The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1859,

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

„, Closing i Business
Share Railways. (Paid. Price. Done.
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence
Leased at 6 per cent all 78 80 794
18 Bora., Baroda& Cent. Ind 9 i i d
18 K 5 per cent
i
18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 I d
18 Do. Do. B 44 1 d
201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7 71
20 Do. New l6l -- - d
100 1 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich IDo 85 90
6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 3
100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86
190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84
20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. id i p
20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s.
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. pm
20 Central Oude (Limited) 25.6 d.
20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 1 4 P
17* Demerara
20 Eastern .Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 4 * d
Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 103 104 103 it 4 I
20 Do. C Shares all -
20 Do. E Shares Ext lO i I p
20 Do. Jubbulpore 5
100 D 0.41 p.c. lids. pay.'s9 all -
sto2o c
GeelongGeelonreLguasP. c
Corporationi; a11199 20
per cent. Bonds _l9 _
Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 29 31 30
100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 70 72
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pre( lOO 89 01
20 GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 100 1(4 1001 1
20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 I *d 34
20 Do. do 4 * d par
20 1 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 1 20.
guaranteed 5 per cent.
201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 15i 16 .154
201 Do. New
100 I
Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 all 104 106
ept till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 104 106
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 102 104 104
100 Do. 5* p. c. do. '77 do
20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 171 18-r•
20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 101 tO..- 204
20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension l5 181 194 181
20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lO 1 1 d
20 Do. Fourth do.
S Lock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100
20 I Newßrunswick&Canda.
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 —d
Class ACapitl.Share
.. Do. do. Land do ..
20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO - --d
Do. do. Land do.. _ _
20 1 Northof India Tramroad 2s.
Limited, Scrip
20 Oude (Limited) -
20 Scinde
20 Do.
20 Do. New l.l 0 10 1 d Ix
20 Do. Punjaub E; I 6 1
20 Do. Indus. St. Flo ti‘=” 5 i d
20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18
10 ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 id i P

Share'

CHAMBERS.

5
30
28.2.81

Share,

Securities.

Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July
Do. 6p. c. Fb. &Aug.
Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep.
N. B. Gov.° p. c. Ja. &July
Do. 6p.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

MEN'

Paid.

100
100
100
100
100
100

Closing
Prices.

1131 1144
111 i 112
115 116
1111 112}

1011 1025
1115 1121
110 112
107 109

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Share'

,ITIES.

Business
Done.

1121
115
111;

102 i

Joint-Stock Banks. Paid, Closing Business
price. I Done.

100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 I
40 Australasia all 91 93
25 Bank of Egypt all 245 255
100 Bank of London 5O
40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all
90 British North American all 56 58
20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 15 I?,d
100 City 5O 61 63
100 Colonial 25
20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all
100 Commercial of London 2O
20 Eng., Scat., & Aus. Ch all 165 17
20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all
20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 215 22 215 2
50 London and County -
50 London Joint Stock
100 London & Westminster 2O 475 /
100 Nat. I'rov. of England 35
20 Do. new lO
50 National Bank 25
20 New South Wales
25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 39 90
20 Ottoman Bank all 20 205
Provincial of Ireland
10 Do. New all -
25 South Australia
25 Do. New
25 Union of Australia all 52 54 525 3
23 Do. New 2O --
50 Union of London lO 241
100 Unity Mutual 55
100 Western Bk of London 50 191 181 d
MISCELLANEOUS.
Share Miscellaneous. Paid.l Closing
Business done
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 12 13
1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 215 225
25 Australian Agricultural 19 33 34
10 Australian Royal Mail . all f 1
10 Berlin Water Works ... all 25 35
10 Do New, issued at Z 5 die 3
50 British American Land 40
50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 38 40
20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 21
20 Do. C
100 Canada Land 325 122 127
10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 9 10
Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all
25 Do. Preference 75 per ct all 24 25
- 5 Crystal Palace .• all If 15 15
5 Do. Preference all 41 51 5
20 Eastern Steam all
Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 102 105
5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all . 1 15
10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. 10s. 5 Id
9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all 5 15
20 Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim all
15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14
20 London Discount 5 11 15 d
4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 15 15
10 Slediter. Electric Teleg. all
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 61 75
25 National Discount Co 5 15 id 45
10 Netherlands Land 6
,oipsse.asttledamis. all
all 1_
_l5
North of
cotiaLand 80
10 Do do all 1 2
1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all 5 i 6
s
10020 NDh o
N
1 Oriental Gas
1 Do. New Shares lss. 5 dis par
5 Peel River Land & Min. all 25 3
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam, all 85 86 851
50 Do. New lO 13 131
20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 8 5 d 1
(Lim ) all 120 130
P
50 Rhymney Iron
15 Do. New all 71 71
Land. all 36 38
60 63 65 100251
ssSouth Royal
tthA Australian
Isuat
sirlti
rnSa.tlieinaavnm.
i Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all f 1
1 Do. do Registered all I 1
20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr.Cati 6
DA
.eau piemeul Laud

