The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-21 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

The Markets were well supplied, and the demand was mode-
rate, prices lower. Hay, Ms. to 925. ; Clover, 20s. to 115 s. ;
Ttraw, 30s. to 40s. per load.

COLONIAL MARKE.T

Business was very scanty, and prices much as last quoted.
B. P. Sugar sells more briskly, nothing doing in any kinds
of Sugar ; 131 casks and 100 bags of B. P. Coffee sold at 70s
to 955. for the bulk, which was fair and fine ordinary; 353
bags Batavia sold at about 655. ; 76 bags Trinidad Cocoa sold
at 41s. for fair red; 10 casks of Nutmegs sold at 4s. 4d. per
lb. ; little business in Spices, and prices were without variation.
LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, Nov. 20. —Wind N.W.—Arrived the Trent,
Byers, from Richebucto. Sailed the Bolton, Robinson,
for New Zealand • Cheviot, Young, Hobart Town ; War-
rior, Beckett, Bekett, South Australia ; Undaunted,
Hore, Jamaica; Traveller, Reed, St. Thomas; and John
M'Cullum, Baker, Halifax.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 20.—Wind W.N. W.— Arrived the
Majestic, Williamson, from Arica; Clio, Monte Video;
Eustine, Casment, Bahia; Archer, Braithwaite, Deme-
rara, with four feet water in her hold, having been on
Hoyle Bank ; Columbia, Monte Video ; England, Waite,
New York, sailed the Ist instant; Petrel, Bell, Quebec;
Chieftain, ditto ; and Margaret, Higbfield, Palermo. Off
port tho John Woodall, from Calcutta; Tam O'Shanter,
Porto Cabello; and Chudra, Charleston.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 20. —Wind N. W.—Arrived the
Lavinia, Hall, from Honduras, sailed 16th September.
FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind S. W. to W. N. W., strong
breezes —Arrived the Lady Mary, Sayer, from Bahia ;
and Anna, from Port-au-Prince.

HASTINGS, Nov. 20.—Off port the Stratford, :Lane,
'row Mauritius, sailed Ist September. -
THE SANTA ANNA LIGHTHOUSE.

!JARANHAM, OCT. 16.—The President of this Pro-
vince has given orders to discontinue tho lighting of the
Santa Anna Lighthouse, on account of the persevering
attacks of the Rebels ; so that as long as disturbances con-
tinue in this province, Captains ought to place no reliance
upon the Santa Anna Light.
" Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's yesterday from
the Trinity House :—" The Burnham Flats Buoy has
been replaced at its station."

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LIVERPOOL, COTTON-MARKET, Nov. 21.—We have
had a very extensive demand for Cotton, and at an ad-
vance on American descriptions of id. per lb. on our
quotations d Friday last. The sales reached 6,000
bales, of which '2,500 are on speculation.
This morning we have another arrival from New
York. The packet ship England, which sailed on the
Ist inst., bringing papers of the above date. The mer-
cantile information from New York is of an unfavourable
nature.

The intelligence received from Madrid this morning-
is rather of a gloomy nature ; disturbances were doily
expected in the above capital, to prevent which troops
were assembling in the neighbourhood of Madrid.
The Sentinelle des Pyrenees says. that according to
the last despatches received froin General Espartero,
Ministers will be obliged to give in their resignation, and
the General-in-Chief was greatly dissatisfied with what
was passing in the capital.
We have received the Antwerp Journal of yesterday's
date, which states that Prince Albert of Sale Cobourg
arrived at Brussels on Monday last.
The private letters from New York are rather of a
more favourable nature. They apprehend that the
worst state of affairs has past, as no bankrupt of conse-
quence has been announced, and they have every expec•
tation that in a few days there will be a decided improve-
ment in the commercial affairs.

