The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1868.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice
and Justices Blackburn, Lush, and Hannen.)

THE GREAT BOAT RACE CASE-SADLER V. SMITH.

It will be remembered that this aquatic case was
tried at the last sittings at Guildhall before the
Lord Chief Justice and a special jury, when a ver-
.
diet was returned for the plaintiff, the damages
awarded being £3OO.

The plaintiff was the well-known rower Sadler,
and he had engaged to row another professional,
Kelley, last autumn for £3OO. The race was to
have taken place on
_the Tuesday, but owing to the
state of the river it did not come off, but was post-
poned until the next day. On that day when the
men were placed two or three false starts were made,
and in the referee's mind it became evident that
Sadler, the plaintiff, did not intend to start at all.
The referee of Kelley rowed to Mr. Bit-lilt's
boat and told him that Sadler wool I not
start, and he asked what was to be done. The re •
force then, told Kelly to row over the course, and
to tell Sadler that he was going to do so. Kelley
alleges that he did tell Sadler so, but that he took
no notice, and was rowing away. Kelley then rowed
over the course, and when they got to Putney the
referee awarded to him the stakes. This action, at
variance with the usual custom in sporting circles,
was brought to recover the amount of these stakes.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine (with Lim Mr. Garth,
Q.C.) now moved for a new trial on the ground of
misdirection to the jury, and that the verdict was
against the weight of evidence. He contended that
the questions which had been put to the jury for
their decision by the learned judge were irrelevant,
and that they did not contain the'real point at issue.
Ile considered that the point on which his application
for a new trial was based was as to the decision of
the referee, and whether or not he had the right to
make the award he had made.

The Lord Chief Justice—The question would be
whether the referee had the right to make an
award without investigating into the particulars of
the matter, or whether he could immediately make
it. The referee (Mr. Biffin) admitted that he had
been too hasty, and that he now regretted It.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said that it was so, but
that this point was not placed before the jury at all.
He contended that it rested entirely in the hands
of the referee, and that he had absolute power to
make what award he chose.

➢lr. Justice Lush—But it would be a matter of
usage.

Air. Sergeant Ballantine—No, my lord ; this was
an agreement giving the referee this power. The
learned counsel then entered into an analysis of
some portiOns of the terms of the agreement to
show the poWer of the referee.
After some further argument the Court, after a
brief consultation, informed Sergeant Ballantine
that he could take a decree nisi to show cause.

CITY OF LONDON COURT.
(Before R. M. Kerr, Esq.)
ROCHES V. WALKER-AN EXTRAVAGANT INFANT AND
His £4 4s. COAT.
This was an action to recover £4 45., the value
of a coat sold by the plaintiff, who is a tailor, to
the defendant's son, the particulars of demands
being in the form of goods sold and delivered.
It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff
that the defendant's son called upon him and or-
dered a coat, which came to £4 4s. The son is a
minor.

His Honour—How do you make the defendant
Liable under an auction for goods sold and de-
livered.

It was urged that the form might be altered so
that the father could be sued for necessaries sup-
plied to his son, but his honour declined to amend
the particulars.

Defendant—l desire to say a few words in this
matter. My son at the time he gave this order was
only 17 years of age, and was in a situation at 12s.
6d. per week, so that a £4 4s. coat was utterly out
of the question for a youth in his circumstances.
As soon as I saw the coat I asked my son how he
came by it, and he replied, " That is my business,"
but I told him I must see into the matter. After
making inquiry I ascertained the fact, and returned
the coat to plaintiff.

His Honour—Do you provide your son with
necessary clothes ?
Defendant—l do.

Plaintiff—You offered to make an arrangement.
Defendant—l told you that I had sons in` Auch a
position of life that the coat might be suitable, and
if they chose to buy it they could, but they de-
clined.

his Honour ruled that defendant could not be
made liable in such an action as this. He had be-
haved in a very proper manner in the case, and
plaintiff must be non-suited.

Plaintiff non-suited, and defendant allowed costs.

POLICE IiVTELLIGENCE.-TIHS DAY.

WESTMINS rE R.

