The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-02 00:00:00

LA INTELLIGENCE.—(This ay.)

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Sittings at Westminster, before Mr. Baron Alderson

and a Common Jury.)
MAINE V. BRAITHWAITE -A 2IARRIED INFANT,
This was an action for the recovery of 231. 125. 6cl'
for goods sold and delivered. The defendant pleade',
that at the time of the sale he was an infant, being under
21 years of age—to which the plaintiff replied that the
goods supplied were necessaries, consisting of household
furniture. The plaintiff is an upholsterer, and in the
course of last year he was waited on by the defendant'
who introduced him to his wife, and said be was desirous
of furnishing his house. He at the same time said 18
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was a minor, but would be in the receipt of 2001, n
a few months, and took plaintiff to his solicitor, Who
confirmed his statement. The defendant's mother ale°
sanctioned the supplying of the articles by plaintiff to
the defendant.
Mr. Lush, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that
this case presented one of the anomalies so often found
in our laws, that a person under age might Well/
marry, but not contract debts except for necessaries.
Mr. B Iron Alderson—Married people must have II
bed to lie on. (Laughter.) His 1 irdship on readll4
over the list of articles noticed a "100 table," and io"
(juiced if it was necessary a man should have a 10,
table to play at 100 I He also noticed a " shaving brush',
and asked if it was a necessary article for an infant •
(Laughter.)
The plaintiff stated that the 100 table was a very useful
and necessary article, and that its name did not "ces.;
sarily imply its uses. As regarded the shaving brush I
was a necessary article, for the infant had as much°
" cut off" as any man he had ever seen. (Laughter')
The action being undefended the jury returned a 'ler;
diet for the plaintiff for 231. 12s. 6d., the anl°llll
claimed.

QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before Mr. Justice Wightman and a Common

DE SIMONE V. PICCIVILLO.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to reen/tr
damages of the defendant for an alleged breach of on
tract. The plaintiff and defendant are both Italians The latter formerly kept a cafe and restaurants i°
city, and being in want of an Italian cook, he wentalb
May last to Naples, and entered into an agreement
the plaintiff for the term of three years, at 15 ducats per
month, the defendant binding himself to pay the plaint!,
100 ducats and pay his expenses back to Naples's
case of any breach of the agreement on his part.
plaintiff accordingly came to this country, and ronaillen
with the defendant as his cook until December, vibea
the defendant's premises were burnt down, and be bas
no further employment for the plaintiff, at the 83/131,
time refusing to make him any compensation. IP,Pnit
cation was made to the Italian consul, and the defeo°-
paid the plaintiff 1/. Ss., and lodged in the hands of th.
consul 11/. for the plaintiff's expenses back to Italy'
which occasion he signed a receipt for the money, 1110
it was alleged was an entire settlement of the
between them.
The whole of the witnesses being foreigners, at a,:
suggestion of the learned judge the case was referred
ii`o
a gentleman of the bar to settle the point betwee° t
plaintiff and defendant.

ESTABLISHMENT OF A LINE OF
CANADIAN MAIL PACKETS.

dor
The Government of Canada has established, 1111 er,
contract, a line of mail packets to run between li!f;r.
pool and Quebec during the summer, and between
pool and Portland during the winter. A packet "x-t
sail from Liverpool on Wednesday, the 4th of June neo;
and thenceforward, on every alternate weans; be
during the period that the River St. Lawrence
open, and once a month when the navigation Of t'"
Lawrence hall be closed. ketgo
Mails will be made up for conveyance by these Vic 0
and such correspondence will be forwarded by therclt,o
may be specially addressed " By Canadian Mail Pack°
The postage upon letters thus sent will be-- ,
F,,r a letter not exceeding -1 oz. in weight, 6'
For a letter exceeding 1,1, oz. and not ex-
ceeding 1 oz lg•
and so on, according to the scale for charging 11116,:r
letters ; and such letters may be paid in advance or d
warned unpaid, at the option of the seller.

Upon books, the usual rate of postage— 61
For a packet not exceeding half.a pound in weight.,"
For a packet exceeding half•a-pound and not exceed'
ing one pound ........
and so on, will be chargeable.
Newspapers will be liable to a postage of one Pe
each. t/
Books and Newspapers, as well as letters intends ej
be sent by these Vessels, must be especially addreo
"By Canadian Marl Packet."

By command of the Postmaster-General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretarf.
General Post Office, June 2, 1856.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.)

LONDON, June 2.—Wind this day at noon, S. -gi hi
pleasant breeze and fine clear weather. -scr Al.s'
PLYMOUTH, June 1. —Wind S.W.—Arrived.- -"," gal
Salamanca, from the Coast of Africa ;
George, from Sheerness, and left for the Crimea ; 110
Pearl, from Portsmouth, for the Pacific ; Helenaw,,O,
Janeiro ; Germanica (s. tpt.), Portsmouth. Sailed-'
Str. Vesuvius. 'fee
PORTSMOUTH, June 1.- Wind W.S.W.—its
Andes (a. tpt.), from Scutari ; Colombo (s. tpt.), Ap ;
Sailed.—Germanica (steam tpt.), for Queenowtoo
Imperieuse, for a cruise with a division of the
despatch vessels; H.M.S. Eurotus and Seahoree, for
Black Sea.

