The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-12 00:00:00

JACKSON V. COCKER.

The bill in this case prayed that an agreement, alleged to
have been entered into by the defendant, for the purchase
of forty certificates of 50/. shares in the Bolton and Preston
Railway might be specifically performed, and that the defendant
might be indemnified against the calls which had been or might
be made in respect of these shares subsequent to the defendant's
purchase, and against all suits and actions in respect thereof.
These certificates were alleged to have been purchased before
the Bolton and Preston Railway Act passed, and the question
raised was, whether a person purchasing scrip or certificates
before the passing of the Act was or was not bound to com-
plete that purchase by taking a proper transfer of shares from
the subscribers.

The case, which is of great importance in point of principle,
though comparatively insignificant in point of amount, was not
concluded when the Court rose.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CHELmsFonn, MARCH 11.

Sydney Thurley. 21, and William Thurley, 23, brothers,
were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of
Prior, and stealing a watch, his property.
Mr. Knox conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Ryland the
dt fence.

It appeared, from the evidence adduced, that the pro-
secutor was a labouring man, residing at Great Hellin-
bury, and in the month of September he and his wife lc fc
their cottage to go to work, and when they returned they
found some one had broken into it, and had stolen two
pounds in money and an ancient silver watch. The pri-
soners were labourers living in the same neighbourhood,
and they were seen near the prosecutor's house on the
day after the robbery, and shortly afterwards the prisoner
Sidney offered the watch for sale to a watchmaker at
Bishop's Stortford. One of the Essex constabulary, ac-
companied by another man, attempted to take the prisoners
into custody, but they made a most violent resistance, and
one of them bit the constable severely on the band, and
they both made their escape, and were not taken for a con-
siderable time afterwards.

The Jury found the prisoner Sydney Guilty, and cc-
quit•ed the other prisoner.
Lord DEN MAN sentenced the prisoner to nine months'
imprisonment and hard labour.
Thomas Cumbers, John Cumbers, and James Ives,
labourers, were convicted of breaking into an out-house
belonging to Christopher Thomas Tower, Esq., the late
High Sheriff of Essex, and stealing two guinea-fowls, his
property.

The prisoners were sentenced to twelve months' im-
prisonment, and as they were leaving the bar they said
they wished they had been transported.

WESTERN CIRCUIT....DORCHESTRII, MARCH 8.
The Commission for holding the assizes for the county
of Dorset was opened here on Saturday last.
The calendar contained eighty prisoners, but, with a
few exceptions, the offences were of a very trivial descrip-
tion, such as to induce one to regret that the county should
he put to an enormous expense in prosecuting. A person
charged with stealing an article the value of which would
not be Is., will cost the county 41, or 51 in giving him
three months' imprisonment,
Mr. Justice Wightman presided in the Crown Court,
and Mr. Justice Erskine sat at Nisi Prius.

(Nisi Prius Court.)

WINTER V. BUTT..--BREACH OF PROMISE OP MARRIAGE.

Mr. Crowder and Mr. Barstow conducted the case fot
the plaintiff; and Mr. Erie and Mr. Butt that of the de-
fendant.

This was an action for a breach of promise of marriage.
The defendant pleaded that he bad made no promise ; that,
if he had done so, it had been rescinded by mutual con.
sent ; and that the plaintiff was a person of immodest anc
immoral character.

It appeared that the plaintiff was the widow of a persot.
who had kept a public-house called the Old Roomszt
Weymouth ; and she had been left a widow in 1837, at
which time she was only 29 years of age. Of course, no-
cording to the rule in actions of this nature, she was beau-
tiful, but it was not stated that she was accomplished.
She had two daughters. The defendant was a person
connected with the steam-packets, and was stated to have
some share in them. In 1839 the parties became ac.
quainted, and the defendant repaired to the plaintiff's
Old Rooms" to lodge. This took place in June, 1830,
and in a short time it would be seen that a courtship
commenced between them, which was carried on in so
open a manner that all their friends and acquaint-
ances were perfectly :mare of it, and the only
person who was ignorant or innocent in the matter was
the servant gitl of the plaintiff. Everything went on
harmoniously; each party was pleased with the other, and
such confidence had the defendant in the plaintiff that be
wrote her the following letter ; and although to some
persons the orthography may appear rather unique, and
the capital letters appear to have been rather inopportunely
introduced, yet it is understood that the charms of person
of the defendant must rather have exceeded his education,
as he has married a lady reputed to be worth 10,000/., and
is living in good style :

