The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-11 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

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RAT MARKETS.
SMITIMILD.—ItIead ow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 17s fid ; Clover
ditto, 3/ Os to 4128; and Straw, Il is to 11 is per load.
Supply, good, and trade dull.
CUAIIIICRIAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 Ss to 3/ 16a; Clover
ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ Om; and Straw, 112 s to 11 7s per load.
A full average supply and a sluggish icquiry.
WurritcliAPEL.--ileadow Hay, 21 8s to 8/ 17s; Clover
ditto, 3/ Os to 41 4s; and Straw, 1/ 1s to 1/ 7s per load.
Trade dull, at drooping prices.

SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is without
alteration ; sales about 200 hlide. Mauritius 3,800 Ws and
870 bags. Bengal went off briskly, at full prices, the former
at 39s to 42s 6d for yellow grocery, with refining sorts at 38a
to 40s, the latter at 42i to 42s '6d for Benares, anti 37s to
6d for low grainy yellow. Of 8,700 bags Madras offered,
5,000 good and tine grainy sorts sold freely at previous
rates, but the remain der being low, brown to
mid yellow only partially found buyers at 6d to
Is decline. Privately 600 bags low brown Java sold at 32s
6d. The quantity of Ilritish Plantation landed last week at
the East and West India Docks was 279 hhds, 17 tieices,
206 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,01
hhds, 72 tierces, 52 barrels. The stock in the same place is
5,641 hhds, 584 tierces, 923 barrels.
COFFEE.—There is more demand privately for Native Cey-
lon, and 600 bags sold at 47s 6d to 49e.
linat.—The quantity landed last week at the East and I
West India Docks was 14 puns. There were taken for home
consumption 373 puns 52 !Aids, and exported 40 puns
7 hhds. The stock in the same places is 13,394 puns
1,187 hhds.
Mex.—The market is dull.

TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 38s to 38s 3d per cwt on the spot,
and Town, 39s 6d.
Tza..—The market is dull, but the deliveries for consump.
tion are steady.

PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)
The judicial committee of the Privy Council sat to-day at
the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear appeals. Among
the Lords present were Lord Langdale (the Master of the
Rolls), the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge
of the Admiralty Court, and Sir E. Ryan.
Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with
appeals of no general interest.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor having disposed of the case of " Owen
v. Homan and the East and West India Docks and Birming-
ham Junction Railway Company," which stood on his Lord-
ship's paper for judgment, proceeded to hear appeals, none of
which possessed the slightest public interest.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
His Honour having disposed of the unopposed petitions in
his paper, the further arguments in the part-heard case of
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. LOED CARRINGTON
were proceeded with, and occupied the Court the whole day.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor Lord CRANWORTIL)
TREACE= V. HEATHEN.
The further arguments in this part-heard case occupied the
Court the whole morning.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(II-IIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before the LORD
Climr. JUSTICE and a Common Jury.)
ANDREWS V. DATUM
This action was brought to recover compensation in da-
mages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the
alleged negligence of the defendant.
Mr. Bovill appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bramwell
and Mr. 'Wilmore conducted the defendant's case.
The facts were simply these :—The plaintiff carried on the
business of a laundress, and let out furnished lodgings, at her
house in King-street, Golden- square, and the defendant was
a greengrocer in the neighbourhood of Portland-market. On
the morning of the 9th of August last the plaintiff was
crossing over Regent-street towards Conduit-street, and
while in the middle of the road she was knocked down by
the defendant's cart, and the wheels passed over her
body. After the accident the defendant imme-
diately stopped the horse and had her released
from her perilous position and conveyed in a cab to the hos-
pital. On examination it was found that her arm was
broken, and she remained in the hospital six weeks, and con-
tinued afterwards to be an out-patient. It appeared from
the evidence that the important limb had been permanently
injured. The present action had therefore been instituted to
recover compensation ter the injuries suffered and the loss of
time and expense necessarily incurred under the circum-
st3nces.

The question in the case ultimately turned on the credibility
of evidence, witnesses being called on both sides who differed
in their account as to which party negligence was to be at-
tributed.

