The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-01 00:00:00

TrnE SUN, 7LON.ILMJN, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 1 1857,

NEWMARKET RACES.
(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
501. HANDICAP PLATE.

Hardwick
Eupatoria
Humbug
Eleven ran.
NEWMARKET STAKES.

Glee Singer
Kingmaker
Young Hopeful
Lollypop colt

....(A. Day) 1
...(Kendal) 2
(Sharp) 3
..(Flatman) 4

Won by three-quarters of a length.
SWEEPSTAKES.

Surrondor .

LATEST BETTING.

CHESTER CUP.

10 to 1 agst Dulcarnara (taker)

„walked over.

DERBY.
7to 1 ag=t Skirmisher ('aken freely)
9to 1 agst Anton (taken)
30 to 1 agßt Beeswax colt (taken)

Sporting Intelligence.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
THE SUBSCRIPTION. Room, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
ONE THOUSAND.
6to 4on Blink Bonny (taken)
4to la. st Ayacanora (taken)
Sto 1 agst Arta
10 to 1 agst Foperieuse
20 to 1 agst Miss Whip filly
40 to 1 agst Blink Bonny winning the One Thou-
sand, Derby, and Oaks (taken)
CHESTER CUP
7to I agst Leamington (taken)
10 to 1 agst Mincepie effdred)
100 to 7 agst Turbit Offered)
100 to 7 agst Riseber effered)
100 to 6 agst Lemma di Vergy (wanted)
20 to 1 agst Van Duock (offered)
25 to 1 ag4 Pretty Boy (,akeL)
30 to 1 agst Bay Hilton (taken)
50 to 1 agst Worcester (taken)

DEBBY.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Bto 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst Skirmisher (offered)
40 to 1 agst Beeswax, colt (taker)

THURSDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft. T.Y.C.
(5 furlongs 140 yards. )
Mr. Gratwicke's S ixe-Wenner, by Weatherbit, 3 yrs,
64 101 b (Humpage) 1
Baron Rothschild's colt by lago—Evening Star, 3 yrs,
Bst 31b (Charlton) 2
Mr. Borne's Truelove, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Fordham) 3
Mr. Morris's Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs, Bst 7'b (Basham) 4
Betting—Even on Admiral Lyons, 4 to 1 each agst
Saxe-Weimar, Truelove, and Evening Star colt.
Won by a length and a half, two lengths between the
second and third, moderate fourth.
Sweepstakes of 10 sove each for 3 yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ;
fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 80 sove, if
demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. (3 furlongs 213
yards.) 6 subs.
Mr. Smith's Spinet by Orlando, 83t 41b (D. Hughes) 1
Mr. Boyce's colt by St. Lawrence—Azimuth, Bst 71b
(A. Day) t
Lord W. Powlett's Delusion, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) t
Mr. W. Evans's Sorceress, 84 4lb (Mills) 4
Mr. MAlisti'm Inspiration, Set 71b (Wells) 5
Betting-2 to 1 on Spinet.
Won by three-quarters of a length ; dead head for se-
cond place ; bad fourth.
The winner was claimed for Mr. Wadlow.
Handicap Plate of 50 sore. A.F. (1 mile 2 furlongs
73 yards.)
Mr. G. Taylor's Newton-le-Willows, by Melbourne,
3 yrs Est Blb (Bray) 1
Captain Chrietie's Kestrel, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Well) 2
Mr. Howell's Billy (late Coney), 5 yrs, 84 21b
(Quinton) 3
The following also ran :—Eloquence, Apathy, Ane-
mone, Renown, Old Rowley, Jolly Marine, Termagant,
Cripple, Mary Ann, Friar of Aspall, Refreshment.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Cripple, 4to 1 aget Apathy, sto
1 agst Kestrel, 10 to 1 each agst Newton-le-Willows,
Eloquence and Refreshment.
Won easily by a length, three quarters of a length be-
tween the second and third, Apathy was a good fourth,
Jolly Marine was fifth ; Termagant, Renown, and Re-
freshment headed the next lot.
The Newmarket Two-year-old Plate of 2001. ; colts, Set
7lb ; fillies, Bst 51b. A winner of a plate or sweep-
stake slb. extra. Last five furlongs of R.M.
Mr. Sut'nn's The Flying Duke, by the Flying Dutch
man, Bst 71b (Charlton) 1
Lord Ribblesdale's The Happy Land, Bst 12th (in 51b
extra)
The Duke of Bedford's gelding by Tadmor—Fistiana,
8•t 71b ... (S. Rogers) 3
The following also ran Farmer's Son, Young
Dutchman, Victor Emmanuel, and Lady Nelson.
Betting--5 to 4 agst Happy Land, 7to 2 each agst
The Farmer's Son and Fistiana gelding, 7 to 1 agst the
Flying Duke. %Von by a neck ; three-quarters of a
length between the second and third ; a neck between
the third and fourth ; bad fifth.
The One Thousand Guinea Stakes, a subscription of 100
sovs each, h ft; for three yr-old fillies, 84, 71b each ;
the owner of the second filly to receive back his stake.
D.M. (7 furlongs 201 yards.) 35 subs.
Mr. J. Scott's Imperieuse, by Oilando, Bst 71b
(Flatman) 1
Sir 11. W. Bulkeley's Tasmania, Bst 71b (Bumby) 2
Lord Portsmouth's Ayacannra, Bst Day)
The following alio ran :—Tricolor, Beechnut, Blink
Bonny, and Arta.
Betaing-6 to 4 on Blink Bonny. 4 to 1 agst Aya-
caeora, 12 to 1 agst Imperieuse, 15 to 1 aget Arta and
Mies Whip fil y, 30 to 1 each agst Tasmania, Tricolor,
and Beechnut.
Both Blink Bonny and Arta showed much impa-
tience at the post, and delayed the start. After three
fai'ures, however, the lot got away, the favourite being
last off, about two lengths in the rear.
Ayacanora rushed to the front, with Beechnut
second, and at a clear interval behind them were the
Miss Whip filly third, Arta fourth, and Blink
Bonny and Tasmania next, Iraperieuse lying a little off
on the whip hand. They ran thus until nearing the
cords, when Blink Bonny was seen to drop away appa-
rently beaten, and Imperieuse took up the running.
Half way up the cords Tasmania joined the leading
h,rses, and closing with Imperieuse, shut out Ayacanora.
Imperieuse went on with the lead to the end, and won
easily by a length, Tasmania beating Ayacanora, who
was pulled up, by three lengths ; two lengths between
the third and fourth. Blink Bonny was an indifferent
fifth, Tricolour sixth, Beechnut seventh, and Arta
eighth.

Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 100 809 S each, ball ft.,
for 3-yr- Ail colts, Bst lib. D.M. (7 furlongs 201
yards. 6 subs.
Duke of Bedford's Keepsake, 83t 71b (S. Rogers) 1
Mr. Combe's Traitor, Set 71b (E. Sharp) 2
Won by a length.
Matcb, 100, half-ft, both 2-yr-olds, Bst 71b each. First
half of Abingdon mile.
Lord Glasgow's The Blacksmith received forfeit from
General Peel's Know Nothing.

Vestcrz3ay a Giurt was held for the despatch of public
bu,iness.

LATEST BETTING.
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Dulearnara (taken)
120 to G agst Warlock (taken)
No other change of importance.

DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.

IRELAND

DUBLIN, THURSDAY 1.11 PINING.
TIPPERAY BANK LITIGATION.

