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London, England, 1844-04-29 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

At per stone, by the Carcase

Total 69 1,5 2 602 1,540
Previous week's arrival

Difference since our last

BOILOUGH AND SPITA.ZWIELDS.
There has been only a moderate arrival of Potatoes at the
water-side during the week, yet it has proved quite equal.to
meet the wants of the dealers. The best qualities are in de-
mand at very full prices, but in other kinds scaruly anything
is doing.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.
The accounts which have come to hand from the hop dis-
tricts represent the young bine as making considerable pro-
gress ; but the presence of the insect is much complained of.
The demand here for all kinds of Hops is heavy, yet we have
no variation to notice in the quotations.

WOOL rdA.ELK ET.
Since the conclusion of the public sales, a very moderate
business has been transacted in this market, and prices have
undergone no change worthy of notice. During the week the
impoi to have not exceeded 1,200 packages.
_ _ _ _

OW.
n
This market is very sTALL
teady, and cosidering the demand is
so limited, prices are firm. There is very little doing in New
Tallow. Y.C. for the last three months this year 425., and
for separate months, 42s 6d. Town Tallow is 40s net cash.

QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY).
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE COLLIERS' STRIKE IX THE NORTH-EX PARTE ISAAC
TORDOLF-HABEAS CORPUS.
The party in this case was a collier who had been com-
mitted to prison by Mr. Bennett, a Magistrate of the West
Riding of Yorkshire, on a charge of having wilfully absented
himself from his work. He was this day brought up in cus-
tody, in order to have the cause of his commitment inquired
into.

Mr. BODKIN (with whom was Mr. Huddlestone) appeared
for the applicant Tordolf, and contended that he was entitled
to the discharge, inasmuch as the conviction was bad on
these six grounds :-Ist. It did not appear on the face of the
conviction that the complaint had been made within the
county for which the magistrate was acting, and although it
was dated in the words of execution at the end, that he con-
tended did not help it. 2d. The complaint was described as
having been on the oath of Andrew Falls ; it was that Tordolf
having entered into a contract to work for Andrew Falls and
others, had violated his contract. He contended that the
names of those other persons ought to have been set out, and
this defect he contended was not cured by the provisions of
the Act George IV., which extended only to indictments.
3d. The conviction set forth that Tordolf had agreed to serve
Falls as a collier, but there was no averment of the terms on
which he was to work, so that it was impossible for the Court
to know whether or not the contract came within the mean-
ing of the statute. 4th. It convicted Tordolf of more offences
than one, for after stating that he had unlawfully absented
himself from the service, it convicted him of having been ab-
sent the 24th, the 26th, and 27th of February, omitting the
25th, thus making a break and constituting two offences.
Mr. Justice PArrEsox—Perhaps the 25th was Sunday.
Mr. ERLE—It was, my Lord.
Mr. BODKIN had a fifth objection to make, which was—
that the conviction did not set forth that Tordolf had ever
entered the service, which it ought to have done, in order to
show that the contract had been completed; and sixthly and
laaly, he objected that it did not appear from anything on
the face of the document that the prisoner was present when
the witnesses were examined. On these grounds, he sub-
mitted the prisoner must be discharged.
Lord DENMAN.—We feel the last point to be a very strong
one. We should be glad to hear you, Mr. Erie on that point.
Mr. ERLE contended that the document in question could
not be treated as a conviction—it was to be treated as a war-
rant of commitment reciting a conviction, and all was set
forth in it that was usually set forth in such documents. It
was not required to set forth all that a conviction was usually
required to contain. It had never yet been required that do-
cuments of this nature should set .forth the whole of the evi-
dence ; if the Court were t o require it, they would require that
these documents should contain much more than had hitherto
been required.
Lord DENMAN—The point as I understand it is, not that
more is required to be set forth than has 'hitherto been re-
quired, but that it should be distinctly stated that the exa-
mination had taken place in the presence of the defendant.
If I understand Mr. Bodkin aright, he argues that it is pos-
sible that the prisoner may have appeared, and yet the exa-
mination of the witnesses have taken place in his absence.
air. ERLE said that the same point had been raised before
Mr. Justice Coleridge, who had considered that there was
nothing in it The document stated that the prisoner had
been been brought before a magistrate that day, and, there-
fore, it was to be presumed to be one transaction. It was
clearly one transaction, and it was to be presumed that all
that had taken place had taken place in accordance with the
provisions of the statute.
Mr. YARDLEY, on the same side, contended that, whenever
it was stated in any document of this nature that in one and
the same day the party had appeared, and the facts had been
gone into, the Court would always presume that all that had
taken place had taken place in the presence of the defendant,
unless it was stated to the contrary, and quoted several cases
in support of his opinion.
The COURT took time to consider the point.
There were several other cases of a similar nature, in which
the same point arises, and which will not be argued on any
of the other points until this point shall have been decided.

