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London, England, 1835-12-23 00:00:00

KING'S BENCH.-TUESDAY

After several undefended causes had been disposed of,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied to the Court to take
a case out of its turn, on the ground that his attendance
was required elsewhere. The parties, however, in the first
case in turn would not consent, although the Learned
Counsel said that it would not occupy more time than an
undefended cause. The Attorney-General would take that
opportunity of complaining of the custom of taking unde-
fended causes out of their turn, at the sitting of the Court;
it was an innovation which was productive of great inconve-

nience to Counsel.
Mr. Justice PATTESON said that the custom had existed
a considerable time, and he had never heard it complained
of before.

COMMON PLEAS.-TUESDAY.

MACKINTOSH V.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied to the Lord Chief
Justice to appoint a special day for the hearing of the above
cause. Witnesses had been brought up to London from
Manchester and Glasgow, and would be at a very great ex- ,
pense if kept here.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE could not fix any particular
day ; he would only take it in its turn. Whenever it came
on for trial, it would last two or three days ; and, at that
time of the year, would be inflicting a hardship on a Jury.
By the Act of Parliament he could only sit 28 days, un-
less by consent.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE, for one of the defendants, cer-
tainly should not consent, and if the Court assembled after
sittings he would not attend.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—There is an end to your
application, Mr. Attorney-General.
FLETCHER AND ANOTHER V. DAN AND OTHERS.

This was an issue from Chancery, to try whether a cer-
tain sum of, money 11%a been paid on a general or on a per-
sonal account.
In 1822 the house of Fletcher, Alexander, and Co.,
were advised by the house of Alexander and Co., of Cal-
cutta, of the shipment of 4,872 bags of saltpetre, with
directions that they should be sold to the best. advantage,
and directing that one moiety of the proceeds should be
passed to the plaintiffs' London exchange account, and the
other placed to the credit of Captain Edwards, of the Gol-
conda, who brought the goods to London. The question
now was, whether a bill of exchange for 3,5221.; drawn by
Edwards, and passing through the house of Alexander and
Co., of London, was drawn against his moiety of the net
proceeds of the saltpetre, or was to go to the general ac-
count between the parties. Certain accounts being agreed
to on both sides, the only question was, whether the plain-
tiffs could claim credit from the defendant for the payment
of the proceeds of the cargo on Edwards's account.
The Jury, after a few moments' consideration, found a
verdict for the defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Mr. Timothy Curtis, a Director of the Bank of Eng-
land, yesterday applied to the LORD MAYOR for his Lord-
ship's assistance to suppress the very great nuisance which
he said arose from the conduct of the owners of omnibuses

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He was happy to see that an accommodation was afforded
to the public by means of those vehicles, but the inconve-
nience had increased into a most intolerable nuisance of late,
and from his situation at the Bank it became an imperative
duty upon him to see that all the approaches to that estab-
lishment were free. The Act of Parliament also made it

imperative upon the Magistrates to assist in carrying that
object into effect. He had succeeded in abating the nui-
sance in the front of the Bank, but the porters now com-
plained of the increased annoyance in Bartholomew lane
and Lothbury. He particularly alluded to Wednesday
last, when there was such a congregation of blackguards,
composed of game sellers, fruit sellers, cads, and others,
and such a long line of omnibuses, that he was obliged to
walk through the mud in going to the Bank. He threat-
ened on Saturday to apply to the Lord Mayor on the sub-
ject, and several of the proprietors besought him not to do
so. He, however, found that advantage was taken of his
disposition not to carry his menace into effect, for the line
of omnibuses become longer, and the blackguards more nu-
merous. As he came towards the Mansion-house he per-
ceived that except a resolute interference to carry the law into
effect were made, Prince's-street, which it was calculated
would be so great a public convenience, would be of no use
all, for he counted just nineteen omnibuses in and about it.
Whether the City would afford accommodation to the pro-
prietors he could not tell, but he knew that the Bank would
not.
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The LORD MAYOR assured Mr. Curtis that he would
rigidly put in force the Bank Act for preventing the ve-
hicles from congregating about the building, but he thought
it necessary' to -compel the drivers to dispense with the at-
tendance of the cads. His Lordship then ordered officers
to summon any drivers or conductors who should for a mo-
ment stop in the neighbourhood.
11fr. il'/rile, of Sweetings-rents, was on Monday charged
with having endeavoured to provoke Mr. Eden, a dentist,
to fight a duel.
A Mr. Lalor was charged as the bearer of the message.
Mr. Eden stated that he had thought it necessary to
print a statement of circumstances connected with the
Ward of Bread-street ; and Mr. White was alluded to in
the account in a manner not agreeable to that gentleman.
although correct in every respect. Mr. White demand,
a retractation of the charge contained in the paper, buy
complainant refused to retract, whereupon Mr. Lalor re•
quired him to answer in another way.
Upon the part of the defendants it was stated that Mr,
Eden wrote a very gross and deliberate falsehood, and re-
fused to acknowledge that it was a falsehood, although it
reflected upon Mr. White. It was denied that there had
been anv attempt made to provoke a breach of the peace.
Mr. White repeated that Mr. Eden had made false and
lying statements.
The LORD MAYon held the defendants to bail in two
sureties of 1001. each.