The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-21 00:00:00

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SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 31 15s; Clover
ditto, 31 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 7s to 11 10. per
load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull.
CUHEERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 128 to 31 17s ;
Clover ditto, 31 to 41 13s ; and Straw, 11 85 to
11 lls per load. Both bay and straw moved off slowly,
at our quotations.
WHITECHIPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 31 15a ;
Clover ditto, 31 to 41 17s; and Straw, 11 7s to 11 116
per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.

CHANGERY.-(THIS DAY.)

FITCH V. R(CHFORT.-JUDGMENT.

This case, which was heard yesterday upon appeal
from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England,
granting an injunction restraining the defendant, a
pawnbroker, of Brewer-street, Golden square, from sel-
ling some valuable jewellery belonging to the plaintiff,
➢lrs. Fitch, stood on the paper to-day for judgment.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, in the Courice of tt- e argu-
ments yesterday, intimated his impression to be that the
injunction granted by the Court below ought to be dis-
solved with costs, but stated that he would consider the
case and state his opinion this morning.
His LORDSHIP, at the sitting of the Court, stated that
he remained of the same opinion as he had expressed
yesterday, and, such being the case, he must order the
injunction granted by the Court below to be dissolved
with costs.

PENNY V. WATTS.—JUDGMENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this
case, which was argued before him a short time since
upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor
Knight Bruce. His Lordship, after going at some length
into the case, ordered the judgment of the Court below
to be reversed, and directed the trial of the following
issues in the Court of Exch' quer :—First, whether at the
time of the death of Mrs. Watts, the legacy of 2,0001. had
been effectually released; secondly, if it had, then whether
such release was in consideration of the Broadward
Hall estate being devised to Mrs. Penny or her hus.
band; and, thirdly, whether the agreement of the 29th
of September, 1835, which was destroyed, was executed
by Mrs. Watts.
The Court then proceeded to hear appeal motions.

ROLLS' COURT.-('PHIS DAY.)

The Master of the Rolls sat in his court ut INts
tuinstcr to-day.

SMITH V. THE EARL CF EFFINGHAM AND OTHERS.

The MAETER 01 the HOLES pre judgment this morn-
ing in this case, which vva, heard before him twelve
months since upon further directions, costs, and petition.
His Lordship, after going at some length into the case,
ordered the bill to be dismissed with costs.

Nothing of any interest occurred in any of the other
Equity Courts

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in I3anco.)
CAUSFIELD V. BLENKINSOPP.

This action was brought to try the right which the plain-
tiff alleged to be in himself to the office of sexton of the
chapelry of Castle Barnard, in the county of Durham,
and it was tried before Mr. Baron Alderson,
at the last Durham assizes, when a verdict was found
for the defendant.
Mr. ATHERTON now moved, in pursuance of leave re-
served, to enter the verdict for the plaintiff. It appeared
that this office of sexton was thought no imignificant one,
for on its becoming vacant several candidates came for-
ward, and the election, which rested with the inhabitants,
was carried on with great spirit and animation, simi-
larly to a contested Parliamentary election, flags
and banners being bad recourse to, speeches
being delivered, and bands of music being engaged
by each party to parade the streets. The plaintiff bad
held the office since 1825, but had been discharged by
the vicar and the churchwardens,who claimed the right of
election to themselves; and who, in opposition to the
wishes of a portion of the inhabitants, had appointed the
defendant to the vacant office.
Baron ALDERSON said it was a ridiculous affair alto-
gether. The plaintiff, who was a very &d men, wanted
a reversionary interest in burying the inhentan;s, when
he, in fact, would soon want to be buried himsel4.

(Laughter.)
Rule granted.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Bunco, before the Lord Justice WILDE, end
Justices COLTMAN, CRESSWELL, and WILLIAMS.)
GODDARD V. DOBSON AND ANOTHER.

