The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE

INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT, JOVE 17.

HA TTON-GARDEN:
Henry Fox was placed at the bar, charged by ,11r.
Cresscy, sadlcr, of Cow Cross-street, Clerkenwell, with
cruelty to a horse. It appeared in evidence that the
prisoner was in the service of the prosecutor, and had to
take care of bis horse. On Sunday last, the prisoner was
riding the animal which became rather restive, on which
the prisoner beat it in a most violent manner over the head
with a thick stick, and through the medium of blows upon
its eye, it burst in its socket. The spectators expressed
their indignation, and gave the prisoner into custody.
Several witnesses corroborated the evidence.
The prisoner did not deny having beaten the animal,
but said, the blows upon the eye were not intentionally
given.

The prosecutor stated that he was obliged to part with
the horse in consequence of the acute agony that it suffered.
Ho estimated the damage he had sustained at 3/.
Mr. BENETT said it was a most cruel and brutal transac-
tion, and he ordered the prisoner to pay 3/. for damage,
and convicted him in the penalty of 403. for the cruelty,
and in default of payment to be committed to the House of
Correction for 14 days.

THREE PERSONS BURNT.-Thursday night,
lostween seven and eight o'clock, a fire broke out in John.
street, Blackfriars-road, at the house, No. 16, occupied
by Mr. Nicholson, hatter. Engines were soon on the
spot, but the fire was got out before their arrival without
doing any serious damage. Mr. Nicholson, his apprentice,
and a boy, were all at work together, when the copper con-
taing spirits of wine boiled over, and in an instant ignited.
Mr. Nicholson and the lad arc severely burnt, but the ap-
prentice is frightfully so, as the flesh came off with his
clothes. A cab was instantly procured, in which the
sufferer was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital.
EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.— Thuts-
day, in the Insolvent Court, Thomas Radcliffe applied to
be admitted to bail until his hearing. He had been sued
in the Court of Requests for the sum of 1/. ha., on which
he had been taken to prison. The demand was disputed.
The Learned Chief Commissioner asked whether there
was any other execution against him ? The insolvent an-
swered in the negative. It appeared that he had paid
his attorney 21., which, he said, bad been advanced to him.
The Court said it was a farce to entertain the case ; they
should refuse the bail, and the man might pay the small
debt and go out of prison.—Bail rejected.
A week of plentiful, though by no means conti-
rucq wer, has been of inestimable service to the farmers
and gardeners. For the la,t two days the weather has
become cooler than is desirable at this season. We believe
all the crop.; are in a good state, though grass is backward.
—Lce Is Mercury.
Money is so scarce in New Orlean that when
two dollars meet, their owners are are obliged to introduce
t orn to each other, they ate such strangers.—. New Yo
Paper.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—A MAN SHOT IN Ails-
TAKE FOR A DEER.—An intinest was held on Friday last,
at the Greyhound Inn, Enfield, before H. Sawyer, Esq ,
Coroner, on the body of James West, who was unfortu-
nately shot on the preceding day, in mistake for a deer, by
Benjamin Nott, a young farmer residing in the chase.
The jury having taken a view of the body, which pre-
sented a most dreadful spectacle from the whole of the
contents of the gun having entered the brain, just above
the right eye, taking away a portion of the scalp, and
thereby causing. instantaneous death. The circumstances
which came out in evidence, and which led to this de-
plorable result, are as follow :—A stray deer had been
repeatedly seen by the witnesses, and also on the day in
question, who informed young Nott of the circumstance,
v.:hereupon he fetched a loaded gun with the intent of kill-
ing the animal ; he also was accompanied by a boy and a
dog, in case he missed or wounded the deer, cautioning the
bay not to leave the spot for fear of injuring him if ho
fir d; unfortunately the deceased had gone to an adjoining
field to show a boy a blackbird's nest, when Nott per something, but very imperfectly, the Ledge
being so thick of foliage, believed it to be the deer and
shot the poor fellow, as before described. The Jury, after
visiting the fatal spot to satisfy their minds, under all the
painful circumstances of the case, returned a verdict of
accidental death, and 205., deodand on the gun. It is
proper to add, that the youth's father has promised to
assist the poor widow and children in their future melan-
choly prospects. The excitement and commisseration
produced amongst the inhabitants has not been so
strongly manifested since the barbarous murder of Benja-
min Couch Darby.

