The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-04 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH—(Tms DAY.)
JUDGMENT.—TI.II: KING V. HAYES.

On their Lordships coming into Court„ a re-
svectable-tookink man appeared on the floor to
receive its judgment, havinz pleaded guilty to an
indictment for a misdemeanour. From the deli.
rate manner in I.,,'hich.Mr. Justice BAYLEY ad-
dressed the defendant, and the mode he had
adopted to prevent publicity, told him the Court
had taken' into cansideratiou-the affidavit put in,
wherein it stated that he at times. laboured
under derangenient, would have its due weight
in mitigation of the offence, but his -character
must hear the severest skock by it. Tie (the
Learned Judge) should not, however, make any
further observations,_but pronounce the sentence
of the Court, which was, that the defendant be
confined in Reading Gaol for a period of six
months.

HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY.--(Tius DAT.)
THE SLIP GEORGE HOME.
_ _ _

TO w ETA. pronounced judgment in this
suit, which was one instituted for the recovery of wages, and
involving a question of considerable importance to ship owners.
The seamen, it appeared, signed articles to navigate the vessel
"to Batavia, and back again to any port or ports in Europe."
These terms, the Court remarked, were extremely vague; and it.
was utterly impossible for the. seamet• to know from theta the
nature or probable duration of their voyage. It also appeared
that sonic of the seamen could not read, but whether the articles
were read or not to these men was not stated, bat the Court.
must say that if they were not, the Captain had acted
very, improperly. The vessel, on its return, anchored off the
Isle of Wight, and 'thence the Captain proposed taking the
cargo to Rotterdam but the seamen refused to accoMpany
the vessel, and the Owner; in consequence, withheld their wages.
The Court was of opinion that the destination of the ship was
not so stated in the articles, as it ought to have been and
therefore decreed for the seamen, together with full costs of
suit. . .

•
Ts LANns DilcovEar.n.—Extract from the agent
to Lloyd's at Singapore, dated the 7th of September, 182-1 :
" The Frauds and Citurintie, arrived. from the north. west
east of America, discovered three islands on her passage. The
following is an extract from the master's log:—` At day-light'
on the 28th of May, savrlthree islands, bearing acid north by
compass, distant t; or 91eagues.. They are not laid down in
any of the latest charts,, nor mentioned in any modern work.
Their size-appeared small, and their height moderate ; the one
most western appeared in, the horizon like a small hillock ; the
others, undulating and lower. The most eastern was the largest:
the distance between them, 2or 3 Miles in an east north=east
and west soutii-wcst direction. We. had a good sight for the
Chronometer at 7 a. m., which places the islands in long. 114.
48m., and the latitude (uf this we cannot be equally certain)
above 18. 11. north. Probably the latitude is nearly correct, as
they had an observation at noon, and the ship had been runn-
ing due west. There canJ:e no doubt of the longitude, as Capt.
Johnson's chronometers are so good, that after being 5 months
without an opportunity of ascertaining their rate, he made
Pedro Branca to a mile. His limars, also, were never ten
miles different from the chronmeters."

Extract of of . letter' from Liverpool, dated
April 30:—" We have Tad more extensive operations in our
Cotton-market this mont)t than we ever before experienced;
and, with very few exceptions, a regular and progressive im-
provement has taken place in the prices of every description.
The total sales of the month, exclusive of several thousand
bags sold to arrive, are 195,000 bags; of which 32,000 were
sold in the first, 39,000 in' the second, 101,000 in the third, and
30,000 in the present week; and of these 73,000 American,
25,000 Brazil, 34,000 Egyptian, 5,000 East India, and 1,000
West India have been taken on speculation. Our present quo-
tations are 3d. per lb. higher in Upland. Alabama, and Or-
lean ; 3.id. to 4(1. in Brazil,' Demerara, anti West India ;
in Egyptian ; 2id. on the lower, and 30. on tile higher quali-
ties of Surat ; and Id. per lb. in Bengal, than on the Ist inst.
The demand for cotton in the 'early part of this week was rather
tiiii'rneiete(di,ayas might naturally be expected,
dented amount of last week's business, and during the first
and at full'
three days only 8,500 bags were sold; but the demand after-
wards revived, and 22,000 bags have changed hands in the last
after the unprece-
t
Upland, 3,000 Alabama and Orleans, 1,500 Brazil, and 3,000
parcaesn tdorvoarthiceerotdstitpotiLds.. perA blbo.uitnBAomoeribeaagns,
Egyptian have' een this week bought by speculators."

A letter from an Officer on board his Majesty's
7,114> Cambridge, stationed off Calloa, states, that the PreFl-
uent, Boravan, had written a letter to Miss RowcttoFT, con-
doling with her on the untimely fate of her father, and inti-
mating that the Government intended to appropriate to her use
`a pension for life.