The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-17 00:00:00

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS I)AY.)

VIGORS U. WARNFORD AND HARRI3ON.
Mr. K. BRUCE applied at the sitting of the Court
ex parte, for a special injunction to restrain the defen-
dant Harrison from taking out execution ior
under a judg..
ment he had obtained at law. The plaintiff is the manag-
ing Director of the West Cork Mining Company,
of which Company the defendant, Warnford, had been
a director, and the defendant Harrison had been in
the employment of the Company in Ireland, and he
had, by an action at law which he brought against the
defendant Warnford, established his title to some re-
muneration. Before these proceedings had commenced,
Warnford disqualified from being a director, and it
was therefore contended that the proceedings brought
against him could not affect the Company. Notwith-
standing this, however, the defendant Harrison had
threatened to take out an execution against the effects
of the Company, to restrain him from doing which was
the object of the present application.
His HONOUR granted the injunction as asked.

EQUITY EXCHEQUER.
(THIS DAY.)

(Sittings at Sergeants' Inn, before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
KNIGHT V. THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD AND OTHERS.
Mr. Boutler and Mr. Sitnkinson appeared for the
plaintiff ; the Solicitor-General (Wilde) and Mr. Gir-

dlestone for the Morning of Waterford ; Mr. g'v;abston
and Mr. Purvis for the other defendants.

Mr. BOUTLER pease was the
Rev. Thomas Knight ; and the defendants vtre the
Marquis of Waterford and his tenants, and George
Aden Askew and his tenants. The bill was filed by
the plaintiff, who is the rector of the parish of Ford, in
the county of Northumberland, for an account of the
tithes of the lands in the occupation of the several de-
fendants within that parish. The Marquis of Water-
ford had answered separately by his guardian (being an
infant at the time the suit was instituted), and ° his
tenants had put in another answer. Mr. Askew and his
tenants had put in a third answer, but the defence set up
by all the answers was substantially the same. The
defendants stated that the parish of Ford is a rectory,
and comprises within its bounds or precincts
the manor of Ford, which contains upwards of
8,000 acres of land, producing an annual rental
of 10,0001. ; and it was then alleged that from
time immemorial there had always been payable
by the lord or the owner of the manor of Ford for
the time being, in half-yearly payments at Lady-day
and Michaelmas, to the parson of the parish the yearly
sum of 401. for the maintenance of divine service for and
in lieu and contentation of all manner of tithes within
the said manor ; and that the lord or owner of the
manor, in respect of the said sum of 401., had always
received one tenth of all manner of titheable things
arising within the manor. The answer also stated that
Mr. Askew in 1768 purchased of Sir J. H. Delaval
(the then lord of the manor) certain lands within the
manor, together with the tithes. The rector claimed,
by his right as rector, and it was admitted that he was
rector. The plaintiff admitted having occupied lands
within the parish, and having had titheable matters, and
it now rested with the Counsel for the defendants to
establish the defence set up by them.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the question in this
case really was who was the rector of the manor of
Ford. The parish of Ford comprised two manors—
those of Ford and Etal. The right claimed by the
Marquis of Waterford was limited to the manor
of Ford. The case on the part of the defend-
ants would generally be, that for a very long
period of time, and as far as any evidence
could be given, there had been a constant payment of
401. by the lord of the manor to the rector, and a con-
stant reception of the tithes by the lord of the manor.
His Lordship would recollect that this spot was on
'the borders, where a continuous warfare had been car-
ried on for many years, and it was well known that the
Castle of Ford had been twice or thrice sacked, and
papers and documents destroyed. The evidence that
would be submitted in answer to the common-law right
of the plaintiff would consist of a variety of title-deeds,
in which the tithes had been conveyed ; it would also
be found that the tithes had been the subject of mort-
gage and lease, independently of the land. The manor
of Ford consisted of several townships, amongst which
he had to refer to Keymerston, Hetherslaw, and Cat-
fordlaw.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON—It is part of Flodden Field.

