The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

['LAW INTELLIGENCE
1 QUEEYS• BENCH.-(THIS DAY:)
Th. Court was cugaged this day with cases slot) alp special
paper. - .

EXCHEQU (TEE IS DAY:)
WALKEtt AND OTHERS V. JACKSON AND OTIIrRS.
The defendant's in this case were the proprietors of a
ferry crossing the Mersey. near Liverpool ; and the plain-
tiffs • were parties who had engaged with the defendants
to' have a carriage conveyed by the ferry across the
river,. In the box of the carriage there were a quantity
of watches, which were broken during the passage. The
plaintiffs brought an action for the recovery of the value
of the property so destroyed, and a verdict in the sum of 250 i.
Was returned in their favour. The case had been tried before
Mr. Baron Itolle at the last assizes. His Lordship had re-
jected on the ti iai, as evidence on behalf of the delendantg, a
board, on which a notice was fixed, in which it was stated that
the defendants would not be a.ewerable for the safe landing of
any goods which might be embat lied in the ferry. • •
• A stile had been obtained on a former day, calling on the
plaintiffs to show cause why a new trial should nut be had, on
the ground that this evidence had been imptopetly rej,:et ed.
Mr. ILtristzs and Mr. Caourrox showed cause against the
rule, and contended that the notice could not be received in
evidence, inasmuch as the board was fixed up on the foot-pas-
sengers' gate at of not on the carriage gate ; and it was not,
therefore, a sufficient notice cs regarded the plaintiffs.
The COURT., after hearing Mr.K.Ntowta's and Mr. MARTIN
in support of the rule, derided that the notice was insuffieie
and should not, therefore, have been received in evidence.
"lhe rule was accordingly discharge:l.
BAIL

COURI'.-(1111/S DAY)
APPLICATION FOR A CERTIORARI.
Mr. PitEtibEr.cAsr applied to the Court fur a certiorari, to
remove an indictment for a misdemeanour from the Middlesex
sessions. The grounds for the application were, that by the
Act of Parliament commonly called Hobhs,use's Act, it was
made a misdemeanour in the overseer or churchwarden not to
call a meeting of the ratepayers to consider certain matters.
The churchwardens refused to call the meeting, havinr, acted
under legal advice, that the Act did not extend to the' parish
of Christ Church, in Middlesex. The question involved some
grave points of law.—Application granted.

INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY

IN RE EMANUEL LAZARUS.
The insolvent in this case was a merchant and trader be-
tween the port of Liverpool and America, and also carrying un
general business in Cutler-street, in the City. His petition to
be discharged was opposed by Mr. Cooke.
The LEARNED COUNSEL. said be appeared on behalf of the
detaining creditor. In the year 1839 the insolvent had re-
ceived a quantity of goods from several persons, amongst
which were hardware, from Messrs. blight, of Sheffield, to the
amount of 500/.; cloths, &c., from %ir. beillie, of Manches-
ter, for 1,2001. ; -and other sums to a large amount, soon after
which he started for America, and during hisaloence, the credi-
tors struck a docket of bankruptcy against him ; and on his
return about too
,years since he succeeded is passing his final
examination. Two debts were contracted, one on a promissory
note with a person named Myers, and a second with Mr.
Mears, a looking-glass manufacturer, from whom he got a
quantity of goods on condition of paying ready money, but
having been left at the insolvent's house in Cutler-street,
they were removed almost immediately afterwards, when Mears
went to a tavern where the insolvent was, and was sent for a
receipt-stamp to be paid, but upon his return with it the in-
solvent was gone, and was never seen again until after his re-
turn frOm America.
Mr. WoonRUFFE appeared in support of the insolveat's peti-
tion, and subjected him to a lengthened examination, in which
he attempted to cast imputations upon the character of the de-
taining creditor. After the Learned Counsel had addressed
the Court, 4
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said the Court was of opinion
that the case, in its present state, could be proceeded no further
with. It was therefore ordered that it stand further adjourned
until a fresh debtor and creditor account was furnished, com-
mencing six months prior to, and ending in the month of
March, 1839. He would, however, say that sufficient had
transpired with respect to the transaction of the insolvent with
Mr. Mears, to state that it was one which there could be no
doubt came under the discretionary clause of the Act.
The insolvent was then removed to prison.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,.

