The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-02 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

A DERBY CONVEYANCE STOPPED.—Frederick Stone, of
the Broadway, Lower Tooting, omnibus proprietor, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough-street
olice-court, by the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, with working three ;horses in an unfit
state George young, an officer of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, deposed that about ten
o'clock that morning he saw four horses attached to an om-
nibus, on which was attached a placard, "Epsom Downs," in
the Regent-circus, and on examining them he found three
of them to have sores about them, very lame, and quite
unfit for work, especially for such a journey as Epsom and
back. Mr. Arthur Cherry, the Government veterinary-
surgeon, said that the officer had rather understated the
condition of the horses, which were in a very poor condi-
tion, lame, and totally unfit to go such a long and heavy
journey as that to Epsom and back. They were wolf-
bred horses and would work to the last. The
defendant said he had drove an omnibus daily from
Tooting to the City, and had never been charged before.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a case where a fellow bought
well-bred horses, knowing they would work till they
dropped. He considered the prisoner's conduct extremely
cruel, and it was evident that he either intended to have in-
flicted great cruelty on the horses by going such a journey
with them, or to have cheated the persons he took by not
getting them there. The prisoners would have to pay a
fine of .£5 and lOs 6d costs.

THE NOBLEMAN AND THE GAS BILL. - The Earl of Perth
was summoned to the Westminster Police- court to show
cause wby ho should not pay the sum of £9 lls. 3d., a g
bill due to the London Gas Light and Coke Company. Mr.
Walpole, the collector of the company, stated the claim,
which was for a quarter's rent, at his lordship's house and
stables, No. 63, Eaton-square ; the summons had been ad-
journed, and was fixed for hearing on Wednesday. His
lordship settled the claim by post-office order from Edin-
burgh, enclosing a note expressing his regret that the pro-
ceedings and so much trouble had been taken.
A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN IN TROUBLE.— At Westminster
police-court James Smith was charged with assaulting the
police and John Green with attempted rescue. The charge was
proved, and although four witnesses were called for the
defence, Mr. Arnold was of opinion that the evidence esta-
blished the charge. Inspector Humphreys said Gwen was
on a convict's licence for five years' penal servitude, and it
was not up till November. Green put in papers to show
that he had paid his passage money to America to start next
week. Mr. Arnold said he could not help it, prisoner should
not get into trouble; he must pay 20s. five, and Smith ss.
The police will communicate with the Home-office, and it
will rest with the Secretary ofState whether he goes back to
Milbank to complete his term.
WHEN CAB MEETS CAB.—William White, a cab driver,
aged 40 years, was brought before Mr Woolrych, at the
Thames Police-court, charged with being drunk and furiously
driving a horse and cab to the common danger. Police-
constable Gordon, No. 163 IT, said the pris ner was driving
a cab at a furious and reckless pace last night in the Bow-
road a little after 12 o'clock, and run int another cab. The
crash was terrific, and the panel of the cab the prisoner
drove was smashed. There was no fare in the prisoner's
cab, but the other contained a lady and gentleman, who were
very much alarmed and obliged to alight, Mr Woolrych
fined the prisoner 7s 6d, and ordered him to pay 30s damage.
OPPOSING A BILL IN PARLIAMENT.—A motion has been
made in Vice Chancellor Stuart's Court at the instance of
two ratepayers of the borough of St. Helen's, Lancashire,
for an injunction to restrain the defendants, the Mayor,
aldermen, and burgesses of the borough from applying any
part of the borough funds or rates in payment of the expenses
of opposing the St. Helen's Gas Company in Parliament.
The -Vice-Chancellor said that no doubt when a proper
case was made for restraining a corporation from applying
any part of its funds to the promotion or opposition of
bills in Parliament the court would interfere. In the
present case, the corporation having a continuing right of
purchase over the undertaking of the gas company, it
could not be said that it was unreasonable on their part,
not only to watch, but to oppose the bill, unless a clause
to that effect were preserved. The motion must be refused
with costs.

