The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-23 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 23.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the Lord
Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.)
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY V. BRETT.

This case, which commenced on Thursday, was pro-
ceeded with yesterday. The relative scientific de-
tails of both patents were gone into with considerable
minuteness, and at great length on the part of the plain-
tiff, with the view of proving that the principal points
of Messrs. Brett's patent were identical with those of
the Electric Telegraph Company, and that Messrs. Brett
had infringed on the specifications of the Electric Tele-
graph Company.
The case was not concluded when the Court rose.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 22.
(Before the CHIEF COMMIsSIONER.)
IN RE FRANCES DAVIDGE.

The case of Mrs. Daidge, which was reported in our
paper on Tuesday, was again heard to-day. Creditors
omitted from the schedule had consented to waive notice.
Some further inquiries were made of Mrs. Davidge re-
specting her wardrobe, when she declared that all she
had possessed had been valued at 51. 17s. Her triends
bad supplied her with clothes.
Mr. LEWIS (Lewis and Lewis) applied for an allow-
ance out of the charitable fund at the disposal of the
Court. The bill was taxed at 271.

The CHIEF COMMISSIONER thought the Act did not
contemplate such a case.
Mr. LEWIS said, if the fund was intended for persons
in poverty, then this was the case.
His HONOUR discharged the insolvent, and gave leave
to Mr. Lewis to renew the application for an allowance
when there were funds in Court.

Mr. Greathead, a cheesemonger, was named assignee,
with the view to adopt ulterior proceedings for the
creditors.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT,—AppIy, Feb. 20.
The Judges having attended Divine service at ten
o'clock, immediately afterwards proceeded to court.
The calendar in the Crown Court contained the names
of fourteen prisoners, one of whom was charged with
shooting at Lord Lonsdale's gamekeeper with intent to
murder him, five with night poaching, and the rest with
larceny. There were also two road indictments.
Tha cause list contained two cases.
Mr. Baron Alderson sat for a short time in the Civil
Court, and disposed of the road indictments, which
were settled.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
Isaac Johnson, a respectable looking young farmer,
was charged with having, on the night of the 24th of
December last, whilst in pursuit of game in the lands of
the Right Hon. William Earl of Lonsdale, fired a gun
at Robert Orphan, gamewatcher, with intent to murder
him or do him some grievous bodily harm, to prevent
his lawful apprehension.
Mr. James and Mr. Hodgson prosecuted, and Mr.
Overend defended the prisoner.
The prosecutor, who appeared with a bsadage and
green shade over his eyes. stated what took place on the
night in question. He and other watchers were fillovr-
ing five poachers, when one of them turned round and
took aim at him. The dress of this man the prosecutor
described. Ile was hit on the left leg, the arms, the
left eye, and the neck, and lost the sight of his aye from
the effects.
Thomas Simpson, one of the poachers, identified Isaac
Johnson as tho party who fired the shot.
Other witnesses corroborated Simpson's statement.
Mr. OVEREND then addressed the jury for the de-
fence, contending that the evidence, without that of the
accomplice, did not fix the prisoner as the person who
fired the gun; and that, if he were to be believed, the
gun went off by accident.
His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury found the
prisoner Guilty.
He was sentenced to be transported f,er fifteen years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

William John Richard Smith, formerly a clerk in the
Admiralty, and Chinks Niblett, his servant, were
brought before Mr. Jardine, for final examination,
charged with obtaining the sum of .531. 125., by means
of forged document, purporting to be signed by the
Secretary to the Governor of Ceylon, for the passage
and sustenance of distressed British seamen to tins
country. Another young man, named Boucher, who
had been charged on suspicion as being concerned with
Smith, in whose company he was apprehended, siso
peared on his recogniznices, but he was ordered to be
discharged before the case was proceeded with against
the other prisoners.

