The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

CORN AVERAGES.

For iILNEHAL AVERAGE I'ItI(7ES OF BEITISII CDR ,I
.Qr the Week eindel Dee. 27. 1849, ;nade up from thu Returns o! ire
in,Peeturs in the different Cities and Ton ns in El.:gland awl Wales
Per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. 1
I BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RTE. 1 BEANS. TEAR.
PRICE •• I 39s 4:1 I ,54 9d 1 Iss 6d i 21s 02 1 26s Oil I 29s Od
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
7/ AT BARLEY. I OATS. I
S.
I BEANS. I TEAS.
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ERIFFS' CO THIS DA Y•)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuRcHELL
nLicx. V. ZULUETTA AND OTHERS.-BREACH OF

coNTn ACT.
This was an action to recover damages for breach
of contract. The facts of the case were these :—The
Plaintiff, with several other persons, was engaged by
,the defendants, who are foreign merchants in the
City, as stokers on board a steam-vessel in the service
of a firm at Cadiz. The terms of the contract were,
an engagement for twelve months at Cl. per month,
,11,11 d V. per month for provisions ; or, in the event of
the men being discharged without fault on their part,
the
Y were to receive three months' wages. Some
dispute arose, and plaintiff and others were discharged.
The case occupied the whole of the morning, but was
of no general interest.
the . „
jury gave a verdict for 24/., the amount
elai
in
e ed ; and in two other cases verdicts were entered
for 211. each.

RREY SESSIONS.--kTHIS DAY.)
(Before THOMAS PUCKLE, Esq., Chairman.)
.IVilliam Johnson, 20, was indicted for stealing at
RlLlnnond a great coat, the property of William Dolly.
Mr. Clark prosecuted ; and Mr. Charnock defended
the prisoner.
Gllrwiecutor said he was cook at the Star and
arter Tavern, Richmond-hill, at which place the
October, was also employed in the early part of
On the 13. h of that month he
missed his great coat from the porter's-
them' and cn the 23d the prisoner left
e house for the purpose of taking another
situation at Brighton. Witness had a brother at
at Place, who saw his coat in the prisoner's
088e38ion- 'Witness identified the coat produced as
'B,,P!operty by a hole burnt in the skirt with a cigar.
"illiam Dolly, prosecutor's brother, said he was
"Prentice to Mr. Ellis, of the Bedford Hotel.
—i
Xbright,,„
.is and at the latter end of October,
we
prisoner came to that place. While there
tnesa saw his brother's coat in his possession,
Which he obtained, and sent up to London. A con-
table afterwards came and took him into custody.
Police-constable 200 V said, he apprehended the
Prisoner at Brighton, and when he told him of the
Orge he said he fought
it of a man on the 4th of
eober, at Croydon.
Mr. CHAR srocrc, in his address to the jury, said, all
e. had to rely on was the statetnent made by the
Prisoner, and he believed such to be a fact. He then
called several respectable witnesses, who gave him an
excellent character.
;Elle CHAIRMAN briefly summed up the case.
The jury returned a verdict of Acquittal.
J 3

