The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-14 00:00:00

THE SCN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MINTING, JANUARY 14, 1863.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BAIL COURT

(Before air. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.)
MERRITT V. SUMMERS.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, for the ac-
curacy of the amount he had paid for the maintenance and
wearing apparel supplied to defendant's wife. The defen-
dant did not appear.
Mrs. Simmons, the defendants' wife, said she was mar-
ried in 1855, in February, and remained with the defendant
until December in the same year, when she was compelled
to leave him through ill-treatment. She afterwards went
back and remained with him till 1860. He continued his
ill-usage till Dec. 8, when he returned home, and because
she had not got in his supper-beer, he
knocked her down, when she fell across the
fender, which was broken. She was hurt very
much, and as he said he should continue to beat her she
went before Mr. Beadon to take out a summons. When
she got home she found her husband had locked her out,
and a constable went with her, but as she could not gain
admission she went to her husband's brother's house, and
ultimately she took out another summons in December.
The defendant before the hearing came to where she was
stopping, and agreed to give her 10s. a week, and he signed
an agreement to that effect before the magistrate. The
defendant kept the original and gave him a copy of it, which
was to the effect stated. She received this money for a short
time, when he reduced the sum to 55., ultimately he made it
3s. 6d. He paid that amount till within the last two months,
Finding it impossible to maintain herself out of the allow-
ance she went to her father's house, when he made such
advances as were actually necessary. Her husband was in
the employ of Messrs. Burton, the ironmongers, and re-
ceived about £2 10s, a week. She had known him to earn
£5 a week.

William Merritt, tke plaintiff, said he had heard tho de-
fendant say he had earned as much as £3 a week.
Mr. Smart, the manager of Messrs. Burton's, was called
upon his subpoena, but did not appear.
Mr. Justice Blackburn told the jury that it would be for
them to say how much the defendant ought to allow his
wife, as she could not be allowed to become destitute.

The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, at the rate of
10a. for 39 weeks, deducting the 3s. 6d. he had already
paid.

The Judge—Well, how much is that. Will any one do
the figures. (Laughter.) Considerable amusement was
excited in court by the different sums, the counsel, thejury,
and other persons made the amount.

The amount was, after some difficulty, ascertained to be
£l2 14s. 6d.

Execution was ordered within four days.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
POOLE V. PITT.

This was a suit to propound the will of the deceased by
his executor, the defendant.
His Lordship asked whether the will was in Court?
It was stated by the counsel for the petitioner that Mr.
Holt, of Gloucester, declined to send the will by post, or to
bring it himself, alleging the rules framed under the sta-
tute as his authority for refusing.
The learned Judge said the mere refusing only affected
the registrars in London, and had no reference to district
registrars. Under the circumstances, as it was a misap-
prehension, he would allow the case to stand over.

CONVOCATION--(This Day).

This morning a peculiar st,p was made in reference to
the meeting of convocation of the prelates and clergy of the
province of Canterbury, which has not been rendered neces-
sary for many years.

In consequence of the dea' hof the Archbishop of Canter.
bury occurring as it did, the Convocation of the I rovince
ceased ; and this morning a new writ was issued by the
Crown to the new Archbishop, commanding the attendance
of the bishops, deans, and clergy of his province (as repre-
sented by their proctors) to meet him in St, Paul's Cathe-
dral on Tuesday, the 10th of February.

It appears that this step would not have been necessary
had the death of the Archbishop occurred during the meet-
ing of Parliament, but Parliament being prorogued at the
time of his grace's decease, the present form was absolutely
necessary. With regard to York no writ has been issu?d,
there being at present no Archbishop in the province.

MARKETS—This Day.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 61X O'CLOCK.

GERMANY.

I In the last sitting of the Frankfort Diet M. de Sydow,
the new Prussian Envoy, took his seat. The following
persons were appointed as commissioners for the delibera-
tions which are to take place at Dresden, relative to the
establishment of a general tax on shares in industrial un-
dertakings—Dr. S,ebenhaar for Saxony, Dr. Luder for
Hanover, and Dr, Gwinner for Frankfort. Saxe-Alten-
burg declared that she was prepared to adopt the proposal
of the committee relative to a uniform system of weights
and measures.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY.

For the Two Thousand Guineas, 100 to 30 was offered
on the field. 4to 1 was offered against Saccharometer, but
9to 2 would have been taken about him. For the Derby,
6 to 1 was declined about the favourite, but offers were
made to take 100 to 15. The only horses we saw backed
were Carnival, Early Purl, and the Glenochty colt. The
prices quoted as taken at Tattersall's could have been
readily obtained here against anything. 50 to 1 was cur-
rently offered against anything of John Scott's. Closing
prices:—

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
100 to 30 agst Hospodar (offered)
4to 1 agst Saccharometer (offered)
100 to 8 bar two (offered)
THE DERBY.
6to 1 agst Lord Clifden (offered)
10 to 1 aget Saccharometer (offered)
100 to 8 aget Hospodar (offered)
1000 to 45 apt Carnival (taken)
50 to 1 agst Early Purl (taken and offered)
66 to 1 apt Giles the First (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Glenochty colt (taken)

WATERLOO COURSING CUP.
100 to 7 agst Mr Spinks' Nomination (offered)
100 to 6 agst Mr Blackstock's Nomination (offered)
100 to 5 agst Mr Ingleby's Nomination (offered)
100 to 4 agst Mr Gregson's Nomination (taken)
100 to 4 agst Mr Worrall's Nomination (offered)
30 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Nomination (offered)
30 to 1 agst Mr Bake's Somination (offered)
100 to 3 agst Mr Jardine's Nomination (taken)
100 to 3 agst Mr Campbell, sen.'s Nomination (t)
100 to 3 agst Mr Brundrett's Nomination (taken)
40 to 1 agst Mr Brocklebank's Nomination (taken)
40 to 1 agst Mr Clondesdale's Nomination (taken)