1 JUNE 1861, Page 5

It may be remembered that the jury who tried the

Hatch case gave the plaintiff very small damages—forty shillings—not sufficient to carry costs. This has led to the revival of the whole story. Mr. Chambers, on the part of Mr. Hatch, moved the Court of Exchequer for a certificate that the cause was one fit to be tried in a Superior Court, and combined with it a motion for a new trial on the ground of inadequate damages, misdirection, and the improper rejection of evidence. The Court, however, objected, and made him divide the motion into two, on the ground that there was no connexion between the two objects sought. Mr. Chambers then moved for a new trial.