The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-11 00:00:00

KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

This being the first day of Term, the Courts were opened
with the usual formalities.

At a quarter to two o'clock, Lord Denman, Justices
Littledale, Williams, and Coleridge, took their seats on the
bench.

LORD G. LENNOX V. DESEOROUGH AND OTHERS.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said in this case, which was
tried at the sittings after the last Term, it was the- in-
tention to apply for a new trial. He understood that
a summons had been taken out, and some proceedings
had before the Chief Justice in Chamber. He should either
now make his motion, or reserve it till to-morrow, as the
Court might think fit.
lhe CmEr JUSTlCE—Mr.Attorney-General, I will men-
tion to-morrow morning my opinion as to how the verdict
should be entered. You can then make your motion.

TREVOR V. THE CORPORATION OF BRIDGEWATER.

Sir Wit. FOLLETT applied for a mandamus to the
Mayor and Corporation of Bridgewater, command-
ing them to pay the plaintiff a sum of 101/. per
annum, as compensation for the loss of his office as Clerk
to the Borough Justices. It appeared that Mr. Trevor
was Town Clerk to the old Corporation of Bridgewater,
and a part of his duty as such was to attend the Borough
Justices ; but at the election of the new Corporation he
was removed from his office, but received no compensation
for the fees to which he was entitled. By the 66th section
of the Act, any Town Clerk or other officer removed
from his situation was entitled to compensation, accord-
ing to the decision of the Council ; and if any party
felt himself aggrieved by the decision, he might appeal to
the Lords of the Treasury. The Town Council of Bridge-
water refused to make any compensation to Mr. Trevor for
the loss of his office, and an appeal was made as the Act
directed. Upon enquiry, and hearing both sides, the Lords
of the Treasury decided that Mr. Trevor was entitled to
101/. per annum. Due notice:was given to the Council,
and they were required to execute a bond, but they re-
fused to do so, and alleged that some: matters important to
the issue had not come under the consideration of the Lords
of the Treasury. The matter came a second time before
their Lordships, and they again decided in Mr. Trevor's
favour, notwithstanding which the Corporation have
not complied with the terms of the order. He, there-
fore, had now to move that a mandamus should issue,
compelling the Corporation of Bridgewater to pay the com-
pensation awarded to Mr. Trevor.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—Take a Rule Nisi.

The corning season, from various causes, promises
to be of longer duration, as it relates to the fashionable
world, than has occurred for several years. _ _

The important fact of the piescnce of lead in
orange-flower water, described by Mr. Squire, we have
had an opportunity of seeing demonstrated by himself.
Upon mentioning the circumstance to another druggist in
town, we find that he had observed a brown precipitate in
orange-flower water as imported, which was ascertained by
bins to be lead. The simple method of removing the lead
in solution pointed out by Mr. Squire, should be noted by
every dispensing establishment ; for, should accidents from
the administration of this medicament be made public, it
would be difficult, after this notice, to exculpate the dis-
penser from blame. We have no doubt that many other
pharmaceutical preparations, as they occur in commerce,
and as made by our own druggists, contain either the same,
or equally deleterious ingredients.—Annals qf Medicine.
A young girl of seventeen was arrested at the mo-
ment she was trying to enter the barracks on the quay
d'Orsay, dressed up as a dragoon. Her family, suspecting
her intercourse with a non-commissioned officer, had had
her watched for some days past.—Journal des Debar.
On 'Thursday morning last considerable sensation
was occasioned at Sandbach, by the announcement that
the Rev. Robert Batty, for many years curate of that town,
had been discovered dead in his sitting-room. It was as-
certained that his servant, on going into the room early on
that morning, to light the fire, found the lifeless body of
the Reverend Gentleman upon the floor ; and from his
chair being found by him, it is supposed that he had fallen
from it, and died almost immediately. On the previous
night he had partaken of a hearty supper, and was in his
usual health. He has left an orphan son, to lament the loss
of an indulgent parent.—Macclesfield Courier of Saturday.
Mr. John Charles Ramsdell, the late member for
Melton, had the affliction to lose several children in suc-
cession ; and he was at length attacked by the acutely
painful yet lingering disease of cancer in the face, which
has now proved fatal.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND
SUICIDE AT HENDON.—The little village of Heneon was
thrown into a state of great alarm and excitement on
Monday afternoon, in consequence of a desperate attempt
made by a man named John Lincoln, in the service of
a gentleman named Lawrence, to shoot one of his fellow-
servants, named Emma Haynes, and afterwards to blow
out his own brains with a pistol. It appeared that these
two persons were in charge of Mr. Lawrence's house at
Hendon, and on Monday morning the man, Lincoln, went
out to purchase some articles for the use of the house, and
returned home about four o'clock in a state of great ex-
citement, anti having a gun in his hand, when, without
any provocation, he presented the gun at the girl Haynes,
and deliberately pulled the trigger. The gun fortunately
missed fire, and the girl screamed for assistance, and ran
out of the house and met Butler and Barnett, two of
the mounted horse patrol, who immediately accompanied
her back to the house, and on their arrival there they
found that Lincoln hid fastened all the doors, and he
was observed standing at the window with the gun in his
band, and the moment be saw the patrols he presented
the gun at them, and swore that he would shoot them if
they attempted to come near the house. The patrols
made a rush at the door, and Lincoln pulled the trigger,
but the gun again missed fire. The patrols then forced
their way into the house, and rushed upon the man Lin-
coln, and took away the gun from him. Before they had
hardly time to place the gun beyond the reach of the in-
furiated man, he drew a horse-pistol from his pocket, and
was about to level it at his own bead, when one of the
patrols seized his arm, and the pistol was wrenched from
his grasp. He was then handcuffed, and placed in the
lock-up at the Hyde. The gun and pistol upon being ex-
amined were both found to be loaded, and the latter was
charged with five small bullets or slugs, in addition to a
heavy charge of powder. The prisoner will be brought
before a bench of Magistrates at Barnet on Thursday, to
undergo an examination. _ _

On Saturday night, about two o'clock, the inha-
bitants of Market-street, Manchester, were much alarmed
by a report as loud as if two heavy pieces of cannon had
been discharged, and upon inquiry it was found to proceed
from the Swa❑ Shades, belonging to Mr. Deeming. It ap-
pears that a man named Woolsenham, a painter, in Liver-
pool-road, had been employed painting and decorating the
interior of the Shades, and being annoyed in his work by
some water dropping upon him, he cut the gas-pipe, when
a most violent explosion immediately took place, nearly
suffocating the parties who happened to be in the Shades.
The principal damage is done to the shop of Mrs. H.
Kemsheed (a widow), jeweller and silversmith, in Market-
street, and which was directly over the Shades. The floors
were torn up, the counter broken, and all the shutters and
panes of glass forced into the street, and watches and jew-
ellery scattered in all directions ; some teaspoons were
picked up in the middle of the street. Mrs. Kemshead
had, fortunately, just left the shop before the explosion took
place. We arc happy to say no one except the errand boy,
and he only very slightly, is hurt. Woolsenham was im-
mediately taken to the New Bailey, and was to be exa-
mined on Monday.