The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-05 00:00:00

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COUNTYCOURTS.
Wednesdaylthe Bill for the more,easy recovery of
demnnds-in the eounty Courts . of -England was
printed. It contains no fewer than 122 clauses, with
several schedules "annexed. By the preamble it is .de7:l
Glared that "sundry 'Ac6 of Parliament have :been
passed from time to time for the more easy and speedy,.',
recovery'ef small debts within certain towns, parishes
and places; audit, is ,expedient that thi 'provisions of,
such -Aets-should -be amended,-and that one rule and)
manner-Of prOceeding. should preVail throughout Eng- -
land." Ittlienstates, that as the proeeedings.of,County.
Courts. which now posseSs.autbority over debts to 40s. -
are dilatory and expensive, it is expedient to alter
regulate the manner of proc.eeding, and that the Courts
established under the recited Act of Parliament, or
such of them as ought to be continued, should be,
holden after' the passing of this Act as branches of the.
COunty .Courts-under the provisions_ of. this. Act, and
that power shot:lld be ,given to her Majesty to effeet
these changts at such times arid in such ;manner ,as
May deemed.expedient, with!' the advice of her,
Privy Coliiicir frOM: time to thne, to Or&r- that this:
Act-shall- be put in force -in - such -county- or counties
as to her:Majesty, with the advice aforesaid,-from time
to time, shall'seem fit ; and the Act shall.. extend:to
those counties: concerning which any such order shall
have been made; -and not otherwise-or elsewhere.
The following appear 'to -be important 'provisions`-in
this Act, :which was introduced by, Sir.Teines Graham
and-Mr.-Manners Sutton, on Friday night •
Sec. 43. " And be it enacted that all pleas of
personal actions, `Where the plaintiff claims any debt,
or
.clainis,any.dainaies arising out of the breach of
.any express.or. 'implied agreement 7 isr ""claims; tore-doter the possession Or value of any goods or chattels!
unlawfullytaken.orkept from Where the debt,
or damageor value-of the • goods claimed is not more,
than 154, may be holden in the County CoUrt without
wherecerthe cause of action may have arisen, and
all such actions brought in the said Court shall be
heard and determined in a summary way, according to
the provisions' of this Acti providedalways that. the,
o(4lft:shall:net have cognisance-ofanyeetien in which
the title to any corporeal ineorperealhereditarnents,
'or to:any toA: fa r, or franchise shall be• in
questien,,or arising out of or relating to any will or
settlement." • • ' '
See. 78." And -belt enacted, that NA:hen:ever the
Judge shall have made an order for-the payment-of
money, the, amount shall be recoverable in case of
default or failure, of payment thereof forthwith, or at
the. time .or times, in the • manner hereby directed,
by execution either against the body or against the
goods and chattels, or first against the goods, and if
no goods, or not sufficient to satisfy the claim, shall
be found, then against the body of the party against
whom such order shall be.made, and the clerk of the
said Court, at the request of the party prosecuting
such order, shall issue under the seal of the Court a
writ of fierifacias or capias,
as, the case may be, as a
warrant of :execution to one of the bailiffs of the
Court,. who, by such warrant, shall be empowered to
take in execution thebody (if not privileged against
arrest) Of the party against whom-such order shall
be made,. or to levy by distress and sale of . the goods
and
.chattels-of such party within the jurisdiction of
the said Court, such sum of money as shall be so
ordered, and also the costs of the execution; and all
constablei and other peace - officers within their
several jurisdictions shall aid in the execution of every
such warrant," f
It is further provided- that persons shall, in default
of payment,.be committed to the debtors' prison, and
the term of imprisonment is regulated by ;the folloW-
ing provision And be it enacted, that no person.
shall.reenain in custody under any warrant twainst
the body issued under this Act longer than' forty
days for any sum not greater than .405., or longer
than one day for every . entire shilling contained in.
the sum mentioned in the warrant 'when such sum
is greater than '4os." This section 'will require
amendment to prevent a long imprisonment, as it will.
