The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-22 00:00:00

3337..5UGH AND SPITALrIELDS

During last week the arrivals of he ILQ-gIQWEI PotatocF,
coastwi:e and per railway conveyance, were confined to
abort 2,200 tons. From abroad we received tal sup-
ply equal to 1.230 tons, derived ss f.,llows :—Rotterdam,
Its; Cahie, 234; Dunkirk, 441; Rouen, 330; and liar-
lengee, 70 tons. The quantity of foreign P,,ta,,oes
weighed by the City me:ers, from the Bth of August,
1849, to the 15th inst., amounted to 71,934 tow. Picked
slinples of English being it arce, higher rates have been
obtained for them, but all other kinds command sexy
little atteutio:..

Per Ton.
York. Regents 90s to 120 s
Ditto Shavers for

Per Ton.
Common Whites 40s to 45s
Kent Sbaws

planting . SOs to 90s
Scotch Regents 70s to Bos
Ditto min. Cups 501 to 60s
Ditto Buffs s to —s

Essex Regents ... sto —s
Ditto Shaves ...... 70s to 8.5 s
Ditto Kidneys ... —s to s
Chats, sound..... 30s to 40s

Blues ...—....... —.5 to —s
Lincoln. Regents. 80s to 1053
Wisbeach ditto COs to 100 s

Ditto damaged... 15s to 20s
French Whites ... 45s to 60.
Belgian Whites... 405 to 502

()itto Kidneys .. —5 to s
Berwick Kogts... 75s to 90s

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Dutch Whites ... —s to —s
German ditto ... 40s to 453

TALLOW.
A steady business has been transacted in our market
since Month), last, and prices are fairly supported.
To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 375, and for de-
livery during the last three months, 3Ss 3d to 38s 6d per
cwt. Town Tallow, 35s 6d to 36s per cwt, nett cash;
Rough Fat, 2s per Blbs. Letters from St. Petersburgh
give the price laid down here as high as 39s 6d per cwt.

1846.

1847.

1849.

Stock this day .....

12,254

Price of T. C. • • 142 s 3d
.. 'to 05 Od
-

Delivery last week • •
Ditto from June 1.. • •
Arrivals last week •
Ditto from June 1 ...

1,066
82,681
472
79,131

9,897 8,282 26,243 29,182
48s Od 50s Od Ms 9d to 37s Od
to Os Od to 50s lid Os Od to Os Od
736 1,209 1,322 1,570
75,2i1 92,717 90,137 9i,446

Price of Town • • ••

44s Od

65 1,902 289 89
74,523 92,890 108,847 90,157
50s Od 52s Od 41s Od 33s Od

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

The Lord Chancellor was sufficiently recovered from
his late indisposition to be able to sit at his private
residence in Park-lane to-day, to hear any cases that
might press. Although his Lordship's health is consi-
derably improved, it is generally understood that he
will not be able to sit in open court before next term.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
Petitions of no general interest occupied the Court the
whole day.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)
His honour the Vice-Chancellor of England was oc-
cupied the whole of the morning with }haring a case in
hie private rocm.
(Before the Vi, e Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
The cause of •` Harrison v. Armistead" occupied the
court the whole morning. It possessed no feature of
any interest except to the parties concerned.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)
SHARPE V. TAYLOR.

The further arguments on this part-heard case oecu-
pi the Court the whole day. The case came before
the Court upon exceptions to the Master's report,
whereby he had found the value of a certain ship called
the Victoria, to have been, in May, 1840, 7,485/. The
exceptants insisted that her value was not more than
1,5001. or 1,6001. It appeared she had been built i❑
America, and having been wrecked off Liverpool, was
bought by the plaintiff and the defendant, who, having
repaired her, had employed her in the American trade.
The object of the bill was to obtain an account of the
profits of the adventure, and of the amount realised by
her sale. _ _ _

Mr. Wood and Mr. Hislop Clarke were heard in sup-
port of the exceptions.
The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bethell, and Mr. Follett,
were in support of the Master's finding.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
Before Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL and Justices
PATTESON, COLERIDGE, and WIGHTMAL)
LEFETRE V. CHAPPEL.

