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but he bad not considered it necessary to make any CO
plaint concerning this lamp.
James Flaxman, a gas-fitter, spoke to having plumbed tha,
iron which was put up to support the lamp, after the stela,
dent, and that it projected beyond the kerb.
Mr. Sergeant JONES (counsel for plaintiff) observed, that
the arm of the lamp was new, and that the fact that.l
projected with the new arm, was no proof that it did ifIL
the old.
Other witnesses gave evidence as to the apparently Y 11::
gerous position of the lamp, and two City policemen (1";
338 and 312) said they had seen waggons go very near d
knocking up against the lamp. One of them said he ha
seen waggons knock against it so as to shake it withoutdoing
it any further injury.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL summed up, and
The jury found a verdict for the defendant.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Bianco.)
HUNTINGDON V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY CODIPANY'
This was an action which had been brought for recovering_
the value of certain pearl shells which had been intrusted to
the defendants ; and issue ,having been joined between e,
parties, the case was tried at the last assizes for the county n'
Warwick, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff.
Mr. WHITEHURST now moved for a rule nisi to show cans!
why the verdict should not beset aside and a new trial WI
The casks of pearl shells in question were intrusted. to the
defendants as carriers for carriage and delivery on hire, but
they neglected to deliver them, and hence the present actioy
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At the trial it was contended by the defendants that the
casks were never delivered into their custody; but, never-
theless, the jury found for the plaintiff, with 201. damage:,
Now as that verdict was against evidence, the Learn:
Counsel moved for a rule nisi to show cause why it show'
not be set aside, and a new trial had.—Rule granted.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner Houtorp.)
IN RE BARNES.
and
This bankrupt, who carried on business as a surge.on
apothecary in the country, came up for his last exanunation__
He was on a former occasion opposed by Mr. Chstrneek,,
the ground of excessive expenditure. His debts were eq
heavy, and his balance-sheet showed an expenditure of 6004
per annum.
The bankrupt not being able to give a satisfactoryitC"
count, the examination was adjourned.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FA}rs.)
IN RE HARWOOD.
In this case the bankrupt had carried on business es d
lamp-manufacturer in Bond-street. It appeared that he had
been in the habit of paying heavy discounts to butlers allt
servants, in order to get payment of his bills, and several
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the nobility, the Duke of Bedford, Lady Longford, JIVAIT
Ann Murray, &c., were entered as debtors. The Winkle
kept no books, and had disposed of his furniture, Whicu
alleged he had sold two years before.
The Learned COMIISSIONER expressed his regret 'lO-It
there was not a provision in the Act to punish by inlPrirrt
ment tradesmen who did not keep books, by which it r0„,4,0
be ascertained whether they were honest men or not.
question, however, must now be open till the certificate W
applied for.

SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary JAmEs.)
JUGG V. ELLIS.
The plaintiff in this action is a woollen•manufacturer:
Yorkshire, and the defendant a slop seller in the Minierifor
The action was brought to recover the sum of 71. ls. 9ul
goods sold and delivered.
The defendant pleaded specially that he had been released.,
from the debt by a document duly stamped and exeeate;e
The facts were briefly these. There had been exteng
dealings between the parties, but in January
fendant finding himself involved, wrote to the plaintiff, stag
the fact, and offering to return a bale of goods to the awed
claimed, and apprizing the defendant of the fact of his ( be
fendant's) inability to meet the demands upon him,
plaint
did not however return the goods. The Pial—rs,
executed a general release with other creditor'
the debts due to him being 140/., and accepted
last, the dro.
a composition of 3s. in the pound. It was, however,
tended that he only executed the deed on the faithful pro'
mise that the goods now claimed for should be returned.
The evidence left the terms in great doubt.
The SECONDARY expressed a strong opinion that the re;
lease was binding in law, and Mr. Wilde, who appeared
counsel for the plaintiff, elected to be non-suited.

