The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-09 00:00:00

WHICHER V. GILCHRIST AND OTHERS.

This case came before the Court upon exceptions to
the Master's report. There are two suits, but both are
of a similar character, and involve similar questions.
They both relate to the disposition by devise of the pro-
perty of the celebrated Dr. Borthwick Gilchrist.
The suit was instituted by a party claiming, as next of
kin of the deceased, to administer his estate. The de-
ceased was a native of Scotland, and early in life went
to India in the Company's service; and, 'on his
return home he resided for some time in Edin-
burgh, but afterwards removed to London, where
he resided for some years. He lived a great
deal abroad, and died at Paris. By the decree in
the cause it was referred to the Master to in-
quire where the intestate was domiciled at his death,
and the Master found his domicile was in England. The
plaintiff excepted to the Master's finding, and contended
that the Master ought to have found that the intestate
was domiciled in Scotland, or, if not in Scotland, that
he was domiciled in France. In support of the excep-
tion the plaintiff relied on expressions of the deceased
used by him in conversation, and in letters written by
him, as well as on legal documents executed by him.
These exceptions now came on for argument. The
case has already occupied one or two days, and appears
likely to take up the time of the Court as many more.
Nothing of any interest occurred in either of the Vice-
Chancery Courts.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

(Sittings in Banco.)

The Court was occupied the greater part of the morn-
ing in hearing a motion to quash an order of sessions in
the case of " The Queen v. the Justices of the West
Riding of Yorkshire," having reference to the settle-
ment of a lunatic pauper. The question was purely one
of legal practice, and the facts involved no feature of
public interest to justify a detailed report.

COMMON PLEAS.—(T HIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
The only business transacted in this court during the
morning was the hearing of a few motions, none of
which possess any feature of general interest.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
KNIGHT V. BASE AND ANOTHER.

This case was tried before Mr. Baron Parke at the last
sittings at Guildhalk when a verdict was given for the
plaintiff, damages 781.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE now moved for a rule to show
cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground
that the verdict was against the evidence, and on affidavit.
It was an action against Messrs. Base and Kelly, the de-
fendants, on a bill of exchange for 751.8 g., which was ac-
cepted by Kelly in the partnership name of his firm. It
appeared that Kelly was indebted to a person named
Richard Powell Davis for the amount of the bill, who
persuaded him to sign the acceptance of the firm to it,
though he was only personally responsible for the debt.
At the trial it was shown that Kelly's partner knew no-
thing of the transaction, and that the plai❑tiff must have
had good grounds for believing at the time the bill came
into his possession that the bill had been fraudulently
signed.—The Court granted a rule.

KERBY V. HARDING.
In this case, which was also tried before Mr. Baron
Parke at the last sitting in,London, and in which a ver-
dict was found for the defendant,
Mr. BARSTOW moved for a rule to set aside the ver-
dict, and for a new trial. _

This was'an action in trover for disposing of goods
under a distress, without giving proper notice. The
plaintiff was the owner of a horse and gig, which he
was in the habit of keeping at a livery stables, of which
the defendant was the landlord. A distress was made
on all the goods in the premises, for arrears of rent, and
the plaintiff's horse and gig was included in the levy;
but in order that the tenant's business might not
be injured, by the distress becoming publicly known,
the defendant allowed the vehicles and horses, deposited
in the yard, to leave, as usual. Accordingly, for a week
after the distress, the plaintiff's gig was driven out in
the morning, and generally brought hack in the evening,
but at the end of that time the horse and gig were
seized upon and sold, together with a considerable
quantity of other property. The Learned Counsel now
contended, on these facts, that though the defendant,
as landlord of the premises, had a good lien On all the
property, he had, by his own act, abandoned the dis-
tress on the plaintiff's horse and gig, and was, there-
fore precluded putting a seizure upon it afterwards.
Rule granted.
CROWN CASES RESERVED.
The following eases were appointed for the sittings on
Monday next in the Exchequer Chamber :

FOR JUDGMENT.
Queen v. Arthur Farrell.

FOR BEARING.
Queen v. George Davidson.
Queen v. George Bird and Sarah Bird.
Queen v. Henry Craddock,

Queen v. Mortimer Keay
The use of Quee'n v. Wiley
Was appointed for or
meat on Tuesday, 26th November.

