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THE SUN, 'LONDON,- WEDNESDAY EVENING, - MARCH 2; 1859,

FOREIGN.

Railways. Paid. Closing Business
Price. Done.

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;Belgian East. Junction!
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4! 51

41 5

i B

41 4i

6 6j

t tpi

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Northern of France
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19 '2O
36} 361

Norwegian Trunk Pref.
Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent
Paris,Lyons, and Me lit.
Paris and Orleans ......

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91

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7
9 9
1 26
5 51
9 9
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Leased at ti per cent 1
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gu. 5 per cent
Do

Do. Addit. Capital A
Do. Do. 11
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6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872
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Do. do. 1 June, 1874
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Do. Bonds pay. '76,with
ept. till '6O
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Do. 6 p.c. Fb.&Aui.
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Do. 6 p.c. Ap. & Oct.
N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb.
NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St.
Deb. redeemable, 1875
S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July
Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July

Paid.

100
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100
100
100

Closing
Prices.

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1114 1124

101} 1021
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LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS 1)4 Y)

VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.)

HALE V. THE METROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY.
The further hearing of this part-heard cause was resumed
this morning.

Mr. Roxburgh resumed his argument, and is now exa-
mining witnesses for the company.

(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.)
JUDGMENT.-RUTTONSHAW V. MARTIN.

His Honour the Vice-Chancellor stated—ln this case,
the question raised was, whether there was now any trust
belonging to the testator's estate. Looking to the Act of
Parliament and the appointment of trustees, Mr. Wilcox
says that where there is a trustee appointed he i entitled
to act so long as the trust exists. According to the rule
which is regarded in this court, if there 4 a trust
estate, the estate should continue under the power
of the trustees so long as their power was intended by the
testator to exist. It may exist up to a particular time as
to a part, and it may exist as to the remainder afterwards;
but if the whole of the estate in trust is in remainder, and
that estate given to the legatee the estate is gone. In this
case before me the testator gave a portion of his estate
(one. sixth) to his heirs female, not an estate intail, and re-
served the residue ; and he appointed four trustees to take
care of their interests. The heir female in succession mar-
ried, and her estate was managed by the trustees during
the time she was under coverture. Her husband died, and
she was now discovered and anxious to get the sole control
and management of her property. She was anxious to
have conveyed to her the whole of the property now in the
hands of the four persons appointed trustees, which she
contends she is entitled to take, the rest of the trust being
duly provided for. His Honour considered she was entitled
to have it assigned to her, the rest of the trust being duly
provided for, and appointed the case to be put in the paper
on Saturday week to adjust it.

SECONDARIES COURT.
(Before Mr. Secondary Potter and a Jury.)

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OP DREACHOF PROMISE OF MAR-

RIAGE-DAMAGES MO.—HAMPTON V. BOALSII.
Mr. Oppenheim appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hales
for the defendant.

This was a very peculiar case. The defendant is a
poor brother of the Charter-house, and an officer living on
9
his half-pay.

Mr. Oppenheim stated his case to the jury as follows :
In the year 1842 plaintiff, a young girl of poor but respect-
able family, aged 18, first became acquainted with the
defendant, then an officer in the Dragoons. This was a
bresich of promise of marriage of a most painful character,
and not a case against a poor booby brought by a
sentimental school, girl. The defendant had seduced the
poor girl under a promise of marriage. The defendant,
in the year 1842, met the plaintiff in the street, and,
under a promise of marriage, induced her to meet him
again, and then accompany him to a house of ill fame,
where she was seduced. After this he persuaded her to go
and live with him at his lodgings in Norfolk-street, in the
Strand. There she resided for some years, and he finally
deserted her after giving her a bond securing to her the
sum of £1 per week. He met her some time afterwards
and induced her to give up the bond, promising to provide
her with necessaries for life. It was needless to say he had
not kept his promise. This poor girl, aged 18, the only
support of a widow, was met by the defendant, a man much
older than herself, and after being seduced by him, and living
with him for nine years under a promise of marriage, he left
her and threw her o n the world, to become a wretched
castaway or an addition to our police -court calendar. The
defendant was a poor brother of the Charter-house, and as
such received nightly shelter; but he cared little for the
feelings of his victim, and upon being applied to for assis-
tance wrote several times and most ridiculously. The
defendant had suffered judgment to go by default, and had
admitted the giving of the bond, and it would be for the
jury to give substantial damages to the poor girl, who was
now obliged to proclaim her shame to the world. He did
not require vindictive damages, but sufficient to set her up
in a decent business, and thus somewhat repay her for the
injuries inflicted by the defendant. The defendant had put
the plea of poverty upon the record, and the only sum he
had ever given the poor girl was £2O.
A person named Sutherland was here called upon
his subpoena, and not appearing, the learned Secondary said
he must take the consequence.