Mr. Sergeant BELLS said in this case, which was tried
before the Lord Chief Justice at the last sittings for
Middlesex, and a verdict found for the plaintiff fur 1531.,
he had to apply for a rule to show cause why there
should not be a new trial upon the evidence and upon cdi
davit. This was a case which had been before the Court
on a former occasion. The former action was tried before
Mr. JaAice Coltman, and on that occasion the jury
found that the signature of a Mrs. Laybourne to a note,
which formed the subject-matter of the action, was not
her signature. The case was tried again before the
Lord Chief Justice, and the jury on that occasion found
that the signature of Mrs. Lay bourne was her signature.
The note in question was dated " Harlow, Essex, 3d
July, 1845." The word "Essex" was written over
some other word. The suggestion on the
part of the defence was, that the word
Paris " was written underneath the word
"Essex." That was very strongly denied on the other
side. A witness, named Shepherd, proved that the word
" Paris" was originally written 'underneath the word
"Essex." The note was dated on the 3d of July, 1845,
and it turned out that Mrs. Laybourne, though she was
in France on that day, had left Paris, but was at Bou-
logne on that day, and crossed over to England
on the 4th. That circumstance was material in
this way, that the defendant had reason to
suppose she was at Paris when the note was made,
but it afterwards turned out she was not at Paris on that
day, and that might account for the alteration of Paris
into Essex. The husband of Mrs. Laybourne is the
professor of mathematics at Sandhurst, and the liti-
gants are nearly related. The case on the trial for the
defence was, that Dobson's signature was a genuine
signature, but that Mrs. Layhourne's was not genuine.
Be (Mr. Sergeant Byles) submitted there was reason
for submitting this case to another investigation.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, having paid very con
siderable attention to the evidence given on the former
trial before Mr. Justice Coltman, and having carefully
weighed all the matters given in evidence on the second
trial before himself, he owned it seemed to him (the
Lord Chief Justice) on the trial that this was an unde-
fended cause, and it was perfectly manifest that this was
a denial of handwriting contrary to the truth, and to be
manifest, moreover, upon the documents produced on the
part of the defendant herself. He was perfectly satis-
fied with the justness of the verdict for the plaintiff.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, and
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS concurred; and
The rule was refused.

On Thursday last the first board meeting of the
Central School District Union took place, when Alder-
man Gibbs and the Rey. Dr. Russell were unanimously
chosen Chairman and Vico-Chairman for the year en-

suing.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The violent storm
of Thursday night laid prostrate several of the posts on
which the electric wires on the South Eastern line are
extended, and completely interrupted all telegraphic com-
munication. Yesterday it was impossible to communi-
cate beyond the Fluellly Station, but the utmost endea-
vours were being made to re-open the electric line.
FIRE AT A PAWNBROXER'S.—Yesterday a fire oc-
curred at the shop of Mr. Fish, pawnbroker, 14, Edg-
ware•road, by which 4 considerable quantify of property
1T43 deitroyed.

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NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE.
The St. Vincent, 120, Captain S. C. Dacres was paid
off at Portsmouth on Thursday ; her ship's company
returned !rem leave in tho morning. and payment com-
menced soon after nine o'c'ock. Nearly ail the crew
ere busy on Wednesday, landing their clothes and bed-
ding ; and from the ship being alongside the yard jetty,
were saved the expense of hiring wherries, and the ship
was kept entirely free from those long coated gentry
who sell spirits, and various other persons who reap their
harvest on the occasion of the pa> ing off men of war.
Captain Dacres has, by these good arrangements, incur-
red the mortal hatred of all these persons.
The St. Vincent, 120, Captain S. C. Dacres, as we be-
fore stited, was cleared out and dismasted on Saturday.
The procrastination was occasioned by her books not
being ready, and thus the ship was kept in commis..
sion, at a considerable expense for several dap.
The re is some defective system in the pay-
office that should be examined into, for certainly
a couple of days must be quite sufficient time to cast her
books. The St. Vincent having returned all her stores
and cleaned ship. Captain Dacres very properly decided
on giving the stop's company leave on shore on Tuesday
at noon until Thursday morning.
The officers of the St. Vincent, entertained Sir Charles
Napier at dinner, at Portsmeutli, on Thursday evening;
Conon, anocT Ibrper in the chair.

The Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, Captain L. P. Jones,
flag-ship of Commander Sir C. Ilotham, was paid off on
Monday at Portsmouth. She was not taken alongside
the dockyard, and the ship was surrounded by boatti and
people of all sorts. Most of her seamen landed in a

state of inebnety, from its being impossible to keep spirits
out of the. ship.

The illberris, 104, Captain C. Wise, with the fl ►g of
Vice-Admirul Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., with the
Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, in company,
is said to have arrived at Malta on the 11th inst.

The Queen, 110, Captain Bruce, has orders waiting
her at Devor.port for every exertion to be used to pay
her off as soon as possible after going into harbour.
The Cleopatra, 26, hes been reported ready for com-
mission at Chatha►n.

The Heroine, 8, wascommissioned at Deronport, on the
7th, by Commander Marsh.

