The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-04 00:00:00

ROBERTSON V. ALEXANDER.

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The House was occupied the whole of the morning with new
appeals in this case. The question in which arose on the segues-
tratration that was issued in 18'4 against the Stirling Banking
Company. At the sitting of the House the Counsel for the
respondent were not in attendance, when
Ihe LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that it was exceed-
ingly inconvenient both to himself and the Noble Lords by
whom he was assisted, and also to the opposite parties. He cer-
tainly should expect before the conclusion of the case, that evi-
dence should be given that every possible exertion had been used
by the agents for the purpose of procuring the attendance of
Counsel. He never remembered au instance of such an occur-
rence as the present.
Mr. CAMPBELL, who, together with Mr.' CRAUFURD, of the
Scotch Bar, eppeared for the appellants, said that he understood
that a Learned Gentleman, of the Scotch Bar, was on his way
from the north to London, and ought, in the regular course of
conveyance, to have been here yesterday ; the agents on the other
side could only account for his absence in two ways, either that
he must have been lost in the snow, or that the roads were in
such a state from its accumulation as to delay his arrival.
The LORD CHANCELLOR trusted the accident first ad-
verted to by Mr. Campbell had not befallen the Learned Gentle-
man ; the House must get on with the case as well as it could ; he
supposed Counsel were not to be found either in the Court of
Chancery, the Court of King's Bench, the Court of Common
Pleas, or the Court of Exchequer, who were sufficiently acute to
solve so knotty apoint as theconstruction of an Act of Parliament.
Mr. CA MPE ELL understood a Learned Civilian (Dr. Lushing_
ton) also appeared on the other side, but in consequence of the
short notice of the intention of the House to sit on appeals today,
he was not in attendance.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that he had intimated
his intention of sitting to-day so far back as Tuesday last ; but,
as Counsel for the respondent were not in attendance, the cause
must get on as well as it could.

Shortly afterwards Dr. LUSHINGTON made his appearance,
and took the station at the bar appropriated for the respondent's
Counsel.

1 he case had not concluded when our Reporter left.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

JACKSON V. MEREDITH.
The plaintiff in this case is a tailor, residing in Davy-street,
Cavendish-square, and the defendant a corn-factor, living in the
same neighbourhood. The action was brought to recover the
sum of 2/. ISs., for clothes supplied by the plaintiff to the defen-
dant The delivery of a pair of trousers, and some alterations
having been made in a coat, were proved; when, for the defen-
dant, a receipt, in the plaintiff's hand-writing, was put in, which
clearly showed that the trousers, which formed the principal part
of the bill, had been paid for. The Counsel for the plaintiff;
however, contended that his client was entitled to recover for the
alterations that had been made in some other clothes.
Lord TENTERDEN—CertainIy not, as the alterations were
made in new clothes furnished by the plaintiff; and it would he
monstrous to suppose that if a tailor made a misfit, and was
called upon to make an alteration, that he was entitled to corn_
pensation. Gentlemen of the Jury, you will find a verdict for
the defendant.
Plaintiff's Counsel—l will elect to be nonsuited, my Lord.
Lord TENTERDEN—Very well.
The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited.
Several other cases were disposed of during the morning, but
they did not possess the least point of public interest.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE,.

The arrivals of Grain this week are tolerably good of most
kinds of Grain. The Wheat trade ramains firm at Monday's
prices, with little doing. Barley is dull, and rather lower. Beans
and Pease are unaltered. Oats hardly support the terms last
quoted. Flour unaltered.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour.
English ....
Irish ........ ...• - 17,215
Foreign

110

- brls.