The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-26 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SVGAR.—There has been a Moderate demand this
week for British Plantation, but the sales generally ero
not large, and prices have fluctuated. Barbadoes by
auction has realised 446 to 46s fid for fine yellow, 41s to
428,6 d for good, and 37s 6d to 38s for low.

ERFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at 53s per cwt
EAST INDIA.-3,549 bags Bengal realised full prices,
fine strong yellow 42s 6d to 445, good brown 32s 6d,
Benares low white 41s 6d to 425, good yellow like
Mauritius 378 Gd to 395, and low and good Kh&ur 29s
to 31s per cwt.
MAURITIUS.-3,017 bags sold at previous rates—fine
yellow 42s to 435, and low dark 28s to 28s 6d.
FOREIGN.—There has been scarcely any business doing
in these descriptions.
COFFLE—The market has been quiet for West India
sorts, In Ceylon there ;Ins been a decline of is to 2s
ewt. plaoLatioo has realised 52. 6d, pea-berry
50s to 545, superior 60s, and native good ord 33s 6d to
348 per cwt. Penang sold at 30: to 32s for good and ,

brownish. A few parcels of Mocha have been sold
auction, at 45s to 60s 6d ; and Rio has been taken in

3s to 31 s per cwt.
RicE.—Madras has been sold at 6d to is decline, good
pinkey white at Ila6d to 12s per cwt. Bengal has been
taken in at lOS Gd to Hs 6d.

SPlCES.—Malabar Pepper has had a readier sale at
2-id to 3d per lb. In Cassia Lignia and Pimento there
has not been much doing.
SALTPETRE.—Rather fuller prices have been paid for
this article. _

Rum.—There has been a very firm market for this
spirit. Proof Lecwards has realised Is 9d to Is 10d,
and Jamaica 28 to 38 per cent. overproof 3s 6d to 45 6d
per gallon. The Government contract for 100,000 gal-
lons was taken yesterday, but the price has not tran-
spired.
TEA.—The stock of Tea in London is rather lower
than in November last year. The market is quiet, with
a moderate consumption.
TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 45 per cent. on the spot.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius—Before Mr. Justice ERLE and a

Common Jury.)
SMITII V. TRUETIT.
This was an action brought to recover 2751, money
had and received for the use of the plaintiff.
Mr. Charnock appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Crowder for the defendant.
The plaintiff was the executor of a man named Smith,
and the sister-in-law of the testator. It would appear
from the evidence that the wire of the testator and the
defendant were sisters, and their deceased father left
each of them a legacy of 3001. On the death of Mrs.
Smith her husband handed over her 300/. to the defen-
dant, to be kept until he should think proper to recall
it. Shortly afterwards he died, leaving the plaintiff his
executor, and the present action was brought to re-
cover the balance, 275/.
The defence was that the money was held in trust
for he benefits of the children of the testator.

The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

SECONDARIES.-(TIIIS DA)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
JONES V. BRAND.
The plaintiff in this action is a wholesale tobacconist
in Moorgate-street, City, and defendant is a shopkeeper
at Northampton. The action was brought to recover
the sum of 41. 12s. for goods sold.
The defendant suffered judgment to go by default.
A letter was put in from defendant admitting the
receipt of the goods, and two letters were tendered
ae
evidence written by a partner of the defendant's at-
torney, in which an objection was taken that the action
ought to have been brought in the County Court.
The Learned SECONDARY held that letters from a
partner could not be admitted, unless his name appeared
on the record. If there was any value in the objection
it must bo made to the Court above.
The jury accordingly gave a verdict for the amount
claimed.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY')
(Before the Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and Mr. Justice
COLTMAN.)
EXPLOSION OF THE CRICKET STEAM-BOAT.
Henry Robert Haisman was indicted for manslaughter,
in having caused the death of Thomas Shead, by criminal
negligence in the discharge of his duties as engineer °f
the Cricket steam-boat.
Mr. BODKIN stated that this prosecution was instituted
by the Crown, in consequence of an explosion which
took place on board the vessel of which the defendant
was at the time engineer, n the 27th of August last,
at a pier in the River Thameos. On that occasion several
persons were injured, and four lost their lives.
After an investigation had been made into the circurn:
stances of the case by order of the Government, snu,
after a verdict of manslaughter had been returned against
the prisoner by a coroner's jury, it was determined on the
part of the Crown to put the prisoner upon his trial for
one of the four cases, and that of Shead, the call-boy, was
selected. The Learned Gentleman then went into
statement of the facts with which the frightful occur-
rence was attended, and which have been already very,
fully detailed in The Sun. He said it would bo for the
to say whether those facts showed that the Pri-
soner had been guilty of culpable negligence, and
thereby caused the death of the deceased.
The prisoner was defended by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins
and Mr. Clarkson.
A great number of witnesses were examined, but 01
disclosed nothing that has not already
the public.
The object of the direct examination was to show the.
the prisoner had been the culpable cause of the explosi"l
either by tying down the safety-valves or by neglecting
to attend to their action. On the other hand the counsel
for the prisoner endeavoured to elicit, in cross-examinr
Lion, that the explosion was occasioned by defects in the
boiler.
(The case for the Crown bad not concluded when we
went to press.) appeared before