The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-18 00:00:00

ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS
MUNT v. THE SHREWSBURY, &C., RAILWAY c°-:eat
The further arguments in this motion orcuP_,
1,,
L)rdship, the Master of the Rolls, the whole moo'

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS
)
(Pefore tt a VICE-CZANCELLOR of El•h•—n•
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England
c Imes to-day.

NORMAN V. HAMMACK. 00
The further arguments in this partly-heal. 100
were resumed to-day, and occupied the Court 6'l"
morning.
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(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT Barr-) d irt"
His Honour heard.eauses to-day but nothing -
rest came before him during the morning.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor WzanArd.)

INDERWICK V. SNELL. 600 °I
The further arguments in this part-heard 1:01'lP
facts of which we have already given, occupied
nour the whole morning.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS AN.)
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
MACKENZIE V. THE SLIGO AND SHANNON

COMPANY. ii; 00114:
Mr. WORDSWORTH moved for a rule nisi Ca-. 0,
the plaintiff to show cause why the proceedings
„01.'
action should not be stayed or set aside, on the
that the affairs of the company were being arraritysiool
disposed of under the Joint' Stock Company's ;'/P°
Up Act. The plaintiff sought to recover 3,320,1
had been awarded to him for work and labour
n engineer, but it was doubtful whether he hscliitito
to proceed by attachment under the award, as Pt-oad
attempting to do, so as to obtain judgment 80136%00
member of the company. The question involved lot
case was the construction of two Acts of Par,lhiscf#,
namely, the 11th and 12th Victoria, c. 45, whf"
into furce on the 14th of August, 1848, and weelelP
and 13th Victoria, c. 108, which was passed OIL V,
of August, 1849. On the 4th of May, 1849, °,ler
Chancellor of England made a decree under. tie
Act dissolving this company, referring the wil3wwllo.,
of its affairs to Mr. Senior; but the second Ite!'d tP,
seemed to be declaratory of the first, provioe 00*
neither of the two Acts "shall" apply to incoredot
railway companies, and the question now to be,ife
mined was whether that provision was prosPecri,if
retrospective. If it were only prospective the P 010
ought only to come in with the other creditorebes
the decree of the Court of Chancery, said as ,t„ye;
vs'
fendants contended that it was, they wished to
further proceedings stayed by the Court.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE granted a rule nisi.
Rule nisi accordingly.
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SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DP'
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.)
LOAN 80CIETIES.—OAKES V. FAULILNES. ofsL
This eas an action brought to recover the Olio
ss. on a promissory no:e. Defendant pleaded IP
did not make the note. err
A witness, named Manser, was called, and glicealbl,
dence that he was present when the defendant eigad
note. In cross-examination, the witness said that lei
not know who the plaintiff was. The note Brae4llo
at No. 12, Ilaye's•place, Marylebone, at a Laafloooll
The money was paid by Mr. Nice, the secretary iQd
not say who formed the society, and had no interest
dr
himself, except being employed by the secretary
liver circulars, &c,
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The UNDER-SHERIFF said it did not matter - or

plaintiff war, the only issue was whether V defer
signed the note.
The Defendant's ATTORNEY asked the wituee°
became of the note after it was signed? bib(
The UNDER SHERIFF said it did not signify le--
came of it, the issue was the same. if
The ATTORNEY submitted that he was entitlu-
nose
quire who the plaintiff was, and for that purr i
should call the secretary, who was in court.
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The UNDER•SHERIFF said that of course be -- os•
to hear any evidence for the defence, but it was 8,1
of time unless the handwriting could be disprove',
The secretary was then called, but refused to be II
as he bad not been subpoenaed. ;„ 00°4
The ATTORNEY submitted that any party
could be called on to give evidence.
011
The UNDER•SHERIFF said the party might or
not answer to his name, but there was no power t°
pel him to give evidence in such a case.
Plaintiff's ATTORNEY said the object was CO -- .4leit
dente for some other purpose.
The UNDER-SHERIFF directed the jury, whoref°
verdict for the amount.

MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS
James Brown was brought up for re-examinall;eisl
fore Mr. Alderman Gibbs, on the charge ot,Ptosts
stolen the "Leadenhall-street walk" general post
Mr. Peacock attended for the prosecution. nee
Mr. Inspector Fosberry's evidence, in which otre bff
the prifoner's confession of having carried off Subeil4
and throwing it from London-bridge into the river,
read over, eld

