The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—In West India samples a fair business has been
done, at fully last week's rates. The price paid at public
sale for Barbadoes was 50s 6d to 52s for fine yellow, and 45*
to 46s for low.

EAST INDIA.-4,175 bags 76 casks Bengal, sold at Gd de-
cline; fine white Benares, 50s to 51s, mid 47s to 47s 6d, and
fine brown, 40s per cwt. 11,238 bags Mauritius and 500
casks, were nearly all sold, at 6d to is decline; fine yellow,
47s to 48s 6cl; mid, 43s to 44s 6d ; low and fine brown, 37s to
41s 6d; and low to fine grey, 41s to 46s per cwt.
FOREIGN.-953 bags China sold at 43s 6d to 46s for mid
white, and at 44s to 45s for damaged; 1,128 baskets 1,035
mats Java mostly sold at 43s to 47s 6d for low and mid grey,
and at 48s for good and fine up to 533; 2,907 bags and boxes
Havannah were nearly all taken in at 53s to 57s for mid and
good white, and 47s to 55s for mid to fine yellow, part sell-
ing at 46s to 50s for mid and good yellow, and 50s 6d to 52s
for fine. Cuba, 540 hhds and 529 boxes partly sold at 56s to
56s 6d for mid white, and at 44s to 47s for mid and good.
Porto Rico, 111 hhds sold at 45s to 50s 6d for mid and good,
and at 51s 6d to 52s for fine ; 102 cases and 4 casks liabia
partly found buyers at 39s Gd to 44s for low and mid.
REFlNED.—Standard lumps have been 64s to 64s 6d per cwt.
COFFEE.—The market has not been buoyant. Jamaica
has sold at 67s 6d to 70s 6d for mid, and 60s to 63s for low
mid; and Berbice at 58s for low mid, and 45s fur fine ord.
Ceylon has been 2s to 3s lower for plantation sorts, but the
native samples sell tolerably well : mid bold coloury planta-
tion, 465; pea-berry, 55s to 675; native good sound ord,
37s 6d. There have been parcels of mid and coloury taken
in also at 60s to 675, but some pea-berry has been sold at
66s 6d to 675. In Mocha and other sorts the business done
has not been of importance.
CocoA.—Trinidad has been sold at 51s to 565, and some
fine red at 60e.
SPlCES.—Pimento has realised 4%d to 4%d, and Black
Pepper has been taken in at 21/0 to 2%d per lb.
RlCE.—Rather a larger quantity has been offered, but
holders have taken in the chief part. Fine white Manilla
has been sold at 24s to 255; white Bengal at 24s to 25s fur
good to fine, and Madras is held for 22s to 23s 6d per cwt.
INDlGO.—During the present week there has been more
animation at these sales. The total quantity passed is
11,572 chests, of which 4,296 have been sold. Prices have
been firmer.
CorroN.—There has been a moderate business doing at
steady rates.
Runs.—The market is pretty well supported.
TEA.—The market is without any particular alteration,
and with a good consumption.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been 47s to 47s Gd per cwt. on
the spot.

SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary JAntr.s.)
WANT V. ATKINSON.
This was an action on a bill of exchange for 11/. ss. The
plaintiff is a builder at St. Pancras, and the defendant is a
tradesman at the same place.
The defendant pleaded that he had accepted the bill for
the accommodation of one Smith, who had endorsed it to the
plaintiff without consideration.
Mr. Wallis, clerk to the plaintiff's attorney, was called,
and proved having had a conversation with the defendant,
who said that he had had a great many bill transactions with
Smith, and that the one in question was partly for a debt
and partly fur accommodation.
Mr. RYLAND, who appeared for the defendant, said the
defendant was in rather a difficult situation, in consequence
01 the conduct of Smith, who had been instrumental in
causing this defence, as he had stated to defendant that he
had given it to the plaintiff by way of accommodation, and
that the latter was quite aware that it was an accommodation
bill. Since then, however, he had altered his story; but he
would be put into the witness-box, so that ulterior proceed-
ings might be taken if necessary.
Smith was then called on his subpoena, but did not appear.
A verdict was, therefore, given for plaintiff.

BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT
(THIS DAY.)
(Before D. D. 11FATH, Esq. )
LETT V. BARTON.

In this case a groom appeared as defendant.
Solicitor (for plaintiff)—This, my Lord, is an action for
the recovery of tenancy; the defendant was summoned at
the Old County Court, and was ordered, by ➢lr. Dubois, to
pay a certain sum of rent, and in reply to the Judge's order
for payment he said, " I wish you may get."
The defendant (growling)—Well, ain't you had the money
since?

