The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-06 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Nov. 5.)
SUGAR.—To• day importers of West India Sugar ma-
nifested firmness, and obtained fully former rates, in-
deed good and fine yellow kinds in some cases brought
prices rather above those of Friday. The foggy state
of the weather preventing the trade from pro-
perly inspecting the samples checked business, and
the private purchases were only 300 hhds, gro-
cers and refiners were desirous to purchase
all qualities. At public sale, 130 hhds 20 tierces of
Barbadoes went briskly, at prices is above those of the
former sale for middling, good and fine yellow, and 6d
per cwt for low sorts ; fine fetched 62s 6d to 66s 6d,
good 59s 6d to 60s 6d, middling 57s to 58s 6d, and low
55s 6d to 56s 6d per cwt. The market closed with a
firm appearance for West India Sugar. There was no
public sale to-day of Bengal or Mauritius.
REFINED.—To-day several purchases were made in
Refined goods by the home trade ; standard lumps at
725, and brown grocery 71s per cwt. Bonded crushed
Sugar is firm at 28s 6d to 295. Loaves are in excellent
request ; Turkey 2i to 41bs at 36s to 40s ; Hamburgh
6 lbs 32s 6d to 335, 9 to 10 lbs 30s 6d to 31s, 13 to 14 lbs
30s, Tittlers 20 to 30 lbs 29s to 29s 6d, Prussian 40 to
45 lbs 28s to 295. Pieces are in excellent request at 22s
to 25s ; Bastards yellow at 18s to 19s, and brown 17s.
Of Treacle some parcels have been sold at 12s 6d.
Dutch Crushed Sugar is fetching 26s 6d to 27s 6d per
cwt.

MAumnus.—ln consequence of a reduction on pre-
vious rates of Ifto 2Tper cwt having been accepted for
brown and infeViiir yellow sorts, of which the supply
has principally -ioilgsted, buyers have been induced
to purchase several -parcels ; middling. good and fine
yellow have been -.b."got?d demand at the former
currency, and the euppfy at -,roirket has been in-
sufficient for the demand. -AtauctaSii; 1,631 bags were
sold—low and low mid brownsit.4os. to 425, middling 44s
to 455, good 47s to 48s, fine 50s 6d, middling grey 52s ;
a few lots of yellow fetched 52s for low, 53s 6d for mid-
dling, 60s for good, and 2 casks very. low brown 35s 6d
per cwt. There has been no arrival since this day week,
and the stock in first hands is small.

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Java Sugar was sought
after, but stiffer rates being asked, operated against
business ; 347 baskets 1,000 bags, at auction, were only
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MOLASSES.—Prices remain firm for West India, and a
fair demand has prevailed for the better descriptions,- a
parcel of good Antigua has been sold at 24s per cwt, but
at present there are few purchasers of common sorts ;
holders, however, are not inclined to press sales, prices
ruling very low. In East India little has been done,
For Jamaica Honey further reduced rates have been
accepted.
FOREIGN.—There has been little business transacted
by private contract in yellow Havannah Sugar, and only
400 chests have been disposed of at 19s to 22s per cwt.
To-day a floating cargo of 440 chests brown Bahia was
sold, deliverable here for refining under bond, half white
at 225, and the remainder brown at 18s per cwt.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee met with
eager purchasers, and further advanced rates were paid;
the parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 1,257
bags, were mostly disposed of at a further advance in
prices of 6d to is, making the rise on good ordinary
since Friday of 2s to 3s per cwt, ordinary pale at 545,
good ordinary pale 54s 6d to 555, fine fine ordi-
nary grey Demerara sort 65s 6d to 676 6d, fine ordi-
nary 62s 6d, pea berry 70s 6d to 78s, low middling'
coloury Jamaica kind 70s to 75s 6d, broken and triage
50s to 555. With Mocha the market was better sup-
plied, but the trade operated with caution, and 579 bales
10 cases at auction, were nearly all taken in much above
what buyers were inclined to pay, good mid long berry
ow greenishmid at 755, low mid 66s 6d to 68s, common green
Mysore 45s ; a few lots were sold at 60s to 61s for
lgreen Mysore sort, 51s 6d for fine ord, and
bibnagemfesrigorcrhadelleg:r.w2le9BrBebsbaoagigdss Bamteny2gial were withdrawn. 100
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5 bags Madras at 66s 64 to 70a for yellow. 9 casks

