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LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings at Nisi Prins, in London, before Mr. Justice

Mellor and a Common Jury.)
JUDD V. HARDING.

Mr. Cole, Q.C., and Mr. Joyce appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr.
Pearce for the defendant.

This was an action for detaining certain goods,
and there was one count in the declaration for
trover. The defendant pleaded not guilty, that the
goods were not the plantiff's, but the property of a
Miss Annie Adams, that the plaintiff had received
full satisfaction for than. and filially that the goo'ls
were given to Miss A:lains to earn a livelihood by
an immoral life.

From the evidence of the plaintiff it appeared
that he was a linendrap'?.r and in:Tcer in High-
street, St. John's-wood, and, in August, 1835, was
acquainted with a Miss Adam-, who went under
the name of Mrs. Clifford, and was living under the
protection of a gentleman named Hymn, at St.
John's-wood. She was a customer of the plain-
tiff's, ant called at his shop with Mr. Ilyam.
They had sonic conversation, in the course of which
Mr. Hyam complained of the amount of rent he
was paying for a furnished house, and the plaintiff
advised him to purchase some furniture. It was
then agreed that the plaintiff should buy the furni-
ture, and that Mr. llyam should give him
a bill of sale on it. The furniture was accord-
ingly purchased for the amount of £l4O, and
a bill of sale on it was given for
£195, the difference being money owed to plaintiff,
and Miss Adams, and Mr. Hyam. Twenty pounds
were also paid to the plaintiff, and instalments of
£8 Bs. 61 kept up for some time. Mr. llyam
left Miss Adams, and at the time there was
a balance of £95 due. Miss Adams then went
to live under the protection of a gentleman
named Gould, a captain in the Fourth Bengal
Native Infantry, and he paid the plaintiff, and
gave him a cheque for the remainder of the debt,
but it was dishonoured. 011 the plaintiff refusing
to give the bill of sale, Miss Adams, who was
about leaving London, determined to dispose of
the furniture, but a distress was put into the
house, and the goods were seized by the defendant.
One witness was called on behalf of the plaintiff,
but his evidence was immaterial.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, in opening the defen-
dant's case, said he would not depend upon the
plea which bad been placed on the record as to the
goods having been supplied for an immoral pur-
pose, because he considered it would be unfair to
tradesmen if such pleas were enforced.

The learned counsel then proceeded to call
evidence to contradict the statement of the plaintiff,
and several witnesses were examined.

The case was not concluded when we went to

POLICE INTELLIGEACE.--This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

WILFUL DAMAGE AT A "JUDGE ♦ND JURY" SOCIETY.
—Henry Houghton, a well-dressed young man, was
charged with wilfully damaging a pot of the value of Bs.,
the property of Mr. Henry George Brooks, the chief baron
of the "Judge and Jury Society," No. 21, Leicester-
square.
On the defendant being placed at the bar, Mr. Brooks
said he did not wish to press. the case.
Mr. Mansfield asked whether the defendant had settled
the damage.
Mr. Brooks said he had not. The defendant had, how-
ever, apologised, and offered to place something in the
poor-box, and if he did that he (Mr. Brooks) would be
perfectly satisfied.
The defendant said he was quite willing to agree to Mr.
Brooks's offer, and having placed 10s. in the poor-box he
was discharged.
RonamtY AT A RAILWAY STATION.—William Thomas, a
lad, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with stealing a
purse containing £B, from the person of Mrs. Charlotte
Jennings, of 17, New Union-street, Moorfields.
The prosecutrix said—Last night, about 10 o'clock, I
was standing in company of my husband on the platform
of the Portland-road Station of the Metropolitan Railway,
there being a large number of persons there at the time,
wttiting for a train to the City. I ❑oticed the prisoner to
keep standing close to me, and he pushed against me and
kept following me. Suddenly 1 felt something heavy at
my pocket, and o❑ turning round I saw the prisoner with
my purse, containing £8 in gold and some silver, in his
hand. We seized the prisoner, nut he succeeded in passing
the purse to a man in the crowd.
Mr. Jennings, husband of prosecutrix, having given
similar evidence,

Police-constable James Thompson, 308 S, said—l was
on duty last night in Osnaburgh• street, when I was
fetched to the Portland-road Station of the Underground
Railway, and the prisoner was given in charge for stealing
the prosecutrix's purse containing £B. On searching the
prisoner I found some coppers in his pocket, and in his
boot 4s. 3d.

