The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-23 00:00:00

NORTON V. EDGELY.

This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover
2681. 55., the amount of a bill of exchange, drawn by de-
fendant upon a Wm. Memos, and endorsed by the for-
mer, and paid to Joseph Raleigh and Co., of Manchester.
who got the same discounted by Joseph Norton, the
plaintiff. The action was tried at the spring assizes
held in York, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, when the
jury found a verdict for the plaintiff on some of the
issues, and for the defendant on others. In Michaelmas
term following, Mr. Martin, for the plaintiff, obtained a
rule nisi to show cause why a new trial should
not be had, on the ground that certain material
evidence had been rejected on the trial, which, if it had
been received, the plaintiff would have obtained a com-
plete verdict.
Mr. WATSON now appeared against the rule, and con-
tended that it ought to be discharged. The Learned
Counsel stated the facts of the case at some length.
It appeared that the bill was an accommoda-
tion bill in favour of Raleigh, who was at the
time the bill was given a partner of the
plaintiff's in a house in Nottingham. The question then
was, whether there was a sufficient consideration be-
tween the plaintiff and defendant to enable the former
to recover from the latter, as endorser, the amount of
the bill. To settle that point, a declaration of Raleigh,
who soon after getting the bill discounted became
a bankrupt and afterwards emigrated to New South
\Vales was rejected at the trial ; it was requested by the
plaintiff to have a new trial at the Spring Assizes at
York in 1846, where the evidence of Raleigh would be
put in under a commission sent to New South Wales, for
the purpose of obtaining it. The evidence of Raleigh, it
was said, would prove the consideration, and show that
the defendant was a debtor unto the plaintiff. Now
he, the Learned Counsel, denied this, and also
contended that the judge was right in rejecting the de-
claration of Raleigh, as he was not a competent witness
in the cause, being an interested party.
Mr. MARTIN contended that the rule ought to be
made absolute, on the ground that the evidenco of
jury
properly was receivable and important to enable a
properly to decide the case.
The COURT took time to consider the case.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 22.
Their Lordships were engaged all the day in hearing
registration appeals, but none of the cases arguedin-
volved anything beyond disputes about technical com-
plianJes with the statute, and of course of little or no
interest except to the parties concerned.

SHERIFFS' COURT, Jan. 22.
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
lIIIGENT V. GRAY.—BRUIT TREES V. CORN-LAWS.

This was an action brought to recover damages for
waste in the destruction of fruit-trees, &c.

I)efenciantsufieTed judgment to go by default.
Mr. BALL, who appeared for the plaintiff, said the
facts of the case were very simple, and not denied by
the defendant, who had suffered judgment to go by de-
fault. The plaintiff was the proprietor of a cottage and
garden at Wimbledon, Surrey, which he let to the de-
fendant as tenant from year to year. When defendant
took possession there were some favourite apple and
pear trees, but defendant from some cause or other, per..
haps having some remote reference to the corn-law
question, rooted up the fruit•trees, although he was
warned not to do so, and sowed the land with wheat,
whether with profit or loss it was not the present object
to inquire, but the plaintiff had been deprived of his
favourite trees, which he now sought compensation for.
Witnesses were called, who, however, could only
prove that the trees were venerable, but could not at-
tach any particular value; they, however, considered the
trees ornaments to the garden.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said it was very loose evidence of
damage, and the jury must form;their own estimate ;in
justice
of opinion a very small amount would meet the
of the case.—The jury gave a verdict for 31.

GRAND DINNER AT THE MANSION HOUSE.—The
Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a splendid
entertainment, on Tuesday, to the Aldermen and their
ladies, and several private friends. The convivialities of
the Afansion-house, since the new mayoralty com-
menced, have been almost daily, and upon the most mag-
nificent and hospitable scale. Every alderman in town
was at the dinner on Tuesday, and a number of ladies
graced the table.