ii bags of DbrciiniqUe were taken in at 58s to 60s for
and fie drdinaty, and ktiod ordinafy 46s per cwt.
COCOA.—This afternoon West India met with atten-
tion, 131 bags of Trinidad, and 22 bags of Grenada were
offered at public sale; the former sold at stiff rates. m
red at 403 Ed io 45s Ca, and ordinary grey 393 6d
40s 6d, and the latter at 42s 6d to 44 per .
TEA;-----There hits demand for nearly
emery description of Tea sirce this day week, and the
general tendency of prices is upwards. For the lower
sorts of Congou there has been a brisk demand from the
trade and speculators t common selling at 10*d to lOid,
good common I Id to Ilid ; in the better sorts the transac-
i tions are upon a more Mended scale at ratherhigher rates,
but mid coarse has been selling at 111 d to Is, but mid
and blackish leaf is Ofd to is 2d, good is 2d to is 6d,
fine is 6d to is 6d. Pekoe Flavor Is 9d to 2s 6d.
Pouchong has been in good request, and prices rule
firm ; the sorts most in request are those from 5d to
9d. In Twankay, common selling at Is lid to
Is 2d ; brightish leaf is 3d to is Bd, and
Hyson kind, is 9d to 2s sd. Scented Orange Pekoe
3s 4d to 3s 5d per lb. Hyson has been much inquired
for, common fetching 2s 6d to 2s Bd, mid 2s 6d to 34,
and superior 3s 3d to 3s 6d. In Young Hyson the
transactions are upon a more extended scale of stiff
rates, faint fetching 2s to 2s 2d, and better qualities 2s
4d to 3s 3d. In Imperial several purchases made at 2s
9d to 3s 6d. Gunpowder is much wanted, and the par-
cels disposed of fetched 3s 3d to 4s 6d per lb.
SPICES.—This afternoon, at public sale, 106 bags of
Malabar Pepper were taken in at 3id fur good brown
heavy; 688 bags of Sumatra were only partly sold at
2*(l per lb for rather stalky, being barely former rates;
158 bags of white Tellicherry, all taken in at 5d to 5-d
fur small Coriander sorts. With Nutmegs the market
was better supplied; 22 chests at auction were sold at
3s 8d to 4s 6d for brown Singapore, 3s 3d for inferior.
Of Mace 14 chests fetched 3s 3d to 4s 4d, low is 6d to
Is 7d. Of Piemento 30 bags were sold •at 4-id per lb.
for mid.

