The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-14 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

BUILDING A TAVERN.—A motion has been made in Vice
Chancellor Malin's Court for an injunction to restrain a
person named Box from building a tavern on ground at
Wimbledon, belonging to the Church of England Provi-
dent Building Society. The plaintiff and defendant had
purchased adjoining plots, and- the plaintiff, who was
13uilding a private house on his plot, complained that the
creation of a public-house Vas contrary to the co,nditions
under which the property was sold, and calculated to
deteriorate the estate. The Vice-Chancellor was of
opinion that the defendant's proposal to build a public-
house on ground set apart for shops was an infringeraent
of the conditions, and granted an injunction.
/ THE NEW OMOS ACCIDENT—MORE DAMAGES.—In the
Court of Commo Pleas a Mrs. Christmas obtained a ver-
dict by consent f £lOOO against the Brighton Railway
Company Nr injuries sustained in the New-cross accident.
A RAILWAY COMPANY AGREEING TO HEAVY DAMAGES.
—ln the Court of Common Pleas, before Lord Chief
Justice Bovill and a special jury, the case of " Christian
v. the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com-
pany " was heard. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine represented
the plaintiff, an elderly lady, whose ankle was
dislocated in the disastrous accident at New Cross
in July last, when the London Licensed
'Victuallers and their friends were returning from
the fête at the Crystal Palace. The charge of negligence
was not disputed'; the only question was that of compen-
sation for the injuries received. The plaintiff was carried
into court in a chair, and appeared to have suffered very
much, being in a, nervous condition. After the plaintiff's
medical attendant had been examined, the counsel for the
company agreed to a verdict for £l-,000, which was
accordingly awarded by the jury.
A BANKRUPT CORONER.—At the Bankruptcy Court
there was an examination and order of discharge sitting
under the bankruptcy of Charles Joseph Carttar, the
coroner for West Kent. This was a fifth petition against
the bankrupt, filed upon the Ist of December last by W.
R. Preston, solicitor, of Basinghall-street, on behalf of
Mr. Charles Graham Carttar, public accountant, of Cole-
man-street, for a. debt of £550, money lent.—His
Honotlr said this was the fifth bankruptcy, and
he objected to the Court being made a convenience of.
—Mr. Preston said that two of the bankruptcies had been
superseded. If an adjournment were granted for three
months, the bankrupt would set aside £3OO out of £5OO
per annum, and there was every prospect of the arrange-
ment being Carried out. his honour said that if he in-
dulged in the luxury of a sixth appearance, the New Act
of Bankruptcy would deal with him very differently. The
sitting was thtn adjourned until the 15th of July next,
at the bankrupt's expense.
MISS MITFORD'S CORRESPONDENCE.—A curious dispute
respecting the correspondence of Miss Mitford has arisen
between her executor, Mr. Harness, and her old servant,
Mrs. Sweetman on sne hand, and Mr. L'Estrange, who
wrote and published the " Life of Miss Mitford " on the
other. The plaintiffs alleged they had a right to Miss
Mitford's letters which was infringed by the publication
of the book in question.

MR. BEWICKE AG/V.-Mr. Bewicke's case has been
brought before the Court of Common Pleas. It will be
remembered that an action for libel was brought
against Mr. Baicke by. his father-in-law, a
professional gentleman in Northumberland,' to
whom he had sent a letter bearing an in-
sulting superscription through the post. A verdict was
round for the plaintiff. Damages £.500 ; and a rule for a
new trial, on the ground of excessive damages, has now
been refused, on the ground that the libel was against a
professional man, and it was impossible to estimate
the damages.