TIIE GAROTTE ROBBERY IN WESTMINSTER.—
William Brown, John Pugh, and Michael Forrest,
three ill-looking fellows, were finally examined
before Mr. Arnold, charged with assaulting and
robbing John Taylor, a smith, and pensioner
from the army, whereby his life was in danger.
It will be remembered that Taylor was so in-

jured as to necessitate the Magistrate taking his
deposition at the Westminster Hospital. Happily,
however, for the prisoner, under the care of Mr.
Winkworth, the house surgeon, he gradually re-
covered, and is now able to leave the hospital, and
attend the court to give evidence.
The evidence, which was very voluminous, went
clearly to show that, on the night of the 11th, at a
quarter to eleven o'clock, the prosecutor and three
prisoners were drinking together in the Cock pub-
lichouse, Tothill-street, Westminster, and left to-
gether, crossing the road, and proceeding down
New Tothill-street ; here they attacked him, and
knocked him down, and a lad named John Owen,
living at 10, Tothill-street, deposed to seeing the
prisoner Brown strike him on the ground, stoop
over him, put his hand into his pocket, ani, having
taken it out, said, " I've got it," whereon they all
walked quickly away, leaving the man on the ground
insensible. The lad followed Brown, and through his
instrumentality Brown was taken shortly after-
wards. The other prisoners were taken subs -
quently by Morgan and Upson, detectives of the
B division.

Forrest denied the charge in lobo, and said he was
in another public-house at the time. The others
did not deny their identity; but urged in their de-
fence that Taylor, under the influence of liquor,
challenged them to fight for a crown, that they
went outside, and the result was a fight, of which
Taylor got the worst. Brown denied all knowledge
of the robbery or any participation in it.
They were all committed for trial at the Middle-
sex Sessions without bail.

horses and omnibus? A most disgraceful state of
things.

Mr. Emanuel, of 83, Church-lane, Whitechapel,
said the two prisoners had been in his employ
several years. They were taking the omnibus home
to be washed. He never knew the prisoners to be
in trouble before. They were generally very
steady men.

Mr. Paget--Respectable females passing along
the road might have stopped the omnibus. If they
had done so they would have been at the mercy of
two drunken men. I fine the prisoners 40s. each,
and in default 14 days' imprisonment.
Mr. Emanuel paid the fines for his men.

BAIL IPA Y SHAREHOLDERS' CON PE-

REIY C 1 S.

The Conference resumed its sittings at the Town
Hall, Alanchester, yesterday morning. Mr. John
_ _

Platt, M.P., preside].

The CALURNIAN, in opening the proceedings, said
the ciu stion of the desirablencs3 of railways bad
been settled by the large amount of money invested
in them. One thing he was anxious to see in
connection with all railway companies was. a sepa-
rate fund to meet deprecia.ion in rolling stock. Ile
said, without fear of contradiction, that no railway
in the kingdom possessed such a fund. Another
matter in which some guarantee was wanted was
that in the construction of new stations a fair de-
duction should be made from capital on account
of the stations destroyed.

Mr. W. W. HuLsE read a paper on the uniformity
of railway accounts.

Mr. FRANKLIN (London) read a paper in which
he dwelt upon the advantages of the Indian rail.
way system and a Government supervision of ac
counts.

Mr. DARBY GRIFFITH, M.P., addressed the Con-
ference at some length in coudemnaion of the
existing proxy system.
The CHAIRMAN moved, and Mr. H. RAWSON
seconded, the following resolution :--.“That it is
the opinion of this meeting that,. with a view to the
concentration and definition of responsibility, each
board of directors should have a small and well-paid
executive known to the proprietors, the remaining
members being a board of supervision and con-
trol."

After some discussion, the resolution was adopted.

The CHAIRMAN moved, " That it is desirable the
management and control of capital outlay and the
revenue expenditure be separated and entrusted to
distinct bodies."

Mr. WOOD objected to the ambiguous wording
of the resolution, and proposed as an amendment
that the following words be added :—" The ques-
tion being left open whether the trustees of capital
be or be not directors."

After some discussion, the resolution was passed
with only two dissentients. _ .

The third resolution, moved by the CHAIRMAN,
and seconded by Mr. TROTTER, was as follows :
" That in the expenditure of money for the purpose
of improving the property of the company only such
expenditure as may increase the value above the
original cost should in any case be charged to capi-
tal, and then only when such expenditure will in-
crease proportionately the receipts of the company."
The resolution was passed, with the following words
added on the suggestion of the Chairman :--'• Whe-
ther from additional expenditure on reduced net
receipts."
The fourth resolution, moved by the CHAIRMAN,
and seconded by Mr. FIELDEN, was as follows :
" That no expenditure on capital account be valid
unless specially voted and adopted at the first gene-
ral meeting in each year; and any money voted at
a previous meeting and not expended be subject to
a renewed vote, or be cancelled." This was passed,
with the substitution of the words " each half-
yearly meeting," instead of " the _first general
meeting."

