The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-28 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

fittings at Nisi Prins in Middlesex.—(Before Mr. Justice',
Byles and a Common Jury.)
vox '. THE WS TH NASTEILY RAILWAY COMPANY.
The plaintiff was a greengrocer, living in the neighbour-
hood of Camberwell, and on the morning of the let of
September last he Lad a horse and van standing in the
Borough-market, waiting to (etch away fruit and vete.
tables. There was at the time a van belonging to the
defendants being driven through the market, and it came
into collision with the plaintiff's van, turned it over, and
scattered a great deal of fruit about the road. In addition
to the damage to the fruit the van, harness, and horse
were injured. It was said that the accident had happened
by the defendants' driver gazing at a man on a ladder in-
stead of looking to his horses, and in the course of the
caw the negligence was admitted, so that the only ques-
tion remaining was one of damages.
Mr. Daly and Mr. Thomas appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Bullen for the defendants.

Evidence was given on both Wes, and the jury found
for the plaintiff for IX

ATNET LYRE.
TLe this caor is a lady living apart front her
hush .° az : she let a
furntshv Le..1.,•e. at Wimbledon, in Hamp-
shire. Lai me known to the public
Ull MIL 'nil Brother Ignatius."
The act,:u wal u nion•lr done to the
furnitz.r. um t. u. ;:u-uut :Le defendants eau.
pa!!".

• Mr. uni It:77:* a; ;eared teethe plain-
tiff, . cum. I:e ,itfcradant.
Mr. str,teni: N-7 ac.r. tu tLa iefendant was a gentle-
r An einincert..Z• 7.--rerly. and having adver-
tied f'' a nmue "The Lodge" at 100/.
t year, •.,r!!4...:_ry furniture he was to
the •;._a: ! of the basket carriage.
The let:1:i • u !..; fir,* years, but there was a
troviaio tat .; be put an end to by three
Leeths' nova •.,.!,npation continued until the
_:sib June ice:. tz..l when the plaintiff took pos-
'melon arait tbo it,--se was found to be in a very dirty
state, and tie f:rr.:ture leas a good deal damaged. Mr.
Lyue had t:.-tee iat.gl.ters and two sons, and it appeared
that sand Li:: -en a!lowed to be brought into the drawing-
room, that the young children might play at making
gardens. The piano, which was a birth-day present to the
plaintiff, had tad garden.pots placed upon it without
atucers for them. and the water put on to the
towers had F :ink into the instrument and seriously
damaged it. All the kitchen utensils were found piled
upon the table and in a dirty state. A soup "di-
gester" had been used for cooking p*a' food. There
was a very handsome Wedgewood vase, which
bad been presented to Mrs. Watney's grandfather, and
which was worth at least 20t.; this bad been broken, and
all that remained were the small fragments upon a
table. Another circumstance was that "Brother
*atlas" silted at the lodge, and be was
of somewhat eccentric habits. He used to keep
tocaged in the drawing room an owl—(latighter)—and to
solace him during the night he had a couple of magpies
in his bedroom. (Loud laughter.) He (the learned
counsel) would not have noticed these circum-
stances but for the facts that these were very
dirty animals, and while the magpies took
fancy to pecking holes in the curtains, the owl took up its
a residence in the vase, and broke it. (Renewed
laughter.) After the owl had done this mischief
it Wu removed to the garden, and this was the
penance to which it had to submit. (A laugh.)
la conclusion the learned counsel said that the par-
ticulars of demand comprised 133 items, which related
almost to every part of the house and the garden, and the
rare was of such a nature that it could hardly be tried in
the court, and wax one that he might say it was almost
a,•ePoary to refer to arbitration.
Mr. Price said that he bad no discretion left to him in
reference to arbitration, and thereupon the trial must
to on.

Mr. Justice Byles under these circumstances hoped that
o.ensel would make efforts to shorten the ace, and said
sod the jury must do the best they could with the

Mr.t. 1% sane,' gave some general evidence as the state of
t..e furniture when she left and when she returned to the
She levied that the vase was cracked when she
1.-11. but she bad left a day or two before Mr. Lyne took
I.ve,mion, and during that interval a young woman living
c/imite took charge of the house.
[The case was proceeding when our report left.]

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goa'burn.)
IN RE RILLINGs.
• .f+ lankrupt was a clerk in the Probate-office. Debts,
4.,

applied to the court to confirm a resolution
the case out of court, the banknipt having
'• :t to het aside 2301. a year out of his salary of
towards payment of his debts.
4itliths, for creditors, supported the resolutions,
he stated had been assented to by 31 creditors,
't, delta of 4.0MM1.
balton opposed on behalf of a creditor for 50/., con.
L' that the proposal was inadequate.
lonour said the beet course would be to raise the
•:a,a on the bringing in of the deed. Meantime the
:.mt must furnish an account of his receipts.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

• • ~,son.l January se lion of the Central Criminal
:•.' W., opened this morning before the Lord Mayor
s. 1:11, Gabriel), the Recorder, Rune!! Gurney, Esq.,
ss .I.l,.•rissan Allen, Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow,
. • 1,-"4 LYsett, the Under-Sheriffs (Messrs. Crossley
,
stc.
•.r%c ed mon of the calendar contains the names of
and 9 feusales as prisoners. Of this number 17
.4.:sittell from the City of London, 2S from the
''•••• •1 Middlesex. 1 from Essex, 4 from the Admiralty
....No. 2 from Kent, and 14 from the county of