Star.
London, England, 1826-04-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELI„IG EN CE.
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MANSION. HOUSE.
ALtii.Fl GRAWITT and CUM CLAY CVMPAIrr.....-WIP Bleedirs,
Mr. Roberto, and several other Directors of the above Company.
appeared to answer the complaint of -Mr. Brooks, a Surgeon, of
appeared to answer the complaint of -Mr. Benoti, a Suryeon, of
Bach.str.et, My Road, the particulars of which appeared in our
Paper of Saturday.
Mr. Bleaden said, he regretted that Mr. Florence, iha Solicitor
to the Company, was unable to attend, having an inspoespott engage-
ment at Guildhall.
Mr. Brooks having repeated his Amplaint, Mr. !Deaden made
the following statement ; that Mr. Hodgson, the person ftonenlions
the complainant had purchased his Shares, was not a Mrectot at
the time, as stated by him; that the capital intended to be raised
by the ompany was 50,0001. by 1,200 Share, of SSI. each, on which
a deposit of 21. 10s. was to be paid; that the Walesa the Company
were bept in abeyance merely by the present state of the times, and
that the Directors were ready and waling to give an account of the
appropriation of the money received ; they were now in the poems.
91011 of a valuable estate; and if the affairs of the Company were
carried on, he bad no doubut the Prop' ietors would realise a profit
of So/. per cent. The Directors had made personal inquiries, id
order to sscertain how the project could be best carried into
cation ; and the result was that the scheme, in their opinion' was it
(eatable one, and would be profitable to the Proprietors, and advise
tageous to the public at large. They had paid 11,100/. for the lease
of the mine*.

The Complainant persisted in his statement that the Direetofi
had divided the money among themselves, and said that if the Lord
Mayor refused to interfere he wuuld indict them at the Srssions.
where he should be able to prove the charges he had brought against
them.

Another Shareholder said, he had bought 115 Shares when they
were at a premium; and at the time the CoMpany was first esta-
blished, an advertisement appeared in The Times, statin; that the
Prospectus would be ready in a few days, but that it had nut yet
been published. He had repeatedly applied to the Directors upon
the subject, but could obtain no information from them. lle re-
quested they would convene a public meeting of the Shareholders,
which, however, they refused to do.
After a long conversation between the parties, the Lord Mayor
adjourned, the further hearing until TreAlay.
GUILDHALL.
George Bird, a horse-dealer, apieated before Mr. Alderman Kim
to answer the complaint of Mr. awes/cliff, of the Regent Circus,
who stated, that on the 14th law. he purchased of the defendant, in
Smithfield market, a black mare, with a warranty that it weeper-
fectly sound. The price be gave was, however, only sete. The
hone was led home to a livery stable, at the west end of the town,
by an assistant • and repeatedly on the way, he was bantered by
passing horse dealers on having bought a bargain. Two dsys atter
it had been housed in the stable, he received an intimation that the
horse was slandered, and that the infection had been communicated
to Lord Bolton's valuable stud. which happened to be at the same
place, for all the injury to which, he would be held respons.bleo-
He now wished at defendant to be held to bail, as he was deter-
mined to prosecute him, and two others, for conspiring to defraud
him of the price he had given for the animal. Overtures had beep
suede to him to come to a compromise with the parties ; but he did
not we for the money, and he should certainly persist in invoking
the severest penalty of the law upon the offenders.
The defendant denied that be was aware of the unsoundness of
the mare; he bought it at Aylesbury only a few days before, under
a warranty of soundness, Pia respectable man. Ile was ready to
make all things right ; and if the Gentleman was not willing, he
could spend £5OO in defending his conduct.
Mr. Alderman Her commended Mr. /3arrowelirsdeterrnination,
and said, he was sure be would be doing a service t' the public.—
He, however, declined, bolding the ptisoner to ball, in the first in-
stance; but that would not prevent Mr. Ilatroweliff from prefer-
ring his indictment. . .