The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-28 00:00:00

g MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.
The arrivals of 1606 h Wheat for our market during ,tha
ei
present week have been small,, and we had a very liontet
number of samples of that article here to-day; yet, o%ing °°f
the prevailing fineweather for harvest work in the north
5t
England, the demand was in a very sluggish state, at, in
instances, a decline of is per quarter. In Foreign Wile 3. to
the holders of which evinced a disposition to Wye
price—next to nothing was doing. No new Barley at 0:015
ket. Grinding Oats were quite as dear. In other Kn';t,
next to nothing passing. Superfine Malt was in fair regn.eery
at previous quotations; but other qualities commanded N.
little attention. Although the arrivals of Foreign Oats
large, the Oat trade was steady, at previous quotatio'
Beans, Peas, and Flour without alteration.
ARRIVALS.
Barley.
:450 qrs.

Wheat.
2,760 qrs

100'
Oats I , F40,13'
690 qrs. 3,
1,200 I

English ......
Irish • .......

3,010
Malt, 3, 80 qra.
S IHITHPIELD.
The supply of Beasts on offer was by no means exte
bn!oinci.e
yet the Beef trade was in a very inactive state, And in
instances the quotations had a downright tendencY'o,en
had on sale 61 Oxen from Spain, rid Southampton, 4.2 Vlis
from Hamburgh, 115 Oxen and Cows, 687 Sheep and
and 55 Calves from Holland, in, for the most part, gootilec'
'tbe
dition. The numbers of Sheep were not large, 'whu
Mutton trade was very steady at fully Monday's curren",lee3
In Lambs only a moderate business was doing, Yet rtrifle
were well supported. Prime small Calves sold at $l..
mote money, but the middling and inferior qualities o rate,
hung on hand. The Pork trade was dull at late ►is-
Mulch Cows moved off slowly, at from'l6/ to 18/ 00901
chiding their small Calf ; Suckling Calves, 18s to 295L4,),55,
quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 19s each. Beasts, 772
24 ;
124; Sheep and Lambs, 9,180; Calves, 345; Pigs, 0'
NEWGATE AND ZEIADENEIIIIa..,.
fall
We had a very steady trade here, and prices We
supported.
BOROUGH HOP MAREST. d :130
Several pockets of New Hops have come to ham;
the present week from Sussex, and which have been
of at 61. per cwt. From the plantations the accountsr
very favourable, and the duty is backed at 180,t1;50
Sussex Pockets, 4110 s to 5/ 16s ; Weald of Kent, 5i
6t6s; Mid and East Kent, 51 12s to 818 e.

Foreign ......

