The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-19 00:00:00

Major Garbett.

4th Troop Ist Brigade, Captain M. Mack, nide. 4th
Troop 3d Brigade, Captain J. Anderson. With the Ist
division of Infantry, commanded by Major-General W.
S. Whish, C.B.

2d Troup 2d Brigade, Major J. Fordyce. No 17
Light Fit Id Battery, Captain M. Dawes. With the 2d
Intantry division, commanded by Major• General Sir W
R. Gilbert, K.C.B.

Major Mowatt.
No. 5 Light Field Battery, Major E. Ludlow. No.
10 Light Field Battery, Lieutenant Robertson, with the
rad Division of Infantry, under Brigadier-General Camp-
bell, C,B.
o4titoktiop 2d Brigade, Captain F. Duncan. Ist Troop
'aIIiVaZA4CI laptain A. Huish. With Brigadier M.
• --
Whtte's Vava ry Brigade, on the left.
_ _

Lieutenant-Colonel Brind.
2d Troop 3d Brigade, Lieutenant-Colonel Lane, CB.
3d Tr )qp 2d Brigade. Captain R. Kink-side, composing
the reserve, under Brigadier G. Brooke, C.B.

Brigadier E. Huthwaite, C.B.
Major Horsford.
Four 18-pounders, two 8 inch howitzers drawn by
elephants, Major Sir R. Shakespear.
Two 18-pounders, two 8-inch howitzers, drawn by
elephants, Captain J.Shakespear.

Major L: Day.

Two 18-pounders, two 18-ineti howitzers, Captain E.
Master.

Two 18-poundess, two 8-inch howitzers, Captain E.
Austin, who, being unable fron his wound to accompany
his own battery, No. 10, did duty with the heavy guns.
These batteries engaged in action, by those attached
to the Ist and 2d divisions advancing within about 600
yards, and the heavy guns within 800 or 1,000 yards of
the enemy's artillery, on which they opened their fire
about 9 o'clock A N. Shortly after the action commenced
an opportunity was observed
.of enfilading ono of the
enemy's batteries, when the reserve artillery,
under Lieutenant-Colonel F. Brind, was advanced, and
placed by Brigadier G. Brooke, C. 8.. so as to do so.
The batteries of the 3d division engaged as they came
up, and those with the cavalry brigades supported their
movements, as opportunity offered. Nearly the whole
engagement being a cannonade, no movement of im-
portance took place among the batteries, which main-
tained the fire until half-past eleven Lat., when
many of the enemy's guns were observed to be dis-
mounted, and their line brOken, and an advance was or-
dered in pursuit.
I have the honour to state, for the Commander-
in-Chief's information, my perfect satisfaction with the
professional exertions of the officers, and my high ap-
probation of the steady conduct of both officers and men
during the day.
To Brigadiers Brooke, C. 8., and Huthwaite, C. 8., in
general direction of the horse and foot artillery respec-
tively, tinder my orders, Lieut.-Colonels C. Grant and
•
F. Brind, ISLjors R. Horsford, E. F. Day, and J. L
Mowritt, all .of whom held commands, as well as to all
the officers commanding troops and batteries above enu-
merated, I have to acknowledge my best thanks for their
exertions, by which these results were obtained. To
the Divisional Staff, Captain J. Abercrombie, Deputy-
Assistant-Adjutant-General, and Lieutenant H.
Tomtit:, Deputy-Assistant Quarter-Muster- General,
and to Lieutenant 11. A. Olpherts, my Aide-de-
Camp, I am much indebted for their exertions, and also
to Captain C. Ilogee, the Commissary, and Lieute-
nant P. Christie, Deputy-Commissary of Ordnance,
for their excellent arrangement of their department, as
well es for their assistance in the fiel4.
Brigadiers Brooke and Huthwaite mention their
Mvjors of Brigade, Lieut. C. V. Cox and Lieut. E.
Kaye respectively, as having afforded them able assist-
ance. I have great pleasure, finally, particularly to
bring to his Excellency's notice the zeal and attention
of Mr. Deputy Commissary Spencer during the diy. and
beg to recommend that old and deserving warrant-officer
to his kind consideration.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley
Nava returned to Carlton-house-terrace, from Cholmon-
"q 044ge, ChtsbiNo.

