesday last, for the
purpose of hearing appeals against the poor-rates for
that parish, and others in the surrounding district. It
will be remembered that, a few weeks since, a similar
court was held, at which it was expected that the
question raised by the trustees of Exeter-hall, in
reference to their assessment, would have been
decided, but, in consequence of informalities in the
required notices, that session was declared void. In
anticipation that this case would come on at the pre-
sent sittings, the court was fully attended; but, sq far
as the Exeter-hall question was concerned, the ex-
pectants were again destined to disappointment. The
remaining cases, however, were somewhat novel in
character, and excited considerable interest. The
magistrates present were Mr. Edmund Antrobus
(chaiiman), Mr. J. H. Wilson, and Mr. J. G.
Stittwell.

ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS V. ERODES.
This was a return made to a summons issued at the
instance of the parochial authorities of St. Martin's-
in-the-fields, calling upon Mrs. Rhodes, the proprie-
tress of the Cider Cellars, to show cause why she
neglected, or refused to pay a certain rate made fur
the relief of the poor, in respect of the premises in her
occupation.
Mr. Huddleston, the barrister, appeared on behalf
of Mrs. Rhodes; and Mr. Griffiths, the clerk to the
parochial authorities of St. Martin's, attended on their
behalf.
Mr. HUDDLESTON stated that in this case the
question was one of boundary—that was to say,
hether the premises in respect to which it was
attempted to rate his client were within the parish of
St. Martin's, or in that of St. Paul's, Covent-garden.
I3eing then a question of boundary, he submitted that
b law the present Court had no jurisdiction to enter-
tsin the summons ; and in support of that proposition
he cited the case of Regina v. Dyer, Adolphus and
Ellis' Reports ' • and Regina v. Murehouse, in the
Queen's Bench Reports. On these authorities, coupled
with the opinion taken by Mrs. Rhodes from one of
the ablest of the late law officers of the Crown (Sir
Fitzroy Kelly), the Learned Counsel submitted the
summons must •be dismissed. He would only add,
that if a warrant of distress should issue upon it an
action for trespass would be maintainable against the
justices from whom it might emanate, and in such
case he should advise his client to bring the action.
Mr. GRIFFITHS, on behalf of the churchwardens
and overseers, and in support of the summons, cor,
t?nded that the present was not a question of general
bcundars, and therefore did not range within the
cases cited on the other side. To entitle the parochial
authorities to a decision in their favour, all that it
was at present necessary to prove was, that Mrs.
Rhodes was in the occupation of rateable property in.
the parish, for which purpose it would merely be la
cessary to °ill the architect and surveyor, Mr. Canet--
veyer,
well, who, A a cost of between 1,2001. and 1,4001.,
had made a survey and plan of the parish
under t
directions of the Poor-law Board. From that plan
and survey, it would clearly appear that the property
in question was within the parish of St. Martin's It
the objection raised by the Learned Counsel was
allowed to pre-tail, it would only be necessary for
any and every person objecting to pay the poor-
I ate, to mile a question of boundary, wad thus the

justice
truthlar in
ra the arish
objection might
;
woman named Gaunt, who appeared not to be of parish would be damnified. The occupants
very reputable character, was afterwards spoken to of the mansions in Carlton
i °u
to H ' -terrace and
AbleaCdualwd-elrabuaankin,tuanwdatsehreianacc,coamudpathneiepdrishunimer
tdho:tr'en, owtihth equalersimi
districts
andin the bank of the river, buried a gun which he had and the effect would be, if thesleavv th:6ll same
g ested on the
with him in the sand. She was quite sure it was other side was good, that the
parochial officers would
Calderbank, as she knew him as " Wigan ;Tem." be unable to collect any poor-rates
pe
There the gun was afterwards found, and was identi- whole, it appeared to him (Mr. Geeenlat ell—on
