The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1858

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS .DAY.)

SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT.
(Before Mr. Sergeant Stokes.)
SUTTON V. NALETT NELSON, CLAIMANT:-
INTERPLEADER.
This was an interpleader summons for unlawfully dis-
training the plaintiff's goods and chattels.
Mr. Beard appeared for the claimant.
The facts were briefly these :—The defendant in the ori-
ginal action resided in the same house as Mr. Nelson, his
brother-in-law, and on the execution being levied, pro-
perty in the parlour, alleged to belong to the plaintiff, was
seized.
Mr. Beard now called the claimant and defendant, when
both swore positively that the goods belonged to the for-
mer.

SPAIN.

Two furniture brokers also deposed to having sold the
goods to Nelson.
His Honour said there was no evidence.
Mr. Beard submitted that the positive evidence of the
defendant, corroborated by the brokers, ought to be deemed
conclusive.
His Honour said no bills or receipts were produced, and
in such cases the strictest evidence was necessary, or the
officers would be baffled and continually placed in difficulty.
Mr. Beard said that he must respectfully submit that,
according to the sworn evidence, there could be no difficulty
or doubt ; if in such a case as this officers were allowed to
levy, there would be no end to difficulties, and frequently
injustice.

His Honour said he was not satisfied that the property
did not belong to defendant, and he should therefore find
for the plaintiff in the action.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day).

MANSION-HOUSE.

Joseph Carbine, a private in the Scotch Fusilier Guards,
was charged with assaulting a police-constable while taking
him into custody for upsetting a barrow with fruit, standing
at the bottom of the stairs leading from London-bridge to
Lower Thames-street, last night at a quarter to 9 o'clock.
It appeared from the evidence that soldiers from the
Tower are in the habit of upsetting this fruit stall and
barrow at the bottom of the London-bridge stairs.
A sergeant in the Guards gave the prisoner a good cha-
racter, and said if the defendant had been sober he would
not have been guilty of the offence.
The Lord Mayor sentenced him to one month's imprison-
ment with hard labour, and directed the Inspector of Police
to write to the Commanding Officer detailing the whole cir-
cumstances of the case.

Barbara Higgins, an old offender, was charged with
entering the premises in Crutched-friars, and stealing a
bedroom utensil, the property of Mrs. E. Philips, widow,
who missed several other articles. Prisoner was sentenced
to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour,

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Six_o'Clock.

The Madrid journals of the llth repeat positively
an announcement which is not without import-
ance—viz., that a revision of the tariffs in a liberal
spirit is to take place. The Pope's Nuncio had
given a farewell dinner to the Marquis de Turgot.
At the electoral meetings which had been held,
M. Escosura, the ex-Minister, and chief of the party
of the puros (ultra Progressists), had delivered
speeches which are stated to have been
rather violent. The review of the 10th, in
honour of the Queen's 28th birthday, was a
very grand affair. The troops were commanded
by Gen. O'Donnell, brother to the Premier. The
latter was also on the ground, surrounded by a
brilliant staff, and accompanied by a great number
of general officers, among whom were nearly all the
Progressista generals, whose names stand high in
the military history of the country, or who
figured on the political scene in the time of
the regency of Marshal Espartero. During the
day distributions of money and provisions
were made to the poor in all the districts of Madrid
by orders of the Queen, and the inmates of the
hospitals and asylums were feasted. By royal
decree a certain number of poor students are to
receive their diplomas without paying the duties.
The reception held by the Queen was numerously
and brilliantly attended. At night the Queen gave
a ball, which was very magnificent.