The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-03 00:00:00

GOODBURNE, ESQ., V. BOWMAN AND ANOTHER.

This was an action to recover damages for the
publication of a libel. The defendant pleaded the
general issue and a justification.
The alleged libel was contained in a letter to the
inhabitants of Richmond, which was published in
the shape of a pamphlet by the defendants. It ap-
peared that for a great length of time it has been
the practice of the corporation of Richmond, to
purchase a large quantity of coals in the summer
season, and to sell them in the winter to the poor
inhabitants at a low price. The Mayor has the dis-
tribution of these coals, and the difference between
the price paid by him for the coals, and that at
which they are sold, is defrayed out of the corpo-
rate funds. The Mayor is elected on the 11th of
January in each year, and the distribution of coals
by him takes place a few days after he goes out of
office. Some time ago a Mr. George Croft was
elected a Common Councilman of the borough, and
he directed his attention to the remedy of what he
conceived to be an abuse in the management of the
funds, and particularly to the mode of paying the
mayor for the coals sold in the manner above•men-
tioned to the poor. This lead to a controversy be-
tween an attorney of the name of Hunter and Mr.
Croft, and it was in a letter written by the latter in
the course of the dispute that the libel appeared.
The Jury found for the plaintiff, Damages, One
Farthing.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 1.
SIMPSON V. RENTON.

This was an action to recover a penalty of .501.,
for taking the defendant to prison within 24 hours
after his arrest. The action was founded upon 32
Geo. 11., cap. 28, section 2, by which it is enacted,
" That no sheriff's officer, bailiff, &c., shall carry
any person so arrested by them to prison within 24
hours from the time of the arrest, unless the party
arrested shall refuse to be carried to some conve-
nient dwelling-house within three miles from the
place where such arrest shall be made;" and the
same Act of Paihment, in a subsequent section,
gives a penalty of 501. to the party aggrieved against
any party so offending.
The plaintiff, in the present case, was arrested by
the defendant on the 2d of May at Harrowgate.
After waiting three or four hours, and no bail being
procured, the defendant and his assistant conveyed
the plaintiff to Knaresborough Castle, which is a
public gaol. The defendant's house formed part of
the building, and the plaintiff was taken there, and
there treated as the other prisoners for debt. It
was objected that the gaoler's house, though it
made part of the prison, did not, within the meaning
of the Act of Parliament, mean a goal. The
Learned Judge reserved this point, and directed a
verdict for the plaintiff for one penalty of 50/., sub-
ject to the opinion of the Court above.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, SEPT. 1.

Tryall Hall was opposed by two creditors, Mr.
David Law and Mr. Hodgson, in person; he was
supported by Mr. COOKE.
The insolvent had been formerly a bankrupt; he
had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act in 1830,
and he now again appeared upon his petition to be
discharged. Mr. David Law himself had also taken
the benefit of the Insolvent Act. The debt due to
Law from the insolvent was 3431., for goods, &e.
The debt due to Hodgson was 181. 14s. The debts
of the insolvent were altogether 2,1041.; his cre-
dits, good, bad, and indifferent, amounted to 1,8201.
It appeared that the insolvent was a draper, and
dealer in Manchester goods; his son had been em-
ployed by him in his business, but had robbed bim
of goods and money to the amount of several hun-
dred pounds, and to this he attributed his present
insolvency; he had traced his son to " Friendly-
place," where he found him spending his plunder
with several prostitutes, &c., but he got none of his
money back.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONEIt observed, that this.
case must for the present be adjourned, until the
consent of three-fourths of the creditors should be
obtained to the discharge of the insolvent.
Thomas Collier, formerly landlord of the Royal
Oak, Back-hill, Hatton-garden, was opposed by Mr.
i
WOODROFFE for the creditors; and supported by
Mr. CooKE. The opposing creditors were princi-
epxailalytabd taakerstL e
deposited in the hands of Collier 701.; the society
had not been enrolled according to Act of Parlia-
ment ; in consequence of which, Walter Rattly, one
oifnsowlvheor mit's a
house. FriendTlyhe Society
bakers
i hadad
ofm etnhcee subscriberse
tti
oont hien fund,
the PWa'alaseoeblcigeed arttofecrotm-
he
recovery of part of the money. The action was
referred, and he took out execution for 231., but ob-
tained nothing, as the insolvent in the meantime
sold his house and business, &e. to a Mr. Under-
wood, who succeeded him, for 1601. Of the ,
Mr. Inglis, a baker at Hampstead, to whom he
owed 761., got 201. as a composition for his debt.
Mr. Inglis had been security for him, and was a con-

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Coldstream
Cupar ..—....—,
Dundee
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60 72
60 62
57 60
40 55
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EDINBUFI
We had a good
the sales in general
Wheat.
First Bos Od
Second 74s Od
Third 72s Od

iGH CORN MARK
supply of all kinds
were rather heavy.
Barley. Oats.
36s Od 26s 84
34s Od 24s Od
25s Od 22s Od

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23 30 •••••
23 30 46 •••••
23 25
45 48 43 44
26 30
bout the countrf.

?:T.—Aug. 29.
of Grain today, an 4
Pease.
34s Od
23s Od
32s Od

Beans.
34s Od
als Od
32s 04X

PRICES OF PROVISIONS, RC.
Beef, per lb. ..., Os. 3id.toOs.6d. Freshßutter,lb.s.lod. to Is. (kl•
Mutton------ 0 4 0 6 Salt 0 9 /) 10
0 5 0 8 Ditto, per est. 0 0 74 0
Pork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 0 8 0 0
Lamb, per. qr. 0 9 3 0 OatStrawckpl.)lo 6 II 0
Tallow, cwt.... 31 0 35 0 Wheat Ditto...lo 6 ji 0
Quartern Loaf 0 9 010 Barley Ditto 0 0 9 6
Potatoes, 1711 b. 0 4 0 0 Hay,per 0 7 1 0
EDINBURGH MEAL

The supply of Oatmeal at 01
and sold readily, at last week's ]
Per Sack of 280Ib. Imp.
First Oatmeal £l 17 0
Second ditto 1 15 0
Barleymeal 1 12 0
Peas era eal 1 6 0
Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 13

GLASGOW CORN
Our Grain market continues du
Wheat, per 2101 b. s. d. s. d.
British, old 250t030 0

MA RKET.--Aug. 24.
is day's market was rather large.
prices.

Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. A
First Oatmeal .... . £0 2 ‘:
Second ditto
Barleymeal 0 1 10
Peasemeal 0 1 7
.-2d. 15.4.-3(1.20s --Peall 24g._

new 30 0 33 0
Canada, free 27 0 29 0
Irish
Barley, per 3201 b.
English 0 0
Scottish 2B 0 30 0
Irish

MARKEL—Aug. 29.
1, with little alteration in prices,
Oats, per 2641 b. s. o. s. c';
Irish l4 0 to 17 v„
British 0 "
Beans, per 2601 b.
English ....... 18 0 IS 6
Scottish
Pease, Scottish 16 0 19 "a
Oatmeal, per 1401 b. 15 0 )6%
Flour, per 2801 b 4B 0 50 v

CORNWALL MARKETS.
Talmo—Wheat (average) 244. 9d.—Barley, 13s.—Oats, 9s. 6d
Sr.A lISTELL—Mh eat, to 25a.—Barley,-a. to 125.--Oat"
Os. to 9s. 3d.
PENZANCE—Wheat, 265. to 28s.—Barley, —a. to 138.—s Oath
Os. to 9s. Od.—Beef and Mutton,
25d..0dt0....6d.8—ariPe0yr,k11,80d..3at0_02441:
Butter, 10d. per lb.
LAuNcEsToN—Wheat (average) is
7s. Od.—Beef, sd.—Mutton, 6d.
LmEEARD—Wheat, —s. to 245. 6d.—Barley, 13s. 6d...-Oats,
to Bs. Od.
BoostlN—Wheat (average) 245. Od.—Barley, 12s. 6d.—Oats,
HELSTON—Wheat, 255. 64.—Barley, 14s Od.
Sr. COLUM B—Wheat, 245. to 25s.—Barley, 12s, to 136.A3gek
and Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Veal, Od.—Lamb, Od.

MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons, Cwt.
Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Ftedruth laat Thunlay 9,494 2
Quantity of fine 236 v
Average Produce •••••••••••••••.~1.0•••••..••••.•••••••••••.............• 9% to.
Amount of Sale, 17,5931. 9s. 6d.—Average Standard. 1044 19s.

Sir THOMAS MORE at the most solemn mop
ments of his life was disposed to indulge his eustomad
humour. When in the Tower denied pen and ink, 11°
wrote a letter to his beloved MARGARET, and tells ker
that " this letter is written with a ceal, but that to er,
press my love a peck of coals would not suffice."--ae"
Entertaining Press.

A TOUCH OF THE MARVELLOUS.—We are
informed that one day last week, at Warleigh, the-thatcll
of a haystack was suddenly lifted off by a whirlwind, 03
carried entire to the opposite bank of the river. A 109
who was near was obliged to clasp his hands round a trge
to prevent his being carried into the water;'and a be
who was also on the spot, was obliged to throw himself!:
the ground and cling firmly to the long grass, to avoid
being whirled along by the fury of the tvind......80'
Chronicle.

On Saturday morning Bath was visited by
terrific thunder storm, which lasted for about a quarter. °I
an hour; and in the afternoon about half past three, DP:,
and rain fell in torrents. At Dunkerton, three 11P137
were stripped of their roofs by the violence of the stor„
r„
and a large tree was shivered near Radstock by the lig'
At the same time, Warleigh was visited by a tor
nado, which tore off the half of a hay-rick belonging?,
farmer KING, and scattered it to the distance of half
;
mi'e. The water of the canal was, at the same reorney;
drawn up in the form of a tall pyramid, and passeogeto
were obliged to cling to trees to prevent being swept n'
the water.—Bath Herald.

SIR W. SCOTT.—JAMES HOGG, in a pleil;
sant Paper on the statistics of Selkirkshire, in the o,
number of The Quarterly Journal of .AgricatOur sl
having occasion to make mention of Sir WALTuii,
among the eminent persons born in that county, write
follows :—" To speak of Sir W. ScoTT as a literary 3'
would be the height of .absurdity in a statistical writer'
In that light he is known and duly appreciated all ell
the world, wherever letters have found tluir way.
I shall say, that those who know him only by tb
few hundreds of volumes that he has published, know ow"
the one half of the man, and that not the best half neitheAr,
As a friend he is steady, candid, and sincere, expresst
his sentiments freely, whether favourable or the revera
He is no man's enemy, though he may be to his princirdl,,
and I believe that he never in his life tried to do an i° 0
vidual hurt. His impartiality as a judge is so well koo$1;,
that no man, either rich or poor, ever attempts to 001
him from the right onward path. If he have a feeling_i
partiality in his whole disposition, it is for poacheri
fishers ; at least I know that they all think he has a felOi
feeling with them—that he has a little of the old 00001
blood in him, and, if he had been able, would have' beep
a desperate poacher and black-fisher. Indeed, it bat' h
eed
reported that when he was yhoeunwga,dhheaTembeeteinmeas:
ulenites,,y
a kipper, and made a shift to shoot a rnoorfowl
drift.' He was uncommonly well made. I never ii-co
a limb, loins, and shoulders so framed for ientncoler6o
strength. And, as Tout PURDIE observed,
he had na' been crippled,
"--Athenaum.

BIRTHS.
On the ht Inst. the lady of s: F. T. Wilde, Esq., of W.-
Inn, Fleet-street, of a son.
rc49. At
On the Ist inst. the lady of Captain F. E. Vernon I-la
R.N., of a son.

Al 01
enn hE
se 311: t ult. Baal
ißgudl
om7,t,
0 MARRIED.b
yti hitrey Rev.Er,s Johnaet h GoanSloyi e it ph tefri
of Thomas Yung, Esq of Bulmer sex. (
s.s 0
On the Ist inst. at ig/inchester Jonathan Pereira, ter
glieodoni,tigotfolldsearlsgopa.te.street, to Louisa Ann, eldest datns 0,
the late John Lucas, Esq., of Winchester. 14;
On the 30th ult. at Tanfield, Yorkshire, by the Re:;...at-0 of
Butcher, Edward Hughes Chamberlain, Esq., barrist
to Emma, second daughter of the late John Knights "