The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-27 00:00:00

MORNING SUN merits of any measure by its money price. Thus, when the looked-for scheme of emigration is dis cussed in the City, the first question generally put is, " What will it cost?" The advantages to be expected from the execution of a large and comprehensive plan of emigration may be con sidered so great by philanthropists as to induce them to look upon the expense as a secondary matter; but when the financial embarrassments of the country, and the impoverished position of the public Treasury are considered, the pounds, shillings, and pence become of serious importance. When we remember that the Re port of the Select Committee on Emigration last session recommended an expatriation en masse of about sixty thousand souls as needful to re lieve the destitution prevailing in the Highlands and islands of Scotland, we perceive at once that millions of money must be expended in order to carry into effect any general and effi cient measure of emigration throughout the United Kingdom. The expense of sending 60,000 emigrants to Canada could not be safely estimated at much under 400,0001. The cost again per head to New South Wales under the bounty system is 201., so that to transport the same number of adults to Sydney or any part of our Australian colonies would be fully 1,200,000/. The gross expense of conveying 120,000 emigrants in equal portions, therefore, to New South Wales and Canada, would certainly incur an ex pense to the Treasury of about 1,600,0001. if the Government were to propose a measure of so limited a nature as that to which those figures apply, the addition of 1,600,0001. to the expenditure for the next year does not ren der the task of equalising the revenue and ex penditure one of more easy accomplishment ; and unless it were brought forward on a much more comprehensive basis, the benefits accruing from it would be of no permanent duration ; for in lieu of the numerical subtraction of 120,000 from the gross population by emigration, the ad dition by births would be nearly 400,000 in the year 1842. The only ordinary funds which the Government could command, to take off the load from the Exchequer, are the colonial land funds, which would not do much to alleviate the charge. The necessary conclusion, accordingly, is, if the Government determined on a scheme of emigra tion, that Mr. Goulburn must soon appear again in the Money Market with some new patch work of a loan or funding ; thus adding more and more to the amount of the public debt. TIMES.—The late transactions of the Bank of England in stock turn out to be not absolutely a lending of money on such security, but the taking back of Consols upon which the Bank had previously itself borrowed money. This operation is one not unfrequently resorted to within the last two years, and is for the purpose of equalizing the rate of money in and out of the Stock Exchange. The proceeding of the house of Coutts and Co. against Lord Strangford is now understood to be not an action at common law, but in the form of a bill of discovery filed in Chancery, in order to ascertain the degree of knowledge possessed by his Lordship of time origin of the Exchequer bills accepted by that house as security, with the view of instituting legal proceedings, on evidence so obtained from Lord Strangford, against other parties. This is no abandonment, as has been interpreted by some, of the claim against the Government for the spurious bills, but in order to show that all possible legal steps have been taken against those even suspected to have a guilty knowledge of the original fraud, in aid, so far as it may go, of the liability of the Government. DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION NEAR GLASGOW. GLASGOW, Nov. 24.—Yesterday (Tuesday) morning, shortly before three o'clock, the upper flat of the very extensive cotton-spinning works of Messrs. J. Bartholo mew and Co., at Barrowfield, was discovered to be on fire. Information was immediately transmitted to the Calton police establishment, and Captain Smart and his officers, although the buildings were beyond the boun daries of the Calton police, were directly at the place to preserve order; but having neither engine nor fire esta blishment, they could do nothing more than look on. Another considerable delay took place owing to the peremp tory orders of the police board, not, on any pretence what ever, to send the engines beyond the bounds of the Glas gow police. The Lord Provost, who personally attended and acted with the greatest promptitude, directed that the watchmen should be ordered to spring their rattles to alarm the firemen, and others connected with the fire de partment. This was complied with, and in the course of a very few minutes, the whole fire establishment were despatched to the scene of the fire. The alarm having reachedthe West of England station, a few ini initfs after tierce o'cloek,. the splendid engine of that coinpany, and their fire brigade, were in a very short time on the sPOt, and rendered the first assistance. This was shortly after followed by various others. The Bar rowfield mills, formerly the property of Messrs. James Oswald and Co., are situated between the New London road, and , Dalmarnock-road, near their junction with the mainettreebof Bridgeton. They consist of a range of buildings extending to nearly 320 feet in length, of considerable breadth, and five stories in height. A portion in the centre of the front building was six stories high, and to the back of this compartment, another building, also six stories high, projected back wards for upwards of eighty feet. The front build ings were occupied with spinning machinery, the back or cross building cantaining the preparation rooms and throstle spinning machinery. When the fire was dis covered it appeared in the centre of the upper flat to the east of the centre compartment. It spread eastward to the east gable of the mill, and westward to the centre compartment, and thence northward along the upper flat of the north or cross building ; but from the supe rior thickness of the gable connecting the centre with the western wing, it did not get so readily in contact with that portion, and hence that was the point to which one or more engines were directed to stop the commu nication. Every attempt was made to get the mastery over the fire in the upper fiat, but so far had it extended, by the delay which had occurred, that before the en gines could be brought to bear effectively upon it, the flames had spread rapidly downwards throughout the whole extent of the mill, except the west wing, and the heavy machinery falling through floor after floor, all idea of arresting the progress of the conflagration was abandoned, and the whole energy of the firemen directed to the saving of the west wing, which, by excessive la bour, and admirable courage on the part of the persons enga g e d, was at last happily accomplished. During the progr,ss of the fire a portion of the south wall fell down on a lower building, occupied as a counting-house, the roof of which it carried down at one fell swoop ; but though several men were upon one end of the small building at the time, most fortunately the falling materials did not reach the spot on which they stood. The lower portion of the ruined buildings being filled with beams, flooring, joisting, &c., continued to burn fiercely, and there being a fear that the con nection of some of the beams might by some means con vey the fire to the western wing of the building, the West of England and Anderston fire-engines, with a few select firemen b e l ong i ng to the former, were kept in attendance, in case of any accidental recurrence of the fire. The extent of the loss by_ the fi re i s est i ma t e d a t nearly 40,0001., including building's; machin e ry, cotton, &c., of which there can scarcely be n, doubt, a large pro portion might have been saved had the Glasgow engines promptly sent out, as th e y been ought to have been. As i t is, however, the west wing —about 130 feet in length an d five stories high—has been saved, by which a fur ther loss of 15,00e1. has been prevented. The exertions of the firemen and other persons present were deserving of the highest praise. The portion of the mill which has been destroyed contained upwards of 25,000 spin dles ; and upwards of 500 persons have been thrown out of em ployment. The premises were fully insured. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 26. (Sittings in Chancery-larte.) This morning a number of gentlemen, w h o had passed th e i r ex amination, appeare d in Court, and were sworn in and enrolled as solicitors. MORA LL V. SUTTON. The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment in this suit, the facts of which were reported in The Sun a few days ago. The question before the Court was, whe ther Sarah Calcott the younger took an estate for life only, or an absolute interest in some: freehold estates in Gloucestershire, under the testator's will. His Lord ship said the mode in which the testator had expressed himself, did not afford any aid in the construction of the will, and it was still more unfortunate that neither of the two constructions sought to be put upon the words had the effect of making every part of the case clear and consistent; but on the best consideration which he had been able to give to the case, and without being able entirely to satisfy himself, it appe are d to him that the interpretation favourin of the plaintiff was the most probable andcon sistent, and h e was th ere f ore o f o pi n i on that Samuel Cal cott, the younger, took only an estate for life. WILSON V. TINDALL. This case, which was an application for an injunction to restr a i n t h e d e f en d ant from i nfr i ng i ng a patent be longing to the plaintiffs for making candles from cocoa nut oil, was resumed this morning. The facts were re ported in The Sot of Thursday. Mr. PEJLIIERTON, in reply, contended that the patent was good, and that the plaintiffs ought not to be com pelled to try that question at law. That it had not been departed from by the plaintiffs, and that on the evidence of both parties there was a clear case of in fringement. The NlA.sTv.a of the