The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-12 00:00:00

Valencia Railway Company, a project in which
nothing had been done since February, 1846, and
which never was taken before the Legislature, pray-
ing an account against the directors up to February,
1846, and for a declaration that the plaintiff and all
other the subscribers might be declared liable to contri-
bute such proportion as the Court undt r the circum-
stances should think just, and that the residue might
be paid to the plaintiff. The bill alleged that the
shareholders were so numerous, and their interests
so fluctuating, that it was not possible to make them
parties, and that the plaintiff was, in fact, ignorant of
their names and addresses; and then charged the de-
fendants generally with having offered 235. a share
as the whole amount that the assets of
the company would afford, and after such
offer had been accepted ranking offers of 30a. and
40s. to other parties ; that by such first conduct
the shares were greatly depreciated in the market,
and then purchased by the defendants at 2s. 6d. per
share, or some such small sum. Affidavits were
made by Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey and others in
support of this case, and charging wilful expenditure
in journeys, and otherwise an improper conducting of
the company's affairs. It appeared that Mr. D. IV.
Harley had himself been the purchaser of such depre-
ciated shares, and it was submitted, in support of the
motion to dismiss, that there was nothing to take the
case out of the ordinary rule, whatever case was sought
to be made by the bill, to which no answer had yet
been put in.

