The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-06 00:00:00

THE SON. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1863.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

(Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice Erle,

and Justices Williams, Byles, and Keating.)
RICHARDSON V. ELGIE AND ANOTHER.

Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Vi ith Mr. Needham, applied to
set aside the verdict found for the plaintiff on the ground
that it was against evidence. The action, which was tried
before Mr. Justice Keating at the Guildhall, and brought
by the plaintiff, an architect and surveyor, for the prepara-
tion of certain plans for the erection of a large refreshment
booth for the million, with a bar of 70 feet in length, on a
piece of land near the western entrance to the Great Exhibi-
tion of 1862. The defendant, Jeremiah Savage E lgie,was ac-
companied by his father, the elder defendant, at the in-
terview but it was denied that he had anything to do with
the speculation. •Owing to the great expense of the build-
ing according to the first plans, the plaintiff, at the request
of Jeremiah Savage Elgie, prepared other plans, but ulti-
mately the negotiation went off.
The Court granted a rule nisi for a new trial.

PEARSON V. THE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COI

PANT -THE BURNING OF TliE INDIAN EMPIRE STEAM

SHIP IN THE THAMES.

Mr. Lush, Q C., moved for a rule nisi to set aside the
verdict found for the plaintiff, with. £lO,OO damages and
to enter a nonsuit. The action was tried before the Lord
Chief Justice at Guildhall, and was brought upon a policy
of insurance against fire only for three months on the
steamship Indian Empire, then lying in the Vic-
toria docks with lib3rty to go into dry dock. It ap-
peared that adjoining the Victoria docks, there was the
Thames graving dock, which was used for all the purposes
of a dry dock, and there were also great precautions against
fire in the Victoria docks. The Indian Empire was not, how-
ever, taken into that dock, but her paddle boxes were taken
off, and the vessel taken into a private dry dock, two miles
up the river, where she underwent repairs. After that she
was taken into the river, and moored to a Government
buoy to complete her repairs. It was then that
the fire occurred destroying the ship. The defendants con-
tended by their policy they only insured the ship when in
the Victoria Dock or in a dry dock, and that they were not
liable, for the ship was burned while in the river.
Rule nisi granted.

COURT OF DIVORCE,
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde.)
YE 3. T3IAN V. YEA.TMAN.

In this case the petitioner, who is a barrister, brought a
suit for dissolution of marria:v with his wife on the ground
of her adultery with Prince Hohenlohe. The case was tried
before the Judge Ordinary and a jury last July, when a
verdict was found to the effect that the adultery was not
proved, and that the petitioner had deserted his wife with-
out sufficient cause.
Mr. Yeatman, in person, now moved for a rule calling
on the respondent to show cause why there should not be a
new trial on the ground of misdirection by the Judge
Ordinary, and that the verdict was against evidence. The
learned gentleman contended that the jury were not com-
petent to try the question of desertion.
The alleged adultery with Prince Hohenlohe was stated
to have taken place at He delberg.
The learned Judge said as the case had been heard before
the late Judge, and the point had not been decided, the rule
nisi must be granted, and also as against evidence, that he
might have the evidence before him.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
RE MARSHALL.

The bankrupt was described as a newspaper proprietor,
of Charlotte-street, Fii zroy- square, and this was a meeting
for examination and discharge.

Mr. Sargood opposed on behalf of Mr. Shipley, on the
ground that the bankrupt had not even attempted to render
a proper account. He had purchased of Mr. Shipley the
copyright of the Lamp newspaper for £4OO, but had only
paid a deposit of £25, but he set it down as worth
£5OO, although he discontinued the publication in a
few weeks after he had possession, He had also
set down as good and doubtful debts £l9O, out of which
only ss, 6d. had been got in. Under the name of
"Harkaway," he had received a large amount on sporting
matters, and in one instance he had received Ll,OOO at Tat-
tersall's, which he accounted for by one sweeping item, that
he had paid it to persons who had given him commissions.
He, Mr. Sargood, submitted that this could not be deemed
any account, indeed it had been carefully made out so as to
give no information. He, therefore, asked for an adjourn-
ment, sine die, without protection, or that the petition
should be dismissed.

His Honour adjourned the examination me die, with
[rafted protection.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market opens dull and irregular. Sales, probably
4,000 bales.

The action of the bank has completely paralysed
the market, and prices of all kinds reduced one
penny per pound, though there is less pressure to
sell than might have been expected, the very meagre
stock staying any tendency to panic. Committee's
quotations for middling cotton are reduced 11 d. in
bowed and id. in Mobile and Orleans. Sales,
29,910 bales, 7,650 on spec and 5,520 for export.
Actual export, 15,107. imports, 17,381. Stock,
152,000.

Sir David Brewster and the Abbot of
Kinloss.

A correspondent of the Scotsman says :—" In his
inaugural address delivered in the Music Hall, on
Monday last, Sir David Brewster struck a very
undeserved blow at the Catholic Church. Refer-
ring to the bequest made by the last Catholic Bishop
of Orkney, for the erection of a University in Edin-
burgh, the learned Principal said In 1558 Mr
Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney, a prelate of high
accomplishments, bequeathed 8,000 merits for this
important purpose. This sum, however, was with-
held by his executor, the Abbot of Kinloss, and it
was not till 1682 that half the legacy, without
interest, was realised by the citizens of Edinburgh.
The opposition thus made by the Catholic powers
to the erection of a college lin the metropolis was
fortunately baffled by the zeal of the Reformers.'
" So says Sir David, but authentic history tells
another tale. The Protestant Bishop Keith, in his
Historical Catalogue of Scottish Bishops,' p. 225,
Bishop Russell's edition, observes—' The history of
the family of Sutherland says that this Bishop
(Reid) left a great sum of money for building the
College of Edinburgh, which the Earl Morton con-
verted to his own use and profit by banishing the
executors for supposed crimes.'
"Now, Sir David must be aware that Morton
was a Reformer and a great enemy of the Catholic
Church; so that whatever opposition was made to
the erection of Edinburgh University was the work,
not of the' Catholic powers,' but of some of the re-
forming party."