,NEY and

lAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotten 'aTarlict at' Livetrul yete,•tiay7tloset
tamely, but without any change in prices. The sales_
were estimate d at 5,000 bales, and comprised about
4 500 American at 3id. to 6d., 100 Bahia at 5d., 100
Egyptian at W. to 7id., 200 Sures at 3id. to 34d.,
and 40 Sea Islands Bd. to Is. per lb.—Railway Shares
continued dull, at rather lower prices.
The sales of English grain in the markets which re-
gulate the duties were, last week, moderate, viz., 71,689
quarters of wheat, 33,769 of Barley, and 14,788 of Oats.
The six weeks average is 445. Bd. per quarter for
Wheat.

It may be observed, in connexion with this•
matter of the grain market, and of free trade
generally, that the Protectionists are, by a side
wind seeking to restore a prestige favourable to
their views. Thus a return has been made to an order
of the House of Lords, intended to show how much the
national exchequer might have been benefited had the
high duties on grain been retained, setting aside, in
tote, the privations that would have resulted to the
halt•fed consumer. However, we will turn to the
figures with the simple remark that, even under the ex-
isting nominal duty, the benefit to the revenue is not
inconsiderable, and for the rest we must
leave our readers to judge for themselves.
During the period from March 2, 1844, to
Jan. 31, 1849, the quantity of grain and meal en-
tered for home consumption in the United Kingdom
was 6,086,530 quarters, but of this 226,891 quitters
came iu free between March and July, 1848, and
the duty paid upon the remainder was 401,985/.
There remained in warehouse under bond in the United
Kingdom, on the 31st January, 1849, stated is quarters
of Grain, 1,503,725 quarters, and had it been all then
cleared, the duty would have amounted to 640,1924 be-
cause the charge on that day was 10s. per quarter on
foreign W heat, 3s. 51d. per cwt. on Flour, 4s. on Oats, and
2s 6d. on Barley, and so with other articles in proportion.
Of course it was not so cleared, and the object of the pro-
tectionists in making the calculation is merely to excite
dissatisfaction or regret. Men who estimate rightly the
interests of the masses as opposed to that of the few, will
not be slow to draw a conclusion the reverse of what it
is sought to promote.

The continuance of the Danish war acts very un-
favourably upon business generally. In the City we
hear of nothing but general dullness arising from the
blockade among all parties connected with the Baltic
trade. Two vessels, the Malcom Brown, of London, •
and the Urgo, of Shields, with their outward cargo
on board, and which cleared on the sth instant for
Hawburgh, have returned and are now in the Thairies,
having been prevented from entering the Elbe by the
Danish blockading squadron. The adverse position of
the Danes inspires still the hope of peace, because with-
out assistance from other powers, they must be worsted.
As to the mislaid dispatch it is said Lord Palmerston
can explain the mistake.
The reports by the various continental mails, of the
position of the stock markets abroad at the latest date,
notice no particular variation)at Amsterdam, the Two-
and-a.Hall per Cents: being 491. Peruvian stock wet
more offered. At Frankfort the Austrian Five per
Cents were 761, and at Vienna 871.
The Funds have again been slightly affected by the
difficulty which most parties seem to experience in Judy
ing whether the affairs of the continent will settle:down
or not. Consols have fluctuated from 914 to 921, being at
the highest values now. Exchequer-bills have been rather
heavy at 445. to 475., and India Bonds at 655. to 685.
premium. Bank Stock has been quoted at 192 k. The
New Three-and- a-Quarter per cents. have realised 91k
to 91,1.
The Foreign Securities are very dull again. Mexican
have been 271 to 28 ex. div. Peruvian are steady at 67.
Equador are marked 4, and Venezuela 2s. Spanish
Three per Cents. have been 321 and Portuguese Four
per Cents. 28 29.
Railway Shares are rather flat again, and. Midland?
York, and Berwick, Eastern Counties, North-Western,
and South-Eastern are rather lower.

