The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-30 00:00:00

HAMPTON ExLx.

Mr. Laing was heard for the Warwick and Worcester
Canal Company ; Mr. Self, for the iron-masters ; and Mr.
Talbot and Mr. Cockburn for the promoters of the railway.
The Committe gave an undertaking to Mr. Hope, who ap-
peared for the Hampton and Ashchurch Railway, that the
present Bill should not be read a third time in the House till
the other could be introduced along with it, unless such delay
were caused as to make it impossible for either to pass during
the present session.

The clauses of the Bill were then gone into and passed.
This concluded the labours of the Committee.

SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary JAMES and a Special Jury.)
FALSE IMPRISONMENT.—ASHURST V. TOLMIN.

This was an action to recover damages for false imprison •
ment.
Sergeant WILKINS stated the case. He said that the
plaintiff, Mr. William Henry Ashurst, was a gentleman of
great respectability, and well known in this city, and the
defendant is a teacher of music. He (the Learned Counsel)
had been many years in the profession to which he belonged,
and actively engaged in it, and he would say that he never
knew of a more wanton outrage of the feelings inflicted on
any man than had been inflicted by the defendant on the
plaintiff, and he thought the jury would be of the same
opinion when they heard the details. It was extraordinary,
too, that the defendant had not only not pleaded, by which he
admitted his liability to pay damages for the unjustifiable
imprisonment the plaintiff had been subjected to, but did
not now appear in person or by Counsel, to justify his act
or mitigate the damage, but appeared to set,
the law at defiance without apology or extenuation.
The facts of the case were these :—On the 6th of March
between ten and eleven o'clock, the plaintiff was going to
Tavistock-square, in his carriage, from the Hanover-square
Rooms, and when turning out oFßegent-street, at the corner
of Oxford-street, the defendant drove up at a rapid pace in
a gig, and to avoid collision defendant was compelled to
draw up his horse so tight that the shafts were broken. De-
fendant then got out of his gig, and after plaintiff had given
his address, and several persons in the crowd had said they
knew him very well, the defendant called a policeman, and
gave the plaintiff into custody on a charge of wilfully
damaging his gig, and although the constable also said
he knew the plaintiff as a highly respectable man,
the defendant insisted on his being taken to the
station-house. The plaintiff refused to go unless
actually taken into custody, which defendant, against the
remonstrance of plaintiff and the people about, insisted on,
and he was then taken away, obliged to leave his two
daughters in the carriage unprotected, and suffering from the
alarm naturally felt under such circumstances. The plain-
tiff was, however, set at liberty when the inspector heard
the case.

The Learned Counsel called evidence, bearing out his
statement.

The SECONDARY summed up, and raid the plaintiff was
well known, he was a man of eminence in his profession.
The defendant had admitted his responsibility, and had evi-
dently acted very rashly in refusing to take the plaintiff's
address when so strongly corroborated. It was for the jury
to consider what was a sufficient damage, and they ought
not to allow their feeling° to be carried away beyond the
bounds of moderation.

The jury consulted for ten minutes, and gave a verdict
for N.

Sergeant Wrucusra—Do I understand right-51. ?
The SECONDARY—That is the amount, 1 believe.
The Foreman—Yes, 51.

