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but he had not considered it necessary to make any
plaint concerning this lamp.
Jame Flaxman, a gas-titter, spoke tohaving plumbed the•
iron which was put up to support the lamp, after the 90
dent, and that it projected beyond the kerb.
Mr. Sergeant JONES (counsel for plaintiff ) obseived, tbat.
the arm of the lamp was new, and tlfat the fact that.'
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projected with the new arm, waB no proof that it did wit

the old.
Other witnesses gave evidence as to the apparently .11.10;
gerous position of the lamp, and two City policemen ( to
338 and 312) said they had seen waggons go very nentbad
knocking up against the lamp. One of them said he
seen waggons knock against it so as to shake it withoutdoipb
it any further injury.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL summed up, and
The jury found a verdict for the defendant. •

Y.)

EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DA
(Sittings in Banco.)
HUNTINGDON V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPAN.I(:,
This was an action which had .been brought fur recove
the value of certain pearl shells which had been intrustettlie
the.defendants ; and issue having been joined between
parties, the case was tried at the last assizes for the count) 0
Warwick, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff.
Mr. WurrEitungr now moved for a rule nisi to show cal
why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial 11,3,1„.
The casks of pearl shells- in question were intrusted, to p°,
defendants as carriers for carriage and delivery
they neglected to deliver them, and hence the present AerlA`ii,
At the trial it was contended by the defendants thatocter..
casks were never delivered into their custody; but, n e,,
on ldre,
theles3, the jury found for the plaintiff, with 20h door,
Now as that verdict was against evidence, the Lear, ,k
Counsel moved fur a rule nisi to show cause why it she"
not beset aside, and a new trial had.—Rule granted,
BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY')
(Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.)
IN RE BARNES. •
This bankrupt, who carried on business as a surgeon .
apothecary in the country, came up for his last exandnatiolt
He was on a former occasion opposed by Mr. Charuock o
r;
the ground of excessive expenditure. His debts were soot
heavy, and his balance-sheet showed an expenditure of
per annum.
The bankrupt not. being able to give a satisfactory
ac-
count, the examination, was adjourned.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
• IN RE HARWOOD.
In this case the bankrupt had carried on business asi.i
lamp-manufacturer in Bond-street. It appeared that he
and
been in the habit of paying heavy discounts butlers
to f
vend
_ _

servants, in order to get payment of his bills, and seveli:;idy
the nobility,. the Duke of Bedford, Lady Longford, ',rapt
Ann Murray, &c., were entered as debtors. The ba% De
kept no books, and had disposed of his furniture, vi ille
alleged he bad sold two years before. t t
The Learned CominfsmoNrm expressed his regre
there was not a provision in the Act to punish by imPr'irbt
ment tradesmen who did not keep books, by which it lufbe
be ascertained whether they were honest men or not', 00
question, however, must now be open till the certificaLe
applied for.