BO W-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Two gentlemanly-looking young men, named Walter and Da-
niel Henessy, where charged by Mr. Crouch, with committing
a violent and unprovoked assault upon him last night.
It appeared that the complainant and the defendants had
been intimate acquaintances for some years, and had, till the
present time, always been good friends, but that whilst going
home over Waterloo Bridge last night, they commenced a
frolic, and the assault complained of ensued. •
The prisowers stated that they had received provocation
which induced them to commit the assault with which they
were charged They expressed their sorrow for their conduct
and their willingness to apologise to Mr. Crouch.
Mr. JA RDINE suggested a reconciliation, but the complain-
and was inexorable; he said he had a position in society to
maintain, and must show cause for being away train business.
He demanded justice, too, upon public grounds.
Mr. JA ant NE said, if he must act as a Magistrate he would do
so ; the assault appeared to be of greater magnitude than the
provocation would justify ; he should fiLe them each N.

CLERKENWLLI4.,-(Tliis DAY.)
An Irishman, named Flanagan, was charged with a violent
assault. It appeared that yesterday evening the prisoner and
his wife, after returning to their home in St. Giles's, quarrelled
about some trifle. A man who was present took the woman's
part, which so enragel the prisoner that he seized a cleaver
and aimed a blow at his wife's head, which would doubtless
have proved fatal had she not received it on her arm : it
severed the flesh to the bone. She soon fainted from less of
blood, and was conveyed to the hospital. A policemen went
to ascertiii her condition, to whom she expressed her deter-
mination not to prosecute, whatever the result might be. He
was in consequence discharged.
John Mooney, alias Spooney, was fined twenty shillings for
spitting in a policeman's face !

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
SUMMER ASSIZES, 1842.
The days appointed for holding the Assizes for the Northern
Circuit, before the Right Hon. Thomas Lord Denman, Chief
Justice of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench at West-
minster, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Maule, one of ter Ma-
jesty's Justices of the Court of Common Pleas at Westmin-
ster, and Justices assigned to take the Assizes, pursuant to the
watute, &c. :
Duni-wt.—Saturday, July 9, at Durham.
NORTHUMBERLAND.—Thursday, July 14, at the Castle if
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
TOWN OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.—Thursday, July 14,
at the Guildhall of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
CU3IRERLANN—Tuesday, July 19, at Carli:le.
WESTMORELAND.—Saturday, July 23, at Appleby.
LANCASHIRE (Northern Division).—Tuesday, July 26, at
Lancaster.
LANCASHIRE (Southern Division).—Saturday, July 30, at
Liverpool.
YORESIIIM—Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Castle of York.
CITY or YORE.—Saturday, August 13, at tha Guildhall
cf the City of York.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE FOR JUNE,
France daily (Sundays excepted) per steam-packets, via
Dover.
Ostend, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, ditto.
Holland and Hamburgh, Tuesdays and Fridays, from the
Thames.

Rotterdam every Saturday, ditto.
h:weden and Norway every Friday, via Hull.
Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, every Satur-
day. via Falmouth.
..ifalta, Greece, Corfu, and the lonian Islands, 15th and
31st, ditto.

Egypt arid India 31st of the month, ditto.
Malta, Egypt, and India, via Mat seilles, on the 4th of the
mouth.

Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, first Tuesday, ditto.
West In:!lies and Madeira, Pimama, New Orleans, British
Guiana, Surinam, Mexico, &c., Ist and 15th of the month, via
Falmouth.

The Clyde steamer fur the mails of the Ist of June to-
morrow.

British North America, Bermuda, and the United States,
on the 3d and kith of the month, excepting in December,
January, February, and March, only the 'W., via Liverpool.
The Britannia for the mail of the 3d of June.
N.B. 'All letters to foreign pai ts, France and the British
Colonies excepted, must be prepaid in this country.
New•spapvrs for New South Wales, Van Dieman's Land,
Australia, New Zealand, and the Cape of Good Hope, must be
paid Id., or they %sill not be for warded to their destination.