JAMES V. MARSHALL.—LIBEL.
This was an action for libel in the publication of c,ertaigt,
hand-bills and placards, alleged to have injured the character
of the plaintiff, who is a cheesemonger, in the WhitechaPel
road. The damages were laid at 1,0001.
Mr. Montagu Chambers was expected to conduct the
plaintiff's case, but was not present.
Mr. EDIVDT JAMES, for the defendant, contended that the
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case ought to be taken in rotation, and if the plaintiff 7,14
not prepared this writ must be withdrawn ; it was a aerio—
inconvenience to him to remain, and he must leave to "attend
another Court.
The Learned SECONDARY said he could not, but he
did not see how he could strike the cause out

MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DA8T;;)
Edward Powell, the son of Mr. Edward Powell, the so'
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citor to the Mint, appeared on bail from yesterday afte
noon, to answer the charge of uttering a counterfeit sovereign
to a female named Ellen Johnson.

On the case being called on
Mr. HARDWICK directed the accused to be placed at t-
bar in the usual manner.
baet
The complainant stated that she was a milliner. A ---
half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday evening last, she 1-d
the accused in Regent-street. He accosted her, 1210
wished her to take him home with her.
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then so, and he remained there a short time. .1-P..
then came out together. In Mortimer-street, Cave"ne',,
dish-square, the accused said, " There is a sovereign for 101.14
and gave one into her hand. She looked at it, and seeinlio
was a bad one, she told him so, and gave it back to lihn•
put it into his waistcoat pocket, and then took out three
others and offered her to take one. She told him they iv,e4l
all bad. He returned them to his pocket, remarking tlm"
was all the money he had, and if she would not have t,114
she could not have any. Soon afterwards, on seeing a police-
man, she called him and gave the accused into his castod.t
She had been in his company once before, but was not in an•Y
house with him.

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By Mr. Powell, sen., on behalf of the accused—When be
gave her the sovereign there was nothing in his manner of
conduct to lead him to believe that he knew it to be bad. •
John Edwards, police-constable, No. 74 of the E
stated that he received the accused in charge from the 111
witness. On the way to the station-house the accused sake
a police-constable he met to lend him some money, ,
and the
constable did so, 55., but witness did not knee
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what the accused did with it. At the station-lion
he was about searching him, when he said "You
not do that." I took from his pocket four sovereigns, tqo
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half-crowns, four shillings, and two sixpences, all count"'
feits. The money was delivered to Inspector Hawes.
Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, having come into the 02"
on other business, was retained on the part of the accusal',
Inspector Hawes, of the E division, stated, that at toe
station-house the accused said the money had come into re
possession in his official character, in attending before t
magistrates; that "the mistake must have occurred 50132°-
how in changing his clothes."
Mr. Humphries made a a forcible and feeling appeal to tht
Magistrate on behalf of his client, pointing out the grea
improbability of his having, with a guilty knowledge'
uttered the money in question.
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The accused held an appointment under his father, an d
daily in the habit of attending the different Police-courts '
conduct the Mint prosecutions for uttering counterfeit moil;
and it was the usual practice for him to take charge of t
spurious coin found on the persons charged.
Mr. MALTBY before whom the case was brought yesterday
afternoon was in attendance to re-hear the case.
I on
, Mr. HARDWICK, after remarking at considerable length on
the features of the charge, skid he should commit the
soner for trial.
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The witnesses were then bound over to appear at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court.
Bail was ordered to be taken for the'prisoner's appear—

CLERKED' WELL.-(THIS DAY.Lt
A gentleman of eccentric look and manner, who at Tije
gave the name of Catherine Lupton, was charged with
following strange conduct :
-ffhtt Police-constable 213 S, deposed that, on the previous nib
he saw the prisoner following a Baptist preacher, in Sohler;r
town. He at first endeavoured to prevail upon the pre°h et
to enter into a religious controversy with him. The preacher
refused to enter the lists, whereupon the prislhe
jeered him, and called him all manner of names.
prosecutor called upon witness to rid him of this troubles_t-f0
adversary, who, he feared, would give him some striking no
of the potency of his argument; witness told the prisoner,,,.
go away, who thereupon declared he was a Roman Catbotr:
and commenced a bitter tirade againat all sects of Protestant'
denouncing them by names unfit to be recorded. t.
Mr. GREENwoop—What is your name ? Prisoner---
James Lupton. I live in Hampden-street, Camden-toliT;
and am well known to many of the first-rate men
London.