"June 6.
"My Dear Mrs. Winter—l am truly unhappyißesp.ect-
ing the Bill I Have to meet Has I have Cald on a friend
who I obligd with the Loan of 201. Short time A go
and He canot Pay me But will take leagle proceedings A
gainst me or Rest the vessel has Soon as She Arives which
will Not ogly attend to Expences But wonderfully Hurt my
Cikdit which will Be, My Dear, injurious to you and your
Dear Children whom I have the greatest Regard for there
is not a person in Weymouth I would Be under the obliga-
tion to Excepting your Self to ask them for a shilling Now,
my Dear, I am short of 51. and If you will oblige me with
the Loan of Si. I shall be able to Pay you before you may
whant it, you will Not only Ease my unhappy mind But 1
shall be for ever under an Obligation to you which I hoap
to live long to prove myself, A Affectionate Husband and
A Loving father I should cald over to ask of you Person-
ly But my feelings would not admit of it Pleas to answer
this By the Bearer has I am anxious Here the Result of
this Note as I must send of This afternoon By so doing
you will for Ever oblige your constant Lover untill Death.
" Capta CHAS BUTT."
" to Mrs. Winter Oldrooms."
The courtship progressed, but with it had grown up such
an intimacy that, early in the year 1840, the appearance of
the widow was of such a nature that her friends suspected
that there must have been a clandestine marriage. Such,
however, was not the fact; the only thing wanting to
make them man and wife was the ceremony prescribed
by law. The widow became dissatisfied, and in turn
pressed her suit, and the packet man, therefore, from pru-
dential motives, sought a distant spot in which the formal
ceremony should be performed, in order that all cha
ritably disposed persons might reconcile it to their minds
that on some previous occasion the parties had stolen a se-
cret match, and that they had long been united according
to legal forms. It would appear that he had gone to Hal-
stock in order to have what is termed the banns published,
and from that place ho favoured his lady lore with the fol-
lowing epistle :

" Halstoek, March 21, 1840.
" Dear Jane—l lose no time in writing to inform you I
did not arrive here untill yesterday atternoon'three o'clock
And I Assure you I wase very much fetuegd after my
Jurney we cannot he cald over at Corscombe In conse-
quence of my not belonging t) the pearish I intend to leave
for London on Monday and shall Be back pleas god by
that day week content yourself, untill that time everything
4;411 be for the Lest answer this by return of post and let
me know how are by so doing you will oblig t ours truly
untill death " CHAS. BUTT."
" to Mrs. Winter."
After writing this letter he appeared completely to have
changed his mind. He returned not to Weymouth
for mail months, but by some strange accident,
in January, 1840, the widow favoured this s'ightly
populated district by the production of a son.
Ia September the defendant was on board a steam( r
in the port of Weymouth, and the servant girl, who
had never seen anything like courting going on between
the parties, was entrusted with a note to convey to the
defendant on board hie ship. The contents of this note
did not appear, but it was shown that the defendant was
apprised of the accession to his fortune by the birth of the
lit le innecent. He, however, kept far aloof, and at the
end of the year took unto himself a more favoured help-
ante, wh eh aroused all the indignant feelings of the
widow, who immediately, in the very height of her wrath,
repaired to her attorney, who commenced the present ac-
tion on her behalf, calling upon a Jury to, compensate her
for the wrong done to her, by directing the defendant to
pay her a sum of money in damages for the injury she had

sustained. From the letters the defendant bad written,
as well as from the mode in which the pasties had lived
together, and more particularly from the fact of a marriage
settlement having been prepared with the sanction and
approbation of the defendant, it was clear that there had
existed this engagement between them, and no proof being
offered in support of the plea of justification, the Jury re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1001.

MORN LNG EDIT1ON!„,

COR

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001
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH C_„,us
For the Week ended March 5, 1841, made up from the nt: j Bpd
the Inspectors in the different Cities and fawns in Eng ."
Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat... ...... 635. 6d. I
Oats
Barley Ns. 9d. Rye
AVERAGES OF THE LAST 36:. Sed6dm: BrEeeEasaKness ...
''''''''''
649 d.
Week ending' WLIEAT. BARLEY] OATS. BYE. I BOOS.

I..''

---- to 3
Jan.oo 6O 9 32 2 21 '7 31 5 39 4 sg 10
Feb. 5 6O 7 31 11 21 7 28 11 '39 y, ~.) I
12
19
39„ 2 :2 11
28
March 5 63 6 32 9 22 8 36 6 39 " I,jg
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SII W.' 561
Barley.,
632135.
23dd.. I Oatsßye I ......... 22.5. Od. leans ........ ...39,!: id.
33g. 7d. Pease...... oolv.
DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN• 04
Wheat 2ss. 8(1.1 Oats
Barley l3s. 10d. I Rye
THE MARKETS—YESTERIYA
1,3:. N. i
p5ec,37:...............viv.;
.0.,

COLONIAL MARKETS.
,1 lb'
The private transactions were on a small sc—e,
public sales went heavily. In prices, however, little it.
tion took place. The imports were only to a small eaten
TEA MARKET. w
r ere
There was little life in the Tea market, but .rices 0
i
firm, and at Public Sales the merchants bought n* fre
cash
higher rates. Company's Congo,/ sold slowly at Is 7P
TALLOW MARKET. a AO
Prices of Russian Tallow supported, but the demo'
limited.

