The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-05 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, March 4.—There is a steady de-
mand for the Continent, although buyers are to
some extent deterred from business by the high
range of prices. For Calcutta goods the market is
in about the same position as on Tuesday, the de-
mand being only limited by supply and by the
extreme prices required. Advices from Bombay
report a quieter demand, and the India trade is
somewhat modified by the intelligence. Manufac-
turers, however, continue well supplied with orders.
There is a good business still doing in printer 3,
especially the lighter makes. For long and T-cloths
there is also a strong and healthy market. The
home trade are doing rather more for both cloth
and yarn. In the latter, cops up to O's are in fair
request at the advance of Id. to id. obtained on
Tuesday, and buyers for India and Germany have
to pay rather more for yarn than they had last
week. The medium counts of warps and pincops
for exp.ort have been the most active, and the
transactions have been of fair amount.

In commemoration of the retirement of Mr., James
Hutchinson, the respected chairman of the Stock Exchange
Committee, and as a mark of general esteem, a large and
handsome piece of plate has been presented to him by his
fellow-members. The testimonial bears the following in-
scription :—" Presented to James Hutchinson, Esq., by
members of the Stock Exchange, in testimony of their
personal esteem, and of their high appreciation of. his long
and valuable services as Chairman of the Committee for
General Purposes.-4th March, 1859." The presentation
took place yesterday, Mr. Corthorn being spokesman. Mr.
Mitchinson, who was much affected, made a feeling reply.

His Honour.=lf you can show thardefendant's attorney
has been allowed £2 2s. for plaintiff's attendance you can
recover, but certainly not unless.
Plaintiff's counsel said that defendant had not made any
appearance, and this was to all intents and purposes an
undefended cause. By his absence defendant admitted his
liability.
His Honour—But this is a matter of law, and you very
well know that if our authorities only allow £1 is., you
cannot recover £2 2s.

Plaintiff's counsel said he should leave it to the jury to
say whether they would award plaintiff £2 2s. per day.
Through his evidence Mr. Shields obtained £l,OOO, and it was
not fair that plaintiff should be called upon to give his ser-
vices unless he received a sum that would repay him. He
was under the- impression that he would receive the larger
sum or he would not have attended.

His Honour said it was for the jury to say. Plaintiff had
given his evidence fairly like a gentleman. There was no
evidence of a special agreement; and the law said 21s. per
day.
The jury deliberated for about two minutes, and then
found for the £1 ls. per day.
His Honour said he was glad the verdict was in accord-
ance with the law. Upoii the question of costs his Honour
refused to certify.

Plaintiff's counsel—The Secondary does so. Your
Honour's is a superior court.

His Honour—After that compliment I ought to do any
thing—(roars of laughter)—but I can't certify.

DOINGS AT NEWGATE MARKET.-MORTON V. SANDEMAN,

This was a case reported some time since in this journal

Mr. Chubb (of Deane, Chubb, and Saunders) again
appeared, and stated that the defendant had not complied
with the order of the Com t.

Defendant said he had been unable to do so, but he had
now brought .£l, which he was prepared to hand over.
His Honour—You are too much for me. I consider I
have earned my money for this case.
Mr. Chubb—And so have I.

Defendant—l can't help it ; I cannot pay.
His Honour—We have had this case before us for some
years. It was a debt originally contracted for some goods
consigned to defendant at Newgate-market for side. I
suppose the butter and cheese were not good.
Defendant—Very bad, indeed.
Mr. Chubb—Last time you said you had made a bad
debt.

Defendant—Yes; so I did. We don't know half the
people to whom we sell the goods consigned.
Defendant then paid over the £l, and complained that he
had been dealt hardly with.
His Honour—You should pay without being compelled.
After some further conversation, and an energetic appeal
from Mr. Chubb to commit the defendant,
His Honour ordered 2s. Gd. per week.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

beer he went into the kitchen and missed one of the pots.
He accused the prisoners of stealing it, and urged them to
give it up and give him no further trouble. Both prioners
denied ha` ing taken the pot and declared they had not
seen it. He then went and looked in the dust cart in
the :street, and upon turning over a basket found the miss-
ing pint pot. lie then gave the prisoners into custody.
Hoffman, in defence, said he and his companion had been
drinking heavily, and he suppOsed while removing the dust
he knocked the pot off the shelf and it fell into the basket.
He had a most splendid character, and never had a key
turned upon him in his life before.
Saunders said—My mate here took the pot off the shelf
and put it in the basket. I begged of him not to do it, and
said I would have nothing at all do with it, and warned
him of the consequences. I can have as splendid a cha-
racter as my mate. _ _

Mr. Yardley—lt is much to be regretted that, acting on
a false principle of honour, you did not acquaint the land-
lord with the robbery committed by Hoffman, and not have
concealed it.

Hoffman—He had as much to do with it as I have.
When I put the pot in the basket he covered it over.
Mr. Yardley—lt is perfectly clear, Hoffman, you are the
offender. You have told two lies.

Hoffnum—l had nothing to do with it.

Mr. Yardley—That is the third lie. It is a mean, dirty,
act. You dustmen are admitted into public-houses and
dwelling-houses, and have facilities for committing rob-
belies which other persons have not.
Mr. Bradshaw said he had lost a great many pots in a
very mysterious manner.
Mr. Yardley asked the prisoners if they had witnesses to
call to vouch for their splendid characters ?
Hoffman called for Mrs. Delay and Mrs. Chiney, but
neither answered.

Mr. Yardley—You, Hoffman, are sentenced to eight days'
imprisonment and hard *labour ; Saunders is discharged.

VERY DRUNK AND VERY DISORDERLY. - Martha
Marshall, a very outrageous woman of that class called un-
fortunate, young in years, but old in constitution from dis-
sipation and drink, was brought before Mr. Yardley,
charged with being drunk, and while in that unwomanly
condition breaking windows and pulling down the ancient
symbol of the barber surgeons, and now the barbers' pole.
Mr. Richard Porcher said he was a barber and shaver,
of No. 29, New-road, St. George in the East. Yesterday
(Friday) evening he went upstairs to dress and clean him-
self, and his wife suddenly called him down stairs again, when
he found the prisoner beating an old man with one.of his
playbill boards. She then turned, her fury on a boy, and
on his expostulating with her she struck him, and then
dashed her fist through one pane of glass, and her elbow
through another. She also pulled down his poll and did
other damage.
Police-constable A 419 said the prisoner was very drunk,
very noisy, and very disorderly.
Roche, the gaoler—The prisoner has been convicted in
this court three times, and is the most disorderly woman in
the district.

. Mr. Yardley—That is saying a good deal, indeed. I
sentence her to one month's imprisonment with hard labour.
The prisoner laughed, and said, " I can do that upon
my head."

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