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
calves, and left them in charge of a friend to book them from
Winchfield. The plaintiff had arranged wish the static n-
master for two trucks previously. The animals were
despatched on Saturday, but, much to the plaintiff's sur-
prise, did not arrive till the folowing Monday afternoon,
when they were very thin, their udders 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 six of the beasts at a
considerable 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. Gd. 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.—In the Court
of Common Pleas, the case of 7aelcson v. Athawes was
heard. The defendant had bought a brewery for
£2,700 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 he 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 he 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 or 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 21 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 he load suffered pecuniary loss in con-
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 had paid into court
more than sufficient to cover that difference. The jury
gave £35 damages, less the £l2los. paid into court.

THE TICHBORNII BARon-rcir.—This matter, in which an
•epplication was made on Saturday on behalf of the Aus.
'ralian 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 NOBLEMAN.— A Dublin jury has found a
verdict for £75 damages again t Inrd Vaux of Harrow-
den, at the suit of a cab-owner of that city, for injuri es
inflicted upon him by the defendant, an officer on tl e
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, tho Warden of Wadhatn College, has been
seriously ill since his arrival at Oxford.

HONOURS TO A DEAF MUM—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 Abb6 Sicard,
and with M. Pouplin, 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 bim, and
to present to him en 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 brol,en, took place
on Ifonday evening in the delightful localityknown as Kent-
street, Borough. It originated in some of the inhabitants
going rather forcible expression to their virtuous indigna.
tion at what they considered too close an intimacy between
a beershop keeper and a woman who is not supposed to
be his wife. Their gallantry, it seems, took the playful
form of throning buckets of water and pieces of coal tt
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 r ets w re c'ama :ed, and all sorts of people seem to
have been ron;hly handled, the neighbourhood being in a
state of th-ea fu' r. Several pe•rsons were taken into
c tod.v.