The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-12 00:00:00

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

TRISTON v. HARDY.
This cause, the arguments in which occupied the Court
three days lust wet k, came on for judgment this
morning.
His lioNourt having at great length gone through the
circumstances of the case, which have already appeared
in our columns, dismissed the bill with costs.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGIIT BRUCE.)
His Honour was occupied the whole morning with
short causes and claims, none of which were of im-

portance.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Lord CRANWORTIL)
His Lordship was eccupied the whole morning with a
motion in the case of the Direct Birmingham and Ox-
ford Railway v. Thom, the circumstances of which ap-
peared in our columns on a former occasion.
(Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.)
The business before the Court to-day consisted entirely
of unopposed and adjourned petitions, which were dis-
posed of at an early hour.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
At the sitting of the Court this morning,
Lord CAMPBELL intimated to the bar, that Mr. Justice
Coleridge was too much indisposed to attend to-day.
There were, consequently, only two judges on the
bench, Lord Campbell and Mr. Justice Mattison; Mr.
Justice Erie being engaged at Guiidhall, and Mr. Jus-
tice Wightman in the Bail Court.
QUEEN V. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.
Sir F. THESIGER moved for a rule calling on the de-
fendants to show cause why a mandamus should not issue,
commanding them to construct a certain opening. from
their railway to the land of Messrs. Stevenson, in the
township of Salford, near Manchester. He made the
application under the provisions of certain private rail-
way Acts of Parliament, which required that such open-
ings should be made, on affidavits which alleged that the
land adjoining the railway had been injured in value in
consequence of those provisions not having been carried
into effect.
The COURT granted a rule nisi, and recommended
that the differences between the parties should be re-
ferred to the Railway Board, or to some referee agreed
to between them, with the view to an amicable
settlement.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
VAUXHALL- BRIDGE COMPANY.
The LORD CHIEF BARON delivered the judgment of
the Court in this case, the question in which was, whether
the Vauxhall-bridge Company were liable to be rated. to
the land-tax in respect of the tolls taken at the bridge.
The company were incorporated by the 49th George
c. 14, which authorised them to take tolls. The 'ul-
timate question in the case was as to the character oiNhe
tolls. The Court was of opinion that they belonge d to
the body corporate, and not to the individual shareholeK.rs,
who only became entitled to their shares after the pro fits
became divisible, and no shareholder could exercise be.
fere that time any control over the corpus of the t
In the year 1797, the statute 38 of George 111., c. 5, •was
passed, which was an Act to provide land-tax foil the
service of the year 1798. By that Act tithes and t‘ ,11s,
and all kinds of heriditaments, were made subject to the
tax, and in the following year, 1799, another Act was
passed making the tax perpetual, subject to redempl:Un.
It was argued on behalf of the company that inasmuch
as tolls were mentioned specifically in the one Act tand
not in the other, they could not be made subject to the
tax by virtue of the well-known rule of law -that eve ery
charge must he imposed.

CRIMINAL COURT.---(THIS DAN.)
OLD COURT.
The May sessions of the Central Criminal Court were
opened this morning, before the Right Hon. the *Lord
Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Sir Chapman Man ,hall,
Alderman Lawrence, and Sheriffs Carden and Hock; gkin-
son, attended by their respective Under-Sheriffs an :1 the
other civic authorities.
The calendar contains the names of 216 prisoner s.
The grand jury having been sworn and impanrat ;114
The Learned RECORDER proceeded to deliver his
charge. He regretted to say that on looking •at the
calendar he found that the number of prisoners charged
with criminal offences was very, considerable, a nd ho
therefore could not on this occasion indulge in t.l Le lan-
guage of congratulation that he had done on others.
However there were but two or three cases the at pre-
sented anything like legal difficulty, and it would :not be
necessary for him to detain them at any long w h from
the discharge of their important duties. Theri I were
three cases of murder, one of which was of a ver 3• pain-
ful character, being indeed the murder of a fat I ier by
his son. There were also two cases of rape, in t a first
of which a man was accused of having commiwA3d the
offence upon his own child, a girl of thirteen y E ars of
age. The other case was charged against threc men,
who committed the offence after rendering their victim
insensible with drink. These were the only serious
cases contained in the calendar, but in dismissing' them
to their important functions he must again remin el them
that the cases to be tried this session were numt
heavy, and dispatch on their parts would conseqi uently
be very desirable.
The grand jury then retired.