, FATAII,. iedirniNT WC Tun DEnnr DAY.—Last
evening- 41r..-.,rayne. City Cnrener, he'd an inquest at St. Bar;
iin)torree-iv *sillovind on the body of 14r 111. Plenty, ag,l ti 1.,
wriavelerk,af Oti Sepulchre's. It appeared from the evidence
taken by the iCoroner, that ori Wednesday evening last, between
seven and eight o'clock,
John Fawcett, a toll collector, being
nearly oppo,ite to Cross-street, Newington, at a short distance
from. the church,'saw deceased walking in the cat ria.ge road,
near the kerb stone, towards Kennington.. The road, it being
the cvet.ing of the Derby-day, was very much crowded, and
the witness saw a young man, named Coulson, coming towards
London on • horseback, and galloping at the rate of between
twelve and thirteen miles an hour. Coulson had hold of the
reins, but was leaning forwards on the horse in a sprawling
.manner. Witness saw that deceased was in danger, and
called to him, bat he did not hear, and the horse's chest ran
against him and knocked him down, and the animal's hind
hoof trod upon deceased's shoulder. 'lle witness stopped the
horse, and gave Coulson into the custody of the police. Caul-
son was the worse for liquor at the time, and the horse ap-
t-tared very much fatigued. At the Police Court Coylsun
- 'denied that he was in liquor,- and stated that he tried all he
could to curb the horse, but the animal got the better of him
as he was coming from Epsom Races. Mr. H. M. Maker,
house-surgeon, said deeea'ed was admitted on the morning of
the 26th, ,sutlering from coneussiou of the brain, fracture of
the right collar bone, and of several of the ribs on the rieit
side. He received proper treatment, and died on Friday of ht-
ceration of the brain and of the lungs, caused by the fractured
ribs. Verdict—‘. Accidental death."
Major-General Sir Niel Douglas, K.C.8., the
newly-appointed commander of the forces in North Britain,
had a narrow escape from a serious accident while reviewing
the 53d Regiment, quartered in Edinburgh Castle, on Thursday
last, on Bruntsfield Links. The Gallant General's horse reared
and came down, but fortunately no serious consequence ensued,
and Sir Niel went on with the insrection of the corps.
An additional instauco of the advantage to he de-
rived from b.inging to Southampton the mails rim landed at
Southampton, occurred on Saturday. The Peninsida steamer,
Lady Mary Wood, after landing her mails cn Friday at Fal-
mouth (which ware consequently not delivered till this morn-
ing), started for ` outhampion, and arrived in time for the
agent's report, &c., to be received by the Directors of the
Company in the early part rd' Saturday afierroon. An im-
portant despatch from Lord Howard de 11'iilden to the Earl of
Al erdeen was received by the same channel, and orders were
consi-quently sent from the Admiralty to Falmouth the same
evening to detain the outward steamer of this day Inv Govern-
ment despatches. The Lady Mary Wood was detained eight
hours by thick weather in making Falmouth, so that if she had
been allowed to proceed to Suutbampten direct, her letters and
despatches would We been received in London on Friday.
Al PATH ELECTION.-*-011 Friday the writ for this
election was forwarded from the Ilanaper-oflice to the High
Sheriff of the county. The election will toe piece about tne
Sth of June, and Mr. Corbally wilt b, veterned without opposi-
—Dublin Monitor.

SUPERFLI!qi-T ViVaTENESS.—liolding an umbrella
over a chiclr in the 14in. A nieri can paper.
11 Alp- Esi PnoSrECTs.—The provincial pal e •ti con-
cur generally in stating that the recent ran s have been at-
'tended with the most beneficial results to- the yc; al .ohs,
and give promise of a prolific harvest.

