The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-17 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY•)

STONE AND OTHERS V. COMPTON.
The plaintiffs in this case were bankers, with whom 3
mercantile house, named Cox and Chambers, kept an ?el;
count. At the time when the transactions in questine
commenced, Cox was indebted to plaintiffs on a sepnoted
account for 6001. as a security for which he assign,/
to the plaintiffs a policy of insurance for 1,0';
Cox and Chambers then negotiated an arrang;
meet with plaintiffs, by which plaintiffs were Is
advance to them 2,6001., out of which Plaint'
were to deduct the separate debt of Cox, of 6001.3 3nde
the policy of insurance, with other securities, were nor
liable for the 'joint partnership debt ; and this afire
v
meat was come to, by a deed read over in t
presence of defendants, who afterwards executed
promissory note to plaintiff for 2,6001., as security I'l
Cox and Chambers, who, becoming bankrupt a year or tssot
subsequently, plaintiffs claimed of defendant the am
to
of his liability on the promissory note, and the quest
'°
whether they could recover that amount from del°
dant. The case was not concluded when our reportel"`,(Sittings at Nisi Pries.) he
(Before Mr. Justice PARKE and a Common Jury, at t
Session House Westminster.) -

ROBERTS V. LEMON. at.
This was an action for assault and false imprison° t'
The circumstances arose out of a dispute in defeaclan;
gin shop ; the plaintiff having claimed a sixpence in elle";
which the bar-maid alleged she had given him. plat's
tiff then "put on" two or three of the spirit taps in defennaej
" machine," and then ran off. Defendant's boy (01, og
Johnson) pursued him, and took him by the arm, (lesi. be
him to return. Plaintiff struck him with a bunwe 5
had in his hand. However, Johnson appealing °tile
watchman, plaintiff eventually returned with bbn 1 tc),•0?•
shop, and there it was alleged that Lemon struck 71,0
But the defendant called three witnesses, who proved
plaintiff had struck at defendant twice with his butr-ale,
(though the blows did not tell) before defendant a
the
M blow complained o f'.
r. BARSTOW was for the plaintiff, Serjeant 13°741°
for the defendant. the
In the cross-examination of one of the witnesses for
ore
defence it was elicited that under the " spirit taps""tbe
holes communicating with a pipe which conveyed 1111
" droppings" from the " taps" to a bottle. d the
Mr. Justice PARKE—Ay, and I dare say some te
customers like a mixture—rum, brandy, gin, &c.'3,;
nether.—..(Laughter.) I have been told that some
palaces make 6001. per annum by these droppings.
(Laughter.)
Verdict for the defendant.

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAV.'
'
DEAL, Nov. 16.—Wind, N. N. W.—Came down frolaiitiv
River and proceeded, the Chieftain, Moore, fur St. 'for
cent's ; Spheroid, Stowe, for ditto ; Jobn Barry, Robsea'x
'
Sydney • Calcutta, Napier, for Sierra Leone ; Augtli'es,
Caesar,, Lacy, fory Sydney ; and London, Cant, for Jar°
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Wind E. to N.N.E.,
The British Union, reported in Lloyd's List of the 15t t 0
having sailed from this port for London, did not Sall'
still
PLYremains.
MOUTH, Nov. 15.—Wind E.—Arrived the tior
from Havre to Mauritius, to stop a leak. Sailed the
teeth and Jane, Hart, for Honduras ; d'Auvergne, Le
for Australia. 00'
FALMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Wind S. E. to E., moderate bre for
—Sailed her Majesty's Brig Espoir, Lieut. Paulson
Plymouth. Arrive"
LIYERP' N., 1 Wind -

oon, ,ov. 16. ~ind variable and light.-
the Charles Humberton, from St. Andrew's, New Ellen'Bron
Lockwoods, Sproull, from St. John's, New Brunswick; eree
from Trieste; Emma, Irving, from Lisbon ; Loriana• ug
from Santander. oar
MARGATE, Nov. 16.—Arrived off port the Eleanc'r'
from Limerick. j3os'
DOVER, Nov. 16.—Arrived off port the Billow, fro°
ton; Dant Steer, from Xabia. frog
DUBLIN, Nov. 15.—Arrived the Rambler, Walker,
St. John's, New Brunswick. A fret
CORK, Nov. 14.-- Arrieed the. Jane White, I,llll'
Archangel. ter
CORK, NOV, 14.—A water-logged brig, both Invie-rthier#
standing. tows very much under-water, was fallen in 0
terdtly morning, about six miles south of Poor Het'
supposed her anchors were down. Cl4l''
WATERFORD, NOV. 14.—Arrived the
Sir John Newport, and Flora, Pavey, from London. 0,
• SUNDERLAND, Nov. 13.—Arrived the Mary, Brow pt
Quebec.
g
HASTINGS, Nov. 16.—The main-topsail and
sail, part of the main.topmast, and a top-gallant In, e elo3
a quantity of standing and running rigging, one of tn ofe
marked " Newham," on the topsail " Brown,''
b.longing to a ship of about 300 to 400 tons, have be- dOnt
up off Fairlig:it, and brought here.
YARMOUTH, Nov. 1Q —The Martha Pearson, 0, 049
bound to Newcastle, which was on shore on the Resew
,os,
off this morning, and brought into the harbour. e
[limn, Nov. 16.—Arrived the Biene, Calterer,
tock ; Lucy, Hobart, from ditto. rsbat g
Revan.—The Defence, Pegg, from St. Pete pt'
London, vas wrecked off Dago—crew saved. , 0,13ur
DELFZYL, No. 4.—The Harminer, Brouwer, Ire, ae•
island to Amsterdam, has put into this port with dalberiylrf"ii,
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 13.-The Drie Gezusters.
from Liverpool to Harlingen, put into Aread3bl J .0(1'
with damage and one man drowned. err 00
BORDEAUX, Nov. 13.—The Eclair (iron steamerl'ebor!we#
at this port from the Seine, was driven from her 3Lile
the 11th inst., struck against the foundation of t"
and sunk. 01111
The Kate, Vidler, from Malaga, put into nAI of
damage, having been run foul of, bound to Cardiff. tack,
The Ferdinand, Flint, from Schiedam to 11°9 Ad
stranded near Wrange, 3d inst. as °re-
triad
The Jacob Phillip, from Dordrecht to Rodeck, w
on the 3d hist. off Gottenburg. .5 Or ,
The Peter Tockin, from Dantzic to Nantes, scen
-
off Wyck on the 30th ult. CA'
The Rembrandt is lost with her crew, between Core
Kertch.re9 to 'gal
The Sir Walter Scott, Robinson, from Hon Sept''
which put into Norfolk, Virginia, on the 24th of
leaky, is supposed to be arrived at Kinsale.
O:
The Mark-lane Ex Tess that states, ti at
pried,
burgh the holders of wheat-had become perfectly vr"deroaled
26th ult. 3s. to 4s. per quarter advance bad been/o.6°lpr
and the whole of the supply (about 3,000 quarters/ 000 cor
v
off at this improvement ; and the next steam -bo sides
l'.nd again bringing news of still higher prices, eat sear'
veying over several Englisha w. buyers, holders
manaQeoo3'
knew what to ask.
THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT.---Tlie
it preps ,eder
of Covent-garden Theatre is not idle in sthe 71.00
The next revival will be Shakspeare's Richard „. eo'
embracing in its cast almost all the tragic comphati'lb the
has nearly completed a five-act play, 0f vi Sir ot°ll
tire plan has been submitted and approved. joie:leo Of
Bulwer has taken up the subject, hitherto
treated, of Saivator Rosa, and, in a play
Biel,
g-eri be;
produced early in February, will combine „,, long
Rome, Neples andthe Abruzzi. Rooke v!"'
in sae.;dap
ill
tire that time, have completed an opera,
_ea
promising pupils of his own will appear;o_ I,raidas,".
Knowles, busily at work upon the story
fact
-,.".,003 di sari
probably rescue another fine historical
_e'nastelYA, t. 7;
neglect. That the first pieces may be au(); a sca're
ported, besides the pantomiine, preparing interest
of wave beipried
unexampled expense, two dramas
plans trw
the course of writing, their subjects and
_OO
tba,
to
upon, one of which ,s by Bernard. The t
ttn itti
de
by be of k
of Rizzi° is for the moment withdreeln
ce
sec'epectredwo
avail himself of historical suggestions !e
will certainly be performed in the coarse of the