The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-04 00:00:00

EX PARTE THE PRECENTOR OF ST. PAUL'S-JUDGMENT.

His Honour gave judgment to-day in this case, which
came before him a few days ago upon the petition of the
Rev. Mr. Belli, the precentor or chief chanter of St.
Paul's Cathedral, seeking to obtain the payment to him
of the sum of 2,5871., the amount of two renewal floes
claimed by the petitioner out of a sum of upwards of
1,40001. 3 per Cent. Consols, standing in the names of
the Lord Mayor and other members of the Commission
for the Improvement of the City of London.
The petitioner was oppofed by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioner's on the ground that there was no real
status for the claim.

Hit,: Honour, after going at some length into the case,
decided that the petitioner was entitled to enforce his
claim.

Nothing.of the least interest came before the Master
of the Rolls or Vice-Chancellor Bindersley ; and the
Vice-Chancellor was occupied the whole day with the
further arguments in the part heard case of

M'INTOSH V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY,
which have already occupied the Court no less than 9
days. The sum in dispute is, as we have already stated,
upwards of a quarter of a million of money, and the
result is anxiously looked t• by all parties.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

SCANDALOUS AND UNFOUNDED CHARGE
AGAINST A GENTLEMAN.

The Hon. Augustus Jocelyn, No. 40, Duke-street, St.
James's-square, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, on
the charge of having indecently exposed his person to
Mary Ann Adams, who described- herself as a needle-
woman, residing at No. 8, Brompton-row. The com-
plainant, a woman of anything but respectable appear.
ance, stated that about hall-past 2 o'clock this morning
she was coming alone, Duke-street, when she saw defend-
ant in a most indecent position in a doorway, and as soon
as he heard her footsteps be turned round, caught
hold of her, and tried to lift up her petticoats. She re-
sisted as well as she could, and at last she got away.
He followed her to the bottom of the street, when she
leoked outtfor a constable, for the purpose of giving him
in charge. While she was doing so he opened the door
of No. 40, and went in. In A few minutes afterwards
he came out again, when she gave him into custody.
By Mr. Leadley (the Cbitf Clerk)—Defendant caught
hold of her by the shoulders, called, her "dear," and said
he would not hurt her. She got her living 'by plain
needlework, and nothing else. She could refer to several
parties for whom she worked to answer for her respect-
ability. The reason she was out so late was that she
had been looking after her sister, who is " unfortunate,"
and patronises the Strand. She did not know where to
find her in the day time. She wanted to tell her her
brother was dead.

By M. Hardwick—She did not see her sister. She
had been looking for her about 25 minutes previous to
seeing the defendant..
Inspector Parke said there was a witness .in court
whose evidence would completely upset that of the com-
plainant.

James Mattrick, coachman, Mason's-yard, Duke-
street, was st-aming at the entrance of the yard about
half past' two this morning, when he saw the gentleman
at the bar pass up the street :41d stop at a doorway for a
certain purpose. The complainant followed and accosted
him. The gentleman, who seemed much annoyed, then
opened the door of No. 40 and went in. Witness saw
no more of the affair.

.Halliday, 167 C, said he took the defendant into cus-
tody on the present charge, and conveyed him to the
station, where the complainant made the mine state.
ment a, she had to-day. Witness subsequently went to
the address she gave, and found no such person lived
there.

The defendant, in reply to the accusation, said he re.
turned to London from the country yesterday, and was
proceeding to his lodgings in Duke-stnet, when he had
occasion to stop for a few moments for a necessary pur-
pose, and after he had arranged his dress, and was about
entering the house, the woman came up to him, and
asked him for money, for charity, as her mother %Vat;
sick. He repulsed her, when she said she would make
him pay for making a nuisance against her door. lie
treated her threat with contempt, and went into his
house. lie afterwards thought it would be better to
hate the matter cleared up, and came out again, when
she gave him into custody on the present charge.
Mr. Hardwick said he had a very gieat mind to
order the woman to be placed in the dock in the'place
of-the defendant. The complainant's evidence was un•
worthy of belief, and' it appeared to him (Mr. Hard.
wick) that she had trumped up the present charge for
the purpose of extortion. lie should therefore discharge
the defendant, and in doing so must state that he left

the mint without the slightest stain or imputation upon
his character.
Upon hearing this dection, complainant at once
vanished from the precincts of the court.

ISLE OF WIGHT.

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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

POSITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE FARMERS.—The
continued north and east winds and the absence of rain
ara having a very serious effect on the land. • The tur-
nips are all gone, and the niangold wurtzel nearly so.
There is no grass in the meadows, and the sheep and
lambs Lave eaten cif the seed grasses. Vetches are back-
ward, the hay nearly all consumed, and the graziers and
farmers are iu a most deplorable fix. Lambs are offered
for sale at ss: each ; hundreds will be starved if we have
not rain within a very few days, and there is no prospect
of any at present (May 3). The wheat plant is thin on
the light soils, and the barley is much in want of rain.
The breadth of potatoes planted this year very far ex-
ceeds the quantity planted of late years.

A letter from Berlin of the 30th ult. Pays :—"The
speech to be delivered on the closing of the Chambers
was drawn up in a Cabinet Council last evening. The
session is not to be closed\by the King in person, but by
the President of the Council.
Baron de Paiva, Minister of Portugal in Paris, has
Est left this city for Dresden and Weimar on a special
missionfrom his Government.

The Austerlitz, the Tourville, and the Duquesne, yes-
vels of the line, and the steam corvette the d'Assas,
which form part of the B LW° division, sailed from Cher-
bourg, on Tuesday, for their destination.