The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-09 00:00:00

I.IITHFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE
SHOW.
. _ _

Visitors to the above-named 'rational Exhibition should pay a
to the CYDER. CELLARS, MAIDEN-LANE, COVENT-
GARDEN where they are guaranteed a fund of amusement supe-
rior to anything of the same description in the metropolis. ROSA,
the eylehrated comic perssnifier, and Mr. MOODY, the equally
!alented vocalist, appear every e /ening, with other varied attrac-
tions. Refreshments are of the first quality, and every attention is
paid to the comfort of visitors in the Tavern as well as the Hotel
department. The eliair taken at 11111-past Eight o'Clock every
evening.

An entrance from the Strand, Two Doors We4t of the Adelphl
Theatre.

I'rivate Billiard Rooms.

MITHFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE
1 SHOW, and EXHIBITION of IMPLEMENTS, SEEDS,
ROOTS, &c.. commences TUESDAY MORNING, and closes FRI-
DAY EVENING, 10,1, 11th, i2lh, and 13th December. Bazaar,
I'ortnssn•sgiore,

arrang-el, cots this year: are upon a more extended scale, and
marked by the usual attention to the comfbrt of Visitors, thereby
enabling Ladies to view this National Exhibition with facility.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 7.
(Sittings in Middlesex, at Nisi Prins, after Michaelmas
Term, before Lord CAMPBELL and Special Juries.)

TUE QUEEN v. CURTIS.
This was an indictment against the defendant for an
indecent assault committed on a boy, near the Mile-end;
road, on the 10th of July last.
Mr. Sergeant Shee, with Mr. Parry and Mr. Parnell,
de fvn den%

The details of the case were of too filthy a character
for publication.

The jury eventually, after an absence from court el
some hours, gave a verdict of Guilty.

BA.V.YER V. LORD WARD.
This was an action to recover the sum of 3,160/. for
pictures and china which the plaintiff alleged his Lord-
sbip bad purchased of him, but had not paid fur.
The defendant paid 9001. into court.
Mr. Crowder (with Mr. Bovill) appeared for the plain-
tiff; end Mr. M. Chambers and another Learned Gentle.
man were for the defendant.

It appeared that the plaintiff is a collector of articles
of virtu in Piccadilly, and that on the occasion of
,he sale at Stowe a person of the name of Farrer
had acted as buyer for the noble defendant. It hap-
pened that, in the month of June, 1849, through this
.vitness, Lord Ward obtained an introduction to the
plaintiff, who was the owner of a beautiful service
.if Sevres china, which was sold at Messrs.
Christie and Manson's. That service his Lordship
eventually purchased, on the 3d or 4th of July, for 1,6001.
During Ldrd Ward's visit to the plaintiff's, he asked
the witness whether the plaintiff would sell the whole of
the very beautiful collection of works of art which were
in that room in one lot? There were valuable paint-
inas, articles of virtu, and so forth, about the room.
Farrar made the inquiry, but the plaintiff declined to do
io. Lord Ward then pointed out some articles which
it was his wish to purchase, and among these things
was a sec of twelve unique chairs, but the plaintiff ex-
pressed his unwillingness to dispose of the chairs, at all
vents so long as he remained in town. Therefore
.iethieg was done about the chairs. Lord Ward then
'elected a picture by Crevelli, .‘ St. George and the
Dragon," another by Da Vinci, and several others, for
which the price was 3,160/. His Lordship paid 1,0001.
'or the Crevelli. Farrar, in his cross-examination, said
e had received five per cent. commission from the plain-
Jiff upon the amount that Lord Ward had paid.
Mr. M. CHAMBERS addressed the jury for the defen-
'Lint, but. at its conclusion,

Lord CAMPBELL said, there really was no defence to
he action.

The jury thereupon gave a verdict for the plaintiff—
Darnag-s, 3 1601., less the 1,0001. paid for the Crevelli
and thf, 9001. paid into Court

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 7.
(Sittings in Banco.)

The Court proceeded with the new trial paper, but the
business of the day was not productive of any materials
•or a report.

Sitting; at Middlesex, at Nisi Prius, after Michaelmas
Term, before the CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.)

GAY V. SHACKLE AND ANOTHER.