SECONDARIES.—(THIS Ditl")
(Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.)
JUGG V. ELLIS. tuner ie
The plaintiff in this action is a woollen.mantlfec orto,
9
Yorkshire, and the defendant a slop seller in the Vied for
The action was brought to recover the sum of 1. le.
goods sold and delivered. released
The defendant pleaded specially that he had been - med.
from the debt by a document duly stamped and execrnsice
The facts were briefly these. There had been a thede'
dealings between the parties, but in January lestt;,tAtig
fendant finding himself involved, Wrote to the plaintin, 10,0
the fact, and offering to return a bale of goods to tbe 3.115,
a.
claimed, and apprizing the defendant of the fact of inbet
fendant's) inability to meet the'dcmands upon libm4,-tet:3l‘
did not however return the goofs. The .F:etor,
executed a general release with other . credit
the debts due to him being 140/., and °nor
a composition of 3s. in the pound. It was, howe'reiv't ere'
tended that he only executed the deed on the faith
mice that the goods now claimed for should be rettuneu
The evidence left the terms in great doubt. the re.
The SECONDARY expressed a strong opinion that ea 0
lease was binding in law, and Mr. Wilde, who aPPe3r-
counsel for the plaintiff, elected to be non-suited.
JAMES V. MARSIIALL.—LIBEL. r certain,
This was an action for libel in the publication of
rooter
hand-bills and placards, alleged to have injured „be c,,,epar'
of the plaintiff, who is a cheesemonger, in the Wail,—
road. The damages were laid at 1;0001. et ill°
Mr. Montagu Chambers was expected to et4l-11
plaintiff's case, but was not present.
Mr. EDWIN JAMES, for the defendant, contended tb.soteti?;
case ought to be taken in rotation, and if the phitutioil
not prepared this writ must be withdrawn ; it Was 34„-Attell
inconvenience to him to remain, and he must leave
another Court. het in'
The Learned SECONDARY said he could not;
did not see how he could strike the cause out
-0A1')
MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS
",„
Edward Powell, the son of Mr. Edward Povrell: Ixfier
citor to the Mint, appeared on bail from yestera',eteiV
noon, to answer the charge of uttering a counterfeit $0
to a female named Ellen Johnson. tlO
On the case being called on ti At
Mr. HARDWICK directed the accused to be Placed
bar in the usual manner. Abntit
The complainant stated that she was a milliner. he lee,
half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday evening last,
the accused in Regent-street. He accosted tw' 611,
wished her to take him home with ber' Tile;
did so, and he remained there a short tinie•metr,
then came out together. In Mortimer-street,,,,ridalt
dish-square, the accused said, " There is a sovereigl,,i;cia,,,
and gave one into her Ilan& She looked at it, an",,,IA,
was a bad one, she told him so, and gave it back to "'tt Oti:
put it into his waistcoat pocket, and then took' o,,evel
others and offered her to take one. She told hint t," tlOt
all bad. He returned them to his pocket, remar}"3'7, till
was all the money he had, and if she would not l'3`„olie',
she could not have any. Soon afterwards, on seeing aorf,toil,;
man, she called him and gave the accused into ht'je an
She had been in his company once before, but was flu' pa
house with him. Whe' or
By Mr. Powell, sen., on behalf of the accused-- oer
gave her the sovereign there was nothing in his rij,3(1.,,e
conduct to lead bins to believe that he knew it to -be diol,‘
John Edwards, police-constable, No. 74 of the the
stated that he received the accused in charge frel;loo°l'e
witness. On the way to the, station-house the Vol'ld
a police-constable he met to lend him some monePt
constable did so, 55., but witness did 11°.
what the accused did with it. At the stat.!.°oo 000
not do that." I took fr om his pocket four soverelecood
half-crownspfour shillings, and two sixpences, ills. Ott
feits. The money was delivered to Inspector Ilan the
Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, having come int° ,eueetti:d
on other business, was retained on the part of the 3- t at '
D
Inspector Hawes, of the E division, stated, tb3into tl,O
station-house the accused said the money had couleepte
possession in his official character, in attending I,cl
magistrates ; that " the mistake must have occur"tba
how in changing his clothes." c3I ted
Mr. Humphries made a a forcible and feeling alWebe
Magistrate on behalf of his client, pointing out teui,
improbability of his having, With a guiltY .I°l° 010
uttered the money in question. ,se' te
The accused held an appointment under his fatherrottrOee
daily in the habit of attending the different Polt",..i`t elentiO
conduct the Mint prosecutions for uttering countertL 61
and it was the usual practice for him to take o'3'l'
eld
spurious coin found on the persons charged. , .4. St
Mr. MALTBY befoie whom the case was brouge" see
afternoon was in attendance to re-hear the case. ictigfr„ti'
Mr. HARDWICK, after remarking at considerahie.,. tU
the features of the charge, said he should cousin"'
CeO
soner for trial. t the
The wi4sesses were then bound over to appear at the
tral Criminal Court. - meg'
Bail was ordered to be taken for the prisoner's app
A
4
CLERKEN ELL.—(T HIS At P'llo
A gentleman of eccentric look and manner, W., wit t
gave the name of Catherine Lupton, was charge" .4t,
tet7.o
following strange conduct : Mer ;f
Police-constable 213 S, deposed that, on the pre'.
he saw the prisoner following a Baptist preacher, re preecyt
town. He at first endeavoured to prevail upenit,ille
to enter into a ieligious controversy with him• Vint,
refused to - enter the I sts, whereupon tiw„ce. ,cie7
jeered him, and called him all manner of nal'oeld"c0011
prosecutor called upon witness to rid him of this trbiol,este
adversary, who, he fear would give him some stnisoeholid!
of the potency of las argument; witness told the ficatle,
go away, who thereupon declared he was a Ben'f,rctea'
and commenced a bitter tirade against all sects of.' )fe
denouncing them by names unfit t 6 be recorded..,ooere
Mr. GREENwools—What is your name? Fr!,'„telreit°l
'James Lupton. I live in Hampden-street, 1,3
and am well known to many of the first-rate
rfet
London. • ite
Policeman—He told me that if I dared to
_rill bad
would have the coat taken off my back, and 113 fte°
guage. vie'
Prisoner—l deny that I used bad language* pi°
using it myself 1 detest it in others. Besidesl ~
rant to men of all creeds.
Constable—You were not so last night.
He was fined ss.

