The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-24 00:00:00

TALLOW.

The market is rather higher for Tallow on the spot,
and even for forward delivery the market is firm, as the
imports are likely to be later than usual. By letters
from St. Petersburgh this moraing the navigation was
open, and most of the vessels there were engaged to
bring corn. Town Tallow in demand, and rather scarce.
Rough fat 2s Bid per 81bs.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster
to-day.

THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ELY V. BLISS.
The further arguments in this part-heard case occu
pied his Lordship the whole morning.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE DRAPERS' COMPANY.

This' was the petition of the defendants, praying that
a decree made in this cause might be set aside, on the
ground that the Master's report, upon which the decree
was made, was based upon erroneous information, b)
which the defendants were charged 1661. 10s. more than
they were liable for. The decree in question directed
that the defendants should pay into court the rents
of the Kendrick Charity, of which they were
the trustees, derived from the house property in
Fleet-street and Fetter-lane, and the grounds upon
which the Master formed his report were two affidavits
of an officer of defendant's, who now by affidavit denied
the accuracy of his statements.
Mr. KINDERSLEY and another Learned Gentleman
appeared for the petitioners, and Mr. Horace Twiss re-
presented the Attorney-General.
The petition was dismissed with costs.

VICE-CHANCERY—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
BIRCH V. JOY.—JUDGMENT.

At the sitting of the Court this morning his HONOUR
delivered judgment in this case, which was distinguished
by the multiplicity of its cross-pleadings. In order to
reduce the whole to some degree of order, the Learned
Judge disposed of the more extraneous matter which
had been allowed to encumber the original cause, and then
stated that it appeared to him that by the original bill of
February, 1812, a Mr. Colquhoun had agreed to sell an en •
cumbered estate for a sum to be taken as 95,5001., the
purchase money to be paid in periodical instalments of
16,0001., 4,0001., 25,0001., and two of 16,5001., extending
over a period, of six years, a mortgage beirg
granted for the balance. A subsequent agree-
ment was entered into in October, 1813, and
it was on this agreement that the present question
turned. His Honour, after referring to the neglect
which was exhibited by the principals and their solicitor
in the framing of the agreement, proceeded to say that
he did not see how it was legally possible for the Court
to do other than to affirm this agreement, although he
would personally have been glad if he could have come
to any other conclusion. He should therefore affirm the
Master's report, at the same time, he did not consider
this a case in which he would be warranted in ruling
that the defendant should pay the costs of the action.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir KNIGHT BRUCE.)
IN RE SHEFFIELD AND DONCASTER RAILWAY COMPANY.
His HONOUR made an order this morning upon peti-
tion presented by five of the directors of the company
for the repayment out of Court of 22.0001. This sum
was paid in under the Act 9 and 10 Viet., but the Bill
having been withdrawn from the House of Commons, the
order upon certificate from the Speaker was made as a
matter of course.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
William Johnson and John Hulbert, two well-dressed
men, were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with
stealing a roll of silk, measuring 35} yards, the pro-
perty of Mr. Henry Absolom, tailor, No. 3, Hay-
market.
Edward Weaver,•shopman to the prosecutor, stated
that about eight o'clock this morning the prisoners came
into his employer's shop and requested to be shown a
waistcoat which was hanging in the window. The pri
soner Johnson asked him if it would fit him, and if he
would allow him to try it on. Witness allowed him to
do so, but the prisoner trembled in such a manner that
he could not button it, and asked witness to do so for
him. Whilst he was buttoning the waistcoat he ob-
served the prisoner Hulbert standing against the counter,
on which were several rolls of silk, apparently examin-
ing the texture. The prisoner Johnson then made some
remarks about the price of the waistcoat, and said it watt
too dear. Witness then noticed the prisoner Hulbert
leave the shop in a hurried manner, with his coat
drawn close round him. The other prisoner imme
diately followed him. Directly they were gone witness
went to the counter and missed a roll of silk, containing
351 yards. He went in pursuit, and came up with them
in Suffolk street, and taxed them with the robbery,
which they indignantly denied. Witness, however,
being positive that they were the thieves, called a con-
stable and gave them in charge.
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prisoners and searching them ; but did not find any pro-
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The prisoners were remanded till Wednesday.
Catherine Lyons, a girl about 14 years of age, was
charged before Mr. Bingham with robbing a lady's
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appearedx fford-street, that on Saturday evening, about
five o'clock, as he was standing at his door, he saw the
prisoner running towards him, pursued by a lady, who
was calling out " Stop thief." He stopped the prisoner
and held her till the lady came up, who informed him
that the prisoner bad picked her pocket of a purse con-
taining six shillings. He tcok the prisoner into his
house, when she admitted the robbery, and handed to
him the purse containing the money ; on searching her
pockets he found another purse and a quantity of silver.
The prisoner cried, and so worked upon the lady's
feelings as to induce her not to appear, but, for justice
sake, he thought the prisoner ought not to be let off so
easily, as no doubt the other purse and money found
upon her were- the proceeds of some other robbery,
therefore, appeared this morning to press the charge.
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WORSHIP-STREET(THIS DAY.)
William Rick, otherwise Brown, with a number of
other aliases, was brought before Mr. Broughton,
charged with breaking into the premises of Messrs.
Goodings, cab proprietors and wheelwrights, Great
Manchester-street, Waterloo-town, Bethnal green.
James Gunnel, an officer belonging to the Eastern
Counties Railway, stated that he was on duty at übout
twenty minutes past five o'clock this morning near the