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

fly, SUN, LONDON, THURSDA V EVErn G, OCTOBER 16, 1856,

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/. as., money lent under
the following circumstances :

Mr. Beard (from Mr. Buchanan's) stated the case. The
money had been lent to defendant by a person nam€d
Shepherd, who was at the time Secretary to the Provi-
dent Login 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
be would pay; failing in doing so, the present proceedings
were taken.

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

Mr. Beard adduced evidence proving the admission of
the debt and the promise to pay.
Mr. Angell (for defendant) argued that plaintiff was
not entitled to sue. The society was not enrolled, and
plaintiff had no locus stanch 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 box containing
a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Robert de
Sonya, 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 he 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 ucder 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 searching him, found several pawn-
broker's duplicates relating to some of the articles. The
remainder, with the prosecutor's money, had not been
found.

Mr. Combe, who considered it a most ungratefu
robbery, committed the prisoner for trial.

THAMES.

ROBBERY IN MESSRS. YOUNG, SoN, AND MAGNAY'S
DOCKYARD AT LIBIEROUSE.—ToIIe Mack, aged 17, a
regular, or rather irregular, land and river thief, and a
shore raker, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with
stealing four metal bolts, value 2s. 6d,, the property of
Young, Son, and Magnay. It appeared that the pro-
secutor's shipbuilding-yard has been for many years in-
fested with thieves, who at low water walk along shore
picking up and stealing anything they can lay their
hands on, and copper, copper bolts, and workmen's tools
have continually disappeared. A. great many of these
petty larceny thieves, but whose depredations in the
aggregate have been very large, have been con-
victed. Extra watchmen have been lately appoint-
ed to protect the property of the firm. This
morning the prisoner was seen by the watchman under a
ship in course of construction picking up copper and
copper nails. He was compelled to disgorge his plunder
under a threat from those abovethat he would be stoned

if he did not drop the metal. He then threw it down
and ran away. A few minutes afterwards Rice, a wa-
terman, detected the prisot,er leaving Messrs. Young
and Co's. Dock with four mstal bolts is his possession,
and he was taken into custody.

An officer of the K division said the prisoner was con-
victed some time ago, and sentenced to three months'
imprisonment and bard labour for stealing drapery in a
shop, in Three Colt•street, Limehouse.
Mr. Selfe said be would send the lad to a reformatory
rchool if he was not too old, and sentenced him to one
month's imprisonment and hard labour.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Oat. 16.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; mo-
dorate breeze and dull hazy weather, with rain.
PORTSMOUTH, Oot. 15.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Ar-
riyed—H.M.Str. Bulldog, from the Mediterranean; Sir
George Pollock, London, for the Cape and Madras ;
11./e.S. Industry, Devonport.
PLYMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Robert Cottle,
from Rio Grande.

FALMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Wind W.N.W. to N.N.W., a
violent galo—Arrived—Valkyreen, from Rio Janeiro.
YARMOUTH, Oct. 15.—The Mary Ann, of Rochester,
got in contact with a brig in the roads, and will come
into the harbour.

SWANSEA,
Oct.
15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lima,
from Belize.

STORNOWAY, Oct. 15. —Arrived— Henry Ford, from
Shields, for St. John's, N. 8., leaky.
SHIELDS, Oot. 15.—Wind S.S.E —Sailed—North star,
for Calcutta.

PILL, Oct. 13.—Tho Norwegian vessel Holrostrand,
from Cardiff, for Genoa, has put in leaky.
NEWPORT, Oct. 15. Wind N. strong.—Arrived—
Beethoven, from Bremen, for the West Indies ; Jeddern,
London, for Rio Janeiro ; Cobden and Jesus Maria, Lon-
don, both for St. Thomas ; Edward Cohen, Bristol, for
St. Thomas; Harvest, London, for Ceylon ; Swea, Lon-
don, for Havana ; Thetis, Bremen, for New Orleans.
Sailed.—Meldon, for Havana. The race Darling, which
was run into and sunk, on the 15th inst., has been raised.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning.

Wind W.N.W.
Arrived—Charles Jackson, from Islay ; Goshawk,
Gytheon ; Queen of the Ete, Maceio; Perseverance,
Malaga ; Livingston, Mobile.
Sailed—Johannes, for Iceland ; Herman, Rip ; John
Wray, Rotterdam; Triumphant, Naples; Oriou, Stettin;
Arctic, New York.

QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 14.

Wind S.Q.E.
Arrived —Lina, from Galatz; Heinriehs, Corfu; Minister
Lindman, Galatz.

WATERFORD, Oct. 14:

Wind S.E.
Arrived—Graf Han Basadire, from Taganrog.
DUBLIN, Oct. 15.

Wind N.W.
arrived—Venus, from Jersey; Greyhound, from Lisbon.
WiXFORD, Oct. 14.
The ship Irrawaddy, from Glasgow to Rangoon, came
on shore on Blackwater Bank last night, and is likely to
go to pieces. Three of the crew lost.

(BY 'SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, nuns lay, 9.50 a.m.
Wind W., tide one hour's flood ; weather moderate and
fine.
Arrived, Oct. 15.—Plymouth Rock, from New York.
Sailed, Oct. 16.—Alice Thorndyke, for New Yozk;
Stadt Dordrecht, for Dordt.

DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m.

Wind N.W. by N.; moderate.
Anchored—Negotiation, from Madras, for London;
Nimroad, Bombay, London ; Celestial Empire, Chinchas,
Antwerp; Panope, London, Genoa; Abulzada, London,
Lisbon ; Andente, London, Santander ; 'Universe, St.
Lawrence, London, which ship was brought to yesterday,
during the strong S.W. wind on the Deal bank, grounded
at low water, and, on floating, slipped from an anchor and
75 fathoms chain, and is being supplied hence.

The Devonshire magistrates have advertised for a
chief constable, the salary is stated to be 4001. per an.
nut% and n e4loYianCe 91 2M, A 799dr f9r expeuisom.