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London, England, 1849-11-28 00:00:00

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WARWICK RACES.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
The Leamington Steeplechase is postponed in eonse-
qt.t.tice of the slippery state of the ground.

PRUSSIA.
Intelligence has been received from Berlin to the
25th. The Berlin journals of that date make no
mention of the alleged abdication of the King.
The vote of the Upper Chamber on the section
of the consititution by which that body is to be
in future organized had not been decisive. An
amendment was adopted, making this organi-
zation the subject of a special law to be here-
after published, the present law of elections to con-
tinue in the meantime in force. The discussion
of the question as to the admission of the Royal
Princes to seats in the body was also adjourned : the
principle of the admission of sixty members on the
Royal nomination, whose seats were to be hereditary,
was negatived.
The first prosecution for publishing the resolution
of the late National Assembly, denying the legal
right of the Brandenburg Ministry to raise or extend
taxes, passed in November of last year, had resulted
in a verdict of acquittal.
It was reported the King had expressed a wish that
the President of Police should not continue the late
extreme measures that have been taken against the
presidents of district and public meetings.
The Commissioners of the Interim Central Power
were expected to arrive in Frankfort on the 26:h.
They would receive their mandat from the Archduke
John, who would immediately quit the city.
Some Berlin jurymen had been struck off the list
for publicly declaring a determination to find M.
Waldeck guilty if they sat in the case.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
A special general meeting of the proprietors of
stock and shares in this company took place to-day at
the Nine Elms Station, Vauxhall, for the purpose of
enabling the proprietors to determine upon the pro-
priety of making application to Parliament in the en-
suing session for an extension of the time for carrying
out the powers of the London-bridge Extension Act
of 1846.
Mr. Chaplin, M.P., took the chair shortly after
one o'clock.
The CHAIRMAN having stated the',
meeting,
A resolution was moved to the effect tha
the directors should be empowered to give
the usual notice of their intention to apply
to Parliament next session fur an extension
of the time for carrying cut the London-bridge
Extension Act.
Mr. KAY, of Manchester moved, and Mr. WALKER
of thesame place, seconded the following resolution :
" That it is at present inexpedient to apply to Par-
liament for an extension of the powers of the Lotdon-
bridge Extension Act, 1846, it being the opinion of this
meeting that the capital accounts of the company should be
closed without further delk ; the liabilities of the com-
pany ascertained and stated by the directors in their
next halt-yearly report; and that the future energies of
the directors should be entirely devoted to developing
the traffic resources of the company on its different lines
and branches, and to introducing and enforcing the most
rigid economy in every department of the company's
works and affairs." •
After a long and stormy discussion the amendment
was carried by a large majority amid the most en-
thusiastic cheering.
The result of carrying the amendraent is, that the
proprietors determine not to extend the line from
the Waterloo-road to London-bridge.

