The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-19 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP DI.A.R.KET.

Our market continues to be scantily supplied with the best
Hops of last years' growth, both in pockt ts and bags. Such
qualities are in fair request, at last week's quotations; but all
other kinds command very little attention, with full average
supplies on offer. Sussex Pockets, 41 to 4/ 8s ; Weald of
Kent ditto, 4/ 5s to 41 16s; Mid and East Kent ditto,
41 15a to 6/ 12s.

co~ONIAX
SUGAIL—There has been a moderate business done in Bri-
tish Plantation, and at fuller rates, but there is so-little on
show that transactions are restricted. Refined Standard
Lumps have been quoted 64s to 64s 6d, being an advance of
is per cwt. on the lowest recent prices.
LAST INDIA.-8,020 bags Bengal, mostly sold at previous
rates by auction ; fine white Benares, 525, mid 49s 6d to 50: ;
fine strong grainy yellow, 53s to 575; and good brown, 40s to
41e. Madras, 5,193 bags went, however, Gd to Is lower; good
damp yellow, 42s 6LI to 435; -and good and fine brown, 38s 6d
to 39% 11,194 bags 767 casks Mauritius sold well, bringing
6d advance in some cases. Fine yellow, 50a to 535; fine
brown, 44s to 44s 64.; low to time grey, 4tis to 50s per cwt.
Penang, 1,196 baskets went rather lower: good yellow;
44s to 45s 6d; low, 41s to 41s ; and low brown, 375.
Singapore mil yellow has been taken in at 48s.
FOREIGN.—Holders are asking advanced prices, and most
cf the parcels put up by auction hare been withdrawn above
the value, viz., 31s and 32s to 35a for low to fine white; and
50s 64 to 54s for low to good yellow. Privately brown and
yellow have realiFed 26s 64 to 29s 64 in bond. Brazil, 2,660
bags, duty paid, has been sold at 56s to 60s for good and fine
white, 46s 64 to 52s for low to good yellow, asd 52s 6d to
53s for fine.

COFFEE. —The market for West India has been quiet but
steady. Jamaica has been sold at 33a to COs per cwt;
good ord pale Native Ceylon has realised 435; Singapore
Java, good ord 33s to 345, and low to good ord Penang 26s
to 27s 6d, being rather lower for the Java. At auction 991
bags Ceylon sold at 40s to 43s 6d for good ord to good ord
greenish, 46s to 53s for finel and flue ord. 47s to 73 for pea
berry and plantation. Costa Rico realised 31s to 35 6cl, and
Rio was taken in at 44s 6d to 455. Bahia has been sold at
35s per cwi. SI . Domingo afloat, deliverable in a near port,
has been sold at 295.

TEA.—The public sales of about 30,000 packages com-
menced yesterday. The quantity passed was 15,500 packages,
which went utr flatly, only 1,500 finding buyers, and these
mostly of inferior quality. Prices ruled the same as before the
sale.

SPlCES.—Penang has been sold at 2%d to 23/44 per lb.,
and in Pimento and Cassia Lignea there is no particular
change.

RlLL.—Whito Bengal has been 22s to 235, and Madras
2ls 6Li for low mid white.
SALTPETRE.—BengaI has been sold at 25s to 28s for 17%
and 31 Ihs.refraction.

Ru;i.—The market is very quiet.
CorroN.—There is but little doing, and prices are lower,
TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 51s to 51s 3J per cwt. on the spot.

CHANCERY.L--(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Old Hall, and
heard appeals to-day.
TILE ArroRNEY-GENEnAL V. TILE MERCHANT VENTURERS

correctly all the circumstances under which the deed of si•
sigtunent had been executed. •
Mr. STEPHENS followed on the same side. •
Mr. LEK api.eared on the part of the other parties, alit'''.
ing a lien on the annuity.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the Vies:4.7trAsrcELLost of ENGLAND.)
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took tinq;.
posed cause petitions, short causes, 'and petitions to-sez.
none of which possessed any points of interest, except to 1_0:
parties concerned. His Honour, after disposing of these en
proceeded to hear the further arguments on the part-he'":
case of "Joy v. Birch," which occupied the Court the
mainder of the morning.

