The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-16 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH'.

(Before Lord Chief-Justice Cockburn and Justices Hill and
Coleridge).
BEBEE V. NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

Mr. Bovill, Q.C., moved for a rule to show cause why
the verdict had in this case should not be set aside on the
ground of misdirection. The action was tried at Kingston
before Chief-Justice Erle, and a verdict of £B9 10s. was
returned for the plaintiff. The plaintiff was a wool
dealer, and he sought to recover the value of five sheets
of wool, which the plaintiff alleged had been wrongfully
delivered. The wool in question had been sent by the plain -
tiff to Stirling, but the North-Western Railway not extend-
ing that distance, the company had an understand-
ing a ith the Scottish railway company for the
transaction of the business at that place. The
wool was sent to the North-Western Railway for con-
veyance to Scotland, to be delivered to the owner's
order. The wool arrived safely at Stirling, and it was de-
livered over to a person named Douglas, who it was sup-
posed was the agent of Bebee, but the owner of the
wool for certain reasons did not wish the .wool
delivered until it had been paid for. The wool
was delivered before the owner had received the mosey, and
circumstances had occurred which ultimately entailed a loss
upon the part of Mr. Bebee. The learned counsel proceeded
at some length to argue that the railway company had
acted perfectly right in delivering the goods, as Douglas
was looked upon as the agent of Bebee.
The Court thought the verdict ought not to be disturbed.
Rule refused.

The business in the other courts was utterly devoid of
interest. In the Exchequer the judges were occupied the
whole of the morning in hearing arguments of counsel
upon a point raised upon the payment of a bill of exchange.
In the Common Pleas, Mr. Power, Q.C., engaged the at-
tention of their lordships with the arguments in an appli-
cation on the part of a railway company relating to the de-
liver y of a quantity of coal.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
IMPORTANT TO THE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE-HOOD
V. PHILLIPS.
This was an action to recover £l, the value of two casks.
Plaintiff said that he had sold two quarter casks to the
defendant. The rule in the trade was to allow the pur-
chaser six months to draw off the spirit. If at the expira-
tion of that time the casks were not returned they were
charged to the purchaser.
Defendant said that upon the invoice sent in by plaintiff
the price marked for the casks was 16s. Plaintiff now sued
for £l. He might have his casks if he chose to send for
them.

His Honour—Plaintiff sued in a wrong form. The action
is brought, as "goods sold and delivered." Now it is very
clear ttaat this is not goods sold and delivered. It may be
detention and wrongful conversion. Plaintiff will be non-
suited.

REFUSING COSTS TO A MINOR-EWINS V. PEPHINE.

This was an action upon a bill of exchange.
His Honour (to plaintiff)—How old are you ?
Plaintiff—Twenty.
Smith (bailiff)—Defendant admits the debt.

His Ilonour--That is very lucky for you, plaintiff. If
defendant had objected to your minority you would have
been nonsuited.
Plaintiff—Can I have costs for my attendance ?
His Honour—No. You are a minor, and we cannot
allow you costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

PLATE ROBBERY.—CURIOUS CASE.—Elizabeth North,
a servant, was charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing
one silver table spoon, a sauce ladle, a fish slice, &c., the
property of her master, Mr. George Jenkins, schoolmaster,
residing at 4, Nassau-street.

Mr. Jenkins said the prisoner hal been his servant, and
had care of the plate basket containing the plate, it being
her duty to take it up to her bedroom every night for safety.
On Friday the prisoner came to him in the middle of his
business, and asked him if he knew anything of the
gravy spoon, and on Mrs. Jenkins examining the
plate-basket she found the gravy-spoon, fish-slice, &c.,
missing. Next (Saturday) morning, about six o'clock, the
prisoner knocked at his bedroom door and said she wanted
to give Mrs. Jenkins something, and handed in a little par-
cel in paper, and on its being opened a missing spoon, broken
in two pieces, was found. The prisoner, on being questioned,
stated that she picked it up in the area just as she had given
it in. He then told her that most likely whoever had taken
the spoons had also taken the fish-slice, &e., but she said
she knew nothing of the property.

