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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-22 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE

COURT. OF QUEEN'S BENCH—Nov. 20,

THE QUEEN V. TARE ERNEST VANE TEMPEST.-CRIMINAL
INFJRMATION.

Sir F. Thesiger applied for a criminal information against
Lord &nest Vane Tempest, for an assault on a geutlanan
named Ames, and an attempt to provoke him to commit a
breach of the petee. It appeared that Mr. Ames was a
cornet, in the 4th Light Dragoons at the time that Lord
Tempest had 'Required such notoriety, and a short time
previous to his dismissal from that regiment, under circum•
stances with which our readers are familiar. Since Lord
Tempest's expulsion from the regiment, Mr. Ames had said
or done nothing to provoke or annoy the noble lord, but
this fact was not sufficient to secure him from insult at the
hands, of the noble lord. On the evening of Oct. 31 Mr,
Ames was standing in one of the streets at Brighton
speaking to a female, when Lord Ernest Vane Tempest
name up to him, spat in his face, and called him " a d-d
blackguard." Mr. Ames restrained his feelings, and merely
replied that he (Lord Tempest) should hear something
hereafter relative to his conduct. The matter acquired
ty, and the adjutant of the regiment wrote to Mr.
Ames to ascertain what course he intended to adopt with
►'eference to the matter. Mr. Ames replied that he would
place the affair in the hands of his solicitor, and it was in
conformity of the latter that the preAnt proceedings were
instituted. Lord Campbell : You may take a rule.

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Nov. 20

O'BRIEN V. SIR w. H. DON, BART.--A BARONET ON THE

STAGE,

Mr. Serjeant Shee moved far a rule to set aside an order
of Mr. Justice Crowder, dated the 30th July, under the
following circumstances :--Sir William Don had been
taken in execution under a writ of ccepias, but the order of
Mr. Justice Crowder set aside that writ, and discharged Sir
William from custody, upon the ground that he was protected
from arrest in all parts of the United Kingdom. The facts
were that in 1850 the plaintiff signed judgment against the
defendant in England for £920 which, with interest, now
amounted to £1,200. • Shortly after the judgment was
signed, Sir William went to reside in the United States, and
continued there until 1855, when he came over to England
for three weeks or a month, and then went to Germany, but
returned to England in April, 1856, and subsequently went
to Scotland. Having acquired a reputation in the United
States as an actor, he entered into engagements to perform
in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in July, 1856, he presented
a petition to the Lord Ordinary, under the statute for
regulating the sequestration of estates in bankruptcy in
Scotland. Upon that pei iti in his estate was sequestrated, and
he obtained protection. Subsequently he came into Lanca-
shire to perform, and was then arrested by the plaintiff, under
a writ issued in 1850, and from that arrest Mr. Justice
Crowder discharged him, because of the existence of the
protection. It was now stated to the court that the protec-
tion was not operative, upon the ground that the statement
in the petition to the Lord Ordinary, that Sir William was a
"trader, underwriter, and dealer in stock," was not true ;
and that in fact, Sir William bad not been a trader, and
therefore, was not entitled to protection. A belief was also
stated that Sir William would not proceed under the bank-
rupcy, but would, before the protection expired, go abroad,
and the plaintiff would lose his remedy. Sir William had
come of age in 1856, and shortly afterwards an estate be-
longing to him in Scotland, had been sold for £BO,OOO, and
the plaintiff believed that a considerable sum had been in-
vcsted in English securities, and t- ansferred into the name of
Sir IVlaxwell Wallace, the father-in-law of Sir William Don,
and into the names of two other persons. The plaintiff also
stated his belief, that Sir William bad now a large income
from his property, and the plaintiff expressed his willingness
to take an issue upon the truth of . Sir William's alleged
trading, Rule granted.

