The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-19 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY.)

Since Mond the arrivals of English Wheat have been on
a very limited -scale, consequently CORN EXCHANGE—WE DN ESDAYay
we ha a small show of
samples in to-day's market, owing to whicd h, and the unfa
vourable accounts received from Ireland and some parts of
England respecting the potato crop, the demand
improved stead
at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, Monday's
currencies. The supply of. Foreign Wheat on oiler was not
large. Holders were again very firm, and would not
sell the best qualities except at a trifling ad-
vance. The middling and superior kinds were quite as dear.
The show of Barley was not large,
yet that article moved off
slowly, at late rates. Although we had a full average quan-
tity of Oats on offer, the Oat trade was firm, and prices were
steadily supported. Beans and Peas met a slow inquiry, but
Flour was held at a trifle more money.
ARRIVALS.
Barley.
120 qrs.

English •• ••
Irish .. •• •
Foreign .• • • ••

Wheat.
610 qrs.

Oats Flour.
330 qrs. 1,150 sks.
1,400 I
11,620

C7O
Salt, 840 qrs.
WIirrZCITELPEL.
We had a steady demand fbr most'Linda of stock, and

2,200

prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 8d; Mut-
ton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 4s Gd to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s Gd to 43
4d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 8d per 815 s, by the carcase.

SEC ON DARIES%—(TI-1 IS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary Parma.)
D.AILWAY T. SARVIELD.
The plaintiff in this action is a printer, and the, defendant,
is one of the magistrates for Middlesex, and a provi-
sional committeeman of the Great Metropolitan Junction
Railway Company. The action was brought to recover the
amount of a bill for printing.
Mr. PETERSON who appeared for the plaintiff, stated the
case, by which it appeared that in December last a meeting
of the shareholders was called, when some dissatisfaction was
expressed as to the state of the affairs of the company, when
it was ultimately agreed that a committee of five shareholders
should be appointed to investigate the affairs, and report to the
general body of shareholders thereon, and also as to the pro-
priety of an amalgamation with the Northern and Southern
Metropolitan Junction Railway, and it was for printing the
circulars convening the meeting and tie report that the pre-
sent action was brought.
Mr. James Gilbertson, one of the aldermen of Hertford, and
a shareholder of the company, was called to prove what
passed at the meeting which had been adjourned to the sth.
Mr. CHARNOCK, for the defendant, objected to any evidence
being given as to what had passed at the meeting, if the re •
suit had been entered in the minutes.

Mr. PETERSON said the books were not in the plaintiff's
possession, and; therefore, he could not produce them, but a
notice had been served upon Mr. Barber, the defendant's
solicitor, to produce them.
Mr. CIIARNOCK said it must be first shown that the de-
fendint had any control over them before he could be called
upon to produce them.

Mr. P;iyne, the attorney for the plaintiff; was then called,
to prove the service on Mr. Barber.
In cross examination by Mr. CHARNOCK, he admitted that
he was a shareholder in the company, and one of the five
appointed as committeemen. He did not admit his liability
on that aceount. The chairman was a Mr. Jones. He did
not know exactly what he was; he was described on tl►e
register as an historian.—(Laugh ter.) The circular calling
the meeting announced that it was to be held independently
of the directors, and that no director or provisional committee-
man would be allowed to propose or vote on any resolution.
Mr. PETERSON proposed to put in the official copy of the
registration of the resolution which had been come to at the
meeting.

Mr. CHARNOCK objected that the register, or a copy, was
not sufficient, if the original taken at the meeting by the
secretary was in existence.

Mr. PETERSON said that the secretary could not be found.
The SECONDARY said that he could not admit secondary
evidence if the original was in existence, nor could he call
on the defendant to produce it. The inference was that the
books were in the possession of the secretary ; some one must
have them, and the case could not be gone on with without
them.

Mr. PETERSON said it would be very hard on the plaintiff,
and probably others, to call on him to produce books.
It was ultimately agreed that a juror should be withdrawn.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY

OLD COURT.

Some disappointment was caused this morning at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court in consequence of the unexpected absence
of the judges. Several important cases had been postponed
in expectation of their taking their seats on the bench at the
usual hour, and among the rest the case of scrip forgery,
John Fabian and John Bannister Faulkner, which has al-
ready been remanded for two successive sessions. The
witnesses in this last ea! e were all in court,
the counsel retained for the prosecution and the
defence, and Faulktief; but Faulkner only, had surrendered to
take his trial, Fabian's absence being unaccounted for either
by the counselor the solicitors for the defence • all waited in
considerable suspense till eleven o'clock, an flout after the
time when the judges usually make their appearance, when
the Common-Sergeant, after messengers had been sent in
vain to the Judges' Chambers, took his seat on the bench.
SCRIP FORGERY.—MT. BALLANTINE on the part of the
defendants, applied to have the case Fabian and Faulkner
postponed till it could be tried by the judges. He said
there was an important point of law involved, one
that was new, and which would rule in all similar cases here-
after, and on that account it was desirable to have the opi-
nion of the judges on the case. _

The COM3IONSERGEANT said he was entirely in the hands
of the bar, and would be happy to accede to whatever might
most suit the convenience of those retained on both sides.
He thought it would be better to postpone the case till to-
morrow.

