The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-20 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

cozormat.
St-GAIL—The market for British Plantation continues
heavy, only about 150 hhds having been sold at rather lower
prices. Pie public sales have comprised 5,613 bags Bengal,
882 bags Madras, and 131 baskets Penang, which went off
heavily, and only partly sold, in some instances at a further
decline of 6d per cwt. The principal transactions privately com-
prise two cargoes of Java consisting of 1,200 tons, deliverable
m Holland, and about 650 boxes yellow Havannah on the
spot at 26s 6d fof mid quality. The quantity of British
Plantation landed last week at the East and West India
Docks was 1,933 hhds 148 tierces 416 barrels; there were
taken for home consumption 571 hhds 51 tierces 130 barrels.
The stock in the same places is 5,637 hhds 450 tierces 1,636
barrels.

• COFFEE.-247 bags Ceylon at auction brought very full
prices, viz., from 54s to 80s for tine to fine fine ord.
RICE.--470 bags Bengal, 2,109 bags Madras, sold at full
prices, viz., 16s to IBs for cargo Bengal to mid white Madras.
Rux.—The quantity larded last week at the East and
West India Docks was 461 puns 146 hlids. There were
taken for home consumption 201 puns 15 hhds, and exported
61 Puna-22 hide. The stock in the IMMO place is 7,80 puns
1,761 hick

TEA.—The -market has been steady. There is a good
consumption going on.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
Their Lordships sat in a Committee for Privileges to-
day. The- Peers present were the Earl of Shaftsbury,
the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Redesdale, Lord
Camoys, the Marquis of Huntley, the Earl of Mount
Edgecombe, Earl Charleville, Lord RI ougham, Lord
Lyndhurst, and Lord Colville.
THE PERTH AND DRIIMHOND PEERAGE.
Witnesses were examined on behalf of the claimants
in this peerage; the further consideration of which wan
adjourned to Tuesday, the 11th of May, when the
counsel for the claimant will sum up his case upon the
evidence adduced on his behalf.

GAHATY V. DIALONE.
The further arguments hi this part-h€ard appeal, oc-
cupied their Lordships the remainder of the morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.-,'PHIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND )
MOSELEY V. ALSTON. THE NARROW V. THE BROAD

GAUGE.

The further arguments on this part ,heard motion fcr
an injunction, were resumed this morning, and occupied
his Honour the whole day.
(Before Sir J. WIGRAM.)
TRAIPSON V. MOODY.
His HONOUR gave judgment in this cause to-day.
The testator had by his will given 1001. per annum to
the plaintiff till'her marriage, and if she married with
consent of the trustee it was to be continued, but if not
it was to cease. A sum of 1,128/. was also left her by
her father, to be given to her upon her attaining her
22d year. Au annuity of 500/. was also left to a lady
named Elizabeth Quentrey, provided she remained
single, but in the event of her marrying, it was to be
reduced to 3001., and 2001. per annum was then to go to
the plaintiff. After carefully reading the will, he was
of opinion that this direction had nothing to do with
the annuity of 1001. per annum of the plaintiff, to which
he was of opinion she was justly entitled as long as she
complied with the terms of the will, and that she would
also become entitled to the annuity of 2001. if Elizabeth
Quentrey should marry.

EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
HARRIS V. GRISSELL.

This was an action tried before Sergeant Gazelee at
the last assizes at Worcester, when there was a verdict
for the plaintiff—damages, 5001.
Sir F. KELLY moved for a rule to show cause why
that verdict should not be aet aside, and a new trial had,
on the ground of misdirection. The plaintiff was the
owner of a mill, situated upon a stream which
flowed into the river Severn ; and the defendants
were substantially the Commissioners under an Act of
Parliament for the improvement of the Severn, and ren-
dering it navigable. In consequence of the various
weirs, locks, and dams, which defendants constructed
for the purpose of improving the navigation of the river,
the stream was c-'nverted into a canal, but the conse-
quence was mot injurious to the plaintiffs, as the effect
of those works was to throw back the wat2r so
as to flood and encumber the works of
the mill. The defendants justified their acts
in the construction of the cuts, and canals, and other
works by the Act of Parliament, and he apprehended,
if he established that point, he was entitled to a verdict
for the defendants.—Rule to show cause was granted.

COMMON PLEAS.,-.(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
The Court was occupied to-day with motions for new
trials, but nothing came before it possessing any feature
of public interest.

BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before D. D. HEATH, Esq., Judge.)
GREDLAND V. BOUNDS.

This was an application for a writ against the body of
Thomas Bounds, the defendant.
It appeared that during the time the old Small Debts
Act was in force the defendant was summoned at the
Middlesex County Court for the recovery of 1/. 18s., and
in consequence of his not appearing, a verdict was given
for the plaintiff, ordering immediate payment. sub-
sequently, an execution was issued against his goods.
The landlord of defendant, upon the officer making his
appearance, would not permit .the seizure, alleging that
he had a superior claim upon the goods for rent. The
house was in MarylebOne-lane. .
The JUDGE did not .understand how the law stood
upon that point at present ; but he thought it only laid
in his power to grant a certificate of his application to
this court, the plaintiff then c.uld take out another exe-
cution from the Marylebone district.
The plaintiff stated that he had also taken out a judg-
ment summons for the committal of the defendant, but
that had also proved ineffectual.
The JUDGE directed Mr. Wright, the clerk of the
court, to draw up a certifivate of this application. Plain-
tiff would then be enabled to take out a new judgment
summons at the Marylebone County Court for an im-
mediate execution upon his body, but would not be
enabled to recover the costs of the first judgment summons.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The April adjourned quarter sessions commenced
this morning at the Court•house, Clerkenwell-green,
before the Assistant-Judge and a full bench of magis-
trates. The number of prisoners for trial amounted to
seventy, cloven of whom were charged with misde-
meanour. The number of juvenile offenders in the
calendar was below the average.
. .

The ASSISTANT JUDGE briefly charged the grand
jury. _

At the last sessions a bench warrant was obtained, at
the instance of the London Society for the Protection of
Young Females, for the apprehension of a person styling
hersdf Madame de Souza, Charles Smith, and Mary
Stevens, described as a cook, fur keeping a house of ill-
fame in Gr:fton-stret•t, Fitzroy-square. On last Tues-
day Mr. Field, one of the society's officers, succeeded in
apprehending the parties named in the vwarrant, and the
present session was fixed for their tall. The trial was,
however, on the application of the prisoner's counsel,
postponed until next session.
The means employed to Einveigle these unfortunate
victims may be judged of from the following aAvertise-
ment, which appeared in the Timcs :—"%h anted in a
millinery essabiishment of, fashionable resort, six young
females who understand their business. In return for
their services they will be well boarded and provided for,
and a due attention pail to their moral and religious
duties. Resprctable references will be required. Apply
at Madams de Souza's, No. 4, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-
square, between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock."

Robert Grandson was indicted for stealing a Mackin-
tosh cloak, the property of Edward ilsx.
It appeared that the pri,oner tried the trick of calling
with a message from some imaginary perbonsge, and
then taking advantage of the t,ervant's ab6ence to make
off with whatever inure articles he might find in the hail.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty against the
prisoner, and several previous convictions bring record( d
against him, he was sentei.ced to be transported for
seven year.

Bryan Tolin was found t uilty of stealing two trowels,
the property of William Eilis and .Joseph Nottige, and
being an old off nder, wa sent, need to a sunilur term of
t ratispgrtati.)ll.

WORSIIIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
SUPPOSED liODDEßY..—Charles iVoye, a middle-aged
man with a most repulsive aspect, was charged on sus-
picion of stealing a silver milk ewt r, the property of
some person or persops at present unknown.
Charles Graham, assisLant to Mr. Bexter, pawnbroker,
Union-street, Spitalti, Ids, deposed that about ten o'clock
on Saturday night last the prisoner came into his
master's shop, and offer, d the ewer now produced, and
which was then completely flattened, in piedge. Wit-
ness asked him if it was his property, and how he came
possessed of it, but his answers were so evasive and un-
satisfactory that he told him he must accompany him to
the station-house. The prisoner, however, bolt, d out
of the shop with great nimbleness, and he was so busy
at the time that he was unable to pursue him. The
prisoner, however, came into the shop last evening, and
demanded the return of what he called his property.
Witness seized the prisoner, and took him to the station.
house.

The prisoner, in answer to Mr. Arnold, the magis-
trate, said that he had picked up the property in the
street in the state it was found, wrapped up in a hand-
kerchief.

Mr. ARNOLD remanded the prisoner until Friday next,
in order to give the police time, to find out, if possible,
the owner of the ewer, which has incribed ou it the
initials " A. B.

