The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-06 00:00:00

ENGINEERING EVIDENCE.

Mr. Wm. Carter, a surveyor, proved that the stations on the
West Yorkshire lines were superior to those of the West Riding
Company.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster to-day.
His Lordship was occupied the whole morning with the part-heard
bankrupt petition " Ex parte Van Sandau v. Martin."

ROLLs' COUR F.—( THIs DAY.)
His Lcrdship the Muter of the Rolls was occupied the whole day
with petitions of no general interest.

VICE-CHAINCE.RY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.)
BOHN V. BORN—JUDGMENT.

His HONOUR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was
argued before the Court a short time since upon petition. The
question in the case related to the property of the late Mr. Bohn,
the eminent bookseller in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. The
testator, upon whose will the suit was founded, gave 5,000/ to
trustees for the benefit of one of his daughters ; he also gave the like
sum of 5.,0001. for the benefit of another; and then he gave the
residue of his personal estate equally between all his seven ail
dren, and he appointed Mr. Henry George Bohn and another per—
son his executors. Some disputes arose, in consequence of which
a bill was filed, and a decree made, by which, among other things
(there being a valuable stock of books belonging to the testator in the
house in Henrietta-street), it was directed that the testator's house
and shop in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, with the good-will
of his trade of a bookseller, and also his books, should be sold
with the approbation of the Master. Certain proceedings took
place in the Master's Office, and the Master ultimately di
reeled that four auctioneers should be employed to sell the
books. Mr. Sotheby was to sell the theological works to
an amount not exceeding 6,000/. in value; Mr. Evans
was to sell the rare books not exceeding 2,000/. in value ; Mr.
Hodgson, the quire stock and miscellaneous works of Mr. M'Cul.
loch's library, not exceeding 1,000/. in value ; and Mr. Fletcher
was to sell the residue. It was shown that in the month of August
in the last year, notice was given to Mr. Hodgson, by which it air.
peered that the recognisances which he had to enter into were ad
mitted to be executed by himself and his sirret:es, but on the 4th
of November a notice was sent to him that though the recognisances
had been executed, still the Master had not made his report, and
therefore he was not finally appointed the auctioneer to sell a por-
tion of the testator's books. On the same clay Mr. Henry George
Bohn, who seems to have had the general dominion over the place
in which the books were deposited, concurred with Mr. Hodgson in
removing part of the stock, which it was intended Mr. Hodgson
should sell, and on the 19th of November there was a further
removal; and that led to the filieg of a supplemental
bill, and upon an application to the Court for the purpose an in-
junction was granted, restraining the I emoval of the books, and it
was referred to the Master to appoint a proper person to receive and
take charge of the books until the sale or Maher order of the Court.
The Master appointed, on the Bth of February, in the present year,
a Mr. Alexander Perry to be the receiver, and on the 17th, a
letter ' was written by Messrs. Alaberley and Sons,
the solicitors for the plaintiff, to Mr. Hodgson, giving
him nctice that Mr. Perry was appointed to the
office of keeper of the books, and stating at the same
time that Mr. Perry had that morning called upon them
and stated that he had seen Mr. Hodgson; that he had informed
him of his appointment, and requested him to de-
liver back the books to Henrietta-strect ; but as Mr. Hodgson
requested that all applications might be made in writing,
the Messrs. Maberley, as the solicitors of the plaintiff;
and also on behalf of Mr. Perry, authorised Mr. Hodgson to give up
the books into the custody of Mr. Perry. Several
communications took place between the parties, Messrs. Ma.
berly and Son insisting that Mr. Henry George Bohn was the person
who ought to remove the books to Henrietta-street, Mr. Henry
George Bohn contending that, as Mr. Perry was appointed the
receiver, he was the party who ought to remove and take charge of
the books. After some further correspondence and proceedings, the
present petition was presented, praying that Mr. Henry
George Bohn should be directed forthwith, at his own
expense, to deliver over to Mr. Perry the books
in question. Now it appeared to his Honour, whatever might be-
come of the final question about the expense of removal, that as
the matter now stood, Mr. Henry George Bohn had no authority
whatever to touch a book. He was not the person to remove
them from the custody of Mr. Hodgson ; but if Mr. Hodgson, upon
a proper application being made to him for that purpose refused
to deliver them up, then an application to the Court might become
necessary. The sole dry question before the Court was, whether
Henry George Bohn could be called upon to interfere in the deli-
very of the books. The Jew must have his bond; and as Messrs.
Mabcrly and Sons had gone strictly upon the utmost extremity of
the dry legal right, it was but fair that that which they had sought
to get should be meted out to them. His Honour thought that
Messrs. Maberly and Sons had been all along led by
a false scent. They thought that they could mix
up with the question of the removal of the books at whose expense
that shou dbe done. The Court's opinion upon the whole there-
fore was, that the petition was totally unnecessary, and miat be
dismissed with costs.

