The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

SECONDARIES' COURT.
Bison K.. tlacooDAlT POITOL.
'SOD V. AMLAHAKS.

This win as inquiry to assess damages. The action was
breoght to weever compensation for false imprisonment.
W. Doom appeared for the plaintiff.
It mowed that the plaintiff was an officer under the
neriff ef Middlesex, and in January last he went to levy
under a writ ff. fa. in• suit " Turner v. Allen," upon some
at • home in Wharton.street, Bagnigge Wells-road.
The psis in timed= were abort to be sold by Mr. Rowe,
assiliamor,
_boa the plaintiff having himself taken pos.
esinien, owl ka • man in charge of the goods, he gave
seeps to lb, onatieneer that the goods were in his
MO* Oil the tegmmentative of the Sheriff of Middleeex„'•
notraladhlp however, the auctioneer on the
dayZdailla poondisol la sell. At the sale, which was
• Is• wasslMe of Jew brokers, including the de-
fendant.. Ifs glitadra our pretested against the proceed-
ings, brae tM laallallir mail be was about to sell the goods
'War a deed of auslipmat ; that he did not care for the
duel! oflll6llmo, awl that sell he should. The Jew
Worm presseit dososrisd for the sale to go on, and the
dolbodoot naY its would give into custody any person who
might stOinspt le detain any let he might purchase, and,
laying his word, he bought • table, and gave the plaintiff
es • ehasysiqamoliog it, wm be (the edam"
plarrenalatted Is taking it away, and he~ was conveyed to
the police-station is the Bagnige-wells-road. These
proceedings collected a mob, and the defendant was very
active amongst them, and they broke open the door, and the
sale west on. Eventually the sheriff's officers prevented
the removal of any of the goods, and nailed up the doors of
the house. The plaintiff was in custody about three hours,
and when the case was investigated before Mr. Tyrwhitt,
the magistrate, that gentleman immediately dismissed the
case, the plaintiff having produced the warrant under which
he took possession.
The learned secondary having summed up, the jury found
for the plaintiff. Dammam 101.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING LANE.-THIS DAY.

SuGAIL—The market hu again closed heavily and prices
arc in favour of the buyers very generally. 9,000 bags of
low brown Bengal Khaur sold in public sale to-day at 275.,
duty paid, which was a low price. 1,300 bags Mauritius
offered, and chiefly bought in. The refined market has
been steady at last week's prices. Grocery lumps, 465. 6d.
to 49..

Corrsz.—The prices of good plantation Ceylon havebeen
supported, but lower descriptions have been dull of sale.
1,000 bags of good ordinary native Ceylon sold in public
sale to-day, at 375.
res.—Prices have been supported, and the market has
been steady, but the amount of business done has not been
large.
SALTPETRE has shown a slight decline, but holders ap-
pear to be tolerably firm.
Mex.—The wet weather induced a few specu'ators to
buy a Mw parcels at full prices this week.
Srter.s.—Pepper has sold freely in public sale at full
prices; common Malabar, 31d. to 3'd.; Pimento sold •
shade higher, 61d. to 51d. per lb. ; Ginger sold heavily ;
Nutmegs and Mace at •bout previous rates.
SPIIIITC—Runt and Brandy dull of sale.
Corrox has been dull, and is again quoted a shade lower.
Cuemixam, sold in public sale to-day at improved prices.
INDIGO continues steady at last sale's prices.
Datroa.—Prices are quoted the lama as last week.
VRVlT.—Currants remain dull; the parcels offering are
chiefly of low descriptions; good and fine sorts arc scarce.
\'ale•eis Raisins in limited demand ; the price remains
firm, at 30s. For other descriptions of Fruit there is
nothing doing.
The colonial markets have been generally dull and inac-
tive this week.