MORE NICE THAN WlSE.—During the late severe
weather, and the destitution occasioned by want of employ-
ment amongst the poor labourers in the neighbourhood of
Bexley, in Kent, an extensive dealer in provisions manifested
a charitable feeling, by sending a large quantity of Berwick
pork to be sold by a tradesman, fer the relief of the starving
sufferers, at the low price of fourpence per pound. Notwith-
standing the same pork was selling in London at 7d. and
Bd., and was of the best quality, the poor refused to become
buyers, on a belief that an inferior article was sent to them,
and that the intention was no take an advantage Of their dis-
tresses, by forcing upon them food not fit for human suste-
nance. However strange it may appear, the fact is, that they
would not eat it, and the liberal object of the provision mer-
chant was defeated. Finding the pork thus rejected, he sent
it to another village, a mile and a half from the shop where it
had been offered for sale, and every piece was sold for 7d. a
pound.
ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.--Yester-
day the quarterly general court of the members of this cor-
poration was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St.
James's-street. Rear•fidmiral Sir Charles Malcolm pre-
sided. The receipts since the last meeting were stated to be
1,685/., including a former balance of 4971.,donations, interest
on stock, &c., I,IBBE The expenditure included grants,
and other items, there remaining a balance of 1,0001.
15s. A letter was read from Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, de-
clining the office of president, as he intended to proceed to
the Continent at the expiration of his command at Ports-
mouth. Lord Radstock was then unanimously elected to
the vacant office, and Rear-Admiral 11I•Kinley was elected
vice-president, in the room of the late Sir IV. Lake. After
some further business, the Court proceeded to consider the
cases for relief, amounting to 97, and a sum of 480/. was dis-
tributed. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chair-
man. the meeting separated.
SILESIA.—We are obligecl to relate that another
most alarming destruction has taken place of one of our ,
towns by fire. On the Bth, the largest and finest part of the
town of Randtem, was completely destroyed, 98 dwelling-
houses, 23 barns, and 75 stables and outbuildings were com-
pletely reduced to ashes. By this melancholy event, above
180 families have lost their all, and great distress and misery
prevail in consequence. We have not heard whether any
lives were lost.

Major-General W. Yapier, C. 8., does not racate
the appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of the Wanda of
Guernsey and Alderney. The paragraph in our but wu
tem bra daily paptrewernhad miNtwd OssOkt

!RAILWAY COMMITTEES,

(THIS DAY.)

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XVI.
The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, DU•
Kemble in the chair. •

GREAT NORTECERN IMAM:MEE.
The first witness examined was Mr. Cater, an extensive
master at Ware, who said he was constantly ha the habit of
sending large quantities of malt to London to the
brewers, and that he should - use the MP.: -
Hertford Branch and the Great Northern for •
e
purpose of transmitting it to its destination. lu
station at King's-cross of the Great Northern Bawer
would be of great advantage to him, being convenient,
It. would enable him to save several hundreds a year. Be.
sides, it was much nearer the large breweries. Did not C 011• ,
-ider that the unopened line from Stratford to the Thames
would be available for the purpose of taking malt from the.
main line to the Thames, for the purpose of being transe_
red by barges to the breweries contiguous to the river. Pa'
was generally in favour of the proposed branches, as cnig•
:
munication east and west was greatly required. In fact,
was in favour of all the lines, as competition brought dot°
the prices to a fair amount.
Mr. Nunn, a surveyor and innkeeper at Hertford, grill
corroborative evidence. The only public conveyance tr 37,
tween Hertford, Hatfield, and St. Alban's, was a ee're
van for goods and passengers, which went to
a day. b
Mr. W. Nunn, an ironmonger at Hertford, Web
and 31r. W°
a landowner, gave similar evidence.
The rest of the day was occupied in hearing traTcevlE
and fro .once
deuce.