THE WATERMEN'S COMPANY V. THE LORD MAYOR, AND ()THEW,

CAVELLE V. GIBBS.

Mr. Patois applied in the course of the morning, ex parte, on
behalf of the plaintiff, the representative of theWatei men's Com-
pany for an injunction to restrain the Lord Mayor, and the autho-
rities of the City of London, from removing certain barges placed
in the river at Greenwich by the Watermen's Companl, for the
purpose of forming a landing-place for their passengers, instead of
their going to the old pier. The Learned Counsel read several
affidavits in support of his application, from which it appeared that
it was intended to remove the barges this day.

The VIOE-CHANCELLOR said the question with him was, whether
he should grant the injunction without notice. If he recol-
lected rightly, the present Lord Mayor, upon being installed
into office, in November last, had stated his intention to order
these barges to be removed. The parties therefore ought to have
come to the Court earlier, and what had been said in the affidavits
about licensing certainly implied that the Lord Mayor had
jurisdiction. On the whole, his Honour thought he should not be
justified in grantingtha njunction ex parte.

Mr. Pawn trusted the?, ,urt would allow his client to give short
notice.:
The Vice-CONCULLOR—Oh, certainly ; but then you must

apply to another branch of the Court to hear you—that branch 11
which you would have app,icd ft.r th,.. i0,j,,,ii,,.-: .....; it ver, ac-Pr
sible. His Honour, we believe, alluded to the Vice-Chancellor
Knight Bruce, who did not sit till one o'clock.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor Bitucc.)
His Hommt sat at one o'clock, and heard bankrupt petitlona of
no general interest.
(Before Vice-Chancellor \Viacom.)
LUND V.
His HONOUR gave judgment to-day inBLANCHARD. this case, which wall, 0
bill sled by the plaintiff and two others, on behalf of tbrose.
u° 1
u 7
and all others the shareholders in the Yorkshire and Agileullt
Bank, except certain of the shareholders who are named as
fendants, and the defendants were those shareholders and the Loa
don and Wes'minster Bank, and prayed for an injunction tor
je,-;
strain proceedings at law by them. The bill ha"
Put in 'heir/
been filed, and defendants not having
the practice :.
answer within the time allowed by
the Court, an injunction was granted restraining the ',tondo,' a:
Westminster Bank proceeding at law, under which recendY.e:,
tba
hlri
e.
nc
cation has been taken out. The plaintiff insists that the ini'-,a
tion iq.otectg those shareholders who are named as pl4intlfm' and
amicablealtotefrthtoembientji u'nnct:ibut ---6
Der tSe
i.oaonsn,enow
whichn iandies till: theor.ncoo\muvromoridet.fu sed Plaintiff,
d1,610d
His HoNouß, aging disposed of all d.. cases on bislo. '
before two o'clock.

EXCHEQUER CH/01130'
(THIS DA .) and
Mr. Baron Platt sat in the Exchequer chamber this

