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A case was tried in the Palace Court, ri\r46y._ in.
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which a poor woman sought to recover co iiensitiOn-;N-..,4 '
in damages for injuries sustained from aliarrister of
the Inner Temple of the name of Carter, caused by
being run over and knocked down by his horse taking
fright and running away, and the question which
the jury had to consider was, whether the accident
was occa,ioned by furious driving, or whether it was
purely accidental, when no blame could be attached to
the driver. The damages were laid at 191. 19s. After
the jury had been locked up for nine hours,
they sent to the Judge to inform him that
there was not the slightest possibility of agreeing.
The Learned Judge again read his notes and explained
to the jury the question which they had to determine.
After another hour had elapsed, one of the jury, of
the name of Eamonson, the proprietor of the well-
known bedding and furniture establishment in the
Strand, sent a note to the Learned Judge stating that
he differed in opinion to eleven of his fellow jurymen,
and added that he was fully determined not to be
starved into a verdict, neither would he endure to be
brow-beaten or quarrelled with because he differed in
opinion ; he also added, that he was in ill-health and
required stimulants, and that the officer in charge of
the jury would not even allow him a glass of water ;
but let the consequence be what it would, he would
never alter his mind. His Lordship intimated to the
jury, that if they did not agree by eleven o clock they
must be locked up until the following morning. The
jury were now heard by the public in the Court
in loud and angry altercation, and it was pretty clear
that language of the most refined description was not
made use of, and it was conjectured that from " words
they would come to blows." Shortly before ten
o'clock the jury came into Court in a very excited •
state, and informed Mr. Hewlett, the registrar, it
would be impossible for them to agree. Mr. Hewlett
replied they must retire. Mr. Eamonson, who ap-
peared much excited, violently exclaimed, " No, I
will never go into that room again to be bully-ragged
into a verdict." Several of the jury adiressing Mr.
Eamonson, " Wherever you are, there we will be,"
when the whole of the jury expressed their determi-
nation to remain in Court.

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NOVEL SCENE IN A J

The scene of quarrelling and recrimination that
now ensued in the jury-box surpasses description ;
the public were quite surprised at this novel and un-
heard of scene in a court of justice. All consultation
was now at an end, and the jury commenced amusing
themselves in various ways 3 some preparing to take a
comfortable nap, others commenced reading„ whilst
the remainder stared about the Court, exclaiming,
" What a laughing-stock we are making of ourselves.'
At length, shortly before midnight, the Learned Judge
again took his seat on the bench, and addressing the
jury said, as there was no probability of their agree-
ing, he could, if he thought fit, lock them up until
the following morning ; but he foresaw that no good
would result from such a proceeding, as in the morn-
ing, it was clearly apparent they would be as far off
agreeing as ever ; he had therefore come to the reso-
lution of discharging them without giving a verdict,
and they were discharged accordingly.

DIPARTURE OF TROOPS FOR GUERNSET. The
sudden embarkation of a large body of troops for Guern-
sey, on Sunday and Monday, somewhat alarmed our
Isle of Wight friends, who surmised than an insurrec- ,
tion had broken out amongst the Guernseymen, the ob-
ject being to depose Governor Napier. 'rho accounts
from Guernsey, however, show that the island is per-
fectly tranquil, and the intention of the authorities, in
ordering this military movement, appears to be perma-
nently to increase the garrison. We know not, how-
ever, why there should have been so much haste in such
a simple transaction.—Hampshire Independent.
WILL OF THE MARQUIS OE WINCLIEY.TER.--The
will of the Most Hon. Charles Ingoldsby runlet, Mar-
quis of Winchester, of Amport House, Andover, has just
been proved by Henry Beaumont Coles, Esq., one of the
executors, power of proving hereafter being reserved for
Sir John Walter Pollen, Bart., the other. The will,
which is very short, and dated 1843, gives nearly the
whole of his property to his son (styled by courtesy
Earl of Wiltshire), now Marquis of Winchester ; to his
executors 2001. each, as an acknowledgment for their
trouble in acting as such ; to butler, housekeeper, and
very many other servants, annuities and legacies respec-
tively, varying from 101. to 100/. The personality
is sworn under 18,0001. The deceased was styled
" Premier Marquis of England," the title of Marquis
having been bestowed on the family of Winchester on
the creation in 1551.

