The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1858.

FOREIGN.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS .DAY.)

THE HOP II UTI

ROLLS' COURT.
(Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir J. Rotellly.)
JUIDG;MENT.-HA.WKSWORTH V. HAWKSWORTH.

His Honour the Master of the Rolls, in delivering judg-
ment, said—ln this case of Hawksworth v. Harksworth,
I have looked into the wards of the will, and the expressions
used by the testator, and reconsidered the pleadings, and
I retain the opinion which I expressed yesterday, viz., that
the whole of the property, real and personal, undoubtedly
falls under this residuary clause. lam of opinion that the
legacy in favour of the testator's daughter, Emma Green
Hawksworth, vested in her on the death of her father and
mother; and the bequest in favour of his wife tank effect
on his death, and both were to be paid by the residuary
legatees out of his residuary estate.
Mr. Bagahaw, Q.C., said that the residuary legatees had
already paid a sum of money into court sufficient to answer
the special legacies in the will.

Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., asked for a special declaratiot on the
minutes.

His Honour said he did not think it necessary to make
any specific declaration, but only express the declorations
in tho will.

It was ultimately arranged that the declarations men-
tioned in his lordship's judgment, to save expense, would
be inserted in the minutes, and that it would net be neces-
sary to go into Chambers to arrange it.

COURT OP QUEEN'S BENCH.
THE NEW JEWISH OATH.

A rather singular occurrence took place this morning.
Mr. F. H. Goldemid, Q.C.. of the Chancery bar, Mr. A.
Henriques, and Mr. Jacob Waley, attended the Court for
the purpose of taking the usual oaths of allegiance, abjura-
tion, and supremacy, and signing the roll.
The oath of allegiance was duly admininisterd and
signed.

Mr. Robinson, the Chief Usher, proceeded to aduinister
the oath of abjuration, commencing with " I, Francis Henry
Goldsmid, on the true faith of a Christian.")
Mr. Goldsmid stopped the usher, and reminded him that
he was a Jew, and the oath he waato take was proeribed
by the Oaths Bill of last session.

Mr. Robinson, on looking at the oath, was compelled to
postpone the administration of the oath of abjuraton, he
not being prepared with the engrossment of it.

THE MANCHESTER AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY t. THE
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN COMPANT.

The Attorney-General said the Court, would allow him to
mention the above case, which stood for argument in the
paper. It was a case of great magnitude.
Lord Campbell—Certainly it is a case of great magni-
tude, looking at the extent of the papers. (Laughte.)
The Attorney-Ge9teral-Yes, my lord, they are contained
in 91 closely printed pages, and I haye only just received
the first copy ; :it was quite impossible that I can be
prepared to argue the case. The case was an issue to be
tried, by order of the Master of the Rolls, at Liverpool, and
then referred to Mr. Stuart Worthy, as arbitrator, but
afterwards turned into a special case for the opinioli of this
court, and the arbitrator had only within the la 4 two or
three days signed the case.
Lord Campbell--Do you wish the case to be postponed
until next term
_ _ _

TheAttorney-General—l should like to have done so,
but my friend Mr. Bevil objects. The case will, I think,
occupy two days.
Mr. Justice Erle—How long was the case before the
Master of the Rolls.

The Attorney-General—Twelve months, my lord.

Mr. Bovill said it was of great importance that the case
should be taken as early as possible, as it affected the station
at Manchester, and the question of which line of railway
the public should go. Thousands of pounds were involved
in the question.

SCHOONER.

After some further conversation, it was arranged' that
the case should stand first in the special paper for next
term.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

HEARTLESS ROBBERY OF CHILDREN.—Arne Eaton, a
decently dressed woman, was charged before Nr. Beadon
with stealing a shawl from a little child uained George
Grey. There was a second charge against tke prisoner,
but only one was taken.
The mother said that, on the previous evembg, she sent
her little boy on an errand in the street in which
she lived, Crown-street, St. Giles's, and not finding him
return, she at length went after him, when the was told
that he had had his shawl taken away from him by a
female.

James Ellis, of Brownlow-street, said he was unpacking
some goods at the back of Crosse and Blackwell's, in Sut-
ton-street, when he hsard a child scream, and the prisoner
running, and the child running after her.' He at once
threw down some things he had in his hand and pursued
her into Oxford-street, and after dodging round an °mut
bus, she dropped a shawl. Ile held her till a constable
came, when he gave her over, and the shawl was given to
the child.