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GROUP XXXIV.
MANCHESTER DISTRICT'.
This Committee, consisting of Mr. Francis Baring, ,111,,,r'
Palmer, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Compton, and Mr. WYkri:
Martin, met for the first time at half-past twelve o'clock "".
day, in Room No. 31.
The Bills submitted to them for consideration were--...As
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The Rochdale Canal (sale to the Manchester and .V9s.
Railway Company).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (station apPolGli
in Manchester).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (branch Lila
Ashton-under-Lyne to Oldham).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Ashton w—el."
Purchase).
Huddersfield and Manchester (Deviations).
Ditto (Branches).
London and North-Western (Lease of Blanchester and
Huddersfield Railway). &c. t al
Mr. BARING having taken the chair, announced ths
no report had been received from the Railway Commission
0u any of the schemes in the group, the Committee Rom •
adjourn till that day week.
'The Committee thereupon adjourned.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION...
There is an old adage—" When certain people fall •
out, honest men get their rights." From the folloW:
ing hand-bill and letter now in circulation, it Y1".14
appear that the honest men of Westminster are likeli
to get theirs. We copy these for the enlightparnent
of those few benighted individuals, who may 1181 e
thought that patriotism alone was the inducement ot.
Mr. Cochrane, and Ihis supporters. • The squabbler
of the Moral Candidate, Don Juan de 'Vet
the Moral Agent, Mr. Savage, and the EleoP_A°L
Agent, Mr. Croucher, form an interesting ePisuue' •
from which the Electors of Westminster ma
dow
their own conclusions:— •
" WESTMINSTER ELECTION. the
" A public meeting of electors will be held at •
Grapes Tavern, Old Compton-street, on Friday evani, na
April 23. 1847, to give Mr. Savage an opportualtY
addressing the electors, in exposition of his conduct ,
reference to his connexion with Charles Cochrane, ?Is
and his election for Westminster. Chair taken at e'g
o'clock. Mr. Cochrane and the Chairmen of his Cal
mittees have been specially invited to attend.
"Committee-room, Grapes Tavern, 4: ,
Old Compton-street."
•

ose,
Sir,—lt is at all times a painful circumstance to -
when my duty in election matters calls we to al.
with prompt severity towards any parties who tit%
been acting with me • but, in promoting and proteolZ,
the interests of Mr. 'Cochrane, it is my imperative (17.
to concur in what he has done, and announce to ,You 0
course it has been fout;d necessary to take in referea
to Mr. Savage and Mr. Strachan. Pet"'
In consequence of the unwarrantable. attempt re, of
last night, by Mr. Strachan, at the committee tneenitr.
St. George's Outward, 13-Igrave Hotel, to 141iP°`°:',tees -
Savage " moral age at" of the whole of the colnrol- 1.0•
formed to conduct Mr. Cochrane 's election, 1 sun ~
strutted to inform ou that Mr. Cochrane has, from laas
night, deemed it his duty to cease to emp!oy.Mr. Savage, -
feeling assured this mural agency,
sa
return it called,is
for mweesstro
something more than securing
minster.
This attempt, repeated for the third time last ereninfo
was conducted by Mr. Strachan, a member of the cony'
mittee of St. John's and St. Margaret's who bed
secretly, and on his own authority
alone, and in direct
opposition to the instructions sent from this office, sutra'
moiled the chairmen of committees to meet at the,B
grave Hotel, although the object of the meeting of the
committee of St. George's Outward was to transact
their own local business.
In consequence of Mr. Strachan's unhandsome 1111 d
injudicious conduct, Mr. Cochrane feels he must deol'ln
all future co-operation or communication with him.
am instructed, but not without regret, to make the for
lowing statements—which, from a feeling of considers'
Lion towards Mr. Savage, on account of his family, sod
the persecutions which he is reported to have endures
Mr. Cochrane had anxiously desired not to disclose; but
since Mr. Savage will continue to persist in cuuntenanc-
ing the fomenting of dissension, in order to get hin2sol
appointed a moral ugent," as his friends call him. Ai°
necessary ycu should be informed why Mr. Cochran:
feels he has a right to control his conduct, the real.,
being, Oat ever since Mr. Savage has been emploied
Mr. Cochrane he has been regularly paid for bis service
hass
From December, 1846. to February 23d, 1847, be
received one guinea a day; his son, one guinea a wro'ds
and all expenses paid besides. Since the latter Peri of
from three to five guineas a week to the present in'tirrl
removal. Mr. Cochrane has for several weeks pat, ~
curred considerable anxiety, and lost much of his.fa_ol6o.
tile time, in counteracting discreditable intrigues
create dissension, and to bring his agent and other Zu.
ployed parties into discredit; and he trusts that you
at once see the propriety of his adopting the above eoosijo,
as no cause can succeed without unanimity of 9c,
and honesty of proceeding.
If you have any opittiovs to convey, or objectfottit;
make, you are particularly requested to favour me
opetiw. d
them, as they shall be immediately and
attended to.
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. CROUCHEX,
34, Leicoster-square, Friday, April 9, 1847.

