The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-02 00:00:00

COMMON ,PLEAS.-MONDAY.

This being the last day of Term, the business of the day
was of rather a hurried character, and of comparatively
little public interest. A new rule of Court was read regu-
lating the future admissions of attorneys, and subjecting
them to an examination before the Prothonotary. The
judgment of the Court in the case of Battersley v. Kirk,
remaining over since last Term, was delivered by the Lord
Chief Justice. This was an action brought to enforce the
payment of certain dues or customs claimed by the Bristol
Docks Company, and sought to be levied by them under
the provisions of a local Act of Parliament, by which they
are empowered to levy certain dues for tonnage, &c.,
" upon all goods and merchandise imported into the docks
from parts beyond the seas." Certain goods were imported
by the defendant from Ireland, and he claimed exemption
from these dues upon the ground that Ireland was not "
in
parts beyond the seas," but an integral portion of the king-
dom, and entitled by the sixth article of the Act of Union
to the same benefits, privileges and advantages in trade
and commerce, that England or any portion of the empire
was. The Dock Company contended that Ireland was "in
parts beyond the seas" for all other purposes except the
particular objects and purposes of particular Acts of Par-
liament. The question, therefore, it will be observed, was
one of construction.

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, after a lengthened examina-
tion of the authority, proceeded to observe that the Court
were of opinion that goods imported from Ireland into the
Bristol docks were goods imported from " parts beyond the
seas" within the meaning of the local Dock Act, and there-
fore subject to the duties imposed by that Act. There
must, therefore, be judgment for the plaintiff.

LEVI V. WALHOUSE.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE showed cause against the rule ob-
tained by Mr. Sergeant Andrews on behalf of the defen-
dant, culling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the war-
rant of attorney and subsequent proceedings should not be
set aside, and the money (1251.) paid by the defendant to
the plaintiff's attorney refunded to him.
Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS supported the rule.
The COURT directed the rule to be made absolute.
JUSTICE V. PIE -
The rule calling on the defendant to show cause why he
should not assign the articles of clerkship of Master Thomas

Harris Justice to Mr. Beaumont was made absolute, the
costs of the application to be paid by his uncle, Sir Henry
Richardson.

The Middlesex Sittings at Nisi Prius will commence to-
morrow, before the Lord Chief Justice.

EXCHEQUER COURT.-MONDAY.

CHATTOCK V. SHAW.
At the sitting of the Court Lord ABINGER said that the
rule obtained in this case for a new trial must be discharged.
His own impression was certainly favourable to the de-
fendant ; but the Jury having given the preference to the
plaintiff's evidence, he should not feel justified in disturbing
the verdict.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

MAKING A " PIEBALD."—Mrs. Amelia Page, a young
and very pretty married female, charged Robert Ward, a
sweep, with the following novel assault :
On Sunday afternoon, being full dressed for a tea-party,
and of course as clean as a new pin, she was passing down
Peter-street, when she happened unluckily to encounter
several young sweeps, who were, according to their phraseo-
logy, " larking," amongst themselves. One of the party
called out to the others that a fine opportunity occurred of
making a " piebald" of the young woman, and in a trice
she was seized, and her blooming cheeks well smutted with
the black caps of the sooty imps. This exploit was not so
adroitly managed as to allow of the escape of all the par-
ties, and the consequence was that the defendant, who had
been the most active in the process, was captured and taken
to the station-house.
The statement of the complainant was confirmed by the
acting Inspector, who declared that it would have been diffi-
cult to decide which of the two faces (plaintiff's or defend-
ant's) was the blacker.
Mr. CHANIBERS—What did you mean by such conduct ?
Boy—l'm werry sorry for my crime, and I'll ax the young
woman's parding, your Vership.
Mr. CHAMBERS—I shall not let you off so easy ; you
must pay a fine for your scandalous behaviour. How much
do you earn a week ? Boy—Vy, I'm out of my time, and
beets as a climbing journeyman, so its sometimes von thing
and sometimes the other. Ven I makes a werry good veek,
I yarns three shillings, but I'm hobligated to find my own
voshing out on it.
Mr. CHAMBERS—It could have cost you nothing for
washing last week, or you would not have been in you
working clothes yesterday. Boy—Missers couldn't pay me
my vages last Saturday night, so I vas compelled to put off
clean-shirt-day to next veek.
This confession, added to other signs of contrition, so
far mollified Mrs. Page, as to induce her to come forward
and plead in favour of the culprit.
Mr. CHAMBERS—No, I shall make his master deduct
something a week from his wages. What have you in
your bundle (to the sweep) ? Boy—l took avay my pro-
perty, 'cause missus couldn' pay me.
Here the lad opened a dirty cloth and displayed his
stock of worldly moveables. All that was visable was
a bag of marbles, a trapbat, and a couple of unserviceable
shirts.

The Magistrate mitigated the fine from 10s. to ss.

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday George William Poole and John Edwards,
the drivers of two Paddington omnibuses, known by the
names of the Emperor and the Dart, were brought before
Mr. Laing, in the custody of two police constables, charged
with furious driving, and thereby causing the death of
Mr. Leonard Coleman, corn and coal merchant and flour
factor, of High-street, Camberwell.
After the examination of several witnesses,
Mr. LAING said there was sufficient to warrant their
detention, and he remanded both prisoners, and directed
that information should be given to the Coroner for an in-
quest to be held upon the body.,
Thomas Evans, an elderly man, was finally examined and
fully committed for trial, charged with having broken into
and robbed St. Paul's Church, East Clapham, of considera-
ble property.