The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-06 00:00:00

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS D9Y•)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.)
EASTON 0. lIEDGES.
The plaintiff is a hay and corn dealer in the Edgeware-
road, and the defendant is a horse dealer in the vicinity•
The action was brought to recover the sum of 71 9s. 6d. for
hay, &c., sold to the defendant.

The defendant pleaded the general issue.
The plaintiff's case was to the effect that the parties bad
been in the habit of dealing together for some years, and in
November last year the account was settled between thew,
and the defendant said he was going out of town, but wished
plaintiff to let his man have things as usual. Some goods
were delivered at the stables as usual, and others to a rasa
named Peake; but after the defendant's return it was Ts,:
covered that Peake had sold a portion of the hay, aa
question arose as to whether he ought not to be given into
custody, and a policeman was called in, but plaintiff refused
to give him in charge.
Peake was called and swore he had been in the defendant 4
service for eight years, and had not been discharged's
When defendant left town, in November, he gave witnese,,
part of his week's wages, and witness from time to time s:3_la,
hay and straw fur his own support, as he received nothing
from defendant. He had been jobbing about for one,Sl4
another
toesinc, and occasionally for plaintiff. Plaln,nt
asked him stay to give evidence, but he never said, In,
he would prosecute him if he did not give evidence to 11„
the defendant. Ile got the hay from plaintiff °3d
it
fendant's account, but told the persons to whom he sol
that he got it in exchange for a horse. ore
Mary Gunn, the mother of Peake, was called, and slr
that she met defendant a few days ago, and he told ber,„l,
tell her son to keep out of the way at the time of the try'
and she had better get some one to make him drunk.* %/less
Mr. TILOMAS, on the part of the defendant, called a vilf de.
named Lund, who swore that lie took the premises ;wal
fendant in December last, as he was going down on a ral f
contract, and that no horses were kept there, the
defendant's, nor had any hay or straw been delivered 0,
stables after then, although plaintiff's witnesses had strtid
the contrary. - He had heard plaintiff say that co
committed a felony, and he had put Inspector NA ibb—
•s It
him, and he would have him if he was above gr.° •steS
was further proved that the plaintiff had sent severe-110
to the persons who had bought the hay, and required severe
and
to pay the difference between the price they bought it Otoo,
the fair price, thereby treating those parties as thee erea:.csO
The jury said they had made up their minds a 1,4'
hour before. bleb
The UNDER- SHERINFF said that he could not tell °oho
way they had decided, but it was right to say tha
plaintiff's counsel had the right of reply.
The jury said they were in favour of the defendant' A been
The plaintiff's COUNSEL contended that the goods 05;1 the
delivered at the usual place, and to men who had beeal-nor
service of defendant; and that the plaintiff was not resr-
sible for the frauds of the servants of other persons. Way
The UNDER.SHERIFF said the fair and real question %tiff
if Peake was in the service of the defendant, and Pl:stlhoat
had been in the habit of supplying him as usual, w:,?;d-10
having had notice not to do so, then would he be eat",
a verdict ; but if he had notice, of course he would de'
The jury gave a verdict for the defendant.

BOW-STREE f.-(THIS
George Johnson, a young man of decent appearance; U.
charged with stealing a portmanteau, the property e`
Day, a trunk and portmanteau dealer in the Strand. ~.00
John Bliss, shopman to the prosecutor, said that one to
standing in the shop this morning, when a cabman cwitla
the door, and said that somebody was running awnY eu the
portmanteau. He went to the door just in Om; t 0.% put
prisoner turning the corner of Wellington-street. 11„.a the
sued and succeeded in catching the prisoner, who '-
poThe foreman at Mr. Day's shop identified the portal
as his master's property.
The prisoner made no defence. the pt
Mr. HALL said it would he necessary to relnan- If IP"
soner in order to bring forward the cabman-
latter refused to appear a warrant could be taken 011 fleolq•
The prisoner was remanded till Friday (to.morrovl
CAN
THE WORLD'S TEMPER

