The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-17 00:00:00

BAIL COURT.-(T MS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice Col FruDoE.)

IN RE NOSES

Yesterday Mr. Symonds moved ti; e Court to allow this
gentleman to adopt the name of Jan ups instead of Moses,
and Mr. Justice Coleridge, having b then time to consi-
der the application, now gave his 4 lecision. The only
difficulty he had in grantitig it was II: it it would sanc-
tion an alteration in the roll of attor nays, which was
now a perfectly true document, and on this very ground
he had often refueed similar appl'ica :ions, which had
been made before him at Chambers. I fol vever, he had con-
sulted the other judges on the point, and they seemed
to think the rule ought to be allowed., it being distinctly
specified on the roll that the altera 'ion bad been made
with the leave of the Court. In ft: :ture the affidavits
made in support of an application of this. nature should
distinctly state that the patty was tt )t .apprehensive of
any proceedings having been eemmet teed against him in
the name he then bore. In this ca:te the rule might
e taken.

Ru!e absolute accordingly.
LINDSEY V. DIRECT LONDON AND PO .1 MOUTH RAILWAY.
WATSON obtained a rule nis>„ calling. upon chi?
Direct London and l',.;rtsmouth Rai !way Company to
show cause why they refused to pay tr fo sums of 1.073/.
and 1051., which heed been 'awarded tc , Mr. Lindsey for
certain land of his, which they requi red for the pur-
poses of their line.

SECONDARIES'.—(TILTS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary Porrza.)
LEWIS P. FARRAN/
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is an
attorney in Wilinington,quarP, ags;inat; the clef.nck•.t,
coach-maker, at Stratford, to recover the sum of 6/. 125.,
fur work and labour done.
Evidence was adduced fully making: out the case, end
a verdict was given tr the amount.
There was only ono other case on is bill of exchange,
undefended.

BANKRUPTCY.--(TWIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Conoruifsioncr Hi )EROID.)
THE ST. ALBAN'S DANK —IN EE Gl2 ISoN AND STURT.
This morning his Honour gave j udgment on the
question cf certificate of I.flessrr. Gibto a and Sturt, who
tad carried on business as bankers at St. Alban'o. The
case has been reported at very great length, and
His HoNour. now observed that the case tat.l occopied
a very considerable time, but the case was one ( f the
greatett public importance, not as regarded the magni-
tude of the amount of the failure, hut as to the reqou-
sibility and duty of backers, and under what .circurn-
stances they were entitled to the protection or thig
Court. His Honour, after having qacted a number of
cases on the latter point, v, eat into the Jacts of the ease
is stated in the lengthened argument:, and concluded by
refusing the certificate.

Application was made for protection, to give an op-
portunity of appeal, but his Honour did not think it was
a case in which he ought to i!terfere.

MARLBRO.-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
A WHOLESALE SivIASIIEH -a enry Taylor, a yount
man 21 years of a4c, was brought before Mr. flardwielt
for re-examination, charged with having in his posses-
sion a quantity of counterfeit crowns and half-crowns,
and several house. breaking implements, consisting of
crowbars, chisels, and skeleton keys, and reusing to give
a ratisfactory account of the same.
It appeared that for some time p Ist a considerable
amount of counterfeit coin has been ,?.irculatcd amongst
the various tradesmen in the neighbo urhood of 'Oxford-
street, one tradesman scone having taken during the
present month no less than 12 base hall-crowns. In
consequence of this, information was I:iven to the police,
and bounders, an active officer of t le E division, was
specially employed to trace out the unserer, or the per-
son from whom they received the coin.. After consider-
able perseverance, he succeeded in tracing the person to
his lodgings, 27, John. trees, Tonerliata-court-road.
Saunders, 65 E, now stated thett irom information he
had previously received he went, accorn:aaniecl by another
constable, to No. 27, John-street, -where they found the
prisoner in a back room. He told the prisoner he had
received information that he (pristine r) had a quantity
of base coin and housebreaking imtplet cents in his pos-
session, and that they must search the: place. The pri-
soner denied such being the fact, btra on searching the
room witness found concealed under the bed a carpet
bag and a lot of skeleton keys. He or erred the bag, and
wrapped up in paper he found 60 base crown-pieces, 20
hall-crowns, about 50 counterfeit st,illings, and four
small crow-bars. On asking the prisoner how he ac-
counted for having the coin in his pons ession, he said he
knew nothing at all about either the bag or the coin,
and some person must have put it thence without his
knowledge. Witness subsequently found the key of the
bag in a box belonging to the prisoner. They then took
him to the station. The constable added, that the pri-
soner was a notorious smasher, and supplied half ;he
utterers in London with base coin, at so much per
dozen.
The prisoner, who now made the same statement that
he made to the constable, was fully committed.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly atter Twelve
o'clock.

