The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-14 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

TKO HAMPSTEAD , JUNCTION RalLwAY.—Lord Romilly
pave judgment on Thursday in the case of Kirby v. Carter,
which related to the construction of the Hampstead Junc-
tion Railway. It appeared that the late Mr. Thomas
Ilaydon contracted with the company for the construction
;uf works for which he was to be paid £95,031. After only
small portion of the works were constructed Mr. Haydon
idled. His executors then continued the construction for a
few months, but as they had not sufficient money to go on
with the undertaking, the railway company took the con-
.ractor's plant, and having themselves completed the
works, preferred a claim of £23,647 against the estate of
tithe deceased contractor.—The Chief Clerk certified that
RI several respects the company had not completed the
works according to their contract with Mr. Haydon.—
"Lord Romilly therefore expressed his opinion that the
company had no right to make a claim against Mr. Hay-
don's estate, and that his executors were entitled to an
Anquiry in Chambers as to the amount due to them nuclei
'the contract.

ALLEGED PERJURY BY ATTORNET.-At the Court of
Queen's Bench on Thursday, Mr. Murray, on behalf of the
:Incorporated Law Society, moved for a rule to shew cause
why an attorney of that court should not be struck
off the roll. The attorney in question, he said,
was admitted in 1861, and took out his
certificates regularly until 1865. He continued without a
certificate from that year untillB6B. In November in that
year he served the usual summons on the Law Society,
calling on them to shew cause, before a learned judge, why
his certificate should not be renewed. He filed an affidavit
in support of that application, in which he swore that he
had not practised, either in his own name or with that of
Any other person, whilst he was without a certificate.
The Law Society appeared before Mr. Justice Mellor,
and the affidavit being fair on the face of it, an order was
made that the certificate should be renewed. It turned
out afterwards, however, that the statement in the affi-
davit was utterly false, and the Law Society therefore felt
it to be their duty to bring the matter under the notice of
the court. Information had been received that shortly
before filing his affidavit the attorney had been employed
in a county court case, and sent in his bill for that very
business after he filed the affidavit; and also that he had
been engaged in bankruptcy, conveyancing, and insti-
tuting praeeclings in Chancery.—The rule nisi was
granted.

A Corrox CASE.—The case of Fairlie v. Fenton has
been brought before the Court of Exchequer. It was
tried before the Lord Chief Baron at Guildhall, and
resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages, £1,748
16s. ld. A motion has now been made in the Exchequer
on behalf of the defendants to set aside the verdict, or
reduce the damages. The plaintiff is a cotton-broker in
London, and the defendants are manufacturers in Man-
chester, and the dispute arose respecting a contract for
the sale of 100 bales of cotton, the plaintiff being the
agent for another person. The defendants had refused to
fulfil the contract on the ground that it was a "bear"
contract entered into in the expectation of the price of
cotton falling. Judgment was postponed till another
motion connected with the case was heard.
Mr. BRADLAtiGH'S CASE.—It will he remembered that
Mr. Bradlaugh, a few days since, applied to the Court
of Common Pleas for a rule to compel an arbitrator in a
case in which he was plaintiff to take his evidence, which
had been objected to on the ground of his religious
op nions. The court, however, has refused to interfere,
after hearing Mr. Bradlaugh, on the ground that it was
unusual to interfere with the decisions of arbitrators, and
to do so would establish a most inconvenient practice, for
which there was no authority.

THE NEW CROSS ACCIDENT AGAlN.—Another case of
damages against the Brighton Railway Coinpany on account
of the accident at the New Cross Station has beenassossed
in the Sheriff's Court. The plaintiff was a publican,
who was strong and healthy before the accident, but who
has since the accident become paralysed owing to an injury
to the spinal cord. The jury awarded him £3,500 damages,
being half the amount claimed.
SWINDLING A RAILWAY COMPANY. —ln the case or
William Dickeson, who was charged at the
Central Criminal Court, with obtaining £250 com-
pensation in respect to the New Cross accident, on false
pretences, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The
judge, in passing sentence, said his only doubt was
whether he should not pass a sentence of penal servitude.
Ho sentenced the prisoner, however, to two years' hard
labour, at the same time denouncing the conduct of his
principal witness as most disgraceful.

