The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-27 00:00:00

WIND AND WEATHER

Belfast, S.W.; gloomy
Brighton, N.W. ; fog
Bristol, S.W.; fine
Cambridge, S.W. ; fine
Cardiff, S.; cloudy
Chatham, W.S.W.; fine
Cork, W.; dull
Deal, N.E. ; moderate
Derby, S.W.; fine
Dublin, S.W. ; fine
Dundee, S.W. ; fine
Edinburgh, N.W. ; cold
Falmouth, S.W. ; fine
Glasgow, S.W. ; fine
Gravesend, W. S. W. ; fine
Harwich, S.W. ; fog

2.HIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Feb. 27. Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and very fine sunshiny
weather.

DEAL, Feb. 26.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Netherby, from
Calcutta.

PouTsmount, Feb. 26.—Wind. N.N.E.—Arrived—
Jersey, from Sunderland for Demerara.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 26.—Wind B.—Arrived—Zenobia,
from Havre for New York, with loss of sails; St. Pauli,
from Havannah.

OFF DUNGENESS, Feb. 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—
Henry Hurman,from Demerara.

SWANSEA, Feb. 2t3.—Wind S.E.—Sailed--Cubana, for
Swansea.

KINGSTON, Feb. 26.—Wind S.—Arrived—Euphemia,
from the Clyde for Bilboa ; William and Martha, from
Mazagan.
SIIIELDS, Feb. 26.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Queen of the
Ocean, for Shanghae.

DOVER, Feb. 27.--The Lady Shelbourne, of Alloa, from
London to the Cape of Good Hope, With a general cargo,
is ashore at Dungeness.

(NY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,)

SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Feb. 26.—Destiny, from Scotland ; Ceres,
steamer, from Dublin; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey;
Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Argyll, steamer, from
Carentan.
Sailed—Narragantett, for Antwerp; Ceres, steamer, for
London; Ukko, for Cardiff.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Feb. 27.—Leo, steamer, from Rotterdam.
Sailed, Feb. 26.—Diana, steanierf for Amsterdam.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
The brig Lady Shelburne, from London, for the Cape of
Good Hope, is reported to be on shore at Dungeness.
Anchored.—St. Katherine, from Cape Coast Castle, for
London.
Off Dover.—Trial, from Boston, for Antwerp.
Passed, Feb. 26.—George Marsden, from Shields, for New
York.

FATAL ACCIDENT EY FALLING FROM A WINDOW.
•--Yesterday a fatal accident occurred to Mary Ann Reeves,
aged 38 years, who resided in Dover-street, Piccadilly. She
was cleaning the windows upstairs when she was seized
with vertigo and fell, fracturing her skull in, a most fright-
ful manner. She was conveyed to St. George's Hospital,
Vigra death ensued, •

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Closing ! Business
F bare Railways.
Price. DOllB.
50 Belfast and Ballymena all
13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 61 81
stock Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 20 Si
25 Blyth and Tyne all
10 Sloaf. and Mid.Co all i 6 63
Mock ,Brie(-el and L:zeier
stock Calcionian
10 ;Carmarthen & Cardigan] all
50 Cork and Bander' i all
20 ,Cork, Passage, all
20 Cornwall....
'
10 :Do A (A gets no div.l
10 !Do B , until 6 II,: perm. all _
hasbeen. toB, all
50 ;Dublin ,t Belfast, dune, all 44 45
25 Perth, SzAb..lunc i all 8 83
stock ,Easd Anclian ' 100 15 16
stock 'Eastern Counties lOO 49 50
stock Eastern Union, .5. stock! 100 37 39
stc.,K I Do do B do 100 26 28
25 I Do Nw A, late EU3ds 133
stock East Suffolk
stock lEdinburrit & Glasgow 100 85 88
stock ,Edln. Perth, et Dundee j 100 253 263 26
10 (Forth &Clyde Junction' all
'Furness llOO
stock Glare, and S. Western 100 112 114
10 G=reat. of Scotland
stock :Great Northern
stock I Do do A. stock
stock Po do .B do
stock ,Gt. S. & IV. of Ireland 1100 110 112
stock Great Western .
stock I Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 63
12 Irish South-eastern
stock I Lancashire t Torkshir; 100 1101 1101 1103 91
stock Loudon and Blackwall 100 62 113 621
stock T.on., Iori rht.. &S Coast 100 113 114 1131 1
stock Lend., Chat., and Dover 100 47 49 463
stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 983 99 981
stock Lond. & -th. Western lOO 933 043 94 3
25 L'derry & Coleraine
25 ;,'derry & Ennisaillen all 101 113
stock lino. & Lincoln ] 100 46 47 461
50 54a ryport and Carlisle all
123 Do do shares all
10 Metropolitan
stock Midland .
6.4.0. Do new
stock Do ',Arming. & Derby 100 104 106
50 ITid. G. IV. of Ireland all
25 Do a shares
t 5 Mid Kent ......
10 Do, Cray Line all
100 Newess,tle and Carlisle all
10 Newry & Armacrh, def 9 7 6 d
20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros j all—
stock Norfolk.... • 100 53 f 5
stock North British lOO 63 633 6Th
stock Nor.Dey.RaikizDk.stoai 100
stock D A stk ; A recs no d.
until Apchas beenpd:lll 100
stock Do 11 stock ! 100
'took X-th. Eastern—Berwick! 100 1001 1001
25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 16134 p 1p
stock Do Leeds 100 561 571
stock Do Yori,
stock North London
10 Do new
19.16.4 yorth Staffordshire l7l 33: 331
1° N. and S. IV..Tunction .* all 101 101
12 Not. &Grantham Rail ll 73 83
10 I,ebles •.., all
20 Portsmouth
10 Rhvmney...• ••••• • • • • all
!,toek Scottish Central llOO 114 116
stock scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 331 343
stock Do Scot. MII. stock lOO 86 98
stock Shropshire Union lOO 49 61
10 cittinebourre & Sheer all 53 63
stock south Devon
50 37,16 n. Counties Union
25 S.-Durham & I.anc. Un 221
stock sJuth Eastern
stock south Wales ..... I 100 61 03
stock s. York. and River Dun 1100 65 97
20 stables, Wok,. and Wok; al: 4 7
25 Stockton & Darlington i all 40 41
2.5 Do do I 11 10 11 I 211
25 Do New (1860) ' 3 6 63 p
stock Taff Vale 100
stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO
25 rhainesllavenlikezßall 22 -
50 Ulster .
25 Do
12 i 0 1)o • 2 d3p
stock Vale of Neath
10 Victoria Sta. and rim• • all 113 111
stocK Waterford & Kilkenny, 100
50 Waterford & Limerick all
20 West C.-my:all
20 West London all
10) Do let class all
20 Do 2d class .. .
stock Westnartlepool Harbr
and Bail
stock West Midland—Oxford 100 44 46
stock Do. Newport, 100 40 43
stock Do. Hereford) 100 81 83

TOE SUN,' LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1861.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

Business done

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)

At the sitting of the court this morning eight of the gen-
tlemen recently appointed Queen's Counsel were called by
the Lord Chancellor, and took their seats within the bar.

APPEAL,-JUDGMENT.-DAVIS V. MASSETTER.

The Lord Chancellor varied the decree of the Vice-Chan-
cellor Stuart to the effect of declaring the nephews and
nieces of the testator, William Lambert White, who died
17th April, 1813, entitled to a pro rata share of the mort-
gage debt due to Frederick and on the stripe of
lands devised by Frederick, and that there was no sale of
the lands.

His lordship allowed the appeal without costs on either
side, except costs to the trustees, as the bill ought never to
have been filed.

APPEAL.- JUDGMENT.-RHYMNEY RAILWAY COMPANY Y

TAFF VALE RAILIYAY COMPANY.
This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the

The Lord Chancellor could not discover any reason for
disturbing the decision of the Master of the Rolls. His
lordship dismissed the appeal with costs. •

JUDGMENT-RIDGEWAT V. NEWSTEAD.
This was an appeal from Vice-Chancellor Stuart. The
question raised was, whether the executors of mortgaged
estates under the will of the late Thomas Ridgeway were
entitled to recover a portion of the mortgage assets after the
administration of his estates. It appeared that for 15 years
the mortgage property was unable to pay the interest on the
mortgage debt, but afterwards more than was administered.
This suit was instituted for the purpose of
,valuing the
assets of the mortgage'', in the hands of the legatee under
his will.

The Vice-Chancellor said that the unadministered assets
alone were liable to make good the mortgage debts.
The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decree of the Vice-
Chancellor, and dismissed the appeal without costs, and
directed the deposit to be returned.

SECONDARIES' COURT.
(Before Mr. Potter and a Jury.)

IMPORTANT ADVERTISING CAS E.--DARBY V. 8 MELLIE.

This was anaction to recover £5 175., for an advertisement
inserted 39 times in the Englishman's Review and Home
Journal.

Mr. Butler Rigby appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Begbie for the defendant.

Mr. Rigby stated that a canvasser called upon the de-
fendant, in September, 1859; and solicited his advertise-
ment for the newspaper mentioned. Defendant gave an
order in writing for 52 insertions. At defendant's request
the insertions were discontinued after they had appeared 39
times ; and upon his neglect to pay the account the pre.
sent action was brought.
Plaintiff was called, and stated that the newspaper
ceased to exist in about April, last year. He produced
about 28 papers containing the advertisement. At de.
fendant's request, upon the plea of poverty, the advertise-
ment was discontinued. Plaintiff called upon defendant,
and asked him for £5 175., and defendant offered to pay
the amount by 10s. at a time.

