The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-25 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE PRIVILEGES OF ROYAL RESIDENCES.—The Ifouse
of Lords have been engaged in hearing the appeal case of
"The Attorney-General v. Dahill," in which the cuestion
to be decided is whether the ;Sheriff can execute a writ
within the Palace of Hampton Cum t. The defendant I)akin
was one of the sheriffs of Ididdlelex inFebruary ISt:3, and
the eh•aige aret_e from his officers having seized and sold
the goods and furniture in a suite of al•artineuts in
liampton Court, assigned by her Majesty to Lady Henry
Gordon. Übe goods %vele seized under a writ of ji fa
issued against Lord Ilenry Gordon. The question IV :13
whether the Palace bad lost its privih go of immunity from
the execution of c;vil process hy icason of the sovereiL;a
having ceased to ieside there, George IL having hcen the
last sovereign who personally cccupicd it. After Lear:ng
arguments on both sides, the Icained judges took time to
consider the case, and its further consideration was
adjourned sine din.

AN EXORBITAisir CUARGE.—In the Court of Chancery,
on Thursday, an appeal was heard involving a point of
some interest. The bill wad filed by 2,lre:Turnbull, the
widow of an officer in the Bombay Artillery, against
the agent of her husband and herself in this
country. Mrs. 'furl:au!' wrote from India to
Mr. Gordon, the defendant, who carries -on business
as an army contractor in Piccadilly, authorisieg him to
provide her son, then a minor, with au outfit, eke., on his
appointment to a cornetcy in the 21st Hussars, hoping
that everything would be dime as reasonable as possible.
The defendant's bill amounted to £699 17e. :id., which
was said to be double the usual price, and
included a great number of useless and extravagant
articles. The main point of the case was that the
defendant had not paid the full amount charged to
the plaintiff for many of these articles, but had obtained
heavy discounts from the tradesmen from whom he
obtained them, and whom he paid in bills at three
months. Thus a double riffs and double shotgun wele
charged £ll3 Bs. 6d. Mr. Daw, of Threadneedle-street,
who supplied it, receiving only 1:88 from the defendant.
The question was whether the defendant, as agent, had a
right to take this profit. Vice-Chancellor Jameson,
hearing the case, directed a general account to be taken
in Chambers, but disallowed altogether the suns received
as discount. The defendant appealed, but the Lords
Justices dismissed the appeal, with costs.

COMPENSATION rot: RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—In the
Court of Common Pleas, on Thursday, the case
of " Sagar v. the Manchester, Shefbcid, and Lin-
colnshire Rahway Company" was beard. Au ktc t ion
was tried at Manchester last assizes, when the plaintiff
had a verdict for £4,000 damages, for injuries received
by a collision on the defendants' railway. A
rule nisi was afterwards obtained to set aside
the verdict on the ground that the damages were
excessive. After the plaintiff's counsel had been heard
against the rule, their lordships said they were of opinion
that there must he a rule for a new trial, unless the p'.ain•
tilt would consent to reduce the damages to £2,000. Rule
accordingly.

THE El G lIT OF PETITION. —At Marlborough street
rolice•court, on Thursday, Joseph Stoner, an elector of
Liverpool, was charged creating a disturbance at the
house of Mr. Graves, ALP. for that borough. Ile stated
that he was " a freeborn Briton," and that NI.. Graves
bad not presented some petition lie had entrusted to him
to the Reuse of Lords and the Rouse of Commons. lie
gave au outline of his j-etition to the House of Lords on
tholubject. of the Irish Church Bill, and appeared much
excited. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded him fur further
inquiry.

A shocking outrage has been ccmmitted at Noi.foll.
A man nulled Wiseman Las Leen killed in a quarr,l at 1310.
th The unfortunate man was pushed over a bunk by hi,
asfailvnt, and bad his neck brohen.

TILE HARTLEY COLLIERY RELIEF FUND. —A
meeting of the eub:cribers to the above fund has been
held at the Birmingham Exchange to dispose of the
surplus of the above feud. The surplus in question
amounted to about £2,470. It was recommended that the
amount be devoted to the South Staffordshire hospital,
towards the building of a colliery accident wing. Ame
signed I,y about 5,000 miners, prayed that tir
amount be devoted as a fund for the'widows and orphan:
of men killed in colliery o) orations. The fir Et named Om,
was adopted after a rrotett.

NORFOLK AGIIII2ULTUI.AL ~,'o,2ll::Ty. The ain
meeting of this scciety is being ,held at Attlehorough.
There is a large and ecellebt show i f live stick.
The fit st prize f,r the Le,t 81.01 t--horn 1 ll!I has been WM)
by Air. Kersey Co4cr, of I:n,t, ii, with 1 log:alli the
Second ; and that for ti,e ht,t, I. 11". Lt.ril 0::11 by Ai r..J. now,
of Bratightcn, limits, with Lady Anne. 'Major B.srlow has
won the principal prize for the best thoroughbred stallion,
with I)alesman. Most of the Soutlkdolvn sheep prizes
were won by Lord Walhingliam and Lord Lornles. His
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales took the first prize
for the best pen of ten Southdown ewe lambs. Mr. T.
Brown, of Marham, won most of the long-woolled sheep
prizes. Messrs. Duckering, Lincolnshire, and Mr. Steam,
Suffolk, secured most of the pig premiums. A prize for the
best-assore4l collection of implements was awarded to
Messrs.. Holmes, of Norwich. The exhibition was flume.
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