Mr. SwEiinson, assistant•solicitor to the Admiralty,
attended to conduct the prosecution, and Mr. Solomon
appeared for the prisoners.
It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses,
that previous to the discharge of Smith from his situa-
tion for misconduct in April, 1847, part of his duty
was to inquire into the claims made by the masters
of vessels for the maintenance of distressed sea-
men in being conveyed to this country, by
which means he was acquainted with the signa-
tures of go►ernors, consuls, and other officials in the
colonies, in addition to the forms required for the pay-
ment of such claims. On the 15th instant the prisoner
Niblett called at the Admiralty fur the papers of Walter
Bevis, an agent, for which he was requested to call again,
under the pretence that the bill was not made out, and
being followed by Thornton, a detective officer, he was
seen to join Smith, who appeared to be waiting for him,
in Chancery-lane, and after they had separated Smith
was apprehended, and subsequently the other, who said
he was merely his servant, and acted under his direction
in calling for such documents at the Admiralty, without
being aware that any fraud was practised by him; after
which thirty-seven letters were found upon him from his
master, who had taken a house at Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
ten of which related to the present transaction. The
whole of the documents were fictitious, and searching
Smith's house a large book, which was an official record
belonging to the Admiralty-office, was found, containing
the genuine orders and signatures of officials in the colo-
nies for such claims.

Mr. JARDINE, on looking over the several letters, was
of opinion that they went to show that the prisoner
Niblett was kept in ignorance of his employer's proceed-
ings; and after the necessary evidence was given Ito
prove the forgeries, &c., they were committed to New-
gate for trial, the prisoner Niblett being allowed to put
in bail to answer the charge.
The prisoners were again charged with attempting to
commit a similar fraud by means of an order purporting
to bo made by the consul at Canton, dated the 16th Sep-
tember, on the request of the master of the Wanderer,
named James Sinclair, with the necessary certificate and
other documents, which were received by post, including
a declaration purporting to be made before William Ray-
mond, a magistrate at Liverpool, respecting ten dis-
tressed seamen, landed at that port on the ,23d January,
ho having assisted them 130 days each, the required en-
dorsement, to pay the amount of 651. due thereon to
Walter Bevis, being made.
Mr. Frederick Dawson, secretary to the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, said—The fiats for the Lan-
cast.r county magistrates and the Liverpool borough
magistrates are prepared by me, and having examined
the records, I can find no such names as Maenamara or
Raymond, which are attached to both the declarations,
as acting in such capacity in that town.
Mr. John Bezer, a clerk in the Custom-house at Liver-
pool, said—l have examined the registry of all vessels
passing, and registered as belonging to that port, arid I
could not find such vessels RS those named in the decla-
ration, or the maJters, as having entered at the dates in
question. .

Tba prisoners having declined saying anything in
their defence, were then cotnrnititd f4a.
The prisoner Smith was next charged. with stealing
the book which wa coutat in his aid it
identified as belonging to the Admiralty
connected with that estatitishment, hs, was c,:inelitto,lf,r

ASYLUM FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND oF THE
JEWISH PERSUASION.—Chi Thuriday the annivers,Tr
ball in aid or the funds of this imititntiott took place at
Willis's Room:;, King-sti:eet, St. Jaulea's. A large num-
ber of people were a5,en3131.1 on the occasion, and the
result of t.h 9 entertainment aopearcd to be highly satis-
factory to the corapsuy as well as hew:fit:la! -to the in.-
itilutiva.

'THE (._7f.IU.NTII "V MARKETS.
WAKEFIELD, FEE. 22.—The supplies this week
moderate. There is an inactive trade in wheat, and pr!..
remain as last week. Barley sells slowly at late rates.
demand for oats and shelling is in retail, and prices easier.
Beans is per quarter lower.

New.
WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel : s. S•
~...to r
Sutloik,Essex, and Kent, red ... 39 to 42
Ditto, white ... 44 46
Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 36 —39
Ditto, white ... ... 40 44
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 36 38
Ditto, white ... 39 —43 ---
Yorkshire, red .., :44 37
Ditto, white ... 38 42
Dautzie and Konigsburg, white .. 42 43
Lowerßaltic and ,H.amburgh, red... :37 :39
Mediterranean, red ... •.. ... 30
34
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels :
Norfolk and '2l 27
Lincolnshire e.nd Yorkshire 23 26 `
Scotch
Grinding per ..U. 2
stone- 220 -- :j5
2
3
Foreign 21 24
BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631b:— ..-30
Small, fine 27 —2B -n
__ 29
Ticks 2 t
nio 7 29
Foreign 24 26
OATS, per stone:— 01
Mealing . 71d to 81(1 --
Feeding „. od to 8d b
to 9d
Foreign ... 7d to 8d 83
SHELLING, per load of 2611 b ... 20 21...-
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 33 35 --
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter :
Blue and white boilers
Grey and Feed

01,1.1.
8.

