The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-01 00:00:00

AN ALLEGED FALSE PROSPECTUS.

The Lord Chief Justice and a special jury commenced
yesterday morning, at the Guildhall, the trial of the cas..
of " Jacomb v. Watkin" and another. The plaintiff
is an attorney at Huddersfield, and the defendants,
Sir Edward IVatkin and Mr. Julius Henry
Thompson, were formerly directors of the " Humber
frou 'Works Company." The action is brought to recover
damages for false and fraudulent misrepresentations put
forward lu the prospectus of the company issued in April
1864, through which the plaintiff was induces
to become ultimately the purchaser of seventy-fire
shares, of 250 each. The company was esta-
blished for the purpose of purchasing and extending the
business of Martin, Samuelson, and Co., shipbuilders, a:-
Hull ; Mr. Moss and Mr. Samuelson, members of the
old firm, being on the directorate. The prospectus com-
plained of set out that the capital of the company was to
consist of £1,000,000 in £20,000 shares of £5O each, of
which 10,000 shares had been subscribed. This was the
first misrepresentation complained of. Secondly, it wa
represented that there was work on hand of an exceed-
ingly valuable character to the extent of £300,000 ; this, too.
was untrue. And, thirdly, that railways ran into the work
and connected them with all parts of England. This wasmis-
presentation number three. In addition to this it is
charged against the. defendants that there were heavy
mortgages on the works, the knowledge of which was
altogether
~concealed from the subscribers ; and,
finally, that the reports and balance-sheets issued
were falSe 'and utterly untrustworthy. The plaintiff,
attracted by the advertisement in the news-
papers containing the prospectus of the com-
pany, and also by Sir Edward (then Mr.) Watkin's
connection with it, purchased twenty-five shares imme-
diately after its establishment, and subsequently in Janu-
ary 1866 he purchased fifty more shares. The second
purchase had been preceded by the issue of most un-
truthful reports concerning the affairs of the company.
The defendant, Sir Edward Watkin, is represented as the
life and soul of the speculation, and it is alleged against
him that he 'either knew, or that, if he did not know, he
ought to have known, the untruthfulness of the various
representations complained of. The company has now
been wound up, and every shilling of the capital
called in.

THE LATE OUTRAGE ON A POLICEMAN IN CORK.
—A telegram from Cork states that the man Cornelius
Connell, arrested for attacking the police and breaking a
constable's leg, has been committed for trial. The police
called on the magistrates to support them in the dis-
charge of their duty, as they were constantly being
attacked.

THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S CASE.—The Duke
of Newcastle's case stands in this position : On the 24t1,
of June the Court of Bankruptcy made an order giving
the petitioning creditor fourteen days from that day—
namely, the Sth of July—to "proceed with his petition."
In the first instance it was contemplated to make the Duke
bankrupt as a dealer in horses, in which case the process
would have been easy, and completed without delay, pro-
vided satisfactory evidence of the trading could be pro-
duced. The act of bankruptcy sought to be established is
"seizure and sale," under Section 73 of the Bankruptcy
Act, 1861. The petition has been allotted to the court of
Mr. Commissioner Winslow.

A NEW WORK OF ART IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
—A new work of art, of rare structure, has just been.
placed in the entrance.h..ll of tho Daltiala bluotrum. It Ss
a large marble vase, of the most refined classical art of the
age which it represents, and is most elaborately executed.
This gigantic vase was orginally found amongst the ruins
of the villa of the Emperor Hadrian at Patestrina (Pro-
nesti), near Rome, The original engraving of the vase
may be found in the great work of Piranesi, " Varie
Candelabri Xlll."—tbat great artist describing it'as in
the possession of Mr. John Boyd, an Englishman then
travelling in Italy, and was discovered in 1169.
The vase is composed of three parts--a, krater,• or
large vessel for mixing wine ; a tripod formed by three
lion's legs fantastically combined with the bodies of
Grotesque satyrs, and a triangular vase ornamented with
bulls' heads and festoons in rich and bold relief.

ADVICE TO BATHERS.—The Royal Humane
Society publish the following recommendations :—Avoid
bathing within two hours after a meal. Avoid bathing
when exhausted by fatigue or from any other cause.
Avoid bathing when the body is cooling after perspira-
tion, but bathe when the body is warm, provided nu time
is lost in getting into the water. Avoid chilling the body
by sitting or standing naked on the banks or in
boats after having been in the water. Avoid remaining
too long in the water ; leave the water immediately there
is the slightest feeling of chilliness. Avoid bathing
altogether in the open air if, after having been a short
time in the water, there is a sense of chilliness'; with numb-
ness of the hands and feet. The vigorous and strong may
bathe early in the morning on an empty stomach. The
young, and those that are weak, had better bathe three
hours after a meal—the best time for such is from two to
three hours after breakfast. Those who are subject to
attacks of giddiness and faintness, and those who suffer
from palpitation and other sense of discomfort at the
heart, should ap_ t bAtho without first =smiting their me.4l-
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