The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-03 00:00:00

COURT OF 0011111.0 N PLEAS.

(Sittings at Westminster, before i'Jr. Justice Crowder
and a Common Jury.) •
CARD V. CARR AND OTHERS.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
damages of the defendlnts, trustees of the Guardian
Building SDciety, for having improper!y expelled him
from the society.

It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff, who
was a member of the society in 1851, became six pay.
ments in arrears, and on the seventh month went to the
office and paid the whole amount due from him. It was
afterwards alleged by the Board of the Direction that
the money was r;c3ived in _error, contrary to the
rules, and a resolution was agreed to by the Board,
empowering and ordering their solicitor to inform the
plaintiff of his expulsion from the society, in accord-
ance with the rules, and to repay him the money re-
ceived of him in error. The solicitor waited ou him
accordingly, and tendered him the money, but ho
refused to receive it. The points at issue were the
power of settling disputes by arbitration, according to
the rules, and whether the directors had offered or
refused to settle it accordingly.

Evidence was then given on the disputed point, and
the jury returned a nominal verdict for the plaintiff for
351, that the case might be made a special one for the
opinion of the Court above.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JUNE 2.
THE COMMEMORATION.

Yesterday evening the weather became fine, and an
opportunity was afforded for the promenade in the Broad
Walk, that immemorial custom of Show Sunday. 'The
walk wa3 crowded with the elite of the university and
city, the undergraduates forming the bulk of the pro-
menaders, while the attendance of ladies, elegantly at-
tired, added much to enliven the scene. Amongst the
latter was Madame Jenny Goldschmidt Lind, who wa.,
we much regret to say, driven from the promenade by
the impertinent curiosity of some of those present,
chiefly, we believe, boys, whose behaviour on this occa-
sion was so annoying to the fair songstress, that the
undergraduate., to protect her from such rudeness,
formed a barrier across the Broad Walk in front and
behind the party she was with, and thus guarded from
further annoyance she left the Meadow.

To-day the weather was most delightful, and many
were the excursions round the environs of Oxford, and
not a few down the river to Nunebam, the seat of Mr.
Harcourt, M.P. At 12 o'clock Worcester College-gar-
dens were the grand attraction, where, in a monster tent,
upwards of n thousand of the elite partook of a splendid
dejeuner, given by the Apollo (University) Lodge of
Freemasons, the occasion being the presentation of a
magnificent piece of plate to Brother W. W. B. Beach,
Eq., of Oakley Hall, Hampshire, M.A., of Christ
Church College, P.M.P. Pro S.W.G., and twice Wor-
shipful Master of the Apollo Lodge. The testimonial
consisted of a very elegant group of figures, being five
feet in circumfereece, and weighing 500 ounces.
The chair was taken by Brother Captain Bowyer, Pro-
vincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire, who was sup-
ported by the Vice-Chancellor, the Earl of Carnarvon,
Lord Skelmeridale, Lord Vaughan, Lord Lincoln, and
the Earl of Coventry.

The following are the distinguished individuals on
whom it will be proposed to confer the degree of Doctor
in Civil Law, by diploma, on Wednesday next, at nine
o'clock, viz., the Prince Regent of Baden and Prince
Frederick William of Prussia.

The commemoration will be honoured by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, D.C.L., their Serene High-
nesses the Prince Regent of Baden and Prince Fre-
derick William of Prussia, the Chancellor, the Earl of
Derby, who will arrive early on Wednesday, to join
the procession at the hall of Worcester College, and
from thence proceed in procession to the theatre
in company with the following distinguished noble-
men aad gentlemen, on whom the honorary de-
gree of D.C.L. will be conferred, viz. ; His Excellency
Musurus Bey, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Sultan
of the Ottoman Empire ; the Right Hon. the Earl of
Clarendon, K.G., G.C.8., one of her Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin
and Kincardine, I.T. ; the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton ;
Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., K.C.H. ;
Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir A. Saunders Dundas,
K.C.B. • Sir Henry Holland, Bart., M.D. F.R.S.
Major-General Sir Cohn Campbell, G.C.B. ; Major-
General Sir W. Fenwick Williams of Kars, Bart., RA.,
K.C.B. ; Major-General Sir Harry D. Jones, R.E.,
K.C.8., Governor of the Royal Military College, Sand-
hurst ; Dr. Sandwith ; and Dr. Barth.

CAMBRIDGE, MAY 31.
CIVIL LAW DEGREE EXAMINATION.—Easter Term,
1856.—Examined and approved (arranged alphabeti-
cally) :—Austin, Trinity Hall ; Bazsha.w, Emmanuel ;
Band, St. John's ; Bearcroft, Queen's ; Bennett, Millard,
St. John's; Christian, Trinity Hall ; Fleming, Catherine;
Fothergill, Queen's ; Franklyn, Hollond, Trinity Hall ;
Graystone, St. John's ; Green, Emmanuel ; Harrison,
Trinity Hall ; Ilaslowood, Clare ; Hudson, Magdalen ;
Jones, H. J. M., Trinity Hall ; Keene, Christ's ; King,
Emmanuel ; Lowndes, Trinity Hall ; Murray, Trinity
Hall ; Milins, Catherine ; Palmer, Trinity Hall ; Por-
ter, St. John's ; Shipley, St. John's ; Smith, Lumley,
Trinity Hall ; Stock, St. John's ; Turner, St. John's ;
Welburn, Catherine. J. T. Abdy, LL.D., Regius
Professor of Laws.
JESUS COLLEGE.—Elected Foundation Scholars :
Lyon, Feudal, Pennethouso; also Brunel Scholar, Dodd,
kawcAt. Appropriated Scholars :—Oakley (Tew) ;
Lucock (Marshall), Fawcett (Skarn), Ackland and Lil--
liston (Gafford).
SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE.—Elected Foundation
Scholars :—Clark, Cornish, Macdonald, and Wills.
Micplethwaite Scholar, Cornish ; Johnson Exhibitioner,
Mills ; Taylor Exhibitioners (one year), Mowatt and
Drew.