A COMPENSATION CASE. —An action has been brought
in the Court of Common Pleas to recover damages for an
injury received through the fall of a woolpack on the
plaintiff. The case was tried originally in December last,
when a verdict for the plaintiff was found for £350 damages.
A rule nisi having been obtained, arguments
have been heard on both sides. The rule was discharged.
Some interest attached to the case from the fact that the
jury coupled with their verdict a finding "that the safety
of the public was not sufficiently cared for at the Irongate
Wharf," where the accident happeaed, and the Chief
Justice thought they were probably influenced by their
knowledge of the place.

"MARTIN V. JACKSON.—The appeal of the Rev. Mr.
Jackson, the rector of Ledbury, against the decision of
the Dean of Arches, has just been lodged at the Appeal
Registry, but the cause, unless specially appointed, is not
likely to be heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council, from the arrears before their lordships, for about
twelve months.

THE WRONG WRIGHT.-At the Judges' Chambers,
Master Gordon had before him an action, " Ambler v.
Wright," which the plaintiff's attorney applied by sum-
mons to discontinue. On the other side an objection was
raised, and it was stated that the wrong Mr. Wright had
been served with the writ. After letter for payment a
Mr. Wright paid the debt, but the writ was served on
another Mr. Wright to obtain the costs. The Master
professed his inability to deal with such a case, and
recommended, unless they could agree, to make affidavits
on both sides, and go before a learned judge to settle the
difficulties.

BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS,—'the Court of Common Pleas
has decided that where six Yorkshire musicians went a
distance of six or seven miles to perform on a Saturday
night, and were found drinking in a public-house during
the prohibited hours next morning, they must be held to
be band fide travellers within the meaning of the act, being
at a considerable distance from their homes in the pursuit
of their calling. A conviction of the publican for selling
them liquor was consequently quashed.

FINE ARTS COPYRIGHT. —John Conroy, who was
charged at the Mansion House by the London Stereo
scopic Company with pirating the photographs of Mrs.
Rousby, the actress, and of the poet Longfellow has since
been charged by Messrs. Graves, of Pall Mall, with pirat-
ing certain valuable engravings, the copyright of which
was their property. The case having been proved against
him he was fined £5 for each attempted sale of Mr.
aves's five pictures, and for the sales of the portraits,
£lO in addition, with the alternative of imprisonment.
THE MALT DUTY.—An information against Mr. Stan-
bridge, a roaster of malt at Camberwell, has been
heard at the Lambeth Police Court. Mr. Stan-
bridge was charged with mixing raw and un-
malted corn and grain with malt, contrary
to the statute, and with being in possession of malt as a
roaster contrary to the Act. The penalty for each offence
was £3OO. The offence under the first count was with-
drawn, and the defendant fined a mitigated penalty of
£75 on the second count.

_ SAWGIJINARY MISTAKE.—Yeo, the landlord of
the White Lion Inn, Barnstaple, after several remands,
has been committed for trial for an extraordinary assault
upon two farmers named Newcombe and Jones, who slept
at his house a few weeks ago. Newcombe, who
was intoxicated, got out of bed in the middle
of the night and entered Yeo's bedroom, upon
which the latter attacked him with a razor, inflicting
two wounds, twenty-five inches long, on his back, cutting
off the end of his nose, laying open his cheek, and other-
wise seriously maiming him. Newcombe, eventually
escaping, was followed by Yeo, who in the dark got into
Jones's bedroom and began to hack Jones, who was in bed
with the razor. Newcombe, whose life was at one time
despaired of, has only just recovered sufficiently to give
evidence before the Barnstable magistrates.

THE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF ENGLAND
AND AUSTRIA.—Lord Bloomfield has communicated to
the Earl of Clarendon some papers relating to the con-
vention of commerce between her Majesty and the
Emperor of Austria, signed at Vienna, December 30th,
1869. It is pointed out that the products coming from
Great Britain and her possessions were always, since the
Commercial Treaty of 16th December, 1865 has been in
force, treated similar to those of the most favoured
nation, and as far as the duties levied on unprinted,
close, woollen goods are specially concerned, theprinciples
laid down in the regulations issued by the Prussian
Finance Department on 25th June, 1866, and 19th March,
1867, will be generally observed throughout the Austro-
Hungarian sphere of customs, without reference to the
origin of the goods. Although, therefore, a new notifica-
tion respecting the duties to be levied on unprinted,
close, woollen goods did not appear from this point of view
to be necessary, the Imperial Finance Minister has con
firmed the regulations. •