The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-20 00:00:00

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 rtcover
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 bad been the treasurer of the building associa-
tion, end 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 next day. On his way
home, however, he was garrotted and robbed of every far-
thing of the money; and as he 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 the trial a verdict was
found for the 'defendants, and Mr. Knowles, Q. C , hav-
ing subs, quently moved for a rule to enter up judgment
for the plaintiff non obstante verrdicto, the Court now
ga•e 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.)
EX PARTE IN THE NATTER OF H JENNINGS, ATTORNEY,
Mr E JAHES said he was instructed by Mr. Win.
Seymour Blackstone, M P. for Walingford, to move for
a rule calling upon Mr. Edward Jennings, an attorney,
to show cause why he shoulif not give an acc,,unt of the
several sums of 2,0001, 2001. and 50L, which be had
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. Subsequently the above sums were
advanced by a Mr. Datton, »ho paid them over to Mr.
Jennings on account of Mr. Blackstone, and they were
to be applied for the purpose of recovering back certain
bills which bad been fraudulently obtained from Mr.
Blackstone. The bill of costs of Mr. Jennings was
taxed by an order of Mr. Baron Platt, but in it no credit
was given for the money, and his client was anxious to
know how it had been di p ,sad of —Rule granted.

MIDDLI.6LA bESIONS.
(TUB DAY.)
Dav;cl Cooper 20, Henry Hurst, 25, George Strange,
22, and Thomas itia,sey, 25, b, iebinak•-ra, were indiowd
with nitirderowity assaulting Edward Books and 'Wil-
liam Brown, police-constables, while in the execution of
their duty.
Mr. Bo'Ain prosecuted, on behalf of the Commis-
sioners of Police ; Mr. Hurry defended.
From the statement of the Learned Counsel (the
prisoners having withdrawn their plea of not guilty, and
ph aded guilty), it appeared that the prisoners were
brickmakers. and that about halt-past nine in the even-
ing in question a large concourse of people had as-
sembled in a field at Herton, near Uxbridge, to witness
a fight that was taking place between Cooper and Hurst.
The two complainants coming up and witnetaing the
e thei police,most theb v
e Bavlbaogk
away their staffs, and Mused them
fray, went in the midst of the mob and ordered the
parties to leave off fighting. This they refused to do,
-
and Cooper called out
mob
eettohtlhoespiong imiocbermotuoenn'd' in sin
abrutal
.
ut were ap-
most
police, and drop into them. Upon taking hold of
manner,Cooperw ay.
T h
The
andhi
prisoners
t
othneeof
all made their escape,
prebended the next day. Cooper cud Strange
but
been before convicted for a similar offence
Strange had
Mr. HORRY addressed the Court for .
said that the prisoners, lot' brie • the prisoners, and
respectable. krnakers, were racy
-
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he
protect the police in the execution was determined to
of their duty, and to
put a atop to those di
taking place sgracelal scenes which are con-
stantlybetween men of their class. Had
the occurrence taken
bourhood, and no place in a more crowded
hotneigh-
blood between them, the sentence
would have beta more severe. The sentence of the
Court,
therefore, was that Cooper be imprisoned for four
months, Strange two months, and Hunt and Massey
one month, with hard labour. _

Gross traffics _____
TeLci4ti!.sfupllalSisseßrigersAVAT.
and goods, week ending April 17,
Ditto, April 19,.. 1851
1862 12,777 13 6
. ~, ... ... £14,223 8 4
... ...
Increase in 1852 ... ... £1,445 14 11
London Terminus,

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—The head of a
was
- ' basin
on Saturday taken from the Giant 8- of the river Jr..woman, supposed to be from forty to fifty years of age,
a but Pie eneo of
fracturescotton print.o r r:Trtulheitieseriees
well, Cornbrook. Manchester, under circumstances which lead
to a suspicion of murder. The head had been severed from
the trunk by means of some sharp instrument, neatly the
The river
dragged inen
whole of the hair removed, and then thrust into a
obystehe if any other por•
il basket, &has
who took
andopk in :
.t,
eti
eo
incision covered
tohve
eorpvfEilnrsi 1
tec
pwei
oc.eiryAtthe, 0 n
but they had met with
Sunday last 3,000
about the skull. It was diacovered
under direction of the police force,
tion of the body could be found,
persons
On Monday there were over
nothing up to Monday.
IdtvaAtovtMehr 5,000 arrived; on Wednesday
2 emigrantso jo li
LOAn °'ri)u e arrivedB
overtht,(fill)rost tiiie upon American shores. the
from foreign lands, more thin
year brings to, our shore::
wnuemreblearndweasd
fur
Thus, in s, in four days 12,000
Every
300,000 souls. Most of
litliado•Ifoo from r "IQ epligrant4 °Me' hither fr9na

ANTIQUITIES AT ROME.
A lc ter :rote ttonee of the 24th ul:., atstes that the
excavations en the Via Appia, though carri(d on with
fewer hands than formerly, have nevertheless been ex-
tend. d far into the Campagna. The excavators have
worked their way past the station of Torre di Pelezzi
Via, and there is reason to believe that within the course
of next year they will reach tee ruins of B villas, where
the ancient road joins the modern highway. The Ap-
pian road, from R ,me to Albano, is on either side
flenkrd by tombs. AU the monuments, votive tablets,
&c., which the excavators dug up, have again been
erected on the spot where they were found, and of the
sculptures only the m..st veluable have been removed to
the mu..eum at Rome. Hence the road, in spite of the
dilapidated condition of some of the monuments, pm'
sents a most interestieg spectacle to the anttquery,
the artist, and even to the t,,urint. The excavations
are esp cially important with regard to the archi-
tecture of aueque tombs, specimens of which are found.
in all st)les and of all periods. Some of them are simply
sarcophagi in vaults, others are curiously arched er
built in tne sh4pe, of chapels, the lower story of which
was constructed for the reception of the dead. In some,
instances the tombs are solid towers, in the style of
the monument of Cecilia Iletells, or round low ma-
sonry, on which it is evident that mounds of earth
were placed. Canini, the R ,man architect and direc-
tor of the works on the Appian road, bas had them
covered with mould and planted with trees and
shrubs. hence these will be perfect "restorations.
But the grandest of the monuments which have hitherto
been discovered is a tomb called the " Casal Bo"
tondo." Up to the present time it had the appear"
once of a hill with a house standing on the top, sur-
rounded by olive trees. The excavations have re-
move d the hill, and displayed a monument in the
manner of Cecilia Metella's tower. It must have bins
still more large and splendid. This is shown by the
large number of marble blocks which have been found.
best. ad of the bulls' heads' which procured for the
Metella tower the name of the " Capo di Bove," the
Casal Rorondo" tower must have been surrounded by
gigantic ma.ks, many of which have been found, and
among them candelabra and other ornamental furniture,
The materials found will enable Signor Canini to restore
at l.,ast part of the monument which belonged to the
noble family of the Aurelii, as is shown by the name e 4
"Cotta" amcmg.the fragments or an inscription.—Literal
Gazette.