The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-04 00:00:00

THE SUN,

RICE.—To-day at public sale 169 boxes Sago sold at
19s to 203 for middling small pearl, one lot good 225;
there are rather lower rates. Of Jamaica Arrowroot
12 easel went at 4d to 9d per lb.
FRUIT.—To-day at public sale 587 pkgs new Patras
Currants went at 453 to 48s, damaged 42s to 445; 197
brit.; Lipari 435; 121 brls dates 40s; 265 pkgs damaged
Valencia Resins 395; 1,890 packages Muscatel Raisins,
in boxes at 48s to 80s, half-boxes 503 to 61s, i-boxes
1053 per cwt.
SALTPETRE.—British Refined sells freely at 30s to
303 9d per cwt. For Calcutta the demand is active, and
rather higher rates have been paid, low to fine quality
selling at 27s to 29s per cwt. For arrival several parcels
have been disposed of. Nitrate of Soda is held with
firmness at 14s to 14s 6d, with a fair business doing.
COCHINEAL—This afternoon the public sales if
Cochineal went at barely former rates, and of 117 bags
a small part only sold, Mexican silvers at 3s 7d to 3s Bd,
Honduras 3s 8d to 3s 9d, Teneriffe 3s 8d to 33 9d, and
black 4s 2d to 43 3d.
SAFFLOWER.—This afternoon the public sales of 320
bales Bengal went at rather easier rates, but nearly all
sold at 4/ 108 to 71 l's 6d, and Bombay sort 47s to 79s
per cwt.
INDIGO.—To-day at public sale 8 srns Guatimala In-
digo sold at 33 8d to 43 3d, 4 chts ord Bengal 3s 10d to
4s, 16 chts Indigo samples 23 Od to 53 10d, but 26 chts
Manilla were withdrawn.
TURPENTINE.—There has been a large business con-
cluded in Spirit=, and at advanced rates. British drawn
realized 353 to 35s 6d, and American 36s to 363 6d. Of
Rough several parcels have been sold at 7s 9d to Bs.
Prices aro firm for Tar, Stockholm at 20s to 20s 6d, and
Archangel 19s Gd to 20s per brl.
INlETaLs.—British Refined Tin has been much in de-
mand, but in block and bar operations have been upon a
limited scale at 80s to 81s, and in East India at 79s
to 79s 6d per cwt. Tin plates have been in large
demand; one C Coke at 27s to 27s 6d, and Char-
coal ditto at 32s to 32s 61 per box. Lead in
good request, British pig at 171 to 171 10s, and
Spanish at 161 to 161 10s. In Spelter operations on the
spot continue upon a limited scale at 161 103 to 16112 s
6d, but large sales have been made for delivery at 16/ is
6d to 161 lOs per ton. In Scotch Pig Iron a good busi-
ness has been concluded, and the market is firm at 43s
Gd for mixed, and at 44s to 44s 6d per ton for num-
ber one.
TALLOW.—The demand has much improved for Rus-
sion on the spot during the last few days, and the
market is now firm at 37s to 37s 6d per cwt. for fine
new yellow Candle; and at 36s 6d for old. Sales
are upon a more extensive scale for delivery
up to the close of the year, and for the two first
months of 1851; whilst the rates paid are 37s to
37s 3d per cwt for new. Home melted has been in
large demand at 375, net cash for immediate delivery.
In other sorts of Tallow sales are upon an enlarged
scale; and at auction 286 casks Australian, mostly sold
at 34s to 37s 6d; and 600 packages South American at
34s 3d to 37s per cwt. For public sale 1,000 pkgs are
declared.
. OlLS.—Prices are lower for Cod, and sales are upon a
limited scale at 381 to 391 per tan. Seal has been oper-
ated in with caution, and prices are on the decline,
ruling at 38/ to 381 lOs for pale. Of 59 tuna at auction
a small part only sold, tinged 371 to 37/ 10s, straw 35115 s
to 36/103, yellow 35/ to 36/, brown 351, and boiled 301 to
30155. Prices remain firm for Southern at from 35110 s to
38/ lOs for common to fine; there is also only a limited
quantity on offer, but buyers are not much dis-
posed to operate. Prices continue firm for Sperm,
and a good demaild prevails, there is a diminished sup-
ply, fine colonial realized 871 to 881, and Headmat-
ter 96/ to 99/ per tun. Linseed Oil has been
in large demand on the spot both for home consumption
and shipping; prices are also firm, and rule at 33s to 333
3d per cwt. For delivery a good deal has been done,
and the rates paid are 33s 3d to 33s 6d for three first
months of next year. In Palm sales have been limited,
and fine is offered at 295. Cocoa Nut continues
to be operated in with caution, Ceylon at 28s to 30s,
and Cochin at 29s to 31s. In Rape Seed Oil there is a
good deal doing; pale at 37s 6d to 38s, brown 36s 6d,
and foreign pale 38s to 38s 6d per cwt. The market for
Olive has a quiet tone, sellers are willing to accept 331
to 441f0r Gallipoli; and 41/ to 42/ 10s for other kinds.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, Dec. 3.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Lord
CAMPBELL and a Special Jury.)
DRYDEN V. FRYER.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Michael Rook—l never saw Sir Gregory drinking
brandy and water at the Eyro Arms or at the York and
Albany; nor did I ever say I did to any person. From
the time I was discharged, I will not swear I was not
told to keep an eye over Sir Gregory by Lady Turner
or Dr. Warburton. Occasionally, after that time, I did
keep my eye upon him. Whenever I watched him he went
his usual way about town, and returned home, getting
into a cab very often. He had a peculiarity of stuffing his
pockets with papers and letters. He carried about with
him specimens of rare stones of old buildings, but not
of bricks or common stones of any description. Ile did
not like cats or dogs. He had a peculiarity of not being
willing to go to the water-closet; he used a common
utensil in the room. There was a common red earthen-
ware pan kept in the room for that purpose under the
bed. fie used it near the fireplace. That was continued
until I left, and I found him using it when I returned.
llle never walked about the room at nights. He did not
take his clothes into bed with him; but he might do so.
He was not fond of new clothes. I went back to him in
November. Ills fits had begun then; ho bad a fit soon