MARLBROI-.STREET-(THIS DAY.)
Ellen Davis, a young and good-looking female, respectably
dressed, was charged with uttering a counterfeit half-
sovereign under the following circumstances :—Between five
and six o'clock yesterday afternoon, the prisoner entered the
shop of Mr. Karl Ireson, of No. 1, Conduit-street, Regent-
street, perfumer and hair-dresser, and asked for a bottle of
the very best Eau de Cologne. One was handed to her, and
she placed a good sovereign on the counter to pay for it.
She then said she would take two bottles; they were handed
to her, and also the change for the sovereign she had put
down, viz., a half sovereign, and three shillings in silver.
She demurred to the low price charged for the
Eau de Cologne, stating that the nobleman's family
she was residing with had invariably paid ss. per bottle for
it, even when residing at Dover. She afterwards told the
prosecutor that she was directed by her mistress, Lady Hare-
wood, of Harewood-place, Hanover-square, to request
him to attend there to dress " two of the young ladies," and
added that perhaps he had better make up a packet of three
bottles of Eau de Cologne, with a bill, and take them with
him when he went to Harewood House. She then put
down apparently the change Mr. Ireson had given her, re-
questing that the sovereign she had paid might be returned
to her. Mr. Ireson, however, discovered that she had ma-
naged to substitute a spurious half-sovereign for the good one
he had given her. He directly challenged her
with the fact, but she demed it, professing
to be extremely indignant at his making such an accusa-
tion against her. Mr. Ireson felt confident he was right,
and sending for a police constable gave her into custody. He
had since ascertained that the whole of her statements re-
garding Lady Harewood was a fabrication. On her being
searched at the station-house the good half. sovereign Mr.
Ireson had given her was not found. She is supposed to
have swallowed it, as she was seen to put something into her
mouth. She refused to give any account of herself, and was
remanded until Thursday next.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
MAY 26. Kestrel brigantine, Commodore the Earl of Yar.
borough, from a cruise off the island; Maud schooner, Tho.
mas Legb, Esq., from Lymington
SAILINGS.

MAY 22. Frisk cutter, R. Frankland, Esq., for Cherbourg.
23. Caprice cutter, William Potts, Esq., for Kingstown,
Ireland.
26. Kestrel brigantine, Commodore the Earl of Yarbo-
borough, for Plymouth.
28. Talisman cutter, Robert Meiklam, Esq., for Greenock.
AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooner—Maud.
Cutters—Turquoise, Witch, Gauntlet, Noran, Eudora,
Whim, St. Margaret, Iris, Gan3rmede, Nymph.
FITTING OUT IN COWES HARBOUR.
Sparrowhawk cutter, Thomas Hallifax, Esq. ; Camilla
schooner, Thomas Hallifax, jun., Esq.; Will-o'-the-Wisp
cutter, Captain C. H. Williams, R.N. ; Albatross cutter, Sir
W. Gallwey, Bart.
FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
Lady Webster, at the Globe Hotel ; Sir Edmund and Lady
Lacon, at the 7th cottage; Charles Deacon, Esq., and family,
at the Bth cottage; Mrs. Blanchard, at the 9th cottage;
Miss Minto, at Rosemount; Mr. Forbes, at Belmore House.
The fine weather has caused an increased inquiry, for
fashionable residences, and there is every prospect of a full
season.
The Commodore, on returning from his cruise, was saluted
from the Royal Yacht Squadron battery. His Lordship re-
turned the compliment. On his lancing we noticed a marked
improvement in his health since he embarked in the Kestrel._r_o
The Emperor of Russia's yacht, building here by M .
seph White, is to be named the Queen Victoria, in compii.
meat to her Majesty.

Viscount Melbourne left town yesterday morning for
Brocket.hall, Herts, where the Noble Viscount purposes to
reside about ten days, and then return to town. Lord and
Lady Beauvale go to Brocket-hall to-day.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston intend to leave
Carlton House-terrace to-day for Broadlands, the Noble
Viscount's seat near Rornsey, Hants.
SUICIDE AT LURD MARCUS HlLL'S.—Yesterday an
inquiry was gone into at the Lowndes Arms, Lyall-place,
Eaton-square, as to the death of Thomas Froggett, aged 44,
butler in the service of Lord Marcus Hill, No. 2, Chesham-
street, who committed suicide. Lord Marcus Hill accom-
panied the coroner and jury to view the body, which was
lying in the pantry of his Lordship's house. Robert Sawyer,
footman of Lord Marcus Hill, said that at eleven o'clock on
Thursday night he had a glass of beer with the deceased,
who appeared unusually desponding; at eight o'clock yes-
terday morning he went to call the deceased, but received
no answer; he went away, and returned in a few minutes.
He then opened the door, and found him with his throat cut
and quite dead. Lord Marcus Hill asked if he had been
speculating in the races ?—The witness replied it was only to
a trifling extent. Lord Marcus Hill was examined, and de-
posed that he was alarmed in the morning by his footman
telling him that the deceased had cut his head off. He had
observed nothing in his manner to call for notice, and he
was a good and honest servant. Verdict—" Temporary in-
sanity."

