The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-16 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Francis Frederick Wo,ids, builder, Pelham-terrace,
Brompton, to surrender Jan. 23, at half-past twelve, and
Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman.strcat-buildings; Lewis,
Wilmington-square.
John Bristow, tea dealer, Cliff, Lewes, Sussex, Jan.
26, at twelve, and Feb. 26,, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buOings; Cotterill, Throginorton-street.
William Houston, builder, St. James's-terrace, Har-
row-road, Paddington, Jan. 31 and Feb. 28. at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee,
Fasinghall-street; Lawrance, Flews, and Boyer, Old
Jewry. chum hers.
William Da ton, grocer, Charlotte-street, Pimlico,
Jan. 28, at halt-past one, aid Feb. 27, at twelve, at the
C..urt of Bankruptcy. Statisteld, official assignee;
Hughey, Bedford-street, Covent-garden.
James Ingram, scedeman, Southampton, Jan. 31, at
htlf• past twelve, and Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Nichols, n, official assignee, B isinghali-
street; Lawrance, Piews, and Boyer, Old Jewry
C h am hers. _

George Moon, corn miller, Borroaby, Yorkshire,
Jan. 23 end March 4, at eleven, at the Leads District
Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Swarbreck,
Thirsk; Barr and Nelson, Leeds,
Robert Plowden Weston, surgeon, Wellington, Shrop-
shire, Jan. 26 and Feb, 26, at half-past eleven, at the
Birmingham Distris,t Court. Christie, official assignee,
Biernins.h:on; Waco, Shrewsbury; Smith, Birmingnam.
,p,hn Valley, chemist, Manchester. Jan. 28 and
Feb. 18, at taelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser. official assigaae, Manchester; Robinson, Bud-
dorsfinid.

Thomas Urquhart Anderson, mercer, Wellington,
Jan.. 28 and Fc b. 18, at half-past eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court. \ridgy, official assignee, Birming-
ham; Knowles, Wellington Stoney, Birmingham.
PRICE OF SUGAR. •
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Jan. 13,
1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain:—
From the British possessions in America 21s. Old. per ewt
From the Mauritius ... 23. Bid. „
From the East Indies 245. 201-
Average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty --• 225. Bd.
By authority of Parliament,
HisxmT Biciot ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company
Grocers'-hall, Jan. 16.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current, Jan. 16.)
SIIG&R..—To-day prices of West India Sugar under-
went no further decliue and there was a large
borne
trade demand; at auction 15 hhds 4 trs 270 brls Antigua
were sold at 278 to 288 6d for low to good brown; 450 brls
Demerara, brown 278 6d to 298, low to mid yellow 29s
to 31, 6d; 159 hhds 16 tra 22 brls Barbadoes, fine
yellow 37s 61 to 40s, good mid to good 34s to 375, other
sorts 30s to 33s 6,i; 130 hhds 10 trot; Demerara crys-
talised, fine and superior 403 to 465, mid to good 34s to
395, low 31s 61 to 328 per cwt. The total purchases to-
day are 734, making for the week 2,723 hhds, &c., and
the decline in prices 61 per cwt.
REFINED.—To-day there was no further decline in
prices for home trade goods; still the demand is not
better, and fine brown Lumps 434 to 43s 6d is the value.
Crushed Sugar is still little wanted for chipping.
AIALTRITIUS.—This afternoon the public Kale, of 6,000
bags Mauritius Sugar went at rather lower rates, but
nearly the
whole sold, good mid to good yellow at 31s
6d to 33d 6d,
low to mid 28s 6d to 31s, good to fine
brown 263 6d to 283, grainy ditto 28a 6d to 29s 6d

