The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-09 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY•)

The Court gave judgments. The only one of intee" . '
rest was a case in which the main point had been, the-
Cher in an action by assignees to recover goods delivered
by a bankrupt to a creditor, prior to and in conternPl3-
tion of his bankruptcy, it could be given in evidence
that other creditors, under the same circumstances. bad
returned the goods after the fiat had issued. The Court
held that it could not.
LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY v. A
SHA:IEHOLDER.—IMPORTANT.
In this case tile Court granted a rule to show causewhy an order of Mr. Justice Erskine should not be secit
aside, disallowing a plea of the defendant, who was sue
for two calls, that the Company had departed front t
is
he
line laid down by Parliament. Mr. sergeant. Wilde
to argue the point (which is une of vital importance, es
it will be at once perceived) on l'he part of the COMPanY.
MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES— SILVER V. BARNES:
Mr. B. ANDREWS applied to the :.:ourttoheallowe.to.
argue this case (which was a new tvial) under the 1...
lowing curious mistake :—He had made
in the Court of Queen's Bench—his brief having been
he discovered
so endorsed—and not till just cow had -
that the endorsement was erroneous, and t bats the AP'
where,
plication should be made in the Common 13,`Ca'
%iouslY
for some days past his client had been an
pecting his appearance.—(Laughter.) of
the application
Lord Chief Justice TYND AL--Did the (2,ourt
Queen's Bench decide ?
Mr. B. ANDREWS—NO ; they take time to consider.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE Perha ti We we ha d begb tter,
ask their opinion—it will save troubit
It is quite a mistake.
the cave,n
Mr. B. ANDREws proceeded to arga.'e
which was one in which a question of usury bad been
raised, under these circumstances :—A mutuJl 131 n
society hail been formed—with c)5O shares of 40/. eaci..
—on each 10s. per month to be paid, the money' for
lected to be put up to auction, those who paid ,most
it to have of it an amount equal to the share Ire he",
The defendant was to have 801., for which he gave b',
note of hand, and promised to pay 151. 17s. 6d. ie
stalment,, and five per cent. interest.
Mr. Justice BOSANQUET—The point is whether there
is contingency.
M. B. ANDREWS—Yes, and we contend there is none.
The COURT took time to consider ; and we shall take
care to report their decision. f:
EXCHEQUER COURT—THIS DAY-

The Court was occupied the whole morning v"til
cases in the New Trial Paper, none of which pos6es'e°
any feature of public interest.
At two o'clock firing of guns gave notice of the, an
proach of the civic procession. Shortly after the
the
Mayor, the late Lord Mayor, accompanied by
Sheriffs, Recorder, Aldermen Harmer, Gibbs, and„Tolr
took their
son, and the usual city officers entered, andlll
respective. places, when the Learned Recorder, in c°,_.
phmentary language, presented the Lord Mayor to. wet
C. ourt ; also the late Lord Mayor, upon his retiree'ell
from office, for the purpose of rendering his accounts.
The LORD CHIEF BARON replied in the same "rii
plimentary strain—their Lordships were invited to
dinner, and the procession returned as it arrived.
The COURT did not resume its sittings afterwards.

THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.

(THIS DAY.)

This morning, in accordance with the annual cust°ll;
the newly-elected Lord Mayor (the Rigbt lion. bl
Chapman Marshall) set out from the Guildhall at ha.f
past eleven o'clock, in grand procession, for Wes'
niinster. His Lordship was preceded by the members
of the different City Companies, with their banner°,
attended by bands of music and by ancient knight
in armour, looking as chivalrous to the full, as the
Knights of Eglintoun, and by the new Sheriffs, whose
splendid equipages and new liveries attracted general admi-
ration ; and the Aldermen and officers of the Corporation.
Tne band of the Coldstream regiment of Foot Guards
was in attendance, and performed several popular airs
in excellent style. The procession started from the
Guildhall at half-past eleven o'clock precisely, and
proceeded up the Poultry and Cornhill through
Gracechurch-street, and King William-street to London
Bridge, where his Lordship and the Aldermen ah,d
Slieriffs, together with the members of the dir-
ferent Companies, embarked for Westminster it
ter
their State Barges. They returned by wa
to Blackfriars, where they disembarked, and entering
their carriages returned in procession to Guildhall
ie
At the Obelisk the procession was joined by d
carriages of her Majesty's Ministers and the other guest!
invited to join the banquet. Both the present and the
late Lord Mayor were frequently cheered. Tbe(111
was remarkably fine.

bemoan.
COURT CIRCULAR.
WIND F H• son, FRIDAY: is Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge left the Castle at an early hour this rtorcf:
kg for towa. His Royal Highness returned in the
ternoon from London.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening°
is expected to include their Royal Highnesses
d the
Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambrige'
f c,mbridge,
and the Princesses Augusta and Mary
their Serene Highnesses Princc Ernest and Prince Al'
sterhi_t?Y
bert of Saxe Coburg Gotha, Count Albert v.
Earl of March, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Errol,
E,
count Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Dowager Ladylgis
Lytleton, Lady C. Dundas, Miss Kerr, Hon.
Cocks, Hon. Miss Murray, Lady Caroline Barringegton•
'
Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Torrington, Barone,
I.;:iie:
beck, Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleb
Major Keppel, Lord Alfred Paget, and the Hon. C.
Murray.

Yesterday was the birth day of the Princess Avigu'tlio.
The Duke of Cambridge paid a congratulatory vast s
her Royal Highness in the morning, at Clarence 11°.,t",,"'
St. James's, on his arrival in town from Windsor
tle. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of
53,,.%-
Weimar also visited her Royal Highness Cls'et.a:
1-louse. The Princess Augusta visited the Duclle-s
of Gloucester in the afternoon, at Gloucester House" it
Her Royal Highness's tradesmen illuminated the
houses in the evening,
one o•clock
The Duke of Cambridge left town at
yesterday afternoon, on his return to Windsor Castle.
The Duchess of Gloucester had a dinner party Yet'
terday evening, at Gloucester House. The comPl
included the Princess Augusta, and Prince Edwir
of Saxe Weimar.
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at 11101b5
rough House, on Thursday afternoon, from the Rci)
Military College, at
nean Sdhurst. • per
Viscount Melbour will give the first Cabinet dm _
this season on Monday, the 18th inst., at his resideoce
in South-street. uoho
Mr. Sturgeon, Mr. Duncombe, and Mr. 'Shi,
nessy had an interview with the Marquis of Normow
yesterday, at the Home Office.
The Portuguese Minister transacted business )esttr-
day, at the Foreign Office.

DETENTION OF THE WESTERN MAIL.----
This morning the Exeter and Devonport mails
did nclt
ci
arrive for nearly three hours after their usual time,
fL,
several of the Western stages have not arrived• 'l."'
Vivid and Emerald, four-horse stage-coacbcs, °on;
Exeter, which should have arrived at one p.m.,
arrive last evening until eight o'clock. The del3Ys
western
were occasioned by the extensive floods in the
districts. did no
TWELVE LIVES LOST.—Early this mornings
twelve men and boys lost their lives, by being preeiPr
tated to the bottom of the Huish coal pit, near Ilsu-
stock, owing to the breaking of the rope, which is Or
posed to 'nave been wilfully ...Ind maliciously cut througlli
on Thur.s.(Lay civo,il4, io L'W-1
zrao, Owe'
Bryant, cnip",,, ,'3. in lilnliTl,,, .1 . , ,_..1',,,;:.,,d hit, inoliwrr.
near 200
and was preoipitated to the bottom of the pit,
yards, and dashed to pieces.—Bath Herald of Saturdsl•