ONE CLOSINCI
t' X, it ' EZ4 OF tittlTlBil FUNDS. • O'CLOCK. news&
Bank Stock_ 192%
192
_ _ .

i.er Cent. Reduced Arms . . .... 9051,4 901/4
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92,41 91% 92% 22N
New 314 per Cent. Anns.... .
i.ong Anne. to expire J an. 1860
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16 $ 5_16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B3/4 1%
India Stock — .....
Veliii Bonds, 1,0004
Ditto under 1,0001... ......
Consols for Account 92 92% 917 i 923/4 92
Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d.
1,000/. June
5001. June ......... 47 44 p 44 P
Small. June
01Z CLOSING
O'CLOCK. ritICES'
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. .... 87
Equador Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 273/4 ex Coupons. 26
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 67 66
Russian Bonds ... isle 105% 1054
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, Account — 32%
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 26 26
Ditto Deferred 8 8
Dividends on the above payable in London. -
Belgian 4% per Cent '
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild —

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.

s 4
soX

... .
PRICES OF /140
BUSINESS
FAID.
~AILWAT SIIAUES. AT coos. tr DONE CLOS
oLoox. BEICY'''
Aberdeen
birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct. calls duly
paid, or will' a guaran. 20
Boston, Stamfd kB 1/8
irm. 5
Buckinghawhire ... 161. 4s.
Caledonian
Do. Quarters ......... 121.4 6 LAI ...... .•...••• 6,1
Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ...

Chester and Holyhead... 50 -
Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 13 rig 134
Eastern Coustie.s... ... .. 20 ...... 8% 7 lii B'4 lOl
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent..
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par % dis.
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20
..... Oti
East Lincolnshire ...... ,25
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ........ ... „ 41
Great Northern
Do., %B 6 per Cent
Do. Extension 2%....,.
great South. and West.
(Ireland)
.«
sreat North of England.loo ......
Ditto, New, 301
Ditto, New ,15/ l4 .. .. 33%.—............ $4
Great Western 100 ...... ..--
1,1

Ditto, iii Shares
197
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths ..... ....... 20 . 17IA
.....•
:lull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 49%
...•
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
6.,
Do. Fifths.... ........ ... 10
3654
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 - •••
Leeds and Bradford
London &Blackwall . 1214 —
London, Brighton, and
39
South Coast 5O ..... 3914%
Ditto, New 51., guar. 61,4
6 per cent. .. 5
---
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... 21-
7itto, Preference .. . 20
London and N. We stern 100 .131 .- . -.- .. ,,319,
Ditto; Nei., Quarters.. 7 ......`.ll 'll'4 A,l-••,...,.." ;,' , 4,14 6
Dato, Fifths ..... '..-.. 2. . ..'..... ,8 7% ** ‘1(1
Do. 101. (M. &BO C. 1 .. ~, 4IA
54
Lond. &S. Western • . 50'
...... n .., S
Manchester, Sheffield, .. .. . . , .
and Lincolnshire...loo ...... ...- •- , • • ,
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10. . ll 11%
Midland lOO . ..... 74t%74 75
Do., do., 504 Shares... 25 ... -.. 15 14%
Do.Consol. Bristol and.
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......123 ..
38
Norfolk ......... ......... ...100
Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20
Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5
North British ........ ... 25
Ditto, Quarters - 31.( ..............
North Staffordshire 171,1 — ............... I
Oxford, Worcester, and 104
Wolverhampton ...... 50
Scottish Central •25 ...... 24%...... 2.
South Devon
Do. Preference
So ith Eastern
raw Vale Extension ...' 8
York, Newcastle, and
. 29 ,
Berwick..... ... 25 .....23 22%%% ... 16,.a
Do Newcastle Exten. 20
Do. G.lS.E.Preference 8 ... - 6'14 iii% 6 394
York and North Midland 50 ..... 40 39
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Lo. East luau West Rid- 194
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAys, 4
East Indian - 81,E 374 4 .......... • 41j,
Great Indian Peninsular 5
Paris and Rouen 2O ... . 22%

14'N

THE WEATHER.—Tuesday was like a Dec..e.,rrlrei
or Januury day thrust into the middle of April. 1-4"rthe
the previous night a severe frost prevailed, coating ad
pools with ice half an inch thick even on the streets, 10
the window panes with crystallisations, which it*, 'of
familiar and welcome in mid. winter than in the nr-the
the so-called spring months. Throughout the &id, of
keenness of the frost was little affected by the ivoll!' 014
the sun, which, indeed, was generally clouded; the
grey atmolphere overhead strongly suggesting thei,joe
of something like a sudden ar.d unseasonable 0
into De ceraber. In the evening, about eight o'ni,ec oar
smart shower of snow came on, and whitened toewer•
face of the ground, and up to a late hour the streets the
quite hard and slippery, from the combined effects npoi.
snow and the continued frost. Snow also fell in but i 5
derable quantity on the afternoon of Monday,
..40 to
nearly all disappeared as quickly as it fell. A re,`::
more genial weather is much to be desired at tPI-retie
vanced period, as a continuance of the present
a'weSe
perature and bitter winds could not tail to

seriously vegetation of all kinds.—Scotsman.
Cis Wet
FRIGHTFUL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—Jane- po
aged 31, residing at No. 5, Somers-town-terrae,eiree
Pancras, about one o'clock on Tuesday rn, ruing ;Lail,
herself out of the window in a paroxysm of i°sli'
and was literally impaled on the spikes of the are„ft,'ol,
slide, several of which entered her right side. too
immediately extricated from her dreadful situation' 11019
conveyed in a cab to the University College 0,10%00
where it was found that many of her ribs were I"
pt tO
and she had received other such severe iniuriel
render her recovery alma au impopaibilitf.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DA Y.
LONDON, APRIL 19.—Wind this day at noon, E.N.E.,
fresh gales and dull hazy weather, with rain and snow.
It blew a heavy storm of wind; snow and rain last night
Commencing at 10h. 30w. and continued until daylight
this morning.
OFF PLYMOUTH, APRIL 18.— Triton, Paulsen, St.
Croix, for Copenhagen.
PORTSMOUTH. APRIL 18.— The Amphitrite Dutch
corvette, from Hebroet to the West Indies, has put in
here this evening, with loss of jib boom, and cutwater
damaged, having been in contact at midnight yesterday,
off Beachy Head, with the Mary Ann, from Cadiz to
London, which lost ber foremast, received considerable
damage in her hull, and was abandoned by the crew.
OFF DOVER, APRIL IS.—Elizabeth Brun, Buenos
Ayres, for Hamburgh.
COWES, APRIL 18.—Wind W.N.W., squally.—Arrd,
Osnen (Danish brig of war), St. Croix, for Copenhagen;
reeiree and Tally, Hahler, Porto Rico; Excellent, Stil-
Strom, Matanzas.
OFF THE WICIFIT, APRIL 18.—Stewart barque,
Hamilton, Pacific; Keay, Mauritius.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Wind N.N.E., strong. with
snow.—Arrd. 17th, Earl Frederick, Woscrow, Bahia.
OFF HASTINGS, APRIL 17.—An American barque,
New Orleans ; Neptune, Wesperman, Galveston, for
A ntwerp.
OFF SALcoMBE. APRIL! 18.—Wind N.N.W.—Lyd-
ford, Launceston,
_ Van Diemen's Land.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Wind variable, with snow
and hail.—Arrd. Lesmana, Geerkan, Trinidad de Cuba,
for Bremen. Sld. 17th, Victory, Webber, Quebec. Off
port, 16th, Apollo, Blacken, Laguna, for Hamburgh.