2,210

26.090

SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAIT'),S4
There were only two cases set down for hearing,
they were not of the sliAhtest interest.
PALACE COURT.—(THIS DAY')
(Before Mr. BRENT.)
IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO PATENT MEDAw
COLLINS V. VIDLER.
The plaintiff, who is a surgeon at Camden TO µllm' of
pleaded his own case, sought to recover the saw
4/. 13s. for medicines supplied to the defendant.
Mr. Hawkins conducted the defence. busk The plaintiff said that in 1843 he carried on 0
as a chemist and druggist, but has since b Slated,
member of the College of Surgeons. He had ie:t",
" a specific," and, in order to enable him to s,ll,loedv
taken out the usual license for the sale of paten';is the
tines, and defendant was supplied in due course
different articles he asked fur. the
The plaintiff's brother was called, and proved be ere
livery of the medicine, but positively denied that Pt00
They gave defendant any advice. He always sold toe
l‘
asked for without inquiring what it was for.
it on their own responsibility. • 400
- Other witnesses were called to prove an sac's "
the part of the defendant and a promise to PI; that th
Mr. HAWKINS, for the defendant, contended cn e'r
license did not justify a druggist in selling his
cities under colour of a patent, as there wasaoeoi
given OR the bottle, and it was thtrafore clearlY
sion of the Act, which was passed for the protecfs
the lives and health of the public. It was a vo'ds
ferent case from where a person sold the Oadcic'"
another for profit, and had no reason to givedot tb
On that ground, therefore, he had to submit
lit
plaintiff must be nonsuited.
The JUDGE aid he felt of the same opini°ll' A
was an evasion, but would not nonsuit. the
Mr. HAWKINS then insisted that to prove be
value of the medicine its ingredients ought f 0
sr'',
closed. • t sr'',
The plaintiff refused, and said it was a aten„d wll,le,i
and had the stamp and label required by law, 3',33ed'"
he was entitled to sell. He did not claim it as
,0o
bill, but as for goods sold. oi
Mr. IlAwitnes next urged that if it conk' °do t,`l
that advice was given during any period, c" t}
plaintiff would have been acting as an apotbf„,t
not being one would be liable to a penalty," :0
being able to maintain an action. •
witness was called who distinctly proved .het
urFa
was given. e
The Learned JUDGE summed up, and told Of, etto
question as to whether or not there had been p-r of ?die
of the Act, was one of law; but if, on the-roat,- sold
they believed that the plaintiff had not olufeoect
medicine, but given advice, they would find II
and
the defendant. as
The jury consulted for about ten minutest
gave a verdict fist. defendant.
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BOW—STREET.—(THIS
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110
Bridget Sullivan, a decent looking Irishwa0f
charged with presenting a forged cheque for 15"
bank of Messrs. Coutts and Co.
Mr. Blenkinsop, a clerk and cashier at Messrs:oo lei
and Co.'s, said that the prisoner can:lo'l4od
office yesterday afternoon, and presented a 'iasevo
151. in the name of the Dowager Marchioness°,`"ed to e
berry, whose signature he immediately perooLjesd
a forgery. He asked the prisoner what spArit
for it, tail she said " gold.' He asked her 11
tlem
herself ? She said "No, it was for a gh-pils' t° b 1
who met -her in the street, and gave it t°;„oti et
cashed." He asked whether she knew him ifi
o"pi
to
said " No." He then asked her to step in
office, and, on her doing so, detained her while he
"
for a policeman.
James Godwin, porter at Messrs. Coatt6I
0017L111'
gave evidence corroborative of that of Mr. o.o'
and added that she gave him a minute descriP it'be
person of the gentleman who had given bedarl:
She said he was a tall, thin gentleman, with
and dressed in blacto k. todi 40'
Policeman F 91took the prisoner into oas oce,
The prisoner, being called on for her d'epetfc;ili
that what she had said to the witnesses Wflstreer'
true. She had met the gentleman in the ; lie 1114
asked him which was the way to WhitechaPtd that the
"What are you going there for?" and she reP";, befelo
husband lived there. He said 'he would sb°,.,pooll(lo
way and she went with him till they carne bps)
Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s office. He then 'l5 „aye
,1,01
go and take the cheque (which he the.° If
to the office and get money for lit,' Pedl'eto
what she would have, she was to say " (An get
she did not like to go as she did not know ,'"‘,4 cbc
and he said that he was well known there, "ut of t°,
wish to go himself as they thought he was°,,id O'dtle
He asked if she could read and write ; she sdie eV'
she then went into the office and presented '
She was remanded till this day week. Alt')
P"
MARLBRO'-STREET,(TO
c,ed f°feif
James Sanderson, a very fashionably-dre 1011' 'co
2s• 110
man, was charged' with refusing to paY 00'000
oysters and accompaniments, which had bee.s,r,r
by himelf ,Haymarket fair companion,
No. 23y, aud also with assaulting %
soiree 0
Wm. Cochrane, the waiter, said that b
and one o'clock this morning, the defendant at llarris's 0)
t;%
accompanied by a female, came to his master d, a. sist,
discussed a quantity of oysters, &c., and irobiov,,,
114 ~4
potations of beer, ale, and gin and water (Iii,..0;1!0
they paid the party supplying them for), 1/1!„F Wr
the act of leaving his master's shop without rol. to Coo
edibles, amounting to 2s. ; he interfered to st(iPti
is
soner; who seized him by the collar and 01 blow
violently round, and then struck him a violend.
the face, at the same time saying that he " o'4
paid, and if net it was only a debt, and dere,:
give him into custody ; he became' at leo& co r'
,
violent that he was given into custody. o°4
Mr. Harris, the proprietor of the oyster-1.0.
ci
roborated his waiter's statement as to the sot; so Fb
Eliza Sims, the companion of the prisene';oo,ol
partaker of the spoil, said that he paid the Pt
brought the ale, &c., 2s 10d. She knee' thug ope
for the oysters, but did not know what?
00
asleep at the time. a•
to
The prisoner said he had paid the 200 110
the waiters. If
Cochrane said there was no waiter but hi.oise
s'
pa The prisoners of the room. bs tbe
soner then said he had paid it "" ca
who brought the ale, &e. or
,2 e .4
The waiter who brought in the liquors
he was only paid is. id., in separate paYine-t
n
•d t
lefts
,
The prisoner still insisted that he had pal„stsfjcsef'd
Mr. HARDWICK, in indignant terms, cba";-se Pe'
attempt of throwing the imputation of bar:,--130,
the money upon a person who, t wes provew„, tb
received it. He was perfectly satisfied, fr°- sacietv''
dente, that the 2s. 10d. had not been paid ~"?itaCoO,
He sould fine him 40e., or twenty-one (!a)to tie;sl'/Tdll
merit, for the assault ; and he wished it of tb,'hcv
geterally known to the horde of victimiser.° fliot
that in any future similar cases he shouldln
penalty of 5/.—The fine was instantly paid'