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

HALF YEARLY MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Great Northern
Railway Company was held this day at the London
Tavern.

The chair was occupied by E. Denison, Esq., chairman
of the board of directors.

The usual routine business having been gone through,
and the report, which has already appeared in The Sun,
having been read,

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adoption
of the report, said the capital account showed the amount ex-
pended to the 30th June, 1858, to be £11,360,445 4s. 4d.; the
payments since that date, £45,608 ss. 7d. ; the total expen-
diture on capital account up to 31st December, 1858, being
£11,406,053 9s. 11d. The revenue account showed the re-
ceipts derived from all sources of revenue, and the expen-
diture of the past half-year, as compared with that of the
corresponding period in 1857, to be as follows :-Gross
receipts, December, 1868, £670,467 16s. 4d. ; gross re-
ceipts, December, 1857, £657,844 ss. Bd. ; increase in 1858,
£12,623105. Bd. The total expenditure December, 1858, was
£339,543 7s. 9d. ; 1857, £341,213 lls. 9d.: being a decrease
in 1858 of £1,670 4s. The revenue available to meet fixed
charges and dividend is £330,924 Bs. 7d. The amount due
by the 'Eastern Counties Railway for the Royston and
Hitchin rent is £8,400, and the balance available from last
half year £675 6s. 3d. ; total, Dec., 1858, £339,699 14s. 10d. ;
1857, £325,758 3s. 11d. The increase in disposable revenue,
Dec., 1858, being £13,941 10d. 11d. ; the disposable re-
venue, as above, being £339,699 14s. 10d. ; the rents and
fixed charges, including interest on mortgage deeds, £108,680
3s. 2d.; the preference dividends, £83,983; the balance for
dividend on original and A and B stocks is £147,036 11x.
Bd. The directors, therefore, recommended that a dividend
be declared at the rate of £6 2s. 6d. per cent. per annum on
the original undivided stock, and upon the A and B stocks
together, at the same rate. The original stock will then
have received for the year 1858 £4 15s. per cent. The
balance carried to next half-year amounted to
£136 10s. Having referred to the late proceedings
in Chancery, the chairman observed that the direc-
tors had thought it necessary and, advisable
to introduce a bill into Parliament for power to construct a
short branch, to effect a better communication with the
North London Railway, near the goods station in London,
and for the purchase of a small plot of land abutting on
Maiden-lane. The bill contained-clauses enlarging the
company's power for the redemption of the preference stocks
of the company, and authorising a reduction in the number
of directors. Several bills promoted by other companies
contained provisions affecting the interests of the com-
pany, and it might be necessary to oppose some of them,
and to obtain protective or " facility" clauses in others ;
and as it was evident that it was the intention of the
Legislature to insist on a free and general interchange of
traffic between railways, the directors will not fail to ask
for such powers as may be necessary to secure unfetttered
railway communication with those to which the Great
Northern line forms a convenient means of access. The
directors trust that these companies, in conjunction with
the Midland and others, may be able to make still more
extensive arrangements for conducting, the traffic of their
respective districts, and between each other, upon amicable
terms and at remunerative rates. He concluded by mov-
ing the adoption of the report.