Consols have opened rather heavy this morning, they
left off 904 i, both for Money and the Account ;
at prasent may be quoted 90a- i ; Money and Account
Exchequer Bills 2 dis. par ; Bank Stock, 178 179 ;
India Stock 251 252.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Actives heavy, closed
at 26f f, opened at 254 6 ; Portuguese closed at 311 21;
Three per Cents, 21; i ; Brazilian, 72 73 ; Colombian,
301 11 ; Mexican, 294 304 ; Belgian, 1001 I ii- ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 ; Five per Cents., 981.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 179 8 Indla Stock
9 per Cent. Red. 86 %% Ditto Bonds
B per Cent. Cons 9014 ,3i34 South Sea Stock —
3 per Cent 9% Old Annuities —
Ditto Red. ...... 97%%i4 New Ditto
New 3% per Cent... ..... 99 8X 9% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500
Jan. 5, 1860 1:34, 11-16 Ditto Small... ...... .... 4 pm.
Oct. 10, 1859 13% 9-16 Ditto Commercial —
Jan. 5, 1860 ln Ditto Advertised ......
Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ...
April 5, 1888 — India Stock for Account ...
Jan. 5.1870 — Consos for Acc0uat........ 903 A
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK •
Austrian Bonds —; Peruvian Bonds l7
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. .........
Ditto Account
Chilian Bonds
Ditto Account —, Russian Bonds, 182`2..........
Columbian Bond.; — Ditto Account
Ditto Account — } Ditto Metallic —

Columbian Bonds, 1524
Ditto Account
Danish Bonds
Ditto Account
Greek Bonds
Ditto Bonds, 1825.
Ditto Account
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Account .........
Ditto, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Neapolitan

Spanish Bonds 2ti IA 51i r‘
—, • Ditto Account. 26 5% 6
, Passive
—t
Deferred 11904
French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
4 per cent....... —f. —c.
3 per cent. —f. —c.
Exchange. —f. —c.
) Dutch, 2% per cent. —
-- k Ditto Account.
Ditto, 5 per cent ...... .. -NI 774
. - Ditto Acmint...... —

CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.)

THE QUEEN v. VISCOUNT CANTERBURY.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that this was a
petition of right presented to the Crowr, by Viscount
Canterbury, which he had given every facility to being
brought forward, but which he now thought it his duty
on behalf of die Crown and the public to oppose. He
understood it was the intention of the Counsel on the
behalf of the Noble Viscount to apply for its postpone-
ment to a future day out of the term ; to that he must
object inasmuch as it would be impossible for him, con-
sistent with his public duties, to attend before the next
term ; he was, however, ready to proceed then with the
case. It might be right, however, to inform the Court
that the case was a petition of right on behalf of
Viscount Canterbury, praying to have compensation for
the Crown, on the ground that he was occupying apart-
ments in a Royal Palace as a gift from his late Majesty
William IV., at the time of the unfortunate destruction
of both Houses of Parliament by fire. He was quite
prepared to proceed then with the case, and to show
that, allowing all the facts stated in the petition to be
true, there was no foundation whatever for the claim of
the Noble Viscoent.

Mr. MANNING stated that he appeared as Counsel
for Viscount Canterbury, and the reason for his applying
for a postponement was that Mr. Sergeant Wilde was
Counsel with him for the Noble Viscount, and as
Small and Attwood had been fixed for hearing in the
Common Pleas that day, for the convenience of Sir W.
Follett, the Learned Sergeant was unable to attend.
The case was ultimately ordered to stand for the
second day of the next Term.

VICE-CHANCERY.,-(THIS DAY.)

IN THE MATTER OF TAYLOR.

