The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-09 00:00:00

REVENUE.

Including Crown Lands" . £.33,079 11 10
Expenditure, including Port Philip ... 463,161 17 1
This heavy amount is chiefly occasioned by the
pharges Incurred in maintaining the police and gaols,
and includes what in England vvou d be defrayed out of
local funds. The estimates for 1840 exceed 300.0001.,
while the revenue, exclusive of Crown lands, will be
only 200,0001. The Governor observes upon this that
there must be some change.

The revenue of Port -Philip has greatly increased ;
the estimated expenditure for 1840 will be about forty
thousand pounds, and the income probably not half.
Port KAI is likely to prove of great service to the
whole of the colonies,

We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester-
day's date, Letters from Padang of the 28th May, state
that the situation of Sumatra was most favourable ; that
the Chief Baron has given in his submission ; also that
or(h and peace had been restored.
The overland express from India was expected to ar.
rive this morning.
We have received Port Phiip Papers to the 14th July.
" A report has reached Melbourne that the native,
of the Mount Macedon di.,:trict have made a descent
upon the station of S. J. Brow n, Esq., and driven off a
fiock of sheep ; the overseer went out with some of the
men, and succeeded in recapturing the stolen property ;
at the moment when t he native camp was discovered, nine
Sheep had been slaughtered for regaling the party.
Munro, Esq., a few days ago, was alarmed by some of
his men running into hig hut with an account that the
blacks had come round them in a Large body. Mr.
Munro went out with the purpose of conciliating the
natives, when he was encompassed by a large number of
them, and wounded in the back with a spear. He was
fortunately rescued and carried to his hut."
Consols opened this morning at the quotations they
closed at on Saturday, 92i for the Account, Reduced
90i Exchequer fills, 3 1 dis. ; Bank Stock, 178
179 ; India shut.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade better,
closed at 04 at present 24i -a; Portuguese same as
they left off, 33i- 84 ; Colombian, 29t 30 ; Brazilian,
71i 72 ; Spanish Passive, 5i 0*; Deferred, 10j 11 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., .53i ; Five per
Cents., 9U 100.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK

Bank Stock -
--
3 per Cent. Red. ...... 9030i Ditto Bonds
—_S per Cent. Cons. — South Sea Stock
3y 4 per Cent
Ditto 114, - i New Ditto
....
New :34 per Cent,„ ~r.•,MN 1,,, i 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751
New S ........
per Cent. . ......... ,„.. -- Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ... 1 3 dis Long Annuities toexpire Ditto... 500 ... I 3 dis.
. ,Ign. 5, 1800 13 15-18' Ditto Small. ,„. INV g Otis
go, IA 1159....... ............ ---, Ditto Commercial ,,,—
j-e.n. 1800,„„ ..... ~. Ditto Advertised
Jan, 5, 5611,,?wint,p. — Bank Stock for Account ...
April 5, 1i11ia,,,,ii0,,,,0, ..-- India Stock tor Account ... 2.',5
Jan. 5. 1870 -,...- Congos for Acc0unt.......„ 9:2%
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THlti DA% AT ONE o CLOuO
Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds
Beigio ponds
Ditto A eFfitint
.. — Portuguese Bonds
arazilia„ Bonds ..„,„,„ „„ Ditto New Bonds —
Ditto Account , vu Ditto Accoun"33% 4% :,.,.i
Buenos Ayres Bonds
—i 4itAt 1 I)Pr crnt, ~,-., VI
Ditto Account.„
.. 1.1.113., 14 -
Ditto Account
Chilian &OP — Prussian Bonds
Ditto Aecouht — Russian Bonds,
.:111N IA Columbian Bonds ; ' 1821...... Ditto Account
Ditto Account
Flagg ilgtMli.9.-•,,, - rolumbian 80nd5,1824.,30% 2N Spanish Isluuts•it . t..,..P414 3i4
Dittp acti count 30% 28% % Ditto Account .. . • ,iiv .ii,
.... „ . - , •
Danish ruls „,„ — Passive . ...................... 6
Ditto Account montinni —i 7Detierred il
Greek Bonds .. french, 5 per cent...—. —f. —r.
Ditto Bonds, 1t325 -,.. i sits=,prr cent.
Ditto Account -, ---- 1)P PPM, in,•• .90: --ci
Karim! pontitl, per Cent --- xchange....„, ~, f, —e,
pito itccppilt „,„,,,, ~, — i Dutch, 254 per cent. ,..533k yi
Ditto, II per Uttrif, nom, =-, Ditto Account -,
Ditto Account
Neapolitan •••• LIMO ACCilliltiiiiii,, „n..—
I'R ICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Paid, Per Share.
British fran CoMpllnV
Edinburgh and Glasgowm—oroor
Provincial Bank of Ire ~,,,,,,, •••frt m!,!:1!
Union Bank of Australia... , 4/- 4,,
atto of London 5
Mexican and South American 7 6
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DECEMBER 7.
par 004, Ceplols
tier Cent. stock ....,„„ 97% Ditto, 4 per ctnt -.
Ditto Reduced
Ditto New, Feln 98% City of Dublin steam Comp.
33. per Cent I)ebentures ntyioiflatl.zuurraelice4Cpoem, geannty.
Bank :,tAcic
Grand Canal Stock „,„„„ Ballast Office Delmturps, 4 .
Royal Canal Stock
HALF-PAST ONE.
Cppsolg at present may be quoted 92 to 92i for the
Account ; Reduced POI i gNobegger Bills, 1 3 ; India
Bonds, 8 die. ; Bank Stock, 178,
The chief feature in the Foreign Market is a fall
in Colorphiag 139114, owing tea long notice being posted
at the Stock Exchange, to the following effect ;—That
the portion of the Colombian Loi.ins assumed by the
Venezuelan Government is U 8 per cent, on the sum of
662,950/. sterling. The proportion thus assumed by
the Venezuelan Government is 1,888,390, on which
they are prepared to pay 2 per cent. div;dend, engaging
to have month's ilivideild in advocte in the bands of their
agents, Messrs. Reich Irving, and Co. ; but It is a consi-
deration that those availing themselves of thisarrangement
must deliver up their present bonds in exchange for new
debentures, to the extent of the portion assumed by the
new Government. Colombian, which were in the early
part of the morning 801, receded to 284 ; Mexican,
29f ; Spanish Active also lower, 234 ; Spanish Pas-
sive, 6 ; Deferred, 11 ; Dutch Two-and a-Half per
Cents„ „tiqj i Five per cents?, nothing doing.

THE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE.—We have
been desired to state, for the information of those en-
gaged in the wine and spirit trade, and innkeepers in
genera), th4t it hq beep p rule for thp lost eighteen
months, at the Custom House here, to charge the duty
pp the increase in bulk upon all rums and brandies
whilst in bond, making the ellowonce for loss in strength ;
the loss in spirits being according to the length of timt
they may have been in bond, and being in a damp or dry
eel*. Owing tp the vopopr which constapqarises it'
o damp cellar, 40 penetrating through the wood, the
damp increases the bulk and diministwe the stron:tt-„, „
much so that a puncheon of him has been known to lov-
as much as forty gal:ons in strength, and increase eight
gallons in bulk.— Liverpool lifercyry.

YICE.CHIVSICERY.-(THIS DAY.)

