The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-29 00:00:00

03, WEDNESDAY EVE'ISING, MAY 29, 1567.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Sittings in Banco, before the Lcrd Chief Baron,
and Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Channel)
COOPER V. WELLS.

This case, it will be remembered, was an action
brought by Miss Hooper, a governess, and the
daughter of a tradesman .in the Borough, on the
ground of unlawful dismissal. From the evidence
of Mr. Wells, the defendant, a gentleman residing
on Hampstead Heath, the defence set up was
that plaintiff had been the authoress of certain
scandalous letters which had been posted to herself
and Mrs. Wells. It appeared that the plaintiff was
about to leave the service, and in the November
before she was going Mrs. Wells found some pieces
of paper in her hand-writing, which induced her to
prosecute inquiries, the result of which was
that Miss Ilooper was dismissed on the spot.
The Lord Chief Baron, before whom the case was
tried, went through the whole of the documentary
evidence in the case, and carefully read over to the
Court the oral evidence of the plaintiff and his wit-
nesses, and the defendant and his witnesses. Mr.
Sergeant Robinson (with him Mr. Joy) then com-
menced his argument against the rule nisi for a new
trial.

• At the conclusion of the argument of Sergeant
Robinson, the Judges advised that they should
allow the Court in Troyer to be withdrawn, the
Court granting all the costs, but not the costs of the
rule. if this was agreed to the letters should be
destroyed. Sergeant Robinson and Serge ant O'Brien
then retired to a private room and burnt them, and
the matter ended.

POLICE INTELLIGEME.—This Day.

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MARLBOROUGH:STREET.

ASSAULT ON A WIPE.--Stephen Carty, a tailor, was
brought before Mr. Knox on a warrant by Price, one of
tho warrant officers, charged with assaulting his wife,
Caroline Carty. _ _

The complainant said that on Monday evening her
husband, from whom she had been separated for four
months, came to where she was residing and called her
out. He wished her to come and live with him again, and
as she declined to do so ho struck and kicked her.
Mr. Knox asked the complainant whether sho had ever
had her husband at the court before, and she said she had,
and he was sent to prison for a month for illusing her.
Price said that, on taking the defendant into custody, he
said it was a trumped up affair.
Frost, 168 .E, said he saw the complainant crying on
Monday evening, and she said her husband had been ill-
using her.
The defendant denied assaulting his wife.

Mr. Knox said he only had the word of the complainant
that her husband had assaulted her, and the word of the
husband that he had not done so. He should require the
defendant to find one surety in £2O to keep the peace for
a month.

STREET ROBBERY.—Thomas Condon, a young man, was
charged with stealing the watch of Mr. George Rudder-
forth, appraiser, 36, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square.
The prosecutor was passing along Fitzroy-street yester-
day, and in passing some men, the prisoner being ono of
them, his watch was snatched from him, and a young
man saw the prisoner throw something down an area,
which afterwards was found to be the prosecutor's watch.
Inspector Habford having stated that he believed the
prisoner bad been convicted,
_ . _ _

Mr. Knox remanded him, to ascertain whether that was
so or not.

WESTMINSTER.

PICKING POCKETS IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—Mary
Jones, a woman about 30 years of age, decently dressed,
was finally examined, charged with attempting to pick
pockets.

It appeared from the evidence on the last occasion that
the prisoner and a companion got into a first-class carriage
from Victoria to Clapham with third-class tickets. There
also travelled in that carriage Mrs. Harriet M'Gregor, of
Lavender-villas. Whitmore, the guard, went to look after
the tickets, and finding the prisoner and friend had third-
clasi tickets requested them to kayo the carriage. They
did so, and the prosecutrix, who had £2 10s. in her pocket,
felt the prisoner's hand there ; and the guard also saw the
hand in her pocket as far as the wrist, and took her into
custody. Mrs. M'Gregor lost nothing. It was now
stated that the prosecutrix was not in attendance, and a
ticket-of-leave-man told the officer she had been
"squared.,'
Mr. W. D. Smyth, solicitor, of Rochester-row, appeared
fur the accused, and said the laxly had gone to Russia, and
was now probably in St. Petersburg, whither she had in-
formed the Magistrato she was going. Nithing was
missed, and there was nothing against the prisoner pre-
vious. Us begged that she might be dealt with not as a
felon, but for the misdemeanour under the Vagrant Act.

