The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-12 00:00:00

His Honour—This is an action to recover the amount of
a bill of exchange intrusted for recovery to one of the legal
agents of Stubbs' frade Protection Society in Ireland.
Now, it appears that this protection society is formed for
the recovery of debts, and for protecting the public against
swindlers, and it embraces in its list of subscribers some of
the leading :merchants and bankers in this city and else-
where. Stubbs issues cards and lists, upon which
are certain rules, and be also appoints upon his
own responsibility agents in England and Ireland.
These agents are attorneys, and can be displaced
or appointed by Stubbs also. The rule of the
society is that a debt is to be collected by one of these
legal agents, the card alluded to is forwarded, and that is
considered as a proof that a person is entitled to the services
of the agent. In this case the plaintiff had a bill accepted
by a person residing in Roscommon, in Ireland. He for-
warded that bill to the legal agent (as upon defendant's
published list), Mr. Sweeny, an attorney, and not having
any answer by a certain time, wrote again. In reply, Mr.
Sweeny said that Mr. Hopkins (the debtor) had informed
him that he had paid the money, whereupon Mr. Sweeny
handed over the bill. Now this was most peculiar and ex-
traordinary conduct for an attorney, but he was agent of
Stubbs' Trade Protection Society, and plaintiff sought his
redress against that institution. Now defendant argued
that he had no sight to be paid, because the society
did not undertake to collect bills not arrived at maturity,
and further that Stubbs was not responsible
for the acts of the agents, or, as they are called
in the list, legal agents. But the subscribers (who, by the
way, pay some £36,000 a-year) have no control over these
agents, nor do they pay them anything,—in addition to
which the agents are displaced by Stubbs, and Mr. Sweeny,
it was said in the course of the evidence, bad been removed
from the agency. Looking at the case, then, in all its bear-
ings, I must hold that Stubbs is liable, and I must find for
the plaintiff.
Mr. Buchanan—With costs ?

His Honour—Oh! certainly. This is acae of very
great importance, and I have taken great pains to arrive at
a correct conclusion. I have satisfied my own mind, but
if I am wrong I hope there are some means by which I may
be put right.
Verdict for plaintiff, with costs.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow h , £2 to £5 , clover, £3 10s
to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 ;16s Od per load.
Trade dull. ay

CumBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover
do., £3 lOs to £5 15s ; and straw. £1 8s to £1 15s per load.
Both hay and straw were a dull inquiry at our quotations.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover,
£3 10s to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 160 per load.
A heavy trade.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The dealings have been rather active, and prices
generally are well maintained.
SUGAR.—For good and fine qualities of British West
India full rates have been obtained, the demand for home
consumption having slightly increased. In the refined
market previous prices have, in most instances, been fully
maintained.

COFFEE.—The operations in Plantation Ceylon have been
of a moderate character, and late rates have been well sup •
ported for all qualities. A rather large quantity, however,
is announced for public sale during the week.
RICE.— For the better descriptions of East India there
has been a fair demand, without any material change in
values. Other qualities have remained inactive.
SALTPETRE.—Business has been dull, and the few deal-
ings recorded have shown little change in prices.
TALLow.—The market has remained moderately active,
and late prices have been generally well sustained. P.Y.C.
on the spot is quoted 51s 52s 6d ; all the year ; and spring
delivery, 63s per cwt.

COAL MARK
(Prime of Coal per Ton at

A. d.
West Hartley 17 3
Wylam ..16 0
West Wylam l6 0
Tanfield Moor Butes l3 0
Carway and Duffryn
Malting
Do. Anthracite 21 6
Qraighead Steam 15 0
Walker Primrose 13 0
Buddle' s West Hartley 16 6
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley ....16 9
Davison's West Hart-
ley .17 3
Lambert's West Hart-
ley 16 6
Howard's West Hart-
ley.. l7 0
Ships at market,

ET—Nov. 11.
t the dose of the market

8. d.

Mr. Thomas W. Dobson, of 32, Piccadilly, silversmith
and jeweller, said— On Saturday afternoon prisoner and
another came in to make a purchase of some pins and rings
to put a portrait in. On turning to the window for the
purpose of getting come out, a young man came in, and asked
me a question and left. While doing so the man with the pri-
soner took up-a gold chain and put it down again, and then
left vvith his companion. He (Mr. Dobson) followed the two
men with the view of cautioning any of his neighbours if
they paid them a vial. He saw them go into Bingley's,
tailor, in It cgent• street, prisoner going iu. They then
came out, and walked up to a shop next door to Beattie's,
and afterwards one went into Beattie's shop ; but he was
net sure which one, and the others afterwards went in.
On seeing prisoner come out, he felt certain all was not
right, and saw theTrisOner in a peculiar manner put his
hand in his pocket. Prisoner then 80 to running, and he
followed him down Argyle-place, when prisoner turned
round and asked why he was following him, and said he
would " smash hls brains out ;" and afterwards said he
would " blow his brains out." He, however, told prisoner
that all his bullying would not deter him ; and while talking
to him the pistol dropped from his pocket clearly by acci-
dent. He (Mr. Dobson) then shouted " Police," and ran
past the officer, and Mr. Albert, the interpreter, assisted in
the pursuit, till he was caught by the officer with the pistol
in his pocket, having picked it up after dropping.
Thomas Shillingford, 141 C, a very active officer, proved
seeing prisoner running in Great Marlborough-street, being
pursued with a cry of " Stop thief." He took him into
custody, and on the way to the station he seized his hand
while in his pocket, and took fl om it the revolver. Pri-
soner merely said ho got it from a shop. He (Shillingford)
wished for a remand.

