The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-20 00:00:00

TESE SIJN, LONDON,

plies on oiler. Factors' prices, viz., rem?), money—Lest
Kent pockets, per cwt., 31 12s to 6/ ss; ditto Lags, 31
43 to 51 03 Mid Kent pockets, 215 s to 5l 10i; ditto
bags, 2/ to 4/ ss; Weald of Kent pockets, 31 to 3/ 183;
ditto bags, 21 to 3/ 8s; Sussex, 21 14s to 31 123.
WOOL.
Very large supplies of Wool were received in the port
of London last week, viz,, 467 blies from Hobart Town,
40 ditto from Hamburgh, 323 from Rio, 771 from Port
Philip, 561 from Rouen, 12 from Ostend, 284 from Alex-
andria, 309 from Sydney, 316 from Algoa B •y, 424
from Bordianaki, 308 from the Cape, 755 from Tagan-
rog, 181 from Leghorn, 562 from Odessa, 33 from
Trieste, 3 from Antwerp, 13 from Malta, 35 from Na-
Plea, and 6 from Marseilles. No public sales are yet
announced for London; but 1,600 packages will be
offered at Liverpool on the 6th and 7Lti proximo. By
private contract, the demand is not to say active; never-
theless, prices are well supported in every instance.
TALLOW.
During last week the imports awl deliveries if Tath)w
were seasonably good—the former having amounted 1,812—the !atter, 2 394 cask. On the whole, the
market to-day is steady, and late rates are well sup-
ported. P. YC. on the spot is quoted at 37s 3d to
373 Gil per cwt. We hare more inquiry for forw.ird
delivery. Town Tall )w 363 61 to 37s per cwt. net
,eisht Rough Fat 2s Id per Blbs. Letters from St
retersbugh stated that 1,000 casks had changed hands
for Aut,ust at 108 roubles.
•

1847

Stock this day •• ••• • ! 16.778
Price of Y. C. • • 1't05180901,1
Delivery last week .. ' 28
•105
Ditto from June 1.. .. ArTlvals last week , 61.963
2•6
Ditto from June I •. . 68,124
Price of Town ...... 54s Gd

1848. 1849.

1850. i 1851.

10,601 37,922 42,442 i 52,031
47s 6d 418 6d 395 Od to 37s 3d
to 4759 d to 41s 3d Os Od 'tors 6d
4,, 14 2,720 2,289 2,364
70,309 68,125 63,525 62,249
1,295 2,637 279 1,812
81,809 98,514 80,194 89,762
525 Od 43s 6d 41s Od 295 6d