REDUCTION IN THE ROYAL ITOUSEROLD.—A n
article appeared in the Times of Monday last, copied
from a weekly publication, respecting some recent re-
ductions in the royal household; but for the greater
currency and the implied sanction given to this article,
by its having found a place in the columns of such a
journal as the Times, we should not have deemed it
necessary to notice and contradict the absurd falsehoods
of the writer of such a malicious attempt to lower the
character of the Sovereign in the estimation of her
loyal and devoted subjects. After some remarks in the
proper spirit of an ignorant detractor, the writer pro-
ceeds to say, " but the popular grievance consists in
the. somewhat anomalous fact, that this very reduction
will absolutely entail an increased burden on the public.
Persons, whose services are thus dropped out of the
royal household; must be pensioned; but the pensions
are nut to be paid out of the amount saved by their re-
duction, but are to constitute a fresh charge on the na-
tional treasury. The consequence will be, that the pub-
lic expenditure, instead of being diminished by this
25,000/. a year (the assumed reduction), will be aug-
mented by the amount of the pensions." Seldom have
we seen so much ignorance and falsehood embodied as
in the few lines forming the above extract. The pen-
sions, whatever they may be, will be paid out of th•
same fund that the salaries would have been paid—
namely, out of the revenue voted by Parliament for the
maintenance of the Sovereign, or in other words, the Civil
List, which is granted to the Sovereign in consideration of
the surrender of the hereditary revenues of the Crown to
the public. This constitutional arrangement necessarily
takes place after the accession of the Sovereign to the
Throne, and in a pecuniary point of view it cannot affect
the public to a farthing's amount, whether her Majesty
continues on the royal establishment the incumbrance
of useless domestics, or whether they are pensioned off
liberally, as, we believe, has been the case in every in-
stance. Upon this question we feel we have no right
whatever to inquire or remark. It is enough for us to
know that it is most false to assert that any new ar-
rangement which may have taken place in the royal
household can become a matter of additional charge on
the national exchequer that is, on the public.-ob-
server.

THE WONDERS or MANCHESTER. lie entered
chambers vaster than are told of an Arabian fable, and
peopled with inhabitants more wonderful than Afrite or
Peri. For there he beheld, in long-continued ranks,
those mysterious forms full of existence without life, that
perform with facility, and in an instant, what man can
fulfil only with difficulty and in days. A machine is a
slave that neither brings or bears degradation : it is a
being endowed with the greatest degree of energy,
and acting under the greatest degree of excite-
ment, yet free at the same time from all passion
and emotion. It is therefore not only a slave, but
a supernatural slave. And why should one say that
the machine does not live ? It breathes, for its
breath forms the atmosphere of some towns. It moves
with more regularity than man. And has it not a
voice ? Does not the spindle sing like a merry girl at
her work, and the steam-engine rear in jolly chorus, like
a strong artisan handling his lusty tools, and gaining a
fair day's wages for a fair day's toil ? Nor should the
weaving-room be forgotten, where a thousand or fifteen
hundred girls may be observed in their coral necklaces,
working like Penelope in the day time ; some pretty,
some pert, some graceful and jocund,
their occupation ; a little serious some ; few sad.
some absorbed in
And
the cotton you have observed in its rude state, that you
have seen the silent spinner change into thread, and the
bustling weaver convert into cloth, you may now watch,
as in a moment it is tinted with beautiful colours, or
printed with fanciful patterns. And yet the mystery of
mysteries is to view machines making machines ; a
spectacle that fills the mind with curious, and even awful
speculation.—Ceeingsby, or the New Generation.
The addition to the New Pavilion Hotel at Folke-
stone is proceeding with expedition; when completed, it will
rival the best hotel in England, or on the Continent. The
addition comprises billiard•room, coffee-room, ball-room, a
large club-room, and table d'hôte ; a large balcony will run
along the front, consisting of York slabs, six feet wide ; sup-
ported by large iron ornamental brackets, which have a rich
appearance.
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;It Te d loEn lighthousesia)tuTr
dMai
evening,
completed,T H
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theT E
the Ist of June, when the float-
ing light-vessel will be taken away. The light will be at an
elevation of G 3 feet above the level of high water spring
tides, and will appear red in all directions seaward, and white
within the line of the breakwater. A bell is attached to the
lighthouse, which will be rung at intervals in foggy weather.
—West Briton.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY—We are de-
lighted to be enabled to inform our readers that there is
every prospect of the approaching meeting surpassing
all the preceding ones. The entries for implements ex-
ceed that of the last year at Derby by 130. We are
given to understand, that from the numerous applica-
tions already made for stock certificates, there is no,
doubt that the show in that department also will be the_
largest on record. The Duke of Richmond was elected,
at the meeting of the Council on Wednesday last, Pre,
sident for 1845.—Ramps/ire Independent.
The West India interest in Liverpool aro exces•
sively discontented with the Government plan for the
say.e
reduction of the Sugar Duties. They that a diffir-
ence of 10s. between the duty on Colonial and Foreign
Sugar (245. and 345. per cwt. respectively) is not
enough—that it is 2s. per cwt. less than that offered by
n 3 s
Forein—and that it w adit a vreat of
the Whigs, who proposed 245. for Colonyial, ad
yfor
6.
free-labour sugar fromill the mmmarkets oer q
f Europe,q
the place
of which will be supplied by the slave-labour sugar of
Brazil I Certainly, their quarrel with Sir Robert is "a,
very pretty quarrel ;" Lord Harewood and the London
West Indians share in the feeling of the " Dicky-S%unsi"
and the latter threaten loudly that they will turn
Radicals ! This augurs indifferently for Mr, Entwisle.
Division is the worst enemy of any party.—Leeds
Mercury.
Mr. Pattinson, a market gardener at the Folly,.
near Newby, has discovered that guano is a perfect.
remedy against the attacks of the grub. He has saved'
beds of both carrots and onions by strewing guano over
them, whilst two beds left without guano, by way
of experiment, were totally destroyed. Loucaster
Guardian.