Policeman—He told me that if I dared to interfere he
would have the coat taken off my back, and used bad 11113
guage.
Prisoner—l deny that I used bad language. So far 017!
using it myself I detest it in others. Besides lam most tole
rant to men of all creeds.
Constable—You were not so last night.
He was fined ss.

NUMEROUS SUDDEN DEATHS.—Yesterday
Baker held no less than six inquests upon the bodies of Per-
sons who had died in a very sudden manner. The first 01ag
held at the Westmorland Arms Tavern, Westmorland-jtc-f;
City-road, on the body of Mr. John Walton, aged 50, ;es,
landlord of the house. The deceased was well and pea-,
up to last Friday night, when, on ascending the stairs to hd
bedroom with his cash-box in his hand, his foot slipped, an
he fell down the flight of stairs and cut his head severely's;
On the following day he was very ill, and early on Sun,dla
morning he was seized with a fit of epilepsy, in which he wej
in a few hours.--A second inquest was held at the Avg„,eci
Whitechapel-road, on the' body of Mrs. Harriet Bird, a 6
55. The deceased was the wife of Mr. Bird,
draper, of High-street, Whitecbapel, and was well up "
Monday morning last,!when,as she was dressing herself forth
purpose of going out with her husband to the Lord Mayor's
show, she dropped down on the floor a corpse.—A third,
quest was held at the same house on the body of a meld
lady,. named Martha Asperne, aged 55. The deceased, •;he
residing with her brother, who is the manager 0, d
London and Westminster Branch Bank, in Hih-street, f!,
on Monday afternoon last she had dined with her brother
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usual ; about five o'clock she complained' of being un"
and her maid assisted her to her bedroom, where she e-a;
pired in a few minutes after.—A fourth inquest was held
the same house, on the body of Martha Simkin, aged
of
The deceased was housekeeper to Mr. Walter, grocer,
High-street. On Sunday last she was suddenly seized Nv!`'..,
violent pain of her inside. A medical man was callecl zallt
but she expired shortly after.—A fifth inquest was bell at
the Windmill, Rosemary-lane, on the body of Sarah by
nell, aged 52. The deceased btained a precarious living,id
charing and running errands, and was addicted to b'te,
a Woaerit;
drinking. On Tuesday last she was found in a. dying ,stonm
sittin.g upon the step of a door in Brunswick-street, 4
mercial-road. Having no home, a person who knew her g'"
her a temporary lodging in Blue Anchor-yard, Rosemary'
lane. She had scarcely got into the room when she held
down and expired immediately.—The sixth inquest was
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at the Broad Arrow, Milton-street, Cripplegate, on the body
of Samuel Clark, aged 44, a shoemaker. The deceased lived
at No. 47, Milton-street, and on Tuesday morning last,• helst
got up in his usual health. Shortly afterwards, Nirut,
crossing the room, he dropped down on the floor, and ot
pired before any assistance could be afforded, from disease of
the heart. Verdicts were returned, in each case, of Natur-
death."

h* s GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE, Nov, 11.—Z'
article continues in a drooping state. On Monday, about
2,000 tons Were sold at 7s. net. Today, no further parcre
have been offering under SOs., consequently, there have hee.'
no transactions. Large parcels are offered at the foregoing
price. We quote the price at 78s. net.---Glasgow IVati9' dal