The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-07 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

court.

A letter from Berne, of the sth inst., says :
" Enlisting having taken place in some of the
Swiss cantons for a pretended Anglo. Swiss Legion,
the English Envoy has notified to the Federal
Council-that no such legion is contemplated. The
Cantonal Governments have been advised of this
notification."

England, France, and Russia have offered their
good offices on the question of Holstein.

The royal authority has been given for the be-
trothal of the Princess of Hohenzollern With the
King of Portugal.

The Vienna Presse has received telegraph infor-
mation from Paris that M. do Thouvenel has again
broken off his diplomatic relations with the Porte.
The news may possibly be true ; but certain it is
that no official or private intelligence to the same
effect has been received in Vienna from Constan-
tinople.

THE ENGLISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH CoN-
PANY.—An extraordinary general meeting of the pro-
prietors of the English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph
C Jrnpany (limited) was held yesterday at the Clarendon
rooms, South John-street, for the purpose of confirming
a special resolution passed at the extraordinary gem ra I
meeting of the said company, held on 28,h August last,
—" That the said company be wound up voluntarily
under the provision of the Joint-Stock Companies' Act,
1856-1857 ;".and for the Impose, in case such resolution
should be confirmed, of appointing a liquidator or liqri•
dators to wind up the affairs of the said company, and of
adopting such other measures as might be necessary for
carrying the said special resolution into effect. This course
was necessary to enable the property of the o impany to
be legally transferred to the British and Irish Magnetic
Telegraph Company, under the united system of manage-
ment, but which was formerly worked by separate com-
panies. 11r. J. C. Ewan presided, and among other
shareholders present were Mr. C. Parker, Mr. J. Heinle,
Mr. G. Maxwell Mr. H. C. Chapuraiis Mr. C. H. Jones,
&o. After the notice of meeting had been real, the chair-
man briefly explained that they were called together to
adopt a resolution for carrying out the agreement come to
on the 28th August last. He concluded by moving that
the said resolution for winding up the company's affairs
be confirmed. The resolution was seconded by Mr. C.
Parker, and adopted unanimously. On the motion of Mr.
J. Ho!ine, seconded by Mr. G. Maxwell, it, was agreed
to appoint Mr. H. Banner a liquidator to wind up the
aff
united
Englishni
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company
Irishmpa iny Vl,iwgans geticoiTngt.lsgraph
on, he could
Com-
pany. The Chairman said that as the meeting might wish
t) knowtire
the
till them from the returns be bad before Lim. For the
first quarter, ending March 31, the net revenue was
7,5761. ; the next quarter, ending June 30, 9,0461. ; and
the present quarter, ending Sept. 30, 10,005/. Every-
thing was going on satisfactorily, and ho had no doubt
from what he could see that the statement made by Mr.
Crosthwaite at the last meeting would be fully borne
out—that at the end of the present half-year the net re-
veuue would yield 6 per cent. to the British and Irish
Magnetic Telegraph Company. The proceedings termi-
nated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.—.LiyerpoO/
Mercury.

LAW INTELLIGENC.EL—ahis Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

'Sittings in Banel, befire Lord Campbell, Justices
Coleridge, Wiglitrnan, and Erle.)
FREEDOM FROM ARREST.-IN BE M'INTOSH.

In this case, Mr. Mil ward, who is acting as arbitrator
in a case, applied yesterday to the Court for protection
for a witness against arrest by a sheriff's officer. It
appeared from the learned counsel's statement, that yes-
terday when holding his court in the immediate vicinity
of Westminster-hall, M'lntosh was arrested. On an
application to the Court, the learned counsel W 34 called
on to furnish affidavits, which was done, and a rule
granted, returnable peremptorily this morning.
Mr. Mil ward, at the sitting of the Court, applied for
the rale to be made absolute for the discharge of the
witness.

Mr. Hawkins, who appeared for the sheriffs, said that
when the witness was arrested he produced no summons
or subpoena, neither did he claim the privileges of the

Mr. Justice Coleridge asked Mr. Hawkins if a witness
was asked to attend by either of the parties, and did so,
was he to be denied the privileges because he had no
subpeela ?
Mr. Hawkins did not say that.
Mr. Justice Erla sail there was no doubt the witness
was privileged.
Lord Campbell—Let the witness be discharged.
Mr. Hawking applied for costs.
Lord Campbell—Certainly not. The witness bad been
improperly deprived of his liberty.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
(Before Mr. Justice Cresswell and a Common Jury.)
ABBOTT V. HOWLAND.

