The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-24 00:00:00

Raba lintelligence.

COURT OF QUERN'S BENCIL—YZI2IIIIDAY.
Ma Puss at London.— Beiose len! WW Justice Denman sod

Coarse lora
BLltillt O. Counts._

This was an action brought to recover 8001., alleged to be
due to the plaintiff from the defendant, for having advertised
in certain newspapers a projected railway, of which he (the
defendant) was the chairman of the managing committee.
From the statements of the learned counsel it appeared that
in the Aegust of the year 1845, the plaintiff, who is en W-
irer:Wag agent, carrying on business in Birehin-lane, re-
ceived orders to advertise in several newspapers a projected
whom, entitled " The Direct London, Holyhead, and Par-
Moe Railway Company." This was dote to the amount of
8001. ; and as the defendant had acted as chairman of a
meeting of the directors at which a resolution to advertise
the company was passed, he had given his sanction to the
proceeding, and so rendered himself liable.
For the defence Mr. Hamlin urged that the defendant
had only been present on two occasions at meetings, and
that he admitted a liability for 471. u the amount of adver-
tising he had sanctioned, from being chairman at a meeting
where the resolution in question had been adopted. He con-
tended that the defendant was not liable for any further sum.
llis Lordship in summing ap said he should leave but one
point for the decision of the jury, that was, whether the
sanction of the defendant at the first meeting authorised
the plaintiff to advertise to the extent he had done ; if
such were the cue in their opinion, then they must return a
verdict for the plaintiff, to the full amount; but if, on the
contrary, they believed that the defendant had given his
assent only to the insertion of a portion of the advertisements
then their verdict must be only for 471., the amount for
which the defendant had admitted his liability.
The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict for
the plaintiff- damages 8001.
life Lordship—Yon can have leave to reduce the verdict.
Mr. linalrey—lf your lordship pleases.

COURT OF COMMON PLRAB.—TISTIIIMAT.
IYlli Pasys.-11.#8•• adir Judaic? Wads mad • (10•4•1 Jury.

KINCAID AND °TRIM IP.

WILLIS.-A4LiORD KIiCON

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DUCT IN TOWIDO Aiirlllll.l OX TDB THAMEJI.
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The plaintiffs in this case In shipowners, and the defendant
is the secretary of "The Shipowners' Towing Company."
The action was brought to recover 1,4001. as compensaton
for damages sustained by the plaintiff., in consequence of
the alleged misconduct of persons employed by the defer,
dant's company. It appeared that the plaintiffs are pea.
sensed of a barque called the Baboo, and that in May, 1847,
she was about to sail from the London dock. for &deny.
The plaintiffs applied to the agent of the defendants for a
dm= tug, to to ♦ the Baboo down the river the neat day,
but as there was a great demand for them at that time, the
agent was unable to say positively whether he could supply
one. The plaintiffs then applied to the Thames Steam tug
Company, and they engaged to send a steam-tug to tow the
Baboo the nest morning. The next day when the
Babas cleared the docks at Shedwell, a steam
tag, called the Lion, belonging to the Thames Company,
was writing for her, and also another steam-tug, called
the Newcastle, which belonged to the defendant's company,
and had been sent by them in connquence of the plaintiff's
appliaticia on the previous day. The crew of the Baboo
threw a hawser to a boy in a boat, which he took to the
Newcastle, and that steam tug immediately took the Babco
in tow, and proceeded down tho river. The captain of the
Lion complained of this, and followed beside the Baboo, and
at length west on board her and remonstrated with the
captain upon his permitting the Newcastle to do that for
which he had previously engaged the Lion. The officers of
the Baboo thereupon called out to the captain of the New-
matte that he had done wrong in taking them in tow, and
that they would not pay for his doing eo, nor give him
a certificate. The captain of the Lion then returned to his
venial, and soon afterwards the Newcastle slackened her
speed, and though urged by the pilot of the Baboo to go on
lest the barque should go aground, neglected to do so, and
ultimately the captain of the Newcastle detached the hawser,
and threw it into the river. The Baboo being thus cost
adrift the pilot ordered the masher to be east; whisk was he,
mediately dose, but the ship swung round with her bead
to the wind, and went aground neer Limehouse.
Both the steam-tags then endeavoured to get her off, but
failed to ie to and she lay there until the next tide, when
she was got off, but was found to be considerably injured.
It further appeared that the plaintiffs bad been accustomed
to use stimen•tugs belonging to the defendants; that the
Newcastle had towed the Baboo up the river on her return
from her last voyage, and moreover, that she had been sent
to the docks from Blackwell, in consequence of the plaintiffs
application the day before, and that the penoas on board
her bad no notice that the Lion had been engaged by the
plaintiffs.
A number of witnesses were called on both sides, and the
facts, as above stated, did not appear to be disputed, but on
the part of the defendants witnesses were called, who swore
distinctly that the captain and pilot of the Baboo, after the
captain of the Lion halloos on board the barque, repeatedly
coded to them to "Ist go the rope," end that they only did
so in obedience to these orders. Other witnesses else
proved that den& orders were given, it was the duty of
those on board the Newcastle Immediately to obey them.
On the other hand, the captaie, pilot, and crew of the
Baboo as positively swore that they gave no such coders,
that all they said was that they would not pay the New-
castle for saving them, and that they did net believe thine
on board the Newcombe heard even that exclamation.