PETITIONF.
Sir E. FILMER presented petitions from Kent tiring
Sunday labour in the Post-office.
Mr. MITCHELL presented a petition from Bfidport
in favour of secular education.
Lord ED WARD HOWARD presented a petition from
Horsham in favour of the Education Bill.
Mr. BROTHERON presented a petition from Salford
praying for the abolition of the punishment of death.
Mr. WILLCOX presented a petition from South-
ampton against church-rates.
Mr. W. J. FOX presented several petitions in favour
of the Ten Hours Bill, and also several petitions in
favour of secular education. Ono of the petitions was
from the lettA.-prns printers of the metropolis, signed
by upwards of 1,000 persons.
Mr. MULLING'S prevented a petition from Lord
Huntingfield against the Copyhold Enfranchisement
Bill.

Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from
the city of London in favour of a more equitable system
of rating; also petitions to the same effect from various
parishes in London.
Lord EMLYN preymted a petition from Cardigan in
favour of an extension of the jurisdiction of the county
courts.

Sir R. INGLIS presented several petitions from d

ferent part, of Oxf )rdshire in favour of the Ten Hours
Bill.

Admiral GORDON presented a petition from a place
in Abereeznshire against any alteration in the existing
system of education in Scotland.
Mr. AGLIONBY presented petitions from Cocker-
mouth and other places in favour of the Copyhold En-
franchisement Bill; also petitions in favour of the Ten
Hours Bill.
Mr. PIGOTT presented a petition from Protestant
Dissenters if Reading against clauses in the Australian
Culonies Bill for providing grants from the State for
religious sects; also a petition from the inhabitants of
Finchatup,,tead, Berkshire, for the repeal of the tax on
tabac::o.
Mr. R. SPOONER presented several petitions from
different parts of Warvvickshiro against the Copyhold
Enfranchisement Bill.
Lord GALWAY presented similar petitions from
places in Lincolnshire.
Mr. PORTAL presented petitions from places in
Hampshire in favour of the repeal of the malt-tax.
Lord H. VANE presented petitions from Durham in
favour of the Education Bill.
Mr. T. EGERTON presented petitions against Sun;
day labour in the Post-office.
Mr. REPTON presented petitions from various places
against the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Manches-
ter in favour of secular education. The petition was
signed by many thousand persons.
Sir E. BUXTON presented petitions from places in
Essex against church-rates.

Mr. COBDEN presented petitions from various parts
of Yorkshire in favour of secular education and the
repeal of the malt-tqx.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented petitions from
various parts of the metropolis azainst the Poor Relief
(Cities and Towns) Bill.
Mr. HEALD presented petitions against the Educa-
tion Bill.
Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from Cam-
bridge against th. Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill.
Mr. E. DENISON presented Fetitions from Notting-
ham in favour of the Education Bill.
Mr. M. MILNES presented similar petitions from
Halifax.

On the motion of Mr. BLAIR, it was ordered, that in
the case of the Bolton Improvement Bill (petition for
additional provision), it be an instruction to the Com-
mittee on the Bill, that they have power t 5 make pro-
vision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said peti-
tion. That the order of the House (25th February),
referring the North Staffordshire and Blanchester,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railways Junction Bill to
the Committee of Selection, be read, and discharged ;
that the Bill be withdrawn. That the order of the
House (Bth April) for the second reading of the Lei-
cester and Hitchin Railway Bill, be read, and dis-
charged ; that the Bill be withdrawn.
SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAYS.

Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER moved that it be an
instruction to the Committee on Group 5 of Private Bills
to entertain the petition of shareholders deposited on
the 26th day of February, against the kihropshire
Union Railways and Canal Bill, and to hear counsel,
agents, and witnesses in support thereof.
Mr. W. PATTEN objected to the motion on the
ground that the Committee could not come to a satis-
factory decision by heating only one side, added to
which, he considered the House was bound to support
the decisionof the Committee, who had refused to bear
the parth s on the ground that shareholders could not
be heard against their own directors.
After a thort discussion the motion was withdrawn.