The Learned JUDGE having summed up,
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 251.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Baron PARKE, Ammtsozr, and
MARTIN.)
The Court was occupied this morning with the new trials,
none of which presented any feature of general interest.
( Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the Lord Chief Baron PAYEE
and a Special Jury.)
ATTORNEY-GENERAL. V. TIIE LONDON LOCK COMPANY.
This case again occupied the Court during the whole day.
The evidence for the defence was gone into this morning.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice JERVIS and
a Common Jury.)
OSBORNE V. CABBURN.
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This was an action broughtt(;;;;;;; damages for assault
and false imprisonment. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. H.
Hill appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Slice and
Mr. Hawkins for the defence. From the evidence it appeared
that on the 7th of October the plaintiff, who is a butcher in
Clare-market, went, in company with a friend, to the house
of defendant, who keeps the White Hart public-house, at
King's-cross, and asked for balf•a•pint of gin, which he
drank at the bar, for which he tendered in payment a live
shilling piece. The barman who served the liquor took this
to his master, the defendant, who was standing by, who dg-
clared it to be a bad one; and, after some disturbance, the
plaintiff was ultimately given into custody on a charge of
passing base coin. The plaintiff, however, was dismissed, and
the present action was brought to recover damages for the
false imprisonment. For the defence it was urged that the
circumstances of the plaintiff's behaviour at the time was
such as to justify the suskicion that he was endeavouring to
pass the coin with a full knowledge that it was bad. All
imputation of that kind was, however, withdrawn to-day.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 40a.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
ROBBERY BY A FOREIGNER.—ChaIIes Schaster, aged 25,
described as a soldier, a native of Germany, was indicted for
stealing two silver forks from the Coffee-house of Mr.
Simpson in the Strand.

The prisoner at first pleaded not guilty; but afterwards
withdrew that plea, and pleaded guilty.
On•.the 24th of-January last the prisoner went to the
Coffee. house in question, arid partook of &sumptuous dinner,
which he not only forgot to pay for, but immediately after
he left the shop two silver forks were missing. lie was
therefore followed and given into custody.
The prisoner said he had only recently come to London,
on his way to America, and he was to have received funds
to pay his passage from a society for relieving Germans.
The ItEcomoun, under these circumstances, deferred passing
sentence until next session, remarking, that if the society
which had been named would send him to America, they
would probably be allowed to do so.
The prisoner was then removed.
FELONY BY A PAUPER.— Robert Wishart, aged 24, de-
scribed as a pipe-maker, was indicted fur feloniously break-
ing
and entering a building within the cartilage of a
dwelling-house, and stealing therefrom four bird-cages, and
other articles, valued at ten shillings, the property of William
Newman.
The prisoner was one of the out-paupers of St. Luke's
Workhouse, and on the night of the 7th of January lie con-
trived to break into the relieving office and steal the property
in question.
Witnesses were called to prove the case.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
A limner conviction was proved against him, white a book
was found in his possession in which was a long list of gaols
which he had been an inmate of at different periods of
his life.

The prisoner said he hoped the Court, would deal leniently
with him and give him a short imprisonment, as he was par-
ticularly anxious to see the Great Exhibition. It the Court
would do that, he would strive in future to become a better
member of society. lie would never have been in trouble at
all had it not been for poverty, and he was very much afraid
he was pi osecuted on this occasion not so much for the offence
he was said to have committed, as for having written seven
letters to the Poor-law Boa rd, finding fault with the manage-
ment of St. Luke's Workhouse. The tact was, the Govern-
ment guardians furnished the paupers with just sufficient, and
no more, to keep life together, and the consequence was, they
were often driven into crime to avert absolute starvation. In
proof of this he maintained that he was the eighth inmate of
St. Luke's Workhouse, who had stood at that bar within the
last twelve months charged with felony at the instance of
the guardians.

