The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-18 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

The improvement of yesterday has been main-
.ainel Sales probably 5,000 or 6,000 bales.

The Late Explosion at Erith.

ADJOURNED INQUEST THIS DAY.

This morning Mr Carttar, one of the coroners for Kent,
es umed the inquest on the bodies of George Rayner, John
York, and Thomas Hubbard, three of the persons who were
killed in the explosion of the powder magazines at Erith.
The inquiry was held in Avenue Hall, and there were a
considerable number of persons present.
It will be remembered that the inquiry on the last occa-
sion broke off on the production of a letter, found three miles
off, where it had been blown at the time of the explosion.
A numbar of witnesses were called to speak to the
handwriting as that of the deceased man Rayner, but
Mr Monk, the manager of the works of the Messrs.
Hall, said he knew nothing of the letter in question.
The inquiry was proceeding when wo went to press.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD: —Meadow hay, £3 10s to £5 10s ; clover,
£5 Os to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 12s per load,
Trade firm.

CUIURERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £5 10s; clover,
£5 Os to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load.
A steady demand.
WHITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 10s to £5 10s ; clover,
£5 Os to £6lss Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load.
Trade firm.

Sharei Railways. Paid.i ; Closing Business
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rriee. done.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr Commissioner Kerr.)

PUGILISTIC APPRENTICES EXTRAORDINARY ACTION
FOR ONE SHILLING-COLLIER V. HOWELL.

This was an action to recover Is, money alleged to be due
to plaintiff from defendant, who was represented by Mr
Hubert Wood (Wood and Ring).
Plaintiff— I have been in the service of the defendant, and
when he paid me one week's wages he stopped is. I asked
him what it was for, and he replied "For a fine." As I
never agreed to pay fines, I brought the case to this court.
Mr Wood—Now, do you not know that apprentices are
fined Is when they are discovered fighting?
Plaintiff--This was not a fight.
His Honour—ls the plaintiff an apprentice ?
Mr Wood—Yis, sir ; and it is a rule in the establishment
that all apprentices found fighting pay a fine of Is.
His Honour—Where are the indentures, because they
would show this ?
Mr Wood—The rule will not be found in the indentures.

His Honour--Let me see them. They are not regis -
;ered. Why was not this matter taken to the Chamberlain ?

Mr Wood—l believe that the plaintiff was bound by a
charitable institution, but on previous occasions he has
paid a fine of is without any demur.
His Honour—The contract between the parties will be
found in the indentures, and as this rule is not sot out in
them I cannot deal with the case, I must find for the
plaintiff, with 2s Gd costs.
Verdict for the plaintiff.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—Tbis day.

THAMES.

APPLICATION FOR A PROTECTION ORDER.—A LONG
SEPARATION.—Mrs Scrivener, a respectable woman, about
30 years of age, applied for a protection order, She was
married to her husband, Frederick Scrivener, at the Church
of St Paul, Finsbury, on the 2d day cf June, 1853, and,
after a good deal of unhappiness with him, he deserted her
on the 7th of May, 1850. She had not seen him or heard
of him since. She had acquired a little property, and
wished to protect it.
Mr Partridge—Do you know where he is?
Applicant—l do no', sir.
Mr Partridge—Have you given your husband any causo
for leaving you ?
Applicant—l have not, sir.

Mr Partridge—You shall have an order.

CONVICTION OF A RIVER Trump.--Charles Lovell, a
fellow of youthful appearance, was brought before Mr Par-
tridge charged with committing two robberies on the river
Th..c..

The prisoner was detected by the crew of a Thames police
galley, on the river off Wapping, in a boat, the property of
the Trinity House Corporation. He had 6 lbs of raw coffee
in his possession, and it is believed it was stolen from a
barge containing bags of coffee a short distance from the
place where ho was found. He had removed the boatfrom
the roadstead, where it was moored, and it was recognised as
the property of the Trinity House Corporation by Mr Tre-
maine, a ruler in the ballast office under the control of the
Corporation.

John Pitman, of the Thames Police, said the prisoner had
been convicted of a robbery on the river at the Southwark
Police-court.

Mr Partridge said he should convict the prisoner of un-
lawful possession of the coffee, and sentenced him to two
months' imprisonment and hard labour in each case, which
would be four months' imprisonment in all, as the sentences
would be consecutive,