s) that thethe
fi.d by the prosecutor. most satisfactory mode of raising teeh
uion of
Mr. ANa ANDERSON having addressed the jury for boundary would be, that
warrant of distqr
Reynolds, issue, that under it a levy should beessestshould
His LORDSHIP summed up. He said, people called friendly way, that Mrs. Rhodes should r Dinleavt in a
getting drunk on Saturday nights and reeling about thereupon bring her action of tree ass e ---
when they had lost their senses "being fresh." If whole question could come before, anti
bwherebysettled
the
the jury thought the prisoners, one or both of them, one of the superior courts in Westminster were so "fresh" that they did not intend to commit While making this suggestion he could not but •
com-
a
felony they must be acquitted. The jury would plain of the rather ungenerous manner in which ithad
say from the evidence whether one or both of them been attempted by the Learned Coumel to alarm or
were concerned in the felony, if they thought a terrify the magistrates with the threat of an action if
felony had been committed. they, in the exercise of the discretion reserved to
The jury, after deliberating a short time, found the them, should issue a warrant of distress. There was
prisoner Reynolds Not Guilty, and the prisoner Cal- not the slightest ground for any such ineinuation,
derbank Guilty of concealing the gun. because a recent Act of Parliament, passed at the in-
The Deputy Clerk of Arraigns—You find the pri- stance of the present Chief Justice of the Common
sonar Calderbank guilty? Foreman of the jury— Pleas when Attorney-General (Sir John Jervia);
Yes. the 11th and 12th Vict., chap. 44, entitled "An
His LORDSHIP—No, you mean of concealing the Act to protect Justices of the Peace from vexatious
gun only ? Foreman—Yes. actions for acts done ley them in the execu-
His Loansuer —Then, that is not guilty of the tion of their office," by its 4th section, afforded
felony charged. every protection to them in the exercise of their
Mr. BOOTHBY then applied for the costs of the discretionary powers. In support of this point, Mr.
prosecution. Griffiths cited the case of Sir C. Burrell v. Nichol-
His LORDSHIP said, " getting fresh" was rather son, tried before Lord Denman, on the 9:h Decem-
too expensive an amusement for the people who had ber, 1833, and afterwards solemnly argued by the
it to pay for. These people, by getting drunk, had late Lord Abinger (then Sir James Scarlett), the
thrown a large amount of costs on the public. late Sir W. Follett and Mr. Watson for the plaintiff,
The prisoners were then ordered to be discharged. and by the present Lord Campbell (then Attorney-
NISI PRIUS COURT.—(BeforeMr.Baron PLATT.) General), Mr. Williams, and Mr. Tidd Pratt for the
John GaiVorth, aged 30, was indicted for stealing defendant, where the same principle was laid down.
on the 4th of November last from a post-letter a In that case, though it appeared that the property in
banker's cheque for 351., and 61 promissory notes of question, situate in Richmond-terrace, Whitehall,
51. each, the property of the Yorkshire Banking had never been included in any rate, still the Court,
Company. after the examination of ancient "terriers" and re-
Mr. Otter and Mr. Baothby prosecuted, and Mr. cords, upwards of two centuries old, had held that the
Overend defended the prisoner. non-rating did not affect the rate, and that the parties
It appeared that Mr. Baden, a clerk of the York- being liable to it, the action for trespass in enforcing
shire Banking Company at Settle, made a remittance it could not be maintained. If, however, any diffi-
to the head office at Leeds, on the 31 of last Novena- culty on the point presented itself to the minds of the
ber, of 61 different country notes of Si. each, and of Bench he was prepared, on behalf of the parish, to
a cheque for 351., making altogether 3401., which undertake to indemnify them against the costs of any
were folded up in a linen envelope, and given to proceedings that might follow their issuing a warrant
Elizabeth Gibbons, who is employed at the post- of distress in this case.
