The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY•)

(Sittings in Banco.)
GEEVES V. GORTON. ;cis
Mr. IVEnsTEri said he had to move their Lordsh'vibit
rule, calling upon the Master to renew his taxation liivitt
case. It was an action of libel, which was origo
down for trial in Middlesex, but for the convenience..°,ol,l
parties the venue was subsequently changed to LoildoP,,boo
the case, with the consent of the Learned Judge betbre 110
it wes tried, was afterwards referred to an arbitratin'„
arbitrator made his' award in August last, contirming.a sot
dict which had been taken in Court for the pixig,tloso to
although the arbitrator certified that it was a prope. Jost
have been tried by a special jury, the taxing-master rviii
to allow the costs of the juries in Middlesex and Land.°ll
should mention that the certificate was not given, ~,t3 tar
the arbitrator's power had expired, and this woulav-tilial
in opposition to his motion, as well as that the eel: °f
ought to have been given immediately after the inint6,ili
the award, but he contended that it was made str!coeffi
accordance with the provision of the Act of Fari
~,,Litbin!,
which required that the certificate should be given t'efefor
reasonable time after the verdict or award, and he
hoped their Lordships would accede to his motion.
Mr. V. WILIIAMS resisted the application.
The Court made the rule absolute.
COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS Y.)
ItEARNE V. TURNICR. of sr
Sir T. fin
was heard this morning in suppo-0( oiro
applied for in last term in this case, on the grounor
prise, and the improper admission of evidence. It tabs rrcr
discounting affair, and the facts are shortly these. `Triin,v
was tried at the London Sittings at Guildhall, after er
term, before Mr. Justice Erle, in an action to rec°,`,-adv;
promissory notes, amounting together to 1,1001., a
be the property of the plaintiff These notes, it aPPe'''',.
drawn by a gentleman named Mytton, wh°'-aei
flexion with bill discounters has ere now fa;
times met the public eye. Mr. Mytton wentej
the notes in question to a person represen;solin
be a bill-discounter, and passing by the name efil.cslr,
where he left the notes in order to be discounted. nsot;
next day, *hen he learned that Smith had left; !no,'
brass plate on which the name was engraved was iferm
and that the ties were in his possession. The net—tc,
subsequently neg,iriated, and after some time came „„Al
hands of the plaintiff Under these circurnstar.`ese°,
Mytton employed Mr. Turner, an attorney, and thattb
ed
man by means of a stratagem recovered possessionreel
notes. The plaintiff then commenced proeeedings_At° by tboi
the notes from Turner. The principal question ratsys'oertf
pleadings was, whether the notes were really the Prlsooo
the plaintiff or whether be bad received them W' fre,o
consideration. After a long trial, in which, judgnite,
the evidence adduced, the plaintiff had got the 09therho
fora beoe4
his possession without advancing any money
verdict for the defendant was returned; an portj,
the motion for the present rule, which was el Pew
by the allegations that evidence bad been unexpecte ,;/ re"
Cluced which the plaintiff had not an opportunitY to
butting, and that the evidence f,o given was improPel'4o,l
ceivEd by the Court. On Saturday last Mr. Sergean', 0
was heard at lengthin support of the verdict of theja,'
to-day Sir Thomas Wilde was heard in reply laintiff 111P11:
The Learned Gentleman on behalf of the „ t ,Sd
tabled that he had given consideration for the bills, -°_,De,
of his.own means, but by borrowing of certain parties
he had named, and into the truth of which the fullest:, Oil
tiny had been invited; and that the evidence adduceiVegot
defendant was of such a character as to have lead Mr' r„_
to proceed against certain parties for perjury in the cal reo:
Learned Gentleman here went into a number of facts 7,, 010_,
lion to two of the witnesses, from which it would APPn the
had been connected with proceedings that renderr"iciolOoi
evidinee if not absolutely false, at least highly 141,6„P, JO'
and that the plaintiff bad not had a fair opPor—'
bringing these objections out upon the trial. ort
(The argument was going forward when our ret

and was expected to last all 'day.)
f
SHERIFFS' Co URT.—(T HIS - 1)A.
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELLO
lIARRISON V. GRESNWOOD. A 109
This was an action to recover thesum of 8/. 7i., sot .4
of an account of 48/. 75., for goods sold. The defeud,,,,cl
paid 40/., and pleaded that he was not indebted be'''.
t de sum of 4/., which he paid into Court. "d WI de
Mr. WILDE, who appeared for the plaintiff, sal A tlie,or
plaintiff was an ironmonger at Portland-town, an,;rd ti".*
fendant is'a builder at Finchley. This was the tL1"0.40`,,
that the case had come before a jury. In the first__i lig 13be
in consequence of the length of the bill and the Pe',ool‘lo,
ture cf the items, it was agreed that the matter suoiret
referred to a gentleman of the bar, but he being out „ cOO.
and the defendant's attorney refusing to refer it to sr/ vlAii
person, the case was tried, and a verdict given for 02;101
tiff; that verdict, however, was set aside, and they "
again to come before the jury.at
Mr. Titomns said that the gentleman to N7boin the
re
was said to be referred was never in existencr-
„abet, 00
An overture was now. made Ow- by defendant for pita
ference, but it was urged that the Under-Sheriff fo4
power to consent, but that it must be under an order e eplort
and that, on•the last occasion, the Judge could not Y
reference. ere
Witness for the plaintiff proved that the goods - but,
livered, and the charges were not only reasonable, 0
man
Ouy es,
cas uner-chared.
the contrdary, two practical ironmongers ana £
11
reduced the total amount of the bill to 421. 181.1*
Verdict for the fuii amount claimed.

