The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-28 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

APPLICATION TO BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST OP
CONTRIBUTORIES.—Before the Master of the Rolls,
Captain Raleigh King applied to have his name taken off
the list of contributories to the Merchants Company in
respect of 100 shares. In 1865, the year in which the
company had been organised, Captain King, being
desirous of becoming the possessor of 50 shares, and not
clearly understanding how to secure their allotment,
deputed, it seems, a certain Mr. Astley to apply for them.
Mr. Astley accordingly did so, but applied for 100 shares '
instead of 50, under the mistaken notion that it was neces-
sary to make application for twice the number required.
Captain King had handed over to Mr. Astley the price of
the 100 shards in question, but now sought to cancel the
allotment on the plea that the application had not been
authorised in writing by himself, as the forms of the
company demanded. The court considered that as the
allotment bad not been repudiated Captain King's applica-
tion could Lot le granted.
THE IMPERIAL SILVER QUARRIES COMPANT.—In Vice-
Chancellor Malins's Court an application has been made to
wind up the above-named company. The debenture-
holder who petitioned stated that the company had paid
£185,009 in paid up shares for the purchase of a mine,
about which they made no inquiries, and which, since the
year 1865, has realised a profit of no more than £7,000.
The Vice-Chancellor thought it would be a beneficial
thing to accede to the prayer of the application.
TIIE CASE OF GENERAL RIPLEY.—In the well-known
case of Greenwood v. Ripley, which was a bill to restrain
an action at law by General Ripley, formerly a distin-
guished general in the Confederate service, against the
plaintiff for a large sum of money in respect of machinery
for the making of rifles originally manufactured for the
Confederate Government, Vice-Chancellor Malins gave
judgment that the action was wholly unsustainable, but
he would allow it to proceed. At the same time execu-
tion would not issue without the leave of the court.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST PILOTS.—At the Maidstone
Assizes a North Sea pilot, named George Baker, and two
Deal pilotmen, named William Middleton and William
Frost Spears, surrendered before Mr. Justice Willes to
take their trial for unlawfully conspiring together to
defraud Richard Aichison Burstall, the agent for Lloyd's
Salvage Association at Deal and Ramsgate, of £426,
by means of false and fraudulent pretences by
falsely representing that certain salvage services
had been rendered by them when such was
not the case. The prisoners Spears and Middleton
made a claim for the sum mentioned in the indictment for
salvage services which they alleged had been rendered
to the ship Olivia when in the Downs, as that
vessel was proceeding to Hull. After the examina-
tion, the captain, who himself had spoken to the
truth of the prisoner's statements, when he thought
the money would be paid by the underwriters, now de-
clared the statement to be false. The trial is still pro-
ceeding.

ECCLESIASTICAL SIIIT.—In the Consistory Court an
action was brought before Sir Travers Twiss, the
Chancellor of the Diocese of Loudon, by the Hon. Rev.
R. Liddell, incumbent of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, to
recover the offertory alms collected at Belgrave Proprietary
Chapel. The answer was, that, although the chapel was
within the district, yet, as St. Paul's was only a district
chapelry at present, the incumbent was not entitled to
them. Judgment was reserved.
CONVICTION OF " CAPTAIN PLUMIT."—At the Surrey
Sessions, George Whitlock, 18, alias Captain Plummy,
and James Gregory were indicted for assaulting and rob-
bing John Quirk of two sixpences and sevenpence-half-
penny in copper, in Kent-street. The prosecutor, a
working man, named Quirk, was asked for some tobacco
by Whitlock, and he promised to buy some and give him
a portion. Quirk had no sooner turned the corner of the
3treet than he was set on by the other prisoner
and robbed of ls. 70., all the money he bad
in his pocket. The exact sum was found on
Whitlock when searched. The jury found the accused
Lewarne, the detective officer, said that they had
not been tried before, but he believed both prisoners had
been concerned in at least a dozen highway robberies lately.
The chairman sentenced each to five years' penal ser-
vitude.

DEATH PROM SUNSTROKE. —On Saturday a farm
labourer in the service of Mr. T. Lord, of Treskeily. Corn-
wall, received a sunstroke in the harvest field, and died in
a few minutes.

DISTRESSING BOAT ACCIDENT ON TIIE HUMBER.—
.1 melancholy disaster has occurred on the Humber,
resulting in the death of two mariners. It appears that
an annual boat-race is organised in the neighbourhood of
Barton, and the course is from Ferriby Sluice to the
Hebbles. On Thursday three boats were manned, each
boat carrying three men. In one of these the crew con-
sisted of James Oldridge, master mariner, 44 years
of age ; Thomas Oglesby, and James Forth, both
mariners. Oldridge's boat took and maintained the lead
to the Ilebbles, where a violent gale capsized his light
craft. Firth, the survivor, states that Oglesby sank at
once, and that Oldridge was carried away too quickly
to hope to give Lim any material assistance.
Firth, after supporting himself upon an oar for a consider.
able time, was picked up by some boatmen from Paull.
Neither of the bodies have as yet been recovered.—
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