The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-16 00:00:00

MA.Ito.L'IlS—, This Day).

RAILWAYS.

RAILWAYS.

Leasing
Companies.

Closing Prices
yesterigy

Bashisss
this day

RAILWAYS.

ologin Pre.
yesterday.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

Business dons
this day.

IBuckghamsh.
Clydesdale Jc.
Col.Stour Vy.
E.L n. g. 6 p.•
E. Un. H. Sh.
Glas. Barr. &
Neils.Direet.
!Do. Now
Glstr.&Dn.Fr
Hull dr Sel.by
Shares
Do. Shares
Lon. drGreenw
Do.Preferenee,
Lon. Til., &S."
Do. Bark. Sh.
Manch.Bxton.
and Matlock
Mdld. Bradfd.
Newmarket
BuryE.G.spc.
N. diEst.s P.C.
Do. 6 per ct..
Do. Fixed sp. e
Prest. & Wpm
Do. Shrs.
Roystn.& Hit.
Shrews.& Her
S. Staffordsh..
WearVal.g6pc
Do..

THE TRIAL STAKES.

1 Ambg. Nottng. Bost.
4 Eastn. June
Ll Belfast & Ballymen.
Ll i Birmng. Wolverh. 3
Stour Va11ey.........
3 Birkenhd. Lancsh. a
Cheshire Junct......
I Blackburn ••
1 Blyth & Tyne orlgina'
£25 (iss. at £45)
1 Bristol & Exeter......
1 , i1ed0nian............
1 , ester 44 Holyhead
ork and Bandon....
Cork, Black. & Pass
Cornwall
D.a. A
Do. B
Dablin4Belfastjunc
Dun. P. &Aber.Junc.
East Anglian .........
Eastern Counties.....
' Eastern Union, A. stk.
Do., do. it
Do. New A ............
East Kant „
East Lancashire
East Suffolk ........
Do.
Edinburgh dr Glasgow
(Edinb, and Peebles
Edinb. Prth. 4Dundea '
Forth and elydeJunc.
Furness - .. .. ....

Martha ..
Odd Trick

5
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st

Ten ran.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NOTTLNGEfAX—TUESDAY (This DAY.)
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
Entry for the Trial Stakes. Run at 2.—Martha,
Queen Lily, Marauder, Silica, Lady Raballion, Lord
Nelson, Odd Trick, Greenwich Fair, Maggie Lauder,
Woodmite, Baronage, Chester, Steeple.
Little Jahn Stake}. Half-mile. Run at 3 30—Snap,
Sheffield, Dutchman's Danghter,Thernipylse, Arrniniu,
Madame Most, Ortolan, Joyeuse, and Daniel Forester
are here.
Nottingham Handicap. One mile and a half. Run
at 4 15 —Vandernaulin, Fuxhunter, Young Hopeful,
Our Sal, Yorkshireman, Riga, Queen Lily, Yeller Gal,
Lady Rohallian, Plumstone, Esperance, Silica, Boxhill,
Honey tree, Gammon, and Blewbury are here. Fulbeck
and Ibex have paid forfeit.
Other Arrivals—Hindley, Toosey, Glautius, Potter,
Miss Harkaway, Border Chief, Lady Aintree, Maggie
Lauder, Greenwich Fair, Old Tom, Westhorp,

94 -
93 - 93;,
37 - 39-1

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TATTERSALL'S.—MONDAL
Subscribers seemingly assembled for the sole purpose
of settling the Lincoln accounts. Betting on coming
events was uncommonly dull.
During the early part of the afternoon 4 to 1 was cur-
rently offered on the field for the Two Thousand, but
until nearly the close of business backers were shy. At
last, however, about 2001. were invested on Clydesdale
at these odds, and a like amount on Brother to Mar-
chioness at a point more. The other transactions on
this event were in trifling sump.
Speculation on the Chester Cup was only remarkable
for the steady support conceded to Adamas ; and the
Derby betting was marked by the upward tendency of
Cock-a-doodle-deo, who was advanced to 100 to 7, and
about whom 6 to 4 would have been taken against
Clydesdale. 2,000 to 60 each was laid in one bet against
Mentmore, Vandyke, and Longrange.

