The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-21 00:00:00

MEEiCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL.

On the motion, that this Bill be read a second time,
Mr. WA WN objected to it as being unnecessary.
Sir GEORGE COCKBURN trusted the Hon. Member
would withdraw his opposition, and that sufficient time might
be allowed, before it went into Committee, for all necessary
inquiries.

;iit CHARLES NAPIER said that he trusted the Gallant
Admiral would persevere wish the Bill, and he only regretted
that it did not go far enough. It was an excellent measure,
and he only regretted that it was not accompanied by the
Registration Bill.

WEST INDIA ISLANDS RELIEF BILL.
This 8111 went through Committee, and was ordered to be
read a third time on Wednesday next.
SIR HENRY POTTINGER'S ANNUITY.
The Bill went thr.)ugh Committee, and the report was
ordered to he brought up on Monday.
SEAL-OFFICE ABOLITION BILL—COMPENSATION
TO OFFICERS.
This Bill also went through Committee.
The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 20.
Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice SALE and Special
Juries. )
wAnE V. SIMEON.

An action had been brought in the Court of Exchequer by
this plaintiff against this defendant for certain cheques to the
amount of 2,0001. The case stood for trial on the 7th of Le•
cember, and it appeared that to the declaration the defendant
had pleaded, amongst other things, gaming, fraud, and notice
thereof to the plaintiff. On the 4th of December the plaintiff
received notice of a motion, on the part of the defendant, in
Chancery, for an injunction to prevent him from levying
execution, in the event of his obtaining a verdict and judg-
ment in . the court of common law. But on the 6th of De-
cember, Mr. Russell, the attorney for the plaintiff, in conse-
quence of a request made to him by the attorney for the
defendant, Mr. Westmacott, called at the latter gentleman's
office in Lincoln's Inn, and there saw his managing clerk.
Mr. Shuttleworth, who suggested to him the propriety of
arranging the matters in dispute, and asked him if it might
not be done. Undoubtedly Mr. Russell entertained the pro-
position, and a contract was made between the parties that on
the 14th of December :3,0001. with interest arid costs, to be
taxed, were to be paid to the defendant, or in default thereof
judgment against the plaintiff with the consequent power of
personal arrest, while on the other side the plaintiff was to
stay all proceedings (except the taxation of costs), and to
withdraw the record. A notice to this effect was drawn up,
and thereupon a judge's order was obtained to stay proceedings
on those terms, and the record was withdrawn. For the
plaintiff it was alleged that there was a further consideration to
be given on the part of the defendant, namely, the withdrawal
of the suit in Chancery ; and on this point, and this only, the
evidence in the trial to-day was contradictory. The money had
not been paid to the defendant on the 14th of December, and
the action was brought on the contract. Russell's evidence
went to prove that it was positively agreed between him and
Shuttleworth that the motion in Chancery was not to be made
on the 7th, and that all further proceedings were to be dropped.
And it appeared he acted absolutely on this impression, for he
withdrew one of the two briefs he had prepared for counsel and
delivered, the other not having been yet delivered. On the
defendant's side the motion was not made, and the briefs were
not delivered at all. Shuttleworth admitted that Russell had
asked him what was to become of the Chancery proceedings,
law stated he told him he could not tell at the moment,
and then went to his principal, the attorney, Mr. West-
macott. At his return Shuttleworth said he made
no answer upon this point, but concluded the arrange-
ment generally, and sent off a clerk, named Dewy,
with Russell, to see that proceedings were stayed, and the
record withdrawn. Dewy confirmed this, and declared that no
measures were agreed to or taken in his presence to put a stop
to the suit in Chancery. Mr. Westmacott deposed that, after
the arrangement had been made with Mr. Russell, so far was
he from contemplating the abandonment of the suit in Chancery,
that he consulted Mr. James Russell, Q.C., to ascertain whether
he could move for the injunction on the morrow ; and he found
from that Learned Gentleman that he could not, and this was
the reason why he did net. These were the dominant facts of
the case, as deposed on either side.
Mr. Watson, Q. C., and Mr. Sergeant Byles were for the
plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Barstow for the
defendant.

