The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

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FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 6 per mule,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 1012 d. per ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 30, and the ex-
change at Faris on Lo don at short being 25. 40, it fol!ows
that gold is 0 40 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 425 per mark,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10-id. per ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 4i, and the ex-
change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. 54, it fol-
lows that gold is 0.41 per cent. dearer in London than in Ham-
burgh.

Tile resignation of Mr. P. H. Abbott, one of the official
assignees of the Court of Bankruptcy, with some circum-
stances currently reported to be connected with it, has been
the subject of some general remark to-day in the city. Much
exaggeration has, as usual ,been indulged in, but it appears to
be untrue, as was currently reported, that he has withdrawn
himself, and any amount of deficiency
,which he may have in-
curred must be at present entirely matter of conjecture. The
account of the affair which obtains most credit is that he had
incautiously made himself a party to some propositions for loan
contracts to foreign Governmen:s in conjunction with Mr.
John Wright, the banker, of Henrietta-street, under which de-
mands for large advances of money have come suddenly upon
him, which he is unable to meet. Mr. Abbott is said, indeed,
to have assigned this as the cause in his letter of resignation,
and, instead of having withdrawn himself, remains to meet the
result of the hives' igation into his affairs which has been or-
dered by the Court, and which is now proceeding.

POST.—It transpired in the course of the day, that hills
di awn by Colonel Gawler, the Government Commissional- at
Adelaide, on the South Australian Colonization Commissioners
in London, hare been protested for non-acceptance, the al-
leged ground of refusal to accept being that the said Commis-
sioners arc not in a condition to pay such bills at maturity in
consequence of the Act of Parliament empowering them to do
so not having yet passed. It is feared that much inconvenience
will be caused by this unexpected demur, the bills about to be
returned under protest having, in many instances, gone through
numerous hands in Auitral,a, and been disturbed throughout
the whole of our settlements in that direction.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, 3148e1l 31.

JEW V. WOOD.
The LORD CHANCELLOR g,st: judgment to-lay in this
case, vLinch was argued tefi re the Court on Saturday list,
upon ppea from the decision of the Master of the Rolls.
The plaintiff was tenant of part of the lands belonging to
the late Mr. James Wood, of Gloucester, and under the
ci•curristancc..s mhich had tiken !lace between Sir M.
Wood, whose claim as the personal representivivc of the
late Mr. James Wood, was disputed; and the question
waP, whether the lsit,r could file a bill of iuterpl ader.
The Master of the Ri4.s was of opiiii.ns that ha could, and
his Lordship agreeing with Lhat Judge, ordered the motion
to be diimissed with costs,.

SEELEY V. FISHER.
This ca,e came be foie the Court, upon motion to dis-
charge the order of the Vtec-Chancellor, grand, g an
injunction restraining the defendants from publishing any
cony of " Scott's Commentary on the Bible," with the ca.
v.l,)pcs with which the defendants had h!therto published
them. The facts of the case were fully reported ,ahen
the application for the injunction um male to the Vice-
Chancellor.

The arguments had not concluded when tho Court r)se.
THE DEAN OF YORK V. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK AND HIS

COMMISSARY.

Shortly before the rising of the Court, Mr. WIGRAM
applied, on behalf of the Dcan of York, for a prohibition,
restraining the Archbishop of Yi.rk, or his Commissary
(Dr. Philtitnore), tr,in prcce:•ding tl pass sentenc., of
deprivation and deposition against the Dean, which it was
expected the Learned Commissary would do from the
course le had pursued. Our readers will recollect the
proceedings that have taken place at York, relative to the
charges made against the Dean of selling livings in that
diocese. In the course of those proceedings, some altf:rca-

flora took place between the Dean and the Commissary,
in the course of which the latter said that the Den in
the course he was pursuing had rendered himself lilt-de
to deprivation and deposition, and at the termination of the
proceedings, the Court was adjourned to Thursday the It
of April. The affidavit of the solicitor of the Dean was
read, stating what had occurred, after which
The LORD CtraNeELLort said that there was nothing in
that affidavit which warranted the supposition that the
Commissary intended to pronounce sentence either of de
privation or deposition. All that the Commissary, as his
Lordship understood ir,had stated was, that the course the
Dean was pursuing subjected him to dt privatian and dep
siti .0, but it was not to be infe•red from that that he meac,t
to pass such a sentence. If his Lordship graived npr )-
bibition on su h light gronnds, he might put a atop to all
proceedings on the part of the Archbishop to regulate his
diocese.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MARC!! 30.

BLU,DELL V, GLADSTONE.

The argumetts been concluded to-day,
as HoNotia said it, appeared to him a very simple
case. The sula point was, who was t'ne person de-
scribed as " Edward Weld, of Luiworth, in the county of
Dorset ?" Tt.ere existed not the shadow of a doubt that
Joseph Weld was the person described in, and intended by,
the wig,. The case was so plain that he would noz. be
justified, it be;ng a mere trust, in sending it to a Court of
Law.

The result, therefore, is that tha plaintiff is entitled
to the estate:.

SECONDARIES' COURT, Milian 23.
FIGE V. EYRES.

