The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-02 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP D'ILMMET.

Our market has been very dull for all kinds of Hops,
which are offering at a decline of from 2s to 4s per cwt.

ViEZTECITAPMZ.

Very limited supplies of Meat were on sale in to-
day's market. Generally speaking, the trade ruled
heavy. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2i 6d to
3s 10d; Lamb, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d;
Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 8d per 81bs by the carcase.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat to-day to hear appeals.
The part-heard case of Vivian v. Cochrane was pro-
ceeded with.

VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.)
(Before Vice-Chancellor K. BRUCE.)
Ills lloNoun, after disposing of a great number of
short claims and clauses, proceeded to hear bankrupt
petitions.

(Before Lord CRANWORTIL)
ECiERTON V. EARL BROWNLOW.

This case was again proceeded with this morning, but
the circumstances are not yet sufficiently before the
Court to enable us to give a detailed report.
(Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.)
BRADON V. KING.
His HoNoun was again occupied with this case.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
;Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr,
Baron PARKE and a Special Jury.)
LEETE V. GRESHAM LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

This action was brought to recover the sum of 3501.
upon a policy of assurance which had been effected in
the Gresham Life Assurance Office, on the life of a
person named Giles Clement.
The trial, which occupied the Court nearly the
whole of yesterday, was resumed again this morning,
when the case on the part of the plaintiff was proceeded
with. A full report of yesterday's proceedings appears
in The Sun of to-day.
It will be recollected that the defence in substance
was, that but for the misrepresentations and concealment
of facts as to the real state of the health of the de-
ceased, the office would never have granted the policy in
question.
On the conclusion of the evidence adduced in support
of the plaintiff's claim,

The Learned JUDGE summed up, and
The jury, after a brief deliberation, found a verdic
for the defendants on all the material issues.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall.)
In the two cases of the Electric Telegraph Company
v. Brett, which stood first on the paper to day, and had
reference to an alleged infrin,gment by the defendant of
the patent possessed by the plaintiffs fur transmitting
electric telegraph communications,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL intimated that, in cease-
qnenco of the decision pronounced by the Judges of the
Court in Banco in a former case, the parties had agreed
to a verdict being entered for the plaintiffs.
A verdict for the plaintiffs, in both the above actions,
was accordingly entered.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
Catherine Henley,2o, was indicted for stealing a shawl
and other property, belonging to her sister, Jane Henley.
The prosecutrix stated that yesterday morning she
met the prisoner in Rosemary-lane, and seeing a bundle
under her arm, and judging from other circumstances,
she suspected something wrong, and hastened to her
house, which was in the same street, and there found
that her box had been broken open, and some of her
clothes (the articles laid in the indictment) abstracted
therefrom. She and her mother immediately pursued
the prisoner, and their mother insisted upon her giving
her into custody.
The witness hero fell from the box in a swoon, and
fell down the steps to the floor of the court. She was
lifted up, and after a considerable lapse of time con-
tinued her evidence, which was only to the effect that
the shawl and other things belonged to her only, and the
prisoner had no property in them. Both sisters lived
with the father and mother. The witness was reluctant
to say anything to aggravate the case.
The prisoner, however, in her defence, said that the
prosecutrix knew very well that the shawl was bought
by her (the prisoner's) money, obtained by an immoral
life in the streets, with the knowledge of the family.
This the sister denied; and other facts against the
prisoner having transpired,
The jury found her Guilty, and the Judge having
found the record of her former conviction and sentence
to eighteen months' imprisonment, tho Learned Judge
deferred the sentence to next sessions, to give time for
further inquiries.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
A French gentleman applied to Mr. Hall under the
following circumstances:—Last night, having applied at
the box-office of the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent-
garden, for three tickets, he was there told that they
had disposed of all that had been issued. But a person
connected with one of the box-offices in the immediate
neighbourhood accosted him, and said that he could pro-
cure the required tickets fer him. The complainant
warned this box-office keeper that he would expect the
money back if be could not get seats for his party. The
seller of the tickets assured him that he would find all
right, and he on that understanding made the purchase
of three tickets, but could not get a seat.
Mr. Hall sent an officer to desire the attendance of
some person from the box-ticket-office complained of
to give some explanation, and a lady presented herself
to say that although it was believed that the complainant
could have got seats, she was ready to satisfy him.
The complainant said he did not care about the loss of
the money, but ho wished to expose what ho considered
an attempt to impose upon a foreigner. He would not
take any of the money back, but would be satisfied if the
lady paid 12s. to the poor-box, and he trusted the expo-
sure would be a warning.
The money was immediately paid.