LORD MAYOR'S PAY.

INAUGURATION OP THE NEW -°ll
MAYOR. to Ws
It is an cxperience so long confirmed as y ord
become a proverb that " it always rains on a
is enerally
Mayor's Day ;" and certainly the season
unfavourable for an open air pageant in this leo,
polls. But thin morning was remarkably fine' C an,
and bright, and perhaps, although the anniversoioll,
fell upon the msot inconvenient day for the
trious inhabitants of Cockaigne and its environs to 'a.
dulge in their favourite sight-seeing, enabled theon
rative prosperity of the past season
thousands who thronged the city to-day to take
.4
unusual half-holiday, even on Saturday, and to Tegia-
-seeing, yet
the unsually genial weather of November. -1- that
ever it happened, the certainty is so
sees.or
no one can recollect having ever
thronged a gathering of spectators on this fillerl9l
sary, and, it may be added, certainly never so or 60,,
so mutually de&rential and accommodating, °r iittlo
dm.esd together with so little complaint and s°,, an.
di order. The well-timed iunovation in the trilvjust
ilges of the procession afforded a novelty,
bewhic",vai-
expected to attract more than an ordinary
Peat
tude? nor was it to be wondered at that such swarldt
number of foreigners, from all parts a the, doll
were mixed up with the thronged spectators. -1-r!nioly
so numerous were those visitors, and so vari„,"ight
scattered throughout the assemblage, that it -d to
seem as if each portion of the earth had resolveto,
take the matter out of the hands cf the newiroaia
baned functionary, and to furnish for itself it'o
representative. The fesh and the turban Were.b.titea
in some numbers to mark the Asiatic and contri
to the spectators, if not to the spectacle. Chios Ws to
presented by some half-dozen blue shirts fr°lllrivilig
junk or from the docks. Africa had nwre ;00i
representatives than the animal in the :pr°ce",il so
and America was announced as present bY raliWaati
exclamation of " They are coming, I guess'
" That's them I calculate." Agy
The 9th of November has ever been a grel"tvi iS
the City, but the 9th of November, 185 able feoff
chronicled by the civic historian as rem
an important change in one of the chief featurestba
its greatness. The show, thanks to Mr. G°3ll,e in, the
editor of the Architect and secretary to totea
Union, has undergone considerable improve the
least the modifications which were introduced %100
pageant to-day, if we are to judge by the APP,r°,;ove
evinced by the multitude, must be taken as Or.iib se
ments. The day, always looked forward to w-eiti'
much interest and delight by the Corporatiol4t oe•
zens, and liverymen of the largest and wealthieti
tropolis in the world, broke gloomily over .th;,ekS°:
It had to struggle with difficulty through 'OIOP
vember fog, and, as a natural consequence the ati:
anxiety was displayed in the countenances 0' t and
merous aldermen, councilmen, beadles, foottnentdipe
policemen who were to take part in the PNce„e,, th°
of the morning. As the day advanced, ho'Ovialth
mist was fortunately dissipated by a bright ge2illiee:
and no little surprise was manifested by tDeatiites
be ttors at the fact of all the gorgeonsir,",-130
footmen being furnished with huge g's4oloo
umbrellas. Some hours before the lift,fate°
was announced to move the streetl and thorouvd,bile
beyond Temple-bar were completelye
towards 11 o'clock every house top and obtsipea
from which a sight of the procession could be
was occupied; the latter chiefly by gaily- dreesel,-,adie:
ren and ladies. In the memory of the oldest ii-Data
neveril/ have so many people been present Atli tbor
Mayor's show ; but though London furnisbeu.4-po.l'
sands who had often see the exhibition before, sv---ittel
tion 'of the increase must be attributed to the fdesili:lall
afforded by the railways for enabling pleasure-secoca'
folks
to find their way to town on this bustliog r the
sion. Soon after eleven o'clock, the Lord Alqu'llii?
late Lord Mayor, and the Sheriffs arrived at „ ele
hall,
where they and their friends partook of Arolf
pant, though substantial, dhjeune; having Pre fade'
inspected the preparations that had been fole
and were being made for the evening't' the
vities. Directions were then given ai;ti 11
City Marshals, who experienced some ettlw
in maintaining their seats on their high -eto It
chargers, to form the procession preparatoll,baet,:
moving westward, and after much screamieg:;, falls
ing, prancing, and hollowing, that troublat °
- thtl
was
accomplished,, and the cry of They c4.°`-e t"'",
come!, passed along the line of rout, SS Ili-
earsee. could travel or the eye could ...-
The following was the order of ther p oCe°l4°
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
Police Con,tables to clear the pith
The Boys belonging to the Royal MarineaSt;eo te'
Banners.
Six Police Constables
THE TALLOW CHANDLERS''COMFegiV
Under-Beadle of the Worshiplui Company o'
Chandlers.
Watermen bearing the following Banoersr-rel4
The Royal Standard. The Union d-er.
The City Arms. The City 13" P 'Ol.
The Arms of the Tallow St. John the Bsp
Chandlers' Company. r of
The Banner of The Bs° e goi°l
d .
Mr. Alderman Humphery. T
The Beadle of the Tallow Chandlheres'LCatoeroljp°ArnY ip Ili)
Gown.
The Clerk of the Company e" in his Cbstriet,.
The Court of Asiistinta in their Carriag
The Wardens in their Carriages. ;0t"
The Master of tho Company, in his Ch
Attended by his Chaplain.l
THE CLOTUWORKERS' COMPA'r.
Drums and
The Assistant Beadle of the
Worshipful
es. Con3P6
wltb
Captain and LieutenoarnCt
olofthtwheorßkaenrsd. of
P ionerto
livoloaraio