The railroad between Venice and Vicenza, which
passee over the magnificent bridge thrown across the La-
mutes, and the three other bridges over the rivers Tessina,
Bochigliere, and Retnne, and through two tunnels near
Vicenza, was opened on the 4th instant. The departure took
place from Venice a few minutes before ten in the morning,
and passed the bridge across the Lagunes in eight minutes, 8
distance which is not accimplished by a gondola in so little
time as an hour. The t_iole journey to Vicenza was Per-
formed in a little less than two hours. The weather was fine,
the road was found to be perfect. and the departure and
arrival of the train were hailed With loud cheers by A large
(lamr" of Pexiona, aasemble4 at both end&

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LOS,—Thursday, Jan. 22.
The gallery of the House of Liirdrirts -opened. at
twelve o'clock, for the admission of strangers, as was
also the body of the House, and long before one o'clock
every place devoted to that purpose was filled with ele-
gantly-dressed ladies.
The number of Peers was far greater than we re-
member for many years past. Among the great number
present we noticed Lord Monteagle, Lord Lang-
dale, the Earl of Sheffield, Lord Beaumont,
the Earl of Charlemont, the Earl of Bandon,
the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Zetland, Lord Mid-
dleton, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Devon, the Duke cf
Norfolk, Lord Hawarden, the Marquis of Clanricarde,
Lord Camoys, Lord Stanley, the Marquis ofA3 lesbury, the
Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Strad broke, the Earl of
Cardigan, Lord Redesdale, the Earl of Eldon, and the
Earl of Selkirk.

Among the Ministry we noticed the Earl of Aberdeen,
the Duke of Buccleuch, and the Earl of liaddington.
. .

The Duke of Wellington arrived shortly before ono
o'clock. His Grace appeared in excellent health and
spirits.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived about half-past one,
and was followed shortly afterwards by Prince George
of Cambridge.
Among the judges we observed Lord Chief
Justice Tindal, the Lord Chief Baron
Pollock, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr.
Justice Maule, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr.
Justice Patteson, and Mr. Justice Coleridge.
Among the Bishops present were the Bishop of Win-
chester, Prelate of the Order of the Garter ; and the
Bishop of Oxford, Chancellor of the Order of the Gar-
ter ; the Bishop of Worcester, and the Bishop of Ely.
There was a most numerous attendance of the corps
41°7-n(16(111e.
At ten minutes past two o'clock the report of cannon
announced her Majesty's arrival at the House of Lords,
and in about fire minutes afterwards her Majesty, at-
tended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the
great Officers of State, entered the House, and took
her seat on the throne. The Duke of Wellington bore
the sword of state, the Earl of Zetland the cap of main-
tenance, and the Duke of Argyll the crown.
Her Majesty being seated on the throne, Sir Augus-
tus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, by her Majesty's
command then summoned the Members of the House of
Commons to the House of Lords. Shortly afterwards
the Speaker, attended by a great number of Members,
appeared at the bar, when her Majesty, in a clear and
distinct voice, read the following Speech :
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
It gives me great satisfaction again to meet you
in Parliament, and to have the opportunity of re-
curring to your assistance and advice.
I continue to receive from my allies, and from
other foreign Powers, the strongest assurances of the
desire to cultivate the most friendly relations with
this country.
I rejoice that, in concert with the Emperor of
Russia, and through the success of our joint media-
tion, I have been enabled to adjust the differences
which had long prevailed between the Ottoman Porte
and the King of Persia, and had seriously endan-
gered the tranquillity of the East.
For several years a desolating and sanguinary
warfare has afflicted the States of the Rio de la
Plata. The commerce of all nations has been in-
terrupted, and acts of barbarity have been
committed, unknown to the practice of a civilised
people. In conjunction with the King of the French,
I am endeavouring to effect the pacification of those
States.

The Convention concluded with France, in the
course of last year, for the more effectual sup-
pression cf the slave trade, is about to be carried
into immediate execution by the active co-operation of
the two Powers on the coast of Africa.

It is my desire that our present union, and the
good understanding which so happily exists between
us, may always be employed to promote the interests
of humanity and to secure the peace of the world.
I regret that the conflicting claims of Great
Britain and the United States in respect of the ter-
ritory on the North-Western Coast of America,
although they have been made the subject of re-
peated negotiation, still remain unsettled.
You may be assured that no effort consistent
with national honour shall be wanting on my part
to bring this question to an early and peaceful
termination.

GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
The Estimates for the year will be laid be-
fore you at an early period. Although I am
deeply sensible of the importance of enforcing
economy in all branches of the expQnditure, yet I
have been compelled, by a due regard to the exigen-
cies of the public service, and to the state of our
Naval and Military Establishments, to propose some
increase in the estimates which provide for their
efficiency.
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

I have observed with deep regret, the very frequent
instances in which the crime of deliberate assassina-
tion has been of late committed in Ireland.

It will be your duty to consider whether any
measures en be devised calculated to give increased
protection to life, and to bring to justice the perpe-
trators of so dreadful a crime.

I have to lament that, in consequence of a failure
of the potato crop in several parts of the United
Kingdom, there will be a deficient supply of an article
of food, which forms the chief subsistence of great
numbers of my people. The disease by which the
plant has been affected, has prevailed to the utmost
extent in Ireland.

I have adopted all such precautions as it was in
my power to adopt for the purpose of alleviating the
sufferings which may be caused by this calamity ;
and I shall confidently rely on your co-operation in
devising such other means for effecting the same bene-
volent purpose as may require the sanction of the
Legislature.
I have had great satisfaction in giving my assent
to the measures which you have presented to me from
time to time, calculated to extend Commerce, and to
stimulate domestic skill and industry, by the repeal
of prohibitory, and the relaxation of protective,
duties.

The prosperous state of the Revenue, the in-
creased demand for labour, and the general im-
provement which has taken place in the internal
condition of the country, are strong testimonies in
favour of the course you have pursued.
I recommend you to take into your early consi-
deration whether the principles on which you have
acted may not with advantage be yet more exten-
sively applied, and whether it may not be in
your power, after a careful review of the existing
duties upon many articles, the produce or manufac-
ture of other countries, to make such further reduc-
tions and remissions as may tend to insure the con-
tinuance of the great benefits to which I have ad-
verted, and, by enlarging our commercial intercourse,
to strengthen the bonds of amity with Foreign Powers.
Any measures which you may adopt for affect-
ing these great objects will, I am convinced, be accom-
panied by such precautions as shall prevent perma-
nent loss to the Revenue, or injurious results to any
of the great interests of the country.
I have full reliance on your just and dispassionate
consideration
welfare.
of matters so deeply affecting the
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your councils, you t
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of
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subjects, provide
security tsheofconintyinuance of peace, and to main-
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creasing the comforts and bettering tii;z4 condition of
clock.
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then
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adjourned niy people.
till
five
0,

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after Five o'clock.
Earl Grey, Earl Pomfret, the Bishop of Oxford,
the Earl of Verulam, and Earl Spencer, took the oaths
and their seats.

VESTRIES ACT.
The Duke of WELLINGTON introduced the Select
Vestries Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be
read a second, time.
HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH—THE ADDRESS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Majesty's most
gracious Speech from the Woolsack, which being re-read
by the Clerk at the table,
The Earl of HOME rose to propose the Address.
He said -• My Lords, in rising to propose an humble and
dutiful Address to the Queen in answer to her
Majesty's gracious Speech, which your Lordships have
just heard read, I am gratified in being able to think
that in what I shall have to propose to you, there illil be
no difference of opinion or any division of sentiment.
It is satisfactory to think that the subjects treated of in
the Speech are not surrounded by such difficulties as call
for any particular comment or power of explanation ;
if they did so, I am totally sensible of my own deficiency
to grapple with them. I will not occupy more of your
Lordships' time by adverting to anything personal to
myself, but will at once proceed to the few remarks I
shall consider it my duty to make in proposing the
motion with which I shall conclude. I feel bound to
congratulate your Lordships upon the continued assur-
ances which her Majesty has informed us she has re-
ceived from all foreign Powers of their desire to
cultivate the most friendly relations with this
country. I am aware, my Lords, that for had;
ries of years it has constantly been
foreign
Sove-
reign continued to receive assurances f
friendly
in the Speech from the Throne to state tharotuittre
rowers of their desire to cultivate the most
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to congratulate the
relations with this country,
considered as a matter of eioautrseit
was merely re-
peating Sovereign on this,
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mediation, she has been enabled to adjust the difficulties
which had long
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tr,nt of that question may not at first sight
appear of great importance to this country, or to have
any direct beariii.g on the peace of Europe or the world

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