The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-01 00:00:00

HI M.
Market hides, 501bDE
ARKET
to 601 b 2d to 2id• ditto, 6011? °
701 b, 2d to 24d; ditto, 701Cto 8016, 2d' to 31d; dl;t7.
801 b to 901b,2id to 3id; ditto, 901 b to 100 lb, 3tl R
16
ditto, 961 b to 10416, Od to Od'
3d to 4id. Calf Skins, light is 6c19 to 39 6cl; ~„b
full, 6s to Os Od; Horn Hides 6s Od to Os Od; 144—d•
Skins, Os Od to Os Od; Polled Sheep 59 8d to 75;t;
limits and Half-breds, 4s 10d to 6s Od; Downs, 338' -
4s lid; Shearlings, 6d each.

ALA.Ir IMALIEUILITS.
g Clol°4
Ssturirrini.n.--Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 1.1 I -"" d.
Pr
31 os to 41 os ; and Straw, 11 is to 11 75 a !"„a
Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotstl°s
0-5.
C UME R BLAND. - Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 i
Cher, 3/ Os to 410 s; and Straw, Ills to 1/ 8s per los
Trade dull, at lato rates.
WRITECHAPEL. .•—• Mt adow Hay, 21 5s to 31 1531.
Clover, 3/ Os to 4/ Os • and Straw, 1/ Os to 1/ 7s per I°'
Supply good, and trade dull.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAVI
" gittines in Banco, after Term, before Lord CANPB")
and Justices PATTESON, COLERIDGE and WIGUTIbiti
THE LATE QUEEN DOWAGER'S ANNUITvi.
ss
THE QUEEN V. THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF
TREASURY.—JUDGMENT. r art
Lord CAMPBELL delivered the judgment of the Con
in this case this morning. He said that the claim in 'ted
ease being made for the arrears of an annuity granola
under an Ac,-, of Parliament, and chargeable upon the
Consolidated Fund, the Court were of opinion that the
application for a mandamus was regular. The rigu:sof
it existed, was a legal right accruing under the terms
the 4th and sth William IV., c. 15, which enacted
the payment of such an annuity could only be obtafik
by a warrant of the Lords of the Treasury, and the tiro
of granting the warrant was imposed on them, 11'7 0
payment was due. It was contended, however, that
de
or;
the annuity was payable quarterly and accruing
in diem, and therefore, being apportionable, the C° ought in the exercise of its discretion to withhold theo
mandamus by reason of the full quarter's porn he
of the annuity made to her late Majesty Tbe
Queen Dowager on the 30th June, 1837.
no
Court was of opinion that that payment could 13,,
be taken into consideration, for it was made in discharbf
of a debt then due and payable, and after a dispute
whether in point of law it could be rightfully clainiebe
The late Queen Dowager was justified in applying to
money in works of charity, or in any other manner
might deem fit, and it could not afterwards be recovere
d
back from her nor set off against the balance of the
t
quarterly payment of the annuity even after the pagleild
had been made. The Attorney-General had truly s' that a suitor must do justice before he could seek '`)r
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justice; but the Court was of opinion that it would 17
injustice to require that the.
MB of money so paid end
spent should atterwards be demanded back and accoutto
for. It was upon that principle that the case of Skirl
v. Green had been decided. Therefore the fats of the
present rule depended upon the question whether or not
the annuity were apportionable. If it were apportionswi
the mandamus must issue; but after an attentive COt"'
duration of the authorities cited during the 1111,-;
tnent the Court was of opinion that the aunt;
was not apportionable. The Learned Judge t'rb
at considerable length reviewed the arguments ribto had been employed during the argument, and 1-,c, authorities cited in their support, and then proceeded to
say that reliance had, on one aide, been placed on
exalted rank of her late Majesty. The Court was "
loss to know how that could advance a construction 131, •
the language of an Act of Parliament. They might et
well have been told of her exemplary virtues and he.,
saint-like death, which would ever make her memory
cherished with afftetion by the English nation. The'
virtues the Court was most willing and desirous to tic"
knowledge; but their Lordships sat there merely es
Judges to interpret the language of an Act of Pelt.;
ment; and according to the just interpretation of that
Act they were all clearly of opinion, that in the event
which had happened no arrears of the annuity could he
claimed subsequent to the 30th September, 1849.
both parties had declared that they should be contented
with the opinion of the Court, without appealing to
higher tribunal, the Court had now only to say that tu"
rule for a mandamus must be discharged.
Rule discharged accordingly.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
This was the first day of the sittings at Nisi Fritts, •
Westminster, after Hilary Term.
The printed list contained an entry of 89 causes, 0 •
of which are remanets, and 66 new causes. Among the
revenue causes, there are, under the head of CustotlA
11 instituted by the Attorney-General against th°
London Dock Company, and 10 against the at. liaghtv
in all, 21 causes.
rice Dock Company,

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A
The two prisoners, Roberts and White, who stand charged with the robbery of 601. from the Crown 511,1
Punchbowl public-house, Holborn, were brought up O-
iled)? committed to Newgate for trial.
Joseph Stanley, an attorney's clerk, and most respect;
ably connected, was again placed at the bar, and charge;
with stealing a quantity of plate from various taverns and
public-houses in different parts of the metropolis, the
particulars of which have already appeared in The Sim.
The prisoner, who did not deny the' charge, was also
fully committed for trial.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH AT WESTMINSTO
PALACE.—Men are employed in laying down, in Palace-
yard, on the north side, a number of wires to form an elec-
tric telegraph, which will communicate between the Adrni
ralty and Westminster Palace, which is to be established
for the purpose of any immediate emergency of a conanunrs
cation being necessary during the attendance of her Maies''Y
Ministers at the Parliament Houses. There are ten wires!'
which are covered with gutty percha, and which are carried
through iron pipes. An apparatus for the transmission ef.!
correspondence will be constructed in a room in the West.
minster Palace, as also at the Admiralty. The pipes are
about two feet from the surface.

THE BOARD Or CUSTOMS.— We are informe.Alhat
Mr. I‘. A Mitelloll, M.l", notice at thn opening
of the ensuing session of Parliament of a motion fora Com-
mittee to inquire into the constitution of the Board of
Customs,