The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-22 00:00:00

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a solicitor, applied to Mr. Yardley for an order to corn•
pel a corn "dealer, named Hugh Wood, residing in the
,Minories, to deliver 16 bags of rice to Mr. Page of the
Commercial rice mills, Limehouse, from whom they
were.stolen by men in his employ in conjunction with a
fellow named Hugh Osborne, of Spring Garden-place,
near the Green Dragon, Stepney, who was 'liberated on
bail by Mr. Selfe and absconded. Mr. Best recapitu•
lated the circumstances of the Extensive robberies of ries
to the amount of 9001. from Mr. Page's mill in the course
of eight months, the apprehension and flight of Osborne,
the arrest of five men in Mr. Page's employ, and the
conviction of a receiver named Best at the best Clerken-
well sessions who was sentenced to ten months imprison-
ment and bard labour. Mr. Wood had been applied to
and asked. to restore some rice stolen from Mr. Page's
premises, and agreed to do so.
Mr. Yardley thought the application ought to have
been made to the court where Best, the receiver, was

tried.
Mr. Best—The application was made to the Court of
Quarter Sessions, and an order made for the bags of rice
to be restored to Mr. Page. Mr. Wood has had notice
to deliver. The rice is in possession of a police sergeant.
Mr. Yardley—Why does he object to restore the rice
to the owner ?
Mr. Best--The police sergeant don't object. He
wishes to have your worship's order.
Mr. Yardley—l don't Eee that I have any jurisdiction
in this matter.
Mr. Best—Read the 29th section of the Police Courts
Act, the 2d and 3d Viet., cap. 71, which conferred the
power on the magistrate to order the restoration of the
property to the owner.
Mr. Yardley—There is not the shadow of a doubt
the rive was stolen. from Mr. Page, and he has been a
great sufferer.
Mt. Wood—No doubt of that, but I wish to consult
my solicitor before I part with posse-sion of the rice.
Mr. Yardley said he would not act on the judgment
of Mr. Wood's solicitor, but he must act on his own
judgment, and accordingly made an order for Mr. Wood
and the police sergeant to deliver the rice now claimed
t ) Mr. Page. Mr. Wood could try Mr. Page's tight to
the rice by an action, if he should be so advised.

The Committee of the Stock-Exchange have appointed
Friday next as settling day in the new shares of the
Northern of France and Paris and Lyons Railways.
They are both to be marked in the official list.
A maritime conference of various European Powers
is about to be held at Paris, to consider 'the subject of
colisions at sea, which of late have been so numerous,
and to adopt measures for their future prevention.
A despatch from Genoa, under date of the 19th, states
that the journals of Genoa speaks of angry notes ex-
changed between the NeapolitAn and Piedmontese Go-
vernments, and ta'k of the possibility of a rupture be-

twEen Sardinia and the Two Sicileo.
APOTIIECAWEB's HALL.—Names of gentlemen who
passed their exam;nation in the science and practice of
medicine,. and received certificates to practise on Thurs-
day, August 20 :—Cbarlee William Marriott, Leaming-
ton ; Edward Hopkins, Llandelo ; Robert Furse, South
Molten, Devonshire ; John Martin, Great George street,
Liverpool ; Albeit Bgehanon, Myddelton-square,
Tan MOOREL—The Perth,sitire Courier of Thursday
says :—" It does not appear, from the accounts which
have reached us as yet, that the sport on the Perthshire
moors has turned cut nearly so pod as was previously
anticipated. We understand, indeed, that from almost
every quarter there is a ' general complaint about a
scarcity of birds, although nothing is said about the pre-
sence of disease. Io the Pillochry district the whole of
the sportsmen have been much behind in the number of
birds bagged. On the Rannoch moors the sport hag
been proved deficient. Lord Mexborough killed only
5. brace on the 12 h. The Gaiak pc.rty, numbering four
, on the Dm-
guns, killed only 18i brace—jest about a fourth of the
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quantities of
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shotla:t year.
cybrace.
Considerableento
grouse have reached Perth this week—the Highland mail
bringing, on an average, upwards of 50 boxes each night ;
but as far as we can learn a large proportion of, the birds
are young, which certainly does not look well. In fact,
there seems a strong probability that for some years
past the keenness of sportsmen, combined with unfavour-
able seasens'which generated fatalidiseases, has tended to
exhaust the moors ; and a year's respite would 'almost
appear to be necessary for the proper stocking of most
of them." The Ayr Advertiser of Thursday reports :
"As we anticipated, this bits been a good, but by no
means a great, grouse season, In many districts there
was too thin a sprickling of parent birds to render even
a good season possible. In these districts of late years
sheep pasture has been superseding heather to a great
extent, the burning of heather depriving the grouse of
their best breeding and feeding ground. On such tracts,
from two to six brace per gun per day are about the
usual returns we have heard of. Where the heather, is
good, and attention has been paid to the destruction of
hawks and "boodles," the ?port has been as good as for
many years past, and a great contrast to that on the
barren moors of last season. The heaviest bag to one
'
gun yet reported is that of Mr. Buchanan, Barskimming,
who killed 27 brace en the 12th, on' Dalblair. From
what we saw of black game,' the season for which opens
to•day; we should say the stock is . a good average ; but
re o
inpeit.,s
of the broods are very late, and should get 10 days
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