after I returned. I never saw him in a fit before I first
Ileac him. After I went back to him in November,
1841, he had one or two fits in the remainder of that
year; but they became frequent in the next year, and
his mind and body became more feeble. I consider
his mind was very well up to within two or three mouths
before his death; he was perhaps not quite rational, but
he was capable of doing any act like anybody else.
He then became more thoughtful about his family.
I cannot give you particularly any instance of his con-
versation being irrational at any time. He used to be-
come excited, and he liked a glass of liquor. Ever
since I left off attending Sir Gregory, I have been paid
this salary regularly, though I receive less now than I
did at one time for attending on Sir Gregory. I had
formerly 30s. a week; since I left the house that Holmes
had it has been a guinea.
Re-examined by Mr. M. CHAMBERS—The impression
upon my mind was, after I left off attending Sir Gre-
gory, that I should be called back in the event of the
removal of the restraint on Sir Gregory not answering.l
About 1840 and 1841 Sir Gregory became quite a dif-
ferent man from what he had been; he was more tran-
quil and quiet. The pan, of which I have spoken, had
been put into his bedroom at the instance of Mr. Holmes,
and not at Sir Gregory's request.
William Holmes called—l was the proprietor of the
house in Alpha-road in which Sir Gregory came to re-
side in January, 1828. In the early part of 1829 I was
appointed one of his attendants by the Court of Chan-
eery. I attended him with Rook up to April, 1840,
when my attendance was discontinued. Previous to my
leaving, in 1840, I noticed a change for the better in his
mind. I did not see him again until October or No-
vember. 1841, when I met him accidentally walking in
the Alpha-road alone. He addressed me, saying, " Ah,
Holmes! how d'ye do?" cordially putting out his hand
to shake hands with me. I conversed with him about
ten minutes. I said, "I perceive, Sir Gregory, you are
a free agent." He said, "'Yes, Holmes, and I hope I
always Shall be. I hope you are comfortable in your
situation. How is the Duke?" (meaning the nobleman
I was with.) In that conversation ho talked reasonably
and sensibly. His manner was rational, and his address
was pleasant and less hurried than formerly. In 1842
he came to see me in his carriage at the house. I was
staying with the nobleman near Kilburn. He got out of
his carriage and walked with me up and down the road
That was in the autumn of 1842. I talked with him
about half an hour. His conduct and conversation were
then decidedly rational. Rook was with him in the
carriage. I said to Sir Gregory, " I see Rook is with
you again." He replied, " I had a wish for Rook to come
back again," because, he said, he was not so well in
bodily health. When he saw and parted with me on this
occasion he shook hands with me. It did not think
Rook's attendance was necessary with reference to the
state of Sir Gregory's mind.
Cross-examined by Sir F. KELLY—I was Sir Gregory's
keeper from 1828 to 1840. I am not aware I was suc-
ceeded by another keeper. With the exception of three
months, after he came to my house his conversation was
always rational. It was not in his conversation
that his disease manifested itself. It was rather
in his peculiar habits, which I thought indi-
cated insanity. When I left my house in 1840,
Rook took my house for the purpose of Sir Gre-
gory residing there until Midsummer, 1841, when my
house came back into my own bends. I received about
26/. or 271. for damage done by Sir Gregory to my fur-
niture. I do not recollect that that included a charge
for injury done te the bed in which Sir Gregory slept.
I did not look at the bedding used by Sir Gregory until
a month afterwards and then it had been cleaned,
Mr. William Archer called—l am a surgeon in Mon-
tagu-street, Portman-square. In the latter end of No-
vember, 1841, I was called in to attend Sir Gregory
Page Turner. The late Dr. Warburton was attending
him as his physician then. Sir Gregory had burnt his
hand in extinguishing the fire in Lady Turner's cap,
which had caught fire whilst she was reading, and I was
called in to see him. Her Ladyship's hands were also
burnt. I attended him a month or five weeks. I at-
tended him for nothing else than the burns in
that. period. In the end of 1841, or beginning
of 1842 I attended him again for an epileptic fit, and I
continued to attend him from that time until his death,
principally on account of the fits. I saw him sometimes
twice in a day, and at other times a week would inter-
vene. The late Dr. Warburton continued to attend him,
with me, up to the time of his death. I had frequent
conversations with Sir Gregory when I was first called
in; he was then quite rational; he had no de-
lusions; he always answered to the point, evidently
perfectly understanding what was said. In
my judgment he was capable of understanding any in-
strument in, the nature of a will, and of transacting bu-
siness. After I attended him awhile there was more
torpor of the mind; he would not answer so readily. I
never heard him talk insensibly.
Cross-exereined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—I keep
1 an open surgery in Montagu-strset, Portman-square,
where I dispense medicines and make up prescriptions.
I am a member of the College of Surgeons of
fifteen years standing. During the first half
of 1842 Sir; Gregory perhaps had three or
four fits. I know of, a Mr.. North, a medical gentleman,
being called in.
Part of ,14342 his fits be-
In the latter,
came snore frequent., aleehad hone„
„ aage a month or
.three weeks. I conversed with nim ~ohout, ilia family
and the ordinary topics,of the day!, • He talked especially
about his daughter, expreisiag'gteat. fondnees ter ..ber,
and wishing to see her. I have, beets present :when he
did see her. He received her with kiroinem / don't

