The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-26 00:00:00

THE WEATHER-THE CROPS.

The week has been very sultry ; no rain has visited
this city, with- the exception of two or three copious
showers early on Thursday morning. There have, how-
ever, been heavy storms in various parts of the country
and we regret to learn that in many places the wheat,
which is very heavy in ear, has been much lodged. We
understand that reaping w►ll commence in several of the
forward situations in the course of next week. We are
happy to find that the cereals have escaped the blight
fly. The violation of these aphides greatly exceeds any-
thing of the same character that we remember.* Clouds
of these flies are seen in the atmosphere, and cover the
wayfarers; while vegetation presents a picture of filth
from the visitation which would be incredible it not wit-
nessed. The hops, the beaus, and the peas partially,
have been destroyed by this all-de miring insect, which
in the garden flowers and vegetables are alike and almost
indisertminatel, covered by them; the potato is an ex-
ception, the I sale, N e rejoice to say, being free, and
biking healthy and vigorous. The hay harvest is
drawing to a c►ose ; and we may now confidently state
that generally the crop is 25 per cent. lighter than it
was last year.—. Hereford limes.
Wheat on strong:soils maintains the splendid appearance
presented from its first " brairding," but on free land .is
not over promising, in consequence of the loss of roots
sustained at an early petiod by frosts and strong winds.
In some few instances it is tainted with the " slack,"
but to no very great extent. Oats have shot beautifully,
and on land in good heart look remarkably well ; but on
poor " old foughten" soils are short. and rather sickly
in colour, besides having suffered from the grub and
bullfoot. Beans are locking splendid, having podded
well, with great strength of stem, and should the har-
vest be favourable the produce must be heavy. Turnips
which were sown and planted early have done well, and
looky bloomy ; but those got in at a later period are
nothing to boast of. Potatoes, about which millions are
so very anxious, generally speaking, are full of health
i❑ the stems ; but it cannot be concealed that symptoms
of the rut have, in some instances, most decidedly ap-
peared. The great bulk of hay will, at the end of the
present week, have been housed in prime condition.
With respect to the quality of this crop opinion varies
very much, but up, n the whole perhaps a Lull average
may be quoted. That portion of the fruit crop which is
adapted for winter consumption is a decided failure.—
Preston Chronic.e.

The crops throughout the northern districts of
Cumberland are very promising. Seldom or never do
we recollect of seeing at tnis season crops so luxuriant.
Potatoes are gtner.ol) filling the spaces b.-tween the
drills, and we bear of ry. faiture among them. They
are, as formerly, in common use in most of the fami-
lies in this locality. Turnips are healthy and are
rapidly
cII
tt,
cotifieaeldltl ilta:sgfimoltu(d.
IF;
oubtratn/rbi tysl
eNya•aarrceeral
enpait spaces.
in
thus
gvtvlr:euissrskiSome
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changing
nk
goex-
oi
nd.
luxuriantly.g its colour and assuming another hue, the ears being.
plump and heavy. Ten or twelve days of bright sun-
shine will effect great changes on such a field, and we
are happy to add, that there are others here not greatly
initrior in forwardness to that which we speak of.
Whtra luxuriate in•ziashine, end in all cases this crop
is promising. Oats also are healthy, and. promise an
abundant return. The pastures being good, sheep and
cattle are in a thriving state, which will soon effect the
supply, with respect to quality at least. A correspon-
dent at Plumbland says ;—" ['he weather is truly de-
lightful here at preset ; a little too dry, perhaps, for
clayey or sandy pastures, and late sown turnips. Barley
is beginning to tinge. Wheat is a splendid crop, where
anything like sufficient roots remained over winter. Not
a puff of wind has disturbed the bloom, and it is now
out of danger of the mildew. Outs on genial soils are
strong and brancity, and promise well to the yield.
Many farmers hug the idea of a bushel to the thrieve.
Hay is nearly all got, as the tempting weather in-
duced early cutting. The quantity is a full average,
and the quaLty far exceeds any precedent these many
years. Hay sales have been unusually low in this
district. The potato, the poor Mdt.'S friend, as yet
s,taiiffilessetinhahuelaal3thw.ilal nbdaffile,t, uthseheoffne urttshaotf hbilsigshtrt.ongThianed.
some croakers ut Bothel pretend that their gardens
are dit,eased—but ravens will croak sometimes in- fine
weather. No well-authenticated case hss come under
the observation of the writer. A tendency to scale
is some times mistaken for the murrain. Carlisle
Journal. •

