The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

CHELMSFORD-APRIL 1.

At this corn market to-day there was an average show
of wheat, and the prices of all descriptions of grain were
the same as last week. Business transactions were entirely
confined to buyers for present consumption.
Wheat, white. 39s to 51s Peas, Partridge ..40s to 45s
red 37s to 49s I White 38s to 40s
Barley 30s to 40s Boiling 4os to 45s
Chevalier ....32s to 43s Dun 38s to 210 s
Grinding 25s to 33s Beans, Tick .... 36s to 39s
Malt 57s to 63s Harrow Ticks 38s to 42s
Chevalier 6os to 66s Mazagan 35s to 38s
Oats 22s to 32s

Mr. Lawton, instructed by Messrs. Ashurs t , Son, and
Morris, appeared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. : Denny, in-
structed by Mr. Bird, of Guilford-street, for the 4! lefendants.
Plaintiffs are the well -known Morrison an 4 i Dillon of
Fore-street, and they sought to recover £8 3s. 4d '., loss sus-
tained through the short delivery of some ribbot,'velvet by
, the defendants. From a voluminous mass of widence it_
appears that, in December last year, • defendanti .' traveller
called upon Mr. Pegg, .one of the plaintiffs' buyers, and
offered some German ribbon for sale. After some e haggling
as to price, Mr. Pegg, having samPles, agreed i take the
goods, and they were duly sent in. A second lot vas offered'
in January in the present year, and accepted 11. y plaintiff.
These goods were sent out to a variety of custome rs, and a
Mr. Roach, of Pimlico, sent a communicatien 1 o plaintiff
notifying that the-pieces were short about 31 3, ;ards _each.
The principle of trade involved is this—lmmense -quantities
of velvet ribbon are manufactured in Germany . for Eng-
land and the continent. Those ribbons made for, England
are invaribly 171 yards, or from 17 to 171 yards in the
piece ; those manufactured for the foreign states are from
.14 td 15 yards to the piece. Now the goods givi c g rise to
the present action were •teilled " German ribban. velvet,"
and as such were accepted as 17/ yards, and the price as
such paid. The various witnesses called for plait stiff were
men of considerable experience in the trade, and, tl Ley posi-
tively swore that in their knowledge of the trade • the term
German ribbon Velyet meant 171 yards in the piece s. If by
any chance (amost rare ,occurrence) any velvet mans tfactured
fora foreign market found its way into'this country the short
measure was always notified. All the ribbons suipplied by
defendants were short, and plaintiff had allowed Mr.
Roach £3 14s. 9d. ; -tad haVing measured those mmaining
in their own stock, they found a fartheriency of
£4 Bs. 7d. These two sums formed the amount: claimed.
Upon applying to defendants to reimburse the plaintiff for
this loss, Messrs. Dillon refused, saying that no length
was mentioned. Mr. Denny made this defence nowt and
the Common Sergeant said all were agreed upon that point,
'and it only remained to prove the fact of what W.IS under-
stood in the market by " German ribbon velvet."
Defendants were called, and said that the ribbons were a
job-lot, and that mearttshort measure ; but this was denied.
Mr: Slater, oneef .the firm of Morrison and Dillon, said
that he pointed Out to defendants the well-known, rule in
the trade. Defendants, however, persisted that large (plan-
tities of German ribbon velvet of only 141 yards in tip),
piece were sold in London, and 'that the price asked woo:"
much lower than paid for the pieCe of 17/ Yards, but thr.
jury stopped the case, and fOund for plaintiffs.

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OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
WATCH ROBBERY.

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James Smith was indicted for stealing a gold watch, the
property of a lady named Da Silva Lever.
From the evidence of the prosecutrix it appeared that
she was, on the, 14th of February last, passing along
Darnley-road, Hackney, when the prisoner came up to her
and inquired the way to " the Downs." She lifted her
hand to point out the direction, and the next moment she
felt something at her side, and immediately afterwards she
discovered her watch had been stolen. She accused the
prisoner of the robbery, but he denied it and ran away.
She told some of the persons near her of the robbery, and
the prisoner was pursued and captured. The watch was
not recovered.