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DIED.—On the 27th instant, at v""e tbe 11,
Pall-Mall, Edward Boyd, Esq ,of Merton-hall, Yit,ss, oil,'
of Wigton, North Britain, in the 76th year a iiis troit;',
i BARTHOLOMEW FAlR.—This metropnhitiejol ol_nfroll,,)?
n accordance with ancient custom, be prociao cotrd l'fit
field on Friday next, although the efforts of the
clefs' 're:,
we.e unavailing in attempting
of London - to s ortiorj
former scene of revelry, yet by their clainlingnof bgi..oli'ot
for standing of shows, and booths, &c., it hasp, aPi'%lLov
mere phantom of bygone fair. HardlY- mon- he
have been made for the ground, and this ones l'''' or 110
is now gradually sinking into oblivion. ~. one , fiqrli
•MONSTER 1 RAlNS.—Yesterday morn Iby .-cotps
longest and most heavily loaded trains, proPel,,'„st `,,,tile
engine, left the Paddington terminus of the "1 forid,e(t
Railway, for Bristol. The train consisted °A;,e, ~"i
trucks loaded with bricks, timber, and c"°"'Titl'lre
iner 0 „t 01
tended above a quarter of a mile. The enginenecteu„'Aito
small luggage engine, having aix wheels c°,,i'"-t vel,`, 111;1,,,
this enormous load at an avenge speed (,); ,-,: ier"4l
miles an hour. On the same morning'- the " Fr."-•:nher' 10 ,
brought up a train of forty trucks loaded with ti"' Iltill'el
coke, and merchandise. On Wednesday evenivg 0.-4°4ece'li(
train from Exeter arrived at Paddington at tl'e fort% fd
eight o'clock, having three third-clas. carrinV9', d 11;
class, three first class, and fourteen horse bo-S,i' of rDe
horses in each. The carriages were likewise fe;be 30
.1
gers. This train was propelled by two evgiues' 91'
and Star.
THE Moons.—Mr. Camptell, of Munzi?' 'in)
%fie ;;;I:14:
191 braaucebit, IA
current, bagged on the hill of MODZIC
one. black eeek, one snipe, one du. h, ooe rf,e,tly.e.,,ro;
hares ; in all, 41 0 head of
it% anything yLt recorded. The birds 11.1bunciallii'flti
stronger than on the 12th, and, though vo-Y ' ....-P
Meat
gamy—a rumba b' col
extremely -shy, from the recent wet Yi
Witness. ,