The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-01 00:00:00

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS TO-MORROW:

2 1
R. B. Elam, warehouseman, Milk-street
2 12
F. Langan, wine-merchant, Regent street
C:C,ppock, hosier, Strand
2 12
E. L. Vestris, bookseller, Storey's-gate

The Marquis of Winchester gave a grand. dinner
last evening, in Cavendish-square, to the Marquis of Douro,
Earl and Countess of Darlington, 'Lady Augusta Powlett,
Lord Sandys, Earl and Countess Amherst, and Lady Sarah
Amherst, Lord George Hill; Captain Ferguson, R N., and
the Hon. Mrs. Ferguson, Hon. Mrs. Fitzroy, Sir Henry and
Lady Wheatley, Hon. Col. Ashburnham, and the Earl of
Wiltshire.

Repeatedly during spring we directed attention to
the dreadfully stormed state of the Cumberland mountains, and
accumulated masses of deep driven snow which far exceeded
anything found on Ben Nevis. When Criffel was merely pow.
dered, the opposite range of bills literally made the spectator
cold to look at them; and as the snow lay long, and was re-
peatedly renewed, ire are not surprised to hear that the morta-
lity has been dreadful around Keswick. One farmer is mer,-
tioned who has lost 400 out of 1,000 sheep, and we were in-
formed lately of an individual in a different part of the country
who had lost 50 scores of hogs, gimmers, and ewes. A third
storemaster is spoken of who estimates his loss in lambs at
500/. sterling. The mortality has been dreadful in Ntgtl_
`Vales; indeed, far beyond anything yet recorded of the LAZT
mermuirs, or any other part of .Scotland.—Duny'ries Courier.

WORKS OF FICTION.—About twenty years age,
the literary tide set in favour of fiction. The extraordinary
success of the Waverley Novels stimulated a host. of writers to
apply themselves to works of a similar class. If those who,
after Sir Walter Scott, were the earliest in this literary field,
did not acquire the same fame, or derive the same pecuniary
advancement as the Magician of the North, they were suffi-
ciently successful to encourage them to make new efforts, and
to induce others to follosi their example. Hence, about ten
or twelve years since, wheq the mania for works of fiction was
at its height, it was calculated that from two to three hundred
appeared in the course of a year. All of them of any note
could boast a sale of frem 750 to 1,000: decidedly good ones
often reached a sale of from 1,500 to 2,000 copies. A striking
change has since come over the spirit of this class of litera-
ture. The authors, whose works of fiction a dozen years since
commanded a sale of from 1,500 to 2,000 copies, cannot now
command a sale of 500. I could mention many instances in con-
firmation of this; but it would be equally iuvitluous to authors
and publishers. I may state in general terms, that on one
day, about six months ago, four novels, two of them by authors
of great celebrity in the high and palmy days of works of fic-
tion, were ptiblish'ed by different houses, and that the sale of
neither of the works exceeded 350 copies ; that of three out of
the four was under that number. Publishers have now come
to the conclusion—a conclusion forced on them by painful ex-
perience—that the days of this class of works arc past fur
ever. Authors may continue to write, but publishers will not
publish, except in comparatively few cases, even though the
copyright were off,Ted them for nothing. If authors lei,/
write novels, they must publish them at their own risk. This,
indeed, has been the case, though the public are not aware of
the fact, in many instances of late years. The truth is, that,
with the exception of the works of fifteen or twenty authors,
no individual ever now dreams of purchasing a novel for his
own reading. The only copies bought are for the circulating
libraries.— The Great Metropolis—Second Series.
ITES.—The votes on this question
can scarcely be deemed a test of the popularity or unpopularity
of the Melbourne Administration; since the private interests
of all those persons—and they amount to a considerable num-
ber—who stand La the relation of lessees, subs, and tenants,
are in many eases, no doubt, paramount in influence to the
assertion ot. a public principle. There arc, at present, 5,000
parishes in England in which there are no Church-rates; and
when we turn to the overwhelming numercial superiority of
the yeti ioaers to Parliament for the extinction of the impost,
we have salistantial grounds fur anticipating its entire aboli-
tion thrctt;hout the country at no very distant day.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied for a rule to show
cause why a criminal information should not be filed arsaiust
the Rev. Michael Augustus Gathercole for publishing (NI.-
tain scandalous libels upon the inmates of the nunneries at
Stockton and Darlington. It wou:d be in the recollectioto
of their Lordships that in the course of last term he had
applied for and obtained similar rules against two book-
sellers for publications entitled " The Churchman" and
" The Fox Unkennelled." These persons had not shown
cause against the rule, which had, therefore, been *tads
absolute, as of course. The booksellers hod since offered
to give up the name of the real author of the libels; and
though he did not think that any Bi'd ought to ho passed t..)
enable a publisher to discharge himself from all liability by
givirer up the author, yet he was of opinion that in this case
the booksellers might be allowed to do so.—ltule granted.