Mr. vH. RAWSON proposed, and Mr. PARKS
seconded, the fifth resolution—" That it is desirable
the proprietors iu special meeting, at which half at
least of the capital conferring the right to vote is
represented, should be enabled, by the votes of
three-fifths of the proprietors present, personally or
by proxy, to remove from office the entire board of
directors or any of its members, and to elect other
directors in their pi tce."

Mr. WATKIN, M.P., supported the proposition
and after some discussion it wai passed.

The CHAIRMAN proposed, and Mr. BuTll (Lon-
don) seconded, the sixth resolution—" That it is
desirable due inquiries shOuld be made by Parlia
mentary committees into the financial ability of the
promoters of new railway schemes to give effect to
the powers granted to them by Parliament."
Mr. WATKIN, M.P., proposed to add the words,
" and also as to the reproductive nature of the out-
lay ;" which Mr. Blyth agreed to, and the resolu-
tion was passed.

The CHAIRMAN proposed, and Mr. HULSE se-
conded, the seventh resolution—" That it is desir-
able, as nearly as may be possible, to establish uni-
formity of railway accounts." The resolution was
passed, with the addition, on Mr. WATEIN'S sug-
gestion, of the words " and to assimilate the sys-
tem of audit."

Mr. Platt, M.P., having retired, Mr. Watkin,
M.P., presided during the remainder of the meet-
ing. lie proposed—" That considering that there
exists a considerable amount of authorised and un-
raised capital, exceeding 100 millions sterling, a
great portion of which is required for competitive
and unremunerative lines, it is desirable to
strengthen the hands of the boards of directors
wishing to obtain powers to abandon su ch lines."
_ _

----
Mr. HULSE seconded the resolution, and it-was
passed.

The following resolutions were also passed :
" That it is desirable that an improved system of
.taking the votes of absent shareholders should be
effected, and that every railway Company should,
during the month of December in each year, print
for sale, at a price not exceeding 2s. 6d. per copy, a
list of all the shareholders of the company who were
on the register on the first day of the month, dis-
tinguishing such as are en titled to vote and such
as are entitled to be nominated as directors ; and
that the accounts and reports containing a state-
ment and estimate of any contemplated expendi-
ture of capital be issued to the proprietors four-
teen days before the half-yearly meeting." "That
in the opinion of this meeting the laws re-
lating to compensation for railway accidents and for
local rating are unjust, and ought to be amended."
" That the system of free passes, except in the case
of the servants of the company, should be abso-
lutely abolished." " That Parliamentary powers
be sought to give effect to the foregoing resolutions,
so far as present legislation is inefficient, and that
the thanks of the Conference be given to the Man-
chester Railway Shareholders' Association for their
trouble in carrying out the objects for which it is
established ; and that this meeting pledges itself to
give material and moral support to the association
in its, efforts to give effect to the foregoing reso-
lutions."

Votes of thanks to the gentlemen who had read
papers, and to Mr. Platt and Mr. Watkin for pre-
siding, concluded the proceedings.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

GRATESESD, Thursday Morning.

Arrived, April 15.—Waterloo, steamer, from Rotterdam.

Arrived, April 16.—Rudolph, from Libau ; Cilminer,
from Kurracheo ; Blanche, steamer, from Dunkirk; Baron
Osy, steamer, from Antwerp; Charles Howard, steamer,
from Lisbon.

Sailed—Fairy Queen, steamer, from Dieppe: Neptunus,
from Krageroo; Hiruudo, from Longsund ; Dovro and
Amelia Charlotte, both from Sundsvall; John Benjamin,
from Cardiff and Barcelona; J. S. D., from Ghent.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Anchored.—John Spears, froru London, for Quebec.

Passed.—Die Erut', from New York, for Hamburg;
E. Shum, for the Cape of Good Hope; Auguste, fur Cette
—both from Loudon.

Sailed.— Sir Harry Parkes, for Shanghai.

MISSING SKIPS.—The Anne Lowther, which sailed
from Huelva for Liverpool on January 8; the Mary and
Martha, which sailed from Helsingboig for London on
December 11; the Rebecca, which sailed from Engel-
holm for the east coast of England on the 29th November;
and the Elizabeth, from Teignmouth for Leith, which
passed through the Downs on the 31st January, have not
sine keen inard

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET GRAVEN MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.