(Before Vice. Chancellor Sir J. K. BaticE.)
JOHNSON V. RICHARD?. re lief,
This was a cause petition praying for discovery an-
and turned upon tile construction of the 49th order of i.O
Court. The case occupied the whole morning, but w"
destitute of any public interest.

SECONDARIES.-(THIS DA 3( •
There were no causes set down for hearing this day.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DA
.( &fore Mr. Cotarnipsioner Gou uns.)

IN RE EDWARD GARDNER.
This bankrupt, who had carried on basiness as ato for
luring chemist in Fieltigate-street, Whitechapel, came up
his ce tificate.
A 110 •
His lioxotte, on looking at the proceedings, observe-, oc
this was another of those cases where a man had spent oin'to
every farthing he had, not having even sufficient to Paidion
full expenses of the Couro et came up to get pretu"or
against their creditors. In this case a judgment had keno
tained against the bankrupt. Suing out fiats in this W
was a fraud on the law altogt then
Mr. Spiller, the bankrupt's solicitor, said that the I°l°,l
had failed from accidental causes, but on a new trial it ulti-
be in favour of the
COMMISS estate. ~,to
The Learned lONER asked where the funds vre'tett
come from ? In most of these cases, the bankrupt attribu re
his misfortunes to injustice on the part of some one or 10
0.
creditors, but they were those who had obtained judgnnenbis
He (his Honour) did not consider such person entitle(' dir
certificate, at all events for a very long period ; under theos
cumstances he should refuse the certificate absolutelY• to
bankrupt had mistaken the Court altogether • be eutibe
have applied to the Insolvency Court. and could nowt "' old
certificate was refused, 'but if it had been suspended, be 012. of
no doubt have been taken in execution, and the Cott'
Insolvency would not interfere. • AA
Mr.SrterA n hoped that a short protection would NI gra-
till a petition could be filed. : gab
His HoNoun—Certainly not. I will not interfere .0 -
a case, to deprive the creditor of his rights.

IVIARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY
Nam Key, a chimney sweep, was placed at the bar of
fore Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing a quantitlo,
plate, consisting of a tea-pot, a cream-ewer, eleven i°l_:,;c
one waiter, four decanter-stands, two tea-spoons, apd 11'11,
of candlesticks, the property of Charles Millet, Esq-,14°.
Lower
Charles Brook-street, Grosvenor square.
that tll6
Holmes, butler to the prosecutor. stated t
servants were in the habit of going up stairs to prayers ed0;01
morning at nine o'clock. This morning, on their ratura_A to
stairs, he entered the pantry, where he was astonish_rbjf
find the prisorer in the act of packing up the plate 'Rea
soot-bag. Witness immediately locked the door, and sell
a police-constable and gave him in charge. .
Police-constable 39 D took the prisoner into custody is
pantry. On searching him he found eleven silver,forsed
his pocket, and the remainder of the plate now proAucinivia
his soot-bag. In one corner of the pantry he also Ott
several other articles packed up ready to be taken mg* bid
his examining the premises he found that the prisoner 01
gained admission by picking the lock of the area drilor,
from thence made his way into the pantry, the door aw
he had forced open.
The prisoner, who declined saying anything, wile co
mitted for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.--(THIS PAYl‘'
*/
• ot
A journeyman carpenter, on the part of six other "oi
men employed in the erection of some large buildings the
going on in the New North-road, Holton, applied 1° the
,
magistrate, Mr. Bingham, who sat for Mr. Arnold. le
'„
bf
restoration of their working too's, which had been sto,,'-,,dy
a fellow workman, named .iohn S midi, who was sulgol',l`,,,itti,
taken into custody with the tools in his possession. his
on being placed in the cell of the police station. °wb
throat, and was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's 11011
The tools remained in the hands of the police, but the rforl4
men were, in consequence, unable to proceed with the
irjo
and themselves and families would thereby be great :wee the
Mr. BINGII.A.M, with great humanity, suggested tbatit of
better plan would perhaps be to detain one tool 01113
each lot of the least consequence to the workmen, and '-
to them the others.
:mired
The suggestion of Mr. Bingham was at once acqtt..--,ccere
and the applicant, attended by Hayward, one of the ("qv
of the Court, was desired to make the necessary
arra-
ment.

