The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-15 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

(Nisi Prius Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Wines
and a Special Jury.)
CASTELLO V. SLEIGH.

This was an action to recover 21,000 for an alleged
breach of contract, to which the defendant pleaded not
guilty, and that the plaintiff had not fulfilled his part of
the contract.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine was counsel for the plaintigs
and Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., for the defendants.
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It appeared that the plaintiffs are stockbrokers, carrying
on business in Throgmorton-street, and the defendant is a
promoter of companies. In July, 1865, ho applied to the
plaintiffs to allow theirnames to appear as the broker of the
Tasso Brazilian Mining Company, which had been started
by the defendant and some other person whom he was
associated. They consented, appointed agents in Liver-
pool, Manchester, and elsewhere, and acted in the usual
way of brokers. The arrangement was that they were
to receive £lO,OOO, when there Ead been a sufficient
number of shares taken to justify the committee of the
Stock Exchange appointing- a sitting day. It appeared
that there had been some difference between the defen-
dant and the parties with whom ho was associated, and
that ho refused to fulfil the contract. In support of
the statement letters wore read, and the plaintiff and other
witnesses examined.

The case was proceeding when we wont to press.

POLICE IN TELLIGEACE.—This Day.

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MAIMBORUGII-STREET.

THE WAY TO CHECK BRUTAL ASSAULTS.— John Duig
and Ann Duig, husband and wife, and Michael Lennon,
were charged before Tyrwhitt with the following violent
assault on Mr. W. Darlington, landlord of the Golden Lion
Tavern, 42, Wardour-street.
The prisoners were on Saturday evening last in the
house of Mr. Darlington, and began quarrelling, and while
so doing the female prisoner threw some beer over the bar.
Mr. Darlington expostulated with her, when she said that
having paid for the beer she had a right to do what she
liked with it, and she then seized Mr. Darlington, dragged
him out of the house, and struck him. A man of the party,
but not in custody, knocked Mr. Darlington down in the
gutter, and while ho was lying on the ground the male
prisoners struck and kicked him, blackening his
eyes, covering him with bruises, and rendering him in-
sensible. Two of Mr. Darlington's neighbours, Mr. Walter
Warden, tin plate worker, of No. 52, Wardour-street, and
Mr. Watson, carver and gilder, went to his assistance and
rescued him, and the prisoners were subsequently taken
into custody by Police-Constable Loosley, 91 C.
In 4nswer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, one of the witnesses stated
that the prisoners wore very violent, and he believed if he
had not gone to Mr. Darlington's assistance he would have
been murdered; and another witness stated that he be-
lieved that but for the fact of the female prisoner, who had
an infant in her arms, all the time inciting the men, they
would have gone away in the first instance.
The Prisoners said they were roughly used.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said that a mischievous woman was the
beginning of the whole thing. The complainant, not
liking the beor to be thrown about his place, expostulated,
and then he was brutally assaulted. lie would order the
woman to pay 405. or a month, and the men would be
committed for six weeks each, and that with hard labour.

The prisoners, who had behaved in a bullying manner,
seemed much tamed down when they heard the decision.

THAMES.

SUNDAY MORNING AMUSE3iEtiT.—Two well-dressed and
pale-faced youths, named Edward Clark and Frank Brook,
were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with knocking
at doors and ringing bells in Jubilee-street, Stepney.
Stedman Nicholls, No. 433 K, stated that at half-past four
o'clock on Sunday morning he saw the prisoners in Jubi-
lee-street, knocking at every door they passed and ringing
the bells, disturbing the inmates, and creating much con-
fusion. He and a sergeant pounced upon the lads and
took them into custody.
The Prisoners—We were going to the Victoria-park to
bathe.

Mr. Paget—You have no occasion to- knock up every
body else to go and bathe.

Clarke—We did it out of mischief.
Mr. Paget—No doubt of it. You are fined 53. each.
You are two very bad boys.

THE BELGIANS AT 111 E ZOOLOGICAL

GARDENS.

Although the executive of the Central Belgian
Reception Committee had no arrangement of
an official character on their programme of enter-
tainments for yesterday, being Sunday, yet it was
generally understool that the council of the
Zoological Society of London had notified
their intention of throwing open their beauti-
ful gardens in the Regent's Park to our
Belgian guests. An intimation to this effect was
therefore only necessary co be forwarded to the
head-quarters of the Guard Civic at the
" Grosvenor," and to that of the Chausseurs
Eclaricurs and volunteers at the " Westminster"
Palace Hotel to ensure a proper knowledge being con-
veyed to each member of the contingent. As early
as tee o'clock large numbers presented themselves
at the entrances of the Zoological Gardens, and
were at once admitted, and it is believed that dur-
ing the day at least 2,000 of them passed through
the gardens.

THE LATE MR. E. TAYLOR.—The will of Mr. Tom Tay-
lor, the celebrated trainer, who died rather suddenly at his
residence, Grafton House, Newmarket, last month, has
been proved by his executors—Nis. Taylor, his son Alec,
and his solicitor, Mr. Fenn. The Grafton House property
is given to Mrs. Taylor for her life. At Mrs. Taylor's
death the Grafton House will go to Alec Taylor, he paying
his brothers and sisters certain legacies. Mrs. Taylor has,
we are informed, very generously determined to relinquish
Grafton House for the benefit of the family, but as seve-
ral noblemen have taken their rooms for the current year
she will stay in Grafton lions,: till the October meetings,
and then give up possession to Alec Taylor.