A witness stated that the defendant wai a captain, who
was on his half-pay, and at present an inmate of the Char-
ter-house.

Mr. Hales said he never heard of a case of such a nature,
and one in which the facts were so distorted that it was
surprising. There was no seduction. There was no long
cohabiting. The defendant did give a bond, but he had the
plaintiff's receipt for £2O for that very bond. He charac-
terised it as an attorney's action. _ _

Mr. Oppenheim denied this, and the learned Secondary
pointed out to the jury that they must consider what
damage the plaintiff had sustained, and the relative posi-
tions of the parties and their positions in the world.

After a little deliberation the jury gave £lOO damages.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS 1),117.)

CBIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the Lord Chief Baron and Baron Bramwell.)
THE CASE OF SKEENE AND FREEMAN.

This morning these two persons, who had been admitted
to bail, appeared in court to receive judgment. They had
formerly carried on business in the city as merchants, and
had been adjudged bankrupts in July. In court they made
a statement as to the disposal of their goods similar in effect
to that which appeared in the depositions. At the next
meeting of the Central Criminal Court an indict-
ment was preferred against them, and the trial
took place before the Lord Chief Baron, when they
were convicted on the same evidence as that heard
before the magistrate. The case for the prosecution having
closed, the depositions were tendered in evidence, but this
was objected to by the Crown ; but the Lord Chief Baron
admitted them, mid reserved the point whether they con-
stittued a defence.

The point was argued in the Court of Criminal Appeal,
where she conviction was confirmed, and this morning the
prisoners surrendered to receive judgment.
The Lord Chief Baron dwelt at great length on the
serious nature of the offence, and also the law upon the
print, and finally sentenced the prisoners to twelve
months' imprisonment.

ARSON.
Ann Collyer, 27, was indicted for feloniously setting fire
o the dwelling-house of Mr. Charles Mellor.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.

Mr. Clarke appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Robin-
son defended the prisoner.

Amelia Cotterell said—l resided at Wands worth with my
father. In December last I used to go to Mr. Mellor's
house. The prisoner was a servant there. I used to go at
seven o'clock in the morning. Mr. Mellor used to let me in.
On the 27th of December I went as usual. After
having made a fire in the parlour, the prisoner came down
and complained of being unwell. I went into Mr. Mellor's
room to make the bed about a quarter before eight. There
was no sign of fire then. While I was sweeping the stairs
the prisoner came to me and asked me to come with her to
see whore some smoke, which was filling the house, came
from. We proceeded to Mr. Mellor's bedroom, and there
found a portion of the bed clothes on fire. A piece of
flannel, which I had taken up into the room, was very
much singed. The flannel had not been disturbed since I
left it, when there was no sign of fire about it. The pri-
soner said she supposed Mr. Mellor must have taken the
flannel down stairs to warm, and unknowingly brought the fire
upstairs. The flames were extinguished, and I left the
house. In about half an hour afterwards the prisoner
came over to me and said, " Come over again, the fire is
blazing in the room." The fire was again extinguished.
In about two hours after an alarm of fire was given again.
This time it was in the attic.

By the Judge—The prisoner was up and down stairs
during the whole two hours. I don't know what she was
doing during the time.

Examination continued—l remained in the house about
an hour after that time. Mr. Mellor was in the back par-
lour during the greater portion of the morning. At one
o'clock I returned to my father's house, after having taken
the sheets and blankets out of Mr. Mellor's bedroom. In about
five minutes after I saw flames at the window of the room.