Mr. HUGHES said the report presented to them by the
directors contained many points,t for some of which they
deserved commendation, and for others censure. He was
glad an arrangement had been concluded with the London
and North-Western Railway, and he also thought good
would result from the reduction of the number of directors.
What he most complained of was the delay in closing the
capital account. Complaint after complaint had been made
to the chairman about the account not being closed, and he
had always said it was nonsense to talk about effecting
such an object ; but he (Mr. Hughes) thought the proprie-
tors should insist upon such being done. He should
like to know what objection there could be on the part of
the Great Northern Railway to do that which the North-
Western had already done.

Mr. BILLINGS said he had intended to have moved cer-
tain resolutions with respect to the Manchester and Sheffield
agreement, but as he had not given the usual notice he
should be prevented from so doing. He thought before
the directors had decisively concluded the agreement the
proprietors ought to have been consulted on the occasion.
The CHAIRMAN said by their act of 1851, the directors
had power to spend £60,000 in the construction of a sta-
tion, but that object had been effected by the payment of
£25,000. (Hear, hear.) Although they had no direct
property in the station, they had the right in perpetuity of
using it in any way they thought fit.
After some discussion, the report was received and
adopted.

Various other subjects, embracing the closing of the
capital account, and the secretary's salary having been
alluded to, the proceedings terminated with a vote of
thanks to the chairman.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS .DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

:Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham,
Lord Cranworth, Lord Nensleydale, Lord Kingstone,
and the learned law judges.)

APPEAL.-DOE (ON DEMISE) OF EVERS AND OTHERS V.
CHALLIS.-WRIT OF ERROR FROM THE EXCHEQUER

At the conclusion of Mr. Matins' reply for the appellant
in this case, the Lord Chancellor proposed the fol-
lowing questions to the learned law judges for
their opinions, viz., whether the devise by the
testator to his daughter Mary Anne, and any child
she might have on attaining twenty-one, was good ? She
died childless in 1847. Did it convey any part of the pro-
perty to her ? Then the devise was to his brother's two
daughters or the survivor of them—was this a good con-
veyance over ?
Mr. Justice Wightman, for the learned judges, asked
time to consider the questions.

The Lord Chancellor allowed time to consider the ques-
tions, and the house adjourned duranteplaceto.

COURT Or CHANCERY.
(Before the Lords Justices.)
♦PPEAL MOTION FOR JUDGMENT-IN RE THE ATIIEN/EUM

LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

This was an appeal from a decision of Vice-Chancellor
Sir William Page Wood, finding, in the winding up of this
company, that the shareholders were not liable for the debts
of the company beyond the unpaid amount of their respec-
tive shares at the date of the dissolution of the company.
A claim of £2,000 was made under a life policy by Mr.
Richard Paul, for one year, from 3d Sept., 1855, on which
£25 premium had been paid, a question was raised in law
and equity whether the. secretary of the company or the
shareholders were personally liable to pay this amount.
By the articles of the company it was provided that the
capital stock of the company should consist of £lOO,OOO,
and it was declared that the shareholders of the company
should not be liable for the debts of the company beyond
the unpaid amount of their respective shares.
The official manager considered the shareholders per-
sonally liable, on failure of the assets, to pay this claim.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner, on
referring to the contract of the company, which declared
"the shareholders of the company shall not in any way be
personally liable for any charges beyond the amount un-
paid of their shares," were decidedly of opinion that as
there were no unpaid-up shares in this company at the date
of dissolution, the shareholders were not liable to pay this
claim. Their lordships dismissed the appeal motion, with
£2O costs, and declared that the costs of the action at law
might be proved as a debt against the bankrupt estate.
Costs of the official manager to be paid out of the estate.

CITY SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)
LEVINE V. SOLOMON-IMPORTANT TO BAKERS.

This was a summons to recover 3s. 4d. for damage sus-
tained by reason of the destruction of a dish, meat, and
potatoes, entrusted to the defendant to bake.

Mr. Buchanan appeared fur the defendant, who is a baker
in Petticoat.lane.

