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comes to be a searching sub jet of irquiry. It ds ascer-
tained that the demands made by the British Cornazission-
ers on the Chinese Government did not include any re-
quvet for the rep,iyment of the 20,000 caeca of opium de-
livcrei over to Captain Elliot."

LAW INTELLIGENC.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB 9

The House sat to-day to hear appals. The Peers pre-
sent were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Ocmonde,
and the Earl of Ilchester.

DIXON V. DIXON.

The LORD CHANCELLOR and Lord BR .UGEI.9NI gave
judgment to-day in this Scotch appeal, atii.rmiog the deci.
sion of the Court of Sessions with costs.

STEWART V MENIIIES.

The arguments in this appeal were partly heard to-day,
and the further contideration of the ease adjourned to
Thursday.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
cßist. coN.—suawE v. pREscoTT.

This was a writ of ii;ritiry of dainag,s, judgment having
gone by default.
Mr. WATSON stated the case, by which it appeared that
the plaintiff ( Captain Shawe) had separated from his wife,
allowiog her 301)1 a year, who took a cottage at 8(1,.y
Heath, where the defendant resided, and where the inti-
macy took place.
Mrs. Piper, the maternal aunt of the plaintiff, spoke in
warm terms of the plaintiff's kindness to his wife, and that
she visited her At the co,t,ige. She was a 11cly of great
beauty and of accomplished manners. This was the whole
of the evideuce.. . .

The Learned Under- Sheriff charged the Jury, who,
after a short consultation, found a verdict fur th,: plaintiff.
Damages, 1001.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Milian Murphy was indicted for feloniously cutting
and wounding Thomas Jones, with intent to do hint some
grievcus bcd!ly harm.
Mr. !lorry appeared on behalf of the prisoner.
It appeared that the parties resided in the same house
in Kiii,,,,street, Commercial-road, and on the night of the
18th of January the prisoner went home in a state of in-
toxicatitn and behaved in a very riotous manner. The pro-
secutor, VC hose wife was in an ill state of health, went
down stairs and begged of the prisoner to be quiet, as the
inmates of the house wished for rest. The prisoner seized
the prosecutor by the collar, and dragged him down the
kitchen stairs, at which time he received a violent blow
across the forehead, supposed to have been inflicted with a
candlestick, and which intbc.eci a wound between two and
three inches in length. The prosecutor was conveted to
the hospital, and the prisoner was subsequently taken to
the station- house.

The RECORDER said be thought the charge of cutting
and wounding could not be sustained, but it was evident
that a serious assault bad been committed. _

Mr. !lorry could not deny the assault, and, therefere,
would not occupy the time of the Court by any useless
remarks. .

Several witnesses were called wh) gave the prisoner
a good character for humanity and peaceable conduct
when sober.

The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of the common
assault.

The RECORDER sentenced the prisoner to two months'
hard labour, and to find hail in the sum of 501. to keep the
peace for two }ears.
Bef )re Mr. Sergeant ARABIN.)

SHEEP-STEALING.--JamitB Anderson, aged 29, was con.
vict, d of feloniously killing one ewe, the p operty of Thos.
Field, with intent to ',teal part of careasi-.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN said the offence was one of a very
serious description, a.,d one. which, he regret-e! to sly, tA a;
very prevalent in the agricuitur:l districts. With a view
to put a stop to such a system, and, rs a punishment in the
present instance, the sentence was that th prisoner be
transported for the tern, of tee years.
The Court at its rising adjourned to Monday, M.ach 1.