Mr. Sergeant SSSEE said, in this case, which was tried
before Mr. Justice Coleridge at the last sittings at
Guildhall, and in which a verdict was found for the de-
fendant, he had to move for a rule to show cause why a
new trial should not be had, on the ground of misdirec-
tion. The plaintiff, Mr. Lefevre, was a commission
agent, re:iding at Boulogne, who. having witnessed the
success of on opera called Le Prophete at Paris, and
hearing that the opera was about to be brought out in
London, was desirous of securing all the boxes and stalls
of the Italian Opera-house, in Covent-garden, on the
night on which the opera was to be performed, with the
view of making a profit by the transaction. The plain-
tiff accordingly wrote a letter to a person named
Merchant, in London, desiring him to see the mana-
ger of the Opera-house, and to engage all the
boxes and stalls that were in the market for that parti-
cular night. Merchant was called as a witness at the
trial, who deposed that he went in company with a per-
son named Goldsmid, to the box-office of the Italian
Opera-house, where they nut Mr. Chappel, the de-
fendant, who is a music seller, in Regent-street, and a
subscriber for a number of the boxes and stalls at the
Opera-house. Seeing Mr. Chappel, Mr. Goldsmid en-
tered into conversation with him, and introduced Mr.
Merchant to hire, who said to Mr. Chappel, " I be-
lieve I have the honour to speak to the manager of the
Opera." Mr. Chappel bowed his assent, whereupon Mr.
Merchant went on to say a friend of his had authorised
him to buy all the stalls, boxes, and tickets, for the night
on which the opera in question was to be performed, so
that there might be no opposition or competition in the
sale of the boxes or stalls. Some days before
the bargain was completed the defendant went
to the house of Merchant, and announced him-
self as the manager of the Opera, and represented
to Merchant that the Queen was expected to
attend the opera on the night when Le Prophite was to
be played. It was after that representation that the
bargain was concluded. Now the ground on which he
(Mr. Sergraut Shee) moved was, that it was stated by
the Learned Judge (Coleridge) at the trial to the jury,
that if the defendant did make the representation that
he was the manager of the Opera, the first question was
—was he not the manager in the sense in which it was
material for him to be so for this contract?" Now, the
fact was that the defendant was not the manager at all.
lie was a person carrying on the business of a music-
seller, and so far from being the manager of the Opera,
he was a competitor with the plaintiff in the sale of the
boxes and stalls, inasmuch as he had an office open in
Regent-street, for disposing of box and stall tickets for
the opera for the very night in question. Ile (Mr.
Sergeant Shee) submitted that Mr. Chappel, the frh fen
dant, made a fraudulent representation to Merchant, the
agent, in this transaction.
Lord CAMPBELL intimated that the Court would take
time to peruse the notes of the trial, and give their
decision on a future day.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Mora the LORD CHIEF BARON, and Barons PARKED
ROLFE, and PLATT.)
RENNIE AND ANOTHER V. CLARK.

Mr. BoTux applied in this cute, which was tried be-
fore the Lord Chief Baron at Guildhall, and in which a
verdict was found for the defendant, for a rule to show
cause why there should not be a new trial, on the ground
of misdirection, and of the verdict being against the
evidence. The action was brought by Sir John Rennie
and Mr. Remington, to recover 2,600 L, the balance of
an account of 5,000/. for engineers' expenses in respect
of a projected undertaking, called the East and West
Junction Railway, which was proposed to run from
Kidderminster to Hereford. An action had been previ-
ously brought against one of the provisional committee,
but it failed, in consequence of the defendant's liability
not being proved; and the present suit had since been
instituted against Mr. Clark, who was deputy-chair-
man of the company. The jury, it appeared,
found a verdict for the defendant, but they ac-
companied it by an expression of an opinion that
they thought the plaintiffs were entitled to their claim,
although it did not seem to them that the defendant was
personally liable as a member of the committee. There
was distinct evidence at the trial, not only of the em-
ployment of the plaintiffs by the company, and of their
having applied for and received various sums on account,
but that the company had abundant funds in hand to
pay the demand in full. It would seem that as much as
19,0001. had been received in the shape of deposits, and
that 9,0001. of it remained in possession of the banker
when the company was brought to an end. It further
appeared that the defendant was one of the directors
who bad control over those funds; and he suggested,
when the concern was broken up, that they should all
scramble for the 9,000/. That course, however, did not
meet with approval, and it was ultimately agreed that
the sum should be handed over to another company, of
which the defendant was a director. It was con-
tended, on the part of the plaintiff;, that the
defendant was liable, whether the company had funds
or not, but that he was, beyond all doubt
liable when there were ample funds iu hand to meet
every claira against the company. The answer set up to
this by the defendant was, that the plaintiffs were em-
ployed on the terms of being paid out of the deposits,
it there were any, and that they had consented to indem-
nify the directors from all responsibility. The plaintiff,
denied that they were employed on such an understand-
ing; but a resolution of the committee was produced,
which directed that the use al bond of indemnity should
be obtained from the solicitors and engineers. The plain-
tiffs objected to its reception on the ground that it was
agreed to in the absence of Sir Johu Rennie and Mr.
Remington, but the objection was overruled. An attempt
was then made to prove that the nature of the resolution
was communicated to the plaintiffs, but the evidence on
that point was of a contradictory nature. The Learned
Judge then left it to the jury to say whether the
defendant had joined the company on the under-
standing that he was not to be liable, but was
to be indemnified, and also whether the plientiffe
knew tLey were to be employed on the Leith of giving a
bond of indemnity. Mr. Bevil! now contended that
there was no proof of any indemnity being agreed to by

