The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-29 00:00:00

00MSBURY COUNTY COURT.
(THIS DAY.)
MITRE V. PAYNE.
This was an action to recover the sum of 3/., the ameunt
of damage done to several articles of wearing apparel, and
for medical attendance upon the plaintiff, rendered requisite
by the culpable neglect of the defendant, in the capacity of
omnibus conductor.

The plaintiff. stated that she entered the defendant's
omnibus, at Stratford on the Bth of the present month, for
the purpose of being conveyed to Bedford-street. Upon
reaching the Strand, the vehicle was detained nearly half-
an-hour, and being in a hurry, she went to the door to look
for the conductor, but he was nowhere to be seen, and before
she could resume her seat the omnibus was set in motion,
and the door flying open, she fell out upon the roadway, and
sustained sevete injuries, and also greatly damaged a velvet
dress which she wore at the time. Subseqaeutly she applied
to the conductor and the driver and owner of the omnibus,
to make a recompense for :he injury and damage effected
through the negligence of the former. The conductor had
promised to pay 31., although the extent of the damage
exceeded 6/.

The latter part of the plaintiff's evidence was then corro-
borated by Mrs. P. Moggs, a lady who was present upon the
agreement being made.
The solicitor of the defendant positively denied that he
had made any such promise.
The JUDGE said that the agreement to pay 3/. had been
proved by two parties. lie would give judgment for the
plaintiff for that sum.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.)
David Macintyre, a rough-looking young fellow, was
charged before Mr. Hardwick with breaking four squares of
glass, and assaulting Seth Kitchen, landlord of the White
Horse, West-street, Soho.
The complainant stated that last night, about eleven
o'clock, the defendant came into his house and requested to
be served with some gin. Seeing that the man was already
in a state of inebriety, he (complainant) refused to serve
him, whereupon the defendant flew into a violent rage, struck
him in the face, and afterwards broke four squares of glass
with his fists. The defendant was proceeding to further acts
of violence, when a constable was called who took him into
custody.
The defendant, who pleaded the old tale of being drunk,
and a state of unconsciousness as to what he was doing, was I
fined 10s., or seven days' imprisonment in the House of
Correction.

SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.)
John Davis, pupil of Mr. Evans, surgeon, of Blackman_
street, was charged with the following misconduct.
Mr. Evans stated that the defendant was his nephew, and
articled to him. Between two and three o'clock that morn.
ing, while the family were at rest, a noise was heard down
stairs, and on proceeding to the kitchen, the defendant was
found there with three women of the town, regaling them-
selves with liquor, and sitting by a blazing fire ; and when
he (complainant) expostulated with his nephew for intro-
ducing them, he became extremely insolent, created a dis-
turbance, and it was found necessary to give him iuto custody.
The defendant said he was intoxicated, and that he should
not repeat such conduct if he was forgiven this time.
Mr. SECKIft said that the worst part of the charge was
that relating to the defendant having introduced into his
uncle's house women of abandoned character. The Magis-
trate sentenced the defendant to three months' imprisonment.

ALof OF
IT7tRhOOPS
FROM detachment—Aß Rlv
Re-
gimenti(NtheA.—Leicestenhire Royal Tigers), under command
CHATHAm,ThAisPhIRIoLrnin2gB
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having disembarked at that port from the ship
of Lieutenant W. Bilfield, arrived at Lhatham barracks from
Gravesend, i
Malabar, Captain Pare, 700 tons burden. A detachment of
the 25th, King's Own, a 150... arrived )by the
same ship, and
proceeded
to the invalid depot, I, ort I tt. The above troops
embarked at Bombay on the 2d January last, at which
place, the head quarters of the 17th Regiment, being weak,
there being only 450, men in the. regiment, were ready
for embarkation for England. During the passage an officer
of the 28th Regiment died on board, and also one of his
children, and a private of the 25th, named William Brad-
ford, and two children, belonging to the2sth. The 17th Re-
giment, at the Battle of the Sutlej, formed part of the corres-
ponding army under Sir Charles Napier.
MINISTERIAL BANQUET.—Last evening, Lord J.
Russell gave a grand banquet, at his mansion in Cheshara-
place, to several of the Ministerial Members of the Lower
House. The guests included Lord Duncan, Mr. Denistoun,
Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Aldam, Mr. D. Barclay, Mr. Bellew, Sir
William Clay, Captain Hatton, Sir John Easthope, Sir
Thomas Esnsonde, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Forster, Sir Robert Price, '
Mr. Flaillpotts, Sir George Strickland, Lord Marcus Hill, Sir
Qtaries Napier, Mr. Tucred, and Mr. nornely.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
NEWGATE AND ZZIA.DENZIALL.
There was a very steady business passing here, at full
prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d;
Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; and Pork,
3s 10d to 5s per 81bs, by the carcase.

SMITIIFIELD..-- Meadow Hay, 2/ ILETS
lOs to 3l 18s ; Clover ditto.
3/ lOs to 5/ ; and Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 16s per load.
Trade steady, at full prices.
CUMBEtILAND.—IIIeadow Hay, 21 12s to 4/ ; Clover
ditto, 3110 s to 4/ IGs ; and Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 15s per load
A full average supply, and a steady demand.
IVIIITECHAPEL. --- Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 41; Clover
ditto, 3/ 108 to 51; and Straw, 1/. 12s to 1/ IGs per loal.
Supply good, and trade dull.