RUN, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The home and ex-
port demand has fallen off for Jamaica Rum, and the
business transacted has been limited since this day week,
but there is still nodecline in prices to notice. The total
purchases since this day week are 60 puns at. 3s 10d to
5s 6d for 30 to 36 per cent over proof • arrivals, however,
have fallen off considerably of late. Leeward Island Rum
at 2s 4id to 2s 5d proof strength; Demerara, 3s 3d to 3s 6d
for strong qualities. Calcutta at 2s 3d to 2s 3id per
gallon, proof strength, with certificate. In Brandy large
purchases have been made at firm rates ; holders are de-
cidedly less inclined to realise ; in France prices have
opened higher than was expected. The quotations here
rule as follows :—Cognac, best brands of the vintage
of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; 1839, hhds 4s
I Id, puns 4s 9d ; 1840, hhds 4s 11d, puns 4s 9d ;
1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; 1842, hhds 4s 7d,
puns 4s 5d ; low 2s lld to 3s 3d, and mid to good mid
3s 4d to 3s 10(1 per gallon. For Geneva there are few
shipping orders ; is 9d to is 10d is the value of export
sort, and 2s 6d to 3s 6d for fine fit for duty. The price
of English Corn Spirits has declined 2d ; it is now
lOs 2d per gallon, cash.
CINNAMON.—The quarterly sales of Cinnamon were
brought to a close this afternoon. The demand through-
out was limited, and of the 2,300 bales offered, only 1,300
were disposed of at prices showing a decline of those of
the last sales of 3d to 5d for good firsts, seconds, and
thirds; ordinary sorts went from last sales' rates to 2d to
4d per lb decline. Java and Tellicherry was all taken in;
Ceylon, first sort sound sold at 4s to 5s 6d, second sort
3s 4d to 4s 6d, and third sort 2s 9d to 3s 9d per lb.
Mc-E.—lmporters of Bengal Rice are not inclined to
submit to lower rates, in consequence of the stock here
not being more than adequate to three months' consump-
tion. Privately several parcels have been disposed of at
full rates, midding and- good middling white fetching
Its to lls 6d, and good 12s per cwt. Java at
auction sold at and after the sale, middling white
rather broken at lOs 6d to I Is, good bold 12s to 12s 6d,
and sea damaged 5s to Os 6d per cwt. Madras yellow
sold at 8s to 8s 6d, and small parcels of white 9s to lOs
per cwt. Cleaned Rice has been in good demand,
Patna at 13s 6d to 18s, and Carolina 23s to 27s per cwt.
The consumption of East India continues large.
OlLS.—There has been a better demand for common
descriptions of Fish Oils since this day week, but no
improvement has occurred in prices. Cod has been
selling at 33/, pale Seal 351 to 35155; Southern, good to
fine 301 to 321 10s, and low to mid 27/ to 291 10s;
Coloured Seal at 321 lOs to 331 per tun. Of Southern the
stock is rather less, and of Seal not above half of what it
was last year at this peviod. Arrivals of Cod are near
at hand. For pale Seal prices are 20s to 255, and for
Southern 5/ to 7/ per tun lower than on the
sth of November, 1843. Sperm 881 to 901 per
tun for fine British. Linseed Oil at 23s 6d to 23s 9d
per cwt on the spot, and for forward delivery ; prices
are, however, kept low by the large supply.
There are few buyers of Rape, and the crushers expe-
rience difficulty in obtaining 35s 6d to 36s for pale, and
34s 6d to 35s for brown : the supply is good. Cocoa
Nut 27s to 29s per cwt. Palm has met with a good sale
at former terms. Prices are steady for Olive Oil, and
several parcels have been sold, Gallipoli at 43/ to 44/,
Spanish 41/ to 421, Barbary and Levant 391 to 401 per tun.
FRUIT. —To-day new Turkey Pulled Figs were in ex-
cellent request at 655, and Sultanas 68s per cwt, being,
however, lower rates. Valentia Raisins met with eager
purchasers at 50s per cwt, at which the market is firm.
In old Currants there was an immense business transacted
at 45s for Patras, and 42s for Island Fruit. At public
sale 41 butts 12 caroteels new damaged Patras Currants
were offered, and sold at 45s to 50s per cwt.
INDIGO.--The demand for East India was good in the
middle part of last week ; several purchases were made
by the home trade and exporters. On Thursday 270
chests of Bengal, mark H F and Co., were disposed of ;
since then, however, the market has been in a quiet state,
and in some instances there are sellers rather under the
rates of the last quarterly sale, in consequence of the
accounts come to hand from Calcutta. _ _

CocHINirL.---Tllis afternoon the market was largely
supplied with Cochineal, three parcels of Honduras,
amounting to 381 bags, were offered at public sale, and
nearly the whole sold but at rather lower rates ; low to
fine silvers feiched 4s Id to 4s 9d per lb.
TALLOW.—lmporters of Russian submitting to a fur-
ther reduction in prices has occasioned an excellent de-
mand on the spot, old P.Y.Candle has been selling at 40s
6d, and new at 40s 9d to 41s per cwt. Upon these moderate
terms some of the trade are inclined to get well into stock.
For forward delivery several contracts have been entered
into, and 40s 6d to 40s 9d are the rates paid up to the
present year. Town Tallow at 42s to 42s 6d nett cash.
Other sorts of Tallow are rather cheaper. At auction
New South Wales sold at 39s to 39s 6d for good quality,
and South American at 38s to 39s 9d per cwt for good
and fine. The stock of Foreign Tallow has been fur-
ther increased.

BEST METHOD OF PROTECTING
BUILDINGS FROM LIGHTNING.

Were our houses, magazines, and ships, built of
iron, or did they consist of a framework of iron
filled up with stone, brick, or wood, they might bid
defiance to the ravages of accidental or wilful fire,
as well as to all the lightning of the tropics. Strike
where it might, the deadly fluid would be conducted
quietly to the ground. In the meantime, however,
we must have recourse to a less perfect system of
protection, till advancing knowledge and receding
prejudice shall have introduced iron buildings, and
iron ships, as well as iron ploughs, iron roads, and
iron bridges. As the conducting powers of lead, tin,
iron, zinc, and copper, are as the numbers, 1-2-
2.4-4 and 12, copper is the best material for con-
ducting-rods. The quantity of metal in the rod
should not be less than what is contained in a cylinder
half an inch and two-tenths in diameter. The me-
tallic rod should be flattened rather than round, so as
to have the greatest surface that is consistent with
strength. The conductor then formed, should com-
municate with all the detached masses of metal in the
building, such as leaden ridges, gutters, and metallic
pipes. It should be placed as near the wall as pos-
sible, and pass directly into the ground. It should be
attached to the most elevated point of the building,
and if the structure is to consist of numerous ranges,
such as the new Houses of Parliament, long, pointed
rods should project from the most prominent parts into
the atmosphere. In place of adopting the usual
method of external conductors we would recommend
the introduction of a vertical iron bar into the thick-
ness of the principal walls of the building. These
bars should communicate with a horizontal wall-plate
of iron uniting the whole, and from this wall-plate
should rise all the external conductors which are to
project into the atmosphere. These iron-plates and
bars might be so united as to form a sort of carpentry
which would add to the strength of the edifice.—
The Builder.