the plaintiffs, end that the direction of the Learned
judge was wrong in uot leavinr, it to the jury to :ay
whetter the defund;)nt had E u flick u t funds out of which

to pity the plai:,tiff,'
The Court took limo to comider the decision.

CO3IMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
:Sittings in Banco before Lord Chief Justice WILDE,
and Justices CRESSAVELL, WILLIAMS, and TALF,,LTX,D.)

The Court was occupied at great length this day with
the arguments in the case of " Smih, v. Hamilton.
This action, arising from circumstances which may
yet be in the memory of our readers, was one brought to
recover the amount of an insurance alleged to be due
to the plaintiff by the Sun Fire and Life Assurance
Office. The plaintiff was a draper and upholsterer,
having several shops in diflerent parts of London. One
of his shops at Islington was burnt down,
and the whole of the steck, consisting chiefly
of drarery goods, destroyed. Suspicions were
avowed at ti e time that the fire had not taken place
from Ilecidental causes, and when the plaintiff brought
his claim against the insurance company, they disputed
it, and the plaintiff brought an action to recover his in-
suranco, which was tried at Guildhall, in which the ver-
dtet was givrn for the defendants. A rule for a new
trial was moved-for, and obtained last term, and came
on for argument this day.
Mr. Sergeant Bytes appeared for the plaintiff and Mr,
Cockburn for the defendant.
The reading of the Judge's notes occupied a great
part of the morning.
The Court also sat at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice
Maine and a Common Jury, at the Sessions-house,
estminster, but no case of sufficient importance to
tlerit a report was brought before it.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
THE HALIFAX CORPORATION.
Sir F. THESIGER moved for a certiorari calling upon
the Town Council of the borough of Halifax to bring
up an order for the payment of a sum of money, for the
purpose of being quashed. The motion was made under
the 44th section of the 7th Will. IV. and lst Vic., chap.
48, which provided that any order of a Town Council
for the payment of money might be removed into this
Court. The order of the Town Council in question
confirmed the proceedings of their finance committee,
which, on the 22d of March, in the present year, di-
rected the treasurer of the borough to pay Mr. Wavil,
the Town Clerk, the sum of 961. 155., for professional
charges and disbursements, the particulars of which
were specified on the back of the order. Now, Mr.
Wavil was the Town Clerk, in receipt of a salary of
2501. per annum, and these costs and charges had been
paid to him in respect of certain proceedings for recover-
ing a borough-rate which the Town Council had directed
to be levied under the Municipal Corporations Act. It
was clear, therefore, that the services he had performed
came within his duties as Town Clerk, for which he re-
ceived the salary, and he was not entitled to ;hese ad-
ditional charges. There were two cases bearing
upon this point, the first was that of Thomas
v. the Mayor of Swansea, reported in the 12th
Law Journal Exchequer 73, and the second
that of Jones against the Corporation of Carmarthen,
reported in sth Meeson and Wailsby, page 83. In the
first of these cases it was decided that where a town-
clerk performed certain duties in pursuance of his office
he was not entitled to any remuneration othsr than that
embraced in his salary, unless there was a special con-
tract to the contrary ; while in the latter case, where
the town clerk was in receipt of a salary amounting to
one hundred gain( as a year, with a special contract that
he was to be paid fees for prosecuting or defending
actions at 1,,w, it was held that he was not entitled to
any additional remuneration for services he might per-
form as town clerk, other than those specified in the
special contract.
Mr. Justice ERIE said, if his recollection served him
rightly, in the first of these cases the town clerk was
receiving no salary at all, and yet it was held that as
there was no special contract for the purpose, he was
not entitled to receive any remuneration for the services
he performed as town clerk.
Sir FREDERICK THESIGER observed that, however hard

it might seem, that was the ruling of the Court, and he
believed it would effectually dispose of this case. There
were two technical points arising here that he thought
it right to mention to the Court. There was no minute
of this order on the books of the Town Council, as it
was made by the Finance Committee and confirmed by
the Council, while the minutes of the Council and the
Committee ss ere still in doubt, and had not yet been
transferred to the books. It had been held, however,
in the Corporation of Lichfield, that these omissions
could not stand in the way of quashing the order.
Mr. Justice ERLE.—You may take a rule to show
cause.—Rule nisi accordingly.

MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

MURDEROUS ASSAULT IN HYDE-PARK BY A GENTLE-
MAN.—Captain Conrad Montgomery, of No. 2, Ryder-
street, St. James's, was brought before Mr. Bingham,
charged with violently assaulting Mr. Thomas Rolt, a
gentleman well known in the sporting world, by striking
him over the head with a life preserver.
The complainant, in consequence of the dangerous na-
ture of the injuries he had received, was unable to attend.
Mr. Bodkin appeared for the defendant, and a solici-
tor attended to watch the case for the prosectition.
The solicitor for the prosecution said his client was so
severely injured that he was unable to attend. The
constable who saw the whole transaction was in court,
and, after hearing his evidence, he proposed to apply to
have the case adjourned to a future day, but would offer
no objection to the defendant being admitted to bail.
Davis, 46 A, deposed that about twenty minutes to six
on Sunday evening be was on duty in Hyde-park, near
Apsley House, when he saw a scuffle between two gen-
tlemen, the defendant and another, whom he ascertained
to be a Mr. Rolt. He saw the defendant strike Mr.

Itolt with the loaded stick produced, and knock his hat
off. Defendant then took hold of the stick by the small
end with both hands, and hit Mr. Rolt over the right
eye, from which the blood flowed in torrents. He was in
the act of striking Mr. Rolt again, when witness went
up and said to defendant, " My gracious, what are you
about? you have nearly killed the gentleman already."
Witness then caught hold of defendant's arm to
prevent him from striking Mr. Rolt. Defendant then
said, " Oh, you know nothing about it. Ho struck me
first, and I have not finished with him yet." Witness
then wrenched the stick from his hands and threw it on
the ground. He then procured assistance, and after
handing defendant to the charge of another constable,
conveyed Mr. Rolt to St. George's Hospital, where his
wounds were dressed. Witness added that he produced
the surgeon's certificate, stating that no immediate
danger was to be apprehended from the injuries Mr.
Rolt was suffering under.
Mr. Bodkin, on the part of the defendant, said that
his client was walking in Hyde-park on the previous
evening, and that there being some difference between
him and Mr. Rolt, he (defendant) on meeting with that
gentleman was accosted by him in very bad and foul
language, and having with him the stick produced, his
client, unfortunately, in an unguarded moment, struck Mr.
Rolt with that weapon. He (Mr. Bodkin) did not think
it necessary to call any witnesses on the pre-
sent occasion, as the case would no doubt be remanded.
The question was now the amount of bail.
Mr. BINGHAM said it was a case he could not dispose of
himself, as he thought it a case for the Quarter Sessions;
but there being no complainant present he could not do
that now. As to the question of bail, he would accept two
sureties in 1001. each, and the defendant in 1001., to:
his appearance on Monday next.
Bail was immediately procured, and defendant left the
court with his friends.

KIDDERMINSTER ELECTION
C MMITTE E. —( THIS DAY.)
The Committee appointed to try the merits of the
petition presented against the return of Mr. Best for
the borough of Kidderminster re-assembled at the usual
hour this morning; Mr. Bouverie in the chair.
The Committee were engaged the whole of the morn-
ing receiving evidence of agency which presented no
feature of general interest.

THE AMERICAN MAILB.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.
—The British and North American Royal Mail steamer
Canada, Captain Harrison, sailed for Halifax and Boston this
forenoon: she had the weekly mails for Canada and the
United States, besides a number of passengers on board.
The next incoming steamer, Europa, is expected on Sunday
night week, but it is probable some of the packet ships may
anticipate her arrival and bring a few days' later intelligence.

MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MB. G. E. ARSON.-
A meeting has been held at Sudbury to adopt measures for
erecting a memorial to the late Mr. G. E. Anson, when it was
resolved that the clesestory windows of the church of }lan-
bury, the parish in which Mr. Anson resided, should be re-
stored and illuminated for that purpose.—John Bull.

