The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

_''''ORTH ERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 20.
CIVIL SIDE.—( Refire Mr. Justice CRESSWELL. )
RETTLEMENT OF THE BREACH OT rßomas or MARRIAGE

CASE.

It having been arranged that the important cause of 'tHer-
b ittle t,. Rylands," for breach of promise of marriage, should
be taken at the sitting of the Court yesterday morning, curiosity
wax observable upon the countenances of the unusually large
number of both sexes who had been fortunate enough to obtain
admission before nine o'clock. The galleries on the right and
I •ft were thrown open for the accommodation of the ladies, a
g may party of whom, very fashionably dressed, were present
before Mr. Justice Cresswell had taken his seat. The unusal
circumstance of the Attorney-General being retained weal ly
for the one party, and of the Solicitor-General bring also
retained specially for the other, lent an additional interest to
the ease. Humour, ever busy upon such occasions, had
given out that the plaintiff and defendant moved in
the highest rank of life at Manchester—that the court
.hip, th-ugh of short duration, was nevertheless warm, in-
tee.sinie, and romantic—that the damages were laid some-
where between ten and twenty thousand pounds. Thus was
expectation raised tirthe highest pitch, when suddenly it was
,00nted to suffer a grievous disappointment; for many seconds
.i.taine o'clock had not elapsed before it was buzzed along
e avenues and through the Court; and even among the fair
eimpants of the galleries, that the case had been privately
settled. Mr. Martin made a slight allusion to the fact. He
said: —" your Lordship, I suppose, is aware that the great
ause is settled." his Lordship nodded in the affirmative ;
and thus all doubt about the settlement, if any existed before,
was at once removed. Prom inquiries made, we leareed tint
the settlement is to this effect : the lady is ti .receive the
sum of 4,00)1., and her costs are to be subject to taxation in
the usual manner. Her father was in Court, and remained
there until after Mr. Martin had mentioned the settlement to
his Lordship.

RE•BHILDING oF THE NEW PRISON, CLERK EN-
wEIII., UPON THE SOLITARY PRINCITLE.—II is underatooi
that the demolition of the New Prune, Cie: kenwell, will shunt,
commence, for the purpose of the erection of a new and cans'
derably enlarged plane of confinement in the county of Middle-
sex, on the solitary principle. after the plan of the 'iloael Pri-
son at Pernonvi4e, the niagistrates of the county. asseinnled
quarter sessions. having resolved to do so on account of the
great increase of late years in the number of commitments, an
the crowding of the present prisons which have resulted there-
from. The period occupied by the erection of the inten.lee
new prison will, it is anticipated, be about eighteen months.
NEW RAILWAYS SANCTIONED LAST SESSION —O,
the various new lines of Railways sanctioned by Pediment
during the recently-terminated session, the longest is the
South Wales line, which extends to 182 miles and upwards
and the next the Caledonian, which is to be 137} miles in
length. By far the larger number, however are compara-
tively short, and it is curious to notice what- remarkably
miniature railways some are described to be. Thus, the
Bristol and Exeter branches extend to 150 yards only,
though the capital is stated at 500,0001. Again, the Man-
chester and Oldham is one mile and a quarter in length, the
Newcastle and North Shields, Tynemouth Extension, line is a
mile and a half in extent ; the Sheffield and Rotherham, three
furlongs ; the Yarmouth and Norwich. two furlongs, &c. Tne
total length of the new railways sanctioned by Parliament in
the last session, together with that of the amalgamated ant
Irish lines, is no less than '2,841 miles; the capital proposed tt,
lie raised, 44,322,2351. ; the estimated revenue, 4,672.2641..
and the calculated dividend is expected to amount to 2,117 311..
THE ARCHITECTURE OF GENQA.—Situtitel 0;1 the
shores of the Mediteranean, Genoa forms a semicircle risii.4 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
with the slope of the mountains, which surrounca it, and has a L.-1 MBETH.
magnificent appearance. The palaces are so numerous, that 'Ma atsrsaucsit rza.—On Thursday, Owen Buckley, a black-
one might believe, that Genoa had only princes for inhabitants. *reith, against whom a Coroner'. jury returned a verdict of
and it was this that made Madame de Steel exclaim, when she manllatrghter ten days ago, but who has since managed to keep
visited the place, that the grand street seemed to have been out of the way, was charged before Mr. Norton with having
built for a congress of kings. The vestibules, the Courts, caused the death of John Curtis, a tinman and brazier.
the porticos, and especially the staircases, are hardly to From the evidence it appeared, that on last Saturday night
be equalled. The terraces and gardens are laid out with three weeks the prisoner and deceased, while in a state of
remarkable skill, and no better materials, than are in intoxication, quarrelled at the Lord Monteasle beer-shop, in
this city, could be found for the study of the art, of landscape. Braisilon-street, Walworth, and ultimately fought two hours in
gardening, and of other accessories, which the architects et the street-in front of the house. In each round the deceased
Italy were well conversant with, but which those of our owl. fell heavily with the pri:oner upon him, and was so injure.l that
was eager! to be taken home. He lingered in great suffer.
country are accustomed to neglect. The arrangement of tlat ha
steps at the entrance door, the grottos and fountains, are some ink frorn intern sl injures for nearly a fortnight, when he died.
of the points to which attention may be profitably directed. It 'fr. Day, the surgeon who had male the post martens exa-
is evident, that effects the most remarkable are often ohtaioeti mination of the body of the deceased, described the injuries
by means the most simple. Each town of Italy has its parti- which the deceased had received, which he hail no doubt had
cular description of architectural beauty, and Genoa is most been occasioned by the knee of a person falling upon him.
remarkable for the disposition of its plans.— The Builder. The pri:oner, in his defence, said he would be prepared with
THE BOILER EXPLOSION ON THE SOUTA- WESTERN witnesses to prove that since the night in question the de-
11.41Lway.—Tha accident on the line of the South-Western ceased had been drunk and fighting at a publicahouse with
Railway, which took place on Wednesday morning last, at another person.
the Walton-on-Thames station, is likely to terminate far more Mr. Noierote remanded him, to give him an opportunity of
Mr. Day remarked that no such testimony as that spoken of
seriously than- was at first anticipated. Upon making inquiry hringing forward his witnesses,
last night at St. Thomas's Hospital, very slight hopes .were
given of the engineer's life. Several other persons were by the prisoner had been adduced before-the Coroner.
jured, but not very seriously. RHYFIANISH.-lohn Life, the conductor of
Lieutenant F. Higgintson, RN, in command of the one of the London Conveyance Company's omnibuses, appeared
discharged
coast guard station at Rochester, having been to a warrant charging him with violently assaulting Mr.' Wits.
ts hon.
Mappleton. a gentleman holding a situation in Somerset Honse.
that service, will be succerled by Lieutenant Clayton, R.N.-
Mr. Mappleton stated that on Friday night last he got into
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:riar;;ten, ho got
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e gettingsint he accidentally struck the
the documents of the archives of the Rti,ssian consulate had
delenilarit with head et a shrimp in throwing it away, and
been stolen, and as the thief was not satisfied with taking I,IOU the defendant, in an angry tone, asked. him what he had done it
ducats, which he found, it is apposed that some secret inter- fur? Mr. Mappleton assured him that he had not thrown the
tiou prompted the robbery.