The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-09 00:00:00

THIRD COURT.

It will be recollected that last session three persons
(father, mother, and daughter) wore found guilty of un-
lawfully inducing a lady to dispose of certain funded
property. They were brought up this morning fur
judgment, whdu the Common Sergeant sentenced Emily
Hastead to 1 year, and Susan Hastead, the mother, and
John Hastead, the father, the former to 6 months, and
the latter 4 months' imprisonment.

LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DYVEI
RAILWAY COMPANY.

MEETING THIS DAY.

A general meeting of the debenture holders of
this company was held at the London Tavern to-
day, for the purpose of adopting steps to prevent
the further depreliation of the property of the com-
pany, already reduced 50 per cent. in value, and
to consider the heads of the bills now before Par-
liament, and to provide the necessary expenses for
carrying the most eligible of the bills.
Mr. Scott was moved to the chair, but Mr.
Hodgson said that as he represented the debenture
holders and convened the meeting, ;heinsisted that
he was entitled to preside, and took the chair amidst
some dissent.

The CHAIRMAN, after some preliminary observa-
tions, said that the conduct pursued towards the
debenture holders by the directors of the Company
was quite unjustifiable. The question raised
by the circumstances of the company were
applicable in principle, if not in degree, to all the
other railways in the kingdom, for in the cases of
these undertakings loans and debentures were re-
sorted to, after the committee had been ap-
pointed to protect the interests of the
debenture holders. In October last a
meeting was held, at which steps were
taken to prevent the directors being relieved
from their liability. He was sorry to say that on
that occasion two gentlemen held up their hands
against the views adopted by the majority of the
meeting. Ultimately Lord llarris, the chairman,
consented to allow the committee of the dbenture
holders to inspect the accounts, but, what with
erasures, interpolations, and other alterations of
the original record, it became a mass of
inextricable confusion, and utterly unintelligible
,000,000 had been ex-
amounted with that
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nt hdaietr3oooofv,teoir,oeo.trnh7oand been spent in land,
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sum to only about £200,000 ; and what he would
ask was what bad become of the remaining,
£5,000,000 ? He condemned the bill pro-
moted by the directors, which proposed
the suspension of the claims of the deben-
ture holders for five years, which he contended
was confiscation, and would enable the directors to
complete expensive works that would not be pro-
ductive at present. The bill of the debenture
holders would vest 'thy management of the affairs
of the company for five years in a board, the
majority of which were to be composed of del en-
ture holders. He concluded a long speech by
moving a resolution to the effect that the bill pre-
sented by the debenture holders was entitled to the
approval of the meeting."
Mr. VANSITTART. seconded the motion, and, after
some discussion, it was agreed to.

The proceeedings terminated with a vote of
thanks to the chairman.

THE CIVIL SERVICE ArponmiENTs. Mr.
Frank Rutley, having been one of the first ten in a compe-,
tition of thirty candidates, to boa clerk in the Post Office
Savings Bank. Mr. John Henry Oliver, to bo temporary
clerk in the Board of Trade. Mr. William. Windham
Cutler, having been first in a competition of three candi-
dates, to be temporary clerk in the Adjutant-General's
Offico. Mr. George Stephen Tovey, to be temporary clerk
in the Board of Trade. Mr. Cornelius lia,maan, to bo
assistant of excise. Mr. Edivard Ballinger, having been
one of the first two in a competition of -five candidates,
to be assistant surveyor of taxes: Messrs. Bertram
William Sotou andStainfordßaqis Thompson, having
boon the first two. cbmpetition of biz caudiaaWs, to DO
tome:vary cluko iu the Post 029 e.