Glasgow & S. Western
Groat N. of Scotland.
Great Northern
Do., A. Stock ..
no., B. Stock ....
nt. Sth.&West.(lre)
Great Western. .., .
Do. Str.V.R. gua. St]
Irish South-Eastern.
[Lancaster 6i Carlisle.
rDo., Thiris.
Do. New Thirds
Lancash. &Yorkshire
Do., do. F I:16
Do., Wit. Riding Un
Do. Southport....
London & Blackwell
Lond.Bright.&S.Cst
London & N. Western
Do. Fifths
D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0
Do. Eighths
London & S. Western
Lndudrry . &Col erair e
Lndudrry. & Eunisk
Manch .Shef. &Lincln.
IMetropolitan
Do. J. L Ricardo's
arrangement
Midland
Do. Birming. & Derby
Midland G. West. (Ir. )
Do. . Shares.. .....
Newcastle &Carlisle
Newpt. A berg. dillrfd
Newry & Enniskillen
": ewry , Warm npoint
& Restrevor A
Norfolk..
!Northn. Counties Un
North British ...... ..
North Devon, Rail. &
Dock Stock .........
Do., A 5t0ck.........
Do., B Stock .... .....
N. astern Berwick
Do. do. Extension ...
Do do. G.N.E.Purch.
Do. Leeds
Do. York..
North London ......
N. & S. Wstn., Hamp-
stead, and City Jn
North Staffordshire
North Western
N. & S. Wes,trn. June
Oxford Worcester &
Wolverhampton.....
Portsmouth
IRhymney
Scottish Central..,
Sw.t. N.E.Abrdn. St,
,Shropshire Union .
Sitingbourne &Shoer
South Devon
South Eastern__ ..
Do. 44 per c. Shares
'South Wales
IS. Yorksh. Riv‘r Dun
Do.
Staines,Wok.,&Wok.
Stockton & Darling..
Do. do., 1854
Do. do., 1855
!Stockton & Hartlepl
Taff Vale
Do. Pref., No. 1
Thames Hay. D. &R
Vale of Neath
Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Water ford& Limeri ek
West Cornwall
West End of London
and Crystal Palace
Do. A
Do. B
West Loudon
Do. First Class
Do. Second Class
Wmbledon&Croydon

NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP.
3to 1 agst lioneytree (talon)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
10 to 1 agst Little Torn (taken)
100 to 7 agst The Brewer (taken)
500 to 30 aget Tom Moody (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
4to 1 aget Clydesdale (taken)
sto 1 agst Brother to Marchioness (taken)
12 to 1 agst The Happy Land (taken)
14 to 1 agst Lord of Lorn (taken)
250 to 10 agst Clydesdale's winning this event and
the Derby (taken)
CITY AND SUNITRBAN HANDICAP.
15 to 1 agst Schiedam (•aken)
22 to 1 agst Barege (taken)
CHESTER CUP,
16 to 1 aget Adaruas (taken freely)
20 to 1 agst Think Bonny (taken and offered)
30 to 1 aget King of the Isles (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Botany (taken)
1000 to 30 aget Vanity (taken)
1090 to 20 agst M. Dobler (taken)
2000 to 20 agst Supple Jack (taken)

DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Clydesdale (offered)
100 to 7 agst o,)ck-a-doodle-doo (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Sermon (taken)

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK (This Day,

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, GUILDHALL,

•
'Sitting at Nisi Prius, before Lord Campbell and a
Special Jury.)