Mr. Beadon put several questions to the child (an intel-
ligent little fellow, about seven years of age) and he answered
them in a most satisfactory manner, at the conclusion of
which Mr. Beadon said he would have him sworn.

George Grey (the child) then said that the prisoner came
up to him and said if he would come with her she would
give him some pudding. He told her they did not sell
pudding in the street, and she then took him into a dirty
corner and said she would pin his shawl for him, and she
then took it off and ran off with it.

The prisoner at first denied all knowledge of it, but after-
wards said she was guilty.
Mr. Beadon—Yes, and of the most aboininable thing
possible. I shall sentence you to six months' imprisonment
with hard labour.

It is believd the prisoner is one of a numerous class of
children robbers at:present carrying ontheir practices among
the children of working men.

THAMES.

DASTARDLY ROBBERY.—Thomas Hoonan, a labourer,
aged 42, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing
five wrenching irons and a mallet, the property of Thonias
Barton, a shipwright. The two men were in the employ
of Young, Son, and Magimy, the eminent shipbuilders of
Limehouse. On Thursday morning last the prosecutor
deposited his tools in a box in the yiird. On the following
morning he missed five wrenching irons and a mallet,
tools indispensibly necessary to enable him to proceed
with his work. The prisoner, who is a drunken,
reckless, dirty fellow, was suspected, and taxed
with the robbery, on which he assumed to
be very indignant, and denied that he had
stolen the tools. Yesterday afternoon the prosecutor
found his tools at the shop of Mr. William Croucher,
a dealer, of No. 109, High-street, Shadwell, who said he
had purchased them on Friday. Croucher accompanied
the prosecutor to Young, Son, and Magnay's yard, and
immediately pointed out the prisoner as the individual of
whom he bought the tools. The prisoner, who vehemently
denied he was the thief, was given into custody.
Barton identified his tools, and said the prisoner had ac-
cess to his box.

The prisoner pleaded guilty, and added, " Settle it here
as soon as you can."
Mr. Selfe said the prisoner had committed a most das-
tardly robbery in stealing the tools of a fellow-workman,
and he aggravated his offence by his continual denial of his
dishonest act. He sentenced the prisoner to two months'
imprisonment and hard labour.

THIS DAY'S MI4RKETS,

DEPUTATION TO THE GOVERNMENT.

This morning, according to arrangement, a deputation
from the hop-growers of Sussex, Mid-Kent, and other
placeg, attanded at the Treasury, for the purpose of having
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the
purposeTof urging the repeal of the hop duty.
Mr. G. A. HAMILTON, in receiving the deputation, said
he had to apologise for the absence of i la Chancellor of the
Exchequer, but the right hon. gentleman had been com-
peled to attend at Windsor, and therefore he should have
great pleasure in hearing the observations of the deputa-
tion.

Mr. DODSON, M.P., said the deputation consisted of gen-
tlemen from Sussex and different parts of the Farnham
district. It would have been much larger—upwards of
500 gentlemen being anxious, by their presened, to testify the
strong feeling that existed on the subject, but the Chan-
cellor, in his communication, requested that the deputation
might be limited. The present attendance represented a
large and increasing body, who felt that the excise duty on
hops was unequal in its operation, and unsound in princi-
ple, and therefore ought to be abolished. They believed that
the hop interest would never prosper until it
was released from the payment of this Excise duty, which
was unfair in its pressure upon articles of most unequal
value, and levied upon the raw material, perfectly imma-
terial whether that raw material was ever taken into con-
sumption or not. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. BACON then read the memorial, which stated that
the market price of hops was not regulated by the fact that
a duty of 2d. per lb (or, say 195. per cwt.) was paid upon
them. The market value of hops was regulated by supply
and demand, and as the demand was, so to speak, mainly
limited to the consumption of beer, it followed
that in a year of abundant hop growth the supply was in
excess, and the market prices naturally fell to a very low
figure, without any reference to the amount paid per cwt.
as Excise duty. The practical effect of this was, that the
duty came out of the pocket of the planter, instead of being
paid, as was the rule with duty-paid commodities, both in
principle and practice, by the consumer. The state of
things which obtained at present would supply a striking
illustration of the operation of the duty. Sussex hops were
now selling from 40s. for ordinary to 665. per cwt. for the
very finest marks. Deducting the amount of duty (say 195.)
and the net price would be 21s. to 375. per cwt. Now, as
the prime cost of producing these hops would exceed 48s
per cwt. it followed that, at the highest price just quoted,
the planter was subject to heavy losses. The memorialists
confidently maintained that were there no excise duty on
hops, the market price would be little, if at all,
influenced by that fact, since the price was alone
regulated by supply aid demand, except in so far as the
effect of the duty was to disturb the market and drive down
prices. The operation of the tax was also most injurious,
inasmuch as, owing to its collection at stated periods, May
and December, it caused the market to be glutted at those
times, in order to enable the planter to raise the needful
funds. The hon. gentleman then alluded to other topics, and
concluded by strongly urging the necessity of a repeal of
the unequal and unfair duty levied upon hops.
Several other gentlemen having stated their views,

