The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

M'Donald, Cuba; Argenti, Tampico and Havannah;
Crescent, Rio de la Hache; Clyde, Halcroco, Apala-
chicola ; Triton, Smith, Charleston. Sld. Edward,
San Francisco ; Irene, Pernambuco ; Autumnus,
Madras ; Conqueror, Rio Janiero ; Goozereb,
het( u ; Hornet, Prince Edward's Island; Hannah,
Britannia, and Shaw, Newfoundland ; the William for
San Francisco, has not sailed as reported yesterday.—
Off port, H. H. Boody, New Orleans ; Ellen, Savannah;
Garnett, Texian, Margaret, Atlas, and Jane Hammond.
RAMSGATE, APRIL 15.—The Maria and Fanny,
Amsterdam to Genoa, has put in leaky, having been
on the Goodwin Sands this morning.
DUNDALK.—The Erin, Whitehaven to Cardiff, and the
Maria and Fanny, Newry, for Glasgow, have been in
contact, and both received damage. The Georgina,
Glasgow to Oporto, which was stranded in the Bay 31st
March, has been got off very leaky.
LOUGHSWELLT.—The Earl ef Kingston, of Aberyst-
with, which went on shore on Ballymatou- Strand 30th
March, has been got off without damage.
ST. MARGARET'S HOPE.—A bucket and some hand-
spikes, marked ' Castle, of Newcastle," have been
picked up.
KIRKWALL.—The brig which foundered off North Ro-
naldsbay 23d March, and was towed into the Bay, is
found to be the Annette, of Wefsta, for Maroim to Co-
penhagen; her cargo washed out.
LONGHOPE.—The George and Mary, of Stornoway,
Newcastle to Liverpool, has been totally.wrecked en the
rocks near Cantick Head; crew saved.

QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 13.—Wind W.N.W., squally.—
And. Madawubka, M'Kinuon, Callao; Earl Charlemont.
Gardner, Liverpool fur Bombay. Crew in a state o;
mutiny.

CADIZ, APRIL B.—The Albion, of London, Gibraltar
for this port, was sunk in the Straits sth inst.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
The Master of the Rolls sat to-day in his Couri at
Westminster. His Lordship was occupied the greater
part of the morning with petitions, none of which pos-
sessed any features of interest except to the parties con-
cerned.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)

THE DUKE OF LEEDS V. EARL AMHERST AND OTHERS.

JUDGMENT.
The VICE. CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this
case, which came before him shortly before the recess,
upon exceptions taken by the defendants, the executors
of the late Duke of Leeds, to the Master's report. The
bill was filed by the present Duke of Leeds against the
executors of the late, for the purpose of obtaining
an account from them of the waste commit:
by the lute Duke in dismantling a great portion o►
Kivedon Hall, one of the family mansions, and cutting
down a gr, at portion of the ornamental timber on the
estate. On the cause coming on for argument, a refer-
ence was made to the Masteri to take an account of the
waste committed by the late Duke; and the Master by
his report found that a certai'n sum was due from the
estate of the late Duke in respect of the waste he had
committed. To this report the defendants took excep•
tions, and upon those exceptions his Honour now gave
judgment. After going at some length into the case,
his Honour ordered all the exceptions to be overruled,
thinking that the Master bad tome to a right conclusion,
and that the estate of those who bad committed an in-
jury ought to be saddled with the expense of that

The Court then proceeded to hear motions.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
Causes of no general interest occupied his Honour the
whole morning.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor ,WIG 111.31.)
1110NYPENNY U. DERING—JUDGMENT.
His HONOUR gave judgment at some length in this
case, which involved a dry question of conveyancing, as
to which branch of the family of the Monypeuny's cer-
tain property belonged. His Honour made a declara-
tion in favour of the branch of Thomas Mony penny's
family, at the same time intimating that, in giving that
opinion, he felt great diffidence, and bad very little doubt
tLat the case, would be ultimately carried to the House
of Lords.

The Court then proceoded with the hearing a
motions.

INDERIVICIL V. SNELL.