THE LATE SQUABBLE AT THE BAR.—The re-
colt painful dispute at the Equity Bar between Mr.
Betheil and Mr. Cooper, in the Vice-Chancellor's Court,
has, we hear. b. en amicably and satisfactorily arranged.
Mr. Cooper imm, diately after the occurrence, issued a
prit.ted statement upon the subj. ct, and in vindication of
the course he had pursued. Thereupon a. tnbunteacwr
appointed by the members of the bar, to adjudienathel 11
pre-
sent instance has been rendered unnecessary.
b Mr. oeshell; and
such cases ; but, fortunately, its interference
logetic explanation has been maga%
agreed to withdraw
Mr. Cooper, on the other hand,
,
Stephens,
S
HAYMARKET THEATRE.--M
BENEFIT.—The annual benefit fi
ed f
II market 'Theatre, is x or
of the free list of the ay
tephens has been long known to,
his pamphlet, and_prevent its furtherjf cr. c_ju.. 1 amst i.TosEnt
epA.
unR:
this evening.
frequenters of the Haymarket for
tahnedvreerayPeceffitect blrihS at the same time, urbane manner
and,his duties, and we cannot doubt
stake this opportunity of evincing
their
but that they will
respect for him by giving
. him a bumper.
thOrnthe 22d ult. a terrible fire broke out at Kasan,
in Russia, which entirely destroyed 106 houses and two
churches. The Emperor sent 25,000 effective roubles
(l
propertypo ,
UNIVERSITYco o o
expense fo.w:
was
t oseeobne
reconstructing
it
lir
uTdistributeddestroyed,nLgi
andotht:l2
in which he performs
,13:00.u0150I gosr.otuhbel epsetros persona whose
osthee
—This afternoon Messrs. Charles Hxr.°RßDicidijllligL,TCO2m4-.
a!biotinoenrerotoTf
grinuieteynC,soleleogieleg;
eS;amanudel_Jampeasubeßonwyl.esn,eEpreiw-
of Dr. Daubeny, were elected Demya of Magdalen Col-
lege.

-EXPLOSION IN A FRENCH DOCETARD.—A dis-
patch has been received from the Maritime Prefect of
Rochefort, announcing that on the 21st, at 20 minutes
before twelve o'clock, the buildings of the workshop and
storehouse of the at-4*w (rockets, cartridges, Ssc-). S
the extremity of the arsenal, from which they wlore.o.
se-
parated by a canal, were destroyed
According to the lists sent in to the prefect_
mai-
:ere
naval gunners, 1 sol-
tre artificier, 5 civil labourers, is
en of the Marine Ar•
diet of the 3d company of wcoierrk_
in the workshop, at the moment of the exiaJosto 1
total 22. Tyro of the
by an
thexeprei
tillery, 1 distributor,. n
nd the clerk were spared. Thir-
men, the distributor,
°conveyed to the hospital, and
tea dead bodies were
of whom one died an hour
gunners, one of the cigvildwlorkmen, the artillery-work-
three wounded persons,
afterwards. in three hours. The loss s limited to the
got underi
The fire that
followed the explosion was
workshop and the storehouse, and their immediate vici-
nity. The explosion is attributed to imprudence.
TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.—We understand that
this line will be oornPel f-r passenger_ traffic otr tits.' st-
of September.—Railway Record.
• DIECOTEET Or • Rocx IN THE SOLDIrro....A few
days since Commander Sherrington, whilst pursuing his
survey in the Solent, discovered a rock off Heuipavead
Ledge, mid-channe-1, to the westward of Beaulieu. haring
23 feet of water over it at low water. A small bank runs
oft with five fathoms on it, about 100 yards.
M°&4s ANWCAN Borarr:--The Reliance, laden
with skoQO'barreis_of bread stuffs, is now lying at Haul-
bowline, Iler cargo is the free gift of the Boston
Relief Committee to this coluarymitcori fi=xer,

- ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT .—York, July 22.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD GRIEF atituN and

a Special Jury.)
CLAY V. EASTWOOD.

This was an action brought to recover damages for an
alleged malicious prosecution.
Mr. Martin, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, and Mr. Pashley
appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Knowles and Mr. 11.
Hill for the defendant.

