The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-01 00:00:00

CARPENTER V. TURRIL.

Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Valentine Lee were for the
plaintiff ; for the defendant there appeared Mr. Sergeant Lud-
low and Mr. Keating.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an attorney,
against the defendant, an innkeeper; for refusing to admit him,
or to afford him a n.ght's lodging. There were several pleas
upon the record, the first being "Nut Guilty;" the: second,
no tender of a reasonable recompense ; third, that there was
no aceirmmodation in thSinn ; fourth, that defendant was not
an innkeeper ; fifth, that plaintiff came at too late an hour of
the night ; birth, that before there was any refusal on the de-
fendant's part, the plaintiff made an unnecessary noise and
dis'urbance.

The first witness cal ed on behalf of the plaintiff stated that
Mr. Carpenter called at the defendant's house about ten o'clock
on the night in question; that the defendant's wife fold him
from her window that she could not lodge him, and that they
had barely room to lodge themselves. Upon which the plain-
tiff, who, it appears, is a very irascible gentleman, assailed her
with a torrent of abuse and a volley of fearful denunciations,
any of which:ll3.d they been suffered to take effect, would in-
fallibly have entailed most disastrous consequences upon her
devoted head.

So strong was the impression produced in Court by this de-
tail of the plaintiff's own case, thAt a consultation forthwith
took place between the Learned Gentlemen on both sides, and
it appearing that the Counsel 'for the plaintiff had been com-
pletely misled by the erroneous stitements of their own client,
in addition to which there being certain technical difficulties
which could not be osereome, alter the lapse of a few minutes
the plaintiff was norituited.

NORTHERN ClRCUlt—Nerecastle, Feb. 26.
The • Assizes for the county Of NorthujaDerlatid, and the
county of the town of Newcastle, commenced ,Irere to.day:
Br. Baron Jloite sat at the Moott-hall at nine o'clock, and
having charged the Jury for the town, disposed trf few cases.
of theft of ne public interest. He th, n rat in the county Court
for the trial of causes. Mr. Justice Wightman presided at the
Criminal Court. The number of prisoners is large, iteOunting
in the whole to nearly 60; but the cases are chiefly of a trifling
kind, the large proportion being retty thefts. Si: citiaeirare
noticed for the town, and four for the county.

/Before Mr. Justice WIGIITMA N. I
Robert Barker was indicted for a burglary in the house of
Jacob Rowell, of Oringham.
Mr. OTTER conducted the case for the prosecution; the
prisoner was defended by Mr. GRANGER.
It appeared that abcmt.jiyo o'clock on the morning of the
gist of Fetriary, 11;.weVatied he heard some noise below
rstairs, which he supposed Was caused by eats. Mrs. ROWell
;went down stabs to see. She went into the front parlour,
where she found every thing as usual. She then went into the
front kitchen, and had approached within a few feet of the
back kitchen door, when it suddenly opened, and a person
made his appearance with a candle in his hand. He was
without his coat and shoes, and had a hat on his head.
There were two men behind him. Mrs. Rowell exclaimed,
" You impudent fellows, what are you wanting here ?"
One of the three men replied, " We'll soon show you
what we are wanting." Mrs. Rowell waited no further
parley, but ran up stairs crying out that there were rob-
ber 3 iAi the house. Her daughter put her head out of
the window immediately, and gave the alarm by shrieking
" Murder." Some of the neighbours hastened to the spot, and
it was then found that an entry had been effected into the back
kitchen by wrenching off the bars of the window. The rob-
bers had decamped. but from the snow on the ground it was
easy to trace their flight for some little distance, and the pur-
suers picked up a crow-bar, centre-bit, andother'housebreaking
implements, together with a fustian coat, with large white but-
tons. Mrs. Rowell now deposed to the prisoner being the man
wham she saw with a candle, but admitted she had not been
able to identify him when she first saw him in custody ; and the
constable of Ovingham deposed to the coat as being one which
the prisoner, whom he had known for many years, was in the
habit Of wearing.
Verdict—Guilty. Sentence was,deferred.
Mr. Baron Rolfe was engaged all day with the trial of an
indictment for the non-repair of the road. The case was of no
public interest whatever.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL
RAILWAY.
Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the Shareholders of
this Company took place at the London Tavern, William
Hoath, Esq., in the Chair. The Report showed a gradual
and steady development of the traffic of the line. The num-
ber of passengers during the half-
ear was 1,186,351, and
the money taken 22,5091. I It. 10d., y
being an increase of 40
per cent. on the previous hatf4ear. During the past year,
2,058,092 passengers were carried, of whom 124,816 were
from the intermediate stations ; but the number that used
the railway to and from the steam-boats was much less than
that ant nApated. Arrangements had been made for running
boats from the Brunswick-pier is Herne Bay.
Margate,
Ramsgate, and Dover, the first of which, the Eclipse, com-
menced last Monday. The arrangements for the goods'
traffic were expected to be completed by the end of the past
year. A spacious warehouse at the London end has been
prepared, and the branch line for the West India warehouses
and the Brunswick .pier has been completed; but the lower-
ing apparatus at the London end, and the lifting machinery
at Poplar, were sti 1 incomplete. The apparatus in Fen•
church-street was, however, so forward, that an experiment
of the traffic of goods had been tried from the West India
Dock-warehouses, and was found successful. The Directors
felt confi 'ent that it would not be necessary to raise any
further capital by shares, as they had introduced into a bill in
Parliament for other purposes, a clause enabling them to dispose
of property (abunt 30,0001.) near the station. After the expen-
diture there was a sum of 13,1351. 19s. Bd., whirl was proposed
to be divided amongst the old Shareholders, at the rate of Ios.
per share. The total payments to the 31st of December. were
1,071,717/. 4s. 7d., and the revenue from traffic for the last
eighteen months was b 7,3061. • 19s. 7d.. leaving the above
balance. A discussion on various points of the report was
reply
millions
commenced by Mr. Saintsbury, Mr. Wistraw, and Mr. Biggs,
win n the Chairman observed that 20,000/. might probably be
the excess of expenditure over that produced by the sale of
property, and that no portion of their funds had been devoted
to steam-boat speculations. The property unsold was value i
at 70,0001. and some of it, to the extent of 12,0001. and sold
lately. Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, said the annual ex-
pense
nßeport, which was
a ofProprietor,pa, a e
Il ger
of the wire rope might be about 2,000/, and that it bad
had been earned without the slightest accident. Mr. Thom-
n theot
cilbrokenatrm faoor
saidthe lastthat fourmor
more
months.
than
seconded by Captain Page, and carried unanimously. Reio-
lotions were then passed for paying
ofe" of las. on the
24,000 original shares, and the re-electionthe Directors,
three Directors,
when a vote of thanks was passed
son Hankey moved the adoption of. tdhe
to the Directors, and the
meeting adjourned. _ hrlene

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