The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-02 00:00:00

THE MIRES AFFAIR.

On Wednesday the Tribunal of Commerce in
Paris was called on to decide a case arising out of
the Mires affair.
MM. Levy, Cochery, Calvet-Rognat, and other
directors of the Roman Railway Company, cited
Count de Germiny, as provisional judicial adminis-
trator of the Caisse-Generale des Chemins de Fer,
and M. Mires, to show cause why they should not
provide the company with means to fulfil the obli-
gations, as the Caisse had undertaken to do.
They stated that M. Mires had entered into an
engagement with the Roman Railway Company
to supply it with the capital it required, by selling
from time to time its shares and bonds. That at
the present moment the company was in urgent want
of 2,000,000 f. ; and they therefore prayed that
Count de Germiny and M. Mires should place that
sum at their dispostl, or that the company should
be authorised to sell bonds to that amount or to
raise a loan on deposit of them—and to do so at the
risk of the Caisse des Chemins de Fer.

M. Mires caused a representation to be made, that
being detained au secret in the prison Mazas, he
could not confer with his legal advisers, and should
not. therefore, interfere in the matter.

Count de Germiny prayed that the application
might be dismissed, for the reason that the
shares and bonds of the Roman Railway Company,
proposed to be sold, belonged to the Caisse Generale
des Chemins de Fer, and that the former had no
right to deal with them in any way to the prejudice
of the latter.
The Tribunal, however, decided that, as the
placing of the Caisse des Chemins de Fer under pro-
visional administration had prevented it from ful-
fulling its obligations to the Roman Railway Com-
pany ; and as the latter was in pressing need of
2,00(6000f. to pay works in course of execution, it
might borrow that sum on deposit of its bonds, the
rights of third parties being reserved.
On Thursday, at the " audience des referes,"
Count de Germiny demanded of President Benoit
Champy, through the medium of the avoue Cas-
taignet, that the ordinances issued on the 19th, 22d,
'23d, and 25th of February, in reference to the
various undertakings connected with the Caisse des
Chemins de Fer, should be declared to include M.
Mires, and to be in force as regards the latter. M.
Castaignet demanded, also, that the powers of the
Count de Germiny should be extended to all acts
conservative of the personal effects of M. Mires.
M. Petit-Bergonz, the avoue for M. Mires,
replied that he had only yesterday received the
copy of the summons, and that he was without any
sort of instruction from his client, who had besides
refused to take any notice of the summons, having
up to that time been prevented from conferring
with his counsel. Consequently, M. Petit-Ber-
gonz required of the President to defer giving
his judgment till he (the avoue) had obtained
authority to see M. Mires. _ . .

President Benoit Champy deferred his decision
till to-morrow (Friday).
M. Petit-Bergonz repaired immediately after-
wards to M. Daniel, juge d'instruction.

.RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.

GLASGOW AND SOUTI-I-WESTERN.I

The directors of this company recommended the share-
holders to declare a dividend at the rate of 53/4 per cent. per
am um on the ordinary stock of the company for the half-
year ending January 31.