PENZANCE, APRIL 15.—S1d. Triton, Quebec.
GUERNSEY, APRIL 14.—S1d. Rosa, Pernambuco.
15th, Adelaide, Newfoundland.
CLYDE, APRIL 16.—Sld. Chevalier, Porto Rico; Ann
Harley, Vew York.
LIMERICK, APRIL 16.—Sld. Waterman, St. Johns,
BELFAST, APRIL 17.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. 15th,
Helen Thomson, New York. 17th, John Stewart,
Matanzas. -
HULL, APRIL 17.—S1d. Flott, River Plate.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 17.—Arrd. Chilian, Askew, Val-
paraiso. 18th, West Lothian, Laguna. Sid. Gre-
cian, Porto' Rico ;1 Carnatic, Savannah ;: Regulus,
Boston. Off port, Laurel, Savannah.
CORK, APRIL 16.—Sld. Ophelia and Ann, Quebec.
Off port, Ocean, Proudfoot, Mauritius; Line, Twomy,
Barbadoes for Belfast; Indian Queen, Forsyth, ditto;
William Penn, Philadelphia, both for Liverpool.
GRIMSBY, APRIL 15.—The Commerce, Plymouth to
Newcastle, put in here to-day, having been in collision
with the Martha Jane of South Shields, when she re-
ceived considerable damage to her hull, &c.
YARMOUTH, APRIL 17.—The Mayflower, Newcastle
to London, put in here to-day, with both masts cut
away, sails' &e., having been on her beam ends in a
heavy squall off the Dudgeon last evening.
DEAL, APRIL 18.—Wind N.N.E. to W.S.W.—Arrd.
17th, Sirius, Mulden, Batavia tor Amsterdam; 18th,
Aden, Waddell, Calcutta; Belle Creole, Henlen, Bahia;
Louisa, Pallet, ditto; Union, Filet, Belize; Laconic,
Miller, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. Arrd. from the
river Phoenician, Sproat, Sydney, New South Wales;
Duke of Roxburgh, Collard, ditto. Arrd. from the river
and dd. Heroine, Crichton, Algoa Bay.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Wind N.N.E. to W.—
• Arrd. Elizabeth, Garrick, Bahia, and proceeded for
Cowes; Apollo, Bleicken, Laguna for Hamburgh.
LOWESTOFT, APRIL 18.—Wind N.N.W., with heavy
squalls of snow and sleet.—The Jeanne Melanie, Poole
to Sunderland, was assisted in here this morning, with
loss of bowsprit, having been in contact with a light brig
off Cromer.
BRIDLINGTON, APRIL 18.—Last night it blew a
strong gale from the E.N.E. to N.W., attended with a
heavy fall of snow. There are about 20 sail in the bay.
BERWIcX, APRIL 17.—The Rosses, of Stonehaven,
from Grangemouth, having sprung a leak yesterday,
was run on shore this morning in Coddingham Bay; the
stores, &c., are being saved; should the weather mode-
rate, the vessel may be got off. It is blowing strong
from N.W., attended with snow.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
N
These mEarkeGtsAwire3sre in a UslugEgif state,ENll onjk LtbLe. follow-
ing terms:—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4; Mutton, 2s 6d to
3s 8d; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and
Pork, 3s 4d to 43 8d per 81bs by the carcase.

HAT ALILNEETS.
Sitrrurzmn.--Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 3/ 15s; Clover
ditto, 31 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 101 per
load. A full average supply, and a very dull trade.
CUNBEALAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 124 to 3/ 171;
Clover ditto, 31 to 41 14s; and Straw, 11 6s to
1/ 115 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations.
WILITECHAPM—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 3/ 15s ;
Clover ditto, 31 1* 41 161; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 111
per load. Supply good, and trade dull.