Mr. E. James, with Mr. J. K. Brown conducted the
case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee, with Mr.
!1. Hill, for the defendants.
This was an action to recover compensation in da-
mages hr un injury alleged to have been sustained in
consequence of false imprisonm-nt, at the instance of the
de,endants.
The defendants pleaded "Not Guilty."
it appeared !hat the defendants are both in the service
of the Eastern Counties Railway, the one as a police-
offi,er, and the other in the capacity of superintendent of
on, of the depertments in the establishment at the
Snureditch station. The plaintiff; who is one of the
deputy cornnaeters of the city of London, with a friend
of the neese of Towne, drove down to Rumford on the
34 of April in the present year, but, in consequence of
en accident having happened to the vehicle in which
.hey had ridden, they were compelled to avail them-
selves of the Eastern Counties Railway. They accord-
ingly purchased two tickets for the " third" class,
On arriving at the platform they found that there was
no room in any one of the " third" class carriages, and
therefore they sp-ke to one of the porters, by whom
they were told to get into a "second" class, as the train
was on the start. The plaintiff, however, said, "We
have only third-class tickets; will it be right?" To this
the reply was, "Oh, yes, it's all riot." The defendant
and his friend accordingly travelled to London in the
second•class carriage; but on their arrival at Shore-
ditch the guard asked them for an extra niuepence each,
that being the difference between the two fares. Of
course, under the peculiar circumstances of the case,
both refused to comply with the demand, Mr. Towne re-
marking that they had ridden in the second class to ac-
commodate the company. The guard, nevertheless, per-
sisted in the demand, and as they were walking along
the platform the guard beckoned to another man, who
subsequently proved to be the defendant Shackell, who
was then in plain clothes. The case was then repeated to
him. Th 0 pleintiff and his friend gave their explanation of
the reason why they had travelled in the second instead
of the third-class carriage, and went on to say that their
eteterneut could be verified by ono of the company's
guards, who rode with them from Rumford to Forest-
gate. Towne then asked Shackell who he was, when
the latter replied, " You will find me a man of business."
The former then inquired "if he and his friend were in
custody," which question Shackell evaded by saying,
"You must come with me," whereupon Towne said, "I
eliall not air an inch unless by coercion." Upon this
both parties were conducted to a room, where they
found the other defendant, Church, to whom the cir-
cumstances of the case were related. Towne expressed
els readiness to go back to Rumford for the purpose of
pointing out the porter by whom they had been told to
get into the second class carriage, or to pay the expense
of sending sbme one down to make inquiry into the
truthfulness of their statement. Previously to tie matter
having arrived at this point, Towne had handed his
card with his address upon it to Shackell, but the plain-
tiff had refie•tel to give his, in consequence of some irri-
ttting observations which had been made by that
i,tileer, to the effect that they had made a false state-
ment. Eventually the defendant Church gave direc-
tions for Shackell to accompany the parties to a police-
court. The plaintiff anti his friend were therefore
walked through the public streets, between tour ,ind
five o'clock in the afternoon, to the police. court in Wet.
ship-street, where they were detained some time in an
outer office amongst other prisoners, several of whom
had since been convicted and transported. When the
pirticulars of the case had been represented to Mr.
Arnold, the sitting magistrate, that gentleman at once
dismissed the charge, and intimated to Shackell that if
,here were any real demand the parties should have
been summoned, and not brought to a police-court,
especially, too, as he had received the card with the ad-
dress of one of them. After the case had bean dis-
missed, the plaintiff and Towne walked away with
Shackell, and accompanied him to the station for the
purpose of ascertaining the result of the inquiry which
was to be made by moans of the electric telegraph, when
they found that all the answer that had been returned
iaplanedtea of,.
to the inquiry was—" that the porter
cons at
complained r
w
and'h f i s
for such injury iwt washic
which
injury the
plaintiff
that be now sought com-
pensation.
Evidence having been adduced in support of the above
outline of facts,
Mr. H. HILL addressed the jury on behalf of the de-
fendants, contending, in the first instance, that no proof
hal been given of the fact of the plaintiff and his friend
having either been given or taken into custody by either
or both of the defend ants.

Several witnesses were called to support this view of
the matter, namely, that so far horn the persons having
been gi►en into custody they had themselves suggested
the appeal to the magistrate to settle the question.
Mr. E. JAMES replied in an excellent and humorous
speech.

Toe CHIEF BARON then left it to the jury to say whe-
ther either or both the defendants had been guilty of
what was imputed to them by the plaintiff; if so, then,
they would find for the plaintiff against either or both,
and also say what amount of damage that gentleman
had sustained,

The jury consulted for a few moments, and then
gave a verdict for the plaintiff as against both the de-
fendants—Damages 100/,

PUBLIC BATHS AND WASHHOUSES —On the 4th
inst. memorials were presented to the corporation of Tyne-
mouth from the burgesses and ratelmyers of North Shields
and Tynemoutii, praying the council to erect public bathe
andwashousei under the provisions of the Rev. Sir Henry
Dukinfield's Act. The Council resolved, by alarge majority.
to,proceed as early as possible to erect baths and wash-
houses for the; use of ttie poor in the borough," and they
instructed t. 44 town clerk to procure the details necessary to
enable the council to carry out the measure with vigour
and effect. Tile corporations of Newcastle and Sunderland
have already availed themselves of the facilities afforded
under the Act.