26 - 30
.23- 27 ""'"

ARRIVALS.
I
Wheat ... Qrs.
11.620
Barley ... „ 3 512
1,12'
Beans... 1,338
Peas ••• ••• •-• 2681
Tares ...
report Be rsaT
very
yStitruclia
situ g
aarfAmeaer
keeTt,,
and the
th2e2.
sales—W es i
rhave outrirliliceati
report, which are rather unimportant,have been again at,Psalas
rather in favour of the buyer. The refined market
very quiet. In rum no sales are reported.—Bristo/ tifereucrloo
EXETER, FEB. 22.—The supply of cattle has been Ai
floe,
usual so soon after the fair, and that of Sheep but alejnnts‘
We notice no variation in the price of cattle from the q sd;
Lions given at the fair. Sheep have sold well—fat ewes' few
wethers, shd; and small prime nether., 6d per :IN fobs
lambs were offered, which sold dear, 22s to 23s each fee hos
Bete
but
weighing from 28 to 301bs being the quotation.
calves, od to 6d per lb. Pork Carcases—The supply 75,,0rk
moderate, rather less than last week ; prices for got.d to 6s
were, however, rather firmer. Large coarse pigs, 5," fi-S 6d le
per score ; ordinary quality, 6s to 6s 6d ; goods core, -
7s ; and a very few prime pigs brought 75 6d per score. is, 2,1
nier—Geese, Sc to 65 each ; ducks, 4s 6d to 5s ; 1s Ara
9d to 4s; galenas, 5s to 6s per couple; butter, le t-,,ssips
eggs, 16 to 18 for Is ; potatoes, 9d to 10d per score ; P".„,,ttre
and carrots, :ills for 2d; onions, 1 per lb. Rough Fflart2s per
quote no alteration to-day, the price being 3d per lb., Woo
stone here, and 2s Id per stone in the London markets' the
—We note no alteration in prices, which continue firalc'ehig
holders refusing to sell under bid per lb. Seeds-11,4e,
vetches, 6s ; peas, 4s Gd to Sc per bushel. Corn k;1,1,-- bat
one o'clock—Although the market has been well attende d the
little business has been done, the holders of wheat enlic, is
millers being unable to come to terms. Farmers genet's_ s,ceor
aonsequence of the improvement at Mark-lane and other goo
asks 5s 3d per bushel for warranted samples, but the serf
steadily refuse to buy on these terms, and up to this tiresiting
little has been done at from 5s to 5s lid per bushel; hohel;
barley is 3s to 3s 2d per bushel ; oats, Is 10d to 25 Per
fine flour, 28s to 29s per sack. 6d. rel
WETHERBY, FEB 21.—White wheat 155 6d to 171,a, qr.;
ditto 13s Gd to 15s 6d per load ; barley 23s to 263 Pe
beans lus to 133 per load ; oats 7id to 9d per stoat, , beta.
KNARESBOROUGH, FEB. 20.—Wheat 45 Gd to 55 e",;ott to
35 6d to 4s 3d per bushel; barley 2ls to 275; oats
16s per qr. 5s 33;
6cl to,. 04;
NORTHALLERTON, FEB. 20.—Wheat, white, 6,:t to 4'
red 4s lid to 4s 9d ; oats Is 6d to 2s 3d ; beans 3s
