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

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, _This Day.

NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.
SWEEPSTAKES.

Fripponier
Chignon
Won in a canter. 2
OXMAN DS PLATE.

Dalesman
La Dauphin° .....................................................
Ten ran.

Ulti` At:TEM Y OFFICE,
100, JERMYS-STREET, ST. JAMES'S, LONDON.

_NIFR. SYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter_
L sail's) begs to inform the racing public he will
execute COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the prin-
cipal races throughout the year. For further particulars
and prices see advertisement in The Sportsman newspaper
every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY
Price Current published DAILY, and forwarded on receipt
of stamped directed envelope.
Post-office Orders to be made payable at the Piccadilly
or St. James's street offices, and cheques to be crossed the
Lou lon and Westminster Bank."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—'his Bay.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Conunissioner Kerr.)
sin:RIFF OFFICERS' FEES.—PHILPOTT V. SCHULTZ.

This was an action brought by a sheriffs' officer to re-
cover his fees for possession and the costs of an inter-
pleader application.

Mr. Webster, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that
plaintiff levied, by direction of defendant, upon the goods
of a person named Stocker, remaining in possession for ten
days, but in the meantime a third person claimed the
goods. An interpleader summons was subsequently heard
by Lord Chief Baron Kelly and dismissed.
Defendant contended that, as nothing had been realised
under the levy, and as the interpleader summons had been
dismissed, neither fees nor costs could be recovered. •
Mr. Webster urged that the costs had been incurred
through the express orders of defendant, and therefore Ink
must pay.

His Honour decided that the plaintiff, having done all
he was engaged to do, was entitled to the fess and coats.
Verdict for the plaintiff.
WORKMEN'S BEER SCORES.-SADLER V. DAY.

This was an action to recover for refreshments supplied
to the defendant.

His Honour—What were the refreshments?

Plaintiff—treaci, cheese, and beer.

Mrs. Day, a very intelligent and respectable looking
woman, said that she appeared on behay. of her husband,
who had been served with beer when he was drunk. Ho
did not recollect having some of the beer. She had warned
the plaintiff time after time not to treat her husband, but
he persisted in giv'ag credit, and the result was that she
suffered for it.
His Honour—Of course, the wives suffer.

Mrs. Day—My husband has lost his work through
public-houses and facilities afforded to him by the plaintiff.
I have seen the plaintiff servo him Nirith beer after he was
tipsy, and after I had exprersely asked bitn not to do so.
His Honour—l shall send the case before the magistrates
at Clerkenwell, and theylm PI know what to do on liceniii7g
day.
Mrs. Day—l wish you would.
His Honour—What is your husband ?
Mrs. Day—He is an engineer, and can earn 355. per week
when in work, but he has been out of work seven months
through public-houses.
His Honour—He must pay the debt at ss. per month.
SADLER V. REYNOLDS.

This was a second action by the plaintiff to recover for
beer and spirits suppliod.to defendant.
Mrs. Reynolds said that her husband had lost his busi-
ness through drinking. She had paid his scores on former
occasions, and she had cautioned plaintiff not to trust him,
but the fact was that while men could get drink they did
not care who paid.
His Honour—l am aware of it. How much of this bill
was for spirits ?
Plaintiff—T hree-quarters.

His Honour—Then I shall strike that off.
A verdict was then entered for the beer alone.
Mr. Sadler denied the accuracy of the statements made
by Mrs. Day and Mrs. Reynolds.

Great Westein Railway of Canada..

MEETING THIS DAY.

Tho ordinary half-yearly general meeting of this com-
pany was hold at the London Tavern to-day ; Mr. Alder-
man Dakin, in the chair.

The report and statement of accounts, already published,
were taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
and the declaration of a dividend of £5 per cent. should be
declared free of income-tax, and payable on the 25th of
this month in London, said it afforded him, as the organ
of the directors, to announce a dividend of 5 per cent.,
which he was sure would be gratifying to the shareholders.
They had at last some sunshine breaking through the
gloom that had clouded their atmosphere. The accounts
varied very little in form from those of preceding half-
years, so that the shareholders could at once perceive the
improvement that had taken place in their property. The
receipts had been increased from new shares by £12,960
6s. 3d., and that fact suggested to the directors
the policy of meeting the expenditure from that source,
and accordingly they adopted that course. The outlay on
capital account was somewhat larger for the past half-year,
being £55,675 19s. 3d.; but he thought, when they came to
analyse the items of expenditure, they would perceive that
the directors had acted wisely in the outlay. They had
laid out large sums in new sidings at Hamilton, to accom-
modate the increased oil business at Bothwell, in rebuild-.
ing new bridges and a station at Toronto, by which latter
they drive a large amount of their traffic quite close at
hand, instead of being, as previously, a distance from
the source. They had a loss from the commission of
American funds for the half year of £39,806 7s. 6d., as
a sum of £54,937 6s. 7d. as compared with the correspond-
ing period of 1865. The matter which had been so long in
dispute between the company and the Commercial Bank of
Canada had not been fully arranged, but all the principal
points in dispute had been arranged. The company had
suffered severely from the fire which broke out at the ter-
minus of the Detroit and Milwaukie Railroad, by which a
considerable amount of property was destroyed. Precau-
tions had been adopted to prevent this ocurrence again,
which was caused by petroleum, and the company's pro-
perty had been insured in some of the principal offices in
the United States and in this country. Having referred to
the loss which the directors had sustained by the death
of Mr. Gilmore, he said that all who were ac-
quainted with the present state of the line knew that
it was working well, and he believed it was one of the most
perfect lines in existence. Their line had given satisfac-
tion to the public, and, what was a matter of importance
to them, it had now proved profitable to the shareholders.
(Hear, hear.) Ile adverted next to the Fenian move-
ment in Canada. The moment the disturbances
in connection with this movement wore mooted, their ma-
nager, Mr. Surniyard, immediately placed all the resources
of their line at the disposal of the military, and thatnogre:.
tleman had received the thanks of the Governor-
their
1
their
(Hear, hear.) He believed the course pursued
bcount er
hold
manager gave satisfaction not only
in that room, but to every Englishman in
(Hear, hear.) which, after some dis-
cussion, was agreed to.
elected a director in place
Mr. John Fildes, ~offer directors and the auditor
and the
of Mr. Gilmore,
Mr. HorEs seconded the motion,
t°
ev7rythe ry.
were re-elected•
terminated with a vote of thanks to the
Tho proceedings
LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening.
chairman.

ADMIRALTY, Om. 5.
Lieutenant Robert Synge has been placed on the Re-
tired List, with the rank of Commander, dated tho Ist
instannt•