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
:he Court sat in banco and took the new trial paper
Ett
inls deay, but no case which came before them possessed
fficint public interest to call for a detailed report.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
IN RE NEWIIA3I.
!itMr. PEARSON moved for a rule to show cause why an
achment should not issue against the judge of the
'Nety Court of Surrey, for contempt in not making a
tp;iiartu to a writ of certiorari, and proceeding to the
?al of a case after that writ had been issued. The
in the case was taken out of the Southwark
a_untY Court on the 4th instant to recover 361., the
wnunt of a bill of exchange, which the defendant
alleged was a forgery, and therefore he obtained the
.ce!tierari to remove the cause into this court. The writ
'WWI Ser
e
th served in due course, and was made returnable on
14th instant, but, in defiance of its command, the
Jd eeutegner.dh eat
dt
topay proceeded with the plaint, and ordered the
the money,
twice ERLE said no doubt the judge had disre-
garded the writ, under the impression that the recent
statute abolished the right of certiorari.
o,lllr. PEARSON said, very likely that was so, but the
c
_nurt of u•
44xelif quer, or rather Mr. Baron Parke, had de-
i"d that the statute did not take away the certiorari.
cv Mr. Justice ERLE said it was right the point should be
laussed, and he would grant a rule to show cause.
Rule nisi accordingly.
IN RE WATERMAN.
lice "TALL applied for a rule, calling upon the jus-
s •
in A eh the West Riding to show cause why a
tanuatena should not issue to compel them
childueLan order for the maintenance of an illegitimate
but • The mother had already applied for the order,
fatuPen the hearing William Hooper, the putative
"el', produced evidence which induced the justices to
2!111ia2 the case. Subsequently the mother obtained
to have
additional testimony iu her favour, and she applied
neve the case gone into again, but the justices retused
‘u entertain her application. Now, the Court had re-
!):F.
sire asteeedodlnydecided that, as the woman had an appeal, the
Zia missal of a first order did not bar the right to make
application in the event of her obtaining
:_ger evidence than was produced in the first instance,
and it was upon the strength of those decisions that the
11aether wished to have the complaint against Hooper re-
'lved.—Application granted.
QUEEN V HEWETT AND ANOTHER.
•_.Mr• WARREN moved for a writ of certiorari to remove
Ito this court an indictment which had been found in
the Old Bailey against the defendant and nine others for
ae,°pPirany. The defendants were the committee of the
Philanthropic Society of Coopers," which had been in
prOCeedtngs existence since 1821, and having, in the course of their
fiaed one of the members, named Charles
jarls, 10/., he had preferred the present charge against
.2eeete, under the provisions of the 6;1 Geo. 4, cap. 129,
diei 3, Commonly called the Combination Act. The in-
„,„ ;tient extended to the enorwos length of 122 folios,
...urtliccao:taitaed no less than 29 special counts, and as the
matter WS* likely to involve or give rise to some nice and
points of law, the defendants were most anxious
„o have the indictment removed into this court, where it
'4lll€l be tried by a special jury, and they could have
e assistance of Queen's counsel.
„-Mr. Justice ERLE granted the application, and the
itoe for the certiorari being absolute iu te first istce,
disected that each defendant should enter intohis
eWn recognizance for 1001., and find two sureties of 501.
It e,b, as security for costs and to appear at the trial.—
"'UN absolute accordingly.

kARLBRO'-STREET.—(THISDAY.)
ALT.—Patrick Huish was placed before Mr.
"'lngham charged with assaulting George Brown, bar-
'plan, in the employ of Mr. Scarpe, landlord of the White
r• Berwick-street, Sobo.
It appeared that on Saturday night the prisoner, with
4everal others, went into the White Bear and called for
and while they were drinking it a row en-
eui and Mr. Scarpe, the landlord, went in front of the
moat difficult task, he called the complainant to his as-
alatarice '
and on his making his appeatance the prisoner
"eized hold of hies by the throat and nearly strangled
in
• constable was called in, and the prisoner was given
charge
The prisoner, who denied the charge, was fined 203.,
:fe• u ordered to enter into his own recognizances to keep
"I,..peace towards the complainant for three months.
rThere were upwards of 40 other charges before the
ate. but not one of them possessed the least public in-