say that the commission ought never to have been re-
moved; I only say ho was rational when I talked with
him.
By Lord CAMPBELL—If I had been asked in the lat-
ter end of 1841 or the beginning of 1842 to witness a I
will by Sir Gregory Turner, I should have done so.
Thomas Paxton called—l am bailiff on Sir Gregory
Turner's Bedfordshire estates. I first became bailiff in
1819. I have continued so up till this moment. I was
a witness in support of the commission in 1823. I had
had frequent communications with Sir Gregory up to that
time. In April, 1839, I was residing in the adjoining
parish to Battlesden, on the property of Sir Gregory
Turner. I remember a Mr. Fryer, in April, 1839,
speaking to me with regard to the management of the
property. He wished me to mark out a lot of timber
that might be taken down on the estates.
The Rev. John Vaux Moore called—l am the rector
of Aspley-Guys, in Bedfordshire. lam a first cousin
of the late Sir Gregory Turner. I saw him occasion-
ally in early life. After the commission was taken out
against him, in 1823, I was in the habit of seeing him in
the Alpha-road. He paid me a visit at my own house
in Bedfordshire in July, 1841. Ho conducted himself
perfectly as other people do with regard to his moaner
and conversation. He dined with me. He came between
twelve and one. We dined in the middle of the day,
and he L ft the village about live or six. I walked round
the garden with him as well as dining with him. I had
thus a greaj deal of conversation with him, in the course
of which h referred to places and persons in the neigh-
bourhood. I was surprised at his memory on those sub-
jects, considering that he had not been at my house before
for about twenty years. I think he was capable of any
act rt quiring judgment and the use of right reason.
Cross-examined by Sir F. KELLY—I never transacted
any kind of business with Sir Gregory. On the occa-
sion I refer to, when he visited me, he was accompanied
by her Ladyship and a coachtnan, and came from Luton.
I never resided in the house with him. During this visit
his habits or peculiarities were never made the subject of
conversation. I endeavoured to obtain the living of
Battlesden on two occasions, and I was unsuccessful in
both. Mr. Fryer is at this moment rector of Battlesden.
gr. Fryer has been rector of Battlesden for upwards of
a year and a half. I have made a visit to Mr. Fryer at
Battlesden, and Mr. Fryer has returned my visit; but
neither of us happened to be at home, and therefore by
accident we have never met.
Miss Frances Ann Moore called—l am first cousin to
the late Sir Gregory Page Turner, and sister of the
last witness. I was acquainted with Sir Gregory before
the issuing of the commission in 1823. I had known
him from a boy. He was always a person of eccentric
habits. I have seen him almost every year since the
commission in 1823. In 1841, after Lady Turner had
returned to live with him, I went to stay with them in
Montagu-square. I; called on them also in the Alpha-
road, but I* cannot recollect in what year
that was. He was then in the same state as
I had known him all my life. I was about a fortnight
with them in Montagu-square. That was about two
years before he came to visit us in Bedfordshire. When
I stayed with them in Montagu-square I had opportunities
a conversing with him. He took his meals with the
family, except breakfast. He appeared as much able of
transacting business as he always was; he was odd. He
was rational in talking. I never heard anything irra-
tional in his conversation. I cannot recollect him doing
anything irrational. I rode out with him in his carriage
frequently.
Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR. GENERAL—I don't
say he was rational as to his conversation all the time I
knew him, but he was rational in that respect whenever
I talked to him. I stayed with him also in Gloucester-
place, Portman-square. Sir Gregory never in the least
insulted me. I never remember falling asleep on a sofa
