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Total 17,732 9,185 3,865

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
(Before Sir Richard Torrin Kindersley.)
JUDGMENT.-ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GRAINGER

This was a petition for costs of resisting several suits by
the trustees in administering four charities to the corpora-
tion of Reading under the will of the late John Kendrick.
The petitioners claimed-Ist, costs in relation to a peti-
tion filed by the Attorney-General in 1838 ; 2d, costs of an ap-
peal presented by the Governor of Christ's-hospital ; 3d, costs
in relation to the partition of the estate ; and 4th, costs of the
present petition. The testator by his will established four
separate and distinct charities in the town of Reading, and
appointed the corporation trustees and administrators
thereof; first, a stock fund of £7,500; second, a loan fund
of £500; third, a church fund of £250 for the purchase of
land of the annual value of £lO for religious purposes ; and
fourth, £lOO to pay small annuities to pool. old maiden
ladies resident seven years in that place.
In 1838 the Attorney-General filed an informatiOn under
Sir Samuel Romilly's Act for the administration of the
charity.

Christ's Hospital claimed and obtained the first charity
for want of administration, and the trustees incurred con-
siderable expense in upholding the other charities which
they now claimed.

His Honour considered they were not entitled to:the ex-
penses incurred in supporting the first charity given to
Christ's Hospital. That the trustees were entitled to all
reasonable costs, charges, and expenses incurred in support-
ing the second charity. And quod ad ultra allow other
costs to be spoken to on a future day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(7IIIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST A TRADESMAN.-Ur
James M'Donald, carrying cn business at 50, Edgeware.
road, as a linendraper, was charged with assaulting Mr.
Robert Henry Barron, manager to Mr. Widnell, draper,
&c., of 162, Regent-street.

From the evidence of the complainant it appeared that at
seven on Saturday evening the defendant went into the
shop of Mr. Widnoll and asked if he was in. He was told
he was not, when he became abusive, said they were "a
set of swindlers," and on being requested to leave refused
to do so, and caused a great disturbance, several ladies being
in the shop at the time; and while he (complainant) had
his back turned towards him struck him a blow on the back
of his head, and afterwards gave him two other blows, and
while in custody, threatened the cashier, Mr. Widnell's
brother

Albert Charles Widnell said the defendant came in and
asked for his brother, and refused to leave when requested.
Some ladies came in, andhe called them a parcel of thieves,
and struck the complainant twice.

Some questions being put to the last witness by Mr.
Long, he varied very much in his statement, stating that he
did not see the blows given, only the complainant in Dz
attitude of defence. ,

The defendant said' he went to the shop to see Mr. Wid-
nell respecting a dishonoured bill accepted by him (Mr.
Widnell), aid which was due on Friday, and while walking
down the shop the complainant used very revolting lan-
guage, and he (defendant) suddenly found himself on the
floor, and on recovering found complainant standing over
him in a fighting attitude.

Mr. Powell (from the office of Mr. Lewis, of Great
Marlborough-street) for the complainant, said the bill was
not paid by legal advice.

Mr. Long said the complainant's witness had contra-
dicted himself, and his evidence was worth 'nothing. He
placed credit on what the defendant had said, and should
discharge him.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES IN SCOTLAND.

A report by the Registrar of Friendly Societies
n Scotland has been presented pursuant to the Act
[Bth and 19th Vic., cap. 63, and printed by order of
Parliament. In the course of this report the writer,
in the true antiquarian spirit of old Jonathan Old-
buck, notices the existence of " burial clubs" among
our Roman conquerors, and shows how much the
law of Scotland is founded on, and how largely its
principles are derived from the Roman law. He
refers to a work of Mr. Kenrick, on "Roman Se-
pulchral Inscriptions," bearing on the subject of
burial clubs. Mr. Kenrick says :—" As I have not
seen the existence of burial clubs among the Romans
noticed in any work on Roman antiquities, I will
give some extracts Nom a monument referred to. It
was found at Lanuvium, a town of ancient fame for
the worship of Juno Sospita, about 19 miles from
Rome, on the Via Appia. The inhabitants of this
town appear, out of flattery towards the Emperor
Hadrian, in whose reign the marble was erected, to
have formed themselves into a college for paying
divine honours to Diana and Antinous ; a singular
combination, which shows at once the degraded
condition of the people, and the heartless formality
of the established religion which could be prosti-
tuted to such a purpose. The privilege of forming
a college, or, as we should say, a body corporate,
was most sparingly conceded, and most jealously
restricted under the Emperors, who dreaded all
secret associations as nurseries of treason. With this
primary object of forming a college of the Cultores
Diane et Antinoi, they combined that of a burial
club, not forgetting the festivities which formed so
important a part of all acts of religion among the
Romans. To prevent disputes, the laws of the asso-
ciation were inscribed on marble, and probably set
up in the temple of the two deities. An amphora of
good wine was to be presented to the club by a new
member, the sum of 100 sesterces (about 155.) was to
be paid as entry money, and five asses (little more
than 2d) per month as subscription. Their meet-
ings were not to take place oftener than once a-
month. If any pne omitted payment for (so many)
months (the marble is here mutilated) no
claim could be made, even though he had directed
it by will. In case of the death of one who had
paid his subscription regularly, 300 sesterces
(£2 55.) were allotted for his funeral expenses, out
of which, however, 50 were to be set apart for dis-
tribution at the cremation of the body. The fune-
ral was to be a walking one. If any one died more
than 20 miles from Lanuvium, and his death was
announced, three delegates from the college were to
repair to the place where he had died, to perform
his funeral, and render an account of it to the peo-
ple. Fraud was to be punished by a fourfold fine.
Twenty sesterces each were to be allowed to the
delegates for travelling expenses, going and re-
turning. If the death had taken place more than
20 miles from Lanuvium, and no notice had been
sent, the person who had performed the funeral
rites was to send a sealed certificate attested by
seven Roman citizens, on the production of which
the usual sum for the expenses was to be granted.
If a member of the college had left a will,
only those named in it could claim any-
thing. If he died intestate, the quinquennales
or magistrates of the municipium, and the people
generally, were to direct how the funeral should
take place. If any member of the college in the
condition of a slave should die, and his body,
through the unjust conduct of his master or mis-
tress, should not be given up for burial, his funeral
should be celebrated by his bust being carried in
procession. No funeral of a suicide was to take
place. There are many other rules tending to pre-
serve order and promote good fellowship, but these
are all which relate to the burial club." This curious
document is an additional proof how much ancient
life resembled modern life, when we obtain a view
of it, as it were, intus domique, through the medium ,
of its monuments.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S—SAToRDAY.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
9to 2 agst Lifeboat (taken freely)
7to 1 agst Gaspard (taken freely)
10 to 1 agst Blue Jacket (offered—take 11 to 1)
100 to 7 agst Lord Nelson (taken)
STEWARD'S CUP.
100 to 7 agst Theodora (taken)
20 to 1 agst Mentmore (taken)
20 to 1 agst Tiara (taken)
0 OODWOOD CUP.
sto 1 agst Prioress (offered)