The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-19 00:00:00

BARNED'S BANKING COMPANY.

Mr. Charles Motley and Mr. Lowell Barncd Moxlcy, two
of the former directors of Barnes's Danhh.,,
&Limp—a>, 1nu..a.7 ..,‘“mined beforo Alderman
Sir J. C. Lawrence, upon a summons which charged them
with unlawfully conspiring together to publish certain
false accounts in a report and prospectus relating to
the affairs of the company, by which means
they had induced the public to subscribe for a large num-
ber of shares, and thereby defrauded them of the sum of
£2,000.000 sterling.
Evidence was given, for the purpose of showing that,
after the failure of the limited company the defendants
executed a deed of inspectorship, under which they
admitted that they were indebted to the amount of
£883,000, of which £215,000 was owing to the new com-
pany.

After a good deal of other evidence had been taken, the
inquiry was again adjourned.

ACTIONS AGAIIVST NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS.

In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, Mr. H.
James, Q.C., moved for a rule, in " Maddick v. Beaton,"
calling upon the defendant to shew cause why he should
not answer certain interrogatories. The learned counsel
said that Mr. Lloyd, Q.C., had obtained a rule absolute,
and the present motion came in the way of an appeal from
the decision of Mr. Justice Willes, who, in Cham-
bers, refused to grant it. The action had
been brought against the defendant for false
representation in the sale of a newspaper called
the Illustrated Theatrical Sporting News, that the circula-
tion of the paper amounted to 8,500 copies per week, and
that the income from advertisements was £3 per week ;
whereas in his declaration the plaintiff alleged that this
statement was not true, that the circulation never reached
to more than 300 copies weekly, and the interrogatories
now filed, and which defendant was asked to answer, had
reference to those statements, and as to the profit and loss
he had sustained previous to the transfer of the pro-
prietary of the paper. The Lord Chief Justice said the
interrogatories must be allowed.
Mr. Kean, Q.C., said a short time ago, it would be recol-
lected by their lordships, he obtained a rule to shew cause
why a criminal information should not be filed against the
proprietor of a newspaper called the North Middlesex
Chronicle, in consequence of a very scandalous libel which
it published with reference to a man named Hinson, who
was on his trial on a very serious charge. Since the service
of the rule on the proprietor he had come to a proper
sense of what was due to public justice and printed,
verbatim, all the affidavits. He had also in a very
handsome and proper manner made an ample and satis-
factory apology for the reflections cast on Hinson's charac-
ter. He (the learned counsel) therefore asked for the
discharge of the rule on the understanding that defendant
would pay the costs. Mr. M`Namara, for the defendant,
consented to the arrangement proposed by his learned
friend, and the rule was discharged accordingly.

The members of the Manchester Conservative
Club have been entertaining the Lancashire Conservative
members at a grand banquet. The ohair was taken by Mr.
T. H. Birley, and speeches were made by Mr. Hugh
Birley, M.P. for Manchester, Mr. Graves, M.P. for Liver-
pool, and several of the county members. The chief social
and political topics of the day were touched upon, the
lion. A. Egerton, M.P., ranking the Land Question,
Education, and Intemperance as the three most press-
ing. He thought that the Irish tenant had grievances
which must be redressed, and with regard to educa-
tion ho would extend the denominational system so as
all children should be brought in and forcibly educated. He
was not in favour of the Permissive Bill as it stood, but he
did think that ratepayers should have the same power to
restrict the number of publichouses as the landowners had.
A toast to the memory of the late Earl of Derby was drunk
in solemn silence.

Mr. W. Henry M'lntyre, oil and paint dealer, has
an establishment in Liverpool, within a short distance of
dwelling-houses, and in this place an inspector found, on
the 9th instant, two tanks of petroleum, one of them oil and
the other spirit, the latter giving off an inflammable va-
pour at the low temperature of 48 degrees. The dangerous
nature of the contents of these tanks was not notified as the
law requires, and there was a gaslight within a yard of the
petroleum spirit. Mr. M'lntyro was summoned yesterday
for having the petroleum without a license and for neglect-
ing to label the tanks. The only plea tendered in defence
was ignorance of the law on the subject. The magistrates ac-
cepted the defendant's plea, and inflicted only a penalty of
50s. and costs in each case. Mr. M'lntyro was, however,
warned that he was liable to a penalty of £2O a day for every
day he kept the petroleum on his premises, and he was also
informed that he would probably uot be able to Obtain a
licence.

The prisoner was apprehended with the book in his
posses; ion, and while he had had the book he had occupied
himself by removing the mark of the Museum from the
title-page.

He pleaded guilty.
The solicitor from the Museum said it was most impor-
tant that the property should be protected, and although
there was no desire to press hardly on the prisoner,
yet it was most important for it to go forth that books
could not be stolen with impunity. Tho most ingenious
methods wore adopted for the identification of property
stolen from the Museum, and although the prisoner had
cleverly obliterated the mark on the title-page of the book
in question, yet ho had failed to discover the other
methods adopted by the authorities.
Mr Flowers said it was paiuf ul to find an educated man
stealing a book, for selling which he would get compara-
tively a trifle, compared with the value of the book as
one of reference. He had to punish poor people
when they stole loaves of bread when they were hungry,
and he could not refrain from passing a severe sentence
in the present instance. Had there been another case ho
would have sent the prisoner for trial, but under all the
circumstances he should sentence him to four months' im-
prisonment with hard labour.