RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Thursday, 12th July — Civil Cases.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 328, 14 July 1849, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Thursday, 12th July — Civil Cases.

Patrick Lorrigau v. Win. Hunter — This *as a suit to recover the sum of £3 17*., being the amount «f a [romis9,ry note accepted by defendant, VorJict'for plaintiff with cost*. Williun Bume tv. John Flatt— This Butt was to rpcover the sum of .£1 12-». Bil., beins; the amount of an account rendered for rent, Veidict for plaintiff, with coils. Henry Gil ica t. Hyam Joseph— This was to recover the sum of iss. for groomage. Veulict for the datendant. James Johnsrn v "Walter Lie— >71uj action was to recover the fum of ,£9 15s. fi<J M !>eiti'4 amou r it of an account rendered for buudries. Verdict lot j.Uuit'ff £j 1 3s. Gd. WelK'sley Hutjhes v. Junes Feast tt — Ihis was to iccover the sum of £'i 15?. 4d., brine; amount of an p<--count leiulered for Bundries. j'ait icto Coiut wjUi costs. Edward Andrew Peaoock v. W. Eppcs Cormack— This wai to re cover the sura of MO, being amount of an account rendered for dama.es s>ublained by the plaintiff. Verdict fcr defendant. David Crosbie v. Charles Dd'hWry-— This suit wis to recover the sum of £3 11«. 10R, being amount of an accou t rendered for sundae*. Verdict for tha plaint.ff£2 19s, 10id. Christopher Fulion v. Thomas Man dell — Action to recover the sum of £3 12s. IOJJ-, amount lent defendant by plaintiff. Sum jsona not served, ordered to itund over. John Duff v. George Rnsielt— This was to recover the mm of 8s , being the amount of an account rendered, for work and labour done by plaintiff for defendant. Nonsuited for vv mt of better particulars. John McVny v. Edward Ei Idle — Action to recover f c sum oi dSS 10s. (>"!< i , be"ng the baluice of a pre niisorv r,o c accepted by defendant. Verdict for plait ti T with crsts. Several other cases appeared on the list but were s?t(led out of Court^ «__

The French Politic \l Exiles in England.— The last number of the Revue dcs Deux Mondes contains an article ou the political exiles in England, from which 1 glean the following li.tle facts:— Louis Phillippe and his family are iw a 6tdte of real poverty. The Queen and Princesses wear neither jewels nor s<] s-^their dresses are of cotton. The royal table is of the greatest simplicity; nothing but beer is served, except for dessert, and then wine in sparingly used. The gt-icteat economy is observed in eveiy thing. Louis Philippe, who has become excessively talk* ive, defends his policy in refusing electoral reform, though it cost him his thrnne ; he takes a certa'n pleasure in the m ships and misfortunes of the Republic ; and is very sarcastic indeed on some of the leading men in the re* vo ution, He, however, admits that France is Republican, and the restoration of monarchy improbable. H« even, at times, spouts Republican sentimeßts, as he used to do in lvs rarly days, when he was the son of Citizen Egalite and door-keeper at a club. He is low-spiiited and fidgety owing to the want of active employment, which had become to him an absolve necessity ; but he pania'iy occupies his time by r« ■ ling French, English, and Geimun newspapers. The ex-Queen is very resigned, but lesrrved and rather hau hty •, ai d is, unfonuuately in a declining state of health. Th« Duke de Nemours is ptk'tif. Of strong LrgitimiB 1 sentiment?, he looks upon the downfall of h ; s"fumiiy as a soit ol expiation of his father's guilt in defrauding tl « Duke de Bordeaux of bib ciown The Duke d'Aumale is studious; the Piince de Joiuvi'le savage and sulky, and full of schemes— at onetime proposing to en'er the A nerican nayy — at another to become a Yankee setiler — at another to take the fis'iery trade in Scotland. The ex* Royal family receive scarcely any visitors ; and the princes and princesses have no other amusement thnn fibhing, with occasional visits to the seaside. M. Gu z.t passes all the time he can take fiom his numerous fiiends in s'udy. The haughtiness of his pi ide enables him to bear his mis., fortunes man ully. He com| ld'n.s of the King for having given way to the in b bv changing the Ministry at the beginning ol the revolution ; and has been heard to «ay, '• Tlie day afier we retired there was a revolution ;" implying; that if he and his colleagues had remained in office there would have beeu none. He spoke with intense bcotn of the Republican Bq'iad ; and yet feete pleasure that they have been obliged to follow his policy both in dom sfic and foreign affairs, especially in the latter. He has no faith in ths duration of the Republ c, thinks that constitutional monarchy can a'one succeed in Europe, and is strongly opposed to universal sufl'age. He is studying EnglLh history with great atreniion, espec'ally of the time of Cromwe'l, and will pnbably give to the world some moro admirable volumes thereupon. Prince Metternich belirves as much in absolutism as cv r. He considers the various rcvolut ons that have ttiten place during the past year as things of no great importance, and as containing a lesson to princes never t > give way to (hmour. Consliiut.onal government, he thinks, will ntn t last, and he expects to see, Eooner or later, a compLte re-establiihment of absolute m man by. He Ima almost »s much influence as ever lu> had over the affairn of his country, and is const willy consulted by its Government. The lius-.i<m G >vern unit also se ks bis advice, and tl»3 coire->p udencd between it .md him i* very a t ye. Wnen lie can be got to talk ot his p»>t p.ilwy, he alw.iys deun la it, and m.iinlaiiH that he alone, of all the E iropean dipl mitists, w s in the habit of speikiiu the liuih. He has an iinrueiue mass Of M^b. cont nmig »<>te< of hii pri. c.pai coiiv^rsutionb wi'h em'nen individual-, du.u.j; l.ss Ion? caieer. He rcceiveJ an immense number of visits horn the English aristocruy ; bat vi^unoboiy ex opt tua Dako