ROLLS said that with regard to the argument of the validity of the patent, from its long enjoyment by the plaintiff and the evidence in the affi davits, he was of opinion the injunction prayed for ought to be granted. The question for consideration was whether any terms ought to be imposed upon the plaintiff, or other means used for investigatinc , the facts than those adopt e d i n the usual course of b proceed ings. It was to be observed that all orders made on applications of that kind were merely interlocutory ; the injunction, of course would be only an injunction until further order. Notwithst defendant might p u t i n hisanding answer, by which he this order, the might possibly disprove the affidavits, and the parties might respectively proceed to evidence; and on the hear ing of the case, the law with regard to it, and the facts in the depositions, would have to be re - considered, which reconsideration, for aught h e knew to the contrary might justify the Court in coming to a different conclu sion than that come to on the present occasion. The 1 defendant had expressed his desire to have the matter tried at law; and though he had no doubt whatever of the competence of the Court to decide without it, the question was, whether it was not a more convenient mode of proceeding to have it tried be fore the tribunal most proper for the decision of legal questions, and where the facts could be better investigated. It was not, therefore, with re spect to any doubt that could be entertained of the validity of the patent, that he made an order for a trial, but because he thought it the most convenient mode of mak ing the further investigation prayed by the defendant. He therefore directed the plaintiff to bring an action to try his right, the injunction being granted in the terms of the motion. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Non 26. The Court sat to-day in Banco, under the provisions of Lord Denman's Act, and took cases from the new trial paper. CHAPMAN V. BECKINGTON. This was an action for a breach of a covenant, tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe, and in which a verdict was had for the defendant upon all the breaches save one, and that referred to monies received after the death of one of the partners, and with leave to enter a nonsuit if that Court should think fit. Mr. WATSON now appeared to show cause against the rule. It appeared that William and Edward Chapman and Washington Potts entered into partnership as rope makers at Willington, in Northumberland, in the year 1832, and the partnership was to continue for a term of 11 years. By the terms of the copartnership deed it was agreed that Washington Potts should be the acting partner, and the defendant Beckington entered into a bond, the conditions of which were, that Potts should, during the time he acted as manager of the concern, observe and keep all the covenants, provisos, clauses, and agreements in such indenture or deed of copartnership. He was also required to make and deliver at stated periods a return of all the monies, &c., received by him, on account of the copartnership. One of the partners, William Chapman, having died, and the present action being brought against the surety for alleged breaches of the covenant in the deed, it was contended that one of the partners having died, the defendant could not be held responsible, the original partnership being at an end. The Learned Judge having given the defendant leave to enter a nonsuit, the question now for the consi deration of the Court was, whether the defendant was liable for anything that occurred in regard to the copartenership after the death of William, and whether or not the deed or bond entered into by the defondant was a continuing surety or not. He now submitted to the Court that there was an objection to the decision given by the Learned Baron upon the face of the record, because the breaches having been proved, the Learned Judge could not give the defendant leave to enter a nonsuit. Mr. CRESSWELL, for the defendant, submitted that his Learned Friend having appeared at the trial for the plaintiff; was a consenting party to the rule for a non suit, and could not now object to it. Indeed it appeared to him a contempt of Court to do so. Mr. WATSON said it was not for the plaintiff to point out to the other party the proper course to pursue. Lord DENMAN-But it was not for you to agree to that decision unless you meant to abide by it. Mr. CREsswELL—When the application was made to the Judge to enter a nonsuit the other party was present. Lord DENMAN thought they must take the question upon the rule for a nonsuit as it had been submitted to them. Mr. WATSON said it was perfectly new to him that he should be called upon to argue a question so brought be fore the Court, or that he should be responsible. Lord DENMAN—But the Court have decided, Mr. Watson, and it cannot be perfectly new to you now. You were at the time for the plaintiff, and must be taken to be a consenting party. Mr. WATSON would contend, then, that the breaches having been proved at the trial, the rule for a nonsuit must be discharged. The bond was evidently a continu ing security, because it referred entirely to the copart nership deed, and that deed provided for the continuance of the partnership for the full term of eleven years, even in the event of the death of one or more of the partners. The Learned Counsel referred to the case of the Globe Insurance Company, and that of the bond entered into by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, the publishers, to print and publish the books of the University, and to pay all moneys received on account thereof to the University. He submitted that the decision in these cases was quite in accordance with the proposition for which he was con tending, and that the rule ought to be discharged. Mr. WARREN followed OR the same side. Mr. CRESSWELL, for the defendant, would direct the attention of the Court to the language of the deed and the language of the bond, and submitted that the only inference they could draw from it was, that the condi tions therein specified had been fulfilled, and that the plaintiff must be nonsuited. The copartnership referred to throughout the deed was clearly the copartnership existing between the three individuals named therein ; the moment one of these parties died, or assigned his shares to another, the covenants and obligations in the bond were at an end, and the defendant could no longer be held responsible. Indeed, that was distinctly sti pulated, for, in the proviso, which set forth that, in the event of the death of any one of the partners named therein, the whole of the accounts of the partnership should be made up, and the value of the property equally divided among them. The other provisions evidently referred to any subsequent co-partnership that might be entered into, but for which the defendant could not be in any way held liable. The deed certainly stipulated that any of the partners might assign his shares on giving notice, or to his son without notice ; but if that condition were to apply to the defendant's bond, Potts himself might go out, or the parties coming in might agree that Potts should be no longer managing partner, and in such case Potts could have no remedy against the new partners, although it was attempted to be al leged, that in such a state of things, Mr. Becking ton's bond would still exist in full force against him. The scope of the deed appeared to him, on a fair review of its conditions, to extend to as long as the three part ners should continue together—till the expiration of eleven years, if no other contingency put an end to it, or till the death of •one of the partners, and no longer. He submitted, therefore, that the rule for the nonsuit must be made absolute. The COURT said it would be necessary to look into the pleadings before they pronounced their decision. DOE DEN.--WYATT P. THE ST. HELEN'S RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action upon a mortgage deed for the sum of 40,0001, brought by the lessor of the plaintiff against the St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway Com pany, tried before Mr. Justice Wightman, at the last Lancashire Assizes, and on which a verdict was had for the plaintiff, with liberty to enter a nonsuit or to arrest judgment if the Court should be of opinion that the action was not maintainable. Mr. BUSBY now appeared on behalf of the lessor of the plaintiff to show cause why the rule should not be set aside. The rule had been obtained on the ground that the mortgagee was not entitled to recover possession of the land of the Railway Company, and was not en titled under the mortgagee to maintain the action. The case was one of very great importance, for although the sum of money secured by the mortgage was only 70,000/.