The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-19 00:00:00

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EQUITY COURTS,—Dec. 18.
(Before the Lords Justices of Appeal.)
CC TBLZ LABORAII HOTEL contort (UNITID).
This was an application on the part of the above company
to modify a former order made by their lordships. The
'employ had agreed to take the ground on which the hotel
was to be bails on a lease for 99 yearn, and their lordships
made an order that the company should pay into court
10,0101. to the credit of the ground landlord, Sir James
Hay Leashes', Bart., as a security for the company's
etesplettem of their cootraet. This was done. There was
afterwards an extension of the original scheme, and
the Whites war to be much enlarged. It was
sow shown that the building was raised solidly and substan-
tially as high as the third floor, and the landlord's surveyor
expressed himself satisfied with the state of the work.
The time originally fixed for the completion of the building
was the close of the preset year, but it was found impos-
sible to comply with that stipulation. The object of the
application was to extend the time originally fixed, sad to
...Ithe company to receive the sum paid into opus t on
• ng their debesures to the same amount.
. &spiky and Mr. Marten appeared for the company ;
sal Mr. Bidwell and Mr. Lindley for the committee and
next of kin of Sir Junes Hay Longhorn.
The Lords Justices granted WI extension of time, but
dislined to allow the debentures to be substituted for the
maul moneY, though they wished to be understood as not
saying one word against the substantial value and excel-
lence of the debentures.

(Before
MATHON V. LEPICIEB.

Stuart.l

The bill in this suit was filed to obtain • declaration that
the plaintiffs were entitled to osrtain foreign railway bonds,
obligations, and coupons, together with fifty-four notes for
COS thousaad fiasco each, and • sum of 301., which were now
le mart. It appeared frets the bill, that the property in
quietism was the produce of • recovery from • robbery
maamitted upon the plaintiffs, times reaaufeeturen, at
itechak, fa Frame, by • confidential clerk of theirs. The
lobes akar is this country into whose hands the recovered
property hod come declined, under the circumstances of the
ems, to deliver it to the plaintiffs, without the order of some
competent apart directiog him to do so. This suit was ac-
esavkagly instituted for the above-named purpose.
Mr. Ramey Q.C., and Mr. Jested appeared for the plain-
tiffs; Mr. IVickens and Mr. Downing Bruce, for the
riefaedaut.

The Vice•(bancellor made the declaration asked for; and
mated that the police-caw should have his costa.

(Before ViorChancellor Sir W. P. Wood.)
DILM►N o. tai ammonmATAN AND PROVINCIAL BANK
(MUTED).
This was a suit beet aside a joint and several promissory
note obtained without due explanation by the uncle of two
yawn( ladies, plaintiffs in the present suit. The evidence
win very voluminous. and involved charges of fraudulent
eseduct not directly dealt with, or necessary to be dealt
with, by the judgment of the court.
The Attorney-General, Sir ff. Cairns, Mr. Martin, Mr.
&dud, and Mr. Moigan, were in the cage.
The Vice-Chancellor came to the conclusion that although
no fraud was charged against the hank, they must be
re-
strained from smog on the note, on the ground that they
mast be taken to have notice that it was given without
doe explanation.

COURT OF QUERN'S BEROH.—Dic. 18.
SECOND COURT.
After Tern Sittings at Nisi Priam at CluildhalL—(Before
Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jan.)
NOWYMAN T. WILTON.—TIM °HORT IN TES WRY 'S llt OCH.
nig was as action to recover of Mr. Wilton. the pro-
prietor of the Whitecliapel Music-hall. for as illegal dis-
missal, and to recover the sum of 15 animas. Tb• deka-
teat pleaded that the plaintiff was Ruble to fnlfil his
aogagcloast, and further that he absented himself from
the &deadest's emplumest without leave and house.
Mr. Hankies, Q.C., sod Mr. .1. O. Griffits were counsel
for the plaintiff ; Mr. Serjeant O'Brien and Mr. Charles
Nana were comae' foe the defendant.
Kr. Hawkins, in stating the case to the jury, said the
plaintiff was well known for producing optical delusions.
La Jelly of last year he had mitered into an engagement to
produce the ghost for Mr. Gear, at the Borough Munc-
hen, sod shout the same time he entered into an engage-
ment with the defendant for eight weeks to produce the
ghost, at a weekly salary of three guineas. He accordingly
set k. week, sad an experiment was tried between two and
thew o'clock in the morning--one of the woken, who
pftiably w e by that time charged with spirits, actin as
the spirit. (Laughter.) At last the thing was completed.
and the plaintiff having written a piece called "Faust,"
whisk was approved of by Mr. Wilton, the public exhi-
bition tuck place. The plaintiff superintended the per-
itoneum far three or four nights, what the defendant put
an sod to the engagement on the gnand that the plaintiff
was set prerat superintending the perfanuocia, tad
farther, that be was unable to produce his ghost.
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