The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

••• ... •• • ... 1,371
* There are 20 cases of death by Cholera included in
this number.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice WIGHTZIAN
and a special jury.)
ROWCLIFFE V. BARNARD GREGORY,
34 This was an action to recover compensation in da-
mages for an illegal trespass.
The defendant pleaded not guilty, that the plaintiff was
not possessed, and that the house in question was the pro-
perty of the Rev. Mr. Tyler, the rector of St. Giles's.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. Humfrey that the
plaintiff had carried on for some years,as also his father,
the business of a builder and plasterer, at 23,
Crown-court, St. Giles's, and that the defendant
claimed possession of the house; that he employed a
number of workmen to rase the house to the ground.
This was accordingly done after various short delays.
The plaintiff had in consequence been a loser, and claimed
damages to the amount of 3001. or 4004 for the injuries
Le had sustained.
It was proved that the house was pulled down, except
the lower part, and that all the materials, after the
house was pulled down, were taken to Gregory's pre-
mises close at hand.

Mr. Edward Roberts, a surveyor, stated that it would
take about 3571. to repair the house. The ground-floor
would require 401. or 501. to repair it.
Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS, who appeared for the de-
fendant, said that on August 18, 1789, the Rev. Dr. Put-
ner, the then rector of St. Giles, granted a lease for 61
years to Edward Rowcliffe, the father of the plaintiff,
and when it expired the present rector, the Rev. Mr.
Tyler, the property being church property, entered
into as agreement with Mr. Gregory, by which
he agreed to repair and rebuild the houses in
Dudley-court, which showed that the defendant was
acting under the authority of the Rev. Mr. Tyler.
He also contended that even if Mr. Tyler was not en-
titled to the possession of the entire house, be bad an
undoubted right to the upper part of it, which alone had
been pulled down. Mr. Gregory had gi►en notice to
Mr. Rowcliffe before he commenced the pulling down,
and workmen were engaged at ss. a day, in order that
they might be particularly careful in not doing damage
to the lower part of the house, which alone was occupied
by the plaintiff. The lease of the plaintiff having expired,
be was a trespasser, and the defendant, he contended,
had a perfect right to pull down the building, which had
already been condemned by the overseers of the parish.
Evidence in support of the defence was then adduced,
which went to prove the material facts set up by the
Learned Counsel.

The leases and other documents were put in. The
property had formerly belonged to the late Dowager
Duchess of Dudley, and it was given by her for the use
of the rector of St. Giles for the time being.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN summed up, and the jury
found a verdict for the defendant upon all the issues.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE, Nov. 26, 1848._

The Queen Dowager has been pleased to nominate
Henry Thomas Harrison, Esq., to be Secretary to her
Majesty's Treasury.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 4.
_ _ _

Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant
Robert Barlow M'Crea to be Second Captain, Tice Ross,
deceased, Nov. 28.

NAVAL MEDALS.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 4.

Claimants for the naval medals are hereby informed,
that the notice of the 30th ultimo, published in the
Gazette of the Ist instant, has no reference to claims
which have been already preferred.

W. A. B. HAMILTON.

BANKRUPTS.