—(A laugh)—the form of that mortgage was the one adopted by all the Railway Com panies, and in deciding the p resen t case t h e i r Lordships would decide whether the mortgagees of all the railways in the country, comprehend.. ing a vast amount of property, could maintain actions for ejectment, or whether they were to recover the pos session of the land of the railway in some other way. The Act under which the Company was incorporated was entitled the 11th Geo. IV., chap. 61, and by it they were empowered to raise a sum of 120,0001., and to bor row a further sum of 30,0001. By another Act, the 4th William IV., chap. 3, they were authorized to raise a further sum of 40,0001. upon loan, with power to mort gage the land of the Company, for which purpose the two questions which would arise would be, first, whether under the terms of the Act of Parliament they were au thorized to demise the lands they possessed, and if the Court should be of opinion that they had the power to demise them, then the second question would be, whether, by the form of deed, they had so demised it. By the Act the Company were empowered, for the purpose of raising the money on loan, to pledge the credit of the Company, and to assign and charge all the property of the Company, and the rates and tolls arising therefrom, or any part thereof, as a security for the money so ad vanced, and by another, sect., the 59th, they were au thorized to sell any land which was not required for the Purposes of the railway. Now, he submitted, that on the construction of these two clauses the Company were empowered by the Legi s l a t ure t o d em ise any portion of the land or real estate of which they were possessed. The form of deed to be used in these cases was set out in the taking, and all the estate, Act, and was as follows We assign the said under same ;" and it was clear that that included the legal estate of the right, title, and interest, in the j s e e c l t a c v o i n n e g i e r d e e C fed o rr m bey p d any in the land. The Learned Coun a to ad theauthoritiesverdict entered nt e r e bearing e submitting that the rule u f t g o h r e o a u p must be set aside, plaintiff. the ne anon-suit COURT, without hearing forai the other side, were una nimously of opinion that the the deed were not sufficient to warrant given in the form of given them by the Learned C arrant the construction find that the Act of P arliament ou g ns a el. They could not Company to demise their land, an-dvteh any power to the by the words of the Act in determinineythmeust be guided rights of par ties. The parties, however, advancing lone these Companies were bound to take care irhuaPt upon loan to good security for the money. Now the words of th y e Act ad were " We demise the said undertaking ;" but if it was intended to include land, that might have been very easily done. What was meant by the word " undertaking" he really could not understand. He could not find in them any thing which did so improbable and so exceedi ng l y inconvenient a thing to the public, and to the known inte rests confided to the proprietors of railways as to depri ve them of the means of carrying on these undertaking s by totally parting with their property in the land, by which they were enabled to carry them on for the convenienc e o f the public. were of On these grounds t he yopinion that the rule for the nonsuit must b e made absolute. WATERS V. THE EARL OF THANET. This was an action upon two bills of exchange, one for 6581. and the other for 4651., with interest, amounting in the whole to 3,1301. The bills were drawn by the de fendant in the year 1802, accepted by one Richard Wil son, and endorsed to the plaintiff. On the trial before Lord Denman an agreement was put in, drawn up in February, 1803, to the effect, that " on condition of Edward Waters (the plaintiff) having agreed not to proceed against me for the recovery of the amount of two bills of exchange (specifying them), I do hereby ,debar myself from the future plea of the Statute of Limitations • and I hereby promise to pay them separately and conjointly, with the full amount of legal interest, whenever my circumstances enable me to do so." That agreement was signed by the defendant. There was a plea denying the letter being in the de fendant's handwriting, and setting up the Statute of Li mitations. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, and a rule for a nonsuit was subse quently obtained by the late Attorney-General. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now appeared to show cause against the rule. It had been urged very strongly at the trial that the agreement was not in the handwriting of the noble defendant, but it was clear that the noble de fendant must have forgotten that he had entered into such an agreement, because the handwriting was clearly proved. It was shown that in 1832 the defendant succeeded to the title of the Earl of Thatet, and was then of ability to pay, but Mr. Waters, who was out of the country, was not aware of it till 1837, the defendant having sent no notice to him. The actionfras brought in Nov. 1838, and then it was said that the Statute of Limitatations had begun to run from the time the defendant had succeeded to the title, and that the plaintiff could not recover. Now he sub mitted that the agreement entered into betw een th e par ties was a special one promising to pay the bills " when ever he was of ability to do so." The plaintiff proved that he had applied to the defendant, and that he was of ability to pay, and under these circumstances he could not see how the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. Mr. TRESIGER followed on the same side. _ _ Mr. ERLE, on behalf of the defendant, submitted that even if the agreement was a special one, the cause of action arose at the time of ability, and the Statute of Limitations then began to run, and six y ears ha r i ng elapsed before the bringing of the action, it could not now be maintained. He submitted further, that the agreement was one upon which the plaintiff might have proceeded at any time, without waiting for Lord Thanet to be of ability. The moment the defendant became of ability, then it was a regular agreement to pay upon demand, but it did not entail upon him the condition of apprising the plaintiff of the period when he became of ability. The danger of the ground taken by his Learned Friends in contending that the plaintiff had a right of notice it was unnecessary for him to point out. It was important, however, that such a notice should have been stipulated for, if it was meant to rely upon it. He thought it was extremely inconvenient to give the other party the power of lying by for nearly half a century, allowing interest to be heaped upon interest upon a very large sum, and then, when the evidence as to handwriting and other matters was extremely doubt ful, to come forward with the present claim. The Learned Counsel, after a lengthened argument, con cluded by submitting that the verdict could not be main tained, and the rule for a nonsuit made absolute. The COURT took time to consider its judgment. BAIL COURT, Nov 26. (Sittings after Term, before a Common Jury.) HARLEY AND WIFE V. FftITCHLEY. This was an action brought by the wife of a Mr. Har ley against the defendant to recover damages for false imprisonment. It appeared that late on the evening of the 16th April last the plaintiff and her husband had gone into the Vic tory public-house in Oxford-street, kept by a Mr. Wil liams, for the purpose of getting something to drink, for which she paid. That afterwards another person came in, and had something to drink, in payment for which some coin was given to the barman, who placed the change by mistake near to Mrs. Harley. This change (four pence halfpenny) suddenly disappeared ; and the barman accused the plaintiff with taking it. She denied it, a row ensued, a policeman was sent for, and the barman went to the Rose and Crown, a public house also be longing to Mr. Williams, in the neighbour hood, from whence he returned to the Victory, and was shortly afterwards followed by the defendant, who, according to the testimony of one of the witnesses, gave the plaintiff in charge, while another of the plain tiff's witnesses thought that she had previously been given in charge by the barman. She was taken to the station house, locked up for the night, and discharged the next morning by the Magistrate. It was agreed on all hands, however, that the defendant did not accompany her to the station-house, and the plaintiff's counsel did not produce the charge-sheet. When searched at the station-house, a large sum of money was found on her. For the defence it was contended that it was not Fritchley, but Jenner, the barman, who had given the plaintiff into custody. Jenner himself stated that such was the fact, and the charge sheet was produced, which was signed by Jenner, who swore that he had seen the plaintiff take the 4id. _ _ Mr. Justice PATTESON having gummed up the Jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 101. Mr. Platt and Mr. Thomas conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Barstow, and Mr. Chambers for the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUE R, Nov. 26. Lord ABINGER, with a Common Jury, took several cases in the Court of Exchequer, but as they were unde fended, no point of interest was presented. The other Barons sat in the Exchequer Chamber, and proceeded with the cases in the special paper. The arguments were purely technical. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 26. PERKYDIAN V. WENSLEY. The plaintiff and defendants are both omnibus drivers, and this action was brought to recover damages for in juries received from a fall occasioned by the defendant having maliciously driven his carriage against the one driven by the plaintiff. It appeared that for some time before the collision took place there had been a violent opposition between the two parties, which led to the course of animosity and mutual annoyance usual amongst the craft, in such states of their relations. On the two vehicles being on the road from Fulham to town, the plaintiff's omnibus had the lead so far as Brompton square ; when, having pulled up to take in a passen ger, he was passed by the defendant. The plaintiff's witnesses stated that the defendant " kept dodging" before the other to prevent him from getting on. He crossed from time to time from one side of the road to the other, effectually keeping the plaintiff behind, un til at length the latter was on the point of outmanceuvring and had just succeeded in getting side by side, and was on the point of gaining his former rank in advance, when the defendant purposely drove his omnibus against that of the plaintiff, and the latter was thrown off the box by the concussion. It was shown that he was so much in jured, that it was necessary to take him immediately to St. George's Hospital, where he lay in a bad state for a considerable time. Some of the plaintiff's 'witnesses stated that defendant behaved with great levity and coarse ness after the accident. For the defendant, on the other hand, it was sworn, by some of his passengers, that the conduct of the plaintiff in furious driving, to pass before the defendant after each stoppage, caused him to fall behind, occa sioned them considerable anxiety, and they ascribed the accident altogether to the rashness of Perryman himself. These persons said that to the best of their belief, Wensley made no sharp turns, or dodges across the road—that he kept in a straight line, and always on the left-hand side of the road. They denied that Wensley showed any levity or laughed. In answer to Mr. Sergeant Bompas, one of them said, that " if Wensley laughed on the left-hand side he could not see him, for he sat on the right."—(Laughter.) One witness (in direct contradiction of all the plain tiff's evidence) said that she saw Perryman " fall off the box because he was drunk." She did not see any colli sion at all. The other witnesses for the defendant, sonic of them passengers, and others passers by, stated that he drove steadily, and kept his own side of the road ; the accident, in their view, being altogether attributable to the plaintiff's own conduct. A somewhat expensive and handsome model of tho Brompton-road, with the omnibuses running on it, was produced in Court, and the carriages were moved about upon it to show the various positions in which the colli sion was represented by the several witnesses to have taken place. _ The Jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict for he plaintiff, damages 151. ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 25. THE PRLNCE OF WALES AND THE HARMONY.-SALVAGE. The two vessels proceeded against in this case w ere col liers, which an their voyage from the north to the south, with cargoes of coals, owing to some thickness of the weather, got upon the Whitby roack, early in a morn ing during the last summer. The wind was from the N.E. (which would blow them, if it had been strong, fur ther upon the rock) • there was a swell at the time, and the tide was at half-ebb. Some pilots came to their as sistance in boats, boarded the vessels, carried out anchors, and by heaving thereon got the vessels off th e roc k an d into deep wat e r. Th e value of She Prince of Wales was 1,2281., and the tender made to the eight men wko salved her was 461. The value of the Harmony was 1,8001., and the tender to eleven men was 601. Dr. Addams and Dr. Robinson were for the salvors ; the Queen's Advocate and Dr. Curteis for the owners. Dr. Lusiamarox, under all the circumstances—the value of the property, the situation of the vessels had the weather become worse, and the skill and prompti tude of the salvors—increased the remuneration, by awarding 1001. for the Harmony, and 751. for the Prince of Wales. SECONDARIES' COURT, Nov. 26. THACKTRWAITE V. WESTERDALE. This was an undefended action to recover the sum of 141. 75., for damage done to a gig, the property of the plaintiff. It appeared that the plaintiff was driving in his gig on the 6th of August last, in Holborn, when the de fendant came up in his cart and drove against the plain tiff's gig, whereby the shaft was broken, and the gig otherwise damaged. The Jury returned a verdict of 111. 45., deducting, on the direction of the Learned Secondary, the sum of 31.35., which was charged for the hire of a gig during the re pairs. This was not stated in the declaration, conse quently the plaintiff could not recover. NOBLE V. . This wa s an action to recover DODSON the sum of 2/. 6s. Bd. for work d one an d performed, and goods sold and delivered. The defendant pleaded first, that he was not indebted; and secondly, that the debt was under 21., and the action should therefore have been brought in the Court of Re quests. Th e p l a i nt i ff had supplied the defendant with a number of castings of ornamental rails by contract. The defendant conducted his case in person, and called wit nesses to prove that the rails were of very inferior mate rials. The Jury, however, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount. The case lasted till half-past three o'clock. CRIM. CON.-MIEVELLE V. POLAI. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages for an alleged a d u l terous intercourse with the plaintiff's wife. The damages were laid at 10,0001. The defendant was a person in a h ig h sphere of life, being Secretary to the Prussian Embassy to this Court, and the defendant a native of Switzerland, who resided in Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, and was well known on 'Change. Mr. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., with M r . Austin and Martin, appeared for the 1 in -a 13 —tiff, and Mr. Lee for the defendant. Miss Amelia Mievelle said she was sister to the plain tiff's wife. Remembered their marriage in 1830, when THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEKBER 27, 1841. the plaintiff was 22 years of age, and his wife two years younger ; and from that time up to January 1841 they lived together upon the most affectionate terms, and Mrs. Mei velle was treated with the greatest respect and attention by her husband. They were first cousins, and had been acquainted from childhood, and appeared much attached to each other. After their marriage they lived in Bruns wick-square, and subsequently removed to Wimpole street, where they used frequently to have concerts, and the defendant being a great admirer and proficient in music, often attended them. Mrs. Mievelle and witness were pupils of M. Moschelles, the eminent pianist, who often gave balls and concerts to his pupils, to which Mrs. M. and witness generally went, accompanied by the plaintiff, and occasionally met M. Polai there. In January, 1841, a letter was addressed to Mrs. Mievelle from the defend ant, couched in such language as at once to excite suspicions of his wife's fidelity, and, in consequence, an estrange ment took place for several days,which witness succeeded in doing away, by representing that at last his wife's conduct could only be pronounced indiscreet. After this M. Polai ceased visiting at their house, but they oc casionally met him at M. Moschelles' concerts. In the following July, the plaintiff, his wife, and witness pro ceeded to Switzerland on a visit to their relatives, and had reached Frankfort, when M. Meivelle received an inti mation that a firm in Paris, which was deeply indebted to him, had failed, and he was compelled to repair thither immediately. 'Witness and his sister then returned to England, and took up their residence again in Wimpole street, and during the absence of the plaintiff in Paris M. Meivelle used frequently to be out late at night. From the facts stated by the servants concerning her, the plaintiff's brother deemed it necessary to re move her to his house, and shortly afterwards sent her to the country, from whence she ran away to the Con tinent with M. Polai. Mrs. Mievelle had two children by her marriage, one nine years of age, and the other eighteen months, which are at present at school in Brighton. She was entitled by a settlement from her father who is an eminent merchant in Broad •street, City, to an annuity of 2101., and a reversionary interest in 6,000/. Virgine Bailie, a French woman, who was lady's maid to Mrs. Mievelle, deposed to certain facts tending to establish the charg e upon wh i ch the action was founded. John Forrester, the Mausion-house officer, said, by the direction of the plaintiff's solicitor, he went on board the Hamburgh steamer, and soon afterwards the defendant also came on board accompanied by Mrs. Mieville. They sailed for the Continent, and he (For rester) traced them along the Rhine until they reached Berlin, when the defendant became aware that he was tracked and spoke to him about it, using the words— " You need not take so much trouble, the case could have been established before." Mr. LEE on behalf of the defendant, urged that he was not so much to blame as the lady herself, who was thirty years of age, and that he had not violated the rights of hospitality. He, acknowledged his crime, and trusted some allowance would be made by the Jury, on the ground that persons reared on the Continent were not imbued with those strict principles of morality which marked English society. The Learned UNDER-SECONDARY in summing up said it was the duty of the Jurymen to award such damages as would be adequate to the rank of the parties, and the injury inflicted. - The Jury retired, and after about twenty minutes ; returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 5001. SHERIFFS' COURT. OBBARD V. TAYLOR. This was a writ of inquiry to ascertain the amount of damages sustained by the plaintiff in an action for false imprisonment, the defendant having suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. PETERSDORFF, for the plaintiff, stated that MT. Obbard was an attorney's clerk, and lived in Camden town, and that defendant was a respectable grocer, in High-street, in the same neighbourhood ; that in the beginning of May, 1841, a favourite dog of the plaintiff's was lost ; that plaintiff, hearing it was at defendant's, called there for it ; that the defendant a t fi rs t h es i tate d to deliver it up, and suggested that it did not belong to plaintiff, and at last demanded ss. for its keep for a month; that on 4th September plaintiff called at defend ant's, and said defendant's wife had insulted plaintiff's wife, and defendant sent fbr a policeman, and gave plain tiff in charge for abusing him ; that plaintiff was taken to the station house in Albany-street, where the defend ant did not make any charge against plaintiff, and the latter was accordingly discharged. The plaintiff, in support of his case, called Thomas Fox, plaintiff's landlord, who only proved that defendant. his servant, and other persons from defendant had several times called for the ss. for the keep of the dog. Samuel Gillman, a policeman, stated that at twenty minutes past nine, on the 4th of September, the defend ant's servant called him ; that he went to defendant's shop, and found the defendant and plaintiff outside the shop-door. Defendant said plaintiff had been to his shop and used abusive language. Witness asked " What language ?" and defendant repeated the expressions to him, and plaintiff did not deny having used them. De fendant asked witness whether he was justified in giving plaintiffin charge for the abuse, and witness said "Yes." On cross-examination witness said that defendant was in the heart of his business at the time of his (witness) being called. There was a crowd at the door. De fendant said plaintiff had called him a dog-stealer, and that if the person who called on him for the ss. was not His (defendant's) wife, it was his woman. Defendant said if plaintiff would not annoy him, he might go. Witness did not