Mr. CLARKSON (retained for the prosecution) said he
agreed with the application which had been made
on the other side to have the case postponed, but
it would be most inconvenient to proceed with
it to•morrow, as one of the principal witnesses
for the prosecution then in Court was under the necessity of
appearing in a case at the assizes in Liverpool to-morrow.
He found, besides that only one of the defendants had sur-
rendered, and thought that it would be better to postpone it
to the next sessions,
Mr. BALLANTINE said he had beard nothing whatever
which would account for the absence of Fabian ; and he, on
the part of Faulkner, was urgent to have the case tried and
disposed of; but he conceded to the application which had
been made.

The COMMON SERGEANT ordered that the case should be
postponed till the first day of the judges' sitting next
session, that the time of the bail should be enlarged, and
that the several parties should enter anew into their recog-
nizances.

We understand that the judges next on the rota are Mr.
Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, and Mr. Justice
Wightman ; and it is supposed, though no intimation had
been received from them, that Mr. Justice Coleridge is un-
well, and that the other two judges are on the circuit.
On the application of Mr. Clerk, the case of Gibbons, in-
dicted for the murder of Jane Sluman, was put off till to-
morrow, in anticipation that some of the judges would then
be present.
Eliza Med/and was placed at the bar indicted for feloniously
causing to be inserted in the register of dealis of St.
Luke, a false entry of the death of John Palk, said 'to be her
husband.

Mrs. Jones being-sworn; said she was housekeeper, to the
Duke Of Portland, and the prisoner came some time 'in the
month of June.to the Duke's residence, and represented that
her husband had died on the 29th of May, and applied for
money to cover the expenses of the burial. It seems that'
the Duke has been in the habit of relieving the woman in
charity under the name of Palk, for some time. The witness
was amazed to hear that the body had not at that time been
buried, a circumstance which excited her suspicion, so that
she withheld the three sovereigns which she had it in her
power to give until she saw a copy of the registry of the
death. The prisoner afterwards brought what purported to
be a copy of the registry.
John Archer, the registrar. of St. Luke's, said the woman
came on the 11th June, and applied to have a registry
made of the death of_ her husband. At his request she
brought what should have been a certificate from the doctor,
being a peke of paper signed " J. Newcombe," and the word
" apoplexy" written on it, and a registry was made ac-
cordingly of the death of John Palk, as having occurred on
the 29th of May.
Thomas Reid said be lived at 78, Golden-lane, and had
done so for seven years. The next house was No. 80, and
there was no No. 79 in Golden-lane, the number given by the
prisoner as her address.

Mrs. Nathan, of No. 39, Ironmongers-row,said the prisoner
lodged with her, and had done so for two years. Her hus-
band's name was Henry Medland, and was seen alive by the
witness only yesterday.
The'case was conducted by Mr. Clerk, and the prisoner
was defended by Mr. Doane.

The jury found the prisoner
On inquiry by the Common Sergeant, it appeared that the
woman bad represented herself as in the deepest poverty,
and had, in consequence, received several sums from the Duke
of Portland ; one of the police officers also stated he had
found a begging letter in her possession, and that she bad
been known at the Mendicity-office as an impostor for the last
ten years. The prisoner was sentenced to one year's impri-
sonment and hard labour.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK and Mr. Alderman

HUGHES.)
ROBBERY IN A PuELtu-HouSE.---Michad Hyde, a la-
bourer;stood indictedwith 'lnv;ring stolen a bank-note, value.
51., one sovereiz,n, and two half-sovereigns, the Koperty of
Charles Symons, from his person.
It appeared that the prosecutor had received the moneys
in question from a loan office, and' subsequently went into
the Kentish Drovers public-house, in the Old
Kent -road. He was there joined by the prisoner
and they had some coffee together. The prosecutor shortly
after fell asleep on the bench in the tap-room, and while in
that state was ,robbed by the prisoner. On waking, the
prosecutor discovered his loss, and the number of the note
having been ascertained, it was traced to the possession of
a clothier, from whom the prisoner had purchased some
clothes.

The facts having been proved, the jury returned a verdic
of Guilty.

Thepi:isoner was then sentenced to be imprisoned for 12
menthe, and kept to bard labour.
FELONY.—John Hunt stood indicted with having stolen,
on the 16th of July, six pounds of bacon from the shop of
Mr. John Dawson, Church. street, Camberwell.
George Adams, a lad about twelve years of age, deposed
that he was standing a few yards front the house of Mr. Daw-
son, when he saw the prisoner, who was in company with
another man, commit the ofence for which he stood in-
dictei'. He then immediately informed Mr. Dawson.
Mr. Dawson depose o his having lost the property in
question.
The prisoner said tha it-was a case of mistaken indentity.
The first witness wa then recalled, and having adhered
to his statement,
Mr. Commissioner BuLLocx summed up.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced
to four months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
There were several other cases of the same character, to
which the prisoners pleaded guilty.