Tac SOLICITOR-GENERAL—It was a part of the
manor, and his Lordship would recollect that there
was a great deal of prose and poetry connected with the
district.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON recollected it perfectly well,
having often turned aside there when he went that
Circuit.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the Court rolls
for the last two hundred years would be produced,
shoeing the holding of Courts, and that the tenants
of the places he had mentioned did suit and service
there. This would be followed by evidence of receipts,
and discharges, from the year 1690, for the payment
of the stipend to the parson, and the perception
of tithes by the lord. There would also be evidence
from 1703 of the payment of the land-tax and other
dues, properly attaching to the owner of the tithes ;
and it would appear that anciently the lord of the manor
repaired the chancel. He would then offer a decree
made in a cause of " Jenkins v. Blake and Dawson" by
this Court, in 1686, and various other documents which
would folly bear out the case on the part of his client.
The Learned Gentleman was lett addressing the
Court. The hearing of the case is expected to occupy
several days.

SHERIFF'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

JENNINGS V. THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY.

This was an action brought to recover compensation
for damage and deterioration of property. The plaintiff
was the proprietor of a public-house, known by the
sign of " The Mariners Ashore," in White Horse-
street, Whitechapel, to which there was a skittle-ground
attached ; on a portion of which ground the above
Company had infringed, in the construction of their
railway, by which, the plaintiff alleged in his action, that
he had suffered damage to the amount of 185/.
A great many witnesses were examined on the part of
the plaintiff, who proved that the alterations caused by
the buildings of the railway had quite unfitted the
skittle-grounds for their intended purpose ; likewise that
half the liquor, at least, that was sold in the house was
served there, for which a higher price was charged than
in other rooms ; and a clerk of Messrs. Richmond,
Strong, end Co, -brewers, proved that the quantity of
porter drawn since the alterations complained of had
decreased one-half.

The Jury, after a short deliberation, awarded 401.
damages.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Richard P;ince, a respectably dressed man, who had
been convicted of stealing monies, value seven shillings,
the property of John Aldhouse, his master, but who
had been recommended to mercy by the Jury, on ac-
count of his former good character, was, after a severe
admonition from the Recorder, sentenced to nine months'
imprisonment and hard labour.
Henry Stanridgc, aged 16, was indicted for stealing
one pair of stays, value four shillings, the property of
Henry Edward Cox.
The prosecutor keeps a stay shop in St. Martin's-
court, and saw the prisoner take a pair of stays from his
door on the 6th of November.
The Jury found him guilty.
On inquiry it was found that the prisoner had been
previously convicted, and he was sentenced to seven
years' transportation, with an intimation that be would
be sent on board the prison-ship, and if his conduct there
was correct he would be released at the end of a
twelvemonth.

Robert Bre4ford was charged with stealing a shawl
the property of Edward Ellis Everett and others.
lispector Jenkins of the H division saw the prisoner
take the property in question ; he apprehended him
and found the shawl on his person. He was found
Guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with
hard labour.

SHoP-LIFTING.—Mary Stratford and Margaret
Cronin were charged with stealing 21 yards of calico
the property .of William James Stevenson.
The prosecutor is a draper residing in the Ratcliff
Highway ; the prisoners went into his shop under pre-
tence of making purchases, and took the calico in ques-
tion.

The Jury found the prisoners Guilty.
William Downing, a respectable looking man, was
charged with embezzling various sums of money, the
property of his master, Mr. Wynford.
Mr. C. PHILLIrs, for the prosecution, said that it
was not his intention to offer any evidence against the
prisoner, as the matters in dispute between the parties
were strictly matters of account, and the prisoner would
leave the bar without any imputation on his character ;
at the same time be thought it due to the prosecutor to
state that he was a gentleman of the highest respect.
ability. _ .

Mr. CLARKSON, for the prisoner, thought it due to
him to state that he was a man of the highest respect-
ability. _ _

Th ere were several indictments against the prisoner
on allied which he was found Not Guilty.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.

