The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-23 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LINCOLN SPRING IcIEETING—THURSDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 It, and 5 only
if declared, with 100 added; the second to save his
stake. Four miles. (Nineteen Subs., seven of whom
declared.)
Mr. Dabb na Lucy Neal, aged, lOst (Taylor) 1
Mr. Skipworth's Rachel, 6 yrs, lOst 21b (Capt. Fisher) 2
The following also started, but were not placed:—
Mr. J. Elmore's British Yeoman, aged, 12st (Philpot) 0
Mr. 011iver's Trust-Me-Not, aged, lOst 71b (Owner) 0
Mr. Wilson's na Abd-el-Kader, aged, 10st 41b 0
Mr. Briggs' na' Hope, aged lOst . (Green) 0
Mr. Ward's Victoria, gat i2lb (Archer) 0
Mr. Carew's Young Lottery, aged, 9st 101 b (Butler) 0
Mr. Harrison's Liudum, 9st 81b (Dalby) 0
Betting-7 to 2 agst British Yeoman, 4to 1 agst
Abd-el-Fader, 9 to 2 agst Trust-me-Not, 5 to 1 agst
Lucy Neal, and 6 to 1 agst Rachel. Won cleverly by
two lengths.
Sweepstakes of 5 toys. each, and 40 added, for three
yrs old and upwards. One mile and a half. (Eleven
Subs.)
Mr. T. W. Meeson's The Dart (G. Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Shepherd's Kill-et-Cure:3 yrs
The following also ran :—Mr. Savery's King Hal, 6
yrs—Mr. J. Osborne's Oxford Blue, 3 yrs Mr. F.
Houghton's Sir Charles—Mr. J. Bucklow's Shotwood, 5
yrs—Mr. Cunningham's Quadruped, a3td—and Mr.
Bell's Cinderella.

Betting-3 to 1 sigst Dart, 3to 1 agst King Hal, sto
llagst Quadruped. Won easy by three lengths.
The Farmers' Plate of 251., added to a sweepstakes of
5 sovs. each, for three yrs old and upwards, two miles,
(seven subs.),l was won in two heats, by Mr. Williamson
na Swift, 4 yrs, beating five others.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FaIDAY.

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-100 to 5 agst Sir John
(0-11 to 1 agst Chandler (t)-12 to 1 agst Vain Hope
(t)-12 to 1 agst Peter Simple (t)-12 to 1 agst Knight
of Gwynn• (t)-12 to 1 agst Meath (t)-12 to 1 agst
Victim (t freely)-16 to 1 agst Vengeance (t)-16 to 1
agst Farnham-20 to 1 agst Little Fanny (t)-20 to 1
agst The Oaks.
LIVERPOOL SPRING Cur.-2 to 1 agst Osbaldeston-
-3 to 1 agst Doubt —9 to 2 agst Portia (t).
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.-6 to 1 egst Osterley
(t)-10 to 1 agst Harriott-12 to 1 agst Velox-15 to 1
agst Belus (0-100 to 7 agst Fernhill (t)-20 to 1 agst
Priestess.

METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-18 to 1 agst Dough.—
No other change.
CHESTER CIIP.-100 to 6 agst Peep-o'-Day Boy-20
to 1 gst Ellerdale-23 to I:agst Fugleman-1,000 to 15
agst Gulliver (t).—Only one bet laid; the rest as on
Tuesday.
DERBY.—Nothing done.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

Her Majesty's stag-hounds will meet on Mon., at Red
Lion, Brackwell; Wed., Iver Heath; Fri., Beaconsfield
—ll.