DEBBY.
7to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken)
9to 1 agst A nton
15 to 1 agst Sydney (taken)
16 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn (offered)
100 to 6 agst M.D. (taken)
25 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken)
30 to 1 agst Beeswax colt
33 to 1 agst Blink B.)nny
40 to 1 agst Strathnaver
50 to 1 agst Magnifyer

The following is an abstract of the Judgement
given by the Lord Chancellor yesterday, by which
Mr. Vincent Scully is released (for the preset at
leas!) from his liability to he placed on the list of
contributories to the Tipperary B krik. It is said
that two eminent members of the English Chan-
cery bar have given a strong opinion in favour of
the judgments previously pronounced by the Chan-
cellor in the cases of Messrs. Hone and Sterling.,
both of whom shared the good fortune of Mr.
Scully by the erasure of their n ',lnes from the dis-
mal list of contributories. When the case was
called on,—
"The Chancellor said, that it came before him as en
appeal from the decision of his Honour, who had affirm-
ed the ruling of Master Murphy, so far as it went, to
held the appellant, Mr. Vincent Scully, a contributory
to the Tipperary Bank. It was contended, on the part
of Mr. Scully, that he was not liahle, in point of law,
to be placed upon the list of contributors, ina,,much as
he had legally tranti:rred his shares, and his nal, e was
removed trout the list as the owner of the shares he had
previously held, and the name of Mr. Keatinge substi-
tuted ; and it that were the entire of the cas'e he (the
C'iancellor) could not fer a moment hesitate to exonerate
Mr. Scully from liability; but there was more in the ca.,e
which it would be necessary for him shortly to r. fer to
Upon the part of the official manager it was contended
that there never was, in fact, a bona fide and valid
transfer of the shares in question to Mr. Ktatinge ; and
that, supposing there ban been a transfer, it
was a trans-
action of such a nature as still left Mr. Scully in the
position of the legal owner, and therefore liable as a
contributory. In the first place, as regarded the trans-
fer of the shares, if Mr. Scully was an ordinary share-
holder, who had no other connexion with the bank but
that of a shareholder, and that he had transferred his
shares, as stated, and got his name removed, and that of
the transferrer inserted in his place, he (the Chancellor)
thought that it would be clear that his legal liability had
ceased; but it was said that he stood in a different position
from an ordinary shareholder, having been a director of
the bulk for several years, and never having divested
himee-If of the character cf director, so as to free
him from the position of a trustee. Now, there was no
doubt but that Mr. Scully was a director, but it was
equally clear that he was not one of the erisinal direc-
tors. He was elected about the year 1848 at the annual
meeting of the bank, which took piece shorly after the
death of another gentleman named Scully, and be res
mai ed a director for some years, and one of the ques-
tions was when, if ever, did he cease to be a director ?
The 80th section of the deed of the company provided
that no director, excepting the managing or honorary
directors, should hold his appointment beyond the next
annual meeting unless re-elected ; so that Mr. Scully
was only director for a year after his first appoint-
ment ; and to make him a director af,erwards
lie should have been re-elected at each annual meeting ;
but that was not done, for it appears that he was never
re-elected at any meeting subsequent to his original
election, although it was also equally clear that, with-
out going through the form of re elec`ion, he allowed
his name to be put forward as a director on subsequent
occasions, and down to the period when he became
alarmed as to the safety of the bank. He was first ap-
pointed a director in February, 1848, and in the year
1854 he wrote to Mr. James Sadleir, declining to be a
director thereafter ; and even if elec'ed :Meer that it
would not, in his (the Chancellor's) opinion, be a valid
election. Upon this evidence the Master of the Hides
overruled the Master, and held that Mr. Scully was
not to be considered a director after the meeting held
subsequent to the date of this Litter, and be (the Chan-
cellor) agreed with his Honour upon that part of the
case. The question then came round to the transfer to
Mr. Keating, and whether there was anything in that
transaction from which Mr. Scully • should be st ii
considered as liable ; and that depended on the con-
struction of the instrument executed on the occasion
of the transfer. The instrument in que tian was
an agreement to sell the shares to Mr. Sadleir for
11,0001., to he paid in the year 1857. Toe trans-
fer was made to Mr. Keatinge, and it was said that
that gentleman was only a trustee for Mr. Scully, and
that,] therefore, Mr. Scully was responsible ; but the
terms of the instrument were altogether the other way,
and showed that Mr. Keatinge was the trtietee of Mr.
Sadleir, and not of the appellant. Taking that to be
the true state of the case, Mr. Scully could not have re-
called those shares, and upon being paid the purchase
money Mr. Sadleir had a right to a transfer of the
shares to himself, and to the dividends, &c. There was
nothing in the deed, from beginning to end, to show
any privacy between the bank and any person but
the proprietor of shares appearing in the books ; and if
the rights of proprietors could not be transferred he (the
Chancellor) did not think the liabilities could be trans-
ferral. The question was, whether upon the terms of
the deed it was competent to place on the list of contri-
butories 50 persons who transferred certain shares,
and pass by the party holding the shares! That
was a proposition which he (the Chancellor) did
not find affirmed by any case ; on the contrary, the
authorities were all the other way. The contract
between Messrs. Scully and Sadleir was not made with
the company, and there was no privity bet seen Mr.
Scully and the company to the effect that he was to re-
ceive the dividends; and therefore he (the Chancellor)
did not see his way to hold the appellant liable as a con-
tributory, solely because he might have a lien on them.
For these reasons he (the Chancellor) did not consider
that Mr. Scully's name shoul I be retained on the list of
contributories, and he would, therefore, vary the orderof
the Court below, and direct it to be struck off."

