The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-30 00:00:00

TALLOW.

The tallow trade is steady to-day, and prices have
slightly improved. The quotation from P.Y.C. is 47s to
47s 3d per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow commands 45s
3d net cash. Routh fat, 2s 4/d per Blbs.
Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866.
Stock this day 41,032 50,417 34,519 29,525
Price of Y.C.
—s Od —s Od —s Od 47s 3d
Delivery last week 1,377 965 1,147 1,065
Ditto from June 1 75,240 70,546 88,644 98,222
Arrival last week
Ditto fn. in June 1 77,995 83.116 77,766 95,264
Price of Town :.,. 44s 5d 41s Gd 4253 d 47s 3d

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Shee.)
13ILBOROPGH V. KENNET.

In this case the plaintiff had been employed as foreman
in the rebuilding of the Surrey Theatre, and the defendant
was tho printer of a publication called The Operative
Bricklayers' Society's Circular. During the course of
the construction of the theatre a number of the
copies of the publication were circulated amongst the
workmen employed by the plaintiff, and the result of
some of the articles was that the workmen became
discontented, and ultimately a strike took place. The
plaintiff in consequence was unable to carry on
his part of the contract, and the work he had
undertaken he was prevented from finishing, and thus the
work was lost to him, by which he sustained serious loss
and damage. He brought an action against the defendant,
as printer of the publication, which was tried before Mr.
Justice Shoe, when the jury found for the plaintiff, damages
£lOO. Mr. M. Chambers this morning showed cause
why the verdict should not be set aside or the amount
of the damages reduced, which the defendant thought
excessive. He (defendant) was not the author of
the article that had proluced the state of things
which bad teen attended with such serious
results to the plaintiff. He urged the court very
strongly to grant a new trial, because the defen-
dant was not the person who had in the first
instance been the cause of the special damages the plaintiff
contended ho had received. He was merely the printer of
the paper in question, and ho contended that the proper
person who should be called _upon to compensate the
plaintiff was the author of the article, if it should bo the
opinion of the Court that the damages which the plaintiff
alleged he had suffered had been proved.
The Court refused the application on the ground that
the damages were not excessive.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A GENTLEMAN CHARGED 'WITH OBSTRUCTING THE
POLlCE.—Letitia Groves, an unfortunate, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and behaving in a
disorderly manner, and Mr. Stewart Johmann, of 3, Cam-
den Hill-road, Kensington, was charged with obstructing
John Lethbridge, 58 C, in the execution of his duty.
Lethbridge, 58 C—On Saturday night, seeing a crowd of
persons in Princes-street, Coventry-street, and hearing tho
quarrelling, l went up and told them to go away, and they
did so with the exception of the female defendant, who re-
fused to leave, and set to shouting. As the crowd reas-
sembled, I took her into custody, when the male defen-
dant came up and put his hand 'on my shoulder, and in-
sisted on my telling him what I was going to do with her,
and I did not give him an answer, and told him to take
his hand away, and he then went to my other side, and
tried to pull the female away, some other men also inter-
fering with me. Another constable came to his assistance,
and we then went to the station ; on the way themale de-
fendant getting in front of me, and obstructing me, and
putting out his foot, and trying to throw me down. He
then camp to the station, and insisted on seeing that the
female was not locked up, and I then charged him with
obstructing me.
The male defendant said—Seeing a crowd collected, I
went up and asked what was the matter. Not getting an
answer, and seeing a woman struggling and shrieking, I
asked the constable, who said "Go to the station, and
you'll see ;" and I did so, thinking that I should bo ad-
mitted, the same as to any other court, but on getting to
the entrance I was nearly thrown down by a constable,
and on my expostulating with him, and telling him that he
was not justified in treating me in that violent manner, a
sergeant said, "If 1 had to deal with you I'd lock you up,"
and I was them forcibly seized and placed in the dock with
the female to answer a charge which I say is utterly base-
less. I have a witness to call.
Police-constable 166 C—l went to the assistance of
Leighton, and saw the male defendant with his hand on
his shoulder. The defendant got to the station before we
did, having stated that he would see that the woman was
not locked up.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then if he got to the station before you
did, that does away with what the constable says about
his having attempted to trip him up on the way to the sta-
tion. Enough has taken place, and I shall dismiss the
defendants.

SHAMMING BLINDNESS.-30h11 Tooke, a lad, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt, as follows :
Thomas Turner, Mondicity Society officer, said that
while in Hay-hill, Piccadilly, he saw the prisoner with a
board round his neck on which was painted, " Please, pity
the blind and fatherless," and also accompanied by a dog.
He watched the prisoner after seeing him receive several
pence in a few minutes, and as he knew him not to be
blind he took him into custody. The prisoner was in the
habit of begging to support a worthless mother and a man
she lived with. The prisoner had been two or three times
before convicted for a similar offence.

The prisoner begged to be allowed to go this time, but
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed him for three months with hard
labour.

THAMES.

ASLEEP ON THE ROAD.—Benjamin Brown, hay dealer of
Romford, and 28 years of age, was brought before Mr.
Partridge, charged with being drunk and incapable of
taking care of himself, his horse, and his cart on Saturday
evening in the Bow-road.
Police Sergeant Ripp, No. 5 K, said the prisoner was
lying on the bottom of his cart dead drunk and unable to
move. The reins had fallen from the prisoner's hands,
and the horse was proceeding dDwn the road at a fast
trot without guidance. The animal was quite sober.
Mr. Partridge—What animal ? (A laugh.)
Ripp—The horse, your worship.
The prisoner said he had been up two or three nights,
he was very sleepy, and a friend gave him some rum which
laid hold of him.

Mr. Partridge—And your horse and cart are proceeding
along a public road on a Saturday evening without guid-
ance, and with the owner fast asleep in his cart. You are
fined 20s.
The penalty was paid.

A VERY TROUBLESOME WomAx.—Margaret Norton, a
middle-aged woman, was brought before Mr. Partridge,
charged with being drunk and disorderly, and making a
disturbance at the White Swan public-house, in High-
street, Wapping.

Mr. Samuel Norton, the landlord of the White Swan,
said the prisoner was married to his brother, and that she
was a very- dissipated and turbulent woman. She had been
in the practice of coming to his house under pretence of
asking for her husband, but in reality to annoy him and
make a disturbance. She came to his house yesterday
(Sunday) morning, at 11 o'clock, while respectable people
wore on their way to church and chapel, and made all the
noise she could. She demanded a sight of his father's will,
and said she would do some mischief if it was not given to
her. He called for the police, and gave her into custody.
She had broken up four homes, and ruined her husband.

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