The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-07 00:00:00

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE took his seat on the Bench at half-
past ten o'clock.

IN THR MATTER OF THE CORPORATION OF GUILFORD.

Mr. CHAMBERS moved for a rule to show cause why a man-
damus should not issue, calling upon the Mayor, Burgesses,
and Assessors of the Corporation of Guilford to appoint a per-
son to serve in the office of Town Councillor, vacant by the
death of the late Mr. Slater, a member of that body. By the
sth and 6th of William the Fourth, it was incumbent on the
Councillors, Auditors, and Assessors for the time being to
proceed within ten days to the election of a person to fill the
office of Councillor in case of a vacancy occurring
among that body, and as they had in the present
instance failed to perform that duty, the Act in ques-
tion could not be applicable to the case. The Act of
the present reign went to remedy any inconvenience
that might arise from such a circumstance, by giving authority
to the Court of Queen's Bench to call upon the mayor, bur-
gesses, and assessors to assemble, and proceed to the election
of a person to fill up a vacancy occurring in their body, and
as this was .the first application of the kind under the Act, he
(Mr. Chambers) thought necessary to go. into details.
Mr. Justi6c LITTLEDALE—Take a rule to show cause.—
Rule nisi granted.
The C:.urt then proceeded to dispose of Nisi Prius cases.

EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

ALEXANDER V. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

•Sir F. PoLLocx. moved to set aside the verdict fur the de-
fendant, on the ground of its being against all the evidence in
the cause. The plaintiff was proprietor of a vessel called some-
times a Billy Boy and sometimes a Humber Keel. On
the 15th of January it came up the river laden with
Corn with the tide, following in the wake of a vessel
called the Thobiley. The defendant's steam-boat, the
Belfast was going down the River with a large vossel,
called the Ontario, in tow. When nearly opposite the
Thames Police-office, the Btlfast attempted to pass to the south
after passing the Thornley, hut the moment she had made
the turn a Warp, which the Thornlcy had thrown out, suddenly
rose out of the water, and presented an obstacle, which ren-
dered it necessary for the steamer to put about again, and
then the 500 ton ship, the. Ontario, having good way on her,
bore down and drove the steamer on the Billy Boy, by which
she was sunk. At the trial such was his case, and it was
proved by lour witnesses, one of whom a' Trinity pilot, said
had the men in the Billy Boy let go their anchor the acci-
dent would have been avoided. He, however, did not wish
to cast blame on any one. Ilia case was that the accident
was unavoidable, and therefore that the defendants were not
liable.
The Loan CHIEF -BARON referred to his notes of the trial,
but be said he wrote so bad a hand that he could not then
make them out. The Court would refer to them and con-
sider the evidence. In the meantime if Sir Frederick would
furnish him with the shorthand writer's notes it would assist
him in making out the case.—Judgment deferred.

COULD V. BAIIRETT.

This was an action for maliciously holding to bail, tried be-
fore Mr. Baron Bolland, when a verdict was found for the de-
fendant against all the evidence in the case.

Sir F. Pou.oex now moved fur a rule Ms/ to• set aside
that verdict. The plaintiff was arrested on the 15th March,
1836, for '2701, alleged to be due to the defendant. Ile was
taken to a lock-up house, where he remained two days. He
was then removed to IVhitecross-street Prison; he remained
three days there, and at last was liberated by depositing the
money, for being arrested in the City he was necessitated to
have resident citizens fur bail, which he could not procure.
The action was brought in the Lord Mayor's Court, and the
defendant, the present plaintiff, was obliged to bring the trial

-7----"---.-------------------- be pre\isn., when the Couo;el IT M. 'l3 rr.:l.---:::Fert-d thef
cause, would not open it, and a verdict was tAcri fur 11. tr.
Gould. l'hure were other circumstances in the ctso.
The aftilsvit ef debt was made on the Sill of 11larch, yet
'Avihre.nGotiu'eld uPria
trial had ceded in the LertdllPM
it appeared that Mt of the money . ' ..
rttiiic,:;:::l3stohf, demand came to be lookyd at
as be had a-
scribed, then the plaintiff received a demand for the same
270/. from the solicitors to the Central American Coml'a*
fftaciot
neftteevseh::.ymet:r.
etei
ettkii;se•iadb.si
jury found
before the
In; allegedadhdef ojrsttivrtoyttl:oenbdatditilu,tlc:laiS,,asentr'ttejtilu.i.toleiPttaagtsloldi
itAtt:ilturrt.ci'Bte
nJuTrosrbecticte's)t.eff
dayavoro,sf tetratr.rest. When the
with
4
Mr. Baron I.3oLAND said he was certainly dissat',s_c
d
the verdict.
The COURT—Take a rule. •
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T
LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DA-1.)
.—_
from
Quebec ; the Harmony, from the Mediterranean. C`le.. DEAL, Nov, 6.—Wind W. N W.—Arrived, the Firth
,
down from the River, the Earl of llarewood, Salmonor", Ng:
Sydney ; the Blanche, Dempster. fur Tobago; thc Ti
Rutherford, for Tobago ; the Osborne, Jackson, for Ca
Coast ; the Castle Wthibrook, Morgan, for Jamaica' the
Tancred, Crosby, for Si. Lucia ; the Twin, Julien, Bilboa.
PowrsmuuTil, Nov. 6.--Wind W. N• to E•s fine.
l'iymourrti, Nov. 6.—Wind W. to W. N. W.
Att fresh
FALstount, Nov. s.—Wind N.
(pacW. to N. N. ~ •,
breezes. —Arrived, the Goldfinch ket), from Vera Cruz.
sailed Sept. 1, and Havannah on the 28:h, with 520,000 dollars
on freight ; the Manchester (steamer), from Malaga, icft
the 25th ult., Gibraltar on the 26th, Cad:z on the 27th$ a"
Lisbon on the 31st; the Nancy, Shearer, from Licata. .lo -
CREEK, CREEK, Nov. 6.—Arrived, the Liberty, Tulloch, from i
gadore ; tho Northern Castle, from Odessa.
DOVErt, Nov. 6.—Arrived, Elizabeth, Ely, IVlirarnichi.
from
COWES, Nov. G. --Arrived, the Catherine Jessey•
Rio Janeiro.
SO.T
fromNovi. steamer,
HAMPTON, Nov. 6.—Arrived the Chieftain stea
from Lisbon. TeP
GPM,:
sEy, Nov. s.—Arrived the Twenth-ninth May,
sier, from Rio Janeiro.
Godfrey, jER sJERSEY,
'Labrador; and
sthuerpriscperouet,
Flora, Rice, _ ',let.
PENZANCE, Nov. 5. Ara ived the Qu'een Adelaide, Franc' '
from Denia.
BRISTOI
• , Nov. 6.—Arrived the A. h C tle Curling'
trt y as 4
from Quebec. pissed
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6.—A ship, apparently English, wag ,i3Od
afnrodmPt:eggY:
on the 20th September, in lat. 32, long. 74, disinage"
-