BELL V. THE HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.
This case came before the Court upon motion to
dissolve an injunction granted in July last, by which the
defendants were restrained from proceeding with their
works in front of the plaintiff's wharf, or from com-
mencing any other works which would render the wharf of
the plaintiff unfit for the lauding of goods, until the Com-
pany should have made another convenient landing-place
for the goods belonging to the plaintiff. The Hull and
Selby Railway Company was established by an act passed
in the 6th year of the reign of William IV. for the
purpose of Parrying" passengers and goods between King.
ston-upon-Hull and Selby t by the provisions of that
Act, part of the Railway near Hull was to pass along
the shore of the Humber, upon land, which, when the
tide was in was covered with water. The works
of the defendant being conceived by the plain-
tiff to be greatly injurious to him, he ap-
plied to them upon the subject, when, according
to his statement. they agreed to erect a wharf as couve.
nient for his purposes as the one he then had, A tem-
porary wharf was then erected by the defendants, and
upon their refusing to build any other the plaintiff filed
his bill, and obtained the injunction which it was the
object of the present motion to have dissolved,
The arguments, which appear likely to occupy a day
or two, were proceeding when our Evening Edition went
to press.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN and a
Special Jury.)
SCOTT V. VAN SANDAU.
This case, on the application of the Attorney-Gene-
ral, was postponed till to-morrow, to give the defendant
time to make sows necessary preparations, Sir Williaal
Follett, for the assenting.
POWLE V. STEINKELLEIL.
This was an acting brought by the plaintiff, to re-
cover the sum of 1,0691 odd, being the balance (Inc
upon an 3,C01.101 fat' cat on goods sold and delivered.
Mr. THESIGER stated the carne. The alleg,.(l suns
was due upon a eontract for the mantthioture of bricks.
The defendant was a natitto of Poland, and in cont.-
quence of pertain representations m ide to the plaintiff,
that bricks could be manufactured much more oheapiy
in Poland than in England, he was induced to co over
to that country, taking with him Et number of English
workmen. The contract was made by the defendant
op the part of the Russian Government, and after a
large number of bricks had been made, it was ascertained
that the bricks were to have been made of the size of
Russian bricks, and not the size of English bricks. The
defendant had concealed that fact from the plaintiff, and
the question was, whether the plaintiff was bound to
supply bricks at 103 florins the 1,000 of the Russian
size, which was double that of the English bricks, the
plaintiff alleging that the agreement was to supply the
bricks of the Engl,4l, sine,
After the Learned Counsel had proceeded at some
length into his statement, the case, on the suggestion
of Lord Denman, was referred to arbitration,
Tt4 " ?Aut. NEWSPAPER--.—THE QUEEN V. HAGUE

AND OTHERS.
This was an indictment against the defendants, J.
Hague, James Archdeacon Richardson, Henry John
Richardson, and Christopher Hawdon, proprietors and
publishers of the Paul Pry newspaper, for a series of
libels which it wi:,s alleged had been published in that
paper, upon the characters of the prosecutors George
Whitehead, and Major William James Richardson.
There were forty-two counts in the indictment.
Mr. ALEXANDER stated the case on behalf of the
prosecutors. They were both at the time of these most
scandalous publications Directors of the Standard of
England Assurance Company, Major Richardson being
the brother of two of the defendants, and Mr. White-
head, a conveyancer, and connected with mercantile
speculations. The libels were continued for several
months with the greatest malignity and perseverance,
the object being to extort money from the prosecutors.
Considerable difficulty had been experienced in getting
at the editors and proprietors of the riper, but it had at
length been ascertained that they were the defendant
uagoe, who was formerly en attorney, the two .Richard-
sons, and Christopher Hawdon, who was also an
attorney. An indictment had been preferred at the
last October Sessions, and removed by certiorari, on
the application of the defendants, into that Court.
The indictment had been prepared under the advice
of a most eminent pleader, and he feared the evidence
would be somewhat tedious, as there were not less than 42
counts in it, it being deemed advisable so to frame it by
the express advice of that gent man,
liord P. I;NMAN--I cannot agree with that gentleman,
whoever he was, that he exercised a sound
discretion.
The shorter and more distinctly the charges are put the
better. Such an immtl.44V gays of letters are a mere
waste of time,
Mr. ALEXANDER resumed, and after referring at
some length to the articles complained of, called the
following witnesses
James Turner-1 am a printer, living at Hatton,gar-
den. I was applied to to print the _NW pry newiniper.
Did you print it ?
I don't think I
ought to answer that question,
Lord DENtiAN—You are not bound to say that you
did print it.