FUNERAL OF LORD GLENLEE.—The funeral obsequies
of the late venerable Sir William Miller, Bart., of Glenlee,
took place on Tuesday. From the universal esteem in which
his Lordship was held by the surrounding gentry, and the
paternal and friendly -character which he ever sustained
towards his tenantry, the attendance was vast, all anxious
to bestow the last melancholy tribute of respect on one who
had so endeared himself while living. The procession
started from Barskimming House at two o'clock P.M. The
cavalcade, extending to about a quarter of a mile, proceeded
by the direct road to Stair Churchyard, a distance of three
miles. At every turn of the way it was joined by crowds of
eager spectators, who, before reaching the burying-ground,
had accumulated to a vast concourse. On arriving at the
churchyard gate the hearse and two carriages drove into a
wide avenue leading from the road, while the undertaker, to
preserve order, caused the remainder of the carriages to pass
on, the occupants alighting from them as they approached
the gate. Those who had left the carriages then joined with
the crowd on foot, and formed two lines from this point to the
vault, between which the coffin, followed by the relativee;,
.
was borne on the shoulders of the ushers to its restig:l3l:this
The pall-bearers were—head cord, Lordship's
Miller, hisn.
Lordship's son ; foot cord, Sir William
Miller, brother to Sir
grandson ; right shoulder cord, Captain
browner
right
Miller, i
John Miller, li, ci
William; left shoulder cord, Mr. Jame left
d arlative ; left third cord,
centre cord, Mr. Hamilton, Glasgow;
Mr. Rorrison ; right thirincor was, left centre cord, Rev.
deposited, by the pall-
Dr. Monolson. The
bearers, in a niche in the
were liberally served at the house. His Lord-
covault. After the dinner about 200
poor people .
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was 7,009,5111., and the expenditurewas
Lord-
ship is succeeded in
now Sir William Miller.
Poon S
the year elide nThhießs
6,857,4021. .
Napoleon B t
rrince Louis uonapar e, who arrived in
d at Lady-day
town on Wednesday night, has already received every mark
of sympathy and respect from the large circle of friends
and
acquaintances whom his amiability and merit conciliated
during his long residence in London some years ago.
Those
who lea'3t approved of his attempt to invade France
cannot
refuse him their good-will, in consideration of his
many esti-
mable qualities, and are glad
to see him safe in England, in-
stead of his remaining to wear out his life in • • • •
captivity in his
prison of Ham, where nearl •
they think, been y six years of confinement have,
a somewhat severe punishment for his un-
successful enteeprot, Prince Louis Napoleoi has come to
England; cn route to visit his father, whose health 16 in an
alartiiing statei and is determined to steer clear of politics, it
not for the future, it least While he remains in England,
whose hospitality he will not abuse-.
THE OREGON NOTICE.—The question of whether or
not the President of the United States bad given the natio
respecting the joint occupation of the Oregon territory to the
British Government, having formed a subject of controversy
in the English and American press, we have the sat is-
faction of stating, upon the highest authority , that such
notice has been given, and that the Great Western carries
out, on her present trip, the answer of the British Govern-
ment, which, we have reason to believe, is of a conciliatory
and friendly character.— Willmer and Smith's European Times.
GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—The fol-
lowing are the traffic returns for the week ending may 23 ;--Pss• d
gem, 8,02; am2uut received, MI, 10. Ild.
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