The interesting case of the Attorney-General versus Shore, respect- ing
the right to the benefit of Lady Hewley's charity, came on before the Lord Chancellor, assisted by Judges James Parke and Littledale, on Thursday. The pleadings are expected to last several days.
An action brought by Mr. Scales against the Court of Aldermen of London, for making a false return to a mandamus, was tried on Thurs-
day, in the Court of King's Bench. It was admitted that the Court of Aldermen had a right to reject persons elected to be Aldermen, pro- vided they were deficient in wealth ; but it was argued, that in the case
of Mr. Scales, they had exceeded the powers the custom of the City conferred. The Jury thought otherwise, and found a verdict for the defendants.
A verdict for the dlendant was given on Thursday, in the Court of Exchequer, in an action for damages brought by Dicas the attorney against Mrs. Bengough a newsvender, who had sold it copy of the Satirist containing libellous reflections on the character of Dices.
011 the same day, a seaman, named Drina!), obtained 100/. damages, againt Captain Ward, of the Sir David Scott, East Indiaman, for cruel treatment, when on his homeward voyage last year. It appeared that the plaintiff had struck the Captain, but had been unmercifully punished for the offence, by being flogged, and then put in irons.
The Court of Common Pleas was occupied during the three first days of the week in the trial of an action brought by Henry Masters, late footman to Mr. Montague (whose name has been frequently before
the public lately in connexion with a disreputable affiliation case) against his master for a malicious prosecution. Mr. Sergeant Wilde, Mr. Sergeant Andrews, and Mr. Platt, were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Clarkson for the defence. Masters had
been a principal evidence against Mr. Montague its the trial which ended in the latter being compelled to pay for the support of a bastard child of one of his servants. Mr. Montague indicted him and two others for a conspiracy, but the prisoners were acquitted. It was for compensation for the injury sustained by this prosecution that the pre- sent action was brought. The Jury found a verdict, with 250/. damages, for the plaintiff. One day in the beginning of last week, a dashing young man, calling himself a natural son of Sir William Honeywood, an Essex gentle- man (though the story is not believed), was charged at the Marlborough Street Office, by Mr. Lloyd, a banker in Birmingham, with having swindled hills out of a considerable sum. The magistrate doubted his power to send the prisoner to gaol for an offence committed in War- wickshire ; and was about to discharge him, when another person ac- cused him of bigamy. On this charge he was remanded till Saturday; but on that day no one appeared to give evidence in the case ; and he was ordered to be discharged, after being repaid about 701. found on his person. There was evidently an attempt on the part of several persons in the office to smuggle the prisoner out with as little observa- tion as possible. He had scarcely, however, got outside the door, when eery 01 " There's the villain !" was heard from several people, who, it
appeared, were the witnesses against him, and bad been actually pre- vented by force from going into the Police-office to give evidence. The prisoner is-as taken back, and committed on the charge of bigamy after all.
Miss Clara Mary Benson, a young lady whose connexions are wealthy and respectable, was charged at this office, on Wednesday, with stealing a gold seal from one of the stands at the Soho Bazaar. The porter of the Bazaar said, that he saw her slip the seal into her glove, and stopped her as she was going out. She went with him to the counter, and laid
the glove down, but the seal was not in it. Afterwards she went into a private room to be searched, and there the seal dropped out of her parasol. She had 5/. in her purse at the time. Mr. Charles Phillips, who appeared as her counsel, contrived to make the witnesses contra- dict themselves in some particulars, but not as to the main fact; and the 11e6i straw held the prisoner to boil; which was irsmiediately tendered by two gentlemen, and accepted. Miss Benson's mother is at present residing on the Continent, and she is only on a visit to London. [The owner of the recovered seal will find, we doubt not, an excellent market for it. It seldom happens that wealthy and respectable young ladies are tried at the Old Bailey for shoplifting.] The man who calls himself William Jackson, and who -is 'charged with the robbery of the Bungay Bank, was reexamined at the Man- sionhouse on Tuesday; when Forrester the Police-officer accused him
of being a returned transport. It appears that he was transported for life in 1829, for robbing the St. Neot's Banking-house of between 7000/. and 8000/. ; and had been apprehended for that robbery by the sarne officer, Daniel Forrester. He was again remanded.
Mrs. Dices, the wife of the noted attorney, was robbed yesterday week, by a servant-boy, of money and trinkets to the value of nearly 460/. The mother of the boy was also charged as an accomplice. A good deal of the property was recovered by the Police ; and both the the prisoners were remanded on Saturday, after an examination before the Lord Mayor.
Mr. Nodder, the Governor of Tothill Fields Prison, shot himself on Thursday evening, in the neck, with a pistol-ball. He is not dead, but in a dangerous state. He has lately beets low-spirited, but from what cause is not known.
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