Mr. John Shuttleworth, grocer, of Weeth,..er:dele
stated that he dealt with Messrs. Simpkin, of .1-7,,,g0!
hall-street. On the 14th of this month he sent P'eor
letter containing the half of a 101. note. Its
.f
was acknowledged, and on the 7th he forwards
other half of the 101. note. He posted the letter. 00
receipt of the second half was not acknowledged. 0
10th he came to London, hearing that Mr. SimPkV
not got the other half. Ho produced the first 11,6,0004
sent. It was No. 74,168, dated Feb. 4. The bit'', V,
found on the prisoner he believed to be the second
he forwarded to Messrs. Simplon, of
Mr. James Bishop, clerk to Simpkin and Bee''ing
Leadetihall-street—He was in the habit of °Pe-sti
the General Post-office letters. On the sth of Feer-011.
the half of a 10/. note arrived from Mr. Shuttlesli,
There was no letter from Mr Shuttleworth on the 8101'
William Peckham, the letter carrier, was tbea des,
mined—He delivered in the neighbourhood of Lea go'
hall-street. Cale was his assistant. On the morniZe
the Bth they got their letters, about 300, from the
office to deliver. He put them in a blue bag. C6,'
etso
his letters at the same time, and he put them In
They left the Post-office at 20 minutes to nine• roof
carried both bags. They walked together to the 6/1,080
of Bishopsgate-street. There he met a man be ""bito'
from the country, and he stopped and spoke to of,
Cale went on, and he saw him place his boa d°.,:er
the door of Maine and Reed's shop, at the CO"'iOIP
Bishopsgate-street, wishing his friend good 111°`1„ -6/0
He walked towards the door, and he noticed vsilis
the act of crossing the street. Before he could get fra
door some men who were passing intercepted his 00
and on reaching the door the bag was gone. 4,01'
down Leadenhall-street to see if any person mite e'bd
ing it, but did not meet with it Had not seen the she
since. There were about seven bundles tied up o.3its
bag. There was also a small memorandum book 10
by
and a saucer containing veal and pork. That W's` for
lunch. A letter posted at Weathersfield on the 7L'llO
delivery in Leadeuhall-street, would have been 1
b. ta
a John Cale, the assistant, deposed to leaving '-ettye
at the shop door of 3lessrs. Maine and Reed, a
corner of Bishopsgate-street.
Mr. Peacock said the finding of the half-note e'ffp
prisoner had been proved by Mr. Inspector Fosbfddt
He therefore wished the prisoner to be further rem
in order to complete the case.
The prisoner made no objection, and
Alderman GIBBS accordingly remanded him
Tuesday.

MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DA:4O4
CAUTION TO OMNIBUS CONDUCTORS.—FrCdaidg tLeh
Ens, the conducter of one of the Chelsea omnina
was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with
drunk, and making use of abusive language to Mr•
ham P. Burnaby, the Chief Clerk at Bow•street
court. 1/31°

The complainant stated that last night he 041
the defendant's omnibus in Sloane-street. After 131'00
in, theldef'endaLt wanted to put a fourteenth 100 it
in, but as there were already thirteen inside, and or°
was extremely hot at the time, complainant remonstr
with him on the impropiioty of such a proceediok die
this juncture, a female came up, and wanted to get`` otS
" bus," when defendant, in a. jeering tone, said og
cannot get in, there are no gentlemen inside." After good
some distance, the defendant got down, and purtell
a cigar; and having mounted his board, ";'etr'
to blow such a cloud as to almost suffocate the poor
gers inside. Not satisfied with this, he took tri°
sons on the step, thus excluding all the air. On askinghitti;
to keep the door clear, he said, " Oh, never mind so
v
it is only the b- threepenny." When the
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reached the Circus complainant got out, whereuP°l,o
defendant called out " There goes the b - threePegoir
he wants to bilk me of my fare," at the same gale" 10
ing him by the wrist with great force, and swearilio
(complainant) should not go until he had paid the oleo
Complainant gave him a threepenny piece, and bid
took out his pocketbook, with a view of taking hit,
number. Defendant observing this, heaped upon
such torrents of abuse that he gave him in charge'
fendant was very tipsy at the time. fotti
The defendant, who said complainant's statement
much exaggerated, was fined 305., or one month' 1)0
money was paid, and defendant was cautioned ads to
future conduct.

40,
EATING.—If we are really to defend the noce'ci 40;
of eating in this world, we ought to proceed logically an -
tegorically. In the first place, it is an eating svor,i'Leit4
seems to have been made on purpose for eating an° "„tioo
eaten ; and really the greater part of the animal cri.e„; we;
seem to have nothing else to do. Man, indeed, writes m.. 1,10
but even the end of these is that he may eat, or rather that
his bookseller and publisher may. It is, moreover, true'di a$
every animal eats as much as it can procure, and as Otatitt
it can hold. A with eats but to sleep, and sleeps but,:;,stbe
and, not content eating all day long, " twice it 01"iloiv°
slain," and eats its dinner o'er again. A whale OA orf
10,000,000 of living shrimps at a draught ; •
bird eats its own hulk in a day ; and a caterPillt,itter
;100 times its weight before it lies down to rise 11
ybicb
fly. The mite and the maggot eat the very world 111 10
they live; and the hyena, for want of better food, eats * 01'
self. Yet the maggot has not the gout, and the Whale 1. 000
subject to the sciatica. Nor does Captain Lyon
of
that an Esquimaux is troubled with toothache, dysPeP.sfil:a
hysterics, though he eats ten pounds of seal, and drl-
gallon of oil at a meal.—Domestic Economist.
SUBMARINE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.—M0 - -f) tp.twee-,
Publique states that the submarine electric telegraph nth
Dover and Calais is to be opened to the public on the.L., each
May, the anniversary of the proclamation of the Fr
Republic by the Constituent Assembly. eyP
GLASGOW AND NEW YORR.—The splendid rote
iron steam-ship, the City of Glasgow, took her dePa oat
from the Broomielaw on Tuesday afternoon, on herbeirig
trip to New York. The novelty of the occasion (this col
the first steamer which has ever sailed from the Gli_uee deal
goods and passengers for America) excited an imalo'"
of interest.

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