The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-17 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

DECLARATION OF THE POLL—(THIS DAY).
FOR DIE AMENDMENT OF MR. NORRIS.
No. of Proprietors. Capital. Votes. Total Votes.
256 present. £719,733 3,898
2,094 proxy. 3,448,183 21,728

24,167,916
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT.
No. Capital. Votes.
188 Present £335,629 2,311
1 6,000 28

2,350

25,626

189 £341,629
MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF THE AMENDMENT.
2,161 £3,826,287 23,28 T

2,331

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)

IN RE J. W. ROBSON.-THE CRYSTAL PALACE FRAUDS,

To-lay was appointed for a dividend meeting, and
first examination under the estate of this bankrupt, who
has been convicted of extensive forgeries and frauds on
the Crystal Palace Company.
The bankrupt was brought up in custody, but not
brought into Court, being accommodated in a private
roam to answer any questions necessary. His appear-
ance was much the same as on the last meetirg.

Mr. Lawrence appeared on behalf of the Crystal Pa-
lace Company to tender a proof for 17,8941. The affi-
davit was made by Mr. George Groves, the secretary
of the company, on an account prepared by Messrs.
Quitter and Co., under different heads, showing the na-
tore of the frauds and forgeries by which the compa►,y
became entitled to claim for moneys received by the
bankrupt and misappropriated by him, and upon forged
shares, which as between the public and the company
they were liable for, the bankrupt having affixed their
seal and also entered the shares in the transfer books.
As the assignees had not bad time to go into the account
he should propose that the proof should be admitted,
subject to investigation.
Mr. G. Simon (instructed by Mr. Monk), for the
assignees, objected to the form of the affidavit and to
some of the items, particularly as to the forged shares,
as it was not at all clear that the company were bound
by them.
Mr. Lawrence said the company bad been well ad-
vised upon that point before they paid the dividend—the
shares having the genuine impression of the company's
seal, gave the, shares all the indication of genuine
shares.

His Honour said there were several difficult questions
in the matter, and he thought the better course would
be to adjourn the dividend for a month, and it was ad-
journed accordingly.
No accounts having been files], the examination was
adjourned sine die.

ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN A TRAIN AND ROB-
VERY
Feb.
VERY OF 400,0001.—The following extract of a private
letter was posted yesterday at Lloyd's :—" Cairo
1857. We had a very narrow escape last night. A
conspiracy had been planned to destroy the treasure
train, by taking up the rails near this city, and in the
confusion of a dreadful accident to plunder the trunks of
the specie, amounting to 400,0001., brought by the Pere
screw steamer. It was discovered in time, and about:,
130 of the ringleaders had been apprehended."
THE HUNTERIAN ORATION.—The customary oration
in honour of the celebrated surgeon, physiologist, and
comparative anatomist, John Hunter, was delivered in
the lecture-theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons,
Lincoln's inn-fields, on Saturday last, the 14th inst., by
Mr. Thos. Wormald, Fellow of the College, and one of
the surgical staff of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in the
presence of the elite of the medical profession of the me-
tropolis,_ and many Fellows of the two Royal colleges.
THE NEW BARON OF THE EXIIIEQUER.—Mr. Ser-
geantChannell, the newly-appointed Baron of the
Exchequer, was called to the bar in the year 1827, and
became a sergeant in 1840. The learned sergeant was a
Member of the Home Circuit, of which indeed, since the
retirement of Sir F. Thesiger from circuit practice and
the elevation to the bench of Mr. Baron Platt, he has
long been the titular leader. As a junior counsel the
extent of his practice had been very considerable ; it
became apparent, however, after his promotion to the
degree of the Coif
adapted for the
ythat his qualifications were less
by men who, though on
,exigenciesand of leading business. At 'nisi
prius, accordingly, circuit, he was soon dis-
tanced
possessed more nerve, his inferiors in legal erudi-
tion,tact, and a happier faculty' pfrompter decision, greater
advan-
tageously to a jury. As long,e' presenting a case
Sergeant monopoly
their however, as the sergeants
were allowed to keep up
in the Court of
Common Pleas, Mr.
open
that court. When
Channell retained a very
respectable share of the business
the Common Pleas were thrown , .
hi
his
practicerespect
n
entertained a
for his
to the profession
sensible de-
character and his professional attainments ac de-
cline. nl
personalae r.
large,
e The'
b has
been since then evinced in a marked manner the fre-
quency with which he has been selected to aetya
sub-
stitute for the judges when precluded from attensdia ttheir circuit duties. In this capacity the new Barnogn is
understood understood to have given very general satisfaction, and
there is, we believe, every reason to hope that he will
prove not only a learned and painstaking, but a useful
and practical judge.
In the general business of the port of London
during the past week there has been increased ac-
tivity, the importations of tea being ueusually largo.
The total of ships reported inward was 128, being
36 more than in the previous week. These in-
cluded ] 3 with cargoes of corn, 11 with cargoes of
sugar, and 9 with cargoes addition a, the latter com-
prising 101,411 packages,
of silk, also from China. The number of vessel
in to 5,867 bales
cleared outward was 110, showing an increase of
The total
colonies is number of
22, including 14 in ballast.
ships on the berth loading' for the Au.
68.
68. Of these 9 aro for Adelaide, 4 for Geelong, 4
for Hobart Town, 2 for Launceston, 4 for 'Melbourne,
5 fur New Zealanl, 1 for Port Philip, 17 for Sydney, 1
for Swan
River, and 1 for Wellington.