COURSE OF EXCHAI
Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto, at sight l2 4
Rotterdam 2U. 12 64
Antwerp 25 95
namburgh M.B. 13 13
Altona l3 13
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 90
Marseilles 25 95
Bourdeaux 25 95
Frankfort on Maine l2l
Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 953
Trieste, ditto
media
rid 364
6A
Wad.° 3
36
Barcelona 36
Seville

1 GE.—(YE STERDAY.,
Gibraltar —
Leghorn 3O 50
Genoa 25 85

Milan —
Venice ....
Naples 39i
Palermo, per oz llB
Lisbon 55
Oporto 55
Rio Janeiro 23

Bahia 23
Buenos Ayres
NewYork,2ldys sight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars...f3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons..... 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 9'
Silver in Bars 0 4 11

On Wednesday last, William Stiles a coal guard in
the employ of the Great Western Railway, was em-
ployed im conveying a train of trucks laden with coal
from Dunhall to Exeter, two trucks were left at Hele
+don, when Stiles got off the truck on which he was
riding, to perform his duties at the station, and the en-
gtneer stopped the engine to enable him to do so.
After stopping the engine, several.of the trucks moved
.forward by their own force. Shortly after the engineer
.11eard an alarm, and on getting off to see the cause, found
the" deceased jammed between the outside framing of
two of the trucks. The deceased called to the engineer
to a-head, and they moved on the engine as promptly
as possible and released him. He was taken to the sta-
tion-house, and a surgeon sent for ; but before he ar-
rived the deceased begged to be taken home, and was
placed in a chair on his truck and brought to Exeter.
Mr. W. P. Kingdom attended him en his arrival here ;
his body was much bruised, his hands cold, and no pul-
sation could be felt at the wrist. The poor fellow died
about twelvo o'clock on Wednesday night,— Western
• , •
Times.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
Could' OP QUEEN'S TENCH; Nov. 6.
IN TIIE MATTER Cii" JACQUES BESSET.
HABEAS

In W -.se the prisoner'Besset hack been flier;
O sew,
l.ittnt, carrying on li-usinesa in LQdon and in Paris.
He bkcarhe u bankrtipt, %tid the French Government
demanded that he thotild iii*en tip to them under
the provisions of the extratradition OAa person
guilty of fraudulent bankruptcy in France, and who
had escaped to Englawl. He was arrested, taken to
the Mansion-house, and4onimitted to Giltspurzstreet
Compter by the Lord Mayor, preparatory to his being
surrendered to the French Government. Defore
that surrender could take place, application was made
to Mr. Justi.e Wightman, at chambers, for a
writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that the offence
of fraudulent bankruptcy was an offence un-
known to the laws of England, and that,
therefore, it was contrary to law to arrest
a prisoner, or to keep him in custody on such a
charge. Mr. Justice \Vightman considered the matter
of such importance that he refused to decide at cham-
bers, and directed application to be made to the full
Court. On Saturday Mr. Chambers obtained the
writ of habeas corpus, and this morning the keeper of
the Compter appeared on the floor of the Court with
his prisoner.
Mr. CHAMBERS, on being called on, moved that
Jacques Besset be discharged.
The return to the writ of habeas was then put in
and read. It set forth the warrant of the Lord
Mayor for his committal on the charge of fraudulent
bankruptcy committed in France.
Mr. JAMES said that an objection had been taken
before Mr. Justice \Vightman that the prisoner was
not in a position to apply for a habeas corpus, he
being a French subject, accused of a crime committed
in France, and in custody under the convention.
Probably it would be better to take that point first.
Lord DENMAN—Perhaps so.
Mr. CHAMBERS contended that there was nothing
to show that the prisoner was in a different position
from other persons, and that the other side could not
now raise the question upon affidavit.
Mr. JAMES replied that he had a right to show by
affidavit that the prisoner was not in a position to
apply for his habeas.
Lord DENMAN—The words of the Act of Parlia-
ment are, " that such person shall be committed upon
such requisition aforesaid, and delivered up in case
requisition shall he duly made." Now the words of
the commitment are, " until he shall be delivered by
due course of law." There is not a word about any
requisition having been made. How can you explain
that, Mr. James ? _ _ _

