The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-13 00:00:00

e°)41110N PLEAS.—(THIS DAY).

illli STEWART V. STEELE.
flitting 3 was an action to recover damages for the injury
at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before, the LORD
ite et RIEF JUSTICE and a London Special Jury.)
belnging to the plaintiff, by the Enter-
t6e tsitao aship
steam-ship of great size and burden, running
I'lli.
trisihs was the second trial of' the case, a rule for a new
The been obtained in the course of last year.
tottilts ase for the plaintiff was not concluded when we
141
t t Press, and it is expected to occupy the Court at
two days.
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ll
(Sia; kiEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
flgs at Nisi Fritts in London, before the LORD
CIIIEF BARON and a Common Jury.)
This MAYIIEW V. PIPER.
bin Was an action of a,sumpsit brought to recover
lips
4, for a breach of contract, to which the defendant
tit, iPtleaded, denying altogether his liability. The plain-
-4 trionuld appear, had been employed by the defendant
tatho'er; but a short time ago, .the defendant being
tkistdre of bankruptcy, the defendant discharged the
ma without paying him a quarter's salary or giving
Igquarter's notice, v hich it had been previously
1°444 he should do before he could be at liberty to ter-
Po "'e engagement.
tla he defence,-
Latth. , it was urged by Mr. PETERSDORFF,
'lN;,,,Plaintiff on discovering that the defendant was
`Ptiio,l7 difficulties, solicited his discharge, and the
no 1-,13 Knowing that there was a situation in Messrs.
no
and Company's establishment open to the
4,._is.rlik.' consented to put an end to the contract which
b Aerlctween them.
-Pi ilil-41b CIIIEF BARON told the jury in his summing
ktallit ..i
bankruptcy or insolvency was no answer to an
'4 to 14. a servant's salary, and the only question they
Ott consider was that of damages. The defendant
II ,lte 1 that he discharged the plaintiff for the advan-
Lw i''' the plaintiff himself, but it was for
71, "' to decide whether he had done so or
Lk% enerally speaking, it was to the disadvantage of
1,14 it fl t° be suddenly dismissed from his employment,
,7is-n"ea happened that the disadvantage was much
Ztliiairle case than in another, and it was the amount
lidatantage which had resulted to the plaintiff from
„/Suarge-which must guide the jury in assessing his
‘tlit 4. They were not bound to give him the whole
,lailt(learter's salary ; but, as the defendantsome had ile
Wkka out his pleas, they must give da-
ta_e in
Nfoi-rle after a short consultation, returned a Ter-
the plaintiff for the full quarter's salary.
t,hit v, FRAZIER P. FOX.
"1111CLail an action of trover, brought to recover a Bible,
"
.14.' the defendant had pleaded the general issue.
lai-ilintaifrey appoared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
, itt
,t,ea. the defendant.' --
tr,,i,..ql3l4PaEir stated the plaintiff's case. The plain-
leTZ the agent of the London Gas-light and
v‘tisil:kPany, and the defendant a retired licensed
4;1,4. The action was brought to recover possession
NIT; an article of' a curious nature, which was for-
-04;7 property of his lute Royal Highness the Duke
Ot.e. The jury would remember that his late.
,1041ghness had a very large collection of Bibles in
litt're4tist;easion at the time of his death, which were sub-
Y sold by public auction, and various persons
,
1,. ''° • the purchasers of them in the hope
Eats -trieetation of making profit by them, and
nvNti,t these purchasers was the plaintiff, who
~ one of the Bibles for nine or twelve guineas. His
highness was late Grand Master of the head
Ala Odd Fellows, and plaintiff purchased the Bible
~blkin,ToPe ofdisposing of it to advantage to one of the
Vges in w The plaintiff and the defendant
17.'°e of the pu. rchase were in the habit, amongst
NV' their friends, of frequenting the Man-in- the-
Nis'osaten, Vine st'reet, P. iccadilly,.and in, the course
144 ' these visits the plaintiff mentioned the purchase
Si,,. blade t i the defendant, and the object he had in
jaottig,, making the purchase. The plaintiff, after exa-
,l;tl;°„!,he Bible, which was one of the Oxford edition of
iatltag bound and embellished in a most costly style,
L04%-ftionged to an Odd Fellows' lodge, and promised,
IT,Wouj,7' would entrust him with the Bible a short time,
t;itilb,,-`l.,endeavour to dispose of it for him. The plain-
* pie
consented, and the Bible was handed
;Die the defendant, but from that day to the present
'the iittiff had been unable to recover either the value
,ici thle or the Bible itself.