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

fl OM 'IIIE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY.
STANDARD.--As it is not improbable that' the
high easterly wmds in St. George's Channel may delay
our Irish express, conveying. the report of yesterday's
proceedings in the Dublin Court of Queen's Bench, we
will take the opportunity to say a few words upon the
effect of the State prosecutions in Ireland. We are
well aware, that the topic has for some months pi s-
sessed very little interest ; but this absence of all
interest in the repeal agitation, and in the destina-
tion of its authors, is the very fact upon which, if we
could, we would willingly fasten attention. We pray of
our readers to recal as faithful a retrospect as they can
of their views, their feelings, and their expectations
regarding Ireland for the last fifteen or twenty years ;
or, indeed, as long as any of us can remember.
e again pray them, having done this, to say,
••• they point to any month within the
!•- Acid of recollection during which Ireland has been so
ti 'le the object of interest as during the last three
months ; and finally, whether the interest of which
l'!'eland has been for so many years constantly the ob-
j,Jt, has not been a painful interest—the interest of some
1)-"sent danger, or of some evil, the cure of which
ap-
;'red to be hopeless. For the first time within the
nor), of the existing generation, that interest is
1.-is)g,ether extinguished. If any one now asks a question
about Ireland, it has relation to the success of the at-
mospheric principle, upon trial at Dalkey, or the Cashel
r.ilroad, or the facilities of crossing the Irish Sea,
or the capacity for improvement of the western
ports or the is estern fisheries, or perhaps it concerns
the progress of agricultural schools or educational •
societies ; in short, whether weak or strong, the pre- •
sent
,igterest in Irish affairs is of a pleasant nature. •
Whould have thought such a change possible
this tiriat three years, when the country was threatened
NN ith an Irish rebellion if it dared to dismiss the Whig
Ministers ? Who would have thought such a change
possible twelve short months ago, when Mr. O'Connell
vas arranging his campaign of monster meetings ?
What would have been thought, in May, 1843, if the
Attorney-General for Ireland, had he been rash enough
to. promise the one-half of what he has done by
L ! idly putting the law in motion in its most
s•inple and constitutional form ? Even that half
mould be more for the pacification of Ireland than
has been accomplished by 0, the statesmen that have
ruled the country for half a century. This is to walk
in the light of the Constitution, and to stand upon the
law.. The path may be often rugged, steep, and tedious,
but it is direct and broad, and it is sure in the end to
bring you to victory, to whatever toils and attacks it
rray expose you by the way ; and it is thus that
Ir. Smith has achieved the peace of his COllll-
- He has, single-handed, grappled with con-
pirators and a conspiracy that held a long series of
governments in a slavery more or less degrading ; he
has flung them down upon the threshold of the penal
dungeon about to open for them ; and this not only
without provoking the rebellion so often threatened as
tine penalty of laying hands upon the inviolable person
of the arch-incendiary—not only without provoking, re-
ts we see contemporaneously, extinguish-
ing every motive and opportunity for rebellion. This
is what has been effected, by the learning and vigour of
one man, and he, perhaps, the most modest, unpre-
tending man that ever took so prominent a part in pub-
lic life.