object of the

(-IJEEN'S BENCH.—('PHIS DAY.
(Sittings at Nisi I'rius.)
ALLEN C. CHAPPELL.
Th's was an action brought by a young man named
Ciharlrs Alien, who was formerly in the service of the
defendant, the well-known music seller, of No.
50, Bond-slreet, to recover compensation in da-
mages for the injury he alleged he had sus-
tained by having been incarcerated on a charge
of felony by the defeLdan,. The plaintiff and some
other young men were employed in the shop as porters.
After the shop had been closed, about 8 o'clock, on the
24th of March lsst year, Mr. Chappell, who manages
the business. in Bond-street for his mother,
fetish that a desk had been wrenched open,
and that a ,sum of money, about 201., had been
Stolen.' The plaintiff-and a young man named Morgan,
who'llad lift shortly before the closing of the shop, were
given into custody at a neighbouring public-house called
the Lion and Goat. They were kept in custody
all night, were taken before the magistrate at
Marlborough •street the, next morning, and dis-
charged, after a remand, both being admitted to bail.
It was elicited that Morgan had improperly sent a lad
who was employed at the public-house, named Paddy,
to deliver some parcels which had been entrusted to him.
The lad had taken Allen's great coat in his absence, as
the night was cold, which led the delenda'3 to believe
that it contained the property stolen, and that it had
been sent away to avoid suspicion. On the other hand,
marks of viobbee were on the outside of the street door.
The defendant pleaded that he had good and reasonable
Lroun 's for giving the plaintiff into custody.
Mr. Sei giant Shea was for the plaintiff.
Mr CROWDER, who appeared for the derendant, con-
tended that the defendant entertained an honest suspi-
eion that the plaintiff and the other young man were
guilty of the offence, and he had done nu more than act
upon it. He appealed to the jury, whether any trades-
man would not have acted in the same way. The de-
fendant had not pursued the plaintiff maliciously, and if
thf y did not believe him fully justified in what he had
done, which he held he had, sutely the smallest amount
of damages would cover any injury which the defendant
might Lave sustained.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN summed up, aid said they
must deal with the case by the ordinary rules that were
applicable to such cases. He did, however, think they
would be justified in finding a verdict fur the defendant
on the ph a of justification which he had recorded.
The jury having retired for thre hours and a half,
returned with a ve. diet for the plaintiff—Damages 101.
WIGAN V. PAULTON.
This was an actioa in the name of " John Doe," to
recover the possession of a house situated in Homer-
sham-street, Chelsea, of which the plaintiff is the pro-
prietor, as well us sev, ral others in the same street.
Mr. WATSON said—Some time ago the defendant
applied to Mr. Hutchinson, the plaintiff's agents to
become the tenant of one of the houses
at a rent of 25/. a-year. The defendant
described himself as an artst of some celebrity
and magnitude, since he stated that he was engaged
upon a picture for the Society of Arts, which would
cover five miles of canvas and take three years to paint
—(Laughter)—and that he wished to reside in the
retirement of Chelsea in order thst he might the
better effect his purpose of painting the picture
in question. lie referred as to his respectability to a
person who resided in the vicinity of the Surrey Canal,
who gave the de.endant the highest character, and who,
on account of his apparent respectability was believed.
It was proposed that he should become a tenant from mid-
summer last year, but having got the keys from the agent,
he took possession in the dead of the night on the fish of
June. When the plaintiff called in order to get his
agreement signed he found that the house had been
turned into a brothel, and that it was fre-
qu?nted by prostitutes from Cremorne Gardens.
The defendant not only declined to sign the
agreement, but moreover abused him grossly and
vilely in which course he was aided by the ladies of
easy virtue then in the house at the time. The property
belonging to the plaintiff in the same street was injured,
and he was most anxious to get the house again into his
possession, more especially as the inmates amused them-
selves by blowing horns and by even less harmless
amusements.
Mr. Hutchinson, the 'agent, proved giving the ode-
fendant the key of the house, and of the house being
turned into a brothel.
Upon this the counsel for the defendant submitted
that this was a regular tenancy, and that the defendant
bad not obtained surreptitious possession.
Under the direction of Mr. Justice WHITEMAN, who
supported this view, the jury found a verdict for the de-
fendant, expressing at the same time their regret that
they were compelled to do so.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Be ore Lord Chief-Justice WILDE and a Common Jury.

COLLYER V. MAYNE---SEDUCTION.

Mr. Sergeant avees (a ith whom was Mr. Willes) said
this was an action which would require the very serious
attention of the jury. The plaintiff, Mr. Wm. Collyer,
is the postmaster in the village of Tottenham; he is
also a grocer there in a humble way of business, and a
newsvender besides. The defendant, Mayne, has lately
come to reside at Tottenham, and is a baker
there. The plaintiff has resided there for several years
and has a family of children, and among others a
daughter whose name is Frances Ebaa. The jury
;night easily suppose a shopkeeper living in that village
with a family to support, and laving rent and taxes to
pay, would be glad of the assistance of his children in
the management of his basin( ss; and very efficient,
•heerful, and affectionate assistance he had receivtd
from hi. daughter. Beth on the part of the pls-ietiff
a':d the defendant. he ,(Sergeant Byloi.) regretted to be
obliged to tell the jury that the daughter had
not a; taint the age of 16 when the injury which was
then comp;aintd o; was ihtliett-d on her. Ile believed
she was not very much ahoy.? 15 years of age. She was
rt,rnetimes in the habit of errantly foe her rather,
and on one occasion, soon after the defendant had. taken
the house which nu took r r Tottenham, she was sent by
her father (the plaintiff) to the defindatit's with
a jar of pickles which the defendant had purchased. . It
was on that occasion that ti.e deft:n(lw.; first, saw the girl.
Shortly after that she was sent again by her father on a
similar errand to the defendant's house. The defendant
was in his shop, next to whiCh was a sitting-room cn the
ground floor. That room was scarcely finished, and the
shutters of a window in it towards the street were
closed, and when the child (for fie, S,rgeant Bytes, must
call her a child) came into the shop, the defen-
dant asked her if she would like to look at his new