The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-10 00:00:00

BAIL COURT.

Mr. Justice PATTESON sat in this Court at Prius.
None kit undefended causes came before him up to the
time of our going to press.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
raiar TIIE CORPORATION OF DOVER.

Mr. JARVIS, on the part of the Corporation of Dover,
applied for a rule to allow thtir town clerk to pay the
amount of two estreats, into the office of the King's Trea-
urer's Deputy
Heinembrancer, pending the trial of a ques-
tion of Irw as to the right of the Corpora:ion to all forfeited

reco7,nizances.
The L arned Gentleman said, the question wzr• one of a
very important nature. It would be necessary to have the
charter, or a copy of it enrolled, so as to make the Attor-
ney-General a party to the cane. The affidavits in sup-
port of the motion were made by the Town-clerk to the
Corporation, who deposed that he I:::dartletreengraainvtiest in the
advised, that
the Corporation of the town and port of Dever, as one of
!lati•settliatelsityv'se;CtrinofqueCl Ports,tarh tl ; bYte a
Second, were entitled to
take for their own use all recognizances that should be
forfeited within the -said town and port ; that he had
caused a se trch to be made at the Lord Treasurer's Re-
tnembrancer's Office for the enrolment of the said charter,
but that, on such search taking place, it was found that
all the enrolments and charters of that reign were de-
stroyed by fire, except those of the 12th, 13th, 14th,
15th, and a few of the 29th years ; but that he had found
a counterpart of the charter in the Rolls' Chapel, and
had applied for a copy of it, so as to have it enrolled in
this Court, but as yet there had not been time to obtain it.
Mr. Baron BAYLEv asked to whom would the entreats
he paid over if not to the Corporation ?
Mr. .Imtvls said to the Crown, in support of this ap-
plication he cited the celebrated case of the Duchess of York
iu the 9th of Henry the Sixth.
Mr. Baron VAtfcHAN enquired if the Corporation had
hitherto paid the entreats to the Crown.
_ _

Mr. JARVIS siaid that from the year 1610 to 1650 the
Corporation received them, and applied them to their own
use ; but ever since the latter period they had been paid
over to the Crown.

The Court granted the rule, and directed notice to be
given to the Attorney-General.

PALACE-COURT.

CROFT V. FOUND.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a gentle-
man residing in the Kent-road, against the defendant, who
is the driver of one of the Paddington coaches, to recover
the sum of Al. I 95., the amount of damage done to some
household furniture by the negligent driving of the de-
fendant.

Mr. WALLINGER stated the case to the Jury, from
which it appeared that the plaintiff, on the 31st of March
last, was removing from his house in Pentouville, near
the Belvidere Tavern, to the Kent-road. A caravan was
standing at the door, loading the furniture ; it was partly
loaded, when the defendant, who was driving his coach
down Pentonville-bill at a very furious rate, and on the
wrong side of the road, ran foul of the van with
50 much violence, that by the concussion the two
men who were in the van loading the furniture were
thrown out and much injured, and two elegant
wardrobes belonging to the plaintiff were broken to
pieces. The defendant on seeing the mischief he had
occasioned, drove on as fist as he could towards Padding-
ton, and never attempted to pull up his horses. The
wardrobes were subsequently repaired by Mr. Barnes, the
cabinet-maker at Battle-bridge, and the expences now
sought to be recovered, were paid for the repairs of the
furniture.

Witnesses were called, who proved that the de-
fendant wilfully drove the pole of his carriage into
the van, by which it was upset, and the men and fur-
niture thrown out. He was called to before he struck the
van, but he took no notice and drove on. He was on
the wrong aide of the road at the time, and there being no
carriage passing at the moment he could have easily
avoided the contact.

Mr. Cantos, for the defendant, endeavoured to show
that the affair was the result of accident, but called no
witnesses.

The
JLoGE summed up the ease to the Jury, who re•
turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, di. 19s.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK.
Yesterday we bad an account of a revolution at Rio
Janeiro, to day we have accounts of one at Bahia.
The following letter has been posted at the North and
South American Coffee-house this morning;--
" By the arrival of the Ann at Liverpool, from Bahia,
from whence she sailed on the 9th April, accounts have
been received of a very serious disturbance having taken
place in that town ; the military had joined the populace,
who had drawn up seven propaitions, the first of which
was the expulsion of the Portuguese from power, and the
deposing of the President. All the shops were closed,
and the inhabitants walking the streets armed ; there was
no ship of war in port at the above date."
New York Papers to the 11th May, Charleston to the
10th May, and Calcutta to the 28th January, have also
been received at the above Coffee-house, but their contents
are not of the least interest.

The Calcutta Paper of the 28th January states that a
fire broke out at Singapore, which consumed the Cadjan
huts of several of the natives and one of the Company's
houses, but it is believed that little property has been de-
stroyed.