The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-05 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

MR. PRIOLEAU AGAIN.—In the Court of Common
Pleas there was an action to set aside the verdict of a
Liverpool jury in the case of Von Lobbe v. Prioleau,
tried before Mr. Justice Hannen. The plaintiff in this
case had purchased of the defendant 150 bales of cotton to
arrive by the ship Winthrop, from Charleston. 103 of the
bales were delivered to the plaintiff, but the remaining
forty-seven were burnt whilst in the warehouse to
which they bad been removed from the ship ; and the
question in the cause was, who was to suffer for the
loss inflicted by the fire. The jury settled this question in
favour of the plaintiff, and awarded him the value of the
47 bales, £BO2 13s. Mr. Milward, Q.C., now moved for a
rule to enter a verdict for the defendant, and submitted
that inasmuch as thekplaintiff had before the fire resold the
cotton and bad given an order for delivery to his buye4s,
he was estopped from saying that the 47 bales were not
his property. The. Court held that the direction of the
learned judge and the finding of the jury were right, and
therefore refused the rule.
FANCY BREAD.—At the 'Westminster Police-court Mr,
Arnold has at length given his decision on the question
whether a cottage loaf comes under the definition of
"fancy bread." He has decided that it does, as being
manufactured of a superior description of flour. Under
this ruling, should it be supported, a baker may charge a
higher price for the cottage loaf, and will not be bound to
weigh it on a customer's demand.
VITRIOL THROWING.—An abominable case of " vitrio.
throwing " has just taken place at Bermondsey. A man
named Staples, 50 years of age, had lived with a woman
named O'Neil as his wife, "on and off," for the
past seven years. After having left him for two
years she returned to him about four months ago.
She left him again three weeks ago, but returned
the same day, on his threatening to murder her. No new
quarrel appears to have taken place, but the man meeting
her in the street, about five o'clock on the 27th ult., seized
her, and deliberately emptied a bottle of some corrosive
fluid over her, burning her most severely and dangerously.
The woman, indeed, states that he attempted to force some

of the liquid down her throat. The miscreant was taken
before the Greenwich magistrates and committed for trial.

A JEWISH THEATRE.—A Jewish theatre has
been erected near Warsaw. It is constructed to hold 800
persons. The internal arrangements are excellent, and the
decoration tasteful. The pieces to be played will be selected
from the principal episodes of the Old Testament. The
actors, thirty in number, will be all Jews, and the parts
of the females will be impersonated by young boys. The
dialogue will be in German.

RUMOURS ABOUT LONDON THEATRES.—There are
some very queer rumours floating " about town " indirectly
connected with our theatres. One runs to the effect that
a young gentleman, of good birth, excellent position, and
brilliant future prospects, has announced his intention of
celebrating his arrival at years of discretion—no, of hi
attaining his majority—by contracting a marriage with a
demoiselle who originally emerged from the chrysalis state
at one of our smaller theatres, and who now flutters the
most gorgeous of butterflies in Rotten-row, the Ring, and
—Brompton.

LUNAR RAINBOW.— A beautiful specimen of the
somewhat rare phenomenon a lunar rainbow was observed
on Monday evening at Dunbar. The bow was first
observed about half-past eight o'clock, and was then ver3
clearly defined against a bank of clouds in the west
It extended from nearly north-east to south-west, ani
remained visible for nearly a quarter of an hour. Tht
colours could be distinctly traced on the south-wester
portion of the arch, but the north-eastern part was some
what obscured. The weather at the time was somewhat
boisterous.