The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-30 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

LATYMER'S CHARITY.--In the Rolls Court the Master
of the Rolls gave judgment in the case of Latymer's
Charity. It will be remembered that the inhabitants of
Edmonton petitioned him to review a scheme which had
been approved of by the Commissioners of Charities for
the settlement of this charity. His lordship held that the
term of education should be held to be co-extensive with
the parish, as it now is. He agreed that the primary
object of the charity was educational, and he thought it
desirable, looking at the changes of the last 250 years, to
add to the kind of education contemplated. He thought
that the establishment of an upper school might add
to the funds applicable to the general purposes of the
charity. He thought that twenty or twenty-five boys
might be clothed instead of the eight originally specified ;
that twenty-five scholars should be elected according to the
wish of the petitioners; and that the trustees )should be guided
in their selection by the merit as well as poverty of the can-
didates. The annual payment of £7O to each of the three
local schools was also, he thought, within the scope of the
foundation ; and it was desirable that a small capitation
fee should be paid, as purely gratuitous education was not
prized. In other respects his lordship approved of the
scheme.

Mn. DOTILTON'S CASE.—In the Bail Court, Mr.
Murphy moved, on behalf of the Belgian Public Works
Company, for a rule to set aside the award respecting Mr.
Doulton. The learned counsel having admitted that the
application was not made within six months of the award.
Mr. Justice Lush said that was fatal, and the rule must
be refused.

THE STATE OF THE COURTS.—In the Nisi Prius Sittings
of the Court of Common Pleas an animated scene occurred.
On the re-assembling of the court after the usual adjourn-
ment many of the jurymen found themselves unable to
struggle through the crowd into their box, and as soon as
Mr. Justice Brett took his seat complaints were heard
from all sides. One juryman said that his coat Lad been
torn off his back; another, that the miseries of a common
jury were most uncommon ; while Mr. Digby Seymour, on
behalf of the Bar, made a most pathetic appeal. "In the

morning," said the learned counsel, in a melancholy tone,
"my wig was beautifully powdered, and now look at it.
I have only just saved my gown." His lordship said
that their court was very bad, but others were worse. The
only comfort was that in about five and twenty years they
might have new ones ; meantime, he thought that a couple
of constables might be spared to keep order.

THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Londcnt Gazette
states that the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National Debt that there Was no surplus
of actual revenue over the actual expenditure of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the
year ended the 30th September, 1868, the Commissioners
for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice
that no sum will be applied by them on account of the
Sinking Fund under the provisions of the Act, during the
qusrter ending March 31, 1869.

LODGING-HOUSES. The delegates of lodging.
houses at Oxford have issued the following circular :
" Undergraduates about to reside in lodgings are advised
to come to a clear understanding with the lodging-house
keepers as to the charges to be made under the following
heads before engaging lodgings :-1, Rent of apartments ;
2. firing ; 3, lights ; 4, boot-cleaning ; 5, attendance."

QUEENSLAND EMIGRATION.—The ship Flying
Cloud, 2,500 tons burthen, belonging to Messrs. T. M.
Mackay, Son, and Co., sailed on the 23rd inst. from Graves.
end, for Queensland, Captain John L. Owen commander,
Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Paynter, assisted by Mrs.
Barr, matron. The Flying Cloud is the 80th vessel that
has sailed on the land order system of emigration, under
the immediate direction of the Queensland Government.
She contains 247 souls, divided into paying, assisted, and
free passengers, and consisting of 82 members of families,
09 single men, and 57 single females.

The late election for the city of Glasgow cost the
four candidates nearly £lO,OOO. It will be renumbered that
the candidates for the three seats were tho two former
candidates (Mr. Dalglish and Mr. Graham), Mr. Ander-
son who stood as the working men's canlidate),
and Sir George Campbell (Conservative). In spite of
the minority clause three. Liberals were returned by
tremendous majorities, Sir George Campbell being several
thousands bellied Mr. Anderson, who stood third. Mr.
Dalglish spent £1,425 19s. 2d.; Mr. Graham, £1,029 10s.
4d. ; and Mr. Anderson, £1,301 2s. 2d.; making a total of
£4,356 18s. Bd. Sir George Campbell's cxp 'nses amounted
to £5,143 18s. Bd, or £787 7s. more than was spent by
tho three victorious candidates.

The Roman Cathacs of Li., crp-ol 11, va g:1 ea an
entertainment to Mr. Moore, M.P., for Mayo. The chair
was taken by Mr. Michael Hughes, President of the Ca-
tholic Club. Mr. Kleine thanked the Cetholics of Liver-
pool for their kind recerion, and declared his readiness to
assist them in any of the vexed questions of the day
which affected the interests of their religion. Ho
regretted to seo that the principle cf civil and
religious liberty seemed to be in some sort fading from the
Catholic mind, and civil and religious restrictions wore
taking its place. As the Church Imd formerly won the minds
of men from paganism, so now it must win them hick from
infidelity. Mr. Moore concluded With an eloquent descrip-
tion of the progress of Catholicism, and prophosi,:d that its
victories would exten:l to America.