MEAT MarilLETl3.
HAILSIIA3L Aran. 28.—Higher prices were obtained for
fat stock to-day, with a brisk trade :—Beef; from 33 6d to
41; 8d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 8d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 63; Veal, 4s to
4s 8d ; and Pork, 48 to 4s 8d per Blbs.
ARUNDEL, Arm, 27.—Beef, from 3a 10d to 4s 8d ; Mutton
4s 4d to 5s 8d ; Lamb, 53 6ci to 6s; eal, 4s to 43 8d; and
Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per Sibs. A moderate supply, and a
firm demand.
CHICHESTER, APRIL 28.—'We had a very steady trade this
morning at improved currencies :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d;
Illutton,.4s 4d to 5s 8d; Lamb, 5s Gd to 6s; Veal, 4s to 4s
10d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 20s to
23,i; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 17s to 20s; and Milch Cows
with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each.
Sountat.r., APRIL 28.—Although the supply of each
kind of tat stock was tolerably good, the general demand
was firm, and prices had an upward tendency.
Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Gd; Lamb,
5s 4d to 6s 2d; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d
per Blbs.
ROMFORD, APRIL 28.—We had only a moderate supply of
stock here. On the whole the trade was brisk, at higher rates.
Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s Gd; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 6d; Lamb,
5s 4d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 45 to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per
Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 295; Quarter-old Store Pigs,
16s to 19s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to
19l each.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended April 29, 1847, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT- !BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RTE. I BEANS. I PEAg.
PRICE • • I 75s 10c1 48s 5d 29s 7d 53s Gd 49s I 1 d 523 4d
The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
DOE DEM WOOD V. WILKINS.
Sir F. KELLY showed cause against a rule obtained by Mr.
Sergeant Talfourd in this case, which was tried at Worcester,
and was an action of ejectment brought to try the right of
defendant to retain possession of certain property, which he
claimed to hold in pursuance of the bequest of the late Mr.
Wood, the banker of Gloucester.Zßule discharged.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
BAILEY V. BRADLEY.
This case, which came on this morning for the third time,
and which related to the rent of a farm of land, occupied the
Court till one o'cicck.—Judgment deferred.

COURT.-(THIS DAY).
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BUACUELL).
WEBB v. BOLTON.
The plaintiff in this action is a dramatic author, and the
defendant was the lessee and manager of the Olympic
Theatre. The action was brought to recover the sum of
191. 9s. for work and labour, &c.
The defendant suffered judgment to go by default.
The claim was for 131., the balance of 231. which the de-
fendant had undertaken to pay, for preparing the opening
and four comic scenes of a Christmas pantomime, entitled
Macbeth, a further sum of 41. for the license to perform a
domestic drama, of which the plaintiff was the author, at 10s.
per night, and 2!. 9s. for acting as stage director and
prompter.
Mr. COLE, who appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, ealted
Mr. George Maynard, who stated that he performed in the
piece of Yule Log for ten nights; it wasproduced under the
direction of the plaintiff, whose name appeared on the play-
bills, he considered it was worth 1/. a night to the author.
The UNDER -Stumm' did not think this proved the author-
ship, or any agreement to pay for the permission.
Mr. COLE said be should be able to carry the case
further by other witnesses; but he had to submit that there
was evidence on the face of the play-bills that the plaintiff
was the author—indeed some part of his claim had been
paid to him, but, although notice had been served on the de-
fendant to produce the " treasury book" of the theatre, in
which the entries would appear, he had not done so.
The UNDER-tinEtner repeated that he did not think there
was any evidence as 'o the 41. for the license.
Mr. James Wilkinson, al-o one of the performers, was then
called, and proved that he heard from the defendant that the
plaintiff had been engaged as stage director and prompter.
Seven shillings a night was a reasonable charge for those
duties. On the play-bills it was set out that Yule Log was
adapted and would be produced under the direction of Mr.
Webb. From that it would be considered in the profession
that plaintiff was the 'author, and entitled to be paid for
each-night's performance. Fifteen shillings or 11. per night
would be a reasonable charge. The piece had a run of ten
nights.
Mr. COLE said the bills were printed under the direction of
the defendant, who thereby recognised the plaintiff as the
author, and was bound to pay him according to the custom
between authors and managers.
John Durson, the stage carpenter, said that he always
understood the "plaintiff was the author of Yule Log as
performed at the Olympic.
The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF left it to the jury to say
whether they considered there was sufficient evidence of the
plaintiff being the author, and had given permission for the
piece to be performed, and was to be paid ; if so, they would
give such a sum as they thought reasonable.
The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed.
I'DILLIMORE AND OTHERS V. GODMAN.
This was an action on a bond. The plaintiffs are magis-
trates of the county of Hertford, and the defendant the high-
constable of the St. Albans' Liberty.
The defendant had suffered judgment to go by default.
Mr. GREEN, the r:Jintiff's solicitor, said that, on the de-
fendant being appointed, he undertook to collect the county
and police rates, and to give a bond for 1,500/. for the due
performance of his duty, and the payment to the treasurer of
the liberty and the treasurer of the county of the sums
which came to his hands. The defendant, however, had
lately become bankrupt, and admitted that there was a defi-
ciency in his accotints, and itai for that amount that The
present action was brought,
Mr. Durrant, the Clerk of the Peace for the county, was
called, and proved an admission by the defendant that he
was deficient to the amount of 2091. 10s. Bd.
The jury, upon this evidence, gave a verdict for that
amount.
BADCOCK V. THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY.--COM-
PENSATION.
This was an inquiry in a case of compensation for some
premises on Bow-common required for the purposes of the
extension of the Blackwall Railway.
The jury having been sworn, a view was demanded on be
half of the company. On their return it was announced tha
an arrangement had been come to for the case to be pos
poned till another day, to suit the convenience of counsel.
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