The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-10 00:00:00

THE LAW AS IT IS.

In the Insolvent Debtors Court on Tuesday a person
named Roscow applied to be discharged. He bad brought
an action for false imprisonment, but his attorney could not
carry on the cause unless he had some money. He could
not pay, and the other party non pressed the action and
took him to prison. He had complained of false imprison.
went; and was now in custody " according to law." He
was discharged.
In the Sheriffs' Court on Tuesday, an action was brought
to recover damages for dilapidations under peculiar cir-
cumstances. It appeared by the evidence that the de-
fendant, a Mr. Hart, held a lease of a house in Shad-
well of the trustees of the Strathmore estate. The
lease was granted in the year 1817, for the term of thirty
years, and contained a proviso to " rebuild sufficiently
the party walls," and the usual covenant to repair. The
house, however, was an old wooden one, built in the Eliza-
bethan style, and, in the course of last year, fell to the
ground. The plaintiffs now insisted that the defendant was
bound to build a new house ; and as, by the new Building
Act, it was prohibited to build wooden houses, it must ne-
cessarily be built of brick, and the cost of which was esti-
mated at 4501. Mr. James, for the defendant, contended
that the tenant was only obliged to build in the same
manner,, and in as good condition, being allowed the
natural decay, as when be had it; and as the building
could not be so built, the plaintiffs must bear the difference
in the loss. An adjoining house, of a similar description
to the one in question, was valued at 2501. The Jury
found for the plaintiffs—Damages 2001.
In the Insolvent Debtors' Court on Tuesday a journey-
man bricklayer, named Spracklan, made his appearance.
He said he had become a candidate for an assistant clerk-
ship in the Westminster Court of Sewers. He had been
disappointed in the object of his ambition, and ascribed
his appearance in this Court to the circumstance. He had
to canvass personally 500 " Commissioners ;" he had to
dress well, and was obliged to neglect his business. He
said he shut up a shop he kept, as there was a " rule of
Court" that no person in business should be a candidate.
The result of his ambition was that he had got himself into
prison. He was ordered to be discharged.
In a case decided on Tuesday in the Sheriff's Court, it
was ruled by the Under-Sheriff that the mere production
of a medical diploma was insufficient to entitle a surgeon
apothecary to recover his bill from a customer without the
presence of an individual from Apothecaries' Hall to testify
to the authenticity of the diploma. The Under. Sheriff
stated that in the higher Courts of Law the Judges differed
on that point, some of those learned personages dcc'ating
that the production of a diploma was amply sufficient, while
others maintained that an authorised person from the Hall
was indispensably requisite.

THE LATE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH.—Is
is reported that the late Bishop has left the Palace at
Peterborough in such a state of dilapidation that there is
not a room to live in ; it is also currently reported that
it
will take three thousand pounds to put it in a habitable
condition, and that Mrs. Marsh, the Bishop's widow and
executrix, will be proceeded aptinst for the reaoYery er that
sum of money.—Lincoln Mercury.