Mr. MARTIN, in stating the case to tho jury, said that
the plaintiff, Mr. John Clay, was an attorney, of Hud-
dersfield, and the defendant a manufacturer at Meltham.
The defendant had thought proper, at the last spring
assizes at York, to prefer a bill of indictment against Mr.
Clay, on account of some evidence given by the latter on
a former trial, in an action by one Moorehouse againstof
the present defendant. Moorehouse's action arose
4se,
out
ai
a prosecution in 1845, by the present defend
him (Moorehonse) and several other persons, f()rgnst
tres-
passing on the defeadant's land, and Moorehouse's action
was tried before Mr. Justice Patteson, when
the plaintiff
had a verdict for 40s. Mr. Clay having appeared as the
attorney for Moorehouse and the other men before the
justices upon Mr.Eastwood'sprosecuting them, appeared
afterwaras as Moorehouse's witness in the action, and
then spoke to the fact of one of the charges before the
magistrates against Moorehouse and the others being dis-
missed ‘• upon the merits." This was a material ques•
tion before the jury in " Moorehouse v. Eastwood." It
was in consequence of that evidence given by the.• pre-
sent plaintiff that Mr. Eastwood had indicted the plain-
tiff, who was tried upon that charge of perjury beti,re
Mr. Baron Alderson, and acquitted. Mr. Martin said,
that he should prove that the charge about which the
present plaintiff had sworn, had, in tact, been dismissed
on the merits, and that the now defendant had repeateely
said that he did not want, by his indictment for p..rjury,
to punish Mr. Clay; but to prevent the other trespassers
along with Mr. Moorehouse from bringing other actions
against him, Mr. Eastwood. The Learned Counsel
offered to the other side, that if the defendant was
willing to withdraw the imputation, and pay the plaintiff
his expenses, he (the plaintiff) was willing to proceed
no further.

Mr. KNOWLES at first could not agree to accept such
an offer, and the cause was for some time proceeded
with. But, ultimately, Mr. Knowles said, his Lordship
would not think it at all inconsistent with his (Mr.
Knowles's) duty to his client, if he admitted that there
must have been some misconception in the mind of the
defendant as to Mr. Clay's guilt. From the evidence
now received that, no doubt, had been the case. He
(Mr. Knowles) would, theretore, ,ccede to the offer, and
Agree to withdraw a juror, Mr. Bell, the assuciate, to
ascertain what expenses the plaintiff had incurred with
respect to the present cause of actiun.

July 23.
CROWN COURT.—(Beture Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
THE MIEFIELD 311:BOER3 POSTPONEMENT OF THE

OTHER CASES.

Mr. Justice WIGHTmaN this morning said that he
had carefully considered the question which had been
submitted to him with respect to the two other indict-
ments pending against Patrick Reid. It was proposed,
in the exercise of ther discretion, by the counsel for the
Crown to proceed with the other indictments against
the prisoner. They had a right, by law, to try the
prisoner again, as the charges were distinct. Aud the
question was, whether the further trials ought to be had
at these or at the subsequent assizes—whether at these
assizes, at which a jury had given a verdict, and upon
the same evidence. It was said that evidence might be
produced if the cases were postponed. It appeared to
his Lordship that, as regarded the interest both of the
prisoner and the public, the further proceedings should
not take place at these same assizes. But authing, in
such a case, should be dune hastily ; and therefore his
Lordship would direct that these two indictments should
stand over until the next general gaol delivery.
Hannah Gaunt and John Gaunt, mother and son, the
former of whom was stated to be the wife of a trades-
man, were charged with having sent a threatening
letter to Mr. Todd, charging him with the forgery or
stock in the Bank of England, and with having thereby
endeavoured to obtain mu. ey from him.
Mr. Baines, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, and Mr. Bliss, ap-
peared fur the prosecution ; and Mr. Overend and Mr.
Asinnall for the prisoners.
Mr. BAINES went at length into a statement of the
facts of the case, from which it appeared that the pro-
secutor is a magistrate living in the East Riding, and had
been harassed by letters from the female prisoner, espe
cially respecting some money which the prosecutor's
sister had in the Three per Cents. The letter was signed
by both the prisoners, which was read by the Learned
Counsel, who undertook to disprove every allegatio❑
which was mdcle in thia Lett-r. He confessed there was
in his mind some difficulty in fixing the charge upon the
son, as the case was not so strong against hurl as against
the mother.