I Chambers had no control over her. Lord Denman, l
how-
ever, who trie:l the cause, directed the jury that the hus-
band was- liable for the acts of his wife. The jury re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 40s. damages.
Mr. JAMES was instructed to move an arrest of judg-
ment, on the ground that a sufficient cause of action was
not stated in the declaration, because it was only alleged
that the:plaintiff lived upon plunder. Now there could
be no doubt that a man might exist upon plunder with-
out being aware that that upon which he was living was
plunder. It was evident that the slander was against
the wife and daughters, but this action was brought by
the plaintiff.
Lord DENMAN considered that the plaintiff was in•
eluded in the family, and in that light had good cau,:e of
action.—Rule refused.

BAIL COURT, May 25.
(Before Mr. Justice CoLERIDGE.)
The Court heard motions up to eleven o'clock. None of
them possessed the least interest, being upon points of prac-
tice. Afterwards the Court sat at Nisi Prius, and was en-
gaged in hearing the cause of Wilkinson v. Longstaff, which
was an action upon an account for iron work done by the
plaintiff for the defendant. There was not the least interest
in the case.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 25.
(Sittings in Banco.)
The cases that came before the Court were totally devoid of
•üblic interest.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 25.
THE QUEEN V. DOUGLAS.
The Hon. Mr. DENMAN moved for a rule to show
cause why the defendant should not be discharged out of
the custody of the Marshal Of the Queen's Bench Prison,
on the ground that he had been in prison upwards of 12
months, and his debt was under 201. The defendant was
committed in execution on 23d of February, 1843, fur
a debt of 121. 7s.—Rule granted.

BROWN V. WRAY.
Mr. C. JONES applied for a rule to show cause why
the defendant in this case should not be discharged out
of the custody of the Marshal of the Queen's Bench
Prison. It appeared that the defendant had, on a pre-
vious occasion, been in custody for the same debt, and
on the same writ. In March, 1842, defendant had made
an arrangement to pay the debt to the plaintiff by instal-
ments of 21. per month, and the first payment would
become due on the 23d of April following. On the 14th
of that month however, he was arrested by another
creditor, whereupon several detainers the plaintiff's
being one of them, were lodged against him. He quickly
settled the other claims, and on the 18th he sent to in-
form the attorney of the plaintiff that the Marshal would
not release him unless the detainer of his client were
withdrawn. That was, thereupon, done, and he was once
more restored to liberty. He was, however, again
arrested by another party, and, having settled the de-
mand of that party, he was now unable to obtain his
discharge because the Marshal persisted in keeping him
in custody, on the ground of the plaintiff's suit. I; was
now submitted that, having already been in custody on
this particular writ, the judgment was fully satisfied,
and he was, therefore entitled to his discharge.
The Coma granted the rule.
The Court then took the new trial paper, but no case
of interest came on.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, May 25.
IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM LANGLEY GRACE.
This insolvent, who had a number of " loan societies "
on his schedule, appeared for his final order.
An attorney appeared to oppose, and Mr. T. B.
Hughes supported the application.
Mr. HccuEs took a preliminary objection to the op-
position, on the ground that it was on the part or a loan
society at No. 4, Farringdon-street, called " The Life
Assurance Company," which was not a corporato body.
He cited a case which had been decided before Mr. Com-
missioner Fonblanque (on an objection raised by Mr
Sturgeon, the barrister), that a loan society which was
not chartered could not oppose. The point arose re-
specting one of the parties connected with a promissory
note, on which it was now sought to oppose the present
applicant.
The attorney said he appeared fur a Mr. Coventry, a
payee of the note for 501.
Mr: Humus said he was one of the parties belonging
to the. Loan Society.
Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD said the opposition was
now by an individual creditor, and, prima facie, the
party had a - right to oppose. Mr. Coventry might be
a money lender, and using the grand name of a com-
pany.
Mr. THOMAS insisted that the same rule should be
applied in this case as was in the one he had cited. The
note was the same, and although the name of one of the
parties might now be given, it was evident that the As-
surance Company held the promissory note.
The attorney who appeared to oppose, said he was for
Mr. Coventry, who had been his client for a number of
years.
Mr. HUGHES asked for an adjournment, in order to
prove his proposition, as he felt confident that the
Court, acting on the rule as laid down by Mr. Fon-
blanque, would not permit an unchartered association to
oppose. Two instalments had been paid on the note at
the office of the Society, and the Company had got the
insolvent to insure his life. He pressed for an adjourn-
ment, and for an order that Mr. Coventry should attend.
The Learned COMMISSIONF.R, after some further dis-
cussion, adjourned the case to the Bth June, in order to
ascertain the validity of the point raised, and gave an in-
timation that Mr. Coventry should attend.
Mr. HUGHES said he was confident the note was held
by the Society, and that two instalments had been paid
at the office in Farringdon•street.
The case was adjourned accordingly.

