The Sun.
London, England, 1818-04-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ;" Samuel TuOridge
was chaiged wil-hforging and. "uttering a bill of
exchange, purporting to be of the value of 201.,
with intent. to 'defraud Mr. Joyce, a baker; in
Rupert streeti Haymarket .—He was _remanded.
George Turrier was fully committed for trial for
having forged notes in his 'possession, which sub-
jects-him to tramsportatimi tor.seven years.
Bion'MY. George' Coulton was -charged with
bigarny; Of tither an,inteiesting nature. Be tad
only ft'ed With his. second. wife a month, as it op-.
,piared; .wh'en he pledged her gold watch, and
other articles of value, and ansconded.-=The par-
tiptitaio Were .not entered into, and the prisoner
%%las remanded.

—'Yesterday, about one o'clock in the afternoon,
a. Gentleman's servant riding along Finsbury.
square' on a high spirited horse",-- which b'ing
startled at something, beeame so unmanageable
that 'lie ,threw his 'rider and fell upon him, by
which he broke his leg, and received several other

LAW INTELLIGENCE•

' COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Mau« g 9•
MANDAMUS TO THE GOVERNOR AND COMM

THE BANK-OF ENGLAND • ^
tins' be
Mr. BROUGHAM moved, that Mai2dal”-ti
directed to tiv Governor and Company of the d"318
of England, ordering them to proceed to sqr
`
all the profits accruing to ,t hat -establishment P e
vious to the 191 h of Mare') last, over awl obi
the expellees incurred in the conduct of its c'fbir-of
it.-
Ells application was founded upon the af6dav
a proprietor of Bank stock, whose moue
t,01;
not •
state, id which it was sworn, to the besble
the. deponent's belief, there was a conmide,r,:fto •
balance in the hands of the Governor anti `ci-00
pony, -on which they had made and declare that
dividend. The Learned Counsel observed,
the object of the, motion was to.compel a °re
pliance with the provisions of the three setios
Latin; to the Bank of England; .by which !tar, of
enacted that there should be no Bcm-1)010P--
capital.'
Lord ELLENBOROUGH asked in what witY I-I of
sworn that- there was a balance in the bait's_
the Governor and Company.? j„ fors
BROUGHAM answered, tliat as the ""-,.ctiott
would furhish 'no accounts, and allow no ioslierlfrie
of the books to the proprietors, it was itlesl9„ace
for the depnnent to 'swear decisively to a b'bot
in the hands of the GoverOor and COmilstl?'
he distinctly stated his.-belief -and conviction'
apprehended that tlie' Cohrt was called .01n)",,ot
interpose Summarilyi to prevent the infringe. 014.:
of 'the•latv ; and one very learned "person had 0
ready given it as his -opinion that in this
mandamus would lie. -
vo, ths'7'
Lord ELLENBoRoUGH wished to kilo-
opinion were given judicially, or privafelYlt„
Mr. BROUGHAM answered, that he cerioni•libiti
no right to say that it was given otherwise , to
privately-4
/but he mentioned as a watratin7o
himself in advising and making the present 6r.
cation. •
-f the

Lord ELLENBORoDOH inquired, if at anY
Quarterly Courts papers had been moved ply of
show the actual State of the funds in the 11°' ,
the Governor and Company, and refused ? e
Mr. BROUGHAM was not aware that ther:i ibst.
been any Such proceeding ; but be contendeu t oft
their Lordships, upon an affidavit like tin to
which he now moved, would he ealled-nPlot
grant a mandamus, even` should appear tat the
majority of the Court of Proprietors resi't•oriti
production ►
of -the balanbe-sheet. If the 11
i-o
directed what was illegal, viz. that a balance s';110
accumulate in the hands of the propriet°ls:die-
Coart would take care that the acts of titc
ment were'complied with. The inajoritY ,()e
Court of Proprietors might proceed to &Priv 00
minority of any dividend at all ; but, it sth,titlif,,
minolity would have a right to relief by res""tror
to the Court of King's Bench: It Was clr 50V,
to the clear wording of the two first of n,.
totes, that any capital should accumulate,' i
doubt existed, it would be removed by t"eisell
statute, and by the by-laws'of -the companY'
If, in the return to the mandamus, the G,ve,be
and Company should satisfy the Court II"'
was no balancein their hands, no accano"l‘•o
of capital, there would be an end of the tlit,e,sll4l
or if It were shown that a balance _was "r ration
gtsiott
to the conduct of the affairs of the COrl',":'
and that on this account it had been al''':.;eo fof
remain and accumulate, still it would rert; aag
the Court to decide, 'whether even that ‘,‘..,,tates.
contrary to the express provisions of the site
'Lord pLLENHOROUGH.-11 capitA, tar, t coati
uagemerit -and conduct of the affairs of I,,'“tter ba
patty be an omitted ease, recourse had "c;
,bad _to the Legislature to remedy the detec:„.t sor
. Mr. BitouGHAM urged that, even upon id verool.
position., it, would be the duty of, the (3':altal itt
and Company to .apply to
,parharneut
had already said was clear and uneiv",3,e 010:
they shall divide, 'Hutt shall not acqeiuonin'
tal ;' and if an alteration be iteeessarY, tlie then;
should prevail upon the', Legislature, to grst-,lre"
indemnity for having infringed the acts-,ololl'
passed', and permission for the future t°ll-
late capital. take
Lord ELLENHOROUGH.-:-.1. think yon.018-
rule to show cause.
THE KING. V. WILLIAM AND CIIAEIIBO
The defendants were tied and found
the Sittings. after last Term, before 1.1,40 with
borough, -on an indictment, charging tuv'erCe/re
having endeavoured to excite Captain'''. es, ifil
to fight a duel with the defendant C. Da this
circumstances were at the time stated 1 014,
per. William Davies was sentenced t° if„jent,
Charles Davies to two months' col/6'l'lop
the custody of the Marshal of the Matslita
ere r
Yesterday Francis Kelly, a poor
ou) lab°- 0
ployed at the new building in Barline, a
bl
r
"'
(lens, met with a serious' accident---4,:
hod, of bricks having . fallen upoA lit
which he Was dreadfully cut.
• • COAL My).PKE'r, April fle., vice'
Skips at Market. Ships sold.
• tO 415 64
Newcastlu
6 Sunderland. 6 465.
:• BIRTHS dulls
On Monday last, in Piccadilly the Lady 0,
llear°
O
Esq
nofTuesday the Adinira
last,lty Mrs., of a
Metcalf Gower7str son: ce.,to
'square, , rreol
of a son. .
of dames ~t
• On the 13th inst. at Florence, the Lady
Borkdoin, Esq. of a daughter.
• At the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair's,
Lady of George' Sinclair, Esq. of a son and heir,•

' . MARRIED. of 101
• FM' yhi 0
Yesterday, at St:Pancras, Joseph Waltels, mar e.
lane, Cheapsiiie; and Edmonton, Middlesex, it,`:.iiices-str
widow of the late James Foot, jdo. Esq. of
Sei_taifields.

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' DIED, • t of
relic ellts2
On the 26th inst. Mrs. Charlotte Skinner,
Joseph Skinner surgeon 6f his' Maje4y's estb regi,„ S.
daughter of the late Charles Davids, 'Esq.. of - " otol
Wales. lls
On the 27th inst. at Eltharn, Kent, of a fever, z
aged 10, eldest daughter of Thomas Cleere, Esq.
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