The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-25 00:00:00

ITAL Y.

The King of SARDINIA is labouring under an
attack of acute rheumatism.

The Rivista Indi pendente of Florence, of the 16th,
contains a letter from Rome of the 15th, stating that
up to that day the situation had not changed;
that the French were four miles off, the Neapoli-
tans twelve, the Spaniards at Fiumicino; and
that an attack from all sides was expected to
take place on the following day. The Concili-
atore of the 17th, however, states that 20,000
French are at Castel di Guido, 15,000 Neapolitans
at Albano; that the latter have not advanced, in
consequence of steps taken by General OUDINOT to
induce them to halt ; and that an attack was to have
taken place on the 15th, but did not, on account of
the arrival on the 14th of M. FERDINAND LESSEFS,
sent by the French Government to offer the city an
ultimatum. The Neapolitans, it is said, have invaded
the provinces on the Adriatic. Advices from Leghorn
state that arms have been voluntarily surrendered
there in great quantities. Many of the inhabitants
had emigrated.

The Piedmontese Gazette announces the nomina-
tion of General LA MARMORA as member of the
Cabinet of Turin.

Letters from Leghorn, received at Genoa on the
19th, state that GUERRAZZI, PETRACCHI, and COM-
BELLI, who were retained prisoners at Florence, had
been transferred to Leghorn, and would be shot like
the rest. Marshal D'ASPRE intends demanding a war
contribution of 500,000 florins.

EXCHEQUER.—(TfiIs DAY.)
The Court, after hearing a few unimportant motions,
proceeded with the Peremptory Paper, but no case of
sufficient importance to justily a report was heard during
the morning.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco before Lord Chief Justice WILDE,
and Justices COLTMAN, MAULE, and CRESS WELL.)
STANSFIELD AND ANOTHER (ASSIGNEES) V. LEMN.
Mr. M. CHAMBERS, Q.C., said, in this action, which was
tried at Guildhall before the Lord Chief Justice, and a
verdict found for the plaintiff. he had to move for a rule
to show cause why there should not be a now trial on the
ground of misdirection, that the verdict was against evi-
dence, and that there was no sufficient evidence to sus-
tain it. The action was brought by the assignees of a
bankrupt named Thomas against Lemn the defendant,
to recover some trade-books. It was an action of trover,
and it appeared that anterior to January, 1848, a Mrs.
Marks and Thomas had carried on business as tailors,
in Princes-street, Hanover-square. Tho partnership
was dissolved about October or November, 1847. It
appeared that Thomas was afterwards in difficulties, and
was desirous of making a composition with his creditors;
he also desired that a new partneship should be estab-
lished, and the defendant, one of his en ditors, who was
a tailor, was introduced to Thomas, and Thomas and
Lemn considered it would be advisable that a
partnership between them should be established, and
a composition offered to the creditors of 10s, in
the pound. On the 11th of March an assignment
was executed for the benefit of the creditors, for the mere
purpose of protecting the property against executions;
and on the 10th ot May another assignment was exe-
cuted to Lemn of the same property; and the question
was whether, at the time ot the second assignment to
Lemn, Lemn had notice of the previous one? His
Lordship told the jury on the trial that the assignment
of all his personal property, as a matter of law, was an
act of bankruptcy, but it would not affect the defendant
unless he had notice of the execution of that deed. His
Lordship also said there was no evidence that the de-
fendant ever saw the deed. He (Mr. Chambers) con-
tended that in itself the making of an assignment of all
his property by a trader for the benefit ot his creditors
was not under the 3d section of 6 Geo. IV., c. 16, an
act of bankruptcy; or at all events it was not a clear act
of bankruptcy.
The argument was proceeding.

SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.)
There was only one cause tried, " Whitmore and an-
other v. Dockereli," for:goods sold. The plaintiffs are
fancy stationers in Finsbury, and defendant is also a
stationer, at Bsiusbury. The defendant denied having
ordered the goods, but the evidence was conclusive, and
a verdict was given for plaintiff.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.)
The Court sat to .day for the hearing of appeals in the
Justices'-room, Guildhall, Westminsttr. There are
upon the list no less than seventeen appeals of parish
against parish, respecting the settlement of paupers.