office at Settle, and by her placed in the mail bag, Several ancient maps and plans, some so early in
which she tied and sealed. This bag had been opened date as the commencement of the sixteenth century,
at Lancaster, and the letters for Leeds ought, in the having been put in, as well as the more recent
regular course, to be forwarded that night for deli- survey,
very next day. Mr. Scott, the manager of the York- The COURT directed strangers to withdraw, and,
shire Banking Company at Leeds, did not, however, after a short deliberation,
receive the expected remittance, and he thereupon The CHAIRMAN announced that it was the opinion
wrote to the manager at Settle, which led to in- of the Bench that, under the particular circumstances
quiries being made about the letter, but nothing of the cese, the summons ought to be dismissed. They
could be heard about it. A list of the felt a difficulty in issuing a warrant in consequence
missing notes was therefore sent round to the of the question being that of boundary. If, however,
country bankers, and they were stopped payment. they were wrong, it was open to the parish to set
Nothing was heard of the notes until the 15th of them right by an applicaion to the Court of Queen's
November, when Mr. Edward Brook, a sharebroker Bench for a mandamus. Tbis would be the most
at Leeds, presented nine of the missing notes at the proper course, and with that view the summons must
Yorkshire Banking Company's office at Leeds. On be dismissed.
inquiry being made of Mr. Brook where he got THE SAME V. WILD, ESQ , M.P.
them, he stated that he had received them from the This was a summons issued, under similar cir-
prisoner, who had been eleven years a clerk in the cumstances, against Mr. Wyld, M.P., for the rates
Post• office. Mr.. Reed, the chief constable of Leeds, in respect of the monster building for the exhibition
was accordingly informed of this, and went to the of the colossal globe in Leicester-square.
Post-office to take the prisoner into custody, inform- Mr. Wyld attended in person, and produced some
ing him of the charge made against him, when the very ancient records to show that the whole of Lei-
prisoner said he had not stolen either the letter or the crater- square, so far from being in St. Martin's-in-
money. On being confronted with Mr. Brook, who the-fields, was extra-parochial. That fact was estab-
said he had received the notes from him, the prisoner lished at the time he purchased the freehold of the
replied, " They will have to prove it." Further in- ground for 3,0001. Indeed the plan produced by the
quiries were then made, and it turned out that the parish itself showed that only one half the square
prisoner was on duty at the Post-office on the was in St. Martin's, the other half being in the
morning of the 4th of November, at half-past five parish of St. Ann's Soho. The latter parish had de-
o'clock, leaving at half-past seven, during which time clined to rate him in respect of his property, thus
he was engaged with twelve other clerks in sorting showing that the site was either extra-parochial or
the letters which came by that night's mail. It also not rateable on other grounds.
appeared that the prisoner had, during the last nine Mr. GRIFFITHS said, that of course the Court was
months, been engaged in buying and selling railway of opinion that this was also a question of disputed
shares, and that his transactions with Mr. Brook had boundary. He felt that, after the former decision, he
amounted in that time to 70,0001. On the 30th of should not act with proper respect to the Bench if he
October the prisoner owed Mr. Brook a balance of for one moment applied for a contrary or adverse
2401., which he had applied for ; and, on the 4th of judgment. The amendment of the law, if it was de-
November, Mr. Brook called for payment at the pri- fective, did not rest with the magistrates—they were
sonet's house, when the prisoner took a bundle of bound to administer it as they found it—but he
notes from his pocket, and paid him 2101 ; and the trusted the Poor-law Board would take up the matter,
nine notes which Mr. Brook had presented at the and, by legislative enactments, remove any difficulties
bank were a part of those which he had received from that might now exist. The important question
the prisoner. It appeared on the cross-examination raised, however, could not be suffered to end here, and
of Mr. Brook, that the 70,0001. dealing in railway further steps would be taken to establish the claims of
shares which he had had with the prisoner had been all the parish. In the meantime, however, he bowed to
for time bargains. He believed the prisoner had the decision of the Court.
about 1501. a year salary. The CHAIRMAN said his colleagues were of opinion,
Mr. OVEREND, in defence, contended that the evi- with himself, that in this case also the summons must
dente was not conclusive against the prisoner without be dismissed, leaving it open to the parochial autheri-
the evidence of Brook, and that his testimony was not ties to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench.
deserving of credit, as he was not a member of the

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
The annual meeting of this society took place on
Saturday at the offices, Hanover-square • Earl
Ducie in the chair. The report, of which the 'follow-
ing is an abstract, was read by the secretary, Mr.
