The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-06 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, M. 4 r 5.
WALKER V. TIIE EARL OF ABINGDON.
The Lord CiraNcei.Loa gave judgment in this • utse,
which was an appeal to renew proceedings which ,nad
commenced by a decree of 1830, under the follorn ng
eircumstanc.!e. The tenant for life of certain Laseho Id
premises granted the same to a person named Alackne ;S
by virtue of a surrender on these terms that the lord of th 0
manor should rcgrant the same to the said Jobn Ma.llQ-
ness, or such person or persons and for such life cr lutes
as should be agreed upon between the lord and the sa 4
John Msckness, according to the custom of the manor.-
It appeared tbat the surrentieror died in 1809, but that:
the lord did not know of his death before 1824, and that
no agreement took place between the lord and Mr. Meek-
ness. A bill was filed to compel the defendant, the lord
of the manor, to re-grant the same promises according to the.
terms of the sur:ender. The defendant alleged that he did not
know of any such custom as that alleged, or nny custom by
which a tenant for life wac entitled to surrender to any
other person for anv such interest. The case came before
Sir John Leach, the Master of the Rolls, in 1830, and
it was ordered to be referred to the Master to ascer-
tain if there ass any such custom. In 1831
the Master reported there was no such custom,
to which report an exception was takes, that the
Master ought to have stated that according to the custom
of the manor Mr. Meekness was entitled to such estittir
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on the same premises as should be agreed upOk :
between himself and the lord, or for his own lifi.P.:
And by a decree of the Court in 1832. Mr. Alsel4:i,.
II
if
CER was put in possession of the premises.. Thelltf-
came the vital qucetion for what time ? respectir
which the Master reported there was no custe ,i'
I-Its Lordship had looked at the pleaditt i
to see if the lord was bound to grant any estate to M.
Mackness, by accepting the surrender, but he did not fide
that the lord had done any thing upcn that surrendeti ,
He thought the reference in 1830 was unnecessary , Sri"
could lead to no good result, nevertheless both parties; had
acquiesced in it. Under these circumstances the bill must
be dismissed, but without caste. •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-S7'REET.
Emily St. Aeye, a Frenchwoman, but who bad not
the slightest appearance of a foreigner, was placed at the
bar, charged with having stolen a silver snuff-box, the
property of Mr. Robert Herbert, the Editor of the For'
Tiler's Journal.
Mr. Herbert stated that the prisoner took apartment'
in the house of Mr. Crisp, the proprietor of the Farrsd'
Journal, about a fortnight ago. She had been into
bi-: room several times, and, on one cccnsion, sbe
took the snuff box in question away, saying she wished
to prevent him taking snuff, but she returned it the next
morning. On Saturday last he missed his be%
again, and asked the prisoner if she had taken it ? and vibe
said he had, but would return it again in the morning.
He then went away;. and, not returning it as she had
stated, the witness gave information to the police, and she
was taken into custody. The box had never been found,
the prisoner stating that a _friend of her's had possession
of it, but she did not know hex' address.
Mr. Crisp stepped forward, and said he wished to state
to the Magistrate a few eircums'ances connected with tb°
prisoner. A few %seeks ago she called on him, stating she
was just come from France, and wished some apartments
near to the English Opera House, as a French compani,
bad been engaged there, and she was than over in England
respecting it. She stated that she w,as then lodgiec
at the Phoenix Hotel, near the Bank of England, as
from her respectable appearance he made no further Ca;
quirics, but let her the apartments, since which she lo°
been to several tradespeople, representing herself as a ladl
of title, and had ordered goods of the most costly de'
cription, including a carriage and horses. She had the
drawing-room hung with a rich satin paper, bordered will;
gilt mouldings. He had since ascertained that vibellB,
taken lodgings in no less than seven or eight clasete°,,'
places, and had pursued the same sort of conduct.
had let the apartments to the prisoner, unfurnisbew"
He had since ascertained that no such hotel existed as 00 ,
Phcenix Hotel, near the Bank of England.
Several tradesmen were in attendance who had suppliect"
the prisoner with articles of furniture, &c., to all of who.'
she represented herself as a lady of title.
The prisoner being asked what she had to say in her de-
fence, said she never intended to steal the box, and turniof
to the complainant said, " You know very well why I too:
it." She declined saying anything about the goods she bad
ordered
H.
Mr. ALL said that ,the only charge against the
ironer wasibat of stealing the box, but he thought be
Crisp had not much cause ofcomplaint, inasmuch as
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had got his rooms elegantly paltered free of elvarge.i
(Laughter.) He should, however, remand the prison`
till Saturday, in order to give the offitsers an opportunity
of reeking search after the box.

4 ORN AVERAGES
614 N BRAE AVERAGE I'RICES OF BRITISH COIll, of
For the Wcek ended April 30, 1841, made up from the lleturt. '.04
the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englansit
Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 4,
Wheat 63s. td. Oats
Beans ......... Mi•
Barley 'ils, RI I Ilya .... ..... 335. o'. ream: ..... ...31s.'
AVERAGES OF THE LAST .1X WEEKS.
°
Week ending'l WH • EAT BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RYE. SCANS.I , - ess
~.....,
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Nlareh26 o—
-64 4 :12 11 23 5 31,0 F 39 31 90 0
April 2.... t....: 64. 1 33 0 21 11 31 0' 31
9..«1:... r 4 0
.32 8 ....:4 6 35 7 139 4 96
A
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16 .. ii:f 8 32 6 v 3 536 5, 39 6 ..,/ 10.
23
30 (l3 8 3 8 23 0,3 i n 38 7a' ~
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX vrEV' yl,
Wheat......... 535.11 d. I Oats
tiarky,
Od
DUTIES ON FOREIGN conic.
Wheat 2l. Bd. 04s
8ar1ey......... 13s. 10t1. I Rye
It's.
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Peaseß ea ns ......................... 01

LRKETS.
[A ItK ET.
last market day, 59.

THE Ml_
COAL M.
Ships arrived since ' s. 7,
s. d.
Chester
Derwen t Main 1 6 , Walls End Lambton ......... 9
yew Tantield Moor l6 01Walls End Russell's Hetton 0, 5
Old '1 aiifield Moor ....
Pontop Windsor l7 0! Walls End Caranoe ............
-f '.;; 0
Smith's Pontop l4 6lWalls End Cassop ... ;, .......... , 0
Tan tied Moor
West Hartley ..........
West Wylam ... 15 3I Walls End Evemvood ....... i, $
Wylam
Walls End Brown's l7 31Walls End West .sietton ... is 0
Walls End Heaton li :11.Cowpcn
Eden Main lB 6, Walls End Elgin ..... .... ............... 16
Walls End Haswell. .22 0