THE QUEEN V. BROWN AND OTHERS.
The trial of the information against the directors and
manager of the Royal British Bank for conspiring by
false pretences to defraud the shareholders and cute
tomers and the pribl,c, was this day resumed.
The same counsel appeared as before.
Sir F. Thesiger proposed to examine Mr. Paddison
relative to the appointment of a general manager in the
place of Mr. Cameron in December, 1854.
Mr. Sergeant Shee asked before that was done to be
allowed to read the minutes of the Court of Directors
after the 28th March, 1854, when Mr. L. M. Valiant,
brother-in-law of Alderman Kennedy, first became a
director.
Lord Campbell said that the learned sergeant might
then draw the attention of the jury to those parts of the
minutes to which he referred.
Mr. Sergeant Shee said he would do so. The learned
sergeant then read the minutes, Commencing with
28th March, on which day it was agreed by tile Court
that Messrs. Fuller and Honey should be instructed to
sell the Welsh works at -a comniission of one per cent.,
and in the event of their not being sold to be paid
1001. for their trouble, and 2501. for advertising, dm,
gentlemen accepted on the understanding
re eheuld not be sold for lees than 50,000/.
Itwhthaaitelshtobtaehpo works
appeared that Mr. A. Spens, another brother-in-
law of Aldermen Kmnnedy's, joined the directory on
the let of Au lust. The tendency of the evidence went
to ehow that Mr. Valiant took no part in the advances.
Mr. E. James read Mr. Clarke's report relative to the
value of these mines, dated IPth Sept., 1853. Mr.
Clarke was a director up to 1853, and after that he went
to the works with a view of managing them to relieve the
bank of its burden. In that report Mr. Clarke stated
he bad been enabled to come to a better underslandisg
of the value of the works, and he was then of opinion that
with an outlay of capital and good managea.ent, the in
come to be derived from them, formerly estimated at
10,0001., might be doubled. Opinions on these matters
the report further stated, were sometimes erroneous, and
often visionary, but he had good grounds on which to
base his opinion and to show that it was no chimera of
the brain. The report then detailed the data on which
that opinion was founded.
Lord Campbell said the effect of Mr. Clarke's report
was, that after he had ceased to be the manager he had
a high opinion of the works.
Pa,lditton'se
fxoamainnaetwiongenwearsa
manager. The
then resumed.
l
It commecoed with the period first referred to,
rts.hse appointmentthen proceeded with reading the minutes, the
reports from the inepecturs and others relative to the
subsequent state of the mines and the position of the
bank in reference to them, and how to realise the secu-
rity. A report from Mr. Thompson was read, which
stated the mines as inexhaustible, and that gentleman
was appointed manager at asalary of 1,000/. a-year, with
a commission of 7.4 percent- subject to certain restrictions.
A report dated in October, 1854, was put in, in which
Mr. Thompson stated the iron works were producing
a profit of 2,0001. a-year. From Jan. 20 to May 20, 1855,
Mr. Cameron was absent owing to a dangerous Dine".
Mr. Thompson resigned
the management of the men
about January, 1855, at which period the disbursement
o a of the mine amounted, as shown by the books
of the bank, to 84,000/. A.t a court in May, Mr.
Humphrey Brown proposed to go down and inspect the
Welsh works ; but before doing eo Mr. Beveridge, the
Garth manager, on the suggestion of Mr. Brown, saw
him at his private residence before going to the directors,
that they might talk the matter over in an unre-
' stotraiivnaedies,maanndneinr.
his. :trown was directed to go
rufor which he received the thanksa',lfethceeertoala suggestions,
elrt
On September '29, 1855, Mr. Beveridge was instructed
to serve on Mr. Trehoree, agent forth. ground landlord,
notice of the intention of the bank to of
Directors.
give up possession
of the Garth Works in September, 1856; up to the time
witness bad anything to do with the bank the Liverpool
and the cro e s
of-
the i m
Cif
u,
had produced nothing towards the liquidation
of the money advanced on it; the prior mortgage had
absorbed all, and the 5,000/. advanced was still due. The
neither renewed.
This closed the examination its chief of the witnesses
relating to the Welsh Works,
was reserved.
Mr.
Garth,BanevdePriadrgke'W"oPrekrsin—h teTdeing manager Park works only were
productive, and that to a small extent. The balance-
sheetsx aa
t:°un,
presented to the Court of Directors were true
statements of the expenditure and income, There was a
Eight balance-
sheets were furnished from 1852 to 1855 ineltn-tve. They
were addressed to Mr. Came ono or Mr. Munro his
private secretary, or secretary
profit and loss account sent with tbem.
to the Welsh Works
Y accounts were
The witness was orose-exemined by Sir F. Kelly, on
furnished
lee ;
to
which to found an objection to the admissibility of the
documents in evidence.
Lord Campbell said the object of the Crown was not
the directors.
some
time
weekly
to show their truth, but that they were submitted to the
Court or Directors, which was a point independent of
the accuracy.
Sir F. Kelly said that the balancs sheet for 1852, on
general balance
d had not been proved to have been sub-
mitted to them.
swhheiecth
depended
aeppeonadieon of the results of the

Lord Campbell said it appeared lo him that the ba•
lances were not material, when they had the result of
the whole concern as it appeared in the books of the
Bank.

