The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-24 00:00:00

" GETTING UP" A COMPANY IN
• I,TRANCI?.

The Tribunal of Corr, -ctional Police has been
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occupied with the trial,en:menced last week, of
de -v ldouer, and Laurent,
Mancel, calling himself
of Blois, gerants of the Compi.:gnies des Chemins
de Fer Departementaux et des c hemins de Fer
d'Embrauchement, for swindling and otker offences
in connection with those companies. ALA on the
previous occasion, Mancel did not appear, and the
public prosecutor said that he had receivai from
him a most improper letter, stating thai- " his
friends had recommended him to leave France, be-
cause every gerant when accused was sure to be
condemned." The President observed that the
Court would not condescend to take notice of such
a letter. He then stated that the charge against
Mancel was, that he had taken from the company
12,500 shares, of the nominal value of 1,250,000 f.,
and had stipulated for 15 per cent. of thy' profits,
and a salary of 11,000 f., on the pretence o f trans-
ferring to the company a patent and 18 concessions
of tramroads, but that his patent was 'worth nothing,
and that he had not obtained any such concession. ;
also, that he had left the company after it had sus -
tained a loss of 400,000 f. He then proceeded to
interrogate Laurent, and it appeared that the
charge against him was that, though without re-
sources, he had got up what he called the Corn-
panic des Chemins de Fer d'Embranchement with
a capital of 40,000,000 f., and had reserved to him-
self 1,000,000 f. worth of shares. Laurent pretended
that these shares were only a recompense for the
trouble which he had had in making surveys, &c.,
for forming tramroads, but he could not show that
he had really done anything to merit any such sum.
It appeared that of the 1,000,000 f. 200,000 f. went
to a person named Delarue, and Laurent could not
say what right that person had to them. It further
appeared that Laurent, pretending that he had ob-
tained subscriptions for shares to the amount of
885,000 f., had brought about an amalgamation be-
tween his company and that of the Chemins de Fer
Departementaux of Mancel; but that the said sub-
scriptions were either not serious, or were made by
persons of no substance. It was also stated that he
had attempted to get subscriptions for his shares ix
London, but had failed, and had sent a circular to
a great number of the clergy, representing that
they would do a good action by subscribing for
shares, and promising them a percentage on all the
subscriptions which they might obtain. Several
witnesses were then called, and they deposed to the
irregularities committed both by Mancel and Lau-
rent; they also said, amongst other things, that
the latter having been authorised to issue
shares amounting to 3,250,000 francs ; had
taken on himself to make an issue of not less than
6,000,000 francs ; also that on one occasion, he, to
raise the small sum of 80,000 francs, had rendered
the amalgamated companies liable for 5,000,000 f.
The public prosecutor having delivered a long ad-
dress, in the course of which it was stated that
Mancel had been mixed up in several swindling
transactions and had falsely assumed the title of
Count, but that Laurent previously to this affair
had done nothing. The tribunal condemned Man-
eel to five years' imprisonment and 3,000 f. fine, and
Laurent to fifteen months' imprisonment and
2,000 f. fine, each besides of five years' interdiction
of civil rights.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 9.
Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to appoint
Colonel the Hon. Robert Bruce to be Governor to his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales.

TO BE EQUERRIES TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS.
Brevet-Major Robert James Lindsay, Scots Fusilier
Guards.

Brevet-Major Charles Christopher Teesdale, C. 8., Royal
Artillery.
Captain George Henry Grey, Rifle Brigade.

EXTRA EQUERRY.

Viscount Valletort, Captain in the Cornwall Rangers
Militia.

WHITEHALL, Nov 20.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Horatio Wad-
dington, Esq., to be one of the Commissioners for the pur-
poses of the " Act to make further provision for the Good
Goveinment and Extension of the University of Cambridge,
of the Colleges therein, and of the College of King Henry
the Sixth at Eton," in the room of Doctor George Peacock,
Dean of Ely, deceased.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 20.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Gustave
Heyn as Consul at Belfast for his Majesty the King of the
Belgians.

DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 20.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Misick,
Esq., to be President of the Council of the Turks and
Caicos Islands ; Antonio Mathe, Esq., to be an Unofficial
Member of the Executive Council of the Settlements of
Honduras ' • William Wells, Esq., to be a Member of the
Executive Council of the Island of Grenada; Edward John
Cloke, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Island of
St. Vincent; Majok Henry Charles Bird, to be a Member
of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon ; and
Colonel George Maclean, R.A., to be a Member of the
Council of the Island of St. Helena.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry
Wm. Currie, Gent., to be Cornet, vice John B. Parker,
promoted. _ _

Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Glasgow and Lower
Ward of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet George
Lumsden to be Lieutenant, vice Stirling, resigned; Alex.
Ewing, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lumsden, promoted ; H.
Neilson, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Wilkie, resigned.
East Kent Regiment of Militia—Ensign C. J. Coventry
to be Licutenat, vice Leatham, appointed to the 91st Foot.
Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—
William H. Shafto, Esq., late of the 92d Regiment, to be
Captain ; George P. Hughes, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
North Durham Regiment of Militia—Ensign Benjamin
W. Eames to be Lieutenant, vice John Bowling, deceased,
Ensign John Nicholas Garvey to be Lieutenant, vice
Frederick Wallis, resigned ; Edward Temperley Gourley,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice William Henry Green, re-
signed.
Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment
of Militia—Robert Douglas, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice
Sutherland, resigned _ _ _

Herefordshire-Regiment of Militia—Alfred Dower Rey.
nolds to be Ensign, vice John Early, resigned.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En.
sign Donald Noble to be Lieutenant, vice Cole, promoted
Douglas John Crespin, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Noble,
promoted. _

2d or Edmonton Royal Regiment of Middlesex Militia-
- Francis Byass to be Lieutenant, vice Alderson, re-
signed ; Ensign Frederick Bridger to be Lieutenant, vice
Smith, promoted.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia—Edward Chapman, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Harris, resigned.
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment
of Militia—Lieut. Percy Charles Stanhope to be Captain,
vice Clements, resigned.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the 2d day of November inst.]
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment
of Militia—Ensign John Alexander Byrne to be Lieutenant,
vice Wall, resigned.
CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 23.

Days and Places appointed for holding Special Commis-
sions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery.
Berkshire—Monday, Dec. 20, at Reading.
Cheshire—Tuesday, Nov. 30, at the Castle of Chester.
Cornwall—Saturday, Dec. 11, at Bodmin.
Devonshire—Tuesday, Dec. 7, at the Castle of Exeter.
City of Exeter—The same day, at the Guildhall of the said
City.
Durham—Wednesday, Dec. 1, at the City of Durham.
Essex—Wednesday, Dec. 1, at Chelmsford.
Glamorganshire—Saturday, Dec. 4, at Cardiff.
Gloucestershire—Wednesday, Dec. 8, at Gloucester.
City of Gloucester—the same day, at the City of Gloucester.
Kent—Monday, Dec. 6, at Maidstone.
Northumberland—Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Castle of New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne—the same day, at the
Guildhall of the said town.
Somersetshire-.-Thursday, Dec. 16, at Taunton.
Southampton—Wednesday, Dec. 1, at the Castle of Win-
chester.
Staffordshire—Monday, Nov. 29, at Stafford.
Warwickshire—Monday, Dec. 13, at Warwick.
Wiltshire—Tuesday, Dec. 21, at Devizes.
Worcestershire—Tuesday, Dec. 14, at Worcester.

City of Worcester—the same day, at the City of Worcester.
Yorkshire Wednesday, Dec. 8, at the Castle of York.
City of York—the same day, at the Guildhall of tho said
city.