'le hardest trial of the heart is, whether it can
ear a rival's failure without triumph.—Eliza Cook's Journal
NEBMODE OF PLUNDERING.— On Saturday
i ght last an elderly simple man, who has been long in the
employment
of a writer in the city, was accosted on the way
some
:rby two or three fellows in the garb of carters, who
uslY asked his professional /idvice on some point or
'r, and requested that he would write a letter for them.n
.
ue old man good-naturedly allowed the fellows, four
unber, to accompany him home to College-street, when
a
dram,sd that they should send out the servant girl for
din requital of his courtesy. So soon as the girlhad
teerted, one of the men moved up to the gas, on the.prhet-
wAtithat I:hienidrling his pipe, and immediately put out the light
withiezt and instantaneous move was to seize everything
reach, which was easily portable, and make l off
IEBB
_fore Plunder. The poor old writer was, of course, he
had
kept bachelor's hall, and, as the girl was out, ha
ratti. one to assist him. The servant, however, had had her
,snicions somewhat excited by the appearance of the visi-
n_res, and while she stood in the shop, on the opposite side ofd
the street, she kept her eye fixed on those who entered an
41:e out of her master's close. Immediately the fellows
artie seen
scampering
off in a row, each carrying some
ez. article of stolen property, when the woman bolted out and
ooesed the street, in order to intercept the flight of the hind.
st thief. This she did effectually, fixing on an athletic
andn, more than six feet in height, with singular courage
hi tenacity of grasp ; and, despite his struggles, she held
turn fast till the watchmen came up, and took the fellow se-
la rtehlY off the
.girl's hands. The old man's coat was found
o the Possession of the thief', a person named Hill, who had
r3' recently been liberated
from six months' imprisonment
theft. lcleanwhile his three companions have escaped.—
ulus9olo "Jerald.
Sy.-
• rictousCIECUMSTANCE.—The American packet-
from Old England, which arrived at Havre on Saturday
t New Orleans, was immediately placed under segues-
Stratinu, in consequence of one of the passengers, a person
tained Hahn, having disappeared at sea, under circum-
Nnces 'which cast some suspicion on the part of the crew.
Investigation it appeared that Hahn, shortly after leaving
iievi Orleans, acted as if his mind were affected ; at times
P rofo was in a state of great agitation, at others he displayed
und melancholy. He had no luggage, but wore a belt
"itainlng gold and bank-notes • and these, after a while, he
confined to the care of one of 'his fellow-passengers in the
presence of witnesses. On the 10th, when the vessel was off
harnenr, Bahn disappeared, but it was not known at what
to
At five o'clock in the morning, however, he took a
te-pkef "free. As there was a trace of blood from his cabin
t,,e side of the vessel, it was at first assumed that he had
'usep murdered ; but no proof has been obtained of this,
t 8n 0 one could have any interest for committing a crime
bi's posedSUP that the man committed suicide by throwing
inself
must have the sea. On the supposition of suicides he
cut his throat, and then gone on the deck to leap
into the water. The vessel was, on Sunday, admitted to free
lil3leaertiegruthe'elausnsd the passengers were allowed to disembark.
, the judicial authorities are proceeding with
r investigation and some gendarmes and policemen
passed the night on' board. The money, which Hahn gave
to his fellow passenger, was ascertained not to have been
touched. Three other passengers, and two the crew
Mahe Old England, died from sickness on the (passage.-
4,,tcte Paper.
Are P
n - -,XTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A WEDDING AT
,-4112ERSVELL.—During the performance of the marriage
ceremony at St. Giles's, Camberwell, on Wednesday, be-
tween a lady, who is the heiress of great property, and a
mi-
nisterAt of the Church, a most extraordinary scene took place.
tthe time the parties were at the communion-table a man,
hen had been in the body of the church, rushed towards
and commenced tearing the dresses of all he could get
Po ice
The alarm was so great that cries were made for the
Ollce, and Sedgley, the son of the beadle of the parish, with
teof assistance, got him out of the church, but young Sedg-
.YB had his neck severely twisted by the man getting hold of
oral neckerchief, and nearly choking him. As soon as the
adman, for so he turned out to be, got into the churchyard,
and was released, he ran awaj at a tremendous pace. It is
said he was related to a very respectable tradesman in Sonth -
Irraton
street, and has for some time been very eccentric in
anner.

n FRENCHMAN FAST.—The word " fast" fre-
iitlentlY troubles foreigners (especially Frenchmen) when
earning the English language. The word fast admits of a
maple
last fast-
triple signification—henee the trouble. We heard a French-
day, tell a boy to " hold his horse swift."
" Past you mean, don't sou, Sir ? interrogated the lad.
"Veil, fast en ; mais I nYo understand dis." " There goes
hfast horsed" exclaimed a bystander, as a lively trotting
oarse PEvised by. " How is zat," inquired the astonished one ;
are is von fast horse, and he goes like lightning all de
„ui ; zare is my horse, he is fast, too, and he no move."
This is fast day, in reality, by the appearance of the road,"
said another. " !ah ! I see den, dis call fast day, and
tied is
is fast— ze horse vat goes is fast, ze horse vat is
is fast, and ze folks vat eat nothing and eat it slow, is
last. Vot a conutries

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, JAN. 19.-0 a Thursday Mr. Arthur Henry
Rdber, Scholar of New College, N,as admitted actutit
Fellow of that socict7.

The Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Rev.
Robert Hus Fey, proposes to begin his lectures thii ti:rm
on Mon:lay, Feb. 24, and to read Eusobius and Bede.
The lectures are open to all who have passed the B.A.
examination.

PREFERMENT.
The Rev. C. Farebrother, S.C.L., of New Inn Hall,
has been presented to the rectory of Irnham, with the
vicarage of Corby. Lincolnshire; Patrot.es*, Lady E.
Clifford; value 608/.; population 1,150.

LONDON AND BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY, JAN. 20.

s. d.
Traffic, Week ending 18th January, 1851 ... 8,078 9 9
Traffic, Week ending 19th January,lBso 5,776 3 7
Total of the Half:Year, to this date, 1851 ... 24,136 10 2
Total of the Half-Year, to this dare, 1850 ... 19,400 19 10
Total Number of Passengers, Week ending
18th January, 1851
Passengers
Goods

40,942
£6,063 14 3
2,014 15 6 •

Total £ 8,078 9 9
Total miles open, 1851, 1711„1 ; ditto, 1850, 17114.

CARDINAL WISEMAN.—It is stated (says a Daily
News correspondent) that the Cardinal Archbishop of West-
minster has received notice that a bill of indictment for a
misdemeanour will be presented forthwith.
CARDINAL W ISEMAN.—The Newry Examiner
states that a certain Major Sterne, of Gola C•istle, Ferma-
nagh, " boasts that he has written to Cardinal Wiseman, to
say that if he puts afoot in Fort Royal, he (the major) will
shoot him as dead as a gutted herring."
ELECTION OF A SCOTCH BISHOP. —ln consequence
of the resignation of the bishopric of Moray and Ross by the
Right Rev. Dr. Low, the primus (Bishop Skinner) has is-
sued his mandate to the presbyters to meet on Fridry, the
31st instant, for the purpose of proceeding to the election of a
new bishop. It is expected that the presbytery will be di-
vided in opinion, and that there will be a severe contest be-
tween the Puseyite and Low Church parties.
COLONIAL BISHOPRICS.—There have been some
difficulties in the way of filling up the bishopric of Nova
Scotia, rendered vacant by the death of Bishop Inglis. It
is now definitely settled that Dr. Field, the present Bishop
of Newfoundland, will succeed to the Bishopric bf Nova
Scotia, and that the New Bishop of Nefoumiland will be the
Rev. Ernest Hawkins, 8.D., Fellow of Exeter College, Ox-
ford, and Incumbent Minister of Curzon-street Chapel, May-
fair.

ROBBERY OF 220 SOVEREIGNS.—At the Guildhall
on Saturday Alderman Farebrother received information of
the robbery of 220 sovereigns from a young man of the name
of Winn, in the service of Messrs. Smith and Co., Pater-
noster-row. It appears that he was of a delicate constitution,
and that in the afternoon of Thursday he was passing through
Fountain-court, when he was taken ill in a fit. A crowd of
persons gathered round him, and he was attended by Mr.
Butler, a medical gentleman. On his recovery he found
that he had lost a canvass bag containing 220 sovereigns.
Information was communicated to the police, and a sum of
100/. offered for the recovery of the money.