This was an action to recover compensation for injury
inflicted by the defendant on the plaintiff, by striking
him with a whip in the eye. The plaintiff is a journey.
man optician and the defendant a publican, the keeper of
the " Independent," Perry-street, Somers-town. It
appeared that on the morning of the 12th May the plain-
tiff, with two men, named Notley and Blake, were at
the defendant's house drinking, when they heard a
struggling with horses. On going out they saw the
defendant strikingsome brewers' horses employed raising
a cask of beer from the cellar. When the plaintiff got
out, he was struck in the eye by thd defendant with the
whip. He had suffered very much in the eye, which
was now much injured. He was confined to his house
four weeks, and had a relapse on attempting to work
too soon. He used to earn 21. 7s. 6d. before the acci-
dent, but he was unable to do so now. The defence
was, that the accident, if it really occurred, arose from
the plaintiff's negligence. Several witnesses were called,
who said the plaintiff had a black eye before the alleged
accident, and who saw him wiping it with a pocket
handkerchief. After the alleged accident the plaintiff
and his friends were very abusive to the defendant, and
asked for some beer.as a compensation, which he refused to
give them. Afterwards he was applied to for money in
compensation, which he was also refused. The jury re-
turned a verdict fcr the plaintiff, damages 101.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTENSIVF, BURGLARY.—Thornas Walker, alias At-
kins, alias Field, and Mary Watt, were placed at the
bar before Mr. Bingham, for final examination, charged
with being concerned in committing a series of burglaries.
The woman was further erarged with having in her pos-
session a quantity of wearing apparel, and other pro-
perty, of the value of 2001., the produce of a burglary
committed at the residence of a maiden lady, named
Buck, in Barwick-street, Soho.
The first case gore into was a;ainst the male prisoner
for a daring robbery in King-street, Soho.
Catherine Mayne, stated that she was a servant, and
lived at No. 15, King•street, Soho. Between the hours
of one and three in the afternoon of last Friday week,
the prisoner came to her door, and asked if the person
in the next room was within. She told him they had
just gone out, and he turned round for the purpose, as
she imagined, of going down stairs. In about half an
hour after, she saw him going out with a large bundle
on his back.

Maria Rich stated that she was a married v. 0 nan, and
resided at No. 15, King-street. On the 23d of October,
she went out about one o'clock, and on her return at a
quarter to three she missed 7 gowns, two shawls, three
mantles, three coats, and other articles, of the
value of 201. On her going out at one o'clock
she met the male prisoner, and saw him go in
at the street door. The four gowns, two shawls, and
other articles produced, are part of the property she
missed.

Thomas Waters, assistant to Messrs. Cole, 127, Wa-
terloc-road, pawnbrokers, produced a gown pledged by
the female prisoner on the 24th of October.
Another pawnbroker produced a silk gown, a gold
chain, coat, and shawl, pledged on the 29th and 30th of
October, and identified a person named Hannell as the
pers ,n who pledged them.
Alice -Hanna', No. 46, Green-street, Webber-street,
said the female prisoner lodged with her. About this
day week the female prisoner showed her a coat, mantle,
had chain, and asked me to pledge them, which I did
for 30i., and gave her the money. She knew the male
prisoner by his coming to sea the female prisoner.
Sergeant Gummer, 21 C, said he took the prisoner
Watt into custody on the 21st of October, at 46, Green-.
street, where he found 49 duplicates under a pillow, and
eleven others, nine of which relate to some of the articles
now produced. He also found three gowns, a meer-
schaum pipe, four waistcoats, a pair of trousers, and
other articles, now identified by Mrs. Rich. Watt said
it was all her property, and given to her by her
sister.

Cole, 207 A, accompanied the last witness to 46,
Green-street, and corroborated his evidence. Watt said
the young man Bill (the prisoner) was a distant relation
of hers, but she had not seen hico for a fortnight. The
calico she said was hers, and begged us not to take it.
She said the tickets were her own property, that ehe
had been obliged to pledge, being in reduced circum-
stances.
A vast quantity of property was produced, the pro-
duce of numerous burglaries, which having been iden-
tified by the owners thereof, the prisoners, who offered
no defence, wore fully committed for trial.