-CLERKEN WELL .—( T HIS
ROBBERY AT THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—Anne com-ols
ccok at the Caledonian Asylum, Chalk-road, lA/Iwo/40i of
charged with robbing the institution of a large ele°tl sed.
property, consisting of flannel, sheeting, plaids, calorns'iwor.
other such articles; a quantity of bread, oatmesk,o.
cheese, &c.; and James Hid, a carpenter, residing at I„cis-
Harrison-street, Brunswick-square, was charged with rt
iug the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. at
.
Sergeant Brennan, 9 N, stated, that last night, or
a quarter before eleven o'clock he met the male prisoperuired
rying two large bundles along the Chalk-road. He inq
of the prisoner what he was carrying, when he rep ; oot
"What is that to you ;" but upon the witness (who no,
in his uniform at the time) saying he was a
the prisoner threw the taro bundles on the ground sit'aqvg
oft: Ho was followed by the witness, who succeeded in Who,
him into custody after a chace of upwards of a mile. 17_,Plies
at the station-house, he said he got the two ini"lto
which contained bread and a quantity of eAtanias
from the other prisoner, who was the cook at the Calo-10-- t, le
Asylum. The male prisoner's lodgings in Harrison-Ore°
polic
Brunswick-square, were then searcheit,swihen the flanisite,ik
sheeting, and other articles named above were found t",:h-
as well as a jar of blacking, upon which was the stamp
asylum. The female prisoner was taken into custody t1.1,1h
morning, when she at once admitted being acquainted Sob
Hill.

Sergeant Brennan said he had ascertained that the Priii
sailers had been acquainted f r a long time, and he 000'11
if further time was afforded he would be enabled to est&bli.sn,
other charges against them, as the female prisoner told 111,.
,lie had just come from the country before she went W
Caledunian Asylum, although he had ascertained that su
resided in another place in London. 1 of
The housekeeper of the asylum having identified several
the articles produced as the property of the institution„_,
Mr. COMBS ordered the prisoners to be remanded, in ow!:
that the police might have an opportunity of making furtl
inquiries. •