took term motions.
WOOLLEY V. CONQUER. •11°°d
Mr. PoLtocx applied to have a writ of summons day'-of-herll4.a-
service upon the defendant, who was one of the oflicers 0 or.l-
jssty's steamer, Alecto. The vessel is at present laid uP„lct being
nary at Woolwich. The residence of the defendant net
intb
known e
e to the plaintiff's attorney, a copy of the writ was le,pfeadaot
which the .-ecort
Ann of the Alecto, and in the Ship Tavern
was supposed to frequent. Another copy was stuck oPinlth t bii
of Exchequer. Under these circumstances, be trusted '
Lordship would deem the service good, bog°
Mr. Baron PLATT—Uponwhomas the writ served
‘
the steamer ? (Aid./
Mr. Pott.oc 5, Lord, there was nobody on board-,
She (the steamer) had been paid off.
en PO:
Mr. Baron PLATT-Why not stick the summon, t°
where it must have attracted the defendant's notice Wh
aboard.—(Laughter.) Take your rule.
DAV
HERIFFS' COuRT.—(llll- -
(Before Mr. Under. Sheriff Bunctlial.)
4dr
AILIDLOW V. TWENTYMAN.
This was an action brought to reco'v the sum , ° •76
n
for work and labour and materials supplieder to defendao"
The defendant is a builder in an t 'ye way of b°4l-iyi ta"
inhe
houses,
yearsce lleBd43and Regent's 4
Villas,employed e x
Regent'senths ie p 1 a
rio:rirlt.°.fltbbtoreti 1:51°:
amount was 3,1471. In December 1844 _flar- ot °
a bill for 401. as the balance Of tbe's.-iantiff -A
that day. That bill was paid, but the L-clea
claimed 10/. 7s. 4d. for extra work. It was CO
toat'dto
plaintiff that the two houses spokon of were built
and that it was agreed that the extra work should w
attb tab "
01
distinct. The contract was not put In on either tide, wen
not
had sie,ltaiihttiuffpsahseaelsdet-footffieiatllepol. there If
1 lra6P(4
in it th if the 0 $0.04
completed by a certain day, which it was not.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said, the balance of tbeacCoool tole,
Pima the
t i faciett qeuvesi question ewaags,ai whether etthheerpltahian: plaintiff, but
t I:Ydrathiteted..riElongl
there was extra work, had been mane out ; the
1001. had not been proved.
The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed.
S VS'
RE-OPEIALN4L.i- Of the Cvl.4s°
st
(TILTS DAY.) 01°111°
We were this day admitted to a private view °f feet icarhefe
delightful of exhibitions. It has been, as our CO
that
tl
tr
source of much regret to the sight•secing Pabl'cnabs.
Colosseum has been shut up for the last twelve lac
eieeclo.:
however, now re-opens with more than its Prist,ined..(i
and. is by far the most tasteful, elegant, and sPletle,
tion in London. It has never before been in sce";flisct ere
state as it is at the present time. The interior has 7 teed Oil
completely renovated under the judicious sulfho° 0 calte
of that prince of machinists, Mr. W. Brethren, cao
mind the fairies' coach maker," as Planche once fairies'
He is net only the fairies' coachmaker, but the 01
lace builder, for if ever there was a fairy Pals trots e,T;
chantment, it is the Colosseum. Theirne
theeret:eet,:i.stts.:
trances to this magnificent scene--onc
Park (the old entrance), and another in Albanre yM
last is a new entrance, and is most coi.venjeat;_tesei t