The Lord Chief Justice recaptiZatedtit;evideiiion both
idle to the jury, and left it for then to my whether, es the
deelaratioa the defeadants' servants had fahely pre-
tended to the servants that the plaintiff had en-
gaged them to towilthe Balsoo4sad whether the latter believed
that statement; whether the pursers on beard the Baboo
handed the hawser to the Newcastle, and the persons es
board the Newcastle attached it to their steamer ; whether
the defandamts' servants cast off the hawser by order of the
captain or pilot of the Bobo*, and if such order was given,
whether it must reasonably have been undentood ran
absolute order or only a qualified sae to be acted upon
according to circumstances.
The jury retired at half-past 5, and at half-put 8 retuned
a verdiet for the plaintiffs ea all the principal lane

COURT OP EXCHEQUElt—Turratest.
tin: Pum—Beim Kr F. Polka, CB., sad laedas Special Juries
Owns O. BVW3lrt.—Ausoini Lien.
la this ON we stated yeetuday that the jury Gonda
dist he the plaut. tit with 101. damages. The
pionird est guilty, sad also a jostifiestion, &Ream *a the
plebdil, who was a &ashamed letter-carrier, hadltea• dis-
abled *, service by the Preussen', Ottani fa tompering
with eat* wanness who were to have bees eandsoll at
on leenasation aquae. the conduct of easthre pease,
awl Thicker, who had bent em Awed is the Peekilla ;
aal farther, that, in fact, the plaatiir had t ps ed with
the.. *teases. We an requested to state that t verdict
kr Me violets" was oa the pies or not guilty bat that the
bey food for the Wombat on both peals or the justifies-
Va. la east, therefore, the verdict was for the defendant.

JUDGE'S CILAMBERB.—YarraRDAT.
DArre Yr. Justice Ella

Tots Quince ow rn iiiiisicCrruFoiror van Ovenware
or Tin CHILIZA AND liftman Mews acumen
Deemer.
L this ease Kr. basMak SS the part of the defendant,
dueled fishsominees epos Mr. Wakley, the
mismin es aloe the pram of the Chelsea sad Holborn
Haien, to show muse why the inquisition takes before the
menner, the verdicts of the fury of manslaughter returned
as also the depositions and ladinmente to be
thereon, should not be removed by writ of certiorari
tem the Comical Criminal Court into the Court of Queen's
Beath, eni in support of the spill:cation the lessen mania
died amend emu to show that felonies might be removed
from the ethanol jurisdiction iota the court.
Mr. Jellies sob.—le not the Old Bailey the best tribunal
for the trial densh a ease ?
Kr. Ballwin said that the circumstances of this case
wen smiewbot pedlar. The defendant was labouring
ender lissome of the loan, and in the Queen's Bench it was
rot abithillsil seeenory he should pereondy. appear, exospt
=ries enter of the court; whereas, in the Central
Court he must appear and undergo the pain and
ethitesmat of standing at the ber.
sir. Jaen. Ede said the same pounds might be used by
emagemee
Ilk_ . Italthreethe said In the present case he was prepared
to thew that thin was not • "cedilla of evidence which any
judge mall 15.,. to aptly, and the mast unfair and scanda-
lise mem had bees resorted to to obtain verdicts against
the dellesient, sad, from the articles that had been written
in the arespoen. it was impossible but that the minds of a
jery welt Ye Maned agaiast him. The defendant had no
desire Ie 04111161 a delay, bet it was impossible the cam could
be tried at the sat session.
Atha hearths the authorities sited by the learned couesel,
the lemeed jots" granted the smanoosts.

COURT OF RANYRUPTOT.—Ysimuma,
Bebre XL Omakicsor il
Clip•ox Tvxl.—Lawintcsons.

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aion, which had beta sham up wider the fist Hie own
nte liabilities were about 40,0001., I. this anuttay.
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