THE KING-V. ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWARK.

Sir F. Pou.ock: moved for a rule to show cause why the
return to the mandamus issued in this case should not be
quashed. He had before obtained a rule for a mandamus
commanding the defendants to make a rate for the repair of
the church.. The liability of the defendants arose under
the grant of the Crown in the reign of Henry Vlll.—itule
to show cause granted.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAr 31.
GOULD V. OLIVER...

This was an action for a general average, brought by the
owners of a vessel trading between London and Quebec, a
portion of her cargo having been thrown overboard in a
storm. The vessel had been laden with timber, and part
of the cargo which had been thrown overboard was stowed
on the deck. The defendants set up the general rule of
law; that if the goods lost were stowed on deck, the suffer-
ing party would have no title to contribution ; but .4e plain-
tiffs alleged the existence of a general custom in the timber
trade, of stowing the cargo on deck, in order to overrule the
objection of the deftredbigit'lle,,case came before the
Court upon a f cial demurrer hich raised
the question of the existence or non-existence of the above-
mentioned custom.
Mr. Sergeant STEPHEN was beard at some length against
the demurrer. •
Mr. Servant WILDE- commenced the eigruplent.lan,thc
other kit!.
,The argument- was then deferred.
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COURT OF EXCIIEQUER; tile 3I . r" • -4t
YOUNG V. GROVE.
This was a special case for the opinion of the Court, upon
the claim made by. the owners of houses in the Van :dial!
Bridge-road, to be exempt from the paying rates imposed. 6-y.
the 'cothill-fields Local Act, upon alkiae lands. and houses
in Westminster bzelOnwilia• to the Dean and Chapter: The
• , ,
payment was resisted, or. the ground :that the ,owners re-
paired, through'the medium of the proprjekers and trustees
•of the Vauxhall Bridge-road Act, who !mid 14A ncle4loli en to
do so in cons-feration of the tolli, arid that they, the*yrters,
were therefore exempt from repairing ender I,l)e44othill-
fields .Act.--flUdgMent for the defendants. • ..; - •
ADI)ENEROOKE V. SCOTT, BART.
This was a special case, the question in which turned on
the construction of a covenant in a lease of certain iron
works, at Brainbry, near 'Wolverhampton, in Staffordshire,
which had been granted to plaintiff by defendant's ances-
tor. The lessor covenanted to supply the lessee with a cer-
tain quantity per week of coals, to be used in smelting the
iron-stone. The coal which appeared to be in use when
the lease was granted was a particular kind, known by the
name of thick coal ; other layers of inferior coal,' known
by the name of flying red and heathen coal, had since
been discovered, and the original thick coal not affording
a sufficiout supply, the question was, whether the covenant
imposed. upon the !Esser the obligation of working the beds
to the lower stratificati6us, or "of - opening -fresh beds of
thick coal elsewhere.
Mr. Busny argued the case for the plaintiff, the lessee,
and Mr. it ATELEY for.the detimdant, the lessor.
The CouttT took time to consider of their judgment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

3L4 NSION-HOUSE.

