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London, England, 1837-04-25 00:00:00

Mr. PEMBERTON, on the part of the respondents, con-
tended that the Municipal Corporation Act referred the
matter to the Court of Chancery, but gave. no right to ap-
peal from its _judgment, that the omission to give such right
to appeal must be considered equivalent to a legislative de-
claration that the decree of the Court of Chancery must
be final.

Mr. KNIGHT, on the part of the appellants, said that
.there was nothing in the Act to operate to prevent the ex-
ercise of that appellate jurisdiction which was possessed by
the House of Lords over the decisions of the Court of
Chancery.
The Loan CHANCELLOR and Lord BROUGHAM having
consulted together, agreed that there was nothing to oust
the jurisdiction of the House, and therefore directed that
the case should be argued. Time was then given to the
parties to prepare their arguments.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—Arnm 24.
THE KING P. THE BRISTOL DOCK COMPANY.
This was a rule calling on the defendants to show cause
why a mandamus should not issue to the Sheriff of Glou-
cester, commanding him to summon a jury, for the purpose
of awarding compensation to the owners of a mill, called
the Engine-mill, for the injury wh'ch they had sustained
from the erection of the docks by the defendants. Sir W.
FOLLETT showed cause against the rule, and the ATTOII,
zE7GENERAL was heard in support of it. The whole
citostiln depended on the construction of the local Act
under w.ttich the docks had been built.---The Court dis-
charged tt.se rule. •

BAIL COURT.
TILE i'oo3l LAW AMENDMENT ACT.

Mr. BODKIN moend for a rule to'slholi cause why a
certiorari should oot .issue, to remove into this Court an
order of the Poor i./111 V Commissioners under which the
Edmonton Union wa. -3irected to be formed, including the
parish of St. John's, Hackney. The Learned Counsel
moved on behalf of the' hoard of Guardians of St. John's,
who stated that they doiorktheir authority under a local
Act, and were therefore 1)ot 'bound to pay any attention to
the order of the Commit ssioners. The jurisdiction of the
Commissioners, they con; tended, did not extend to that
parish.—Rule granted.

COURT OF COM,VON PLEAS, APRIL 24.
STOWELL V. ROBINSON.

This case came before tbe Court to-day upon an argu-
ment on a rule obtained by Mr. Erie to enter a verdict for
the plaintiff. The action a 'as brought to recover 2371. 10s.
being the expenses of preps sing an assignment of a public-
house in Cambridge-street , Golden-square, and for .504
which was paid as a deposit , at the tune when the parties
entered into an agreement for the purchase of the premises
in question for 1,6001. In the original agreement it ap-
peared a certain day was stated for its fulfilment, but the
agreement was not acted upon by that day ; and the de-
fendant, at the trial, had attempted to prove by parole
evidence a subsequent agreetrtent for an extension of that
stated time. The verdict was for .the defendant ; and the
main question was, whether verbal evidence was admissible
to prove the subsequent agreement.
The COURT deferred its judgment.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, APRIL 24.
HARRIS V. BUTLER.

This case came before the Court upon a demurrer to de-
fendant's pleas. It was an action on the case for the seduc-
tion of the plaintiff's daughter ; and the declaration stated
that plaintiff's daughter, with his consent, had been placed
with the defendant's wife, to -be boarded and lodged for
two years, in consideration of a sum of 251. ; that de-
fendant debauched plaintiff's daughter, who became en-
eicnte, and was obliged to be sent home, whereby the
plaintiff lost her services. There was a second conk that
plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, suffered and per-
mitted his daughter to be placed in defendant's house for
the purpose of being brought up to the millinery business,
whereby it became the duty of the defendant to take care
of her morals. The defendant pleaded, first, that the said
Matilda Harris was not at the time when, Sze., the servant
of the plaintiff; and, secondly, that the contract, stated in
the second count, did not impose on defendant any such
implied duty. To these pleas a demurrer was taken.
Mr. HUGHES supported the demurrer.
Demurrer al'owed, but with leave to amend.

ARCHES COURT. .ArrILL 24
GREENHILL V. GREENHILL.