k'at, "'ea having been adduced in support of this state
~,ttp, 1
s'saitt,'"4vls addressed the jury for the defendant. He
Illri that the Bible was exhibited by the plaintiff at
/44q4,4-in the-Moon, but he should call a witness to
14447 m his client left the tavern on the evening in
h 4,. in coman with the witness, who observed
tt4etw' had no parcel or Bible in his possession. The
N. ',,k,1, however that either the plaintiff or the de-
(4.l'it'' inadvertently left the Bible at the Ur.ion, in
ihho wr4t, Regent-street, and the landlord of that house,
t',40„4 a most respectable man, found it wrapped up
ii s,l Paper upon his parlour table. In the course
li)"".,nversation a few days afterwards, Mr. Fox
,Noe 14 to the landlord of the Union, whose
lim kilt' Chapman, that the plaintiff had brought
ri.eti,on against him to recover a Bible.
i tlteiPulan " I
, upon hearing this, said, Oh, can stop
414 "`')a, for I have the Bible," and immediately sent
ittoo4,ol_feriend to the plaintiff to beg of him to stay all
t,lie e edings, and send to the Union for his Bible.
ti,N 'Owed to do any thing of the sort, and the
;44: vas allowed to proceed to maturity. It was clear,
ItNi,,,,s're, that the defendant had been guilty of no con-
-osiis and the verdict must be in favour of his client.
ii"th,,-e,ted not whether the defendant or the plaintiff
ilk; Bible at the Union ; they were both in the habit
a.'lll;,l•l,entbao• the house, and it was just as likely that
iNtl'ittiff left' it as the defendant ; but this he repeated,
Ished not ; the defendant having been guilty of no
eZOt,°ll, Was entitled to their verdict.
tses were called to prove these facts. After
)14. I/
ItZli tr4Fuzy replied—There was no doubt that Mr.
6614 been guilty of gross negligence
.in leaving the
'‘to, the Union, and this fact alone entitled the plain,-
liPtz-over. If it did not, and his Learned Friend s
1,1 tit were allowed to prevail, a man intrusted with
qtlili„'urn of money to pay a bill might go into a
it teit-,lshouse, and lose it all, and when called, upon
tie it, he would be entitled to say, " Oh, Ivo lost
tZti ih,,ever mind, you will get it bye and bye. I have
"NrltY. though of no conversion, and you can't
IN ~gainst me."
tkll to ~j 4 ea- rtled LORD CHIEF BARON said all the jury
tilltieeide was whether the defendant had converted.
hilettli'ate to his own' use ; they had nothing to do with
l4liad-t1 loss. It was enoagh for them to determine if
1 beenguilty of a conversion ; and if they thought
I,‘d,
+4,, their verdict must be for the plaintiff.
A 'Cry found a verdict for the defendant.

1.174 et -- -
N 1 ' ;held b.— On Friday afternoon Mr. Wakley,
.41P,',1, an inquest in Dr. Costello's private lunatic asy-
-I;utii;'e-house, Svon-lane, Isleworth, on the body of
d
),,z„ilihiteside Hall, aged sixty- four years, who was
iii,Ntliti"n his throat cut in one of the water-closets of that
Oki 'an on the morning of Wednesday last. After a long
Ngation the jury returned a verdict " That the de-
Nestrnyed himself with a knife which he had secretly
Ittttif: being at the time a patient of unsound mind." At
~,te bi4l of the inquiry did it appear who the deceased was,
LAV,aee of residence and connexions.
rhpik Genealogical Almanack for 1846, published at
~.4„,,,;,) states that the members of the Sovereign houses in
N, .4.l'e 683 in number, viz.: 356 males and 327 females.