SINGULAR INSTANCE OF IVIANITFACTURING
DI,:PATCII AS CONNECTED WITII RAILWAY TRANSIT.—On
Thursday afternoon last Mr. W. Taylor, cotton manufac-
turer, of this town, purchased a considerable quantity of
cotton from Messrs. Bateson and Sons, Liverpool, which
was sent by Messrs. Tattersall and Clare, Mr. Taylor's
brokers, to Mr. J. Hargreaves, jun., to be conveyed to
Pre.-..ton by the North Union Railway; and although it did
not actually leave Liverpool till after three o'clock yes-
terday (Friday) morning, it was delivered at Tulketh fac-
tory at eight minutes past nine o'clock, and before eleven
o'clock part of it had passed through the several operations
of mixing, scutching, sapping, carding, drawing, slubbing,
roving, and spinning. At Calf-past eleven o'clock a por-
tion of it was made into cloth by the power loom, and at
twenty minutes past four o'clock in the afternoon three and
a-half yards of good, perfect, shirting cloth were forwarded
by Mr. Taylor to Messrs. Tattersall and Clare by the train
leaving Preston at twenty minutes past four, and would, in
course, be delivered to them before seven o'clock the same
evening. We have no doubt but that this morning (Satur-
day) hundreds of gentlemen on 'Change will have an
°PPortunity of seeing cloth, the weft of which was made
from cottic that had been conveyed from Liverpool to
Preston end back (eighty miles, including the distance
from the delivering station to the factory,) and had passed
through the various operations necessary for its production,
ihn the short space of fifteen hours, after deducting one
our
not for dinner, during which time the manufactory W 25
at ork • and : 'this was done without any very extraor-
dinary hurry "
e rt•
that the ti From the foregoing, it appears
e occupied in the whole of the operations, from
first open:
f
the cotton bags to the production of several
yards of the fabric,
ii; was somewhat under six working hours.
How forcibly
this fact remind us that we live in the
age of enterprisen the very millennium of railway velo-
city! Last evening
cloth, produced from the dreSS
Wag worn by the weaver of the
Liverpool yesterday same raw material sent from
Morning. —Preston Chronicle of
Saturday.

paptneau, the runaway hero of the Canadian in-
surrection, seems to he a great pet just now with the ultra-
liberals
in France, Lie is said to be preparing a complete
history of recent events in Canada, and in the meanwhile
intends to publish a series of articles in the Revue du
Progres.

CRIM CON.
Stephen Gontnte was opposed on the part of W. Walton.
The insolvent, described as a surveyor, bad been sued
by Walton, who was a draughtsman, fur criminal conversa-
tion, and laid the damage at 2,0001. The jury awarded
ael., and the costs amounted to 1141., on which he went
to prison. In his schedule set forth a statement, and so-
lemnly recorded his innocence. He was told by the Coun-
sel for Walton that if he persisted in the statement he
would be indicted for perjury ; he declared it to be true,
and his Counsel regretted that he could not enter into the
case. On the trial the insolvent could not be examined,
but in this Court he could be questioned on his oath.
Mr. WOODROFF, on the part of the creditor, said he
should not go into the case, as the Court could not enter-
tain it.

The ini.olvent denied that he was entitled to any pro-
perty ; his family lived at Hammersmith, and possessed
property ; he was only 23 years of age.
The COURT said they were bound by the verdict, and
their p"ovince was merely to consider the situation of the
parties and the damage; awarded. The judgment was that
tl.e inso:vent lya remanded, at the suit of Walton from the
vesting order, for a period of five calendar months for the
damages given.

KENSINGTON PETTY SESSIONS

OPPOSITION TO CIICIICII-RATES.—On Saturday, Mr.
Wm. Parlor, of Brompton-square, appeared before Sir
John Scott Lillie and J. P. Barlow, and Daniel Sutton,
Esq., the sitting Magistrates, on a summons at the in-
stance of the churchwardens of St. Mary Abbott's, Ken-
sington, to sow cause why he had refused or neglected
to .pay certain Church-rates for the years 1836-7-8, as-
sessed on him, amounting to upwards of 10/.
Mr. Farlar ar.s..vered the charge by pleading the illega-
lity of the rate, which he contended was as illegal as the
rate of 1835, which he had before successfully opposed at
a great expanse.

\lr. Sci-roN—What was the amount of the rate Mr.
Farlar on that occasion objected to? Mr. Churchwarden
Chesterton—Only eighteen shillings.
Mr. Farlar—And the expenses amounted to no less than
7001.

Mr. BA hi.OW—Upon what grounds do you object to
these rates ? Mr. Farlar—Bccause they are equally bail ;
in fact, the last rate is the worst the churchwardens
ever made.

Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE—What is the cause of the ille-
gality of the rate ? Mr. Farlar—lt abounds with cause;
it is ,pleed:d with cause.

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S Join SCOTT LILLIE—But I want to know one of
the causer. Mr. Farlar—One is because it is excessive;
and another, because the churchwardens had enough
money in hand to go on with.
Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE—State what was your objection
to the rate cf 1835, as that may be a guide to your reasons
on the present occasion.
Mr. Farlar—The reasons of my objection in 1833 can
have nothing to do with those on the present occasion. I
rely on the Act of Parliament, which enacts that, when
the legaii;y of Church.rates is questioned, the Magistrates
have no jurisdiction. Beside, I have another and a final
objection, which is that it does not come under the cogni-
zance of the Bench, inasmuch as the total amount exceeds
10/. I also want 3501. for costs from the Churchwardens.
I have got an order for 4W., but that amount I will not
accept ; and I intend to go to the Privy Council for an
order for the whole.
Mr. BARLOW asked the Churchwardens if they intended
to follow up the claim ?
M. Chesterton replied that the Churchwardens would
tale advice on the subject.
Mr. BARLOW hoped they would- go the cheapest way to
work, as the expenses already incurred had occasioned
much iii-feeling in the parish.
Mr. Farlar replied that he had learned a cheaper way
than before ; he, like others, had profited by experience.
The Churchwardens were bound to commence in the Ec-
clesiastical Court, but he (Mr. Farlar) could move it the
next day into the Court of Queen's Bench.
The BENCH said, under these circumstances, the case
was removed from their cognizance, and they could not
interfere.
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.