The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-28 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 27.
SANDERSON V. PIPER.

In this case an action had been brought upon a bill for
2451., the dispute being, that though the figures expressed
that sum, the letters were only " two hundred pounds."
The parties agreed to make a special case of it, upon which
the Court decided—that the letters were to be considered
binding, and that the plaintiff ought to have a verdict en.
tered for 2001. The defendant now applied for the costs.
As, however, the defendant had in the arguments con-
tended that the bill was wholly void, by reason of uncer-
tainty, it was contended that he ought to pay the costs ;
especially as he had no tender of the 2001. before the
action was brought.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE with Mr. RICHARDS appeared for
the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant TALI,OURD for the defendant.
The Court held that the defendant should pay the costs.

INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT, MAr 27

GAMBLING TRANSACTIONS.—Thomas Henry Horatio
Canty, whose case was before the Court a short time ago,
again came up. Mr. Humphrey appeared en the part of
Mr. Arnold and Mr. S. B. Hamer, Mr. Dowse for Messrs.
Houlditch, the coachmakers of Long Acre, and Mr. Clark-
son attended on the part of Lord Hillsborough. He was
supported by Mr. Nichols, with whom were Mr. Cooke
and Mr. Woodroffe.
Mr. CLARKSON, on the former occasion, said Lord Hills-
borough was inserted as " debtor" for 1,0001. on a bill of
exchange, which had been improperly obtained without
any value ; he had resisted the payment, and would resist
in such a case.

The debts and liabilities in the schedule amounted to
about 7,0001., and the insolvent on the former hearing ad-
mitted that he had on one occasion won the sum of
10,0001. He had formerly been an auctioneer in Pall-
mall, subsequently a bill-broker, and a lieutenant in the
Bourbon Regiment on half-pay. He had resided a num-
ber of years at Brussels as a " sporting character."
The Court required to be satisfied respecting some bills
of exchange to the amount of NU, accepted by a gentle-
man named Thompson, and also as to the source from
whence a considerable sum was paid for the purchase of a
house and furniture at Brussels, which was claimed as the
property of the insolvent's wife.
A number of affidavits were read. Two were mad by
persons named Irwin and Reynolds, who described them-
selves as " gentlemen," and stating that they were in-
terested in the bills accepted by Mr. Thompson; the
insolvent had merely held them as a stakeholder.

It appeared from. the evidence of a gentleman named
Thompson, that he had lost at play, with the insolvent,
Irwin, Reynolds,'and Fiske, 2,0001. in October last, at
Brussels, and gave bills. He was anxious to get them up,
and had treated with the insolvent ; he had bills to 960/.,
and in April last in prison, he paid him 2921., and another
bill of 2081. he took up, making 5001. to recover his ac-
ceptances, which he immediately destroyed. He had lost
about 600/. with tho insolvent.

The insolvent said he sent the money to Baretto and
Balpain the bankers, at Brussels since he had been in
prison, to meet one of the bills.
Mr. "lemmata referred to his former evidence, in
which he had stated that he had sent the bills.
The insolvent admitted it was false.
The COURT, after a consultation, said Fiske must be
produced, and evidence given as to the 2921., and the
money devised to purchase the property for the wife.
Mr. NicHoLs offered that the property and the house at
Brussels should be given up if that would satisfy the cre-
ditors.

Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said the insolvent had com
mitted gross perjury in his evidence, and he placed no re
liance on what he said,

The case was adjourned for further evidence. It ap
peared to excite a good deal of interest in the "pla:,
world."

AWFUL GATHERING OF THE
CHARTISTS AND TREMENDOUS DEMON-
STRATION OF ARMED PHYSICAL FORCE
MEN.

(From the Western Times.)
We expected to have to write a paragraph with this
head, as a rumour was widely spread that the Chartists
were to meet at Ide, in a field, on Whitsun Monday, to
proclaim the Charter, and pike any body who would not
take in the five principles. All their flags, banners, de-
vices, were prefigured by report—black flags, bloody
daggers, were to be exhibited as the alternative if the
Universal Suffrage principle should not be conceded.
We hastened to the village with a telescope and an ear
trumpet, together with the invisible conductor of sound
(a patent instrument recently invented for the benefit of
eaves-droppers), not deeming it safe to take notes in the
presence of oratorical gentlemen who penetrate the under-
standing at the point of a pike. After taking a sweep
round the summit of the hills as stealthily as a poacher--
we could discover no signs no tokens, of any gathering
of the villagers, nor any other symptoms that would
lead us to believe that the year one was come, and a
general division of the lands had taken place. Charterism
is of a very mild and subdued character here. We believe
that there are none of the physical force men in the city,
and as for the moral force men they have a perfect right to
enjoy their opinions which are a thousand times more ho-
nourable, and a thousand times less hurtful than those of
the Tories—because they are honestly and openly avowed.
We do not believe that the world is yet fitted for universal
suffrage and the great changes which the Chartists advo-
cate. But so long as they endeavour to extend their opi-
nions by reason and argument they shall haveour respectful
attention, if we cannot give them a cordial acquiescence.
But when they argue their principles pike in hand, and
threaten to enlighten society with the torch of the incendiary
—they will find, like the Tories, that they have mistaken
the spirit of the age, which is as far removed from des-
potism on the one side, as it is from anarchy on the other.
We are gratified to see the good effect which the vigorous
movement of the Government has had in suppressing the
spirit of disaffection, which, if not controlled in time,
would have hazarded the safety of the empire.

Our Paris Correspondent informs us that Vis-
countess Hawarden died at Toulouse, last Monday, of
apoplexy.
FALMOUTH, MAY 25.—The Swift packet,
Lieutenant Welsh, arrived yesterday from the Brazils;
left Rio de Janeiro March 24. She brings two passengers
and a small freight of gold dust. By more recent adviees
from thence the dates now furnished arc not of moment.
From Monte Video the following is received :—" As to
politics here, they are at a stand still. The army, with
the Governor at their head, marched from hence about a
fortnight; since, for the province of Buenos Ayres, but
they are quietly enjoying themselves about ten leagues off.
The French still keep up a rigorous blockade of Buenos
Ayres, and are daily expecting au increase to the squadron
from the Vera Cruz party. The Admiral, in the Minerve,
is still here, with others. The Independence, Commodore
Nicholls, and the Fairfield and Dolphin American ships,
the British ship Stag, Commodore Sullivan, the Actaeon
and Orestes, with a Swedish corvette, were the men of
war then at anchor. The export trade is very brisk here
just now : there are 35 English vessels here, all of which
are busily employed loading ; so that the blockade of
Buenes Ayres does us some good." The Tagus steamer,
from the Peninsula, is arrived with the usual dates. The
Wasp had left Gibraltar on a cruise; the other men of
war were as last reported. The advices and papers re-
ceived are without any public interest.
THE MURDER IN CADOGAN-PLACE.--On
Thursday Marclaant was visited by his father and (we be-
lieve) the Rev. Mr. Burgess, the Rector of Upper Chelsea,
when his statement to his father of the circumstances under
which he committed the horrid crime was as follows :.—On
the afternoon in question he was sitting in the drawing-
room reading a book, when the deceased came down from
her room, and, entering, familiarly tapped him with her
hand on the head, saying, " Jack, shall we have tea ?"
Having been fur some days displeased with her, he answered
her very morosely, "If you do that again I'll serve you
out." At that juncture a ring came to the bell, which he
answered, and found it was a footman, who left a card,
which he, as was customary, placed in the drawer of
a table belonging to the upper footman, and in doing
so saw the razor-case sworn to at the inquest by William
Cox, the upper footman, which heiput in his pocket. He
then returned to the drawing-room, and, on seating him-
aelf, the deceased again, in the same playful manner,
tapped him on his head, on which his ire increased, and a
quarrel to blows arising between them, he eventually com-
mitted the murder for which he awaits his trial. It is sup.
posed that the cause of his being displeased with the de-
ceased was, that about a fortnight before the dreadful event
Mr. Edgell gave permission to the servants to go to the
play—that he was the only one required to remain at home,
and that deceased accompanied and returned with William
Cox, the upper footman, which occasioned, although no
tender intimacy subsisted between them, a feeling of
jealousy in the mind of Marehant.—Observer.

Wheat.

Barley.

Truro
I
Helstone

s. d. to t. d. s. d. to s.
25 0 0 12
:e5 0 0 9

Oats.

d. s. d. to s. d.
o • 1• 0
2—o 8 0

St. Austell — 0 25 6 0 9 6 0 8 0
Bodmin 0 24 0 5_ 0 8
Liskeard 0 22 0 9 u 0 7 0
Launceston - 0 • 0
Camelford 2l 0 24 0— 0 10 v 7 0 8•
Penzance 24 0 26 0 0 11 • i; p 0

