The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-29 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE LATE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.—In Vice-Chan.
cellor Maline's court an application was made to restrain
an action to recover £lOO,OOO in respect of the non-delivery
of certain plant and machinery for the manufacture of
Enfield rifles originally ordered of the plaintiffs, who were
military machinists, for the use of the Confederate
Government. The defendant;General Ripley, had for-
merly been an officer in the Confederate army. The
plaintiffs stated that they were now willing to deliver to
whoever were entitled.—The Vice-Chancellor directed the
motion to stand over till next seal.
CAN LOCOMOTIVES BE LEGALLY USED ON TRAMWAYS ?
The case of Jones v. the Festinog Tramway Com-
pany, which wr.s heard before the Court of Queen's
Bench, raised this important point. An action
had been brought before the county court judge
for damages sustained from some sparks from
a locomotive used on the defendants' tramway. The
tramway had been made under the provisions of a special
Act of Parliament passed in the year 1832. There was
nothing in the Act to shew that it was intended to use
locomotive engines, and, in fact, none had been used until
about three years ago. The county court judge gave
judgment for the defendants, holding that they were
authorised to use locomotive engines, and that
they had used all proper precautions to prevent
any accident resulting from the escape of sparks.
Mr. Justice Blackburn said that it was a very nice point
of law ; no imputation whatever could be made against
the learned county court judge, but he was of opinion
that the Act did not authorise the use of locomotive
engines upon the tramway. If, therefore, the defendants
chose to use them they must do so at their peril, and mist
bear the consequences caused by the use of such engines,
although they might have taken all reasonable and proper
precautions.

ACTIONS AGAINST RAILWAY COMPANIES.—In the COM.
mon Pleas an action was brought by Mr. Spong, a
vocalist, against the London and South-Western Railway
Company for compensation on account of injuries MS.
tained. The negligence was admitted, and consequently'
the only question was as to damages. The plaintiff was
injured in his back, his eye was cut, and the nervous
system generally shaken. The plaintiff of late has fol-
lowed the musical profession, and sung under the name
of Chesterton. He had organised a musical company,
and had been making a professional tour and giving
concerts in the principal towns in Hampshire and
Dorchester at the time of the accident. During the
ensuing Lent a tour had been arranged for 'Wales, as,
according to one of the witnesses, "Wales was a Dissenting
country, and not so straight-laced as some of the English
counties," and a tour in that part would be more likely
to be successful than in England during Lent. The jury
gave £250 damages. In the same court Mrs. Davis
brought an action against the London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway Company. The plaintiff said that
as she was getting out at Norwood the train went on, she
fell, and was injured. The defendants, on the contrary,
said that the plaintiff got out while the train was moving,
and so was hurt by reason of her own negligence. The jury
gave £3O damages.

CHARGE OF SWINDLING BY ADVERTISEMEN. - Henry
Watkis, general agent, of Bognor, was brought before the
Chichester magistrates on the charge of obtaining a large
number of postage stamps under false pretences, by means
of advertising in the London newspapers. Watkis
advertised under the head " Wanted " the following :---

" Lodge Keeper. Wages 30s. A married man. Wanted
small family not objected to—good character indispensable.
—Enclose stamp to B. C., post office, Chichester ;" ane
" A Respectable Female or Married Couple Wanted, by a
widower, to superintend his house and one child ; goodhomo
and salary to respectable people.—Enclose stamp to G.
H., . post office, Emsworth." These and other similar
advertisements brought innumerable applications, moro
than a thousand letters with a stamp enclosed in each
having been received at the post office. When the pril

Boner's premises were searched a large number of letters
and " original" testimonials were found. The prisoner
was committed for trial.

RISK ALLAH AND THE " TELEGRAPII."—An applicatior
gas made at judges' chambers, on Saturday, on behalf 131
the defendants, the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph,
to be at liberty to pay the damages awarded to the plaintiff
into court, and thereupon to stay any further proceedings
in this action. Mr. Lewis, in support of the application, stated
that the defendants bad been served with an attachment
!rom the Lord Mayor's Court, in an action against Risk
&nab, at the suit of the City Offices Company (Limited), fora
urge amount. The defendants had also received notice of
an assignment of the damages in favour of Messrs.
Kimber and Ellis, Mrs. Waagan, and Mr. Churchill, and
it was feared that other claimants upon Risk Allah would
take proceedings by attachment. The defendants, there-
fore, for their own protection, sought the assistance of the
court. Mr. Justice Smith said he thought that the
Daily Telegraph should be relieved in the form they
asked ; ajid, although the plaintiff might be as satisfied to
leave the money in the defendants' hands as to have it
paid into court, yet they desired to pay it into court, and
he should grant the application, leaving the City Offices
Company, Risk Allah, and any other claimant to contest
their respective rights to the fund ; and he thereupon
made the following order :—That upon payment of the
sum of 2960, the amount of the verdict, herewith into
court, and the costs of the action, when taxed, to the
plaintiff's attorney, all further proceedings in this action
be stayed as against the defendants, without prejudice to
the attachment : and I do order that either of the above
parties shall be at liberty to apply as to the moneys in
court.

In 1851, 23 per cent. of the population of Ireland
could speak Irish ; in 1861 only 19 per cent. could speak iti
of these, 164,000 persons could speak Irish only.
TRADES' SOCIETIES. —Sir Thomas Powell Buxton
has given notice that on Tuesday, the ith of July, he will
introduce a bill to repeal and amend the .laws relating to
trade societies and the combinations of workmen.

Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal High-
lesses Princesses Louise and Beatrice, Prin. Leopold,
ind Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, attended by the
ladies and gentlemen of the Court, is expected to leave
Windsor Castle on the 7th of July, for Osborne, when the
royal circle will be joined by Prince and Princess Chris-
tian of Schleswig-Holstein. Her Majesty, it is under-
stood, contemplates a visit to Germany after leaving
Osborne, and will be accompanied by several members of
the Royal Family.

The inauguration of the Palmerston Memorial
st Romsey will take place on Tuesday, July 21. A special
service will take place, and a sermon be preached by the
Bishop of London. At the termination of the service a
procession' will be re-formed and proceed to the market.
place, when the statue will be uncovered, and an inau-
gural address be delivered by one of the colleagues of
the late lamented statesman. The park and grounds
at Broadlands will be thrown open, and the band of the
Royal .A.larine Artillery will perform there. In the
evening the vicar will illuminate the abbey.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN 011N1DT.73 CONDUCTOR.--
An inquest has been held at Bethnal-green, relative to the
death of Joseph Shepherd, aged 55 years, who lost his life
through a collision between two omnibuses. The deceased
was an omnibus conductor, and was on the monkey-board,
in Shoreditch, talking to one of the passengers, when an
accident in front caused the driver to pull up suddenly ;
another omnibus, following close behind, had not time to
stop, and the pole was driven with force against' deceased's
arm and side. He received dreadful internal injuries from
which he died. No blame seemed to attach to the drivers
of either cf t'ie omnibuses. The jury returned a verdict
that de eased cted from injuries received from an omnibus
p 072 accidentally btr.4ing