The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-12 00:00:00

COTTIRT- r.A.SHIONABILE.

The Duke of Hamilton has quite recovered from the effects
of his recent accident. The Marquis and Marchioness of
Douglas are prolonging their stay at Holyrood House.
The Dowager Lady Holland received a small party, on
Sunday evening, in Great Stanhope-street. Lord and Lady
Holland are still in Florence, where his Lordship is resident
Minister.

The Dowager Countess of Listowel and Miss Brooke are
expected to return to Eaton-place at the close of the week,
from Brighton, where they have been passing the winter.
The Earl and Countess of Fingal, and Lady E. Plunkett,
have arrived at Rome, and they intend to pass the season on
the Continent.

The Earl and Countess of Limerick continue in seclusion
at Southill Park. The family are not expected in Mansfield-
street till after the holidays.

Mr. and Mrs. Brinsley -Sheridan are expected to leave Lord
Seymour's mansion in Spring-gardens at the close of the
week for Frampton Park, Dorsetshire. Mr. Charles Sheri-
dan, brother to Lady Seymour and to Mr. Sheridan, is un-
derstood to have inherited the greater part of the fortune of
his late uncle, Mr. Charles B. Sheridan.
The contemplated alliance between Lord Newport, M.P.,
eldest son of the Earl of Bradford, and the Hon. Miss Selina
Forester, sister to the Countess of Chesterfield and the Hon.
Mrs. Anson, is expected to be solemnised at the close of the
present month or early in April. The wedding trousseau of
the noble bride elect will, it is said, be superb.
lionscELLAwmous.
A meeting of parochial delegates was held on Monday, at
the 3larylebone Court-house, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the Bill now before Parliament for the Amend-
ment of the Poor-law Act. A series of resolutions condemn•
iug the alleged interference of the proposed Bill with the af-
fairs of parishes under local Acts, was passed, and a Com-
mittee appointed to wait upon Sir J. Graham on the subject.
A statement has appeared in some West of England jour-
nals, that the packets are to be removed from Southampton
to Plymouth. The place of rendezvous is named, and even
the time of removal is stated to be in July next. There is no
ground for such a statement, nor is it probable that any
change will take place till the Railway from Exeter to Ply-
mouth is completed.
The mail-box which was missing when the Overland Mail
of last month arrived at the General Post-offica has since been
received, and its contents delivered.
During the last month the number of passengers between
France and England, who embarked from and landed at Bou-
logne, amounted to 2,545. At Calais the number during the
same period was 969. Of the 2,545 passing by Boulogne
1,882 crossed to and from Folkestone ; 263 to and from Dover ;
and 400 direct to and from London.
A in Tory paper
asserts that there is no truth in the report
that
event of her Majesty's purchasing a residence in
the Isle of Wight, Government would introduce a Bill to Par-
liament, to dispose of the Pavilion at Brighton.
The Newry Examiner states that Lord Wharricliffe is to
succeed Lord de Grey as Lord-Lieutenant, and that Lord
Langdale is to be the new Irish Chancellor, as successor to
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Sir Edward Sugden, who is still suffering from indisposition.
Robert Houlihan and Patrick Nunan, for the murder of Mr.
Patrick Shine, are under sentence of execution at the county
gaol of Limerick, on Friday next.

LAW INTELLIGENCE

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present
were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham,
Lord Campbell, and Lord Kenyon.
THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT V. TAYLOR, NEELD, AND OTHERS.
This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from
the decision of Lord Cottenham, when Lord Chancellor. The
principal question in the case was, whether in the exchange
of certain lands between the Duke of Beaufort and Mr. Neeld,
a certain wood in Wiltshire, called Durnley Gorse, was in-
cluded ? The Noble Duke contended that it was not ;
that his land-steward, Mr. Wedge, was not authorised
by him to part will that portion of his laud, and that, there-
fore, he was not bound by his acts. On the other hand, it
was contended that the acts of Mr. Widge were the acts of
the Duke, and that he was bound to abide by them. The
Vice-Chancellor of England, when the case came before him,
was of opinion that the Duke was not bound by the acts of
his land-steward, and ordered accordingly, and from that de-
cision the parties appealed to Lord Cottenham, then Lord
Chancellor, who discharged the orders of the Court below,
and from that decision the present appeal was brought.:
The Solicitor-General, Mr. Loftus Lowndes, and Mr. Camp-
bell, were counsel for the appellants, and Mr. Bethell and Air.
Parry appeared for Mr. Neeld.
The arguments occupied their Lordships the whole of the
day.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Vice-Chancellor of England did not sit in his Court
:0-day, in consequence of Mr. Bethell being engaged in the
house Of Lords.

SHERIFF'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.
(Before Under-Sheriff B(;RCIIELL and a Common Jury.)
At the sitting of the Court this morning, the following un-
defended cases were disposed of. In each case verdicts for
the plaintiffs were given :—lludson v. Murray, Shaw v. Wil-
liams, Spragg v. Atkinson, Taylor v. Burrage, Yarndall v.
Lass, Byrne v. Mills, Teddie v. Pratt.

SECONDARIES'.--(THIS DAY.)
(Before Secondary KENNEDY and a Common Jury.)

DANN V. =MAINE.
CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.-Mr. Medina, a solicitor, ap-
peared for the plaintiff, Mr. Thomas for the defendant.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a ladies' shoe-
maker, residing in Charles-street, Soho, to recover from the
defendant, a married woman, the sum of 31. Bs. 6d., for goods
sold and delivered. The question was whether Mrs. Tremaine
was a married woman or not, at the time the debt was in-
curred, and even supposing she was a married woman at the
time, that under the peculiar circumstances in which the
debt was incurred, the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict.
Mr. faux, clerk to the parish of All Souls, Marylebone,
produced the register of the marriage of the defendant to her
husband, in the year 1831. They were married by license,
she being a minor at the time.
Mr. T. M. Watkins, Mrs. Tremaine's brother, proved
several letters written by the defendant's husband, and ac-
knowledging the debt. Mrs. Tremaine was not living with
her husband. He was at present residing, and. has resided
for some time past, in New York. lie believed that he did
not allow her anything for her maintenance, or for that of
her children.

Robert 13cli, an accountant, examined—He served a copy
of the writ on the defendant, at her residence, 6, Randolph-
street, Camden-town. He gave her the writ, and she said,
"I am a married woman now ; I have been married since I
had the goods."
Mr. Medina addressed the jury for the plaintiff, and con-
tended that, under the circumstances which had been de-
tailed in evidence, the plaintiff was entitled to their verdict.
The SECONDARY differed from the view taken by the soli-
citor for the defendant. He admitted the case was one of
considerable hardship to tradesmen, but they should ricer-