water-logged.
RAMSGATE, Nov. 6.—Arrived the Johnstown, Tow°, from
Newcastle, bound to Abberville, to stop a leak. bee.
STUDLAND BAY, Nov. s.—Arrivel Reaper, Rowe, Quebecl3e
CORK, Nov. 4.—Arrived Pons Ellii, Storer. from Cl
WATERFORD, Nov. 4.—Arrived the Eagle, B
ach
from Richebuct_,A
o • and Town of Ross, from Quebec.
becro
MONTROSE, NV. 4.—Arrived Sisters, Tulloch, Que
BELFAST., Nov. 4.—Arrived the Ann, Creighton, He
Taylor, and Favourite, Taylor, rrom Quebec. bec.
ABERDEEN, Nov. 4.—Arrived the Brilliant, Elliot, Que
CLYDE, Nov. 4.—Arrived Alexander, M'Arthur, Messl
The Minx, Morrison, from St. David's to MarseilleS,e°
run foul of and sunk off the Gallopoa sth inst. ; crew
t 1 s
The Emerald, Place, from Havannah to London, s-
leak in the Gull Stream 21st September, and sunk off the c
of Georgia. e a at
The Colombia, Prichard, from Liverpool, has arr'e-
Batavia.
The Cly stus, from Bathurst, was driven on shore near Mt'
2d inst.
The British Tar, of Whitby, and the Kirklcy, of Workisf:
ha
ton, drove on shore in the middle ground in Richebucto art
bo r, during a gale 4th ult., and was obliged to discharge- P
of her urge.

, THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY.)
CI7'Y, TWELVE 0' a 0 Eif
Ccnsels closed yesterday with an improvement of -foe;
cent, 93 to 93i- for Account, and for Money; opened Scatock,
Exchequer Bills, 51 53 ; Bank Stock, 211 212 ; India
263 264 ' • India Bonds, 53 55. to 20,
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active closed 191
with Coupons—opened 1 ; Portuguese closed 32§",r ver
opened same ; Mexican, 27 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Ha"
Cents., 53i
HALF-PAST ONE O'CL0- tOact',
We have received a Montreal Paper of the 12th On
brinrring the follow
Head bet
Bank Francis g has at last authorised, the Comore"bet
Bank of the midland district to suspend specie paymentsciotio,
on what grounds we cannot ascertain from the. Order in sAt
cil. Exchange—The Bank, British,North America, dratit
18 per cent. Private—The prices vary from 13 to 14117
cent. ; specie has also fallen. Sovereigns, 255. to 255• n"aoo
We hear that the Mexican packet has brought 25"'101
dollars ; at present we have not learned that she brings
important information from that quarter.
Few private letters have been received by the steamers
befl
Lisbon, and we do not hear of any important event • bYi
but Portuguese Stock is not quite so good as in the earlf „,irt
v-
ia the morning. for
Consols have been steady during the morning at 93 to 'l3 ;
the c dcount ; an Money same ; Exeheq Buerills,
India Bonds, 53 55 ; Bank Stock, 211 212 ; Indio '-
263 264. • . tiger
In the Foreign Market very little doing. Spanish Ac
nor,
191 j.l-, with Coupons ; Panive, 441 ; Deferred, 64}' 271;
tuguese, 324 33+ ; Three per Cents, 221 23 ; Mexican,' ,00
Columbian, 24;1; 25 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per ""
53
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for the Account, 93 to 71.

