The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY C.N.ENT

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Shar Railways. Ewa Closing Business done
Frice.
--fa" Atlantic &St Lawrence all 845 855 85
Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind
stk 100 94 95
Gu. 5 per cent... ...
18 Do, Do.
.13 16 15 1 d
205 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 4f 54d
205 Do. New
10 Do. Preference ....
moo f Buffalo,Brant&Godricii 100 75 80
i 6p. et. bds. Aug.
11, 1872
100 Do. do. J uly , 187:3 100 70 75
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 •
5 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 4 d I P
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. 7
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. i i a
20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 74 14 Of d
175 Demerara all
20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. e 5 11 11 d
stock East Indian, gu. i p. c. 100 90/ 100/ 991 100
20 Do. F Shares Ext 15 i4l par
20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 i d par
100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 99 991
100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 10154
20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22
sto. Geelong Corporation 6 100
per cent. Bonds
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 28 285
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 90 02 91 1
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 53 55 54
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867 all 50 65
100 Do. do. 1872 all 50 55
tock tlndiaPenin.gua.sP.c lOO 97 974 975 1 f
20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 Id id
Gt. South.of India (Lim) 13 14
14d
guaranteed 5 per cent.
20"
205 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 11 111
18 14 °id 81
Do.
Bonds pay. '76, with
100 all 96 28
opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 96 98
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 95 97
100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 92
stock Madras, guar., 45 p. c lOO 86 88
stock Do. do. 5 per cent
stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 90 92.
20 Do. Fourth do lO 11 1 d
20 ' Do. d 0.....
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds lOO
Newßrunswick & Canda
20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Share
• Do. do. Land do
20 Do. do. B Capital do all 5 7
• Do. do. Land do.
20 Oude (Limited.) .....
stock Scinde ... ..
.. fea 51 .... ,4 4 100 975 985 , 985 8
20 Do. Punjaub.
.. 7 11 d 141
20 Do. Do. ........ ti c.? all d
stork Do. Indus. St. Flo. , gc&,., 100 94 95 ,
20 StAndrews & Quebec A 18
10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 1 1 d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 45 41
20 Ardennes....
20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 64 4 id 874
_ .
5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1
20 Bez ers to Graissessac all •
6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 25
100 Copiabo ......& all
10 Ditto Extension
20 Dutch Rhenish
20 Eastern of France
20 Grand Rue. Guar. 6p. c 6
20 Do. do. all
20 Great Central of France all
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 6/ 75
20 Italian Junction ..
20 Lake Constance & Bale all
20 Lierre & Turnhout
20 Lyons & Geneva
335 Maria Antonia
10 Do. New ...
20 Namur & Liege
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref.
16 Northern of France all 37 38
20 Do. New Shares .
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 81
20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 345 355
20 ' aris & Orleans...
20 I Recife & S. Fran. (Peru )
gua. 7p. et. lim l3 2 14d
20 Riga & Dunaburg l4
10 Rome & Frascati ...
20 Royal Danish all 13 15
5 Royal Swedish ... .
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all
20 Sambre & Meuse
10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref.
20 San Paulo, lim, 2'. 7p. c. 2 I idi 11
20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 pr ega 12
20 Southern of France all 145 205 '
81 West Flanders
10 Do. 55 p. e. Preference all 91 9; 91
20 W. & N.W. of France
23 Western of Austria 6
20 Western of Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden ... .. . .
6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref , all
20 Zealand

Ti 4 Tir INTELLIGENCE.--(TILIS DAY).

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
APPEAL-JUDGMENT-WALKER V. WALKER.

This was an appeal fronx an order of Vice-Chancellor
Wood, overruling a demurrer to the plaintiff's bill, to the
effect that the plaintiff was entitled, under the will of his
grandfather, to the undivided sixth share in his freehold
estate: The father, by his will dated 1855, gave a legacy of
£5OO to the plaintiff, provided he conveyed his share in his
grandfather's estate to his brother Edward within six months
of the testator's death ; in default of such conveyance the
legacy was to be void. After the making of his
will the testator transferred to the plaintiff his interest in
the estate, and died in 1858 without having made any altera-
tion in his will.
The executors refused to pay the £.500 to the plaintiff on
the ground that he was unable to comply with the condi-
tions annexed to the legacy, upon which alone it was cove-
nanted that the plaintiff was entitled to insist for payment.
The Lord Chancellor was of opinion that the decision of
the Vice-Chancellor was right. The difficulty was created
by the testator, snd not by the legatee, and he was not to
be coerced or prejudiced by it. His lordship dismissed the
appeal with costs.

