The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-09 00:00:00

Parliamentary Sketches

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The First of May
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This day's supply was very goo
alteration from the prices last qui

PRIG'S FEE STONE OF SL

J AI Alt KET
d, and the sale wa dull at little
►ted :

TO SINK TUE OFFALS.

s. d. to s. 8. .. d. to 5.,.1.
Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep 2lO 3 2
Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 8
Prime large Oxen 3 8 310 Coarse-w*olled ditto 4 :11 2
Prime Scots, &c.
Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Laige Hogs 'I 6 4 2
:rune small ditto 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers 4 8 5 0
S'ickling Calves each ...15 0 34 01 Quarter old Pig teach: 12 0 20 0
Lamb ss I d. to (is. 4d.
SUPPLY AT MAKKET.
Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pies
572 6,931 lB4 322

NEWOATE AND LEA
At per stone, 1
s d. to s d. s el tos ii.
Beef, inferior 2 8 3 0 Mutton, inferior 3 6 3 8
middling ...... - middling 110 4 t 2
-- Prime large 3 4 2 6 —... prime 4 4 4 4
prime :snail 1 6 3 8 Fork, large
Veal
Lamb 4s Bd. to ss. Sd.

DENHALL MARKETS,
,y the Carcass.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.

Barley. I Oats. I Beans.

This was a bill filed by the plaintiff against the defendant,
Sir Edward Dearing, for the specific performance of an agree-
ment, by which the defendant agreed to sell Mr. Thomas an
estate near Maidstone, for the sum of 18,000/. The estate
was vested in trustees with a power of sale, and Sir Edward
Dearing had only a life interest in the estate.
His LORDSHIP considered the contract might be binding on
Sir Edward Dearing, but the trustees hack the power of exer-
cising their discretion ; and if they refused to convey, the
Court could not compel them to perform the agreement.
Under these circumstances his Lordship dismissed the bill,
which, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, he did
without costs, giving the plaintiff leave to bring an action,
which the Court thought might be a very proper step for him
to take.

Tho Court was occupied the remainder of the day in hear-
ing unopposed petitions.

KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.),

THE KING V. THE /POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS.

Mr. TIIONIAS moved for a rule to show cause why a writ of
certiorari should not issue, directed to the Poor Law Commis-
sioners, to bring up an order made by them, and dated the 17th
of May, 1836, fur incorporating the parish of Maidstone, in
Kent, into a Union. It appeared that two Unions had been
previously made by orders of the Poor Law Commissioners,
in the county of Kent, and a third order, of the above date,
was made for forming a third Union. The parish of Maid-
stone, comprised in the above order, was governed by a Board
of Trustees to the number of thirty, under the provisions of a
local Act (the 20th Geo. III.) -and the order of the Poor Law
Commissioners assigned them four guardians instead. The
parish had memorialised the Commissioners, setting forth the
inconvenience and injury that would arise from their being so
formed into a Union, but no notice had been taken of it.

COURT—Take a rule.
THE KING V. lIALL.—CRIMIRAL INFORMATION.

In this case a rule nisi for a criminal information had been
obtained last term by the Attorney-General against the de-
fendant, B. W. Hall, Esq., a merchant of London, for hav-
ing written two anonymous letters, reflecting in very gross
terms upon the character of Mrs. Woodward, the wife of a
respectable solicitor, carrying on business in Worcester.
Mr. TIIESSIGER had the gratification of appearing now be-
fore their Lordships, not for the purpose of showing cause
against the rule, but for the purpose of stating that in conse-
quence of certain terms which had been arranged between
himself and his Learned Friend, the matter would not pro-
ceed further. Certainly the letters had been written with a
very different object from that which had been assigned on
the other side, although he admitted that they migt have
led to the idea that there was a most serious and scandalous
imputation attempted to be cast upon the character of the
lady in question, and under such circumstances the defendant
could not have complained if the prosecutor had proceeded
to extremities. He had, however, consented to waive the pro-
ceedings on the most ample apology being made by the de-
fendant for what he had so causelessly and so improperly done,
and consenting that the rule be made absolute, and paying a
sum of 501. to the Worcester Infirmary. He(Mr. Thessiger)on
the part of the defendant, acknowledged the great kindness
of Mr. Woodward in that respect, and he should also, on Mr.
Hall's part, express his sincere conviction that there was not
the slightest foundation for any imputation or reflection on the
character of Mrs. Woodward ; and he further regretted ex-
tremely, that the defendant, by his conduct, in lending himself,
in some degree, to the views of other parties, had sown the
seeds of suspicion and dissension in a family which had, up to
the time these letters were written, lived upon the most happy
and affectionate terms.

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Lord DENS AN--I hope all these feelings, if they did exist,
are now removed.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said his Learned Friend was mis-
taken if he supposed that Mr. Woodward had ever entertained
the slightest suspicion of his wife's fidelity and honour, or that
the letters had bad such an effect. All who had heard the
case must admit that Mr. Woodward, who had declined to re-
ceive the costs he was out of pocket, and who had stipulated
that the 501. should be paid to a public charity, had merely
done that which he was called upon to do, as a gentleman and
a man of honour.

LIBEL.-WATTS V. GRAZER.

Lord DEN MAN gave judgment in this case, which was a mo-
tion for a new trial, on the ground that the defendant had
published the libel of which he had been convicted, relative to
the plaintiff, in consequence of great provocation. It having
been given in evidence on the trial that the plaintiff had pre-
viously published of the defendant articles reflecting upon his
(the defendaat's) character. No evidence had, however, been
given to show that the defendant had any knowledge of that
provocation, and therefore be could not fairly avail himself of
such a plea. One copy of a newspaper had been produced
from the Stamp-office, and one book; but although it might
be presumed that no single copy of a newspaper or book had
been printed and published without other copies of the same
having been published in the ordinary way, still in the ab-
sence of any evidence to that effect, they must presume that
there was only that copy published, and there was further, no
evidence adduced to show that the defendant had any know-
ledge of the identical publication. For these reasons the
Court was of opinion that the rule for the new trial must be
discharged.