The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-02 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Before Mr. Baron Parke and a Common Jury.)
THE LINCOLN AND LINDSAY BANK-lIETTLESHIP
V. THORNBURY.
This was an action brought by the Lincoln and Lind-
say Bank, who sued through their registrar, to recover
the amount of a guarantee made to them by the defen-
dants.
Mr. Wills and Mr. Bramwell were for the plaintiffs,
and Mr. Watson and Mr. Kingston for the defendant.
The evidence brought forward in support of the claim
was of the usual character in these actions. The defen-
dant had had become guarantee to the Bank for Mr.
Shuttleworth, junior, of Dogbank, near Lincoln, miller,
for all monies and securities advanced by the Bank for
his separate use. The younger Shuttleworth was at that
time entering into a partnership with his father, who had
long previously had an account with the Bank,
and whose liabilities at the time of the defendant be-
coming security for the son, amounted to about 1,7001.
The firm subsequently failed, and this action was brought
to recover the sum of 5001., the amount of the guarantee.
In cross-examination it was elicited that the money
fur which the defendant had become liable had been
paid dyer directly, or rather it was at once entered to
the joint account of the father and son. The defence'
set up was that a fraud had been committed by the bank
by so doing, and not giving any notice to the defendant.
The defendant was then examined, and stated that
when the younger Shuttleworth applied to him he went
to the Bank, and was told that they held securities quite
sufficient to cover the then outstanding debts of the
elder Shuttleworth, and he most particularly told them
that he was to be the security for the young man alone,
and that the security was not in any way to extend
to the previous liabilities of the father, or in any way to
be attacked to the old account.
Mr. Wills having been asked if he had any evidence
to contradict the defendant.
Mr. Willa said he had not.
Baron Parke—Then you had better consent to a non•
suit.
This was agreed to, and a nonsuit entered,

POST OFFICE APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Frederic fill,
brother to Mr. Rowland Hill, has been appointed As-
sistant-secretary to the General Post-office. He has
hitherto held the post of Assistant secretary to the Post-
master General, which has been abolished. Mr. Boken-
ham has been appointed Superintending President of the
London District Office, in addition to that of Superin-
tending President of the Inland Foreign and Ship Letter
Office, which he has held for some years.
Sir George Grey, has returned to this country
on leave of absence from the Government of New
Zealand, and the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury have issued directions to the authorities of the
Customs for all due respect to be shown in the delivery
of his baggage and effects with regard to his rank in her
Majesty's service.
DEATH OF SIR ROBERT HIRON, BART.—This venerable
baronet died on Monday at Hubton Court, Lincolnshire
in his 88th year. Sir Robert was son of Thos. Hiron,
Esq., by his first wife, daughter of Sir Edward Wilmot,
Bart. ; and married, in 1792, the granddaughter of the
Earl of Gainsborough. The first baronet was Chief Se-
cretary for Ireland in 1777.
DEPARTURE OF THE LUSITANIA.—The South American
and General Steam Navigation Company's screw steam-
ship Lusitania, Captain Brown, sailed from the Mersey
yesterday, for the Brazils, with mails, 40 passengers, 600
tons of fine goods, a full cargo, and a small amount of
specie. She will be followed on the Ist of July by the
new screw steamer Bahiatia Captain D. Green, be-
longing to the same line, which returned after a very
satisfactory trip, in which, under steam alone, she
averaged 10i knots per hour. She left yesterday for a
cruise of four or five days in the Channel, in order to
test her sailing and steaming qualities. The Braziliera,
Capt. Cox, from the Brazils, belonging to the same corn•
pany, may be expected in about ten days.
REVENUE DEPARTMENTS ESTIMATE.—The charges of
collection of the revenue are now to be voted by Parlia-
ment instead of being deducted from the fund in its pro-
gross to the Exchequer, and an estimate has, therefore,
been laid on the table of the House of Commons. For
the Customs the vote is to be 1,320,1051., namely, salaries
and expenses, 840,7851., and for the Coast-guard,
479,320/. For the Inland Revenue Department, includ-
ing stamps and taxes as well as Excise, the vote is
1,207,3631., namely, salaries and expenses, 1,154,564/.,
and for revenue police, &c., in Ireland, 52,7691. The
salaries and expenses of the Post-office amount to
1,525,3351. The amount for the three departments,
therefore, is 4,052,803/. Among the Post-office items is
a criarge of 298,1501. to be paid to railway companies
for the conveyance of mails during the year ; the amount
last year was 250,7571., but some arrears have to be paid
this year. There are in England and Wales 2,346 letter-
carriers, with wages amounting to 44,4301. ; 3,007 rural
post letter-carriers, with wages amounting to 94,4921. ;
and 130 letter-carriers at sub-post-offices, with waged
amounting to 2,800/.

THE COMMON LODGING-HOUSES ACT.—Yesterday the
second report of Captain Hay, the police commissioner,
on the Common Lodging-Houses Act, presented to the
House of Commons, was issued. There are now regis-
tered 1,441 common lodging-houses, accommodating
about 30,000 persons, and there are 3,276 others under
the observation of the police, requiring more or less done
in the way of improvement, which are estimated to ae•
commodate about 50,000 more. Very beneficial results
have taken place from the operation of the act, esPe"
cially in preventing disease. During the last year only
ten cases of fever occurred in the registered houses, five
of which were removed to the hospital by the police.