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

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 29.
(Sittings
Tin Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DEN,Wit,

Mr. Justice PArrEsoN, and Mr. Justice WILLIAM 4.)
This being " Oak-apple Day," or the Restoration of
Charles the Second, the Learned Judges appeared in their
scarlet robes, a customary practice on this and other remark-
able days.

HARROLD V. WHITTAKER.

Mr. Justice PArrEeori (at the request of Lord Dem-nap,
temporarily absent) delivered the judgment of the Court in
this case, which was set down in the special paper, and which
stood over, after a:guments on pleas of demurrer, for the
consideration of the Court. The Learned Judge pronounced
the judgment to be in favour of the plaintiff.

GILES V. GILES.
The Learned Judge (PArrEsoN) also delivered judgmee,
in -this case, the points at issue being pleas upon demurrers,
in which the parties on the one side and the other appear not
to have performed certain conditions of an agreement en-
tered into between them respecting landed property held by
one under the other, the said property being a demise under
a will, made by the father of the parties.
The Learned JUDGE went through the facts, and on the
second plea, pronounced the judgment of the Court to be in
favour of the defendant ; and on the first plea, to be in
favour of the plaintiff. _ _ _

The full Coiirt then proceeded to hear arguments in the
cases set down in the special paper.

ROBINSON V. HAWKSFORD.

Mr. UrrrßMnc stated that this was an action brought upon
a cheque, drawn by the defendant in favour of the plaintiff,
and dishonoured when presented for payment, on the ground
that it was not presented in reasonable time. He thought
that such a position could not be maintained.
Mr. COIVLING, for the defendant, held that the cheque
should have been presented on the day on which it was
drawn, or at the farthest on the following day. In this case
the cheque had not been presented for nearly a fortnight
after it was drawn, and was then dishonoured as not having
been presented within a reasonable time. He maintained
1 that the party should suffer by his own neglect, and that the
Learned een
verdict ought to be enter& for the defendant.
A long argument ensued between the Learned Gentleman
and the Judges, the latter holding that it should make no.
d f ence when the party presented the cheque; that it
should have b
wh it should paid, and that not presenting it in what the
Counsel called " reasonable time" was no reason
1e _ not be paid.
h Court ultimately ruled the point against Mr. Cowling

EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED

STATES, &c.
In consequence of the disaster which happened some
months since to the ship Robert Isaacs, which had emi-
grants on board for the Uni:ed States, and proved to
have been unseaworthy, her lkik)esty's Colonial Land
and Emigration Commissioners gave directions that
every vessel, which intended to take emigrants, should
be examined as regards her seaworthiness, and the law
relating thereto strictly complied with. They issued an
order—
" That all vessels which were not registered at Lloyd's, or
which being registered and classed lower than the second
description of the first-class, should not be considered eligible
by the Government Emigration Agents for the conveyance
of
passengers,by
Lloyd'sit
housturhvaev;morgs.b”een first subjected to an exa-
mination
These surveyors, mistaking their duty, refused to pass
any American vessels unless they complied with all the
arbitrary rules laid down at Lloyd's as necessary, in
order to be classed on their books. In consequence,
several of the new and first-class New York packets,
and others, were denied the privilege of taking passen-
gers, at a time, toe, when the rate of passage was very
high. This caused great excitement among the Ame-
rican shipmasters, and others interested—as it would
throw this important part of the intercourse between
the two countries into British ships alone, to the exclu-
sion of American—and caused a very bitter feeling.
pcLuoeipurvWofneonrtreprmyota
hmor
litee,shnhppy to learn that, through the representa-
tionwe,sia of Genhureorbotal Armstrong,jdheueicsrtty,seuvtore United States Consul at
surveyors
etyhoers watchfulhav have
satisfactiono
beenf t h e
appointed,interestso f
all ofpsr t
ehhsi
o.s
the following communication has
been addressed to General Armstrong :
" Colonial Land and Emigration Office,
9, Park-street, Westminster, April 27, 1846.
" Sir, —I am directed by the Colonial Land and Emigration'
Commissioners to acknowledge your letter of the 22d instant,
received on Saturday, and to assure you that the Commis-
sioners are very desirous that no unnecessary obstruction.
should be presented to the -sailing of any vessel which is fit
for her intended voyage. The nature of the agency through
which the survey of emigrant ships should be effected is under
consideration, and will be decided before the end of the pre-.
sent week. But, in the meanwhile, lam desired to acquaint
you that the Commissioners take the same view which you.
have expressed, that the seaworthiness of the ship is the
only question to be determined, and that they have already
furnished their officer at Liverpool with instructions which
will enable him to consent to the clearance without delay, of
any ship respecting which he is satisfied that she is sea-
worthy, so as to be fit for her intended voyage.—l have tha
honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,