The jury found the prisoner guilty.
A city police-constable proved a former conviction for
felony. _ _

The Recorder sentencedlim to four years' penal servi-
tude.

A young woman, named. Lanchester, was indicted for
concealing the birth of her Child.
Mr. Lilly appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh
defended the prisoner.
Mr. Everett, a surgeon residing at Hornsey, said—On
the 16th of February I went to a cottage at Muswell-hill.
The prisoner was a servant there. I was shown up to her
bed-room, and I asked the cause of her illness. She told
me she had not been quite right for some time, and having
taken an aperient it had made her unwell. I told her I
could not be satisfied with such an answer. I informed her
I was a surgeon, but she positively refused to allow the
slightest examination of her bed. I told her I thought she
had lately given birth to a child, but she said she had not.
I said if she persisted in her refusal I would send for a con-
stable. I sent the other servants up stairs, and in a short
time afterwards I was called upstairs and was informed a
bundle had been discovered. I took the parcel into ano-
ther room and found it contained the body of a male child
not many hours old. He was tied up in an old apron.
Ellen Maylie said—l was on the afternoon of the 16th of
February sent upstairs! by Dr. Everett, who told me I was
to search the bed. I did so, and a bundle fell from between
the bed and the palliasse. The prisoner picked it up and
placed it under her night-dress.
Mr. Sleigh contended that that circumstance did not
amount to felonious disposition of the body within the
meaning of the Act.
The learned Recorder was of the same opinion.
The jury immediately returned a verdict of not guilty,
and the prisoner was discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH. STREET.

STEALING WEDDING RlNGS.—William Johnson and
Catherine Johnson, the latter with an infant in her arms,
were charged with stealing two gold wedding rings from
the shop of Messrs. Gass and Co., jewellers, of 166, Regent-
street.

James Bowden, shopman in the employ of Messrs. Gass,
said the prisoners came in a little before four o'clock, and
the female asked to see some wedding rings. He showed
her several, but there being none to fit, he said he would
either alter or make one for her. While she was examin-
ing the rings the man, who was holding the child, shifted
it between him and the rings, and at that moment witness,
who was watching him, perceived him give a signal to the
female, and she took two rings off the counter. He taxed
her with it, when she replied "Me I what do you mean?'
At that moment Mr. Gass came forward, and another shop
man saw a ring fall from her just as the other was taken
from her. The value of the rings was las. each, and on
the prisoners being searched all the money found on them
was lld.

➢ir. Boadon said perhaps, living near the Kent-road,
they would give some reason for being in that part of the
town.

The male prisoner said business brought him there.
A constable said a jeweller in Oxford-street was present
in court, at whose shop they had been previous to going to
Messrs. Gass, but was not positive whether he had lost
anything.

Remanded.

