The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-08 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

AN ACCIDENT AT IRONGATE mate in the
merchant service named Bowman has brought an action
in the Court of Common Pleas against a Mr. Living-
stone, who carries on business at Irongate Wharf,
from which the Tyno Steam Company start
their steamers. The plaintiff was on the wharf
preparatory to embarking for Sunderland, while some
wool was being unloaded from a waggon by the defendant's
men. One of the bales struck him, and he fell, sustaining
a compound fracture of the right leg. He had been eight
months in the London Hospital, and was an out-patient for
some months longer. Fur the defence it was contended
that the accident was the plaintiffs own fault. The jury
gave a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £35), and they
expressed their opinion that the safety of the public was
not sufficiently cared for at Irongate Whz.rf, there not
being a sufficient passage allowed for transit. Leave was
given to the defendant's counsel to move for a nonsuit.
AN ARTISTIC DISPUTE.—An artist,named Girardot,brough
an action in the Second Court of Queen's Bench against
picture-dealor for AGO, the sum agreed upon as the price
of three pictures painted by the direction of the defen-
:lent, and refused on account of some disputes about
technical details. The contending parties had often
transacted business together, and had known each other
for many years. The judge accordingly suggested a compro-
mise, but the plaintiff would make no arrangement. The
jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for thewhole amount
claimed, leave being granted to the defendant to move to
enter a non-suit.
VoouNTEnus IN TatTBLE.—A number of volunteers
have been summoned at the Mansion House by the
commanding officer cf the Second 'Middlesex Artillery
Volunteers fur neglecting to l'ay certain subscription fees.
The officer explain-.:d that they were summoned, so that
the question iniglit be settled once for all. An agreement
IW ZIA usually entered into by which the requisite arms and
accoutrements were supplied to a volunteer on condition of
his efficiency during his period of service, but otherwise an
mount should be paid for them to cover the Government
; ;rant. A person wishing to withdraw was required to
;eve fourteen days' notice, end return his acceutrement3.
In these instances the subscriptions were in arrear,
and the things had not been returned. Sir
Thomas Gabriel, after hearing the explanations of
the def,ndants, who held that they had retired
from the service, said they were not liable for the sub-

wriptions, but those who had k-e:t any part of the aczou-

trements must return them. Fines were inflicted on those
who had failed to maintain themselves in proper efficiency
luring the period of service,

A STATION-MASTER SENT TO PRISON.—Mr. Boorman,
late station-master at Bletchingley, has been charged, with
man named Bridgeman, with stealing eight cabbages, at
Surrey. A gardener in the employ of the prose-
mtor saw the prisoners in his master's garden, and after-
wards missed some cabbages. The case was tried at the
Reigate Petty Sessions, and the prisoners were sentenced
to fourteen days' hard labour each.
CHRISTMAS PCDDING.—A boy named Kelly was sen-
tenced to three days' imprisonment and a flogging for
• telling a pair of trousers at Notting-hill. When he heard
the sentence he exclaimed, "Hurrah, I shall have some
Christmas pudding now! " The magistrate ordered him
back, and told him that he had made a mistake—it was
three months' imprisonment. The prisoner left the court
crying, trying vainly to persuade the magistrate to alter
the sentence.

TRYING TO UPSET A TRAIN.—At the Leeds Assizes.
William Ingham was sentenced to ten years' penal servi-
tude for putting a rail across the line of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. It was pulled off by
a witness a minute before a coal train came up.
Tan FonisTEßs' SOCIETY.—George French, the secre-
tary of the Free Foresters' society, in Leeds, was charged
at the assiz ,s with forging a receipt for money. The pro-
secutor, a member of the society, gave him money, and
received in return a clearance sheet, entitling him to the
benefits of the society at Birmingham, where he was
going. This sheet purported to be signed by the
secretary and two other officials, but it was proved that
the prisoner had written all three names.
Mr. Justice Lush expressed a strong opinion on the facts,
and the jury found a verdict of guilty, the prisoner being
admitted to bail, that the opinion of the court above
might be taken, as the question was raised whether the
signature of the prisoner's own name did not constitute a
genuine receipt.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH. —ln London last week the
rate of mortality was 28 per 1,000, while in thirteen other
large towns of the United Kingdom it was 29. In the
metropolis 2,111 births and 1,705 deaths were registered,
the latter having exceeded by 78 the estimated number.
The mortality from scarlet fever was the highest recorded
during the present year. The mean temperature during
the week was 31.2, or 7.8 below the average. Although
the death-rate of the capital is high, the full effects of the
cold do not appear in the present returns.

COUNTFIL ATTRACTION.—The Marquis Townshend I
whose eccentricities in the way of charity are so well
known, has been comp:etely thrown into the shade by a
lady of noble birth, who has taken the saloons of the New
Greenwich Theatre for the purpeso of giving the profits to
the unemployed in Deptford Dockyard, and who enters so
heartily into her work that she is to be seen nightly,
attended by her two pages, dispensing soda-and-brandies,
&e., with a grace and fascination that draws her numerous
customers. Charity, wo all know, covers a multitude of
sins, but we much question the propriety of a titled lady
undertaking such a menial occupation.—Kentish Mercury.
THE EARL OF DERBY AS A SPORTSMAN.—In
the new number cf "Deily's Magazine" there is an article
on the late Lord Duty as a sportsman, from which we
glean some interesting traits. As a partridge shot he was,
we are assured, " tad to Leat," keeping his pointers in the
days of long stables and walking well after them, but ex-
. cl.r.nging poin:crs hr spaniels wl.en modern fanning and
ckscly haven fieh:s ean.e into fa:liitn. Es (n when gout
kept him at home, 1.0 tcok a keen .nterest, if
there were guests with him, in each day's sport. Ho had
the record of the bags brought to him after dinner and
read it out aloud, with a running commentary of pleasant
banter. He was an excellent walker, and once made a jour-
ney on foot from London to Knowsley, or at least to
Liverpool. It happened in this wise—Lady Derby was in
too delicate a state of health to travel by the usual means
either of rail or road. Her husband therefore fitted up a
barge for her accommodation, and she was taken by canal,
Lord Derby himself walking the whole way along the
towing path. After
.a time,
witivoilsotrigtinncooc!,
howevey, gout sadly interfered