The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-02 00:00:00

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RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dse. 3.
Versailles, R. 8......••• All 25 .. 441 25 .. 441 25 441 25
Rouen ••••• • • • .. 1005 ..1010 1005 .•10 0
Rouen to Havre ..... ....• .. 780 .. 783 75 .. 780 .. 783 75
Orleans ......... •• •..• ••••1045 ..1056 25 ..1045 ..1055
Strasburg to Bale— • . 275 .. 278 75 .• 275 .• 278 75
Avignon to Marseilles...... 895 .. 913 75 .. 895 .. 910

THIS DAY'S NEWS,

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
This being the first seal after Michaelmas Term, the
Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall, and took ap-
peal motions to-day, none of which possessed the
slightest public importance.
We could not but notice the different appearance of
the old hall since our last visit. Those remants of an-
tiquity which have for centuries adorned its windows
have all been removed, for the purpose, we presume, of
decorating the new hall, and thereby casting the halo of
former days upon the young aspirants of the present
day to forensic fame. We must confess that the anxiety
that has been displayed on the part of the present
benchers of Lincoln's Inn to preserve these relics of
their forefathers cannot be too highly appreciated. Making
this statem.-nt we must not forget the name of a most
eminent member of the bar, Mr. Wakefield, under whose
auspices and superintendence the new hall is being built,
and through whose exertions we trust—nay, we do not
doubt—that it will be an honour to the Society and its
future members.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
This was the first seal after Michaelmas Term, and his
Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took motions,
none of which were of the slightest importance.
(Before Sir J. WioaAm).
His Honour was occupied this morning in taking
motions, and then proceeded to the case of Mallalieu v.
Miller, which has been already part heard, and the facts
reported in The Sun. It comes on again on further
directions.
Sir K. Bruce did not attend Court to-day.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
,Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a
Middlesex Special Jury.)
HOPE V. HARMAN AND OTHERS.

This was an action brought by Mr. Alexander Beres•
ford Hope against the executors of the late Mr. H. P.
Hope, to recover possession of a cabinet of jewellery cf
the value of 40,0001.
Mr. Kelly and Mr. Serjeant Channel! appeared for
the plaintiff, and Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. Watson for
the defendants.
It appeared that the late Mr. H. P. Hope had in
1832 executed a deed of gift, giving to the plaintiff, Mr.
Alexander Beresford Hope, a cabinet of gems, which
was lodged in Hammersley's Bank. Among the gems
at that time in the cabinet there was one blue diamond
which alone had cost Mr. H. P. Hope 13,0001.—the total
value of the gems in the cabinet in 1832 was 40,0001,
From 1832 to 1838 gems to the amount of 2,0001. were
added to the collection. In 1838 Mr. H. P. Hope executed
another deed of gift of the cabinet and its contents to
the plaintiff. From 1838, up to the time of Mr. H. P.
Hope's death, which took place in 1839, he was con-
tinually adding to the collection. At his death the ca-
binet was opened, and in one of the drawers was found
a slip of vellum, on which was written, " This belongs
to Mr. Alexander Beresford Hope." This vellum had
been put into the drawer by Mr. H. P. Hope. At the
death of Mr. H. P. Hope the defendants, his executors,
took possession of the cabinet and its contents, alleging
that the deeds of gift were invalid, and that the whole of
the gems therefore came to the residuary legatee ; that,
at all events, all the gems added after 1832 were the
property of the residuary legatee ; and that even if the
deed of 1838 were valid, all the gems added to the col-
lection afterward were the property of the residuary
legatee.
The case, which was not concluded when we went to
press, appeared to excite the greatest interest among the
members of the fashionable world, several of whom were
on the Bench during the trial.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
WOODCROFT V. RAYNOR.
The Lord Chief Justice and a special jury were occu-
pied the greater part of Saturday, and the whole of this
morning, with this case, which was an action for the
infringement of a patent in improvements of the power-
loom. The details are interesting only to the parties,
and could not easily be made intelligible to the public.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman KELLY.)
John Ogleby, a young man, was indicted for extorting
money from Mr. F. L. Meiville, a member of the Stock
Exchange, by using threats of charging him with an
iir offe a disgusting character.
kson attended for the prosecution ; the pri-
soner undefended.
The circumstances of the case were stated at great
length by the prosecutor, but the principal facts can be
given very briefly. The prosecutor had, on the 6th of
October, been standing in Tottenham-court-road, waiting
for an omnibus to convey him to Piccadilly, when the
prisoner, who was very respectably dressed, came up,
entered into conversation, and ascertaining in what di-
rection the prosecutor wished to go, said that his better
way would be to get a cab, as no omnibus would be up
for a considerable time. The prosecutor did so ; and as
the prisoner expressed his intention of going in the same
direction, he was requested to enter the cab. They went
on as far as Half-moon-street, when the prisoner said,
" I want money, and unless you give it me, I will
order you to be driven to the station-house."
Prosecutor said, " To the station-house, what for ?"
The prosecutor after some more words had passed, got
frightened, and ordered the cabman to pull up. The
cabman did so, and prosecutor got out, followed by the
prisoner, who said to the cabman, " You take this gen-
tleman to the station-house ;" and he added the parti-
cular charge which he intended to allege against him.
The prosecutor lost all presence of mind, and ran away,
still followed however by the prisoner, who overtook
him, and said, " Now, you give me 201., or I will not let
you go." The prosecutor took his purse, containing
5/. 10s. in gold, and gave it him. He also gave his watch
and chain, worth about 401. ; and the prisoner then
said, " You go in that direction, my way lies here." Pro-
secutor then got home. He was in about a month after
met by the prisoner in the street, and followed to the
counting-house in Angel-court. The prosecutor escaped
on that occasion, and on the following morning informed
his brother of the whole circumstances, and on that day
the prisoner was observed lounging about the door, and
at once given into custody.
The evidence of Mr. Meiville's brother having been
given

