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

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DA-141
3I UHT V. THE SHREWSBURY &C., RAILWAY co3ll;fb
The further arguments in his motion oecuPl,
L.Jrdship, the Master of the Roll, the whole morrolir

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS A
(Befure the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND'
Honour the Vice-Chancollor of England bed
causes to-day.

NORMAN v. HAMMACK. et°
The further arguments in this partly-beard
oil
were resumed to-day, and occupied the Court the If
morning._

(I fore the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT 13nric5;)00
His Honour heard causes to-day but nothing 0'
rest came before him (hiring the morning.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor WiwiAm.)

INDERWICK V. SNELL. tb/
The further arguments in this part-heard isoi°l3'l46,
facts of which we have already given, occupied his
nour the whole morning.

BAIL CO URT.—(THIS DAY')
(th,fore Mr. Ju;:tk.* COLERIDGE.) . 01
ROI
MACKENZIE V. THE SLIGO A ICI) SHANNON

COMPANY.
,
Mr. WORDSWORTH mo%ed for a rule nisi calling le
01,
the plaintiff to show cause why the proceedings ind
action should not be stayed or set aside, on the gr,iivi
that the affairs of the company were being arrangno
dispos%d of under the Joint Stock Company's 1311 bet
Up Act. The plaintiff sought to recover 3,3201, ",10,
had been awarded to him for work ar.d labour d°1;01
tn engineer, but it was doubtful whether he bad 6 11;11
to proceed by attachment under the award, as h9OOl
attempting to do, so as to obtain judgment against i„"
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member of the company. The question involved neo
case was the construction of two Acts of Parlisl°
namely, the 11th and 12th Vicbria, c. 45, which e,lO
into farce on the 14th of August, 1848, and the 'Ol
and 13th Victoria, c. 108, which was passed on t 7,„
of August, 1849. On the 4th of May, 1849, 0., 00
Chancellor if England made a decree under to
0.4
Act dissolving this company, referring the aintitit)
of its affairs to Mr. Senior; but the second Act,
tbd
seemed to be declaratory of the first, provided 04
neither of the two Acts "shall" apply to incorPorter
railway companies, and the question now to be uve,
mined was whether that provision was prospect;';oo
retrospective. If it were only prospective the Po',,dit
ought only to come in with the other creditors °or
the decree of the Court of Chancery, and as the tU
Pendants contended that it was, they wished to bai-
p
lurther proceedings stayed by the Court.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE granted a rule nisi.
Rule nisi accordingly.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(TIIIS DAI.I
(Bc tore Mr. Under-Sheriff BURcHELL.)
LOAN SOCIETIES.—OAREs V. FAULKNER. 0
This vk sax an action brought to recover the sue' ", ijf
ss. on a promissory note. Defendant pleaded thf"
did not make the note.
A ear
A witness, named Manser, was called, and go- ths
denco that he was present when the defendant sign n
note. In cross-examination, the witness said that Ll' pei
not know who the plaintiff was. The note was loci,
at No. 12, Ilaye's place, Marylebune, at a Lesel!,oo
The money was paid by Mr. Nice, the secretary.
not say who formed the society, and had no interest 'dr
himself; except being employed by the secretary t°
liver circulars,
The UNDER-SHERIFF said it did not matter wPC)O
plaintiff was, the only issue was whether defee(lo
signed the note. 01
The Defendant's ATTORNEY asked the witness
became of the note after it was signed?
ht V‘
The UNDER. SHERIFF said it did slot signify ir-
a
came of it, the issue was the same. is' •
The ATTORNEY submitted that he was entitled t°
quire who the plaintiff was, and for that purPse
should call the secretary, who was in court. • boos
The UNDER• SHERIFF said that of course he was
,„seti
to hear any evidence for the defence, but it was a;
of time unless the handwriting could be disproveu•
The secretary was then called, but refused to be °W
as he bad not been subpoenaed.
- The ATTORNEY submitted that any party In
could be called on to give evidence.
The UNDER•SHERIFF said the party might or Do r
not answer to his name, but there was no power tO
pel him to give evidence in such a case
•
Plaintiff's ATTORNEY said the ou, jeot was to elie&t ell'
deuce for some other purpose.
of
The UNDER-SHERIFF directed the jury, who P
verdict for the amount.

MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAITII'
James Brown was brought up for re-exarninstion
fore Mr. Alderman Gibbs, on the charge of hatlgeo
stolen the "Leadenhall-itreet walk" general p 05116. ,
Mr. Peacock attended for the prosecution.
Ore°
Mr. Inspector Fosberry's evidence, in which al? toc
the prisoner's confession of having carried off Lueheitil
and throwing it from London-bridge into the river, "
read over,