touch plaintiff. William Moody, sergeant of police, said he was on duty on the 4th of September last, at a quarter to ten, when plaintiff and defendant came. He asked de fendant what charge he had to make. Defendant said he wished plaintiff to explain what he meant by the lan guage he had used. Plaintiff would not explain. De fendant did not object to plaintiff being set at liberty. Plaintiff seemed indifferent whether he stayed or went. Defendant declined giving any charge. Mr. CHADWICK JONES, for the defendant, in a very impressive though somewhat humourous speech, explain ed to the jury the real circumstances of the case, that early in May 1841, defendant found a little dog, kept it and fed it, and took care of it. He had taken it to the address on the collar, but plaintiff had left that place. The defendant kept the dog three weeks, and subse: quently found the owner, who at the time made great protestations of gratitude, and promised to pay the 55., but afterwards neglected to do so. Plaintiff and his ser vant called for the sum several times, but it was even tually refused. The plaintiff came on the 4th Septem ber and conducted himself in the manner which had caused this inquiry. The defendant was wrong in point of law, and law only, and had been wrongly advised as to the rightfulness in law of the charge by the policeman. The SHERIFF was about to sum up, but the Jury, with out turning round in the box, said they had made up their minds some time, and gave their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, One Farthing. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Jose Joaquin Gonsolvo Besto, who has already under gone examination upon the charge made by Mr. Pinto, of having stolen wine warrants which represent the value of 5001., was again brought up. The Justice-room was crowded with commercial men, and although in conse quence of some misunderstanding between the parties on both sides, as to the hour appointed for the resumption of the inquiry, and the absence of witnesses resulting from that misunderstanding, no new evidence as to the particular case was adduced, the prisoner's position soon became a much more serious one than it was on the last day's examination. Mr. Simpson, solicitor to the financial agent to the Government of Portugal said, the moment the prisoner was placed at the bar, that he appeared upon the part of the Agency to prefer a charge against M. Baste of having stolen eight Portuguese bonds for 5001. each, with which, as clerk to the financial agent, he was intrusted for a certain purpose ; that as soon as it was discovered that the bonds were missing, they were advertised, and they were subsequently found to be in the possesion of Mr. Jackson, of Piccadilly, who at once came forward and gave every information he was possessed of with the greatest readiness. _ _ iii. Antonio de Peiba Parura da Silva, financial agent to the Government of Portugal, Finsbury Chambers, London-wall, stated that the prisoner had been tempo rary clerk in the employment of the agency, which was considered as a national authority, and had been en trusted with a quantity of Portuguese Bonds which had been sent to the financial agent for conversion. Witness directed the prisoner to sort and describe in numerical order a large number of ,the old Portuguese Bonds which were to be cancelled, and the prisoner, instead of cancel ling, converted some of them to. his own use. Mr. Harris, solicitor to Mr: Jackson, who; , it will be recollected, was said to have advanced ,a sum of money upon the wine warr ants o f . M r. Pi n t o , s t a ted th a t h is client would appear a t two o'clock, the time generally supposed to have bee n appo i nte d f or re - comm e nc i ng th e inquiry on the subject of the first charge. He (Mr. Har ris), however, thought it necessary to mention, in order to prevent any misconception in the absence of Mr. Jack son, that that gentle man had a d vance d 1,0001. u p on th e bonds, which the M ag i strate m i ght, at t h atmomen t, exa mine, if he pleased so to do. It was also proper to state that Mr. Jackson, the moment he saw the advertisement about the bonds, let the financial agent of the Portuguese Government know that he held them. Mr. Simpson said he by no means meant to insinuate that Mr. Jackson had not acted on the occasion with the greatest propriety. Mr. Harris then produced the bonds, and said no doubt at all existed that a gross fraud had been committed upon the agency office. Mr. Sadgrove, solicitor to the prisoner, suggested the propriety of hearing evidence before a conclusion was come to against his client. He wished to know from the witness under examination whether the bonds produced were of any value? 111. da Silva replied they were not now of any value. The coupons were cut ()Wand the bonds were cancelled. Mr. Sadgrove—You would not have paid them then ? M. coupons: du Si!va—No. W e pay on l y tho s e with the Sinlinon--They were abstracted by the prisoner in a perfect state, with the coupons, which were after wards cut off. A person who does not understand the form of these foreign securities is liable to be deceived as v h e e r s m i o a n y o n f e t t h k e know the those without coupo ns . Alderman GIBBS who presided, asked when the con- M. da Silva replied that it . was made June. Mr. Simpson—At what price were they quoted at that dihetodoikireprie:naocee?between those with and time? M. da Silva—At about 291. or 30/. for every hundred. Mr. Simpson—Were the bonds in question amongst those delivered to the prisoner to be cancelled? M. da Silva —In all probability they were. Mr. Simpson--When th e b on ds were delivered to the prisoner, were th ey in a 301. in every 100/. ? M. da Silva—They had th e cou p o ns attached. perfect state and worth 291 . or Mr. Simpson—Where ought these bonds to be now ? M. da, Silva—They ought to be cancelled as old ones, and deposited with the other cancelled bonds. Mr. Simpson—Have new bonds been given for old ones at your office? M. da Silva—Yes, to the parties who have brought them. Alderman GIBBS—When did you discover that these bonds were missing? M. da Silva—At the latter end of August. Alderman GIDDS—When did you discover where they were? M. da Silva—l saw them in the hands of Mr. Harris, the solicitor to Mr. Jackson, on Wednesday. Mr. BODKIN, counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. CLARKSON, counsel for the prisoner, entered the Justice room while the solicitors were pursuing the investigation. Mr. Simpson requested to know whether the counsel for the prisoner would have any objections to call upon Mr. Campbell to state what he knew upon the subject, that gentleman having (as our reporter understood Mr. Simpson) taken the bonds from M. Basto to Mr. Jackson. Mr. Clarkson replied that he had no question to put to Mr. Campbell at all. The prosecutor, of course, might call upon that gentleman. Mr. Bodkin—No ; we shall not examine Mr. Campbell as a witness now. The Learned Counsel then adverted to the case about the wine warrants, and intimated that it would be necessary to postpone both cases. Mr. Clarkson agreed in the propriety of a postpone ment. He said he was perfectly aware that Alderman Gibbs considered it proper to send the charge relative to the wine warrants elsewhere for investigation, and he knew that M. Basto would not be able to find secu rities for the large amount of bail required. He, there fore, could not object to a further postponement of the inquiry.—The prisoner was then remanded. GUILDHALL. A respectable and interesting-looking young female, about 25 years of age, named Maria Robinson, wasplaced at the bar, on the charge of fraudulently obtaining a quantity of books from Mr. Ewin, a bookseller, residing in Cheapside. It appeared that the prisoner called upon the com plainant, and ordered some books to the amount of 81. or 91., and desired them to be sent to her residence, when she would pay for them. The porter was then sent, and left the goods, but the prisoner made some excuse, and got them from him without paying. The prisoner, who wept bitterly during the investiga tion, protested that she had no intention of defrauding the prosecutor. The sitting Alderman said he had no course left but to commit her for trial. BOW-STREET. George Watson and John Griffith were placed at the bar before Mr. Twyford, on a charge of having, on Thursday evening, in company with other persons, at tempted violently to obtain relief at the St. Giles's workhouse. It appeared, from the evidence of one of the officers of the St. Giles's workhouse, of the name of Nicholas, that on Thursday evening about forty workmen had ap plied for relief at the workhouse. Some of them had re ceived relief, and others had been refused it. The parties afterwards assembled in front of the workhouse, using violent language among themselves, and stating that they should be relieved, and that they would not otherwise leave the place. They then commenced knocking at the door, and their conduct became so vio lent, that the authorities at the workhouse found it ne cessary to call in the police, by whom they were after wards dispersed. Eliza Hall stated that she had seen the crowd assem bled in front of the workhouse. They appeared to be all " navigators." The men said they should have bread, and some of them made use of very improper language. Mr. Richard Tucker, one of the overseers of the Workhouse stated, that for the last fortnight they had been besieged with applications for relief from persons of the class of the prisoners —they were what were called " excavators," or navigators." They had sometimes 60 or 70 of those applications on a night ; and it had at length been found necessary by the relieving officers to refuse relief in those cases. On Thursday the applicants had assembled in front of the building, and continued shout ing, and hallooing, and crying out that they would not leave the place until their wants were satisfied. The police had been sent for, and dispersed them. Mr. Edward. Baxter, an officer of the Strand Union, stated, that fifteen or sixteen working men had obtained relief at the Strand Union Workhouse on Thursday morning, and the prisoner Griffith among the number. There had been for some days forty or fifty of these labourers travelling from workhouse to workhouse in the metropolis applying for relief. By night they went to the " Refuge" in the City, which was now open. The witness expressed his belief that the opening of the " Refuge " led to great abuse, inasmuch, as it attracted crowds of destitute persons to the metropolis during the winter. Joseph Coles, another officer at the St. Giles's Work house, stated that he had also to bear witness to the riotous conduct of the workmen. The prisoner Watson had obtained relief there before, and the other prisoner said that he would sooner pull down the house than retire without being relieved. The prisoner Watson said that he had merely been apply ing for relief, of which he was at the time much in need. He had formerly been employed on the Dover Railway; but he had had no work for the last two or three weeks. It appeared that the other prisoner' was a blackimiih, who had also been engaged in railway work.. Mr. TWYFORD said, that as both the, prri-ippers had been parties to the riot at the workhouse, he should sentence them to find bail at the County Sessions. The prisoners were then removed. John Coles was placedat the bar charged with having maliciously hroken a window and a tablet of plate-glass, in the house Of John 04raond, a coffeehouse keeper in the Strand. Police constable 146 stated that between four and five o'clock on Thursday evening, he saw the prisoner throw something from the corner of Southampton -street in the direction of Mr. Osmond's coffee-house. He heard a sound from the coffee-house as if of broken glass ; and he then took the prisoner into custody. It appeared from the evidence of the waiters that a window and a tablet of plate glass had been broken at Mr. Osmond's, at the hour stated by the policeman, by the throwing of a penny-piece. The entire damage was estimated at 20s. Mr. TWYFORD ordered the prisoner to pay the amount of the damage ; and payment having been made the prisoner was discharged. MARLBORO U G H-STREET. _ _ Andrew Wholmes, a fine grown young man, about 18 years of age, whose connexions are very respectable, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Hardwick, the presiding Magistrate, on the following charge of robbery : It appeared that the prisoner had been a confidential servant in the employ of Mr. Brooks Bullock, of No. 37, Old Bond-street, wine merchant, and left his situation about three months since. Between six and seven o'clock, yesterday morning, the porter, on opening the cellar heard a noise, which he at first supposed was made by a cat, but which, after some time, he discovered to proceed from the prisoner, whom he found asleep under a wine truck. The prisoner afterwards confessed that he secreted himself in the cellar overnight, without being seen by any of the persons employed on the premises, and that in the course of the night he opened the cash box with a key he had in his possession, while he was in Mr. Bullock's employ, and possessed himself of the money, intending to watch an opportunity of departing unnoticed in the morning, on the cellars being opened. It also appeared that if the prisoner had escaped, the robbery, from the peculiar circumstances under which it was committed, would have been imputed to the porter, and that he would at least have been discharged from his situation. The mother of the prisoner, who was overwhelmed with grief at the disgraceful situation her son was placed in, begged on her knees of Mr. Hardwick to show mercy to her son. Mr. HARDWICK said the case was one of such an aggravated nature that he felt himself bound to commit the prisoner for trial. LAMBETH-STREET. DISTRESS IN SPITALFIELDS.—A poor Spitalfields weaver, named Davis, whose appearance, as well as that of his two children who accompanied him, betokened the utmost wretchedness, applied to Mr. Norton for hiS assistance under the following circumstances 2-, The applicant stated that, owing to .the slacknesain his trade, he was unable to procure employment, and, after parting with every article of property of -which, he was possessed, he applied to the parish of Spitalfields for relief, and was sent to the stone-yard to break stones. lie endeavoured to do as much as he possibly could at this work, but such was the state to which he had been previously reduced that all he could earn was Gd. a day, besides being allowed a certain quantity of bread for himself and his two children. This he continued for three weeks, but finding that what he earned was not enough to procure a lodging for himself and his children, and that they were entirely subsisting , on bread and water, which caused his health to be worse, he applied to be taken into the workhouse, but was refused. _ _ Mr. Hughes, the relieving officer of the parish of Whitechapel, observed that there was a considerable doubt whether the legal settlement of the applicant was in the union at all. The applicant replied that the fact of his belonging to the parish of Spitalfields would be easily proved by his being born in the workhouse, and also christened in the parish. He add d that both himself and his children were in a wretched state from not having changed a sin gle thing which they had on them for upwards of a month. Mr. NORTON considered the case one of destitution, and one which should have been treated differently in his opinion to what it had. The parish stone-yard was, he (Mr. Norton) understood, intended by the parish as a test of destitution, and he thought it a tolerable proof of the situation of the applicant that he had continued to work there regularly for three weeks, and made every effort to earn as much as he could. His children and himself being allowed to go- for a month without changing, was a state of things which should not be per mitted. After some further remarks, Mr. Hughes said he would take the applicant and his children into the workhouse. WORSIIIP-STREE7'. Wiliam Ashley and Dennis Sullivan were placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with having been found begging in the streets. Police -constable N 98, produced a large square of white canvass, on which was the inscription " Spital fields weavers," and stated that he found the prisoners in lloxton soliciting charity, , and one of them had the canvass in his hands. They occasionally sang, and then pleaded that they were two of the Spitalfields' weavers, who were out of work. As he had frequently seen them about the streets, he took them to the station-house. Some of the officers of the Court said that they be lieved Ashley was a weaver. Sergeant Palmer stated that Ashley gave the direc tion where he lived at No. 16, Gasooyne-street, Beth nal-green ; and that Sullivan said he lived in Went worth-street, Whitechapel. Mr. BINGHAM observed that if they were in distress they ought to apply to the Relieving Officer, and should he not attend to them, he (Mr. Bingham) would take care that they should be relieved. He knew that there was a great deal of distress among the Spitalfields silk weavers, to alleviate which some means were about to be procured; but he could not allow persons to go through the streets begging alms while support was to be had ac cording to the laws, as the benevolent were liable to be imposed upon. He would now send them to their re spective parishes, and should he find that the account they gave of themselves was false, he would send them to pr►son. _ During the afternoon Ashley was brought back again when Christie, the relieving-officer of Bethnal-green, stated, that for months past Ashley and two more men had been representing themselves as distressed Spitalfields weavers. He had offered Ashley repeatedly admission into the Workhouse, with his wife, but he would never come in. Sullivan, he has passed three times to Ireland, and their other companion, who belonged to Edmonton, he had passed seven times to that parish. He thought it his duty to bring him, Ashley, before the Magistrate, in order to expose the imposition. Ashley was then sent to the House of Correction for a month. THAMES POLICE. On Thursday Henry Shears, a seaman, lately paid off from her Majesty' s ship B r it ann i a , at Portsmouth, was brought before Mr. Broderip for final examination, charged with robbing William Cullum, his shipmate, of two 51. notes, a watch, and other property, between Portsmouth and London. The case was one of a very novel description, and the evidence, which detailed the following facts, was gone into at great length. The Britannia was paid off at Portsmouth on the afternoon of Saturday, the 13th inst. Shears, Cullum, and other sailors, 17 in number, afterwards proceeded to Faraham in a coach and four, and had some " fine sprees and skirmishes " on the road. On reachingFarnham the tars had another spree, and took in plenty of grog. Several loose women there overhauled the sailors, and paid much attention to Cullum, who at that time had three 5/. notes, two sovereigns, besides silver, and a " bran new " silver watch he purchased at Portsmouth, in his possession. Some of the men-of-war's men were, however, cautious, made the land sharks sheer off, and warned Cullum to take care of his property. From Farnham the sailors proceeded by railway to Vauxhall, where they all dined, and got pretty well muddled with gin, stout, and ale. After dinner many of them separated from the others for the purpose of visiting their friends in various parts of London. Shears, Cullum, and three other seamen hired a hackney coach at Vauxhall, to convey them to the house of Cullum's parents in Artillery-street, Bishopsgate, and they stopped at several grog-shops to victual and water, as the wit nesses termed it. On reaching the city end of London bridge one man, whose friends lived in another direc tion, left his shipmates, and William Johnson, Cullum's intimate friend, and another seaman, named John Cain, left the coach for a short time to assist their shipmate to hoist his hammock, chest, and kit on the top of a cab, leaving Cullum, who was tipsy and fast asleep, and the prisoner sitting opposite each other. It was at this period the robbery is supposed to have been committed. Cain and Johnson rejoined their shipmates, and about four o'clock on Sunday afternoon