(Before the Lords Justices.)
APPEAL MOTION-JUDGMENT-STURGIS V. MORSE.

This was an appeal from a part order of the Master of
the Rolls (at the hearing on further consideration), holding,
that one• twelfth share of the property which the insolvent,
Thomas George Cunningham, succeeded to as tenant in
tail in remainder, went to his children or mortgagee, and
did not fall under the general assignation of the insolvent's
property to his assignee under his insolvency.
Their lordships were of opinion that the insolvent did
not assign to his assignee the one-twelfth share of the pro-
perty to which he was entitled to as tenant in tail in re-
mainder, under his paternal grandfather's will, and that
his children or mortgagee were entitled to it in preference
to the insolvent's assignee. They dismissed the appeal
with costs.

ROLLS COURT.
(Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.)
JUDGMENT-PROCTER V. CLAYTON.

His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—l entertain no
doubt, on reading this appointment carefully over, that the
lady has the power to appoint. If you think fit you may
take a decree accordingly. Costs of all partios to come out
of the funds.

Mr. Selwyn, Q.C.—Your Honour will order payment
according to the deed of appointment ?
His Honour—Yes.

SECONDARIES COURT.
(Before Mr. Potter and a Jury.)

PEDDELL v. ALLIES.—This was an action to recover a
balance of account, plaintiff being an attorney of Cheap-
side. Mr. Stopher appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Buchanan for the defendant. It appeared that the defen-
dant in this suit brought an action against Messrs. Virtue,
the publishers, in this court. A sum of money had been
paid into court by Messrs. Virtue, and plaintiff now sought
to recover the balance of his bill for conducting the suit
against that firm.

Mr. Buchanan put in a letter, by Which it appeared that
plaintiff had promised to charge no costa provided a verdict
passed against Messrs. Virtue for £5. A verdict, however,
was found for Messrs. Virtue.

Mr. Stopher addressed the jury for plaintiff upon the
letter put in, and urged that as no verdict passed against
Messrs. Virtue, plaintiff was certainly entitled to recover,
although £6 was paid into court by those gentlemen.
The learned secondary summed up to the jury, who
found for plaintiff £ll odd.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
HOW TO GET UP A CEMETERY COMPANY.-WARNER V.

MOORE.

This was an action to recover £.5 for writing a pamphlet,
and framing a prospectus for the National Freehold Ceme-
tery Company.

The plaintiff, upon a former occasion, stated that he had
written a twenty-page pamphlet and prospctus, advocat-
ing the benefits to be derived from the National Freehold
Cemetery Company, and put in a letter, in which defendant
had ordered him to do the work.

Defendant contended that the work was very badly done,
and that in the pamphlet there was only a very trifling
proportion of original matter. He also urged that the
pamphlet would not make 20 pages, and produced an esti-
mate and pattern of type in which it was proposed to set
up the work.
The type (nonpareil) was, his honour remarked, rather
small and unusual for a pamphlet. He thought it would
make 20 pages if set up in pamphlet type.
Defendant then said that plaintiff had agreed to take out
the debt in shares.

Plaintiff denied this, and said that literary men did not
usually take shares in companies. (Laughter.)

His Honour thought not, but said that the matter had
better go to a jury.

Plaintiff would rather have his Honour's judgment.
Defendant preferred a jury.

This morning, defendant having called no jury, Mr.
Bno,an y,nn o To—r plaintiff with costs.

POLICE IN TELL IG EN CE-( THIS DAI .

MARLBOROUGH-STREET,

COWARDLY ASSAULT.—Simeon Jacobs, 19, Great Rus-
sell-street, Covent-garden, porter, was charged with the
following cowardly assault on a female named Julia
Warren.

The complainant said, seeing the defendant in the Hay-
market, she spoke to him, when he instantly, calling her
an offensive name, struck her a very violent blow in the
eye. (The complainant's eye bore out her statement.)
Defendant said the female spoke to him, and he told her
to go, and as she did not do so he certainly gave her a slap
in the eye.

Mr. Tyiwhitt said his conduct was very disgraceful, and
fined him 10s. or seven days.

Ann WeLsh was charged as follows :—Mr. Lewis, barman
to Mr. Wilson, of the Running Horse, Duke-street, Gros-
venor-square, said the prisoner came in with another
woman, and having been served with some gin, shortly
after left. Missing a pint pot, and seeing her with some-
thing under her shawl, he followed her, and, upon touching
her on her shoulder she said to the other woman, " Lord,
how ill I feel." He replied, "Oh yes, I dare say you do,"
and then took the pot from her. She then said she had
taken the pot out to give the child a drink, but there was
no child outside, and she had had no beer. They had lost
several pots during the last few weeks, and prisoner was
suspected.
The prisoner was remanded.

