The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-27 00:00:00

THAMES.

RAPACITY OP A BROKER.--A gentleman applied to Mr.
Partridge for advice under the following circumstances:—
Ho had seen accounts in the newspapers of the conviction
by his Worship of a broker and appraiser named Eli
Payne, who was fined £2l, and committed to prison in
default of payment, for retaining the proceeds of a distress
for rent, making overcharges, and exacting money from
the poor people, named Hodges, on whom he distrainod.
Ho had a complaint to make against Payne. He was the
agent of a lady who was the owner of house property in
Bow. He employed Payne to distrain on one ,of her
tenants for rent, and he obtained £6 ss. by the distraint,
which he had appropriated to his own use. Payne was a
man of straw, and possessed no property or any esta-
blishment whatever.

Mr. Partridge said that Payne was in prison under a
commitment from that court. In this case the only remedy
for the applicant, was to sue Payne in the county court for
money had and received. He could not interfere in the
matter by summons or warrant until it was stated that
Payne had made illegal charges for the distraint contrary
to the Act of Parliament, regulating brokers' charges.
The applicant said Payne had returned every farthing
he received, and given no account at all.

Mr. Partridge—He is now in prison. You must go to
the County Court if you think it worth while to sue him.
People ought to be cautious as to what brokers they em-
ploy. We have had many complaints against that class of
persons.

SMUGGLING.—HEAVY PENALTY.—Isaac Mogstree,
Dutchman, carpenter of the steamship Leo, was brought
before Mr. Partridge, charged, on a Custom-house informa-
tion, with smuggling 131bs. of foreign manufactured
tobacco, by which he had incurred a penalty of £lOO.
A Custom-house officer, named Charles Thomas Nec,
found the tobacco concealed in a drawer in the house or
cabin on deck. The prisoner at once said the tobacco was
his property.

The prisoner made no defence, and
Mr. Partridge sentenced him to pay a fine of £lOO, and,
in default of payment, to bo imprisoned in the House of
Correction for six mouths.

MARKETS--This Day.
MARK-LANE.

The attendance in the Corn Exchange to-day was
limited. Tho supply of English wheat on sale was very
moderato, and the tone of the trade was decidedly firm,
Monday's currency, in all instances, being well sup-
ported.

There was a fair supply of foreign wheat on the stands.
Only a moderate business was transacted in most descrip-
tions, nevertheless prices ruled firm.
Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at fully
previous quotations.

English barley was in short supply, but the show of
foreign qualities was tolerably large. The trade was firm,
and prices were rather on the advance.
The malt trade was'firm, at full currencies.
Oats were in good supply. Most qualities moved off
steadily, and prices were rather higher than on Monday.
peas changed hands at the extreme rates of
Monday. and.lVith English qualities the market was well
supplied.

For flour there was a moderate inquiry, on former terms,
SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch. 1020 1410 1550 160 850
Irish
Foreign .'4610 850 55,470 1080 sks.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Fair supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. The
,rade is steady, at the annexed quotations :

Per Blb by the carcase.
sdsd
Inferior beef 3 0 3 4
Middling do. 3 6 4 0
Prime large do 4 2 4 4
Prime small do 1 6 4 8
Large pQric 4 4 5
Lamb, Cs 0

ad s d
Inferior mutton 'i 6 4 2
Middling mutton-4 45 2
Prime do 5 4 5 8
Veal 4 4 5 4
Small pork 5 6 6 0
Id to Os lid.

BOROUGB. 110 P.

The trade for good and fine hops continues firin, at
fully late rates. The supply of inferior produce is large,
and sales in such qualities progress slowly, at barely pre-
vious quotations.
New Mid and East Kents 160 s to 195 s per cwt.
New Weald of Kents
Now Sussex
Yearlings 9os to 135 s ~

BREAKFAST BEV ER AGE.—Horaceop athic pralt itioners, and
the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as be'ng
the most healthful of all beverages. When the doctrine of
homoeopathy was first introduced into this country, there
were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either attrac-
tive to the taste or acceptaLle to the stomach ; the nut was
either bupplied in "the crude state, or so unskilfully manu-
factured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London,
homoeopathic chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn
his attention to this subje t, and at length sue:ceded, with
the a,. sistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to
produce an article pure in its composition, a id so refined by
the perf et trituration it ie.:elves in the process it passes
through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate rtomach.
For general use Eppa' cocoa is distin:uished as an invigo-
rating, grateful breakfast beverage, with a deli-ious aroma
Dr. Hassall in his work, "Food and its Adulterations,"
says—" Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive
principles; every ingredie'nt necessary to the growth and
sustenance of the body." Again, "As a nutritive, cocoa
stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Direc-
tions: —Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast-cup,
filled up with bailing water or milk. Secured in tin-lined
t-lb., Fib , and 1113. labelled packets, and sold at is. Od. per
lb. by grocers, confectionerS, anti chemiettL

With regard to many of the country exhibitions
of fat stock, they will be suspended this year, as the
prohibitory notices not only exclude horned stock
from markets and fairs, but make-it " unlawful to
drive or convey any ox, &c., on the turnpike roads
or highways," and " impose a penalty of £2O for
every such offence ;" and as farmers were instru-
mental in obtaining magisterial intercession, they
have decided not to attempt any innovation or
breach of the orders, and unless the prohibitions
are rescinded, or a more favourable aspect of the
progress of the cattle disease is presented, to with-
hold fat cattle shows.

With reference to Birmingham great Cattle Show,
it is now definitely fixed to be held as usual, the
Warwickshire farmers acquiescing, under rigid and
special rules ; and as to the Smithfield Club Cattle
Show, the committee have resolved to open it in
December, at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. The
latter this year will be divested of many rare speci-
mens, for in the northern counties (Lincolnshire,
Yorkshire, Herefordshire, &c.), from which the
larger source of supply is derived, a very general
feeling of opposition prevails, and in some localities
a determination not to send beasts to London.
Although the animals are fat, and intended for
almost immediate slaughtering, yet very many of
them are virtually sold before leaving the feeding-
sheds in the country, and are exhibited and returned
home with their prize honours and fame to the local
purchaser ; and the great fear of imbibing the fatal
contagious cattle disease in their transit to or from
London, or during their sojourn at the show, and
importing the pest into.the country, will preclude
many highly bred and fed bullocks from being sent
up. The prizes will be awarded as usual, and the
show may be fairly represented, but competition
will be considerably limited, and many "rare speci-
mens" and " sensation animals," intended for
Christmas fare will be retained on their native soil,
and killed, quartered, and consumed in the locality
of their fatting lairs.