This was originally a suit for divorce, oa the grounds of
adultery, in the CousistoriA Court of London, promoted by
Mrs. Greenhill against her husband, when sentence was
given in favour of the promoter of the suit : 3001. per an-
num had been allotted as alimony pcuelcide Mc, and 3501.
as permanent alimony. During the course of last Term Dr.
Addams, for Mr. Greenhill, contended that the Court could
not compel the payment of the money, in consequence of
Mrs. Greenhill detaining her husband's children in het pos-
session, and ofgoing to France for the purpose of avoiding
a writ of habeas corpus issued against her by the Court of
King's Bench, in consequence of Ler detention of the
chiLiran.

The Learned Judge of the Consistory Court overruled
the objection, and an appeal against his decision havic g been
entered in this Court,

Sir H. JENNER stated this day that, without the least
hesitation, he would affirm the sentence of the Court below.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-MONDAY.

George Hodson was indicted for assaulting James
Cheveley. The prosecutoi' was an attorney, living in Nor-
folk-street, Strand. The defendant is proprietor of the
Yorkshire Stingo Tavern at Paddington, where, on certain
evenings in the week, musical entertainments are given in
what is called the Apollo Saloon. On the evening of the
10th of March the complainant, accompanied by two
gentlemen and two ladies, visited the Saloon. The party
took their seats in the select portion of the room, in one
of the " stalls," where it appears smoking is not allowed,
although cigars are tolerated in other parts of the room.
The gentlemen began smoking cigars,' when the waiter
came up and told them it was not allowed. They treated
his remonstrance with contempt, and he went and told
his master (the defendant), who came up and knocked
the cigar out of the mouth of one of the party. Angry
words ensued, and at last defendant went away. Some
time after a general row took place about the claims of a
singer who had been dismissed. Sonic shouted for a song
from him, and others bawled out " No, no." The com-
plainant took part in the row, upon which the defendant
came up and said, " This is the second time you have been
'making a disturbance, and now you shall go out.' He
then seizod hint by the collar and dragged him out of the
room ; and, according to the evidence of the complainant
and his witnesses, he struck him repeatedly when out in
the street. Verdict—Not Guilty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

H..4TTON-GARDEN.

Information having been received that a most notorious
and desperate gang of coiners were in the habit of manu-
facturing and disposing of counterfeit coin at a house situate
No. 3, St. Andrew's-lane, Westminster, yesterday morning
Duke and Hall, officers of this establishment, accompanied
Sergeant Ashton, of the G division, and Reynolds, a
constable of Clerkenwell, proceeded thither, well armed,
for the purpose of capturing all parties whom they might
find in the house. On their arrival they forced open
the door, and rushed up stairs to the first-floor, where
they overheard some individuals apparently in great
terror, and bustling in the room. They made an attempt
to burst open the door, which was strongly barricaded,
but they found it impossible to do so ; and at length Ser-
geant Ashton burst through a panel, and put his head
through the aperture, and found the door bolted and strap-
ped, and a four-post bedstead placed against it, whilst a
desperate-looking fellow held the bedstead with all his
strength. There were two athletic fellows and a female
in the apartment ; and on a kind of dresser a numerous
quantity of counterfeit crown pieces, shillings, and six-
pences, all newly made, were piled up. Three pipkins
were on a large fire containing liquid metal, and a great
quantity of Queen's metal, pewter, and moulds of various
sorts were in the room. The officers with threats peremp-
torily demanded admission, but the parties with horrid im-
precations refused to admit them, whilst one of the fellows
took up the counterfeit coin by handsfull and threw them
into the pipkins until the whole were melted, and the woman
trampled on the plaster of Paris moulds and broke them to
pieces, putting the officers at defiance. They, however,
by a desperate effort succeeded in getting inside the room
and securing the whole of the prisoners, whom they hand-
cuffed, after a desperate resistance, and they were de-
tained until a hackney-coach was procured, into which
they were put, under the guard of Ashton and Rey-
nolds, whilst Duke rode on the box with the coachman, and
they were immediately conveyed to the office, followed by a
crowd of persons. The male prisoners are ruffianly-looking
renews, of flash appearance, about •.'.7 or 2N years of age,'-
and the female rather well-looking, about 21. They gave
their names Thomas Birch, Thomas Oliver, and Ellen
rood, and while in the outer office they smiled, and seemed
to chuckle at the manner in which they had melted the
ready-made tin on the appearance of the officers. , They
are well-known characters.

Mr. LAING did not question them, but said he wduld re-
mand the whole of them for a week, and directed ghat in-
formation should be forwarded to the authorities of the
Mint, in order that they might attend the next examination
and support the prosecution.