An earnest attack upon the credibility of the witness Russell
was made by Sergeant Shee, the materials for which may be
found in the •' Second Report from the Select Committee of the
House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the laws respecting
gaming, and to report thereon, with the evidence of James
Thomas Russell, taken before tl- e Committee. 1844." We will

simply say that this witness was the attorney for his brother, as
informer plus some very mysterious personage who, after the
old diabolic fashion, supplied the funds, in the renowned qui
tam action against Lord Eglintoun.
The Learned JUDGE said he felt that, in this instance, the
case lay in a nutshell, and that upon the main point of the
contract, the evidence of Russell was something more than
corroborated by that for the defence ; and he desired the jury
to dismiss, as gentlemen of experience, all considerations of
the individual's personal claaracter from their minds. All of
the contract, except the very subordinate part relating to the
proceedings in Chancery not proceeded with by the defendant,
had been admitted to be true—the substantial part of it was
true—at the same time to enable them to give a verdict for
the plaintiff, they must satisfy themselves that the whole was
true. There were eight pleas ; the first, which set forth the
defendant had not contracted, was, in his mind, the only one
with which they had to deal. No evidence bore upon any other,
not even upon the eighth, which went to suggest that a second
agreement, vitiating the first, was, by a process of imagination,
supposed to have taken place. He only mentioned it, because
his attention had been called to it by counsel.
Verdict for the plaintiff, 2,000/, with interest to Dec. 14,
and costs as taxed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
When the necessity for making the approaches to London-
bridge rendered it indispensable that several of the parishes
should be re-assessed, the united parishes of St. Benet, Grace-
church-street, and St. Leonard, Eastcheap, were amongst
those in which the parishioners assembled to establish a new
assessment of the rates. The refusal of Mr. Walter Owen
Hills, one of the parishioners, to pay the amount of the rate
assessed to him according to the new arrangement, and his
resolute opposition to those who were expected to enforce its
observance, gave rise to disputes which led to appeals to the
Court of Aldermen, which appeals were decided against Mr.
Hills, but without at all altering or qualifying his disin-
clination to pay the demands of the parish. The principle
tit on which the assessment was made was that of the poor-
rate, so that each inhabitant paid. or was expected
to pay, according to the amount of the value of the premises
occupied—a regulation which the mass of the parishioners
considered to be the most equitable, and Mr. Hills objection
was, that as the chapel, arid the school-rooms, and the
vestry-rooms, and the church-yard of the Quakers' meeting-
house in White Hart-court, were not assessed, he ought to be
exempt from the operation of the tithe. To that doctrine the
Court of Aldermen showed three or four times, the utmost
repugnance upon the representation of Mr. Hubbard, the
vestry-clerk of the above united parishes. Or, Thursday a
joint meeting of the two parishes took place, for the purpose
of appointing assessors, according to the Act of Parliament, to
make the annual rate in lieu of tithes, and Mr. Hills attended
as a parishioner. An objection was suggested, as we were
given to understand, to permitting him to vote, upon the
ground that his claim was forfeited in consequence of his re-
fusal to pay any of the rates assessed , whereupon a row took
place, out of which a serious charge sprang against the dis-
sentient parishioner, and the parties immediately appeared be-
fore the Lord Mayor. The following evidence was given :
Mr. J. J. Hubbard, of No. 1, Queen-street-place, South-
wark-bridge, solicitor, and vestry-clerk of St. Benet, Grace-
church-street, and St. Leonard, Eastcheap, stated that about
one o'clock he was attending his duty as vestry-clerk at a
vestry of the united parishes, when the defendant, Mr. Hills,
without any provocation whatever, threw his body with great