A continuance of brilliant weather caused a visit to the
Heath this day to be pleasurable. The racing, however,
was tame, and quite unworthy the headquarters of the
turf. The £lOO Plate, a Handicap Sweepstakes, and the
Subscription Plate were the only items in the day's card
that attracted respectable fields. If, however, the sport
was of little interest, the breaking down of Typhoeus at
exercise this morning caused great consternation, and it
was anticipated that he would be at once struck out of the
Two Thousand Guineas. Up to the hour fixed for the last
race this afternoon —4.3o—Typhoeus, however, had not been
scratched to Mr. I.anning for either the Derby or Two
Thousand Guineas. Cocoa Nut, though ten two-year-
olds opposed her, won the £lOO Plate in a canter, au I a
brilliant future is in store for this graldly-shape 1 Nut-
bourne filly. All the horses—save the Romping Girl,
ikipjack, and Nyauza—ran fur the Handicap Sweepstakes;
but the favourite, Vespasian, had the race won on entering

the cords, and easily disposed of Python and ()baron at
the Iluish. The easy victory of Laneret over Suffolk in
the Subscription Plate told how slight were the preten-
sions of Baron ilnthschild's colt to win the Derby, and we
shall probably hear no more of Suffolk in connexion with
the great Epsom prize.

Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft; throe year olds 7st 81b,
four Bst 111 b, five and upwardi 9st 21b ; m was and gold-
ingi allowil 31b; the wino a* to 1)3 sold fir 2JJ sivs, if
for 10j allowed 71b. Criterion Course (six furlongs).
4 subs.
Mr. Hughes's Paris, by Mildew, aged, Bst 6'b (£100)
(T. French) w.o.
Plato of 100 sous, for two year oils which have never won
100 sovs ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies 8s; 71b. Last half mile of
B.C.

Lord Westmorland's Cocoa Nut, by Nutbourne, Bst 71b
(Goatsr) 1
Baron Rothschild's Sister to Chignon, Bst 71b ...(Daley) 2
Sir F. Johnstone's c by Weatherbit—St. Agnes, tist 101 b
(Parry) 3

The following also ran :—Madame Strauss, Rosary,
Troy, Insect, Yermak, Buxton, Brother to Union Jack, and
Red Breast.

Morris weighed for Little Lord, but the horse could not
be found in time, and in consequence his number was taken
down.

Betting —7 to 4 on Cocoa Nut, 5 to 1 apt' Sister to
Chignon, and 10-to 1 each agst Brother to Union Jack, In-
sect, and the Woatherbit colt. Won in a canter by a couple
of lengths.

The Column Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for three year

olds; colts 8t 10Ib, fillies Bst 7lb ; 3lb and 51b allow
ances. R.M. (1 mile 17 yards). 7 subs.

Mr. Merry's Phoebus, by Thormanby, out of ganbeam
(Mb), Bst Mb (DAley) 1
Mr. Bowes's Booty (31b), Bst 41b (Fordham) 2
Mr. Hodgman's Maesllwch (Mb), Bst 21b ... ...... (Parry) 3
_ . . __

Betting,---Even Phoebus, 7 to 4 agst Maesllwcb, and 4
to 1 agst Booty. Won in a canter by three-parts of a
length. _ _

Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, for two year olds ; colts 8s
71b, fillies Bst 51b. Last half of R.M. 6 subs.

Baron Rothschild's Brother to Pole-axe, by Lambton,
Bst 71b . ..(Daley) 1
Duke of Newcastle's Lure, Bst slb (Fordhatn) 2
Mr. Bromsgtove's Peckwater, Bst 71b (Cannon) 3
Lord Glasgow's f by First Flight, dam by Melbourne—
Miss Whip, Bst 51b (Challoner) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Brother to Pole-axe, and' 2to 1 agst
Lure. Won by three parts of a length.

. _
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for three year olds
and upwards. D.M. (7 furlongs 210 yards.)
Sir 0. Legard's Vespasian, by Newminster, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b

(Custance) 1
Mr. G. Angell's Python, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Parry) 2
Duke of Newcastle's Clairon, 3 yrs, 6st 131b...(Oradock) 3
The following also ran :—Historian, Ainsley, Veda,
Sister to Vedette, The Drake's dam colt, and Furious.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Vespasian, 4to 1 agst Sister to
Vedette, 5 to 1 each agst Python and Clairon, 10 to 1 agst
tho Drake's darn colt, and 20 to 1 agst any other. Won
by a length and a half.
Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for three year olds ; colts
Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; 41b allowances. T.Y.O. 5 fur-
longs 140 yards. 5 subs.
Lord Falmouth's Pearlfeather, by Nevrminster, Bst 71b
(French) 1
Mr. Bowes's Thorsgill (41b), Bst 61b (Fordham) 2
Betting-2 to lon Pearlfeather, who made all the run-
ning, and won in a canter by two lengths.