Mr. OVEREND having advised the female prisoner to
plead guilty, he proceeded to state to h.s Lordship smut-
carcumstances, which showed that the prisoner had
written the ietter under a mistaken impression that the
money in the Three per Cents. belonged to her, having,
as she thought, been lett by a brother who died some
years ago, in the East Indies.
His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be confined for
a fortnight only, which will terminate this day, as all
sentences commence trom the date of the commission of
assize. The sou was Acquitted.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a
Special Jury.)
ANDERSON V. DOICNToN.
In this case, which was adjourned from yesterday,
Robert Henry Anderson was the plaintiff, and Join
Boynton defendant.
Mr. Martin and Mr. Row were for the plaintiff, anti
Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cowling for the defendant.
The action was on promises, upon the bill of an at
torney, for work and labour done, money lent, and on ait
account stated. The defendant pleaded—first, tnit he
was never indebted; secondly, that except as to 1,7811 2.
he denied his ; thirdly, that as to 41. 13s. 2a. hi
had paid the bill and had a set-off; and fourthly, he
denied tee delivery of the bill.
Mr. MARTIN stated the case. The plaintiff is an at-
torney at Yuck, where he has carried on business fOr a
great number of years. The defendant is a gentleman
who resides in the neighbourhood of York, and was a
shareholder in the Yorkshire Agricultural and Com-
mercial Banking Company. The action was brought to
recover 4241. 16s. 7d., the amount of costs which Mr.
Anderson alleged to be due to him from the de-
fendant. The bank in question failed in 1843, at
which time a large amount of the paid up capital
had been spent. The consequence was that Mr.
Wood, the public officer of the bank, had an action
brought against him for 50,0001., sad he having
allowed judgment to go by default, he was calleu
upon to snow cause why execution should not issue
against him. Several of the shareholders, including th.-
present defendant, were then proceeded against, and the
defendant, thinking that he was not liable, employed Ma..
Anderson as his legal adviser. Mr. I.3oynton's liability
was not great, and Mr. Anderson advised him not to re-
sist the proceedings, as, by doing so, he would be playing
a very dangerous same. The defendant, however, de
termined to proceed, and on she 14th of November, 1843,
be re,ained Mr. Anderson for the purpose of defending
him with re-pect to a scire facies which ha I issued cm
against him. Mr. Anderson conducted the defence
through various stages, and he now sought to recover
his costs which had been taxed in the Court of Chancery.
The question was, whether the defendant was liable to
pay the costs which had been incurred subsequent to
the conselicatien rule.

His LORDSHIP was of opinion that the question in
this case was a question of law, and not of fact, and caul.:
not, therefore, be decided here.
The Learned Counsel on bath sides observed that witr.
Lane years back causes had been sent down fur Iris:
which could not be tiled here, the qucstions to be sub-
mittud being mere questions of
Upon this it was directed that a verdict should be en-
tered for the defendant, and the plaintiff have leave to
move in the court above.
The assizes for this county terminated at an early hour
this afternoon. To-morrow will be the commission da.)
at Durham.

WESTERN GlRC,lf.—Lreter, July 23.
NISI YEWS tioußT.—(l3efure Chit Justice WILD]
and COMMOII Jury.)
DINGLE V. BAKER.

Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Greenwood
wer-
counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Crowder and
Holdsworth for the defendant.
This was an action of seduction ;bntto reofccoouvresrecown
cow
brought in the usual form by alather
pensation in damages for the loss of service of his
daughter.
From the statement of the Learned Counsel for the
plaintiff, as borne out by the testimony of the plaintiff's
daughter, the following may be gathered as the facts of
the CASC
The plaintiff rented several turnpike-gates between
Kingsbtidge and Dartmouth. He had a family of six
berghe ; Mary Dingle, the one alleged to have
s,duced, being th 4 second. She was about
17 years of age at the time when seduced. She
collected the tolls at one of her lather's turnpike-gates.
The defendant was a wine and spirit merchant at Dart-
years of age. It appeared that
outh, and was about
Dart-
in in the month of Janu33 ary, 1845, there was a public ball
at Dartmouth, which was promoted by the fiends of an
unsuccessful candidate for the representation of the
borough of Dartmouth. The defendant was one of the
stewards. Mary Dingle and two of her sisters went to
that ball, and the defendant was exceedingly attentive
to her, And danced with her nearly the whole of the even-
ing,
She frequently saw the defendant during the fol-
lowingths and he conducted himself in the must
rspeeurn '
manner towards her, but at length he at
tempted to take liberties with her, which she 'resisted,
and he promised
solemnmetly
hhime would not
roeupesautbstihlueeatt.t
tempt. When she
attempts. On the 15th of
occasions. he made similar
April, 1846, she accidentally met the defendant in the
in the evening, and
streets of Dartmouth, about nine
he asked her to take a walk with
elm and make
proceeded
it up. She did so, and, atter having
from his
some short distance, tht. defendant took
pocket, a bottle, which he said contained Chain*
pagne ala ; he also toek out a tumbler. He
poured out a glass of the ale, and prevailed on her to
drink some of it. The defendant himself' did not drink
any, and the girl asked him the reason ; he replied that
hi e had band iteen drinking brandy and water, and smoking
cgars, he mixed the liquor it would have a bad
riled. He threw the neat of the liqnor away. The girl
was then about to leave him, but he begged her to stop,
anogigg that. tie had s4,ine-cning particular to say' to her.
bo,A,„frcet her elf completely stupifi d, and log all re-
collection. When she came to her senses she feund her-
self in the defendant's stable, and in that stable tier ruin
was aceoinplished. After this time the
parties frequently
met, and ultimately the girl became pregnant:"'"Upon
her informing the defendant of this, he said, " Never
yori shall never *ant .snything birver de-