Mr. Mansfield—Did he make any answer to the charge?
Constable—He did not.
Mr. Mansfield—ls he known ?
Inspector Hubbard—l cannot say at present, but I be-
lieve if he is remanded he will be known.

Mr. Mansfield remandeil the prisoner for week.

THAMES.

A SAVAGE FELLOW.—Williain Malcolm, a labourer,
was brought before Mr. Paget,
disturbance in front of the parish church of St. John,
Wrapping, and Y iolen tly assaulting John Craig, a police
constable No. 117 K. charged with making a

Yesterday morning, soon after the service had com-
menced in Wapping Church, the prisoner made a hideous
noise close to the doors of the church, and disturbed the
congregation. Mr. Stock, the sexto❑ and beadle of the
church, went out and expostulated with the prisoner in a
civil manner, and pointed out to him the impropriety of
disturbing people at their devotions. The prisoner made
use of bad language, and abused Mr. Stock, who called the
attention of Craig to the follow. Craig was unable to per-
suade the fellow to leave the vicinity of the church, and
took him into custody. The prisoner immediately set a
ferocious dog on the constable, and the animal torn his
trousers, and bit his log. The prisoner beat off the cur
and again collared the prisoner, who knocked his helmet
off. After a determined resistanco ho secured the
prisoner.

The prisoner said he was intoxicated, and knew nothing
of the transaction of yesterday.
Mr. Paget said the prisoner was a savage and cowardly
fellow, who kept a dog to attack people. lie sentenced
him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one calen-
dar month,

Total Destruction by Fire of Christ Church,
Kensington.--(This Day.)

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This (Monday) morning between the hours of
one and two o'clock the Inhabitants of Kensington
were aroused by the cries of " fire," when it was
ascertained that Christ Church, Park-road, were in
flames, Before the steam engines of Messrs. Shand,
Mason, and Co. could arrive the atmosphere was
illuminated for several miles around. The flames
spread in every direction, causing the greatest
consternation. The scene at this time was fearful,
persons running out of their houses with anything
they could lay hold of. Mr. We Swanton, the
hitsheboSdaylvoafge
men,
and, assisted by
Corps, was shortly
soiniptehrienstrenodt
with of
the Rev. W. Marsham and other neighbours, was
the means of saving thousands of pounds' worth of
property. The engines got to work with a good
supply of water, but the church was burnt down
to the ground,
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and many other houses damaged by
fire. The cause is unknown,

ASSAULT UPON THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHEFFIELD
Boma) or GuattplANs ll,YveAre Pc
iti:kir.gEettt; —At
htahveiiSighectill,_l
Police-court on Friday two rough-looking fellows, named
h
18-niixttte°d;'a3nuadssztalntgusptoanff'Mr. Alderman Saunders, chairman
of the Sheffi)ld Board of Guardians, Both the prisoners
had been inmates of the wockhouse, but being single and
able-bodied, and as Sixtou had had work offered to him,
they were ordered to take their discharge. This they
refused to do, and on Wednesday the Board of Guardians
ordered them to be discharged from the workhouse. They
were sent out on Thursday, and on the following morning
they went to Mr. Saunders's house and asked for a ticket
of admission to the workhouse. On his refusing to give
them one Sixton struck at him, but the blow was fortunately
parried, and Mr. Saunders shut the door to prevent further
violence. The mon remained in his garden a considerable
time waiting for him to rotoe out, and while so xvaiting Mr.
Saunders got out of his house by the back door and fetched
a constable, who apprehended the prisoners while in the
garden. The case against Langstaffe was not pressed.
Sixton was ordered to find two sureties iu the sum of £2O
each, and to enter into his own recognisances in the sum
of £lO to keep the pace for.l2.mouths. In default of his
finding the sureties, ho was told that ho would be If9pt in
Prison for the full term of 12 months.

MARKE TS. —This day.

MARK:LANE.

Tho supplies of wheat brought forward in the country
markets hold on Saturday were very moderate, yet the
demand for all kinds was heavy, at, in some instances, re-
duced currencies. Barley and most other articles moved
off slowly at late rates.
The Continental markets have become less active for
produce ; but in America prices continue to advance.

The imports of foreign and colonial produce into
London last woek amounted to 50,730 quarters of wheat;
130 barley ; 55,717 oats ; 950 beans; 211 peas; 4,422 lin-
seed ; 23,014 rapes9ed ; 6,215 maize ; 20 sundry ; and
1,6:30 sacks of flour.

A fow forced sales were made at a decline in the quota-
tions, compared with Monday last, of from is. to 2s. per
quarter. The market, however, may be considered a
;nominal one.