The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-25 00:00:00

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EQUITY COURTS.--JuLT 24.
(Before the Lord C6aw:4llce.)
DAMMED/La P. WIWI NIDLAXD RAILWAT COMPIWT.

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The plaintiffs in this ewe, the carriers trading under the
named Ackford sod Co., tiled a bill to restrain the de•
feodanta, the West Midland Railway Company, from re-
moving from their statiom at Kidderminster goods consigned
to the plaintiffs for the purpose of delivering them in the
town. Up to December, 1861, the plaintiffs had been em-
ployed by the railway comp ray to oast from the station to
the consignee any goods vent by the railway to Kidder- I
minater. At that time the defendants creed to employ the I
plaintiffs as carters, the defendants declined to head over
goods received at the "Wien to the plaintiffs, insisting on
their right to deliver them at the places to which they were
directed, and to charge for them. The defendants demurred to
the plaintiffs' bill, aged the demons, was allowed by Vise.
Chancellor Stuart, but overruled os appeal to the Lord
Chancellor, who directed the cause to be sot down for hear-
ing before him, and it cam" oe to-day.
ILL Malian, for the plaintiffs, having opened his cam at
some length, was followed by Mr. Dickinson on the same
side, who was stating moms of the facts, when
The Lord Chancellor said—The first duty, of course, is to
present me with the facts of the came. What • pity to
waste three hours of judicial time in quoting decisions when
the material facts are omitted. All the facts might have
been stated in ten minutes if the commonest are bad
been used.

Mr. Malins—lf your lordship will excuse my saying it,
the tone in which your lordship addresses us this morning
readers it impossible for me to conduct the business of my
@beets. _ _

Thr. Lord Chancellor You may do u you think
Prcridalios—The 000duot of Waimea is, under the circus.
gauss, most distressing sod embureetiog. It is impossible
that seam do justice to our clients if a learned jades ad-
dresses as is this way. I would rather retire from prudes
for ever than owns here and submit to this. lam very sorry
thus to address a harped judge with whom I have added as
terms of cordiality while at the bar.
The Lord Chancellor—Mr. Kiting, it must satisfy you
that the judge whom you address, and who has the greatest
respect for you arid every member of the bar, and with
whom also be has been on time. of the closest intimacy,
must feel a strong necessity for the course which he has
taken.

Mr. Malins-1 have had the honour of appearing before
eight of your lordship's predecessors, and have never hewn
addressed in the tone in which your lordship has addressed
me this morning. I must say your lordship has made obser-
vations which are most embarrassing and distressing.
The Lord Chsocellor-11 what I have said has given you
Pao—
Mr. !Wins—lt has given me pain, my lord.

The Lord Chancellor—You hare only to intimate it, and
you cannot do so without exciting in my mind deep regret
but I must repeat that I expect a statement of the facto of
a case from a learned counsel, and I complained—not In a
toes intended to convey offence, but for the purpose of
pointing out how much judicial time is wasted. This is the
Ent time since I haws sat on the bench that anything Lk'
disagreement has occurred between me and the members of
the bar.

r. Malice—You cannot, my lord, be unaware of the effect
of your words on the conduct of bulimia.
The Lord Chancellor—l am anxious that the good feeling
which bas always existed between myself and the members
of the bar should continue, and I have only an earnest desire
that the business may be properly does. lam sorry that •
moment has been wasted on this. I wish to end with feelings
of goodwill and regard.
Mr. Malice —And that is my hearty wish also.
The matter then dropped,snd the arguments proceeded,
but were not concluded when the court rose.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MANSION-HOUSE.

