The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-23 00:00:00

DEVON MICHAELMAS SESSIONS.

(Abridged from Woolmer's Exeter Gazette)
These Sessions commenced on Tuesday last, at the Cm'
tle of Exeter, before W. Courtenay, Esq., Chairman, and
a Bench of Justices.
The Grand Jury having been sworn, the Chairman deli-
vered his charge, and same routine of business was gone
through.
NISI PRIUS COURT.—WEDNESDAr.
(Before W. Courtenay, Esq., Chairman, and a full Bench 01

Justices.)
IMPORTANT APPLICATION UNDER THE POOR LAW
AMENDMENT ACT.-BICKLEIGH V. SPARK.
Mr. Crowder addressed the Court as follows :—I have
a motion to make to the Court, and I hope it will be en•
abled to see some means by which Mr. Robert Spark, of
Exeter, may be reimbursed for the expenses lie has incurred
in consequence of being brought here by the Churchwardens
and overseers of the parish of Bickleigh, to answer to a
charge of being the father of a bastard child, the mother of
which is chargeable to that parish. The application is entirely
new, as it is made under the Poor law Amendment Act, by
which the old law as to orders of affiliation is repealed, and eer•
tain new regulations are substituted, which are to be found in
the 72d and 73d sections of the Act, and to which I beg
particularly to call the attention of the Court. The Learned
Gentleman having read the clause in question proceedew
The object of these provisions is clearly to prevent any Per'
son from being maliciously and wrongfully brought beferet
the Court to answer such a charge, and that a man ina.Yll°
be left as before at the mercy of the oath of the woos°'
without any corroborative evidence. The latter clause P
also a wholesome and just provision, in order to make over"
seers cautious in making such applications against persl
without sufficient grounds, as they are liable, in case
"
failure in establishing their case, to the costs. In this Os?'
Mr. Spark, a most respectable tradesman, well-known
In
Exeter, has been charged with being the father of a bastarb
child by a woman of Bickleigh. He has been served with
the regular notice to appear in Court, and has in con
quence come fully prepared to rebut the charge, for vvbic.
there is not the slightest foundation. In order to do tlust
he has been put to considerable expense, having brough
up nine witnesses, and made other necessary arrane"
ments ; but only yesterday afternoon the solicitor f(,)_`,
Mr. Spark was informed by the solicitors for BickleiP
that they had abandoned the case, and did not intend t°,
make the application. The Court must see that this ba°
been done solely to avoid the costs, the Overseers of flick;
lcigh having found that Mr. Spark had a complete aus°lei
to the charge ; but it has left the accused party in the 111°5
vexatious and unjust situation, the costs falling upon bens
which it was clearly intended should fall upon the Overseers'
I confess I see great difficulty in the way of obtaining
remedy for this injustice, as looking at the words of the
clause. The Learned Gentleman, after further comni°ll.,
on the hardship of the case, concluded his address thus 'is
Should the Court be of opinion, as I apprehend they Isle
that they have no power under the Act to compel in
Overseers to reimburse Mr. Spark, I will put the case
another way, and submit to the Court whether theY
allow the Overseers of Bickleigh to withdraw the case
having given us regular notice to appear to answer tPa,
charge. I apprehend the Court, in their discretion, bat'
refuse to permit such withdrawal, as, notwithstanding w!eh
took place last night between the solicitors for both par
the Overseers of Bickleigh might have proceeded agatej
Mr. Spark, in case he had not been in Court ; ana ¢o
an order been made against him, he would have had.

remedy.
The Chairman said be considered this a very bard casesit
but the Court had no power, by the Act, to interfere. ,e
was, however, quite obvious that such a defect in the Act
would not be permitted to remain longer than the next ay
ntr
sion of Parliament, as it was most oppressive, and
to the humane intention of the framers of the Bill. 'filere
dot;
were other parts of the Act which required amen°,be
but, however inconvenient or oppressive it might be, the
Court had no alternative but to abide by the provisions
the Act.
In justice to Mr. Spark, we have been requested to .ij,/Y
sert a copy of the letter written to his solicitor, Mr. 1.45100
man, by Messrs. Jones and Carew, the solicitors fori,
to
parish, the day before the above application was ma'
the Court :
" Parish of Bickleigh against Spark. ts
" Messrs. Jones and Carew present their complimene ir
Mr. Laidman, and beg to inform him that they do 0;0e
tend making any application to the Court on theL"rk;
given by the parish of Bickleigh to his client, Mr. m"-ti 00
havingand their reason is, that examined the per°-ar
whose testimony the order sought for would be mainly 6,01
ported, they find her unworthy of credit, and of so
Mme
to
a character as renders her unfit to be placed as a wit,11,,4 tlo
a Court of Justice. Under these circumstances, 9`;'ore
not think that the name of any individual should be Ado
publicly associated with her's than has been alreadY,"toi
and they request Mr. Laidman to accept this note as
notice of the abandonment of the application.
" Exeter, Oct. 14, 1834."

THE MARKETS.

COAL MAR
Per Ton. s. d
Adair's

K ET.— Oct. 22.