CARDlFF.—Sailed—Riderkirk, for Singapore.
OFF DUNGENESS —Euphrates, for Ceylon. , 0,0 I.
RAMSGATE, May 29.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—"
from London, for Jamaica, with damage. tbe
GREENOCK, May 29.—The Princess Royal (s.), °Ant.,
rocks at Point Loggan, and with all her compartul-
except one, full of water. nor
SWANSEA, May 29.--Wind E.—Arrived—Bella P°
from Coquimbo. fre4
DEAL, May 30.—Wind N.E., fresh—Arrived— ",o lni
(ship, from Calcutta , Jamaica.
The) schooner Jane andl Mary, of Falmouth, from Cars to
for Marseilles, was wrecked near Cape Spartel prey for
the 6th May. The Gazelle, of Scilly, from Cardiff
Messina, which was stranded' 17 miles from TanFnja.
the 31 April, has been abandoned, condemned, and

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Wirnitirogil6t
Arrived.—Eling, from Sunderland; New Prltehettal
Scilly ; Mary Cole, Carnarvon ; Alarm and 1316'
Calcutta ; Louis Napoleon.
Sailed—James, for Sunderland.
,a 301

,
Spoke, May 21, the barque Royal William ; 5°,7,04
25, the brig Choice, outward bound, by the Eta'.
brigantine Naiade, arrived off the Isle of Wight. .og,
LIVERPOOL, Monday liforl3l
Wind N. W. 1301er
Arrived—Lydia, from Bonny ; Pickwiok, 181111;4. roio,
Antigua; Lady Westroore:and, New Orleans; Calii°l‘llll
Ship Island; Tonawanda, Philadelphia ; City of Bitariop
and Arctic, New York ; Washburn, Marseillem; .„Utet
Barcelona; Emilia and Pepita, Santander; Sir "wielg;
Raleigh, Jamaica; Thomas, St. John's, New B/1113,,s
Metropolitan screw-steamer, Barlitta ; Leonor,
Sailed —Speed, for Cuba • Romance, Alexandria Derr
Freden, Havre ; Agenora, Quebec;i Milan, screvr.stell
Genoa ; Spera Ciudad, Bolivar.
QUERNSTOWS, Diet'
Wind S.E. coo'
Arrived—Elizabeth Wood, from Buenos Ayreo,;„oroP
line, Alexandretta ; Eliza Caroline, Callao ; GA."-
Corfu.

(BY SUBMARINI AND BRITISH TELIGRAPO ,
GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.4221'6,
Wind N. ; tide four hours' flood ; weather yell, u,giesth
Arrived, June I—Alert, from Villa Nnova ; -b-I`,T" 00"
Buenos Ayres; Sir Richard Jackson, Callao ; '
Part Adelaide Sutlej, Calcutta. tro.!
Arrived, June 2—Torres. from Moreton-bay; A-„A-13„tabo,
Winifred, and Columbine, Calcutta ; Euphrates, Colour
Thomas Snook, Cape Coast Castle
A.
DEL, Monday, 9.30 g"
Wind S.S.E., light airs. fer
Anchored, Ist —Taymouth Castle, from Lonclov'
Sydney.
Passed—Mystery, from Corfu, for London.

vied'
All the Generals who held commands in thei.- -her
montese Contingent are to be invested with UM'
rank on their return. Gen. Cialdini has been alt
appointed aide de-camp to the King ; Gen. Dur,,s,-
Commander of the First Division of the Expecllt'fs
Corps, is to assume the military Government of u"—°eo
and Gen. Fanti, Commander of a brigade in the Crito
is to be Governor of ChaEnbery. re,
From Rome we learn that Cardinal Antonelli Wl46'
paring a reply to the memorandum of Count Cavour J
he
to the speech of Lord Palmerston, which the .Pope The
caused to be inserted in the Giornale di Roinci.,r
of
Cardinal was collecting for the gin—
purpose a n ,bOlO
administrative and statistical documents, and the
is to be forwarded to Paris by Cardinal Patrizi.
DISASTER AT SEA.—PLYMOUTH Sunday Eveholjrvijea
The mackerel boat Liberty, of Penzance, which at
at Plymouth this afternoon, reports that on FriditYt'ont
5 in the morning, when the Lizard bore W.S.W, ui-The
30 miles, she saw a bark go down head foremost. 0.10
Liberty was two miles to windward. The herd oil
about 600 tons, and had her head eastwardly, linue:boat
canvas, the main royal being set. Another fishing
had been crni.ing• round for two hours before the ftt'ber
dent, and in all probability saved the crew. T 97° °
boats bore away for Vie spot immediately. Too
tlemen, having undergone the necessary exam" oat
for the diploma were admitted members of the colleg_t,
the meeting of the court of examiners on the 30th ics_o„
—Messrs. John Warren, Gloucester-place, Pcrt-rfrae
square ; Easlam Davis, Shelton, Staffordsh
Frederick George Constant, South-street, Th,ufropt.
square ; Charles Field, Goldsborough, Welchpoolf dip
East fo
gomery,hire ; Worsley Poulett Harris, Hon.
Company's service ; Thomas Pemberton Simpson,
4(-1-'3 oh,
ner-square, Liverpool ; David Clipson Wray, 3'
C auzbridgeghire ;
_sad Limy Ormervd, Bristol.