EX PARTE COPESTICK—HABEAS CORPUS.
This was a conviction of a collier for neglecting his work.
No one appeared in support of the conviction, and, the rule
for the habeas being made absolute, the prisoner was ordered
to be discharged.
EX PARTE JOHN BIRD, AND OTHERS—IIABEAS CORPUS.
The parties in this case were five colliers, who had been
committed to Leicester Gaol by Mr. Abney, a Magistrate of
the County, for having neglected their work. A habeas corpus
had been obtained, and the gaoler had made his return
which came on for argument this day.
Mr. BODKLN, in contending that the prisoners ought to be
discharged, drew the attention of the Court to the return
made by the gaoler. He returned that he detained them by
virtue of two warrants delivered to him on April 8, authoris-
ing him to detain them for three months, and en two other
warrants delivered to him on April 15th, but dated the Bth,
convicting them of the same offence. Now it was evident
that the magistrate having discovered that his first warrants
were bad had endeavoured to amend them. In these second
warrants reference was made to a conviction, which convic-
tion must be considered to be the first warrants, which as
convictions were bad.

--b:6.WHITEHURST, who supported the action, admitted
that the first warrants were bad as convictions.
Mr. BODKIN contended further that the second warrants
were bad, inasmuch as although dated the Bth of April,
they were not delivered to the gaoler until the 15th, and
that they authorised the gaoler to detain the prisoners for
three months, without stating from the date of the warrant,
for an offence for which the prisoners had already been
in prison seven days, and therefore they committed
the prisoners for seven days more than the magistrate
had any right to commit them for. The taking also under
the first warrants was illegal, inasmuch as they convicted
the parties of several offences in the same warrant, and there-
fore the prisoners were entitled to their discharge.
Mr. FRY followed on the same side.
Mr. IlTurrEffultsr, in support of the return, contended
that the gaoler, having returned a good warrant of commit-
ment, dated April 8, for three months, that was quite suffi-
cient, and that the Court would not notice the bad warrant
which had been returned with the good cue,
Lord DEN3[AN interrupted the Learned Counsel, in the
course of his argument. The Court was clearly of opinion
that the return was a good one. The defendants were in
custody upon a valid warrant, and must therefore be re-
manded, and the rule discharged.—Rule discharged.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY,)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
FORD V. DAVIS.
In this case Mr. Crowder and Mr. Petersdorff appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Platt and another Learned Counsel for
the defendant.
It was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover da-
mages from the defendant for slanderous language, affecting
plaintiff's character. Ford was foreman in the employ of
Mr. Northwood, an upholsterer and carver and gilder in Ox-
ford-street; and on the ground floor of his premises the de-
fendant had a forge. From this forge smoke, dust, and
dirt came in such quantities, owing, as asserted, to Davis's
neglect, as seriously to inconvenience Northwood, and in-
jure his property. On the 224 of November, in the
last year, the plaintiff Ford complained to defendant of this

