The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-15 00:00:00

POLICE IN T ELLIGENCE.

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MANSION-HOUSE —James Armstrong and
Charles Boher, boys, -‘ v ere charged with having
broken into the wareho u, ,e of Mr. Thwaites, whole-
sale stationer, in Worcc -er-place, Upper Thames-
street, and stolen fifty-: ii x pounds of waste paper.
A policeman said—A .s I was on. duty on Saturday
night near the warcho-, is e I observed that a board
had been wrenched off t c side of the staircase, and
I saw a jacket and ap' of shoes lying close by.
I went upstairs and sr Armstrong coming down
with a bundle of wasi paper, without jacket or
shoes, and upon lookir 1,7 further I found the other
prisoner lying under a, cart in a shed, and pretend-
ing to be fast asleep. Afterwards a large chisel
was found lying near the place in which the board
had been wrenched o FY.
It appeared that tl ie board alluded to had been
nailed on pretty stro ugly subsequent to a burglary
-which had been corm n fitted a few nights before, and
in consequence of wh the police had been directed
to watch the neighb' =hood. Armstrong had been
formerly in the pro' ecutor's employment.
The prisoners we re remanded.

W. Saundlison pl iladed guilty to the charge of
having stolen three quarter casks, the property of
Mr. Cox, in whose :employment he had been 14
years. •
The case was ren- Landed in order to be dealt with
at petty sessions.
James Poy le, a (;ab-driver, was fined £1 6s. 6d.
upon two separat e charges, the one to the effect
that he had overcharged a lady named Jones,
and the other to the effect that he had used
towards her abusive language. Nothing could be
more clear than the proof of the guilt of the de-
fendant, who, in paying the penalty, earnestly
entreated, with tears in his eyes, that the Lord
Mayor would not el idorse his license. His lordship
peremptorily refuse d to consent, as ladies were con-
stantly subject to. !,:11-treatment from cob-drivers,
and stated that the public were greatly indebted to
the celnplainant for having persevered in the
charge.
The Lord Mayor requested that the press would
acknowledge his receipt of £1 from " A. B." for
the poor-box.

GUILDHALL.---Mr. W. Battye, an accountant,
of 33, Great Winchester-street, attended before Sir
John Musgrove, on. behalf of the Irish Land Invest-
ment Company (Limited), a summons having been
granted against the company, at the instance of Mr.
Henry Graves, their late secretary, calling upon the
directors to show cause why they had omitted to
register a list of shareholders, according to the re-
quirements of the Joint Stock Companies Act.
Sir J. Musgrove--I have no jurisdiction, unless
I have some officer of the company before me.
Mr. Graves—Mr. Battye is acting as secretary,
in the absence of Lieut.-Colonel Young, who is in
Dublin. I have a letter in which he calls upon me
for £2O, and signs himself as secretary pro tem.
Mr. Battye—l um merely the accountant to the
company,
Sir John Musgrove—lf Mr. Battye is not one of
the officers of the company I cannot go into the case ;
and if he has obtained money you can sue him for
obtaining it uncle' false pretences.
Mr. Battye—He has not paid anything.
Sir John Musgrove—Oh, then, you had better
make a good shareholder, and pay up your calls.
Mr. Battye--There have been no calls, sir.
Mr. Martin—There are some very good names
among the directors. The Earl of Desart, the Earl
of Cavan Lord Headley, Count de Salis, Lord
George Hill, and three others. There is also five
standing counsel and one solicitor.
Sir John Musgrove—Five standing counsel : Mr.
Whiteside, Attorney-General, and Mr. Hayes,
'Solicitor-General for Ireland; Sir Fitzroy Kelly,
Attorney-General for England; with Mr. Malin
and Mr. Robinson. All very good names, but I
have yet to learn if all these gentlemen have con-
sented to allow their names to be used here.

Mr. Battye—Certainly, sir, as these letters will
satisfy you.
Sir J. Musgrove—l see there are also solicitors,
surveyors, bankers, brokers, secretaries, and mana-
ger appointed. Well, I only hope your proceedings
will be prosperous, as I am somewhat interested in
Ireland. (To Mr. Graves) I should recommend you
to call upon one of the standing counsel. (Laughter.)
Mr. Battye—A. meeting was called of all share-
holders having one or two shares each, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining what amount of support the
company might expect from them, but only two
attended. (Laughter.)
Mir J. Musgrove—Then there is no company
after all. Pray how many shares do you hold,
Mr. Graves ?
Mr. Graves—l had two shares, which I took for
the purpose of forming fife company.
Sir J. Musgrove—And did you advance £lOO
upon two shares ?
Mr. Graves—l did, sir.