HAY MARKET. reel'There was a good demand, and prices were fully s",,P,radevrt
the supply being small. Clover, 4/. 16s. to W.; "`
3/. 15s. to 51. ; Straw, 11. 14s. to I/. 16s.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.
Vey,
,
Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I 8e1L.....ng' ...../i
- I 4, to 0
Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to v. a. to s. a. to • 39 65
40
Bwston
Braintree 5B 69 27 35 193 2€ .. 43 38 40
B ighton 59 69 ?23 35 ,23 '27 34 27 a«. 41
Cambridge - 65 I - 32 ...„ 20 •-• 42 ..« 44
Chichester 6O 65 1 - 22 - 23
.-..
.s, 40 69 /
Dunmow 62 68 128 37 24 30 -. A 4
Grantham - Z. ..« 44
Grimsby
Railsham 52 62 126 •- 32 122 29 - 4546 ~.« 4g
Hitchin 153 64 132 -,•33 22 30 40 40 69 59
Ipswich 156 60 130 24 '24 28 31•,1 39 34 0
Lewes 159 62 132 '2B 122 23 3. '44 35 0.
Lynn ' 6 68 I tlf3 26 36 42 .... 40
Maidstone 159 6: ;36 39 !26 32 39 40 69 69
Norwich '6l 63 29 31 i2B 32 ?n) 46 44 0
Petworth
~ .4. 44 36 40
koin ford 6O 72 28 31 ;20 30 u. 45 39 0
Sandwich 56 67 I3s 43 27 :34 33 gB4O ,
Tet ofoid 53 62 131 32 24 30 28 ,I, 1 .-- 41
Wisbech '6l 61 123 34 ‘,4 30 37 - '
a 43 140 40
Witham 5B 63 121 34 25 23 36 42 !35
Yarmouth
LIVERPOOL CORN NI tnx ET. IA oi.. 1
%%inf.:Al, 1.;11kIliS11, White, per 70Ib. ~.... 9 8
Red 6 10 1
Scotch, Welch, and Manx
Irish, White 7 10
__March .. ,01,1.-
7 6 1
--- Red 4 0 1
Foreign
OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 151 b n
3 ..
Irish "" '.. 0 0 39
Foreign
nARLEY, English, Malting, per imp. quarter ...... -
3 10
Scotch and Irish, per 6011 is.
Feeding 44 6 45
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4O 6 44
Irish, &C
Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 9 9 55
:33
Foreign
FLOWS, English, per 2801 b.
Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2461bs '' 2 u 0
56
INDIAN CORN, per 48011). ..i awiwa ............. ...•. 23 0 0
Rye, per Imperial quarter
MALT, per Imperial quarter
HULL CORN MARKET. pits • 684'
Wheat, White (per Quarter)
Bed 54545. 6,0
s. 66''
, ,9f-
Foreign
Barley, Malting 295.
,;''',•.• gib
Grinding
Oats, British
Foreign (in bond)
Beans :335 6130
345.....'-' 405.
Pease, Grey
Blue and White 365.1,Z. 605.
Linseed 505. '''''' bii
.....s. 45, ed
Flour (per sack)
~.-1.0. '-
Rapeseed per 10 quarters) co
CHELTENHAM MARKETS. d.l I
Per Bushel. a. d. to s. d. Per lb- 6 I
Wheat
:71 69 49 90
8N1eitft.0..n........................................... /6 00
barley Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal .......... .. .
....... a . / 9
... ' 0
Beans
Pease 7 0 8 0 Lamb .................
Hay 41.1115. to 5/. Os.
CANTERBU RI MARKET. tO'S.
...-5. S.
Wheat, white---. 00s. to 645. ....... 01d.......«.•
...., t0...4,.
-- red----... 51s. to 603. ...no.. 0i d " J.•.... , 10
• .... • •,./.
Barley, Malting ..,... 28s. to 315.....,. Grucling......„. 0 ,
Oats — 245. to 235. --.. 01.1------
....,, tee,
Beans ..........-..--.. lils to 4 is. ~,..... 01ti.....«.-, es. to
Pease ......-.—...... 425. to -s. ....... Grey «-."'• 6)59
CHELNISFORD IihaRKET. 95 11
.... Per ton.
........ n ,
Wheat, White 6B to 7:, Oats ................... .3! I?,
Red
Barley 33 36 White ...... «..: 31 i
Cheyalier ....
.«.** •
Grinding

