The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FRIDAY, DEC. 22.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before fiord Chief
Justice TINDAL and a Special Jury.)
LORD W. PAGET V. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN.
This case, which has excited so much interest in certain
circles, was fixed for this morning; and a few minutes
after nine o'clock. Sir T. Wilde, who, with Mr. Serjeant
Talfourd and Mr. Wordsworth, had been retained for the
plaintiff, entered the court. lie was soon followed by the
Solicitor-General, who, with Mr. Serjeant Channell and
Mr. Peacock, was engaged for the defence.
The learned counsel had not taken their seats five
minutes when the officer of the Court announced that the
special jury, who had been summoned to try this cause,
need not wait any longer, as the record was withdrawn.
The announcement came like a thunder-clap on all pre-
sent, and seemed to excite greater astonishment among
the counsel engaged in the cause, whose wearied looks
told of many hours snatched from necessary rest, than
among the remainder of the audience.

[ln✓reference to this case, we have received a letter
signed " W. Paget," and purporting to be a copy of one
addressed by that nobleman to Lord Cardigan. It is
couched in the most offensive terms, and imputes to the
defendant, upon the authority of the plaintiff's attorney,
" the wicked and infamous crime of having bought and
sent out of the way" the principal witness in Lord W.
Paget's behalf. The letter itself is, from its violent lan-
guage, unfit for publication, and, if genuine, will probably
give occasion to further proceedings, either at law, or by
some more summary course.]—Times.

The Bath Chronicle states that Mr. Roebuck is about
to be appointed to an Indian judgeship. Mr. Roebuck has
however written to the Times to deny the statement.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—In the Court
of Queen's Bench OIL Monday last, an action was t. ied
before Lord Denman and a special Jury, brought by Miss
Caroline Brett, against the Rev. Samuel Wade Stone, a
Baptist minister, for a breach of promise of marriage.
The parties were both natives of Bristol, and became ac-
quainted in 1834, the plaintiff being then 17 years old and
the defendant 19. In the following year he went to Scot-
land to study, and remained till 1839. In March 1842,
he married a Miss Gale. The Jury gave a verdict for
the Plaintiff, Damages £250.

DIRECTIONS TO POLICEMEN---Mr. Baron Rolfe, in
one of the cases tried before him on Monday week, at
Worcester, said, with regard to policemen putting ques-
tions to persons accused, that he was sorry that the law
had got into such a tender state upon this point. It was
generally laid down that policemen were exceedingly
wrong in putting any questions to persons in their cus-
tody ; now, he thought that it was often well for them to
do so, for he had seen cases in which such questions were
most essential to the establishment of a person's inno-
cence ; however, as he did not like to differ from his
brethren, he always told policemen not to say anything
to prisoners.

HINTS TO THOSE WHO WRITE FASHIONABLY.--We
have been favoured with a copy of the following charac-
teristic note, which iivas received by a lady from the Duke
of Wellington :—" London, July Bth, 18-13.—Field-Mar
shal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to
Mrs.—. tie really regrets much that he has not
boon nl.l. 1,-. /....--- .

ueenaute to react ner letter. fie intreats her to write in
a plain hand, in dark ink, and in few words, what her
commands are."