The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OC roBE it 4, 1866.

Grand Trunk Railway of Canada.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The usual half- yearly meeting of this company Was held
at the London Tavern to-day ; Mr. E. W. Watkin, M.P.,
in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the 'adoption 'of the report,
which has already been published, said that at the last
half-yearly meeting the directors had promised that they
would reduce the expenditure as low as possible, that they
would not make any increase to the capital account, and
have remitted to this country any surplus of the funds of
the company. That promise, he trusted, they would,
consider had now been fully redeemed. The net debt of
capital for the half-year was £l,OOO, the result of the
working of 1,320 miles of railway. With regard to the
general net profits of the company they were at the rate
of 3 per cent., and if they considered the special circum-
stances of the company during the past half-year they
must regard that result as satisfactory. The gross receipts
on the whole undertaking, including the Buffalo and
Champlain Lines, amounted to £637,425 ; and, deducting
the disbursements, there was a balance of £234,000. He
contrasted this state of accounts with those of the
preceding half years ; but in the latter the
receipts from the Buffalo line had not been
included. But that did not make any serious
difference. There had been an increase of £43,066 in the
passenger traffic, and likewise on other traffics, tut there
was a decrease in the traffic from the American lines.
That was owing to the depressed state of the Ame-
rican markets and to the expiration of the Recipro-
city Treaty. In order to effect the increase on their
traffic they had to expend £6,393. The loss sustained on
the American currency was £14,264, but contrasted fa-
vourably with the half-years from June, 1862, to Decem-
ber, 1865. The directors proposed, after providing for
bankers' charges, interest on loans, land rents, &c., to pay
a dividend on the preference bonds, and regretted that
they could not at present make a similar payment to the 2d
and 3d preference Ponds, as he was aware that gentlemen
were desirous of having their money. He went through
some other details in connection with the company to show
its stabiliity'and future promise.
The report was agreed to.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

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COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Murray.)
IN RE CARTTAR-A CORONER IN COURT.
This bankrupt was .described as of Blackheath-road,
Greenwich, solicitor, and one of the coroners for the county
of Kent. To-day was appointed for the choice of assignees.
The debts are only £1,7C03 and Mr. Stephen Moore, mer-
chant, of Love-lane, was chosen assignee.

SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT.
(Before Mr. Dasent.)

PUBLICHOTJSE SCORES AND WORKMEN'S
.WAGES-AN EX-

TRAORDINARY BILL-BATTLE V. SHELLEY.

In this case the plaintiff was a licensed victualler, carry-
ing on business at the Victoria Tavern, Gainsborough-
road, Hackney Wick, and the defendant was a brickmaker.
The plaintiff sought to recover £3 lls. Bd., balance of a
bill of £6 Hs. Bd. for beer, tobacco, gin, wine, cakes, broad
and cheese, supplied to seven men, including defendant, in
not quite three weeks. From April 23d to April 28th the
score was C 3 4s. ld., and out of this only tenpence was
charged for bread, cheese, and cake. Out of the whole
bill of £5 Hs. Bd. the total amount for solids was only
2s. 6d.

His Honour, upon examining the bill of particulars an-
nexed to the summons, remarked upon the large amount
expended in the first week, out of which only £1 had been
paid on account on tho Saturday night. ,
_ _ _

Plaintiff's -waiter said that was the opening week of the
season, and the men drank more then than ut any other
time.

His Honour—So it appears, for in the second and third
weeks the score was only £1 12s. and £1 15s.

Defendant—There was no work in the first week.

His Honour—And so you had more time for drinking.
Evidence was then given to show that defendant had
agreed to become responsible for the other men, and a book
had been given to him, which had to be produced by any
person demanding drink before it was served.
Defendant said he always loft the book in his pocket,
and the men used to take it out with his permission.

His Honour—When plaintiff found that only £1 was
paid off the first week's score, it was his duty to have
refused to give any more credit until the amount was
cleared up. Of course, when a number of men
found that they could drink at the expense
of one of their gang they always drank more than if they
were individually liable. The system is radically bad.
Defendant—The weather was very bad, and we could
not work the first few days.
His Honour—That is the very reason you should not
drink. Where were the men paid ?
Defendant—ln the plaintiff's house.

His Honour—Then defendant should have seen that his
bill was cleared off.

Defendant—The credit was stopped after the third week.
His Honour —What did you do then ?

Defendant—Went to another public-house. We had
no credit there, but paid as we went along.
His Honour—ln my opinion the system adopted by the
r - tiff is a bad one, and 1 shall not allow his expenses
to-day. There can • 4,4=j vim pan
to allow one man to become responsible for the rest, for
directly the others are aware of the fact they will go on
drinking to almost any extent, caring nothing whether the
sum is cleared off or not. At the same time defendant
has made himself liable, and he must pay the debt at ss.
per week.
Verdict for the plaintiff.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

Cunlous CHARGE.—Robert Callaghan, tailor, in the em-
ploy of Mr. Roblis, 6, Jermyn-street, was charged with
embezzling £l5 15s.

Mr. S. Roberts, foreman to Mr. Roblis, said that on Mon-
day morning last he sent the prisoner to Hammersmith to
receive the sum of .£l5 15s. from a customer named Lewen.
The prisoner received the money, but he did not see him
again till that morning, when he said he had lost the
money whilo returning from Hammersmith. He took the
prisbner to Vine-street, and there charged him with em-
bezzling the money.

The prisoner said he lost the money as he had stated.
Mr. Knox asked him, if that was the case, why he did
not go back to Mr. Roblis at once, and make his misfor-
tune known ?

The prisoner said he tried to do so, but his heart failed

In answer to Mr. Knox, the prosecutor said he had
known the prisoner for seven years, and he had entrusted
him to get money for him before, and ho had brought it
safely to him.
Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner to give
the police an opportunity of making inquiries into the
matter, and under the circumstances he would take bail
for him.

BURGLARY AT A TAVERN.—John Jones, a young man,
was charged before Mr. Knox with having in his posses-
sion a quantity cf property of a miscellaneous description,
supposed to be stolen.
Police-constable 99 F proved seeing the prisoner at five
o'clock that morning, in Dudley-street, with a largo bundle
containing a railway lug, a cruet stand, and other pro-
perty, and on asking hlm where he got it, he said he
picked it up. Not believing his story he took him to the
station.

Miss Horsman, the proprietress of a tavern in. Clipstone,
identified the property produced, and stated that in coming
down stairs that morning she found the bar parlour win-
dow open, the glass having been cut. She opened the
door leading to the bar, and found that an attempt had been
made to force it. A cheffonier had been broken open, and
she missed several articles besides those produced.
Miss Harriett Horsman proved that the bar parlour win-
dow was secured the previous night about 12 o'clock.
John Burgeris, 83 E, said he found that an entrance had
been gained to the house by getting over some walls at the
rear of the house. He found on the window lodge of the
bar parlour a knife which had been used by the thiel,es,
with the view of forcing back the fastening of the window,
but not succeeding in their object they had cut the glass.
Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner.