The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-15 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, MARCII 14.—Wind E.N.E.—ArrivNl and rmains
the Hon. Company's ship Duke of York, frou, China. - The
remainder of the homeward-bound sailed for the River this
morning. _

DOVER, MARCH 14.—Wind E., blowing hard.—Arrived
off the port the Emma, Kay, from the South Seas ; Captain
Waters and the chief mate died on the voyage. The Main;
Ushillaber, from Batavia to Antwerp, spoke the Jupiter, from
Sincapore, near the Cape, in a very leaky state, going in ; great
fears have been entertained for the safety of the above vessel,
45 guineas per cent. on her was yesterday refused at Lloyd's.
The Emma spoke on the 4th February the Hon. Company's
ship Vansittart on the Line, outward bound ; and on the sth
February spoke the Seneca, from Rio to Gibraltar. -
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Wind E.—Arrived the Ze-
phyr transport, from Chatham. Sailed the Hopewell, Smith,
for Jamaica ; Barbadoes Planter, Redman, for Barbadoes ;
London, Purvis, for Demerara ; and the Giatton, Lawton, for
Teneriffe.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Wind W.—tio arrivals or sail..
ings.

lavEnrooL, Maactr 13.—Calm.—Off the port the Canton;
Bulman, from New York in 26 days ; and the Mexican, At,
kins, from Havannah.

The Ezer, Stockham, from Selby to London, wag lost on the
Dore Sand on Sunday night.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The Emma, Castor, has arrived off Hastings ; she sailed
from St. Helena the 19th Jan., having on board the passengers
of the late ship Udney; viz.—Lieut. Gress, his Majesty's 68th
regiment; Lieut. Dawson, ,Ilst ; Lieut. Forskett ; Lieut. Hen.
derson, H.C.N.I. ; Lieut. Stapleton ; Assis.tant-Surgeon Wel-
lerton, H. C. Service; Lieut. 3lylius, Ceylon Rifle Corps;
Mast. Wellesley.
Arrival at St. Helena.—The St. Helena, Fairfax, from tl.e
Cape of Good Hope, the 23d Jan., and sailed again for the
Cape the 27th.

Auilings from St. Helena.—The Ratcliffe, llathway, for the
Brazils, the 25th Jan. ; the Duke of Gloucester, Amm, fir
Tristiam de Cuhana, the Ist Feb.
The Upton Castle, Thacker, was going to the Cape ; the
Dorothy knew of her sailing from Bombay, or, it is supposed,
she spoke her on the passage.
BENGAL.—The Golconda had been taken up for Rangoon,
and Captain Edwards was corning a passenger to England in
consequence of ill health.

Maitritius.—The Simpson, arrived at St. Helena, bad touched
at the Mauritius; she brings an account of another heavy gale-
of wind (date not mentioned), in which several ships went on
shore ; the Itarossa, Hutchinson, is stated. to have received
damage, but not material, and was to load for London.
Capt. Archibald Henry Campbell, Commander of the Hon.
East India Company's ship Duke of York, died at sea on the
13th December, soon after leaving the Straits of Sunda, on the
passage to England.

LENT ASSIZES.

LANCASTER, Mancii 11.

A TUALE ATTORNEY'S CLERIC.-WARDLE JUN. GENT.

v. PAIMINSON.

Mr. DARE stated, that this was an action brought by the
plaintiff to recover from the defendant the amount of hi bill
of costs for business done as an AttQrney. To prove the trans.
action, the Learned Counsel called

Joseph Nightingale.—He was present before the /Vlagistrat,
when the defendant was bound in his recognizance to appear at
the General Quarter-sessions. Ile, the defendant, acknow.
ledged the plaintiff as his attorney. This was on the 23d of
April.
Francis Holgate proved the delivery.
Isabella Wilkinson examined—She was on a visit to the
plaintiff at his house ; he asked her to assist him with his brief ;
this was in 1823 ; can't say if the plaintiff was without a clerk ;
she assisted him to copy the brief; it was three sheets long ;
she copied two or three sheets.—(Brief put in and handed to the
young lady.)—She helped the plaintiff; he examined it, and
made two or three corrections.—(A laugh.
The Jury under his Lordship's directions) found for the plain.
tiff—Damages 61. 10s. ; costs 40s.
At these Assizes a man named Illfrerry was indicted for ut-
tering a forged bill of exchante, value 20/. and acquitted from
an error in the indictment, the words "I-fig-street, by Man-
chester," having been inserted for "for High-street; .31au
chester."

STAFFORD, 12.
ROWLEY V. HORNE.
This was an action by 111 r. Rowley, a farmer, residing near
Woore, in Staffordshire, against the Proprietors of the Chester
mail, to recover the value of a parcel containing bank notes to
the amount of all. slat by that coach to London, and lost
during the journey.
The delivery and loss of the parcel were not disputed ; but
the defendants relied on a notice inserted in the Chester Chro-
nicle, that they would not be answerable " for any parcel of
any value," unless entered and paid for at a rate beyond the
ordinary price of carriage. This notice was at the foot of an ,
advertisement occupying a whole column, which enumerated
the coaches starting from the Feathers Inn, Chester, and ap-
plied generally to teem all. In order to show that this adver..
tisement was brought within the knowledge of Mr.Rowley,it was
proved that the Chester Chronicle had been regularly sent to
his house 'from February, 1821, to March, 1824; but the deli-
very ceased at the latter date, nine months before the transmis-
sion of this particular parcel, which took place on the 28th of
December last. No evidence was given to show that he him-
self ever read the paper ; but his daughter had been at school
near Chester, and afterwards remained to finish her education
in a seminary near London, so that it was probable he knew
something ot the Chester mail, by which he had sent parcels.
Upon this evidence Mr. TAUNTON, for the defendant, con-
tended that the plaintiff could not recover.
Mr. Barron BARROW expressed his opinion that it was suf-
ficient if the plaintiff had the means of knowing the qualification
announced by the defendants .to their customers. Newspapers
were full of miscellaneous; information. adapted to the habits
and the tastes of a great variety of persons, many of whom
would overlook that which was eagerly sought after by others.
To judge, therefore, whether it was probable that a man had
read a particular portion of a newspaper, it was right to coa-
sider what were his habits ; if it was not enough that he had
the means of reading the whole. Now, the course of the Ches-
ter mail was certainly not foreign to the pursuits of 3ir.
Rowlpy, whose daughter had been placed in situations where
it was important to her friends, and who sent parcels by it on
former occasions. Was it likely, now, that on a long winter's
evening, he had never, during three years, during this notice ?
Or, was it not more probable, that though he knew of tire re-
striction, he chose rather to take the chance of the parcel arriving
ing in safety, which might beforty thousand to one, than to pay
an extra sum to insure it ? If they thought so, the defendants
were entitled to a verdict; but if the plaintiff did not know of
the notice, he had made out his claim to recover.
The Jury, after a few minutes consideration, returned aver.
diet for the plaintiff—Damages 51/.

LUDICROUS OCCURRENCE.—A gentleman at •
Litileton has in his possession a fine Irish cow, which, without
viciousness or malice, frequently amuses herself and the neigh-
bourhood by playing off extraordinary antics, as if from the sure
love of fun. On Monday last, she walked quietly up to an old
woman, of the name of Gregory, and without any appear-
ance of anger, deliberately and gently tossed the old lady
into a dirty ditch, and then humanely followed her, Hi-.
ed her out on the grass, and after rolling her over and over,
appeared to be preparing to place her again in the ditch, when
some of the neighbours came to her assistance, and relieved her
from her unpleasant situation, without sustaining any injury,
but only terribly frightened, at the time," as she expressed her-
self.—(Reading Mercury.)
Bow-STREET—(This Day.)—The neighbOu'r-
hood of Covent-Garden, especially the Piazzirs,
is nightly infested by nests of juvenile Mendicants
of both sexes, who unite theft with their vagrancy
when opportunity presents itself. When Gen.'
tlemen are leaving the Theatres the urchins
follow them, and too often succeed in carrying
lawny their handkerchiefs ; the produce' of
which is divided among them, and thus they dct
almost every night. Three boys, the eldest'Uot
thirteen, were brought up this morning •Ilefore
Mr. HALLS and Colonel 'CLITFIEROE, charged
with a robbery at a chymists in Russell:street,
under circumstances that proved that their'in-
genuity had been versed in the art of 'addle.
It was lamentable to see them surrounded by
their parents, all in the utmost grief, who gave a
shocking account of their depravity. Under a
promise to take care of them in future they were
liberated, and orders given to watch the neigh-
bourhood where they infested, and apprehend
, all similar juvenile offenders.

111 E LONDON JOURNALS.

DA I LY

E'ztrucil from the Morning. Papers,March 15,1525.

[AI ORNI NG POST.]

%/r. Ilutne'3 motion for abolishing the Sinking

Fund, and remitting its amount in taxes, does

not seem to be very strenuously supported, even j
by the part of the Opposition Press which has
given it attention. We consider this fact a sort
of negative proof, that in the present state of the
iauntry taxation is not felt as a sensible pressure
upon indutry, and consequently that the most
adventurous of the Public are not disposed to
risk, for the sake of immediate relief, an experi-
ment of great moment on national credit. The
advocates of Mr. Flume's proposition admit the
grounds upon w!►ich we have asserted it ought to
be argued. They do not deny that the Sinking-
Fund is beneficial, but fairly make it a question
of comparison between the advantages allowed to
be produced by the actual operation of that
Fund, and the supposed advantages with which
its surrender would he followed. In time of war,
the utility of a Sinking Fund as an engine of
public credit, cannot, we think, be problematical.
The prospect it holds forth of eventually recleern-
ir►g the eilgaffements of the country, and the evi-
deuce it affords of great existing resources,
1
capable of furnishing so large a surplus re-
venue, must raise Government Securities to
a much higher price than they would other-
wise maintain. In contracting for large loans
the benefits then resulting, both as regards their
rate of interest and their nominal capital, are
obvious. lo time of race a somewhat similar
effect is obtained by the same means—the very
existence of the Sinking Fund keeps up the
price of the Stocks, and its application in the
market still further tends to the same end. It is
likewise manifest that in so far as the enhanced
rate of Government Securities may enable Mi-
nisters to reduce the annual interest of the debt,
the Sinking Fund is most useful in time of peace.
The saving which has already been effected in
this manner by the reduction of the 5 and 4 per
cents. illustrates our position completely. But
while the Sinking Fund operates so beneficially
in one respect, it operates equally so in another.
Nyt only does it indirectly lessen the annual
charge on the debt by the above process, viz.
by enabling Ministers to reduce the rate per cent.
on Government Securities, but as it yearly pays
off a portion of the capital of the debt, it fur-
ther and directly lessens the annual charge of the
debt, by the interest on the amount of capital
so redeemed. Thus the Sinking Fund liqui-
dates the public burdens ; first, by raising and
keeping up the price of the Stocks, and so
enabling the Legislature to reduce the higher
rates. of interest; secondly, by paying off the
capital of the ifebt itself ; and thirdly, by dimi-
nishing the aggregate charge of the debt, by a
stem equal to the interest of the capital so paid off.
Such is the simple operation of that surplus, and
its compound operation is of course still more
beneficial. Now, it has already been demon-
strated, in and out of Parliament, that without at
least trenching upon this fund, no further reduc-
tion of taxes can at present take place. We
merely ask then, would the public forego the
above great and most important advantages as
regards the present and the future, to get rid of
taxes which ar►e at this moment not distressing,
and which ►till unquestionably be repealed with-
out any sacrifice of public advantage, before the
expiration of a very limited time indeed. We
are, in fine, as anxious as any one can be to see
the whole of the Assessed Taxes remitted, but
we should be sorry in aiming at a good to perpe-
trate an evil.