Mr. JAMES—There has been a requisition to the
Secretary of State. The Secretary of State had
issued his warrant, that has set the magistrate in
motion, and he has committed the prisoner until
he shall be released by due course of law,
instead of until he shall be delivered by requisition.
Such a discrepancy might or not be a reason for
ordering a prisoner's discharge, but he contended that
the prisoner being a criminal, a subject of another
country, accused of a crime committed in another
country, was not entitled to his writ of habeas. It
had never been stated under which Act the application
was made, the Act of Charles 11. or that of George
111. The prisoner was a fugitive criminal from
another country, accused of that which is not a crime
in this country. By the Act Charles 11. the relief
by habeas was confined to subjects of this country
accused of crimes which could be tried in this country.
Upon that point there had been an express decision in the
case of the King and M'lntosh, 1 Strange, in which the
Court decided that a person in custody for treason
committed in Scotland was not entitled to his habeas
corpus, because he could not be tried for it in this
country. The Act of .56th George 111., was
only an extension of the Act Charles 11., and
enacted that persons confined for anything
but criminal, or supposed criminal matter, should be
entitled to his habeas—thus remitting him to his re-
medy at common law.
Mr. Justice Wthme.ms—What is his remedy t

common law ?
Mr. JAMES apprehended the writ of habeas ; but
he submitted that at common law a fugitive criminal
from another country could not be entitled to his
writ of habeas. He apprehended the question was,
whether a person in custody for a crime committed in
France was entitled to his habeas.

Lord DF,NMAN—That is to aay, whether our
gaolers are to be gaolers for France without the con-
vention.

Mr. JAMES submitted that the Court could not
discharge the prisoner on account of the wording of
the warrant—for to be delivered up by due
course of law would be to be delivered
up in conformity with the requisition, or in
the event of their being no requisition, his being
discharged under the provisions of the Act of Par-
liament. He also submitted that if the warrant
were bad, and the depositions set forth a crime, the
Court could remand him back to the same custody.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—That is only in cases in
which the prisoner could be tried in this country.
Mr. JAMES admitted that the Court would be taking
upon itself to decide whether a crime, according to
the law of France, had been committed by a French-
man in France ; but, inasmuch as the magistrate
would have the power of issuing a fresh
warrant, he submitted that to give effect to the Act
of Parliament, their Lordships would remand him to
the same custody.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Setting the magistrate's
warrant out of the question, have we, proprio vigore,
the power of committal under the Act ?
Mr. JAMES apprehended that the Court had the
power to remand, and that it could exercise that
power, on finding a crime set forth in the depositions.
He submitted that the depositions ought to be read,
and the prisoner re-committed by the Court, in the
event of any crime appearing in those depositions.
Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN—That is to say that we
are to discharge him under the warrant, and commit
him ourselves de novo ?
Mr. JAMES—Yes, my Lord.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL attended by desire of
the Lord Mayor not to oppose the prisoner's dis-
charge, but to submit to whatever the Court might
direct.
Lord DENMAN.•••••It is a great misfortune that this,
the first application made of this very important Act
of Parliament, which may affect the administration of
justice throughout the whole of Europe, should be
made in such a very defective manner. We
have no power to interfere. The gaoler has no
power to detain this person, except what is given to
him by this Act of Parliament ; and when we look
to the wording of the Act of Parliament, we find
that in this case the directions of the Act hare
not been followed. It is clear he cannot
be detained. We hare been applied to to remand him
as having been guilty of some crime. We can know
nothing of the commission of any crime except what
appears upon the warrant. We have no power to take
cognizance of any crime committed in another
State, except under the provisions of the recent
statute. It would have been unnecessary to pass
that statute if we had possessed such a power as that
which we are now asked to exercise. It should be
distinctly understood that this writ of habeas is
issued under the common law, and not under the
Act of Charles 11. or George 111. The writ was
secured by the petition of right, and was known to
the law long before those Acts were passed. The
prisoner must be discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY. )
MANSION-HOUSE.