MEAT MARIEETS.
SOUTHALL, APRIL 18.—Prime Sheep and Lambs com-
manded a steady sale at full prices. Otherwise the
trade was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d;
Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb 5s 8d to Os Od; Veal,
3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 6d to 3s 10d per Sibs, to sink
the offal.

ROMFORD, APRIL 18.—We had a moderate general
demand to-day at full prices. Beef, from 2s 10,1 to
85,10 d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s Gd ; Lamb, 5s 4.1 to 6s 4d;
Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 4d to as 8d per 81bs.
Suckling Calves, 18s to 265; quarter old store Pigs, 17s
to 20s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 181
each.

LEWES, APRIL 17. Beef from as to 4s; Mutton,
3s 8d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s; Veal, 3s 6d to as 10d;
and Pork, 3s 4d to 33 8d per Blbs. A moderate supply
and a steady trade.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
for the Week ended April 5. 1849, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wake
per Imperial Quarter.
WIIRAT.I EARLEY.] OATS. I RYE. WEANS. I PEAS.
I PZICE •• 44a ad 284 6d 1 17s 01 23, ldl 983 5d 1 303 101
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WREAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. ETC. I BEANS. I PEAS.
Is (Id 13 Od Is 01 In Od Is Od 13 01

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at We simin-
star to-day, to give judgments and hear appeal motions.
IN RE JOINT• STOCK COMPANIES' WINDING •UP ACT, ♦ND
IN RE THE AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE COMPANY.-
JUDGMENT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning
in this case, which came before him a few days since,
upon appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor
Knight Bruce, dismissing a petition, with eosts, presented
by two gentlemen named Sparkman, under the winding-
up Act, to wind up the company. The Lord Chancellor,
after going at some length into the case, stated his opi-
nion to be, that there was no ground for the Court's
acceding to the prayer of the petition, and the applica-
tion must therefore be dismissed with costs. The result
of this judgment is to affirm the decision of the Court
below, and dismiss the appeal with costs.

STEWART V. PORBES.-JUDGMENT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this
ease, which was argued before him some time since for
several days, upon appeal from the judgment of the
Vice-Chancellor of England, dismissing the plaintiff's
bill with costs. The bill was filed by the plaintiff, Mr.
J. Stewart, for the purpose of obtaining the decree of
the Court, declaring him to be entitled to a moiety of
the admitted undivided profits made by the Great East
India mercantile house of Sir Charles Forbes and Co.
-Upon the cane coming on before the Vice-Chancellor of
England, his honour dismissed the bill with costs, and
his Lordship this morning affirmed that decision with
costs, expressing his surprise and regret that in so clear
eeaso so much of the time of the Court had been occu-
pied in its argument.

