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London, England, 1842-04-19 00:00:00

ROLLS' COURT, April 13.
Lord LANGDA LU having given judgment in two cases,
directed the motion 4 on the paper to be called on, when it was
found that the Counsel engaged in them were not in Court; his
Lordship in consequence rose at a few minutes aftereleven o'clock.

VIOE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, April 18.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENCL•ND.)
His HoNona was engaged during the day in hearing and
disposing of adjourned cause petitions and new petitions, none
of which involved any interesting feature.
(Before Vice-Chancellor K. BRUCE.)
LARKIN V. MARCHANT.
This cause stood over to be spoke to from the after-aittilfgs
of last term 'The greater portion of the day %as occupied with
the arguments of Counsel, a great number of %how were en-
gaged, upon the minutes of the decree to be made in the cause,
which was one totally devoid of interest.
(Before Vice-Chancellor WIGR M. )
The Court was engaged the entire day m ith unopposed
motions.

FREEMAN V. DAVIS.
Counsel stated that one of the parties in this cause had neg.
leeted to put in his answer, and the progress of the cause was in
consequence retarded. He, therefore, suggetted
.that the party
who had been' taken into custody, and lodged
in the Fleet
prison, thould be now questioned in Court as to the cause of
his neglect.
His HONOun ac3eded, and the prisoner having been brought
forward he inquired of him why he had not put in his answer?
The prisoner replied that his answer was not ready, owing
to an endeavour to compromise the matter in dispute.
The prisoner was then remanded to the Fleet for a few days.

CO UR T OF EXCITE Q UER, April 18.
THE CORTORATION OF CARMARTHEN V. EVANS.
Mr. EVA NS moved for a rule to show cause whv the verdict
of the Jury in this case should not be set aside, or why judg-
ment should not be arrested.
The case, which was an action for the recovery of damages,
was tried at the last assizes at Carmarthen. The defendant, after
the panel had been called over, obj. cted to the array, on tire ground that the jurors, being themselves members of the Corpora-
t havig
tion, had an interest in the case, inasmuch as the damages claimed.
would go to the benefit of the Corporation fund. It was, kr._
t
gone to trial was not defended on the part of the, defendant, and
a verdict was found against him. Oa theta circumstances the
tlioSchtorffsasotstvontlCielye. rk to the
defendant,
Prpora-
present application was grounded.
Baron Pans: e observed, that it did not appear that the
t 'oexri ,° a. lb.!de e adttivathtand aediawtheirla
Jurors had any interest in the case except as inhabitants of the
borough, even though they were members of the Corporation-
If the defendant could produce an affidavit in his favour upon
the merits on a future day, the application for a new trial
would be granted. If no such affidavit were produced, the
Coot would take time to consider whether the application.
shoull be granted on the merely technical objection.—The
case was, therefore, ordered to stand over.
THE ATTORNEY...GENERAL V. TILDESLEY.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for a rule to show cause
why a new trial should not be granted in this case. It Was an
information tiled by the Attorney-General against the de-
fendant for the removal of certain quantities of bril:ks before
the duties on them had been paid. The case had been tried
before the Chief Baron, at the sittings after t!ie last term,
and a verdict had been found for tile defendant.
Among other evidence adduced on the part 'of the Crown it
was proved that the bricks had been condemned, and that the
defendant himself had not opposed the condemnation. The
Chief Baron, in commenting on this part of the evidence, ob-
served to the Jury that the defendant not being a wealthy man
had probably abandoned the goods, and this point, was, there-
fore, put altogether out of the consideration of the Jury.
Baron PARKE—You may take the rule. :There can be na
doubt but the fact of the condemnation of the goods was ina,-
portant evidence in the case.

AMOS V. MOORE.
Mr. HUMPHREY moved for a rule to show cause why the
verdict in the case should not be set aside, and a new trial
granted. The ease had been tried before Mr. Justice Wil-
liams, at the last ass'zes for Northampton.
It appeared that, on the evening of the day on which the
plaintifl had been married, a party collected mend the house.
and, in conformity with an old usage in the village in which he
lived, created a noise in honour of the marriage.
The defendant, becoming irritated, tired out of the window on
the party, and wounded the plaintiff ii the face ; anti the trial
was brought on for the recovery of damages for the injury he
had sustained. The day after the occurrence the plaintiff, when
asked by the defendant whetlter he was not one of the parties
oho had been annoying him, denied that be had been present
at all on the OVeailoll. But it was distinctly proved en the
trial by three different witnesses, that the defendant was
present at the time, and that he had been shot by the
defendant under the circumstances mentioned. The Counsel
for the defendant did not call in c,uestion the truth of the evi-
dence they tendered. The Judge before Whom the case was
tried, in addressing the Jury, said the case was one for them.
The Jury, thinking [apparently they might, after this charge,
deal with it as they might think proper, returned a verdict for
the defendant.
Mr. Baron PARK said the Court, before deciding on the
present application, would refer to the notes of Mr. Justice
Williams.

