The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-04 00:00:00

MONEY AND CITY NEWS.

CrItOM TIII MORNING PAFERB OF TIIIS DAY.)

POST.-Late in the afternoon letters and P''',,ers by the
Hamburgh mail were delivered, but they wer'., wholly destitute
of interest, and we have literally no nev:s whatever from any
other quarter.
The Stock Markets have in
. the interval exhibited but little
animation, while prices it-cnerally remain much the same as
at the close of the 'markets yesterday. Consols were last
quoted 92 to 1, fo-.. Money ; and 92k, buyers, for Account;
Exchequer Bills, 665. to Gds. prem. ; Bank Stock, 202/ to
3i ; and India Stock, 2541 to 53..
In the Foreign House, Five per Cent. Dutch Stock was
ms.rked 1021- to -/; Two-and-a-Half per Cent. ditto, 543-
to i; Belgian, 98/ to 9 ; Brazilian, 793. to /-; Colombian,
28i• to ; Five per Cent. Portuguese, 35 to i; Three
per Cent. ditto, 221 to / ; and Active Spanish, with the
overdue dividend certificates, 20/ to Some of our
City Contemi.oraries are, we perceive, still harping upon
the nonsense of another Spanish loan. Of what ad-
vantage will it be to the holders of the prese„t
Christino bends, we may ask, to have twenty r';..itlions
more of the same kind IA rubbish sent into the
market, that such all event should give an increased
value to the former ? 'Would this large addition to the
existing burdens of the Spanish Government render the
future payment of the dividends the more certain ? Perhaps
our Ministerial organs will afford us some explanation ut:,on
this point. The bondholders do not seem to be able to obtain
the smallest encouragement from any other Brjurces. If
Messrs. Ricardo and Co., to whom 0u,.; capital'.' is are so much
indebted for these Peninsular impslrtations, would undertake
to deposit Consols as security for the punctual discharge of
the interest for the next ha' i century, the proposition for issu-
ing a new creation of Sreanish bonds at 52, while the old ones
are aperfect drug a`„ 20, might be intelligible; but without
some such guararo,ee on the part of the contractor, the affair
has very muck, the character of a burlesque. The Spanish
Governmer', have themselves no security to offer but the se-
curity of the most embarrassed of' bankrupts.
The Share Market continues flat. Great Western Railway
are quoted 11-3- to 12 prem., London and Birmingham 77 to
79 prem., London and Brighton 4 to 4 dis., London and
Black wall 2 to 11 dis., Bahia steam Navigation /3- to 4 dis.,
and British North Amerier,n Bank 1/ to 2 prem. per share.
The Worthing Tontino shares have been doing of late at prem., and they elcP.,ed this evening at that quotation.

PRIVILT,&GES OF SERGEANTS AT
LAW.

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY
COUNCIL.
The Attorney-General who appeared on behalf of the
Crown, in conclusion on Saturday afternoon, submitted that it
was competent to the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas proprio vigore, to dire or order whom they please to
practise in that Court. doubted very much whether this
was a case respecting youich their Lordships could pronounce
au opinion ; and eve:o if they did, it was a matter entirely for
the consideration of the Court of Common Pleas themselves,
and it was ue:eecessary for the Crown to give any directions
respecting :,t.
The P,olicitor- General followed on the same side, contend-
ing tl'.at this was a matter of right between two bodies, namely,
the. Sergeants and the Bar in general, and that this Court had
no power to interfere.
The Lord Chancellor—Have the Sergeants any other mode
of having this right determined ?
The Solicitor-General—Certainly, by action ; if there be
a right there must be a remedy.
The Attorney-General—Or by a motion such as that of
which Mr. Sergeant Taddy gave notice.
Lord Brougham never heard the legality of the warrant
questioned before Mr. S',-,rgeant Taddy gave notice of his mo-
tion. The Sergeants acquiesced in it, and no person doubted
its validity.
Mr. Austen, in reply, observed that as the law officers of
the Crown admitted the warrant to be illegal, all that their
Lordships were called upon to do was to state that fact to her
Majesty.
Lord Brougham—And what is to follow ?
Mr. Austen—There will be no diffit-ailty about that. The
object of referring the matter to this Court was that the Court
of Common Pleas might not be compelled to overrule an exer-
cise of the prerogative, respecting which the Judges of the
Court felt much delicacy.
Lord Brougham---Arlhat is to become of the rank conferred
on the Sergeants?
Mr. Austen—lf the warrant be illegal the rank must fall.
Lord Brougham—How is this Court to communicate with
the Court of Common Pleas, or how is the Crown to commu-
nicate to that Court the illegality of the warrant? Is there
any instance of this Court giving to the Crown an opinion of
law which was not an advice?

Lord Abinger—We may get into tome difficulty, and fall
into a conflict with the Court of Common Pleas.
Mr. Austen, having concluded his reply, the Court deli-
berated for a short time. They will communicate their deci-
sion to the Queen.

The Court was crowded with members of the legal profes-
sion, it being P. question affecting the body in general, both
Counsel and Solicitors.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-F!3. 2.

THE BRAMTREE CASE,

In this case, which is a most important one regarding
Church-rates-, Mr. Marr.stNa said that it stood thirty-seven in
the special paper. was a case to be argued by the Attorney-
General and Sir NN. Follett. The arguments were expected
to occupy a. day.. Accordingltolthe state of the special paper,
it was very prr.bable the case would not be arrived at during
the present *sittings, but he was instructed to move that it might
be postpv.ied till next Term.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said Mr. Manning had better
mentifin the case on Monday, when Lord Denman would be
present.

THE QUEEN V. THE TRUSTEES OP BLACKPRIARS BRIDGE,

MANCHESTER.

This was a case directed by the Justices of the Manchester and
Salford Session, and the question to be decided was, whether
the trustees were subject to be rated in respect to the occupa-
tion of the Ble.ckfriars Bridge. This bridge was erected over
the river Irwell, which separates Manchester and Salford.
An Act of Parliament had been obtained for erecting the
bridge, and under which those parties who had subscibed to
the ur,dertaking were authorised to be incorporated as trustee.,
for 'the purposes of the Act. The trustees were empowered
to borrow money upon the tolls by way of mortgage, and they
were also empowered to levy tolls for the purpose of repairing
the bridge, paying the interest on the money borrowed, and
the surplus was to be applied in payment of the principal money
borrowed, and after the latter had been paid off, the trustees
were authorised to pay the subsc,ribers a sum not exceeding 7i
per cent. on the money they had subscribed. There was
then a direction that the surplus income should be applied
to paying off the origir,al sum advanced by the subscribers,
and, after this was a zcomplished, the tolls were no longer to
be imposed.

The Learned JUDGES were of opinion that the mortgagees
must be consi'jered strangers to the undertaking, but that the
subscribers must be looked upon as proprietors of the concern,
and as respected their interest the tolls must be rated, and the
judgment must he for the Crdwn.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Flus. 2.
WILLIAMSON V. WEED.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover com-
pensation in damages for an injury alleged to have been re-
ceived through the negligence of the defendant.
Mr. Stringle said that on the evening of the 11th of last
September he was passing along the Strand, and that, on
his arriving close to the corner of Bedford-street, he saw one
of the servants of the defendant, who kept a draper and
tailor's shop, putting up the shutters. The shutters the man
appeared to be receiving from another person in the area, or
from the cellar, through a hole in the grating on the outside
of the house, which constituted part of the footway of Bed-
ford-street. On bis nearer approach to the shop, be observed
a man, whom he had subsequently ascertained to be the plain-
tiff, slip down through tlie hole until his right side came in
contact with the grating. A woman of the name of Harrigan,
who kept a fruit-stall close to the corner of Bedford-street,
ran and assisted him to get up. As soon as the plaintiff re-
gained his feet he leant against the window frame, and put
both his hands on his right side and leant forwards, as though
suffeling great pain. After a short time the plaintiff walked
away, with his hands still pressed closely to his side, and in
such a manner as to indicate that he had received a severe in-
ternal injury. On his cross-exarnination he admitted that he
was a ssa►mou informer.

Two medical gentlemen then proved ale extent of the injury
received by the plaintiff; *.iainely, that the filth and sixth ribs
were broken iu the right gide, and that the man was unable to
work at his trade, that of a boot and shoe maker, for about two
months ; and at the present time he was compelled to
his bcdy bandaged .up.
Mr. fIUMFREY addressed the Jury in mitigation of damages.
Mr. Baron GURNEY left it to the Jury to say whether the
def-ndant bad neglected to use such precautions as were ne-
cessary, (..oneidering that the hole into which the plaintiff hart
fallen waR in the footway of a public street.
3ury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 40/.

GRIFFIYITS V. nowNoTols.
This case was likewise one in which the plaintiff sought to
recover compensation in damages for an injury he had sus-
tained by means of an alleged negligence on the part of the
defendant.
The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, found for the
plaintiff__ Damages 951.
The COURT gave the Counsel for the defendant leave to
move,

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 2.
THORPE; t.". KAY.

This action was brought by the p.aint;.,,(l. to recover compen-
sati,n in damages for the injury which he had sustained by the
defendant discharging him from his service.
The Jury retired for a sh)rt time, and returned a verdict for
the p!air.tiff—Pamage3 303.

PREROGATIVE COURT, FEn, 2.
PIEkItEPOINT V. :11ITCHEI.1..
Tiiis is a queition as to the validity of the will of the late
Mr. Piorrepoint. The deceased has left a will and six codi-
cils, and a paper of a subsequent date, by which his family,
consisting of several children (some natural), are benefited.
The paper in dispute is propounded by Mrs. Pierrepoint, the
widow of the testator, and is opposed by Mrs. Mitchell, a
married daughter. An allegation respectiog the last testa-
mentary Psper of the deceased was offered for admission.