The prisoner, who there is reason to believe, with his
companions, have paid several visits to tradesmen at the_
West-end, was committed for trial.

A WORTHY _EXAMPLE.

Some time since Mr. W. Bateman Byng, cashier
of Messrs. Ransomes and Sims, of Ipswich, set a
project on foot for raising funds in that town
to purchase a lifeboat, to be presented to the
National Lifeboat Institution, to be called " The
Ipswich." Accordingly, on Sunday last, simul-
taneous collections were made in the various
churches and chapels of Ipswich, and in furtherance
of the same benevolent object a public meeting was
held yesterday at the Town Hall, Ipswich. The
mayor, E. Grimwade, Esq., presided ; and amongst
the company were Sir G. N. Broke Middleton, Bart.,
Sir C. H. Rowley, Bart., and many others of the
county and local gentry. Sir E. Perrott, Mon-
tague Gore, Esq., and the secretary, attended as a
deputation from the society, and severally addressed
the meeting, pointing out the value of the lifeboats,
the many lives which had been saved by their in-
tervention, the necessity there was for the associa-
tion being supported, and expressing the hope that
the noble example set by Ipswich might be followed
by other cities and towns of the country, Mr. Gore
remarking that lifeboats were indispensable, for
however much harbours of refuge might be in-
creased (themselves tending to mitigate the dangers
of a seafaring life), yet the very establishment of
harbours of refuge made the necessity of lifeboats
apparent in their vicinity, because vessels would in
bad weather make for those harbours. He
alluded to Holyhead, where since its harbour of
refuge had been formed the lifeboat stationed there
haqperformed eminent services. The secretary of
the :institution showed that the cost of a lifeboat
station was from £4OO to £5OO, and that the annual
expense of keeping it in a state of efficiency averaged
£4O, independently of rewards to the crew of the
lifeboat. Sir G. Broke Middleton, Sir C. Rowley,
Hon. and Rev. F. De Grey, Mr. J. P. Cobbold, Mr.
S. A. Notcutt, Rev. W. W. Woodhouse, Rev. E.
Jones, Mr. W. Rodwell, Mr. S. H. Cowell, Rev. C.
W. Gaye, and Mr. E. Goddard afterwards addressed
the meeting. The following resolution was passed :
—" That this meeting recognising the philanthropic
character of the operations of the Royal National
Lifeboat Institution, whose lifeboats have within
the last 22 months been the means of rescuing 457
of our fellow creatures from a watery grave, resolves
to purchase a lifeboat and present the cost of the
same to this benevolent institution as a practical
demonstration of the sincere and deep sympathy of
the town of Ipswich and the county of Suffolk in
its meritorious exertions." Resolutions were also
passed conveying thanks to the several ministers of
the town ; to the lord-lieutenant and nobility and
gentry of the county for their countenance and
assistance ; and to Sir E. Perrott, M. Gore, Esq.,
and the secretary for their attendance. The unani-
mous thanks of the meeting were accoi ded to the
Mayor, who proposed a very hearty vote of thanks
to Mr. W. B. Byng for his great exertions in the
cause of humanity. The collections at the various
places of worship amounted to £176 25., whilst the
contributions from the gentry of the neighbourhood
and the amount subscribed in the town raised the
total amount to about £4OO.

Rush's SON.—On Saturday, at the Shire Hall,
Norwich, James Blomfield Rush, eldest son of the notori-
ous murderer of that name, was brought up on a charge of
breaking into the house of John Curson, a bricklayer at
Rethersett, and stealing a watch and some electro-plated
spoOns. After some evidence had been taken the prisoner
was remanded for a week. It may be remembered that in
the spring ho was tried at the Norfolk assizes on a charge
4 of burglary, but acquitted.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Sherwood, 3to 1 agst The Monk, 4
to 1 agst Dorking, 5 to 1 agst Shepherdess.
Won very easily by a length ; the same between the
second and third ; Dora, who got badly off, was last.
The Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 sous each, 1 ft to the fund,
wall 30 added. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles.