BAIL COURT, April 18.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE. )
THOMPSON V. WOODS AND HOFFMAN.
This was an action brought against the defendants for an un-
reasonable distress. The plaintiff was a licensed victualler liv-
ing at Bermondsey, and a distress was put in upon his goods on
the 2d of November by Mr. Hoffman, the agent of Mrs.
Woods, the landlady of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was
not disturbed in the possession of his goods, but they
were sold on the 23th of November to a person
named Trig, for the amount of the distress, namely,
18/. Trig sold the goods afterwards to a solicitor named
Gillam for 251. Two surveyors were, however, called in by the
plaintiff, who valued the goods at between 601. and 701. The
question for the Jury therefore to decide, was between the faet
of the goods being sold for 181., and the value put upon them
by the surveyors.
The Jury, without leaving the box, brought in a verdict of
One Farthing Damages.
His Loansisir refused to certify for the costs.
Counsel for the plaintiff, Messrs. Bell and Keating; fur the
defendant, Mr. Kelly.
The Court then adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
_IIARLB OR DUG STI?El:
ATTEMPTING TO PICK. POCKETS AT THE ITALIAN OPERA
llonsE.—A very fashionably-dressed young man, who gave
the name of Thomas Morgan, but who is known by the police
as one of the " Swell Mob pickpockets," infesting the race-
courses and places of public amusement generally, was placed
at the bar, charged under the following circumstances.
Police constable No. 78 of the A division stated that about
12 o'clock on Saturday night, just at the breaking up of the
Opera, he observed the prisoner walking arm and arm with
two other very fashionably-dressed young men, under the
Colonade in Charles-street, and knowing them, from having
seen then at different races, he watched themt and saw
the prisoner attempt several gentlemen's pockets as they were
entering their carriages opposite to the pit entrance, his com-
panions covering him as much as they possibly could from
observation. They afterwards proceeded into Waterloo-place,
and witness then seized the prisoner, upon which his compa-
nions ran off.

Sergeant Waller, No. 16 of die C division, ident►fied the
prisoner as a suspected person, and as the constant associate of
common and convicted thieves.
Mr. Robinson, the solicitor, attended on behalf of the pri-
soner.
Mr. I%JALTBY, the presiding Magistrate, said he was quite
satisfied that the prisoner's intentions were to commit felony,
and therefore committed him to Westminster Bride Fell for
two months to hard labour.

- - -
IRELAND.
COMMISSION COURT—Dublin April.l6.
•
SENTENCE ON ROIERT CALnwicu..--Tie prisoner re-
ceived sentence this day at two o'clock. The Court was very
much crowded. lie was brought up in custody, and placed in
the dock.

Baron RICHARDS then said,—Robert Caldwell, you hay*
been convicted of an assault, an attempt to commit a raps on
Anne Corbett, the wife of Mr. Edward Lestrange Corbett, a
barrister, and a gentleman with whom you were on to ins of
intimacy, and of whose hospitality you had partaken. This
offence, though it ranks in point of law as a misdemeanour, is,
nevertheless, one that must be obviously to every right-think-
ing mind of a most heinous character, and the more so when corn-
mated by a person in your rank and station in life ; and I feel
bound to add, that your offence against this lady has beta
greatly aggravated by the defence which you attempted to set
up, but which has been found by the jury to be groundless and
without foundation. The Court has carefully read the affidavit
which was put in, and given the whole of this question, with all
its circumstances, their most serious conisderation, and having
done so, we feel bound to pronounce upon you a sentence of
imprisonment for two years, the full term prescribed by the
Act of Parliament.
Mr. Charles Fitzgerald (agent for prisoner) said that Mr.
Fitzgibbon intended to apply to their Lordships to order that
the imprisonment should be in the gaol of Newgate,.as the
prisoner had a great many English clients, m ith whom he
wished to hold communication.
Baron RICHARDS—We have, no authority to do otherwise
than follow the words of the Act of Parliament, which 'will pro.
bably effect your object. The sentence is that he be confined
in the common gaol, and if there be any)Act of Parliament
that snakes Newgate not the common gaol, according to the
ienee of this statute, you must apply to some other authority.
The prisoner may now retire.
Prisoner—l am not going to justify the • impropriety of my
conduct, but, in the presence of your Lordship, and in the pre-
sence of that God who now sees me here, that lam innocent
I declare solemnly, in the Pre-
sence of this crowded Court,
or the criminal charge.
Judge PERRIN—Remove that man.
The prisoner was then removed.

THE 44TH Ecii aliNi.-L-li3revet-Major Johnston
of the 44th, and a party of recruits who were on Mareh towards
Caubol, are safe at Ferozepore. We greatly regret being un-
able to give all the names of the officers of this regiment who
are known to have been absent from the head-quarters. The
following isc.
Captains
sv euGrcilly faonr(i
--ielr3rrejneat-nMajors O'Neill, Half-
hide,; Lieuts. Woolhouae,
Turner, Grant, and
.Carter; but, with the exception of Colonel
Shelton and Lieut. Soutar, we fear the whole of the gaiters
have
3;taulsrliiviicyco
llen.
;since, haeorrfee
eaabasoitunt
jgtutigvoge
theluvied
urfaietn‘t‘lc. d file
thesn
prisoners.
ou
them.regimentaeco n The
colours rfse
to
know that the colours were not given up till the soldiers (about
twelve in number) were made prisoners. Badly as the men
behaved in many
other respects, they stuck to their colours,
however disobedient to their officers. We hear by letters from
pesliawur, that the conduct of General Elphin;tone is to be
investigated
-'ieirt-Martial, when, of course, justice will
fairly be done to all concerned.—Navoinia Military Gazette.
THE EsritEwslitßE BANKiNt; Comr.usr.—lt 1611
be observed, freer the meeting of the creditors of this Co.ut-
PanY, reported in the first page, that the amount of claims
lodged in three days amounted to 146,468/. Other claims will,
of course; be 3et lodged, and the liabilities are expected to ex-
ceed what they were at first estimated. It will be further ob-
served, that the statement we made this day week, of some of
the old partners, or their representatives, being called upon
to surrender their property for the benefit of the creditors, in
consequence of not advertising out, is likely to be realized.
'I he It. notes arc selling in Glasgow at 108.—Glasgow Post.
We are enabled to state that his Royal Highness
Prince Albert has accepted the appointment of Warden of the
Stannaries and Chief Steward of the Duchy in Cornwall and
Devon. The salary and emoluments hitherto attacb.ed to this
important office have been abolished by his Itoyal Highness's
desire.