The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-30 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SnoAn.—The market for British Plantation continues
firm; sales 420 hhds at fully previous rates. The public
sales have comprised 3,140 bags Mauritius, and 2,160
bags Bengal; the former met a spirited competition,
nearly the whole being realised at rather higher rates
for the Refining sorts; mid to good strong grey brought
36s 6d to 39s 6d, and mid to fine yellow 375
to 41s; the latter was only about half sold at
fully former rates, mid white Dhobah damp 40s to 415
6d. and good to fine white Benares 41s to 435. The
quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the
East and West India Ducks was 889 hhds 9 tierces 279
barrells; there were taken for home consumption
1,680 hhds 161 tierces 586 barrels. The stock in the
same places is 17,617 hhds 2,431 tierces 3,588 barrels.
COFFEE.—Privately a cargo of 3,400 good ord Rio
has been sold afloat at 295, for delivery at a port in
the Biltic.
Rust.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 625 puns 10 'nhds. There were
taken for home consumption 437 puns 21 hhds, and ex-
ported 19 puns 33 hhds. The stock in the same places
is 21,094 puns 2,921 hhds.
SPICEs.-430 bags Pimento at auction realised 31d to
3id for ord to good ;Aid quality, being Id per lb lower.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 403 per cwt. on the spot, and
Town 435.
TEA.—The market is firm with good deliveries.
EAT 112A3L8ETS.
SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s; Clover
ditto, 31 83 to 41 13s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 9s pee
load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 14s;
Clover ditto, 8/ 8s to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 3s to
11 lOs per load. Both Hay ani Straw moved off slowly,
at our quotations.
WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s;
Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 1/ 25 to 11
per load. Supply good, and trade dull.

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
THE ROYAL ETCHINGS.
PRINCE ♦LBERT V. STRANGE AND JUDGE.
Mr. RUSSELL replied on the part of the defendant.
The LORD CHANCELLOR desired that the affidavits
might be handed up to him. This having been dose,
his Lordship intimated that he should give judgment ou
an early day next term.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
The ATTORNEY-GENBRAL applied for a quo warrant°
calling upon Mr. William Owen to show cause by vrhet
authority he held the office of clerk to a county court in
the North Wales district. It appeared that the former
clerk, Mr. Lloyd Williams, had been dismissed by the
judge of the court on the ground that he was unfit for
the office by reason of pecuniary embarrassment. The
Attorney-General contended that such matters did not
disqualify him for the office, nor prevent him from
properly discharging his duties in connexion with it.
Application granted.
TOOTING CASE.
Mr. BALLANTINE said, as the necessary affidavits
were now before bis Lordship, he had to apply that Mr.
Drouet be discharged from custody upon giving the re*
quired bail.
Mr. Jorms appeared on behalf of the guardians, end
did not object to the application.
No one attended on the part of the coroner.
Mr. Justice ERLE—The depositions satisfy me that
there is a sufficient cause to induce me to admit the
party to bail. I shall require Mr. Drouet to give hint-
self in 200/., and two sureties in 1001. each, or fear
sureties in 50/. each.
Mr. Drouet and his sureties were then called befell
his Lordship, and sworn in the required bail.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
ATTOENEY•GENERAL V. WALKER.

An application having been made by the Attorney'
General for the Court to lay down some general prig'
ciple in this case which had reference to the construe'
lion of the Act of Parliament 'shish exempted bricks
used in the drainage of land from duty,
The COURT delivered judgment this morning, Ali!'
Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Baron Rohe
being of opinion that bricks used in making parapet
walls were not, under the statute, ext mpt trom duty'
and therefore held that their ought to be a new trial.
The CHIEF BAnox took a different view of the sW
tute, observing that by common law a drain must be
constructed so as not to endanger life and property, a'ti'd
if a parapet wall were necessary, in order to revel;
such danger, it, in point of 1 iw, formed as much a pa:
tion of the drain as the foundation on which it rested.
This considetation appeared to him to dispose of all
casts in which a wall sew, required to protect the drain.
The bridges so called in this case were simply arehe.st
to enable the drain to pass under the public
way. He could not agree with the construction PIIC
upon the statute by Mr. Baron Alderson, which made 6
distinction between the upper and lower part of the,
parapet wails, and said that the one should be made o',
bricks, upon which the duty was paid, and the other of
duty free bricks. That was a too technical and narrocV
construction of the Act, which be considered had never
been contemplated by the framers of it. Ile was, there'
fore, of opinion, the object of the statute being to CO
courage the drainage of wet lands, and to increase thet
prosperity and promote the public welfare, that it ougb A
to receive as liberal a construction as the language use
could admit of, and he considered that the words of thee
Act did not require the works in question to be made. e'
duty paid bricks. The majority of the Court Wing,
Entertained a different opinion, and although he was
opinion that the defendant was entitled to their judg
ment, the rule for a new trial would be made absolute.
Rule absolute accordingly.