THAMES.
ROBBERY ON A COAL WHARF.-John Jones, a labourer,
aged 43, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with
stealing twenty-one coal sacks, the property of Mr. Joseph
Davies, a coal merchant in Wapping.
It appeared in evidence that at an early hour this morn-
ing the prisoner was met by police-sergeant Strickland,
No. 32 K, in New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, with five coal
sacks in his possession. Strickland asked him where he
obtained the sacks and where he was going with them, to
which he replied that he had been at work on Mr. Davies's
coal wharf, and that he was going to convey the sacks to
No. 34, Cannon-street, near the church of St. George-in-
the-East, to be repaired. Strickland said, "That won't
do for me; there is no sack menders open at half-past
three o'clock in the morning, and I shall take you
into custody." The prisoner then said he had stolen
the sacks from Mr. Davies's wharf, and that he had
taken sacks away from the same wharf before. He also
stated that he had disposed of the sacks he ha i previousl}
stolen to a marine store dealer named Jones of No. 2, Dock-
street, Whitechapel. Jones the dealer who was examined
as a witness, admitted that he had purchased 16 coal sacks
of the prisoner and gave him 12s. for them.
Mr. Frederick Sedhouse, foreman to the prosecutor, said
the coal sacks bought by the marine store dealer, were
worth 15s. All the sacks produced were the property of
Mr. Davis, and branded with his name. The prisoner had
been occasionally employed on the wharf, and knew where
the sacks were kept. A great many bad been missed.
The prisoner pleaded guiltyt

Mr. Yardley said this Was a bad case. The prisoner had
been robbing his employer Whose property he ought to
hav3 protected; He convicted the prisoner of larceny and
sentenced him to 4 months imprisonment and hard labour.

The imposition of the additional duty of Is. 11d.
on home, foreign, and colonial spirits exercised little influ-
ence on the market for French brandy yesterday, the quota-
tions being only a shade flatter. Business in this branch
of the import trade has been for a long time inactive, owing
to the high terms required by the growers, and within the
past week or two unfavourable accounts have been received
from Bordeaus, the Rhone, and the South of the reappear-
ance of the odium blight. Hence prices at Cognac are
altpugh there is but a limited deman. The
v e
paymentry firm,
of the new duty dates its commencement on the
15th inst. onfhome spirits under the Excise, and on the
16t h
persons for imp
ed spirits at the Customs. Consequently,
0 may have cleared brandy or rum from the
all
docks on Minday will be called upon for the additional
amount.

THE GESEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
—This sociity hell its annual meeting last evening at
Bridgwater fouse. The Earl. of Ellesmere, the president of
absent through illness, the chair was taken
in his opening address, referred to many
incidents of
he usefulness of the society. A report of the pro-
ceedinga tbhyeLsoorcdieEtyb,u,p7 Ding absent
of he society was read by the secretary, and after
business of the meeting, H. R. Hamilton, Esq.,
erudite address on the Anglo-Seam chronicles,
tdheeliv formalered a
a 4 :,heraldry, and he was followed by the Itov.
who read a paper on Doomsday Survey,
history,Th om a s 1
itg 0 ,
which wasilistened to with much attention. Professor
chi.istmastalso addressed to the meeting a discourse on
Haff-a.prlcvn, illustrative of history and genealogy. Sir
Brook Br. ges, Sir T. Maryon 'Wilson, and many other
members the society took part in the proceedings of the
,The attendance of ladies was very numerous,
evening.
and
dthey
peared to be greatly interested. Refreshments
i were pro ed in a separate hall, and the gathering did not
disperse til a late hour.

NG, 3 ULY 18, 86C4

MPERIAL PAHL I AME NT.

HOUSE OF (COMMONS.—(Tats Day.)

The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock, but not
more than about a dozen members being present, no business
was transacted until 20 minutes after.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Athenry and Tuam Railway Bill was considered and
ordered for third reading.

EAST INDIA (ARMY).

Mr. HORSMAN moved for copies of correspondence,
during the year 1858, between his Royal Highness the
Commander in Chief and the President of the Board of
Control and Secretary of State for War on the subject of
placing the armies of India under the Horse Guards.
Ordered.
HIGHWAYS (SOUTH WALES) BILL.

On the motion of Viscount EMLYN, the house went
into committee on this bill.

The clauses to 18 inclusive were agreed to ; and the re-
maining clauses, with several amendments, were also agreed
to.

The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the house
resumed.