through a noble arched corridor, adorned with Bowl'
..rosiee,
visitor duds himself in the refreshment-re oinn,te`.,,ll,il
which he enters the Glyntotheca, a museum of sculPto
of Aro,
erected on the site of what used to be the effected ce/330:0
and the taste and genius of Bradwell have effec d°
alc a cor
plete transformation. The room is lighted hY 6 t
of richly-cut glass, springing from an entablLlTTel 1..4 1;01
nice, supportA by numerous columns•
enriched by the whole of the Panathenain re`-ne,:aigni
the ElgM marbles, modelled by ?Henning,,
al 61'1,1
allegoralnc
other '‘'s-
Above are a series of fresco paintings ct.
on panel. Beyond the circle of caltunnstelled recess
many pilasters, dividing and supporting a between the do
as hetivnice' the stl 1
to
each of which, as well
lurnns, are placed works of Art frooptors. 111 to
of the most eminent British and foreign stco th e
panan
10
centre. surrounding the staircase leadit:gdidieled hY Lief
are seats covered with et Rod in the fora Ice
of Cupid and Psyche, ringsbe candelabra' ificent, fiat he
palm-trees. The general effect is vet: 131hagn ilea° 4 4010'
co, 0 e ceito ge
tainly there never has been in London Sae-
d'reurre of sculpture as in the Glyptotheca at ill vAizst
We now enter the ascending room, fitted up inch .e„--„e, dich
style, and lighted by means of a stained glass Cel",7:- ff 7,11
oneself in the midst of the grand panorama of 14°°`*-13'
e; Is of
has been entirely renovated by Mr. E. T. Parris' cif '
to another gallery, and view the old ball and cit.+ 1
St. Paul's, and then, ascending another flight of St:
arrive at the top of the building, on the exterior, and
fe
a panorama of London from the top of the (11% ILI 0,
Here, too, is a camera obscura on a very large °IL to ''„-ef
reproduces the panorama of the north-west qua the I 'o'
Descending from the top of the building,
lye
Sculpture and the refreshment-room, and, POCee,_,l up in 00
corridor, enter the conservatories, beautifully fitt°,-3. )V1 tof
arabesque style, and containing the choicest 011 roe and
centre is the Gothic aviary, containing a grell fil
birds of the most beautiful plumage. The conee:sing oosull
aviary are adorned with beautiful fountains. Fe' the
arrive at the extreme promenade, &racing cis° 'Alf
columns and moulding frescoes of le filo,' ,a 0
cit). We then enter the chalet, 11/3' CO
. and
selves at once among the mountains de
we eressdio;
vsp
of Switzerland. Before is Mont Blanc, them
_,,erfrota 110
and the source of the Arve, reproduce" who
.08
ture by the magic pencil of Dose' t 01)
the
given us not only a beautiful painting, but a kip tiO
portrait of the sublimest scene in EuroPe• entering the
Valley of Chamouni well, and, on first
cl( with .Jet
part of the exhibition, we were stir
te the c
extraordinary fidelity of the representation. Fr
° 0011 0,00
we proceed to the stalactite caverns of AdelsberP;tathe fef
Mr. W. Bradwell and Mr. Telbin, and this is coil the tt ejci
curious portion of the exhibition, and cornPleteso
says tl i/11
the Colosseum. " Whoever has not seen SeciLl 'e 'rosy' het
Spanish proverb, " has seen nothing." ,„lossellin'
greater truth, say, whoever has not seen the I'
tO
not seen London

