Star.
London, England, 1831-07-08 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JCL"' 7.

Fox AND OTIIERS V. CLIFTON AND oniEns.—
This was an action to recover two thousand pounds
and odd for work and labour done at the premises
of the defendants. It will, no doubt, be recollected,
from the circumstances of the case, which has been
once tried, having been frequently before the
public—that a Joint Stock Company, called the Im-
perial Distillery Company, which had been partly
formed, failed for want of fnnds. Several tradesmen
who furnished goods, orcontributed to the election of
the buildings, were unable to obtain payment of their
accounts, as the defendants and others who were
possessed of money denied their liability on the
ground that they were not bond fide partners in the
company, and that the company itself had not
been formed, the whole of the shares which were
advertised for sale not having been engaged. The
persons who were concerned as directors, and in
the getting up of the company, they contended,
were liable. On the first trial a verdict for the
plaintiffs was found ; but it was allowed to go down
again on some objections being taken. The Court
was yesterday occupied till peat ten at night on the
second trial, which terminated in a verdict being
given for the plaintiffs.

OLD BAILEY-TIIIS DAY.
Mary Jackson, a fashionably dressed female
was indicted for stealing from the person of Mr.
Mc Cullum, Stock-broker, a valuable diamond
pin on the 26th of May last, in Rathbone-place.
The prisoner met the prosecutor about one o clock
of the morning in question, and requested him to
accompany her home. This he refused to do,
when she struck him in the breast, and stole the
pin in question.—Mr. Phillips said he had the
names of 14 gentlemen who, fearless of exposure,
were willing to come forward and speak to the
honesty of the prisoner. The Jury found her
Guilty of taking the pin, but not with an intention
to steal—which of course amounted to an acquittal.

THE EARL or DUNDOWALD.—The Scottish
Peerage of Dundonald, to which Lord Cochrane
has succeeded by the dissolution of his noble and
venerable parent, was created by King Charles 1.
who conferred it on Sir William Cochrane, of Cow-
don, for the zeal which he displayed in the service
of that unfortunate monarch. At the Restoration he
was appointed one of the LordsConimissioners of the
Treasury,the functions of which he discharged to the
satisfaction of the nation. The family of Cochrane
is allied by intermarriages with the distinguished
houses of Hamilton, Cassilis, Montrose, Twee-
dale, Eglinton, and Dunmore. The late Earl
succeeded to the family honours on the death of his
father, the eighth Earl, in 1788 ; and was married
thrice—first in 1774, to the daughter of Captain
Gilchrist, by which lady, who died in 1784, his
Lordship had issue, the present Earl, who is now
in his 56th year, the Honourable William Erskine
Cochrane, Hon. Captain Archibald Cochrane
R.N. By the Earl's third Countess, who died
1820, he had an only daughter, Lady Dorothy
Cochrane.

The exportations of the precious metals have
been carried on to a very large amount within
the last four days. The entries at the Custom
House since this day week have been to
the extent of nearly one million and seven
hundred and fifty thousand ounces. The prin-
cipal part of the bullion sent out of the coun-
try has consisted of silver coin and bars, of
which about 900,000 ounces have been entered
for Calais, and 80,000 ounces for Hamburg.
Of gold coin and bars there have been entered for
shipment in the last week, nearly 90,000 ounces.
The shipments, it is eaid, are principally intended
to pay for purchases of foreign grain, a large quan-
tity of which will be imported into this country
during the present year. The shipments of wheat,
&c. from the Baltic ports for this country will be
very large, although the stock of foreign corn in
bond in the pool of London is very considerable.
DIEPPE, 31.71. v 4.—Our election will com-
mence to-morrow, when it is expected that the late
respected Deputy, M. De Berigney, will be re-
elected. We learn from the Memorial Dieppois
that th:ee females (sisters) named Howard, have
been apprehended on suspicion of setting fire to
the cottages, the destruction of which we !stay
reported. The eldest having been strictly ques-
tioned by the Procureur du Roi, is supposed t)
have swallowed poison. While under her second
examination she fainted away, and shortly after
expired. Arsenic was found in the stomach. The
sisters of the deceased are still in custody.
From the length of time that the Reform Bill
will necessarily occupy in the Committee, a fort-
night, we imagine, must still elapse before it finds
its way to the Lords.

We have received a letter from our Correspon-
dent at Lisbon, dated June 18 ; it contains but little
news. The following is an extract The wea-
ther has cleared up after a continual rain of near
three months. The corn in the low lands on the
banks of the Tagus is entirely destroyed, to an im-
mense extent—a serious loss to the inhabitants of
Lisbon, as it is the source from which the city is
principally supplied.
Information was given to the police yesterday of
the following robberies committed on Wednesday
night :—John Williams, gunner's mate of his Ma-
jestv's ship Revenge, was robbed of five 51. Bank
of England notes, which he had received shortly
before. He was drunk, and could give no account
of the rubbery, further than it had taken place near
tlte Sar ey side of Waterloo-bridge, where he was
futaid by the M division of police. On the same
night, Mr. Booth, a commercial traveller of Denton,
near Manchester, was induced to enter a house of
ill fame, while in a state of intoxication, and robbed
of 10001. including a hank post bill for 1001. drawn
and endorsed by W. Chapman, another bank post
bill for 5001. particulars not known, and two Bris-
tol bank notes for 201. each.

The autopsy of Grainer, which was performed
50 hours after his death, has disappointed in many
respects the expectation of medical men. The
stomach, far from having collapsed by sixty-three
days abstinence from food, presented its usual
size, so that, from the mere inspection of it, the
death of the individual could nut have been attri-
buted to want of food. This organ contained about
a glassful of greenish liquid, presumed to be gas-
tric juice : the intestines presented nothing extraor-
dinary: the muscles, although reduced to simple
membranes, by the effect of a complete marasmus,
were red, and their fibres rigid, which is very re-
markable. The body, naturally strong, and five
feet one inch in height, weighed only 52Ibe.—a
criminal, who refused to take any food who* in
prison.—Paris paper.