CONVENTION.
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. orairg.
The Convention resumed its sittings yesterday
Mr. Samuel Bowl took e chair. •iocirl
601"
The SECRETARY read ath
paper containing a stator
count of the state and progress of temperance Pcootsioed
throughout the country. Among the statements the
therein may be mentioned the following :—That usoalli
of Bury alone no less a sum than 2/. 4d. was ;aliks ,• the
spent by each man, woman, and child, in strong or.p-speodus;
Poor-law Commissioners' circular stating the sun -thatl,f°e.
in that manner to be 24,000,0001., which is las,,r; k'sogt`"ii;
times the amount of poor-rates throughout per§e,.as d
The amount of spirits annually consumed by throughout
is Ire`9.
the United Kingdom was—in England 7 1-9 pints' it
13 pints, and in Scotland 23 pints. _hieo. -
The AMMAN then proposed a resolution, b,Yd;vrientet
was agreed to refer the large number of statistical a whicilalfs
which the business committee had received, to drA,
was impossible to arrange, to a statistical cominittebeis,
from them such information as they deemed de'sira
was to be hereafter printed and published.
amen, spoke
Mr. HOPWOOD, Dr. BEECIIZR, and other gone..
in support
Rev of the resolution.
The .T. SPENCER followed, and stated the fn
details, which had been calculated by a gentleinE!!'aieto7
known as the author of " Mammom' —that in ta?..-cice •
polls there are at present 12,000 children trainingaT_
3,000 persons receivers of stolen goods ; 4,000 annu nalYblisg;
mitted to prison for crime ; 10,000 living by PA fraud'
20,0'A by beggary; and 30,00 practising theft anicitooes
To feed all this depravity, three million's worth of sPl'.karai
liquor was employed, producing in one
reeling about the streets, 150,000 drinkers of spirits, 1.0. g.
temples of debauchery, and innumerable sabbath-bree:dr
The whole of this vice he attributed in a greater or le•tuous
gree, and more or less directly, to the use of sPirta to
liquors. The reformation which lie urd he intent'' 10
year 23,000 dill' epoo
apply not only to the lower classes, butt o every class
even proposed to go into the Houses of Parliament, enu,, holt
taro how many of the Members were teetotallers, and .bo
Many were not.
He would even go to the Bishops with
same inquiry.—("
01:, oh !" and laughter.).
I The meeting was then addressed by n .
-A14413E1A,
some of whose sentiments an irregular discussion ensued._ cf
Mr. BUCKE made some remarks impugning the scent'
,
of the Rev Mr. Spencer's statistics. a of
Mr. DuNner followed. comparing the present slang" Du-
crime in England and in France. The total of his ores
sions were that the annual offences against the per_sLaot It
in London, 8,333 ;in Paris, 3,416. Offences twei °l3.
perty—London, 17,794 ; Paris, 4,076, being threnestl4onled
the first, and three to one of the latter class, ags,l e
Mr. Chrimes, Mr. Miatt, and Mr. Joseph ,StnNwhicil tb
further addresses in support of the principle, site'
meeting adjourned. golutiee'
At the commencement of the afternoon sitting e-ethe
b
expressing generally
andtlie whichoinion ohfatdhebeinveletpinolitep- aooryede ard:i
js.o,
the previous day, was now proposed by Par. sr
the Washingtonian delegate, and seconded by , re"w„f
Mr. II ewson having also spoken in its support, tfrUA
tion was carried, after a slight amendment, the -
lenthened discussion. nnnittee of
and
The SECSETARY then read a letter from the co asset s
the South Indian Union on the of tempera.fer
congratulated the society on thesihrhipercotgress; of
resolution was proposed by Mr. JOSEPH Sr"" n'rogrersal
expressing the satisfaction of the meeting at thtsefliciditi2o,
the temperance cause among seamen, and at tu.'es 00 fib
premiums offered by several assurance omPlito the 111
where the use of spirituous liquors was confine
cine chest.
be VeV'ss
Mr. THoRPE, of Halifax, seconded, and t nrogt,_e that
Mutsu supported the resolution, alluding to the oicllsoo
temperance in the American vessels, in n°" °, The UP
sailed from New York were any spirits in ust-ijat Kanto
results were to be hoped for in the navy °, had C.ll Big
where the officers and crew of a large vessel
as 5
the pledge. spirits be
t
Some discussion ensued on the question ti4'rr egar-
AO
medicine, which ended in the reservation wilSautiontw
" medicine chest " being excluded from the re'"
was then carried. , this day.
The meeting adjourned until ten (feloce•