Mr. B. Land's Yorkshire Grey, aged, lOst 31b (J. Land) 1
Mr. Carr's Eheu, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b .. (Comeroy) 2
Mr. W. Holman's Butterfly, 5 yrs, lOst 12113..(H01man) 3
The following also ran :—Mavourneen, Kington, Miss
Eleanor, Yorkshire Miss, and Shropshire.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Butterfly, 4to 1 agst Mavourneen, 5
tr 1 each agst Yorkshire Grey and Eheu.

orkshire Grey took up the running upon coming into
the straight, and won by three-quarters of a length; two
lengths between second and third ; Miss Eleanor fell at the
last hurdle, before coming to the stand the last time round.
The Hunt Cup SteeplechaSe of 100 soya, by subscription of
10 soya each, h ft, 12st each; gentlemen riders; profes-
sionals, 71b extra.

Mr. G. Stevens's Piff-paff, aged, 12st 7st (inc. 7th extra)

(Stevens) 1
Mr. Enoch's Kibworth Lass, 12st 71b (inc. 71b extrft).

(Enoch) 2
Mr. Cartwright's Monmouthshire, 12st 71b (inc. 71b ex.)
(Edwards) 3
- -

Also ran Retriever and Brilliant.
Brilliant and Retriever fell, the jockey of the former
being slightly injured in the head.

The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for two-yr-
olds, &c. ; optional selling weights. Three-quarters of
a mile.
Mr. J. Parr's Weasel, 4 yrs (£5O) (Clement) 1
Mr. Sopp's Joy, 3 yrs (£SO)
Mr. B. Land's Redpolo, 3 yrs (£5O) (Parsons) 3
The following also ran :—Ringbone, Greenwich Fair,
Confession, and Bookaloom.
\Von by two lengths; the same between the second rnd
third. The winner was sold for 66 guineas.
The Aristocratic Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added,
gentlemen riders, one mile and a half, was won by
Worthana, by four lengths. The Don second. Eight
others ran, but only the first two passed the post.

RACE FOR THE ST X-MILE CHAMPION'S
BELT OF RA GLAND.

The race between Edward Mills, of Hackney, the
holder of the Six-miles' Challenge Champion Belt,
and John Brighton, of Norwich (the challenger), the
latter being also the four-miles' champion, came off
yesterday in the grounds of Hackney-wick. Brigh-
ton is celebrated for his speed, and at four miles has
not yet had a competitor to wrest the palm from
him. The race yesterday, up to a certain distance,
would scarcely be believed by those unaccustomed
to pedestrian matches ; the first two miles were
run at the rate of close upon 13 miles per
hour. For the six miles the competitors
had to make 41 circuits of the course. An
official referee and timekeeper having been ap-
pointed, the signal to start, by word of mouth,
was given, when Mills dashed to the front at a
great rate, Brighton at his right shoulder. The
latter passed his opponent before the second round,
when Mills again shot ahead, and made the pace,
fast as it was, " still faster." Brighton, not to be
denied, once more went in front, and finished the
mile in 4 min. 44 sec., amidst loud cheers. On com-
mencing the second mile Mills again went in front,
and increased the astonishing speed they were still
going at, as if it were a race of only COO yards in-
stead of six miles, and so they continued for another
half mile, when Brighton once more obtained the
lead, but could not hold it long, for Mills, amidst
increasing cheers, almost flew past him, led by four
yards at the eleventh round, increased it to 12 yards
in the twelfth, and finished the two milesin 9 min.
52 sec., 30 yards in front. By many it was thought
the race was over; but Brighton, who evidently
outpaced, was not to be shaken off without a severe
struggle, gradually reduced the gap in each succeed-
ing round up to the 18th, when he again ran close
up to Mills, and, at the end of three miles, accom-
plished in about 15 minutes, they were again shoul-
der to shoulder. Brighton then took the lead for
two more rounds, and struggled manfully to main-
tain his advantage, but all in vain ; for Mills again
rushed away as if only going for a sprint race. In
the 23d circuit Brighton tried hard to live the pace,
when nature gave way, and he was compelled to
succumb much exhausted at the 26th round through
a swelling
imininhisihs
eledftspsiedeedufinndiseirlitnh;
the
fourthheart—Mills at
ain 20 minutes 45 seconds, and running the
remainder
of the distance at his leisure.
The style and speed Mills displayed on this occa-
sion will make him a formidable opponent to the
Seneca Indian, against whom he is again matched
for a race of eight miles for £2OO.

MADAME JENNY LlND.—Madame Goldschmidt-
Lind was so well pleased with her reception in Liverpool
lately, that she has promised again to visit the town, and
sing at a private concert to be given exclusively to members
of the Philharmonic Society.