RAMBLES in the CRYSTAL PALACE
(THIS DAY.),
To a speculative observer not the least inte resting
picture of the Great Exhibition is the crowd by which
in almost every quarter of the building he finds :kh imself
surrounded. If one of the main avenues be for the ti me his
scene of observation, he will have to move with the t ttmost
caution through the rustling silks of the multitta les of
of lair visitants lest, so great is the press in thosts quar-
ters, a hasty step, or a sudden turn, should lead to an
accident which would change the looks of admi ration
and delight into black frowns and sullen discontent a with
which ladies generally regard an insult offered t c their
attire; and in any quarter of the building, if he 'be not
over old, we suspect his attention will run great !risk of
being distracted from the magnificent objects of tart and
industry around to the not less interesting specini ens of
nature's handiwork which pass along, and if he l lave a
spice of hero-worship in his nature, and be acqy ainted
with the persons of our public characters, s's such
an occasion as Saturday last ho will find him s elf, in
his passage from one:end of the building to ths other,
jostlir-g with the best and bravest of the land, sit't ing on
the same beneh with a distinguished statesman whose
name is world-spread, drinking in the beau ties of
Power's Greek' Slavii with a great lawyer, who e soul
he had imagined to he buried in parchment and briefs,
wandering through the muchieery department wi th the
Man of science; who'se name is on every lip, r ebbing
shoulders withdistingui6hed warriors, the couple rors of
far distant warriors, or listening to the play of tha foun-
tains with the poet, whose most fervid imagining ; never,
could have conjured up a scene half so brillia n t and.
spirit-stirring.. Senators, artists, men the most distin-
guished in every branch where good service i.e to he
done to their country, such is the composition of the
crowd which fills the Crystal Palace, and in no city or
country of the globe could such an assembly of " fair
women and great men" be seen as congregates under the
glorious arch of glass which has been raised o'er the'
treasures of all nations.
The foreign 'portion of the visitors, in comparison to
their numbers; is of scarcely less distinguished chi .raster,
and, es far as we have yet seen, may be taken as a fair
representation of the intellect and greatness of our
neighbours; and there were men among this portion of
the assemblage whose reputations are of no Tres 3 impe-
rishable renown than any of the greatest which England
can boast of.
Saturday sdems, by common consent, to have been,
the most brilliant day since the opening; in faci, it was,
the opening shone repeated in plain clothes, without the"
ceremonial. All the really great and glorious in.
that scene were present there, without the splen-
dour and glitter of a pageant. The assemblage:
this morning was net so numerous, at least as fax as the
male portion was concerned, and the number of lady
visitorsjbitiouwasasaneertateadniednslyt in the proportion of four to one.
On the opening we suggested that a department of beaux
would not be found useless, and as it appears that num-
bers of ladies who hold season tickets will visit the Ex-
sort of bureau
of th afternoon lounge at a time when the gen-
tlementaw families, engaged • in. business, are
unable to
commissionaires,he t
est
ladies of
build-
ing, would certainly whereabl uhmae establishment
certain number might bae:tyl fur-
nished nished with a
nienee. This subjyect, tioocwoekivclEru: tis ohneemofovseurm!eithbvuoirldt:
be an arrangement of great C3lllre-
allot., and we shalt Certainlytido
eritentituserrnn
lo
riet
gul againati anonregulations.
Atsli the
first excitement has sub
have more time to attens d., and the Commissioners
guide the catalogue at presenmadweoirnse than useless.
goods, A d
particularly caure i
rlsytiiinl beingtbc East lndia department,
ma
many
packages having only just arrived.

iveCsoaticconE
concert to-morrow evening
That excellent
,
at the Princess's Concert Room, at which
pia!lisAti)llAl:diEameSCSHcl74l:ll;gB
Catherine
Hayes will sing for. we believe, the
first time thin
Misses Birch, Dolby, Williams, Messent, and Louisa season.
ne
will also appear, and the beneficiare will herself preside a
the pianoforte. We cannot doubt but that with such
t
attractions the concert will be fully attended.
THE REPRESIOTATION OF BRISTOL.—It is stated
that the Liberals intend to bring forward Edward Thomas,
Esq., as a cancidate for the representation of Bristol, in con-
junction with Mr. Berkeley, cue of the present Members.