The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-12 00:00:00

THE SUN,

most vigorous and decisive measures to counteract the
evil effects of any such interested opposition. Con-
scious that Mr. FIELD might be prejudiced in favour
of " the offspring of his own mind," they have sought
for the evidence of impartial and indifferent witnesses,
whose opinions cannot be supposed to be in any de-
gree unduly biassed in favour of the new system of
jurisprudence. For that purpose, Mr. JAMES
STUART, the eminent barrister, to whose indefatigable
exertions in the great cause of legal reform, it has
repeatedly been our pleasing duty to direct the public
attention, waited upon the American Minister, and
obtained his cordial co-operation in endeavouring to
ascertain the true state of public opinion with re-
spect to the great legal revolution which had been
effected. A series of interrogatories have been pre-
pared, which will, through Mr. LAWBANCEI
be extensively circulated in the state of New York,
and placed in the hands of persons whose position
and experience may enable them to return useful
answers thereto. These questions are directed to the
points of most vital importance in every well-consti-
tuted system of jurisprudence, viz., to discover
" whether the new system had given facilities for
bringing a cause speedily and clearly before the con-
sideration of the Judge, and what obstacles still
remained before a case could be decided solely on its
merits ? (23.) Whether the practical working of the
code had shortened the time of litigation in each suit ?
(39.) As to the alteration in the scale of expenses,
whether it had diminished the incomes of professional
men in a greater proportion than it had diminished
their labour ? And, finally, whether having regard
to the difficulties under the new course of proceed-
ing, the respondent desired a return to the old
system ?" It is hoped that by means of the
assistance thus obtained the society may
be in a position to bring the subject before Parliament
before the termination of the approaching session.
It is, perhaps, too much to anticipate that any legis-
lation on the subject could take place next year.
Extensive reforms of any description are plants of
slow growth, that must be long agitated and kept
before the public ere they can be attained. But
those relating to the improvement of the principles
and practice of the law must necessarily be the most
tedious and the most difficult of attainment of any.
When we consider the time that the ameliorations
already effected have taken to accomplish, we must
not venture to indulge in too sanguine anticipations
as to the period at which the laudable objects of the
society may be carried into execution. The first
stop has, however, been taken, and if we credit
the old adage, half the task is already per-
formed. We are convinced that the society which
has so boldly entered upon the path will not be di-
verted from their course, or induced to loiter on the
way. There will be no cessation of labour until the
duty is fully and efficiently performed, and until it
has been distinctly shown whether the new system
is really so desirable as it appears to be ; and whether
the theory, apparently so unobjectionable, can be
safely and beneficially reduced into practice.

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LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 12.—Wind at noon S.W., light Ili"'
and dull hazy weather.
::CILLY, DEC. 9.—Wind S.E., strong.—Arrd. 11,4
Duccan, Frost, Quebec, leaky, making 2 feet crater pa
hour; Amphitrite, Ahrends, Rio Janeiro.
SWANSEA, DEC. 11.—Wind S,S.E.—Arrd. Mary Rid"
ii',. Fairish, Cuba.
QUEENSTJWN, DEC. 10.—Wind S., strown—Arici.
Sc s ton, M'Conochie, Rio Janeiro aid Falmouth.
SLIGO, DEC. 10. —Wind S.—Arrd. London, Itirkilv
trick, St. John's, New Brunswick.
SHIELDS, DEC. 11.—Wind
S.S..—SIII. noon, St.
Andrew's, New Brunswick.i
elite to
CHRISTIANSAND, Nov. 27.—The Te:cgraph• damage,
Leith, which put into Arendal Ist in,taut, wit's
is leaky, and must discharge. bees
HEWANA, Nov 18.—A French barque hag
wrecked on the Colarado Reefs.
CREDCAR, DEC. 11.—The Fear Nc t has got off alOre'
and proceede
SAND,aHRISTIA Nov. 27.—The Charlotte, Goth
burg to Grimsby, has put into Arendal, l„ky, and Doi;
discharge.
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, Nov. 27.—Very heavi Plan!!
with snow were experienced along this coast, 2151 —ed
23d inst.—The Lady Ogle, for Jamaica, has been toga
in, dismasted; the Stanley, Pictou to Phil‘delPhijilL's
in yesterday, leaky; the Shamrock, PfiLCO Euff'. Oar
Island to England, is on shore at Bailey Brook, 11`,
p
ictou; the Speed, from Vera Cruz, is on shore v
Carriboo Island. ali.
OFF MARGATE—Au gusto Langenbergb, 11311110.
DEAL, DEC. 11.—Wind S.'W. to S.S.W.--Atr,,,,gon,
Worthy, Nicol, Calcutta; Baracoa, Jamaica ; la'-'O..
ditto; Tore Cringle, St. ',Tag de Cu ha St. Croix, Bla
San Francisco; Dido, Trinidad. diem.—The tie,
k lied. Honduras. Arrived the ;River ,Abyasilli°'
London to Adelaide, South Australia, has
—The Fl°rene ',
not aril cl
as reported yy. ilb
DOTEesterda 1 Henning, Frankl

