The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-27 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lords Justices.)
KNOX V, (11r-I'lln BOY.A.L ITALIAN OPERA.
Their lordships delivered judgment in this case, which
was an appeal from the decisicn of Vice-Chancellor Wood,
before whom the case was originally heard. It was a suit
instittited for the declaration of a partnership between Cal.
Brownlow Knox and Mr Frederick Gye, in the Royal
Italian Opera, Covent-garden. Mr Gye denied that a
parthet.Cip existed between himself and Col. Knox, and
the Vice-ChateOlr decided in favour of Mr Gye. The
cars was taken on appeal to the Lords Justices, and there
argued at great length, but their lordships reserved their
deciaien. Ti.is morning their lordships gave judgment,
and after going at great length into the complicated matters,
directed the bill to he dismiss 543 with £259 costs, without
prejudice to several questions that had been raised during
the argumonts.
The rosult of the lodgment, more than likely, will be an
appeal to the House of Lordg.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(IMore Sir J. P, Wilde and a Common Jury)
13ANCit0Fr V, NASCIWIrr.
The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Swabey appeared for the
petitioner, and Mr Chambers, Q.C., Dim Sergeant Dalian-
tine, and Dr. Spinks and Mr Stavely Hill ik;'r the rcapon-

dents.
It will be remembered that this case was part heard oa.
Saturday, and that it was a suit by Mrs Bancroft for judi-
cial separation on the ground of cruelty, which the respon-
dent, a printer, at Manchester, denied. He had also com-
menced a cross-suit, in which ho charged Mrs Bancroft
with adultery with her own brother-in-law, Mr. Rumney.
The hearing of the case was resumed this morning, when
the following evidenc3 was adduced on behalf of the
respondent, Mr Bancroft.
Peter Elkington said he was for 11 years foreman to the
respondent. He knew the petitioner's brother-in-law, Mr
Rumney, with whom the adultery was charged, and who
resided near the respondents. After the marriage he had
frequently occasion to go to Mr Bancroft's office, and one
day he saw Mrs Bancroft and Mr Rumney together there,
and his arm was over her shoulder. That was about one
o'clock in the day end three weeks after marriage. On
another occasion he saw them in a kind of kitchen at Mr
Bancroft's and they were sitting on a couch. Mr Rumney
had one arm round Mrs Bancroft's neck and one hand was
under her clothes. He identified a photographic) likeness
of Mr Rumney.
In cross• examination he said he was a married man and
had a family. The marriage took place on the Bth of April,
1863. He was shocked at what he saw between Mrs Ben-
croft and Mr Rummy; he did not mention anything about
it to, until he heard that ha was about to commence a suit
for a divorce. He was engaged in getting up evidence for
Mr Bancroft, and for that purpose went to differed brothels
in Manchester. A man named Walker accompanied him
on some occasions, and he was accompanied also by a man
named Speller. Sometimes Mr Bancroft went with him.
Mrs Catherine Pilkington, wife of the last witness, said
that about a fortnight after the marriage she saw Mr Rum-
ney come to the dice during the absence of Mr Bancroft.
She was at the house for about five weeks after the mar
riage, and Mr Rumney called three times during that time.
She saw Mr Rumney coming down stairs on one occasion.
There were four bed rooms upstairs. Mrs Bancroft said
he had been in the closet. _ _ .

In cross-examination she said that she did not tell her
husband anything about what she had seen for soma time
after, and he said nothing to her about having seen any
kissing.

The case wit; proceeding when we went to press.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY. —John Cooper, a lad, who dc•
scribed himself as a maker of paper roses in summer and
working in a brickfield in winter, was charged before Mr
Tyrwhitt with stealing a box of cigars from the shop of Mr
Thomas Clarence, tobacconist, of Church-passage, Picca-
dilly.
From the evidtnce of Mr Clarence, it appeared that a
little after nine o'clock last night the prisoner stopped a
short distance into his shop and then stre; shed out his hand
and drew from the counter a box of cigars, and ran out of
the shop. He pursued the prisoner, and caught him with
the box under his arm. On stopping the prisoner he threw
the box away, and then made off again, but he succeeded in
catching him and gave him into custody.
Tho prisoner said he was a maker of paper roses in sum-
mer, and in winter he was employed in brick making. A
shoeblack gave him the box as he was passing down Church •
passage. He told the shoeblack he did not want the box,
and struck the shoeblack and then ran away. and after-
wards the prosecutor came up and said he had stolen a box

of cigars.
Sergeant Bason, 12 C, proved taking the prisoner into
custody.
The prisoner wished the case settled at once, and Mr
Tyrwhitt committed him for three months with hard
labour.