The case occupied the whole of the morning.

Ir.) •
CLERKEN W ELL.—(T HIS DA o'
ilola
A man named Jones was charged with the foliowin Do
rageous conduct in the house of Mr. Charie, a cage°
keend residingin in St. Luke's.
Tpeher, parisoner, company with six others, went ist 0"
coffee• house on the previous evening, and asked for eid— 0;00
coffee, bread and butter, &c. They were
them. When they had partaken of the 1"-of
landlord civilly asked them for the price ;00 ,he,
whereupon all of
,them abused him in the grossest °poll roa
and not content with refusing payment, jumped o.ert.
benches, broke the tables, and then ran out, all e5-`'
prisoner, who was secured.
tbl
The constables stated that the same gang had serfe4
coffee-house keepers in the same manner.
In default of fine, he was committed for a week.

NIGHT POACHING.—Two young me'O, of t
of Alfred Silvester and Clifford John Hobson,the it) 0
oeigri
dairyman, and the latter a fly driver, both rom tjleCoetll
bourhood of Gravesend, were brought up before the 00,,
Justices at Rochester.on Monday, by Dawes, the ee 0
of Cobham, charged with having been found armed el pArvo,
cl9sed wood belonging to the Earl of Darnley, in tlieead,
of Shorne, on the night of Friday last, in search of Ph 05'it
The information was laid under the statute of 9 Ge°•,oageol
69, sec. 2, which subjects the party so offending to to 50
tation for fourteen years, or imprisohment for any `, of ty
exceeding three years. It appears that the trustees of
Noble Earl cinstantly employ, during the dark seasTbe Ptivr
year, fourteen persons to assist the head keeper in
petit servation of game on his Lordship's estates in the oe;t7t
hood of Cobham. On Tuesday night last, N-",
past eleven o'clock, Thomas Capps and John Jarrett', Aro
the assistants employed, whilst watching in ShorlecOto
heard, at a short distance from them, a noise as e'lf)lattdc
forcing their way through the wood, and in a fey( sot
afterwards they heard the snap of a gun, and a phes'ioroli,,
off from a tree in the same direction. They moved a, cPer,
and saw the prisoners, with another man, who esenlgivalttei
ing towards them under the oaks. One of them, egreetii,
had a gun, and attempted to run away, but was
„,,ill'oecarde
by another keeper, named Tuffil. They were both 0:0
the third man got clear el: Neither of the nrisonv4
any defence, anci. both were committed for trial at tt:, ifot!',
assizes, with an intimation from the Bench that tilt' pr.'
be admitted to bail, themselves in 80/. each, and fob 5
itho
in 401. each.
DEATH OF REDMOND OTRISCOLL, si
x45--;estilL
Cork Southern Reporter of Saturday announces the ;o„ict
that morning, of the above-named gentleman, 'i.ptrfe
for thirty years, up to February, 1844, been theP.43l,
of that papu and , and who was well known to ' ~. ,
ide'
spected by all connected with the Irish press.
00139-
INVERNESS WOOLLEN MANICIFACTORT 135 '
• this r' able additions have been mace to the works of nhiro
lishment, preparatory to the introduction of new wat-ertailter,
and on Friday evening the proprietor generously' ehe of Po
the work-people and their families. A large nonwe,t 0114
sons were present, and after a substantial and elegl'irly j$
dancing was kept up with great hilarity till an eafrilt;eo,
the following morning. Several of the proprietor lit" of
were at tie entertainment, including a number delie:eil,
whose presence added greatly to the interest and witoettott
the meeting. A happier evening has rarely been occall..e.
and the new building was finely ornamented for o%o'
and brilliantly lighted up with gas prepared 03 the r
—Ross-shire Advertiser. that Irid
LOCHMA DD Y, J AN. 13.—We regret to
House, formerly the residence of the Macniels 00410
now the property of Colonel Gordon of Cluny, weouncl.,. rot'
the morning of the 24th ult., burnt to the gr was 00,./*
have not heard how the fire originated. Therenve Jo
nately little or no furniture iv the house. No
Ross-shire Advertiser.