The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-25 00:00:00

OPENING OF LONDON BRIDGE.

The London Bridge Committee have determined
to open the splendid structure, which does such
credit to their exertions, on the Ist of August, and
the ceremony will be performed with all the custo-
mary and requisite formalities. In 1821, his Royal
Highness the Duke of York went in state to lay the
first stone of the bridge, and the Committee, with
Alderman Garratt, who was then Lord Mayor, a.
their head, received the Royal visiter is their full
dress gowns, with a magnificent display of flags and
banners, bands of music, and every other demon-
stration of respect and loyalty. The occasion of
the opening will be distinguished by an exhibition
of a much grander kind, because there is a more
extensive area for operations, and more particularly
because it is believed that a higher honour will be
confe►red upon the citizens than the presence of any
subject is capable of bestowing. The footway on
each side of the bridge will be covered with flags and
banners, so disposed as to have a sublime effect,
without, in the slightest degree, intercepting the view
of the river. All the necessary decorations will be
supplied by the various City Companies, and the
high Metropolitan Societies. Tents and marquees
will be constructed for the reception of the distin-
guished visiters, and a sumptuous dejeune a la
fourchelle will be prepared. The entrances to the
bridge from the river are acknowledged by the most
eminent architects to be the most capacious and
noble to be seen in any part of Europe ; so that the
spectacle of a procession from the margin of the
water to the middle of the bridge, would probably
have a much finer effect than the plan generally pur-
sued. Waterloo-bridge was, it will be recollected,
opened by his Majesty's predecessor, upon which oc-
casion the most gorgeous display was made. The
London Bridge Committee are resolved that the civic
building, which surpasses its older neighbour in size
and beauty, shall be opened with proportionate
splendour. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, who
has taken a great interest in the grand national edi-
fice, and has constantly visited it since the first stone
was laid, narrowly inspected it a few days ago, and
in the warmest manner expressed his admiration of
the judicious conduct of the Committee, who have
so nearly concluded their labours. The hope that
his Majesty will be pleased to honour the citizens
by opening the bridge, is strengthened by the fact
that it is impossible to mix up any question of poli-
tics in the matter, whatever change may take place
in the condition of public liberty before the ap-
pointed day shall have arrived. The citizens look
forward to the day in the earnest wish that the King
will honour the new building, which will be
completed at so auspicious a period, with his
presence. Conjectures are already made as to the
way his Majesty will go, and it seems to be the
general supposition, though not the general hope,
that he will pass over his favourite element to pay
the welcome visit. The Ministers and Nobility,
and leading men of all parties and principles, are to
be invited, and the scene will, no doubt, be splendid
in an eminent degree. The most experienced ves
teran in raising the elements of turbulence cannot
introduce, upon an occasion like this, an expedient
calculated to throw a gloom upon the preparations.
The Members of the Corporation and their ladies
are to have tickets, but we believe that circum-
stances will decide whether or not they will attend
in the Corporation costume. Tl►e London Bridge
Committee will set off from the Guildhall early on
the Ist of August, in carriages, and will be followed
by the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the high City
Officers, in state.
The river will, in the immediate neighbourhood
of the bridge, be covered with boats. The barges
of all the Companies will be moored at some dis-
tance from the bridge, at each side, and bands of
music will play upon the decks while the ceremony
is going forward.

MARK ET.—May 18.
very dull, and the prices of every

GLASGOW CORN
The Grain market continues
article tending downwards.
Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. I Oath, per 2641 b.
British, old :34 0t035 0 Irish

s.d. s.d.
21 4 to 220
21 0 23 0

- new
Canada, free
Irish
Barley, per 3201 b.
English 0 0
Scottish 29 0 30 0
Irish

26 0 30 0 British
31 0 32 0 Beans, per
28 0 31 0 J English
Scottish 2O 0 21 0
Pease, Scottish .. 20 0 21 0
Oatmeal, per 14016. 19 6 22 6
Flour, per 2801 b 5l 0 53 0

RKETS,
From
330 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 25 0

IRISH MA:
DUBLIN MARKET NO'

[DAY, May O.
1 To
9 3l. PO
3

0 Bete .17 stone 0
0 Barley l6 stone 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,056 Oats 12 stone 13 0 16 0 14 1
12,0'75 Cwt. 9 stone 6 0 24 0 ;0 0
1,187 Oatmeal 8 stone 12 G 19 0 14 5
Sold to 'Salters only.
9,861 Cwt. Flour l6 0 24 0 19 6%
Average price of Wheat and Flour 50s. Od. per sack.
Firsts, from 225. Ott. to 245. Od.
Sales of Do. 10,897
Receipts of Flour, 7,274 Seconds, from 16s. 01. to 21s. Od
from 6s. Od. to 12s. Od.

PRICE OF BREAD.

Quartern Loaf I Half Quartern

Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, per cwt.
per barrel per barrel per barrel' r.--A.--.....,
20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. 1 1 Ist. 2d.
---- --- —.
s. d. a s.d. s.d. a s.d. s.d. a s.d. s. d. as. d. s. d.as. d.
Cork 22 0 30 612 7 14 014 3 15 017 0 21 6 5 0 17 0
Limerick 126 8 320 130 14 012 0 136 18 0 20 0 0 0 15 0
Waterfordl26 0 30 013 0 14 013 0 14 018 0 20 010 0 16 0
Clonmel ...,26 8 318 11 0 140 136 13 920 0 20 013 0 18 0
Carlow —l3l 0 33 013 0 14 014 0 15 020 6 21 0 0 0 0 0
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Butter.
per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. sth.
-----
8. a d. 8. a d. s. d. as. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
I Cork ...w.. 4j 6 3f, 6 25 0 31 094 090 080 070 060 0
Limerick... 3 434 432 0 35 0940880820 76 0 70 0
Waterford 4 6 3 5 32 0 35 0950920780 68 0 57 0
Clonmel 4 5 5 6 300 32 0920900 0 0 0
Car10w......... 4 51 0 0 0 0 0 0,90 0800700 65 0— 0

LAW TNTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Mir 24.
KING V. HAMLET.

Mr. KNIGHT, with whom were Mr. PEPYS and
Mr. STEWART, appeared for the defendant in this
suit, to appeal against an order made by the Vice-
Chancellor, which in effect amounted to an injunc-
tion to restrain the defendant from enforcing certai n
securities which the plaintiff had given him for the
repayment of a debt of 8,0001. The plaintiff, who
is the son of Lord Lorton, having in 1828 occasion
to raise a sum of money, applied to the defendant
for that purpose, when he declined to have any
dealings with him in the nature of a loan ; but con-
sented to sell him articles of plate and jewellery to
the amount of 8,0001. on receiving from him the
securities in question, provided the plaintiff's father
should be apprised of the transaction, and give his
sanction to it. It was believed that the plaintiff
was at that time about to marry, and it was stated
that he had an annuity of 8001. The draft of the
deed for securing the amount of the goods was
submitted to solicitors on the part of the plaintiff,
who were also concerned for him in arranging
the matter, and the draft was also submitted to Mr.
Serjeant Lefroy, who was by marriage related to
the plaintiff, and at the same time a son of the Ser-
jeant was present, to whom it had been stated that
the transaction was a sale of goods, and not a loan of
money. The plaintiff, accompanied by his solicitor,
Mr. Ford, went to the warehouses of the defendant,
and selected such articles as he thought fit to the
amount stipulated : they were all marked with their
fixed price : that being the custom of Mr. Hamlet's
house. A part of the plate was ordered of a parti-
cular pattern for the plaintiff's use, and was furnished
accordingly. Soon after the plaintiff obtained pos-
session of the goods, he wished to raise a sum of
money upon them, for which purpose he applied to
Mr. George Robins, the auctioneer, who advanced
him 2,500/. When Mr. Robins wished the goods
to be redeemed, the plaintiff was unable to repay the
sum lent upon them, and they were put up for sale
hastily, and sold without reserve, under many disad-
vantages, in consequence of which they realised not
quite 3,0001. This difference in amount between
the original and the sale price, was attributed partly
to the forced sale, and partly to the nature of
the articles, which were many of them of a fancy
description, and dependant for their value upon taste
and fashion. A bill had been filed by the plaintiff
to relieve him from the effects of the transaction, but
it had been dismissed with costs. The bill out of
which the present motion had arisen, had been sub-
sequently filed, and theiVice-Chancellor had been
induced to grant the order which was now sought
to be discharged. The only ground on which that
order could be founded was, that this was a dealing
with an expectant heir without the knowledge of his
father; but that ground appeared to be unsup-
ported by the facts, as the plaintiff's father had
sanctioned the transaction. The present order was
unjust to the defendant, as it would prevent the
restoration of the goods which he had sold to the
plaintiff, and which he might dispose of for a much
larger amount than had been obtained for them at
the auction. The Learned Counsel submitted that
his Lordship could not support the order of the
Vice-Chancellor without contradicting the judgment
which he had recently pronounced in the case of
Oxenden and Dufour, after a most elaborate con-
sideration of the principles and authorities which
ileac upon the point now in dispute.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and Sir EDWARD
SUDDEN, for the plaintiff, supported the order of the
Vice-Chancellor. The dealings between the parties
had commenced in 1828, although they had not
been completed till some months after, and the
negociation first entered into was for a loan, which
was so far agreed upon that a draft was actually
prepared for securing the repayment of 8000/.
cash, to be advanced by the defendant to the plain-
tiff. It was then, however, discovered that the plain-
tiff's annuity would not be available as a security,
and goods were then to be given instead of
money. But neither the plaintiff's father nor his
relative, Serjeant Lefroy, who had been cognizant
of the negotiation for a loan of money, were aps
prised of the change by which articles of plate and
jewellery were to be substituted. The defendant
was fully aware of the plaintiff's poverty, and re-
garding the transaction as a mere sale, he must have
known it was altogether preposterous for a gentle-
man in his circumstances to effect such purchases.
The articles which he had taken were such as it was
impossible he could want for his own use :—There
were fifteen snuff-boxes, two or three diamond neck-
laces, and two or three suites of pearls valued
at more than three thousand guineas, gold chains
charged at upwards of four hundred guineas, and ear-
rings, and smaller trinkets, amounting to more than
eight hundred pounds ! These had been selected by
the plaintiff, not in company with the lady to whom
it had been stated he was about to be married,
but with Mr. Ford, his solicitor. It was a most
extraordinary circumstance that the articles selected
should amount to exactly 8,0004, the sum before
sought to be raised by loan. But the goods were
not delivered as soon as they were chosen, which
would have been the case with a bona fide sale;
they were detained in the defendant's possession for
about a month, till judgment could be entered up on
a warrant of attorney in Ireland, and they were not
delivered up till the bill of the defendant's solicitor
for preparing the securities was paid. The securities
were such as were customary in case of loan, but
wholly unusual in common purchases, consisting of
I promissory notes, policies of insurance, a judgment
in England, and another in Ireland. Interest was
a'so payable from the month of October, when the
deed was executed, although the goods were not
delivered till the month of November. Under all
the circumstances it was submitted that the transac-
tion was in effect a loan, and that on such terms as
justified the order made by the Vice-Chancellor
the present stage of the proceedings. The present
ease differed widely from that which had been re-
ferred to, and since every decision in cases of this
nature must depend upon the particular facts, his
Lord hip's decision in Oxenden and Dufour would
be no obstacle to the confirmation of the Vice
Chancellor's order.