THE HOMICIDE IN THE REGENT'S CANAL DOCK.
On Saturday an inquest was commenced before Mr. Baker,
coroner, at the Three Colts public-house, Limehouse, on the
body of Robert Appling, who was shot on board the Lively,
in the Regent's Canal Dock, on Thursday. The evidence
given at the examination of the person accused, William
East, at the Thames Police, on Friday, was repeated ; and
Mr. Rose, a surgeon, proved having made a post modern ex-
amination of the body, and having extracted the ball from
deceased's heart, which must have caused instant death.
The inquest was then adjourned to this day (Monday).
THE LATE FIRE AT MR. CAUNT'S.—On Saturday
the remains of the two unfortunate children of Mr. Caunt
were removed from the workhouse, where they had been
lying, and conveyed in a hearse en route for Nottingham.
Ever since the dreadful calamity Mr. Caunt had determined
that his children should be buried at his native place near
Nottingham. Mr. Caunt himself accompanied the remains
of his children, of whom he was dotingly fond, and he was
evidently very deeply grieved at his heavy loss.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE,
K.G.—The funeral of this nobleman has been fixed to take
place at Clumber Park to-day.
CIVIL LIST.—The Queen has conferred a pension
of 1001. a year on the civil list upon Mrs. Liston, widow of
the eminent surgeon, whose affairs at his decease were not
found in the prosperous condition that might have been ex-
pected from his extensive practice and professional reputation.
Her Majesty has also placed u( on the civil list for 01. a year
the widow of Mr. Sturgeon, of Manchester, upon whom a
pension was lately conferred, but which he lived so short a
time to enjoy.

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A GIRL, AND
DISCOVERY or TIIE BODY.—On Saturday Mr. W. Carter,
the coroner, resumed and concluded a protracted inquiry at
the Old Jamaica Tavern, Cherry Garden-street, Bermond-
sey, on the body of Maria Rolfe, aged 15 years, who was
found dead in the river, under the following mysterious cir-
cumatances :—lt appeared that the deceased was the daughter
of respectable parents, residing at No. 2, Little Cherry Gar-
den-street, and was in the service of a Mr. Cook, of Mary-
gold-street, Bermondsey. On Saturday night week she left
her master's house to go home, but instead of doing so, called
at the house of Sophia Tozer, whom she accompanied, with
other females, to several public-houses, where she partook
of some gin and other spirits, ultimately becoming quite
intoxicated, in which state she was seen by several persons
at a late hour on the same night. On the way home the
deceased said she would not go the road way; they all
accordingly made for the Bermondsey wall, and when they
neared Salsbury-street the other females lost the deceased,
whom they went in search of, but after a short time they
were unable to find her, or learn any tidings of the deceased.
The parents went to the police station, and although every
exertion was made to discover her whereabouts, nothing
could be heard of her until Monday, when a waterman,
named Trimbell, discovered the deceased lying in the mud
off Fountain-stairs, Bermondsey. The deceased had no
shoes on her feet; but after being conveyed ashore she was
removed to her father's house, where her body was washed
and searched, but no marks of injury were to be seen upon
her person, although it was fully believed the unfortunate
girl had been subjected to some violence. A vast number of
witnesses were examined at considerable length, and two
females, respectively named Sophia Tozer and Julia Caroni,
positively swore they suddenly missed the deceased on their
way home in Salisbury-street. Verdict, "That the deceased
was found drowed in the river, without marks of violence on
the person ; but how she came into the water, or by what
means she met her death, they had no evidence to show."

FEROCIOUS REVENGE.—On Thursday morning, a
female, who keeps a spirit shop in the New Vennel, made
her appearance at the police-office, and recited a do eful
complaint of an assault that had been committed on her
upon Thursday last by a carter named Christie. According
to her statement the man had been drinking in her premises ;
a dispute arose between them, angry words were inter-
changed, and as a method of deciding the question a la
Nicol Jarvie, he seized a red-hot poker which lay at hand,
and with this weapon inflicted upon her a variety of severe
injuries. The fact that such had beea sustained by her was
rendered indisputable; but whether or not her narrative of
the causes which led to them was correct could not be so
easily ascertained. The man has, however, been arrested,
lending an investigation into the circumstances.—Glasgow
Daely Mail.

