The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-21 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.4I

Sharel Railways.

I Paid Closing I Business
Price. Done.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)
THE JOINT STOCK COMPANIES' ACT.--STORE v. TILE

Antwerp & Rotterdam
Ardennes
Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c
Belgian East. Junction
Beziers to Graissessat
Carmeaux Mine & Rail
Dutch Rhenish

58 51

P
par ip
11
91 10i
21-
4 3id
284 29

SEVERAL PERSONS TRADING UNDER THE TITLII OF

44 THE VITRIOL ENAMEL COMPANY (LIMITED)"

A solicitor who attended for the defendants said he should
be able to save the time of the Court bycalling his Honour's
attention to the fact that a number of persons had been
summoned by the plaintiff as trading under the title of
" The Patent Vitriol Enamel Company." Now this com-
pany was a "limited" one, and as such was duly incorpo-
rated under the Joint Stock Company's Act—and under
that act, the company, being an incorporated body, should
be sued as " The Patent Vitriol Enamel Company
(Limited)."
Plaintiff insisted that the Company had admitted the
debt.

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The Solicitor—Yes, and you must sue the company in
the person of its registered officer.
His Honour said that would be so in cases of incorporated
bodies. A person could not sue Sir R. W. Carden for the
Corporation of the City of London.
A question then arose as to the necessity of the word
" limited " being affixed to all orders, receipts, &c., in fact
all documents signed by the officers or members of the com-
pany. It appeared that aMr Bransden had signed a re-
ceipt without the word " limited," and his Honour said
Mr. Bransden had clearly made himself liable. He would,
however, adjourn the case till a future day, and hoped the
case would then be settled.

In all these cases the company should be sued ; but the
officers of the company should remember that they were
liable in penalties for not putting the word " limited."

SINGULAR AND IMPORTANT APPLICATION FOR COSTS.-

IN THE MATTER OF TYLER AND DANIELS.

Mr. Humphreys, jun., said he had to apply for costs
under the following peculiar circumstances. Daniels, who
had been a workman in the employ of Mr. Tyler, sum-
moned that person for £2 Os. 10d., wages and 'notice. Tyler
paid 9s. 10d. into court, and Daniels accepted that sum in
full. NOW, under these circumstances, it was Daniels'
duty to give Tyler notice that he had accepted the sum
paid into court three clear days before the trial of the
cause. That notice never came to Mr, Tyler's hands,
and he (Mr. ' Humphreys) with counsel attended on
his behalf on the day of trial. Plaintiff did not then
appear, and his honour granted costs upon application.
Those costs were paid in by Mr. Daniels under protest,
and ho (Mr. Humphreys) now applied to have those costs
paid out. He would admit that Daniels had written to
Mr. Tyler at his place of abode two days before the day of
hearing—but the summons was issued for the place of
business, and the cause of action then arose; and he con-
tended that the notice sent to the private residence was in-
formal and void. Mr. Tyler was out of town, and did not
receive the notice (if notice it could be called), until after
the hearing of the cause.

Ignoramus
Ducrow

MONDAY.

His Honour said Mr. Humphreys was under a mistake
as to notices served at the abode of the defendant, but the
notice not being served in time his Honour was kind
enough to make an order that the costs should be paid 'over
to Mr. Tyler.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( Day).

BOW-STREET.

QUEER LODGERS.—A woman, named Elizabeth Holland,
was charged with setting fire to a room in a house in the
neighbourhood of Drury-lane.
Mrs. Jones said—l keeps lodging-house in Charles-street,
Drury-lane. The prisoner occupied a room in the house.
Early this morning some of the other lodgers came to ray
room door, and said the house was on fire. I got up and
went to the prisoner's apartment, and there I found the place
in flames. The bed and bedclothes were consumed, and a
round table, which was at the other end of the room, was
burning. Assistance arrived, and the fire was extinguished.
Mr. Henry—Was the prisoner at home when the fire
occurred ?

