The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-19 00:00:00


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TEA YEW' JTTDCIES;

The newlttages under the Bribery Act Are pimounced
at last. A 'tontemPeirar#' states, apPirently with
authority, that the judgeship_ of dick Comthon Pleas
had been 'Conferred on Sir William aliol Brettt her
Majesty's Aolicitortieneral, M.P. for the boroi4li of Itel-
stori. Sir %V. J. 'Brett 'was born n 1817, and edu-
cated at Ntestmipptet and Cafui; College, Carn,
bridge. fSe was Called to the bar 1111846, took silk in
1861, was returned for itelston In 1866, and made Solicitop,
(general a few months since. Ills return tor Helston.
s
remarkable for the extraordinary tie which took place ut
his election. The mayor giving the casting vote in favour
of his opponent, a scrutiny was ordered, when the mayor's
vote was declared void, and Sir William (then Mr.) Brett
was set down as " duly elected." He had previouslyunsuc-
cessfully contested Rochdale in 1865.

The Queen's Bench is to be further strengthened by the
promotion of Mr. Serjeant Hayes to the bench. The
learned serjea.nt was called to the bar in IS3O, and had the
coif conferred on him in 18.56. He has never sat in Par-
liament. He is chiefly noted as being eminent in arbitra-
tion cases.

The ermine is also about to be bestowed upon Mr.
Anthony Cleasby, Q.C. At the last election for Cam-
bridge University he was the unsuccessful candidate, in
opposition to Mr. Beresford Hope. Both were Conserva-
tives, but Mr. Hope won by over 500 votes. Mr. Cleasby
will take his scat in the Court of Exchequer.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF ABERGAVENNY.

The death is announced of the Earl of Abergavenny,
which took place at Birling Manor, near Maidstone, oa
Monday evening, at five o'clock, after an illness of three
weeks, brought on by a severe chill. The deceased earl
was born in June 1792, and was consequently in his 77th
year. He was educated at Magdalen College Cambridge,
and having taken his M.A. degree in 1816, entered the
Church, and was eventually preferred to the rectory
of Birling, in Kent, and the vicarage of Frant, in
Sussex. In 1845, on the death of his elder brother (who
was never married), he succeeded to the falily honours
and estates. He married, in 1824, Caroline, second
daughter of Ralph Leeke, Esq., of Longford Hall, Shrop.
shire, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. The
deceased earl did not take a very active part in public,
affairs, but was a strenuous and generous supporter of the
principal charitable and philanthropic institutions of Kent
and Sussex, and of all movements for the benefit of his
poorer neighbours, by whom as well as by those of morn
elevated station he was greatly beloved and honoured, and
will be deeply lamented. The late earl was the patron of
twenty-four livings ; and his barony of Abergavenny
ranks amongst the most ancient of the peerage, having
been conferred upon his ancestor by Richard 11. in 1392„
The earldom dates from 1784. The family name is indicated
the punning motto, Ne vile yells. William, Viscount
Nevin, who succeeds the deceased peer, was born in 1826.
He held a captaincy in the 2nd Life Guards, and married,
in 1848, Caroline, eldest daughter of Sir J. V. B. John.
stone, Bart., M.P., by whom he has several children. The
noble lord is well known as an active and energetic leader
of the Conservative party.