The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-11 00:00:00

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North Eastern, York. H. and Selby purchase.:—
Stockton and Darlington A, 6 per cent., 26)
LINES LEASED Al' FIXED It ENTALB.
East Lincoln gun. 6 per cent., 130)
FOREIGN RAIL WAY b.
Dutch Rhenish, 17;
Great Luxembourg, 9
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 16

FOREIGN MINER.
Anglo •Brazilian Gold, limited, ;
Don Pedro, Nor II Del Rey, S I pm
Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lira., 7-16
Pestarenna Gold, 21

BANNS.

Australasia. 81
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 16j
City, 12)
Imperial Ottoman. lim..
London Joint Stook. 42}
London and South-Western, lim.. 183
London and 11 estminster, 921 31
Union of London, 39,1 f

THE MILLENIUM AT LAST.--The Progres of Lyons
publishes a letter from a chemist of Marseilles, who sug-
gests a mode of opposing the needle-guns by a Greek fire
ho has invented. 'He says :—" To give an idea of the
of atey of my discovery, I daclare, and I am ready to
prove, that I can, at a distance of 1,000 metres, envelope
an army of 100,000 mon in a sea of flame, within less than
five minutes. If a town has to be taken by assault I have
no need of a rotopschine, as I can set it on fire in very
nearly the same period. In a naval battle I would run
into the enemy, and in fifteen seconds cover all the deck of
the vessel with a torrent of flame which would burn the
rigging, penetrate between the docks, and instantaneously
stifle all the crew. In an attack on a seaport I could burn
the towns and arsenals within range with the rapidity of
lightning. With such means no war is possible, as neither
victor nor vanquished would return from the field of
battle. As to the fortress of Luxemburg, the subject of
dispute at the present moment, I undertake to rid it of its
garrison in a quartet. of an hour." The Progres adds that
if there is no Marseillaise exaggeration in the above
description, such an invention would certainly put an end
to all war.

COAL STATISTICS,—The coal production of the
following countries -in the year 1865 was as follows
Great Britain, 98,150,587 tons; Austria, 4,161,698 tons;
Belgium, 11,840,703 tons ; Bavaria, 260,600 tons ; France,
11,061,948 tons ; Prussia, 21,197,266 tons ; Russia,
128,571 tons; Spain, 418,827 tons; United States
22,906,939 tons ; and the Zollv.erein, 22,350,000 tons;
Austria imported from Great Britain 97,226 tons; Bel-
gium, 21,810 tons; France, 1,586,327 tons ; Prussia,
577,183 tons ; Russia, 477,033 tons; Spain, 409,497 tons ;
United States, 197,213 tons; and the Zollverein, 586,507
tons.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day:

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Common Jury.)
FRICKER V. FENNER.

their

Cross-examined—Miss Browne was always a
little excitable. She had never heard of Mrs.
Fenner taking out a commission of lunacy against
her. She had never told Mr. Wilkinson that she
was afraid to stay in the house with Miss Browne.
The latter was strange towards the last. She had
a full eye,and was thin. Witness first noticed this
in August. She would not take what witness gave
her.

The case was proceeding when we went to press

ROLL'S COURT.
BAIINED'S BANKING COMPANY.
_ _

It may be remembered that early in Hilary Term
last Mr. Joel Emanuel, solicitor, appeared before
Mr. Church, the chief clerk to the Master of the
Rolls, and applied, on the part of 105 shareholders
in Barned's Banking Company, for whom he was
then professional adviser, that their names be struck
off from the list of contributories, upon the ground
that fraud had been practised upon them at the
time they took their shares. The fraud, he alleged,
consisted in this, that the prospectus of the
bank contained a false representation of its
position at the time it was transferred by.
J. Barned and Co. to Barned's Banking Com-
pany, and also that there was a material difference
observable between the original memoranda and
articles of association and those which wore sub-
sequently advertised.

Mr. Church said that in a case of such magnitude
—one too involving changes of so serious a nature
against the directors—he would not take upon him-
self to give any decision ; but he would adjourn it

into Court in order that it might be there argued
before the Master of the Rolls. In doing so he
made the case of Mr. William Westland, one
of the 105 shareholders to be a representative
case, thus, as far as ho coul 1, limiting
the expense, by causing the decision in the one
case to govern the whole of the 105 cases. Owing
to an immense pressure of business in Cilancery
ever since this matter has from time to time been
postponed, and it was not until Tuesday las it was
called on. Six counsel then appeared. Mr. Jessel,
Q.C., Mr. Swanston, and Mr. Opponheim (of the
common law bar), for Westland ; and Mr. Selwyn,
Q.C., Mr. Cotton, Q.C., and Mr. Kekewich for the
official liquidators of Barned's Banking Company.
Upon that occasion Mr. Jessel said he was afraid
after carefully looking through the affiJavits in this
case that he could not distinguish it from that of
Overend, Gurney, and Company, in which a deci-
sion had lately been given by Vice - Chancellor
i.Malins. Under these circumstances he did no t propose
to argue it ; if, however, his lordship should be of
opinion that the .variation between the memorandum
and the articles of association distinguished it from
that of Overend and Gurney, then it would of
course come on for argument iu the regular form.
his lordship said he should look carefully thrcugh
the decision of his learned colleague Vice-Chancel-
lor Malins, and, if he found no reason to differ
from it, he should most probably adopt it in its
entirety. In the meanwhile he requested that Mr.
Jessel would hand up his brief and the affidavits.
These he would read carefully over and give his
decision on Saturday.