Mr. John Shuttleworth, grocer, of Weather-or
stated that he dealt with Messrs. Simpkia, of Lehil,oo
hall-street. On the 14th of this month he sent t"-eifil
letter containing the half of a 101. note. Its roc
' was acknowledged, and on the 7th he forwarde°,o6
other half of the 101. note. Ho posted the letter. froit
receipt of the second half was not acknowledged. 0110
10th he came to London, hearing that Mr. Simpkilla hO
[ not got the other half. Ho produced the first by t°
sent. it was No. 74,168, dated Feb. 4. The bait WI
• found on the prisoner he believed to be the second
he forwarded to Mears. Simpk'n. of
Mr. James Bishop, clerk to Simpkin and nuctio;
Leadenhall-street—lle was in the habit of olleisti
the General Post-Alice letters. On the sth of Fe"'
the ball of a 101. in to arrived from Mr. Shuttleol
There was no ttkr from Mr Shuttleworth on the 81r
0'
William Peckham, the letter carrier,. was thelide,
mined—He delivered in the neighbourhood of Le" go
hall-street. Cale was his assistant. On the morn 1,',5:,
the Bch they got their letters, about 300, from the, gOl
office to deliver. He put them in a blue bag. Ca
his letters at the same time, and he put them in ticole
They left the Post-office at 20 minutes to nine•
i.ver
carried both bags. They walked together to the cif°,
of Bishopsgate-street. There be met a man be
from the country, and he stopped and spoke' t°,,t
Cale went on, and he saw him place his bag d°"„p"r 01
the door of Maine and Heed's shop, at the eor',io
Bishopsgate-street, wishing his friend good yerTie
He walked towards the door, and he noticed tjt:n
the act of crossing the street. Before he could get "'ion
door some men who were passing intercepted big :veti/
and on reaching the door the bag was gone. 'or
down Leadenhall-street to see if any person was
,c;bl4
ing it, but did not meet with it. Had nut seen 4'7., ;he
since. There were about seven bundles tied up 11:
bag. There was also a small memorandum book 1„:0
and a saucer containing veal and pork. That W6b" for
lunch. A letter posted at Weathersfield on the 7, 'lb.
delivery in Leadenhall-street, would have been in
bag. bog
John Cale, the assistant, deposed to leaving Ow,
at the shop-door of MessrF. Maine and Heed, 9" •
corner of Bishopsgate-street. the
Mr. Peacock said the finding of the half-note eierri.
prisoner had been proved by Mr. Inspector F°°b„clecif
He therefore wished the prisoner to he further
in order to complete the case.
The prisoner made no objection, and
Alderman GIBBS accordingly remanded lain
Tuesday.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS
CAUTION TO 021INITiUS CONDUCTORS.—Fr ederich 48dr
the conduoter of one of the Chelsea
was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with 'VS'
drunk, and making use of abusive language to gr,.; jce
Liam D. Burnaby, the Chief Clerk at Bow.street .r°^i

court. into
The complainant stated that last night he got gOs
the defendant's omnibus in Sloane-street. After he ;00
in, the[ciet;'ndant wanted to put a fourteenth Pe ii
in, but as there were already thirteen inside, and sod
was extremely ,hot at the time, complainant remonstroio
with him on the :Impropriety of such a proceeding. toe
this juncture, a fem,.,le came up, and wanted to get ifvoit
" bus," when clefenda:a, in a jeering tone, said
cannot get in, there are L'o gentlemen inside." After rod
some distance, the defeno,:nt got down, and pure?
a cigar; and having mounted his board, 13:00'
to blow such a cloud as to atoost suffocate the 134"„ or
gers inside. Not satisfied witi; this, he took tw°,l3iol
sons on the step, thus excluding all tie air. On askiAesptiol;
to keep the door clear, he said, " 01:, never ruil'7, bto
it is only the b- threepenny." When the sbe
reached the Circus complainant got out, whereurrlop
defendant called out " There goes the b threePe4ir
he wants to bilk me of my fare," at the same time "be
ing him by the wrist with great force, and swearilor.
(complainant) should not go until he had paid the toss
Complainant gave him a threepenny piece, an bio
took out his pocketbook, with a view of taking bid
number. Defendant observing this, heaped uP°ll j)o'
such torrents of abuse that he gave him in chtirge'
fendant was very tipsy at the time. ASa
The defendant, who said coroplainant's fasten:Wl 00
much exaggerated, was fined 305., or one month. ,
money was paid, and defendant was cautioned as ,o
future conduct.

ASiV
EATING.—If we are really to defend the nece,"d ca
of tating in this world, we ought to proceed logically id—saa
tegorically. In the first place, it is an eating WO 'lOOO
seems to have been made on purpose for eating 14,11,„,5-eaten
eaten ; and really the greater part of the animal creation
seem to have nothing else to do. Man, indeed, writes u—that
but even the end of these is that he may eat, or rather 00
his bookseller and publisher may. It is, moreover, rroe'ci, so
every animal eats as much as it can procure, and as 1111.1,, eat'
it can hold. A cow eats but to sleep, and sleeps but witlie
and, not content with eating all day long, " twice it slaYijoyiS
slain," and eats its dinner o'er again. A whale swi'flari
10,0L0,C00 of living shrimps at a draught; a nursling ell-eate
bird eats its own bulk in a day ; and a caterpillstter
500 times its weight before it lies down to rise a '"bich
tly. The mite and the maggot eat the very world la dim'
they live; and the hyena, foe want of better foodi eats IA
self. Yet the maggot has not the out and the whale
subject to the sciatica. Nor does Captain, Lyon infer: of
that an E.-quimaux is troubled with toothache, dysPeP;si;Rs
hysterics, though lie eats ten pounds of seal, and dr"'
gallon of oil at a meal.—Doinestic Economist.
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SUBMARINE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The 1;weell,
Publigue states that the submarine electric telegraph
Dover and Calais is to be opened to the public on thej,.encli
May, the anniversary of the proclaMation of the x'
Republic by the Constituent Assembly.
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GLASGOW AND NEW YORK.--The splendiu!„.l
iron steam-ship, the City of Glasgow, took her delisr,ot
from the Broomielaw on Tuesday afternoon, on her ;i$
trip to New York. The novelty of the occasion (this ,
the first steamer which has ever sailed from the Clyde 7,,,4
goods and passengers for America) excited an immento "`.,
of interest.