RECORDSii told him that he was a dangerous chit-
ractQr, whom society would be well rid of, and sentenced
him to be transported for seven years.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON- SERGEANT. )
Henry Osborne, a mate in the navy, was charged with ob-
taining 5/. of a person named Sloman or Sullivan (he went
by both names), by means of a bill drawn upon Messrs. Bar-
nett and Williams, navy agents, Le representing that such
bill would be duly honoured upon presentation.
Mr. Ryland prosecuted; Mr. Parry was for the prisoner.
The bill, upon being presented, was dishonoured, but it ap-
pearing that the parties upon whom the bill was drawn were
his agents, that some of his cheques bad been paid, whilst
others had been refused, and there being no evidence to show
that the prisoner (who had been cruizing in the Mediteranean)
was aware that he could not draw upon them any longer,
the jury Acquitted bim upon the charge of fraud.
A

RRANGEMENTS OF THE COURT.—WS understand
her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their illus-
trious family, will arrive at Buckingham Palace to-morrow
from Windsor Castle, to remain in town, we believe, with
the exception of a brief visit to Osborne, till Easter, when
the Court will return to the Castle for the Easter holidays.
The eleventh anniversary of the marriage of her Majesty and
Prince Albert was privately celebrated by the
,Court at
Windsor Castle.
DEATH OF AUDUBON THE ORNITHOLOGIST.---John
James Audubon, the deservedly renowned naturalist, died
in New York, on the 2.7tb. of January, at his residence on
the banks of the Hudson river, in 155th-street. He had
arrived at the age of 70, and has gone down to the grave
leaving a name distinguished' among the scientific men of
every nation, a name earned by a steady perseverance in
the beautiful field of ornithology, the cultivation of which
demands fancy, taste, judgment, and a general love of nature.
—New York Herald.
ALARMING FIRE AT ISLINGTON.---OH Saturday
morning, shortly after twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in the
lower part of the premises of Messrs. Roberts and Co.,
grocers and tea dealers, 4-2, High street, Islington. All the
inmates succeeded in making their retreat in good time, with
the exception of the housekeeper, a female named Russell,
who was nearly stifled by the smoke and flames, but was
ultimately rescued by police-constable N 433 and a young
man named Butt, and conveyed trout an upper window down
a ladder. Much damage was done to the stock, &c., before
the flames were extinguished.
THE CASE OF THE BIRDS AND THE • JUDGES.—III
the case of the Birds, husband and wife, committed at the
last assizes in pevon for_ assaulting their serveant,.Mary Ann
Parsons, a parish apprentice, it is known that an appeal has
been heard before the judges. Of 14 judges who heard the
appeal, it is said that seven are of opinion that the conviction
is good, and seven hold that the former trial before Mr. Jus-
tice Talfourd, of which so touch has been said in the papers,
is sufficient to exonerate the accused from all subsequent pro-
ceedings. In this state of things it is probable that Baron
Platt, the fifteenth judge, will have virtually the decision of
this intricate question, which has been found so puzzling,
and which on similar occasions to occur hereafter must
have the authority of a specific enactment to guide future
decisions. Mr. Baines, president of
.the poor-law board, has
given notice of a bill " for the better protection of young
persons under the care and control of others, as apprentices
or servants, and to enable the guardians of the poor to in-
stitute and conduct prosecutions in certain cases." Such
a law, if existir,g,
would have been applicable to the case of
the Sloanes, and also to the case of the Birds, arraigned for
causing the death of Mary Ann Parsons, and Hill doubtlesS
be hat ed by all hamane persons as a great improvement
upon the existing practices.
CARDINAL WISEhIAN AT ST. JOHN'S WOOD.--
On Sunday Cardinal Wiseman preached a sermon at the
Roman Catholic church, St. John's Wood, in aid of the funds
fur the erection of a convent, to which will be attached
schools for the accommodation of 1,000 female children, and
a house of refuge for purr Catholic female servants. Ike
latter establishment will be situated in 13landford- square.
The church was filled in every part by a fashionable con-
gregation, principally cono used of females, who liberally
responded to the Cardinal's appeal. Dr. wiseinan did not
ascend the pulpit, but addressed the congregatiori from the
altar. He was not habited in full sacerdotal dress, but wore
a rich scarlet robe, and over it the stole and surplioe,
The AL:73,,hester. guardian announces a new move-
ment in that city, the object of which is to obtain for the
_a limit the boon) on other days to a certain
milliners and dreasmakeig a weekly half-holiday ontlaturday
seriod, not exceeding twelve hours including the
datetfienrnitoeon
period,
proper iuteryitls for xuoalts.