The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-05 00:00:00

NAVAL AND DZIX.XTALNY.

No publication appears to have taken place up to
the present time, of the late General Elphinstone's
dispatches relative to the disasters which befel our ill-
fated army there under his command. Twelve months
have transpired since that insurrection broke out, and
the relatives of the officers who fell there have not seen
any authentic account of the casualties.
_ _

COVRT--PABITIOXIABLE.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar arrived at Marlborough-House, Pall•mall,
on Saturday, from the Continent; and left town yes-
terday ,"morning to join his regiment, the Grenadier
Guards, at Winchester.
The Marquis of Anglesey returned to his seat in
Staffordshire, from Alalvern Wells, on Friday last.
The Earl and Countess Brownlow arrived at Tor-
quay, in Devonshire, on Saturday, from Belton-houSe,
Lincolnshire.
A gr‘and lawn-meeting was to take place at Bad-
minton House to-day (Monday). Upwards of 1,500
horsemen were expected to assemble, and the Duke
and Duchess of BeautOrt were to grace the field.
Lord Fitzgerald returned to town on Saturday
evening.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta, on leaving the
Duke of Beaufort's, at Badminton, are expected to
proceed to Strathfieldsaye, on a visit to the Duke of
Wellington. Prince George remains in town.
:VEISCEZZANEOUS.

A grand dress ball, on a magnificent scale, is about
to be given in the Town-hall, at Birmingham, in cele-
bration of the triumphs of British valour in the East.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
The Lord-Chancellor sat in Lincoln's-inn Hall to-
day at eleven o'clock.

OLIVER V. LATHAM.
This part-heard tithe cause occupied the Court the
whole day.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND).
HERINGWAY v. FERNANDEZ.—JUDGMENT.

His HONOUR gave judgment to-day in this case, in
which the bill was filed for the purpose of enforcing
a specific performance. His Honour, after shortly
going over the facts of the case, stated his opinion
to be ,that the defendants were bound by the agree-
ment, and they must therefore be decreed specifically
to perform it.

The Court then proceeded with the hearing of
causes and demurrers.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN and a
Middlesex Special Jury.)
HOWARD V. GOSSETT AND OTHERS.

This was an action of trespass brought by the
plaintiff, who had acted as the legal adviser of the
well-known Mr. John Joseph Stockdale, in his va-
rious actions against Messrs. Hansard, printers of the
House of Commons, and who, in consequence of the
part he had taken on that occasion, had been impri-
soned by the House of Commons, against Captain
Gossett,. the 'defendant, Sergeant-at-Arms, and his
officers,. for their conduct in searching his house,
under the Speaker's warrant.
Mr. Platt, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Crumpton, and Mr. Pe-
tersdorff appeared for the plaintiff; and the Attorney-
General, the Solicitor-General, and Mr. Pollock for
the defendants.

Mr. X'ETERSDORPF having opened the pleadings,
Mr: PLATT addressed the Jury for the pliantiff,
and went through the whole history of the case of
course of
Stockdale, and the House of Commons, with which
the public
whichis
healcroema
already
yented up
acquainted,
on
the duringassuip t i
n theon
of the House of Commons to commit,
in cases of pri-
vilege, which he said might be used
by a rabid House
of Commons, even for the
purposes of personal torture.
The Learned Gentleman having detailed the cir-
cumstances attending on the arrest of the Sheriffs,
consequent upon their refusal to comply with
the orders of the House, proceeded to state
that the House of Commons had directed Mr.
Howard to be arrested, whereupon the defendant
had gone to his residence, had searched it—had ran-
sacked every part of it—had annoyed his family, al-
though they knew he was not there ; had kept pos-
session of it for four hours. On the 4th of February
Mr. Howard appeared, as he had promised to do, at
the bar of the House of Commons, and was committed
to Newgate, where he languished from the 6th of
February to the 14th of May. The House of Com-
mons having become alarmed, finding, the law too
strong for them, passed an ex post facto law for their
own protection. The Learned Gentleman was pro-
ceeding to comment on the Act in question, when he
was interrupted by
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who appealed :to the
Court ai to whether the Learned Counsel had any
right to allude to an Act of the Legislature which had
nothing to do with the present action.
Lord DENMAN said the present action had been
brought against defendant for having
,exceeded the
power of the warrant. He wished to_know from Mr.
Platt how he connected that Act with the present
cause. _ _ .

Mr. PLATT said he had a right to allude to it in
order to show what the state of the law had been at
the time the offence had been committed.

Learned Counsel was then proceeding to comment on
what had_ taken place before the House of Lords on
the occasion of the passing of the Bill in question,
when _ _

Lord PENMAN interrupted him. He had certainly
no right to allude in his opening speech to that which
it was impossible for him. to give in evidence.
Mr. PLATT would bow at once to his Lordship's
decision. - He appealed to the Jury to do justice to a
British
.sub";ect whose dwelling-house had been in-
vaded: They were called upon to 'decide a great
constitutional question. They themselves might be