The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-18 00:00:00

HUBERT V. bTEINAR.

This action was brought to recover the sum of 2371.,
being the amount of a bill of exchange drawn and protested
in France many years since. Some time after the bill was
drawn defendant left France, and came to reside in Eng-
land, where the present action was brought against him, in
which a verdict was recorded in his favour ; he having
pleaded the French statute of limitation as laid down in the
" Code de Commerce."

A rule in arrest of judgment was subsequently obtained,
and

The COURT gave judgment this day, and considered that
the limitation laid down in the French law did no bar
plaintiff's right in an action brought in an English Court
of Record.

They therefore ordered that a verdict on the general
issue should be entered for the plaintiff

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

JENKINS V. lIARVY.

Mr. BARON PARKE gave the judgment of the Court in
this case, which was an action by the lessee of the corpora-
tion of Truro to try the right of the corporation to a toll of
4d. per chaldron for metage on all coals that came into the
port. It was tried before Mr. Baron Gurney at Launces-
ton at the last Spring Assizes, when the Jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff on the first count only, thereby find-,
ing that the corporation was such by prescription, and that
from time immemorial they had a right to appoint an officer,
who was entitled to receive a metage of 4d. a chaldron on
all coals imported into the harbour of that town. But to
questions by the Learned Judge the Jury said that the
officer was entitled to metage only for the performance of
services, that is, when he measured the coals ; and they also
said that the metage claimed was not a port duty.
The COURT were of opinion that the verdict for the
plaintiff should not be disturbed, and that the rule for a new
trial should be discharged.—Rule discharged.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

MARSH, GRAHAM, STRACEY, AND FAUNTLEROY'S DANK-

RUPTCY.

On Tuesday a very numerous meeting of the creditors
of the banking firm of Marsh, Graham, Stracey, and Faunt-
leroy, was held at the Court of Commissioners of Bank-
rupts, Basinghall-street, for the purpose of considering a
proposition for compromising with the Directors of the
Bank of England with respect to the proceeds of stock sold
out by forged powers of atttorney by the late Henry Faunt-
leroy, in the event of the estate of the bankrupts being re-
leased from further claims on the part of the Bank of Eng-
land. The meeting was most numerously attended. Mr.
Knight in the Chair.

A resolution was moved, to the effect that the meeting
assented to pay to the Bank of England the sum of 95,000!.
out of the proceeds of the estate in hand, upon condition
that the Bank of England return the estate, and all divi-
dends declared, or to be declared, on the proofs made of
234,213/. 16s. I d., as well as in respect to proceeds of
stock, &c., amounting to 10,777!. 13s. 10d., and 18,221/.
12s. 6d., and to proofs against the separate estate of Henry
Fauntleroy ; and that the meeting fully authorise the assig-
nees to carry the arrangement into full and complete effect.
The resolution ti as put from the Chair, and carried with
acclamation, there being only one dissentient voice.
The meeting then adjourned.

We hear of several melancholy accidents in dif-
ferent parts of the country from the heavy rains during the late
thunder-storm, by which the streams were suddenly swollen
to such a height, that there was hardly time to escape from
the flood.—Glasgow Herald.
PROJECTED PIER HARBOUR AT BLAKENaY
AND CLET.—A few weeks since we stated that a meeting of
merchants, ship-owners, &c., had taken place in this town,
on the subject of a Pier Harbour, and that the plan submitted
was well received, and considered highly desirable ; since then
we are given to understand the ship-owners in the north have
sanctioned the plan. Experienced nautical men speak of it
in the highest terms, which is one of the best guarantees ;
and had their advice been more attended to in an adjoining
county, at a similar undertaking, the shareholders would not
now have to give their shares away. Four gentlemen from
London have been busily engaged for several days, and are
going to continue a fortnight longer, making plans and esti-
mates. Any doubts which may have existed as to the forma-
tion of a bar, will be immediately removed, on the knowledge
that it is intended to make a cut into the extensive broads of
Saltbouse, for the tide to flow into, with a lock to hold the
the water until the tide has receded, when the gates being
opened, a body of water, occupying upwards of 1,000 acres,
will rush with such force as to keep the channel always open;
a like body of water will be reserved each tide, on the Stiff-
key side. The flow of water on this coast is so great, that
it is thought Government will make it, in case of need, a
station for their small vessels of war; indeed, the benefit
which will arise to the shipping interest, the fisheries,
Six. will be incalculable. It is supposed a trifling tax of about
id. per ton on ships passing, will pay the interest of the capi-
tal required.—Norfolk Chronicle.