Hudson :
" The finances of the society are in a highly fa-
vourable state ; the floating cash balance in the hands
of the bankers being equal to the discharge of current
claims, while the council have been enabled to pur-
chase stock in Government Securities to the amount
of 11,1901. The Windsor meeting has been held
under most gratifying circumstances, and with perfect
success. The council have arranged that the Lewes
meeting shall be held in the week commencing Mon-
day, the 12th of July next. They have also decided
on the prizes to be offered at that meeting for agricul-
tural implements and machinery, and tor live stock
intended for breeding purposes. The former include
important additions, intended to draw the attention of
agricultural engineers and machinists more strongly
to the different degrees of motive power required by
farmers under different circumstenees, and to ito
convenient adaptation to agricultural purposes.
The latter comprises distinct classes of prizes for
the Sussex breed of .cattle, the Romney Marsh or
Kentish sheep, and domestic poultry; having re-
ference respectively to the counties of Sussex, Kent,
and Surrey, constituting the district of the country
meeting to be held next year at Lewes. They have
made the rule more stringent by which fines are
levied on exhibitors for not sending to the show the
stock they have entered, and for which the society
provide the accommodation in the show-yard. They
have resolved that no prize of the society shall be
given to bulls exceeding five years old ; they have
limited the competition amongst the class of agricul-
tural stallions hitherto known as that of any age, to
horses that are above two years old ; and they have
decided to require in the case of in-calf heifers not
in milk, the same certificate as in the case of in-calf
cows not in milk; before paying the amount of the
price, namely, a certificate that such in-calf heifer
had in due course produced a live calf. The council
have under their anxious consideration two most im-
portant questions connected with their country meet-
ing; namely, the best mode of appointing the judges,
and the conditions under which their attention should
be directed to a veterinary inspection of the animals.
The council consider that the stock to which the
prizes of the society are awarded ought not only in
the opinion of the judges to be the best specimens of
their particular class in the yard, but that in condi-
tion and fuaction they ought also to be fully qualified
to propagate their species without communicating to
their offspring any tendency to hereditary disease or
imperfection ; and, in order more clearly to call at-
tention to the circumstances under which such ten..
dency might be apprehended, the council have
offered a prize of 201. for the best essay on the subject.
" The Duke of Richmond has reported to the coun-
cil the progress of the communications he was re-
quested by them to enter into with Viscount Palmer-
ston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of _ State for
the Foreign Department, on the subject of a cheap
and abundant supply of guano to this country. His
Lordship has signified his entire willingness to lend
every aid in furtherance of this important object, by
requesting the Admiralty to instruct the commander
of every ship in her Majesty's navy search for de-
posits of guano in the rainless the
tro-
pics, and every surgeon to
of such ships to be prepared
to examine on the
seeaacriachdefopresit
hosthh amount
ate of lime
included
end quality of
the world being alsop• in this instruction. The
mineralof guano spot
that may be discovered : the
council have taken means to bring befo rien thaenympemarbterosf
vexartieenudng in thissisuggest countryionsmade dthueringgrowth,eh
of
fasflt
flex
xyeaara foran
agricultural crop."
LINTON, the re-
po Ort nwtaheeamdooptitoend
Mr. R. BARBER, the
IJAME4unanimously.ile.
showed that on
chairman
abnalannfcteh-eshfieneatn,
committee,eereadby
the half-yearly account there is in the hands of the
banker a sum of 2,584/. 9s. sd.
A conversation ensued with regard to the supply of
guano, and hopes were expressed that the Peruvian
Government might be induced to lower the price, and
thus increase the demand.

On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, a vote
of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting
then separated.