The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-25 00:00:00

1846. 1847

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41s Od 50s Od 44s 60 to 38s 60
to Cs Ocl to 50s 60 405 00 to 38s Od
248: 843 1,028 ! 1,132
1,572 . 2,135 4,979 3,470
1,066 I 1,382 084 1,146
1,019 3,432 5,545 1,301

42s Od 53s Od 145 s Cd 39s 6d

PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)
The Judicial Committee th Privy Cottrell sat to-
day to hear appeals. The Lords present were Lord
Brougham, the piaster o- th. Rolls, the Judge of the
Ada,tra!ty Court, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Corn e.-all. No case of any interest came Wore their
Lordships.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Uetbre the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England sat at
eleven o'clock to day in his Court, Liecoln's Inn, and
heard causes and petitions; none of which possessed any
points of interest except to the parties concerned.
(Berme the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
His Honour sat to-day in his Court, Lincoln's Inn, and
heard bankrupt petitions.
(Before Vice-Chancellor NVicrtax,)
His Hoieoun, a!ter disposing of the case of the " Earl
of Coventry v. the Earl of Lauderdale," which stood on
the paper for judgment, proceeded to hear the further
argements in the part-heard case of
7BE EAST LANCASHIUE RAILWAY COMPANY V. HAT-
TERSBY AND OTHERS.
The case came before the Court upon a motion for an
injunction to restrain the defendant from retaining pos-
session of, or entering upon, or interfering with, the
main line of railway from Hapton to Comae, and the
branch line of railway fron the main line to the in-
,ended junction with the Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way at Todrnorden, and the works connected with the
main and branch lines, or any part of the railway or
work or works, and from proceeding in any manner
to construct, complete, or repair the works by the
contract of the 22d of December, 1846, agreed to
be completed or repaired, or any of such works, and
from removing the materials of any description on or
about the said lines and works, and from in any way
interfering with, or disturbing the posses,ion, use, or
enjoyment by the said company of the said lines of rail-
way and works, or any part thereof, and from in any
manner obstructing or preventing the company from
constructing, completieg, or repairing the works, and
from interfering with or preventing the company in the
ese or employment of the materials in constructing,
completing, or repairing the works. The company and
be defendant had entered into a contract in September,
1843, whereby flee defendant undertook to do the works
en the portion of the line, and complete the same by the
ist of January, 1818, provided that possession of the
la,nd on which the viaduct was to be formed should be
given on the Ist of January, 1847, or at all events, that
the line should be opened within a year from the time o!
cbtaining possession of the land. The company con-
twit d that possession had been given in April, 1847,
and that the line ought to have been opened by April,
:848. Various interruptions and delays occurred in the
operations, and a long correspondence took place, the
cefendant contending that the company had granted an
extension of the time, and the delays had been caused
wholly by their acts. Portions of the line had been
veiled in September, 1848, and in February last; but the
eompaey alleged that the Government engineer had certi-
fed its present incompleteness, and its dangerous state, es-
tecially as regarded the ballasting and some of the sleepers.
'the company also produced a letter from the secretary
tf the Railway Commissioners to ills same Effect. The
cefendant insisted upon his right to complete the con-
tact, and contended that the company were not entitled
lo remove him until he had fully completed it, alleging
that he would have done so liy the time stipulated but for
certain act: of the company. It was stated that, in con-
sequence of the company having at tempted to introduce
workmen on the line, a conflict had taken place with
those of the defendant, and all parties had gone before
the magistrate, who had rent some of the workmen to
prison, and had bound over the engineer of the company
and others to keep the peace, but allowed the defendant
and his workmen to proceed.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, who was partly heard on
Saturday, in support of the motion for the injunction,
Vsurned his address to•duy, contending that the injunc-
ton was necessary fur the protection of the company
and the public against injury which could nut be corn-
pinsated in damages, and cited and relied upon the cases
of the North Union Railway, and the Bolton and Pres-
tot hiailway Company.
Mr. BIRD followed on the same side.
Mr. Wood, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Toiler were Counsel
far the defendants.
The case appears likely to occupy a day or two in
argument.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
This is a e first day of the sittings at nisi prius after
term for the city of London, and Mr. Justice Williams
and a common jury have been occupied during the
adorning at Guildhall in trying the cause Coe v. Howard,
which is an action on an attorney's bill of coats, involv-
ing no feature of public interest.

MA RLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
James Harding, a member of the swell mob, was
brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having stolen
from the person of Mr. Thomas Ashton, a gentleman,
!esiding at No. 7, Berners-street, a pocket-book, contain-
ing a 201. Bank of England note, and cheques to the
amount of 65/.
The prosecutor stated that on Saturday afternoon,
about four o'clock, he was standing at the corner of
York-street, waiting to cross over Jermyn-street. Just
us he was on the point of crossing two cabs drove
past, and at that instant he felt some person give
a tug at his coat pockt, t. Oa turning round
he saw the prisoner running from him Wit-
ness pursued him, calling out " Stop thief," and the
prisoner, finding that he was detected, bolted into a
public house by one door, and, just as he was making
his ,exit by another, witness collared him. The prisoner,
seeing it was all up, pulled.a pocket book from his coat
pocket, and, handing it to tness, said, " Oh, here is your
book—l intended to give it to you. Witness, however,
doubted the honesty of the prisoner's intention, and,
with the assitance of another gentleman, conveyed him
to the station. Witness added that the pocket-book
produced was the same that he bad in his pocket on
Saturday afternoon, and contained
.a 201. note, and
cheques to the amount of 651.
The prisoner, who did not make any defence, was fully
eomenittecl.