The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-05 00:00:00

WOOL.

For colonial wool the market has ruled quiet, but no,
change has taken place in prices. English wool has l,eit
in fair request, at late rates. The imports into lic,ndon last
week consisted of 1,332 bales from Brisbane, 514 Mel-
bourne, 136 Safil, 183 Odessa, 615 Mossel Bay, ;Ind 2,88 L
bales from Sydney.

Current prices of Eaglish wool per lb.
d
Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 4h 1 5
Half-bred do 1 6 Z
KPut 113,ees
South Down ewes end wethers 1 3 31 4
Leicester do
Sorts—Clothing
Combing
i'et 6it, by rti, eanyise.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

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COURT OF CHAN CERII.
•
(Before Lord Justice Cairns.)
IR. RE DARNED'S BANKING COMPANY-THE
CONTRACT CORPORATION COMPANY.

This morning Barned's Banking C )rnpany again
came before the Court of Chan(;cry, in the
form of an appeal against the d ecision of the
Master of the Rolls, who had ruled that
the Contract Corporation Comp ar3y, having
been entered on the register as sharekbolders at the
time of the failure of the bank, must,' be included
in the list of contributories. Ti e Contract
Corporation Company, on the other ',land, affirmed
that their name had been improperly- Tlaced on the
transfer of some shares.

Mr. Cotton, Q.C., and Mr. Keketwich appeared
for the liquidators of Barned's Ban' dug Company;
and Mr. Baggallay, Q.C.,
,and Mr.. Swanston for
the Contract Corporation Company..
Mr. Baggallay said that on the p art of the Con-
tract Corporation Company he appoared to support
an appeal from the Master of the Rolls, who had
made an order placing the company on the list of
contributories. He would recapitulate to his lordship
what was the transaction which had caused the
company to be put upon the list of . contri-
butories. The had taken 368 shares, which were to be
transferred to various persons. As these shares
were taken they ought to have bean so transferred
in the names of the persons for whom they were in-
tended. Some of the shares had been left blank, so
that it might allow Mr. Mosely to enter the name
of the persons who were to have them. A number
of shares, which were to have been transferred to one
person, were transferred in the naive of the company,
although they never knew the subject matter of the
transfer, the distinguishing numbers of the shares,
nor their aggregate numbers. The Vance Contract
Corporation Company was inserted instead of that
of the name of a person named peircey.
Lord Justice Cairns—Where is Peircey—is he
before the Court ?

Mr. Baggallay—l do not know, my lord.
The Lord Justice7-I must have him before me,
or you must obtain a rectification of the list.
Mr. Baggallay contended that the point which he
wished his lordship to decide upon was the question
whether they were legally amongst the shareholders
or not.

The Lord Justice—But you are de facto on the
list, and must come before me again in another
form, either by obtaining rectification or by bring-
ing up Peircey. You must say who ought to be on
the register and obtain this rectification.
After some discussion it was agreed that the
motion should come before his lordship as an original
one next Michaelmas term, and that in the mean-
time the Contract Corporation Company could
take such steps against Peircey as they thought fit.

Spanish Passive Bondholders.

MEETING THIS DAY.

A special general meeting of the bondholders was
held at the London Tavern to consider the proposal
of the Spanish Government to sanction the conver-
sion of the Passive Stock on the condition that the
sharehohjors would take additional stock and pay on
the same to Mr. Robertson, M.P., chairman of the
company.

The CHAIRMAN sail that he would briefly explain
the ground travelled over since the last meeting.
He had communicated with the Spanish Minister
in London.

The Secretary read a letter from the chairman
to the Spanish Minister, and a reply heyhad received
by the instruction of the Finance Minister. Having
read some further correspondence,
The CUAIRMAN said that the Spanish Govern-
ment had appointed Messrs. Baring Brothers as
agents for the concession of the passive stock, and
they undertook to advance £3,000,U0U at 5 per
cent. He diff..red with some members of the com-
mittee, but he strongly advised the bondholders to
accede to the proposed settlement of the Spanish
Government, and he concluded by moving a resolu-
tion to that effect.

A very stormy discussion ensued, which had not
concluded when we went to press.

THE HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT ASCOT
RACES.

