The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-02 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS .D..4Y.)

COURT, OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
APPEAL.-YOUNG V. LINDSAY.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Master of the Rolls
in favour of the plaintiff.

The contention is whether the plaintiff is entitled to re-
cover £l,OOO in respect of freight of cargoes of coals at £52,
from England to Hong Kong and Shanghae, China, per
ship. Queen of Aibor; and whether the defendant is liable
to pay extra charges and oxpenees under the charter party.
Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., was heard for the respondent.
Mr. Collins followed on the same side.
Mr. IL Palmer, Q.C., was heard in reply. •
The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decree of the Master of
the Rolls, and dismissed the appeal with costs.

ROLLS' COURT.
(13efore the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Homily.)
MOTION.-JUDGMEXT.-LYALL V. HICKS.
His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, said—On perusal
of the evidence in this case, I am of opinion that the plain-
tiff has not made out any case to justify me in granting an
injunction. In March, 1857, the parties entered into con-
tract with the Coolies Emigration Company, to transport a
cargo of coolies from Calcutta to the Mauritius, and the
expense of repairing and fitting up a ship for that purpose
was £1,953 Bs. 11d., which sum was paid by the plaintiff,
and ho drew bills on Hicks for that amount. Bills had
been,given by Hicks to the master to within £53 of that
amount, and his Honour considered that the master had
no right to hypothecate the ship, and that there was no
lien on the ship fcir fittings up or repairs.
His Honour declined to niake any order, and dismissed
the bill with costs.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
DOING THE (WREN OUT OF HALF-A-CROWN.--SMITII V.

PERRATON.

This was an action to recover a balance of rent.
Mr. W. B. Davies appeared for the plaintiff; and stated
that the parties had agreed as to a balance.
Plaintiff was called, and said that he and defendant had
agreed about taking certain premises.
Mr. Buchanan (for the defendant)--Is there any agree-
ment in writing ?
Witness—Yes.

Mr. Buchanan—Produce it, than.
No offer being made to prodace it,
His Honour looked over to Mr. Davies, and, laughing,
said—lt Won't do, you 'mow. Mr. Buchanan will stick to
his point.

Mr. Davies—l knev that. My friend has a copy of the
agreement.

His Honour---Ah, but he don't want to produce it.
Mr. Buchznan—lt has a very ugly look in one corner.
His Hor.our—lf there is an agreement in writing it mus
be ProdrAced.

Mr. 13ucbanan—I suppose plaintiff's agreement is as ugly
fu. our own in one corner.

Mr. Davies thought that as there had been an as between the parties as to an amount, perhaps the
agreement could be dispensed with.
His Honour thought that if a portion of the particulars
was struck out Mr. Davies could try,
Mr. Davies objected, and plaintiff was nonsuited. Costs
allowed.
His Honour told plaintiff that the Queen was entitled
to half-a-crown, and if he did the Queen out of her right
he would surely suffer. Thousands of pounds had been
lost in consequence of the non-payment of this half-crown
to the Queen.

PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM
SHIPWRECK.

Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life-
boat Institution was held at its house, John-street,
Adelphi—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., in the
chair.

Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, having read the
minutes of the previous meeting,
The silver medal of the institution was presented
respectively to R. Hook, R. Butcher, F. Smith, W.
Rose, I. Butcher, A. Mewse, T. Liffen, and N.
Colby, and £l9 to themselves and other men for
their general gallant services in saving life in the
Lowestoft lifeboat, which is in connection with
the National Lifeboat Institution, but particu-
larly for rescuing the crew, consisting of 14 men,
of the steamer Shannon, of Dublin, which during
a heavy wind was wrecked on the Holm Sand
on the Ist ult. A reward of £9los. was also voted
to the crew of the same lifeboat for their services
in putting off in her and rescuing the crew of five
men of the schooner Lord Douglas, of Dundee,
which during a heavy gale of wind parted from her
anchors and drove on Corton Beach on the morning
of the 26th ult. Also a reward of £9 10s. to the
crew of the same lifeboat for subsequently saving,
on the afternoon of the same day, the crew of four
men of the schooner Silva, of Glasgow, which was
Also totally wrecked on Corton Beach daring the
heavy gale of that day.
The silver medal of the institution was voted to
Lieut. the Hon. R. F. Boyle, R.N., chief officer of the
Coastguard ; the second service clasp to Robert Par-
rott, who had previously-received the society's medal;
and £8 ss. to the crew of the institution's lifeboat at
Tenby, for.putting off and rescuing, during a heavy
gale of wind, the crew of three men of the smack
Bruce, of Milford. A reward of £l2 was also given
to the crew of the same lifeboat for putting off during
the night of the 7th ult., with the view of rescuing
the crew of nine men of the brig Policy, of Sunder-
land, which was wrecked off Tenby.
A reward of £6 was likewise granted to the
society's lifeboat at Braunton, North Devon, in ac-
knowledgment of their valuable services in rescuing
the crew of six men of the brig North Esk, of Sun-
derland, which, during a very heavy gale of wind,
was wrecked on Braunton Sands on the morning of
the 2d ult.