Per Ton P !
Walls End Northumberland.'
Walls End P,aret h ...............
Walls End Riddell's ..... .....
Bell's Primrose .................... P
Lambton's Primrose ..........
Walls End Braddyll's rlett°
W 31,11 End Hetton ............
......... q 9
Walls End Lambton ..
Walls End Lyons ..... ........ 0
Walls End Stewart s ....... .
Walls End Adelaide ............
Walls End Butterknowl..'',. P
Walls End Gordon . .......... 01
Walls End South Durtnan"..ol
alls End Tees ................
Walls End West Hetton •••".. 1
Howard's Netherton Maio'
... .9
. Llaneetmech Coal ............. I
Walls End Elgin... .......... .. ..
Heaton 'Trader ............••••

lienaham Main l7 0
... _

Bishop's Main l6 61
Holywell lB 61
Ord s ltedhugh l7 0
Picton l6 W
Pontap Windsor lB 3
hipcote l6 0
South Hartley l7 9
'l'anfield l9 6
West Hartley

Walls End Bell, liobson & Cu. 19 9
Walls End Bewicke and Co 21 6
NValls End Clark and Co lB 6
Walls End Gosforth 2l 3

Walls End Hilda l9 6

Walls End Hotspur
Walls End Jesmond l7 3

Walls End Killingworth
Walls End Medoinsley, Stan-
hope and Tyne Company
Ships arrived since 1

it market-day, 102

Ship& arrived since last market day, 102.
/:>SSI
COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE ro,
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. 1„,„ 0
-.---- _____.,........0 , to /
Per Quarter. s. to s. is.to s. s. to s. s. to s• ..... /
Abingdon* 54 60 i3O 34 22 30 38 "'"' - /
And0ver............... 48 55 la 6 31 23 33 7-, ..- /
Birmingham.......... 56 581 30 40 16 22 -- 7.1 ..." /
Bridport --,...... 56 74 !32 36 26 3d —•. 7
7 ...• /
Cirencester..,..... 38 50 24 37 23 27 li /
Faringdon-- 54 80 36 40 26 34 -- *"4:3 ."'
Guildford ............ 48 74 23 32 26 35 -- 40 ''' ;
11en1ey—................ 54 83 35 33 '2O 30 --. 44 ' ,
Hereford .........—.... 53 62 25 32 26 32 -- s:i -" '
Highworth ~........ 62 80 32 42 28 34 -- v ''' /
Maidenhead —. 56 68 84 44 22 30 36 45 -""
Monmouth.....--.. 62 64 30 32 30 32 45 '''' ;
Reading ... 40 66 22 36 14 26 -- 40 '' ....
Salisbury*. 44 51 28 33 23 28 36 42 --'
~
Southampton ..... 54 58 33 40 28 32 .-- 5.5
..,"*. #
Strond - 42
Tewkesbury ........ 43 34 30 38 46 , , ..0
Uxbridge ......—. 48 74 26 34 20 26 -- 4g , .....
Wantage 5B SO 27 32 17 23 34 40 „.... ...,
Warminster .. . 46 54 27 31 23 26 34 55 ,
........„7„.„-----.
Windsor ... 59 21 22
Worcester— 48 52 32 36 24 26 --- cl.
to9:n 6
LEWES 1%1 A RKE T.—Oct. 21 •- `,:v 0
Per Quar er. s. d. to s. d. Per Quarter. ,sii 0„ 42 d.
Wheat, White ... 42 0 50 0 Oats .................. ' ?..koussn
---- Red 40 0 45 0 Pease .................. "i;c.r.4"
Barley 19 0 37 0 Oil Cake... 12 . $ A. tol

Per Quar er.
Wheat, White .
-- lied
Barley

ti. t°l.
CHELTENHAM MARKETS. 61 0
Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d . Pet lb. . 0.. , ~
Wheat
Barley
42 66 53 30
Pork Veal ............................................ 7. .•.... S
Oats
Beans
Pease
Hay 3l. 15s to4l. lOs.

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MEETING OF CREDITORS AT ;THROWBASINGHALL-STREET, TO-MOR”

AS
os. 410
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(From the London Gazette.) ...... "*.
F. C. Westley, bookseller, Strand ........ • ....... ........
J. Nicholls, ap. thecary, Wells,Somersetsh~re •••
C. Walker, Tichborne,treet, Golden-square ........................
J 13,riovv and It W. Vizer, merchants, Bristol ..... .•••••••
S D. Evans, upholsterer, High Holborn ..................... -
W. Fuller, jun., carpenter, Beckenham, Kent ...•.

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BIRTHS. --1 f a s°2l.l.ddr
On the 21st inst., at Brixton, Mrs. R. A. Cowarut ° of Sav
On the 21st inst., the lady of W. L. Lawrence, Escl''
je4l 0,
well-park, Gloucestershire, of a son and heir. Rev. " •
On the 16th inst., at Brussels, the lady of the
sOll
of a son.
andOnetihne 21st inst., in Upper Brook-street, Lady CCroon'°fll
Ohn the 19th inst., at the Royal Hospice,Du
the,
Captain Blunt, of a son.
blin,

DIED.
On the 21st inst.,
side h 71st year, Mrs. Rebecca 11014' -
Wood-street, Cheapside.
On the 19th inst., at Redstone Rectory, Salop, in his 26
tNiiii JO'
Thomas, eldest son of the late Mr. Richard Urwick, of
Radnorhire. fit
On the 22d inst., in his 39th year, W. Frederic Stirl49 ~
of Lincoln's Inn, son J•
the 'Osborne,il Stirling. fif
On the 22d inst., J. W. surgeon, Dean-streets
bury square.

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