The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

LENNOX V. DESBOROUGH AND OTHERS.
The trial of the issue in this case, which had not termi-
nated at the rising of the Court yesterday, was resumed
this morning.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having replied at great length,
The Lord CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to recapitulate the
evidence, and had not concluded when our Reporter left.

COMMON PLEA.-(THIS DAY.)

Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.

SCOTT V. MILLER.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the owner of
the vessel the Countess of Dunmore, against the defendant,
who acted in the capacity of Captain of the same vessel on
a voyage to Van Diemen's Land, to recover 1851., being
the balance of an account alleged to be due to the plaintiff.
The defendant pleaded a set-off in the nature of repairs of
the vessel, provisions, &c.
The case had not concluded when we left.

CIIARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.-This morning a
Special General Meeting of the Governors of this Charity
took place at the Board-room of the Institution, King
William-street, Strand, for the purpose of electing an As-
sistant or Visiting-Surgeon to the Hospital. The meeting
was well attended. The candidates were Messrs. It.
Partridge, M. W. Halles, John Avery, and J. C. Turner.
The three last-mentioned gentlemen withdrew their names,
consequently Mr. Partridge was elected.
Between five and six o'clock last evening, as a young
female was crossing Nevvgate-street, from St. Martin's-le-
Grand, she was knocked down with great violence by a cab
which was proceeding at a rapid rate from the city. The
fellow (as is usual in such cases) redoubled his speed, and
was quickly out of sight. The poor girl was conveyed to
the shop of Mr. Boddington, chemist, St. Martin's-le-
Grand, who paid her every attention, and ascertained that
she had not sustained any serious outward injury, though
she appeared to be severely suffering internally. She was
taken home by a policeman. The reckless disregard of the
safety of foot passengers by cabmen and others, who never
abate their speed at the most dangerous crossings, is highly
disgraceful, and is daily the cause of accidents.
Mr. Bentley, in giving his name to his forthcoming
" Miscellany," in some degree identifies his own reputation
as a publisher with the success of the work. He has been
fortunate in securing such a list of eminent writers. His
first number will exhibit " Boz," quaintly inimitable, and
Hook, himself a host. These distinguished authors are in
the front of a " noble band" of literary brothers, sufficient
to ensure readers wherever fiction is admired, and wit,
genuine and unalloyed, appreciated.
An increased number of marriages among the poorer
class of Jews have lately taken place in consequence of a
Society recently established amongst them, of which Mrs.
Rothschild, the lady of the late eminent capitalist, is pa-
troness and a liberal subscriber, to pay the expenses of the
marriage ceremony and provide decent apparel for the bride
and bridegroom to appear in, and a good dinner, &c., to
entertain their friends and relatives on those occasions.
The institution originate(' among some of the more wealthy
class, upon a knowledge of the fact that an immense number
of poor Jews were obliged to live with women without
going through the ceremony of marriage, and that numbers
at an advanced age with large families were living in this
state from their absolute inability, during their whole lives,
of paying the fees and other expenses incident to the cele-
bration of their nuptials. These expenses, at the lowest
rate of calculation, exceed .5/., but are often increased, even
amongst the poor, to double that sum. The Jewish people,
who are proverbially anxious about all their ceremonies, ap-
pear much pleased with the Society and its objects ; the
benefits, however, will only be extended to a certain period
(about two months hence), before which time every poor
Jew in London will have an opportunity, if he pleases, of
forming a legal matrimonial contract free of expense.
On Friday morning last Mr. Charles Fagan and
Mr. Robert M' Leod repaired, with their respective seconds,
to Inniscarra, situate about six miles from this city, for the
purpose of fighting a duel. The cause of the dispute be-
tween them was, as we have heard it, very trivial, and ori-
ginated on the evening previous over a card-table. Through
the interference of the priest at Inniscarra they were pre-
vented from coming to the ground, for both the priest him-
self and his parishioners, who assembled in immense num-
bers, and in an inconceivable short space of time, actually
drove them from the place, having put themselves in a
threatening attitude and surrounding them on all sides. It
was with considerable difficulty, we understand, that the
parties escaped unhurt. In Cork they were bound over
not to commit a breach of the peace in this county. At
three o'clock, however, yesterday, the parties left Cork for
the county of Waterford, where they intended to fight this
morning. They slept in Youghal last night. By the ar-
rival of the Youghal coaches at 1 o'clock to-day, we learned
that the hostile parties met this morning, and fired but one
shot each ; neither was wounded. It appears that Mr.
Fagan discharged his pistol in the air.—cork Standard.

Last evening an inquest was held at the London
Hospital, before Mr. Baker, Coroner for the county of
Middlesex, upon the body of Mary Ann Roberts, a young
girl, aged 15, who came to her death under the following
circumstances appeared that on the 2d of December
inst., the deceased, who was subject to fits, had been left
by herself in an apartment of her mother's house for a
minute or two, when a lodger hearing her screams went to
her assistance, and found her enveloped in flames. The
flames having been extinguished, she was taken to the hos-
pital, where she died on Wednesday last. She was of
weak intellect, and was unable to give any explanation as
to the manner in which her clothes caught fire. The ac-
tual injuries she received were not great, and she died of
exhaustion. Verdict—Accidental death.

On Monday evening an inquest was held at Man-
chester on the body of a gentleman named Richard Hodg-
son, who died at the Royal Hotel on the previous evening,
from the effects of a quantity of oxalic acid which he had
taken. He had arrived, it appeared, by the Defiance
coach from London on the Saturday before. He appeared
in a state of great excitement on Sunday, and a surgeon
was sent for, who found him labouring under delirium tre-
mens, which is generally the effect of the use of ardent
spirits. There was also a good deal of incoherence in
his manner, and he himself attributed his uneasiness to em-
barrassed circumstances. Mr. Lacy, not liking these
symptoms, gave the servants instructions to be on the alert.
John Rydall, one of the setwatas, of the hotel, who had at-
tended him, kept a vigilant eye upon him. He, however,
eluded him, went out, and then procured the oxalic acid.
On his return he went to bed, requesting to be left alone,
saying he could not sleep if any one was in the room, and
in the absence of Rydall took the deadly poison. Mr.
Simmons, of Maskell, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, stated that
he knew the deceased ; he had been in the service of
Messrs. Knatchbull, Rule, and Co., of Gracechurch-street,
London, for a space of 25 years. Being much disappointed
in his expectations, he had left them and formed a new
connexion, which did not answer his purpose. He became
low spirited, and was a disappointed man. He then took
to liquor. He was a single man, about 50 years of age, a
native of Penrith, in Cumberland, and was on the route to
his friends for the purpose of recruiting his health. Witness
saw him in London in August last, when he expressed
great disappointment at the failure of his hopes. The Jury
returned a verdict of " Insanity."

COMMERCE BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN.—
The importations of Spain into France for the year 1834
were—Fruits, 2,500,000 francs ; hides, 1,000,000 ; wool,
8,500,000 ; cork, 1,000,000 ; lead, copper, and mercury,
7,000,000 ; and other more trifling articles, in all amounting
to 25,509,879 francs. The exportations of France into
Spain for the same year were—Animals, 3,000,000 francs ;
corn, 2,000,000 ; linen, 2,000,000 ; woollens, 4,000,000 ;
silks and ribbons, 4,500,000 ; cottons, chiefly printed,
14,500,000 ; millinery and Paris articles, 2,000,000 ;
amounting to 39,935,036 francs.—MlCulloch.
LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, DEC. 21.—We
have had good business doing to-day ; upwards of 4,000
bales have been sold at similar prices to Monday, with the
exception of new Uplands, which are cheaper. We hear of
500 Surats, 4(1 to 7d. ; 300 Egyptian, 11d. to 160. ; 400
Pernams, lOid. to 12id. ; 200 Maranhams, 12Ad. ; 150
Bahias, 11d. ; 600 Laguayras,Bld. to 10d. ;150 Peruvians,
qd. to I.od. ; remainder American, from 71d. to 11d.
Yesterday morning, between twelve and one o'clock,
a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Franklin, a rag mer-
chant, in Dock-street, Well-close-square, and though se-
veral engines were quickly on the spot, and the firemen
most prompt and active in their exertions, yet such was the
inflammable nature of the stock that the premises were to-
tally destroyed. It is understood, however, that Mr.
Franklin is insured to an amount that will cover his loss.

BRIGHTON-THURSDAY.

The King has had a slight relapse of the gout, which has
pfiliVerM NO, taking his aeeustomed airing.
The Queen has a cold, and has fiet ,his
io:tt to.day:
His Majesty held a Council this afternoonthe Palace,
which was attetiLli,:cl by several of the Cabinet Ministers.
The French Ambassador arrived this afternoon at the
York Hotel.
The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta
took a carriage airing this morning at twelve.
The calls at the Palace this day include—Lieut.-General
Sir Henry Campbell, Rear-Admiral Sir Edward King,
Lieut.-General Sir Hussey Vivian, Sir H. and Lady Ni-
chols, the Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond, Dowager
Lady Ellenborough and Miss Law, Lord and Lady Gage,
the Earl and Countess of Kinnoull.
The Ministers and a distinguished party will dine at the
Palace this evening.
Baron d'Ompteda left the York Hotel this morning on
his return to town.
Lord Hill and Lord Fitzroy Somerset leave Brighton to-
morrow morning for the metropolis.
The Royal dinner invitations yesterday evening were
Lord Abinger, Earl and Countess of Kinnoull, Dowager
Lady Ellenborough and the Hon. Miss Law, Marquis and
Marchioness of Thomond, Hon. Captain Paulet, Colonel
Hill, Lord Hill, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Baron d'Ginpteda,
and Rear-Admiral Sir C. Paget, who arrived at the Palace
last night.
The Earl of Westmoreland gave a select dinner party
yesterday evening, at which was present General Sir Hil-
grove Turner.
Lady Fitzwygram had a ball yesterday evening in Bruns-
wick-square, at which Kirchner's band attended. The com-
pany included—the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, the
Marchioness of Clanricarde and Miss Burdett, Lord and
Lady F. Gordon, the Marquis and Marchioness of Tho-
mond, Le Prince A..de Polignac and the Misses Macdo-
nald, the Countesses of Newburgh, St. Germain's, and Car-
hampton, the Earl,and Countess of Wicklow, the Earl and
Countess of Rosse, Ladies J. Knox, A. Parsons, L. Os-
wald, C. Bernard, G. Gore, H. Paulet, A. Macleod, E.
Howard, B. Eyre, H. Manners Sutton, Lord and Lady
Colville, Ladies Codrington, Fremantle, Pringle, Trollope,
and Tierney, the Hon. Mistresses Greville, Thomas, Van-
sittart, and Percival, Lady Ellenborough and Miss Law,
Lord George Loftus, Hon. General Phipps, General Sir
Wm. Pringle, and the Officers of the Grenadier and En-
niskillen Guards.