The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-12 00:00:00

GOWNSMEN'SBRAWLS AT CAM.

BRIDGE. --
(From the Cambridge Independent.)
We very much regret to state that Tom Thumb's exhibi-
tion was considered by the " gentlemen" of the University a
good opportunity for favouring this town with one, or rather
a series, of those disgraceful rows, in the indulgence of which
they appear to take great delight. On Monday evening a
performance was given at nine o'clock, at the reduced price
of 6d., to enable the humbler classes to be present, when a
"band of fierce barbarians," in academic costume, meanly
availed themselves of the lowness of the charge to go and
make a disturbance; and not content with an exhibition of
ruffianism to women and children, they damaged the Town-
hall, for the repair of which General Tom Thumb has had to
pay 51. At the conclusion of the performance they com-
mitted several assaults upon townsmen in the Petty Cury—a
disturbance and fight were the consequence, and as usual with
these silly gentlemen, they ran away, glad to escape chastise-
ment, at the expense of their caps, two or three of which were
afterwards found in the Cury, and served as footballs to the
little urchins who were attracted by the disturbance. On
the following evening the same conduct was again displayed,
and for several hours the Market-place and its vicinity were
disturbed by fighting and rioting, the indecent violence upon
unprotected females, exceeding, if possible, that of the pr.:-
ceding evening. The police interfered, and on Wednesday
morning warrants and counter warrants were granted against
several of the parties, and the cases heard on Friday. Surely
the University might adopt some steps to prevent the repeti-
tion of such disreputable proceedings.
POLICE COURT, CAMBRIDGE, FRIDAY.—The Hon. G.
Calthrop, an undergraduate of Trinity College, was charged
with assaulting p.c. Freestone on Tuesday night, at Tom
Thumb's levee. Mr. Calthrop bad also taken out a warrant
against the policeman ; but when the case had proceeded to
some length, and as the magistrate (Mr. Fisher) said, proVed
against Mr. Calthrop, our chief constable of police, Captain
Bailey consented to abandon the case, and each party were
ordered to pay their own evpenses. However, the public
shall have a full report of the proceedings next week, and
they will then bs able to judge for themselves. At the same
time another person was charged with an assault, who did
not fare so well as his aristocratic co-defendant. His name
was " Billy Moden," who was fined 10s. for an assault on
R. Freeman. Mr. Calthrop had been requested to take a
seat, and Moden, until removed, persisted in occupying the
same place, saying, amidst the laughter of the Court, " he
had as much right to sit as the other gentleman."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, March 10.

The House of Lords sat to hear writs of error. The
peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham,
and Lord Campbell.
BRANDAO v. BARNETT„

The arguments in this part-heard writ of error, were
resumed and concluded to-day. The case has already
occupied five or six days, and we have refrained enter-
ing into the facts, until the arguments were concluded.
The case came before their Lordships upon an appeal
in the nature of a writ of error, against a decision of the
.Exchequer Chamber, (sitting in error), whereby a
Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, given in
favour of the appellant, was reversed.
The facts of the case appear to be be these :—The
appellant is a Portuguese merchant, residing abroad,
and the respondents are bankers in London. For some
time previous to Jan. 1837, the appellant employed a
person named Byrne as his London agent, and he in-
structed him (Byrne) to buy for him, supplying himwith money for that purpose, from time to time, cer-
tain amounts of Exchequer-bills. Byrne accordingly
purchased for the appellant such Exchequer-bills as he
required. Byrne kept at this period an account at the
respondents' (Messrs. Barnetts') bank ; and ho also, fur
the safe custody of all such securities as he might become
possessed of, kept certain tin boxes at the banking.- house
of Messrs. Barnett (as is customary with bankers to allow
their customers to do) in which he, from time to time,
deposited his securities, locked up, he ke ping the keys
himself. As Byrne purchased Exchequer-bills for the
plaintiff he deposited them in one of these boxes, locked
up, keeping the key himself; and when it became neces-
sary that the interest On them should be received, and
that they should be exchanged for new Exchequer-
bills, Byrne requested his bankers to do him the favour
to receive the interest and obtain in exchange new
bills. On those occasions Byrne took the. Exchequer-
bills from the tin box, and handed them over to the.
bankers for the purpose aforementioned, and as soon
as the bankers had received the interest thereon, and
exchanged the bills for new ones, these latter were,
it Was alleged, handed back to Byrne by the
bankers, and they were again deposited by-him and
locked up in the tin box. Byrne had from one period to
another purchased for the plaintiff Exchequer-bills to the
amount of 30,0001., which were deposited in the box,
and taken out occasionally by Byrne, and placed in
Messrs. Barnett's hands for the purpose already stated,
and they were always returned again by them to Byrne,
who re-deposited theta•-3a their iOriner -:,ustecir'

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