A thick-Set prick marked IriShman, • named Georg c
Mullins, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged-with
having committed numerous extensive frauds upon 'Jews
and other persons engaged in trade. .S2veral of the tie-
tims attended the examination. Mr. Garnett, the solicitor,
appeared for the prisoner, who seemed to be qeite lively
and at his ease during- the investigation.
Woolf Harris of Stoney-lane, --Stated that about sTx or
seven weeks ago', he was applied -to' by a man whO
be-
-1 to some auction roorrt; on the subject of purchasiug
a quantity of feathers, , and who left him a sample. Al-
though feathers were an article he did not deal in he
thought he might benefit by venturing, and the prisoner
called upon him a day or two alterwards as the person
recommended, and took lira—La- a room in a house in Red-
cross-street, in the :Mint, tthere there was an immense
quantity of feathers lying lnose on the floor. Witness took
a sample of them, approved of them, and finally agreed to

purchase a considerable portion, at the same tinieigering a
deposit ofs/., which, however, the prisoner refused to take,
but appointed the next day to conclude the business. Ac-
cordingly, on Alm succeeding day witness sent his son to
Mint-street, to help to put the feathers in bags, and, after
calling himself, found to his surprise that his son was in a
state of drunkenness. The bags were, however, 311 full,
and he ascertained that he had to pay between GO/. and
701. for them. As he was a poor man, and had not so
much money in hiq possession, and as the prisoner ins;sted
upon being paid the whole amount before delivery of the
of the goods, be was obliged to go to Joseph's Coffee-

house, to borrow 301. from-a
friend. The feathers were
brought to the door of the Coffee-house, and the prisoner
was paid the whole amount of the bill, the feathers having
been sold at the rate of one shilling a pound. After the
money Was obtained the. prisoner asked the witness for his
address, and the latter offered it on a piece of paper.
•• No," said the prisoner, " you shall write it in my prayer-
book." (Laughter.)
The LORD MAROR.—Is it usual to have feathers for
sale loose in a room? Witness—l believe it is not at all
So. There were several women in the room, who were
employed in putting the feathers in bags.
The LORD MAYOR—And did you suspect nothing was
amiss when you saw your son drunk ?—Witness—l had no
suspicion, and I believe him to be a very rich man. In
fact, I have no doubt of it.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, I suppose you found that the
contents of the bag did not exactly correspond with the
samples ?—Witness declared that, to his horror and amaze-
ment, he found, upon selling them to another party, that
the feathers were mixed up with sand and rubbish of all
sorts, and he soon learned that a great many tradesmen
had been plundered in a similar manner.
Mr. Garnett—Did you see the goods in the waggoq