THE MURDER OF MARY ANNE PARSONS.—After
a long inquiry into the case of Mary Ann Parsons, the ma-
gistrates have committed both the prisoners, Mr. and Mrs.
Bird, to be tried at the assizes for a felonious assault on the
deceased. The evidence produced at the examination of the
prisoners was in substance the same as that on the trial
before Mr. Justice Talfourd. The proceedings were adopted
at the desire of the Government, Mr. Harvie stating that he
had received his instructions from one of the Government
solicitors. Mr. Jennings, who appeared for the prisoners,
said, the charge was precisely the same for which they had
been tried and acquitted at Exeter, and complained that it
was by the remarks which appeared in the Times upon Mr.
Justice Talfourd that the public attention had been excited,
and the Government induced to take the present course.

Lord John Russell gave a grand banquet on
Saturday evening, at his mansion in Chesham-place, to the
following Members of the Lower House :—The Hon. William
F. Campbeil, the Hon. C. Skeffington Clements, Sir Harry
Verney, Captain Fordyce, Mr. John H. Talbot, Mr. Simeon,
Mr. 13. Sheridan, Mr. R. D. Mangles, Mr. A. Hastie, Mr.
Torrens M•Cullagh, The O'Gorman Mahon, Mr. Tenison,
and Mr. Compton Stansfield. The family circle comprised
the Noble Premier, Lady John Russell, and Lady Harriet
Elliot.

MIDDLE TEMPLE.—CALLS TO THE BAR.—The
undermentioned gentlemen, called to the degree of the Utter
Bar o❑ Friday last, were sworn in at the Middle Temple Hall
on Saturd Augustus Edgar Burch, Esq.; Simms Reeve,
Esq ; Henry Jesse!, Esq. ; James Lister Smith, Esq. ; and
Charles Locock Webb, Esq.

vv
CURE FOR THE WHOOPING COUGH.—" I know,"
said one of my parishioners, " what would cure him, but
m'appen you wouldent believe me."—" What is it, Mary ?"
I asked.—" Why, I did everything that everybody told me.
One teld me to get him breathed on by a piebald horse. I
took him ever such a way, to a horse at —, and put him
under the horse's mouth, but he was no better. Then I was
teld to drag him backward through a bramble bush. I did
so, but this did'nt cure him. Last of all, I was teld to give
him nine tried mice, fasting, in a morning, in this way—
three the first morning; then wait three mornings, and then
give him three more; wait three mornings, and then give
him three more. When he had eaten these nine fried mice,
he became quite well. This would be sure to cure your
child, Sir."—Notes and Queries.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Verdi's opera I Lombardi was revived at this
theatre on Saturday evening for the debut of the cele-
brated tenor Signor Baucardi, who, as Oronte, has
achieved a triumph which at once places hire in the
very first rank of tenors. Before he had sung a
dozen notes his success was complete, and the ap-
plause which, on his entering, was rather faint, be-
came enthusiastic when he completed his first cadenza.
His voice is a pure tenore di forza, combining
most passionate expression with a peculiarly telling
effect. The tones seem to flow without any apparent
exertion on his part, and he sung the whole of the
music in a pure chest voice, without once having re-
course to the falsetto, and without reaching the ex-
treme points of either his upper or his lower register.
Never was the register of any tenor more even, and
never did any singer infuse more impassioned expres-
sion into his tones than did Signor Baucardi. As a
proof of the compass and quality of his voice we may
mention that he sung B in alt in his voce di petto with pure
tone and perfectly in tune. In the last act he came
out in full force and elicited a rapturous encore by
his manner of singing the duet, " Oh I Belle a questa
misers," with Madame Giuliani; at the conclusion of
the duet, both artistes were recalled. His perform-
ance with Giuliani and Coletti, in the concluding trio,
fairly took the house by storm. He was applauded to
the echo, called on to repeat the scene, and at the con-
clusion was again called before the audience (as he
had been frequently during the course of the opera),
and greeted with the most enthusiastic
plaudits; a more triumphant or a more deserved suc-
cess than that of Signor Baucardi it is scarcely possible
to imagine. Madame Giuliani was an interesting
Giselda; her execution of the aria "Non far Sogna"
was highly artistic. Coletti as Pagano was, as usual,
magnificent. He was the original Pagano, and none
other has as yet approached him in that character.
The fine unisonous chorus "Componi o cara vergine"
• was superbly rendered, and was rapturously encored;
indeed the manner in which the choruses were given
throughout reflects the highest credit on Signor
Felice Ronconi, the chorus master of the establish-
ment, as does the admirable manner in which the
music was performed on Mr. Balfe, and his most effi-
cient and excellent orchestra. Between the acts of
the opera, Carlotta Grisi and M. Charles danced the
Truandaise ; and in the ballet of Les Plasirs
which followed, Madlle. Amalia Ferraris danced her
new pas to perfection, and was applauded to the echo.