On Saturday, at the Windsor Town Hall, George
Baker, alias James Mayne, alias James Rowland, a
tall, powerful man, was brought before Messrs.
Foster and Hercy and Colonel the Hon. R. Hay,
the petty sessional magistrates for the county of
Berks, charged with highway robbery with violence
upon the person of Mr. Spencer Hugh Mackay, an
officer in the army. The robbery, which was of a
rather singular nature, took place on the 15th of
JUne, 1865—the Ascot Cup day. Mr. Mackay
stated in his deposition that either on the Wednes-
day or Thursday, after the races, he engaged a man
to drive him to Maidenhead. The cabman, some
little time after leaving the grand stand, took up an-
other man, and after driving, as nearly as he could
recollect, about two miles the cab was stopped, and
the two men pulled lira out of the cab and robbed
him. They rifled his pockets and stole a silver watch,
a chain, necktie, ring, a pair of race glasses, and some
loose silver. It was the man who got upon the cab
who seized him by the throat and robbed him. The
prisoner resembled the man in height and general
appearance. Mr. J. Purchase, head-constable of
Reading, in his deposition, said that in 1865 he was
sergeant-major in the Berks constabulary, and was
on duty at Ascot races in June of that year. On
the Friday he received information from the prose-
cutor, Mr. Mackay, that he had been robbed on the
previous evening. While Mr. Mackay was giving
him the information, Frank Wood, a cab-driver,
drove into the railway station, and he was pointed
out to him by Mr. Mackay as one of the men who
robbed him. He took him into custody and searched
him, when he found some of the stolen property on
him. He was afterwards convicted. From
something that Wood told him he drove im-
mediately to Sunninghill-bog, and he pointed
out to him a vehicle as his master's cart
or van. He saw a woman whom Wood said
was his mistress. He
shad a conversation with
her and afterwards searched the van. He found
between the mattress and the bed in the van a race-
glass with case and strap, which Mr. Mackay iden-
tified ; and he afterwards at the trial of Wood gave
it up to Mr. Mackay. He received from Frank
Wood a description of the man who was with him
when the robbery was committed, and the prisoner
exactly corresponded with that description. After-
wards he communicated with Mr. Inspector Reece.
The name of "Rowland, Chertsey," was on the
van. Thomas Titheridgo deposed to seeing the
prisoner with Frank Wood on a close cab about 7
o'clock the same evening. Witness was standing at
the Ascot Hotel and the cab was going towards
Bracknell. The prisoner said he was innocent of
the charge, and, as he had been suffering from con-
sumption for about four years, he hoped they would
not send him to prison. Ultimately he was com-
mitted for trial at the assizes at Reading, the
magistrates intimating that they would accept bail,
himself in £BO and two sureties of £4O each. The
prisoner was removed in custody of. Mr. Inspector
Reece.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENOL This Dad•,

LONDON, Aug. 5.--Wind this day at noon—South-
Easterly; moderate breeze and fin• weather, but rather
cloudy.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 4.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Carl
Auguste, from Valparaiso.
FALMOUTH, Aug. 3.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Bertha,
from Bahia for Bremen.

YARMOUTH, Aug. s.—Arrived—The Gabriel, brig, from
Newcastle.

LITERPOOL, Aug. 3. —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Polly,
from Macao; British Victory, from Bombay; Lagos,
scrow steamer, from Africa.
BREST, Aug. 2.—Arrived—Atalanta, screw steamer,
from NOW York for London.

OFF FASTNETT, Aug. s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Hecla,
screw steamer, from New York.

LOFF ,TILE LIZARD, Aug. 3.—Arrived—Derweutwater,
from Madras.

WIIITEIIATEX, Aug. I.—Wind N.W.--Arrived—Ccn.
press, from Quebec.

(By Telegraph.);

GRAVESEND: Monday Morning.
Arrived, Aug. 4 -Parthenia, from Gothenburg; North
Star
.(s), from Christiana; Victoria (s), from Gothenburg;
Odessa (s), from Amsterdam ; John Middleton (a), from
Trieste; Scandia, from Sundnwall.

Arrived, Aug. s—John Hullett, from Cronstadt ; Alfred,
from Dautzic ; June, from Christiana; Anu Warren, from
Mazagan ; Eagle Wing, from Guernsey; Wanderingsman-
den, from Christiana; Albion, from Dram; Esk (s), from
Guernsey; Princess Royal (s), from Hamburg; Fyenoord
(s); from Rotterdam; Orion (s), from AntTiorp; Condor
(s), from Bremen.

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed, Aug. 4—Rothbury, from Sunderland, for Nice
Neptune, from Sannesund, for Auray.

Foreign Mail Pacit List.

MAILS DOE.

