The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-30 00:00:00

rtiE SUN, LONDON, FRID A EVE,,N4NG, JANUARY, 30 1857

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*NTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.
(Meeting this Day.)

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RAILWAYS.

Lloshig Prices
yesterday.

Business
this day

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings in Banco.—Before Lord Campbell and Justices
Coleridge, Wightman, and Crompton.)
HENDERSON V. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.

VOTE OF CENSURE ON SIR B. HALL.

The usual weekly meeting of the board was held this
afternoon at the Council-chamber, Guildhall ; Mr.
Thwaites in the chair.

96 98
93 102
11 13
133 136
4 44

Lord Campbell delivered judgment in this case. The
plaintiff had sued the Royal British Bank and obtained
judgment against it ; but, instead of putting it in force
against the hank, applied to this Court for a rule nisi
against a particular shareholder to show cause wby exe-
cution should not be issued against him. Cause was
shown against the rule, on the ground that fraud bad
been practised by the directors when the shares were
obtained, by fepresenting that the bank was in a flourish-
ing coalition, when, in fact, it was in an insolvent state ;
and that, therefore, the shareholder was not liable. His
lordship said that the Court, at the time cause was shown
against the rule, had no doubt whatever on the matter ;
but, as similar cases were before the Courts of Common
Pleas and Exchequer, they thoaght it better to confer
with the other judges before giving judgment. That
conference had taken place, and the learned judges were
unanimously of opinion that the shareholder was not
relieved of his liability.
The info was accordingly made absolute.

The agenda paper contained a long list of reports to
be brought up and considered, of various applications to
be made, and a number of motions to be brought for
ward by hon. members. Amongst the latter was the
following motion made by Mr. Crellin :
" That the Metropolis Local Management Act having
restricted the power of the Commissioners of Works to the
approval or non-approval of any plan submitted to them
by this board for ' preventing all or any part of the towage
of the metropolis from flowing or passing into the river
Thames in or near the metropolis,' the course pursued by
the First Commissioner of Works in directing Captain
Galton and Messrs. Simpson and Blackwell, to whom
he has referred the plan B*, presented to him by this
board, not to confine their attention to that
plan, but to examine other plans, and also to devise, if
they are able, another scheme which may in their opinion
be better calculated to carry out the object in view, and
to set forth such scheme in their report to him, in order
that he may lay it before this board for Ps consideration,
is to be condemned as an assumption of authority not given
to him by the Metropolis Local Management Act, as an
indignity offered to this board and as being calculated to
bring the principle of local self-government into con-
tempt."

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COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
IN RE SEACOLE AND DAY.

The motion stands so low on the list that, in all pro-
bability, time will not allow of its being brought on and
discussed to-day. Should it, however, be entertained
and discussed, we will give the result in our late edition.

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THE CRIMEAN HEROINE.—Today was appointed for
consideration of the certificates of Madame Seacole
(whose name is so familiar in connection with the Cri-
mean campaign, for her attention to the wounded on the
field), and her partner, Mr. Day, described as of Tavi-
stock-street, Covent-garden, provision merchant.
There was no opposition, and his Honour granted
immediate certificates of the first class, on the ground
that the bankruptcy had arisen wholly from unavoidable
loss and misfortune.

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Madame Seacole wag warmly congratulated by those
in court, and said that she was quite ready to go out to
India, if she could be of any service to the army.