The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-16 00:00:00

Vbirti 1513ittton

SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock.

NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ,ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SWEEPSTAKES FOR TWO YEAR OLDS,
Witmer to be sold for 4001.

Inspiration
Admiral of the White
Azimuth c.

Four ran.
SWEEPSTAKES FOR TWO YEAR OLDS.
Winner to be sold for 3001.

Old Fashion ... ......
Flyaway
Oltenitza

Ten ran. Won by half a length.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS.

Stormsail

Amati
Rotterdam ..........

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.
Thames Dittos ..._ .................................
Tom Thumb

Secret
Cunning Bird

£lOO PLATE.

Druid
Glenlee
Homily
Eight ran. Won by three-quarters of a length.
BRETBY STASES.

Rosa Bonheur
Miss Whip filly

Three ran.

LATEST BETTING.

CAIVIBILIDGESHIRE.
100 to 30 agst Vengeance (taken)
15 to 1 agst Pole Star (taken)
DERBY.
1000 to 15 agst Arsenal (taken)

1000 to 15 acct Adamas (taken)

AMERICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

(FR,OINI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

The Kangaroo arrived here to-day with dates up
to Oct. 2. The letters and papers by this arrival
are only one day later than those brought by the

Asia.

She has no specie on board, but she brings an
immense cargo of wheat and corn, and 142 pas-

sengers.
The markets for corn, grain, and flour were firm,
and last quotations were maintained.
She brings no later political news than that
which we have already received.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT.
(Before Mr. Sergeant Storkes.)
IMPORTANT DECISION RELATING TO LOAN SOCIETIES—

BROOKSON V. KNOPE.

This was an action to recover 5/. 58., money lent under
;he following circumstances :

Mr. Beard (from Mr. Buchanan's) stated the case. The
money had been lent to defendant by a person named
Shepherd, who was at the time Secretary to the Provi-
dent Loan Society. Shepherd, however, did not take
any acknowledgment, and no doubt at the time defendant
thought the money belonged to Shepherd himself. Shep-
herd, however, on vacating office, stated the facts to the
society. An application was made to defendant, who
said that when he borrowed the money he thought it
belonged to Shepherd, but if it belonged to the society
he would pay; failing in doing so, the present proceedings
were taken.

Shepherd was called, and pro Ted that the money be
longed to the society, although he did not tell defendan
so at the time.

Mr. Beard adduced evidence proving the admission izr
he debt and the promise to pay.

Mr. Angell (for defendant) argued that plaintiff was
not entitled to sue. The society wag not enrolled, and
plaintiff bad no locus stands as an individual shareholder,
although he might have been nominated by the majority
to sae.

His Honour asked Mr. Beard how he could get over
the objection.

Mr. Beard said he would ask for an adjournment to
add the names of the other petitioners, which his Honour
could grant under the 101st section of the County Court
Act.

His Honour adjourned the case for that purpose.
Mr. Buchanan now stated that he held the assent, in
writing, of 18 shareholders out of 20, but the other two
were friends of defendant; they refused.
His Honour said the equity of the case was clear, but
as all the shareholders did not assent, he had no alter-
native than to non-suit the petition, but would not allow
the defendant his costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

SOUTHWARK.

ROBBERY ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—C. Smith,
a sea-faring man, was brought before Mr. Combe, for
final examination charged with stealing a boxscontaining
a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Robert de
Souya, a sailor, lately belonging to the Hertfordshire.
The prosecutor, a coloured man, a native of Hayti,
stated that he recently arrived from Malta on board her
Majesty's ship Hertfordshire, and on the 10th of Sep-
tember he was paid off at Portsmouth. The prisoner
was his shipmate, and on the same day they both booked
their places for London, by the London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway. The prisoner and himself placed
their luggage in the station to be forwarded by the train,
after which witness went to a public-house and got
drunk with some of his shipmates, so that he lost the
train. He, however, came up to • London by another
train and asked for his luggage, when he ascertained
that it had been taken away by another sailor who
came up by a previous train. He made inquiries and
found out the prisoner's residence in Saint George's-in-
the-East, and on seeing him asked him whether he•knew
anything of his chest and clothing. The prisoner replied
that he did not, but be had no doubt it would be found at
the Waterloo station. Witness went there and ascertained
that the chest had not arrived there. He went back to
the prisoner's lodging and saw him shaving himself with
a razor which he had locked up in his chest, and a very
small portion of his clothes concealed under a bed.
Witness, however, had lost all he possessed by the
prisoner's villany. Some of his clothes had been traced
to pawnbrokers at the East-end.
Thomas Richards, a detective constable in the employ
of the Brighton Railway company, said that the prose-
cutor mentioned his loss to him, and knowing that the
prisoner came up alone with two chests, he accompanied
the prosecutor to look after his property.
William Charles Potter, police constable, 212 K,
said he received information of the robbery, and hearing
that the prisoner had been seen with one of the prose-
cutor's razors, he went to his house in Saint George's.
in-the-East, and asked him about the chest of clothes.
He denied all knowledge of it, but witness looked
under his bed and found the chest with a small quantity
of the prosecutor's clothes. Witness then took him into
custody, and, on searchiug him, found several pawn-
broker's duplicates relating to some of the articles. The
remainder, with the prosecutor's money, had not. been
found. 1
Mr. Combe, who considered it a most ungratefu
robbery, committed the prisoner for trial.