CORN-EXCHANGE.-MONDAY.
Fresh up this morning, we received a full average supply of
Wheat from Essex ; but from Suffolk and Kent the receipts
were comparatively small. The demand for English Wheat
ruled somewhat inactive. However, the finest parcels found
buyers, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday
last ; but the value of the middling and inferior kinds was
with difficulty supported. Fine Foreign Wheat at about
stationary prices. In bonded parcels the rates were almost
nominal. For Foreign Barley last week's figures were sup-
ported. Malt at last Monday's quotations. The best potato
Oats at somewhat enhanced rates. In other kinds, not much
was passing. Both Beans and Peas were held at higher
rates.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE,
WHEAT—Essex & Kent, (MALT—Chevalier 63s to
red 403 to 588 OATS—Yorkshire and
Ditto, 's hire
Norfolk and Lin- 1 Potatoe
coin, red 4os to 4331 Youghall and Cork,
Ditto white 423 to 4751 black
Irish, red 47s to 50s i I Cork, white
Ditto, white
RYE—Old
New 36s to 38s 'PEAs-- Grey
BARLEY—Grinding 24s to 278' Maple
Making 33s to 36s White 30s to 35a
Chevalier 32s to 35s' Boilers 32., to 38s
MALT—Suffolk and Nor- ; FLOUR—Town made
folk s6s to 6251 Sotto k 34s to 38s
Brcwri 5O. to 5.151 Stockton & Norfolk 34s to 3o
Kingston and Ware 56s to 625!
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.
WHEAT—Dardzic
Hainburgh 36s to 40s Pt, As 23s to 21's
BARLEY 3os to 33s FLoUß—American
OATs—New
Feed l4s to 16s

SMITHFIELD.
The Beef trade was in a sluggish state. On Friday the
currencies suffered an abatement, from those obtained on
Monday last, of 2d per 81bs., aud, to-day, no improvement
on that amount of depression was noticed, the extreme value
of the best sorts not exceeding 3s 10d per 81bs. With
Sheep we were by no means heavily supplied. Prime old
Downs were in demand, at full prices ; but most other kinds
hung heavily on hand. The Lamb trade ruled inactive, at
barely last, week's quotations. Calves at unaltered figures.
Pigs at late rates.

Per 81133. to sink tho offal.
s. d. to s. d. s d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 6 Second qualityditto... 3 2 3 4
Second quality ditto 2 8 3 0 Coarse-woulled ditto.. 3 4 3 6
Prime large Oxen...— 3 2 3 h Southdown Wethers 3 6 3 8
Prime Scots, &c.
large coarse Calves 3 4 4 2 Large Hogs 3 0 3 6
Prime small ditto. 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers 3lO 4 4
Suckling Calves, each 18 0 2/3 r Quarter old Pigs, eachl6 0 20 0
Inferior Sheep
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. I
i I Sheep. Calves. I
Pigs.
2,613 30,0410 103 370
NEVJ'CIATE AND LEADETTH.A.I.X..
With London-killed meat we have been well supplied.
Prime Mutton, Lamb, and Veal, have commanded a steady
sale at full prices, 1::-+ in all other kinds of meat exceedingly
little has been doinirand the quotations have had a down-
ward tendency. '

s. d. tog. d., s. d. to s. d.
Beef, inferior 2 0 2 2' Mutton, inferior 2 6 2 9
- midd1ing,..,..... 2 4 2 6 middling...,, 210 3 2
-- prime largr „..... 2 8 2 10,

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prime small 3 0 3 4, Pork, large 3 6 2 8
Veal 3 4 4 41—small 3 4 4 3
Lamb. Is 10d to es 4d
ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK.
Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs.
Scotland lO 390 400
Yorkshire
Norfolk
Suffolk 3 60 70
Cambridgeshire
Essex l5 200 I.'o 200
Surrey lO 190 212 140
Devonshire
Wiltshire
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