The LORD MAYOI: read the following communication,
which, upon the motion of Mr. Deputy DARIN, seconded
by Mr. CONNELL, was ordered to be entered in the
journals of the Court:—

" Whitehall, April 30, 1857.
" My Lord,—lt is with great concern that I inform
your lordship of the death of her Itoyal Ilight,ess the
Duchess of Gloucester, which took place at Gloucester-
House this morning at a quarter alter five o'olock.
"I request that your I.,rdship will give the directions
usual on such occasions for tolling the great bell cf St.
Paul's Cathedral.—l have the honour t'.) be, my lord,
your lordship's obedient servant,
(Signet) "G. GREY.
"To the Right Ilon. the Lord Mayor,
&o. &c.:"
QurSTION OF rarnLEGz.

A discu,sion took place in refereucs to the proceed-
ings taken to investigate the charge against Sir W. Mag-
nay, on the motion of Mr. BLAKE—" That the members
of this Court be permitted to inspect all the official donu-
t:flouts in the posse-,ion of the City solicitor affecting a
member of this corporation." •
An amendment was .proposed by Mr. ANDERTON, but
it was not seconded, and the origitir.l notion was carried.

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CRYSTAL PALACE,—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Yesterday
the admissions on payment were 2,228 ; ditto by season
tickets, 870 ; total visitors, 3,098.
The colonial wool sales commenced yesterday evening,
with a numerous attendance of buyers both home and
foreign, but the prices realised show an average reduction
of about 11d. per lb. from these at the close of the pre-
sale;. The total quantity to be disposed of is
about 60,000 bales.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT BIRKENHEAD. Between
Monday night and Tuesday morning the premises of
Mr. \V. B. Blickwell, silversmith and jeweller, Argyle-
•trect, Birkenhead, were forcibly entered, and property
to a large amount was stolen. Upon Mr. Blackwell
proceeding to open his shop on Tuesday morning be
discovered that a trapdoor connected with one of the
kitchens underneath had been broken open. The gable
of the house is in Dame-place, and the burglars bad re-
moved a gratiqg at this part of the promises, and by
reaching through a broken pane of glass they removed
the window fastening, and thus succeeded in getting into
the cellar. They then wrenched away the trapdoor, and
found their way into the shop. The value of the watches
and jewellery stolen is said to be about 300/.