The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-30 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

Two RAILWAY COMPANIES.—A question has been raised
in Vice-Chancellor James's Court upon the construction
of a railway agreement whereby local traffic was excluded
out of certain overrunningpowers mutually conceded bythe
Midland and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail-
way companies. The latter company who were the defend-
ants, maintained that the Hull traffic was local traffic, and
sought to restrain its being sent over their line. The
plaintiff's contended that local traffic meant any traffic
between stations, and did not include the traffic from Hull
to Manchester through Barnsly. The Vice-Chancellor
held that the plaintiff's contention was clearly right.

Six WEEKS AFTER MARRIAGE.—Lord Penzence had
before him the cause of Mumley v. Mumley, which was a
wife's petition for a dissolution of her marriage, on the
ground of her husband's cruelty. It seemed that the
parties were married some seven years ago, the petitioner
being a widow and the respondent a widower. The former
had been the happy mother of 15 children and the latter
the father of four. The parties lived happily for five
weeks ; but during the sixth week Mr. Mumley was out
rather late, and his wife went to fetch him home. This
interference did not suit him, and he so severely
kicked his better half that she was laid up in bed.
At the end of three months he again assaulted her,
and she had to be attended by two doctors. The next act
of cruelty was locking her and her daughter out all night,
and by this means compelling them to sleep in the garden
opposite. Corroborative evidence was given of the cruelty,
which seemed to have been practised, to use the petitioner's
words, "almost daily," and Lord Penzance granted her
prayer.

THE NEW CROSS ACCIDENT.—A case, arising from
one of the numerous actions brought on account of
the New Cross accident, last summer, has been
brought before the Court of Queen's Bench. The plain-
tiffs, Jacobs and wife, claimed 26,000, but agreed to take
22,000. On the taxation of the costs, the Master only
allowed for one counsel, two having been employed, at
fifty and thirty-five ineas respectively, and the motion
Queen's
before ihe Court of Queen's Bench was to review the taxa-
tion. The Solicitor-General, on behalf of the plaintiff,
argued that on many occasions the counsel
were necessary at a sheriff's inquisition. The
Common Pleas and Exchequer were much more
liberal with regard to the taxation of costs, and it
was desirable the custom of the three courts should be
uniform. On the other side it was urged that discretion
rested with the matter. The court took time to consider
its judgment.

THE VACCINATION ACT.—A father having been sum-
moned at Marylebone for not having his child vaccinated,
Mr. Mansfield, the magistrate, took the oppor-
tunity of saying that since his recent remarks
on the subject he had been inundated by let-
ters from all parts of the kingdom, both
from the upholders of the anti-vaccination movement,
and from the lower classes who knew no better, and were
misled by others. He thought the public ought to know
there was a class of persons who, it appeared, had a
motive in checking vaccination and thus encouraging
disease. To the attacks upon himself he was perfectly
indifferent.

ALLEGED CONSPIRACY BETWEEN BROKERS.—John Abel,
a broker at Hammersmith, and Alfred Yardley, a broker
in the Edgware-road, were charged at Marlborough.-street
Police-court with conspiracy to defraud Captain Nevison
of the sum of £5. Captain Nevison said he
was looking at a sideboard at a sale in
Gloucester-gardens, when the defendant Yardley came up
and offered his services. Captain Nevison said he would
wish to buy the sideboard for £l2. A few
days later Yardley called on Captain Nevison at
his club, and told him he had bOught the
sideboard for £ll ss. He gave him a cheque
for £l2 28., including commission and carriage. He after-
wards was told that the price Yardley gave for the side-
board was £65. When he told Yardley of it
he said that Abel, the other broker, had bought
the sideboard when he was out of the room,
and had sold it for £ll ss. The complainant, through a
friend, advispd the brokers to return the £5 and apologise,
but this theydid not do. Yardley's lawyer said it should
be done, and the charge was allowed to stand over for the
present.
PAINFUL CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN.—The Rev.
Sumner Gibson rector of Sullington, was charged at the
Elford Petty Sessions with an assault. Mr. Gibson
met a publican named Gadsby, who was riding home
on a cart load of hay, and having asked him some
questions concerning the purchase of a portion
of it, struck him a blow in the face, which knocked
him into the ditch. He then commenced belabouring
Gadsby with the stock end of his whip. Subsequently
Mr. Gibson visited Gadsby's house, behaved in a most
unseemly manner, and assaulted one or two other persons.
A summons was applied for and granted, but on the com-
plainant learning that Mr. Gibson had been suffering for
some time past from " aberration of intellect," it was
withdrawn. A certificate from Sir William Jenner was
produced in court to the effect that Mr. Gibson was suf-
fering from nervous excitement and "delirium."

A CLEVER BURGLAR.—One Henry Clarke took upon
himself to do a little bit of burglary at Liverpool, and for
that purpose entered the house of a licensed victualler
in Oldham-street. He took about 30s. from the
till, and 'packed up several articles with which to add to
his personal comforts at home. Having performed this
work to his satisfaction, Mr. Clarke bethought himself of
refreshn►ent, and proceeded to imbibe from the various
liquors in store. Instead, however, of making off afterwards
with the stolen property under some mistaken idea as
to his whereabouts, he lay down on the floor, forgetting
to awake himself until the morning when the landlord
" called " him and gave him into custody. On being
brought bsfore the magistrates, he was committed for
trial.

The death is announced of Afro. Lever, the wife
of Mr. Charles Lever, the well•known author, and her
Majesty's consul at Trieste.