I went over with my father, and we found a dressing-
gown, which was hanging up behind the door, in flames.
While I was engaged in extinguishing the fire I saw the
prisoner come up and go into the best bedroom. She re-
mained there about 20 minutes. As she came out she
closed the door after her. I had been into the best bed-
room several times that morning; on all occasions the
room appeared quite safe. I afterwards saw the prisoner
sitting in the kitchen, and as I passed through my father
came down and said " My God, Annie, you've set the house
on fire." The prisoner made no reply. By the time I got
upstairs the flames were rushing out of the windows. The
house this time was burnt down. Mr. Mellor was sitting
in the parlour, but he had been upstairs. I don't know what
room he had been in. The prisoner when I first went in the
morning was quite sober, but about half-past eleven
she appeared far from being so. She had been taking spirits
all the morning in consequence of feeling ill.
Cross-examined by Mr. Robinson—l have been examined
four times on this case. I don't recollect I was ever re•
minded of giving different accounts of this affair. I should
have known nothing about the fires if it had not been for
the prisoner telling mez • She exerted herself as much as
any of us to extinguiskthe flames. Mr. Mellor used, dur-
ing the morning, to drY the towels he used in washing, and
take them up stairs himself.

William Cotterell, father of the last witness, gave similar
evidence.

Henry Linfield said—l was at Wandsworth on the 28th
of December. I saw fire in the house of Mr. Mellor. I
knocked at the door and the prisoner opened it. I said " Do
you know the house is on fire." She replied she did not, and
appeared excited by the announcement.
Mr. Chidley said he resided at Wandsworth. I recollect
a fire taking place at Mr. Mellor's house, on the 27th of
December. Shortly after the fire that consumed the dress-
ing gown was extinguished, I went into nearly all the
rooms in the house. I recollect going into the best bed-
room ; there was no sign of fire there. In about twenty
minutes after I quitted the premises I saw the flames
rushing out of all the windows.

Mr. William Mears said—l recollect the fire at Mr. Mel-
lor's. I went to the door of the best bedrcom-when the alarm
was given. I opened it. I saw the bed on fire. I called
for a pail of water. I threw the water on the bed. It
blazed up very much. I was obliged to leave the room.
The fire burnt my hair and whiskers. I said " It's of no usa,
you must send for the engine." I think if there had been
nothing of a combustible nature, the water I threw on the
bed was sufficient to extinguish the fire. I have seen tur-
pentine on fire. I think water causes it to spread.
Baron Bramwell—Do you mean to say you think there
must have been something more than the mere bedding on
fire ?
Witness—l think so.

Mr. Robinson—This is the first time we've heard of
anything of this kind. To witness—Did you smell tur-
pentine? . _ _

Witness—l was not there long enough.
Mr. Robinson—But you were there long enough to burn
your whiskers ?

Witness—l didn't smell it.

The Lord Chief Baron—How long does it take to smell
.arpentine ?

Baron Bramwell—l think the question ought to be, does
it take longer to burn whiskers than to smell turpentine?
(Laughter.) _

Witness—l can't say that there was anything calculated
to help fire, but the flames burnt very rapidly.
The police-constable who took the prisoner in charge,
and Mr. Mellor, were next examined, but their evidence was
unimportant.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recoader.)
THE MANSLAUGHTER IN THE HAMPSTEAD-ROAD.

Mr. J. Plews, a timber merchant, was indicted for the
manslaughter of Mr. John H. Burrows, clothier, of the
Hampstead-road.

From the reports of the case, which have alre:dy ap-
peared in the San, it will be recollected that the prisoner
had formerly been on intimate terms, but a quarrel
arose between them, and on the 27th of January Plews
entered the shop of Burrows and challenged him to fight.
A blow was struck, which knocked Barrows down. In
falling he fell against the handle of the door, which in-
flicted a severe wound on the head and instantly caused
death. There had been great provocation on the part of
Burrows.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but strongly re-
commended him to mercy.
The Recorder sentenced him to two months' imprison-
ment in Newgate.