His LORDSHIP rose at half-past four, and directed
the case to be proceeded with to-morrow morning.

COMPUNCTION.—The following letter was
received a few days ago, by Mr. WALKEI2, of Crich, Der-
byshire :—" Mr. WALK-mt,—Dear Sir,—When I was a
scholar in your school I was so much under the influence
of Satan that I dared to pay you a 6d. which was bad;
but since that time it has pleas!d God to show me that it
was wrong, and that ;t is nay duty to make restitution as -
far as lam :Ode. Enclosed is 61. ; and as it is some years
ago, I think the interest will amount to 3d., which please
to accept, from one who wishes to meet you in haven.
.__Mr. WALKER imm«liately purchased nine penny loaves,
which were distributed (and thankfully received) to as
many poor persons.

BIRTHS.
On the 21st inst. in Park-place, St. James's, the Marchioness
of Worcester, of a daughter.
On the 24th inst. at Blackheath, Mrs. Tomlin, of a daughter.
On the 22d inst. at Stamford-street, the lady of W. S. Wits-
kell, Esq., of a son.
On the 16th inst. at Haverfordwest, the lady of the Rev. T. K.
W. Harries, of a daughter.
btArtmEp.

On the Leicester-place,
inst. at St. James's, Westmiuster, J. Power, Egg.,
1).,
M of to Catherine, daughter of the late C.
Brooks, Esq., and niece of the late J. Brooks, Esq. of Stratford,
Essex.
On the 12th inst. at Malvern, C. W. I-I. Everett, son of John
Everett, Esq., of Hill-house, county of Somerset, to Emma,.
daughter of 11. Candler, Esq. of Callan Castle, in the county of
Kilkenny, Archdeacon of Ossory.
DIED. •
_

On the 23d iust. at Crawley, ./iiit;ts, the Rev. H. T. Dampier,
'
olfatEelyh,fra.gJedus4tioc.e Dampier, Rector of. Crawley
t.. et
11(01' 1' On rst?lblnee no:2(f' ltd Yecost. at Gloucester, Mrs. C. A. Lawrence, of
Thornbury, G!oucestershire.
On the z:st inst. at the East India Company's military semi-
nary at Addiscombe, in his 17th
year, Gentleman Cadet Williarl
.h
Paterson eldest son of Captain W. Paterson, It. N., .dge lii
Newfound in
Newfoundland.. -
On the 2.3 d inst aged 45, M W rs. Wheatley, wife of Mr. W.
Wheatley, of the CommerciaLro:ul, Lambeth.
R On the h inst. at sea on board his Majesty's packet Lapwing,
D.
On the S. Laid22d law
i Esq. from liominica.
inst at Reigate, Charlotte, youngest daughter of '
the late Rev. T. Whitaker, M. A , Oxon, Vic.ir of Penibury,
in the county of Kent. .

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