" The value.
THE LATE GEORGE ROBINS,
tion of the personal property of the great
taken et
the lamented George Henry Robins, Esq., has been
140,0004, exelusive f landed property.
to sink
The Lyceum is,
_ from what we learn, likely Steel
nto the unprofitable state in which the present leaver
bunt' it ; and from which no other management coo'
succeeded to raise it. The popularity of this house
,ict,
menced with the Keeley reign, prior to its
prosperity was a stranger to its doors, and its
ill-fortune was a bye-word. The spirited te' A-
in which Mr. Strutt commenced the undertaking Of sta-
ing the luckless English Opera House a profitable cs,.•
valuer of estates
blishment, and the tact, and talent shown 11 the
and Mrs. Keeley, in their endeavours to makecosel
performances attractive, have been such go
hardly fail to be successful, and they deserve all ire
advantages advantages that they have gained but, it aPro to
the demand made for the rent increases in proportio ,ad
the success of the lessees, as though the bong, Andy
not the company drew spectators. The latest deli for
report says, is enormous, and equal to net aSkeiiiied
Drury-lane. The present lessees have deter';oo
upon rejecting such an advance; and, it is feared, there , log
are fated to see their prospect of some return for the'r,„„eot
dormant outlay fade like a gleam of sunshine at the P,`,.-601
reason. Surely these people have suffered enough e"
‘,,
by their invesFO tment.—From the Era, March 14. ; tbe
ACTIONS R SMALL DEETS..-.•Yesterday, ono
Sheriff's Court, Red Lion-square, an action brought ir,lnute
of the superior Courts was tried, in which the sum in d° Puce
only amounted to 2/. 16s. A barrister was employed Or re'
defendant, and on the part of the plaintiff four witnessest is
siding in Essex were called. The witnesses were eO,. the
attendance for the defendant, and a verdict was given fo:tiell
amount claimed. The costs of the parties in thi4 e'lereft
must exceed 20/. By the County Courts Act, now oil
wise
to be enforced, such actions will be discontinued, etherifiett
the parties bringing them will not only have to paY nrclot
own expenses, but the expenses of the defendants, on an "
made by the judge trying the cause.
THE WANDERING MINSTREL FOR WESTSI,,.,-c-e
„0l1; $
—We perceive that the Wandering Minstrel has hee°.,,'"ster
candidate for the representation of the city of Westlol; 00
in Parliament. It is a pity that poor old Billy Waters :oe'§
longer alive to stand--ten his wooden leg—as Mr. Cochrs
colleague. Billy iVaters was, at all events, associeten tbe
,
local ties with Westminster, for all the little boys
ge
place used to take the glorious privilege of pelting him' bite
thus had the freedom of the city very often presented t°ss
in a snowball or cabbage leaf. Mr. Cochrane cannot the
of even this amount of intimacy between himself all!' ceg,
electors, for his public life has been passed in the provlnfo-
If Beulah Spa were to be allowed to send a member Ovia
liament, we -know of no man so worthy as the Wen' We
Minstrel of the suffrages of that romantic tea-garden•aor
have no doubt that if he were sent into the House of 04
mons lie would propose the emancipation of the Giries'iotO
recommend the appointment of a Committee to inOilcOV,
the propriety of having a British resident at the Sivis'is
tage to encourage emigration to Norwood. The eleet°„ies
Westminster do not, however, require as their repreeellitel
a gentleman who can touch a few notes on the guitar. 0.10
want rather an able supporter of the popular cause4Aic.:,
in matters of practical improvement, can play first nclu'
Punch.

BIRTH:4. 1.0
On the II th inst , at Thelverton Rectory, Norfolk, the wife of
Rev. It. C. Maul, of a son. I.
On the 13th inst., at South Coßingham, Nottinghamshire, W.
Smith Woolley, jun., of a daughter.
r °J.
On the 15th inst., at Grosvenor-park, Camberwell, the wife o
John Garland, of a son. __to!,
On the 15th inst., at Islington, the wife of Dr. William E. iiw—
of a son. UP of
On the 16th inst., in Gloucester place, Portman-square, the
David Stern, Esq., of a daughter. of S'
On the 15th inst., at Camden Villas, Regent's-park, the rife
J. Murray, Esq., of a son. le'
On the 16tra Inst., at New Park-road, Brixton hill, Mrs. J. SP
of a son. _ r_ c r
On the 17th inst., In Brcok-street, Grosvenor-square, Lady
DeX
of a daughter.
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MARRIED. Teo'
On the 15th inst at the British Embassy, Paris, Mr. Angu-
nings, of London, to Ch:tr:oitc, youngest daughter of the late
Delahoy, of Greenwich.

• DIED. hart.
On the 16th inst., in Portland • place, Sir William Curtis,rotl-
On the 14th inst., at Wallop,finear Stockbridge, G. s. Brewerta
On the 14th inst.; at Hastings. Louisa, the wife of CharleS
Wilson, Esq.
On the 17th inst., Mary, the youngest daughter co: Mr. J.
Qutncey of Palatine (louse, Stoke Newington.
On the 15th inst., Sarah Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. fir•
Dryden, of Lambeth, aged 29. Aged-
On the 15th inst., in Lower Grosvenor-street, Miss A. J. DU"' oll•
On the 16th inst.. Mary Birch, only child of Mr. J. F. oj /10
Charles-square, City-road, aged 19. fig
Ced 71'
On the 16th inst., at Southampton, Joseph Newman, Esq., - I,lv
On the IGth inst., at Gteat Barford. Beds, the Rev. John
son, Vicar of Roston, with Great Barford, aged 68

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19,1847.