The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-22 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)
IN RE THE WELSH POTOSI MINING COMPANT EXPARTE

STANSFIELE, AND ANOTHER.

IMPORTANT QUESTION.—Mr. ChiJley renewed an
ap-
plication made on Saturday last, that the names of
Messrs. John and Ashton Staid should be struck
out of the list of contributories in the above company, on
the ground that they had beea induced to join by false
representations. Ho founded his application on the de-
cision of the Vice-Chancellor 11;nderstey, in Brockwell's
case, In Re the Royal Britinlr Bank, &c., in which case
the name was expunged. His honour expressed a strong
op!niou that in the case of a cvnpalY,
as in the case of
a simple partnership, that the shareholders were
liable to creditor+, al,:lion-rh when the list of contribu-
tories were to be cettied as between themselves, any one
might object, on the groand of fraud. So, in a part-
nership, if E held him -elf out to the world
as a partner, he was liable to persons
who had given the firm credit, although A, B, C, and
D, hit partners, had induced him to join them by fraud;
for he alone might be a man of enormous wealth, and
credit givon on the knowledge of that fact.
Mr. Chidley now produced the Lass Journal, &c., of
August last, in which Brock well
's case was reported.

Ilia lirmour read it with great attention, but said he
did not consider it referred speciacally to the case, as he
pat it, as to the liability to creditorF.
Mr. Chidley urged that in a else like the present,
where the parties had been trapped into kilning the
epinpany, something ought to be shown that they had
taken some active part, or permitted themselves to be
held out as liable.

His Honour said that, after the decision of his Honour
the Vice-Chancellor, he could but hear the arguments
discussed ; but as the matter w),s not pressing, he would
appoint the 7th January for hat purpose, the parties
not being called on as contributories in the meantime.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.)

WESTMINSTER,.

CHARGE OF STEALING. BRICKS THE PROPERTY OF
THE BOARD OF WORKS OF THE WESTMINSTER DIS-
TRICT.—Wm. Grimstone described as A labourer, was
charged before Mr. PAvnter With having stolen, in the
company of another, not in custody, on the 21st inst.,
from the Green-yard, Horseferr) -road, St. John's West-
of Works of the Westminster District.
minster, a cart load of bricks, the Property of the Board

attended on their
behalf.
f.n Rogers,lo clerkoci,inspetcolote
rhof boas,
nuisances of the district,
said that on the 20th ult. about 2,000 bricks were lodged
in them Green-yard. On
in c)risequence of some
inforinationfrom'
a
ir
the 21st,
.
crowe, another inspector, he
went in search of the prisoner, who is carman to
Mr. Watt,
vthen he learned
leomwa at
das
wbouritlhd..-
from hi,n that ho had been directed to fetch some
bricks from Vt:re'l'larieLsbur-iy‘iglred-r°:::' take them to the
3.:Cherr,ooa away
nrieke adjoining the
the bricks. When
ilnYgandwihwiocrhth-irsoadb.eiogWcitanrerisesdbuoynnid.o teem
He heard that
rht
ohoai n(dpgrhiiesnorntehecere)i morningvreeia
Watt directed him to go to the Gretn-yard the firet
building which is being raised by a person named Austin.
Witness saw Austin,
.who statei t 7, him that the man
ought to have gone to B irarier'-;-yarcl instead of the
Greon-yard. Witness went to Thnrite
colridede :so thetot
!, yard, sadwas
told that there had been no bricks tbere, and that Austin
had no connection with the premises.

guilty
k t,Aolwr i e
dPvaey
on
ft ewr.-1 a
al: hheen
Witutss—l belitsa he WAA sent by his
master in con-
-Jan.. at the hour
8 "II
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do
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f.
"P'llac‘'yti\ahn;it:::‘,liV7l‘.7.44:: . -R' "0
gy srhsasaid n thatthe
employment of
prisoner obtatned access to the Green
of 6 n.m., a 3 it is open for men in. the
the Board of Works to recaive their tool,.
Mr. Paynter determined upon i,4sning a summons for
the attendance of Mr. Aul..tin on a future day, to which
the prisoner was ramanded on his own recognisance.