Sir F. Thesigar said it was irapirtant to show that
from time to time the attention o the Directors was
brought to the loss being sustainel in respect to the
mines.

The witness said the balance abet showed an aggre-
gate loss of 1,4301. 2s. OJ. There was only one year a
profit was made. The losses inclined losses in trading,
and losses not legally trading lossek

selPenied in improvements,
in these balance
Mr. Bovill, QC., objected to tie admission of the
evidence as showing losses, because a Bunn of 9,000/. for
hpaladntn,oatobdeesnevtearkael
nthionutosaonodns
sheets.

After some further examination of the witnesses in
reference to this point, he did not know where his re-
ports were, unless they were in the hands of Mr.
Linkla er ; he only signed one of his reports, and that
was in 1852.

Sir F. Thesiger intimated his intention to next enter
into the Islington Cattle Market debt, and also De
Tart's debt.

[Co be continued in our last edition.]

THE S U:N, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBR UARY 16, 1.858

NOTTINGHAM RACES.—(This Day.) LA'll INTELLIGENCE.— arms Day.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
(Peers present —The Len' Chancellor, Lord Brougham,
Lord Wensleydale, and other Peers.)
Appeal cause appointed for hearing, and the Law
Judges to attend.
VERNON AND ANOTHER V. WRIGHT AND ANOTHER.—
EXPARTE AS TO CERTAIN RESPONDENTS.
The further hearing of this important appeal cause was
resumed this morning in presence of their lordships of
the House of Lords and the Law Judges, Mr. Justine
Coleridge, Mr. Baron Watson, Mr. Justice. Crowder,
Mr. Baron Channel?, and Mr. Justice Crompton.
Mr. Swanson, Q.C., followed on the same side with
the Attorney-General is opening the case for the appel-
lant. It is expected that the hearing of this appeal will
occupy the whole of the day.
This appeal arises out of a suit in Chancery by the
respondent William Wright, who by hie bill seeks to re-
cover in the form ofan equitable ejectment certain lands and
hereditawents which have been allotted in respect of two
undivided third parts of the estates formerly belonging
to the Samwell family ; and the principal question upon
this appeal is the construction and effect of certain limi-
tations contained in each of the wills of two testatrixes,
named Frances Ann Langham and Peillia Lang-
ham, whereby these ladies disposed of their respec
tive undivided third parts of the Sam well estates,
which had descended to them as two of the co-heiresses
of their uncle, Sir Thomas Sarnwell, Bart., thereafter
called Sir Thomas Samwell, the testator, aed which
estates were then subject to the then existing limitations
affectieg the same, under the will of the late Sir Thomas
Samwell, the testator of his estates in the county cf
Northampton and elsewhere, in favour of their relations.
The will is dated let November, 1778. The testator
died in the month of December, 1779. Sir Thomas, the
testator, left his four nieces, Millicent Langham, who,
during his life, married Wiliam Drought, Maria Lang.
hare, and the testatrix Frances Ann Langham, and
Philis Langham, his co-heiresses at law. In 1793 Maria
died intestate. The testatrix Frances Ann Langham
made her will will 1.2i,h April, 1827, in favour of her
relations. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor Sir R.
Kindereley made adecree, dated 3d Aug., 1854, declaring
that Francis Ann Langham, Philia Langham, and Col.
Samwell, on the death of each of the testatrixes, took
an undivided third part (being two tndivided thirds of
the whole) of the estates descendable on the heirs of Sir
Thomas Samwell, the grandfather, by Merl', his second
wife, &c. This decree is now appealed from. The
appellants claim the estates in fee simple, instead of an
estate tail.

Mr. G'aase, Q.C., was being board for the reEpon.
dents.