4 l'oii,"\the Sovereigns of Europe there are 20 (including
t •s!ot. ) Who have no male children, 5 who have married
4 ihi
~. different religion from their own, 3 who profess a
titia
144,4Ztrerent from that of the majority of their subjects,
Oki 019
alone in their race, and 4 who are foreigners, viz.;
kt, °8 of Hanover, Sweden and Norway, Belgium, and
Oki 019 reigning families who have most male members
1/4711141,..in,0es and Counts of Lippe, who have 38; those of
isle,' 17,n0 have 27 ;
.Lichstenstein, 25; Wurtemberg, 19;
~X14.,'; and Bavaria, 11.
ti,Al„ o-510N AT THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY
tl %it-..*."-, Last evening, shortly before five o'clock consi-
tl44,l,4tarni was created in the immediate vicinity of Nine
It 4444-111E111 in consequence of a report being raised that
414Pe.'nus of the South Western Railway had taken fire.
,I, t1;11 that the water of the Thames overflowed and
Owe cellars underneath the principal entrance, and there-
lk 4 tlakve4 tire gas-fittings, which caused the gas to escape
gikipLouildiug. A gas-fitter was therefore sent for to
)''hie the
place, and on his applying a light to one of the
, .tlCN„',u,s gas ;Well had escaped became ignited, and ex-
-14044,-.1;,4 a noise resembling the discharge of fire-arms, at
bzltitl '11,%) wit- titre tearing up a portion of the lining boards in the
y '"n room and demolishing the upper part of the
llot 4Vic. The entrance-halls and money-taker's compart-
k lif ar--te also considerably injured. Whether the cellars
44tist,en'etnntoh damaged it is impossible to tell, as they have
RI toot aPwards of six feet deep of water in them.
toe ~.,41',1C CROP or TURNIPS.—Eighty-six red
wilith,r—r,n,'Pa, from a crop grown by T. Dyson, Esq., of
/m 6 f " Manor-house filled one of Croskill's carts, which
itiiiieh set 2 inches lol: 3 feet 9 inches broad, and 1 fort
iqQles,", 'he!). The average girth of the turnips was 324
.04;44 they were grown with dissolved bones, dibbled
''e,
_QV, altornately with Swedes, on the 22d of May.—
k-l'he %Chronic/e.
Ittaatiin •r-9313e1'0r Napoleon's favourite Mameluke,
bete died, on Sunday last at Doornail (Seine-et-Oise),
47. -,111.401 been living upon a small income of 5,000 f. to
-',..ml4o,er'ved chiefly from the sale of the presents from
6.,11/4` and his family.
l;t1' tilt. EFI',.LD Con!! MARKET, DEC. 12.—There
4'nisterli:PPlies of all grain this week. The resignation of
4,:1v0s caused d the continued uncertainty about the corn-
(l,4 Iva, ~,a really dull trade in Wheat, and what few
te:o(ll,,a-ret el-meted were at a reduction of fully 2s. per quarter.
tql,lltst. lit maintained former prices, other qualities in slow
klicd; pe ,rt old Beans no alteration, but soft new were ls.
ht de" fluArter I,,wer. Oats and Shelling each sold at a
, . 6_
_e"ne- Malt as before.
nkt.nlit Melbourne has been surrounded by a
;444 tCrtir at .Brockett Hall, Herts. The Earl of Auckland
k:taten, V°n• bliss Eden, Viscount and Viscountess Pal-
,Liekbi dad Cowper, Lord and Lady Beituvale, &c., have
'"'Y t ed there.
Ilti ve4io ' * An express reached Brockett on Thurs-
g, ti town, from Lord J. Russell, urging the
Pres, , .
he ice of S'4scount Palmerston in town.
'4Ve 4,, .'tarqui., :thci Marchioness of Londonderry
Thyrived
~ at Holde-less House from Wynvard Park.
Nit. Earl atk"uril ac Of ( ,:ar7iigall will receive ii. succ?,ssion of
t f ' Deane Park, his slut, near Kettering, during the
tik4ll/'°l_"reskt The Nople Earl ins 0 arrive there yes.
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