The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-23 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

ACTION AGAINST THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY. —ln the Bail Court, Mr. Bignall, a farmer and
cattle-dealer at Lambton, brought an action against the
London and South-Western Railway Company to recover
the sum of £3O for losses sustained in consequence of the
negligence of the defendants in not taking proper care of
some animals given into their charge, and not delivering
them at the proper time. On the 21st of March the plain-
tiff attended Odiham, and purchased eight cows and four
calvcs,and left them in charge of it friend to book them from
Winchfield. The plaintiff bad arrange I wish the station-
master for two trucks previously. The animals were
despatched on Saturday, but, much to the plaintiff's sur-
prise, did not arrive till the fo lowing Monday afternoon,
when they were very thin, their ulders were swollen
almost to bursting, and their feet were very sore,
blood oozing out between the hair and hoof. Since
then the plaintiff had sold sir of the beasts at a
consilerable loss, but two Le had been unable to dispose
of, as they were too ill to be removed from his farm.
The defendants contended that the station-master at
Winchfield informed the plaintiff that there were no cattle-
trucks at the station, though he promised to obtain some
at soon as possible. The cattle were in the care of a
drover, and had been supplied with 4s. 6d. worth of hay.
The jury found for the plaintiff on the facts of the case,
but reserved a point as to the consignment for the court
above.

DAMAGES FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.—III the Court
of Common Pleas, the case of Jackson v. Athawes was
beard. The defendant had bought a brewery for
22,700 from the plaintiff's father, and the defendant
employed the plaintiff's father and the plaintiff to continue
in the business for a short time. There appeared to have
been a kind of arrangement or understanding that the
plaintiff should be entitled to charge 5 per cent. in
spending money on payments being made to him by
publicans. This was denied by the defendant, who, how-
ever, on being pressed, admitted that he could not swear
that so long as the plaintiff paid him the amounts he re-
ceived, less a discount of 5 per cent., he had not told him
that he should be satisfied. The plaintiff contended the
shillings be was charged with having embezzled out of the
price of barrels of beer were the amounts of discount which
he believed he was entitled to retain. The jury.found a
verdict for the plaintiff ; damages, £l5O.
BREACH OF CONTRACT.—In the Court of Exchequer an
action was brought by Mr. Shipway, a timber dealer, to
recover damages for a breach of contract. The plaintiff
had bought some timber of Mr. Price, a gentleman in the
same way of business, through the traveller of the latter.
The timber was not delivered, and the plaintiff, having en-
tered into a contract with a third party, wrote concerning
it, and received a reply stating that the traveller had
exceeded his authority, and that he could only supply the
plaintiff for cash minus 2i per cent. discount. The de-
fendant paid £l2 10s., saying that the sum was more than
sufficient to cover any loss the plaintiff might have
sustained. The plaintiff was a merchant at Birmingham,
and swore he was unable to buy the timber and wood
in the market, and had been compelled to get it else-
where, to keep faith with those whom he had agreed to
supply out of the contract entered into by him with the
defendant, and that lie had suffered pecuniary loss in can-
sequence. The defence was that the defendant was only
liable to pay as damages the difference between the con-
tract price and the market price, that there had been
little or no change in the market between the time of the
contract and the breach, and that he bad paid into court
more than sufficient to cover that difference. The jury
gave £35 damages, less the £l2 10s. paid into court.
THE TICHBOIM BARONETCY.—This matter, in which an
application was made on Saturday on behalf of the Ans.
'Tali= claimant to the Tichborne estates, was mentioned
by the court on Monday. His Honour said that he had
looked into the authorities, and was of opinion that the
plaintiff should have liberty to bring an action or actions
at law for the purpose of establishing his title to the
estates, and the defendants must undertake not to set up
any outstanding terms of years, charges, or legal estates in
such action or actions. The bills in these suits must be
retained on the file for twelve months, to await the result
of the trial at law.

ASSAULT BY A NOBLENIAN.—A Dublin jury has found a
verdict for £75 dam: gt s again t L )rd Vaux of Harrow-
.len, at the suit of a cab owner of that city, for injuri es
inflicted upon him by the defendant, an officer on tl
Prince of Wales's staff, during the late visit of his Royal
Highness to Ireland. The defendant hired the plaintiff's
vehicle, and was paying him with a sixpence as his fare,
when the man declined it, "whereupon the defendant
struck him a severe blow in the eye with his umbrella,
which rendered him unable to attend to his business for a
considerable time."

The Bishop of Peterborough, who is now on a visit
to his relative, the Warden of Wadham College, has been
seriously ill since his arrival at Oxford.
HONOURS TO A DEAF MUTE.—M. Henrion, of
Liege, born deaf and dumb, and who has devoted 40 years
to the instruction of his brothers in misfortune, has just
received from the King of the Belgians the cross of the
Order of Leopold. He was a pupil of the Abbe Sicard,
and With M. Fouplin, whose son-in-law he became, was
the founder of the Institution des Sourds-et-bluets in the
above-named town. On this occasion a large number of
his former pupils waited on him to congratulate him, and
to present to him an address, which was communicated by
signs, and to which M. Henrion replied in the same manner.
RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS IN TIIE BOROUGH.--A
riot, during which many heads were broken, took place
on Monday evening in the delightful locality known as Kent.
street, Borough. It originated in some of the inhabitants
g:ving rather forcible expression to their virtuous indigne.
tion at what they considered too close an intimacy between
a bcershop keeper and a woman who is not supposed to
be his wife. Their gallantry, it seems, took the playful
form of throwing buckets of water and pieces of coal t t
the offending frail one, and on the police interfering in her
behalf, a general row ensued, in the course of which many
windows were br ken. pockets were picked, policemen's
hel ets w re eama led, and all sorts of people seem to
have been : on;hb, handled, the neighbourhood being in a
state of clea fu- tvro: r. Several pe• sons were taken into
0 zttociv.