" J. WALCOTT, Secretary.,
" R. Armstrong, Esq., United States Consul, Liverpool. '
—Willmer and Smith's European Tim-s.

AN USURIOUS MONEY-LENDER TAKEN IN.—Yes
terday, Mr. Lewis Harris, a gentleman residing at No. 8;
Rotherfield-street, Lower-road, Islington, applied to Mr..
Norton, at Lambeth Police-court, for his advice and assis-
tance under the following circumstances :—Mr. Harris
stated that on the 20th of April last, he saw an advertise-
ment in the Times newspaper requiring the loan of 121. for
one month, for which property for double the amount would
be deposited in the hand of the lender. He answered the
advertisement, and requested the advertiser to call at hisresi-
dence, when he would treat with him. On the following day
a person of respectable appearance called on him, who repre-
sented himself to be the advertiser, gave his name James W.
Packnell, and said he was a silversmith and jeweller, residing
at No. 50, Regent-street, Lambeth. He (applicant) sup-
posing him to be a respectable person, agreed to lend him 9c.
for a month, and for this h e deposited with him a casket contain-
ing six silver watches and eleven pawnbrokers' duplicates.
puporting to be for v.-.luable articles pledged, and upon which
the money lent was upwards of 201. Before the loan became
due he received a letter from Packnell, stating that he coins
not meet the payment, but that a friend of his would mg,
and purchase the property in his hands. No person, how-
ever, called, and applicant ultimately called at the house, No,
50, Regent-street, Lambeth, and found the name of Packnell,
silversmith and jeweller, on a brass plate on the door, but on
making inquiries, he found that Mr. Packnell was seldom it'
ever, there himself, and that, in point of fact, he was one Offs
gang of seven or eight who were carrying on an extensive:
system of fraud. The watches which were placed in his
hands, and which were represented to be of the value of 3.*
guineas each, were worth only 14s. each, and the duplicates.
he had every reason to believe, were fictitious. The apply
cant added that he found that seven persons had been duped
in a similar manner. In reply to questions from the magis-
trate, he said he was to have received 111. at the end of the
month for the 9L lent. Mr. Norton recommended him to
place the case in the hands of an active officer of polices,
which he did.
Letters from Gibraltar state that smuggling is carried
on on the most extensive scale, and that the deposits of pro-
hibited goods destined to be smuggled into Spain amount
to the value of 600,000 piastres. "The only remedy for this.
abuse." says the Heraldo, "is a reform in the present tariff.
according to the spirit of the age and the true principlesA
political economy.'
THREATENING TO SHOOT.—At Westminster Police
court, yesterday, Andrew Esdaile, a man apparently between
60 and 70 years of age, was charged with threatening to
shoot Colonel Brown, commandant of the Royal Military
Asylum, 'at Chelsea. James Wise, a dairyman, 32, King's.
road, Chelsea, said that on his return home, at half-past ten
that morning, he was informed by his son and another person
that the accused had expressed his determination to shod
Colonel Brown. Shortly after this the prisoner came tohime
and pressed him to lend him the key of the private gate at
4ttj
when he
hthae Military
him into custody
iliWtaitneAsssyasiukmed, whihmicwh hhaet hewNiVtannetsesd) wwiasthp.iet,rm
ht if he liked
replied that he wanted to shoot Colonel Brown. Witness
immediately told him that he should give
he did not shoot him." A police con.•
stable was called and he was given in
he would be d—d
charge. In answer to
when the accused replied " that he might, but
an inquiry as to whether any fire-arms had been found upon
the prisoner, the police replied in the
negative.Mr Bur..
rell inquired of Colonel Brown, who was in attendance.
whether he apprehended any personal violence from the pri..
soner? The Colonel replied that knowing the character of
the man, he did. In his defence, the prisoner said he had
been drinking to excess. He meant no harm. Mr. Burr ell
called upon him to find bail, himself in 2001., and two sure-
ties in 1001, each, for the next six months. Not being is
provided, the prisoner was sent to gaol.
The tradesmen of the West-end complain that the
present is the worst season they ever remember, in their
different trades, and attribute it to the delay of the passi
of the Corn Bill. Their discontent is loudly and continua
expressed, and they declare that unless the Court bestir its
after the recovery of the Queen, to give some fetes and bal4,
they will be half ruined.

IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS 1N SPAIN.—The Spanish
Minister of the Interior, M. Pidal, has sent to the Director
General of Bridges and Highways a list of the works which
the Government are desirous of urging forward as quickly
as possible. The principal indicated are the roads fro.*
Madrid to Valencia, Badajoz, Toledo, Corunna, Iran, San.
tander, Cadiz, and Saragossa, comprising an extent of up.
wards of 208 leagues, and the cost of which will be nearly
85 million reels.
ABRIDGMENT OF THE HOURS OF BUSINESS.—Yea.
terday, a meeting of the nobility and gentry, friends to the
abridgment of the hours of business, took place at tin
Rooms,Th RHiagnhotveHr-osqn.uaLroe,rdfoasr thheleyputroopoksethea
ported by Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.,
Baptist Noel, Lord Dudley Stuart,
thecQluaei aidinger
BishopanstdCa ot:Roac obees object.
cu
PNorwich, Thomas Wyse, Esq., M.P., the
ilhieeniloann,dW. H. Cowper, Sir R. P. Joddrell, the Rev
W. Dibdin, Charles Cochrane, Esq., Mr. J. S. Bucking.
ham, &c., &c. Resolutions in accordance with the object d
the meeting were carried unanimously.
FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—Last evening, about
half-past six o'clock, as the Pink, belonging to the Loudon
and Westminster Steam-boat Company, which ply between
London and Westminster Bridges at one penny each passen-
ger, was proceeding between Waterloo and Hungerford
Bridges, and having made a somewhat sudden turn for the
purpose of making Hungerford Pier, a man named Willie=
Charles Pallet, who was sitting on the upper rail or bulwark*
of the fore part, was shot over backwards into the river.
Boats instantly put off from the shore, but it was SOnle
hinadthhaeppem chair,ec
minutes ere he was rescued, and too late for resuscitation.
ST. JOHN DEL REY MINING COMPANY.--Yesterday
the 16th annual meeting of this company took place at the
otkeantlitohursw-yard,
farh,
making
as
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ts.ht
uPet
ipomdwtiehrl e seteelitaaoE, s qctrwsi
t. ,
accounts of of
atthey
topresent
offices
sin T
statedear
h
since the company had been formed, for the Brazilian packet
not
tthtee parrresivenetintime
time.
of the 3 ear's proceedings, he could state that it would be a
satisfactory report for the proprietors, and would show a
favourable state of their affairs, enabling them to propose a
dividend of 10s. per share, leaving a surplus of about 5,000/-
As soon as the packet arrived, on board of which was about
8,0001., an early day would be fixed for the payment of the
dividend. Some routine business was transacted, and the
meeting separated.
Preparations are being made at the baths of Kissen•
gen for• the reception of the Emperor of Russia, who
visit that place after the marriage of his daughter, the Grand
Duchess Olga, which is to take place early in July. The
Empress of Russia has arrived at Saltzbourg, on her return.
from Italy.
travellers visiting P
English aris at this season will ha
glad to know that strangers are admitted to see Marsha
Soult's famous collection of Spanish pictures, during the
Marshal's absence from the capital. An order of admissio*
is obtained by addressing a letter to M. de Tinan or M. Col.
son, at the Hotel de Dalmatie, or to the office of the Maids
of War. - - - .