on either of the occasions when I stayed in his house; I
am positive of it. Trying my memory, I cannot recol-
lect any irrational act of his. I certainly don't remember
anything happening to my dress at any time when I was
lying asleep on a sofa. Positive again.—(Laughter.)
It is perfectly false that I was ever in the least annoyed
by Sir Gregory Page Turner. I thought him better in
conversation when I was staying with him in Gloucester-
place. I don't remember his having fits when I was
staying there with him.
Re-examined by Mr. M. CHAMBERS—I was in the
habit of seeing him every year when I came to town.
Mary Durosi—lu 1832 I went to reside as governess
in the family of Lady Winston Baron, who is a sister of
the late Sir Gregory Turner. I remained there for five
years. After I left I kept up my intercourse with
lady Winston Baron. I was in the habit, both
before and after I left her, of visiting Sir Gregory
till his death in the company of Lady Baron.
In 1840 and 1841, when I visited him, his conversation
was rather rational, though I cannot speak positively as
to the years. I remember visiting him in the Alpha-
road and in Montagu-square. In Montagu-square I
had conversation with him about his travels, and he
talked like a sensible man. I have taken Lady Baron's
children to see him; he was glad to see them, and fond
of them. I also visited him in Gloucester-place, where
I found him sensible.
Cross-examined by Sir F. KELLY—I cannot say when
I first became acquainted with him, but it was when he
was about to leave the Alpha-road to come to Montagu-
square. I think he had a fit a short time after he
came to live in Gloucester-place. I never hoard of his
having a fit in Montagu•square. He spoke to me about
planting trees, and his garden, and so on, when I had
conversations with him. I never stayed in his house over
night. I only visited him in the day time, and stayed
dinner, and played at cards afterwards.
Re-examined by Mr. M. CHAMBERS—I saw Rook and
another young man in attendance upon him in Glou-
cester-place.
By a juryman—lt was at Gloucester-place, in 1840,
where I played at cards with Sir Gregory; we played at
three-handed whist, and Sir Gregory took a band.
There was a " durnmy."—(Laughter.) Sir Gregory
played very well indeed; he won twice—(Laughter)—
and I lost N. by it.—(Renewed laughter.) Sir Gregory
was my partner.
Mr. Robert Hare—l am a clerk at Messrs. Coutts's
bank, and I remember his coming to the bank in the
autumn of 1841 to return a visit I had paid him in the
Alpha-road, when ho appeared perfectly rational. I had
seen him at the Alpha-road in June of that year for
three or four hours. My wife had been invited to dine
there, and I joined the party at dessert. He conversed
rationally, like other men, on general topics. His con-
duct and behaviour were that of a rational gentleman.
Mrs. Hare, the wife of the preceding witness, corrobo-
rated his statement as to visiting Sir Gregory Turner at
the Alpha-road, in 1841. Sir Gregory on that occasioe
conducted himself like a gentleman and a man of sense.
Miss Matilda Dryden, a daughter of the late Sir H.
Dryden, deposed to visiting Sir Gregory Turner twice in
Montagu-square, on both which occasions he conducted
himself rationally.
The Rev. Lemster Dryden, the plaintiff in the" suit
(who was called under an order of the Court of Chan-
cery), remembered visiting Sir Gregory twice in March,
1841, in the Alpha-road. Spent the whole evening with
him on the second occasion; he was perfectly well in his
mind and conversed most rationally. He was then col-
lecting " Nash's Engravings of Baronial Residences."
His conversation turned much on that subject and was
'clear and rational. From that conversation I should say
he was then competent to transact any of the ordinary
business of life.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then addressed the jury for
the defendant, and at its conclusion the Court adjourned.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 3.
(Sittings in Banco.)
POWELL V. HOYLAND.

This was an action ;in trover for certain bills of ex-
change. A verdict was found for the plaintiff. A rule
had been obtained calling on the plaintiff to show cause
why there should not be a new trial, on the ground
that there was no evidence to go to the jury of a con-
version.

Mr. WELSBY and, Mr. ATHERTON now showed cause.
Mr. Pummio, in support of the rule, contended that
the plaintiff voluntarily parted with the bills, and that
the fact of his having been induced to do so by a mis-
taken representation was immaterial.

The COURT took time to consider.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the CHIEF BARON and a
Special Jury.)
BARKER AND ANOTHER V. BROOKS.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff:, as ad-
vertising agents, against the defendant as one of the
provisional committeemen of a railway called the Nor-
folk Coast line.

Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Bovill were for the plain-
tiff ; and Mr. Crowder, Q.C., and Mr. Corrie for the de-
fendant.

The CHIEF BARON, in summing up, told the jury that
the case of " Bailey v. Macauley," 19 and 7 Q. 8., 73,
which had been alluded to in the course of the case, had
his entire concurrence, and he should leave the case to
them in the same way as he had summed up in the case
of '• Reynell v. Lewis," which bad received the approba-
tion of the Court of Queen's Bench. The jury would,
therefore, have to consider whether the defendant really
ever became a provisional committeeman; secondly,
whether, if he were, he ever authorised any member of
the committee to hold him out to the world as respon-
sible for the expenses on behalf of the company; and,
lastly, whether the work for which the sum of 431. was
now claimed, waa4lone on his credit, and on the faith of
his being a provisional committeeman.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
Mr. CORRIE applied to his Lordship to certify for a
special jury.
The Loan CHIEF BARON refused to certify. The ex-
penses of actions of this kind must be considered as a
great evil, and, as in the present case, the defendant had
applied for that description of jury which he considered
the most likely to give him the verdict he required, he
must pay for it.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 3.
(Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.)
IN RR BIDDULPH, WRIGHT, AND CO.

To-day was fixed for a further dividend meeting under
the joint and separate estate of these bankrupts, the
bankers, of Henrietta street, Covent garden, who failed
in 1840.

Mr. FORD applied to the Court to order that a sum of
4,0001. be set apart to meet costs incidental to the Chan-
cery suits. The costs had already exceeded 2,3001, and
if the suit should terminate in favour of the assignees it
would benefit the bankrupts' estate to the extent of
6,0001. or 7,0001.
His Ilotiona asked what amount of assets were in
hand. -

Mr. FEW replied 15,110/, on the joint estate, and
7,310/. on account of the separate estate of Mr. Wright.
Os HONOUR said that 4,0001. seemed a very large sum
to set aside for costs, Were the suits In Chancery likely
be Wed shortly ?—. (Laughter.)

to a i Bey rghter.) -
Mr. Faw said thitt the suit of," Mornington eihfor-'
nington" would - not be decided' =at Present, butlid-was
willing to believe. that it 'would be different with the,
other, two suits. , , ,
110 lioNotat said 4,0001, was, too large s 6xlrll. .
was Tilling to room 3,0004