Plaintiff—No.
Defendant—Then you've got it to git, and I wish you
may.—(Laughter.)
The broker who had destrained upon Mr. Barton entered
the witness box, when lie was interrupted by the
Defendant—There's a specimen of a broker. Don't he look
a beauty—looks for all the world as if he lived upon pump-
water and blue bottles.
The JUDGE—Silence, sir, or I shall order you out of court.
The defendant then made a most insulting attack upon the
plaintiff and the whole of the witnesses, and abused the soli-
citor. It was in vain that he was remonstrated with on his
conduct. He still continued his abusive language. At
length the Judge interrupted him by saying, silence, or 1
shall commit you for contempt of Court.
Defendant—l do commit the Court, and the lot of them in
contempt.
The JUDGE, being unable to reason with the defendant, or
check his offensive remarks, committed him for contempt of
Court.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.)
Catherine Moody, a well-dressed female, was brought up
on a remand, charged with uttering a counterfeit coin.
Mr. William Russell, landlord of the Cambrian Tavern,
Castle-street, Leicester-square, stated that the prisoner came
to his house on the night of the 14th instant, and having
called for a glass of sherry, which he supplied her with,
tendered a half-crown in payment. Directly he felt the
coin he detected it as being bad, and taxed the
prisoner with attempting to defraud him. The pri-
soner replied that she had just received the money of
a gentleman, and would go and tell him of it. Witness,
however, would not let her off so easily, but sent for a
constable and gave her in charge.
Police-sergeant Wells C, said he received charge of the
prisoner and conveyed her to the station, where she was
searched, and eight counterfeit half-crowns were found tied
up in one corner of her shawl.
The barmaid at lien Caunt's proved taking a counterfeit
half-crown from the prisoner on the same evening, in pay-
ment for a biscuit.
The prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the coin being
bad, was committed for trial.

THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
Edward Mull, a sergeant in the Royal Marine Corps, was
charged with having assaulted James how, manager of the
Brunswick Pier Tavern, near the terminus of the Blackwall
Railway.
Tile prosecutor stated that the prisoner accompanied by
some females, came into the Brunswick Pier Tavern yester-
day morning and called for some liquor, which the sergeant
paid for, and the women sat down on some stone steps
oy the door drinking it. After a little while they began
romping together, and between them the glass out of
which they had been drinking was broken, and when
witness asked the sergeant to pay for it, he agreed to do
so, and told the women to go, saying he would settle for the
glass, but as some time elapsed and he did not do so, witness
again quietly asked him for the money, when he struck him
a violent blow in the mouth, making the blood flow.,
This evidence was corroborated by the waiter, John Erle,
who said Mr. How asked fig the money in a quiet manner.
Mr. Pelhair, who appeared on behalf cl the prisoner, cross-
examined the witnesses at some length, but without shaking
their testimony.
Mr. BALLANTINE fined the prisoner 203., or ten days' lin •
prisonment.—The line was immediately paid.

SOUTHWARK.—(IIIIS DAY.)
John Bishop was charged with stealing upwards of eight
tons of iron, the property of the South-Western Railway
Company.
Mr. Strap, assistant to the resident engineer, stated that
the prisoner was employed by the company to term points on
the railway, and for that purpose was supplied from time to
time with bars of iron. Of late, however, it was ascertained
that, instead of the prisoner returning to the company the
iron left after making the points, he converted the same to his
own purposes, upwards of eight tons havingbeen discovered,
and which he sold as old iron.
The prisoner, a smith by trade, said that he considered the
pieces of iron left after making the points as his own per-
quisites.
The secretary said that the company never intended that
the prisoner should have the iron, and that it was his duty
to have returned it to the company's store.
A witness named Smith, a general dealer, proved that ho
purchased of the prisoner a large quantity cf iron alleged
to have bean stolen under the tircurastautta aboye ren-

tioned, and which he afterwards sold to ➢ir. Lumby, an iron
merchant at Bankside.

The iron having been identified, the prisoner was remanded.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XVII.
The Committee on this group met this morning at the
usual hour, in Room 11 ; Sir James Buller East in the chair.
GREAT NORTHERN (DEVIATIONS BE-
TWEEN LONDON AND GRANTHAM).
The remaining clauses of this Bill were agreed to, and
The Committee adjourned till after the holidays.