The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-14 00:00:00

WOOL.

Large public sales of Colonial Wool are now taking place
in London. About 3,000 bales have been already offered, and
partly disposed of, at a trifle under the previous quota-
tions. The auctions will be continued the whole of the
present week. Since our last, the imports have amounted to
about 3,200 bales, chiefly from our colonies. In the private
contract market very little business is doing, at barely
late rates.

TALLOW.
There is a very steady business doing in this market, and
the quotations have further advanced 6cl per cwt. P. Y. C.
on the spot is 50s 9d to 51s per cwt. ; Town Tallow is 50s to
50s 6d per cwt. nett cash; Rough Fat, 2s lid per 81bs.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The peers
in attendance were—l he Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell,
the Earl of Orkney, and the Bishop of St. Asaph.

WEIR V. CRAWFORD. -
This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from
the decision of the Court of Session in Scotland, confirming
the dismissal of the appellant by the directors of the Kilmar-
nock Academy from his situation as one of the teachers of
that institution.

The case occupied their Lordships tho whole morning.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
( Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice Winitzuw.N.)

CATES V. SMITH AND ♦NOTHER.
➢lr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Huddlestone appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Humfrey for the defendant.
This was a " running down' case. The plaintiff is a coach-
master in the New-road, Chelsea, and the defendants are
railway carriers carrying on business in the Old Bailey.
It appeared that on the 28th of April last year, the Ba-
roness French hired a brougham from the plaintiff, and as
she was being driven up Lambs' Conduit-street, towards
Holborn, a cart belonging to the defendants, which was
loaded with packages, came in collision with the brougham.
In consequence of the collision the brougham was consider-
ably damaged, and the horse thrown down and dragged a
considerable distance along the road, and injured. Several
witnesses were called on the part of the plaintiff, among
whom were the butler of the Baroness and the driver of the
brougham, who concurred in stating that at the time the ac-
cident happened the driver of the cart appeared to be dosing,
and that it was entirely owing to his neglect in not keeping
on his right side. The amount sought to be recovered
was 30/.

Mr. HUMPREY in defence produced a letter which the de-
fendant had received from the plaintiff some time after the
occurrence claiming but 21. 55., and stated that the plaintiff
threatened when the defendant refused to pay the amount to
bring an action against him, and to put him to 1004

ex pense.
r. M Sergeant Wriacms said the nature of the defence had
taken him by surprise, as he had been led to believe that it
would be of a different character. He would therefore con-
sent to withdraw a juror.
A juror was, therefore, accordingly withdrawn.
WLEISH v. nuoomm.

This was a prosecution at the instance of the plaintiff, a
footman, to recover compensation in damages from Mr.
James Broome, the well know prize fighter and pulllican, in
Air-street, Piccadilly, for a violent assault committed upon
him in November last.
Mr. Sergeant SIIEE having stated the case, proceeded to
call the prosecutor, APLeish, who stated that he was at
the house of the defendant in November last, and that he
offered to match a man to run a race against a person named
Westhall, but he openly stated to Johnny Broome that he
would not trust any money in his hands on account of dis-
honourable practices of which he had been guilty with re-
speet to stakes which had been previously placed in his
hands. The defendant made use of very bad language, and
said he would knock his head off if he accused him of dis-
honourable practices. lie (the prosecutor) repeated what
he had said, at which the defendant walked up to him,
struck him violently with his clenched fist in the left eye,
caused his nose to bleed, and sent him backwards with con-
siderable force on a table. He suffered much pain from it,
and next day he went to Mr. Young, a surgeon in Picca-
dilly, who bad occasionally attended him up to the present
time.