,
Mr. K. BauCS stated that the Court would recollect
that upon a former day he had made an application
under Sergeant Talfourd's Act fur the Custody of In-
fants, to enable the lady of Mr. Taylor, the great
brewer at Limehouse, to have intercourre with her
children. The Court then decided upon the point
that it had jurisdiction under the Act, although the
name of the Vice-Chancellor was not mentioned in the
Act. The only point he had then called upon the
Court to decide was, that of substituted service. At
the time the Court was prepared to give judgment he
(Mr. K. Bruce) had expressed himscif desirous, with
the permission of the Court, of postponing asking for
the decision of the Court upon the point until some ad-
ditional attempts had been made to obtain a favourable
answer from Mr. Taylor, the husband ; because although
it appeared:that the former explanatory letters from
Mrs. Taylor could admit of no doubt, yet some mis-
constructions had been put upon them. His Honour was,
no doubt, aware that the governess of the family had
communicated to Mrs. Taylor information re-
specting the supposed conduct of Mr. Tay-
lor with a woman, who was a servant in
in the family, and under the influence of the feelings
that had been excited by that information, she had left
her husband's house, in which she would have been fully
justified,if the information had been true. Upon an in-
vestigation, however, of the matter, it appeared that a
most gross misrepresentation had been made to Mrs.
Taylor by the governess, in whose statements, from the
situation she filled, Mrs. Taylor had placed every re-
liance. Mrs. Taylor took the earliest opportunity, after
ascertaining the inaccuracy of the report, of stating to
her husband that she had been imposed upon, retracting
the charges she had made, and imploring to be permitted
to return. This was done more than once, but unfortu-
nately without any beneficial result, and ultimately Mr.
Taylor desired that any communications to him should be
made through his solicitors, Messrs. Freshfield and Son.
Under these circumstances, Mrs. Taylor commenced
a suit in the Ecclesiastical Court, for the restitution of
conjugal rights. That suit vies decided in favour of
Mrs. Taylor, and was at the present moment before the
Privy Council. Under these circumstances a petition
had been presented to the Court, stating that Mi.
Taylor had broken up his establishment at Southgate,
and that his solicitor had refused to accept service.
At the time that petition came on it appeared to him
(Mr. K. Bruce) that, to make the matter clear of all
doubt, that further attempts should be made to induce
the husband to accede to the request of his wife, and
in consequence of his suggestion, on the Bth of the pre-
sent month, a letter repeating the conviction of Mrs.
Taylor that she was wrong, and withdrawing the charge
she had made against her husband, was sent to him open.
under cover, to Messrs. Freshfield, and in a few days
afterwards a copy of that letter was sent to Soulbgate
and to Mr. Taylor's residence in Northamptonshire.
No notice, however, had been taken of that letter, and
such being the case, he trusted that the Court
would direct that service of the petition upon
Messrs. Freshfield and the place of business of
Mr. Taylor at Limehouse, should be good service.
His fIoNoUR, after reading the affidavits, stating the
additional facts, stated that it seemed to him to make
out a case, coupled with what had been stated in the
former affidavits, upon which the Court would act ; at
any rate it made out a case which ought to be consi-
dered by the Court. His Honour would therefor:
make an order that the service of the petition upon
Messrs. Freshfield, or at the brewery, or at Southgate,
or Gillsborough. should be good service.
Mr. K. BRUCE hinted that the Court would also
make it part of the order that the petition should stand
for hearing on some early day.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Let it stand for hearing on
Saturday week.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

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DODGE V. THORN.

This was an action for a false imprisonment. From
the evidence for the plaintiff, which was not contra-
dicted, it appeared that the defendant received a letter
from a friend of his, a Mr. Moore of Crawley, Devon-
shire, informing him that he had lost a horse—describ-
ing it—which he had ascertained had been purchased of
an innkeeper, by a Mr. Dodge, a commercial traveller,
for the house of Mr. George Potts, London, and re-
questing him to set about discovering it. Upon this
defendant, naturally inferring that the horse had been
stolen, went to a policeman and showed him the letter.
The policeman told him to go to Dodge, and if be did
not give satisfactory information how he came by the
horse, he would give him in custody for stealing it.
Dodge at first refused the information, eventually, how-
ever, he said he had bought it twelve miles this or that
side of Salisbury. Upon this defendant gave him into
custody, and he was taken to the station-house—not,
however, by the policeman, but merely accompanying
Mr. Thorn, the officer walking on before. On their
way the policeman stated that Dodge said be had
bought the horse of a Mr. Stephens. At the
station-house, when the inspector heard the ac-
count, he inquired whether the charge was for
stealing it, or receiving it knowing it to have been
stolen, and at his suggestion the charge was entered—
" Refusing" to give information " respecting a stolen
horse." Plaintiff was detained till the next morning,
when Alderman Scboley, who sat for the Lord Mayor,
dismissed the charge. _ -