Counsel in the cause—The Attorney-General, Mr.
Swanson, Q C., Mr. Glasse, Q.C., Mr. Henderson, Mr.
Sl,4y the, Mr Surridge.
The appeal cause of the London and South-Western
Railway Company against Lindsay is appointed for hear-
ing before their lordships after the previous appeal cause
of Vernon against Wright is disposed of.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
IN RE EDWARD BALDWIN-TRH " MORNING HERALD," &O,

—JUDGMENT ON PETITIONS.
His Honour gave judgment this morning on two
' petitions—one presented by Mr. E. Foss, and the other
by Mr. Chas. Baldwin, who both claimed as mortgages
over the copyright o the Morning Herald, the Standard,
and St. James's Chronicle newspapers, of which the
bankrupt had been proprietor. The faces were these—
the first mortgage was made in 1850, but the whole
of the property was allowed to remained in
possession of the bankrupt, and t'le business
was carried on apparently as usual, till June,
1856, when the bankrupt called a meetini, of
his principal creditors, and he laid a settlement of his
affairs before them, and they were then informed of the
existence of the mortgages in question. Only five creditors
attended the meeting, two of them being Foss and Bald-
win, and it did not appear that any notice had been
given to the other creditors. The bankrupt, at the
time, signed a declaration of Insolvency ; from that
time up to Feb. 18, 1857. the bankrupt, as far as the
public were concerned, carried on business as before,
and contracted many new debts. Oa Feb. 16 a creditor
issued an execution, and the Sheriff levied, and remained
in possession till tho 19th, on which day the bankruptcy
to dc place, the act of bankruptcy being the
declaration of insolvency he had signed in the
meeting, the question which had been raised in the case,
was whether the property was in the order and dispo-
sition of the bankrupt, and consequently, that the sum
of 16,060/., for which the property had been sold, be-
longed to his estate, and ought to -be held by the
assignees. His honour quoted a variety of cases, and
concluded by obser►ing that the mooting consisted of a
very small number of creditors and was private, and no
notice had been given to the general body, and he could
not say that there was any evidence to show that the
property was not in the order and disposition of the
bankrupt, and therefore the petitions must be dis-
missed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—. (This Da'

BOW-STREET.

POST-OFFICH ROBBERY. A letter-carrier, named
Carrel, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a
quantity of small packets and letters entrusted to him
for delivery.
From the evidence it appeared that, owing to certain
suspicions, the prisoner was taken into custody by
Smee, one the constables attached to the Post-office,
and on his person two small packets were found. They
had been transmitted from the country to parties
residing in London, and ought in due course to
have been delivered. There was also found a latter
and part of an envelope. On searching the pri-
soners lodgings a quantity of photographic portraits
in cases was found. Some of the cases bore a mark,
supposed to have been made by the hot sealing-wax,
used in closing the letter. As some of the parcels had
not been opened, the persons to whoa they were ad-
dressed now attended.

Mr. Francis of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury,
opened one of the packets found on the prisoner, ad-
dress'd to him, in the presence of the magistrate. It
contained an achromatic lens worth about two guineass,
It was the property of Dr. Come, of Bslfast, who had
transmitted it for alteration.
Mr. W. Hutchinson, Dame-street, Islington, also
opened a packet. It contained a photographic portrait.
The prisoner, who did not deny the charge of stealing
the letters, was fully committed for trial.

MA RLDOROUGH-STREET.
ASSAULT ON THB FOLIOS Br A CABMAN.—James
Reale, cabman, No, 4118 badge, was this morning
charged before Mr Bcadon with being drunk, and inca-
pable of taking care of his horse and cab, in Little
Brook-street, and assaulting the police.
Policeman 336 A said he saw the prisoner on his cab-
box between 9 and 10 o'clock yesterday evening quite
drunk. His horse was drawn across the road, and he was
totally unable to take care of it. With the assistance of
two gentlarnen passing at the time witness got him
off the box, when he struck him a violent blow on the
breast, and becoming exceedingly violent, tried all he
could to throw him down, and at length succeeded ;
when, being himself pulled down by witness, who had
kept his hold, he seized him by the teeth and bit his
armlet from his wrist, Witness was obliged to send
for assistance, during which time he cAitinued very
violent, and took no less than four constables to convey
him to the station.
The defendant said in answer he was srrry,
One month to Home of Correction and hard labour.