OW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A middle-aged man named I?oirlands, a journey-
Irian shoemaker, was charged with stealing a dead hare.
DThe complainant, a poulterer in Blacktnore-street,
rury lane, stated that yesterday evening he observed
e prisoner lurking about his shop. Shortly after-
Wards the prisoner disappeared, and suspecting that
something was wrong, he pursued and overtook him,
When he found that the prisoner had the hare now
Produced in his possession. The prisoner said to the
Witness, " You did not see me take it !" and then
Witness said he did not; but, nevertheless, he should
give him into custody, and he did so accordingly. The
are was identified by Mr. Day, the owner.
The prisoner said nothing, and he was fully corn
Initted for trial.
_ Jcilia .illecabe, a young man described as a painter,
748 charged
ball-with stealing Hillis. of lead pipe, and a
cock' Valuedat 5-•
theT,he prisoner is "foutid in the cellar attached to
doUse of the prosecutrix with the lead pipe ready
but and packed to r carrying away. He tried to escape,
did not su d nd Ln officer being sent for, he
lei.wll2 iiven ietcoctceus'zcady. Mrs. Cooper, of No. 15,
h ivy-street, identified the property. The piping
ball been cut from the ceiling of the cellar, and the
'Ad from a water tat k.
or The prisoner denied all knowledge of the lead pipe
to the ball cock, declaring that he went to the house
re visit a fellow-workman named Macgrath, and the
of "on of his being down stairs was to relieve a call
nature.
-ule was fully committed for trial.
A
lARLBRO ...ST RE ET—(THIS DAY )
NTLEAIANLY AAIUSEMUNT.—James Stoat, No. 3,
:)trecknock-terrace, William Freeman, 11, Huntley-
thr99t, and John C. Angnis, 25, Harewood square,
.ree medical students. were brought before Mr.
-uingiArn,
charged with disorderly conduct in the
dPll4blie.street. Stoat was also charged with wilfully
jiltgg a signboard belonging. to Mr. IVilliam
oward, the proprietor f a coffee-house in Wind-
Nil-street Tottenh couort-road.
It appeared from the evidence adduced that on the
previous evening, about seven o'clock, the three de-
fl(latits, who were in a merry mood, were proceeding
110bg Windmill-street, having what hi termed
a lark " with each other. They were observed,
Ittnong4t other pranks, to pull down one
°l' two hoards from a shop-door, and throw them into
the Street. Stoat, who appeared to have been more
larkish " than the rest, went up to Mr. Howard's
shop-door and deliberately tore down a signboard,
Which he threw down an area acid ran off, followed
by his companions. They were pursued by several
Persons, and, after a sharp chase, were taken into
custody in John-street.
A witness, namTd Watling, proved seeing Stoat
Pull the board from the door of the coffee-house, and
throw
anyt.
it down the area. He did not see the others do
The defendants denied the charge of dis-
orderlhing y conduct, and called a witness, who, however,
Proved nothing in their favour.
Mr. BINGRAM thought the case clearly proved
against Stoat, and fined him 20s. The other two
Were discharged.
1)

-RSTRUCTION OF BRUNSWICK HOUSE BY FIRE.—
.This morning, between six and seven o'clock, a fire of
dePrvery fierce character broke out in the large range of
emises termed Brunswick House, formerly the resi-
de. •
nen of the Duke of Brunswick. situate in Belmont-
.oerAcee Wandsworth-road. The flames commenced in
oh
of the lower apartments, and so rapidly did they
r--qui that in the course of a few mmutes the
r9aer portion of the place became ignited. In a very
,flef period the engine belonging to the West
%. England Company reached the scene, and
15 followed by numerous others of the London este
t, merit. Plenty of water having been obtained from "? Lambeth and Vauxhall mains, the machines were called into operation, but in spe of the most strenuous
exertions of the firemen the werk of devastation eon-
nanousnit and when the roof fell in, the fire mounted
tamed
tefrrilically, and great fears were enter-
The firemen, the safety of tho adjoining house.
e
therefore, exerted themselves in cutting off
Which
fUrther spread of the flames in that direction, in
ti they fortunately succeeded. The couflagra-
in", was not entirely extinguisheu until twelve o'clock
iht_ne day, and not before the main building was gutted.
h', Premises at the time of the disaster were occupied
ca two or three policemen and their families, the latter
r Ye been bereft of all their humble furniture, and un-
iortunately they were not insured.
thYllia BOROUGH OF BIRMINGUAM.—Very recently
irteen new borough magistrates were added to the
oeraraission of the peace for the town of Birmingham,
Th Whom nine were Liberals and four Conservatives.
C 843 aPpointments have led to a memorial from the
-etay
~,°P, aldermen, and burgesses of Birmingham, ad.
ssed to the Lord Chancellor, in which it was sub-
74'ttild that though the power of appointing justices was
to the Crown, yet that it had been usual for the Minis-
the of °f the Crown to receive recommendations from
oc„- t,nwn councils, and complaining that on the
but'43l° in question that body had not been consulted,
methat the appointments had been wade at the instance
rely
of the present and the ex-Mayer of Birmingham,
rdee •
„„ a mistaken impression that those gentlemen were
; 'ung Officially. The rnemoria!ists concluded by pray
ts;'lng that the recently-appointed magistrates might be
alPerseded. At the list meeting of the corporation
fl„nan who were chiefly interested in the appuint'ceuts
erred to defended themselves; lung and angry discus
aiesee of course ensued, but eventually memorials were
resolved, upon, and forwarded not only to the, Love
;,,tillticellor, but to Lard John Russell and Sir George
"reY• The result is looked to with some interest.
%West. ExErtmos.—A down east spendthrift re-
etteitntlY said, " Five years ago I was not worth a cent in
, World; now see where I um through my exertions!"
, ' Well,• where are you?" " Why, I owe more than
000 dollars I"—Keetecky Muderater.