GLOBE.—The erection of the Nelson monument in
Trafalgar-square has given universal satisfaction to the
n: tion. It seemed to be an atonement to the memory
o' England's greatest naval hero, for a neglect .with
hich the metropolis was justly chargeable, in omitting
to grace one of the principal thoroughfares of the
chief city of the empire with a statue to commemo-
rate his unrivalled deeds of heroism. The combined
naval power of France and Spain was annihilated by
lk"elson, at the moment when Europe was in arms
against us, and our existence, as a nation, was threatened
by the restless ambition of the former power. Trafalgar
b. re !he same rela..ion to the destinies of Britain upon
t' e ocean which Waterloo exercised over them upon the
L nd. Yet Wellington, in his military character, has
Lc en honoured, as he deserved to be, during life; and the
v'etories he achieved perpetuated by statues erected to
commemorate-his deeds. But forty years were suffered
to elapse ere a public place in London was appropriated
to a- statue to remind the country which Nelson ho-
eured—and, we may add, which Nelson saved—of
-se heroic deeds that shed a glory around the name
Britain and preserved to her the undisputed empire
the seas ! Yet this tardy tribute to the heroic Nelson
1.,.s been marred by an official interference as ungra-
CI. 113 as it is indefensible. The Committee appointed to
s-perintend the management of the funds subscribed
r the erection of the monument to Lord Nelson, were
:.; xious to accompany the opening of the monument
.he public eye by an entertainment, to be given
4,0 the spot, to the survivors of the old veterans who
shared in the glories and the dangers of their invincible
I' oder. Permission for that purpose had been asked
told 4ebtained from the Chief Commissioner of Woods
tied Forests. Cireurastanees hal caused-a postponement
the dinner fir a short time. Yesterday was selected
by the Committee; and arrangements were made for the
purpose. Advertisements were put forth. The Duke of
eurahridge was anfieunced as having graciously con-.
s. nw.l to preside on the occasion. At almost the last hour,
and.. when the arrangements were - deemed complete,
Lord Lincoln interfered and withdrew the consent he
lead ,given. Placards were posted around the square
on Wednesday evening, announcing that the dinner
was- unavoidably postponed ; and great surprise and
disappointment were in consequence excited. By in-
terdietiae the dinner on the proposed and peen-
Farly appropriate spot —the only spot where any
,cial interest would be created by the dinner to the
b. ave men who were to be entertained—Lord Lincoln
has' caused the project to be abandoned. The old
weather-b:eiten,• and in many instances maimed and
wounded, veterans were thus deprived of their long-
- expected treat ; and the public were disappointed of
witnessing what to every Englishman would have been
a gratifyine spectacle, because associated with events
which can never be recalled without emotions of a
truly patriotic character and tendency. About 250
men- of the crews who fought under Nelson's
eadershin are understo al to be "laid up" in
Greenwich llo:pitalmany of them bruised and
battered—indeed, crippled " hulks." Their number is
rapidly diminishing. A few months, and they may all
he removed beyond the reach of such a gratification as
that which was designed for their aged frames ; and far
from the disappointment and chagrin which the aban-
donment of the festival they were to enjoy, and become
the observed of all beholders, has oc2asioned to their
clings.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, May 25.

DE VE RE V. MI CDESLEY-.1 lIDGM ENT.

The Loin) CnANcEr.ton briefly gave judgment this morn-
ing in this CR3e, which related to certain bankers' accounts.
Ilis Lordship affirmed the judgment of the Court below, and
dismissed the appeal with costs.
The COURT then proceeded with cases upon lunatic peti-
tions. .

