The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-17 00:00:00

MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF THE AMENDMENT.
2,1t31 3,826,2;7 23,287

2,339

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)

IN EE J. W. ROBSON.-TIIE CRYSTAL PALACE PRAIIDS.

To-day was appointed for a dividend meeting, and
first examination under the estate of this bankrupt, who
has been convicted of extensive forgeries and frauds on
the Crystal Palace Company,

The bankrupt was brought up in custody, but not
brought into Court, being accommodated in a private
room to answer any questions necessary. His appear-
ance was much the same as on tha last meeting.
_ _

Mr. Lawrence appeared on behalf of the Crystal Pa-
lace Company to tender a proof for 17,8941. The affi-
davit was made by Mr. George Groves, the secretary
of the company, on an account prepared by Messrs.
Quilter and Co., under different }loads, showing the na-
ture of the frauds and forgeries by which the compatiy
became entitled to claim for moneys received by the
bankrupt and misappropriated by him, and upon forged
shares, which as between the public and the company
they were liable for, the bankrupz, having affixed their
seal and also entered the shares in the transfer books.
As the assignees had not bad time to go into the account
he should propose that the proof should be admitted,
subject to investigation.
Mr. G. Simon (instructed by Mr. Monk), for the
assignees, objected to the form of the affidavit and to
some of the items, particularly as to the forged shares,
as it was not at all clear that the company were bound
by them.

Mr. Lawrence said the company had been well ad-
vised upon that point before they paid the dividend—the
shares having the genuine impression of the company's
seal, gave the shares all the indication of genuine
share..

His Honour said there were several difficult questions
in the matter, and he thought the better course would
be to adjourn the dividend for a month, and it was ad-
journed accordingly.

No accounts having been filed, the examination was
adjourned sine die.

ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN A TRAIN AND Roe-
BERT OF 400,0001. —The following extract, of a private
letter was posted yesterday at Lloyd's :—" Cairo, Feb. 5,
1857. We had a very narrow escape last night. A
conspiracy had been planned to destroy the treasure-
train, by taking up the rails near this city, and in the
confusion of a dreadful accident to plunder the trunks of
the specie, amounting to 400,0001., brought by the Pera,
screw steamer. It was discovered in time, and about
130 of the ringleaders had been apprehended."
THE HIINTERIAN ORATION.—The customary oration
in honour of the celebrated surgeon, physiologist, and
comparative anatomist, John Hunter, was delivered in
the lecture-theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons, '
Lincoln's inn-fields, on Saturday last, the 14th inst., by
Mr. Thos. Vormald, Fellow of the College, and one of
the surgical staff of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in the
presence of the elite of the medical profession of the me-
tropolis' and many Fellows of the two Royal cclleges.
THE NEW BARON OF THE EXGHEQUER.—Mr. Ser-
geant Channell, the newly-appointed Baron of the
was called to the bar in the year 1827, and
sergeant in 1840. The learned sergeant was a
becaExchequer,
m e
a
member of the Home Circuit, of which indeed, since the
retirement of Sir F. Thesiger from circuit practice and
the elevation to the bench of Mr. Baron Platt, he has
long been the titular leader. As a junior counsel the
extent of his practice had been very considerable ; it
became apparent, however, after his promotion to the
degree of the coif, that his qualifications were less
adapted for the exigencies of leading business. At nisi
prius, accordingly, and on circuit, he was soon die-
inferiors in legal erudi-
h hspirompter decision, greater
t
presenting a case advan-
tageously
to a jury. As long, however, as the sergeants
were allowed to keep up their monopoly in the Court of
Common Pleas, Mr. Sergeant Channell retained a very
respectable share of the business of that court. When
the Common Pleas were thrown open to the profession
at large, his practice again experienced a sensible de-
cline. The respect universally entertained for hie high
personal character and his professional attainments has
been since then evinced in a marked manner by the fre-
quency with which he has baen selected to act as a sub-
stitute for the judges when precluded from attending to
their circuit duties. In this capacity the new Baron is
understood to have given very general satisfaction, and
there is, we believe, every reason to hope that be will
prove not only a learned and painstaking, but a useful
and practical judge.
In the general business of the port of London
during the past week there has been increased ac-
the importations of tea being unusually large.
ac-
tivity, of ships reported inward was 128, being
Tt3i6vhietniore than in the previous week. These in-
cluded 13 with cargoes of corn, 11 with cargoes of
sugar, and 9 with cargoes of tea, the latter com-
prising 101,411 packages, in addition to 5,867 bales
of silk, also from China. The number of vessels
cleared outward was 110, showing an increase of
22, including 14 in ballast. The total number of
ships on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is
6S. Of these 9 are for Adelaide, 4 for Geelong, 4
for Hobart Town, 2 for Launceston, 4 for Melbourne,
5 for New Zealand, 1 for Port Philip, 17 for Sydney, 1
for Swan River, and 1 for Wellington,