LONG V. BTORIE.
The further 'arguments in this part-heard appeal
motion occupied his Lordship the remainder of the
morning.
Nothing of any interest, except to the parties con-
cerned, came before the other Equity Courts.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
sA.UNDERB AND OTHERS V. SIR TAMES WILLIAMS, THE
SHERIFF OF CARMARTHEN.
This was an action of trover, to rt cover the value of
300 casks, and was tried before Mr. Justice Erie and a
special jury at the last assizes for the county of Car-
marthen, when the Learned Judge directed that a verdict
should be entered for the defendant.
elr. CHILTON now moved, in accordance with leave
• reserved, for a rule to enter the verdict for the defen-
dant for 112/. 103. The plaintiffs were large porter
merchants in Dublin, and they were in the habit of sup-
plying a person of the name of Dabid, who carried ,n
business at Carmarthen as a dealer in porter. Th•
uniform course of dealing was this :—The plaintiffs, on
receiving an order, made out an invoice or bill of lading,
and sent it with an acceptance for the amount of the
porter, but made no charge for the casks, which were to
be returned to Dublin, at the expense and risk of Dabid,
within six months, or to bo paid for at invoice prices at
the option of the shippers. The sheriff came in with a
Writ against tlio goods of Dabid ; but, although
he served him with a notice tbat he held the
casks as agent for the shippers, they were sold
Within the six months and at ruinous prices. The
Learned Counsel referred to several cases to show that
the action was maintainable, one being that of " Farrant
V. Thompson," in which a mill was demised for a certain
period, and in which it was decided that an action for
trover could be brought in respect of the machinery
Which had been removed by the occupier, and sul:me-
quently seized under an execution. He submitted that
the sheriff had no more right to seize the barrels than
!IQ would hare to take upon an execution at a private
house the plate which Messrs. Gunter were in the habit
of letting out for dinners and suppers.
LONDON,
Court granted a rule.
WIIIOUTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY V.
This action GOODWIN.
Was tried before Mr. Baron Parke, at the
last ass ize for s
plaintiff for 2o
I id.
61.urrseY, when a verdict was found for the
T. Sergtut
Why the verdict
szhisorni lived for a rule to show cause
. damages in pursuanceu dof not e
b reduc d
e to
The nominal
leave reserved. action
was brought upon a bond
fondant as a guarantee of thwellicih was
given by
thful services of his son,
the de-
Edward Goodwin, who, at thefa:
into was the joint servant ofa the bond was entered
ndtitlietniheeLondon and Brighton,
an
_South-Eastern Rail.
the London and Croydon,
d jcashier at the ter-
'way Companies, as chief clerkin
minus at London-bridge.
T, 1846, which
ter-
was after the date of the bonud
Zees, with the exception of th these compa-
re incorporated by Act of Parlltm n w theSeoutth-EiNtell,
Croydon and Epsom and several other companies
tad went under the title of the London
azo and Brighton
South Coast ItkillYs'Y C9III3VIDY, Stlblequeutly

to the incorporation a deficiency arose in the amount of
money received at the terminus, for which the son of
the defendant was considered re.vonsible, although the
committee acquitted him entirely of being guilty of any
dishonesty. The Learned Sergeant now submitted that
the son had practically, after the incorporation, become
the servant of new masters, and had much greater re-
sponsibility imposed upon him than was contemplated at
the time the bond was entered into, and that therefcre
the security could not hold gocd.
The COURT refuted to grant a rule, considering that
the defendant you'd not be absolved from his security
when two of the o-iginal companies still existed with
the incorporation.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice WILDE,
and Justices COLTMAN, CRESSWELL, and WILLIAMS.)

STANSFIELD AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES, V. GLAD:TANE.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD said, in this case, which was
tried before the Lord Chief Justice at the last sittings
at Guildhall, and in which there was a verdict for the
defendant, he had to apply for a rule to show cause why
that verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial
granted, on the ground of the verdict being generally
against evidence. This was au action of trover brought
by the plaintiffs, the assignees of a person named
Wheatley, who had for some years carried on the busi-
ness of a waterman, to recover the value of three barges.
It appeared that the defendant, Mr. Gladstane, was an
attorney, and the sca of a lady who had claimed to be
beneficially interested in the barges, and who, with her
husband, had been entitled to a moiety of the Adelphi
Theatre. Mr. Wheatley, the bankrupt, had married
their daughter in 1833. He received no portion with
her, but shortly after the marriage a sum of
8001. was raised for his use by his mother-in-law and
her husband by a mortgage on the Adelphi Theatre.
Some gentlemen of the name of Allen were trustees of
Mrs. Gladstane's marriage settlement (the Adelphi
Theatre belonging to her), and they advanced the sum of
8001. to the bankrupt, Mr. Wheatley, by way of mort-
gage, who had the benefit of it in his business. It was
suggested on the trial that that sum was intended as a
marriage portion of Mrs. Wheatley, and was never in-
tended to be repaid. The first question was, whether
a deed, which was dated on the 24th September, 1847, by
which the three barges in question were assigned on cer-
tain trusts to the defendant, Mr. Gladstane, was a real
and true transaction, or whether it was not done at a
time when the bankruptcy of Wheatley was inevitable;
secondly, whether, supposing it was really and truly in-
tended to transfer it, it was or waslnot done by way of
fraudulent preference ; and, thirdly, whether the barges
were not at all events in the order and disposition of the
bankrupt at the time of the bankruptcy?
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Take your rule.