they made the " safe harbour" of Artillery-street, and were set down at the house occupied by Cullum's parents. Here the seamen drank some raw spirits, and the pri soner, after remaining there a short time, left his ship mates and said he was going home to j o i n hi s w if e in Ratcliff. He had not been many minutes away before Cullum, who was half dozing, felt in his pockets for his watch and money, and found he had been robbed of every farthing, and that his " bran new watch" was also gone. Johnson suspected that Shears had been larking with his friend, and had taken Cullum's watch and money without any intention of appropriating either to his own use, and proceeded to Ratcliff in search of him. He found the prisoner in the house of a respectable tradesman, named Watson, in London ' street, Ratcliff, and told him he had come down for Cullum's property, which he had taken charge of. Shears pretended ignorance of his meaning, and asked what things were meant. Johnson replied, " Those things of Bill Cullum's." The prisoner said, "Oh 1 the watch." Johnson answered, " Yes, the watch and the money too ; you have got both." The prisoner asked Mr. Watson for a watch he had given into his care, which proved to be Cullum's, and it was delivered into John son's hands. He then demanded the money, which the prisoner denied having. Johnson told him to overhaul his pockets, which he did, but no money was forth coming. Shears was then given into custody. It was proved by Johnson and Cain that Cullum had his watch and money safe on leaving the Railway in ter minus at Vauxhall, and that w hil e he was the hackney-coach, between that place and London-bridge, the prisoner said the watch would'nt go, on which Cullum held it close to the prisoner's ear and told him to hear it tick. It also appeared that when he delivered the watch into Mr. Watson's care he did not say it belonged to his shipmate. The police had been unable to trace the sailor's notes, and no money corres ponding with that taken from Cullum was found upon the prisoner. _ _ Mr. Hodgson, the solicitor who appeared for the pri soner, cross-examined the seamen, and said, the watch was given to the prisoner to take care of, and it was pro bable some of the loose women at > Farnham had taken his money. Johnson—Avast there; Sir, he had his not e s an d go ld safe when he came out of 'the boxes on that railway at Vauxhall. Mr. BRODARIP Tekrette a t h at the poor fellow had lost the whole of, his katd earnings, and committed the pri soner for trial. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY CORN EXCHANGE. The foggy weather ocasioned the supplies of Grain to be short this week. The Trade since Monday has been devoid of interest. All articles that were in good condition maintained Monday's value, but to effect sales of other qualities less prices were taken. Flour very dull in sale. SMITHFIEtD MARKET. The supply twas moderate, the demand fair for all descriptions, with a little advance in the price of Beef. Beasts, 553 ; Sheep, 2,690 ; Pigs, 530 ; Calves, 170. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. Bd. to 5c Bd. COLONIAL MARKET. The public sales were of little moment, and privately the demand was limited, but prices were sustained. Raw Sugar was firm, with a good demand. The lowest price of Brown "West India Sugar was 57s per cwt. Coffee sold slowly, but prices were sustained. TEA MARKET. The large public sales declared caused the trade to operate with caution, but holders would not submit to lower rates. Company's Congou, ls. 91-1, cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand on the increase, and a large business done. P.Y.C. 475. 6d. on the spot and for delivery up to the end of the year. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum dull of sale, but prices were steady. Proof Lee wards ls. O'd. Brandy firm, and' in request. Corn Spirits 10s. 4d. cash. (From the London New Price Current of November 26.) SUGAR.-The demand continues to increase for Bri tish Plantation Sugar, and the market has presented an animated appearance since this day week, both grocers and refiners have purchased freely of all descriptions, and they have been compelled to pay an advance on the rates of last Friday of is per cwt for yellow, grey, and brown sorts. Barbadoes, low yellow at 61s to 63s 6d, mid 64s to 66s 6d, good mid 67s to 68s 63, good 69s to 71s 6d, fine 72s 6d per cwt. Demerara, low mid yellow ils. St. Vincent's and Jamaica 625. St. Kitt's, mid 635, good mid do 675. Jamaica, fine brown 60s. An tigua, fine mid yellow 70s. To-day there was a good business transacted in all kinds of West India Sugar, and buyers were compelled to pay rather higher rates, making the advance for the week is to is 6d per cwt, and the total sales 2,200 hhds and trcs, the quantity on show has diminished consider ably, and the market closed with a firm aspect. For public sale on Tuesday 120 casks Barbadoes are declared. REFINED.-For refined goods prices have been steady for all qualities ; Standard Lumps selling at 80s 6d to 81s. Hambro Loaves and Tittlers common 80s to 81s, mid to good 82s to 91s, fine 92s to 995, very fine 100 s to 103 s ; brown lumps patent 74s to 80s, old make 72s to 74s per cwt ; Treacle common at 265, patent 27s 6d to 30s, best old make 29s to 30s ; Golden Syrup 31s to 33s per cwt.. Prices have found eager buyers, and at higher rates, 72s to 76s paid for fine, 68s to 71s for good, and 61s to 67s for low and mid; bastards, fine, at 51s to 565, good 47s to 50s, other sorts moved off at 39s to 46s per ewt. Bonded crushed Sugar at 28s 6d to 28s 9d for the best ; indeed, some parties are holding for 29s per cwt. In Loaves, 101bs selling at 31s to 325, 141bs 30s to 30s 6d, Glbs 34s to 355. Treacle at 13s 3d to 13s ad. Bastards and pieces at 12s Gd to 19s per cwt. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 27s for the best. To-day a large business was transacted in Refined Goods for home use, and 81s paid for Standard Lumps. Bonded Crushed in good request at 28s 9d to 29s for first sort. MAURITIUS.--For yellow descriptions a further ad vance of is per cwt has been paid, fine has fetched 69s to 71s, good 65s to 68s, mid to good mid 58s to 645, low I 55s to 575; brown kinds have met with a fair sale, fine at 52s to 545, mid to good 48s to 51s, and ord 41s to 47s per cwt. EAST INDIA. - White Bengal at an advance on former rates of is per cwt ; fine white at 74s to 755, good 71s to 735, mid 68s to 70s, and ord white 65s to 67s per cwt. Brown kinds at stiffer rates ; 43s paid for common dark. Java has sustained the former value. This afternoon at auction 520 bags Bengal were sold at Is to is 6d advance, good white went at 745, middling 68s Gd to 70s 6d, ord to good yellow 62s to 655, low 57s 6d, damp and washed 57s to 69s per cwt. FOREIGN.-Holders of Brazil are for the most part dis inclined to sell at the late low rates, low to fine brown has been disposed ofatl4s 2 t 2 o s 1 6 5 d s 6pde,ryceslvlto;witnlpor6sttoerl3 ofBs, low to good white 18s to yellow Havanna have refused to submit to lower rates, and 20s to 21s is the value of good and fine descrip tions. Maceio 16s per cwt, a small parcel of white has been 20s. MOLASSES.--For sold ss Nest India prices have advan ce d i s A a r t s. l_Bs Eu to r per cwt. Dominica fine at 27s to 28s, Antigua 26s 6d to 28s, St. Vincent's fair 255, St. Lucia 245, common old Demerara 23s to 245, Trinidad 245, St. Kitts at 23s per cwt. Bengal Syrup at 21s to 255, and F ore i gn Mo lasses at Gs 6d to 7s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.---Holders of British Plantation Coffee having either er presented or a unclean dullaspec d t e ; supp li e d the market sparingly, have pre ven t e d any fur ther declineb the p riee market sfbr purchases have been mad e p r i vately, and only 51, but t n fewsc r i p tions, casks have been offered at auction, which went off quietly at the former value, viz., Jamaica, low middling at 99s 6d, ordinary 545, Triage 25s 6d; Demerara, mid dling green, 84s 6d to 85s 6d, good ordinary 66s 6d per cwt. For East India or Cape descriptions little inquiry MORNING. SUN ana has existed for home consumption or shipping' to prices have further given way, importers continuing press sales. • tO This afternoon the home trade evinced little desire re operate in Coffee, and privately few purchase° Wene's made in any kind. At auction 1,008 bags Con:IPA!, Java from the Cape, and 79 bans Bengal were offe 7p ; the former bein g held for stifrrates a small pal °re", found buyers at 59 s t o 59 s 6d for fine ord gr eea ,, , l at ter mainder mainder was tak en i n an d w ithdrawn at 6 0 s ; 14 ` a - went at 40s Gd to 42s per cwt. lastT T EA.--- The b T r h o e ug pu h b t li t c o sa a les co ls n -h c i l c u h sio c n om o rn n e i n v ee d edn trade operating with caution, although there irss_, good attendance, and the biddings throughout . ir t a_r e languid for both black and green descriptions ;la , may be attributed to the large quantity °fre '` - nci importers, however, being desirous to realise,o °esndaFyri:lllthie, submitting to a reduction on former rates of t rts , for Congou, the decline being chiefly on the best 9° lre d and Id to 2d per lb for green descriptions, as con l l 3 with f sals. Since ormer the sale e s a good demand has existed for na l ; thong, and Is 5d to i s 9d h ave been paid for Conlin: l r and good sorts ; the f ormer h a s been the most t een quest, but for other kinds of Tea the market h as , for in a dull state, 8,000 p ac k age s being declarea ertiber, sale on Tuesday, 10,000 for the 3d of and 5.000 for the 10th ; holders, h o wever, er e ; ele s, fused to sell under th e ra t es e stablished at th e A sed Company's Congou h ave move d off slowly , 311 " - m ° d 00 yesterday at is 9d to is 90, cash and short prto The Ivanhoe has arrived from China, w ith 445,1),an, of Tea, Scaleby Castle 1,622,3021b5., and Duke o f 1;0 caster with 689,5011135, besides which, five vessels passed St. Helena. i n Ire To-day there was little business transacted .derig trade Tea, but prices were pretty steady, coa si o n e of there was a large prompt; is 9d to is 9id is the (i v a ril ord and good ord Congou cash, but Compaq's '- moved off steadily at is 90 to is 914 per lb. . te a of SPICES.