Mr. Belfo told prisoner sho was no doubt an adept at
the business, and sentenced her to three months' hard
labour as a rogue and vagabond.

THAMES.

John Grady, of Wellington Barracks, a soldier, charged
Roger Sweeney with robbing him•of a China medal, at a
coffee-house at the corner of Spectacle-alley, NV hitechapel.
The evidence proved that the prosecutor and the prisoner
met together in Whitechapel, at an early hour that morn-
ing, and the latter said that he had been a soldier in the
but had left on a pension. Ile had some
10th Regiment,
coffee at a stall in the street, and they there adjourned to
the coffee-house and had more coffee and rum iu it.
After some time the prosecutor fell asleep, but ho was
awakened,by abutcher named Wright, who saw the prisoner
leaning over the prosecutor's breast, and passing it to and
fro as if he were cutting the ribbon. Wright ran after the
prisoner, caught him, and the medal was found upon him,
when he said he took care of the medal at the request of
the prosecutor.

The prosecutor denied this, and Mr. Partridge remanded
the prisoner till Saturday next.

MARKETS...This day.

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MARK-LANE.

There was a very poor show of English wheat on offer
here to-day, coastwise and by railway. The demands for
all inactive ; nevertheless, factors were firm in their
demands, at prices about equal to Monday. We were
tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with
foreign wheat. Good and fine parccl.3 were taken off
slowly at full quotations; but low and damp parcels were
quite neglected.

The transactions in floating cargoes of grain were very
moderate, at late rates.

The small quantity of barley on the stands moved off
steadily, at full quotations.

Malt was a dull inquiry, but not cheaper. The supply
was tolerably good.

Oats supported previous rates, with a fair demand.
Beans and peas wore firm, but flour was a slow in-
quiry.

BIETP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch. 510 10 2,30 1,250
Foreign 4,230 5,940 15,250 2,430 sacks
Maize, 6910 cire. brls
COMPARATIVE AND TRICEs OF GRAIN.
For the week ending May For tho corresponding week
15, 1867. last year.
Q,rs. Aver. Qrs. Aver.
Wheat 19,358—r5s 3d Wheat 57,969-17s 4d
Btudey* 2,800-37s 10d Barley 2,551-36s 6d
U. is 3,973-26s 2d Oats

NOTES

FROM
TRAINING QUARTERS.

THIS DAY.

NEWMARKET.

Knight of the Garter, after some long Walking
and trotting exercise, joined the Hermit, a; id the
pair cantered twice steadily. Auguste led L )ragon
and Cerf Volaut a nice mile and a half gallop, and
Tourmalin took Ilippia a mile and three pi; Lrters.
The Beadle led Julius and Flying Scud two c Inters
and then a gallop of one mile and a quarter. Llama
showed Blinkheolie the way in a mile and thvee
quarters' gallop, and Bertie, Tempest, and Target
went nearly as far. D'Eatournel is very fit for the
Grand Prix at Longchamps, which, if he runs
straight, ought to win. Norman will probably ride
him. Sealskin led Ravioli a mile and a quarter.
Man of Boss galloped a mile and a half.
Mount Palatine, the Admiral, Nine Elms, and
Cheltenham went a couple of miles steadily. Nike,
Ninny, and Angus took a rare mile spin, as did
King Alfred and Restitution. Chignon trotted
merely. Wild Agnes led Opoponax a mile and a
half, and they were followed by Highland Sister.
Star of India was leading the two year olds. Inner-
dale had a mile gallop with Beadle. Claverhouse
went nearly two miles. Dalesman led Suffolk a
steady mile and a quarter.