Miss 3-enkins, daughter of the prosecutor, said that on
Thursday evening, on coming down stairs to the parlour,
she saw the prisoner leave a man she was talking to in the
passage and go down to the kitchen, and on coming up again
she had a parcel in her hand, but she could not positively
say she gate it to the man.
Gordon, 336 A, said prisoner admitted that a man called
on her, but she denied giving him any plate.
Prisoner again said she found the broken spoon in the
area, and said that when the officer came in he said he be-
lieved she had stolen it.
Mr. Beadon—And so do I.

Gordon said it would be impossible for a person in the
street to throw the spoon where it was found.
Remanded.

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, April IG.—Wind this day at noon, North;
light breeze, and fine clear weather.
QUEENSTOWN, April 15.—Wind N.—Arrived—Africa,
steamer, from Liverpool, and proceeded for New York;
Agnes Garland, from Iquique. Sailed—Robina, for New
York.

CLYDE, April 15.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Trelaw-
ney, for Jamaica; United Kingdom, screw steamer, for
Quebec.

PORTSMOUTH, April 15.—Wind E. to S.—Arrived—
Her Majesty's steamer Firebrand, and left for the Channel
Islands. Off port—Suffolk, from Melbourne, with £129,000
in gold.

PLYMOUTH, April 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Atalanta, from the West Indies. Sailed—
Anglesea, for Melbourne, and part of the windbound.

COWES, April 14.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Carl Ritter,
for Hong Kong.

RAMSGATE, April 15.—Wind E.N.E.--Sailed—Susan,
for Nassau.
LIMERICK, April 14.—Wind E.—Sailed.—Earl Selkirk,
for Quebec.
Mar., April 15.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Elise, for Vera
Cruz.
WATERFORD, April 15.—Sailed—Phoeniz, Harriet, and
Lady Louisa, for Quebec.
CORK, April 15.—Sailed—Amaranth,and Dominican,
for Quebec.

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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning.

Wind N.E.
Arrived, April 14—Mary Lloyd, from Port Madoe ;
Tempera, steamer, from Dublin ; Courier and Atalanta,
steamers, from Jersey ; Edward Barnett, from Cardiff.
Arrived, April 15—Georges, from Cherbourg.
Sailed, April 14—Harry Hammond, for Swansea ; Gipsy,
for Llanelly ; Tempera, steamer, for London; Oak, for
Hartlepool.

(BY SUBMARINE AND-BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Wind • tide, last hour's flood; weather fine.
Arrived, N.E.lra 15.—Ceres, from Kalding ; Frederick,
from Stige ; yaden, from Cluistiansand ; Haabet, from
Frederickshall ; Freya, from Bandholm ; Tegvlingen,
Gertrude, and Margaretta, from Middlehamess ; Joanna
Maria, from Christiansand ' • Express, from Stralsund ;
Glommer, from Frederickshall ; Helmuth, from Stralsund;
Maria, from Ystab.
Arrived, April 16—Franz and Eliza, from Rostock ;
Australia, from Shanghai ; Sippe Visser, from Worcum ;
Spes et Fides, from Christiana ; Gem of the Ocean, from
Boston; Ernst, from Colberg ; Frithiof, from Warberg ;
Frithioff, from Frederickshall.
DEAL, Monday Morning.
Wind N.E., moderate.
Passed in tow.—Suffolk, from Melbourne, for London ;
Heatherbell, from London, for Hobart Town ; Sydney Hall,
screw steamer, from Genoa, for London ; West India, from
London, for the Cape of Good Hope ; John Melhuish, from
London, for Sydney; Louis Napoleon, from Demerara;
Plymouth Rock, from New York—both for London.
DUNGENESS, April 15.
Passed Planet, from Singapore; Empress of India,
from Bombay ; Alice Maud, from the Cape of Good Hope
—all from London ; Chancellor, from Odessa, for Hull ;
Time, ship, from New York, for Bremen; Sunderland,
ship, from the West, for Antwerp.

Messrs. Saunders, Otley, and Co. announce for
publication during the season " The Life and Writings of
the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P."
Lord Palmerston rode on horseback, to Danebury
(13 miles) last Saturday morning, saw Mainstono gallop,
then cantered back to Broadlands, had out another horse
after luncheon, and rode all over the estate—prottvrell for
a man of 75.-13eIr: Z fe.