—This afternoon the public sales coa tt sis 152 394 chests Cassia Lignea, 287 bags blarl "elies°,, bags white Pepper, 16 chests Mace, ..," nes 11 0 Cloves, and 8 chests Nutmegs. Cassia J-aVoing sold, but at a decline of 2s per cwt, 1131 0 0,10 went at 91s to 91s 6d, good ordinar,.,all 87s to 87s 6d, broken 78s to 84s, damaged first eTd - for 6d, second very ordi nar y 60 s; Pepper went itt2r i gthe fair light Sum a t ra , an d goo d brow - n 3d to 3 0' 0 ,Tailth full value, white so ld at 4jd to 8d for low to b.g,itoebd Cloves fetched 2s to 2s ld ' for good Bencoolen; sold at 4s 7d to 5s lld f or goo d m id to fine bold. face / RlCE.—There h a s b een a good demand for,At 6j to good middling white a t I I s to lls 6d, middling 1 "' oft: I ls, low middling lOs to lOs 6d, fine ye llow I°s f a e ta and but for Bengal the mark e t h as been in a dii, ll Z i a; n s° prices have declined 6d p er cw t. Carolina i °l. - „ t wice' at 30s to 36s per cwt. This afternoon at public sal e 2,332 bags, • r js Bengal were offered, bags a ll t a k en at 9s for i° r o de* dusty and broken, b e i ng ra th er under fornl e brok° pockets went at9s to 9s 6d fo r l ow white ratlw dja and dusty. es t ID Rims, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.-- The Wef Rum market has exhibited a dull aspect nor P r la wrote, and Is 10d is the nearest quotationorke, Leewards. For East India, however, the nr aof r;t e firmer, and Is 3d to is 3id have been paid fel riot' tea— cutta. For Brandy stiffer rates Pa,`,"i ‘111_„e sorts, but old kinds remain as ii - 0 .r5"",6 --' the market, however, is firm at the folloWThas a t 58 Cognac first brands of the vintage of 183 6 , 1 " - , do I n j - ; puns 5s 10d; do 1837 hhds 5s 7d, puns 5s u` 4 ,,,, n 1 4s ' 0 d h o hd l s B s 4 s o sd h . h p d i s in 4 s s s , s p 3 n d n ; s d 3 o s lB l B o 9 d p h e la r ds P — G ene nl, to oi • fine has 2s s e 6 t d wtoitiLa9df.airßsrailteish; Corn Spirit s . o t t s 1 6 0 ' OA re' 11 01 quest at lOs 4d cash. 'ees TALLOW.—Fur Russian T a ll ow this wee' t r : ei'df advanced 6d per cwt ; on the s P. pot holders obtained 47s 6d to 47s 9d for Y. Candle ;1 4 „.00 1 P - ,, up to the end of the ye ar 47 s 6d, a nd for sP r e v 48s 3d to 48s 6d per cwt. S out h American ha g"" with a fair sale, and Town Tallow has b een demand. Ca tO This afternoon the market w as firm for r•i' f porc al° and a good demand existed a t 47 s 6d to 47s 9a o• or p on the spot, and for delivery u to the end o f the sbo OILS.—For all descripti ons of common Fish week prices have further advanced 1 0 s• P er t° a firm market. Pale S ea l at 421 I°S, Os to yellow and straw colour 35/ to 40/, brown 32, itos.S 10s, Cod 311 to 311 10s, S ou th e rn common t 0 Ora lOs to 37/ lOs per tun. In Sperm hold e ll r of at 941 for the best British. P Li ns eed In to) _, el ' spot at 37s 9d a 38s, and for delivery 3 8 s rt a ' pet cwt. Rape Oil has moved off slowly and formievigli barely sustained. Olive Oil has been taken s P, Ln ish prices have given way • Gallipoli 801, and Nut4-best. to 781 per tun. Palm 32i to 321 lOs paid for00; r There has been a good demand for Cocoa 4lO public sale 209 casks 11 tanks Ceylon sold a" 40s 9d for good quality. This afternoon at public sale 150 tuns Soo.' or went at lower rates, viz., at 33/ 15s to 35115 a for dling to good. PIC OF BREAD. „ the lughes. !price of i R reA E d 1" the Metrop',lislls Mr t". IN . Loaf. Good Bread may be had at SI& PRICES OF SEEDS. ../ Peir Cwt. 1 Per Quarter ...., .e_, 9 clew English Red C10ver...66s 648 St. Fein ............ .. ......... Old,Ditts, Ditto —s —s —s Rye Grass ........ .••••••' . ..g ;10 New Foreign Ditto —s 62s SOs Pacey Grass ... ...... .... .ir 0 0 Old Ditto Ditto ... —s —s —.;Linseed , for feeding ...- - g ift.i New White Clover 54s et.s 68s Dito, for sowing e• — , F' tit Old Ditto Ditto •—s —s —sf Ditto, for crushing . .-^",;(40 'ow Tre oil • .—s 20s 405 1 Herny Old Ditto —a 20s 38. s Canary 'Tr folium s 488 70s! Per Buslielo I 0 1,6 4 , English Carraway '—s 50s 52.3 White Mustard .. • ..,., 0° oto 'iso' -Foreign Ditto --s 46s 503 Brown Ditto .......... l'oor re Coriander —s —s —s,Tares se .; 0 tgatii P 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per I- ~ 1 .4 i Town Tallow .£2 10 6 Melting Stuff ........ '....., 01 6 0 Yellow Russia 2 9 0 Ditto R0ugh......-;„..0° 0 , White ii U C Graves ......... . ... ' ; .. l ''. 'p ji Soap Ditto ...s • 1 0 0 0 Good Dregs ....... .....0:0. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 6,11.; Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters)••• • PRICE OF OIL. 00' 5 4 0 Rape Oil, brown, per ton o.''' ' ..0 0 36 , 0 Ditto, refined ..........• i s s ~, Linseed Oil - "‘,O O Il u Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000)......•. " ",".• Rape lake, per ton ............................... ..4, 4 COAL MARKET. 9. 0 0 dsh• 0 Ships arrived since last mark et .. 8 0 , ' 0 r..rllto n flet o is 9 0 Adair's Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 17 6 Walls End It .„..... tit 0 Buddle's West Hartley lB 6 Walls End le` ...... 0 %.,..... 01 0 Charlotte Main Idolyweil Main lB 6 Walls End 0 '7,14)0.* .... ' a U New Tanfield Moor l3 9 Walls End.., l4s i t i e poelffee Ir, 0 West Hartley ...... Wylam Walls End Clark and Co l7 € Walls End 1 re po . .„0 g o 0 Walls End Clennell.. Walls end Delaval Walls End Killingworth .., la l Walls End S T eLi .... ........ W. E. BraddylPsHetton ... 21 5 Wal.s End_._f, er tone. Walls End Hetton 22 0 Howard's Br." ....,!'" Walls End Hetton 22 01 Howard's Nei.- - COUNTRY MARKETS. re ` c scans. ... I , Wheat. Barley. Oats. ...............- 4 . te t o Per Quarter. I- 4 7i ---- . s. .. tor. --.. to - ~ AL, to .gli 40 ... ...., dridport ..-..... 68 88 •" ..., 4 0 . , Exeter duildford - '''. 36 .0. SRihel Sal isbury e atwa r unh: b o ibcd'i te3unf. r " —gr n t. e: e . .. . r.. ....''' *. " ' . ' " ..- " - . - -. 7 E 5 255655 "6 1 0 222: ' 6 7 87"777 2 2:22 3 3 52 722 932' 2 56: 33 82 92 1 3: 1 j 3;12 I - 4 0 5: 61. :4 5 1 2 8 44 4 , • ,0 ..... Shepton Mallet 54 71 28 38 1 3 33 23 8 6 4 0 ,2 9 222 :0 11 ' v. :: 6A' k o : 4 : 4 -413 57 0 5 0 4 1 :: jg; :° 6 : 4 . 8 : I ' Uxbridge Warminster 56 73 29 . 37 25 ~, ;; 4 1 . .0 Worcester 64 ES 32 36 2 8 26 9 8 4 4 44 '''' leovil 152 60 &I 31 21 3 ° 4v Wheat, Norfolk an d York. and Lincoln. 601 b. ........... .....„ ..... • 304 to so , LEEDS s E t E ro D I S k. C 6O O I R b N . ......... ..................... 000:.,t056..111 Barley, Norfolk and Sulfblk . ..., - ............................. 30. 1° 50 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ; . ............. ...... g . to ‘44 , -- Grinding .......... .... ............. ....... .......... it, t:*_;., 0 _ Beans . 017. . : ........................ .. 90 . t Fte l 4 Oats, Potatoe —Meahng, For , ltd. ttilidthci..7°l3gisrPell Eng. 1 2 ,. • to ' OM. tl• Shelling DEVIZES CORN MARKE T ' s• d ' to fi 0 Per Sack. a. 4. a. d. Per QUO ter• 0 0 7.• 0 ?irst Wheat. 35 •0 to :6 0 Oats.. ...... •••••••• 1 9 0 or • • Second 91 0 33 6 Beans (per sack)... 0 ~/ third Barley 29 0 38 0 Bread CHELTENHAAI MARKETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to s.d. Per lb. 6 0 ....w i t 8 , Wheat 7 6 9 0 8eef............•••• ....... • _ if ; tiarley. ...... 6 Oats (pergalloni. 0 3 0 3 9 Veal ............... ........ _ • Beans . .. . ....', 7 ("ease 5 0 8 0 Lamb .......... .. . ... 0 _ , Hay 41.55. to 41. 10s. Ori. Per I ' •,„L CANTERBURY MARKET. „to 1 4, Wheat, white...—. 67e. to .sa . . w-- 01d........ ••-",. tO _ . . 4 . 01d......... ' s_ t 0•74. ....... red.—......... 665• to 705 . ...•• __........--- •111 Barley, Malting ....... 30s. Gr'll.."'• „..s. to Barley, ir Oats ..................... 21s• to 265• WWI Cla.el ...., to, ' 15 ear IP *WOO n•••••PIWO 363 to 405. ...., 0id0r........ ..m. 10 ,i Pease ..-..... 365. to —a..,..,. Gre3'....** •'-- ~. (0!; . ' CHELMSFORD MARKET. .. _,.. • r a t, Wheat, White 59 to 70 Oats ... ........... . ••••-...... v. 00. Red Barley • 33 36 White ......• N. 0 Chevalier Grinding 26 36 4 Beane, lTla c a k aße "ll" . : ............. °I ., ~,,, N MADE , GOLD WATCHES, LONDO cis"—, A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers , 171•• s, t , — , London, opposite the Bank of England, submit t r, 0.141 , 0 1 very large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES, the which are made and finished under the careful P: w experienced workmen on their own premises , a nd esc ranted for correct performance. SIZE FOR LADIES. 0 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-WT (4 o lv 4 gold cases and gold dials, warranted ......... •• Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double- 0 backed engine -turned gold cases and gold dials , 12 1% warranted .. ................................. Patent holes, detac with do hed Lever Watches, jcase se welled in four 0 üble-b acked gold and yid , 4 dials, warranted ........ ...................... SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled is four 0 holes, seconds, and double-backed g old cases, l s 13 warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold-cases 17 1 1 and enamel dials, warranted .............. . . ..... Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled • 41 in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold ca ses 21 .1 4 1 and gold dials, warranted ....................... had i p g; l3 , Either of the Gentlemen's Watches ma y b N :l3. SecoP a ‘ b hunting cases for 31. 3s. each extra. Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. 1.1003011: On the 23d iust at Killermont, the Hon. Lady .., of a son, still-born. J. 0 On the 2fth'st., at Upper Stamford -street, gr i * , ger . Lethbridge, or a daughter. _4. datig - b On the Nth inst., at Limehouse, Mrs. S. Blythp u. a 0 04 ' On the 25th inst., Mrs. G. Turner, High-strett, •t' of a son. -----„ . ----- MARRIED. al ° • On the 23d inst., at Edinburgh, J. T. G• Craig , i . r e ru n e.,. /er of Sir J. G. Craig, of Riccarton, to Jane, seoonu 1 .0 IV' of Sir J. P. Grant, of Hothiernurchus, and w►dovr of ~ Colonel Pennington, of the Bengal Artillery. - A vov 0 London : Printed and Published by MURDOI- -o.sodo. No. 112, Strand, at The Sum. Office, N 0. 1 1% b iiit; ^ the County of Middlesex, Saturday, November -27P