ROLLS' COURT. May 25.
His Honour, tiielt,s-rEn OF TILE Rm.'s. was engaged this
morning in the further hearing of the part-heard case of
Rowley v. Adams.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT May 25.
(Before Sir J. WIGRAM.)
DRAKE V. DRAKE.
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In this case his HONOUR pronounced judgment. He said
that if the case. of " Wood y. Milner" were an authority for
the proposition In support of which it was cited, he would
have nothing to do in the present case but to make the order
which the defendant wished, but he was satisfied that it
was snot an authority for any such general proposition.
The .question which the Court had to consider was how far
i,e def-ndant was likely to be prejudiced' by making the
,veries sought by the bill, and how far upon the merits the
:peal was likely to succeedodways attending to the circum-
:ince that tile defendant's right to apply to have his Appeal
lvanced, and that the onus of making such an application,
must be thrown upon the defendant and not upon the plain-
tiff. In this case the defendant did not deny the plaintiff's
ight to a disco Very absolutely • and the ultimate consequences
f' giving the discovery resolved themselves into a little extra
able if his judgment was wrong. He had no means upon
plea of doing justice' to the plaintiff; but the specific ground
upon which he relied for overruling the plea was the absence of
an averment by the defendant that the money claimed was duo
at the time when the plea was pleaded. In this case he thought
he would be doing no injustice by treating the plea accord-
Mg to the strict rules of pleading. He would be greatly sur-
prised if the defendant should persuade any judge in iThan-
very to allow the plea, unless the averment, which he con-
: i,lered to be ranting, should be added to it ' • and even if it
were added Ire would still be satisfied that the plea was bad
on other grotinds.. There was nothing. in the merits, except
the inconvenience to the plaintiff; to jus:ify him in making
the case an exception to the general rule.
It is understood that neither his Honour nor Vice-Chan-
cellor Bruce will sit on Monday and Tuesday.

WARD V. 1114 E SOCIETY* OP ATTORNEYS.
Mt. JAM PARKER moved for an injunction to re-
strain tho United Law Society, in Chancery-lane, from
surrendering their charter, and obtaining a new charter
upon different trust; from the charter now in existence,
und from alienating any of their property. It appeared
that'unier the old charter the shares were held in trust
fir the different members of the society, and for their
executors; adMinistrators,:and assigns. By the new
charter it is preposed to make the trusts correspond with
thoae of the Universities, so that the shares should not
Iv parted with by the members.
Ilia lloNotia directed that notice should be served
upon the claendatits,-,and granted an interim injunction:

COURT 'OF (jUk:EN'S BENCH, May 25.
(Sittings in Banco.)

THE QUEEN U. THE NORTH OF EN LAND RAILWAY

COMPANY.

Mr. GRAINGER moved, 6n behalf of Sir Wm. Chater,
for a mandaMus against this Cotnpany, commanding
theth to lower. a road. The Act or' Parliament-which
authorised" the Company to make the railway provided
that- where any-bridge "stoilld be erected over the rail-
way, the ascent or the appro,ae,h to such.bridge should
not exceed ono'foot in twenty fect.- -The affidavits upon
which he moved stated that ontheroad in question there
was an ascent of one foot in eleven feet.
The COURT asked whf n this road was made ?-
Mr. GRAINGER replied in 1833;-1)•-, , • .
Lord DF.NMAN said parties shoulti eome earlier. The
Court would -nOt• interfere after' such a delay.--Rule
reftAed. .•• •

FERbeSON V. CILAMIIERS AND WIFE.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover compensa-
tion• in danLikeS for slanderous words which had been
uset3/4 by Mrs. Chambers. These words were the follow-
ing':—" Mrs: Fergti-nn is a notorious thief, and she has
brotight up her vvhole family to theft, and all crimes that
are' bad. The• whole family are notorious thieves. ' One
of their daughteri robbed' us a fortnight ago. and the
old man, the father, lives upon the plunder." Upon the
trial•it appeared that. Mr. Chambers's wife did not live
with him, and that she had not been robbed. The
Counsel for Mr. Chambers then urged that Mrs. Cham-
bers'was a woman of very violent temper, and that Mr.
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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1844.