The Hambledon hds., Mon., Broadhalfpenny Down;
Wed., Southwick House; Fri., Fair Oak-101.
The Cheshire hds., Mon., Node)? Hall; Wed., Ship-
brooke Bridge; Thurs., Poole Hall; Sat., High Leigh
—loi.
The Brighton harry., Mon., Patcham; Wed., Race
Course; Fri., Dyke-14
The Brookside harrs., Mon., at Newmarket Hill;
Thurs., at Telscomb Tye-104..
The Worcestershire lads., Mon., Croome Perry Wcod;
Wed., Onabersley; Fri., Howell--10}.
The Upton harry., Tuei., Newland Swan-101.
The Warwickshire hds., Mon., Upton Wood-1101.
Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., Newent Wood; Fri., Frith
Wood—lq,
The Ludlow hds,, Tues., Berrington; Fri., Cookridge
Coppice,

CHANCERY.—(IITIS DAY.) Old
The Lord Chancellor sat in Lis Court, ill the
Hail, Lincoln'sto-day.
IN RE THE SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAV
COMPANY v. THE u
LONDON AND Nora•wEsTgaN
RAILWAY COMPANY.—JUDO LENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this m
iorning
n this case, the arguments in which were concluded an
Wednesday last. The case: came before his Lordship_
upon appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor of
England, made on the 31st of January. The bill
tcas
filed for the performance of an agreement,
defendants bound themselves, in October, 1837,
carry any passengers or use the Shropshire Union Bal,
way in such a manner as to compete for the traffic 0'
the railway
of the plaintiffs, and by which it was 1116!
agreed that accounts were to be kept of the traffic
the Shropshire Union Railway, and the profits to be a.l;
vided between the plaintiffs and defendants in certat
specified proportions. The agreement was entered int°
whicribottb!io.
on the condition of the plaintiffs withdrawing all Ferldia:
mentary opposition to the Bill introduced byrethe -
defendants, to authorise them to lease the Spshire
Union line; and it was alleged that the at the
ready and willing
to keep such accounts, but to nr
defendants neglected or refused to do so, and were nen
working the line between Shrewsbury and IVellingtos
to the great prejudice of the plaintiff's., and in such
plaintiffffs were
manner that it was impossible to compete with the°.
The defendants demurred for want of equity, and con-
tended that the agreement could not be carried out b°:
cause it was contrary to public policy to stop wholesor!,
competition, and moreover, that the time for the Pe!,
f orrnance of the agreement did not commence until cel
tain things were done,iwhich as yet, remained unacljt,
The Vice-Chancellor was of o'pinion that this second 0e
jection must prevail, and he allowed the demarrer;
The Lord Chancellor, in giving judgment, went. tent
considerable length into the case, and in conclust%
stated his clear opinion to be that the Learned Jut
in the Court below had miscarried in his jaginelit
allowing the demurrer. His Lordship, therefore, judge tiered
the demurrer, as well as two others put in to other an? 6'
olviug
by the London and North-Western CompanY, is
the same question, to be overruled.
Demurrer ovETruled.
The Court then proceeded to hear lunatic p
and appeals. etitions

Nothing of any interest occurred in the Rolls' or any
of the Vice-Chancellors' Courts.
QUEEN'S BEN CH.—(THIS DA,17:10
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr.

COLERIDGE' and a Special Jury.)