THE LUDGATE-HILL ROBBERY —James Webb, who
described himself as a fitter without any home, was
brought up at the Guildhall charged with a daring rob-
bery on Ludgate-hill. The offence was of the moat daring
character, as it was committed at eleven o'clock in the day,
when the street was crowded. The prisoner was seemloitering
near the shop of Mr. Benson, jeweller, for some time.,
He suddenly sent his elbow through one of the
windows, which are ten feet high by seven
feet broad, shattering the glass into pieces.
Webb then snatched up two watches and a chain,
valued tqgether at k. 35, and made off with them, doing
great damage to the other articles that were in the win-
dow. The plate glass was worth £l2 or £l5. The
damage done to the goods not taken was about £5O. The
prisoner, wlho had nothing to say in defence, was fully
committed for trial.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICITOR'S CLERK.—At
the Mansion-house, John Clark, a law writer, casually em-
ployed by Mr. Macreath, solicitor of Cornhill, was charged
with stealing £l7O. He waylaid a junior desk, who had
been sent to the National and Provincial Bank in Thread-
needle-street to get a cheque for the amount named
cashed, and represented that he was to take the
money from ham, when he absconded. In con-
sequence of information sent to the police he was
apprehended late on Thursday night, helplessly drunk,
in his bed at his lodgings. £139 was found on him ;
the remainder, it appeared, he had squandered in drink
and treating. He was fully committed to Newgate for
trial.

WOMEN IN MEN'S CLOTHES.---The example of Mepsre.
Boulton, Park, and Co., has been followed in Dundee by
a couple of foolish girls, who dressed themselves on Wed-
nesday morning in the clothes of men, and pataded Con-
stitution-road at an early hour. The damsels were so
pleased with their adoption of the " habits " of the
" other sex " that they gave vent to their delight in a
series of yells that made night in that quarter perfectly
diragreeible. The end of it was that the police-
men, attracted by the extraordinary noise, cut short
the'parade, and marched the " young men " captive to the
police cells, where they were compelled to lie till ten
o'clock. The prisoners subsequently confessed that 'they
were gi,rls. When charged with a breach of the peace on
Thursday the defendants pleaded guilty, and the Bailie
without comment sentenced each of them to ten days' im-
prisonment, or a fine of 10s. The fine was at once paid,
and the girls were allowed to leave the police buildings
amid the laughter of all assembled.

A FLAT BETWEEN TWO SHARPS. —Ar the Huddersfield
Court House two " swells," named Charlekworth and
Robertson, were charged with robbing a farmer named
Ellis. The old man went to a fair to buy two cows, and
met the prisoners, who told him a long tale about having
had some,money left to them, and that they had recovered,
as the result of a lawsuit, £BOO from a railway company.
They induced him to bring out his money, and produced
several new chathois purses, and presenting one to Ellis,
one of them professed to secure the money in the new
pnrsp. £239.05. was entrusted to him, but the men,
by ringing the changes, kept the money, and returned
Ellis a new purse containing only 18 new half-pennies.
They then left the public-house, under the pretence of
soing to purchase something to eat, but they were not
een again until apprehended.—They were remanded.

It is officially stated that the number of persons
killed in the railway accident in Belgium on Saturday
night did not exceed twelve. Forty persons were injured
but all these are doing well.

HEALTH OF COUNT BISISIARCK.—The CorreBpon-
dance Provinciale says that Count Bismarck's recovery
progresses but slowly. This is supposed to intimate that
the Count's indisposition will prevent his appearance at
Berlin during the visit of the Emperor of Russia.
who will pay a short visit.to that city on his way to Ems.
TALENT IN AMERlCA.—American versatility kas
often been the subject of remark. A striking instance of
it-is given in the evidence of one of the witnesses at the
M`Farland triaL Mr. J. C. Howell thus described his
various occupations :—Have been in the diaguerreotype
business ope year ; carried it on in Freepmt, Illinois ; pub-
lished a paper five months at Freeport ; practised dentistry
in 1849; practised it ten years altogether ; was a drug-clerk in
Ohio ; in 1840 worked on a farm ; have been in the
Government service since 1861; was a clerk in the Indian
Department in Washington City ; sold patent rights in
1864 ; was in that business one year • was inspector of
customs in New York City in November, 1864 ; held that
office for two years ; then I came to the hair-pin business ;
consider myself now an inventor. —Pall Mall Gazette.

M. Barbieux, the managing editor of the _Rappel,
has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine
of 6,000 f. and costs, for publishing on the sth of May an
article signed "Victor Hugo," and entitled " Victor Hugo
on the Plebiscite."