The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-07 00:00:00

iinSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
114
tht Lo Rouse sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were
/41.4 Chancellor, Lori Brougham, and the Bishop of Ely.
i‘,.:4"4 OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
.a further arguments in this part-heard appeal from the deci-
"a of the Master of the Rolls occupied their Lordships the whole
kornine.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
His T.,
%limn bIP the Master of the Rolls was occupied the whole
ridpom
. g with the part-heard cause of " Lord Nelson v. Lord

Ceartothng of any interest occurred in any of the Vice.Chaacery
(S9,;LiEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
"neat Nisi Prius, in Guildhall, before Lord DRNNIAN and a
Special Jury.)
%Amity of hops
This was JONRS V. DAVIS.
an action brought by the plaintiff for the
was
t value of a
sold and delivered to defendant. The Court h
ss,s_„. he greater portion of the day in hearing this case, v, hie
17:einterest only to the parties themselves.
lutY found for the plaintiff, damages 978/. 18s. 7d.
In this HOLLWAY V. HOWARD.
him case, which was tried and closed on Saturday and which
M
the ;, 'on for the recovery of 17/. odd for the living of a horse,
the 49 after having been a long time in
given
afore o
•`
jud.. Instead of the sheriff. 7, and that it was a proper case to have been tried before a
MM
(Sitv PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
"lel at al
—lsi Prius, in Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice

t Elms and a Special Jury.)
HEARN V. TURNER.
defends for the plaintiff, Mr. Cockburn and Mr. James; for the
ofZnt, r. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bytes.
eiCa:se of action in this case was' for the recovery of two bills
ge,ept one for 500/., and another for 6001. The case was
the `44 nisieli at twelve o'clock on Saturday, and was adjourned at
lest tune , • e Court to this day, when it was resumed at half-
clock,
and is likely to occupy the entire day, there being
feral Witnesses still to be examined.
CRIMINAL
COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
)4:::July Sessions commenced this morning, before the Lord
and Aldermen Challis and Hunter.
ill: Coalition Juries having been empanelled,
Race
hrs. Rolla proceeded to deliver his charge to the grand
,r io He said, the calendar before him contained a small number
ftc:c.t clalMared with those usually contained in the calendar,.
In.„.,'easien to session; which was to be attributed to the short in-
le between the last and present session. Nevertheless,
to
dcontan,„.,
'it. several cases of importance, calculated
betty land
.at their hands grave and full consideration;
more
al were, at the same time generally speaking, cases relating
stet:
_to Matters of fact than o'f law. There were five charges
etileu4 Persons with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and six
then to
against persons for uttering forged instruments, knowing
taPe f°rged. There was one charge against a person for
tidier nd
a charge of manslaughter against a party whe was the
charge,
,1. the deceased
person. With regard to the latter
Went it was their duty to inquire whether the evidence
party kty to establish that death was caused by the act
they
oz__e, sed. If they should arrive at that chonteleudseiaoto,
vet
oo utile
.next inquire under what circumstances. t a
cab
eetc_niencationed. Without going at all into the circumstan
the
po'oin the d
t -ePesitions he thought it right to inform them that
Ss, -•11 whi have more to deal whether de c h
ht
th :du wahe s inwould se consequence of the partyimmediately charged, be-
Which e circumstances detailed in the depositions amount to that
taoUld c"stitated the crime of manslaughter. The evidence which
ritnilybe aildueed in this case would be that of members of the same
!agate' Tr! accused and the deceased being father and son. With
4 the charge
PPeared of rape, he would merely state that
4-ross to him that if the facts contained in the
Die Were established they should find a true
lent.rnat the ,„
.4.9' charged.' The charges of uttering forged
Narma'n---en-ots l',l°°lVed mere matters of Get, not of l.aw. But if,
Would'Yoet. his expectations any difficulty should arise, the Cour
44Wervs„uttt lberci the best 'assistance in its power. The same
There aPplied to of cutting and wounding, but
Ipehtcoone:ll,4artf,etocasewhtviehhichthe cases
little out of the ordinary course.