IVIARLBRO'-STREE T—(THIS DAY.)
DARING STREET ROBBERY.—Joseph Blades, a young
fellow, belonging to a gang of thieves termed " nob-
biers," or bludgeon-men, was brought before Mr. Hard-
wick, charged with thofollowing daring robbery,accom-
panied with violence.
Marcus Phillips deposed that he was an interpreter,
and resided at 26, Crown-court, Windmill-street. About
one o'clock this morning he was proceeding along St.
Martin's-street on his way home, when he met the pri-
soner and two other men. After ho had passed them
the prisoner laid hold of his arm, and asked which way
he was going. Prosecutor said in as plain English as
he could command, " What is that to you; what do you
want ? leave me alone." The prisoner then pulled him
into a dark part of the street, and struck him several
blows on the head, and knocked him down; and before
witness could recover himself, he (prisoner) put his hand
into his (witness's) waistcoat pocket and took a sovereign
therefrom. Prosecutor shouted "Police!" and just as
the prisoner was making off, a constable came up and
took him into custody.

The prisoner, who gave a very unsatisfactory accoun
of himself, was remanded for a week.

InspectOr Plume informed Mr. Hardwick that several
robberies similar to the above had been committed of
late, and he had not the least doubt the prisoner was
connected with a regular organised gang, whose prey
were generally foreigners, or persons from the country.

THE GREAT
(THIS DAY.)er with the cooling
The renewed fine weather, together
effects of the showers of yesterday on the atmosphere,
have, no doubt, tempted man --Y to renew their visits to
the Crystal Palace, which had been interrupted by the
extreme of heat and rain with which we have been
visited during the last few days. 15,771 persons passed
in during the first hour; at twelve o'clock there were
30,985 in the building; and at one o'clock their number
had risen to 38,600.
Thermometers are now placed in various parts of the
building, and
risen since eleven
o'clock the temperature was 80 degrees, to which it had
observations taken every hour. At one
o'clock from 76 degrees.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—We have made in-
quiries into the circumstances referred to in a letter inserted
yesterday, involving a public question—the suspending the
subscription on the occasion of the Queen's State visit on
Saturday next. A State visit, we presume, is intended as
an act of grace and a benefit to the director. The occasion
is an extraordinary one—the visit in State of her Majesty
as Queen to her theatre; and as it seems no other day could
be chosen, and that numerous boxes were indispensably re-
quired to form the State box, the State visit could scarcely
have taken place if the claims of others were subject to no
law and no necessity.— Times.

DEATH OF COLONEL DYCE SOMBRE.—Yesterday
evening, at his apartments, No. 8, Terrace, Davies-street,
died Colonel Dyce Sombre, after a painful illness, which he
bore with extreme fortitude. He was attended by Sir Ben-
jamin Brodie, Dr. Holland, and Mr. Charles Hawkins.

Ma. GEORGE THOMPSON, M.P.—We are requested
to contradict a statement which has appeared in several
journals, to the effect that it is the intention of Mr. George
Thompson, M.P., to resign his seat for the Tower Hamlets,
and to take up his residence in the United States.

CARDINAL WISEMAN.—His Eminence Cardinal
Wiseman has left town for Guernsey, at which place
he performs the ceremony of laying the foundation stone
of a new church this day or to-morrow. A circular
from the cars.inal was read in his absence at the
several Roman Catholic places of worship in the metro-
plis and the suburbs on Sunday last on the subject of the
maintenance of the Roman Catholic charity schools in the
metroplis.