the complainant stated, that on the previous after-
)on, as he was returning with his master and other
gentlemen from the races, and while the carriage was
stopping at the Bell, at Tooting, the prisoner came
up and struck him in the mouth. The provoca-
tion, he believed, was, that a short time he!'ore, he
had dragged the defendant away from the leaders of
his master's carriage, while defendant was endeavour-
ing to stop them, alleging that his cart had been pur-
posely driven against by the riders.
Lieut. Colvin, Lord Altamont, and Mr. G. W.
Bacon, of Hertford-street, Mayfair, gave evidence,
and said that no provocation was oflered to the
defendant before he assaulted the groom.
The defendant said he had been very much ill-
used in the first instance. The carriage had been
dviven recklessly and wilfully against his chaise-cart,
and he and two friends had been thrown out with
great violence. Upon getting up he had tried
to stop the leaders, • but had been dragged off by
the complainant. Jpon coming up with the car-
riage at Tooting, he merely went up to it to get the
owner's name, when the complainant rudely pushed
him away, upon which he had struck him. He had
no witnesses; one of his friends was the steward of a
ship, and could not come, und he would not bring the
other.

Mr. CrAvE said the prisoner had acted very foolishly
in so doing. Ile could not postpone the case, because
there had been ample opportunity to have produced
witnesses. Whether the prisoner had or had not
been ill-treated in the way he described he could not
say, but if such conduct had been pursued towards
him, he knew that the law would give him redress,
and therefore the assault complained of was altogether
inexcusable. The prisoner must pay a fine of 10s.
The fine was paid.
UNION-HALL.

John Allchin, one of the stewards of the Reform
Stock Benefit Society, held at the White Bear, Ber-
mondsey, was brought up for re-examination, charged
with being concerned; with a man named Marrs, the
secretary, not yet in elistody, with breaking open the
" strong box" of the society, and stealing upwards
of 201., belonging to members of the society, who
were all very poor men, having wives and families to
maintain, and at the same time defacing the entry-
book, so that the sums of inoney could not be cor-
rectly known.
The landlord, it appears, had recently taken pos-
session of the house, and a few days subsequently the
members had a meeting in his room. At its conclu-
sion, and after the departure of the members, the
money-box, which was left there, was demanded by
the secretary Marrs and the prisoner Allchin. Under
the impression that he was authorised to deliver it up
to the secretary, the lindlord gave it them, and no sooner
had they disappeared, than he found the box had been
broken open in the room, its contents, amounting to
201. abstracted, and the leaves of the entry-book lace-
rated, so as to make recognition of the sums or parties
matter of impossibility. On this discovery Allchin
was instantly secured, but Marrs had absconded. All-
chin admitted that he applied for the money-box in
conjunction with Marrs, but he was totally irrrespon-
sible for its contents, which Marrs had appropriated,
and decamped with. The Magistrate said no doubt
existed in his mind that they were the two men who
had plandered the society; his determination was to
commit them both for this cruel robbery, but he
should remand Allchin to await the capture of Marrs.
John Barnes, a seaman, was charged before Mr. Coifing-
ham, with stealing a quantity of clothing belonging to John
Frances, one of the crew of the Speedwell sloop, of Glasgow.
The prisoner went on board the Speedwell, lying off Mill-
stairs, the preceding day, and, addressing the master, asked
if he would engage him, saying that he would work his pas-
sage to Glasgow for his victuals. The master informed him
that he had his complement of men on board, and it was
supposed the prisoner had gone ashore, but instead of doing
so, he contrived to go down in the forecastle, and took away
all the clothes belonging to the complainant, who was en-
gaged up the rigging at the time. The prisoner got on shore
unperceived, and he was taken into custody soon afterwards
with some of the stolen clothes on his person. He was re-
manded.

A girl, aged seventeen, named Anderson, was charged with
plundering her parents of various articles.
The mother gave a melancholy account of the prisoner's
evil propensities, in the course of which she said that her
daughter was in the habit of breaking open the boxes and
drawers, taking out the clothes, and afterwards selling them
at the rag shops for a mere trifle ; that expostulation with
her was quite useless; and on frequent occasions she had
armed herself with the poker, and threatened to do for her
(the mother), if she attempted to correct her. She often
stayed away from home for nights together, and returned in a
state of filthy wretchedness.
Mr. Corrtxcit.tm—Where does she go P—The mother said,
they could never find out, but that she was known at times
to frequent the penny concerts in the Mint, and other low,
vile places for young persons. The mother added that she
would be thankful if she could be got into some asylum.
Mr. CorrixduA3t—That I have no power to do. She ap-
pears to be quite an incorrigible girl, and the only thing I
can do is to hold her to bail, and in default of procuring it,
she will be locked up in gaol.—She was accordingly com-
mitted.