SIGNIFICANT DEMONSTRATIONS ON GUY
FAWKES' DAY.—Yesterday was the anniversary
of the celebrated attempt of the notorious Guy Fawkes and
his desperate friends to blow up the constitution in the per-
sons of the Lords and Commons of England. The morn-
ing was wet, and that circumstance somewhat interfered
with the demonstrations which are ordinarily made on the
sth of November. The persons, however, who had prepared
Guys were not to be thwarted, and a considerable number
of them of large dimensions were paraded through the
streets. The Pope, who used to he the person most in re-
quest at these exhibitions, seemed to be entirely forgotten
yesterday. The Emperor of Russia might be seen every-
where, in some cases flourishing a tremendous knout, in
others with his foot on the necks of some qaeer-looking
persons, supposed to be Poles, but who were much more
like very poor Africans. The American struggle naturally
suggested some of the Guys—the sympathisers with the
Cardinal
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of
Wiseman
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near shapes. North exhibiting various phases of slavery, while those
whose views were favourable to the South paraded Mr.
President Lincoln
Parliament and the courts of law, early in the morning, but
th Housesarin
his eminence appeared to have lost the unpopularity which
at one time attached to his name, and the effigy failed to
produce a sensation even of the feeblest kind. There were
of course many minor exhibitions, having no political, reli-
gious, or any other significance.
MAILS FOR THE lONIAN ISLANDS.—lnformation
has been received from the Italian Post-office of an
alteration which has been made in the hour for despatching
the Italian mail packets from Ancona for Corfu, in conse-
quence of an acceleration of the railway service between
Turin and Ancona. The following will be the arrangements
for despatching mails for the lonian Islands, via Ancona,
in future :—Letters, ice., must be posted in or reach
London not later than Saturday morning, in time
for the day, mail to France, to go by the packet
leaving Ancona every Monday night. Letters, &c., must
or
be posted in reach London not later than the mornings
of the 10th and 26th of each month, in time for the day
mail to France, to go by the packets le eying Ancona on the
nights of the 12th and 2Sth of each month. When the
on a S
10th or 26th of the month fall
unday,the mails for
the lonian Islands will be despatched from London on the
previous evening. By command of the Postmaster-Gene-
ral, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. Ge aeral Post-office, 7th
November, 1863.
ACCIDENT TO AN IRISH MAIL STEAMER,—
DUBLIN. Thursday.—
The Munster mail steamer, which
did not arrive till three this morning, broke her main shaft,
and was towed in by the Duke of carehridge passengers
all safe.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARbBOROUGH-STREET.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY WIT VIOLENCE,—A lad named
Wm. Allen was charged before Mr. Knox, by Sergeant
Shore, 11 F, with being concerned, with others not in
custody, in the following robbery :
Antoine Barral, 33, Church-street, Soho, said that at 11
o'clock at night he was in Moor-street, Seven-dials, when a
boy came up to him and butted him in the stomach with
great violence, and no sooner had he been butted than he
was surrounded by a number of lads who felt in his pockets
and then stole his watch.

Wm.We'oster, a young man, living at 2.5, Earl-street, said
he saw the prosecutor going along, and six lads went up tJ
him, and one of them butted the prosecutor while the others
stole his watch. The prosecutor then called " Police," and
one of the lads struck him, and then they all made off lie
gave information to the police, and on being subsequently
sent for to Bow-street, he identified the prisoner as one of
the lads, though not either of the two who butted the
prosecutor or stole his watch.

Sergeant Shore, 11 F, said that, from information he
received, he apprehended the prisoner in seven Dials, and
at the station the last witness identified him from amongst
several ethers.

Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner.
A BETTING MAN COMMITTED UNDER TILE VAGRANT
ACT.—John Pilgrim, described as a betting man, was
charged before Mr, Knox with loitering in King-street, St.
James's, for the purpose of committing a felony.
Sergeant Cole, 23 0, said that on the previous night he
saw the prisoner standing at the corner of Litchfield-street,
Soho, in conversation with a man just returned from penal
servitude—a man well known as a " lumberer" (a man
who carries stolen property for thieves, and introduces
them to receivers) standing about two yards off at the time.
He (the sergeant) accompanied by two other officers
(Webb, 112 C, and Weeks, 155 0), followed the men,
but they oniy succeeded in taking the prisoner
into custody, when he threw from his hand a silver
watch broken off at the bow, and then resisted violently,
and on Weeks attempting to pick up the watch it was
snatched up by some one who got away with it. The pri-
soner said he was not a thief but a " magsman," and he (the
sergeant) knew him as a person who visited fairs and races,
and played at cards. On searching him he found in his
possession an Australian note, some cards (known as
" broads") and a pair of spectacles used by " magsinen,"
to give them when among flats a sedate and respectable
appearance.

Prisoner said he was not a thief, but he would acknow-
ledge that he got his living by gambling at fairs and races.
Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for three months'
under the Vagrant Act: