The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-19 00:00:00

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

On a former day Mr. Thessiger obtained a rule, calling
on the Justices of the county of Huntingdon to show cause
why a mandamus should not issue, commanding them to
comply with a rule of this Court, which required them to
ascertain and determine the amount of profit accruing
upon two farms in tke parish of Gelling, in that county.
Mr. GUNNING to-day showed cause against the rule.
The cause arose out of one which had been argued in this
Court in 1828, viz.—" The King v. Joddrill," in which
the decision was that the Justices of Huntingdon should
hear and determine what was the amount of profit on the
two farms in question, with a view of determin-
ing the Rector's claims upon them, and also to as-
' certain the amount of the ecelesiastical dues and
the land tax. The case went accordingly to the Quarter
Sessions, where only two witnesses were examined, who
were surveyors and resided 20 miles distant, and had only
been used to the valuation of fen land, these farms being
upland. That evidence was deemed by the Court of
Quarter Sessions so insufficient, that the Court without
hearing the respondent's case, decided that the appellant
had given no evidence to enable them to ascertain the
annual profits. Indeed those witnesses bad merely sur-
mised the value, for they admitted that they had never
enquired the number of men or horses employed upon the
land, nor the amount of the outgoings. The amount of the
ecclesiastical dues and the land tax was agreed upon on both
sides, and therefore as to those points the rule of Court had
been complied with ; as to the value of the farms an op-
portunity had been given to the appellant to call his wit-
nesses and prove his case, and having failed to do se, Mr.
Gunning submitted that this Court would not send a man-
damus to compel the Justices to re-hear the case.
Mr. THESSIGER, contended that the rule of the Court
had not been complied with, and it did not appear that the
case argued in this Court had been referred to by the Court
of Quarter Sessions. If that case had been laid before
the Sessions, it would have been seen what the intention
of this Court was. It was evidently an attempt to evade an
order of the Court, which would not however succeed.
His LORDSUIP interrupted the Learned Counsel by stat-
ing that it had been admitted that there was some profit,
and there could be no difficulty in ascertaining what the
amount of profit was.
The mandamus was then directed to issue.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.

ATTORNEY-GENERAI. V. RIDDLE.

This was an action which was tried before the Lord
Chief Baron in the sittings after last term, at Westminster,
when a verdict was found for the defendant. The action
was brought for a breach of the Excise Laws. The de-
fendant is a paper-maker, and early in 1831 a quantity of
paper was found by some Excise-officer in the shop of Mr.
Sherrin, a grocer, which paper they seized because it had
no covers nor labels on it to prove that the duty had been
paid. It appeared that the paper had been left in the pos-
session of Mr. Sherrin by the wife of the defendant as
security for 51. which she had borrowed of him, in order,
as she said, to make up a sum of money to pay the duty on
a quantity of paper.
This morning the ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied for a
rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside
and a new trial granted, on the ground that the Lord
Chief Baron had withheld evidence from the Jury which
ought to have gone to them. The Learned Gentleman
said that the question in the case sons, whether the de-
fendant was liable for the acts of his wife, and he con-
tended that he had clearly made out at the trial that she
acted for him in his business, that she had signed notices
for the officers of three different kinds, and one of the wit-
nesses had heard her give orders to the foreman in the ab-
sence of her husband. _ _ _

Lord LrxrittuxsT said that the case was one of very
great importance, and the rule in his opinion ought to he
granted. The rest of their Lordships concurred, and the
rule was granted accordingly.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JAN. 18.—Wind W.—Arrived from the river
and remains, the Hero, Thompson, for the Cape of Good
Hope.
MARGATE, JAN. 18.—Arrived off port, the Lady Day,
JameQ, and Galway, Ellen, from Wexford.
DOVER, JAN. 18.—Arrived off port, the Rose, Dob-
bins, from Messina, with boom, bowsprit, &c. lost.
STANDGATE CREEK, JAN. 18.—Arrived the Fiora,
Grabbe, from Nyberg.
PENZANCE, JAN. 17.—Arrived off port, the Ann and
Mary, Evans, from Trieste.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17..—Arrived the Porter, Gibson,
from Lima.

GREENOCK, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Helen, Nickol,
and Susannah, Robertson, from Demerara.

NEWRY, JAN. I7.—Arrived the Confidence, Craigie,
from Riga.
OSTEND, JAN. 18.—The Good-Intent, Wiseman, from
London, has been brought into the harbour with loss of
rudder, stern post, and much strained.
WIIITEIIAVEN, Jaw. 17.—The Chester, Paring, from
Whitehaven to Douglas, Isle of Man, was totally wrecked
the 12th inst. on Langress Point ; the crew with much
difficulty saved.

His Majesty's ship Warspite, bound to Rio Janeiro, wa
spoken with the 29th of November, in lat. 23. 2S. long
21. W., by the Porter, Gibson, arrived at Liverpool, from
Lima.

The Deborah and Lucy Cook, from Providence to
Halifax, put into Fayal the 27th ult. with damage, and
leaky, and has been condemned.

The British Tar, Moore, from Cocagne to Liverpool
was wrecked on Prince Edward's Island the 6th ult.

crew saved.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)

HAY Al A RKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)

CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.)
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 In
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 .5
Clover Hay 4 10 6 0
Oat Straw £1 10 to £1 12 I Wheat Straw... 114 116
Supply good, trade rather dull, and prices as last quoted.
SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15
New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10
Useful Old l)itto 3 0 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 4
',lover Hay (extra tine)...X6 o... Generally
oat Straw £ I 10 to XI 12 I Wheat Straw 1 14 1 16
Best Meadow Hay 45., and Straw 2s. per load lower than last
quoted ; prices otherwise stationary. A moderate supply, and a
dull trade.

COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 18.—In the libel
case of PRICE v. IVES, which was not concluded when
we went to prey, the Jury returned a verdict for the
plain tiff—Datnages,
The cost of conveying flour from Quebec to
Liverpool or Manchester is scarcely more now than that of
its land carriage, a century back, from a distance of fifty
miles.