per cwt.
EAST INDIA. afternoon Bengal Sugar sold
mare freely, and a less
quantity is on offer. At sale
2,600 bags were chiefly sold, low and good mid white
Benares went at 323 to 34.3, these are stiffer rates, good
and fine grainy veLow realised 37s to 38a being the full
rates. Madras met with more attention,o and supported
the former value; at public sale 3,oobags were "many
all sold, soft brown 203 to 233, yellow 23s 6d to 255, mid
to fine like Mauritius 52a to 34s 6d, good to fine grainy
white 39s 6,1 to 41s 61 Of Jagger.). I 7 casks realised
F oREIGN.—To-day Foreign Sugar was not offered at
s reduction, privately operations were of little
t
moment for home consumption and shipping. At auc-
tion 675 bags Java sold at 27s to 293 6d for brown, and
at 31s to 32s 6d for yellow.
MoLASEI3.—A fair demand exists, snd previous rates
are supported for West India; there is only limited quan-
Lily on offer. Purchases for the week are 200 puns at
1 ls to 123 chitfly at 1 la to 1 Is 6d. Offers for several
parcels have been refused rather under present terms.
Cuba and Porto Rico are held for 12s to 12s 6d;
at present few buyers are to be met with. Bengal and
Mau:itius wanted at 103 to 10s 6d. There is little
b witness doing in Honey, and a desire is evinced to sell;
low to fine Jamaica can be obtained at from 455 to 545.
East India Tamarinds 8s to 12s; West India 205 to 30s
per cwt.
CoFFEE.—To-day holders of Coffee were firm, the
home or export demand was however not better, but a
less quantity is on offer. At public sale 230 casks, and
1,500 bags Native Ceylon were offered; sound was taken
in at 40s for real good ord, the damaged sold at 365 to
39'. Of Plantations 66 cases, 69 bags went at the full
valve, good at 56s 6d to 573, fine to fine fine ord and low
mid 48s to 503. Of Madras 330 bags were taken in at 50s
Cocoa.—Although a further reduction of is to 2s per.
cwt having been submitted to for West India only
limild iransactions have occurred privately. At auction
144 bags and 61 barrels Trinidad were sold at 27s to
31s for low to middling grey. The better qualities can
ba obtained at 32s to 333, low to fine red from 33s to 40,
and Grenada 27s to 36* per cwt. These rotes are 13s to
15s per cwt under this date last season. The amount of
business done in Foreign Las been email, with sellers of
Bahia and Para at 241 to 253, and Guayaquil 318 to 325.
The 'cheapness of Cocoa is likely to produce a better
demand for all sorts shortly.
TEA.—With Coegou the market has been more
freely supplied this week, and there having been a seine-
mine va the part of home dealers to operate, with a
trifl;ng export demand, a reduction in price of id per lb
has been the result. For good ord the rates taken have
been lad to Sid, blackish leaf 9d to Ild, superior and
Pekoe kinds Is to La sd. Souchoug has not sustained the
previous curio:loY, and operations are small, ON:4M to

mid at 8d to Ild, good to fine Is to is Sd. A fair buil-
ness has been done in Oolong, but at a small reduction, 1
mid to fine selling at is to is 4d, inferior and low 9d to
lid. Some parcels of Pouchong have been forced off at
low terms, from 2d to 61, and very ord at 24d to 313.1
There has been a material increa,e in the quantity of
Green offered for sale, and the demand having been limited,
prices have fallen ld to 3d, the depression being most
apparent on medium qualities, chiefly on Gunpowder and
Hyson. For Imperial, the present value is 15 2d; Can-
ton made 10d to Is Id; Gunpowder 801 to Is; Hyson
kind is 2d to 3s 4d; Hyson common ro mid is to is
Id; better sorts la 33 to Is 8d; young Hyson is to is
9d; Fine is 10d to 2s 4d. Scented Teas are offered
at Id to 2d decline on last week's valuations, yet pur-
chases have been small. Orange Pekoe, good to fine, at
Is to is 8d; low to mid 9d to is; Flowery, good to
fine, Is 3d to 2s 8d; and inferior is to is 2d; Caper 10d
to is 4d; Plain ditto 9d to Is; and spurious 6d to 8d
per lb.
RICE.—To-day at auction 2;850 bags white Bengal
Rice were taken in at lOs 6i to Ils 6d, being above the
value ; full market rates were offered. Of Java 300 bags
sold at 8s 6d for Lowbock sort, and 6s to 8s for damaged.
SPICES.—There is en increasing demand for Pepper,
and supply not being more plentiful rates aro on the
rise. At auction 540 robins of Malabar were sold—
good light and half heavy at aid to 31-1, heavy Sad
to 3%d, damaged 3d to 33d. Privately several parcels
frlvc been disposed of ; end 3d to 331 is the
value of Sumatra and Penang. White continues to Le
wanted, and previous terms arc easily obtained. The
public sales of 190 bags went at from 7a ito Sid for
good mid to good. Of Cayenne 35 cases weiit at 83d for
common. The value of better sort is from 101 to Is Bd.
Cassia Lignea is wanted, and supply being even less than
previously, buyers are compelled to pay from 1123 to
1233 per cwt. Cassia Vera has been sought after at t rom
503 to 603. Cassia Buds are still scarce, and worth 130 a to
to 1403. Cloves are in good request, previous low terms
are, however, taken, of 60 to 7id for Amboyna, 10d to
is Id for Penang, and 51d to e4d fur Bourbon and
African. Mace is rather cheaper; 25 cases at auction
were sold, mid at is lld to 2s, out of condition is 2d
to is I Id, and very ord 7d to Is. The best sound cannot
be quoted above 2s 4d. For Nutmegs the demand is more
active, and stiffer rates are obtained for better sorts. At
public sale 60 pkgs were sold, common brown at is 7d to
Is 10d, mid is lld to 2s 6d, good mid 2s 6d to 2s Sd,
good to fine 2s 2d to 3s 4d, damaged 10d to is 6d, and
wormy 6cl to I Id. The value of sound limed is from is
6d to 2s 2d. Pimento is wanted, and full terms are paid.
At auction 350 bgs were disposed of, good mid to good
43d to .lid; but the sound at anoter sale of 220 bags was
i'thdrawn. Ginger is not cheaper. At auction 150
bag. wero taken in at 24s to 23a per cwt; 253 cases
Calicut sold, common at 25s to 30, mid 33s to 365. The
value of good to fine is from 33s to 645. Of Jamaica
30 barrels at auction realised 43s to 45 for common.
Paivately better sorts have been disposed of at from 48e
to 220 per cwt. In Cinnamon little is doing.
SPlRlTS.—Jamaica is offering at rather lower terms.
Fine and choice quality 34 to 38 per cent over proof
can be obtained at from 3s to 4s 2d, good 32 to 35
over 2s 7d to 2s 103, mid 2s 4d to 23 6d, and low
27 to 30 over 2s 2d to 2s 3d. In Demerara put.-
chases have been small, although 32 to 4o over
proof can be obtained at from 2s to 2s 3d. East
India is obtainable at is 3d to is 3k.1 proof. Leeward
Island met with little notice, and holders are disposed
to sell at is 4d to Is sd. In Brandy sales are of little
; moment. Prices for Cognac best Brands of the vin-
tage of 1851 rule at 4s 2d to 4s 4d, 1850 ditto 4s 6d
to 4s Bd, ;1849 ditto 4s 9d to 45 11d, 1848 ditto
5s 3d to 53 sd, older 5s 7d to 6s 6d, low to mid
qualities 2s 10p to 4s; and Bordeaux 2a 2d to 2s 4d,
Prices rule firm for British made Spirit at 96 8d to 9s
9d, net cash; and Gin 85 for 22 under proof; there is,
however, only a limited business doing. The market is
quiet for Geneva, with sellers of common at is 7d to
Is Bd, and fine is 9d to 2s per gallon.
SALTPETRE.—To-day the auctions went at a rise of
6d for good and fine
1,846ua bgslities, lowerbsuotldratrheefrraction 5
fori to 6
in-
ferior. Of Calcutta
per cent 29s to 29s 6d, 6i ditto 27s to 274 6d, 10k to 94
ditto 25s to 25s 6d, 12 to 19 24s 6d, unrefracted 212 to
258 6d, 230 bgs Madras 34 per cent., fine 265.
COCHINEAL.—There was a larger demand, at an ad-
vance of Id per lb. At auction 10 bgs Honduras silvers
sold at 2s 10d to 35 21 for ord to very good.
TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow
went at easier rates; 730 cks Australian mostly sold,
mutton 34s 6d to 36s 63, beef 34s 6d to 353 6d; 159
cks South American 34s to 35s 6d, and 130 cks P.Y.O
35s 3d to 363.

Uns.—Full rates uro demanded for Olive Oil, and a
good business is yet doing. Gallipeli realise 431 to
441; and other descriptions 411 104 to 42110 s per tun.
Operations in Linseed Oil have exceeded those of the
preceding week, and prices are now firm at 25s 9d to
26s per c wt on the spot. Production is not so large as
of late. Rrpe Seed Oil sells more freely; there iA.
however, no advance or decrease of supply. Brown is to be
obtained at 30s to 30s 6d, pale 31a to 31a 6d; Refined
Foreign 32s 61. In Cocua Nut several transaccions
have taken place, and at firm rates; supply remains
small. Cochin and Ceylon realise 32s to 35a; and Syd •
ney 28s to 3Cs. Orders are on the increase for Palm.
Lard Oil met with a slow sale at 46s to 48s.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and atn of Victoria, cap. 32 for
the Week ending on Saturday, the letli day of January, 1852,
18501: DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued .. •... 31,018,09 S

Government debt •• 1 1,015,1C0
Other securities .... 1,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 16,921,720
Silver bullion .... • • 33,375

£31,038,095

X 31,028,095
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 15th day of January, 1552.
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors 'capital .. 14,553,000
P:rt . • 3,225,112
Public deposits (La-
eluding Excheqtter,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-

Government securi-

vidend 5,792,524
Oder deposits ...... 11,001,829
Se•en day and other
1,18!,507

tics (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 13,233 763
Other securities .. • . 11,746,188
Notes • • •• • • 10,786,615
Gold and silver coin •• 487,406

£ai,753,972

I 436,253,972
K. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1852.

Dated no 15th day of January,

COURSE OF EXCHI
.I.nutercun •••• 11 17%
Ditto, three months.. 11 1
Rotterdam .... •• .. 11 19%
katwerp 23 50
Brussels • • 25 50
Zkunburgh .• M.B. 13 103
&hone • • • • •• • •
Paris, 3 days'sight 25 30
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 50
Marseilles • • ...• 25 32
Bourdestux.. ••• • • •
rrankforton Maine.... 120%
Vienna, effec. flo ••• • • • 12 35
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 40
Petersburgh, sll. Rble.. 36N
Madrid 49%
Cadiz • • 49%
Barcelona • •

07GE.-(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar•• •• •• •• •••• ••
Leghorn 130 8714
Genoa .. •• •• •• •• •• "" 25 65 Milan •••• •• •• •• •• •• ••
Venice........ •• •• •• ••
Maples •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 40%
Palermo, pores •• •••• •• 119%
Messina •• ••••••• • •• •• 120
Lisbon— •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 52%
0p0rt0.... •• •• •• 52%
Rio Janeiro • • ...... • •
Buenos Ayres
New York,6odays'aight •
Philadelphia • • • • • • • • • •

?WOES Or BULLION, PEI 01.
roreign Gold lnbars.. All 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 4
Now Dollars ...... 0 4 107
Ailver in bars ........ 0 5 0%