- Cockades and Sashes of the CompauP Of the
bearing Shields emblazoned with the Arm
"" di
of London and the Company'wiw eti
Fifty Pensioners of the Company in Lreif°ll9o°
Cockades, each carrying a Javelin and a Shield er°
with the Arms of a Member of the CeniPl.
aol3'
Barge Master, in Uniform, with Cockade sou
lc,
The Royal Standard. The Union J4cf
The Arms of The. Arms ;.;14,
Wm. Thwaytes, Esq. Wm. Lambe, I.
The Arms of The Arros,43oent• of,
Alderman Humphery. The Countess OLA gsi
The Banner of the Right Honourable the 11°ra-ir
The Banner of the Clothwerkers'Colq,„7;ol'
The Band of the Honourable Artillery C°""`
The Beadle of the Company in his Gowli:t.
The Clerk of the Company in his Cbsri°
The Court of Assistants in their Carringe9' "hi
The Wardens in their C rriage. teal
The Master of the Company, in his Chariot,
at
The Lord Mayor's his Chalain. 10,
fa, Pre"
eesLoßradrge Mayor'smasteßr
ienadhleis.
stsirs,
The Bargemen bearing the various Co"
The Banner of the Lord Marr.l4
The Captain of the Thames Navigtion A-0.1/
The Principal Asaistant Water
The Watermen with Colours...,
A GRAND MILITARY BOP'

The Two Under-Sheriffs.
The City Solicitor.
The Remembrancer. 'ce
The Comptroller. Pel bleO'
Police The Two Secondaries. 000
Constables. The Common Pleaders.
The Judge of the Sheriffs' COP'
The Common Sergeant.
The Town Clerk. tiorge.
The Chamberlain. 00
Farrier on Horse- Farrier
1)0'(45
back.
Guard on Horse
Kettle Drums. Guard °II,
bac
back.
.bic
Trumpeter on Horseback. gorov
Trumpeter on Horseback. Trumpeter °dna eblic
Guard on Horseback. Guard en
Mr. Sheriff Hodgkinson, in his State v"i t,
Mr. Sheriff Carden, in his State Cior )10:11%
The Aldermen who have not passed the
The Recorder.
The Aldermen who have passed the Chair.
THE LATE LORD 51AY.°1/'
Trumpeters on Horsebaelt. re
PEACE,
Having in her Train, „
EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AND Attel3-01.
Attendants HORSE OF EUROPE. 00 fo
on Foot. CAMEL OF ASIA.

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TWO DEER OF AMERICA.

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