Three men, named Sadd, Clow, and Vaughan, were
brought before Alderman Wilson for final examina-
tion, charged with having committed a murderous as-
sault upon an active constable, Locke, who attends at
Nicholson's-wharf, in Lower Thames-street. The
complainant was assisted into the justice-room by a
policeman. His head was bound up, and he seemed
to suffer extremely from internal injuries. At one
time his life was considered to be in imminent danger,
and he is still in a very serious condition.
The complainant stated that on Saturday, the 26th
of October, as he was taking a man from Nicholson's-
wharf to the station-house, whom he had taken into
custody for drunkenness and causing obstruction to
business, his prisoner began to be very violent upon
wicking Thames-street. A mob collected around
him, and a constable walked up to his assistance.
When he reached St. Mary-at-Hill, the mob became
violent, and forced him away from his prisoner
and the constable, and he was knocked down
and kicked. While he was getting up he was kicked
on the thigh by the prisoner Sadd. " I told Sadd,"
continued the complainant, " that I should know him,
and have him when I got out of the mob." He
threatened to do for me, and excited the mob by call-
ing upon them to kill me. I was afterwards knocked
down, but I don't know by whom, and when I got
up again I was struck, by the prisoner Clow, in my
face and eye. I was then knocked down almost
senseless, and kicked all over when down. The pri-
soner Vaughan also excited the mob against me by
calling upon them to kill me. After I had been taken
to a surgeon, who applied leeches to my face, I went'
with the assistance of the police, to Thames-street, to
look for Sadd, and I found and took him into custody
at the bottom of St. Mary-at-Hill. He said to me,
ibtlaoonbddloodup have
to
on been
yes-
terday, e
" Don't take me, and I'll tell you who hit you." I
afterwards went, assisted by two officers, to Dock-
head, and took Clow into custody, and he acknow-
ledged that he had struck me. I have been very ill
samesinceame confinedfrom,dat
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oisvpeisdtp,
in consequence of the kicking I received, and
I lost my sight for several days. I cannot sleep at all.
Sadd said he had never kicked the complainant
at all.

Mr. Baron, for Clow, said he should reserve the de-
fence of his client for the trial.

Mr. Hunt, for Vaughan, cross-examined the com-
plainants but elicited nothing at all centradictory to
the statement made by the injured party.
It was proved by another witness that Vaughan
kicked the complainant, as well as called upon the
f,Y kill him.

Mr. Cornelius Smith, of 56, Gracechurch-street,
surgeon, stated that he attended the complainant on
Monday (his assistant having attended the com-
plainant on Saturday) , and found him suffering from
internal injuries about the chest and body, and from
both external and internal injuries of the head and face.
The injuries were of a severe character. The com-
plainant complained of spitting of blood and difficulty
of lifeathing. He was improving, but sot yet free
from danger.
Alderman Wasor4 refused to take bail for any one
of the prisoners, and stated that it was his determina-
tion to send them all for trial for the felony at the
Central Criminal Cosirt.
The prisoners were committed for trial.
An immense crowd, in the midst of :'Which it was
evident there were several smugglers, attended to ii:Pr
the examination of William Slack, a stoker on board
the Ocean steam-vessel, from Rotterdam, who was
charged upon an information with having been found
on board that vessel in the port of London, the same
vessel having concealed in her one hundered and forty
pounds weight of tobacco, upon which the duty had
not been paid.
The Lord Mayor and Alderman Wilson sat to ad-
judicate, and very great interest was excited. The
prisoner had been brought up on Monday, when he was
by mistake mentioned as the steward of the vessel.
The Solicitor for the Customs attended to prose-
cute. A solicitor also attended for the prisoner.
Coleby Atkinson Davis, officer of the Customs,
stated that in consequence of information which he
had received that a quantity of tobacco had been
brought to the river by the Ocean from Rotterdam,
he proceeded on board that vessel at Blackwell. He
and a brother officer had waited her arrival, and she
came into the river, not in consequence of stress of
weather, but in the regular course of business, bring-
ing her Majesty's mails. Witness proceeded directly
to the prisoner Slack's berth, and asked him to pro-
duce all the tobacco he had in his berth, or concealed
near his berth. The prisoner produced three pounds
of tobacco and a small quantity of spirits from the
back of his berth, and said that was all he had.
Witness told him that if that was all he could produce
he should suffer no hurt, for that was but
a small
il quantity, but he (witness) was sure a large qua t.i.fir
was concealed in that vicinity. Witness told the
prisoner to stop and wait the istie, for no harm could
come to him for what he had produced, and proceeded
to take up the flooring boards adjoining the engine.
The prisoner started up the'-ether ladder as quickly
as he could, left the vessel, and went on to the pier,
but witness helloed" Stop," after him, pursued, over-
took, and brought him back, and told him he must
wait the issue of the search. The vessel then, having
landed her mails and passengers, went on to London,
and witness proceeded with the search. After about
three hours' search he found, on the starboard side,
above the prisoner's berth, that a piece of board had
been, with great art, made the means of concealment.
Behind the two planks which passed up to the beam of
the engine-room a piece of timber was fitted in, and
puttied and painted over like the rest. That piece,
which appeared to the eye to be part of the solid mass,
was capable of being removed by the application of
a screw. Upon the removal of that little door, the
timbers of the vessel were to be seen, and between
the timbers was a hollow space, leading down to the
bilge ; a string was attached, from which a great
number of packages were suspended, encased with
lead, in sueh perfect security that they might lie in
the bilge water without sustaining the slightest
damage. The contents were tobacco, and from the
manner in which it was deposited it equally defied
injury from steam or salt water. Some of the pack-
ages were lying between the timbers to a depth of
ten, others to the depth of eleven feet, in the space,
and some were four pound, and others six pound
packages. There was no possibility of discovery that
tobacco was in the vicinity of the place of conceal-
ment, for the encasement was not only impenetrable,
but the cord attached to each package, and communi-
cating with the beam, was strongly impregnated with
pitch or tar.
The LORD MAYOR observed that the time occupied
in preparing and depositing the contraband articles
must have been considerable.