force intentionally against him, and hurled him against be
wainscot behind. Mr. Hills had just previously said, wtb
reverence to certain transactions which had taken place befoe,
that he knest It w.. Mr. Hubbard; that the parishes ha,4 bee
humbugged for many yeers past through him
(Mr. Hubbart),
and he mode use of other violent language. In ecntequel
of that conduct, and previous offensive conduct on the parto
the defendant, Mr. Hubbard declared that he considered aid
his person was in danger unless the defendant was restrained'
nbbas
,
In answer to questions put by the defendant, Mr. H
said that lie neither made offensive observations nor offs'Llaira
gesture,.
Mr. John Crossland (one of the Society of Friends) of No. /I
Fenehurch-street, stationer, stated that he had been in the Ye'
try, and heard Mr. Hills claim to see the rate-book. 3lr.
made a rush tsgainst him, arid said he would do sornethit;
against the tithe. Witness said, "Do it," and the defend
ran at him with doubled fist, and threatened to lay him on its
floor ; and witness apprehended danger from him unless he WO
rest rained.
Mr. Gar,n, of Fenehurch-street, hosier, stated that he alto
attended the meeting. He saw• the defendant conducing
himself peaceably, but the defendant said he demanded to its
the rate-book, and a gentleman said he had no right to see
t.
unless he paid the rate, whereupon he insisted upon seeing
book, and rushing at it like a mad bullock, ran against 1.1,
Crossland arid several others. Said witness was a d—d
because witness said that he (Mr. Hills) did not know vs°
honesty was, and pushed violently against witness. di
Mr. Shaw, a solicitor and parishione-, came forward to a
his testimon), but
The Loins AlAyo said there was no occasion for furthe!
ft
statements before him, as it was his determination to send t,lO
the ,
case to the sessions. His Lordship then called upon
e.
fendant to find sureties in each of the three cases of ald r.'
si. to the amount of 1001., :and be himselfrresponsiblellege
t() o
amount of 100/.
Yesterday Mr. Hills entered into the required suretiensthtc,
the amount of 6001., to answer the charge at the sessions o
sth of July.
Mary Allen, who was stated to have been once an accore
'dished woman, was put to the bar upon the extraordinary c Y
,"
of having attempted to destroy herself by swallowing
the ite
a chamber-door. I lost het
The unfortunate creature had, it appeared, lately testate °r hue
lather, to whom she had been greatly attached, ant.
band, who seemed to be respectable, ascribed the losvhsentaj " the
(
mind to which she had been reduced to that calamity.a_,fied
excitement caused by intoxicating liquors to which she
as a retuge. d locked
From the evidence given it turned out that she had
door of the room on Saturday, and that on SundaY morn-
the
oinngi,boentdwonee.nl„rsiedgve,nhaavnidnaeight, a , policeman who Was at' keys
t her to Std Thomas'sHospital, w ere ~,ht co
from her throat, down which it had gone out of with
pletely, and from which it was extracted by Mr- Leuge"
sihe hatdheswkaelylowvraeds
cait,ejj
the assistance of another surgeon. he conduct
imi
ot,Tailmr:hieyete,n:Ltrdt,
porter
ea!,arenrinod) driwsalhatniyeA:
ed:secolacaaillntyda
declared
he could not account for ";„ f a
having
itoanhc:acctur had
risrbehreiten.engi it
tat koe et :111rB thae
of ndeepa
nctect her.
ass
Neal, charged with bac':ei ndt,:hoerktri
regret, desired her husband to take her home 13;orb acc°llPe
Laurence was re"
into the eye of Edward Russell, in a 'public-h°uae'
manded till Friday.