here
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, NOV. 6.--1 leS
has been a good demand for Cotton today, and the Oro
amount to 4,000 or 5,000 bags, at full prices, 250 Ge3oo
and Pernams, 9d. a 91d. ; 300 Bahias, 7 a Bd.' J. ;
Maranhams, 8A(1. a 9d. ; 170 Laguiras, 6i-d. a 7 17,61'h, the
200 Egyptians, 8:1-d. a 90.; 400 Surats, aad. a 8,_")'.,05
rest Americans, at Zild. a Bd. per lb., with 600 Ana;
on speculation, at 51d. per lb. Its New Uplands firs'
ro c this season at 8(1. per lb.
COLBURN'SFOR NNEOWVEINIIBOERN—THELDIYTEDMAGAZINEBy i3O:
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HOOK, ESQ.—The contributors, 011
gay and 14rnye' env
worked admirably in this Number, which' leaves its e,ina
petitors at a vast distance in point of practical observalad
upon life, humorous and varied delineation of charaoterinoe
whimsical views of manners, habits, and opinions. We et.
the Eleventh of the Gurney Papers, to begin
cellent opening to " Life in the East;" some recollec Graf
by Mr. Jerrold of our old scare-crow acquaintanee'sote-
Fa kes ; some pleasant Extracts from a Alanager's thris
rook, relating to Kitty Clive, Gentleman Smith, and,,,T°,:tural
not less dear to memory ; additional Recollections of '3;64
History, which set the American monkey tribe gam".tible
before us ; The Dupe, one of Alfred Crowquill's irres' from
histmielles ; and two Poems by L. E. L. that sPeak as of
the heart and to the heart, even to the tenderest ehe'hieb
it. This excellent Number has other contributions toe •
the reader of taste will do ample justice, and who will II
turn be amply recompensed. with at.°
1 the
DINNER TO MR. WAKLEY.--YeSteruaY, pa'
electors of St. George's, Bloomsbury, and St. Giles stive.
Wes's. dinnerDrl.vaEs. e.street',fie
pgpi given
noo
at the
NeVeAha
aknilgreeyl,b their
nan p,
p io
igetpi
nr ee snet 0. t
.inset .
ve
room was crowded, and had it been pos4ble 0, for
m undated a greater number, there were app
'ol°
tek‘ is that would have swelled a larger assembly'
which
dinner was served up in goOd style and abundance,
every end present seemed to enjoy.
On
Saturday afternoon an inquest was hehlwrßiteitabnie
Coach and Horses, Uxbridge-road, on the body ofrednes-
Lecke. From the evidence it appeared that 00 Ivsheeer
day the deceased, finding a storm coming on, took,, Great
under one of the bridges erected on the line of the's,leear-
Western Railway, between Drayton-green and C3-' tee
bill, Ealing, but he bad not long been there before bole
wood-work gave way, and buried him under thdeus wont,
weight of bricks, exceeding six tons. When !cob'
thc bones of his arms, legs, and ribs were corn
crushed. Verdict—Accidental Death. On the n ever
,
day six weeks, the son cf the deceased was rui sad
by a train of carriages heavily laden with gray.ec. etc-.
killed on the spot, the upper part of the head 100 i
rally cut off. clay' 1551
A case was brought before Mr. Sheriff 13ar in tier
week,
week, at the instance' of a married man, for certariff held
matory words spoken against his wife. The Sheriff
a de_
that a husband had no right to claim damage!, to be ni
{'amatory libel against his wife, which he
counterpart of the principle of law which exempts a el:
s't bis,
from the consequences of an action for libel agarl:ing to
thouPl-,ibatto
wife. The action was, therefore, dismissed, resheuseaecrs
the pursuer's wife the right of action, with h(lierA jojerY.'"
concurrence, against the defender for the alleged
for
Glasgo Chronic.
1 hew Halifaxle
Magistrates have been „e!'ogna.,g,c,,ia
seven sittings in examining into a charge of ter!
th: too
,have
to,
have been committed by Mr. John WhitelY, Barra'
who was alleged to have stolen 250/. from .I.:tely no 'of
hencst he
cleugh, of Sowerby. The complainant wirasthle
solvent debtor, arid, previously to his takin„e ieposited trs.
the Act of Parliament, he stated that °
co' Mr. Wi'itce-st
above-named sum of money in one of a
the place of concealment being known tid,
and the eh
nu
ill
'est of arawelV.
Whilst ill York Castle his furniture was so,,_. taken
ia
.0a
of drawers with it, the money being pre'::e'~obd
by the prisoner. To prove this a man
mijif Oilietff
wetble
was called, who perjured himself,
the Mag:strate, said he was a " confect:aw.
that tije rov.ha
and the sister of the complainant, who sa
red beftorrstseo
soner went to the drawer and took away at
~Pr'n 9.0 w:
wchoe
goads were sold. There appeared mo
iv nu
heard pri-
for the defence, but the Magistrates on
1 inant aoo they
evidence convinced them that the comp a ant). J.
th each et"' 1. inantp
soner had had an understanding wi The
comp a
consequently dismissed the charge. ,
and of 0 .
Gllardian4
dared he would carry the case to the A"