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London, England, 1852-04-20 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS DAY

Their Lordships at this morning to hear appeals.
The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Col,
borne, and Lord Howe.
Tne arguments in the part heard case of Inglis v, the
Great Northern Railway wEre cuntinued. rhe ease
came before their Lordships on a bill of exceptions, but
it contains no point of public interest,

CHANCERY.—#,THis DAY.)
(Betore the LORDS JUSTICES.)
LORD JAMES STUART v. L RDON AND NONTII-WESTERN

RAILWAY.
This part-heard appeal was resumed to-day.
No business of importance was transacted in the other
equity courts.

QUEEN'S BENCH (THIS DAN.)
(Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. Mr.
•
Justice WIGHTMADT. --
Mr• Ju,tice ELME, and Mr. Jus-
tice CRotirroN.)
The Right Hon- Mr' Christopher, M.P., at the sitting
.
of the Court this morning, was sworn in as one of her
Majesty's Privy Councillors.
WALKER V. THE GUARANTEE SOCIETY.
This was an action on the case brought by the plain-
tiff as a member of a building association, to recover
170/., which it was alleged the Guarantee Society had
become liable to pay under the following somewhat sin-
gular circumstances:—lt appeared that a person named
Jones had been the treasurer of the building associa-
tion, and the Guarantee Society had become his sureties.
Some time ago, subscriptions to the amount of 1701. were
paid into his hands, and it would have been his duty to
pay the money into the bank the neat day. On his way
home, however, he was garrotted arid robbed of evsry far-
thing of the money; and as be was not in a
condition to make good the loss the Guarantee Com-
pany were called upon to do it for him, but they refused
to do anything of the sort, and the present action was
the result of the refusal. At this trial a verdict was
found for the defendants, and Mr. Knowles, Q. C., hav-
ing subsequently moved for a rule to enter up judgment
for the plaintiff non obstant3 veredicto, the Court now
gave judgment refusing the rule, being of opinion that
under the circumstances of the case the treasurer was
not liable at common law to make good the loss, and
therefore he could have been at no default for which his
securities could be held responsible.
Rule refused accordingly.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
PARTE IN THE MATTER 07 E ZENNINGs, ATTORNEY.
Mr E JAMES said be was instructed by Mr'
Seymour Blackstone, M.P. for Wulingford, to move for
a rale calling upon Mr. Edward Jennings, an attorney,
to show cause why he should not give an account of the
several sums of 2,0001, 2001., and 501., which he hgd
received on account of Mr. Blackstone. The Learned
Counsel moved on the affidavit of Mr. Blackstone, who
stated that he employed Mr. Jennings, in 1845, to raise
some money for him, and gave him a bill of sale of his
furniture and property in Albemarle-street, and at his
seat in Oxfordshire. Subs,. quently the above sums were
advanced by a Mr. Dutton, who paid them over to Mr.
Jennings on account of Mr. Blackstone, and they were
to be applied for the purpoAe of recovering hack cf rt.
bills which had been traudulently ob,ained trom Mr.
Blackstone. The hi lof cc,sts of Mr. Jeenihgs was
taxed by an order of Mr. Baron Platt, but in it no credit
was given for the moms, said his client was anxious to
know how it bad been di‘p,sed of.—Rule granted.

MIDDLLShA SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
David Cooper, 20, Henry Hurst, 25, George Strange,e
22, and Thomas Massey, 25, brickmakt rs, wereit42cl
with murderously assaulting Edward Spicks and.f
Wil-
liam Brown, police-cuitcablea, while in the execution
their duty.
Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, on behalf of the Commis-
sioners of Police ; Mr. Hurry defended.
From the statement of the Learnorntoguunisheyi,(,tiahtei
prisoners having withdrawn their plea essences risoners were
pleaded guilty), it appeared that
It
nipee in the even-
bricktnakers, and that about halt-
ing in question a 'aro:. cuecourlascxd
bridge, to witness
people had WI.
semblt d in a field at Herron, near ee endoper and Hurst.
a fight that was taking place betwep
witnessing the
The two complainants comi
fng
fray, went in the midst o mob and ordered the
g Thia they retuned to do,
parties to leave off
and Cooper called outfig Upon taking hold of
ohttoitnthhe.crty,ob to " seize the
police, and drop
policemen in a must savage
Cooper he hit one into
the
the mob closing round the police, toek
manner, and
away their staffs, and Mused them in a most brutal
The prisoners all made their escape, but were ap-
prehended
the next day. Cooper and Strange had
been before convicted for a similar offence.
fir. Bonny addressed the Court for the prisoners, and
said that the prisoners, for brickmakers, were very
respectable.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE slid lie was determined to
protect the police in the execution of their duty, and to
put a stop to those disgraceful scenes which are con-
stantly taking place between men of their class. Had
the occurrence taken place in a more crowded neigh-
bourhood, and no not blued between them, the sentence
would have bet's more sevele. The sentetkee of the
Court, therefore, was that Cooper be imprisoned for four
months, Strange two moults, and Hunt and Massey
one month, with hard labour.

86 p
99;Y

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods, week ending April 17,
1852 ••• ••• ,•• £14.223 8 4
12,777 13 5
Ditto, April 19, 1851

.28%

9' is
38%
38

.04
v 61%
48

Increase in 1852 -
London Terminus. AP

... £1,445 14 11

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—'The head of a
woman, supposed to be from forty to fifty years of age, was
on Saturday taken from the Giant's-basin of the river Ir-
well, Cornbrook, Manchester, under circumstances which lead
to a suspicion meansrdr The head had been severed from
the trunk by of some sharp instrument, nearly the
whole of the hair removed, and then thrust into a reticule
basket, and covered over with a piece ot cotton prin
ort. There
is a deep incision over one eye, but no fractures bruises
about the skull. It was discovered by three working men,
who took it to the police. The river has been dragged
under direction of the police force, In see if any other por•
tion of the body could be found, but they had met with
nothing up to Monday.
hit-LAND IN AMERICA —0 • Sunday last 3,000
emigrants arrived at this port. On Monday were over
200 ; on Tuesday over 5,000 arrived ; on Wednesday
number was over 2,000 TItUS, the
Aour days 12,000
were landed for the first time uponl'l nne-airm shores. livery
year brings to. our shores, from foreign ands, more than
300,000 souls. Most of th
usigudswitrew rem cmigrAnt3 Mile hither from