The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before Lord Chief. Justice Campbell.)

THB QUEEN, ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE HON. MR.
CLEMENTS ROLANDS. -CRIMINAL INFORMATION.

Sir Fitzroy Kelly this morning applied for a criminal
information against the defendant, a gentleman described
of the Army and Navy Club, for conduct calculated to
induce the Hon. Mr. Clements, M.P., .to commit a
breach of the peace by-fighting a duel. It appeared from
a voluminous correspondence, which was read by the
learned Counsel, that Mr. Clements, Mr. Rolando, and
Mr. Ross were employed to arrange a difference between
a Dr. Barker and Mr. Urquhart, gentlemen residing in
Ireland ; and in the course of the mediation, which did
not end satisfactorily; an 'angry correspondence took
place between Messrs. Clcrnents• and Rolands, and the
latter, in one of his letters, requested Mr. Clements, if he
did not at once accede to his terms, to-concert measures
for an immediate meeting. Afterwards on the sth of
March, Mr. Rolands called upon Mr. Clements at his
house in • Grosvenor-Square,. to deliver a certain letter.
Mr. Clements refused to receive the note, or in any way
to re-open a ccrrespondence that had been closed, and
said, in the event of Mr. Relands leaving the letter, he
(Mr. Clements) should return it unopened to the writer.
Mr. Rolands then said, "Am I to understand that you
positively.decline to receive the letter I" and Mr.. Cle.
ments said, "I do ; and if you leave it with me, I shall
return it • unopened." Upon this reply Mr. Rolands
said, without provocation," You are a coward and a
scoundrel." Mr. Clements refrained himself, and took
advice on the subject; and it was considered, under all
the circumstances of the case, the proper course to take
was an application to this Court for protection against
such an insult, which was evidently intended to incite
him to commit a breach of the peace. Mr. Clements bad
informed Mr. Rolands that it was his intention to make
the present application, but no • notice had been taken
by that gentleman. .

Lord Carupbal—Take a rule to show cause.
CARLEWIS V. EARL OF MORIIINGTON.

This case, which wrs beard before a Middlesex Corn.
mon Jury, was for. the recovery of the amount of a
fashionable tailor's bil', upwards of 1,0001., incurred by
the Hon. Mr. Wellesley with the plaintiff. From the
evidence, it appeared that the bill had been standing for
some years ; in consequence of recent circumstances the
present action was brought. It• was stated that the
charges were not above those usually made by west-end
tailors, and that all the articles supplied were of first-rate
excellence. A number of witnesses were examined in
support of the plaintiff's charges and the valet of Mr.
Wellesley proved that the goods had been supplied.

For the defence it was contended that the charges
were excessive and ex3rbitant. Twenty-one guineas
were charged for a foreign dressing gown ; six quilted
waistcoats were set down at nine guineas ; and two or
three etirtout coats were charged at 6/. 10s. each.
Another objection to the bill was that the alterations of
the clothes were all charged for : the alteration of one
Tagliont great coat costing no less than 8/. 18s 6cl.
The jury had not returned their verdict when our re-
port lett.