The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-03 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

DAMAGE DONE Er RABBITS. —ln Vice-Chancellor
Stuart's Court, en Saturday, the case of " Harrington v.
Haer;n6t,,-,." vas brat.-1. An application had been inade
on behalf of some tenants on Lord Harrington's estates,
in Derbyshire, for compensation for damage done to their
farms by rabbits turned out on the property by order of the
late earl. The aggregate aulount of the claims was .£1,:;05 Us.
The matter was brought before the Vice Chancellor sonic
time since, but he directed it to stand over until the young
earl reached his majority, when he hoped some
arrangement might be come to. Unfortunately the
earl died six months before he came of age. The
Vice• Chancellor said that the claim of the tenants was
preposterous, in some cases exceeding half a year's rent.
As there was no contract their case must fail, especially
as the earl's mother, who was his guardian during his
minority, said that the tenants had leave to kill the
rabbits. The application would be refused, but without
costs.

THE LAI: OF EVIDENCE IN CASE OF BIGAMY.—The
Court of Criminal Appeal, on Saturday, quashed the con-
viction of Mrs. Lumley for bigamy. It will be remem-
bered that, having lived with Colonel Lumley for many
years as his wife, he had charged her with bigamy on the
ground that her first husband, one Victor, was alive.
Whatever the legal rights of the matter were, it was felt
to be a very hard case for Mrs. Lumley, and no doubt she
will have many sympathisers in her escape from so pain-
ful a position.

CABINET COUNCIL. —At the Cabinet Council held
at Downing-street on Saturday, the Ministers present
were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chan-
cellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Kimberley,
the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, the Earl of Clarendon, Earl
Granville, the Right lion. E. Cardwell, the Duke of
Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon.
Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. J. Bright, the Right Hon.
G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of Hartington, and the Right
Hon. C. Fortescue.

The following circular was issued on Saturday
'by Mr. Glyn to Mr. Gladstone's supporters in the House
of Commons :—" The Irish Church will Bill be proceeded
with on Monday, the 3rd of May, and will be the first
order of the day. On Tuesday, the 4th, the House will
meet at two o'clock, and the Irish Church Bill will be
taken at that hour. On Wednesday, the sth, the 'Uni-
versity Tests Bill in committee. Your attendance and
support on those occasions are very urgently requested.
Divisions of great importance are expected upon the
amendments upon the Irish Church Bill."

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT ST. lIELEN'B.—An
accident of a most painful description has just occurred at
the works of the Union Plate Glass Company, Pocket-
nook, St. Helen's, by which three young lads, named
William Towers, Francis Devenport, and Isaac Thorpe,
all of them aged between 16 and 18, lost their lives. At
the works there is a large reservoir for the purpose of
supplying water for the various stages of the work. For
convent:-.',c rnft is nrn,ided. During the breakfast
hour, a day or two oad , i,iie three unfortunate lade,
together with another named Prescott, got on
the raft and amused themselves for some time by cruising
about, until at last Prescott either fell or jumped into the
water, and in doing so so far destroyed the equilibrium of
the raft as to throw the other three into the water. Pres-
cott got out of the water in safety, but the other three,
not being able to swim, seized hold of each other, and,
struggling, sank almost immediately.

HOLLY LODGE, HlGHGATE.—Saturday was a
bright " May Day" at Holly Lodge. Miss Bnrdett Coutts
gave an afternoon party to 600 of Messrs. Cubitt's
artisans, workmen, and labourers, being all the hands
who have worked longest during the past five years in the
building of Columbia-square Market. Messrs. Edgington
had erected a large tent and covered the ground with
cocoa-nut matting to hold 650, and a capital dinner was pro-
vided. When the cloth was removed, the Earl of Har-
rowby, K.G., addressed the men for Miss Coats, and
presented a silver teapot and cream-jog from her to Mr.
Henry Wheeler, the foreman of the works at Columbia
Market, and the like to Mr. Henry Weller, the clerk of
the works there. Their comrades cLecred them hep rti! vay
• they came up to receive their presents. All the otliermen
received a "Book of Common Prayer" in good large
type. The men seemed highly pleased, and remained after
dinner enjoying the grounds until a late hour, their own
volunteer band playing lively aim The Rev. C. B.
Dalton, of Highgate, and the Bev. G. S. Earn, of St.
Anne's, the Queen's Advocate, Sir C. Wheatstone, Sir
W. Bodkin, the Right Hon. J. Parker, Colonel Wilkin-
son, &c., also assisted in making the entertainment pleasant
to these "excellent fellows." Saturday was said to be an
active, busy, market day at Columbia Market, and the
whole scene there bore the mark of enterprise and activity.
The market closed at a quarter before 12 p.m., according
to tho esccilvat byoaric.