Accordingly, immediately after his lordship had
taken his seat this morning, he said he had read over
the whole of the papers in this case, and was of
opinion that the decision of Vice-Chancellor Malins,
in Overend and Gurney, and his own decision in
the Madrid Bank, governed the case of Barned's
Banking Company. He therefore refused to strike
Mr. Westhead's name off the list of contributories;
but he thought that, under all the circumstances,
that gentleman was entitled to his costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

BOW-STREET.
WHOLESALE POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—George
Shannon, a militia man, and Richard Neville, were
placed before Mr. Flowers, charged with stealing a
mail bag, containing over 200 letters, and a large
quantity of newspapers,
the property of her Ma-
jesty's Postmaster-General.
Constable Rumbold, a police officer attached to
the General Post-office, said he received directions
to watch at the South-Western District Post-office,
near Buckingham Palace-gate. Last night at about
ten minutes past eight he was in the office. He saw
the mail cart drive up to the door, and shortly after
he saw the porter put in two-mail bags, and after
aacotuhret close to the Post Office,
' he had done so he saw Shannon go up to the cart
bags, and walked
aawndaytawkiethoiuttdoownne
where he was joined by Neville and another man
he had previously seen standing there. They all
then walked through Stafford-place into Palace-
square, where Smee came up. IVitness took Shan-
non into custody, Smee took Neville, and the other
man ran away. When seized Shannon had the
mail bag under his right arm, but on being
collared he threw it into the road. He. (witness)
asked him what lie was going to do with the' bag ;
he made no reply, but attempted to throw witness
down. A struggle took place and both eventually
fell to the ground, the prisoner being underneath.
He then told him be was a police officer and that
he had better go quiet; he replied, "All right, let go
my band." Ile told bin' he should not do so, and
he (witness) then took him-to the South-Western
office. On the road the prisoner asked what he had
got him for, and he replied, for stealing the mail bag.
When he got into the office he asked him (witness)
what division he belonged to. Witness replied " No
division;" to which Shannon said, " I suppose it's all
right; you've got me all right this time." On at-
tempting to search him, he (witness) had to obtain
assistance, bat Shannon said, " I'll give you all I've
got, but you shan't take it from me." He (wit-
ness) took a clasp-knife from his pocket, when he
said, " You can do what you like now you've got
weapon from me." From the South-Western
office he brought the prisoner to Bow-street police-
station. He had ou former occasions seen the two
prisoners together.
Mr. Flowers asked the witness if he knew the
man who had cot away ?
Witness said he did not know him, but he had
seen him in company with the prisoners near the
South-Western office.

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THE COURT OF PROBATE.
(Before the Right, Hon. -Sir J. P. Wilde and a

This was a suit instituted to propound the will of
Emily F. Browne, residing at Kingston, and
which was executed on the 27th May, 1866.
Mr. Sergeant Robinson and Mr. Besley appeared
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Denman, Q.C., and Mr.
Inderwick for the plaintiff. According to the state-
ment of Mr. Denman, it appeared that the testa-
trix, Miss Brown, was a lady residing at Kingston,
who died in the latter part of 1866, and who bad
formerly been a governess. It seemed that the lady
had contracted the acquaintance 'of Mrs. Fenner.
and was much attached to her. D
acquaintanceship they had a mutual
named Taylor, who, at her death, left
her property to the testatrix. The latter said
that she would make it up to Mrs. Fenner and leave
her all she possessed. On the 21st of May, 1866,
she executed a deed of gift assigning all her pro-
perty to Mrs. Fenner ; but shortly after, seeing a
Mr. Matthews, the 'partner of a very respectable
solicitor, named Williams, residing at Kingston, she
found this was not the proper method of conveying
her property to Mrs. Fenner, and on the 27th May,
1866, she executed a will in favour of Mrs. Penner.
She shortly after began to become an invalid, and
subsequently died. The plaintiff, Mr. Fricker, was
a tradesman residing at Hampton Wick, and he
took objection to the will on the ground that Miss
Browne was not in full possession of her faculties.
The learned counsel then read a number of docu-
ments written by the testatrix, and which he alleged
were as clearly those of a person of sound mind
as possible, and he had no doubt that when his
learned friend had heard some of the evidenCe he
would be satisfied with the validity of the will.
Mrs. Bell, the wife of 01.m/esti:Lail at Kingston -
Wick, said that in 1866 Miss Brown lodged with
her. She remembered when Mr. Matthews' solic
tor came, and she signed the will.