CORONERS' (No. 3) BILL.
Mr. COBBETT, in moving the second reading of this
bill, said that he hoped hon. members would accede to his
proposition, and also allow the bill to be committed pro
forma, when he would move some amendments. The com-
mittee who had sat on this question recommended that
coroners should be paid by salary instead of fees, for which
his bill provided. The chief circumstance which had
prompted him to bring forward this question was the great
increase of the crime of infanticide, which he considered
the inquisition of a coroner was calculated to arrest.
He had seen a great deal of the effects produced
by the coroners' court in checking other descriptions of
murder. He considered that a coroner and his jury were
the best possible courts from their knowledge of the loca-
lity where a murder was committed ; and he believed their
abolition would be a great injury, and that would be the
result if other counties followed the practice of Durham
and other places. The magistrates in these latter counties
had refused coroners their fees on the ground of the in-
-1 crease in the number of inquests of late years. But this
' increase did not arise from malversation of funds or any
misconduct on the part of coroners, but entirely to acts of
legislation. In 1836 an act was passed giving coroners
power to hold post-mortem examinations, which had been
the means of bringing to light some of the foulest murders
that had ever been committed. The Legislature had also
passed the Inquisition Act, and the coroner was obliged to
pay the surgeon who inspected a dead body 12 25.; a sur-
geon who attended as witness, .C 1 Is. ; and consequently
his expenses were increased. Having mentioned several
cases of death of a suspicious character in which coroners
refused to hold inquests because they had no security of
receiving their fees, he concluded by again appealing to the
house to read the bill a second time.

Mr. DEEDES seconded the motion, but expected that
there would be some amendments agreed to in committee.
Sir G. LEWIS said that all persons were agreed that
the disputes between magistrates and coroners in reference
to the question should receive a satisfactory solution.
Having adverted to his own bill on the subject by which
he proposed that matters of differences should be adjudi-
cated on by the Court of Queen's Bench, he said the pre-
sent bill was in accordance with the recommendation of the
Select Committee to whom the question had been referred.
He did certainly entertain some doubts as to the
advantages that would accrue from the payment
of coroners by salaries. However, he had no objection to
the bill being passed provided it was made harmonious with
the whole system, and he thought some power should be
given to the Crown to discharge a coroner when unfitted
for, or neglectful of, his duties. He considered also that
the election of coroners should be transferred from the free-
holders to the Lord-Lieutenants of counties.

Lord H. VANE supported the bill, but objected to the
change in the parties electing coroners.

Mi.: E. JAMES entertained the stone opinion as the
noble lord, but had no objection to the Lord Chancellor
having power to remove an incompetent coroner.
Mr PHILIPS and Mr. FARRER expressed themselves to
the same effect.

Mr. W. SMITH also objected to the transfer of authority
in the election of coroners, but he admitted that the present
system required amendment, as it enabled many fictitious
votes to be recorded, and the election could only be set aside
by a quo warranto of the Court of Queen's Bench.
They would have a very large constituency if they
authorised freeholders on the Parliamentary register to
elect a coroner, which would only exclude the 40s. free-
holders.

After a few words from Mr. J. Locke, Dr. Brady, Sir
W. Miles, Captain Stewart, Mr. Ridley, and Mr. Humber-
stone, the bill was read a second time, and committed pro
forma.
The house then resumed.,

The order for the second reading of this bill was dis-
charged.
AGRICULTURAL SERVANTS BILL.

The order for the second reading of the bill was also dis-
charged.
DUCHY OF CORNWALL (LIMITATION OF
ACTIONS) BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and
agreed to.

METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT
AMENDMENT (No. 2) BILL.
The adjourned debate on the motion for going into com-
mittee on this bill, to which an amendment had been pro-
posed, to the effect that this house should resolve itself
into committee upon this day three months, was resumed by
Mr. STANILAND, who said that he objected to the bill
having a retrospective effect, and its enabling vestries
to appear in support or opposition of any bill
brought before this house affecting local interests. He
contended that if vestries possessed the power provided for
by this bill it would lead to expense and endless contests
before committees of the house, to the protraction of the
session and the detriment of public business. He con-
cluded by supporting the amendment.

Mr. E. JAMES supported the bill, and contended that
the opposition to it emanated from the gas companies of
the metropolis. He thought it most unjust to prevent the
wuu wee The popular representetieree,
from resisting any attempt on the part of gas companies to
pass bills through Parliament deeply affecting their local
interests.

COUNTY RATES EXPENDITURE BILL.
Sir F. GOLDSMID opposed the bill on the ground of
its retrospective operation, as well as from other causes.
[LEFT SITTING.]