The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-15 00:00:00

LAW AND lOLICE.

A PAINFUL CASE.—Mrs. Lumley, the lady whose case
excited so much interest some time since, when she
was brought up in a police - court on a charge
of bigamy, was tried on Thursday at the Central
Criminal Court. It appears that she married her first
husband, who was a French teacher at Jersey, in 1837,
when she was quite a girl, and it was stated that he had a
false name and was a felon. It was contended on the part
of the prisoner that the marriage was illegal, but the jury
found the prisoner guilty. As her counsel raised some
legal questions in her favour, she was admitted to bail
pending the decision.
INGENIOUS FRAUD. —At the 'Marlborough-street Police-
court two gilders were charged with marking electrotyped
copper with the silver hall-mark. The articles which
they thus skilfully marked were pledged as real silver.
They were committed for trial. .
THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION.—A charge of assault
vas on Thursday preferred at the Westminster Police-
court founded on a system which seems to be at work for
getting up a case against Mr. Smith. Remuneration for
confessions was said to be the order of the day.
WARREN'S BLACKING.—At the Court of Chancery, on
Thursday, an appeal was heard in reference to the case of
Mr. Pentelow, who applied last July for ten shares in
Warren's Blacking Company, and paid the necessary
deposit. Afterwards he declined to take up the shares,
and asked for a return of the deposit. When the company
was wound up, Mr. Pentelow applied for the removal of
his name from the list of contributories. Vice-Chancellor
Malins decided in his favour, and hence the present appeal.
Their lordships dismissed the appeal with costs.
FREEHOLD COMMON RIGHTS.—A somewhat involved
case has been concluded at the Rolls Court. The suit
arose from an agreement for the exchange of estates in
Bromley Common, effected in 1864 by Earl Beauchamp
and Mr. Winn. The year after the exchange had been
effected the late Lord Beauchamp discovered among his
muniments of title a deed dated in March 1799, by which
the Duchy of Cornwall conveyed in fee to one of his pre-
decessors the East Common of Bromley and other property.
The defendant denied this, and insisted that the property was
conveyed by the duchy in July 1799 to his predecessor in
title, a Mr. Angerstein. The Master of the Rolls, after
a careful examination of the arguments, dismissed the
plaintiff's bill.

PERFORMING ARABS.-At the Court of Queen's Bench,
Messrs. Bell and Myers, the well-known circus proprietors,
brought an action against the chief of a troupe of perform-
ing Arabs. The plaintiffs engaged ten Arabs to perform
in the circus during eight months for £2O a week, subject
to a deduction of £2 a week in case of sickness. Two
thousand francs were to be paid on either side in case of
breach of contract. After some weeks one Arab fell ill, and
another was found to fill his place, the defendant con-
tending that he was entitled to the full amount
so long as ten Arabs performed. The plaintiffs
paid under protest, and have brought this action
to recover the money so paid and the damages. The case
was heard before Mr. Justice Shee, at Middlesex, and the
court now granted a new trial.

A FENIAN CONVICT.— Augustus Costello, the Fenian
convict, has been brought up before the Court of Queen's
Bench. His trial is fixed for the 24th inst. Questions
have been raised as to the legality of the first trial.
FLOWERS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—In the Court of
Common Pleas, Mr. Smith, the well-known florist at
Dulwich, brought an action against the Crystal Palace
Company for flowers supplied at the Handel Festival, the
visit of the Prince of Wales, and the visit of Lord Napier.
The company argued that the charges were too high.
The plaintiff, however, obtained a verdict for the full
amount £lB2.

Taxation is said to bear equally on all classes,
from the fact that it hardly presses on the rich, and
presses hardly on the poor.

PROFESSOR ANDERSON AND THE Ju DO E. -The
judge of the Aberdare County Court (Mr. Falconer)
began his monthly court on Monday. As usual, his sittings
were held in the Temperance lall. In the afternoon, while
court business was going on, noises of various kinds were
heard behind a green curtain. These noises were made by
two men belonging to Professor Anderson, who is at present
exhibiting nightly in the ball. They were preparing for that
night's entertainment. The judge ordered them to be
brought before him, and fined them ss. each. The professor,
informed of this, came to remonstrate with the judge, who
refused to listen, and ordered him to leave the court. Pro-
fessor Anderson refused, stating that the hall was his, that
he had engaged it fora whole week without any condition
or reserve, and bad paid a deposit to ensure it. He had
exhibited on Saturday night. Judge Falconer declined to
listen, and commanded his bailiffs to remove him. A
struggle ensued between the bailiffs and Anderson ; the
latter had his clothes torn, and, according to his own
statement, was beaten and kicked severely. Eventually
the professor was got out, and business was proceeded
with. It appears that the secretary of the Hall Company
had omit( ed to mention the fact of the county-court sittings
having to be held in tLe hall at the time he let the hall to
the arcfesaon