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London, England, 1846-01-26 00:00:00

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damages for the injury he had sustained, by reason
of the defendant having destroyed the fences Thea
cross'
of which the plaintiff claimed the fee siinple. „a
was situated on the borders of Waltham
it was contended on behalf of the defendant that be 11,3:
huen guilty of no wrongful or illegal act, in so far
.ssiv),
had been licensed by the Crown to hunt, fish, and "0.
in and about Waltham Forest, and as the close in 45 f
tion was portion of that forest it wande propertfi°,
the Crown and not of the plaintiff,the
linen'thr?
Forest, ,
down of the fence was justified deniedhe royal ~
The plaintiff, on the other hand, that the theti,
hold of the close was in the Crown; and the case tit was
involving the rights of the royal pyerogative, _to
reirtoved from the Common Pleas into this Court
LA,
t,
Com of Exchequer being the only Court which
vileges, II;
jurisdiction in cases where the rights, pri
revenues a the. Crown are involved. i.„ nrce
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now moved that ievdrailt,
ceedings in the moo be stayed Against the deff thst
and for leave to substltute her Majesty's nsoe,lir coy
of the defendant, on the round that the plain ,iiee
troverted the right of the Crown to the close 104.;0,10
tion, and 'therefore, prima facie, the matter inuoti; ea
was between the plaintiff and her Majesty, noV'''' e
the plaintiff and defendant.
The Court granted a rule nisi.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. DE.YAI4G .00
This was a criminal information, tited at the In' oat
of the Crown againt the defendant., for an inner tero
of the revenue raws, which was tried in the astt oile
before the Lord Chief Baron, who refused to Hering the
of the witnesses to answer a question, disc
losibloci
name of the informer through whom the CrewLi ° cbssr
its information, criminating the defendant• luer,ideacet
hers urged that this was contrary. to all rules 0' c,' ortii'
but the Learned Chief Baron riled that °cooing'
nary rules of evidence were not applinable to *raussil,
case, and a rule nisi was subsequently obtained Illii*
the information, on the ground that the ,Learrorne tlO
Baron's dictum was erroneous ; and after hest,7slo
arguments pro and con, the Court took time to
the case. ,A,051
The LORD CHIEE BARON now delivered the juuees4
of the case, confirming his former ruling, that 6 whamspa
cannot be asked a question tending to disclose thedopeic
of an informer who is a third party, and does o°l 006 LI
in the progress of the information, The rule wl4l oiol
great antiquity, and was invariabl rdV) cr
y aPP le •
cases.
Rule discharged accordingly.

COMMON PLEAS. THIS
REGISTRATION APPEAL. ,„1 Oigo.
BISHOP V. BROWN, HIGH BAILIFF OF WBS',„.11:101,1,
Mr. ARNOLD appeared against a decision (:"- "tbe,'"4
vising Barrister for the City of Westminster, 01300
lowing grounds:—The appellant, Mr. Bishop, fititbe
that his name had been improperly struck fro
aos,
gister. Hby the e
had, previous to the day fixed (Re TO
for the payment oT rates, gone to the proper
tendered what he conceived to be the amount "% sell
overseer said he could not tell the appellant tho ofit iota
what .vas owing, but that he would apprise hiei ,tion
day or two. The appellant paid no more adept 50,0
the matter, and his name was placed upon thetsecs!„,
mitted to the Revising Barrister; but being It;
in the Court of Revision the name was struck that if
Learned Gentleman, at some length, contended; that
appellant had made a legal tender of the rates;tessi
any fault existed it was in the overseer, and el
quently the name had been improperly strue'l oej,
Their Lordships, without hearing Counsenotrot
other side, decided that the tender of rates val 6
and that therefore the decision of the Revising
should be sustained.