Witness—l helped to put them there.
Mr. Garnett—And did you. not see that they were fea-
thers when they were put in ?—Witness—l did not exa-
mine them then. I bought the feathers in the room, and
never supposed any trick was practised.
The LORD MAYOR—NO ; the prayer-book settled that
point, as was intended, no doubt.
Mr. Garnett—Did you send fie goods back to his
warehouse ? Witness—lt was no warehouSe, and he told
me he was going off to Ireland. The room was taken for
the purposes of fraud.
Isaac Harris, son to the prosecutor, said that when his
father sent him to see the feathers packed in bags, the
prisoner, after a little while, asked him to go out and have
something to drink. He refused, but at last, after hav-
ing been repeatedly urged, consented, and accompanied the
prisoner to a public-house within a few doors of the house
in which the jab was going forward. The prisoner gave
him gin and beer and ale to drink, and the consequence
was that he became quite drunk. When he left the feather-
room there were six or. seven women in it, and after he
accompanied the prisoner to the public-house the latter fre-
quently left him, excusing himself on account of a little
business over the way. Witness had often expressed a
wish to return to the room, but the prisbaer said that the
women would see that all was right.
Moses Hate, No. 27, Houndsditch, dealer in quills, hav-
ing known W. Harris to be an honest. man, did not hesi-
tate to lend him 301. to make the purchase. Immediately
afterwards witness bought the feathers, and sent for a Mr.
Jones, who dealt in the article, to sell them to him. The
deception was then detected, and it was believed that the
prisoner had, along with others who formed a regular gang,
accumulated an immense fortune by extensive praetices in
the same way. The prisoner was in the habit of taking
garrets in different parts of the town, in which lie exhibited
feathers, and afterwards sold them, mixed with broken oys-
ter shells, sand, and other rubbish ; and when questioucel
on the subject of the frand, his answer was, " Hax could
you expect to get unmixed feathers at a shilling a pound ?"
Tire officer who appreheeded the peisoner stated that ha
found nine .501. notes, 33/. its. in gull, and Ills. 6d. in sil-
ver, on the prisoner's person.
Mr. Hart said that the money found upon the prisoner
was a mere trifle to the vast sums he was .in the habit of
accumulating by the traffic in scud and oyster shells. For
years the trade had been carried-on, and the prisoner seamed
to be convinced that the law could not reach him.
The Loan Meroa-1 dare ,ay, after this exposure, we
shall have a good many of his customers here on Monday
next, to which day I shall remand him.
The prisoner was then removed from the bar, showing
by his eouutenanc;: that the whole business was not stall to
his taste.

BOW-STREET.
A young,man, named Chez: les Taylor,- was brought up by
Mr. Sandroek, the Superintebdoit of the F division of

rolice, charged on suspicion of being connected or ac-
quainted with the circumstances of the murder of Eliza
Davis, in Frederick-street, II am pstend-rwa
In answer to questions put to him he stated that he was
Tcquainted with a man named Sanderson, who lived in the
house of a Mr. Davis. He first heard of that t;•Attler at
about half-past nine o'clock on the morning- On which it was
'committed, when an old woman, wino lived in the same
louse with him and his mother, came to them, and ac-•
quainted them with the circumstance. He direttly went
to the King's Arms public-house, which he bad before been
in the habit of using, and he then saw the deceased lying
on the stairs with her throat cut. He went and fetched
Sanderson, and they played at skittles together all dal' in
the ground attached to the house.

Sir F. ROE asked the defendant whether die did not givo
a different account of the matter to Sanderson ? The de-
fendant had not. He admitted, however, that be had said •
that he saw a lemon, a glass of ale. and h knife oa the bar,
and that he had heard it stated that the deceased's throat
was cut while she was stooping to pick up the lemon ; but
he declared that this had been communicated to hint in the
crowd, and that he did not assert it as of his own knowledge,
Sir F. ROE inquired of Sanderson, who was iu the
room, what the defendant had told him ? SAnclerson
that the prisoner had come to him on the morning- of the
murder, and had said that he went to Mr. ‘Vatley's house
with an acquaintance to play skittles, and the latter went
into the bar while he remained in the yard. his compa-
nion called for some beer, and having been served with it
asked for a lemon. The lemon was placed on the bar, but
he purposely threw it down, and while the deceased
stooped to pick it up he seized her and cut her throat.
The reason given by the man for his doing this was that
girl had been in the habit of giving him short measure.
Sir F. ROE inquired of the defendant what answer he
could make to this ? The defendant declared that what
he had told Sanderson he had heard in the crowd, and he
denied that he was acquainted with the murderer of the
woman, who was besides described as a stranger.
Sir F. ROE declared that, at present, there appeared to
be no ground for supposing the defendant to ha implicated
in the transaction in the manner suggested. It would ap-
pear that anything he had said had been put forth either in
idle boast, or had been collected from the crowd.
The prisoner was remanded until Tuesday on this second
charge, and d'aections were given that any fresh evidence
that could be collected touching the other matter should be
obtained,