Mr. Sergeant &I.IPAS and Mr. PICOT were for the
plaintiff.
Mr. JAMES, for the defendant, made an able and
forcible address in mitigation of damages, dwelling
principally on the plaintiff's not having stated at first
(as he might have done) of whom he had bought the
horse, and where.
The Learned JUDGE told the Jury the question (as
the charge bad been fully proved) was solely one of da-
mages. The policeman had acted most improperly in
advising the giving into charge. The defendant had
evidently acted conscientiously, and from an honest de-
sire to recover his friend's property. Still he had acted
most injudiciously—most unlawfully. There, were,
however,no aggravating circumstances ; but plaintiff was
entitled to recover full compensation for whatever da-
mages the Jury thought he had sustained.
The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 251.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

THE QUEEN V. LEE AND ANOTHER.

In this case a rule was obtained at the commence-
ment of the present term, calling upon two persons.
named Lee and Cal!cote, to show cause why fa criminal
information should not be filed against them for publish-
ing certain libels on the decision of some Magistrates.
Sir W. FOLLETT now applied to the Court to obtain
an enlargement of the rule until next term, on the ground
that it was impracticable to examirle the affidavits in
time.

His LORDSHIP granted the application.
THE QUEEN V. BARKER.
___ __

Sir W. FOLLETT yesterday applied to the Court for
a writ of certiorari, to remove an indictment for perjury
against the defendant from the Central Criminal Court
into this Court, on the ground that certain points of law
would arise, and that an inquiry at the Old Bailey would
be calculated seriously to injure him in his business.
The case stood over in order that something more ex-
plicit might be stated ; and the Learned Counsel this
morning informed his Lordship that points would arise
as to the materiality of the conversation which had taken
place ; and if the indictment should be removed the de-
fendant, in case of conviction, would have the advantage
of moving for a new trial, of which he would be deprived
if the case should be tried at the Old Bailey.
His LORDSHIP granted the application.
THE QUEEN V. THE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER

RAILWAY COMPANY.
rule
was the commencement of
•tbe. present Term a rule
calling upon them to show cause
was obtained against the Birmingham and Gloucester
3rshould not issue, commanding them
to restore a turnpike road leading out. of the parish of
Cheltenham. On the. 15th an application was made
wilhayilwaatnyanerniPuasn
to enlarge the rule until the next Term, on the around
that there was not sufficient time to answer the°affida-
vita, which consisted of 188 folios, and contained allega-
tions which required long and special affidavits in
answer.

Mr. GRAVES this morning submitted that the nffi-
davit on which the application to enlarge had been made
was insufficient, because positive danger had been sworn

EVENING EDITION.

to in the original application, which was net now contra-
dicted. The bridge of which he complained, leading
out of Cheltenham, was only thirty feet wide instead of
forty, and the posts were quite insufficient for the pro-
tection of the public, inasmuch as if a carriage
should come in contact with them it would be
precipitated down the embankment, which was
upwards of twenty feet in height. He trusted
that his Lordship would in enlarging the rule, impose
terms on the Company, and compel them to put the
bridge in a safe state until the question could be fully
brought before the Court.

His LORDSHIP was not aware of any instance in
which such terms bad been imposed in enlarging a rule.
Mr. GRAYS said he would not press the matter, if
the public were not in danger.

His LORDSHIP suggested that an arrangement of
this kind might be made, that the Company should
undertake to do this ; the other side undertaking to
reimburse them if the Court should ultimately decide
against the mandamus.
Mr. GRAPES did not see why the parties who now
appeared for the benefit of the public should have
such terms imposed on them. The real question was,
whether the Company were not b)und, according to
the terms of the Act of Parliament, to make the
bridge 40 feet in width ?
After some further discussion, his Lordship took the
opinion of the full Court, and intimated that the der
vision was this—that the rule should be enlarged, on
the defendant's undertaking forthwith to put the fences
in a secure state to the satisfaction of two Justices ;
the prosecutor undertaking to repay the expenses, if
the judgment of the Court should be in favour of the
defendant.