&to3tralla and New Zealand, via Southampton..... Aug. 24
Ditto, via JSarseillee l3
Ditto, via Pan ma •••••• 00000000 ••••
3razil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Vida° Aug. 5.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape Verde, by Brazil pneaet Aug. 5.
Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Lisiena Aug. 27.
China, Penang, and Sing ip ire, via Son hamid.on Aug.
Ditto, via &use'.tics O .
Falkland Islands
dibraltar, via Southampton
India, via Sonthampton

Ditto, via Martini es ...•...Aug. II
Malta, Egypt, &a.
Ditto, Marseilles Aug. 9.
Mauritius, Cape of Good H ,pc, and Natal, via
Southampton . tug. `,
t.
Ditto, via nand les Aug. 16.
Newfoundland
Portugal Aug. 5
Ditto, by private ship to Oporto
Ditto ditto to Lisbon
United States, Canada, California, do., by British
packet
Ditto, by 'Gutted States packet ...............
Ditto ditto (New York .... . ...............
Ditto ditto (New York) ....................
Ditto ditto (Baltimore) ....... ...... •••
Ditto, by Canadian packet .................... Aug R.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriff3 ...... 17
West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Balta-
.Aucr. 11.
mas) .......................................
Au. 8.
Cubs and ........... . ............... • • rr
„Aug% ,2.

Balla .mta, via New York ......................... -
28
Bermuda, via ditto ............ .... . ............. Aug.

LIE QUEEN'S VISIT To SCOTLAND.-11cr iliajcsty
the Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Princesses Louise
and Beatrice, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of t
Court, will, it is expected, leave Osborne
landing at on Monday, the
19th lust., for Scotland. The Q, on Got-
port, will travel by the South Western and Great Western
Railways to Windsor, and after a night's rest at the Castle
will proceed by special London and North Western train
to the north.
THE LOSS OF THE WEARHOUTH.—Down to Satur-
day night no further intelligence had been received of the
screw collier IVearmouth, of Sunderland,. which left that
port on Thursday evening week, and there is no doubt she
has been lest with all hands. She was coal laden and bound
to Hamburg, and appears to have foundered in a gale of
wind on Saturday night on a sand inside Heligoland with
all hands. She was commanded by Mr. Wilson, of Sun-
derland, and had a crew of 13 hands, all told. A vessel
saw asteamer founder cn Thursday at the entrance of the
Elbe, the appearance of which corresponded with that of
the Weartuouth, and, as no other vessel is overdue, there
is no question but it is the unfortunate PhiP.

TAT TEES NEE'S-THIS EVENING.

ST. LEGEIt.
2to 1 agst Vauban (offered, take 9to 4)
12 to 1 agst Marksman (taken)
300 to 200 on Vauban and Hermit coupled (offered)
DER 3Y.
1000 to 35 agst Tregeagle (taken)
40 to 1 agst Sunflower colt (taken)
Very little business was transacted on future events,
owing to the heavy settlement on Goodwood Races.

ARRIVALS AT BRIGHTON.
Moulsey, Jeanie Deans, Jezabel, President Lincoln, Life
Guardsman, Nine Elms, Cheltenham, Marquis of Carabas,
Julius, Opoponax, Sultan, Contempt; Bismarck, Eau de
Sileuus, Highland Sister, Van Aniburgh, Ajax,
Minute Guu,flegalia, Formosa, Janet Rawcliff,, Chepstow,
Camball, Exkitement, Chippenharn, Srculum, Prince
Regent, Pintail, Tremble, Dulcimer, John Davis, Lecturer,
Belfast, Ines, RAcap, Dalby, Tynedale, Friponnier,
Salamanca, Di Vernon, Amanda cult, Kettleholder, Python,
Lump Sugar, Rampart, Beauty, Tumbler, Adjutant, Dick
Turpiu, Chic, Benefactress, Charles 11., Historian, Lady
Clinton, Dawdle, King's Cross, Mandrake, Newcourt,
Stradbroke, Nu, Toy, Endsleigh, Liquidator, Narino, Lord
Palmerston, Volunteer, and Confederate.

JOHN STIRK,
25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND,
Exccutos Oonrnissions on all tho races to any amount

Tho full market odds laid.
Price list daily.

MIL GEO. WEBB executes commissions, by letter only,
at his residence, 125, Queen's-crescent, Havorstock-hill,
and has lists posted daily at the City Arches; also through
his Agent, Mr. F. Butler, near Meux's Brewery. No con-
nection with any other person using the same name.