Mr: Bacon, Mr. Maline, and Mr. Welford opposed
the motion upon the above case made by the bill, and
contended that the plaintiff, asking no more than an
account, was entitled to go on with the suit.
The VICE-CIIANCELLOR said that the plaintiff had
filed his bill so that he was the donainus litus, and there
was nothing to show that it should not be dismissed
immediately. He stated that the number of share-
holders was so great that it was impossible to make
them parties, and that he was, in fact, ignorant of their
names and addresses. The last reason might cer-
tainly make it unnecessary to consider the first. Bat
he thereby assumed that they were persons over whom
he had the complete dominion. It was not the case
of a creditor's suit, but might turn out for the benefit
of other persons. Application was now made to the
Court on the footing that in the face cf the bill the
plaintiff was the only person to be dealt with. His
Honour did not see why the defendant might not
make such an application as in any other suit.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HO f 1 SE.
Walter Watts, the lessee of the Olympic Theatre,
was brought before Alderman Gibbs in the custody
of Daniel Forrester the officer, charged, as the war-
rant granted for his apprehension stated, with having
stolen, taken, and carried away an order for the pay-
ment of money, to wit, for the payment of 1,4001.,
and one piece of paper, of the value of ld., the pro-
perty, goods and chattels of George Carr Glyn, his
master, against the form of the statute, &c.
Mr. Freshfield, of the firm of Freshfield and Co.,
solicitors to the Bank of England, attended for the
prosecution ; Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. Wont-
ner, appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Freshfield having briefly stated the facts, from
which it appeared that the prisoner, who had been a
clerk in the Globe Insurance-office, had contrived to
make such alterations in his pass-book which pre-
vented for some time the detection of the robbery,
called the following witnesses to show that the money
had been appropriated by the prisoner:—
David Nicholls, clerk in the London and West-
minster Bank, Lothbury, .aid the prisoner kept an
account at our bank. On the 14th of February he
came to our offices with a cheque for 1,4001. to pay in
to his account. I took notice of the cheque, and ob-
served that it was drawn on a form like those pro-
duc ed, and had, I believe, four signatures attached to
it. The wording of the cheque was " for a policy"
with several figures. The cheque was upon Messrs.
Glyn's, and was presented at about two o'clock on
the same day, and the prisoner was credited the
amount in his account, which he has since drawn out,
with the exception of about 281
W. Steele, clerk to Messrs. Glyn and Co., of
Lombard-street, bankers, said, on the 14th of
February I paid a cheque of 1,4001. of the Globe
Insurance Company. It was on one of their forms,
and was paid to the London and Westminster Bank,
and the cheque was deposited in the usual place.
The pass-book is returned to the Globe Insurance
Company every week, with the paid cheques and
vouchers.
F. J. Roan, clerk in the Globe Insurance-office,
said, the prisoner is a clerk in the Globe Insurance-
office. lie left that office on the sth of March, and
has not been there since. These are the forms used
by our office for cheques. It was the prisoner's duty
to check the paid cheques off with the pass-book.
Under the date of the 19th of February, there is an
erasure in the pass-book, and over the erasure there is
written, in the prisoner's handwriting, " life policy
7,619, 4471. ls. 3d." The paid cheques were placed
in an open drawer, of which no one in particular had
charge. It was the prisoner's duty to tick them off,
and then place them in that drawer. I have searched
it, but could not find the cheque for 1,4001.
Cross-examined by Mr. Bodkin—The prisoner's
office was the accountant's-office, in which there are
three other clerks, who also had access to the room in
which the cheques were kept. I was present on the
sth of March when the prisoner left the office, and
his papers were sealed up by order of the deputy-
chairman. The secretary was also present. The
prisoner had attended to his duty down to that time.
Mr. Bodkin—Did he not say it was too bad that,
after his long services, he should be obliged to leave
the office ? Witness—l did not hear him say any-
thing of the kind.
Mr. Bodkin—Did be not, upon leaving the office,
use words to the effect that he should be in the way
to be found ? Witness—No; I think he had an op-
portunity of seeing the deputy-chairman and the se-
cretary before he went away.
Daniel Forrester—l had a warrant to apprehend
the prisoner put into my hands on Friday, and I used
all diligence to apprehend him. I went to his house
and was told he was not at home, and had not been
there since Thursday morning.
Cross-examined by Mr. Bodkin—l was told he was
the lessee of the Olympic Theatre. I went there
with a person who inquired for the prisoner, but
could not find him. The prisoner met me by ap-
pointment at the office of Mr. Wontner, his solicitor,
and said that having been given to understand that I
had a warrant against him he came forward volun-
tarily.
Mr. Bodkin said his client had regularly attended
at his usual places of business, and never entertained
a thought of keeping out of the way.
The prisoner was remanded upon the application of
Mr. Fresbfield, who stated that it would be necessary
to hear other witnesses to elucidate the mysterious
nature of this serious charge.
BOW-STREET.
Roger Fogarty was brought before Mr. Hall,
charged with obtaining a sovereign from Madame
Celeste, the manager of the Royal Adelphi Theatre,
by means of false pretences.
The prisoner stated, he did not wish to give the
lady any further trouble in this matter. He con-
fessed that he had imposed upon her, and that all his
statements were untrue ; but he had been driven to
the offence by the distress to which he was reduced,
having a wife and five children to support.
His Wous'-ur sentenced the prisoner to three
months' imprisonment.
Some money found upon the prisoner was offered
to Madame Celeste, but she desired that it should be
put into the poor-box of the Court.

THE HOUSE OF ABELARD AND llELotsg.—The
quays of Paris are unrivalled, and there is little more to
be done to make them uniform in width and grandeur.
Amongst the changes they have necessitated, has Leen
the demolition of the house formerly inhabited by
Abelard and Heloise on the Quay Napoleon, No. 9, at
the corner of the Rue des Chauti es. The new building,
like the majority of those constructed of late years, is
a great ornament to the quarter. It has two entrances,
over each of which are medallions of the two lovers, and
between the doors is a slab of white marble, with an
inscription in letters of gold, " Ancienne habitation
d' Heloise et d' Abeillarcd, 1118; reconstruite en 1849."

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IMPORTATION OF COPPER.—A vessel, arrived from
Coquimbo and Valparaiso has brought from the former
place the very large quantity of 66,928 ingots of copper,
consigned to a firm of commercial eminence in the me-
tropolis.
CLYDE.—SId. Spartan, Londonderry and Phila-
delphia; Casket, St. Mitt's.

ARKETS.
t of the quantities of
don from the ports in
the 9th March, 1&50,