The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

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EQUITY OOURTS.—Drx. 15.
(Ran TfinCbanniar Sir R. T. lindanin.)
WILLIAM IP. IOWLAND.

The argninenle a this cam, which have ow:aid the
court MI rel days, were to have been resumed to-day; bat
at ids sitting of the court Sir Hugh Cairns, one of the
counsel for the doreadant, stated teat a compromise bad
been e rtio to. Thin was denied by the Attorney, o.tieral on
the part of the plaintiffs, and it was tbse arranged that the
cues ebeeM stand over till Monday. Some little tins. tater-
weeds, however, it woe Mated that a compromise bad been
dellinkasty agreed twos. The bill, it wit[ be wesembered,
was Med by the administrators and sett of Ida of the late
Mr. Rees William., who gram in partnership with the Isis
Mr. Jobs Rowland, in a colliery called Giant's Area, near
Noah. Mr. Rose Williams died In 1849, sad Mr. Rewind
continued to carry on the partnership business. Mr. Mu-
kha° was manager of • joint stock bank at Bwaesr., sad In
wading up Mr. Reel W,lliame's affairs it appeared tkH two
sense of 6,0001. and 3.0001. bad bee edvanced out of the
partseraip Lase of Williams and Rowland to the fins of
Penrose and Evans, sad Mr. Rowland produced to the ad-
ministrators a document Wooed by 111r:Ries William; au-
thorising the treader. 6,0001. of the 9,0001. was paid by
lowland to the beak of which he was manager, or
!War trameisrred from the =oast of Williams sad
Mewls./ to the credit of Penrose sad Evan.
AI Mr. Willlams's death, Penrose and Enna
being repraseated by Mr. Rowland to be a diMenhies,
ploissiffe MIS larked to sign a mriniandum of release a
the 9,0001. a conaideration of 6,0001., 4,0001. of Mate hes
Naas been pelf. ad the suit wee Instituted to off aside the
deed of raker, and to make the meals af Jobe Rowland
chargeable with tbe difference between the errant nestad
and the full amount due, on the ground of alleged trend sod
miefeaance a his part, and that ha had ea intmest in the
firm of Novae and Rasa All tam sllegatior was de.
Med on the pert of the defendant, and it was ontestad that
firs anacelostima was valid, and that he was perbetly justi-
fied a what he did. 11 wet stated, moreover, that Mr. Rees
WWlelee was olasbmils of the bank which had mode the
Wawa to Pumas and Reasm. The &nowise me the
Was of compromise .—The bill and allidavits to he takes of
the II.; the plaieriffe having already resolved 2,000 i. as their
afire of the 4,0001, in respect of whale the rears was
glees, to receive 1,000. In addition, holding the securitite.
The Via-Chao/kr said he wa glad to boar that the
poetise had come to an arrangement.
The Attanoy.General, Mr. Glare, end Mr. Rogers sp-
=ice the plaintiffs; Mr. Bail s, and , Sir Hugh Cairn
pad Sur the deimmant.

(Mtn Vioa•Chanc.lor Sir John Stuart.)
111 KEW ANL NAM ICE AND CANADA SAIL-
RAT AND LAND COMPANY (LIMITED).

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The errawesie la We ernes which barn accepted the wart
fee Peters! lays were matiaded to-day. The Vtee•Chaneel-
Mr said he Amid mem jadamost all seat tarn, ea the
ques.loca of law Involved is the case were ►e+oelast sad
would require v. ry dela!erete cesesderathae.
Mr. Baum, Q C., sad Mr. George L. Remelt were for the
plaletql ,cd Mt. Mahe; Q.C., Mr. &galley, sad Mr.
11...x0ce W. ht.. for the defeadeata.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—Dec. 15.
SECOND COURT.
Sittings at NW Prue.—(Before Mr. Julies Hill rad
Common Jail's.)

•. DOT

This Inman action brought by the plaintiff against the dot
!admit to mover compensation for doGuitatory wade
sttemd by the defemlent ut the plaintiff. The declare-
tios cootained two counts. Tbe fins rount alleged that the deo
lesdant uttered them words oldie plaintiff Beloit Bps*
sad serer can return. He left Pinta, Perez, and Co. with
ditustilit. He had lived • depraved his and is clothed la
niystary." It thee alleged that this must secesearily dl.-
qualify the plaintiff for the duties of his off os as • immature
clerk, mid further' that the plaintiff by reason of these
words hies uttered bad lost • marriage with • lady
named Levin. The rectind count charged the dekmdast
with having said of the pluotiff, " Hume It on good so-
litarily that two men were emu to eater a wood neer Cadiz,
la Spain i one of theca (the plaintiff) crime out of the wood,
the other was found dead. The plaintiff had left die ormalry,
end could sot return," end that thereby the plaintiff lost his

Tir:liar, Jams n 1 Mr. Wabra wwe counsel
.lA4I br bid,* Mr. Sorbing. Sbee and Mr. Prentice repro.
6 doa jam.

