The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-16 00:00:00

THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF GUERNSEY,

The arguments in the petition of the I;;iiitl7:;cljurats
of the Royal Court of Guernsey, complaining of the
course pursued by the Lieutenant Governor were re-
umed, and occupied their Lordships the whole morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)
The Vice-Chancellor of England sat in Lincoln's•lnn
to-day and heard cases, none of which possessed any
points of general interest.
(Before Sir J. WIGRAM.)
MALLALIEU V. MILLER.
The arguments in this case on further directions which
have occupied several days, were concluded this morning,
his Honour reserving his judgment.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY).
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.)
His Lordship sat, as usual, during the day, but no case
was heard which possessed any public interest.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY
(Sittings ha London.)
MANGNALL V. M'ALPINE.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a manu-
facturer at Bolton, to recover damages for the infringe-
ment of a patent. The invention which is the subject of
this action is an improvement in the mode of blenching
and finishing muslin. The evidence, which was illus-
trated by several complicated and curious models, could
not be made intelligible even to the scientific without the
aid of diagrams. But two witnesses had been examined
when we went to press, and there are thirty-two wit-
nesses in the cause; so that the trial is likely to last at
least another day.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the RECORDER and Alderman Sir CHAPMAN
MARSHALL.)
The second session of the Central Criminal Court, in
the present mayoralty, took place this day.
The grand jury being sworn, _

The RECORDER said he had to congratulate them on
the comparative lightness of the calendar, bath in regard
to the number and the character of the charges. There
were only three cases to which he would call their at-
tention. The first was one of cutting and wounding,
with intent to do grievous bodily harm ; the second
was a case of manslaughter ; and the third was one of
falsely personating an owner of stock, and by that means
fraudulently obtaining possession of that stock. With
regard to the first, he only wished to say that a blow
having been aimed at the prosecutor with a knife, and
it having only reached the hand, cutting three of
the fingers, it would be for them to consider whe-
ther the blow had been given with the intent alleged.
The charge of manslaughter was against a Captain of
one of the Watermen steamers, fur having struck a skiff
in the Thames, thereby overturning that skiff, and caus-
ing the death of two persons. This case had been
already tried at the last session, one of the bodies Having
been found at that time. The other body was since
found, and the prisoner became liable to be tried a second
time. With regard to the last charge, that of fraudulently
personating an owner of stock, and thereby becoming
possessed of that stock, the person charged with that
offence was represented not to be the prisoner, but it
would be proved that he had been present at the time,
thereby becoming amenable to the laws for aiding and
abetting in the fraud, and he was liable to the same pu-
nishment as if he had been a principal in the act.
With regard to the other charges, he considered it
would be useless to make any remarks upon them. He
should therefore dismiss them to the execution of their
duty. The grand jury then retired.
To a question from Mr. CLARKSON, as to the con-
tinuance of the evening sittings,
The RECORDER could not give a definite answer. All
he could say was, that on Monday and Tuesday at least,
the ordinary procedure would not be departed from.