__,R.. Ha
—Carl and Heinric._ -
New York, for mb urgh,
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind S.S.E. ~
Browne, Child, Philadelphia; Goliah, Slater, Bell'a,3d,
Sld. Fanny, Philadelphia ; City of Ghlegew ste Da?
ditto; De Witt,
Clinton, New York ; Parliament, iv
ton. Off port, Hindu°, Calcutta. Tha CreroTl'Aps•
name to San Francisco, has been condemned a't into
pulco. The Sarah, Mobile to this port, ha 3 Pu wg'
Portlands_e Maine with loss of sails and
rudder ePvtl
- _., in a gale, Nov. 5, off Cape Sable. —A.rrd. J
bo.
of d fr°43,
NEWHAVEN, DEC. 11.—The S alloW, ---a„lir ' ",
fPlymouth to Hull, went on shore wto the wes';"„:", di; is
'°`
og, this morning, but got off after discharg—'' part
Ashley watt
cargo.
LONDONDERRY, DEC 10 The Lord Asll,-',. r
here yesterday evening, making four to five leelw Wel'
every twenty-four hours. The Princess Rqa"ii ling
pool to the Brazils, has come up here, very lesl',.:
struck on a rock off the Maidens, and will dot C a
TROON, DEC. 11.—The Moetcalm, of n'l4,lfgatsetr'•°° ~15
shore at Lady Island, and came off making
. 'MIDDLEBOROUGH, DEC. 11.—The Tar, of Whit*Trifiv
in contact, off the Humber, 3d inst., with 11,15rg°;:t ca
steamer, and received damage; the mate and boy
board the latter. d ILlirie
SHOREHAM,
DEC. 11.—Wind 5.E.......Arr-.
Hans, Musch, Onega. c .-ArrciA'
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind S.E. to So°. Ann el 3"
Her Majesty's' ship Waterwitch, Africa; til.uTani lige'
Sarah, from Sunderland, has arrived here with prince
from contact, sth inst., off the Dudgeon, with tired bete
Albert, of Yarmouth. H.M.S. Waterwitch errre-, Sit
from
Sierra Leone has on board the crew c''' the
Robert Peel, wrecked at Bonavista. Bte',
'
WEYMOUTH.—Arrd. Alacrity, Loudon for Gloucester'
leaky. eiltlifl'
Pia:am:r-
. A.—Ski. Her Majesty's ship liar'
Sierra Leone.

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MARKET NEWS.—(TIIIS
lATC-lITE AND LEADzwilf.ls-,,,,'
Very little business was transacted iu these l3el
.v
to-day, and prices were with difficulty suPP°ripe, 236"
from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 6,1 i tease,
to 3s 4J; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per 81bs by the
'""78. ,Cleverr
rrrin ELD.—Meado
En w Hay, 2/ 8s to 311;,r Wu'
31 Os to 41 ; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 63 11
Supply good, and trade dull. 3j igs
C UMBE aLAND. Meadow Hay 21 85 t° r load.
Clover, 3/ 03 to 4103; and Straw, 1/ Os to 11 s4thPee,ooo
Both Hay and Straw moved off heavily, t“
quotations. 3/ os;
WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 65 to
A full WO.
Clover, 310 s to 4125; and Straw, 1/ Os to Ws per
average supply, end a dull trade..
ti)t)
MEAT IVEILIMETS
of st°evs.,lo SOUTHALL, DEC. 11.—For each kind
supplyb at which was good, the demand ruled be3n.:10(1;
barely last week's prices. Beef from 33:f -5
6a
Mutton, 3s to 4s; Veal, Os to 3s 4d; Pork, ti) 31
per 81bs to sink the offals.lo.
ROMFORD, DEC. 11.— Our market has rule- fierdovilv
active to day, and the quotations have tende,(l, to 49;
ward:—Beefe from 2s 10d to 3s tid; Muttool '" r 800,
Suckling
al. 2s 10d to 35 6d; Pork, 2s 8d to 3s Su Pe; Pigs'
Calves 18s to 245; and Quarter old
16e to 203 each. OOP
LEWES, DEC. 10.—Very little business Wlls t3s to
acted here to-day, at our quotations. —Beef; f;°l33
4s; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s to 33 6° per

CORN AVERAGES' coo- to
o - „of
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRl,is, voilw
For the Week ended Dec. 5, 1850, made up from the 01"
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns
in Et4l'
per Imperial Quarter.
I T., r gjd
I I WHEAT. BARLEY., OATS. Ryz, 13Z:-

P.UIOE 40s 2d I 2154L71: 17s 7d 1 245 3(1 1 )2;" •
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 111.1
WHEAT. EARLEY. I OATS. I AYE, I
SEA''S.
I "
Is Od is Od is (ld Is Od 13
q;4O,
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE lir
FAST 47; k•-
Wheat, 96,891 ; Barley, 96,773 ; Oats, 19,012 ; BYe'
6,009; Peas, 2,019 quarters.

AY.)

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before LorChip'
BELL and a Common Jury.)
WELLS V. KING.
This was an action to recover compensation Oro:
malicious prosecution of the
teprlafei
charge of acoun d f nds°'
a
be counterfeit, shilling,
knowing
it to
n 360
Mr. Humfrey, Q,C., and another Learned
Gentle
were counsel for the plaintiff ; and the defendant
represented by Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Ballant°iffili,
Edward Campion—I am a policeman of the B„0
sion. I know the defendant John King. On the to
May last the defendant's pot-boy called on me to g° to
the defendant's public-house, in Marylebone-lanet
take a man into custody for passing bad moneY.,,,
went, and found the defendant there, and I found We',li;
the plaintiff, in the custody of another constable. TP
man in whose custody he was is now out of the service'
Mr. King, the defendant, told me he had given the
plaintiff in charge for passing a bad shilling. The coo;
stable then brought the prisoner out, and I and the
other constable went with the prisoner to the stafi°°'
The defendant followed, and made and signed a chalet
against the plaintiff of knowingly uttering a counterfe
shilling at the house of the defendant.
constable
Cross-examined—He was resisting the first e 013%,
when I came up. He said he would not be taken