Mr. HAMILTON said he should have groat pleasure in
laying before the Chancellor of the Exchequer the views
and opinions of the gentlemen composing the deputation,
and he felt that he need scarcely inform them that the
right hon. gentleman would give the subject his best con-
sideration.

The deputation having thanked Mr. Hamilton for his
attention, then withdrew.

THE WRECK OF THE JANE 3IARY

The adjourned inquiry instituted by. the Board
of Trade into the cause of the loss of this vessel took
place yesterday at the Greenwich Police Court
On the former occasion it was alleged that some of
the crew had made a statement before Mr. Terry,
the Receiver-General of Wrecks, that the captaii
was intoxicated at the time of the wreck, and had
afterwards made a declaration that such statement
was untrue. They, however, denied that they had
made such declaration, and the inquiry was ad-
journed for the attendance of Mr. Terry to speak to
the fact.

Mr. Terry now deposed to the first-mentioned
statement having been made and sworn to by the
mate and steward. On the following morning he
was sent for, and they said they wished to with-
draw
the statement they had made, as it was quite
false, being made in a moment of irritation on
account of their not receiving compensation for the
loss of their clothes. -They, however, refused to
sign a declaration to this effect, as they said they
would be chargeable for perjury if they did so.
Mr Trail said it was highly improper on the
part of the witness to have sent in such a statement
as that, without mentioning the fact of the parties
refusing to be sworn to its contents, as it led the
court to infer that this had been done.

Captain May was then recalled, and denied the
charge of drunkenness, as also that he had stated
the ship could not strike soon enough for him,
The mate and steward had told him they had made
the charge of drunkenness because he had not offered
to compensate them for the loss of their clothes, and
were willing to withdraw it if he would do so. He
said every one should be paid what was due, and
they then said they were willing to withdraw their
statement.
Mr. W. T. Phillips, shipowner of Tooley-street,
Borough, spoke to the character of Captain May,
who he denied was addicted to habits of intemper-
ance. He also knew him to be an efficient seaman.
Mr. Traill said the evidence was of such a nature
as to cause the delay of a few days in making a
report to the Board of Trade, but this would be done
without lose of time.

RIGHTS OF RAILWAY EXCUR-
SIONISTS.

At the last county court at York, Mr. E. T.
Snowdon, of that city, sued the North-Eastern Rail-
way Company for the sum of £5125., for an assault
committed upon him by one of their servants, and
for an alleged breach of contract. It appeared from
the evidence adduced, that on 16th August last the
plaintiff obtained at the York booking-office six
first-class tickets for an excursion to Scarborough
and back, for which he paid 245. The plaintiff and
his wife, and a party of friends, rode together in a
compartment of a first-class carriage to Scarborough,
and on returning thence at night they endeavoured
to secure places together in the same way ; but
while the plaintiff's friend, who had taken posses-
sion of a compartment of a first-class carriage, was
in search of the plaintiff and his wife, two other
excursionists deposited themselves ,in the reserved
places, and refused to give them up to the plaintiff
and his wife. The plaintiff thereupon got into the
carriage and persisted in seating himself upon one
of the arms, in consequence of which he was ulti-
mately pulled out upon the platform by the super-
intendent of the station. The plaintiff alleged that
he could find no other first-class carriage, and that
he and his wife returned to York in a third-class ;
but the assistant station-master deposed that there
was room in a first-class carriage, which went back
empty. The judge said that as the plaintiff's friend
had no authority to reserve the seats claimed by
the former, and as the carriage was full, the super-
intendent was justified in removing the plaintiff,
which he appeared to have done with no more force
than was necessary. As to the other allegation,
that the defendants did not supply sufficient accom-
modation, it had been proved that they did, and
therefore it seemed to him there was no breach of
contract. In such excursion trains to such places
as Scarborough there was always considerable eon-
fusion, and the same attention could not be expected
as in ordinary trains. He should, therefore, give
a verdict for the defendants, with costs.