The arguments in this part-heard motion were re-
sumed. The case came before the Court yesterday
upon motion on behalf of two gentlemen who were di-
re ctors, or late directors, of the Loudon Conveyance
Company, suing on their own behalf and for the other
>,hareholders for an injunction to restrain the six defend-
ants, who are the other directors, from doing, autho-
rising, or permitting any act as directors of the London
Conveyance Company until the plaintiffs Inderwick and
Cowan, and the defendant Johnson, should have been
duly and lawfully removed from the office of directors,
except such acts as might be done in pursuance of orders
duly made by the board in conformity with the 33d
clause of the deed of settletnent, and from preventing or
hindering the plaintiffs and Johnson acting as directors
of the company. It appeared by the affidavits, which
were very voluminous, that disputes had arisen amongst
the directors and memlers of the company, and com-
plaints were made of the conduct of the plaintiff Inder-
wick, who was the chairman cf the board, and of the
other two directors, and that the defendants had caused
meetings to be held for removing them from the direc-
tion. A 'resolution was made to that effect, but as the
plaintiffs contended, not at a meeting duly constituted.
They also denied the existence of the alleged gi ounds of
complaint; and the object of the application was to pre-
vent the company from proceeding to exclude the plain-
tiffs and Johnson under the alleged illegal re solutions.
(The case was proceeding when our report left.)

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and Justices PATTE
SON, WIGHTMAN, and ERLE )

THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY 07 CuPPER MINERS IN

ENGLAND V. FOX AND OTHERS

Sir F. TBLESIGER said, in this c ise, which was tried
before Mr. Justice Coleridge at the last sittings at
Guildhall, and in which a verdict was found for the
plaintiff for 5511. 25., he had to apply fur a rule to show
cause why there should not be a new trial on the ground
of misdirection. He made the application upon a point
which was reserved at the trial with regard to the right
of the plaintiffs, who are a corporation, to sue on an
executory contract not under seal. The plaintiffs were
incorporated under a chatter in the reign of William and
Mary and the charter recited that there were at that
time great quantities of copper ore found in divers parts
of this kingdom, which, for want of skilful artizans to
purify the same were totally neglected and unimproved,
and that certain persons had found out several in-
ventions for melting and refining copper ore. The
plaintiff. were incorporated for the purpose of melting and
refining copper ore. The contract on which the action
was brought had reference to 2,900 tons of iron rails
sold to the defendant by the plaintiffs. These iron
rails were stipulated to be delivered to the defendant on
the let of April, 1849, but, the plaintiffs failing in that,
the time of delivery was enlarged by consent until the
Ist of September following. The Learned Judge at the
trial was of opinion that that agreement was a substitu-
tion of the original one. He (Sir F. Thesiger) contended
that the contract on which the action was brought was
not one which was incident to the purposes for which
the plaintiffs were incorporated. They were incorpo-
rated fer melting and refining copper ore, and this was
a contract for furnishing iron rails, which was clearly
not within the objects for which the society was incor-
porated.
Lord CAMPBELL—Take a rule.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the LORD CHIEF Benorr, and Barons PA.BKE,
ROLFE, and PLATT.)
FOWLER V. DRAKE, PUBLIC OFFICER.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied in this Case, which
was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the last sit-
tings after term in Middlesex, and in which a verdict was
found for the defendant, for a rule to show cause why
the verdict should not :be set aside and a new trial bad
on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence,
and also against his Lordship's summing up. The de-
fendant was clerk to the visiting magistrates of the
county of Devon, and the plaintiff was an architect, who
had brought the action in assumpsit to recover 550/., the
balance due to him for commission on the erection of a
lunatic asylum in that county. It appeared that in
1841 the magistrates issued an advertisement for
plans and rections of the proposed building, and
that the defendant sent in a design, which was
accepted. Ile estimaied the cost of erecting, lighting,
warming and ventilating the asylum at about 40,0001.,
and it was agreed that he should receive a commission
of 5/ per cent. upon that outlay, which would amount to
2,000/. The magistrates were desirous that he should
mention a specific sum, but he objected to do so on the
ground that such a course would be against professional
etiquette, and the per tentage agreed upon was to in-
clude all travelling expenses and extra work. The
building was erected and the cost was 60,000 L The
works specified were within the estimate, but there were
certain extra works arising out of the estimate and upon
these the plaintiff did not charge any commission, but in
the course of the erection it occurred to the magistrates
that it would be more economical to erect gas works than
to lay down pipes for a supply of gas from some distant
manufactory. These works were accordingly erected,
and as they were not contemplated when he furnished
the estimate, it was contended that they could not come
under the category of " extras" or " contingencies," but
formed a distinct and separate building. A piece of
land at a distance from the asylum was purchased by
the magistrates, and on this also a well was sunk, and
tanks erected and conduits laid d
own, under the superin-
tendence of the plaintiff. The jury, in giving their ver-
dict, had proceeded
ion the assumption that these erec-
tions were included n the extra work agreed to be done
under the h
plaintiff 's specification,
but he (the Attor-
ney- General) contended that they were as distinct from
the original building as the erection of a lodge or a
boundary wall was distinct from a mansion.
The Court granted a rule nisi.