The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-21 00:00:00

THE SUN,' LONDON, THURSDAY EVE NiNd, FEBRUARY 21, 1867.

SHARE MARKETS—This day.
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Closing BitableSs
Share Railways. , Paid.,
Priee. dsne.
et Bristol and Zie-ter 'Too 0-37
st `aledonian lOO 117 119 118
it Cambrian , 160 40 46
- Cork and Bandon - - -
20 Cornwall. all 4 6
st Dublin & Belfast June. 100 65 65
it Dun„Perth,& A b.June.l 100 ;0 72
100 10. London, ..crap Certi. all - -
Do. 100 - d
et Glasgow &S. Western 100 1!4 116
at Great Eastern, Ord. at k. 100 8 t 82 314
at Do. E. Angl. it. No. 2 100 6 8
et Greet North of Scotland, 100 - -
at Great Northern lOO 120 122 itl
at 1) J. A stock lOO 1,8 13.,
at Do. B stock lOO - -
Do. New, is. at 25 po leo - -
at GAS, and W. of lrelan 100 89 11
it (it. Western -Origina 100 50 61 101
st Do. 6. Val. Rail. gu 100 - -
at Do. South Wales - -
st Do. W. Mid.-Oxior 100 32 25
it Do. Newport lOO 83 36
it Do. Hereford......., 100 -
et erica/3111re & Yorkshir 100 126 US 127
et London and Blaokwa 100 - -
et Lon., S Coast 100 $2 84 844
st Lou., Chat., and Dove 100 18 19
st Do. Mctrop, Ex. A lOO 13 16
it Lon. & North Western 100 122 121 12211
it Lon. & South Western 100 81 66 814
st Man., Shef., 2; Lincoln 100 49 60
at Metropolitan..... all 124 (38 124/
- Do. New -
st Do. Extension all 103 110 110
100 I Metropolitan District, -
Do. do. do. 10 - -
10 Do. and St. John's W'd 6 - -
et IlieVand
9 Do. £9 Share 7 lot 11
it Do, Birmin.. & Derby 100 62 04 63
25 Bid Kent • all - -
et orth British
at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lO9 4 18
st l th. Eastern-Berwio 100 104 10.)
25 Do. G.N•li purchase 16.13.4 - -
st Do. Leeds ..... 100 63 40
it Do. York lOO 99 10
it Do. Carlisle ..... 100 - -
25 Do. Stook. & Darling. all 35 36
10 Do. do. 1860-01 lB 10 11 ly
et North London . lOO 116 126
et Do. do. 1804 5
et Do. do. 1866
at North Staffordshire 100 63 71 69
st Y. &S. W. Junction
25 'cottish Central
at 'cot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 - -
10 vo. Scot, Mid. stook lOO - -
at Shropshire Union - -
st south Devon lOO 46 51
et ,ouch Eastern
20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 10
st raft' Vale lOO 165 ;110
10 Do. C 2 3 4
st Vale of Neath - -
et Waterford & Kilkenny 10u
10 Waterloo & Whitelia I 6 - -
et West Cornwall lOO - - ,
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
100 Atlantic &St.Lawrenoe all 67 60 •
Bom.,Baroda, &Cen.ln.
at 100 100 101 1014 101/
gu. 5 per cent..
20 Do. F shares lO Id 4p
40/ Buffalo & Lake Huron all 4 44
10 Do. Preference
ButL,Brant,&Goderioli all 74 8/
100 /
6 p.c. 1872-3- - -
et Calcutta &8. E., lira lOO - -
st •Jal e Town & Dock, gu lOO 50 55
00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p all 10t 103
st East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 101 103
at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 106 107 104
40 Do. J Extension - -
et •irandTrunkof Canada 100 20 22 2114
00 Do. Equip. Mort, Boucle
1 charge 6 p.c all 85 88
1.013 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 57 59
100 Do. do deferred
100 Dv. 2d Pref. Bonds all 62 54
100 Du. do. deferred -
(00 Do. 3d Pref. /gook all 37 40
100 Do. do. deferred - -
100 Do. 4th Pref. stook
100 Do. do. deterred - -
et Gt. India Pen. gua. 5p.0 lOO 106 106 1054
90 io. Gua. 5 per cent lB 4 1 •
20 Do. New gus.. 5 p.c 6 4 1
st Gt. South of India
gun. 6 per cent
st Do.
et Do 44 per oent loo 91 93
2 - -
204. treat Wes. of Canada all 12/ 134 14
204 Do. New .. . all 12 121
.00 Do. 6p. o B6s. pay. 1873 all FS 92
100 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. all t 81 84
10 Indian Branch, limited 2 r It lid
st Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102
it Do. 44 do lOO 92 94
at Do. 1/ do lOO 85 90
2') Do. Fifth Extension 6 - -
et Ilelb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 - -
50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay., all - -
et N.lll.C'da,t3pc lstpf.tel 100 82 65
it Scinde 100 97 99
st Do. Delhi
20 Do. dot
at Do. Puniaub loo 97 98
at Do.l ndus St. t 00 100 I -

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUII

ITIES.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

HOUSE OF LORDS-WRIT OF ERROR,.

THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND JOHN 130RWELL V. MARSHALL.

This was an ecclesiastical case of some importance to
the clergy, involving as it does the right of bishops to re-
fuse to institute clergymen presented to them for institu-
tion to benefices. It was an appeal from the Exchequer
Chamber affirming a decision of the Court of Common
Pleas in favour of the defendant in error.

