The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-08 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE LATE MARQUIS OFITIASTINGS' ESTATE.— Tl case
of " Bubb v. Yelverton," the object of which is to ad-
minister the estate of the late Marquis of Hastings, was
brought forward in the Chambers of the Master of the
Rolls, when an application was made by Lord Charles
Ker to admit a claim of £B5O on the certificate of debts,
his lordship alleging that he had advanced that sum
in respect of bets on behalf both of the
Marchioness and the late Marquis. It will be
remembered that the certificate of the separate estate was
settled in June last, but the present claim was not made
until the following month, and was consequently not in-
cluded. The solicitor representing the executors were not
now prepared either to admit or dispute the claim • and
the chief clerk granted ten days for the purpose of pro-
curing evidence, and, if necessary, examining the mar-
chioness.

A MILITARY DISPUTE.—Two cases were set down for
trial in the Court of Queen's Bench at the present sit-
tings, the action arising out of the circumstances at-
tending Lieutenant-Colonel Dawkins having to leave
the Guards. At the commencement of the sitting, the
Solicitor-General asked that Lord Paulett's case should be
put in the list on a day that would enable the Dnke of
Cambridge, Mr. Cardwell, and their officials to attend with
the least inconvenience to the public service. The case
of Cach and Shaen has prevented its being reached in the
ordinary way, and on Monday it was arranged that it
should be made a remanet to the sittings in February
next. Yesterday the Solicitor-General, addressing his
lordship, said he was justified, from a communication he
had received from the War Office, in saying his lordship
would not have to try the case.
AN OFFICER IN TROUBLE.—At Westminster Police-
court, John Gilbert Bently Booker Booth, who described
himself as a retired Major from the army, was charged
with obtaining food, lodging, &c., to the amount of
£35 17s. Bd. by false pretences from Mr. George Sander-
son, of the Cadogan Hotel, Sloane-street, Chelsea. Mr.
Sanderson said the prisoner came to him in July last
as a visitor at the hotel, and described himself as Major
Booth, late of the 2nd Life Guards. He stayed there up
till the 25th of September, when he left for the
purpose of going to Roehampton to dine, but he did not
return. I.7ext day he wrote to witness, and said he should
be back in a day or two, and then go to Brighton, but he
never appeared, and witness had ascertained that the
paper on which the supposed letter from Roehampton was
written was, in point of fact, that of Mrs. Hind, of 120,
sloane-street, with whom the prisoner had taken up
his abode the day he left the Cadogan. The prisoner
said he was in the Life Guards. He had been in the
army, and left with the rank a Major, and he had also
been a county magistrate for years. Mr. Woolrych
pointed out that the envelope bore the London post mark.
Mrs. Harriett Hind, of 120, Sloane-street, proved that the
prisoner came to her on the 25th of September, and she
considered by his appearance he was a gentleman.
He told her his name was Colonel Booker, but after-
wards said it was Colonel Booker Booth, and he had
served in the Life Guards, and retired from the army as a
Major. He owed her £42 for rent and board. The paper
on which the letter from Roehampton was written was
left at her house by Sir Norman Pringle, A solicitor
who had appeared to prosecute now stated that the pri-
soner owed several of his clients money, among others
Mrs. Rushton £70195. 3d., for board, &c. ; but he could
not see any fraud, and should treat the matter by civil
action. Mr. Woolrych directed a remand, and said he
would take two balls in £lOO each.

THE M'NEILE STATUE IN LIVERPOOL. The
statue of the Dean of Ripon, subscribed for by his friends
and admirers in Liverpool, and which, after a rather ac-
rimonious discussion was allowed by a majority of the
Town Council to be placed in St. George's-hall; arrived in
Liverpool a few days ago, and has since been placed upon
its pedestal, and unveiled without any ceremonial. It is
seven feet high, sculptured in pure white Carrara marble,
and is considered a highly successful work. Mr. G. G.
Adams, of Sloane-street, London, was the sculptor.
A BOON FOR LartlM—Ffighly as sewing machines are
prized, there is one great fault to whioh they are addicted—they
make a great noise while doing the work; It noise so great that
for a worker herself to talk at the same time is out of the ques-
tion. We need not say how trying this must be to a lady; To
be not only prevented from talking, but also from listening to
the gOsEitp of those around her—the very thought of such a
thing is unendurable. Well, an inventor has come to their
rescue with o. SIIANT SITING MACHINE ; and as it comprises
all the appliancessesd devices fpr varied work with which all the
best sewing machines are previded, and several in addition, and
exercises tilers all so NolsxmcssLt. that the ladies may gossip
even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep en in peace, we
expect that most of the old machines will ere long be heard, or
heard of, no more, *pd that "LA SILENCIEUSE," the Silent
Sewing Machine (at Messrs. , POLLACX, SCHMIDT, and Co.'s,
210 A, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, W,), will quietly take their
place, as the universal domestic helPet.—"lnvestment Circular
and Financial Record," September 7, 140.