The witness said there could be no doubt of that, as

after he had found out the place of concealment, he
was occupied two hours and a half in removing the
packages. They had been wedged in by a forcing in-
strument. lie found the screw which opened the
secret door upon closely searching one of the berths.
Upon his cross-examination by the prisoner's soli-
citor, the witness said the prisoner introduced him to
the berth, but not without hesitation. The prisoner
trembled very much when he saw what was going
forward. The witness was understood here to inti-
mate that he found the screw in the berth of the second
engineer, who had run away upon finding that the
vessel was about to be searched.
The prisoner's solicitor—Now, did you not know
the exact spot in which the packages lay, before you
went into the vessel at all ? Witness—Not the exact
spot. We had information of the neighbourhood in
which the tobacco was deposited, but not of the exact
spot.
The prisoner's solicitor—And you pretend that the
discovery arose from your ingenuity ? Witness
The discovery of the exact spot arose from our in-
genuity, certainly. We knew that the tobacco was
about the engine-room. I don't think you would
have found it, Sir, if with the same information you
had been there.—(A laugh.)
The prisoner's solicitor—Did you not handcuff the
man ? Witness—Certainly. We would not have
done so if we did not know him to be guilty, and we
did so becaus we knew he would have escaped if he
had an opportunity. We were convinced that he and
another were guilty. The other got away.
The prisoner's solicitor—Pray, are you not an in-
terested party in this case ? Witness—Of course I am.
The prisoner's solicitor—To what extent ? Wit-
ness—The informer gets a third, and I get a sixth.
The prisoner's solicitor—Did you ever see this
man engaged in a matter of this kind before ? Wit-
ness—Never. I never saw him before at all.
The prisoner's solicitor—And you cannot say any-
thing against him as to any former charge ? Wit-
ness—Nothing at all.
The prisoner's solicitor submitted that it would be
unjust to commit his client under such circumstances.
He had been two years on board, and had a wife and
family, and could not have entertained an idea of ex-
posing them to the destitution consequent upon his
detection in an affair of this kind. It appeared that
one of the engineers was the party really engaged,
and the prisoner was, at all events, entitled to the be-
nefit of the doubt.
The LORD MAYOR said there appeared to be no
mitigatory circumstances in the case at all. It was
quite evident the prisoner must have hal guilty
knowledge that the tobacco was on board, if he was
not a participator in the fraud. It was eyident, too,
from his behaviour when the officer went on board,
as well as from the fact that a great deal of time must
have been occupied in depositing the tobacco, that
he was perfectly aware of everything connected with
the offence.
The prisoner was then adjudged to be guilty, and to
pay the penalty of 1001.
BOW-STREET.