st lb
Flitch
Layton 8 4
Mrs. Stowe
Madame Moet 8 2
Romsey
Clemanthe
Indifference 8 0
The Speaker
Maxwell
Rosina 8 0
Christmas Pie 8 0
Broadbrim
Hassock
Gaylass
Chaucer
Pan
Fusee
Lancaster 7 9
Marmalade
Shamrock so Green 7 8
Helia 7 7
Rose of England

Complainant—l can't say. Some of the other lodgers
said they heard a voice which they believed to be hers.
There were three people in her room during the night.
Mr. Henry—Then, you can't say for certain whether
she was one of the party.
Complainant—No, your worship.
Mr. Henry—Then, I don't see how you can say she set
fire to the place.
Complainant—But she had possession of the room.
Mr. Henry—That may be ; but you cannot indict her for
setting fire to the room, unless you are sure she was the
person that did so.
Conplainant—Some of the lodgers said they heard her

voice.
Mr. Henry—That is no proof she was in the room. They
may have thought it was her voice, but that's all. What
have you to say to the charge
Prisoner—l never set fire to the place. I left the room
last evening at 6 o'clock, and never returned until this
morning, when I found the place had been on fire. I left
it safe enough.
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THURSDAY.

Complainant—Who were the people in your room ?
Prisoner—How should I know. I was out all night, and
had the key of the door with me.
. .

Complainant—There were some women singing to an
accordion played by a man.

Prisoner—l know nothing about it. I was away from
the place all night. _ _ _

Mr. Henry—l don't see how you can feel surprised at
anything which takes place when you let out your apart-
ments to such people as the prisoner. Of course she has
acquaintances, and they knowing she was not in the habit
of returning home after she had once left her room till the
next morning, it was not improbable that they, by means of
a false key, entered the place. The lock on the door I sup-
pose was a very common one. Or the fire might have oc-
curred through pure accident.
Complainant—That could not be. The bedstead and
bedclothing were burning at one end of the room, and the
table, which was covered with a lot of loose paper, was on
fire at the other end.

Mr. Henry—There is no proof that the prisoner was at
home when the occurrence took place. I must discharge
her.

Prisoner—l was not at home at all during the night.
The prisoner was then ordered to be discharged.
VIOLENT ASSAULT.—John Bryson, a journeyman baker,
was charged with violently assaulting an elderly man and
a police-constable.
Police-constable A 310 said—Last night I saw the pri-
soner and his wife in New Oxford-street. They were
quarrelling. After they had proceeded a short distance I
saw the woman raise an umbrella and strike the prisoner.
He turned round, and, using a violent expression, struck a
gentleman, who was near at the time, a tremendous
blow on the temple, which felled him to the ground. I in-
stantly ran up, and asked the prisoner why he had struck
the gentleman, when he called me a disgusting name,
and said he would serve me the same. He then struck me
on the side of the head. He also tried to kick me in the
abdomen. In warding off the kick my thumb was dislocated.
Finding he had disabled me he continued ill-treating me,
until I got my rattle from my pocket, the noise from which
procured me assistance. It took four constables to convey
the prisoner to the station.
The gentleman first struck by the man having given his
evidence,

Mr. Henry asked the prisoner what he had to say to the
charge?

Prisoner-1 was drunk, and I don't recollect anything.
Mr. Henry—The old excuse. I cannot take drunkenness
as any excuse for so violent an outrage. I fine you £5, or
in default commit you to prison for a month.

rllE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY , EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1858.

SPORTING INI'ELLIGE NCE.

Only these ran. Won easy.
£5O Plate. Half-a-mile.

stealing a silver watch, value £4, firm the person of John
Anderson, a -.Seaman, lodging at 41, Ratcliff-highway.
The complainant said that last night, soon after seven
o'clock, he was standing on the footpath in front of his
lodging-house when the prisoner came up and stood along-
side of him, and in a minute he snatched his watch from
his left-hand waistcoat pocket, detached it from the chain
and handed it to another man, who ran away with it. He
seized the prisoner, and after a severe struggle with him
dragged him into his lodging-house, and detained him
there until a police-constable arrived.