barley 2s 9d to 3s Od per bushel. ditto
Riron, FEB. 21.—White wheat 4s 9d to 5s bar 3d,
ley "-
f'.0;100
4s 3d to ss; beans 3s 6d to 4s 3d per bushel;
to
265; oats 14s to 21a per qr. Oa. wbt
SCARBOROUGH, FEB. 21.—Red wheat 4s 3d to 55 , ' white
ditto 4s 9d to 5s 6cl per 5 stones ; black oats hid to 7'rindieg
ditto 7d to 8d per stone ; malting barley 19s to 215, Oa"!30s t°
ditto 17s to 196 per qr. of 32 stones; superfine
335, seconds ditto, 245 to 27s per sack of 20 stones. lived 39
BANGOR, FEB. 18.—Wheat, best home grown, re 4 to gtiS ;
to 405; barley, confined only to a retail character? 195 le, gos
oats stationary, 13s to 14s ; oatmeal was very dull °I is
to 21s per 24011,1. 4e,„,,ssr.
I.l...siscersiz, FEB. 21.—Wheat, from 38s to 4-n 3 erl
her!
ter ; barley, 20s to 2111 ; oats, 125 6d to 13s. Bute
-.-Beef, 3d to 4d; mutton, 5d to sa.;veal, 3d to 4d r fob
butter, lld to 12d per lb.
LLANRWST, FEB. 19.—The following are the 7;0 0;
able
oat'
o
quotations :—Wheat, Ils to 13s 6d; barley, 7, t
meal, 103; potatoes, 6s per hobbet; butter (fresh) II
I I!, 6, 6ci
beef, 3d to sd; mutton, 5d to 6d per lb.
DENBIGH, FEB. 20.—Wheat, 12s to 13s Od; her-oe; to la.
to 7s 6d ; oats, 4s to 5s ; peas, beans, and „who
per hobbet ; fresh butter, 11d; salt ditto, 7id per lb' were
RUTHIN, FEB. 18.—The average prices of e,,,eeP, Is
follows :—wheat, 12s 6d to 13s 4d ; barley, 65u" -°
_,.e.
oats, 4s to As per hobbet; fresh butter, is per lb. t to•Y"'"
MOLD, FEB. 20.—A fair attendance at the mark follow
•
but business not very brisk. Average prices of grain elm; Pe.
—Wheat, 12. to 13s; barley, 6s 6d to 7s; oats, 4° ping
t°
tatoes from 7s 6d to 95 per hobbet.
INVERNESS, FEB. 19.—Wheat, per quarter, ''',o'oo.;
621 b per bushel, 36s to 38s • new ditto, ditto, Oi
'
old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per buli
41;fh P,ilier
to Otis; new ditto, ditto, Ot.ts to 00s ; °lts' 145
bushel, 153 to 16s Od. Oatmeal, per imperials to QO5;
second, 133 ; barleymeal, peasemouP seeecu, al;
per at 6d; first flour, per 280Ib, 34a to 36 to Os
28s; oatmeal, best, per stone of 14lb impertal9 is first pat,
second, Is 2d; barleymeal, is 2d; peasemeal, ls Itel; • Yeti
2s 4d cash, 2s td credit; secono, 23 cash, 2s 3d credit. ,
toes, per stone, 4id to 5d ; beef, per pound, 4tl to 7411, to
yid '"
to 6d ; mutton, 4d to 7d ; pork, Z3d to sd; fowls,
I4d ; chickens, per pair, 16d to 18d ; ducks, eacbib, 7a. sa
000afd : eggs, par dozen, Gd to Od; butter, fresh, Per r. Fos!,
1
8d; salt, 9d to 10d ; croudie (curds) Od to Od ; fe°,4lt, 9'l
cash, 5d to 6d, credit, sid to bid; coals, per
hay, per stone, Brl to 9d.