THE MARINE INSURANCE CASE.—Francis Brown, the
Gravesend fisherman who has been several times examined
at the Mansion House on charges of defrauding marine
insurance companies, by forging false bills of lading, has
been finally examined and committed for trial in respect
to the shipwreck of a vessel called the Hope, for which
he obtained in all £1,35 from five different companies.
He had previously been committed on another charge.
THE ROBBERY OF £l,OOO BY Boys.—The two boys,
Thompson and Simpson, who, about three months ago,
stole £940 from some solicitors' at Walsall, have pleaded
guilty to the charge at the Quarter Sessions. The pri-
soners had, it seems, taken the notion of going to
Australia, and wanted to get the money for their passage.
Simpson, suggested they should rob the house of an old
man, but the project failed. The prosecutors, who had
employed Thompson, said they could not recommend him
to mercy. It was said by his counsel that his head had
been turned by sensational novels, and that he took the
money from an unlocked drawer. The prisoners were
each senteneed to nine months' imprisonment.
CHARGE OF FRAUD.—At the Liverpool Police-court,
Xennaird Bayley was brought up on bail, charged with
having fraudulently obtained a quantity of cotton, value
£5OO, from Messrs. Chambers, Holder, and Co., cotton
brokers, Liverpool. He had authorised his salesman to
give the name of Mr. Seddon, cotton manufacturer, Bolton,
as the buyer. A warrant was issued against the prisoner,
and he was apprehended in Glasgow. The prisoner was
committed for trial.

In 1852 some workmen kindled a fire in a Missouri
coal mine to warm themselves, and last week it was found
gstill burning.

Most of the members of the "Left Centre" have
received—doubtless from the same " Irreconcilable "--a
New Year's present, consisting of a box of bonbons, with
the motto, "In politics as in numeration, ciphers aro of
DO value unless they stand to the Right."

Said Stubbs to one of his debtors, "Isn't it about
time for you to pay me that little bill ?" "My dear sir,"
was the reply, " It is not a question of time--it a question
of eternity."

NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKED.—Sir Henry
Smith, long M.P. for Colchester, was one of the Tories of
the old school; and among the advocates of reform, his
resolute opposition to all change gave him a reputation
for folly and obstinacy which was not borne out by his
real character. On one occasion he was canvassing in
presence of numerous friends, and on asking a heavy
looking farmer for his vote, the man replied, " I'd vote
for ye, Sir Henry, as usual, only you're such a fool."--
" Fool, am I?" retorted Sir Henry; "then Pm the very
snail to represent you.' The diamond shaft of wit went to
'the farmer's heart, and with a loud guffaw, he promised
his vote.

A NEW BURGLAR'S DODGE.—It is stated that a
gang of burglars is going round the most respectable
streets in Pimlico trying a new " dodge " They dress
like gentlemen returning from evening parties. One of
them goes up to a door at about midnight, and tries the
lock gently with a latch-key. If it fail to open, being
!duly barred, he tries another door till he reaches one
"Mich has been left on the latch for some of the inmates.
When he signals his confederates, and the house is at their
mercy. If met by the police, the burglar appears to be a
,gentleman innocently walking home. If caught (as in one
case) actually trying a door, the polite thief civilly apolo-
gises for having " mistaken the number of his friend's
louse," and goes elsewhere.
THE PEERAGE.—Who's Who in 1870" sup-
plies the following facts about the peerage :--The oldest
duke is the Duke cf Leinster, aged 78; the youngest,
tthe Duke of Norfolk, aged 22. The oldest
.marquis is the Marquis of Westmeath, aged 84 ;
the youngest, the Marquis of Ely, aged 20. The
oldest Earl is the Earl of Onslow, aged 92; the youngest
the Earl of Carnwath, aged 11. The oldest viscount is
the Viscount Moles-worth, aged 83; the youngest, Viscount
Clifden, aged 6. The oldest Baron is Lord St. Leonards,
aged 88; the youngest, Lord Kenyon, aged 5. The oldest
'member of the Privy Council is Lord St. Leonards, aged
138 ; the youngest, the Duke of Norfolk, aged 22. The
oldest member of the House of Commons is Mr. William H.
Barrow, member for South Notts, aged 85 ; the youngest,
Mr. John Hutton, member for Northallerton, aged 22.
The oldest Judge in England is Vice-Chancellor Sir John
Stuart, aged 76; the youngest, Sir Henry Mullen, aged
49. The oldest Judge in Ireland is the Right Hon. David
It. Pigot, Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, aged
66 ; the youngest, the Right Hon. Michael Morris, Coin
men Mae, aged -12. The oldest Scotch Lord of Sessions
is Hercules J. Robei tson, Lord Eenholme, aged 73 ; the
youngest, Lord Mure, aged 58. The oldest archbishop is
the Archbishop of Armagh, aged 68 ; the youngest the
Archbishop of York, aged 50. The oldest bishop of the
Church of England and Ireland is the Bishop of Cashei,
aged 80; the youngest, the Bishop of Derry, aged 45. The
oldest baronet is Sir Thomas Beckett, aged 9) ; the
youngest, Sir Thomas Gresley, aged 3. The oldest knight
it J Htnii poke, flied 8331
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