hweasreaferred was one against three
44,4 aCeektn..° at principals in the act, and the other as
`nese before the fact. The offence imputed to
tsl'42* aietnttypeil,sY engaged in the commission of the crime
"a the person of the prosecutrix, by exposing
they
entiorecirs.t removed that which confined the gas, and consequently
charged I:klangerous by the approach of a candle. The person
Ilet in the 1,! being an accessory to the commission of the act was
'etere i; "nose at the time, but was seen for an hour and a half
enter t",-, lbe evening preceding'the act, but he did not
--ber h 94"; the charge was made against him
4412 sfeL-esti°na which he hadg uttered at various times,
gti sod Other circumstances. He had resided for a
th._,e in the house 'of the prosecutrix, a publican,
11latteiouaY before the offence was committed, an application was
it issit,_,4 Magistrate in consequence of the conduct of this person.
tow .1 be for them to say whether there was sufficient evidence
Itss:rant them in puttinghimon his trial—wbether the offence
tietalitlro;tted at his instigation. The Learned Gentleman then
that dad
law on the subject, and held that if it were proved
Offeeee, instigated the other parties to the commission of the
13' th:, was equally guilty, though absent at its commission.
tante; lot of Victoria, whoever unlawfully or wilfully
Person t° be delivered,' or to be received by any
tern LanY corrosive fluid, or destructive matter, with intent to
barn::"lni, or disfigure any person, or to do some grievous bodily
14
tlehotod
be guilty of felony, and, being convicted, shall be
tableor oe transported beyond the seas for his or her natural life, or
tor any
tarot not less than fifteen years, or to be imprisoned.
elitestir'd not exceeding three years. It was a most painful Fir-
?tenttioce that, session after session, persons charged with the crime
4arra g and Wounding, with intent to do some grievous bodily
the lower
chit. 1441:41,„,the use, in sudden frays and quarrels,
Oefete. of instruments dangerous to life, were constantlyby brought
against
th,,,c,,tn• Out of 60 cases of larcency, 27 were
4 benumber of cases in the calendar was
the
113 iat,";""%hlY au mented by 20, or more, before . 'clw.osheieohf
etS
—l4l. should,g
therefore, remit them to their duties.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
84, (THIS DAY.)
mealy
Whiter, aged 17, and Harriet, her sister, aged 16, very
the following
Clad, but remarkably good-looking girls, were charged with
following daring act of shoplifting :-
llletween four and five o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, the
M
413. °hers were observed to pass and re-pass several times the shop
Peter Robinson, of No. 107, Oxford-street, linen draper,
4,44,1, at length, they entered just within the shop-door, and not per-
-8 any person in the shop, they snatched out of the window a
klislin dress, of the price of 65., with which they both set off
Ilahning. They had, however, been observed by Mr. Robinson's
Aopboy, who, giving the alarm, they were pursued and overtaken
14 Castle.street, Oxford-market, having thrown from them as they
NI the dress in question.
14r. MALTBY asked the witness which of the prisoners took the
7'ess out of the window ?—The witness said he thought it was the
"Inger one, and that she handed it to the other.
4,...._The Prisoner Sarah (eagerly)—No, it was not my sister took the
I did It.
it the prisoner Henrietta—How can you say so ; you know I took
d
)told IVIIY do you wish to screen me ? (bursting Into tears, and
air. her hands before her face.)
kr. Matray ordered the case to stand over for the present.

GOT-RACE ON WATERLOO-BRIDGE.—This morn
log
uitohie race between Harry Webb and
.M4Leash (alias The
tlateii°ewn), came off on Waterloo-bridge. The men were
sideredd,to run 200 yards for 101. a side. Both men were con-
kid • elippers." The former defeated Smith last week,
in e
The di
toUsequence became the favourite in betting at 6 to 5.
t
leg ty:,!tice was measured, and the men appeared at the start-
obtai,„ re, and, after several false starts, they got away- Webb
10,ti,"ed half a yard in the start, and they rattled off at loco-
,vhste./,'Pe, ed. Webb maintained a slielit lead for 100 yards.
ttlasr-ITeknown came up, and they ran abreast of each
*xerted title ithin about ten ‘ards of the goal.
