The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-26 00:00:00

AND OBSTRUCTION.

The plaintiff in this case is an old man, residing in
Warwickshire, and the defendant is Captain Hudson,
the Governor of the Queen's Prison ; and the action
was brought to recover damages for a trespass, and
for illegally preventing the plaintiff admission to
the prison after he had been discharged out of
custody. The damages were laid at 1001. It appeared
from the evide❑ce adduced on the part of the plaintiff and
defendant that in 1844 he was taken on a ea ea in conse-
quence of difficulties he got into with some parish officers
in Warwickehire relative to an illegal distress. He
remained in prison from that time till this year, when,
through the kindness of the defendant, he was liberated
by the payment of 201. to Christ's Hospitul for that
purpose. During the time the plaintiff was in prison he
acted as servant to the better class prisoners, and ap-
peared well satisfied with his incarceration. He had
the habit of gathering all the old rags, bones, string,
broken crockery, &c., procured in the prison dust-bins,
and allowing them to accumulate in his sleeping-room ;
in 1853, and on many frequent occasions, he was remon-
strated with relative to.it, and ordered to destroy or
remove all the offensive parts of the rubbish that were
likely to engender disease. He- declined, and he was
removed to another rooai with the best portion and least
offensive portion of the rubbish. As the plaintiff would
not get rid-of the refuse it was destroyed by the Govern.
ment. After he. got out of prison he applied for
admission to see a prisoner, who he stated
owed him some money, but the Governor re-
fused him admission ;. and it was on this obstruction,
which it was said was contrary to the rules, that that
part of the action was founded.

The jury, however, before the completion of the evi-
dence for the defence, stopped the case, end returned a
verdict for the defendant, in which the learned judge
concurred. •

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)

TUE ROYAL RBITISII • Ilia 7XA4,(INATION MKET-

MO or THE DIRECTORS.

To-day was appointed fur the last examination of the
directors of the Royal British Bank.

Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, asked for an adjourn-
ment until after the trial, which is expected to take
place io ,February next.

Mr. Freehfield did not oppose an adjournment, but
complained that the parties who had been prosecuted
had not had the required facilities of reference t) the

books.

Mr. Linkiater said that the assignees were exceedingly
anxious that Mr. Freshfield's clients should have the
fullest opportunity of referring to the books and docu-
ments under proper supervision.
After some discussion his Honour said that such facili-
ties ought to be afforded. •

Mr. Mason, on behalf of Merin% Gillot, Hurst, and
Butt, who bad only been directorsior one month before
the failure of the bank, applied that they should he
allowed to pass, as they had filed their accounts and were
not included in the indictment.
Mr. Linklater said that Mr. Lee, the official assignee,
had not had time to go through the accounts, and there-
fore an adjournment must take place ; but those gentle-
men had rendered great assistance and done everything
in their power to give information.
TUB DIVIDEND.—Mr. Linklater said that as respected
the dividend he was enabled to state that there was a
prospect of an immediate disposal of the Welsh mines,
when a dividend would be declared, although it might,
be something less than the 2s. in the pound, as there
were some proceedings pending in Chancery, but which
would not delay the distribution of the dividend. He
also said that the management with the shareholders
was proceeding most satisfactorily.
The examination was then adjourned till the 6th
March next.

FATAL RAILWAY AcsIDENT.—A ship's carpenter,
named Frederick Jones, was on Monday night knocked
down and run over by an engine on the Preston and
Wyre Railway, at Fleetwood. The deceased was cross-
ing the line at the time of the accident, and though the
engine-driver took every means to prevent the casualty,
the deceased seemed so confused that he was unable to
move, and was killed
a'moet instantaneously, lie
belonged to Preston, was
63 years of age, and has left a
widow and six children to deplore his loss.
IMPROYOUNTs IN. PARIS.—The butchers' stalls, in
the Carle des Prouvairea, are about to be abolished, in
consequence of the opening of the pavilions of the Cen-
tral Markets. The construction was erected towards
the end o* the First Empire, and a block of houses was
pulled down to make room for it. The temporary sheds ,
in the Rue Trainee, opposite the church of St. Enstache,r
ahaveare those
abandoned,beenthesale of
and are to he demolished, as
e for
fish,
constructed three years
ago r n tbe site of the old butter-market. The stowbuilding constructed five years ago, in which butter is
sold by wholesale, is likewise to be pulled down.
THE ELECTIONS IN BARDINIA.—Frotn the Turin
papers we glean the following statistics concerning the
new chamber :—lt contains 55 noblemen, 33 of whom
belong to the right ; 45 corninanders and knights ; 90
barristers, including 3 professors of the universities ; 15
8 priests ; 16 officers of the
magistrates
b;ale2kers ; and . • ors not belonging to
S proles ti
physicians ;
; tw o
the faculty of law..
army
The priests all belong to the ultra-
snit in general the liberals have
comparatively party, apper to
comparatively bad the worst of it in these elections, al
though they i•till command a majority.