The Sheerness squadron" present at the opening of
the Docks at Grimsby, under the command-in-chief of
Vice-Admiral the Hun. G. Elliott, C. 8.. was the Dasher,
1, steam- vessel, Lieut. Commander Parks; Lightning, 2,
steam-terdcr, Master Commander Petley, and the Wild-
fire, st, am tender Master Commander Brookman.
The North Star discovery-ship, Master Commander
Sanders was to have been taken out of dock on the 16th,
but the tide was too slack. She was undocked, and ar-
rived at Wuoiwich yesterday morning.
The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Fitzroy, is
still in dock at Portsmouth, and will not come out before
Saturday. Mr. Grant is on board her daily, superin-
tending the fitting of the distilling apparatus. The
Arrogant would have been out of dock before, but in
putting new pipes through the ship's bottom no more
than two or three men can work at a time, which ren-
ders it a tedious process. The engineers, however, re-
port that she will be out of their hands on the 25th.
The Basilisk steam-sloop, designed by Mr. Lang,
with engines by Miller. Ravenhill, and Co., of 400 horse-

power, having had sundry alterations made in her rig-
ging and fitting, bad a full day's trial down the river on
uesday, and which was deemed a very successful one,
both as regards vessel and engines, although it is thought
that if the ship had been twenty feet longer she would
have had a little more speed. As it is, she ran down
to the Nore, and in four runs between the Nore and the
Mouse (nearly 32 miles), with all her armament and some
shot on board—wind before the beam, fresh both ways—
she attained the average rate of speed of 10.557 knots,
or 12.22 statute miles an hour, the engines averaging
18.7 revolutions per minute. She then returned to Wool-
wich after an absence of nearly twelve hours, during:all
which time she was under steam, without the slightest
heating or derangement of any kind in the machinery.
The engines of the Basilisk arc from the same patterns
as those fitted by ,Miller,:Ravenhill, and Co., to these
fine ships the Bombay and Ganges, built for the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company by filcher, of Nortbfleet,
and sold by them to the Sicilians. It has been remarked
that these engines have their air- pumps between the
cylinders on an inclined plane, an arrangement pa-
tented by Miller, and we believe first applied to the
Gladiator, sty am-frigate, but which has been generally
adopted (in the Russian steam-frigate Waldemir, for
instance) with or without leave.
The Termagant, screw-frigate, at Portsmouth, will
be complete in the engineer's department on the 24th
instant.
An account from the Odin, steam-frigate, Captain the
Hon. F. Pelham, in the Mediterranean, says, " she has
experienced some bad weather, but so steady and 30
easy is she in her motion, that people below cannot tell
when she is in a heavy sea ."
Lieutenant John Burgess, R.N., has presented a dona-
tion of five guineas to the Royal Naval Benevolent
Society.
OnnruanY.—Commander James Charles Mann Ton-
zn.o (1842), died on the 14th, at St. Aubyns, Jersey,
aged 42. Ile was a Lieutenant of 1839.
APPOINTMENTS.