After the night charges had been disposed of yesterday,
Mr. Albert, the interpreter of the Marlboroughetreet
polioe-
court, drew the aitentino of Sir R. Carden, who was on the
bench, to a system of swindling which bed bees brought
under him notice. It appeared that a French lady residing
in Paris wished to procure an English norm for her infant,
audio ooseequence of an advertisement which she saw in
the French papers, headed " London Catholic Institution ;
directors, Golder and Co., 29, College-street, Dowgate-
' hill," she communicated with Mr. Golder, end, after some
correspondence. that gentleman replied informing her in the
meat polite manner that he bad procured her a nurse suitable
in every respect to bring op a young child, and that he had
engaged her upon the following terms :—One yeer's salary
to be paid in advance ; the fare to Paris to be paid, and •
deposit of 100 f. to be put down as a security, all of which
were to be forwarded to Mr. Golder previous to the depar-
ture of the nurse for Paris. The lady forwarded the required
sum, amounting to about 301., and since that time, which is
more than a foeteight back, she had neither seen nor heard
anything of Mr. Golder or the nurse, still lees her
304 Fearing she had been robbed of her money by
• trick she communicated with Mr. Albert, be
being the agent to the Society for the Protection of Females,
under the presidency of Viscount Itartham. M.P., and he had
accordingly set shout making inquiries. He had been to the
address, 29, Collegentreet, funl had amertaioed that there
was no one of the name of Golder living there : but it ap-
peared that some eight or diae weeks beck two foreigners
applied there for • room which was to let, and after seeing
it they said they did not want to occupy the room,
lint wanted their letters left. They ultimately agreed
to give the landlady ;is. a week to allow their letters to be
addressed them. Above 120 letters had been left theme
altogether, all of which appeared to be written io a feminine
h oid. For the last fortnight, however, neither Mr. Golder
nor his clerk had been for the letters as usual, and there
were still severe! letters them addressed to Mr. Odder.
Sic R. Carden thanked Mr. Albert for the trouble
he had taken to expose the fraud, and he bad no doubt it
would be made public, and ao prevent persons from being
doped in future. Still be could not help thinking that it ,
was very stran seeing that such things are of daily cal
enn ge,ence, that ersons could be so foolish as to put cos-
Defence in such repreeeetntions without first making some I
inquiries as to the respectability of the parties, especially
when the means of inquiry was so close at hand.
Mr. Pollock, the agent for the Society for the Protection
of Females in Old Broadatreet, was present on behalf of
that society.
BOW-STREET. _ .

A Hansom cab-driver, No. 9.404, Win placed at the bar
charged with stealing one of the ortlimu7 bite of granite
with which the roadways are paved.
Inspector Bronbaconihe said yesterday morning be saw
the cabman walking with the stove in his hood, and on
asking him what be intended to do with it, and also where
he bad got it from, be replied that he had picked it up from
the side of the road, and be wu going to pot it into his cab
to steady it. He 'bee took him into custody.
One of the contractor's foremen attended, end 'rid the
stem, was similar ho that the men were using in St. Martin's.
lane, hut he could not speak positively to it, neither could
he estimate the value of it.
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The defeudaat maid the horse wag rather lame, and finding
the cab hearag upon him rather unevenly be picked up the
stone to steady the cab. He did not think It was of any
value, neither did he think he was doing wrong.
Mr. Henry said if every cabman picked up a stone and
took it away the pavement would soon he removed. He
could not, however, treat the affair ass felony, and therefore
be should discharge the cam

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORM—Yesterday the
usual weekly meeting of the Board was held at the offices,
Spring-gardens, Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The Thames
Embankment Committee brought up their report, submit.
ting form of advertisement for tenders for execution of the
works of the northern embankment, and suggesting that the
board should tame the day for receiving tenders. Submit-
ting speciticatieo of works for the Thames embankment
and recommendiog the hoard to adopt the sane. The
report was received sod adopted. Mr. Savage moved that
the board do adjourn on the 7th of August till the 25th
September, and that the officer have leave of absence, as
the chairman may decide. Mr. Harris seconded the motion,
which gave rise to some discussion, in the course of which
several amendments with regard to the time of the reassem-
bling of the borinl were moved. Ultimately the original
motion was declared to be carried, and after the transaction
of some other bushier of a merely rookies character, the
board &dimmed.
THB BITRAORDINARY WILL ROBBERY HEAR Nrw-
rore.—The orennuitancee corrected with this extraordinary
robbery have already appeared in the Express; and sine •
then Edwin Gill, the father of the young man who was so
cleverly captured by the polio, with the will is his poems.
pion, John Jenkins a workman in his empioy, and Albert
Edward Bose, a clerk lately in the employ of Mr. Powell,
have been apprehended on suspicion of having been me.
carried in the affair. A duper cloth and a pair of boots that
were stolen uo the same night as the will have been traced to
the possession of Mwin Gill and Jenkins. The prisoners
are to he brought before the Newport magistrates this day
(Saturday.)