Plaintiff said she was a hard-working woman, and on a
certain Friday night she prepared a dish of meat and po-
tatoes, which she sent by a female friend to defendant's
bakehouse. When she went for her supper at the usual
hour she was horrified by hearing from defendant that he
had had an accident with her supper—he had broken the
dish ; and sure enough there it was in two pieces, and the
meat peppered with a plentiful sprinkling of sawdust instead
of gravy moistened with water. (Laughter.) Upon see-
ing this horrible picture, plaintiff naturally asked, " What
am I to do with that p"—(laughter)—and to this reasonable
question defendant replied, "Do what you like; and if you
are not satisfied summon me." "As I was not satisfied,"
said plaintiff, "I did summon him, and there he stands,
which let him deny it if he can." (Roars of laughter.)
Mr. Buchanan proposed shortening the case by stating
the facts.

His Honour—Ah ! your facts, but not her's. Come, lei
me hear her witness.

The person who took the dish to the bakehouse then came
forward, and said the dish was left safely by her, and she
paid for the baking in advance, and that was generally
considered a guarantee against loss.

His Honour—A kind of premium of insurance ?
Mr. Buchanan cross-examined the plaintiff and her wit-
ness as to the fact of the sawdust, and also in reference to
the age of the dish, but the witness declared that the dish
had been so often to the oven that it must have got quite
used to it.

Mr. Buchanan—But the pitcher that goes often and safely
to the well gets broken at last.
It was then contended for the defence that the dish had
flown in the oven, and that being so, defendant was no,
liable.
$54

Defendant was then called, and gave his version of the
affair as follows :—He was informed by his man that the
dish had flown in the oven, and when plaintiff came for her
supper, he said to her, " Your dish has broken in the oven ;
the meat and potatoes (minus the gravy) are as good as ever ;
take them home, and then, if you like, summon me for the
I dish."

Plaintiff—You never said anything of tho.kind, elocoPt

summon me. (Laughter.) And besides you gave my
supper away.
His Honour—But it is usual to pay for such accidents as
these.
Mr. Buchanan—Not when the dish flies in the oven.

Defendant—The dish was slightly cracked, and I think it
is very hard I should have to pay. As to the supper being
spoilt, I have the man in court who ate it, and he will tell
you how it was.

Accordingly an old man stepped into the witness-box, and
said he remembered the supper in question—rather. (Laugh-
ter.) Ho should like such a one every night—especially at
the price. (Roars of laughter.)
Mr. Buchanan—Did you eat it ?
Witness—l should think I did. (Laughter.)
Mr. Buchanan—And found it good ?
Witness—Beautiful, and very cheap. (Laughter.)
His Honour (to defendant)—You must pay the poor
woman : you have eaten her supper.
Defendant—Who ? I ?
His Honour—Yes, by proxy. (Laughter.)
Mr. Buchanan—She refused to take it away, and we got
rid of it.

His Honour—You eat it by proxy and enjoyed it very
much, and must pay plaintiff and costs.
Defendant—l think it is very hard.

His Honour (laughing)—Your own witnei., thought it
vrey tender. (Roars of laughter.)

WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT.
(Before Mr. Sergeant Manning.)
TURNING THE TABLES-A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER-

POTTER V. BARNETT.

This case, arising out of an action tried at the Sheriffs'
Court, and reported in this journal, caused considerable
excitement in the court, inasmuch as the plaintiff now
sought to recover from Barnett a sum of money (£4lBs. 6d.)
which he had been condemned to pay one Smith in the first
action, mainly. through Barnett's evidence. _ .

Mr. Stedman appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Scott
for the defendant.