Richard Wright, baker, Badwell Ash, Suffolk, to sur-
render Dec. 12, at one, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee;
Chilton, Burton, and Johnson, Chancery-lane.
William Sharpe, plumber, Luton, Bedfordshire, Dec.
15, at half-past one, and Jan. 19, at half-past eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ;
Clarke, Featherstone-buildings, Holborn.
Blades PaUlster, innkeeper, Gravesend, Dec. 13, at
one, and Jan. 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Southgate, Barnard's
Inn, Holborn; Southgate and Son, Gravesend.'
James Brown Firmin, farmer, Little Chesterford,
Essex, Dec. 12, at half-past one, and Jan. 19, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee;
Thurgood, Pinners'-hall, Old Broad-street; Thurgood,
Saffron Walden, Essex.
Leonard Greening, saddler, Stroud, Gloucestershire,
Dec. 19, and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assigne, Bristol ; Kearaley,
Stroud; Blower and Co., Lincoln's Inn- fields.
John Vallis, sen., cheese dealer, Sparkford, Somerset-
shire, Dec. 21, at eleven, and Jan, 18, at two, at the
Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol;
Parsons, Langport; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row.
John Millage, grocer, Cheltenham, Dec. 21, at eleven,
and Jan. 18, at two, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee, Bristol ; Boodle, Cheltenham ;
Norcutt, Queen-square.
Samuel Isaacs, jeweller, Bristol, Dec. 19, and Jan,
16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton.
official assignee, Bristol; Linklaters, Charlotte-row.
Francis Bassano, coach founder, Deritend, Warwick-
shire, Dec. 19 and Jan. 16, at ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham;
Allcock, Birmingham.
John Gill, coal merchant, Silsden, Yorkshire, Dec
1$ and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court..
Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Smith, Holborn, London;
Spencer, Keighley; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
William Linley, scythe and sickle manufacturer,
Conisbrough, Dec. 23, and Jan. 27, at half-past twelve,
at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee,
Sheffield; Duncan, Buckingham-street, London; Ferrell,
Sheffield.

William Briggs Walters, cotton spinner, Skipton,
Yorkshire, Dec. 22 and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Cragg
and Jeyes, Bedford-row; Alle•x and Dixon, Burnley.
William MacCann, merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 18 and
Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-
row; Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson, Liverpool.
Alfred Johnson, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Dec.
15 and Jan. 9, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool; Johnson and Co., Temple;
John Cooper Grocott, Liverpool.
Theodore Frederick Clark, milliner, Liverpool, Dec.
18, and Jan. 18, at eleven, in the Liverpool District
Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sole and
Turner, Aldermanbury ; Tyrer, Liverpool.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London .New Price Current of Dec. 5.)
Suasat.—To-day no general decline took place in the
value of raw Sugar, but home trade buyers were not
,owesads B
disposed to enlarge their purchases, and from shippers
less demand was experienced. West India Muscovado
rates•
was dealt in with caution, aad in some cases the rates
..
taken are rather under those of Friday. At auction
335, low 34s to 34ns 6(.
rbadoes went off slowly and at rather
.neayillow at 395, good 37s to 38s, middling
210 hhds Trinidad, middling yellow
purchases have
closes with much duln4es°
been and fine brown 33s 6d. The total
REFINED.—To-day lise.fined
hhda and trcs, and the market
trade
an d St a nwdaanr (t 1 ,
Sugar was dealt in with
amtor4e6sreatodin4e6sss
6fdo,
Purposes—brown lumps
lumps 475. Bonded
at
.2ps 9d to 268 6d.
r home
eMsaautrinus. Sugar was
übhe sale barely
Crushed Sugar is still much
to
oll3ow went at
MAUFLITIUS.—Tbis afternoon
dealt in with caution, and 972 bag
realized the former value; good and fin:e3sy
37s to 38s, middling 34s to 355, low
brown 32s 6d, washed and syrupy 28s 6d to 373: per6d'
fin
te
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar
,iet with"Y
little attention, and of 3,843 bags grainy at auction
small part only suld at barely former rates; fine' at
40s 6d to 42s 6d, middling and good 363 fal to 395, very
very superior taken in at 47s to 48s. 530 bags white
Benares went at about former prices, good at 41s to
41s 6d, fine 423 to 42s 6d, damp and washed 40s 6d to
425. 300 bags damp Khaur were taken in at 28s 6d for
ordinary brown. Madras is dull of sale, and rather lower.
FOREIGN.—To day there was no public sale of Foreign
Sugar, but privately two cargoes of Bahia were sold for
exportation; one at 17s 6d fur yellow, and at 204 6d for
white; the other at 20s for white; and 1,000 bags yellow
Manilla at lis 6d. The market has a firm aspect for
Foreign Sugar. A public sale of 1,200 baskets of Java
,sugar is declared to take place on Thursday.
COFFEE.—For public competition on Thursday 4,297
Fags Costa Rica, 188 bags 16 cases East India, and 1.3
pkgs Jamaica ere declared. This afternoon at public
s:le 15 casks and 23 barrels of Jamaica Coffee were taken
in, middling at 555. For Native Ceylon there is a brisker I