Yesterday Mr. G. W. Jones, the Secretary of the
Hammersmith Suspension-bridge Committee, attended
in obedience to a summons obtained at the suit of Mr.
G. Lewis, Secretary to the Master of the Horse to
her Majesty, to show cause why he had exacted a toll
from Mr. W. J. Goodwin, her Majesty's Inspector of
Stables, on a pair of horses drawing one of the royal
carriages, on the 21st ult., contrary to the provisions
of the Company's Act, by which the Queen's horses
are specially exempted.
Mr Bolton, of the firm of Bolton and Price, Lin-
coln's Inn, attended for the complainant, and was
about to open the case, when
Mr. Thomas, the defendant's counsel, questioned
the jurisdiction of the Court, and urged that the Ham-
mersmith bench was the proper one to take cognizance
of the present case.
Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, observed that, as a
general rule, all matters appertaining to the Palace
and her Majesty's household were submitted to this
office, as the chief Police-court.
Mr. JARDINE said, there could be no doubt as to
the jurisdiction of the Court, and, as the summons had
been granted by Mr. Twyford, he should not hesitate
to hear the complaint.
Mr. Bolton, after directing attention to the several
provisions of the sth George IV. (the Company's Act),
by which her Majesty's horses were exempted from
toll, stated the particulars of the alleged demand, and
observed that the complainant had only been induced
to request the interference of a magistrate by the
frequency of these interruptions on the part of the
Company's officers, and the impediments and imper •
tinence to which her Majesty's servants had been con-
sequently exposed.
Mr. Goodwin examined—l am inspector of stables
and veterinary surgeon to her Majesty, and had occa-
sion to pass over the suspension bridge on the 21st of
October with a small britschka and a pair of horses
belonging to her Majesty; the former had the royal
arms emblazoned upon it. I was accompanied as
usual by a servant in her Majesty's livery. On
reaching the toll-office Mr. Jones, the defendant,
stepped out and requested me to atop, at the same
time demanding where Leafile from and whither I
was going. I refused to tell him; but said he knew
my grounds for claiming exemption, and if he de-
manded the toll I would pay it, and he must take
the consequences. Mr. Jodes was a stranger to me
personally, but the toll'-keeper knew me well, as I
had been in the habit of going over the bridge for
years previously, sometimes as often B 3 three or four
times a week, without paying toll,

Cross-examined—l have been asked questions be- I
fore, but have invariably refused to state where I was
going, as I felt that the inquiry was impertinent. I
have always stated that the horse and carriage be-
longed to her Majesty, and were th,-refore exempt.
On the occasion in question I was going frOM Hamp-
ton-court to the Queen's-mews at Pimlico, on her
Majesty's business ; but I admit having repeatAdly
passed over the bridge in the same carriage on m 7
own business, and having then also declined to pay
the toll.

Mr. Thomas—Then, I think, the case ought to end
here.

Mr. JARDINE—Were you on those occasions with
her Majesty's carriage and horses? Witness—Cer-
tainly, your Worship.
Mr. JARDINE—Then the Act clearly exempted
him, inasmuch as it specified " her Majesty's horses,"
without any restriction whatever as to the service in
which they might be engaged.
The witness was further cross-examined by Mr.
Thomas, but nothing material was elicited from him,
except an acknowledgment that Mr. Jones and the
toi::kPeper were both civil to him, although he consi-
dered the iii.",!2iry relative to his mission an imperti-
nent one.
Mr. Jones explained it;?t about five years ago, in
consequence of a complaint made lo v the Company
upon this point, the secretary to the 11,1ii.?te: of the
Horse authorised him to ask persons who clan2led
exemption in the Queen's name, the question whici:
he had put, as civilly as possible, to Goodwin, but'
which he refused to answer. Defendant denied that
he had applied for the toll ; it was paid by Goodwin
without any demand being made. He also denied the
assertion of the latter, that he claimed exemption.
Mr. JARDINE thought that no one could suppose
that Mr. Jones had been impertinent, in the general
acceptation of the term, but, on this occasion, seeing
that the carriage had the royal arms on it, and that
the defendant might have known from the toll-keeper
who and what Goodwin was, he was of opinion that
the question ought not to have been put. He would
hear the next case before poonouncing his decision.
A second charge, precisely similar in its nature,
was then preferred against the toll-keeper, William
Moore, for demanding the toll of Goodwin on a sub-
sequent day.
Mr. JARDINE repeated his conviction that the de-
mand, in the face of the Act, was altogether unjusti-
fiable. He felt it his duty, therefore, to inflict the
mitigated penalty of 51. in each case.
Mr. Thomas said the decision would be appealed
against.