BOTV-STI?EET. Gillinghaole
'i
Yesterday John Taylor alias Johnson, of 7, „,r. gall,
street, Vauxhali, was placed at the bar before and other
charged with steal :n a quantity of silver Plate ertf 0f her
vawable articles from Buckitighain Palace, the POP
Majesty. d his 'cereals
On the bench were the Lord Chamberlain an op,
Sir W. hlartin, who attended to hear the investigah
't
Treasury,
Mr. Hayward, from the office of the solicitor to
resented by
conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner sees re!'
ha
ho a
Mr. Wolff, from Mr. Flower's office.
From the evidence it a ) eared that the Prislrt'hewliallee'
been employed several a.eairps'as a cabinet maker ae
evening, thof
engaged a cab in Eton:street, Pintheo, on FrideaYhegot °latntil
13th inst., and proceeded to Long-acre, wher m° motto of
the vehicle and desired the driver to wait a fe4,.. Some°. late,
his return. He proceeded to the shop of a '
broken uP PBh
38, Long acre to whom he had often sold
1 e deroandieods. thtee
and produced a quantity of silver, for 'chich i ur iit'vt*
The superiority of the plate inducted Mr. Seyriseoner,
whcittre°,4'
first time, to ask the name and address of the Pr sernoar• had
on a sup of paper " John Johnson, i-JlWe the Pri'°nerwhe
s-toan. A deal was effected, and whlir. seymour,
aye
Somer- • "
left the shop a policeman wassent after bin' b;Yi,ii eVit 41,dig he,
acquainted the officer with the nature of h'' i'n order
him the address furnished by the pr.is°n,r;,' - The C`'n„,,,,ed
might set an inquiry on foot respecting iii•-; et,..malter""n -
Richardson, where he was informed
F 206. followed him to the she? of a ell'. nn
me"red
a uentlY apps ri-
son who hd,ju,t entered was Taylor he Consse.q...d: The !hit
that the .
him of hisssuspicious. and took him into Cu t"d his fears , ho
soner, on his way to the police station, exre,lea, the man ,'
he should get into a bother about the chere•
affair' Taylor.
knout ' at
gave him the plate had gone abroad, he did n 1 r.
) ;W[hiren her
He also admitted that his real name was Tife° do'r'n- er
t—tatbles
the police-office he addressed a letter to his se' ,_., a foreigni:
to say that the property had been left vs ith thettl:Y
thou Pel f
who had been lodging with them, and who ge, ._ a rerio his
sion to dispose of it, if he did not claim it itniric,
kw
in,trisuLs.o , hers'
Til •
three months. The letter contained other
w fe, which fully implicated himself, and,
quested her to pay the bearer of it os. 6d• en e qt. I%i°
'Coq in ' nr,
cabman, meanwhile, had been patiently Wal ' , wappesrs ,e
tin's-lane for the return of the prisoner, who t° tn.
at the expiration of three hours induced him to d the Pri.
Bow-street station, where, to his surprises he fourontainiog :
soner in custody. In the cab was found a bag' ed
had "e
valuable china vase, which it was afterwards foun
in condeliivteroy.
,end
stolen from the Palace with the other propertY. atedly t
Mr. Seymour stated that the prisoner had rer,
sprarea
plate of considerable value at his shop, but from hi obtain'
respectability he had never suspected him of haring_A of hil
it dishonestly. Some few weeks ago he had purcha,f;,, go,
a quantity of silver which had been partially melted o,t'oci, and
a-hich he thought at the time had been a telescope $1
t *JO his
part of some silver figures. In
Mr. HALL thought that it was a pity he did 00. j
inquiries at that time. ,largineu
Mr. Saunders, inspector of the Royal Palaces, both 0
the plate produced, as well as the vase, and identified fto
the property of her Majesty. The former was pa,,t,,,ca i,
equestrian statues, standing about twelve inches high' -of 1""
presenting Louis XIII. and Marshal Saxe; the value.:o the
ornament being 200/. The other portion of the silver ” beiei