SPALDING COUNTY COURT, Jan. 14.
(Before J. D. BURNABY, Esq )
At an early hour the court was crowded, so mush
so that several attorneys and other gentlemen for
whom accommodation could not be found were
provided with seats on the beach. At twelve
o'clock the cause which had given rise to the
excitement was called on. It was Watkinson
v. Millns, a jury ease, the claim being 501. for an
assault. Mr. Toynbee appeared for plaintiff, and Mr.
H. Thompson, of Stamford, conducted the defendant's
case. The plaintiff is the publisher of an obscure and
libellous print, and the defendant is a respectable
druggist at Spalding. The following were the jury :
Messrs. Henry Upton, Wm. Elderkin, Wm. Stubley,
Woodthorp, and John Dowse.
The plaintiff said, on the 25th of November I went
with Mr. Hewitt into the smoking room at the White
Hart Hotel. Hewitt was not sober at the time, and
as he " chaffed" th© meeting Captain Draper proposed
that he should be expelled. I seconded the proposi-
tion, when the defendant immediately pounced upon
me, and forcibly ejected me from the room. I
in his
was not intoxicated. I bad no order from the
landlord to leave the room. Mr. Gray made a speech
monosyllable style. Great violence was used
in ejecting me ;
the stitches of my coat were torn, my
room. Cross
Suck' was somewhat sprained, but the chief damage I
complain of is the insult of being turned out of a pub-
licthe room named r.amined—There was a_ person in
myself, but I do
him a swindler. !lags. I cannot remember calling
nlotbtaavke often been called a swindler
use blasphemy, I merely thee . matter up. I did not
Scriptures when they said, " The devil used the
”
Richard Parker, TServed his purpose, so did I."
Richard T. Draper, Mat. Thorp,
and R. Methervile, gave evidence in support of the
plaintiff's case.
Thompson, for defendant,
wasexplained the law of
n
the case, and remarked that this nethwhich made
the County Court a disadvantage rather
to the public. Most people in thecourt wouldhai
an s benefit
have
evidence,
to
n gai
n
observed the plaintiff's manner in giving
and would rightly conclude it was an attempt
notoriety. Looking at the man and his position_ no
one could believe he had sustained damage even '
to the
amount of half a farthing.
The defendant deposed—l am a chemist at Spald-
ing, and remember the night of the 25th of November.
I was at the White Hart inn : plaintiff also was there.
Mr. Briggs came in the room, and before he could
hang up his hat Watkinson called him a swindler.
There was a person named Gentle there, who was
also insulted, and who warned Watkinson that if be
spoke to him again he would black his eyes.
Plaintiff alluded to the Deity, and said he used the
Scriptures to serve his purposes : he said
,he Was
quoting some author. Watkinson's conduct was so
offensive that I sent for the landlord of the inn to
turn him out. Mr. Gray accordingly requested
plaintiff to leave the room, and,Hewitt also; he said if
they did not he would have them turned out. I
moved that the sense of the meeting should be taken
whether they should be turned out or not : nearly
every one in the room was for Watkinson and Hewitt
being turned out : whilst I was proposing whetherhe
should be turned out by physical or moral force, plain-
tiff said, " Where's the man who dare turn me out ?”1
upon which I ejected him.
Mr. Briggs and Mr. Critchen corroborated Mr.
Minns, f
.

Mr. R. Gray, landlord of the White Hart, said, I
was sent for upon three different occasions on the
evening when the fracas took place. I went up to
Hewitt, and having opened the door, I said to him,
"you are a low blackguardly fellow, and unfit for this
room." My observations were addressed to both Wat-
kinson and Hewitt. I gave Mr. Minns or any party
authority to turn out Watkinson or Hewett, for they
did me a serious injury.
Many other witnesses were examined.
His HoNoua summed up, and suggested to the jury
before they retired, that as the law bad been broken,
probably they might soon agree in the amount of
damages if each juryman would put down in figures
the amount he thought plaintiff entitled to: they
might add the amounts together, and then divide by
five.

The jury retired, and the Court adjourned for one
hour. Verdict for plaintiff—Thirty shillings.—
Stamford Mercury.