HAMBUR

Git.
Wheat, Mancs 339 to !V3.
-- Magdeburg .... :439 to 36:1
- Anhalt, white 339 to :if'3
red ... 336 to 352
Brunswick "31 to 363

; MARKETS. to 10
B. 59
Maley, Mecklenburgti 10510 0
08
Magdeburgb••• tO
--- Holstein ........
--- Summer ......••• r2O ro
Oats, Eider ........... 05 to :04
--
Mecklenburg 135 00 L 2.1
-- Holstein ............
0;40
-- East Friesland." 210 t
4
Pease, Mecklenburg 0 too
Beans .. ................. g 0,,,
Buck Wheat............ t
Rapeseed, Hanover. 141
Malt ......................
Tares . ..................
'ON. 741%
Maranham . .............
Madras .................. 634
Surats ........ .......•
Domingo .„ .....
FEE. Au 1 4
4 41
Domingo ....... .......
Lu Guayra ........... ... 54
Porto Ric 0.....
11 avannah ..................
8% Discount.) ...5% I 0
Bahia, White ........ 5
Brown ...... . ..
Pernambuco, white
BrO`Nri

- Mecklenburg Qlit to 3661
-- Polish
-- Holstein
Rye, Mecklenburg
-- Uantzic .......
-- Elbing and Ko-
nigsburg 225 to 2461
- Upland
- Riga 2lO to 240

COT.
Carolina and Tennessee 7 tjto 9%
(46korgia, Ist suit 734 8
2d 7, 0
3d and 4th N 7

COF
Mocha 19 to 13%
Batavia 31,6
Sumatra •

Rio
5!.,
Bahia 4% 55ii

SUGAR.—(Wit
Havannah, White 6 to 9
Brown 5 6%
Rio, White 5 4 6%
Brown 4% 5%
Manilla, Brov

41, 5 to oi

PROP
ASSESSMENT OF COTTAGE PRoigi
ba
The Guardians of the Billericay Union, in Ess:he 10:
adopted a petition, praying Parliament to rateJtensP'.
lords of cottages and small tenements instead of t"''' 0111:4
By the present mode of rating, the tenants are gi 01:4
discharged on account of theirpoverty, and th,eilteptil
obtains additional rent, owing to the resume,,e-tesgre-S
of the tenant from payment of parish rPatei, vib'A` "13
t
body of the parishioners are pro Canto defrauder: to
and
possession VICTORIA THEATRE.—Mr. OsbalcuS a
possession of the:above Theatre on Wednesdai, skje efi;
commence his new campaign on Easter Monde. joiels;
poses making great alterations in the theatre, 9,lll;galle!Ati
doing away with the upper boxes, and fringing die Cujfi
much lower down. The inconvenience felt hi,
of. if
at this establishment has long been complain eV,
give this hint en passant to the new Lessee.
to 119
laic pass word to public favour.
It is said that a certain Lord retires from the
representation of the Northern division of N 0
I tUtPC.4I 70C
he may put himself into training, baring
Osbaldeston 500 guineas that he will walk nith
ight successive hours.

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BIRTHS.
lad(y)loi
At Elm Park, Limerick, Lady Clarina, of James'splace, tilt'
fththee9tHhonin.st.,-
in Spencer House,
St. '
Richard Watson, of a son. of
1114 I.
MARRIED. gensingtol;
toe
On the 9th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's,
Thew, of Hyde Park-gate, to Anne Catherine, eldest
,i, Roger'
of C. Thompson, Esq., of Kensington-square. ,
On the 9th inst., at St. James's Church, Sr°l°---t CO9nt,
only son of R. Partridge, Esq., of Queen Anne-stree street,
dish-square, to Emily, youngest (laughter of T. gen/
Esq., of Clifford-street, and Sidcu place, Kent. .ounge°
()n the 9th inst., at St. Mark's, kennington, John, )ci, Wel',
son of the late Arthur Shepherd, Esq., of John,
of 130.
morlar, to Jane, eldest (laughter of H. Carne, Esq.

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and St. '
Oxford, aged 7.
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Yatman, Esq., of Great Russell-street, 13loornsburrstIG01$11'
On the Bth inst., at York-buildings, Islington, fl•
Esq., formerly of Lisbon, aged 79. Luard, wife
Cif el.
On the Bth inst., at Woolwich, Mrs. °
Luard, of the Royal Artillery.
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