N*'-15

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
A. journal of the island of Bourbon of the 9th
Februareagives the following. news • from ths French
esteblislanent lately formed at Nosse-Be, in the island
ot? Madagascar:--" A. pereOtt of considerable inftire--
enee amonest the Sakelavas, at Nosse-Be, named
aleagala, had, for sometime, delivered himself up to
ro)hery, to the prejudice of the .other tithes of the
and -even of the Malgachos of the main land.
Oti the arrival of the French at. Mangala
received them most cordially in the hope of continuing
his depredations under their patronage. But he soon
perceived that the French authorities desired to play
the part of prutectoss to all the Nlalgaches tribes, and
he met with a determined opposition to his course of
p:under. At last, after a robbery which he had com-
mitted, M. Gouliot, the caininandant of the French
colony, went to arrest him, but he escaped, and, for
sonic time, was no more heard of. Intelligence was
brought some time after that he had returned, and
was, at that menent, holding a lather, or council at
the habitation of the Queen of the Sakalevas, with the
design of :revolutionizing all the tribes of the island,
and of driving out the french. M. Gouhot took a
few men, and proceeded to effect his arrest. Ile was
armed, and nearly a hundred men with him. In place
of giving himself up, he shouted his war-cry, and at-
tacked the little body of French. After an obstinate
struggle; Mangala fled with his collar-bone fractured,
and after having lost some of his men."
On Tuesday last the small town of Berus, in the
Sarthe, was the theatre of an awful spectacle. At the
sitting of the Court of Assizes for the department on
Match 14, four men—Louvard, •Drans, and
Chambrier—were convicted of the threeibld crime of
arson, robbery, and murder. The first two were eon-
demned.to hard labour' at the Ithlks for life, and the
remaining two to death. The Court
.ferther ordered
that Louvard and Bellant should stand ou,the
and Drans and Chambrier be executed at Beres
where their crimes were consummated. Early in the
morning the scaffold and the pillory were erected
Within afew paces of each other. An assemblage of
from 12,000 to 15,000 people gathered, from all the
surrounding country, round these preparations for the
exhibition of shame and ignominious death, and, note
withstanding their appearance in the centre, the scene
assumed all the aspect of a fair..
_Booths were
raised—tables were spread—tons of cider were
broached—and even games were set up. It required
all the firmness of the Magistrates, supported by the
gendarnies, and a detachment of troops, tt, prevent-
still more scandalous proceedings. At eight o'clock,
Louvard and Belland were fastened in the pillory,
so placed that they could see the house of their vic-
tim, and Louvard that in which he had himself lived.
He appeared to be much overcome, but - Belland dis-
played a disgusting effrontery in both gesture and
language. Having stood their time they were re-
moved. About twelve o'clock Drans and Chanderier
arrived in a post-chaise, under a strong escort. They
were accompanied by a young priest, who, with much
force, but mildness, endeavoured to bring the crowd
to a state more suited to the scene they were about to
witness, and then turned to the immediate objects of
his care. Chambrier was resigned to his fate, and in
a moment expiated his offences. - Drans, however,
was in a most pitiable condition. A livid paleness
overspread his countenance, and his limbs trembled so
convulsively that it required three men to carry him
up to the platform of the guillotine. In a few mi-
nutes afterwards the two severed bodies were lying to-
gether in one grave in an obscure corner of the ceme-
tery of Items. The crowd, so thoughtless and even
licentious in the morning, overcome by the sad tragedy
they had witnessed, separated in solemn silence.
A letter from Naples says—" The project of a rail-
road from this city to Rome has received the approba-
tion of the Holy See. It is said that Naplee is to un-
dertake the whole work at her own expense, and that
Rome will repay her share by annual payments. A
railroad from Rome to Florence is spoken off` as certain."
The Helvetie states that a young peasant of the
Valois was a few days ago, whilst sitting in a field
eating his dinner, bitten by a viper, and that the erft-et
of the poison was so rapid that he died in two hours.
A scientific commission is said to be preparing to.
start from Toulon to Asia Minor to make researches..
The Gazette des Tribunaux has the following
" A young woman, who had lived several months• as
servant with a new-married couple, had, by her mild
and respectful manners and assiduity, entirely
gained their confidence, and made them treat her as
a humble friend. At length several articles of value.
disappeared. It was difficult for the master and
tress to suspect their servant, in whom they flea so
much confidence, but at last circumstances convinced .
them that she must be the thief, and they taxed her
with the crime. She displayed the utmost indigna-
tion, gave them warning, and spontaneeusly (leaked
that every searely should be made among h-4.71. Wags.
This was dont ; but while her boxes and the closets.
in her room were being examined, anti in which, in
fact, some of the missing articles were found, the girl
got out of the room, hastened up to a higher storey,
and threw herself out of a window into the street..
The consequences were dreadful. She was taken -op
with both her arms and her skull fractured, and her
chest dreadfully crushed. She expired in a vary few
minutes. Her mistress was so overcome by the
dreadful catastrophe, that she has ever time remained
inconsolable, accusing herself of belneg the cause."
The Assembly of the States of Baden was opened
the 23d inst. by the Minister of the Interior, in the
name of the Grand Duke. In the opening speech the
Minister announced that the States would be eallcel
on to deliberate on a Bill for prolonging the railroad
to the Swiss frontier. The Budget would afiterwards
be laid before them, the other Bills being reserved for
the next ordinary Diet. The first sitting was to take
place the following day.
A letter from Beyrout, 80th lat., in the Suei of
Marseilles, states that the Druee Chiefs, who were ar-
rested, are still in prison, and that the Christianraiefa,
who ha been invited by Mustapha Pacha to attend a
general assembly at Beyrout, had from mistrust re-
fused to comply with the invitation. The letter adds,
that Mustaillse Pacha had received orders from the
Porte to abolish the protection which the European
Consuls have hitherto been permitted to exercise In
favour of certain rayas.
M. Kindt, the Belgian Commissioner in the nego-
tiations between France and Belgium fora treaty of
commerce, returned to Brussels some time ago. A
letter from that city states that his object in quitting
Paris was partly to confer with the Government, and
partly to ascertain from the nrincipal manufacturens
of Belgium . their views as to the concessions which
the French Government appears disposed to make.
The King of Prussia has returned.; to Berlin, from
Schwerin.
The Princess of' Orange arrived at Stutgardt on
the 20th inst., on a visit to the Royal Family.
Akif-Effendi, the Turkish Ambassador to the
Court of Vienna, had an audience of the Emperor on
the 18th inst., at which he delivered his letters •f
credence. Ali-Effendi, the Turkish Ambassador to
England, qnitted Vienna on the 16th on his way tot
London.

