The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-01 00:00:00

SECONDARIES'.._(THIS DAY.)

THWAITES V. MULLETT.
Mr. Thomas appeared for the plaintiff, ➢ir. Hughes for the
defendant.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an attorney,
against the defendant, to recover the sum of 3L lls. 4d., part
of a bill of costs, amounting to 51. 15s. 4d., 2/. 4s. of which
had been paid into Court. About three years ago the de-
fendant was desirous of passing through the Insolvent
Debtors' Court, and he employed the plaintiff to prepare the
necessary documents for that purpose. Subsequently the de-
fendant found it to his advantage not to take the benefit of
the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and he accord-
ingly made a compromise with his creditors. The sum,
therefore, for which the action was brought was for disburse-
ments and other legal charges made before the compromise,
and were certified as correct by the officers of the Insolvent
Debtors' Court.

On the part of the defendant, it was contended that
actions for such small amounts ought to be brought in a
Court of Requests, and that the unlimited power placed in
the hands of solicitorsgave them an opportunity of harrassing
and annoying clients who were unable or unwilling to pay
costs amounting to 101. or 12/., which were entailed upon
them by actions in, Superior Courts. The practice was ex-
ceedingly reprehensible. If the action had been brought in
a Court of Requests, the plaintiff would not have received
costs, which was his sole object in bringing the present
action in the Common Pleas.

The SECONDARY said that whilst the law gave solicitors
the option of bringing actions in a Superior Court, and by an
expensive process, they were not to blame.—Verdict for the
plaintiff for 3/. Ils. 4d.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.)

Jane Grfffiths, a masculine-looking Welsh woman, was
charged with assaulting her husband, under the following
circumstances :

The defendant, who is between fifty and sixty years of age,
was married three months ago to the complainant, her junior
by thirty years, he being her third husband. Soon after
their marriage, squabbles arose between them, she accusing
him of infidelity, and vowing that she would not maintain
him if he did not carry out the milk to the customers. On
the preceding day they quarrelled, and the wife attacked
him with such fury that in a very short time, according to
his statement, she ." closed up both his eyes," besides throw-
ing him out of the house "neck and crop." He added that
' she was of such a fiery temper that he was absolutely afraid
she would do him some personal injury if she was not re-
strained, and that he had not the smallest control over her.
The defendant, in a strong Welsh dialect, said that she
deserved to be "hanged " for marrying such a booby as the
complainant ; that he was an idle and worthless fellow, and
no use on earth to her.
The MAGISTRATE said that, the defendant having married
the complainant, her property now was his, and that she had
no right to turn him out of the house, or to assault him. A 3
she promised, however, not to repeat such conduct, she was
discharged.

His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge,
attended by the Hon. Captain James Macdonald, aide-de.
camp, has returned to Corfu from a tour in the Neapolitan
and Papal States. His Royal Highness passed three weeks
at Naples. The Prince's establishment at St. James's Pa-
lace is kept up on a reduced scale, and his Royal Highness is
expected on a visit to his illustrious relatives in this couutry
late in the season.
We understand that the Earl of Devon, who found
it necessary to come to England for some time on urgent
business, will set out for Dublin in a few days, to proseout
the inquiry into the relations between landlord and tenant in
Irelaud.