regret 'p
)0

DEATH or MR.TR— Hoop Wre -clot 1 11'
omAs
r.h If , oi
announce the death of Mr. Hood, which nielao---° ithw-t'l 41
place on Saturday evening, after a long and seeerem, eit074,0 ~
demisef Mr. Hood has been long expected both ',"'tair bhk',ool '',4
family; indeed, from the nature of his disease, he,;,,,vrelol ;1/
hope of recovery could be entertained. Mr many ,cotiliCei i i'll
as a popular writer, whose works have in ~-, pobhC;l,oo '0
wof"thn
earlier
are tp ;road: c
tt
hi een
ss
psi
spirit
genuine merit than they receive credit for with t"- erS, 1 ,
the destiuction of a genius which otherwise Might II Dt 1:Pf1l 'rl;
world some st rvice. As it is, Mr. Hood's works 'viribau -'i to 4
membered, and amongst their class may well be degircie or fir, es le
valled. His death will be much regretted by a large c.. Ore „I
esiadgeer,atbhloe
rdaegacriptive PT!
erstre, tb.
arid is an irreparable loss to those with whoca be W- it
I, . f
apt • i
diately t (inflected. e for 1/810 ta't,,e joile le'.
__The pro of
W E 51,1.1" AN MISSIONARY SOCIETY' . held le-a fl 0,1
meeting
of the Wesleyan Missionary Society wa-,bree $n it Itil 01
enoon in Exeter Hall. There were betweeith , Dela ele 4,
thousand persons present, by far the greater In,efe after a ro of" .
The Marquis of Breadalbane took the chair a bt''' , Str e : 4e,
o'clock. On the platform we notice the Right Ilen,b, Itkl
.ot
e,
Rose, G.C.H. : the Right Hon. Fox i,laule, 1111%,; Ilisll,, /I Of
Bunting, Rev. John Beecham, Rev. Dr. Alder, ge-pq, f'e, 0 1 '
Charles llitull,l, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Farn'er' ~, I7r• 130 6/01';
John Scott, Rev. Thomas Guthrie, of Edinburgh' iti., 940. ,ss
of Aberdeen ; Rev. William Curling, St. Sas'irtdri I', Pt' c'
Rev. Dr. Barth, Berlin ; Rev. Dr. Steinkoptr, 1-'°- ;104 ~.s: le ris
Newton, Manchester; Rev. Dr. Dixon, Load° Lore - I 4 1,
Waugh, from Ireland ; Rev. James Hamilton, 7,-, f,egis 01 0,
Regent.sqnare ; Henry Pownall, Esq.; Janes ea or ght' ft 11', 4;
Wood, near Manchester ; James Wilkinson, Esq-.; ~,, s ::gre •
~..P. cp
port.; Rev. John Maclean, Edinburgh; Rev' '''',.-„eoi b." 'P, or.
Surrey, Chapel; Rev. William Boyce. Mission:ollr" itaye,, ~_ 4.,
John Burton, Esq., Roundhay, Leeds; Bobi°s°°„, ;p 14,e P f.
Bury ; Rev. Richard Reece ; Michael Ashton, riis,..oll, fil ~
Atherton, Liverpool ; Rev. W. M. Bunting ' peter
14",„vasi , Ka I,',
Bolton ; Rev. Dr. Cobbold; Rev. H. W. brew' with i° f...iS sfa It,
E. L. Magoon, United States. The annual report, ,ro t,-- re
was read'
Wholly Of $ 0 t
able, and contains some interesting details,
~ roe I
~„ is
the business, which, as well as the speeches, w",„, 0. `wet
gious or missionary character, occupied several a" 'troll '"" •
sure of Parliamentary and other matter preclude; taj ti aa Gip t, 3r
a detailed report. ,Trh,,, Mialill3vie*. '4 '0
iIIIDLAND RAILWAY ENGINES.---1"-, ~ iota - 11 '1
pany have been running an excellent new enao- is 011t1 ' /
to Rugby during the last fortnight. The distallocooll void
miles, and with a load of 19 carriages it has been jos is °. cal°
The 014„. Di'
21 minutes ! This certainly is good work.
manufacture, and by makers compara_tiviielaYilowha'kga°.Firocepo44 rtob; ;
pany have two others of the same sort.
AMERICAN ICE.--A novel article 0 ericso i „siof
itto .00. 0.0
recently taken place in the shape of ice from article I , veof 4
neighbourhood of the Wenham Lake, &C. The
cis overso odi rl 4
in large blocks, varying from 2 cwt. to 4 cwt., en weratiabe, i g f
have arrived laden almost entirely with it, bavirld with C.
.. ~ 0:f
have
tons on board. It is deposited in the ship's hol arrives tn; t /14
covered and surrounded with wood dust, sod ii°,4lo.olll.„por /',,t
perfect state, with very little loss in weight, l', bet° ..- teed •
,_at hit ~ 04
period a the year. The greater portion of to Where -ke le, a
has beets landed at the St. Katharine Do69,tion of,t,i"epooi "
warehouse has been appropriated in a cool P°r,,ed and "
._, e'
quay, and to which it is removed on being is
~T101'; pa
until removed to the owners' private stores. irisvilfu ootit
~
ROBBERY AT THE POLYTECHNIC nt Ca e-re F:
Yesterday information was received at the diffete which W.,,,b,
in gold ; a small ivory bust, on to pillar, of hcr set in g_°,l.e 17,01°1
that a small phrenological ivory head, the teeth _ °fmajcsthci" , ere
therinumeter, and a set of Ashe's neral teeth, of 11' sp lan
stolen, on the Ist inst., from the west balcony `'-
ireot°ll. her
l' °1'1;
Polytechnic Institution, the property o the
e-
child in "AesCr le"-
is attached to a man and a woman, who carrid arrio woo e mooffs
and who left the establishment in a cab. The , high, ccast 00
about thirty.five years of age, nearly siN• feteiistu froci‘
Are
t
being a little distorted, and dressed in a shah
shabbilyblack dr 01,
trousers; and the female rather stout, and els ~oit, IA"( 5/.
PRE:Vitra 'lO EMIGRANTS.— J obn ." ..retoluo fiords
Ribaten Hall, near Knaresborough, has offered al end WI; lA.
to any of the poor families residing in Ilui.s gore, „antic. , ~„4
who may feel inclined to make a trlp across
CrestthF:','o pISCe f 1:,,
offer has also been masse by the parish
many families have already ail
av---ed theynselves f
- Halifam Ouardian. officers
01_
oppatu r.#