.8.0. h men
teicei, every possible effert for success, and, arriving at t e
brat *g mark, The Unknown extended his arm, and was the
toot 10 touch the hankerchief, his body being about a
treastel4, the rear of Webb, who almost simultaneously
rrhowu the handkerchief. The umpires then differed as to
trian~ta,s. the winner, and Temperance, the celebrated pedes-
toedatieeing referee, was appealed to, and decided that in ac-
trst br: with the strict rules of pedestrian feats, Webb, having
rim _ aght himself to the mark, was the winner. The race
k,_wa closely-contested one, and the friends of The Un-
se4.sv being
wi'gth t money very sanguine on his success, ventured large
upon him, which the opposite party pocketed
at thr!at alacrity. The spectators assembled on the bridge
lereb, Lute ef the race must have amounted to 700 or
.800.
to ruunll Matched against John Smith (the London champion),
2° yards for 201,, Webb to receive five yards start, to
treemls:tre_o:eiThieutresdreasytnext, upon Waterloo-bridge. The match
1,11. EELECTION.----The Cambridge Chronicle
has a° lln our experience of election matters here, there never
no expected contest which excited so little interest. There is
.""ifett"eartiness on one side or the other, and the electors, generally,
toe tk a very unusual indifference about the gent!eman wh.o is to
Oft," "e honour of representing them." Mr. Shafto Adair had
Pd himself' as a candidate on the Liberal interest. Mr. Kelly
14" not come forward, and it was therefore inferred that he would
koyided or elsewhere.
pr the E EATnEß.—Judging from the appearances
Vaisl,y, and the continuous flashes of lightning which pre-
-41..: a great part of last night in the south-east, there
Ittleat bare been a severe thunder-storm somewhere in Kent
t Surrey. The lightning also occasionally extended
i'vFards the north-east, followed by distant thunder. A
1144'1 fall of rain took place about four in the morning, but
b e weather still continues sultry, though there is a fine
describe
from the west. The accounts in the provincial papers
cers,cribe the weather as very fine, and the appearance of the
Most cheering.
at HOLBORN BATHS—SWIMMING MATCH FOR
Stole r
f „ -tre•—On to-morrow (Tuesday) evening a very beauti.
'-uasied silver cup, value ten guineiv,
swig be presented by the
;°Prietots of those splendid baths to the est swimmer of 600
arda ; that is, he who shall prove himself the swiftest
To ss,itzma
Ur, and down the baths three times each way.
th contended for by gentlemen only who are members of
sr,' Swimming Club. Six names are entered, and the contest will
7,h411, Mence at eight o'clock, when a great number of highly respect.
Tespechte.
~
te Persons have intimated their intention of b
become the lona fide property of the winner,ngse
p and will be
i,,,rileaknoteesla_soti to
chliomsesin. due form at the Club dinner, when the swim-
the Dutch steam-ship Batavia,
which was due at
-t• Katharine's wharf on Wednesday morning, but which did
the'ine to the extreme tempestuous weaTearndexhpeearvi
h,ch P2"age in consequence of the high wind experienced on
Prevailed' at sea as well as on shore, arri vex until nearly
ve o'clock at night, end had thirty-six oxen, and thirty-fievse
'th",Wr: ma board, besides nearly eight hundred packages of cherri ,
rfleileten basktts of yeast, thirteen of vegetables, and a quantity of
a' 14e. an
They ca
other description of Dutch produc and
imalfnoud-
et, halt of which were in the hold,e and la
cletsi were landed after examination by the veterinary surgeon, and
otiered by the revenue officers immediately, with the ex.
apd of one, which had, owing to the rough weather
xher7eat of the hold, died during the voyage, and. was,
'4°T
subse unfit for human consumption. Application
oX equelitly made to the authorities for the dead
tet, `o be landed, and delivered for the purpose of being
aat to the knackers The fruit was delivered imme-
roictelY the arrival of the revenue officers on the following
I,it'nint ;rand the Antwerpen shortly alter arriving from Antwerp,
station a number of passengers, &c., extra officers were placed on the
to examine and deliver the baggage and effects of the two
order to examine matters, in consequence of w hich coon.;
t„..Te. arrangement, the passengers and their baggage, as we
are jults Were dispatched in a very short space of time. Accounts,d
all ~°Light of very boisterous weather indeed in the Channel, an
The 0g the English and foreign coasts, during the last few days.
lori‘ death of the beast on board was attributed to the unusually
Witt times in consequence of the rough weather, it was confined
kal_mhers in the hold, the intense heat and effluvia of. whicd
toluir.oit to be suffocated. The rest were all sound and in goo
and were delivered accordingly.
On Thurs-
04y j AN SHOT AT A I'IGEON MATCH.—
was
in
then_anies Holloway, a young man, 22 years of age,
so. tee bounds of the p•geon ground at the Red-house,
thyverely wounded by being shot by a person who was shooting'
"itraYtt birds,