The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-31 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP MA=S=T.

We have to report a very dull sale for all kinds of Hops,
owing to the favourable accounts which have come to hand
from the plantations, at barely stationary prices. Sussex
pockets, 3/ IBs to 4/ 4s ; Weald of Kent, ditto, 414 s to 5110 s;
Mid and East Kent, 41 108 to 61.

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The imports of Wool last week consisted of 2,600 bales
from Port Philip, and 1,900 bales from various other quarters.
Privately the demand fbr all kinds of Wool is very heavy,
and the quotations have a downward tendency.
_ TALLOW.
_ _ _ _

The price of Tallow is very fair, at this morning's quota-
tion, and the holders are sanguine of higher rates. For ar-
rival, a large business has been done at from 46s to 47s 6d.
Town Tallow is scarce, at 48s 6d net cash ; rough fat, 2s 9thd
per Blbs.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.)
The House sat to-day to hear English and Scotch
appeals.
The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Brougham, and Lord Campbell.
WOOD V. YOUNG.—JUDGMENT.
Their LORDSHIPS gave judgment to-day in this appeal
from the Court of Session, reversing the decision from
the court below, and directing a new trial.
CHRISTIE V. ALLEN.
The House was occupied the remainder of the morning
with the arguments in this Scotch appeal.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
WAGSTAFF V. BURNHAM.
The further arguments in this part-heard case men
pied the Court the whole day.

INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY

IN RE THOMAS GODFREY.

AN AUDACIOUS APPLICATION.—In this case an appli-
cation was made to discharge the insolvent on sureties
until his hearing at Chester. They offered themselves
as bail for 300/., which they stated in their affidavit that
they possessed over and above all they owed.
On the part of the detaining creditor an affidavit was
read in opposition, from which it appeared that the pro-
posed sureties were clerks in the Liverpool Post-office.
One of them had pleaded his poverty, and got a creditor
to grant him time to pay his own debt. On being asked
whether he had made au affidavit in this case, he admit-
ted that he had done so, as he was asked to get the in-
solvent out of gaol. He had never read it. The affi-
davit further stated that the bail was not worth a shil-
ling, and that the other bail, a fellow-clerk, was not in a
situation to pay his own creditors.
Mr. Commissioner Plirmars said the present was a
most audacious application.
On the part of the insolvent it was admitted that the
affidavit appeared to be unanswerable.
The COURT at once rejected the application, declaring
that the attorney for the opposition would not do his
duty unless he preferred an indictment for perjury.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
Joseph Bag, a lad about fourteen years of age, was
placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with committing a
violent a-sault upon Esther Baggett, his mother.
Complainant, whose face appeared to be covered with
wounds, stated that, on the previous evening, about ti
quarter-past six o'clock, she was in her bedroom, when
she was alarmed by the screams of her little child, a
girl about four years of age. She rushed into the yard
and saw the prisoner in the act of severely beating her.
On her remonstrating with him on his cruelty t to his
little little sister, he got into such a rage that he took Dja
knife and struck her across the nose, inflicting a
fright-
ful wound, nearly severing it from her face. He then
took part of a window-frame and beat her about the
head till she became insensible. Fortunately the screams
of the other children brought a police-constable to the
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