TARRING AND FEATHERING AT THE DIGGINGS.—
A Melbourne letter says : " A very disgraceful case of
tarring and feathering has recently occurred at Clunes. A
respectable person, named Black, went, accompanied by
a surveyor, to a mining claim known as that of the New
North Clunes Company, respecting the proprietorship of
which there is some dispute, and was in tiv, act of pegging
off a portion of the ground when he was se:z2.l hy a number
of ruffians in the employ of the company, stripped, I.ounti
hand and foot, and smear, owes with hot pitch or tar.
In the absence of feathers, the unfortunate snfferer
then coated with fragments of wool, straw, or whatever
rubbish of a similar character first came to hand. The
first step taken by Mr. Black, after he had escaped front
his tormentors, was that of securing indubitable evidence
of their brutal behaviour in the shape of a photograph
of himself, in his costume of tar and feathers, or
rather of tar and sticks. The next step was that of
instructing his solicitor to take legal proceedings against
his damages at no len than
tho mining company, laying
£2.000."

lIIISCELLANEOUS .NEWS.

OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO.

The Times publishes a letter from Mr. D. Ward
Chapman, who, it was stated in the recent Overend
and Gurney proceedings, had borrowed money from
Mr. Edwards, the official assignee, while in the
employ of Mr. Chapman's firm. The letter is
addressed from Tours,tothe writer's father. Mr. Cha-
pman says that no doubt Mr. Ballantine's business
was to make out the best case for his client, but he
(Mr. Chapman) can with a clear conscience,
as if he were about to enter into the presence
of his Maker, challenge the whole world to slim,
or even state, a single instance in which he has
sacrificed the interest of Overend, Gurney, and Co.
even in the smallest particular, to his own or those
of any of his friends. With regard to the transac-
tion with llr. Edwards, given in his evidence, at the
time it took place he wrs in no sort of want of
money, and it was offered by Mr. Edwards as a
simple deposit at 5 per cent. interest. Ile now secs
that this wrs sn impradent step, but he solemnly
avers that it never weighed one iota with him in his
dealings for the house with Mr. Edwards. The cir-
cumstances which led to the eng,a,gement of Mr.
Edwards were as follows :—Aiter the commence-
ment of these wild advances which resulted in the
ruin of the firm, Mr. Edwards was consulted by Mr.
Edmund Gurney with regard to some bankrupt estate
in which the firm was interested ; and the latter
gentleman. was so pleased with the sagacity displayed
by the former that the consultations continued for a
whole year. At the end of that time a present of
5.,000 was made to Mr. Edwards, who said " I
hope, Mr. Gurney, that this large payment is not
intended as a farewell, but that 1 may hope that I
may reckon on the continuance of my relations with
the house." Edmund Gurney's reply was, " Friend
Edwards, I do not see how we are to get on
without thee." Things went from bad to worse.
Mr. J. 11. Gurney became frightened at the involve-
ments of the house, and coming up to town learnt
for the first time that Mr. Edwards was engaged in
the management of the accounts, although (strange
to say) he had at that time no idea of anything like
difficulties in the concern. At last Mr. J. IL Gurney
told him that the house was "in a mess,"
and - asked him to continue his supervision.
At the end of that time, Mr. Edwards having
made himself master of the position of the firm,
tried to force himself upon it as a partner (!) To
soothe him, and to keep him from revealing secrets
which would have compelled the house to put up its
shutters in twenty-four hours, they made the best
terms with him in their power; and Mr. Chapman
asserts that he would do the same thing again under
like circumstances. Mr. Chapman denies that lie ever
failed to account to Mr. Edwards for the £5,000 loan.
It was Mr. Edwards's own wish that he should not be
entered upon the list of Mr. Chapman's creditors, pre-
ferring to trust to that gentleman's honour. Mr. Chap-
man denies that he began the accounts with Mr. Mare
and the :Millivolt Company, with Mr. Lever and the
Atlantic Mail Company, or with Mr. Xenos and the
Greek Company. Ile asserts that those three
people are the bitterest enemies he has, because they
look upon him as the person who stopped their
depredations. He did wish, however, to keep
their accounts out of the Bankruptcy Court, in order
that the firm might not suffer from having been con-
nected with them. He goes on to say that he mis-
calcul ted the strength of the firm and the extent of
the assistance which in time of need could be brought
in. He asserts that the limited liability company
lost 11,300,000 during its brief existence, through
transactions independent of the old firm. Finally,
he was not aware that Mr. Edwards was receiving
commissions from the customers of the firm.