produce of a microscope and stand, worth 401., bef°lottece'
melted down, and sold to Mr. Seymour at 4s. 6d. per d beet
The silver articles arid the vase (valued at 100 hi or tbe
stolen from a bookcase in a closet adjoining the librarid there,
Palace, to which the prisoner had access when emPlethe Pr;
but from which the property had not been missed On farnite.er
sent transaction became known at the Palace. S°ln!e• to b-
had been also found in the prisoner's house belong'''.
Majesty—the royal initia's being obliterated. • the °III
The witnesses having been severally bound over 1,7
of 1001. each to appear against the prisoner at his trial ,f peel.
Mr. HALL remanded him for further examination '
bee°
nary.
A remarkable circumstance has been disclosed bYhtehepalseei
inquiry. About a year ago two women servants in I licior, 7
named Lindsey, were brought before Mr. Hall
fn!nuttitted' g
stealing furniture from the royal residence, an° t',,,equenb'u't
though discharged from her Majesty's service. Si
7e theft' .1-1-4
a cabinet-maker, named Fletcher, was accused of t"
_d his 'l'ig
not taken into custody. Still the imputation affecte„bsogi_A
so deeply, that he soon afterwards committed suicide olocafere••
himself. The furniture then missed has been no
in the above prisoner's house. .--•
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of
".k.-41re
On the 16th inst., Mrs. I? DP . et' Bit.
tosn'squ
William...oO itlitthtieeyll:e6th inst., in Bryanston-street, for $1.4
xrs. Humpage, of a son.
. the lstdthehriincskt•F'ltklY of
B fi ld Plc' Voget
and heir. WS'
O,IS. C.
D. ,
als son, of a son. inst.,O.
On the -
Daurrrii si
at
lour--
pa
lta-
cl ae7L, oa tn.
lab
e son.ui
1, th inst., at West- Totten'Tottenhani ,
green, c Drigg"
Hope, of a
, son. fT. C.
bOn the IStli inst., at Hans-place, the lady 0- of
2artar,
etCrl;a3hrgdseqds,.-:: torrofece, tr,sa
t3.e:::::tsb, so f $ f 00
8,,, tt P4' t,
On the 15th inst., the lady of James J-----ne ' •cp
Dirs. ror'
On the 15th inst., in loity."des°-pna.rkv-gardens,
Cruilishank, of a el, iforriiage'
HeOnnrythe 16th son.at Barnes, Mrs. Marrnatiu
,Jobe
of a daughter. inst.,
On thie,ell.l6yt,htisnqS.t.,ofaat Balls-park, Ilerts, the 13'11 011;
Steel°
On the 14th inst., the lady of R. Macdonald
Esq., of a daughter.
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At Gla,ow, q.4IiRIE
D. 39
Leo d I%fr•
On the
Bean, to
manet, eldest daughter of 31r. Joh of
, by the Rev. Dr. Mac iJeno
net's, N. her gi!lti
;e On, the 14th inst., Captain Harr}' Edgell,
11,,use, Bucks. ail fare
'tY 8 ship Siren,' to Miss Caroline Ilossiter,
h, Gut coo
to Iloriev,
Silas S. Stedman, Esq., of Arundel,
laughter of James Stedman, Esq., of uildford.
17th inst., at St• Nicholas's Churc

John Thomson, of --------- iv sir•
On Tuesday, at C )lii p h're, very sadder' -,e'd 64
lved.,o,tcbebre,ySrroorg. sa t
ei ,
years, deeplyr~•p
reirsretted. l'el, -I‘,
On the 17th just Emma, wife of John Collett, .2.! _dsto,
On the 1-.1 • " , .--' lzector , near SN 00
Ellen ,.. i inst., at lacklev ReLtory,. „1„...,,e,
„to,
~ Mars', only (laughter of the Rev. li. A. '' II le
On the 18th inst at St. John-street-roa( ,
Martha relict " tllB
' of Mr. Randolph Howell.
v" bctli AO,
On the 18th ' • . T
lust., in reror-square, i...,za
wife of "I'}starer' Al°
homas Jackson, Esq•
On the 17th inst., at Great. Esling, MidLlleses,
relict
tli6
of James Lawson, Esq a Norwood, Surr.
n
On the 16th inst., at T" ti , DeVOll, 31ail A
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wife of \A illtain furner IIay• I.:sq. ~if.,
On the 16th inse - W il• terrace St. job° "
—, in e ington-,
George Afeaden, Esq., solicitor. ...chard9erb
On the 19th inst., at Blandford-square, Sarah ,t,,

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