Chiirles Rouse, the cabman, said the prisoner and
prosecutor had got into his cab together in Tottenham-
court-road. They got out in Half-moon-street, and he
observed the prisoner running after the prosecutor. He
knew the prisoner by sight ; his brother had been a
cab-driver.

The prisoner addressed a few words to the jury, who,
before the Recorder summed up, expressed their opinion
of the prisoner's guilt.

The'REcounEn--Then, gentlemen of the jury, I will
ask you, for the sake of the prosecutor's family, if you
are quite satisfied of the truth of his statements ?

Tile Foreman of the jury—Quite satisfied, my Lord.
The RECORDER—There is another charge of a similar
character against the prisoner, but it need not now be
proceeded with.
The prisoner threw himself upon the clemency of the
Court.

The RECORDER said that to a man whose nature was
so depraved that he would, for the purpose of extorting
money, press a detestable charge of this kind against
an innocent person, the Court could entertain no mercy,,
and the sentence of the Court, therefore, was—" That he
be transported beyond the seas for the term of his na-
tural life."

The prisoner was then removed from the bar.

and the Commission of Arts and Manufactures have
already been consulted as to the means of altering the
colour and external character of arsenic in such a
way as to render the use of it difficult for criminal
purposes without immediate detection on the part of
those to whom it is to be administered.
THE BOURSE-7SATuavey, Nov. 30.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price. rice. rice. Prico.
' French Five per Cents-- •• 118 90 .• 119 15 .. 118 90 .. 119 15.
Three per Cents... 83 10 .. 83 GO .. 83 10 .. 83 GO
Bank of France 3150 ..3150 —3150 ..3150
I,arntte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslo9s ..1095 ..1095 ..1095
5,000 f. Sharesso4o "5040 ..5040 —5040
Belgian Bank
Belgian Fives, 1840 .... •• • • 103 f • . 103 • • 103 f • • 103;
1842 ....•• •• 186 f •• 106 k •• 106 j •. 106 f
Dutch Two and-a-Half ....• 63 .• 63 •• 63 . 63
spanish Threes •• •• 351 • • 36 • • 351 • • 36
Passive .... •51•• 6 •• 51 6 Portuguese Five per Cents 551 .. bAt .. 551 •• 551
•• • • • 55 60 .. 95 70 .. 95 60 .. 95 70
woman ••• • • ..... .• •••• .1041 .. 1041 •. 104 104
RAILWAY SHARES.
•• •• 443 75 .. 443 75 .. 441 75 .. 441 75
L. 8....... •••• •• 320 .. 320 .• 318 75 .. 320
R0uen.......... •• ••• • • •.1005 . 1008 75 ..1005 —lOOB 75
Rouen to Havre ••.. 7BO .. 780 -• 780 .• 780
Orleans .........•• •• •• .• —1047 50 "1085 ..1047 50 ..1055
Strasburg to Bale ••••.. • • • • 275 .. 278 75 .• 275 . 278 75
Avignon to Marseilles.... •• 900 .. 910 . 900 .• 910