The Earl of Aberdeen's second son, Lieutenant
the Hon. Alexander Gordon, of the Grenadier Guards,
has been appointed to the Staff in Canada, as Aide-de-
Camp to Major-General Sir James M'Donnell, K. C. 13.,
the second in command in the province.
SOLDIERS, LOOK TO YOURSELVES !--The
following instance of bad faith on the part of the army
authorities towards an invalided soldier, we have upon the
best authority, viz., that of the documents in the possession
of the injured party himself, Joseph Warner, of Earl Shil-
ton, who enlisted in the Coldstream Guards at the close
of 1823 or beginning of the following year, and was dis-
charged " unfit for service" on the 13th of January, 1836,
his commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Mac-
kinnon, certifying that he was " a good, efficient
soldier, trustworthy and sober." When he enlisted,
he was told that he would be entitled to a pension
for life on his discharge ; but after he had served about six
years, it was enacted that no man should be entitled to a
pension for life unless he bad served fourteen years. One
would have thought that this regulation would only apply
to parties enlisting after the passing of the Act, but the
authorities at the Horse Guards thought otherwise, for
when poor Warner was discharged he was allowed a pen-
sion of 6d. per day for three years, at the end of which
period he was told he must pass the Board again. The
three years expired at the beginning of the present year,
and on his applying to have his pension continued, ac-
cording to the terms of his enlistment, he received for
answer, that he could have no further allowance. He
then memorialised the Commissioners of Chelsea Hos-
pital, and received a similar answer. About this time he
was taken ill and confined in the Leicester Infirmary for
seventeen weeks. On his recovery he determined to go to
London and personally press his suit, and on his arrival
in the metropolis waited upon Lord Hill, the commanding
officer of his regiment, and other gentlemen, the whole
of whom said they could not assist him, the matter
being entirely under the control of the Commissioners.
To Chelsea Hospital he went, as a " forlorn hope,"
and on being informed that his petition could not be
granted, and that the Commissioners were anxious to cut
off all similar pensions, he prepared to return to his wife
and family at Earl Shilton, out of spirits and out of money.
Finding that he was likely to starve on the road, he bent
his steps towards Weedon, where the 60th Rifles raised a
purse for him, with which assistance he managed to reach
Shilton.--After this specimen, who will assert that there
is nut one law for the rich and another for the poor ? When
Acts of Parliament are passed affecting rich officers, their
" vested interests" are held sacred, but not so with poor
soldiers, whom we again recommend to look to themselves.
—Leicestershire Mercury.

We see by the Hampshire papers that a project
is on foot in the garden of England, the Isle of Wight, for
the improvement of Cowes harbour, and of the navigation
of the Medina river. A public meeting has been held in
furtherance of the object, at which men of all parties, man-
fully and wisely forgetful of all political matters, have
pledged themselves in support of it. This is as it should
be. Were the resources of the Isle of Wight fairly and
fully developed, no spot in the world would vie with it in
prosperity, as none can in interest or loveliness. On the
10th of June, 20 miles of the London and Southampton
Railway will be opened, in addition to the 38 alread)
opened, leaving only 18 miles incomplete. It is said that
that the Railway Company contemplate arrangements
which will enable passengers to complete the whole journey
from London to Southampton in five hours, after the 10th
of the next month, at rates of 12s. and 11. This will make
all improvements in the Isle of Wight matters of more
general interest.—Morning Chronicle.

ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN.-Our columns
contain evidence of the warmest popular sympathy with her
Majesty, in her resistance to the unconstitutional demand
of the Tory Leader. In our own county there have been
addresses to the Queen, congrutulating her Majesty on
her spirited conduct, and on her escape from the trammels
of the Tory party, from the ffillowing towns, in most of
which great public meetings have been held for the pur-
pose of voting them ; namely, Leeds, Wakefield, Hull,
Bradford, Halifax, Doncaster, Knaresborough, Beverley,
Richmond, and Northallerton. The meeting in Leeds was
one of the most respectable, unanimous, and enthusiastic
we have ever seen.—Leeds Mercury.

AWFUL AND DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—On
Saturday afternoon, the village of Wimbledon, Surrey,
was thrown into the greatest excitement by the discovery
of the body of a fine young man, 20 years of age, who
committed suicide in the most determined manner, in the
churchyard, it is supposed about five o'clock that morn-
ing, as the report of a pistol was heard at that time by
some of the neighbours. The body had received the con-
tents of the charge, and there was a perforation just below
the heart of two inches diameter. It appears that the de-
ceased was a shoemaker, and bad been for some time past
an inmate of St. Marylebone workhouse.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY 24.—Our
market has been better supplied this week, there having
been a good show of Barbadoes and Nevis sugar, nearly
the whole of which found ready and eager purchasers, at
good prices. The merchants availed themselves of the
impetuosity of the trade (which, as also their great pa-
tience in waiting many hours to secure the refuse of sam-
ples, has afforded considerable amusement to some of the
good citizens of Bristol) to obtain their outside valuations;
but as further arrivals are taking place, and the country by
no means encourage present prices, we trust soon to see
the importers accept easier terms—Bristol Mercury.
THE ASCOT PRIZES.—There are two subjects,
one, a great vase two feet in height, surmounted by the
royal arms ; the other, a fancy subject, representing Queen
Elizabeth at the chace. The vase is worked out in the
style of the times of Benvenuto Cellini. The fancy sub-
ject possesses merit. It presents Elizabeth on her
steed,
standing just where the luckless stag has fallen, and
listen-
ing to the huntsman's well-wound note above the gallant
game; two hounds comple the group.
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numbers were collected
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ford. On arriving at Deptford the wardens, elder
brethren, and assistants, were joined by the Duke of Wel.
lington, the Master of the Corporation, who was proposed
and unanimously re-elected Master for the ensuing year.