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CAPTAIN WARNER'S INV-0 ,I,r 000
TO THE-EDITOR OF THE -- portsolreio
SlR,—The experiments of last week at,"%rogest
are well timed to second the efforts of Loin ',"„ogh,t"jor,
the coming se:sion of Parliament, when, it t!ri,eP'lo
will again bring forward Captain Warner's .led efeaV
The experiments .at Portsnaouth, conduF,_ espy to
they were, show to some extent the destructly.Los r;ce
"
tics of submarine engines. It is something 'to re of
folly, in these days of ingenious applianoes,..,,d
upon. the comparatively dogtrot mode of rretoew.ie
olden time. We should, if we are to be 01) otactia'
the ocean, be wide awake. The higher 0:100 la
appear to be, upon the subject of Captain %%Id, Of"
ventions, napping profoundly ; the public sh4Lood,io
fore, not rest satisfied till they are fairly awe't`loisor
their slumbers, fur there-is hardly a limit to the Oil:2,
that may arise to our maratime interests trollop'
pineness. A NAVAL Off
Jan. 21, 1846. •
ACI'
THE COUNTY MAGISTR-iy
f/ t
TO THE EDITOR OF THE 5,- P
ner
SlR,—The remarks which appeared Leicester, 2i
n2ay.'ol;l.:l
nagr or. Ao'it
Tuesday evening, upon the magistracy of Moe 0,001
shire, are so pertinent to the purpose as W inirreetitr
diate attention, and, doubtless, a very early CO
the evils complained of. Our Nottingham, ht thY
Lours are much indebted to you for ihe hg,froilie
upon their magisterial mismanagement. A race of of t
would also greatly promote the conreniee ogolito
Leice: ter public. Pray advocate the apP°iPt..ide ii art
stipendiary magistrate for the county, to re'littirso
or near to the town. With the large P°P„uffevell's:
third-class manufacturing metropolis, rnanY ;La,1111;:e:
continually occurring in the immediate vieiti-iise 9
yond the jurisdiction of the borough authorlioiedt
one of the town magistrates are in the calliSoefiaif
the county, and we have no resident county irery‘,ll
within the borough (an exception I believe £0 obi
large county town). Justice has to be s°,,,slesAtili,
excursion froth Leicester to villages some ',7abilvpr
the parties on either side frequently being in" s
the town,, and the off,nce committed withi° 0-0!
throw of the borough boundary.
By your notice of this public grievance in g.,1/1010e"
may approve, you will oblige all my fellow tt'l'
Your very obedient servant'oP
P 41
E
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THE LATE -FATAL RAILWAY ACCID- heiPice
BRIDGE, SATURDAY EVENING.—Owing to the 08$ 10;
of rain during the last two days the waters
the ruins of the occupation bridge, near this
fell in on Monday lust, and which was attend is
melancholy rt sults, have so greatly increa eogil,
a stop to all engineering operations, and the 1.0
tender remain partly buried. Major-Geneclo°l„
the Inspector-General of Railways, earlie,he ter
Thursday, in company with Mr. Barlow, Tot `)*
engineer, and. Mr. Ilbtrry, the superintenlor 0:0`
line, in order to institute his official inquirY, 001111
formation .of -the Board of Trade, but wailsood'or
complete it satisfactorily, on account of the -067
opinion he came to, however, was, that the 3'4 art''„
resulted through a want of judgment on the PO
contractor, who, in constructing the ballast Tioa "of;
north side of the line, between the ()cote; brA
and the Medway, had- undermined the rit_ife4-e OV"'
such au extent as to permit the waters trewri,"-ilroA
into.the, pit, and then, rushing under the larima jet fro,'
away the embankment on the other side, 051thosjA
the land waters. • Terse being as great as,„aie
the Medway,. and both streams meeting riosi'ejlfr:
under the bridge, the torrents were so leo'is `tart
up' the main arch to a depth of several fretibill'A
tearing away the foundations of the brill' bee
,c 1
the heavy weight of the engine and tender teool'
upon the bridge caused it to give way, and 'f
deplorable event. /°
scree r ,oiot
FlRE.—Yesterday (Sunday), about one ilrer,brit
day, a fire broke out in the shop of Mn '-ia£F4ag
Blenheim-terrace, Kingsland-road, owing to ad cetv,A;
of Eau-de-Cologne accidentally upsetting
contact with a light, which at first threatened e:a1000,,,
• the house; and the entire row of newly-erect ter'
but owing to the active assistance of Mr. Sump, sal",o4it
and Mr. Bishop, the builder, who were prunalit',..) coo'
and used untiring exertions, the flames we,,,'"oisdttol
gotamder. Mr. Sumpter is entitled to high 'net°. Vibe
courageous conductin going into the midst of thighs' sit
ACCIDENT AND SUICIDE.—On Saturday rterio
nine o'clock a man named William Andrews, r..L'oeleoPif
Watermen's Adelphi Pier, who had been ret;lo,4o(
course of the:day to assist in unloading a ha% to lit'?