ELLIOTT v. TON CLEM/.
This action was brought upon a charter pstry o "
re
cover the sum of .
It appeared thatllsl the plaintiff's vessel had been cbtbi;
tered by the defendant to convey a cargo of tallow te. •og
country from abroad. The master of the ship,lon
at the place whence he was to bring home the to
of
found that he could not obtain the requisite T131,1'1. 6:5;0-
that article. Under the circumstances he thought -t
d
o to
viable to procure as much tallow as be could, a a
make up the freight with other useful cotnrnodities;
,er
he brought home a mixed cargo of tallow and 0'
articles.
The plaintiff's claim under the charter party wore/a
sisted on the ground that he had not brought h 6
full cargo of tallow. I the
His LORDSHIP ruled that, under the circurnstance-900
captain of the vessel was justified in loading, his venor
with a mixed cargo when he could not obtain & the
plete cargo of the article, with respect to which
charter was agreed upon; sal
The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 1151.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAlrtrip
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before the
CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury-)
EHRENSPERGEN V. ANDERSON AND °TM:RD, 6j,
This action was brought to recover 8251. 31d
2: f
and interest, the proc,seds arising frombees
certain quantity the sa-
of Turkey -red cloths which ha Dor
consigned by the plaintiff, a merchant In in
don, to the defendants, who are Prtilie-
e bed
a mercantile firm at Bombay, and WO a, is
agreed to sell the goods, and to transmit the pros Lost
the shape of bills to London. There was a fornler,B4B,
of the case, at the Spring Assizes at Hertford 10 cloy
when a verdict was found for the plaintiff; but 00 1/„-cer
plication to the Judges in bunco, it was hold, 40- oa
tain technical grounds, that the action could not
it was now brought in a different form. The dnectett
of the case were entirely of an uninteresting 011ar: the
and the liability of the defendants depended uP°';ience
construction to be put on a voluminous correspon
which had .
passed between the parties ss
(The case had not concluded when we went to Pre
•
COMMON PLEAS.— nAlr (THIS L'• 0
' (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief J135-1°
WILDE, and a Special Jury.) ,iTbe
The Court was occupied to-day with the case e ,0,,`
Electric Telegraph Company v. Brett," whier'wbiell
menced on Thursday. The scientific details °I .f•
the proceedings consisted presented no feature °
neral interest.

B W-S TREE T.—( trate
A respectably-attired man, whose name did net -
spire, was charged with being drunk and disorderlY.
The beadle of Covent Garden-market stat,nl:;tmhattlYt
terday afternoon, a salesman name and told g to
gentleman, who appeared to be insane► was glelf
throw himself from the conservatory. he accora
I:eci
hurried away to the spot, and found the prisoner moiblandr
on the balustrade, and, with his hat in his to
haranguing a crowd of people. Ho requested hi:ldivg
leave the place, but the prisoner refused to do ant 9.d
that he was a Cobdenite, and as such a freeman
eecli
Free-trader. The prisoner followed this tip with tip% to
eulogistic of the merits of the Hon. Member I°' the
West Riding, which had the effect of inereasiagt, to
mob, and finding that his eloquence was not liknZ of
evaporate in a moment, thought it best for the PO" 00
the neighbourhood to walk him off to the station. or/
the way there the prisoner pretended to know eco•
female he met, and endeavoured to engage themversation.
prayA'
Mr. HENRY—This is very strange conduct, sir. 11
what are you? The prisoner, with a foreign scan"
he was a cattle and provision dealer.
Mr. HENRY—What countryman. are you ? al"
' on
vh
an Englishman ? Prisoner—No, sir ; I am a
man. thi°

Mr. HENRY—WeII, sir, what have you to suY,
e--
charge? Prisoner—Why yesterday being mark
I drank rather too freely with my customers. I efl°
Mr. HENRY—Perhaps you are not aware that for
fine you 40s. for this offence? Prisoner—What' 4014.
such a little trifle ! 1 was not sober at the time. es;
Mr. HENRY—Yes, but in this country drunZet:bed
is no excuse for an offence of this nature. YA ou " ost/,
the peace of the market, and afterwards insulted
woman you met.
Prisoner—l do not recollect anything about it' or b°
Mr. HENRY—WeII, you must pay a fine of 400',
imprisoned for a month. er
The fine was immediately paid, and the prison
charged.
ieet,