Mr. Begbie, for defendant, contended that plaintiff had
made out no case. Here was a written contract for 52 in-
sertions, and plaintiff was not in a position to recover until
the work was completed.

The learned Secondary said, according to the evidence
defendant had broken the contract, and not the plaintiff.
It had been stated that defendant requested that the inser-
tion of the advertisement might be discontinued, and that
he had promised to pay the amount 108. at a time.
The jury after a short deliberation found for the plaintiff
for 28 insertions, £4 48.
The learned Secondary did not certify.

CEIV TRAL CRIMINAL COURT,-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before tho Lord Chief Baron.)

Henry Fisher was indicted for the manslaughter of his
sister.

It will be remembered that the prisoner was a private in
the Royal Artillery, and the charge against him was that
by his neglect he had caused the death of his sister—a
lunatic.

The proceedings were instituted by the parochial autho-
rities of Woolwich.

The jury stopped the case, and returned a verdict of not
guilty, and the judge ordered the prisoner to be discharged.

NEW COURT.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Tho case of Gandell, who was indicted for fraudulent
bankruptcy, occupied this Court the whole day. It was
totally uninteresting to the general reader.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tara DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
CHURCH RATES.

POLICE IIV7 ELLIGENCE—(TIds Day).

An enormous numberof petitions were presented in op-
position to Sir John Trelawny's bill. Few proceeded
from the Liberal side of the house, the opponents of
Church-rates having abstained from encouraging petitions
during the present session.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

DIWICA.UDING TRADESMEN,—SYSTEMATIC SWINDLING.
—Two well dressed Frenchmen, named Edmond Paul and
Carlo Carre, were charged before Mr. Beadon with obtain-
ing a quantity of shirts, linen, cambric handkerchiefs, &c.,
of the value of £l2 145., from Mr. George Parks, hosier,
&c., of 44, Fleet-street.
Edmond Gregory, assistant to " f'arles, said—Between
three and four yesterday the prisoners came into the
shop and selected a quantity of goods, which they ordered
to be sent about seven in the evenng. He took the goods
as desired, and asked for Mr. Carre, saying they were for
him, and there was £l2 14s. to pay. The servant at the
house, 13, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, took up the
parcel, and came down and said Mr. Carre was not
at home, but that he was to call in half an hour. He did
not leave, but waited in the hall, and shortly after a person
wearing a cape came in, and was soon followed by Mr.
Carre. They both went upstairs, and shortly after both
went out again. He then asked the servant to go upstairs,
and ask for the money or the goode. She did so, and sent
word down that Mr. Carre had gone out and taken the
parcel with him. He then went upstairs and asked Paul
who was sitting there for the money or the parcel. He said
Mr. Carre bad gone to Soho square, and he (witness) went
there, but did not find him; bat afterwards did in Oxford-
market. He asked him for the money, and he said, "Go
home, and I'll call in the morning and pay for them." On
asking for the goods be said they were locked up by Mr.
Robinson, to whose care the parcel was ordered to be left.

Elizabeth Lynch, servant at 13, Margaret-street, said
that on Monday last a person, who gave the name of Robin-
son, took apartments at the house on the second floor.
The prisoners called the same night to see Mr. Robinson.
They also came yesterday morning. The first witness
brought a parcel yesterday evening and she took it upstairs.
The parcel was directed to " Mr. Carre, care of Mr. Robin-
son." She was told by the witness that Ll 2 14s. was to pay.
She took the parcel upstairs, and Mr. Robinson said that
the young man had better call again, but she said he would
wait. She went downstairs, and shortly after on going up
again the first witness asked her to go up and ask for the
money, and on doing so Mr Robinson said, "My friend,
Mr. Carre, has been in and gone out again, taking the par-
cel with him."

Barber, 42 G, proved going to the house, 13, Margaret-
street, and taking the prisoners into custody. Paul said
Carre had taken the parcel away, and that he knew nothing
about it. Paul went into a back room and brought out a
few pairs of gloves, and said the rest of the goods were at
a shop in Oxford-street. He (Barber) then sent for another
constable, and while he was gone Paul seized a poker, and
threatened that if he did not leave the place he would strike
him, but on his pulling out his truncheon he put it down.
He then went with the prisoners to the ice shop near the
Princess's Theatre, and found the parcel, which had been
opened, and had only a few things taken from it (those
found at Margaret-street). The keeper of the ico shop said
they had been left there by Carre about half an hour before.
Inspector Hubbard and Sergeant Silvester said there
would be other charges against the prisoners, and they were
committed in this case, but will be brought up again next
Wednesday.