WITNESS—About the middle of last year there was
a change of proprietors. Mr. Henry John Richardson
then applied to me to know if I would print the paper,
Henry, his brother, James Archdeacon Richardson,
and Christopher Hawdon, were frequently together aet-
ing as the proprietors and editors of the paper. I heard
James speak of Major Richardson, the prosecutor as his
brother. I heard him on one occasion ay that ,i 'hey
were serving him out," but no name WAs Mentioned.
5..
I believed they were talking of him, I heard Henry
mentioned say they would have Same money out of him before they
(gLavaeugithtuepr.,) lithhe w
i nyn e
my private ktehree
waiting for proofs. The articles new handed me are in
sumthen sttnitingon id Was
,00roo ~_m
the hand-writing of Mr. flawdon. There is a great
similiarity in the hand-writing of the two defendant , the Richardsons, and the paper now in my hand. is written
either by Henry or Archdeacon Richardson.--(The
witness afterwards identified several other
documents in
their handwriting,h4 heard the defendants sa that
their Arst object was to get the a •
circulation,Y
per into
Tne office for the publication f p the • • Wei
o paper is ILI
iington-street, Strand.
were the op
Several cies of
: • the paper printed by the witness
o put tn,
Mr. BATLET, in behaltuftht 41'00-
ardsee, plettdt4 olitty tq itIO po, - .ant Henry Rieli.
arts cutint4-,i6 dd..- • —,, 10th, 11th, 12th, and
;,IZilllon- '
_.,,luant entering into his own recog-
,pd..s tO come up to receive judgment when called
and nctt to be called up for judgment at all it
entirely Ceased from publishing any further libels
upon either of the prosecutors,
Mr. C4.AeicsoN,, RA behalf the claw:Woos Thomas
____

CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAN )

HUNTER V. PUGH.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave jntlgtrent this nao7
in thi, cas; in winch tiic all for ti,4 purpose
of obtaining the deeison of the Court upon the ques-
tion whether by the will of the testator, in the cause,
under which the defendant whs the trusst,.e of crl sin
property, he was bound to convey it to *plaintiff or
whether other claimants were entitled to it. His
Lordship was clearly of opinion, that under th
will the fee in the property in question passed to the
person through whom the plaintiff claimed ; the defen-
dant, therefore, was bound to convey to him, and his
Lordship decreed accordingly.

COOKE V. REETHAIL
This case came before the Court upon an appeal.
motion from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor. His
Honour, in February of the present year, made an order
whereby he directed an injunction which he had gr'imted
to be continued till the hearing of the cause, and the
object of the present motion was to discharge that
order. The parties to the cause consisted of five phiiti-
tiffs and six defendants. Ten of those gentlemen were
the Directors of a Railway Company, intended to be
called " The City and Richmond Railway Company ;"
but afterwards that title was altered to " The Metro-
politan Central Railway Company." The Company was
originally projected by two individuals of the names
of Luxton and Blount, one of whom was an engineer,
and the other an architect. In March, 18.96, they ap-
plied to several professional*gentlemen to act as their
solicitors in the formation of the Company, and among
the rest to Mr. Beetham, who finally assented to be-
, come their professional adviser. The necessary adver-
' tisements were then put in the newspapers, and in the
latter end of March the first meetingof the Directors took
place, and the gentlemen forming that direction retained
Mr. Beetham as their solicitor, and then prepared the derd
for establishing the Company, and afterwards application
was made to Parliament for an Act. Considerable ex-
pence was incurred in obtaining the assents and dissects
of the proprietors of property on the intended line, anc
ultimately Mr. Beetham had a hill of costs against an.
Company to the amount of between 16,000/. and 17,0001,
one of the items, in that hill being 7,0001. for servine; as
many notl_:,.s. Mr. Beetham had been paid 5.,8171. on
account of that bill, but the project failing
the Directors refused to pay the halanee
claimed by Mr. Beetbana, amounting to 9,5004, alleging
that he was not entitled to it, inasmuch as he had
agreed with the Directory only to he paid the costs out
of pocket, if the application to Parliament did oet
suceeed and a$ an additional reason for not paving his
demand, the Directors asserted thalt. hn had given
them bed advice. In this stetce circumstances Mr.
Beetham brought his) action to recover payment, and to
restrain pp from proceeding in which the plaintiffs filed
their bill, and obtained an injunction, which his Honor'upon application to him for that purpose, refaced to
dissolve, and the object of the lomat motion was to have
that order discharged,
Mr. Wakefield and Mr. Keene appeared in support
of the appeal.
Mr. Wigram anti Mr, Lloyd supported the order of
the Court helew,
The arguments had not concluded when our Evening
Edition went to press.