Sir J. Musgrove—Well, I had a better opinion
of Irishmen than to suppose one would advance
£lOO on two shares.

Mr. Graves—l thought it might turn out a good
thing for me.
Mr. Battye—There were only seven shares taken
up, hut they were sufficient for all the purposes of
registration, and we have registered, although not
within 14 days of the general meeting, for we have
had no general meeting.
Sir J. Musgrove-.--In that case I cannot interfere.
I cannot ask this company why they have not done
a certain act within 14 days after an event that
has never taken place.

Mr. Martin—The Joint-Stock Companies Act
requires a list of shareholders to be registered once
in every year within 14 days after a general meet-
ing ; but there is no proof at present of such a meet-
ing being held. _ _

Graves—Mr. Battye told me a general meet-
ing had been held.
Mr. Battye—l said a meeting had been called,
bus only two, persons attended.
It was then arranged to allow the summons to
stand over for a week, to obtain further informa-
tion on both sides.

SOUTHWARK.. Frederick Betelman, a Ger-
man, who represented himself to be emigration
agent to a Mr. Edward Ogilvy (address unknown),
was summoned for unlawfully detaining a box con-
taining a number of masons' and watchmakers'
tools, besides wearing apparel, at No. 104, Black-
friars-road, the property of Henry Junker, a young
native of Hamburg.
Mr. William Edward Shottlander attended to
support the claimant as interpreter. He informed
his worship that lie did so owing to a vast number
of young Germans being brought over to this coun-
try by the defendant under contract to be sent to
Australia free of all expense, for which he exacted
a commission of twelve dollars from each, and on
their arrival 'in LOndon many were thrust penni-
less into the streets, among strangers.
The complainant was here sworn, and he stated
that in February last the defendant came to Ham-
burg, and represented himself as agent to a Mr.
Edward Ogilvy. An agreement was entered into
between witness and defendant, who was to give
him £45 a-year for three years from the 20th of
April last, and that he was to take him from Ham-
burg to London, put hint on board a vessel for
Australia, board and lodge him until that time,
and pay all expenses.
Mr. Shottlander here put in the original agree-
ment, signed at Hamburg by complainant and
defendant, and witnessed by Mr. Waddilove, the
British vice-consul.

Mr. Burcham perused it, as well as a translation,
and said it appeared that the defendant acted' as
agent to a Mr. Ogilvy, whom complainant had
contracted to serve.

The defendant's interpreter admitted the con-
tract., but he contended, that complainant had not
fulfilled his part.
Mr. Burcham---Aceording to the agreement,
defendant, on the part of a Mr. Ogilvy, binds him-
self to convey the complainant - from Hamburg to
London free of expense, board and lodge him until
a vessel proceeds to Australia with him, and pay
passage and all other expenses. Has he done so?
Mr. ShOttlander replied that he had not. He
had turned the young man out of doors to starve iii
the stiects, and he must have done so had he not
known something of a musical- instrument, which
he played and earned a crust. Finding that he
was turned adrift by defendant he applied for his
goods, and on refusal to give them up he was corn_
pelled. to take out the present summons.
The defendant said that a vessel Was provided for
him on the 29th of June, and he refused 'to go by
that.
Mr. Burcham asked whether tthhaet
nweagsattniviee.?
He
hinof_ June, and on the
complainant
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arrivedede
fen
dant took him to
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the docks ,
show him
to
an emigrant vessel about to sail, but he was not put
on board. He remained with
until the 25th of July,. e
when l the complainant
doors, telling him to leave his
him out of
e
would send for him when address, and he
that he would give hima vessel was found, and
vessel's departure. ITfourteen_ days' notice of the
him up his effects. e, however, refused to give
Mr. Shottlander • ormed his worship that
there were informed
several other young men who were en-
gaged at the time b •
y thedefendant for Mr. Ogilvy,
one of whom
was in court.
Julius Peterh d e , a shoemaker said, '
last defendant „ in February
Australia. On
engaged him at Hamburg to go to
coming over from Hamburg he took
the contract from him, promising
to give him
another when they got to London; On the 29th
of June last a ship
left for Australia, and defendant
refund 0 let him P. lie paid defendant t
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