The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-26 00:00:00

THE CASE OF MR. BARBER.

The following deputation of members of Parliament
waited upon the Chc.ncedur of the Exchequer, this day,
upon the rep. rt of the stlect committee on Mr. Barber's
case :—Mr D ady. Mr. A. MillF;° the Right Hon. T.
Milner Gla-on, the Hon. Elist Yorke, Mr. Cobbett,
C.dontl. Fitz tephf-n Fri-nch, l!ibj ,r General Sir
John Smith, D. Williams. H. In4zram, Charles Forster.
Mr.
ac',
F. M. C4lcott, W. Conyngham, Adele
B EL E Ewing, Alsjlr Ed ward Sc 'tr., M. Sulli.
V4l`, c.T. Ciay, E. Akr..)yd, G. Hadfield, J. C. Cubbold.
J. C,, at.h3in, C. J. Butler, Colonel Frestnn, F. E.
fleadlarn, and Patrick O'Brien.

LAW iNrztLIGENVE.—( ills Day )

COURT OF PROBATE.
(Before Sir C. Creessetll, Judge Ordinary.)
ELMS V. ELMS —JODGIIRNT.

This was a frieholy suit, instituted to decide the ques-
tion whether the testator, in tearing his will, bad can.
cetled it. The testator was najor Jacobs, of the Madras
army, who was attached to a young lady named Mins,
residing at Hotham, but whose marriage was objected
to by her friends on account of his intemperate habits
The oeceased was invalided home in 1856, and during
that time he made a will in favour of Miss Elms, and
often expressed his intention of leaving all be bad to
her. On one occasion, when he was greatly excited
(being subject to delirium tremens), he took the will and
tore it, but he did not separate it, becau,e be was re-
minded by those present that if be did so Miss Elms I
would get nothing. He proceeded htst year on his return
to India, and died in August on his outward ♦oyage.
The learned judge, having referred to the evidence to
Ihe case, and the law with reference to the cancelling of
a document, said he believed the will In question was
duly executed, and he granted probate accordintily.

POLICE INTRT.LIGKNOE.--(This Day.)

M..3,IILBOROUGII-STREET.

FURIOUS DRIVING IN HYDE-PARK AND INJURING A
FEMALE.—Williatu Cockerell, a respectable-looking
young man, residing at 15 and td, I,Am:4er-spare,
way chgrgeil with furiously riding in Hyde-Park, and
with injuring an elderly female, named Sarah Miily,
wipt wapi unable to attend in conshquence of the in-
jureci abe receiver,

Francis A.,fred Cook, of 3, Norton-street West, Pim-
lico, said he wa. in Hyde-park, on the previous after-
now), when he saw the prisoner, who was on horseback
in Rotten-row, proceeding at a slow rate in the direction
of Hyde-park-corner till he got to the crossing at Albert.
gate, when he urged his horse into a full gallop, and
abou, 120 yards from the place where be started he
knocked down an elderly female. The prisoner bad
held up his band when only a few yards off,• and
shouted to her, hut made no effart to check hie borne.
The female tarried her bead and tried to reach tile railing
by running across the road; before she could do so the
horse caught her and knocked her down. The woman
was picked up bleeding from the face, and complained
of a severe injury to her hip, and she was taken to St.
George's HoTitsl, where she still remained. The
prisoner, after the fornate was knocked down, rode on
for about 290 yards, when he was stopped by two
labouring men, and brought back and given in charge.
He bad tried to slacken his speed previous to being
stopped, and he considered that but for the loose manner
iv v. hien he htld the reins the accident might have been
averted.

A park constable said he had seen the surgeon at
St. George's Thisp t.,1 that morning, and he said the
female was not out of danger.
Mr. Beadon sai.l the surgeon did not say so in the
car ificate which was sent to him. He shonle, however.
order the prisoner to ied one surety in the sum of 40i.
to appear on Wednesday week, to see in the meantime
the result of the injuries the female had received.

THAMES.
CRUEL ROSBURY —Tac EFFECT% 0F DRUNK

Ellzabeih Davis, an elthiny woman, was briiught•
Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a 51. :
England note, and. V. 10i. in gold, the monies.;
inivatrious Irishman, named James Costello. • .
The pro-ecutor said that he lived at No. 4,
street, Bioinley. He bad been at work ever since Use\
25th of Jute on board the ship Hurricane, in the
East India Dock, and on Friday evening the captain
of that vessel paid to him 801. 154. 6d., the greater
portion f .hieh he paid a way to other men who had
been at work with him. He then went home and
handed 91 10 . to his wife. The prisoner was the
landlady of the h use in which be lived. On Satur-
day night ho was in his room, nearly asleep, and
heavy with drink, when be heard hie wife accuse. the
prißt.ner ,f robbing her of 71. 10'. There was no one
in the house but the prisoner and her daughter, and use
of them must have t.tken the money. . . . .