Thebenefit „
ye..
MR. AND MR$ "Pr . KELLEY'S BENEFIT' tun this e;erli'
Mr. and Mrs. Keefe takes place at the Lyee"ed roost
ing. For the IP..st two years they have cater. credit, 'bp
eiously for tlie public amusement,' and to their
er beot s.ect
recordetl, they are the only managers who have ev4n 1) Of
to n.anage the Lyceum. The Bill offare comprise! lovers
of
ter'lnterest, which the beneficiaires ever will be t0t,11°.., canlij
the drama, and that the house will be crowded tneijoi
be a doubt, seeing that Nell Gwynn arid itobii, n
Richard Coeur de Lion will all appear on this occaso94bave
apart, the Keeleys deserve a bumper, and they t, OV,
SALE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE LATE fed
Haspow.—Yesterday the sale of the effects of tbe occaf.„)%
Haydon was commenced on the premises recentlY ter Ire'''of
by him in Barford-place, Edgware-road, Mr- Nutipanrato
the auctioneer. The sale yesterday consisted Princfertufro-
the household furniture and the library of the emus
ct'.l
gentleman, and caused the attendance of a nunneserl/
pang. Of the 188 lots sold yesterday, not one vnrorepe
of especial notice, but many of the books were I..i:,secsuerrod
with manuscript notes by Mr. Haydon, and "Sitaroo
their value was enhanced. In addition to the
books there was a large number of engravings fre'cir
paintings of the Duke of Wellington, Napoleeen,'o, the
Scott, the " Mock Election," " Waiting for the 018
and a few sketches. The paintings, busts, speeil for
Elgin marbles, principal sketches, &c., are reserve rot
this day. PP he
FIRE IN OSBORN-STREET, WHITECrrA-# t,
evening, between five and site o'clock, a fire broke °llorle,ue!
great pile of buildings in the occupation of Messo;
Jones and Co., starch manufacturers, in Osborn-0131'a' ",
bbt
ecame
er chapel.ycainmg e overheated,
the
lleestoveat appearsed, thatand
nad building
nur
ai n gv
very
r several
short time
storiestthi
ma te
4.51110:15:,v
0 ore,
however,
thew ev orr,awckass
gotat the
underlo lower part py tahret
time beo amtehiognierrr;Avtl
without serious damage. The firm is war-
andTuotEheiar offices. t de
St. Leu, ex-
, who died on .0 de cbarhe 13es '"d
nais, the adopted daughtearrorifara with .1-I?vre§;poleet:34; The
who died in 1807; Napol
three children by his
inNaui.. and
Charles Louis Napoleon,
KingXo-fiLimoNlalan7
Lpcoleon,
who
wOH2S,
imprisonedas
ex. King was placed on the throasne of Holland locitieece, to
reigned four years, when lie abdicated, in c'enserefilsLligirol
was generally said, of the Emperor Napoleon
permit him to rule in the interest of his subjeel:,
fond of literature, and published, in 1820, sever.._
documents. In 1801 he wrote a pretty r°."'
" Marie, ou les Peines de l'A.mour." vt-etEra'sthat
wholzdied
ad
FALLING OF THE MAIN SEWER IN ored _
—Last night, about ten o'clock, it was disc% sewer tio
large portion, nearly twenty feet, of the nitalfeoclirrgetere
fallen in, near Foubert's-place, Regent-street and
basements of the neighbouring houses. "repairh
immediately employed to effect the necessary
.0 big
every precaution adopted to prevent accident-
said
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—Sir Robert reeot aolit hi
speech about art-unions, that " there was no ct yid °00.0%
had a bad picture who did not endeavour tog g A
a raffle." IVhy not try the same means, th_ier b the
rid of the imitation Holbein in the National. duce ing
spirited raffle at ss. a share would certainly of of ttn-es at
licensed victuallers to take a chance, in the p, _ ps.
it into a public. house sign. It would dofiorrht'seri 006/'
Pentonville, without fear of detection, -toe
Marquis of Granby.—punch. 00331 g
It is with much pleasure we observe tbstrs.
reaseptinviit,
has been formed at Rochdale, for the purpose 012 00.0_ be
testimonial to Mr. Bright. His fellow-tortarsiZeoti_nis.
ness to the sacrifices he has made, the
unWeahich b 11:
has manifested, the untiring energy with w seen bV hag
boured in the cause of free trade. It witibla,bt,eseoncibroalsitteeelfoulp;
vertisement in our columns of to-day,
been formed in London to co-operate with ID!ci, and if tit
oe
mittee, to whom sub3orlptions may' b.eciles of free•9o
that all persorts who profess the PM' Fg 0,0 NM"
Will coma foTrirard and add their atiMeli
bet,

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