It appeared, from a mass of contradictory evidence, that
a dispute arose between one Smith and the plaintiff in re-
ference to the purchase of a black gelding sold by auction
at Merton. Plaintiff deposed that Smith attended the sale
for him, but this Smith denied, and declared that he at-
tended the sale on his own account. Be that as it may, it
was incontestibly proved that the gelding was knocked
down to Barnett for 231 guineas. Barnett averred that he
parted with all his interest in the horse to Smith for that
money, but the price demanded from plaintiff was 281
guineas. After the horse was sent home plaintiff paid £25
on account. Ho discovered, however, that his friends
(they had all been intimate, and visitors mutually)
had made a profit out of the affair ; and, thinking it not
altogether right, expressed himself very strongly upon
the matter. Indeed he quarrelled with Smith, and refused
to see him any more, sending in his bill (plaintiff is a
butcher, of Jubilee-place) for moat. He also was very angry
with defendant, and declared that he did not think his old
friends would have treated him in such a manner. Accord-
ing to his testimony, he paid the balance between the £25
and the £29 he was charged for his horse to Barnett, and
then the defendant began to swear. Finally, it was agreed
to cancel the bargain, and Barnett returned the £4, and
upon receiving the horse sent a cheque for £25. At the
Sheriffs' Court he said he bought the horse of Potter for
£25. When Potter sued Smith for his claim for meat,
Smith pleaded a set-off in reference to this gelding, and
claimed the balance of the £29 18s. 6d., deducting £25.
The Judge of the Sheriffs' Court gave him a verdict, and
hence the present action, to recover the sum lost, Barnett
having been a material witness for Smith on that occasion.
Potter averred that he had paid for the gelding in full, by
cancelling the purchase, and his Honour, after hearing
some evidence, found for plaintiff, with costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

JUVENILE THIEVES AND A RECEIVING MARINE STORE
DEALER.—John Styles, 13, and Henry Styles, 10, charged
with stealing a quantity of brass escutcheons, and Mary
Rodman, a marine store dealer, of 2, Bird-street, Oxford-
street, was charged with receiving the same.
A box filled with escutcheons, and various articles of a
similar kind, all bearing marks of having been recently
wrenched off, was produced in court, and at the prisoner
Rodman's residence was also found a large quantity of pro-
perty, which there is reason to suppose is also the produce
of other robberies.

Mr. Thos. Leary, of 49, Duke-street, St. James's, proved
seeing the boy, John Styles, at the door of the court on the
previous afternoon, while he was leaving, having attended
in consequence of having charged a boy named Thorn with
stealing the brass escutcheon from his street door. He then
spoke to Mr. Webb, the inspector, and told him that he re-
membered seeing him at the door when he seized Thorn.
Inspector Webb, of the C division, said, in consequence
of what the last witness told him, he ordered a constable to
take the boy into custody, when the boy said he was with
the other at the time, and that Thorn took the escutcheons
off the door. I asked him where he had sold them, and he
said at a :marine store-dealer's, in Bird-street, kept by
Rodman. In consequence he went with a constable to Rod-
man's shop and asked her if she had bought any brass that
day. she said Bhe had, and produced a book iu which,
although she called it her account-book, there was but
little writing. He then asked for the brass, and she pro-
duced one or two pieces, one of which was a large escutcheon
from a street door. The escutcheons, he had discovered,
were taken from the enclosure of St. James's-square, and
from houses in Pall-mall. There was also a quantity of
property of a very suspicious nature in the house, most of
it evidently having been brought there by children. He
believed the boys had been at the court on former occasions.
Rodman said she paid a fair price for the things, and
put their names down in her bock. She asked them if it
was all right, and they said it was.

Mr. Bingham said he should discharge the younger boy,
but remand Rodman and the other boy. lie should try to
put a stop to the practice, which had become very serious.

THE NEW COMMISSIONER OF L UNA CY.

Our readers will regret to hear of the retirement
of Mr. Samuel Warren, the member for Midhurst,
from the House of Commons, though that retire-
ment has been brought about by what may be
considered the honourable gentleman's advance-
ment. The post of commissioner in lunacy has
been offered to Mr. Warren, and has, we believe,
been accepted by him. Mr. Warren's efforts,
as Recorder of Hull, attracted a large share
of public attention, and have been frequently
noticed in these columns, while his short career
in Parliament has proved fruitful in services
to the Conservative cause and to the country. Mr.
Warren has devoted himself with that earnestness
of purpose for which he is distinguished to ques-
tions ofsocial reform, and owing to his perseverance
many improvements have been effected. In the
new sphere in which he is now called upon to labour
the honourable gentleman will doubtless achieve
success. The popularity of the appointment is
above question, and the only regret we have heard
expressed has reference to his removal from the
lower branch of the Legislature.— Morning Herald.