The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-17 00:00:00

aIIIZOUGX =OP MASLMMT.

Although the demand for the finest parcels of Hops
continues firm, we have no further improvement to no-
tiee in the quotations. The middling and inferior quali-
ties. the supply of which is good, move off slowly, at late
rates. New Hops—Sinel pockets, 21 15s to Si is;
!geld of Kent ditto, 31 to 3110 s; Mid and East Kent
ditto, Si Se to 51 141 per cwt.

WOOL.
The total imports of Fereign Wool, last week, did not
exceed 100 bales, chiefly from South America. As the
'twits of Colonial Wool are now somewhat large, public
sales of about 33,000 balsa are expected to be shortly
announced for the middle of next month. In the private
contract market, the general demand is in a very slug+.
gisk state, at but little alteration in prices.

TALLOW.
Although the supply of Tallow is on the increase, the
demand is steady, and prices are 3d to 6d per cwt higher
than on Monday last. P. Y. C., en the spot, is 45e 3d
to 45e id ; and for forward delivery, 448 to 448 6d per
cwt ; Town Tallow, 46s 8d to 4Ts 9d per cwt, net cash ;
Rough Fat, Is Sid per t lbs.

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat in his court at Westmin-
ster to-day, at eleven o'clock.

3ROLD V. LRRDNEII.
His Lowasuir gave judgment to- day in this case,
taming the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, with
cods, and expressing his entire approbation of the
course pursued in the transaction by Mr. Lardner.
!is TRI IitATT2R OF Till UNIVIRSITY OF OXFORD.
The further arguments in this part-heard petition,
Which relates to the election of Fellows in the
University of Oxford, was then proceeded with.
V

ICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGAAM.)
rittursoN V. GATLET.
The object of this suit was to compel trustees to
replace a fund of 4,0001., which the bill alleged they
}Ad lost or mismanaged, and to have new trustees
aPPoioted. The cause came before the Court in July
tut, when an objection was taken to the bill, on the
ground
the suit. that all the trustees were not made parties to
ordered to The objection was allowed and the bill
be amended, and the cue came before the
Court on the atrended bill, and was argued at great
length on last Saturday.
HiB 1-I°Nolt delivered
; judgment this morning, and
directed
inquiry to ascertain the legal personal
representatives of the tcets'or. the tinttctv Wes Ae-
curdity,ly referred to the Alaster.
QU

''EN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
DORRIS V. LORDS OF TIIE TREASURY.
PEAcocx. moved for a rule to show cause why
4 mandamus should issue to the Lords Commissioners
°f her Majesty's Treasury, directing them to make
"mpensation to Mr. Dobbin, us one of the writing
clerks to the Court of Chancery, in Ireland. A
last
application, he said, was made to the Court
'4Bt session, when Lord Denman directed the case to
,land over, in order that the plaintiff might hare an
o PP,,rtunity of making a formal application on the
matter to the Treasury. That application had been
aid an answer equivalent to a refusal re-

turned. Ik, therefore, had simply to renew his ap-
plication.
The COURT granted'a rule to show cause.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

ItUSSHLL V. lIRTANT.
This action was tr,ed before Chief Justice Wilde,
at Guildhall, on the 10th of December last, when a
♦erdict was found for the plaintiff.
Mr. Lusit moved for a rule nisi to set aside that
'relict. The action was brought by Mr. Henry Rus-
sell, the proprietor of the copyright of two musical
compositions called the " Ship en Fire" and the
" Gambler's Wife," against the defendant, who is the
landlord of•the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for allow-
ing tho3e two pieces to be perf waled at the assembly
rooms attached to the tavern on the 13th of March
last. The Elgin question to be decided was whether
the assembly rooms was a place of dramatic entertain-
ment within the meaning of the Act. The evidence upon
that point at the trial was that county meetings were
held in it, that there had been previously vocal enter-
tainments, and that upon one occasion an entertainment
was given by the Indians, but it was net shown that it
was used as a place for dramatic performances. Ile
apprehended that what was meant by a place of dra-
matic entertainment was a place where tragedy,
comedies, farces, and other plays were performed.
Mr. Smith was dressed iu his private clothes on the
occasion, and did nothing more than sing the piece
as he played upon the piano, and he submitted there-
fore that it was a vocal and not a dramatic entertain-
ment. He also contended that the defendant was not
liable for the ants of Mr. Smith, as he simply let the
room to him, the arrangements being entirely made
by persons in Mr. Smith's employ, and thus entirely
unacquainted with the songs included in the pro-
gramme.
The Court granted a rule.

THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
James Finch, who has been upwards of a twelve-
month a watchman in the employ of th© St. Katha-
rine Dock Company, was charged by John Passmere
Mumford, superintendent of the company's police,
with having stolen some sherry, the property of the
company.
Mr. Mumford stated that at half-past six o'clock
on Saturday evening he observed the prisoner on the
south quay stooping down and doing something to a
cask. Ile was much intoxicated. Mr. Mumford
proceeded to examine the cask, which contained
sherry. He found the " chive "or wooden bung of
the cask had been forced out, and there was
fresh spilled wine round the aperture. On the
prisoner being searched, there was found on his per-
son two knives, with the blades of each broken ; also
a straw, which had evidently been recently used, as
it was strongly impregnated with sherry. It was
the wish of the company that the matter should be
dealt with summarily.
Mr. YARDLEY said, if this had not been the case,
ho should have committed the prisoner to take his
trial for a felony of a very aggravated nature. Rob-
bing an employer was a serious matter, and he (Mr.
Yardley) should mark his sense of it by inflicting
the highest punishment the Act of Parliament al-
lowed him.—He was eentencesi to be imprisoned in
the House of Correction for a month.