The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-23 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX REGISTRA

(THIS DAY.)

St
MOSSES. COVENTRY and TANtLYN, the Revising rr i ,
for the county of Middlesex, sat this morning at Gui 'l3lirS
the purpose of finishing the City Lists fo.- the eutnitY•
ur
The business was merely formal up to the time of
porter leaving.
The Coto.ty RegistraAn will be fidarcl when their
tArp

comtoN PLE,As.—(pitis DA

TkIR PlRF,tlTot‘l OF THE aTANlion Aria TrNE t;AILwAY,
(iefore the Citote Jvcrit-A and Spec Jury.) v.
ti4tarottn M.t) °VIi R°. ti kill,
Mr, Sergeant Wilde, Mr, Sergeant Talfourd, Mr.
and Mr, Adolphus appeared for the plaintiffs, anl Sir tTr''''t he
-
Follett, Mr, Platt, Mr. Richards, and Mr, Watson Ipr.
deft n J ants,
This Wag ;ction brought h=, the Directors of the Stiffly;
hope and Tyne Railway Company against the defendintstioc,
a breach of contract. The plaintiffs- had caused an advert,
meta to be inserted in the newspapers on the 9th Septerutenit
I83„2, for the supply of 3,000 tons of cast-iron rails, one Pith
at the rate of 301 b , and the other half at 40ib. per yards with
the requisite quantity of chairs, rails, pins, "to be ma,"
of the best iron, which, when worked, must be equal to 1•4°,,
3 bar iron, and the chairs to be made of No. I bar kat
The advertisement was replied to by the defendants, %.""
are extensive iron manufacturers, carrying on basin
o 1
under the name of Ilarforcl, Davis, and CompaDY,utn-
Bristol, and also near Newport, in the county of Monmoiht3
shire. The acceptance of the tender which was n:.de by ,
defendants in the words of the advertisement was dated Oct.
20th of October, and it only remained to settle the pattern °a
the chairs, some railway Companies using one description, a"
others a ditivrent pattern. In the month of January
ins, after some correspondence, the pattern was agreed tOda: "
and a gentleman was deputed by the plaintiffs to visit the e),
fendant's works, for the purpose of seeing the description
t
iron to be used in the prccess of manufacture,
guard against mistake or deception. On his arrival in Soul
Wales some of the furnaces were set to work, and he foul'',
that a quantity of refuse, or cinder iron, was introduced ith3it'
with the mine or ore iron, and he accordingly objected t°:i;
and ultimately gave notice to the defendants that „t,-a-
plaintiffs would not receive that description nit
nufacture. The plaintiffs had a communication witn,.
defendants protesting against the article of " cinder" nel'i;
used, and two of the Directors went down to repeat their 0,,
jection. A-very lengthened correspondence ensued, (sevei
of the letters which passed between the parties were here red
by the Learned Sergeant), the result of which was, that tke
eir
defendants pet severed in manufacturing the articles in to
ils
in order
own way, and notice was served upon them that the
would not be received. The plaintiffs were thus under t
necessity of advertising again, and made a contract with an
other party, upon the best terms they could, but at a losa.ti°
the defendants, of about 8,0001., and h
themselves, as compared with the contract entered into
"'tag
t o present
brought to recover that sum.
The contract and various letters witelt passed between the
a
parties were then put in and read. The case is not carcles
to terminate to-night, there being a large number of Witi°
for examination on both sides. action

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT*

(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
The 12th Session of the Central Criminal commenced ft;
day before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Mr. Aldern's
White, the New Sheriffs, &c.
There are 248 prisoners for trial, and that number Will 1?,,T
bably be increased to 300 before termination of the 5°5,

The Grand Jury having been impannelled and sworineo.
The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to th old
The Learned Judge dwelt at considerable length uP°3 the
alterations that had taken place in the criminal law sine.o.
last session : no less than eight new Acts of Parliament, :hat
proving the criminal code, had coma into operation since Act
period ; and simultaneously with those Acts, aD
had been passed doing away with the ancient ido
torn of the Recorder making his Report to the Soverelfry
in Council. The punishment of death in all cases of fefgo'",e
was done away with. Burglary unaccompanied with vi°'e pt
would be no longer visited with the severest punislun.c.,s,
known to the law. The law with respect to offences agl'es
the person had been considerably altered, the only °ffel),lcg,
retained as capital being administering poison, or stabbll
cutting, or wounding, with intent to murder. Sendinga':(l,
explosive substance, or throwing at any person corrosive
was punishable, in the discretion of the Jude, with transr°,.
tation for life, or imprisonment for not less than three Yea_er;
The punishment of death had been done away with in all ea'l;
except t
treason, murder, rape, &c. These amendments in `l,O
Criminal Law, the Learned Judge trusted, would have ,
beneficial effects which were contemplated by the Legislatv-r's
The Curt was occupied, up to the period of our reporte
leaving, with swearing in the Petty Jury.