A reward of Ll 1 was also given to the crew of
the institution's lifeboat at Castletown, Isle of Man
for putting off and rescuing four of the crew of the
Ohio, of Stettin, which was wrecked, during a gale
of wind, off Castletown, on the 19th ult.
A reward of £6 was likewise voted to the crew of
the Barmouth lifeboat, for putting off to the assist-
ance of the Troy, of Boston, U.S.,otton laden,
which during foggy weather was observed to be on
shore in a dangerous position in that nighbourhood.
A reward of £6 10s. was also granted to the
society's lifeboat at Berwick, for saving in a heavy
sea the crew of six men of the brig New Astley, of
Aberdeen, which was wrecked in a heavy high sea
off Spittle Point, on the 9th ult.

Eighteen lives were also saved during the heavy
gales from four wrecks by the institution's lifeboats
stationed at Yarmouth, Winterton, and Whitburn.
It was reported that since the recent heavy storms
the institution had paid £153 for services in its
lifeboats.
The silver medal of the institution and XI were
voted to Mr. P. Smith, coastguard chief boatman,
and £5 to his crew, in acknowledgment of their
gallant services, in wading into the surf, at the
imminent peril of their lives, and rescuing by means
of ropes the master of the Norwegian brig Caro-
line, which during a terrific gale of wind was dashed
to pieces on the night of the 25th ult.
The silver medal of the institution and £3 were
also voted to a fisherman, named Charles Mitchell,
and £l5 to eight other men, in acknowledgment of
their very gallant conduct in rescuing four of the
crew of the sloop Busy, of New Quay, Cornwall,
which during a hurricane was wrecked off that port
on the night of the 25th Oct.
A reward of £5 was also voted to several men
for saving, by means of cliff ladders, the crew of
three men from the schooner Diligence, of Whitby,
which was wrecked off that port.
A letter was read from the officer of coastguard
at North Berwick and the Rev. J. Steward, stating
the necessity of a lifeboat at that place. A wreck
had recently occurred in the neighourhood, when
the whole of the crew perislied. The officer was
of opinion that they might all have been saved
had a lifeboat been on the station. Miss Burdett
Coutts had, with her usual munificence towards the
lifeboat cause, offered to pay the cost of the lifeboat
which the institution is about to send to Silloth,
near Carlisle. The institution decided to station
new lifeboats at St. Andrew's and Thurso, in Scot-
land, and at Portrush, in Ireland. It was reported
that the institution's lifeboats had, during the re-
cent storms, been instrumental in rescuing 85 poor
sailors from death. The boats had also been the
means of saving thousands of pounds worth of pro-
perty by aiding distressed vessels to get off from
dangerous positions. The Liverpool Dock Trus-
tees applied to the institution to order a lifeboat on
Peake's plan to be built for them.
The thanks of the institution were presented to
Mr. C. Clifford, in acknowledgment of his able and
indefatigable exertions in bringing to a state of per-
fection an improved plan for safely lowering boats
at sea, which had already bee". the means of saving
many lives from drov s ng.
Payments amounting to £661 were made on
various lifeboat establishments. The committee
earnestly appeal to the public for support to meet
the heavy demands on the institution. Admiral Sir
Thomas Cochrane, K.C.B. and A. W. Saffray, Esq.,
who are liberal contributors to the funds of the in-
stitution, having been elected vice-presidents, the
proceedings closed.

FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR.—Duty paid in
Hull last week :—£395 14s, on 7,914 qrs of wheat ; £2S9
15s, on 5,795 qrs of barley ; £25, on 500 qrs of oats ; £52
3s, on 1,043 qrs of beans ; 3s, on 3 qrs of peas ; and £24 3s
4ld, on 1,289 cwt. of wheat flour.
THE SAUSAGE CASE AT KlNGSLAND.—Yester-
day evening the inquest was resumed before Mr. Hum-
phreys and the jury empannelled to inquire into the death
of William Eaton, alleged to have been poisoned by eating
bad sausages. Evidence was gone into bearing upon the
healthiness of the animals whose flesh is said to have for= d
the substance of these dainty delicacies, and the inquiry
was again adjourned till Tuesday next.