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London, England, 1842-12-02 00:00:00

fcirraer sweetheart in Wigan, and that he pulled his
knife out of his pocket and stabbed her. The Jury,
Ritho
u. a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of
'Wilful murder" against the prisoner, who was re-
ed to Kirkdale gaol, to abide his trial at the next
.0-ssizes.
lJane Biggerstaff, was finally examined at Worship-
eet, with having stolen a large quantity of miscel-
ilTeclus property from different children, and corn-
Pct, fOr:trial upon four separate charges.
"n-Joliffe, A man about 32 years of age was.re-
foaTined at the Greenwich police-office, on the charge
Intermarrying with Elizabeth Winterburn, his
rmer wife, Maria Joliffe, being still alive. The pri-
soner did not deny the offence, and was fully coin-
nlitted for trial.

T
C OUSLT--PAS lIIONAIS LE.
a btile, Duchess of Hamilton is still at Mannheim, on
isit to the Grand Duchess Dowager Stephanie of
th"" a ; her Grace is expected in town at the end of
e month.
e,---liarziuis and Marchioness of Downshire, and
oti tAarlotte Hill, arrived at Hillsborough Castle
The last.
t 4 Earl of Zetland will leave Ask Hall, to be in-
ailed Deputy-Grand Master of England, oniMonday
,ti at Sunderland.
ine Earl and Countess Cowper are staying at
lagstown.
~
e The Earl of Courtown has returned to Courtown
lottshe, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wick-
at Shelton Abbey.
cav:;rd and Lady Jocelyn have left town for Dublin
ia1..,1e, where his Lordship wily, resume his offi-
1, %dies as State Steward of the Lord Lieutenant's
*4440101d.
ttrtl'itbeEarl and Countess of Cardigan have been en-
%if 'tang a select party at Deene Park. His Lord-
pip leaves in a day or two, to inspect his regiment,
rulee Albert's Hussars, at York, which duty he
Perf
ellrns monthly.
MISCELLANEOUS.
tohertson, Esq., was on Tuesday last elected
ah of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh, in
d.,„equence of the elevation of the late Dean,.Alexan-
'vood, Esq., to the bench.
LAW INTELLIG ENCE.
guLEN's BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
'
(Sittings •
~., at Nisi Prins, after term, before Mr. Justice
"Du: RIDGE, and a Middlesex Special Jury.)
MURRAY V. ELGER.
Ilizi7un '3 Was an action brought by the plaintiff, agen9C-
esiding at 16, George-st., Hanover- squ
Hanover-square, against
the l
it aefendant, for the injury done by him in erect-
thg•• house at the back of plaintiff's house, by which
of4tee circulation of light and air in the lowerrooms
di ,the Plaintiff's house was obstructed. The plaintiff
oll'4 claim any special damage, but had brought
:,s action with a view of forcing the defendant to re-
an boarding which be had erected as a
ocsititute fur the hoard, and which had occasioned the
3,,,raction.
t:.'e Solicitor-General, Mr. Platt, and Mr. Mon-
iel! Smith, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr.
f °Ter, Mr. Dundas, and Mr. Watson, for the de-
"dant;
The
Jur SOLICITOR-GENEUAL, having addressed the
hadY, called William Ringer and Eliza Williams, who
the- °°
in plaintiff's service before and after the
th`:.','an of the obstruction, and who deposed that in
th;,.'avver rooms the light had been diminished,
difie— he walls bad become damp, and that
tio, 'lay had arisen in keeping meat since the erec-
and the obstruction. Messrs. Sibly, Donaldson,
tl* 43'10r, architects and surveyors, deposed as to
the ,-u'lscican occasioned by the obstruction, by which
considered that the house had been diminished
atte'third in value. Mr. Symes, the medical
Pe(Vidant of the family, deposed that the im-
prZent to the free circulation of the air had
lli treed an injurious effect upon the health of
et • Murray ; and Dr. Ure, who had performed several
ielhnents to determine the' actual diminution which
fed diminution
place in the amount of light, stated that
ho 'aninution of light in the lower rooms of the
wa3-se) occasioned by the erection of the hoard,
Nva SIX degrees, and that when the hoard
s removed, and the boards substituted the.
:illation was three degrees. The obstruction, it ap-
e,„4,,,e(1, had been erected within ten feet of the win-
tiit's of the lower rooms of the house. Dr. Ure's tes-
AuctlY was corroborated by that of Mr. Farraday.
1
ic, 'r• THESIGER addressed the Jury in a very inge-
11c- Itus speech for the defendant, but did not call any
Justice COLERIDGE summed up, and the Jury
--"" a. verdict for plaintiff.
--‘4IEQUER COURT—THIS DAY.
1, MACNAMARA V. HULSE AND OTHERS.
as, was an action brought against the defendants
representatives of the Metropolitan Wood
Dla.‘i—:`xlt Company, for infringing a patent of the
Titity.
The case, excited considerable interest.
Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr.
tie•;` iura, arid Mr. Webster, appeared for the plain-
for thariAtt INIr. Kelly, Mr. Warren, and Mr. Hoggins,
e defendants.
• 4tkteeATTORNEY-GENERNL, in opening the case, that the plaintiff bad taken out, in the month
Pavirfil, 1837, a patent for certain improvements in
Pitching, or covering streets, roads, and other
itsei;l which invention was also applicable to other
Purposes. The invention was stated by him
kid afhQt iii a peculiar manner of cutting " stones
to to r" materials." It appeared that his plan was
and" a long block, and to slope one half inwards,
tilt
1‘ Other half outwards, on each side. The plain-
-144 ~4s an Englishman, now advanced in years ;
*kolas worldly circumstances did not corre-
Net' With his activity and enterprising cha-
oveerr.',, A plan of wood-paving had been dis-
r,oref', or copied from that of Mr. Macnamara, by a
trer• For that plan a patent had been taken out
that ` e Metropolitan Wood-paving Company; and
I`lli4.Plan had been adopted in paving a part of
the Oxford-street, and other parts of
metropolis. The plan of the Company
two' isted simply in using blocks which, when
tleain,w.,,ere
w joined together, resembled one of the
with this exception that the angle in the
than nr Slope in the Company's system was greater
aetin ill the other. The plaintiff now brought this
Pat against the Company for having infringed his
at6l,thy imitation.
t 4 • 111 Ireland the first witness called on the part of
As'aintiff, produced' the specification of his patent.
Eevington, a carpenter, stated that the blocks
titf'sled hi Court were a correct copy of the plain-
trona he
; they had been drawn by witness
tecei tne specification, and certain directions he had
Thud from the plaintiff.
litehiUmas Donaldson stated that he was professor of
of th'ecture at the London University, and Chairman
dritwe Commissioners, of Sewers. The angles in the
do Ings which accompanied the plaintiff's specifica-
clict4r "e but a slight divergence from the perpen-
t‘ve,r; ,• Witness saw no substantial difference be-
'lacks such as Close specified in the plaintiff's
(4%1-1' and the blocks used by the Metropolitan Paving
thorpttaYi as laid down in Whitehall and other
(41,ghfa
eiiiz) res.
s'examined by Mr. KELLY—The system sir-
;l.la/i , isZY the plaintiff would be much more expensive
441` `"c other inasmuch as it would require much
blocks
tiilltiler the examination of several other witnesses
4,yaintiff,
theiCti.j,y proceeded to address the Court for
rEpor'teeret,klants, and bad not concluded when our,
INSO r left.
.TENT COURT—(THIS DAY.)
The 14-b EE JOHN EDWARD LORE.
„-,` Mr p.-,,tvent had been a clerk in the employment
"14) ;irtler, solicitor, of Bedford-square. He.
n -g
engagement in the Six Clerks office. B
NVIIS
Mr supported by Mr. Cooke.
tier, ' ()anituFFE appeared on behalf of Mr. Tur-
tlh4tetlloaft°enr the ground of a breach of trust. It appearedf
being several years in the employment o
the creditor, the insolvent was entrusted_
okke receipt of the several outstanding debts of
and e, which he was required to enter in a diary,
N,ve._,atterwards transfer to the general accounts.
Turt''al defalcations having been discovered by Mr.
tecieer,, the insolvent left his employment without
a clear statement of the
l moneys received,
-1-r. Turner, for the purpose of knowing those
tastites t° whom he was indebted, and not wishing to
him ,ute criminal proceedings, was compelled to sue
th, 4111144. quit To this the insolvent pleaded, and
jti y.
on al costs had accumulated.
tel,lslsi ae Turner said he did not wish to press for any
Ivhich iii=idgment under the unhappy circumstances in
Rert„c insolvent was placed—his wife being dati-
dUt tY ill. All he wanted was to discharge his
sepeti: the profession generally by preventing a
mr."°,ll of such conduct.
ketea Commissioner HARnis said Mr. Turner had
cham.ewith much kindness in not pressing even the
order°f vexatious defence, and be should, therefore,
,ne discharge of the insolvent.
h. • IN RE HENRY CAMPBELL.
810 insolvent had been a veil, extensive wholesale
tint, -k-and tea-dealer in Thames-street. His peti-
IV as (1) a •
Pose in person by a creditor named
l'olveu .1:244 stated that about a month before the in-
good, -114ras arrested he gave him (Wells) an order for
h42,‘.0 the amount of about 270/., and also bought
The'e,tind phaeton worth 801.
Prova_urther hearing was adjourned, in order to
Ititefe;t, the insolvent was possessed of reversionary
in certain premises at Highgate.
.11,1'1171'..,11,I.sm.—Last evening a gentleman, named
c)ri At uclivered a lecture at the Adelaide Gallery
tiveaehsPerisrn, and convinced a numerous and atten-
as eve "lence that the subject remains as mysterious
Ir. Re certainly threw no new light upon it.