The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-03 00:00:00

LAW .AND POLICE.

THE IMPERIAL LAND COMPANY OF AlAnsmumEs.—Mr.
Glasse, Q.C., moved before Vice-Chancellor Malins, for an
order for substituted service in the matter of the Imperial
Land Company of Marseilles. The motion was for leave
to serve the solicitors of Messrs. Harvey Lewis, M.P., and
Mr. Henshaw, on the ground that those gentlemen could
not be served personally. There was an affidavit that Ur.
Lewis, when last heard from by his solicitors, was in
Venice. The Vice-Chancellor said it was a clear case for
substituted service, the parties having been in communica-.
tiou with their solicitors. A similar motion against the
National Bank stood over. Three motions against Mr.
Albert Grant and Mr. Valiance, for payment of £70,000 in
all, were allowed by the Vice-Chancellor to stand over till
the 18th. Mr. Grant's counsel observed that each pro-
ceeding was a chancery suit, the evidence extending to
1,000 folios in each. Mr. Glasse remarked that the object
of the suit was to recover more than half a million of hard
cash -which had found its way into the pockets of officers
and directors, but not into the books.

TILE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE.-All application was made
to Vice-Chancellor Malins for an injunction to restrain
Mr. Joseph Bentley, of Paternoster-row, from publishing
any more numbers of his pamphlet containing statements
respecting the solvency of different insurance companies.
Mr. Bentley said he had stopped the publication, and the
matter stood over for a few days.

THE ALBERT AssuummE.—Vice-Chancellor Stuart has
made an order for a receiver of the assets of the Albert
Assurance Company.

DETAINING ARMS.-At Marlborough-street a search war-
rant was applied for against Mr. Payne, of Dover-street,
Piccadilly, formerly commanding officer of the 4th Mid-
dlesex Artillery. He had refused to give up sixty carbines
and three swords entrusted to him. Mr. Knox granted
the warrant, saying the matter was an important one.

Mr. Brnal Osborne has been making a speech to
the electors of Waterford in favour of the denominational
system of education.

The great “ diamond," weighing seven ounces
found at Armidale, New South Wales, turns out to be a
piece of poor crystal quartz, very much water worn.

Tm LORD MAYOR ELECT.—An adjourned meet-
ing of Devonshire and Exeter men was held on Tuesday
at. Messrs. liaise, Trustram, and Co.'s offices, at which
Mr. E. B. Stephens, A.R.A., again occupied the chair. Sir
John Bowling and many other influential gentlemen con-
nected with Exeter and the neighbourhood were present,
and a sub-committee was appointed to make the necessary
arrangements. It is understood that the address will be
presented by Sir J. D. Coleridge, if his public engagements
permit.

A GRAND DRAMA.—A writer in the Salut Public
of Lyons, who has just arrived from London, says that in
a small theatre there he witnessed the representation of
a melodrama entitled " Tropmann ; or The Human Tiger."
All the details of the crime are faithfully reproduced. The
audience is present at the assassination of the six victims.
The comic business devolves on the gendarme Ferrand.
The pursuit of Tropmann by this representative of autho-
rity agreeably recalls that which Victorien Sardou has
dramatized in the " Pommes du Voisin." The last act
represents the Court of Assizes. Tropmann is on the bench
of the accused. The jury is about to deliver the verdict.
All of a sudden a noise is heard, a door opens, and there
appears—Kinck, senior. Tableau.

THE NEW ZEALAND MEDAL AT LAST.—There
seems a probability of the early issue of the long-delayed
medal for services in New Zealand. The riband has just
been exhibited at the orderly-room of the Ist Battalion
12th (East Suffolk) Regiment at Aldershot. The riband
has blue fringe and a red stripe down the centre. The 12th
Regiment took part in most of the engagements in New
Zealand from 1860 to 1866. The following regiments and
corps are entitled to the medal :-Ist Battalion 12th Regi-
ment, 2nd Battalion 14th Regiment, 2nd Battalion 18th
Regiment, 40th, 43rd, 60th, b7th, 65th, 68th, 70th, and
detachments
..of Royal Artillery, Commissariat staff
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