A Smyrna journal states that, on the sth ult., a
trading brig from Franco, called the Petit Matelot,
was attacked while lying at anchor, at a port on the
Greek coast, by a pirate's boat, containing twelve
men ; but the Captain of the brig, being upon the
alert, was able to defend his vesel until ho received
assiskince from Captain Cavier, of the schooner
Sainte-Claire, which was moored at a short distance
from him. The pirates, intimidated by the unex-
pected resistance, rowed off,' and gained the open sea,
not venturing to renew the attempt. The French
Consul at Smyrna, on receiving the intelligence,
made arrangements to send off a vessel-of-war in
search of the pirates.
A butcher of Besancon has just been condeinned
to three months' imprisonment, by the Correctional
Tribunal, for selling the flesh, of dogs as for that of
the kid.
Three days ago a woman, in charge of the two
.young children of a neighbour in one of the suburbs
of Orleans, suddenly perceived them both in danger
of being run over by a diligence coming at a rapid
pace down time street. Although she had an iufinit
of her own in her .arms, she rushed forward to save
them. She succeeded in getting one out of the way,
but at the same moment saw the head of the other
crushel under the wheel. The shock was so great
that she fell senseless, dropping her own child, which
was so much hurt internally that there were but little
hopes of saving its life. The mother became frantic,
from the frightful effects of the accident, and has re-
mained bereft of her reason.
We find the following in the Commerce
T--, a rich capitalist of Paris, paid for some years
a high rent for an apartment which was almost useless(
to him, as he resided habitually in a country-house
with his wife. This gentleman (lied suddenly not
long ago, leaving a will, which declared Iris wife to
be sole possessor of his fortune. Atw dys back she
came to Paris, and, finding herself chilly and unwell,
ordered a fire to be made in the bed-room of her late
husband's apartment. This was done, but the smoke,
in place of going up the chimney, returned and fieled
the room. A fumiste was sent for to remedy the evil,
and he immediately proceeded to examine time phee of
the chimney. lie found that, some little way up, above
bulk was placed whiCh impeded the passage of the smoke.
This, when got down, was discovered to be a heavy
leather valise, and was found to contain about 20,000
francs in old gold pieces of .24 and 48 franc*, as well.
as a quantity of unset jewels. This piece of goc4 for-
tune is likely to be the cause of a law-suit, as the
fumiste claims half the amount, in consequence of
having made the discovery ; the landlord demands the
other part, as the treasure was found on his premises;
and Madame T declares she has a right to all, as
universal legatee. It is said that the Tribunal of
Premiere Instance of the Seine will soon decide on.
these respective claims."

NOVEL FREIGHT.--The Great Western took ut
for New York no less than a ton of quack pills .00` whit+ the
slim of seven guineas freight was paid. Alas ! poor Yanlees.4,
how they will work yon.—Liverpool Albioar.