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London, England, 1856-11-06 00:00:00

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15 LIN,
,WHIVTPSDAY,ATORNING
THE TENANT LEAGUE,. - •
Mr. M'Envoy, M.P.; preaided'afthe council
the Tenant League, held -yesterday, •• %glen so,
matters connected with the "great" meeting to
held on Tuesday next' were discussed. On th
motion of Mr. Kennedy, M.P., a resolution wa:
passed that a circular should be issued to thef.riends
of the Tenant League calling on them to-Attead the
proposed meeting in Dublin on the
.11th inst. „It-is '-
stated by those in the secret that the meetini4villt.
be more remarkable for the number and position
of those who will not be there, than for those who
will. The apologies already are numerous, and, as •
the reporters.say, very influential.
IuWaRSENTATION OF ATH.LO,NE. •
There is an authorised contradiction in the Free-
man's Journal that the Hon. Mr. Handcock means
to vacate his seat for Athlone.
THE TIPPELARY 13.115 a.
The loungers. about the law courts, who have the
reputation, of knowing more than ordinary people,
say the expected compromise in favour of the con-
tributories to the Tipperary Dank will not be car-
ried out. They know certain depositors who will,
not abate one jot of their demands. Meanwhile the
litigation proceeds in the several law courts, to the
great profit of the bar and the solicitors, and the'
edification of an impartial and unaffected people.
In the Common Pleas yesterday the affairs of the
concern were again under consideration, in the cases
of "Ryan v. M`Dowell," and two or three others
against the same personage.
Mr. Bland, Q.C., moved on the part of the plaintiff
(Mr. Ryan) to snake absolute a conditional order granted
last June to issue a mite facias, upon the usual affida-
vit, There was no opposition to the motion, and
The court eranted it with costs.
• Mr. Heron made similar applications in two other Un-
opposed cases, which were granted.'
The Chief Justice then inquired of Counsel what
order the. Court of Exchequer made in like applications
as to costs ?
Mr. Heron—The order was that the shareholder
should bear the costs of making the conditional order
absolute.
The Chierefiistice—Did make the- oasts of the
conditional order costs in the cause, or did they say
nothing about them !
Mr. Heron—They did not say anything about them,
and then, as a matter of course, they are costs in the
cause.
The Chief Justice.—And we make the same order in
those cases. We say nothing of the costs of the condi-
tional orders, and give the costs of the motion.
D. Bergin v. Al‘Dowell.—J. Bergin v. Same.—Tooker
v. Same.
Mr. Heron moved in all these cases for orders to make
absolute conditional orders of the 27th of June last, for
liberty to issue writs of scire facias against Mr. Vincent
Scully, M.P, notwithstanding the cause shown, and for
the costs of the motion. The applications were grounded
on the affidavits of the plaiutiff,, which stated the facts
of the failure of the bank, &c. ; the particular case
against Mr. Scully being that his name appeared on the
last Stamp-office return as a shareLo der, which was suffi-
cient, he (Mr. Heron) contended, to sustain the motions.
The affidavits filed as cause stated that Mr. Scully ceased
to be a shareholder in March, 1855 ; that he knew no-
thing of the bank report of Feb., 1856, or that Mr. John
Sadleir was allowed to overdraw his account.
The Chief Justice—The defence is, in fact, that Mr.
Scully is not a shareholder, although his name appears
in the Stamp-office return.
Mr. Heron replied in the affirmative, and cited the
case of Carroll v. Kennedy, it,h Irish Jurist, as an autho-
rity in support of his motion.
Mr. Sullivan opposed the motion. The question was
whether Mr. Scully was a shareholder within the mean-
ing of the 6 Geo. IV., against whom a seise facias could
go ? He had assigned all his shares in March, 1855, and
swore he knew nothing of the fraudulent report, or of
the advances of Mr. John Sadleir. The Master of the
Rolls had acquitted his (sir. Sullivan's) client of all fraud
in the matter, although he held him liable ; yet all the
imputations of fraud were repeated in the present appli-
cation. He (Mr. Sullivan contended tbat, before a scire
facias could issue against Mr. Scully, it should be first
issued against all the existing shareholders.
The Court were of opinion that the conditional orders.
should be made absolute in all cases in this court, with
costs, to a certain extent, subject to taxation.
THE MODEL CORPORATION OF DROGHEDA..
The corporation of Drogheda is a liberal—very
liberal body. It has shown this by its hostility to
ministers' money and its present ruffi-- ; but it
would not be deemed good taste to finish the word;
let us therefore glance at a picture of this assembly
of local legislators, as sketched by several gentle-
men who have just resigned in disgust. Thomas
Hammond, Esq., who was mayor last year, says
"My election to the office of chief magistrate of your
town—an honour which it is well known I neither soli-
cited nor wished—immediately upon my becoming a
member of the council, unhappily led to some bitter-
ness of feeling on the part of certain members of that
body, which I am pained to say displayed itself in petty
annoyances on several occasions during my yearof office. '
More recently this wretched feeling has assumed such a
character that tho public business is neglected or over-
, looked, private feelings and miserable personalities in-
dulged in, and the council (instead of being engaged in
consultation for thegood of the municipality) has become
an arena for the display of sectional and party differences
and uncharitable invective. • Those of the council who
preserve their consistency and endeavour to do their
duty are branded as being influenced by vindictive mo-
tives or individual hostility—calm deliberation on cer-
tain subjects lately brought before the council being
totally out of the question. None will be heard
but those who speck for the chair or with the chair
—the clamour of a few stifling all legitimate discussion.
On elate occasion, in my endeavour to discharge my duty
to rec iver property long withheld from the public I stu.
diously avoided using strong or offensive language ; yet
I was assailed in themost ungentlemanly manner from the
chair, and the coarsest and most insulting personalities
used towards me. • . . I can therefore have no wish
to remain a member of a body where the public good is
made subservient to the triumph of a party, and I now
most respectfully beg leave to resign the trust reposed in
me into the hands of those who gave it."
Dr. Atkinson has also published an address of
resignation, in which he says—
" The corporation has ceased to be a deliberative as-
sembly, and clamorous and personal invective, un-
checked by the chairman, has usurped the place of calm
dictission and attention to the business of the town."
Three other members of the body are, it is said,
likewise about to retire.

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