PUNCH, PLUTUS, AND KING
HUDSON.
(From Punch.)
(A dialogue after the manner of Lucian)
Punch—Who is it that runs this way, followed by a
pack of Curs that bark about his heels, while that short
figure in glistening dress of gold foil strives to frighten
them away by shaking money-bags?
Enter the King and Plows, out of breath.

What! the Iron King—hail, 0 Monarch! But what
means this dismay, these tattered garments, those dints
on thy crown of iron?
Plutus—Cheer up, 0 friend—see, already the pack
slink backwards, cowed, as it seems, by the baton of this
stranger_

King H.—This, 0 Plutus, is a stranger, indeed, to thee
alone of all the Gods: the Muses know him, and Phcebus,
nor is the son of Maia himself averse from him. This,
Plutus, is Punch, the son of Momus and Eumousia.
Plutus—Hail, 0 Punch! I am the God of Wealth,
and I consort ever among men. And now I protect my
.riend here, who has sacrificed much on the altar, from
those Dogs yonder, who yesterday licked his hand, and
fawned upon him for scraps, but now would tear him.
Punch—l have seen many dethroned Kings, 0
Plutus—amongst them, Louis, the aged King of the
Gauls.

Plutus—Him I knew well—a constant worshipper of
mine, but I cannot prop up thrones. I can only break
the fall from them on my money-bags.
Punch—And bast thou also fallen, 0 Iron King?

King lI.—I learn it only by these barkingi-. But
why they bark I know not—for I am the same as I was
when they raised Golden Images to me, and called me
great, and ate much dirt at my hands, and took cuffs
and spurns with pa'ience. I have done nothing that I
did not then do, and they were still welcome to the
crums from my table.
Punch—But, 0 King, do the crumbs still fall as
abundantly as before? Dogs must be fed or they will
bark, and thy worshippers were but those Dogs, that
would now tear thee.

King H.—Give me gold, 0 Plutus, that I may throw
it to them.

Pilaus-0 my friend, I cannot. What I had for
thee, thou hadst, and hest turned it into iron.
Punch—Hear, 0 King, and I will tell thee a fable.
Two gold diggers sat by the Sacramento. And they
digged, and the one got much more gold than the other,
for he plunged deeper in the mud of the stream. And
the other worshipped him, but it was the gold that he
reverenced, and not the digger. But at last the strongest
digger got out all the gold in that place, and then he sat
and rested his hands; and the other then, seeing his
hands, called out, " 0 how dirty are thine bands, thou
vile digger of gold!" and reviled him. But his friend
said to him, " Look at thine own hands. Thou has not
gathered so much gold as I, but no less dirt bath stuck
w thy fingers." Thus it is, 0 King, with thee, and thy
worshippers of yesterday. Hadst thou gone on grub-
bing for gold, and giving them of it, they would not have
noticed the foulness of thy hands, but rather kissed them
for the odour of gold that hung about them.
King IL—But they worshipped me.
Punch—Nay, not thee. but the gold that came from
►hee. But now art thou like the King of Brass, that sits
at the Cross of Charing, in the city or London. He was
taken down, and buried, and one sold knives and forks,
which the seller said were cast from the brass of him.
So thou shalt be taken down, and out of thee shall men
make iron rails, and thou shalt be railed upon in many
ways.

Plutus—Thou shouldlit have known, 0 King, when
thou didst become my worshipper, that the crowns I can
bestow are not lasting crowns, end that the iron in
thine did not make it more durable. Nevertheless, I
pity thee.
Punch—And I, that never bowed down to thee, while
thou wcrest thy crown,—l will keep off the dogs that
now snap at the tattered hem of thy royal robe.
King 11.-0 friend, I thank thee.