PIRACY AND SLAUGHTER IN THE
INDIAN ARChIP.ELAGO.
We have repeatedly drawn the attention of the
authorities and our readers to the proceedings of the
hordes of pirates which infest the Indian Archipelago.
It is now our melancholy duty to record the death of
two gentlemen and a portion of their native crew by
a most outrageous attack made on their vessel by
some Lanun and Suloo pirates in Malluda Bay. The
following particulars were obtained from a gentle.
man who formed one of the expedition who made dili-
gent inquiries on the spot as to the tragedy :
" The Hon. Company's steamer Pluto, on her way
from Labuan to the N.E. coast of Borneo, touched at
Malluda Bay, at which place intelligence was received
of the capture by pirates of the schooner Dolphin, and
the niwder of Mr. Burns (supercargo) and Robertson
(captain), as also of a portion of the crew. This
outrage is reported to have taken piece on or about
the 7th or Bth of September last. From inquiries
made it appeared that in the evening, whilst the
vessel was under weigh, two boats manned by ten
men went alongside and intimated their desire to trade,
which Captain Robertson declined to do until day-
light next morning. About seven o'clock on the
following day two men, one a Lanun and the other
a Suloo man, went on board, apparently to trade
with Mr. Burns, having with them some mats,
pearls, and camphor. Whilst Mr. Burns was in a
stooping posture, his attention was taken up examin-
ing some pearls in his hand. A Borneo mat rolled
up was handed from the boat, which Burns glanced
at, and in which was concealed a Suloo kris.
The pretended trader adroitly drew out the hidden
weapon, and at a single cut severed Burns's head
from his body. Captain Robertson was pacing up
and down the quarter deck, and at this juncture his
back was towards Burns. The Suloo man, ob-
serving Burns dispatched, made a cut at Robert-
son's neck, who turning at the instant, received a
kris-wound across the chin, and ran forward to the
jibboom-end, whence he begged hard for his life.
From one of the boats, under the schooner's
bows, several spears were thrown at Robertson,
who fell into the water and was finished by a
spear thrust through his body. Three of the
crew (Malays) were also butchered. Not the least
resistance was offered, and the arms were all below
in the hold. The rest of the crew took to the water,
or escaped up the rigging; their lives were spared,
and they were bound with ropes. A native woman
on board was cut nearly in two and thrown into the
sea. On obtaining this information the Pluto pro-
ceeded to Labuk Bay, to which place the Dolphin
was reported to have been taken by the pirates.
Owing to the shallowness of the water the boats were
got ready, consisting of the two paddle-box boats,
each fitted with a 6-pounder, and the first cutter,
under the command of Mr. Hodge, of the Pluto,
and accompanied by Mr. St. John, officiating
commissioner. In consequence of the intricacy of the
Benguin river some difficulty was experienced in
hitting upon the right channel. After passing some
distance, the Dolphin's boat was observed pulling to-
wards the flotilla, and at 6 rat. Mr. Hodge boarded
the schooner Dolphin at anchor in the Benguin river.
The same evening Mr. St. John proceeded up the
river to see the chief, from whom it was ascertained
that on the schooner's arrival he demanded of the
pirates what vessel it was ; they said she was a
Spanish trader, and at Suloos, and at war
with Spain. They had a right to take her.
The crew were interrogated, but from fear
answered they did not know what flag the
vessel sailed under ; but one of the chief's people
seeing the crew, said You are Mr. Burns's crew—l
have seen the schooner at Bruni.' The crew then
told the chief what had happened, upon which the
chief himself cut down one of the pirates, others were
wounded and some captured, but were subsequently
released by a large party of Suloos and Lanus, who
threatened to return and destroy the chief of Benguin.
The flotilla towed the Dolphin to Labuk Bay, and on
the 2d of November it rejoined the Pluto. The
steamer next day towed the Dolphin as far as the
northern entrance of Mslluda Bay, placed on board
four European seamen, victualled the native crew, and
dispatched the schooner to Singapore."