The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-25 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

• THE lINION HILL SILVER COMPANY.—A petition for
the compulsory winding-up of the Union Hill Silver Com-
pany has been heard by Vice-Chancellor Malins. It was
contended that it was a bubble company, that it never
did any business. and was now nnnblo Su pay us cents.
It appeared, however, that the shareholders had passed
a resolution in favour of a voluntary winding up, and
the Vice-Chancellor, holding that a compulsory order
would be of no avail, as there were no assets, dismissed
the petition, but without costs.
ACTION BY A NEW PAPER PROPRIETOR.—In the Court
of Exchequer Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., applied to their
lordships for a rule for a new trial in this case, which was
tried at the last Nisi Prius sittings at Westminster, and
arose out of circumstances connected with the last general
election for the county of Leicester. Mr, Lee is the pro-
prietor of the Leicester Mail, and during the
late election he was devoted to the interests of Mr.
Frewen, who was a candidate for the representation of
the county in opposition to Lord John Manners. Mr.
Cox, a gentleman who supported the candidature of
Lord John, brought an action against Mr. Lee for a libel
alleged to have been published in his paper reflecting on
his character, and obtained a verdict for £2O damages.
Mr. Lee saw Mr. Bosworth, who acted as the election
agent for Mr. Frewen, and the result of that interview
was a promise from Mr. Boswbrth that Mr. Lee need not
be afraid, and if Mr. Frewen would not indemnify him
for the damages, he (Mr. B.) would hold him harmless.
The money not having been paid an execution on Mr.
Lee's goods was issued, whereby he sustained damage to
his credit and otherwise to the extent of £3OO. An action
was brought against Mr. Bosworth by Mr. Lee, when the
jitiry returned a verdict for the latter for that amount. It
was now sought to set aside that verdict by the motion of
the learned counsel on behalf of Mr. Bosworth, for a rule
for a nonsuit or a new trial. Rule granted.
A TROUBLESOME ASSISTANT.—A milk salesman named
Wright, who employs a large number of men detected
one of them adulterating his milk, and dismissed him.
He set up a rival trade in defiance of theterms of his agree-
ment, which stipulated in case of discharge, that the em-
ploy& were not to carry on the business of a milk salesman
within three miles. An injunction was, therefore,
obtained to restrain the offender, but he has set it at
defiance, and an application has now been made, in the
Court of Queen's I3ench, for further measures. A rule
nisi was granted, calling on the defendant to shew cause
against an attachment for disobedience to the Court.

NEW TRIALS.—RuIes for new trials have been granted
by the Court of Queen's Bench in three compensation
apes. The OM was in a case tried at Leeds where a
Mrs. Jones obtained 408. damages for injuries re-
ceived in getting out of a carriage belonging to
the North Eastern Railway Company, the porter having
hurried her, and there being no proper platform. The
defendant's counsel contended that she had misstated the
facts, and the accident was her own fault. In the other
case, the damages were £lOO. The plaintiff, a young
man named Allen, a furrier in Regent-street,
was a passenger by the South-Western Railway.
At Twickenham he objected to some of the change given
to him by a booking-clerk, and was given into custody on
a false charge of attempting to rob the till. The
counsel now endeavoured to shew that the clerk exceeded
his duty and did not act in the interests of the company.
In the other case the plaintiff had been taken into cus-
tody in a police raid on a cigar shop under the belief that
it was a betting-house. The evidence in the case had been
very conflicting, and Mr. Justice Blackburn, who tried the
case, said there had undoubtedly been perjury on one
side or the other.
THE NEW Diurross' ACT.—An application has been
made to Ivir. Baron trarawell. at Judge's Chambers, for
a writ to arrest an absconding debtor, who had taken his
garage for America. Mr. Baron Bramwell observed that
that the law now required an affidavit that the presence of
the defendant was necessary, but he thought it was suffi-
cient when it was shewn that a debtor was about to
Abscond.

It there were anything in the rumour of the
abolition of recorderships, the Law Times anticipates the
authorities interested would probably at once organise an
opposition to any such measure. The Government ap-
points recorders on the nomination of the councils of the
boroughs. Clearly the councils of boroughs whose sepa,.
rate sessions it might be proposed to abolish 'would be
entitled to he heard on the subject, and unless the criminal
business had decreased in particular boroughs, it would
be difficult to see upon what ground the Government
could proceed to make any change.
THE TITLE OF PHYSICIAN. Sir Roundel]
Palmer and Mr. Denman, 14.0 , Standing Counsel to the
Royal College of Physicians,. have decided that the
licentiates
tos of the Royal College of Physicians, who have
obtained their licenses to practice physic, subsequently to
December, 1860, are entitled to call themselves Physicians,
and to hold appointments as such. Anything, says the
Lancet, more unsatisfactory than this decision to the
gentleman, who have paid so heavily in money, and in
trouble for the position of
caeca. can hardly be conceived.