The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-20 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

:Slangs at Nisi Prius before Lord Chief-Justice Cockburn
and a Special Jury.)
;O'DONOVAN F. FLOOD AND WIFE.—SLANDER.

This was an action for alleged slander by the female
defendant, to which a plea of not guilty was placed on the
mcord.

Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Prentice appeared for the
plaintiff; and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Coleridge, Q.C.,
and Dr. Kennedy for the defendants.
In this case the plaintiff, Mr. John O'Donovan, is a gen-
. .

tleman of highly respectable connections, and tho defen-
,ia tits, Capt.and.Mrs. Flood, wore in the same rank of life. It
appears that on March, 1865, the plaintiff was in the habit
of visiting a lady named Hawkes, who lived with her chil-
dren and a niece at the Marine-parade, Brighton, where
Capt. Flood and his wife also had apartments. The slan-
der consisted of a represoutation made by Mrs. Flood to
the landlady of the house that Mr. O'Donovan went under
an assumed name, and that he supported himself by obtain-
ing jewellery from different tradesmen and then selling
it. She added that if hehad not been the son of a rich man
he would have been transported long ago, and that that
would be his ultimate fate.

Mr. Hawkins, in opening the case, said that his client
did not desire to act vindictively, and if the slander were
retracted, even at the present time, he would consent to a
nominal verdict, so as to indemnify him for the expense
he had incurred by the present proceedings, which were
rendered indispensable to vindicate his character.

Several witnesses were examined in support of the plain-

tiff's case, and one of them, a Mrs. 'GO, to whom the
slander had been frequently repeated, said that so strong
was it impressed on hor mind by Mrs. Flood's statement
that she used to take away valuables from the apartments
of Mrs. llawkos, when the plaintiff called, being appre-
hensive that they were not safe with him.

The case was proceeding when we went to press.

COURT OP COM4ON PLEAS.

Sittings at Nisi Prius, beforp Lord Chief Justice Erie and
a Special Jury.)
GREY V. BRADSHAW.

This was an action to recover a sum of £B,OOO under the
following circumstances :—The plaintiff is a well-known
stockbroker in Tokenhouse-yard, City, and the defendant
is a barrister by profession, but does npt practise, having
devoted himself to commercial speculation, in which he is
extensively engaged being the director of several com-
panies. He was the director of a phosphate and lime
company, of which Mr. Mulkey, senior, the banker, was
also a directoi, and was introduced by the latter to the
plaintiff. It appeared that the directors were very anxious
to keep up the shares in the market, and for that purpose
the defendant instructed the plaintiff to.purchase over

1,300 for him, but it was arranged that a gentleman named
Green should be nominally the party for whom the purchase
was made, the reason being that the defendant considered it
did not look well for a director to purchase a large quan-
tity of shares. The purchase was effected, and on the 9th
of March last the plaintiff applied to the defendant for a
settlement of the account, and a correspondence ensued
between the parties, which led to no satisfactory result.
The plaintiff sold the shares at a considerable loss, and
the present action was brought to recover the difference
between the price at which they were originally purchased
and then sold. _ _ _

The plaintiff was examined at considerable length ; but
as the case was proceeding the defendant consented to a
verdict being taken for the plaintiff, which was accord-
ingly entered.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

.n Re Lord Henry Loftus.—The Fenian Rebellion and the

Money Panic.

This bankrupt was described as Henry Yorke Astloy
Loftus, commonly known as Lord Loftus, and to-day was
appointed for the first meeting. The bankrupt was de-
scribed as formerly of Dawson-street, Dublin, then of Jer-
myu-street, then of Charles-street, St. James's, now of
Motcombe-street, of no occupation.

His lordship came up on his own petition, which was
dated Juno 4,:and he thus describes tho cause of his failure.