The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-13 00:00:00

The counsel for the respondent, in addressing the Court

said one circumstance was of great importance to the pre-
sent case, via,, he had never made any mark on the peti-
tioner during his alleged ill-usage.
The Judge Ordinary said he thought that was assuming
too much. A person might be struck violently on the head
without the effects of the blow being visible. There was no
rule of court that a man might beat his wife on the head.
provided he did not raise a bump. '., '
The learned counsel then went on to contend that the
three nights' cohabitation after the last act of ill usage con-
doned the charges brought against his client.

The Judge Ordinary said he was quite satisfied that a
case of very gross cruelty had been proved against the re-
spondent. He did nut think there was the slightest act of
condonation on the part of the petitioner. He was also of
opinion that the charge of adultery had also been made out.
The issuing of the decree was suspended fur a fortnight
to settle some questions relative to property.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
LIABILITIES OF DIRECTORS FOR PUBLIC COMPANIES.-
IMPORTANT DECISION.-MAORINTOSH V. REES (FAMILY
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.)
This was an action to recover for 3,000 policies, plaintiff
being a printer. _

Plaintiff's clerk put in an order, headed
"Family Life
Assurance Society," and signed by the chairman and do-
fendant, who was then one of the committee. I
Mr. Buchanan urged for defendant that his client could
not be held liable, but that plaintiff must sue the secretary
or registered officer of the company.
His Honour remarked that defendant had signed the
order as a director of the Family Life Assurance Company,
but defendant handed up a book of rules, from which it
appeared that the society was entitled "'The Family Sick
Fund Friendly Society," and in a second book there was a
third name. It appears to me that Mr. Mackintosh gave
credit to the directors of the Family Life Assurance Society.
Mr. Buchanan—Perhaps plaintiff will tell us how the
policies were headed ?

Plaintiff's clerk-:The Family Sick Fund Friendly
Society.

Defendant—lt is not a corporation, nor is it a joint-
stock affair. I have ceased to be a director, and if plaintiff
sues the registered officer he will be paid, as there is plenty
of money. Mr. Tidd Pratt says lam not liable.
His Honour—The plaintiff sues you as the director of
the Family Life Assurance Company, and in that form I
am of opinion that he is entitled to recover; but the defen-
dant has his remedy against the society.
Verdict for the plaintiff, and costs.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO ONE OF THE BAILIFFS.
A very serious accident occurred last evening to Mr.
Overall, one of the bailiffs of this court, who, while pursu
ing his avocations, slipped from the pavement, and being
unable to rise, was taken to St. 'Bartholomews Hospital,
where be now lies. Mr. Kerr proceeded there this morning
to swear the sufferer as to the service of certain processes,
and, upon inquiry, it was found that one of the small leg
bones was broken.

SHIPPING---THIS DAY.

LONDON, Nov. 13.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; light breeze, with dense fog.
CLYDE, Nov. 12.—Arrived—Britannia, from Montreal
and Quebec.

- - -
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Wind N.—Arrived—Swiftsure,
from London for Melbourne.

NEWPORT, Nov. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ganges,
from 13ristol, for Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Labelia,
for Sydney.

(EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, Nov. 12—Axe, from Stettin.
Arrived, Nov. 13—Pero and Sultan, from Cronstadt ;
Pilot, from Hudickswald ; Blida, from Sonnesund ; Nep.
tunas, from Krageroe.
Sailed—Citizen, steamer, for Bordeaux.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed—Nov. 10—L'Esperance, from Gefle, for Alex.
andria.
F Prussian brig, from Stettin, for Brie.
tol,•aJssoeha—nteha
hurley, from London, for Rio Janeiro.
Anchored—James Duncan, from Leith, for Jamaica.

THE Mau COURT AT CALCUTTA.—For the first
time a native lawyer has been appointed a Judge of the
High Court of Calcutta. The gentleman upon whom this
high distinction has been conferred is Baboo Sumbhoo
a lawyer of the highest reputation at the
NCalcutta Pundit,
Ba r

Tspeak in eulogistic terms
of
a young
man,
njuraomedn journals
xlebatolii, a
porkbutcher at Sim-
pheropol, who has shown a great natural aptitude for
e Russian
mechanics, and especially for clockmaking, which he has
acquired alone. He has just repaired gratis the great clock
of the cathedral of Simpheropol out of repair during the
last ten years, and for which the regular clockmakers had
demanded a considerable sum,