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL.----iCesterday
ing of the governors of this charity was held at tiseriut iti
blishmeut in King William-street, City, Mr- '3.• t Oa
the chair. From the twenty-ninth annual repor.ze re,
by Mr. K. Cook, the secretary, it appeared that rin .
cent visitation of the cholera had brought forwaraof to
more ordinary degree than usual the usefulneoss
ooietf
institution. The best acknowledgments of t'l !et, op•
were due to her Majesty for the continuance of be folio
a general
este
port, to the corporation of the Trinity and D'ast• 100"
House, to Lord Spencer for his liberal donation 04, pod
to the late Mr. R. N. Hunt for a, bequest of s°,:.'cil 00
to a legacy from the Rev. G. Alwick, from w", 1,1 refer
society had received a sum of 1,372/, obtained ' ber of
the exertions of Admiral Sir C. Ogle. The "512,09'
patients admitted during the last year had toe: toedi-
and the number of out-patients to whom relief 2,099,
tine and medical stores had been dispensed vlssetgoell
making a total of 4,338. The total number m the Or
of all nations who had received advantage fray
the 04
pital since its formation was 93,310. had Daring 19061/
year also 414 accidents occurring on the river t vest
relieved ' in the hospital. The receipts for tbe,Proce in
had been 8,2641., leaving after expenditure a °l/ ore ri.,,°
and of 628/. After some conversation th carie'
adopted, and thanks voted to the chairman and
.
officers for their services. A • t iflTe°l
THE STAINES SAVINGS' BANIC.""'..- Stricken pISI
gation into the affairs of this bank has just than Satiklyaa
in conformity with the recommendation oft"h-esic
soar
Debt Commissioners. The ledgers of the oar oy
been examined, and 851 depositors' boolcsror o In-a
with the books of the bank. Not a single edre-ts 1151,.,71
kind having been discovered, and the sel-monage'-he°r
been found to be well kept, the trustees 0,13`.1 te e gefgr-
nMeiiitecnhtinniera,ntnheer secretary, rwe thaircyh,
the institution (of which Colonel Wood, te!„-yi rde," --e .
for Middlesex, is the president) have jusu /- far Weer
intended, The
AFFIRMATION A FLINO". E.
INSTEAD OF OATH' d sir -
Bill brought in by Mr. Wood, Mr. Bouverie, iiiireligi°ll6
a the l)
r eascecnotu accounts 2ii°a"d -°
been /311r r
Buxton, " to enable persons who refuse, Olio, for 911
grounds, to be sworn, to substitute an affirn,r: it is Pr° :
oath," has been printed. By section 2 anubefore the
posed to be enacted that persons may aPPeithA 01011
clerk of the peace or sheriff's clerk, or, in '-- coo, -
before a special officers ppointed for that PurP,oligiolo
make a declaration of their objection,i en '6d, the&
grounds, to an oath, and that on payment of 2eL:ch OW
of vlith whet
are to receive a certificate, the production
absolve them from the necessity of taking an 0
so required. the Presel?t
Judgethe Ci City, We understand that Mr. Bullock,
~ Court' 1
ttheCentri'''
Criminal Court, is a candidate for the vacs n_b nresetr
atnhde Sheriff'snnenfthCeouerntmannidialSiimornilelrsPoefb ,office
01
nerlocl‘l
aCeonmi
nmr
common- -Se reapnl
et
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dae nr
,d i a t ha ant a
nMd rd.
to lfaorir dill, r . e
to
e 110
I`.rest9 Nape
heard
o i.appointments,any 0 it nh e
rc aseof
candidate his
fporrom eitheretio promotion.
al We
The Commissioners of Woods and 0 , for OS
treatin— his
site of an intended new hospital for the
s.
..,fled .
diseases of the chest. The Lord Mayo! has Ig,"
resicillig
accorded a space of ground, near Victoria-parb, tnne of
by I? Lords
hen his ,„so
over is festival early in March next, w
of both ildsr.
will be supported by numerous Members
in•ention of promoting the undertaking
. n 1 ,IlCe., .
' dividuals of aratT_ ,
of the Legislature and other in ,
__ reeglea and
pe
Count Henry d'Avigdor, wbo nab
11.
rect' , Got
daughter of Baron de Goldsmid, a
:Chamber for t
England for the last few years,
elected a deputy of the Piedmontes 0 ,
..s, cent
nay . set
in the province of Novi. After a tw
orities Set
he ms.l Walla
he was returned by one of the . 0 ,
said to b
obtained in Piedmont. The Count is
t,advoc3to of floe trade.
and maarred_t_hav,..,