The Indian loan is expected to be negotiated
directly the bill shall have received the Royal assent Its
announcement may therefore be looked for early next week.
The Russian loan has the prospect of being seriously
damaged by the present proceedings of the Emperor Napo-
leon.
LONDON-BRIDGE AND CIIARING-CROSS RAILWAY.
—The committee of the House of Commons (Mr. Ingham,
chairman), which has been engaged during the past fort-
night in considering the Charing-cross Rill, yesterday
afternoon decided that the preamble had been proved, but
they required clauses to be inserted in the bill with refer-
ence to the compensation to be paid to the governors of St.
Thomas's Hospital. The committee has been most pains-
taking in their inquiries into the merits of the case, having
adopted the unusual course of personally visiting and exa-
mining the London-bridge Station, St. Thomas's Hospital,
the crossing of Wellington -street, the interior of St. Sa-
viour's Church, and the Borough Market. A decision
come to after so careful an investigation must. necessarily
give considerable confidence as to its soundness.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM
LIIIRARY.—On Saturday afternoon, as the bell was about
to be rung as the signal for closing, her Majesty the Queen
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Princesses
Alice and Helena, accompanied by the ladies and gentlemen
in waiting, entered the new reading room of the British
Museum. Library. The presence of the royal party ex-
cited no little Interest among the departing readers, and
when, after a visit of an hour's duration, her Majestyemerged from the hall, the broad crimson cloth which had
been extended from the outer doors over the steps and
down to the carriages was closely lined on either side with
students, old and young, including several ladies, who heead
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been anxiously awaiting their sovereign's re-appearwal
Her Majesty, who appeared in excellent health, arld, .n
with the princesses, *as attired in the simplest ril7gn.
seemed pleased at the attention offered, and smiled
netottntsloyeas, she moved d graciousiy
boweof the Prince.
Am= her departure.
to the little crowd who had tarried to w
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CAMBRIDI GE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.-
The LO'N; DON COMMITTEE for Promoting Mr.
33ERESFORD I /1 OPE'S ELECTION SITS DAILY at the
Tratalgar Hotel, C 'ockspur-street.
W. 'IRLING, Esq., M.P., M.A.,
T rinity College, Chairman.
R. T. FRERE, M.A., F.R.C.P.I Honorary
W. F. KEMP, M.A., Secretaries.
C. KNIGHT WATSON. MA.,

CAMBRIDG E UNIVERSITY ELECTION.
The CAMB) tIDGE COMMITTEE for Promoting Mr.
BKRESFORD Hi DPE'S ELECTION SITS DAILY at 18,
Trinity-street, Cai cnbridge.
E :ev. W. G. CLARK, M.A.,
re'low and Tutor of Trinity College, Public Orator, Chairman.
Rev. W. M. CA MPION, M.A., Fellow and
Tutor of Queens I' College,
Rev. N. F. FERI tERS, M.A., Fellow and Lec-
turer of Caius C 'ollege,
Rev. W. C. MAT HISON, M.A., Senior Fellow
and Tutor of Ti Jolty College,
Rev. J. E. B. MA Y
SOU, M.A.
's Coll, Fellowege and
stn Tutor ofM.
As-
Rev. E. H. PEI tOWNE, M.A., Fellow and
Tutor of Corpus I Christi College,
Rev. W. F. WI TTS, M.A., Fellow of King's
College,
Rev. A. WOLFE M.A., Fellow and Tutor of ,
Clare College,

Honorary
Secretaries.

14 OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under tlo e Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVEN 1 NG. will be produced Shakspeare's historical
play of KING l HENRY V.
King Henry • V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean.

THEATB.E-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone.
THIS EVEN ,ING, will be produced a new Comedy, en:
titled EVERY BODY'S FRIEND• Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mathews.
THE CRITI C. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, Mr. Compton
To conclude i rith JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON.
Commence at 7.

ROYAlff, LYCEUM THEATRE,
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer,
THIS EVEIS TING, will be presented FRANCESCA : A
Dream of Vent ce.
The Celebrat ed Infant Violinists.
With HUSK ANDS, BEWARE
To conclude with a Ballet.
Reduced Prif ;es—Dr,,ss Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit,
2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, is.
Box-office op en from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past
6 to commenc e at 7 every evening.

NEW 7 CHEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI.
Sole Pi .oprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
THIS EVE?! TDTG, A CABINET QUESTION. Mr. J. L.
Toole, Mr. Bil lington, Miss Arden.
MASKS AT M FACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Quin,
Mr. P. Bedf I ; Sir Charles, Mr. C Selby ; Ernest, Mr.
Bil-
liington; Peg Wofilington, Miss Woolgar; Mabel, Miss H.
Simms.
To be folios ►ed by THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Mr.
J. L. Toole, <I. Selby, Billington, Misses Woolgar, Keeley,
and K. Kelly,
To oonclnde with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS.
Mr. J. L. To Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Miss Kelly.
I': Wing Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.
Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open ire .m 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees tO
servants perm fitted.
A registry kept of all articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Les see and Directress, Miss Swanborough
This Evening, will be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO-
4PECTUSEL4'.
To be folio wed by VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark,
and Miss M. 'Pernan.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Queene, pe Earle, and ye Maydeame
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEV'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Lease e and Manager Mr. William Cooke.
THIS ET ENING the performances will commence with
KING RICHARD 111. ; or, The Death of White Surrey.
Duke of Gloricester, Mr. James Holloway.
After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN
THE CIRCLE, introducing the great Star Riders and Miss
Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle.
Fleurette, amd Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount
of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any
theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne.
To conclude with a Screaming Farce, in which Miss M.
Jackson will make her 2d appearance at this theatre.
On Saturday, first time, a new grand Drama, entitled THE
MUSKETEERS.
The splendid romance of IVANHOE ; or, The Knights
Templars, is in active preparation, and will be revived with
extraordinary magnificence.
Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, la.; Upper
Gallery, 6d.
Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 ls.
Commence at Seven : Carriages at 11.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor—C. MORTON.
The public is most respectfully informed that the Fnss
ARV; GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters -and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.

as usual at

The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
Seven o'clock.
In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAIJVLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied
Instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa-
tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will
)erform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 5.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
66—highest since noon yesterday.
51—lowest this morning and during the night.
62—this day at noon.

Benonsran-30.18.
WIND, North-Westerly; light, with fine weather.

Ministers have passed triumphantly through the
ordeal. They have retorted on, their adversaries,
and pursued the constitutional course which honour
and duty alike dictated. They would not accept
the arrogant and almost insulting advice of Lord
PALMERSTON. Indeed, the leaders in both Houses
unhesitatingly repudiated it. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON
clearly and explicitly declared that if the House
affirmed the resolution they could not have the
Bill. Lord DERBY and his colleagues would not
be deceived by the will-o'-the-wisp, which only
appeared

" To lure them to their doom."

It, however, answered the purpose contemplated.
It gave a plausible pretext to sundry waverers to
say that they had high authority to the effect that
passing the resolution would only tend to the
improvement of the bill and not to its absolute
rejection, still less to the terrible event, " an appeal
to the country," which would prevent many of
those who voted against Reform from ever again
breathing the atmosphere of St. Stephen's. The
case is but another illustration of " The engineer
hoist with his own petard." And many of those
who walked into the same lobby with the rival
ex-Premiers may now bid. a "long farewell to all
their greatness." Had they believed in the pos-
sibility of a dissolution, they would have hesitated
greatly before joining in the factious majority.
But they were deceived by interested advisers
—the one party affirming that it would lead to the
immediate resignation of the Ministry ; the other,
that they would swallow their leek patiently,
albeit with many grimaces. Those who were thus
led astray are now deploring their undue credulity,
and wishing that they might have the opportunity
of pursuing a very different course from that into
which, unfortunately for themselves, they were so
easily beguiled.

It will be seen that the line of policy which we
indicated as most probable has been fully adopted
by the Government. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer declared that, "as soon as the
urgent requirements of the public service are satis-
fied this Parliament would be prorogued with a
view to its immediate dissolution." He pointed out
the measures which required immediate attention,
adding, "The other measures of Government I shall
not presume to further allude to, unless the House
expresses a wish that the Superannuation Bill should
pass." Now, this is exactly what we predicted on
Saturday last. A leading journal, arrogating to
itself everything short of infallibility,• spoke very
differently yesterday. It professed "to relieve the
public anxiety," to show " that there would be no
solution of continuity." It declared that the words
of Lord PALMERSTON had turned out literally true.
And it then proceeded gravely to lecture Ministers
on the course they are bound to pursue. " The
country has a right to expect that they will do the
work in the same spirit of humility by which they
haye been actuated," Addliag "may hoe elected to

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TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1859.