Rapeseed ••• -•• 1,690
Shelling ...
Linseed .. ••• •
Malt ... ••• • •
Flour ... ••• •• •••

Carr's Hartle
15s 6d Kelloe ................. "'' Os
yCOAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. pi. Do
East Adairs Blain l3B 6d!South Hartlepool ..... 175 °,l
Hasting's Hartley...., l5B 6d West Hetton ............. Os A
Ord's Redheugh
ItavenswortlesW.Hart 15s 6tl Maclean's Tees ........ ' 176 od
Townley lss tidlSouth Durham .••••• 210 6,1
s% est Hartley los 9d Birchg.Graigola,"''. 155 4
0
Wall's End, &c.
Brown's ..
15s 6d Derwentwaterthirt" 146 6d
Braddyll
Hetton , lBs Gdli-lartley ...... ..... ••• • on
191 Od Sidne) 's Hartley ••• '4lB.
Lam bton
Hartlepool l9s Od

STOCKI lIELx cltko YE
. -- -s c
(.1
tiTtee 16d1;13:ap, r- trlFi:ceEek; :13t Ob-fian.ly42l:vrn.:s::„
Hoch :13 d care,
and but few sales tra7
Great Western, Quarters, closed at 15% Lean very
ir)21all1 N
shown
Hess STionc
our Esxt co I:
kA NL OiEV.
Exchange-1' e"t hate L-d
to-day.
3,
.iz had 2:-: v. ery "'lv T" '''
trifling 1/1191: \
a tendency to decline, and t.he Im)raicreksetgcell3°seefrodsll6oetr:' ijrol
at the quotations. The transactions were As Dlt '
Halves
shi(rea and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths, 7'5A; clitsliclig4
644 dai sn. (—I 15:0.)n,d(2,1141/2a—London
Union), die.
NewNuart 8 Quarters, s. 9d. p.—Midland, Halves, 24
Western, 62—East Lancashire, 10.
MANCLIESTER, FEB. 22. II to-cis°
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market was dt..
5001
wereand pariecefsolhioawd:tdEoawstnwLaarndcatesnhdireen,cy,.76_TEhedintbrildi:ll....
Glasgow, 27A—Lancashire arid Yorkshire, Fifths, 7 if: iooi I 1 b
London and North-Western, Manchester and 1316 dis."'
Ditto,
Quarters (C), 11-16 p.—North Staffordshire, ' 1°
a 0.
South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Thirds,
BIRMINGHAM, _ ...l%'iy•ftebsgter(t.l‘,Vl,.9B--__Voiretittl
Scrip, 6 3-16.
22. extreto°l4
the London and North-Western
STOCK EXCe-lANOn.—The share market WO . .n 36014
quiet to-day. Great anxiety was evinced in anticiforiviall
steady. dividend.F . Prices c

land, 19—York,. Newcastle,YOßK, FEB.
. 0
21. Ware .(1.
folBlorwoc.fGEXCHANGE.—The transactions to•da.g_..rb SI
reat Northern, 6/. Bs. 9d.—York and ou4".6%ten"
(New
bA•
sion), 10—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, prof
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hearing of the wonderful cures effected by with gto di:tell,
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BIRTHS.
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Scott Murray, of a daughter. , ~„iptou: 0000
On the 20th inst., at Vere-lodge, Old PrvA—deisiotet
of J. B. Graham, is q , of Prospect-house'''.
Australia, of a son.
On the 20th inst., the wife of Uvedale C°l.
a son.
On the 20 h inst., at Clifton, the wife o
Tunbridgebett; ;c1:1;14°:
Walford, ALA., late assistant master of
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of a son. Bfre• l'redi
On the 21st inst., at Fulham,
On the 21st inst, at Torrington-square*
IS.
Slier
Pollock, of a son,
the lady Of
W.
pard, Esq., of a daughter. 11.
MARRIED.
~., h're. Wilirilstoo
On the 20th inst , at West-park, wont° _i taiu IA titer
Stewart, Command.er R.N.. eldest son of
Gtb4oolY d6ug
S:ewart, R.N. C. 13., to Catherine Elizabeth,
adios,
of • the late E. 'Coote, Esq., of West-park.
Church, I'llWe°'
Ou die 2lst inst , at te Holy Trinity
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second son of Robert Townley Parker, E.(1.111d daughirtba
Lancashire, to Jud'th Caroline Augtstt,°s.ovvriv,
the late Jones Pantos, Esq , jun., oi f I.
county of Anglesey.

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On the 17th inst., at the Rectory, Bridge Caster._ -, 0.
Stamford, Henry C. Atlay, F.,,,q., eldest syn of the toy
Atlay. ..- nteOnt
On the Elth ins',, at Welwyn, Hertfordshire, 1,0)--
C. C. Powell. It.'.si-.' wife °I
On th,, 1;"th ia.t., at Amothill. I3ed;, Sinnetta, the
the Rev. W. C. C. B ritinck, aged 29.
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11. .. Aged 7: . f rater-
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