The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-06 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE STITtCHLET MURDER.—At the Shrewsbury Assizes
the trial of George Harris for the wilfulmurder of Bernhard
Zusman has been concluded. The learned judge, in sum-
ming up, pointed to the fact that a large number of
persons knew that the deceased was coming from Birming-
ham with a large quantity of valuables in his possession.
Another point touched on by the learned judge was the
discrepancies in the evidence as to the identification of
the watches found in the prisoner's possession, which his
lordship thought very weak. After an absence of two
hours, the jury acquitted the accused.

OBTAINING SHAREHOLDERS UNDER FALSE REPRESEN-
TATIONS.—At the Guildford Assizes the cause of Tate v.
Marshall was heard. It was an action for fraudulent
representations in the prospectus of a joint-stock company,
by which the plaintiff alleged that he had been induced to
take shares, and so lost his money. The company in
question was the Glamorgan Iron and Coal Company,
whose prospectus stated that a mine had been obtained
capable of producing 7,000,000 tons of coal, at the
rate of 93,000 tons a year, or 100 tons a day.
It was said also to contain iron, and a dividend.
of 10 per cent. was said to be guaranteed for
some years. The "plant" alone was stated to be worth
£48,000. The case for the plaintiff was that these repre-
sentations were all as delusive as they were seductive ; that
the " plant" had cost the projector only £B2O ; that the
mine never produced 100 tons a day, and had no such
capabi:ity as represented ; and that the statements of
profits were entirely deceptive, and, according to the
plaintiff's story, he had taken shares on the faith of these
representations. The defendant was one of the principal
promoters of the company ; but at the end of the plaintiffs
case Baron Martin thought that the action could not be
sustained, and directed a nonsuit.
AN UNFAITHFUL LADY.—At the 'Wells Assizes the case
of Freeman v. Gower, which was an action to recover £75,
was heard. It appeared that the plaintiff was a soldier,
and went out to India, and being desirous of the defen-
dant, to whom he was engaged, coming over, he remitted
£75 for that purpose. In his letters he gave specific
instructions as to what she should do. The defendant,
having received the money, made several excuses about
going out, when the plaintiff wrote to his brother here
to get the money and invest it until the defendant
should be prepared to go out. A correspondence then
ensued between the brother and Miss Gower, and ulti-
mately she declined to go out, and refused to give up the
money, alleging it was a gift. The jury found for the
plaintiff by the direction of the judge, who reserved the
case for the consideration of the Court of Common Pleas.

ACTION AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY.-At the Man.
chester Assizes, the case of Tarbuck v. the Oldham anal
Ashton - under - Lyne Company was heard. The
plaintiff, an insurance agent, was travelling on the
defendants' line when a collision took place. The plaintiff
suffered from concussion of the brain, and was very ill.
The jury gave 1.750 damages.

„„,,lUa Ullu says Taint Idle pine wrests
ex,,Ferty, we imagine) in the neighbourhood of
Soria have been burning for twenty-four days, and that
fifty millions of trees will be consumed. As a delightful
illustration of Cosas de Espana, it is added that the head
forester has submitted to the Government plans, which
have met with its approval, for putting out the
disastrous conflagration, but that probably before this
ingenious officer can carry them into effect not a tree will
be left.

A STATUE TO LORD CLYDE.—A statue to Lord
Clyde was on Wednesday unveiled at Glasgow. The
Glasgow Evening Citizen says the figure seems to us to want
something of the modesty and repose—the sentiment, so to
speak, of latent power, so characteristic of the earlier
monument. Nevertheless, the statue is a work of
unquestionable power. The broad chest and we:l-knit
frame suggest the idea, even in the repose of the
bronze, of a readiness to spring into action. If
the head is inartistically large, so likewise it was in
the original, and it is at least one great merit of the
statue that it is a true "counterfeit presentment" of the
man as he existed in the flesh. The pose of the figure is
excellent. lie stands in a kind of military undress, of
Indian character. In his left hand, which rests on the
stump of a palm, be holds a telescope, and in his right
the cap, with encircling veil so needful under a tropical
sun, while his limbs are encased in a kind of military
jack-boots, which rise above the knee, and into which the
trousers are thrust. In every part of the costume the
texture of the material is superbly rendered.

Mn. COLERIDGE'S ABOLITION Or TESTS BILL.—
Mr. Coleridge writes to the Guardian :—"Sir, the fol-
lowing extract was sent me by a friend a few days ago :
' Mr. Coleridge does not, we understand, intend to press
further, during the present session, his bill for the Aboli-
tion of Religious Tests in the Universities of Oxford
and Cambridge ; but we have good reason to believe
that he contemplates introducing, in the first session
of the Reformed Parliament, a measure, limited, indeed,
in its operation, to Oxford alone, but of a far more
extensive character. The distinguishing features of
this scheme will be, if we are rightly informed, the entire
separation of religious discipline and secular education
within the colleges, and the actual exclusion, for the
future, of clergymen of the Established Church from
important posts in the government of the university.—
Imperial Review.' I have never seen the Imperial Review,
and do not know whether it is a political review, nor to
which side of politics, if it be political, it is attached. But
I shall be obliged to you if you will allow me to say,
through your columns, that there is not, and never has
been, a shadow of foundation for the statements made in
the above extract. They are pure and absolute fabrica-
tions, though it is true that I was obliged, for want of
time, to give up attempting to force-tny bill of the present
session to the House of Lords.—JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE."

THE TELEGRAPH BlLLS.—Thanks to the energy
of Mr. Scudamore and the firmness of the CLancellor of
the Exchequer, this bill has now become law, and the
carrying out of the measure will confer substantial ad.
vantages upon the newspaper firms throughout the
kingdom. When the Post Office authorities take charge
of the telegraphs, matter equal to a column of Times
minion may be telegraphed from any part of the United
Kingdom to one newspaper office for 205., and if the same
words are sent to more than one newspaper the charge
will be 3s. 4d. per column for each addition. This
arrangement will enable each newspaper proprietor to
conduct his paper in his own way. At present, ho can
only publish just what the telegraph cotnpany choose to
send. Their s. le;:tion is arbitrary and incomprehensible.
When John Bright speaks, his observations are telegraphed
to every newspaper in the kingdom ; but when her
Majesty's chief Minister addresses any important assembly
his observations are condensed into a few lines. In future,
each newspaper will select for itself, and get whatever it
pleases ; at the same time, there will be room for an or.
ganisation of newspaper proprietors to obtain collectively
that which all require. Such an organisation has been
formed, and has received the adhesion of all the leading'
provincial daily newspapers in the kingdom, and tinny
of the weekly papers have also joined the association. It
will be greatly to the advantage of the press that the
business of collecting news will henceforth, be.in the hand.
of newspaper proprietors who understand' - their own.
interest Ancli know the want of the Pali% —Pritttai
negate.

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