DEAL, Dac. 16.—Wind, N. N. W.— Arrived the Alex-
ander Robertson, from Monte Video. Sailed, the Gilbert
Henderson, Tweedie, for Hobart Town; Rosalind, Crouch,
Valparaiso; Oscar, Brazil: Duke of Bronte, Harris, Ja-
maica ; David Lyon, Sibley, do ; Ruckers, Deane, Gre-
nada ; Catherine Green, St. Kitts; News, Bermuda ;
M-,ry, Malta; with the rest of the outward bound.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 16. Wind N.
CREEK, DEC. 16.—Arrived, the Batley,
Patras • Orfeur, from
Hunter, Kerry, ditto; Unity, packet, Craigie,
Tarragona.
MARGATE, DEC. 16. Arrived off, the Combatant, Par-
sons, from St. Andrews.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 16.—Wind N.—Arrived the British
Merchant, from Bombay ; Julius Caesar, Mitchell, Quebec;
Britannia, ditto ; Woodstock, Simpson, ditto ; Ruby,
Westcott, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Elizabeth, Sin-
clair, ditto ; Herald, Allcock, Alexandria ; Linnet,
Di.tcham, Cephalonia ; and Cintra, Renfrec, Denia.
Off port the Palmyra, from Demerara; Mediterranean,
Africa ; John Begg, ditto ; Adelaide, Terceira ; Al-
gonquin, Philadelphia; Ganges, Quebec; America, ditto;
and Adventure, Carthagena.
CORK, DEC. 14.—Arrived the J3nas, Wood, from St.
John's, New Brunswick.
HARWICH, Dec. 16.—Arrived the Mary, Richebucto.
TORBAY, Dee. 15.—Sailed the Hildegonda 'lda, Hen-
drick, for Surinam ; and Jacoba Maria, New York.
GUERNSEY, DEC. 13.—Arrived the Louisa, Lanfesty,
from Rio Janeiro ; and Clara, Tarragona.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind S. S.E. to N.E., fresh
breezes and squally.—Arrived the Iberia, steamer, Cooper,
from Gibraltar—left 7th inst., Cadiz Bth, Lisbon 10th,
and Vigo 12tb.
SWANAGE, DEC. 16.—Off port the Eleanore, Wallace,
'from Calcutta.

DOVER, DEC. 16.—The Alert, Salmon, from London,
arrived here yesterday evening, took the ground in the
basin, and before she could be lighted filled with water.
GUERNSEY, DEC. 14.—The Maid of Alicant, Le Snore,
put back to-day dismastcd, having encountered a heavy
gale sth inst. in long. 18.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 15.—The Liverpool steamer, with last
week's Peninsular mails, left Vigo for this port Bth inst.

EVENING EDITION

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY )

MINGERFORD MARKET.
There were fair supplies at market, and an impronzent in
the busine'n done. Turbot, 6s. to 20s. ; Cod, 30151155. ;
Soles, 10d. to as. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, 10d; to 4s. Beer,
7d. to ; Mutton, lid. to Bfd. ; Veal Bd. to 9d. ; Pork,
7d. to Bd. per lb. Prices of Vegetables were as last quoted.
CITY FISH MARKET.

The supplies were abundant, and the demand good, and last
prices were sustained, Turbot, ss. to 20s. ; Cod, 3s. to 125.;
Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 6d. ;
Oysters, 12s. to 40s. her bushel ; Whitings, Scl. to 10d. ; and
Haddocks, M. to Is. 6d.
PROVISION MARKET.

A fair business done in most kinds of provisions, and prices
were steady. Irish Bacon, 495. to 555. ; Irish Butter, 90s. to
99g. The nominal price of Bladdered Lard was 625.
HAY MARKETS.

The supplies were moderate, but there was a fait demand ;
prices much as they were. Hay, 50s. to 90s. Clover, 84s.
to_ll3s. ; Straw, 28s. to 38s.
TEA MARKET.

There was more business done in Tea than for some daye
past. Prices L-d. to Id. per lb. higher then they were quoted
last week.

TALLOW MARKET.
This department was quiet, and the price of P. Y. C.
48s. 6d.