the luggage of the Duke of Buccleuch, was avow
the dumby, or outer barge of the picr,
moored alongside when he stepped short an'to eel -JO,'
lia
water, between the craft. A lighterman, lu's-tlie pre,
the employ of Mr. F. Farlow, the Secretary ?'„
Pier Company, who was in the barge containelit'ae v",,ose,ae
Buccleuch's property, did all in his power to oe,,wjety,
The search fur the bOdy was continued for he'io t.;
Mr. Farlow's men, when they heard a splas,.hijo" ereuoolrae
close to the Hungerford Suspension Bridge, itt.:d tlie4o4,
screams of a female, who was in the water, a, "0. to,f, Poe
a policeman's rattle on the bridge. On rowing ate' EY e#
bridge several persons called out that a avolos:borevauty
herself into the river, and pointed out the spot stitt,
disappeared. The policeman, 189 L, who w,toraPeie
the bridge, saw a woman getting over the riori'lhoc£at",
north-west side of the bridge, and, suspecting 11er wilio`
he rushed towards her and attempted to 13°Ilt`eels'e°,Lcte
short struggle took place, during which llieh,rs' sPet'l
off; and the woman, who was outside the irroo6;sl3,o,
his grasp, plunged into the river, and was a bet' sfet
policeman only saw her for a few seconds it'nfa bee
sal
a young eoman. Neither of the bodies ha‘""
10,`I,
covered. -
„ `tree
ATTEMPTED BURQLARY AT A jg,',1,0
LERs.—On Saturday night the family of "m"Groe„,,, ale. 0'
the landlord 'of the Windmill Tavern, lIPPer osia'a
Blackfriars-road, was thrown into a state of c°,l beau;_
citement in consequence of a man being o°ll. k r
bedrooms under very singular circumstance opPee
o'clock the female servant went to one of otriO'oreol
when she was-suddenly alarmed at seeing l''.o.lbeirfilterk
the act of forcing the lock of a large chest if"'. so a, re
a benefit society held at the above house. in e 10,bo ecof,'
down stairs and raised an alarm, when Mr. ''°lloo,`,,io.ol,'
persons rushed to the room and secured th,e be eqs;,,er°
such an unsatisfactory account of himself, 1".. oet's,o4 „:a
veyed to the station-house. The room W:raii bras l'
searched, but although the contents of se.thing.,4 cot
lying about the floor, he had not taken anY ervP
which he' appeared to be forcing when the 5 reo
contained. a large sum of money. • cies for
cir t
A rumour was current in the nausiee.., be IeA,J.-11°
day night, that Covent-garden Theatre lir case ad"ci Ott; al'
yeari for a second Italian opera-house. It. 00,313istis'
deposit had been already paid to the prore.,e, 0f01,,,e'49
theatre is to be entirely re-decorated. Fersjor reifi
ready engaged were given—iaamely, 1$1"3-: SW/ (1
' dame Viardot Garcia, Madame Frezzolinlorisi sa es?,
Signor Tarnburini, Signor Roaconi, ifee• after the 'fttio, 1,1
were to join in the season of 1847,,,joiestY,'50g sCccO
tion of their engagement at her you f
this season. We give the report with° rojeet citairib
accuracy ; but we are well aware that the the
Italian company in London has been long.rjitree •ed
EAST INDIA MAILS.—SOUTIXAMPInVAry
Oriental steam-ship, Captain Soy, coro„,„,":
dohs seel-eeas s, r•;'
,; ,000, jj
10.11,1 i • • • :,• ITO °P.030
i.•:' 1. - • Jur. VI cargo,
raker, 19. The Oriental has a very to
reed .flc4:£44
passengers. h returl,lo/ Pe4
The lion. Mr. George Smythe . of Cn
Continent, and has entered on the duties
of E9roika Affairs,