Any' ri:reac'
NUMEROUS SUDDEN DEATllS.—Yesteri"-•idps e'
Baker held no less than six inqueststhe I'o e'
upona „,bc
sons who had died in a very sudden' Vestrp)-003an
held at the Westmorland Arms Taveinrn
City-road, on the body of Mr. John Walton, d 1),°11
landlord of the house. The deceased. was 5-1.111,1-')
up to last Friday night, when, on ascending
bedroom with his cash-box in his hand, his fool' se:,,rc?„:
he fell down the flight of stairs and cut his 11,e,-
-
On the following day he was very ill, and car ii •°clll4l g's
morning lie was seized with a fit of 11 u 111 )lhe Pgd
in a few hours.—A second inquest ew)aise-hs-el'd at tpirsl,
Whitechapel-road, on the body of Mrs. Harriet ,foe
55. The deceased was the wife of Mr. I-11ra' cll,Ptil°4
draper, of High-street, Whitechapel, and we;cll.,',,illor''
Monday morning last,'ivhen,as she was dressing' ~.11-q1 k-,1
purpose of going out with her husband to the
show, she dropped down on the floor a corpse,•-f
quest was held at the same house on the booY;,,,ease'e
lady, named Martha Asperne, aged 55. The r ()," 004.
residing with her brother, who is the 111311C'etree''
London and Westminster Branch Bank, in 1141.-1-brell'esle'h
on Monday afternoon last she had dined With her Ito es'
usual ; about five o'clock she complained of
' f.
and her maid assisted her to her bedr00m,1‘,..`",73 'l6l
pired in a few minutes after. -A fourth inquest-iv 11g;r,
the same house, on the body of Martha Sith'sl-'erc-wit''
The deceased was housekeeper to Mr. Walter, elyetli
High-street. On Sunday last she was suddeliV s 81
violent pain of her inside. A medical man Nre'9,ss
but she expired shortly after.—A fifth inquest,.
S'r~clDm lid
the Windmill, Rosemary-lane, on the hod"'
nell, aged 52. The deceased btained a precariell,l to ,t,ite.
chafing and running errands, and was addieLeisiogiV,
drinking. On Tuesday last she was found in 3_ (trgets r
sitting upon the step of a door in Brunswiel"-tiesol„eolifA
Who lc-103e,-10,
mercial-road. Having no home, a person
her a temporary loiging in Blue Anclior-vard, oelleo
lane. She had scarcely got into the roein Arlic,locastA
down and expired immediately.—The sixth ihtPlD tlle)ifev
at the Broad Arrow, Milton-street, Cripplegate, () oeilst bef,
of Samuel Clark, aged 44, a shoemaker. I.l° dre,c'e 1-;11i4.15-,_
at No. 47, Milton-street, and on Tuesday 111°'-'„ir°,o sl
got up in his usual health. Shortly afteoc" sll'
the tle°r'dfr, rO
crossing the room, he dropped down on
pired before any assistance could be afforded, front
the heart. Verdicts were returned, in each case' °
death."
GLASGOW
PIG IRON TRADE,
article continues in a drooping state. On elP;Dre;
2,000 tons were sold at 7s. net. To-day, further `e
411,
have been offering under 80s., consequently, Oleic for.eg.`d,
no transactions. Large parcels are offered at tileArattel
price. We quote the price at 78e. tiet.—Glosru