The action was brought by the defendant in error, the
plaintiff in the Court below, to recover re-presentation of
the rectory and vicarage of St. James and Cuby, otherwise
Tregony, in the county of Cornwall, of which the defen-
fendant in error was patron, against the Bishop of Exeter
as the bishop of the diocese in which the parish was situ-
ated, and against the Rev. John Henry Coots Boswell, ILA.,
of Queen's College, Oxford, formerly curate of Chittlebam-
holt, who had been collated by the bishop to the said rec-
tory and vicarage upon a. lapse alleged to have occurred to
the bishop.

The case is a long and complicated oue, and will no,
conclude to-day.

COURT OP QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Nisi Prins Sittings, at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Jus-
tice Cockburn and a Special Jury.)
DAWSON Y. THE NEW RIVER COMPANY.
This was an action by the plaintiff, an excavator in a
small way of business, to recover compensation in damages
for injuries sustained by a horse through the alleged
negligence of the defendants. The latter pleaded not
guilty, and that they were not liable under the act of
Parliament relating to the repairing, &c., of roads.
Mr. H. James appeared for the plaintiff, and his state-
ment was to the effect that a man in the employ of his
client was driving a horse and cart along the Kings-
land-road in September last, when a portion of the road
gave way, and the horse's leg went through a hole about
three feet deep. It appeared that the company had been
excavating in the road for the purpose of laying down
pipes. The accident was alleged to have occurred in con-
sequence of the hole not having been filled up properly, a
soft instead of a hard material having been used. The
defendants contended that, having done what was neces-
sary in the first instance by filling up the hole, the parish
were the parties liable for any defect in the road after-
wards, as the care of it passed into their hands.
His Lordship observed that the Court of Queen's Bench
had decided that a company were not liable for any acci-
dent which occurred in the case of the softening of mate-
rials of a roadway, if they had done what was necessary iu
the first instance, and the softening was produced by na-
tural causes.

Mr. Ccleridgs, Q.C., who appeared for the defendants,
said that his clients would not dispute the claim of the
plaintiff, which was only for £lO, if they thought they
were legally liable.; but they felt bound to resist the de-
mand, as they considered that the Metropolitan Board of
Works were the parties responsible for such accidents.
Some witnesses were then called, and a verdict was
taken by consent for the plaintiff for £lO.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Sittings at Nisi Prins in London.—(Before Lord Chic;
Justice Bovill and a Special J-ury).
GIBBS AND ANOTHER V. TILE COMMERCIAL UNION

ASSURANCE compAxr.

The plaintiffs in this case were executors of the late Mr.
John Gibbs, and they sued to recover £2,000, the amount
of a policy of insurance against fire effected upon some bags
deposited at the Thames Tunnel-wharf, and which were
burned on Jan. 16, 1866. There was a second action of a
similar kind, and the whole amount of claim was £ll,OOO.
The case for the plaintiffs was that Messrs. Levy and
Davis carried on the business of bag manufacturers at
Thames Tunnel-wharf, and that for some years Mr. Gibbs
had made advances of money to be employed in this busi-
ness. As security for these advances he had a lien upon
the goods purchased; he also had an usderleaso of the
wharf, and he from time to time effected policies of in-
surance upon the goods. In May, 1863, it became
necessary that the superior landlord should grant
a new lease of the wharf, and it was verbally arranged
that a new under-lease should be granted to Mr. Gibbs;
but this agreement did not appear to have been carried
out. The fire was believed to have been wilfully
caused by a person who was arrested on the night of
the fire, who was charged with setting fire to a shed in the
neighbourhood, and was convicted of arson. The learned
counsel said he believed that the main qUestion was whe-
ther Mr. Gibbs had an insured interest in the goods, and
this would depend principally upon whether the jury
should be satisfied that there was an agreement that Mr.
Gibbs should have a lien upon the goods and an under
lease of the wharf. Another question would be as to the
quantity of goods upon the wharf at the time of the fire ;
but upon this part of the case it was shown that there
was at least property to the extent of £ll,OOO there, and
indeed the salvage after the fire fetched £1,364.
Tho jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the full
amount claimed, but directed that an examination of ac-
counts should take place, and also put the interest charge-
able on the defendants at S per cent.

much bad feeling. lie fined the prisoner 40,5., and in
default ono month's imprisonment.

WESTMINSTER

CRUSADE AGAINST Citosst NG-SW EEPEItS. —John and
Hobart Pay, two children, aged 8 and 9 years, were charged
with begging.
Police-constable Giles said that he saw the defendants
begging in Belgrave-place last evening. They had
brooms in their hands, and were near a crossing.
Mr. Selfe —Were they sweeping a crossing ?
Constable —I did not see them sweep any crossing. It
was a fine, dry evening, and the crowing did not want any
sweeping.

Younger boy—The crossings was dirty when we went
there, and we had to sweep them. They was clean when
the policeman came, but then we'd done it. We kept to
our crossing.

Policeman—They followed people five and six yards and
begged of them. I saw a lady give them a halfpenny.
Defendants—We thought we might sweep a crossing.
Mr. Selfu—Aid you thought right. You may sweep a
crossing, but you must net beg of any ono ; but if any one
pleases to give you anything, well and good, you way take
it, and will be doing no harm. Whoa the weather is fine
and dry there is No necessity for your services, and then
the act of being about with a broom in your hand would
look very much like begging.

A sergeant informed the magistrate that the boy's
mother was there the other day watching them.
She explained that seeing one of them had a disinclina-
tion to go to " his work," she followed to see that he did.
Mr. Bello repeated to the little boys that they might
sweep the crossing, but must not importune passengers.
They were then discharged.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocic.