The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-13 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

John Ormsby Culyer,gas6tter, Edmonton, Middlesex
to surrender Nov. 22, at two, and Dec. 27, at eleven, al
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole•
man-street-buildings; Bishop, New Bridge-street, Black.
friars. _ _

John Jones, wine merchant, Knightsbridge-terrace,
Knightsbridge, Nov. 30, at one, and Dec. 21, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
A.bcburch-lane. Dimmock and Burbey. Suffolk- lane.
John Cowlishaw, victualler, Derby, Dec. 7, and Jan.
4, at 11, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee, Nottingham ; W histon and Son, Derby
Bowley, Nottingham.
John Houston, hotel keeper, Whitby, Yorkshire,
Nov. 23 and Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Pringle, Ste-
venson, and Shum, King's-road, Bedford-row ; Ste-
phenson, Whitby.
Charles Sanderson, iron merchant, Sheffield, Nov. 24,
and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield; Aldam, Sheffield.
James Saunders, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Nov.
22 and Dec. 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Tyrer, Li-
verpool,

COURSE OF EXCHI
.kmiteriam ..........12 3%

.NGE.-(THIS DAY.)

Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 1%
Rotterdam .... • • .... 12 3%
Antwerp 25 SO
aamburgh .• • 31.8 .13 14%
Paris, 3 days'sight . • 25 55
Ditto, 3 months •25 75
Marseilles •• • • ...... • • 25 77%
Bourdeaux..... •.. . 25 77%
Frankfort on Maine.... 122%
Peter sburgh, Sll. Ebbe .• 36%
Berlin.. .. •• .• .. •• • •
Vienna, effee. fib •• .• .. 11 3
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 3
Madrid .... 49%
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Barcelona • • • • .. • • • • • •

Leghorn 31
-0
Genoa 26 70
Allan

Venice ........ • • • • ....
gaples .......... 4C 7i
I Palermo, par0z........ 121
Messina .............. 121
Lisbon.... .......... 53%
0p0rt0.... • • .... • • .. • . 5314
Rio Janeiro • .
Buenos Ayres

New York,2ldays'sight
Philadelphia .... • • • • . •
rsicEs OF BULLION, p QE.
Foreign Gold inihtrs.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin •• o o 0
Spanish Doubloons .• 0 0 0
New Dollars ••• • • • 0 4 10
Silver la bars .. ••• • • . 0 4 11%

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current, Nov. 13.)
SUGAR.—Today the West India market presented
a quiet aspect, and only limited purchases were made
in grocery or refined sorts. Merchants appeared more
disposed to sell, and accepted prices in several in-
stances 63 par cwt under those of Friday. The total
quantity sold amounted to 510 hhds, &c., including at
public sale 150 hhds Barbadoes, which went at easier
rates for inferior and middling, but at former terms for
other kinds; fine yellow realized 51s, and low to good
36s 61 to 40s. 51 hhds Demerara chrystallized sold at
steady rates; greyish at 42s 6tl to 445, brown 38s to 41s,
one lot low 345. 19 hhds Trinidad went at 35s for ordi-
nary soft yellow, being rather cheaper.
REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was purchased with
caution for home trade purposes, and prices have still
a downward tentendy. Sales of brown Lumps were
made at 475, and fair grocery at 48s. Bonded Crushed
Sugar is still in good demand for export at former terms.
MAURITIUS —This afternoon there was no public sale
of Mauritius Sugar, and the limited parcels disposed of
by private treaty were at rather lower rates.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon four public sales of
Bengal Sugar took place consisting of 7,135 bags ; the
grainy kinds all sold at from 41s 61 to 44s for good to
tine, these are full rates; the remainder consisted of
Mauritius sorts, and only in part sold, geneaally at 6d
decline; brown went at from 31s 61 to 33s 6d, low yel-
low 34s to 355, mid 363 to 375, good 37s GI to 38s,
flue and superior 38s 6d to 40s. Of Madras, 649 bags
only partly found purchasers at rather lower rates; ord
to good soft brown went at 29s 6d to 30s 61, low yellow
31s, mid 34s 6d, good 36s to 36s Gd. 3,061 bags Ma-
nilla, a part only sold at 34s to 35s for strong greyish
brown, and at 33s to 34s for syrupy.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale for Fo
reign Sugar, and by private treaty operations were to a
lair extent for export, whilst full rates are paid for
white, brown, and yellow kinds.
bfoLassrs.--West India met with less attention, and
prices are not so firm, still there is only a limited supply
at market. The private sales have been only 100 puns
of Demerara and Trinidad at 163 to 158 6d, and small
parcels of better sort at 16s 6tl to 18s. For Bengal
Treacle the market has a quiet appearance, and a desire
is evinced to sell at 14s 6d to 15s; the tendency of prices
is evidently downwards, and a larger quantity is on offer.
COCOA.—The low prices current for Foreign have at
length attracted attention, and by private treaty 1,000
bags Guayaquil were disposed of at 26s per cwt. In
West India operations have been upon a more extended
scale, in consequence of rather lower rates having been
acceded to, and 350 bags Trinidad at auction were all
sold at from 38s to 443 per cwt. An impression exists
that prices have arrived at their lowest point, although
there is a larger stock.
COFFEE.—This afternoon there was less excitement in
the Coffee market, shippers and dealers were not so
willing to purchase: at public sale, 377 casks and 1,000
bags Plantation Ceylon were offered, and about two-
thlrds sold at the former value—fine at 65s to 70a, good
60s to 645, mid '578 to 595; low mid 54s to 555,
other sorts 48s to 535, and triage 42s 6d to
48s. Native is less wanted, and 400 bags at auction
were taken in at 46a to 46s 6d, for good ord;
57 bales 92 hf-do Mocha went at higher rates, good
greenish clean garbled at 60s to 645, low mid 545, and
triage at 34s to 375; 278 bags Madras fine sold at 62s GA
to 63s Gd, good ord 44s 6:1;420 bags Manilla, good ord
pale 46s to 46s 6d; 60 bags Rio taken in at 43s 6d, and
80 bags St. Dural
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ngo at 455, but 97 bags Java sold at
prove meat has taken, place in the
demand for Green, and large parcels( have been disposed
of at fully former terms, indeed
an advance of id to id. per lb; theoluonwgerHxds on
continuerealisrealisedmost in request. For the better sorts of scentedn caper
and orange Pekoe there are still free buyers at from
1 Is 3d to Is 7d. Black Tea is not offered at any
further decline, still town and country dealers continue
to operate with caution. For ord and good ord Congou

holders ask 80 to 9d, mixed blackish leaf 9d to 141,
blackish leaf rather strong 11 e to is 00, ditto strong
Is Id to is 2d, fine and Pekoe flavor la 2d to is 9d per
lb. None has been offered at auction, but a parcel of
Assam is declared.
RICE.—To-day there a as no public sale of East India
Rice, but by private treaty operations are upon rather a
larger scale, and former rates are well supported.
SPICES.—To-day at auction 22 bags of Ceylon Cinna-
mon were taken in at 110 to is 2d; 4 cases Penanc,
Cloves, mid Is 2d; 441 bags African sold at 7d to 70',
ord Cid, and damaged bid to 7d, these are rather lower
rates; 195 bags Pimento sold well, mid and good 54d
to 50; 7 pks Nutmegs, ord and good mid brown 2s 63
to 3s 2d, broken is 7d to 2s, wormy 10d to ls, and fair
limed 2s 6d; 112 bags wild in the shell taken in 6d; 44
bags Malabar Pepper was withdrawn; 220 bags Malabar
Ginger sold at 228 for fair wormy export sortss; 2 cases
Mace ord and good ord red lld to 2s ld per lb.
SPlRlTS.—Leeward Island Rum has not improved in
value, still operations have been upon a large scale, and
amount to 800 puns at is 40 to is 5d per gallon proof.
At these rates there are not generally sellers. In East
India a good trade has been concluded at fully former
terms, and the sales arc 400 hogshead at is 3d to
Is 3d proof. Of Demerara several parcels have been
disposed of at from 2s to 2s 3d for 30 to 36 per cent
over proof. Previous rates are insisted upon for all
sorts of Jamaica, and the home as well as export de-
mand is good, ord and mid quality 28 to 32 per cent over
proof realised 25 4d to 2s Bd, good 2s 9d to 3s, and su-
perior 33 to 36 over 3s 2d to 4s per gallon. Brandy is
offered at further reduced terms. Cognac, best brands
of the vintage of 1848 at 4s to 4s 2d; 1847 ditto 4s 10d
to 5s ; 1846 ditto 5s 8d to 5s 103, 1845 ditto
at 6s 2d to 6s 4d, inferior sorts 2s 4d to 45, and Bor-
deaux at 2s 51 to 2a 8d per gallon. The operations iu
Geneva have been small; export sort is 9d to is 10d.
and fine for consumption at 2s 3d to 3s 3d. British made
Spirit has been operated in with caution at 9s Bd, and
Gin at 8s to 8s 6d for 17 and 22 per cent. under proof.
SALTPETRE.—OnIy limited purchases have been made
by private treaty, although there are sellers at rather
lower terms. A part only of 900 bags Calcutta at
auction found buyers at 2Gs 6d to 27s for 104 to 74 per
cent refraction. The value of good and fine is from
278 to 28s. For British Refined the trade is quiet,
and 30s to 30s 6d is the value. Nitrate of Soda at 12s
to 12s 3d per cwt.
FRUlT.—Raisins have been in extensive request, and
an advance in the value has taken place; on the part of
holders there is firmness, and prime new Valencias can-
not be obtained under 45a per cwt. In Currants a good
business has been concluded—new at from 38s to 425,
and old at 34s to 365; Turkey Pulled Figs from 50s to
80s; Muscatel from 56s to 86s, and the demand is get-
ting larger; Sultanas 62s to 64s per cwt.
CC CHINEAL—This afternoon the quantity of Cocl,i•

neal submitted to public sale was large, and amounted
to 350 bags. There was a good demand, and nearl)
the whole sold upon full terms—Mexican silvers went
at 3s 6d to 3s 7d, blacks 3s 8d to 3s I Id; Honduras
silvers 33 Gd to 4s, black 3s 8d to 4s 7d, and Tenerife
3s lid to 4s 3d per lb.
INDlGo.—There was firmness in the market fur East
India to-day, and shippers as well as home dealers
were buyers to a fair extent. At aution 75 chests
sold at 2s 3d to 3s 10d for Madras and Kurpah, and a
few chests ordinary Manilla at is 6d to is Bd—being full
rates.
OILS.—Te-day a public sale of 300 hhds Cocoa Nut
Oil went heavily, and nearly the whole was taken in at
33s for good East India.
TALLONT.—There has been a much better demand fur
Russian on the spot, and prices have assumed
an upward tendency. Fine P.Y.C. selling at 37s 3d
to 37s 6d per cwt, and on the part of holders there is firm-
ness. For delivery up to the close of the year pur-
chases to a fir extent made at 37s to 37a 3d ; and for the
early part of 1850 some contracts have been concluded
at 373 6d to 37s 9d ; at there rates there era
not free sellers. Home melted has been in lively
demand at 36s 6d to 37s nett cash. Other kinds of
Tallow large parcels have been sold at full terms. At
auction 480 casks of new South Wales went from 333 9,
to 363 61 for low to fine; 1,284 pkgs South American
334 3d to 37s per cwt. The value of rough Fat is yet
2s id per stone, and there are free sellers.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 13.
(Sittings in Banco.)

G OSDEN V. ELPHICK AND BEN NI3TT-VOSS V. THE

SAME-MAYNARD V. THE SAME.

The three actions abovenamed, arising out of the
same transaction, were brought for alleged false im-
prisonment, and tried before Mr. Baron Alderson,at
the last assizes for Surrey, when the jury in each case
returned a verdict for the defendants.

Mr. liAwKras now moved to set aside the ♦erdicts
in all three cases, and for new trials, on the ground
of misdirection.

