The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-09 00:00:00

THAMES.

The new magistrate, Mr. Ralph A. Benson, tha Recorder
of Shrewsbury, who has been appointed to succeed Mr.
Partridge, officiated for the first time this morning in his
magisterial capacity. The learned gentleman was called
to the bar by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
on the 26th of January, 1854. Mr. Partridge, who has
gone to the Southwark Police-court, has been a stipen-
diary magistrate of Brighton, Wolverhampton, and the
Thames Police-court for upwards of 15 years. Ho has loft
behind him many pleasant recollections for courtesy, im
partiality, and kindness. Ho was a capital man of busi-
ness, painstaking, and never hasty in his decisions. He
was held in much regard by the legal profession, and by
all who ever came in contact with him in business trans-
actions. His retirement from this Court is deeply re-
gretted by the inhabitants of the district, and by the
shipping and mercantile community of the port of Lon-
don. Ms decisions in maritime cases gave much satisfac-
tion, and his sagacity and legal abilities wore greatly ap-
preciated by all who came before him. It is to be hoped
that a fit successor to Mr. Partridge will be found in Mr.
Benson,-who entered upon his new duties this morning, as
if he was to the manner born, at ten o'clock precisely, and
disposed of a great number of night charges. He com-
menced his magisterial labours by fining Mr. George Star-
lingtull, a commercial traveller, 58. for being drunk and
disorderly last night. Mr. Benson asked many questions
of the police relating to the street, courts, and alleys
named by the witnesses, and said, " I don't know tho im-
mense district assigned to this court yet, but I have no doubt
I shall soon know more about it. Mr. Paget has always taken
his seat on the bench with undeviating punctuality at ten
o'clock in the morning, and it will be a great boon to the
public if Mr. Benson will follow the example of his learned
collo:quo with the same regularity.
John Wiggins, lighternum, charged with the wilful mur-
der of a woman named Oakes, with whom he cohabited,
will be brought before Mr. Benson this afternoon, after the
termination of the inquest in Limehouso. This case was
originally before Mr. Paget I st Friday, and it is expected
that Mr. Benson will remand it to some day, on which his
colleague will preside. If that is not done, Mr. Benson will
have to go over the same ground again.

15CiiR;KE ---finis day.

MARK LANE.

Owing to the changeable state of the weather, the few
samples of English wheat on sale bore, to-day, were mostly
held for more money. Millers, however, purchased cau-
tiously, at prices quito equal to Monday. Tho general
quality of the supply was good.
we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied
with foreign wheat, in which a fair business was transacted
at full quotations. The imports continuo liberal.
There was about an average business doing iu floating
cargoes of grain on former terms.
No English barley was on offer. Foreign parcels moved
off freely, at very full prices.
Malt sold slowly, on former terms.
Oats commanded 6d per qr. more money, with a good
demand. The supply was rather extensive.
Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value.
Seeds and cakes were a slow inquiry, at Monday's quo-
tations.

SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 830 1,360 30 1,680
Irish —
Foreign 47,430 320 19,640 2090 sacks.
Maize 7,950 1660 brim.

NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.

These markets aro fairly supplied with moat. In most
descriptions sales progress slowly, as follows :
Per 81bs by the carcase.

s d a d, sded
Inferior beef 3 2 3 0' Inferior mutton.... 3 4 3 8
Middling do. 3B 4 0 Middling mutton-3 10 4 4
Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8
34 3 1
6 Large
Veal 3 10
pork
4 15
0 6
Small pork. ...... 4 0 4
Prime small d 0....
4_ _ 1

Lamb..ts Gd to 51-0 d

BOROUGH HOP.

From the plantations the accounts aro again unfavour-
able. All kinds of hops command vory full prices, and the
demand for them rules steady.
Mid and East Rents
Weald of Kent
Sussex
Farnham and country
Yearlings l3os to 150 s ,
Olds sos to 95s o