The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-20 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, in London, before Lord
Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.)

LAMING V. GOURLAY.-CLAIM FOR COMMISSION.

The plaintiffs in this case are shipbrokers in Corn-
hill, and the defendant is a shipowner at Sunder-
land. The action was to recover commission upon
charters for the Nile and another vessel, which was
formerly called the Sampson.
A good deal of evidence was laid before the jury,
who found for the plaintiffs for £l7B 18s., being
commission at 2-} per cent, on £7,150.
NORTH AND OTHERS V. TAYLOR.-BANKRUPTCY.
The plaintiffs are assignees of Messrs. Prior, the
coal merchants, who became bankrnpt some time
ago, and they claimed to recover two cargoes of coal.
Messrs. Prior had supplied coals at the different
stations on the railways in the south of England,
but subsequently the defendant undertook to supply
the coal along the South-Western line. Messrs.
Prior, however, still continued to purchase the coal
of the colliery owners, and re-sold it to defendant
at an advance of 6d. a ton. In some instances, how-
ever, the orders went directly from the defendant
to the colliery owners, and it did so in reference to
the coal now in question. The assignees contended,
however, that the coal was sold to and belonged to
Messrs. Prior.

After some discussion it was arranged that the
facts should be stated in a special case for the opi-
nion of the full Court.

COURT FOR MATRIMONIAL CAUSES.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
MITCIIELSON V. MITCIIELSON.
Dr. Phillimore, Dr. Swabey, and Mr. Kelly ap-
peared for the different parties.
This was a petition by the wife against her hus-
band for a separation on account of his cruelty to-
wards her. The respondent, who was a publican,
married the petitioner in 1858, and it was pleaded
that six months afterwards he commenced
a system of ill-usage by twisting her arms behind
her, and striking her on the head ; that he also con-
tinually addressed her in filthy and abusive language,
until she was forced to leave his house in September,
1858, and had not cohabited with him since.
She alleged many acts of violence, all of which
were, however, emphatically denied by the
respondent, who, in the course of his exa-
mination declared it was his general habit to
address her in terms of endearment, that
he never abused or struck her in his life, and that
the only difference between them took place' on the
18th September, when she upset the table in a pas-
sion, and struck him a violent blow in the eye with
a pint pot. A witness confirmed the statement of the
petitioner in every respect. Evidence was after-
wards adduced on the part of the respondent to
show that he had always lived on good terms with
his wife, and they deposed that he seemed to treat
her well, as far as they could see.
The learned Judge said he felt no difficulty in
dealing with this case, although there was a con-
flict of evidence. He would pronounce a sentence
of judicial separation.

ELLIOT V. ELLIOT.

Mr. Beaumont conducted the petitioner's case.

This was a case for a judicial separation, brought
by the wife on the ground of her husband's deser-
tion. The respondent, who had been a cook in the
establishment of Earl Fitzwilliam, married the
petitioner in March, 1845, and they cohabited to-
gether until the 3d of May, 1853, when the respon-
dent came up to London, and subsequently went

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Southampton tMar. 12, E Southamp.
Ditto, via Marseilles
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Bahamas and Havana via New,York
Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pekt ) Feb. 32. Liverpool—,
Cape of Good Hope, Ascen-
sion, and St. Helena ;llar. 5, EiDevouport
China, Penang, and Singa- !
porn, via Southampton 'Feb. 20, M Southartip.
Ditto, via Marseilles {Feb. 27 li.. -
Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 20,
Honduras and Blewfields !Feb. , 1
laths (Calcutta) and Ceylon,l
via igouthampton Feb. 20, 3,t Southamp.
Ditto, via Marseilles
India (Bombay), via South-
ampton Feb. 27, Iff.i'
Ditto, via Marseilles
Lisbon, Brazila,Buenos Ayres, I
and F. Islands Mar. 0, M;Southamp.
Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Feb. 27, MSouthamp.
Malta, Egypt, and Ades, via
Southampton Feb. 20, 31 iSoul
Ditto, via Marseilles
Mexico and Havana
Newfoundland Mar. 2,:gliverpool..
United states and British N I
America (by British paeket):Feb. —, E iverpoel..
Ditto (by U. S. packet) lFeb. L'2 , E Southamp.
West Coast of Africa, Ma-I
deira, and Teneriffe Feb. 23 B •Liverpool..
Kest India, California, Vene-',
zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey-I
town, New Granada, dm jMar. 2, Southamp.

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'Mar. II

Mar. I

It is understood that consultations have already
been held by the President of the India Council with the
Governors of the Bank of England as to the best methods
of furnishing the notes and other requirements for the Go-
vernment issue of £5,000,000 to be made in India, and
which will be distributed in Bengal, Bombay, and Madras.
THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE.-4
public meeting of silk ribbon manufacturers, weavers,
tradesmen, and -ersons interested in the prosperity of Co-
ventry, was hell in St. Mary's Hall last Wednesday even•
ing, and it was resolved that a petition should be presented
against the treaty in relation to silks.
ROMANTICmen.co, SonTOthe 24
STORY .—A newspaper pub-
lishedth of October, tells the
following frightful story, and calls upon the public to punish
the criminals :—When General Pueblita entered the town
AVa t VERY
YoloE na,
of Ayo, in September last, he exacted a forced loan from the
people, and a share of it fell upon the curate of the place.
The curate acted as though he would pay, but he did not
make his appearance at the point designated for payment,
and General Pueblita ordered him to be arrested. A party
of men went to his dwell' and
ing knocked at the doer. There
was no answer, and they broke in. They found no one in
the house, and were about to leave it, when they heard a
frightful voice proceeding from the ground, saying, " I ant
hungry 1" The officer in command went back to General
Pueblita, and told him about the voice. The General ap-
pointed a commission to examine the house. This Gem.
mission went to the curate's dwelling, and, after a careful
examination, they found a movable stone in the floor, and
under this was a staircase leading down to a vault, which
was entirely dark, and had no connexion with the air, save
the staircase, and a small hole that served as a ventilator.
In this vault they found some books, a few articles of fund-
ture, and a woman, who had been shut up there for eighteen
years. She was taken to General Pueblita's quarters. When
brought into the light, where she saw a number of persons,
she fainted. After she had returned to her senses a thou-
sand questions were asked her, to which she replied only
that she had been buried in the vault for eighteen years,
without going out for a moment ; that she had been
married, and had children by her husband, but she
knew nothing of their fate; that, while imprisoned in the
vault, she had had children by the curate, but she knew
nothing of what had become of these children, and after
saying this much she became obstinately silent. While this
was passing a sergeant of the Pueblita brigade then present
discovered that this woman was his mother, and she re-
cognised him as her son and embraced him. The son then
ran for his father, who came and recognised his wife. The
husband 15 :years ago was imprisoned three years on the
charge of having murdered his wife, this woman.--St. Louss
Daily Evening News.