It appeared that the three plaintiffs, Gosden, Voss,
and Maynard, had taken a horse to sell at a fair in
Surrey, and whilst they were endeavouring to obtain
a purchaser for the animal the halter round the horse's
neck became loose, the horse started off at a gallop,
and running amongst a crowd, knocked down a little
boy, whose arm was broken by the fall. The by-
standers' sympathies were excited in consequence of
the injuries sustained by the boy, the police were
called for, and the defendant Bennett, who was a
constable, without much consideration, took into
his custody a stranger, whom hei believed
was the owner of the runaway horse. The
second defendant, Elphick, seeing the constable at
fault, and having witnessed the whole transaction,
assured the constable that the person who was first
arrested was wholly innocent, and pointed out the
three plaintiffs, who were immediately taken in
custody by Bennett. The following day all the three
plaintiffs were brought before a magistrate, and there
being in fact no charge against them they were at
once set at liberty, and after a long interval brought
the present actions. The defence was that Bennett
being a constable was within the protection of the
statute 24 George 11., c. 44, which enacts among
other things, that actions against the parties protected
by the statute shall be brought within six months
after the commission of the alleged grievance; and
that the present action was not brought within the
prescribed period. As to the other defendant,
Elphick, the answer to the action was, that he had
merely pointed out the plaintiffs, as the persons
having the charge of the horse, and incurred
no personal responsibility by so doing. On the
trial, the Learned Baron who presided left it to the
jury to say if Elphick had given the plaintiffs into
custody, or had merely pointed them out to thep o.
liceman as the parties to blame, if any one was to
be blamed. As to Bennett, the constable, the
Learned Judge asked the jury if they believed he
acted bonii fide under the belief that he was aatho
rised as a constable to arrest the plaintiffs, as in that
case the Learned Judge thought he was clearly en-
titled to the protection of the statute 24 George 11.
It was now submitted that the Learned Judge ought
also to have asked the jury if Bennett had a reason-
able ground for taking the plaintiffs into eustody ;
and as to Elphick, it was contended that the evi-
dence was, that he had directed Bennett to take up
the plaintiffs, and that there was no evidence to sup-
port the inference suggested by the Judge, that he
(Elphicli) had merely pointed thz. plaintiffs out as
persons who had charge of the horse.
The COURT was of opinion there was no ground
for disturbing the verdicts in any of the three cases.
There was no doubt that Bennett was a constable,
and acting in this instance as such, and whether he
had reasonable grouni for taking the plaintiffs into
custody or not, if he acted under the belief that he
was discharging his duty he was clearly within the
protection of the statute. As to Elphick, it would
lead to very inconvenient results if a person pointing
out the right party to a policeman who hail arrested
a stranger was to be personally liable for such an act.
If this were the law, persons would be slow to assist
the police in the discharge of their duty. For these
reasons the Court would grant no rule in any of the
cases moved.
Rule refused.
(Sitting at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron PLATT and
a Middlesex Jury.)
CHILD V. BEST.

Mr. Atherton for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergean
Wilkins for the defendant.
This was an action on the case for verbal slander.

It appears that the plaintiff, who had formerly
been a draper, and was bankrupt in that trade, after-
wards entered the service of Broad wood and Co., the
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transactions with the plaintiff previous
to his bank-
ruptcy. In June last the defendant, who is a cus-
tomer of Broadwood and Co., went to the counting-
house of that firm, and seeing the plaintiff there, said
to a clerk named Eyles, "What is that fellow (mean-
ing the plaintiff) doing here ?" To which Eyles
replied by asking "Do you know him ?" and defend-
ant answered, "Know him! to be sure I do; the
thief robbed me of 171." For these words the pre-
sent action was brought.
On the part of the defendant, it was proved that
after the conversation with Eyles the defendant went
to Mr. Huggins, the managing partner at Broad-
wood's, and stated that he had used the words in
question in anger, and without any serious intention
of imputing felony to the plaintiff, and that he was
sorry for it, and was ready to make an apology. It
also appeared that before any considerable expense
had been incurred in costs, the defendant offered to
pay 101. and to give a written apology. Mr. Huggins
also deposed that defendant told him he was willing
to settle the action, but thathis attorney prevented him.
Under these circumstances, it was suggested that
the action was merely brought by the attorney for
costs.
Mr. Baron PLATT, in summing up, pointed out to
the jury that in any event the plaintiff would have to
pay his attorney's costs, and, therefore, that they
should not be influenced by the argument that the
attorney was pressing the action for costs.
The jury, however, after an absence of nearly two
hours, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with one
farthing damages.

CONSISTORY COURT, Nov. 13.
(Before Dr. LUSHINGTON.)
DASENT V. DASENT.
On the application of Dr. Addams the Court ad-

witted the libel in this case, which was promoted by
the wife against the husband for a divorce, on the
ground of cruelty and adultery.

MORRIS, FALSELY CALLING HERSELF COOPER.

Dr. JENNER explained that this suit was pro-
moted by the wife against the husband, for neglect
and impotency.
Dr. I3AYFORD opposed the admission of the libel.
The marriage took place on the 15th January, 1846,
and the parties lived together about two years. The
husband then left home, and never returned. The
learned civilian contended that the parties ought to
have lived together three years before this application
could be made.

Dr. Jenner, for the wife, disputed the nee( ssity,
and quoted "Briggs v. Morgan," and other cases.
The Learned JUDGE said that in this case it was
not necessary that there should have been a three
years' cohabitation, since it was proved that the
husband was incompetent. The libel must therefore
be admitted.