The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-20 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE NEW LAW COURTS.—In Vice• Chancellor Malins's
Court, on Monday, the case of " Cr:chell v. the Commis-
sioners of Public Works" was heard. It was a suit
for the specific performance of a contract for the pur-
chase of land forming part of the Carey street site
of the New Law Courts. Some of the land supposed to be
freehold has been alleged to be only held for the end of a
lease originating in the time of Queen Elizabeth. His
Honour thought the plaintiff had shewn a good title to
the fee, subject only to the question of the old lease. The
defendants were ordered to pay the plaintiff £l,OOO, part
of the purchase money, the plaintiff undertaking to
concur in any application that might be necessary to get
the money out of £2,200 paid into court under the Lands
Clauses Act.

SINGULAR APPLICATION.—On Monday a singular appli-
cation was made to the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House.
Four Nestorian priests from Erzeroum waited upon him,
being accompanied by Professor Amenney, of King's
Lollege. They had visited this country to solicit contri-
butions for the relief of suffering members of their com-
munion, whose homes and churches and cattle had been
plundered and destroyed by the Koords. Since the ar-
rival of the priests in London they haA been supported at
the expense of the Turkish Government, but the
Consul now wishes them to return. This they decline to
do, declaring they would sooner starve than leave England
without accomplishing their object. The COnsul was,
therefore, in a difficult position. The Lord Mayor said
the matter was hardly one in which he could be expected
to take a lead in his official capacity, but probably, if the
facts were made generally known, some public sympathy
for the applicants and those whom they represented
might be elicited.
ATTrarrT To UPSET A TRAIN.—In Hants, George
Hasler, a bricklayer, was charged with attempting to
overturn a train by placing two oak gates on the rails of
the London and South-Western Railway. The engine
driver gave evidence as to the gates having been on the
line, but the case was not proved against the prisoner.
The magistrate discharged him accordingly.
SELF-DEFENCIL—At the Newcastle Assizes, on Monday,
a pitman was sentenced to five years' penal servitude for
stabbing a man with whom he quarrelled about three-
pence in a public-house. The jury thOught he did it in
self-defence, but the judge (Mr. Justice Hayes) said that
no such plea could be admitted in such a case. The
prisoner was overwhelmed on hearing his sentence.

The appointment of Mr. O'Dowd to the post of
Deputy-Assistant Advocate•G Lneral is now placed beyond
doubt.

The Right Hon. Hugh Childers, First Lord of
the Admiralty, will, it is understood, succeed Lord Taun-
ton as one of the brethren of Trinity House.
THE ROYAL VISIT TO HITLL.—The Prince and
Princess of Wales will not leave Hull on Thursday until
4.45 p.m. The royal visitors will return to town vid the
new line from Saddlethorpe to Doncaster. The decorations
of the banqueting hall in which the Prince and Princess
will be entertained will be on an elegant scale. The centre
or royal dais will be carpeted with crimson, and will be
divided from the main portion of the hall by.silken cords and
crystal mounts. The royal state chairs will be very elegant,
and over each will be a silver embroidered Brunswick star.
while between them will be a silver-embroidered plume.
The walls will be of crimson and white, studded with
fleur-de-lis and stars in gold and silver embroidery.
Elegant baronial hall chairs will be provided for the
guests at the royal table. The walls will be decorated
with trophies of flags and bannerets, shields of the various
royal quarterings, flags of all nations, banners of the
Trinity House, shields of the Prince and Princess of
Wales, the Hull Dock Company, the town of Hull, &c.
DISRESPECT TO A CORPSE.— The North Lincoln
Sphinx is a periodical conducted by the soldiers of 2nd
Battalion 10th Foot now at Secunderabad. The print-
ing, the work of the soldiers themselves, would be credit.
able to professional workmen. The following story there-
from is worth quoting :—" The drill instructor—one of the
old stamp of martinet sergeants—who was the terror of
every recruit, and the remorseless tyrant of the awkward
squad, was putting a sergeant's firing-party through the
funeraLexercise. Having opened the ranks, so as to admit the
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passage of the .supposed cortege between them, he ordered
the men to rest on their arms reversed.' Then, by way
of practical explanation, he walked slowly down the lane
formed by the two ranks, saying, ashe moved, 'Now, I'm
the corpse—pay attention !' Having reached the end of
the party, he turned round, regarded them steadily with a
scrutinising eye for a moment or two, and then remarked,
in a most solemn tone of voice—' Your 'ands is right, and
your 'eads is right, but you 'aven't got that look of regret
you ought to 'ave.' "

DISCOVERY OF A SKELETON.—A discovery of
human remains has been made in the county Donegal.
Two men, turf-cutting in a Log in the townland o
Leitrim, near Moville, found the remains of a man. The
clothes were filled with decayed matter, and the skull
finger-nails, and hair were. the only portions of the body
which could be kept for examination. Even the head
crumbled into dust after a short exposure to the air. The
nails and clothes are, however, in an excellent state
of preservation. The former arc long, narrow, and
neatly pared, showing that the person to whom they
belonged must have occupied a good position in
life ; and the latter are said to be in accordance with
the fashion of the fifteenth and sixteenth century. In
stead of the back seam on the sleeves of the coat, they aro
buttoned from the cuffs to the shoulders, and the waist.
coat, which was of a very fine quality, was fringed with
fur, portions of which are still preserved. There was t
hole in the top of the cap, and the hands appeared as if
they had been grasped tightly round the head, near which
there was a large quantity of congealed blood. These cir
cumstances would lead to the belief that the man wa4
wounded in the skull, and that in the agonies of death by
placed his hands on the spot where he received the injury.
Immediately over the body there was a little bog mould,
And on the top of this some large stones wero vlaced.