Surgeon—Henry Edmonds (1848) to the Heroine, 8,
fitting at Devonport for service on the coast of Africa.
Assistant Surgeons—Thomas B. Purchas (1847), to
the Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth ; Dr. George
Mason (acting), from the Victory to the Heroine ;
James A. M'Cullagh (acting), to the Crocodile flag-ship
at Cork.
Midshipmen—S. H. Pike, to the Ocean, flag-ship at/
Sheerness; J. A. Poland, to the Heroine.
Boatswain—Robert Hingston, to the Ganges.
rORTSMOUTH, APRIL 20.—This morning the nave
and military authorities exchanged courtesies with
Captain S. S. Count von Limburg Sty ruler, of his Nee
therland Majesty's corvette Amphitrite, 20, which is
undergoing r• fit at this docks sad.
There is a Danish brig of war, of 16 guns, lying in
Cowes roads, which occasioned quite a commotion
among the foreign merchant vessels there yesterday,
all of whom hoisted their colours as if in defianoe, well
knowing the descendant of the ancient sea kings ducat
not meddle with them in a neutral port.
In Port and Fitting.—The Victory, 22, Commander-
ie-Chief's flag-ship; the Illustrious, 10, flag-ship
of Admiral Supt rintendent ; the Victoria and
Albert,* Royal steam yacht ; the Excellent, gun•
nery exercise-ship ; the Blenheim, 60, guard-ship
of steamers ; the Arrogant,* 46, auxiliary screw
steam-frigate ; the Amphitrite, 20, Dutch corvette ;
the. Sparrow, surveying-ketch; the Rolla, exercise brig
for naval apprentices; the Diligence, naval store trans-
port ; the Stromboli, Plumper, and Reynard,* steam-
sloops ; the Comet, steam-surveying-vessel ; the Fairy,
Fire Queen, and Bee, steam-tenders ; the Echo, steam-
tug. vessel ; the Fairy, Bce, Myrtle, and Fairy, steams
tenders ; the Fanny, Port Admiral's yacht ; the Ports.
mouth, yacht of Rear-Admiral Superintendent.
In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, 104, Grampus,
50 gun frigate ; Vindictive, 50-gun frigate ; Arrogant,
46, screw steam-frigate; Devastation, steam-sloop ; and
Bloodhound, steam packet (iron)
In the steam-basin—The Ajax, 56, steam guard-ship;
the Sidon, Termagant, Penelope, and Retribution steam-
frigates; the Pheenix, Cormorant, and Polyphemus, steam-
sloops; the Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht ; and the
sprightly and Urgent, steam-packets.
At Spithead—The Superb, 80.
In the Ship-basin.--None. This receptacle is in the
course of cleansing and repair, the walls requiring fresh
pointing with cement, and the bottom being very foul.
The ship Kent, 659 tons, now fitting at Deptford, is
appointed to convey draughts of the 45th and 91st Regi-
ments to the Cape of Good Hope.
Wind—N. by E., fresh gales and squally, with snow.
WOOLWICH, APRIL 20.—The North Star arrived at
Woolwich this morning, from Sheerness, towed by the
African steam-vessel, and will be made ready with the
greatest dispatch, to proceed to the North Polar regions.
The Elfin steam-vessel, intended as a dispatch boat to
be stationed at the Isle of Wight, went up the river to
Blackwell this morning, under the charge of Lieut. Ro-
bertson, with Mr. Humphries, chief engineer at Woolwich
dockyard; and Mr. 0. W. Lang, assistant to the master
shipwright at Chatham dockyard, who designed her.
At Bluckwall Captain Ellice, controller of steam-
machinery, and Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer of the Admi-
ralty, went on board, and the Elfin started to proceed
down the river, and, if found satisfactory, to bold on to
Chatham.
It is said that six frigates are to be commissioned imie-
mediately, three of them new frigates, and three of those
that have been razed.
Rear-Admiral sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., visited
Woolwich dockyard on Wednesday last, and went over
the whole of the works, to witness the progress made
since he was last at Woolwich. The gallant Admiral
was alone, but he entered into conversation with those
able to give him any information, and made a length-
ened examination of the Royal Albert, 120 guns, and
the Nankin, 50-gun frigate.
CHATHAM, APRIL 20.—The Cleopatra, 26 guns, which
fur commission, is now reported
has been got ready
ready to receive men.
The Cress), 80 guns, building on the
e planrapofidMly.esssrhsei~ built with .
Read, Cr,
the
besethstietafiseolnde,distipmrobgerr,esasngni
d every exertion
will be used to launch her at the end of the year.
The Eltinsteam dispatch-boat, is ordered to Chatham.
She is to arrive to-morrow, the 21st, to complete her
fittings.

* Those marked with an asterisk are either in dock or
in the steam- basin, and will be found in the respective
lists.

BIRTHS.
On the 17th inst., at Faringdon, Berks, Blanche, the wife
of the Rev. Vicesimus Lush, M. A., of a son.

On the 17th inst., at St. Ives, Hunts, the wife of Martin
Osborne, Esq., of a syn.
On the 18th inst., at Montague-terrace, Mrs. William H.
Peat, of a daughter.
On the 18th inst., at Tavistock-place, Russell-square, the
wife of G. I. L. Noble, Esc., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 19th inst., at Bow Church, Middlesex, Frederick,
second son of Nicholas Charrington, Esq., of Ley Spring,
Leytonstone, to Louisa Elizabeth, only daughter of the late
J. Gritlith,, Eso., of Bow.

On the lith inst., at Guernsey, aged 81, the Right Hon.
Dowager Lady de Saumarez, relict of Admiral Lord de
Saumarez, G.C.B.

On the 17th inst., at Holloway, Joseph Smith, Esq., of
Bartholomew-close, aged 68.
On the 17th inst., aged 53, at Great Castle-street, Caven-
dish-square' A: r. W. Callard, many years a clerk in the Will-
office, Bank of England.
On the ISth inst., at Portland- place, Charles Littledale,
Esq., aged 71.
On the i Bth inst., Rebecca, relict of the late Rev. George
Clark, of Ponder's- end, Enfield, aged 5.

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