The plaintiff's att,rney said his client was the pro-
prietor of the Portugal Hotel in Fleet-street. In Sep
ternber last the defendant came to the plaintiff's, and
Etaid there seventeen or eighteen days, durino, which
time 111 ran up a biil for refreshment and lodging,
amounting to 21/. 14L Id. He alio loft two separate
bets kr 5/. each about Launcelot; and as there was a
count in the declaration upon this special contract, and
the defendant Ind not ploaded, but allowed judgment to
g.) by default, it was within the principle of the case King
v. Here, Bilt Report 3, in which it was held by
the Court ti,,t the defendant having admi' :el the dew,
could not afiefwards open the circumstances under which
it aro e.

The waiter of the plaintiff proved the reasonableness o
:he charges.
The a, tion was undefended.

Tie SECONDARY observed there were several charges
for " bott,,ins of brandy," and as the law provided that no
victualler could recover for spirits supplied under two
gallon; at a time, " the,p3ttoms" roust be deducted. The
plaintiff's attorney was quite right as to the law of wages.
The " hot'ams " of brandy being deducted,
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff of 201. 12s ld.

COURT OF B 4117KRUP7'CY, MARcu 30.
IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS HAMLET.
The bankrupt in this case was the well. known jeweller
of Coventry-street, but was described as of " No. ;,
Princes-street, Leicester-square, in tlie county of Middle-
sex, gold and silver:mitts and jeweller, dealer and coap-
man." The fiat was dated on the 20th inst., but n-,t is-
sued until the 26th, Mr. George Lackington being the
official assignee.
The petitioning creditor is Mr. Thotta3 Marsh Nelson,
of No. 3, Charles-street, St. James's-square, architect,
who holds a mortgage upon certain houses of the bank-
rupt in L'inehouse, for a part of the debt contracted
with him in building the Prince's Theatre, Oxford-street,
and the sale of a part of the bankrupt's property has been
proceeded with for the last two days. The choice of as-
signees will take place in a few day.
ASSIZE INTILLIGE,NCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.--ICINGsToN, MARCH 31.
C.OWN COURT.
James Oldbrook, aged twenty, was indicted for the wilful
rr.urder of William Bud,en, by stabbing him to the heart with
a knife, on the 16th Aug'ust.
Air. CLARKSON having stated the case to the Jury, called
the following. witnesses
James Willis deposed that he was a brickmaker, in the em-
ployment of the London and Brighton Railway Company, and
he lodged at the Crown public-house, Nutfield. About eight
o'clock on the evening of the 16th August, the prisoner and the
deceased, who were both intoxicated, were in the tap.reorn ;
a quarrel ensued, and they stripped and went out to fight.
They fought for some time, and both were knocked down, and
the prisoner was carried into the public-house ; but he insisted
upon fighting, and went out and re-commenced the fight, and the
prisoner atternp sed to kick the deceased, but he was prevented by
the bystanders. He then went into the public-house again
and took a knife out of his coat pocket, and immediately
returned, and struck the deceased several times. Wbness
gave an alarm, and followed him ; and when he got out of the
house, he saw the deceased lying on the grotind, with his bead
on his left arm ; and when witness moved him, h e saw a quan-
tity of blood come from his side, and he died while witness was

not for the jealousy of Dissent. What can more awfully
illustrate the evil and the sin of schism ? What can
demonstrate more clearly that Diisent, in its hostility
to the Church, is the great dr9g upon th reli;ious
ald moral improvement of our people ? Well and
truly was it explained by Doctor Croly in one
of his late admirable discourses at Wolbrook, that
schism is the darnel sowed by the enemy among the whr at,
the pernicious wed which cannot be eradicate) without in-
jury to the crop, because its removAl would be fatal to Chris-
tian liberty. But how tremendous is the responsibility
of those who lend themselves to promote the work of
the enemy I We could seri susly entreat them to think of
thi'. Let them reflect that the ex'reme difficulty of re-
conciling it to the views tf Dis- eaters is the obst,uctisn
of every great national Christ'an work, whether at home
or in the colonies. Lot them reflect upon al', and then
a-k themselves, arc they quite sure that they are in Vie
right path.

• (From the Courier.)
It will be seen by our reports after all the vapour.
ieg of the Ministeriel press, and in spite of the b ;Id
attempts to bolster up the case of the pe'iti ens re, Vle seats
of the recently 41 cted Cons:.rvstive Members for Wal-
sall and Canterbury are seCare. Wlth respect to Canter-
bury, we said lor g azo that if the Ministerisl hangers-on
were bold enough to prosecute the case, they would only
subject themselves to mortfication sad disappointment,
and so the event has proved. But they began, with their
usu,l audacity, by presenting two petitions; one, however,
was speedily abandoned. The result of the second pe!i-
ti in is equally mortifying to them, and gratifying to
the good cause. Mr. Smythe, the Conservative Mem-
he-, retains his seat for Canterbury, and so di es Mr. J.
N. Gladstone for Walsall. The Bedchamber mai ,rity
is, the dire, uret'y nearly extinct, in spite of ths laeky
chance which enables Lord Listoviel to misrepresent St.
Alban';. Of the result of the proceedings in this case
we may perhaps have somethirg to say at a period c f lei-
sure, but in the meantime we wish the Government and the
Liberals (liberal enough where seats arc to be s: cured by
bribery), joy ef such a supporter as the Noble Lord, whose
seat was obtained by means siren as those disclosed in the
evidence adduced, and who d. es not blush to retain that
seat in spite of the contempt which every honest man, of
whatever side, must entertain fur those who strike at the
root of freedom by degrading and intimidating the e7e:tars.
Yet these soi disant Liberals have the effrontery ta prate
aboat pteity of election.