The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-11 00:00:00

SANDYS V. SANDYS.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL a few days since ob-
tained an order directing the Governor and Com-
pany of the Bank of England to transfer the sum of
4001., Four per Cent. stock, into the name of the
petitioner, Mr. Sandys. The short facts of the case
are as follows :—Mr. Sandys married a lady of the
name of Long, who, at the time of her marriage,
had 4001. stork, which had been bequeathed to her
by her father, and after her death to her children.—
Mr. Sandys obtained the consent of his wife that
this fund should be transferred into his name; arid
upon application to this Court, they granted an order
to that effect. When this order was served in the
usual way, the Bank refused to comply with the
order, and denied the jurisdiction of the Court
to make such an order. The Solicitor-General, on
a subsequent day, gave notice of a motion to com-
mit the Governor and Company of the Bank of
England to the Fleet prison for contempt.
Mr. HORSE then said he was instructed to appear
for the Bank, and state the grounds of their refusing
to comply with the order of the Court. It was not
contempt for its authority, but in this case it was
clear his Honour had no jurisdiction. The stock
was standing in the name of the lady and her chil-
dren. The children were infants, and therefore
could not consent to the transfer, and the Court
were bound to protect their interests ; in fact it was
clearly an order made contrary to the Act of Parlia-
ment.

The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, before he made the
order of committal he would carefully look into the
Act. This morning, his Honour informed the So-
licitor-General he was of opinion that he had ex-
ceeded his jurisdiction in making the first order.
Under the circumstances of this case, after attentively
perusing the Act, he was convinced he had no au-
thority to order the transfer. Of course, that order
must be discharged, and it was almost needless to
say the order for committal could not be made.

The Court was afterwards engaged in hearing
petitions in bankruptcy.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY).

BOW-STREET.

Henry Hail, a smooth-spoken youth, who de-
scribed himself us a varnish-manufacturer, charged
two very dashing females with robbing him of fifteen
shillings, in a brothel somewhere in the vicinity of
the English Opera-house.
The complainant stated that he just left the thea-
tre to breathe a little fresh air, when he was ac-
costed by Sarah Reynolds, whom he was ultimately
induced to accompany to a house in a court, where
she told him she had lodgings. She rapped at the
door, which was opened, and directly he had entered
it was closed again. He accompanied Reynolds to an
upstairs room, where, after chatting a short time, for
he assured the Magistrate most seriously that nothing
further took place, he prepared to bid her good
night, with a promise of bringing her a nosegay in
the morning. The servant of the house, however,
demanded five shillings for " the use of the room."
This lie paid, and was proceeding to the door, when
the landlady (Allen) presented herself, and would
not let him depart until he had given something to
Reynolds, who loudly complained of the difficulty of
living on air, and losing time without being paid for
it. He gave her five shillings more on Allen promis-
ing him, "on her honour, as the mistress of the
house," that directly he had paid her he should be
at liberty to depart. When, however, he had paid
her, he found that they would not then open the door,
which he kicked till the watchman came. He then
gave them in charge. When he felt he found that he
had lost a third five shillings, he did not know how.
Mr. Harmer appeared for the defendants, and the
girl Reynolds told quite a different story from the
complainant. She gave him credit for more gallantry
than modesty, except in the disagreeable operation of
paying. This quite shocked the complainant, who, in
his confusion, contradicted several important facts.
Mr. MINSHULL ordered both defendants to find
bail.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY).

HAY MARKETS.—( At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
ST. JAMES'S.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 15 to XS 0
New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10

Useful Meadow Hay 3 5 3 15
Fine Upland Meadow and nye-grass Hay 4 0 4 15
Clover flay 3 15 5 10
Oat Straw £1 18 to £2 0 1 Wheat Straw... 2 0 2 2
Supply good, trade dull, and prices stationary.
SMITHFIELD.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 4 to £2 15
New Meadow Hay 2 13 2 IS
Useful Meadow Hay 3 3 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 5 4 10
Clover Hay (extra tine)....Ss 5... Generally
Oat Straw £ 1 14 to £1 IS I Wheat Straw 1 18 2 2
A good supply, and a very dull trade, at Saturday's prices.