The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-09 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE

AN INDIAN TITLE.—A case is now before the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council in which the question
involved is the title to the throne of Tepperah of the Hills
and an income of £60,000 a year. The appellant, who
brings the case from Bengal, claims the disputed property
from a younger brother. The discussion on the case will
probably occupy the week.
TfIE LANGIIA3I HOTEL COMPANY. —A case connected
with the Longhorn Hotel Company was heard before the
Master of the Rolls on Monday. It will be remembered
that some time since the company was ordered to be
wound up under the supervision of the court, when three
gentlemen were appointed liquidators. Summonses
were taken out on the apportiontment of the
remuneration which, by agreement, the new company,
who have bought the hotel, and are now carrying it on
successfully, have contracted to pay. His lordship thought
no order could be made on the summons as to the appor-
tionment of the remuneration. When joint liquidators
were appointed for the winding up of a company, their
interests were those of a partnership, and must be left to
their own arrangements, otherwise litigation would follow
wherever there was a joint apportionment of liqui-
dation.

A CRICKETING DIFFICULTY.—A case interesting to
.ricketers came before Vice-Chancellor Malins on Mon-
day. The plaintiff, a cricket bat and ball manufacturer,
of Kennington-road, named Page, filed a bill to restrain
Messrs. Wisden and Maynard, cricketing outfitters,
of Coventry-street, from publishing and selling
a cricket-scoring sheet, invented by the well-known
Frederick Lillywhite. The plaintiff affirmed that he had
purchased the scoring-sheet from Lillywhite's assignees
in 1866, but after some evidence had been heard the
Vice-Chancellor decided that the defective registration
was fatal to the plaintiff's title, and as the defendants
offered to cease publishing the sheet in question, the
bill must be dismissed with costs.
AN ELECTION RIOT.-At the Worcester Assizes six
persons were indicted for a riot and assault on the Rev.
Martin Amphlett during the late election at Evesham. A
verdict of not guilty was taken under an arrangement by
which the defendants apologised to Mr. Amphlett and
vaid over R. 50 to the local charities.
SELLING BAD SEEDS.—At the Dorchester Assizes on
.'.March 6, a farmer, named Warwick, residing near
Romney,
somebroughty,of
his an action to recover damages for injury
donem to land by bad swede seed sold to him
by the defendant, Toogood, a large seed-dealer at
Southampton. The defence was that the seed was good
but that the plaintiff had sown it too thinly. The jury
ultimately returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £l2.

TELEGRAPH EXTENSION.—It was announced some
time ago that a telegraph cable was about to be sent out
to Tasmania. Intelligence has been recently received that
the steamer Investigator, with the cable on board, safely
reached the Cape Verd Islands on the 24th of February.
On the 100, of January interruption oceurr.a. in the Cyan
and Otranto cable. The Telegraph Construction and
Maintenance Company's ship Chiltern was forthwith
despatched to repair the line, and on the 25th ult. corn-
munication was restored. The recent accident to the
Calcutta has induced the promoters of the new Persian
Gulf cable to postpone the proposed expedition until after
the cessation of the monsoon. The Tweed will leave pro-
bably about the end of May, and will be followed by the
Calcutta, which is being repaired at Plymouth. The
Caroline is being fitted out to recover that part of the
cable which was payed out: from the Calcutta.

DEATH OF GENERAL SIR ARTHUR CLIFTON.
The death of General Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton,
G.C.8., K.C.H., took place on Monday, at his residence,
52, Old Steyne, Brighton, in his 98th year. Sir Arthur
was the lineal descendant of Avaredus, a follower of Wil-
liam the Conqueror, whose services were rewarded by the
manors and estates of Clifton, and 'Wilford on the Trent,
near Nottingham, and whose name then became Avaredus
de Clifton, and under Peverell of the Peak was
Warden of Nottingham Castle. Fourteenth in descent from
Avaredus was Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton, styled Gentle
Sir Gervase, for his courtesy and affability. He was born
in the reign of Henry VII., and was a person of great
consideration and distinction, both in statecraft and mili-
tary service, in the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI.,
and Elizabeth, by which latter sovereign he was knighted.
His grandson was the first baronet. The father of
General Sir A. Clifton, j ust deceased, was the sixth baronet
Sir Gervase, who dying, left three sons, Sir Arthur being the
youngest. The eldest, Robert, succeeded his father, but
laaving no issue, was succeeded by his brother, SirJuckes,
who left one son, the present Sir Robert Clifton, ninth
baronet, M.P. for Nottingham. Sir Arthur was educated
at Rugby, and entered the army in 1794. He served with
distinction in the Peninsula and at the battle of Waterloo;
and was decorated with a medal and three clasps for
Talavera, Busaco, and Toulouse, and was Grand Cross of
the Bath and Knight of the Cross of Hanover. He was
gazetted general 1354, and was colonel of the lat Royal
Dragoons.