Wiliam Roebuck, a police-constable, 446 It, stated that
he found the prisoner in the house, 41, Ratcliff-highway,
and at once recognised him as an active and daring thief,
who had been twice convicted in the police court of petty
offences. On the first occasion the prisoner was sentenced
to 14 days' imprisonment, and, upon the second occasion,
to one month's imprisonment. A great many sailors had
been robbed in Ratcliff-highway.
Mr. Yardley—I know it. Does the prisoner plead now
or does he wish to be sent for trial ?

The prisoner—I will plead now.
Mr. Yardley—What do you plead ?—guilty, or nu
guilty.

The prisoner—I am guilty, sir.
Mr. Yardley—There is no doubt of your guilt. You
have committed a most impudent robbery. I convict you
of larceny, and sentence you to b 3 imprisoned and kept to
hard labour for six calendar months.

KELSO RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
Sweepstakes for Two and Three-year-olds. Three-
quarters of a mile.

Archduchess
1
Malachite 2

Gift.
Ellerdale's dam filly
The Roxburgh Handicap. One mile and a-half.
Mr. Sykes
Pretty Boy 2
Twelve ran.
Her Majesty's Plate. Four miles.
_

Griselle
Mimosa
Five ran,

THE FREE HANDICAPS AT NEWMARKET.

Acceptances for a Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 50 sovs
each, h ft. T.Y.C. The highest weight accepting being
7st 91b, it has been raised to Sst 121 b, and the rest in pro-
portion.

Age st lb Age st lb
Peter Flat
Lord of Lorn 3 8 1 Pavilion 3 6 5
Orianda
WEDNESDAY.

Acceptances for a Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 50 sows
each, h ft, for three-year-olds ; the winner of the Cesare-
witch or Cambridgeshire to carry 91b extra ; the second
horse in those races to carry 41b extra; and all other
winners of handicaps after the weights are published
(October 6, at 6 p.m.), to carry—once, 51b; twice, 71b
extra ; penalties of extra weights accumulative. R.M.
The highest weight accepting being Bst, it has been
raised to-Bst 121 b, and the rest in proportion.
st lb st lb
Blanche of Middlebie .. 8 12 Lifeboat
Farmer's Son • 8 10 Julia 8 0
East Langton - 8 5 Satinstone.. 7 12
'Vona
Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sows each, 15 ft, for tato-
year-olds ; the winner of a handicap after the weights
are declared to carry 51b extra. Last half of R.M. Ac-
ceptances to be declared by 12 o'clock at noon on Monday
next. If the highest weight accepting is under Bst 71b,
it will be raised to that weight, and the others in propor-
tion.

at lb
Nell Gwynne
Attraction
Strafford
Ambush
Syria 7 2
Head Knowledge .... 7 2
Genna
Dane 7 2
Hibernian
, Farmer's Daughter f 7 2
Artless
Widgeon
Fearless
O' Ryan
Minster
Grace Darling 6 10
Greek .. 6 10
La Traviata 6 10
Hermitage
Felicitas
Otterbourne 6 4
Queen of Scots

Acceptances for a Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 50 sovs,
hft ; the winner of the Cesarewitch or Cambridgeshire
Stakes to carry 91b, the second horse in those races to carry
41b, and all other' winners of handicaps after the weights
are published (Oct. 6, at 6 p.m.), once, slb ; twice, 71b ex-
tra ; penalties of extra weights accumulative. Audley End
Course. The highest weight. accepting being Bst 61b, it has
been raised to Bst 121 b, and the rest in proportion.
Age st lb Age st lb
Saunterer
Ignoramus 4 8 4 Vulcan
Zuyder Zee
Barbarity