FRA ZER V. HUTTON.-SEA MAN't3 WAGES

Thie was an action to recover wages as a steward on
board ship, and at the trial a verdict was found for the
plaintiff for £l9 ISt, but subsequently a rule was obtained
to (nter a nonsuit, or to reduce the amount of the ver lint,
and to day cause was shown against the rule Ung made abso-
lute. Mr. Edward James and Mr. Milward appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the defendant. The facts were,
that the plaintiff shipped as steward on board the Custos,
at Liverpool, at £3 a month, on a voyage to the west coast
of Africa, and the ports and rivers there; and one of the
articles was, that the crew were, if required, to be trans-
ferred to any other ship in the came employ. Whilst the
vessel was on the coast of Africa, the captain of the Custos
was transferred to the Dauntless, which was a larger vessel.
The plaintiff accompanied the captain to that vessel, upon
the terms that instead of £3 per month he should have £4;
but it was submitted to the court that the plaintiff was only
entitled to £3 a month, inasmuch as it was part of the
original articles, signed by him, that he might be trans-
ferred to any other vessel. The court took time to consider
the matter;

COLLISION ON THE KILKENNY AND
WATERFORD RAILWAY.

Intelligence reached Dublin, on Thursday, by magnetic tele-
graph, of a fatal caision on the above line at Dunkitt, about two
miles from Waterford. Full particulars have not as yet arrived,
but rumour gives but too much reason for fearing that an alarm-
ing catastrophe has occurred. The train which arrived at five
o'clock at the King's bridge terminus that evening brought no
carriages from Waterford. Tho ten o'clock p.m. train from
Kilkenny left that city at forty minutes past six o'clock, after
having waited some time for tho train from Waterford, which
did not come up. The information as yet collected amounts to
this : that the mail train which left the icing's bridge terminus
at half vast eight o'clock Q:1 Thursday morning, on reaching
Dunkitt, by some misplacement of pointers connected with a
siding, was precipitated from its course while at speed, and
brought violently into collision with a train of waggons. Seven
persons are stated to have been killed, and several wounded ;
amongst whom is one of the engine men.
FRIDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK, A.m.—The above has been sub-
stantially confirmed, by the result of enquiries made at the
King's bridge terminus on the arrival of the 4.30 a.m. passen-
ger train ; no details, however, have as yet reached.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE WESTERN
VALLEYS RAILWAY.

An accident, attended by loss of life, occurred o❑ the
Western Valleys Railway on Wednesday. It appears that
the pilot engine with the passenger train left Ebbw Vale at
the usual hoer on Wednesday afternoon, and reached es far
as Aberbeig Junction, where the accident occurred. At this
point there are different sidings, besides the points of junction
with the Blaina line. On the train arriving at the points
Where the two trains are usually amalgamated, the"pilot engine
sprang off the rail and pushed forward•to the edges of the high
embankment, and then snapping the coupling chain which
connected it with the passenger carriages went over the
embankment, which, at this place, is between thirty to forty
feet high. The engine, in its descent, made numerous
surnmersets, nntil it came to the bottom, exactly beside
Penryrian Colliery Bridge. The driver and stoker were on
the engine at the time, The stoker, named John Richards, fell
under the engine, and was almost instantaneously killed, whilst
the driver, John Williams, has been severely bruised.

HANcocres INK3TAND.-011e of the most desirable object
in an inkstand is to avoid the exposure of the ink to the air
as ranch as possible, so as to ensure its limpid supply. This
is accomplished in the above inkstand.—lllustrated London
News. [We have seen the article here referred to, and can
safely endorse the description of our London cotemporary.
Valuable MSS. ate often damaged by careless clerks, or ger
vents through the upsetting of an inkstand, but the " Paten
Pueumatic Inkstand" offers a guarantee against such mis
fortunes.] —The Northaninfon Hergld.--Advt.

THE dALIPORNIAN PEN.—The 'everlasting question of
"is this a good'peil" has been answered by Mr. T. Hall
of SOuth Julio street, who Las succeeded in producing a
metallic pen, which he dcsignates—not inaptly—as above.
There is hardly anything more annoying than a bad pen—
every one knows the misery. The pen made by Mr. Hall is
fit for any hand to use—light or heavy—and, what is of the
greatest value, it does not corrode, but will work with equal
facility in any ink. From experience of metallic pens, we
can say that this one, which is polished as gold, and will
ast nearly as long, is the best one we have evil. used. Adv

As MANTLES and JACKETS are so
very generally worn this Season,
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(OPPOSITE PARKER-STREET),

•
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and JACIiRTS, in Velvets, Reversible Cloths, and all the
other Fashionable Materials, delivered Every Week for the
next Two Months; therefore, those Ladies desirous of
having the Fashions as soon as they make their appearance
in Pails, combined with moderation In prices, are respect-
fully snlioited to inspect the Stock.
U4T gEOEIVED, from London, Two Cases contain-
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