The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-24 00:00:00

KINGSTON QUARTER SESSIONS, OCT. 2g.

THOMAS JONATHAN IVOCILER, V. THE PARISH OF
CHRISTCHURCH, SURREY.
This was an appeal against the resolution of the
Commissioners for Paving, Lighting, and Watching
the pa►ish of Chliatchurch, Blackfriars.
The case excited considerable interest. •

Mr. TIIESSIGER said the ease before the Cos r$
arose out of the removal of a bale of goods, which
had been placed on, the footway pavenlent of the
Blackfriars•road, opposite the house occtviedi fis,
M:-Ssrs. White and Greenwell, the haberdasiierid--

The -parish had a local Act of Parliament, and- by
the 42d section of the Act the Commissioners were
empowered to remove such obstructions as he had
►mentioned, and they directed Thomas Sharpe, the
beadle, to cause notices to be served on the different
householders to remove the goods which were
placed on the public footway, and in the event of
their not so doing within three days, the article* •
were to be removed to a proper place in the parish/
workhouse. In conformance with these instruction*
which the beadle received, be removed a bale Of
goods belonging to Messrs. White and Greenwell,
who brought their action against the beadle for the
value thereof. The case was tried lost April As-
sizes; and a verdict was given in favour of White
and Greenwell, together with the costs attending'.
the suit. The Commissioners conceived thatl

the beadle had acted under their directions, th.°l
were bound to indemnify him, as he was their repre-
sentative in the execution of his duty. The resolu-
tions of the Commissioners had been entered in the
proper book, which was kept by Mr. Meymott, the
Vestry Clerk. At a public meeting of the pa-
rishioners, a notice was given, signed by Mr. Henry
Hunt, and also by the appellant (Mr. Wavier), ob-
jecting to the payment of the damages and costs in-
curred, amounting to 20. 1. lBs., the bale of goods
being valued at 411. 18s., and the costs 1641., as
the. Act of Parliament did not empower the Com-
missioners to make an appropriation of the parish
monies, for the purpose of indemnifying their of-
ficer. The next objection in the notice was, that
time had not been given for the assembling of a ves-
try meeting, specifying the object of the meeting,
according to Act of Parliament.
Mr. STEERS requested that the entry of the reso-
lutions of the parishioner* should be read, which
was, " That no portion of the parish rates should
be appropriated towards the debt and costs of the
beadle Sharp ;" and, further, " That the thanks of
the meeting be given to Messrs. White and Green-
well, for resisting the act of petty tyrants in office.
and suggesting the restitution of the property forth-
with."

Sharp, the beadle, was called to prove the service
of notices upon the Commissioners, for the, purpo•e
of calling a special meeting►, but could not swear, al-
though they were printed circulars, that the olio
now handed to him was an examined copy.
Mr. PRATT contended that the Commissioners
were empowered by the Act to indemnify their
officers. . _

Mr. STEERS said it might, in the opinion of the
Commissioners, be very right to indemnify the •
beadle Sheila, but he would show the Court that
they had no power to do so. It was a practice, if
adopted, that would ruin the interests of all the pa-
rishes in the empire. The Learned Counsel then
concluded by saying that, according to his view of
the law, the Commissioners must pay the damage; -
out of their own pockets. •
The CouRT, after consulting a considerable tirnet.
decided that Mr. Wooler's appeal against the reso
lutions of the Commissioners be confirmed.
By this decision the Commissioners will have to
pay the amount of the action and costs (20,51. 185.)
out of their own pockets.
The case occupied upwards of aye hours.
The Sessions then concluded.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—Mr. GALLYKNIGIIT. •
has addressed a Letter to the Earl of ,ABERDEEN on the
Present State of our Foreign Relations. It.will be pub'
fished, we hear, by Mr. tirouwalr, Piccadilly, in a few days*
MYSTERIOUS A FFAI it.—Very great auaiety
has been excited at Nottingham by a circumstance, of •
which the following are the particulars. Abort the middle
of August last, Mr. War. LitsoN, a most respectable
and opulent manufacturer of hosiery, of that town, Jeff
Nottingham, with the intention of proceeding to Lojidoos
and thence to Ireland. Being is the habit of writing to
his friends, he sent them a letter from Londoo, abOut a
week zfterwards. In that letter Mr. L. said he was jU"
going to Gravesend, and thence to Liverpool ; lott added,
that he hoped not to be absent long, as no place suited
him so well as home. From that time to the present his
frien,!s have not received any other letter, although, whenin health, he usually wrote three times each week.
family being much distressed, and fearing the worst, tw°
of his brothers proceeded in search
.of him. They have
traced hint to London, and down to. Liverpool,• where he
was seen a few days after—but there all trace of him is
losy. He was a single man, about fifty years of age, its-;
person stout and fresh-looking-; and is supposed to have
had considerable property upon him when he disappeared.' •
His friends, who know his regular habits, fully belies
that he is now no more. Whether an accidental death on
the ocean, or robbery and murder, are to be connected with'
the suspicion which this mysterious recital must exciter,
remains in utter mystery.
MATRIMONAL DISAPPOINTMENT.---"A e
'
strong sensation was produced in the neighbourhood 0,
Plympton, on Thursday last, by the unexpected elite '
pearance of a young man, who has been for some
past, employed in excavating the canal near Cann Qua'"
and was to have been married that morning to a rot
woman, who was prtgnant by him, and who coltePrait
expected him to efface the blot he bad affixed to
fame, by making r.n honest woman of her. EverY tho
was provided fur the wedding feast, by the friends 4:"
disappointed fair, the minister had been duly aucninna
and the attendance of the bridegroom• alone was viefl
to complete the festivity of the day; but he—w_;oet`iitio•
relate, was nowhere to be found, having marched oft,W,e.
owuhtobbeaatd,ofundhraupmp,ilyatfaonr
heaerrls3lll4ourre,lileedartizgimthe fair So.
his vows, to wear the willow, and lament hePrlicloitil;i9ool
credulity. What adds to the distress of the neighiPt. the
is, that the faithless swain has taken with hint .7joine
companion of his flight, i boy about thirteen, ef,ein the,
of JoNE,, whose parents, poor but honest, reev'e . ,
parish of Shaugh, and i.re inconsolable for bis loss*
at the
the above was written we • have been informed thc-stiir
fugitives were apprehended and brought back °° "'
day night—and the parish officers we have no doubt?
_rot,
keep a vigilant look out to prevent a second escape "yr
the matrimonial fetters have been firmly r‘ivetted.---4
mouth Journal.