„dsf
SERIOUS STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT...4)n Sattl.b, A
afternoon, shortly after one o'clock, whilst the SYlltrips
Woolwich and London steam-boat, was on her upward yisa
and shortly after putting in at Blackfriars pier, ?"„„ to
in the act of passing under the bridge, when, evi2nitche%
sudden nip of the tide, the vessel struck one of tler oat;
of the bridge with such violence as to carry away '
fon”
board paddle-box ;at the same time the top (4 the; doio '
caught the side of the arch, which forced the ast°,olo 'lO
and it fell on the back of a man named Wills, fer`bew it'
Mr. Samuels, the tailor, of Ludgate-hill. The boater _I as;
ing to the pier, with Mr. Robert Ware, the mast *7de
other waterman, named Bale, instantly put off ;if° . igiiitil
assistance. Such was the violence of the blevilia4„
had received that it was at first imagined he Was ~wtheia:
stretcher was procured, and he was taken to St- rt is, boll,
maw's Hospital, where he remains at
ever, believed that he is not fatally injured. , _ ttlearaer.:,
ance was rendered by the captain and crew of tn'occuerenti
present..vvery saais .
and it is the opinion of the piermaster that the ittin, ba
was occasioned, not from any carelessness of the cap'
solely from the " set " of the tide. ,At
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'Y P—A-oSor
a meeting of the fellows, held on Saturday (I' Je Dill the 0.1;
folk, president, in the chair), a ballot took 'place, 190ciety' • t,
lowing ladies and gentlemen were addr,d to the, Lateusrii„,
The Earl of Mansfield, the Earl of J'_.tarewookl,,`;„%, F. 1,
Colonel Hope, Captain Carnac, R '.,.,T , captain ,1", Est,
Popham, Esq., C. R. Fenwick. -is • C. Churchill, jars-
4
Lawrence, Esq., Thomas Q.,
' q"Alfred klitcha
R. Ogilby Moore, Es'v een' E. "I" G• F. ' ,I
Esq., A. Slous, Zs-4.,
Basil G. Woodd, '
'so. Nisbet Browne, Esq., t
,pour 0,
M.D., Lady P ' ' Harrison, Mrs' ffe../ a obson, Mrs. Robertl MO.
R. Wheeler, Esq., J. w. O '•
Mullens v - ~R. J. Alliston, Esq., Hand, ~;,,
' ars Uzielli, Mrs. Dalton Serra' , , ill
and Mk - •
,s Haigh.
—L rd li-f°rriAt3 : the
~ _ADAM ON THE SERPENTINE.
ne present dearth of employment for°
h to 01 ,fee'
Thames, has granted permission to some of setatperr,iien al 00,„-
;)in the- I .stir
let boats on the Serpentine, on every day l'..r.ng ,__ ,
~
except Sunday, but nut during the hours sec spurt ?rjr,' 1,
ing. Regulations have been issued, with his Lorci.,:d 11, a
nature, which provide that no party shall P.,xceA aP.htud tai
mg children. Each boat to be provide", with a We hg
cork cushion. The fares are to be 20,. an hour, alld It'iota ee.
for less than an hour, except to 'cross the river, for Wu_ iiii !tif
fare is to be 6d. for three persons, or Is. for more than c
ia',o
If his Lordship would add a floating orchestra to 1:
,_
_,F `4, a"
up and down the river on a “summer's evening, 1".
• lArge
increase the attraction.
were • Oft
THE D ucnbss Or KENT.—There
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°
dinner parties given at the Court of Brussels on _ ,_, deo
KanedaTahnudratdhaeyi)ri,,nnclieodneotLireionfintgheen,
Lordarrival
Howard V Otj
CRIMINAL COUR—T. -----
and several members of the diplomatic corps, bit!, theb es Po a
OLD CO UR 7'.
—(THIS
The REConnER, in delivering his charge, said that he re. theESiacs
present mayoralty commenced month in Germany. e
to-day.
' evening
Kent and the Prince de Leiningen left Brussels, --: by
very serious charges rTeEdßuaHrmALonLi.
d for the r
retted that there we
(unsuccessful f til
ing the calendar. Therere altrreat many of
the
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l i e f 0 f t h e
distress i n
c-
ScotlandHALL.—The
c hi
eetyp: , epromises
nf
act ehmetohs ft s. 1
13 cases of larceny from d 11
we in -h
e 6 cases of ordinary larceny, , suit, The Queen, the Royal Family, the archbishops' ha.,
to
on the person, 43 cases of l g °uses, 36 cases of larceny I the principal Nobility, patronize the perform
seats
tyingtic to
cutting and woundin ' hlarceny by servants, 9 cases of taken tickets, the demand for the reserved nu"
allotted ~&
manslaughter, 6 cases wit
grievous bodily harm, 4 cases of ; compelled an enlargement of the space origina 3:8, who 1
.!,;,,,
ease of rape. The Learnedof ml'untling'
6 eases
of
murder'
and 1 I them. Herr Kloss, a German organist of r_,al)_°,,t,et, chs
01)05.,
out to the jury th • .Recorder concluded by pointing . last week the honour of erformin at St. tie's
11 plaY II
en- duties, and Stat. in the of ' Windsor before her Majesty andthe Court, will
legal difficulty arising, that an efficienting, - , between the parts of the oratorio.
Toulon, 013 _,‘
' tan
The Jury then retired. 17 Ma CO3 l4aeon Christina has arrived at .
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I return from Naplea. 40 1 expected to null row
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In cross-examination by Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS, he
stated that he had been twelve months out of employment;
that he had formerly been footman to the Duke of Northum-
berland; that he had betted for some years on prize fights,
and horse and man racing; that after he was struck he
wanted to go out, but that his friends would not let him, and
that he remained for upwards of half an hour after, when he
went up to the Swiss Cottage, St. John's Wood, with more
friends of his to fight a man who was backed against him by
a friend named Porter; but when he got there he could not
fight him because his eye became so bad. Both the Broomes
were at the Swiss Cottage—neither held any money of his.
The defendant did not ask him to leave the house before he
struck him, but he did after.
Porter and Lauder, the persons who were present, corro-
borated his evidence, and Mr. Young, the surgaei:oodrrtis,atsiodpo.
prove
that the injuries the prosecutor had received. He had attended
him ever since.
Mr. Justice WIGHTM.AN considered that the defendant
could not get over a verdict of guilty, as it was clear tile, lase
struck the prosecutor a blow.
Mr. M. CHAMBEIS said he was in aatcohnde
o fitt
that
course
otte
ut
archsaees et
oi if
adopt. such t
that no blow was struck at all, and that the defendant.--4ve
was
not to blame.
tJhuesctiecuerWt
wicetullTdsta-h,rearrepneeattuede7eh
likely the
verdict was taken ; but if judgnatint was prayed for i a
vin-
dictive spirit, the Court woUlti knowiniwonaha
Mr. M. CHAILIARS said it apptehaerelvd,_eveery,. probable that
o t but
C s
sa
verdict' of
no other course to adopt than
the defendant would have to pay
ga as
siltyh i Lordshipehuld h
be
seemed,tn,
he
to
hadbe onf
Acovaesrednitettooitt.Gullty was then taken, the judgment of the
to
Court being deferred.