The canonry in the cathedral of Bristol, held by
the late Rev. Lord W. Somerset, and which was in the gift
of the Lord Chancellor, it is stated will not be tilled up.
ORDNANCE FROM BELGIUM.—Several iron guns,
cast at Liege, and also some cases of iron, have arrived at
Woolwich by a vessel from Antwerp, the same having been
furnished by the Belgian Government for her Majesty's
service, and the Lords of the Treasury have i,:sued the neces-
sary directions to the proper authorities of the revenue for
their delivery for the purpose stated.
MODIFICATION IN THE INCOME-TAX.—We have
good reason to believe that the Chancellor of the Exchequer
is at this moment in a state of promising perplexity, as to
whether or not he ought to make important modifications in
the ncome-tax. We say promising, because his mind is in
that condition that a little wholesome pressure from without
is all that is wanting to ensure a right decision. He has
been considering for some weeks past whether, among his
other intended fiscal changes, it would not be expedient,
putting the justice of the matter out of the question, to make
very material modifications in those provisions of the Pro-
perty-tax Bill which subject professional and other precarious
incomes to the operation of that impost; and whether he
ought not to render the tax what its name imports—a tax
on property only. "He would, and he would not," was the
state of Sir Charles Wood's mind not many days ago, though
just now he rather inclines to the affirmative of the proposi-
tion. If those who are the victims of the provision which
fastens on precarious incomes will only bestir themselves and
get up a smart agitation we will guarantee the success of
their exertions. Precarious incomes, in the coming session,
will be exempted from the operation of the measure. - Adver-
tiser.
- -

FUNERAL OF THE PORTUGUESE MINISTER.—The
funeral of this eminent and much-lamented diplomatist took
place on Saturday, when the mortal remains of his
Excel-
lency were interred in the Roman Catholic cemetery, in the
King's-road, Chelsea. Although comparatively private, the
ceremony was conducted in a very solemn and imposing
manner, after the form of the Catholic ritual. The chapel
was hung with black. The service was performed by the
Rev. Mr. Soutteil. Amongst those who attended to pay
their last respects to the memory of the deceased minister
were—the Spanish Minister, the Brazilian Minister, the
Belgian Minister, and the Austrian Charge d'Affaires ; the
Chevalier Fillevio, the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires; the
Secretary of Embassy, the Portuguese Consul, and some pri-
vate friends of his Excellency. The eldest son of the de-
ceased, the Baron Moncorvo, acted as chief mourner. The
deceased Viscount leaves a wife and seven children to deplore
his loss. He was in his 63d year, and was from his 15th year
connected with diplomatic matters, and served, during his
career, in the leading Continental states. Twenty-two
years of his life was spent in England.
REPEAL OF THE SOAP DUTIES.—A full meeting of
the soap trade in Scotland was held in the Eagle Hotel,
Maxwell-street, on Wednesday last, to consider the propriety
of petitioning Government for a repeal of the soap duties.
Matthew Dick, Esq., occupied the ghair. All present were of
one opinion, that
improvement,
laws operate most injuriously on
the trade, hindering and expose the fair trader
to smuggling both in Scotland and from Ireland. Im-
portant statements were made, proving that the export trade
was declining, and that the home consumption of soap was
not keeping pace with the increase of population, and cause
was shown whereby the great mass of the people would be
largely benefited by the repeal of the soap duties. A me-
morial was agreed to unanimously to the Lords of the Trea-
sury to pre,s upon them the importance of the abolition of
this tax on health, comfort, and commerce.—Glasgow Daily

Two MEN FOUND DROWNED IN THE RIVER.—On
Saturday inquests were held at the Torbay public-house,
Rotherhithe, on the bodies of two men found in the river.
The first on that of a young man, supposed to be an appren-
tice to one of the colliers, and which had been in the water
about three weeks; the other on the body of a seaman found
off the Platform on Friday, and supposed to belong to a brig
which had gone to sea. There being no person to identity
the bodies, the jury returned a verdict in each case of "Found
Drowned."

The tallest trees are most in the power of the
winds; and ambitious men of the blasts of tortune.---Eliza
Cook's Journal.

FALIZIRIE. DISTRICT or BURGHS.—As was antici-
pated, Mr. James Baird, of Gartsherrie, has issued an ad-
dress to the electors of this district of burghs, offering him-
self as a candidate for the representation. It is extremely
cautiously worded, and more silent on the free-trade question
than was expected.