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and
Old Kent. road,
een
day, to a butcher of the name of Slack,c eftl I,A,e)fR ((t),Aif
o'clock
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market-cart, the
horse shied, and lie was thrown from the
oclcNurreTdriEbetßw
in
cart with great violence on his head; he was taken up
was returning front market along th Blackfriars-road in A
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perfect state of insensibility. and ci4iveyed to the surgery oe
Mr. John Brady, who fortunately was at home, arid who niel,
every means to restore him that science or humanity could
suggest. After a lapse of some time he was restored to new
sibility, but serious apprehensions are entertained as to the
after effects of the injury which his head has sustained.
THE QUEEN'S MONUMENT AT GUERNSEY Y' e
understand that the committee for the erection of the mono'
ment in commemoration of her Majesty's visit to Guernsey
have made choice of a plan for the building, and that
he
architect by whom it has been furnished is shortly eXPecte
in the island for the purpose of making the necessary
ar-
rangements for the commencement of the work. The
ment is now, therefore, arrived when the question of
uo-
the
site must be decided. The committee, we believe, consider"'
ing themselves bound by the vote of the subscribers, tall
it for granted that the column must be placed on the qt
now occupied by the windmill, but we know that a very
large number of the subscribers stillprefer the groUot
new
—Guernsey Star.
GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL.—Yesterday
the
meeting of the governors of this charity, Was held in
board room of the Hospital in the York-road,Lambeth.
The
Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. The report stated the,
hospital was f.unded is 1763, as an asylum for the wivesol,
poor industrious tradesmen and mechanics (and principa..r
for the wives of soldiers and sailors), and supplying
.171
married women at their own habitations with profession
advice and medicine free of expense. During the Pa!,
year 320 in-patients had been admitted, and 556 attended "
home. The financial statement_was satisfactory, there beinC
a balance of 6461. in the bands of the bankers.
SMALL SALMON.--There was killed in the Tweed,
at Birgham, with the 'rod. on the 7th instant, by Robert
Kerss, son of Mr. Ralph Kerss, a clean salmon, of the ex-
traordinary weight of only eleven ounces.—Kelso

81117118.
On the 15th inst., Mrs. William Audi, of Brixton, of
daughter.
On the 15th inst., Mrs. Edward F. Starbuck, at 111/t.
bourne-terrace, Hyde-ark, of a daughter.
f a son.
On the 16th inst., thep lady of T. M. Willson, Esq.,
On the 17th inst., at Lansdowne-crescent, Kensington
park, the wife of Henry Liggins, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 17th inst., at Alscot-park, Gloucestershire, he °
of J. R. West, Esq., of a daughter.

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On the 15th inst., at Swindon, Henry
of Singleton, to Jessie Dalrymple, eldest daughter of Arargie
Goddard, Esq., of the Lawn Wilts. El• bath
On the lbth inst., at Lan le Burrell, Wilts, Eliza ,
ritiEsdswe-yavrdiTD:nh,
EOUSsqi:
Penelope, second daughter ofg the late Lieutenant-Colony
Clarke, 46th Regiment, to Charles Hall Clarke,i.v.

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At Egremont-place, King's-cross, Abraham Day, Es 5.
On the 9th inst., at Rossie House, Perthshire, James
Oliphant, Esq., of Rossie.
On the II th inst., at Worthing, George F. Byass, Es4"'
surgeon, Worthing.
On the 13th inst., in Bans-place, Sloane-street, John Teitl3'
Esq., aged 89.
On the 13th inst., at Grove Cottage, Mrs. Murrell
Captain William Scale, aged 35.
On the 15th inst., at Ferne House, Wilts, Thorns' --
Esq., aged 89. d 86.
Teignmouth, roc;e:::
On the 16th inst., at Colchester, Thomas Thorhy, ae, 10.
On the 16th inst., in John-street, Bedfora-row,
Pulley, Esq.
On the 16th inst., Jane, wife of Mr. Thomas Stroud, of
Victoria-square, Pimlico. 'V• S.
On the 16th inst., at Brighton, Mary Matilda, wife 4)* -
Danvers Esq.
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