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London, England, 1859-06-09 00:00:00

LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS 1)47.1

HOUSE OF LORDS.

(Peers Present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham,
Lord St. Leonards, Lord Cranworth, Lord Wensleydale,
the', Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Kingsdown, and
other Peers.)
Appeal causes to be considered :—Judgment—Thellusson
T. Robarts et al, ex parte as to:certain respondents ; Hon.
A. Thellusson v. Robarts et al, ex parte as to T. R.
Thellusson ; Hon. R. Hare v. Robarts et al, ex parte as
to certain respondents.
These were appeals from decisions of the Master of the
Rolls, Sir John Romilly, holding that on a true construc-
tion of the will of the late Mr. Peter Thellusson, the re-
spondents were entitled to take his property as the eldest
male heir lineal descendanfof the late Peter Isaac Thellus-
son.

The majority of tho consulted law judges were of the
same opinion.
_ _

Their lordships of the House of Lords, Lord Cranworth,
Lord St. Leonards, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Brougham
(and the Lord Chancellor concurring), who delivered
their opinions at length this morning, were unani-
mously of opinion-Ist. That the eldest male heir lineal
descendant of the late Peter Isaac Thellusson was the
eldest male heir in primogeniture, and not the eldest of age
or blood. 2d. That the person appointed to nominate by
the will was the eldest male heir in primogeniture at the
time the succession opened, and not the eldest of age or of
blood. 3d. That the will was not void from uncertainty,
and that the next of kin were excluded.

Their lordships tendered the thanks of the house to the
consulted judges fcr the very learned and able opinions
given by them to their lordships in these cases.
Their lordships unanimously affirmed the decision of the
Master of the Rolls, and dismissed the appeals with costs.
The Lord Chancellor declined to deliver any formal opi-
nion, having previously been counsel in the cause, until he
heard the unanimous opinion of their lordships, in which
he entirely concurrred.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
IREFUSAL TO COMMIT-GREY V. OLDBURY.

This was a judgment summons, and the defendant had
agreed upon the original order to pay 15s. per week. The
first instalment was due on the 9th May last, and the present
summons issued on the 10th.

Mr. Perry, from Mr. Buchanan's, said that defendant
had so many orders and judgments against him that he
could not comply with the order of the Court in this in-
stance.

His Honour thought it was very sharp practice to take out
a summons on the 10th, and refused to commit.

PUTTING ON THE SCUM

Mr. Beard made an application that the ;ees paid for
hearing in a certain cause should be returned. The parties
had settled the matter out of Court and the case was with-
drawn. Mr. Osgood (the chief clerk) had repeatedly al-
lowed the fees to be returned, and now refused.
His Honour did not think that this was a case in which
he could order the return of the fees.- It was putting on
the screw to get better terms out of the defendant ; and,
after having had the advantage of compelling the defen-
dant by this means, it was not right to ask for the fees.
Mr. Beard said that it was not so, and the parties had
settled the affair a long time since, and directly afterwards
he (Mr. Beard) applied to Mr. Osgood for the fees.
His Honour saw no reasonable grounds for granting the
application.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7(TRIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

A CONFIRMED TRIM—FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—Louisa
Spencer, alias Walker, a well-known thief, was charged
with stealing a silver watch, of the value of £5, from the
person of William Martin, a ship steward, at the Spread
Eagle, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital.
Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the prisoner.
William Martin, the prosecutor, who said he was at pre-
sent staying at 25, Nassau. street, Middlesex Hospital, stated
that on the. previous night he was at the Spread Eagle,
when the prisoner and another female asked him to treat
them, and he did so, and while talking to them he missed
his watch from his waistcoat pocket, which was safe when
he entered the house. The watch produced was the same,
and worth about V.

John Martin, brother of the prosecutor, an engineer, said
on going to the house in question he saw the prisoner and
the other female run off in different directions. He pursued
the prisoner, and on taxing her with the robbery she pulled
the watch from her bosom and handed it to him.

Mr. Lewis said she would plead guilty, and asked Mr.
Bingham to cliipose of the case.
Inspector Pothers, of the E division, said the prisoner
was a well-known thief, and there was an officer in court
to speak to that fact..
An officer of the court said she had, he believed, been
convicted at the sessions. _

Mr. Lewis again urged the magistrate to deal with the
case, but Mr. Bingham refused.
Prosecutor said his ship sailed on Wednesday next for
Hobart-town.

Mr. Bingham said, to do great good he would run a little
risk, and at once committed her for six months.
PROPER PUNISHMENT—CRUEL TREATMENT OF A
HORSE.—James Sheppard, a carman in the employ of Wm.
Etteridge, coal merchant, of the Old Kent-road, was charged
at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals with the following cruel treatment of
a horse :

Mr. William Love, chief constable of the Royal Society,
said that on the 30th of May he was in Tottenham-cOurt•
road, when he saw the defendant driving two horses draw-
ing a heavy van, having an empty cart attached to it. Per-
ceiving that one of the horses moved about in a very rest-
less manner, as if in pain, he asked the defendant if there
was anything the matter with its back ? He first said there
was not ; but on my telling him that I wished to see, and
asking him to remove the saddle, he then said, "There
is a little sore, governor." He (Mr. Love) then examined
the horse and found on its back a large sore covered with a
piece of old sacking, which being covered with the saddle
pressed into it, caused it intense pain. Thera was alga
another large, sore partly healed, it was lame in one of its
feet from disease, and it was altogether quite unfit for use.
On calling his attention to it he said it was not then nearly
so bad as it had been. lie also said he was on his way to
Camden-town, to fetch two tons of coals to take to the Old
Kent-road.

Mr. Bingham said he should like to make the defendant
raw in the back, and make him draw two tons of coals with
a piece of sacking pressing into it. Such treatment was
the only way of making such people understand what
cruelty was. He should fine the defendant 17s. 6d. and
costs, and if he appeared there again ho would visit him
still more severely for his brutality.