Ms. Jaime baying speed the cue to the jury: called the
ielleabs

Aland lima, of All Solute, Kingaland, Mabel
that the dedamahmt had come to him sad had said that the
had formerly been conitechd with a mercantile house
'Llarai.l;;ll; ~tahtalL tdc.lrt "67:fstg tf.rt he
moue
b"s
saret
that the sheathe had led a depraved lite. He added that
having observed the plaintiff in a pir in witame's eltarch
with a young lady, and having aseertained ha was about he
M married to her, he thought it wee • pity that ttr peens
lady should be tingled, and that if her mother haew the plebe
tire .-Laracter dm would not tolerate him as a Dolby for big
aosigLter. The defendant then tinted him to make a cow
musitation to the young lady's mother, Mrs. Levers, whet
neklea at Dalegoa. He said he could not see the young lady
1114 limo rids without an attempt to rescue her, and he
tbougLt that wither, se a clergyman, should *path to Hrs.
Lamm. Witness wished the defendant t nooks the commutate
oaths, but urged him to be careful ; bet at last wither.. con-
gealed to communicate with Mrs. Levers, at the same time
idoliser that tf she &eked for his authority be moot give It op.
Crantezosetned--The yang lady wee about 20.
Beni. Lovers, the mother of the young lody in question, de.
posed that she la a widow, and resides at Delston. She bed
known the pleintiffehout a year and a bolt, and her da
wee to have her married to Line. The Rev. 11tr.441:
celled on best km September, and 'eked her if she knew •
lipaalard who was merged to lats. daughter. Having ob-
tained the defeedenfe eddies. she milled on him, and asked
him if he was ecepesiated with the plaintiff. He replied be
bed been abuse five years previously, and when she *eked
his tf he keen marbles about hie private his, he said be
had ems bits with bee daughter at church, that the plaintiff
i had left Spumoni could not return, that he hag behaved dis-
honestly is mosey treneactions, hod {mid a derived
life, Inca was wrapped in mystery. He also said he had item
toot triiy that two men had been oven to enter a wood
near Cadiz; one was the plemtitf, and the other men wee
I lewd tlead lathe wood. In noose qoenceof these staterneata
' she tr.eke off the plaintiff'. eartagetomat with her daughter.
Croft examined—H• add he did sot slob it to be tee
posted that he had mentioned the matter.
The ploint.ff, ea being called, deposed that he rims to
England in June, 18i3, and was employed as a clerk by
Pinto. Perez, and Co., where the defendant wu also me
gored in the slime capacity. The pleintiff +ea then IS and
the defendant 23 yeaa of age. The defendant and witness
made a ~insignment to Spain, and were shout to enter into
pertner.,Lip. A person named Ruiz come over to this man-
try to ni Sp du, and gave witnees mole money, receiving
shot he wanted.

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Ct..A•li.rnicei—lt wee not true that he could not return
to Spain. It was not true that he frequented houses of
Ill-
f He wss twrrirl at the t rue. He had been discharged
by Patio, Perez, end Co. beratuse Mr. Pinto, son., objected to
his hevitig opened a hacking account In his own name. He
dent-1 the truth of .11 the 04012,11112t'S
T..e defendant, on being celled, stated that he is now 19
year.. t-f age, an 1 ia • drytelter, at Crischedlibuts. The
=ft and he hal been in the habit of frequenting had
together. When Rutz came to this country he bad
104 and the plaintiff obtamt d the money. The plaintiff had
twendismieet el turn Pinto, Perry., ald CO.'S, but the defendant
bad been featured. Mre. Lams had appe.4.ll to hint
urgently to tell her what he knew about th• plaintiff, and
palmated net to inestion anything ha told her, even to bar
daughter. Hie authority fur the statement about the plain-
tiff sal another man being seen to ever a wood, that the
=if Cam, oat, end the deed body of the other man wee
warm MOW from Pommy! P. tees cortespowdentorhick
W beg cetera to him attar the plaintiff ban left ranea
been. That letter had b -en bat. lie admitted that tie had
Mee entertained angry teeliuge Ih. pleos.lilf, her
thaw feeling.' heti subsided. The plaintiff bed owed him
wen% but be hrd metered the amount from the profit of a
letter of credit, after hail* consulted the late Mr. Peers en
the subject.
Mr. one .f the erm of Pinto, Peres. an 1 Co,, &-
potted that the letter ft mu their correspondent contrised the
Matti:mem alert, the wood charged as elsodetuue. end that
the letter Lai been Inc, art ILI. reimme, wee urtruoorskd
by ureter gentleman camel Burh fgh.
Tt• sea bar the d reutrod lotting closed,
His Lnrcl.a nuomod tip, Pottle, it to the jury to ray
Wiliam the words oomptained °Mid boo unwed by the