1""It is stated that King Francis of Naples has re-
solved to change his residence from Rome to Venice ; and
it is certain that the Duke of Bordeaux has offered him the
Cavalli Palace on the Grand Canal. In any case the Queen
will come to Venice to visit her sister the Empress Elia-
beth,'

The hope increases that there will be little occa-
sion for national alarm in connection with the cot-
ton question. Of course, there must be painful in.
dividual•privations, but, strange, as it may seem, it
would not be difficult to prove that up to this
moment the country at large has been, both
directly and indirectly, greatly benefited in a pecu-
niary and commercial sense by the consequences of
' the American struggle. But for that event a most
severe crisis must at about this period have fallen
upon the trade of Lancashire. Eighteen months
back an attempt was made to warn the public that
the shipments of cotton manufactures to the East
and elsewhere, and the extension of mill-power in
Manchester' were taking place upon a perilous
scale, which threatened to be followed by a ruinous
revulsion. Our anneal exportation of Manchester
manufactures amount to X 62,000,000, and the loss
to which we were liable when the shipments of a
year or two proved to be made to glutted markets
may easily be conceived. That the evil on the
present occasion would have been beyond all ordi-
nary experience is demonstrated by the fact that,
although the tidings of the American war have now
for months past penetrated to all parts of the
world, and our shippers during the same period
have had every inducement to restrict their opera-
tions, there has scarcely yet, in the leading mar-
kets, been sufficient recovery to yield any satisfac-
tory profit even on the articles shipped when the
staple was only at half its present value. Of course,
there is confidence now that each future mail will
bring higher prices from all quarters, and that the
end will consequently be that our overtrading will
be found to have been brought large gains in the
place of losses that appeared at one time inevitable.
A condition has thus been averted which would,
perhaps, have caused a suspension of a large majo-
rity of the weaker and most speculative firms.
Perhaps it is not too much to estimate the saving
from the turn in this respect at eight or ten mil-
lions sterling. Again, our stock of cotton on the

Ist of January was 545,670 bales, and the gain from
the realisation of this, at gradually advancing
rates, may bo estimated at two or three millions
additional. An immense advantage must also be
indirectly reckoned from the impulse given to the
prospects of India, the productiveness of her revenue,
and the stability of her securities ; while there is
also to be taken into account the improvement in
the value of our stocks of other textile materials,
such as wool, jute, &c., which has been consequent
upon the diminution in the supplies of the cheap
rival article. At the same time, it is to be observed
that England will relatively be far less injured by
the rise of price in the staple than America or other
countries, since this rise is most heavily felt on the
coarser fabrics, such as the American mills, even
under a high protective tariff, can alone create ;
while, as has been well pointed out, the difference
which it occasions on those articles that employ the
greatest degree of operative skill is slight. Finally,
it is certain that up to the present moment we have
not, to the extent of a single piece of goods, had the
slightest difficulty in meeting every legitimate de-
mand of our foreign customers, and that the world
will not sustain even any great temporary incon-
venience before the productions of other regions
will enable us to replenish their stocks. On the
whole, therefore, we may as a people look upon the
winter on which we have now entered not merely
without dismay, but with a consciousness that one
bad crisis has preserved us from another which
would have been worse. Although it is out of the
question that any individual nation can in the long
is
sun so
goaridnerbeyd the misfortunes
sooner
orloaftearn, ythoothmearion ation,it
propor-
tion of the evils brought upon the world falls upon
those who are primarily responsible for them. Man •
kind would have been better off if America had still
pursued commerce and civilisation, but if we adhere
to an honest and inoffensive course our share in the
e country
try that a
rt
e he
inseparably doctrine
up
true common misfortune may be so small as to cause our
progress to appear uninterrupted, and to lead shal-
low
observers tfo one assume
interests
with those of every other has at length been
shown to be fallacious.—Tirnes' City Article.

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Nov,lB.
.._

. via Marseilles Nov. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Dec. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. He'ena Dee. 2.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 18-
- via Marseilles Nov. 12.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton .... Nov. 18.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov. 1.
via Marseilles Nov. 12.
India (Bombay), via Southampton lsr_oovv. 2°50..
--via Marseilles IN
Nov
Lisbon .......................................
Nov.
1101:
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Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...
...
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... , NNoovv.. 1123..
ONewfoundlandportoandlri
Vigo •
.................................................................... Nov. 11.
Nov. 0.
U. S. and British N. America,bhyycßanriat.clipaan.ckkpe
a:tc..k...e.t...NNNooovvv... 16238.:.
Nov. 21.
All
Mexicoß Va .hCI a.
Bahamas,
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sf. ;
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includingi T e. n e. rci ffile i.l ; ,
Peru, 1 Nov. 13.
California,and British Columbia..

The Hon. Frederick Byng has arrived in tows
from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palromston at
Broadlands.
Earl Russell left Windsor Castle
and proceeded to Cambridge. .11 Saturday,