Mr,. Costello, wife of the prosecutor, said that she had
a 51. note and two sovereigns and a ball beneath the
bed sed the mattress in her room, on Saturday at eleven
o'clock, and went upon an erraed. The prisoner was
then standing at the street door. Oa her return she
looked fur her money and it was gone. She accused the
prieoreer of stealing her money, which she denied. At
one o'clock in the morning she found the piece of rag in
which she had wrapped the money in the water closet.
Toe prisoner vehemently protected her innocence
of the robbery, and said that Mrs. Costello. was
drinkin: with several persons on Saturday night, and
was unable to manage her infant, and gave it to her (the
prisons r) to mind.
Mrs.. Castel() said she was drinking on Saturday
n ght, but Wes not • ruck.
Mr. Yardley—Did yet.: leave your child. with the
prisoner
Mrs. Costello : I did not, sir.
The Prisoner—You did, and I can prove it,
A. police coestable proved that Mrs. Coetallo was
very drunk en Saturday night, and accused another
WOW:an of the robbery. Tne prisoner was not given
into cu-tody until yesterday.
Mr. Yardley suspected the prosecutrix bad lost the
7pcienct7tllien anieedrch:nrentrusted i bout
with his bard earnings,
and she bad lost them or been robbed of the money. Ile
discharged the prisoner. Here was the wife of a re-

eai4'oo of Parliament ii to be cloaed by the Queen in
weaLme Derby
uee kpea: :
There is r t; 11 a. decree of uncertainty as to whether the
8 or by commission. The gam, however, once
Pen",, l'ament in person in the afternoon, and
prcrogued 1 ar i
:le same evening was at the 'Novo, on board her own
yt „b t, where she passed the night. This was on the
occasion of her first visit to Germany.-Court Jour;tal.
A BRAVE BOY.-A few days ago a child aged four
Sears, on of Captain Cranner, of the sloop Eliza, of
Chichester, fell from the quay at Llanelly into the copper
works dock, a distance of at least twenty feet. The
little boy rove t,i the cut face, and was about going down
a second time when a young lad, belonging to the Gipsy,
of S nihampton, named George Green, aged 11, sprang
overboard, and brought him safely whore.
The Era states the late Mr. Bartley was present with
a friend at a pertqrmance of the Chtisty's Minstrels,
when be was suddenly seized with paralysis. Being
immediately conveyed home to his house in Woburn-
equate, he temain‘d speechless till, he died, on Thursday
teglit lot. The only interval of sensibility that he lied
1 during the time enabled him to be aware of an inquiry
from her Majesty as to his health.
DETENTION 4 F THE INDIAN MAIL.-On Saturday
notice was issued at the chief office, Bt. Martiee•le-
Grand, that the mails for Calcutta, Bombay, Maass',
India, and China, to be forwarded via Marseilles, were
deiain,d, and that all letters and newspapers would be
in time 'his evening 01,,nday), the 26th in•t. Notice
was also issued that the mail. from Calcutta and China
would arrive in London on the 28th instant, and from
Bombay on the 3rd pr, elm°, and that ma additional
mail WI uld be forwarded by the Australian mail packet
to Bombay on the 12th and 16th proximo.
THE CROPS IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIEh --Throughout
ti c .unties ot Nutt i',gbatn, Derby, Linnoln, and lei-
c seer, the wheat crop promise:: an abundant yield. "the
weather has been throughout all that c,uld be desired
y farmer'', and although spring corn has suffered from
t e drytaess,of the season, the wheat plant; has progressed
most favourably, and there now can be little doubt that
the harvest (as respects wheat) will be early and abun-
dant. In some parts of Leicestershire (and indeed in
,nany disiric a in the rent of the counties mentioned
above) wheat at no form,r season looked more promiejog.
Bar ey vat ies cmaideraly : the early sown looks 191er;
ab y well, but that which was planted lato has sun,V
f,r want of rain, and veil be deficient both as
ao
nf
at the longa
pr
odorf. ,
on iftt h
the ti :either
of Gat;
btoo-bf rorgsaerarn odehos sor-tod‘ avyerlayeubtalrs:
will be a very thin yield, the intensity of there
_t,i,_ !lora
' straw and h. ad. Oats are a*so a variable erbeep:
.la.rnuta
with,red the bloom. Peas have auffererdgeenegurrmc4
,ho fly, and will not yield halt a c
of the reideans
that Berne person© in the ee-g _ ~_ in rude,' .
bete. c •rnpelled to out their per.w muto artliply
' the cattle.-Dvbpkire CourieA
THE BRITISR MUSEUM. _.-. .
ities to the trustees of the Btittsh Museum, dated
Isbnelni
iio y,
16 58, shows the want of accommodation
for that_ department. It his premises be admitted, it
will follow that the whole of the sculptures, save and
apt the EMI"! At66s(ritlins at Persian (which pa y
.be anoonimodatea oy'nure rearrangement) Tequfti a-
tirely new buildings, and wit,
a more or less urgent-
yo these buildings skylights will be ifidisiosnlOge. It
is submit ea that the ground on the north side of the
Museum (in thu event t,f new buildirga being determined
on) is the proper domain of the "lAOral history" col'
t,.,, ;,suer 71-.:1,,,.tt- -., ~.., .• : ~- ,„, ..,,,tts. elc„,lap .fte
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