The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-15 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1864.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Day).

THE CASE OP THE AEEXANDRA-THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

V. SILLEM AND OTHERS.

Present :—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, Lord
St. Leonard's, Lord Kingsdown, Lord Chelmsford, and
Lord Wenslydale.

The Attorney-General in replying upon the whole case,
contended that the rules which had been drawn up by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on which the appeal
was founded, were is strict accordance with the
Queen's Remeaabrancer's Act and the Common Law
Procedure Act. The 26th section of the Queen's Remem-
brancer Act, he maintained, was framed expressly for the
purpose of giving a power of appeal, and quoted many high
legal authorities in support of that view. He pointed out
that Parliament would not have been likely to make laws
respecting the Court of Exchequer in the way contended fo
by the defendants in this case.
Lord Wensleydale said it was clearly competent for Par.
liament to make these laws if it pleased.

The Attorney-General said it was doubtless in the power
of Parliament to make any laws it pleased, and.
he had not intended to say anything about the
competency of Parliament in that respect, but surely Par-
liament, if it pleased, was competent to give power. He
claimed to the Chancellor of the Exch. quer the power
given under the 26th section, with regard to error. The
learned gentleman was arguing on the subject of the pro-
babilities of the legislature.
The Lord Chancellor said the probabilities or improbabi-
lities, unless they influenced construction, were matters
with which their lordships had nothing to do. The two
cardinal points were the extent and meaning of the word
practice in the 26th sec.; and, second, the point which had
been raised in reference to the retrospective operation of the
rules which had been made by the Barons of.the Exchequer.
The Attorney-General was proceeding to reply, when we
went to press.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Bafore Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE T. DOBSON.

This bankrupt was a wine merchant in Nicholas-lane
and Kingston-on-Hull, and was one of the trustees under
the estate of Z. C. Pearson, the extensive shipowner at
Hull.

Assignees were chosen a f3w days since, but subsequently
the creditors held a meeting, at which a resolution was
passed for winding up the affairs out of court.
Mr. Brandon appeared for several creditors, and said that
Mr. Registrar Brougham had reported in favour of the
resolution, but it was necessary that there should be a
formal order for the stay of proceedings pending the com-
pletion of the deed of arrangement.
After hearing Mr. Kearsey for creditors, and Mr. Heck-
wood (Linklater and Hackwood) for bankrupt,
His Honour granted the order.
There was a very long list of first examinations, but no-
thing of interest transpired.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

OBTAINING MONEY BY MEANS OF A FORGED ORDER.
—John Watson, charged with obtaining the sum of
£l7los. from Mr. John Diokenson Betts, grocer, of Oxford-
street, by means of a forged order on the London and West-
minster Bank, was again brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt.
The prisoner, it may be remarked, presented a cheque for
£l7 103, to Mr. Woollans, in the employ of Mr. Betts,
stating that he had come from Mr. Ball, of Duke-street,
Urosvenor-square, a customer, and Mr. Woollans believing
the cheque which was signed " Bateman" to be genuine,
gave him. the money and then detained him, end went to
Mr. Ball and ascertained that he had nDt sent the prisoner.
A clerk from the London and Westminster Bank now at-
tended, and said that Lord Bateman had an account at the
Bank, but that the signature to the cheque was not his
lordship's, nor anything like it.
Mr. Woollans said he wished to state that they had got
all the money back from the prisoner.

After Mr, Tyrwhitt had cautioned the prisoner,

The prisoner said he had nothing to say.
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed him for trial.

A JUVENILE GAMBLER AND THlEF.—William Knott,
a boy, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with gambling in
the streets.

Sergeant Thomas Jester, 4 C, deposed that about five
o'clock yesterday afternoon he saw the prisoner with several
other boys gambling with halfpence near Newport-market.
He took the prisoner into oustody, but the other boys ma-
naged to escape.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether there were many complaints
of he boys, and the sergeant said there were. It is near
the Mission-house, and a gentleman connected with it pro-
mised to attend, but had not done so.
Mr. Henry Robert Wilson, of Cranbourne-street, hosier,
&c., said that some time ago three lads, the prisoner being
the ringleader, robbed him of a quantity of scarfs. The
prisoner managed to get away, but two others were charged
with the robbery, and convicted, The prisoner was a pest
to the neighbourhood.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the boy 40s. or a month.