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This was assented to by the Counsel on both sides.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT
(THIS DAY).

Mr. Granby Calcraft, who married Miss Love. the
actress, applied on his petition to be discharged. There
was no opposition against him.
The schedule was examined by Mr. Commissioner
BOWEN.

Mr. Commissioner BowEN said he saw Mr. Caleraft
had received 2,220/. under the will -of his father. Ile
wished to know whether he expected any more.
Insolvent—l do not, Sir.
Mr. Commissioner BowEN—Are you a single man,
Sir 2 Insolvent—l am not, Sir.

Mr. Commissioner BOWEN—I do not see any ex-
cepted articles of your wife in your schedule.
Insols eat—There has been a divorce, not by Act of
Parliament, but by the Ecclesiastical Court.
Mr Commissioner BOWEN directed that a statement
should he made in the schedule of the divorce, to ac-
count for the wife's excepted property.
In answer to other questions the insolvent said he was
out of the army, and had no half-pay.

The COURT allowed three creditors to be entered in
the schedule, and directed a statement to be made re-
specting the divorce.
Mr. Calcraft was discharged forthwith.

THE POST-OFFICE LETTER-WEIGHT.—Mr. Hooper,
of Pall-mall, in August, obtained a patent for a Letter-
weight, adapted to Rowland Hill's plan of penny
postage, and has now completed the machine, which
is extremely simple. Letters from half au ounce
to four ounces may be weighed by it. The
whole weight of the machine itself in a light
case is under two ounces, and therefore can be easily
carried in the rocket. If the proprietor charges a mo-
derate price he may safely reckon on an enormous sale
as soon as the new Post-office regulations take effect.
HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, Nov.
16,—We have again to report a very limited supply of
Hops at market, with a steady demand for all descrip-
tions. Prices remain unaltered. The number of pockets
weighed to-day was about 2.50 pockets of new Hops,
and 17 pockets of old ; about the same quantity were
entered h the week.

UNSTAMPED NEWSPAPERS.—We hear that
the Magistrates of Bath and Bristol are about to enforce
the power of the Stamp Act against the unstamped
newspapers with which their cities and their neighbour-
hoods are pestered. If justice towards the honest
tradesman does not call for this active interference, the
libellous and debasing character of the publications ought ;
and, if for the latter reason only, they ought to be sup-
press-ed.—Bath Journal.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SITICIDE.—On
Wednesday morning, about eleven o'clock, a respecta-
bly attired young man, about 22 years of age, was
brought in a coach to St. Bartholomew's Ho3pital,
having cut his throat in a most determined manner. His
name and address arc not at present known, nor has
it been yet ascertained what was, the cause of his at-
tempting the rash act. No hopes are entertained of
his recovery.

CORONERS I T NQUEST.—Yesterday an inquest
was held before J. C. Carter, Esq., Coroner for the
Western Division of Kent, and a respectable Jury,
touching the death of :\i‘rraggart, 92 years of age,
the third engineer of her Majesty's steam-ship Medea,
who lost his life in attempting to swim ashore from the
vessel, lying off Woolwich, on the 13th inst. As the
deceased's friends resided at Woolwich, the room at the
Ship and Half Moon was crowded to witness the inves-
tigation, which was a very lengthened one. The facts,
which have already been detailed, viz., that the Com-
mander (Knot) had refused the deceased leave to go on
shore to see .his parents, in consequence of some irregu-
larities on his passage from Halifax, when be came to
the determination on Thursday night of throwing hitn•
self into the River with the view of effecting his object ;
but the night being extremely dark, he was unfortunately
drowned.—Verdict, " Accidental Death."

ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON ANDBIRMING-
HAM RAILROAD.—This morning at five o'clock, as James
Bennett, one of the men employed on the line of works,
for the purpose of turning the rail-road irons for the
trains to run on, was altering the line near the enginft-
house at Chalk Farm, one of the steam engine ad-
vanced with great rapidity, knocked him clown, and
passed over his right arm and part of his body. He
was conveyed to Middlesex Hospital, and on examina-
tion of the injuries received, it was found necessary to
remove the shoulder from out of the socket, which was
performed by Mr. Arnott.
The Lord Mayor has issued a notice prohibiting
public preaching in Smithfield, and all other parts of
the City, as it has proved only an excuse for disorderly
meetings to the disturbance of the peace. Chartists'
" sermons," as the Chartists call them, have hitherto
been frequent, and generally ended in serious breaches
of the peace, to the alarm of the peaceably disposed
inhabitants.

Miss Emmeline Montagu, the leading female
performer in tragedy at the Bath Theatre, is about to
make her debut at Drury-lane, in the arduous character
of Juliet.

SERVANTS.—It was an observation of Elwes,
the noted miser, that if you keep 071 C servant your work
will be done ; if you keep two, it will be ball done ; and
if you keep three, you will have to do it yourself.
INCREASE OF PAUPERISM INMARYLEBONE.
—At a recent meeting of the Board of Guardians, it
was stated that, so great was the increase of the poor
claiming in-door relief, that it was necessary to extend
the premises for their accommodation. It was moved
that a shed be erected in the workhouse-yard, to be
called " The Oakum Shed ;" and that a regular classi-
fication of the inmates should take place ; the able-
bodied to be placed in the proposed shed, and the
weaker to enjoy the shelter of the house. The motion,
however, was negatived on the ground that the Vestry
alone could moot the question. _ _ _

•
As no mystery is any longer observed with re-
spect to the subject for which the Privy Council is
summoned on Saturday, we may observe that it is in
contemplation that the marriage of her Majer„iy
shall
be celebrated in April next.—Morning Parer.
The Marchioness of Clanricardrd leaves town
next month for St. Petersburzh. rue Marquis intends,
if his health will permit, me'..-t her Ladyship on the
road. The Noble Lord has been suffering for a long
period from optlialmia, and it is feared will lose the
sight of the left eye.
LAND SLIP IN THE ISLE OF
In consequence of the late incessant rains, the lovers of
land slip of above eight acres, Hendon
geology will have a rich treatathytteeboacsceuerfrenHce.of a
Hill, parallel with Alum Bay, and in the imtnediate vi-
cinity of Needles-rocks.
CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS IN THE
UNITED STATES.—For many years after the first
settlement of America, most of the books written here
for the press were printed in England. The first Arne-
: rican press was set up at Cambridge, in Massachusetts,
I as early as 1638 ; in 1700 there were but four presses
in the colonies ; in the United States, in 1800, 300 ; in
1830, about 1,200 ; since which time the number has
much increased. The number of nolipapers printed in
this country, in 1775, was 37 ; in Igol, 203 ; in 1810,
359 ; in 1834, nearly 1,300 ; and the present number is
about 1,400. The number of copies of newspapers cir-
culated in the United States in 1801, was computed at
12,000,000 or 13,000,000 ; in 1810, at 22;222,200 ;
the present number does not probably fall much short of
100,000,000. The other productions of the press have
increased in a similar proportion.—American Almanac&
for 1840.

On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before
Mr. Payne, at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body
of James Taylor, aged fifty•four years. It appeared
from the evidence that on Saturday night the de-
ceased (who was in liquor), after leaving the Victoria
Theatre with his wife, entered an eating-house in High..
him, and
street, Borough. The deceased called for a basin of
soup, but had not partaken of more than two
snPo°t"rsefutunrning
before,
hilsiewgifoet
tiu,eputanind
slEemftrchtheof
shop, and,
discovered that he had been found lying speechless
on the pavement by the police, and conveyed on a
shutter to the above hospital. On her arrival there (in
i less than ten minutes) she found him a
.
post mortent examination it was found death
was caused
by a piece of meat lodging in his throat. Verdict ac-
cordingly.