Subscription Plate of 50 sous; three year olds 7st 71b, four
Bst 121 b, five and upwards 9st 31b. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs

140 yards).
Mr. Bryan's Laneret, by Newminster, 5 yrs...(Fordham) 1
Baron Rothschild's Suffolk, 3 yrs (Covey) 2
Duke of Newcastle's Bismarck, 4 yrs (Daley) 3

Vertumna f and Glamis also ran.
Betting-11 to 8 agst Suffolk, 7 to 4 agst Laneret, and
4to 1 agst Bismarck. Won by two lengths.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three year old fillies,
Bst 101 b each ; maidens at starting allowed 51b. T.Y.C.
5 furlongs 140 yards. 7 subs.
Mr. Pryor's The Sphynx, by Newniinster, Bst Sib
('r. French) ft
Lord G. Manners' St. Angela, Bst 101 b (Daley) .1.2
Prince D. Soltykoff's Pyrenees, Bst 101 b (Mann) 3
The betting opened at 5 to 4 on St. Angela, but closed
at 6 to 5 on The Sphynx, 6 to 4 agst St. Angela, and 10 to
1 agst Pyrenees.
St. Angela held a slight lead till within a hundred yards
of home, when The Sphynx got up in the last stride, and
made a dead heat of it ; bad third. Deciding Heat—
Sphynx won by three quarters of a length.
Sweeistaices of 10 s )vs each; three year olds 7st 71b, four
Bst 111 b, five and upwards Oat. 41b ; the winner to be
sold for 100 sovs. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards).
Mr. Goodwin's c Doctor Gray, by Ninus or Oulston,
dam by the Doctor... Grey Araby, 3 yrs. 7st 71b
(T. Goodwin) 1
Mr Elliott's Bagpipe, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Mordan) 2
Lord Westmoreland's Miss Euclid, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
(Kenyon) 3
BAting-7 to 4 agst Doctor Gray, and 2 to 1 each agst
Bagpipe and Miss Euclid. Won by a length.
Match, 100 sovs. Last half of R.M.
Lord 'Westmoreland's Betty, by Lambton, 3 yrs, 7st
(Kenyon) 1
Lord Glasgow's Sister to First Flight, 3 yrs, Bst
(Chaloner) 2
Betting-5 to 4on Betty. Won by five lengths.

LATEST BETTING.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
7to 2 agst Rosierueian (taken)
11 to 2 agst Formosa (taken)
6to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken)
Bto 1 agst Pace (taken)
12 to 1 agst See Saw (taken)
20 to 1 agst St. Ronan (taken)
25 to 1 agst Harvester (taken)

THE DERBY.
4to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken)
Bto 1 agst Rosicrucian (token)
8 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken)
16 to 1 agst Paco (taken)
40 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken)
50 to 1 agst Harvester (taken)

MARKETS—(This Day.)

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE.

,JAR—The advance of is per cwt established yester-
day is well sustained, and there is again a good inquiry for
both landed and floating parcels.
COFFEE—There is a good assortment of Ceylon coffees
on the market to-day nearly all plantation kinds, and with
a steady demand prices are supported.
TEA.—Common and medium grades of black tea con-
tinue in steady request, and the market very firm.
RlCE.—Only a limited business passing, but rates well
maintained.

SALTPETRE is inactive, but not offered on lower terms.
HEMP.—The market is dull. Clean St. Petersburg
nominally £3B to £3B 10s per ton.
METALS.—Copper continues very firm, with an upward
tendency. Smelters' rates are—for manufactured, £B7 ;
best selected rough, £B5 to £B6 ; tough cake, £B2 to £B3 ;
Chilian bars are firm, at •176 ; tin is unaltered ; Straits,
£93 10s to £94 cash.

Turpentine.—American refined selling in small lots at
34s to 34s 6d.

Oils.—Linseed steady but inactive at 34s ; English
brown rape firm at 36s on the spot ; pale, 37s 9d to 37s ;
foreign, 395. Cocoa-nut steady: Ceylon, 495; Cochin,
54s to 555. Olive quiet: Dlogadore, 466 ; Malaga,
£7O 10s. _ _