The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-05 00:00:00

SHERIFFS' COU.RT.--October 4.

TRANSMISSION OF NEWSPAPERS BY POST.---IMPORTANT TO
NEWSPAPERS.-CLIFFORD V. WALTON.
This was an action to recover the sum of 1/. 19s. for
newspapers supplied.
The plaintiff is a well-known news-agent in the City,
and the defendant is a gentleman of great repute in the
country.
The question raised was, whether an order given to a
country bookseller could be construed into an order to
the London agent. It appeared that the plaintiff had
for many years been in the habit of sending newspapers
directed to the defendant. Several bills, extending over
& period of seven years, had been paid by defendant,
who now disputed the claim, on the ground that he had
given the order to another party. A discussion also
arose as to the point of delivery, the papers having
been sent through the Post-office in the usual way.
His Honour said the continuous payments proved a
liability—the irregularity, so much complained of, was
a matter to be settled -elsewhere. He did not receive
newspapers with the regularity he wished, but he thought
that everybody wished to get the first information, and
he felt glad when he got it at all.
Verdict for plaintiff.

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—ShortIy after
ten o'clock yesterday forenoon, a female, whose name is
Barrett, and who resides at No. 6, Bond-place, Com-
mercial-road, Lambeth, returned to her home, after
being absent a few minutes, and on entering her apart-
ment she was horror-stricken at finding it full of "
srfaund
and in one corner of the room near the door, was°
her two children huddled together, one a fine bog
three or four years of age, completely enveloped.e 0!"'"""
The
and the other with the fire mounting over It:
poor woman in her fright seized hold of the ; ran down
stairs with him in her arms, and threw him into a water-
butt in the garden. Mr. Smith, the
undertaker of the
throw the child into
Waterloo-road, on seeing the female
ed that she wa
the butt of water, at first imyei
therefore rushed forward
act of murdering the child.
for the purpose of apprehending
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the spot he found the mother
pullingburned hetrhO. the
childover po
butt. It was most frightfully.
its body and head—the
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severely burned Over 'the h
present double its aahands.
sufferer down, was also
The other child was rescued by a man named Cook, but
that child was also severely scorched about the face. The
fire in the room was soon extinguished by the aid of a
few buckets of water
and buck
ets of
quickly on
the fire was extinguished before their arrival.
un-
fortunate sufferer was conveyedthe spot, but
The fortunately
to the hospital, the
mother following and screaming most frantically through
the streets. Such was the • serious nature of the injuries
the child had received, that it is understood life was ex-
tinct by the time it reached the hospital. How the fire
was caused is a mystery.
SHOOTING A
,PHEASANT OUT OF SEASON.—Mr.
Polley, of
Levett s Farm, Sandon, appeared to answer
an information laid against him, for having shot a
pheasant on the 17th September, such.day not being
within the limits prescribed by the act for pheasant
shooting. He was fined 10s. and costs.—Essex Herald.
li ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—At the usual quar-
terly meeting of the, comitia majora, held on Friday,
September 30th, the following gentlemen, having under-
gone the necessary examinations for diploma, were ad-
mitted members of the college :—Dr. Callaway, Lon-
i don ; Dr. Coote, Oxford ; Dr. Ballard, London.