be in the power of persons to keep back executions
until the :detainers have nearly expired, and then to
put them into force. Persons who neglect to ap-
pear when summoned . are liable to be fined
Al., and to have the .fine enforced by the
sle -or' their goods. The 110th clause is a pro-
hibitory: provision to the bringing of actions in the
superior Courts under 151. •" And beit enacted, that
if ani-7:action-shall - be prosecuted after the, cotn-
thence/milt of this
i' Aet in any "of her Majesty's Courts
Of Record .at Westminster; or n the Cbiirt'ef Common
rens at Laucaster,..for 'any cause, other than_ these
lastly herein 'before specified for which.a plaint.might
might halt-been entered in any court holden under'
016 Act, and .a verdict shall be, foundfor the plaintiff
for a sum. less than. 10.. the , said: plaintiff 'shall have
judgment •to -recover, such sum only, and no costs, and
Shall -have • :execution only against .the goods and
Chattels of the defendant, and.if 0 verdict shall not be
found for ,the plaintiff, the defendant shall be entitled
to his costs as between attorney and client, unless in
either case the judge who shall, try. the. cause shall
Certify on -the back of the record that theaction was
fit to be brought in such superior court."' • •
There is no time mentioned- (in: the event-of the
I3ill passing) when it shall come into operation, fur-
ther-than that her -Majesty shall direct, with the ad-
vice of the Privy Council, .when it shall take effect.

On Wednesday a numerous meeting of the inha •
bitints of the Tower. Hamlets was held at the Court-
house, •Whitechapel, to take , into consideration ,the
'County Courts Bill, about to be introduced by Sir
;James Graham, and also to .adopt means for the im-
provementef their own Court. The chair was taken
read by. Mr.
, that a Select Com-
mittee Mr. George Offor. Thereport of the Comthittee
frmßoakeerd,, fthroming
mittee had' been ' appointed by the. House Committee,
wuihrieehinitto,
athpepesaUrbeljeot,
in September last,,. to . take, into consideration a 'me-
morial signeci.by twenty-two Ce.imnissieners,,ielative
to the state of their Court-house to imprison fraudu-
lent:debtori; and;: from the inqUiry,,it transpired that
no case of complaint was ever, established 'against
their proceedings, even, though time had been 600
suits per week during. the last twelve month's.' Out
of 3,353 executions.' issued by the Court, 1,346._ had
n bee returned not satisfied ;.the amount suedloir and
lost being 1,7331.- Letters of Apologr ter absence
were read .frt.m Sir W. Clay and Col; FQX, and resolu-
tions in support of Sir James Graham's ,Bill, and pe-
titions' to Parliament, , having been posed unani-
mously; the meeting broke up.- ~ . .
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MARKET INTELLIGENCE:.
Currentth°erre4 'has 4b.e)en
more activity this week ; the prices paidiare equal to
those of. this day week. To day buyers of home-con-
(S'PuroAl...l,h-6ltilfhea(.)NaY'eNstewlnPdiraic
sumptiou Sugar came for Ward With increased freedom,
and prices further improved.. There "was a good:de-
mand for West India Sugar for all purpbses, '420 hhds
sOld:making the total purchasei for the week 1,090 hhds,.
ancl the advance in Flee 64 and in some cases la fort.
bright Yellow qualities. , . ,,,.,
i: ;,:i
IlitiliEn.-'--Prices have advanced 6d to is per civt,l
Lumps at and under 76s 6d, brown. Lumps for the scale;
75a;--Standard Lumps 765. 6d to 775, Tatters 758 to-80s;
Hamlairgh Loaves 76s to 846, double_.dittoBs_S to 90s,
and net Lumpa.72s to 73s per cwt. -Pieces, fine 698 to
715,,g00d 66s to 68s, middling 635 to 655; and low 60Stp
62s i )4astaida, law at , 46s 'to 475, Middling 48s to-508i
peck 51s to 54a, and fine 555, to. 59S per; cwt._ In
Treacle The Operations are upon a, more extended scale
and better prices for the lower qualities, other kini'
.haVe' brought *fUll rates-. ,lidnded Crushed Sugar a,
255.9(1 to'2Bs per cwt for first qUality. Turkey double
ltanCd 21 to 4 lbs At 356 to 385.•7 Hamburgh '6 lba 344
9 to 101bs 30s to 31s, 13 to 14 1125,29 s to 305 ; TittlerS
2() to 30 lbs 2.6 s .6d to 27s ; and Prussian 40 to 45 lbS
26s to 26S sa per cwt.. I.*tarifa 16s- 6d to .20s, end
Pieces at. 2 Is to 235. . Treacle at :103 6(1" to 1.9.9 d pel•
cwt. Dutch Crushed Sugar
22s 6d to 235-6 d Per cwt
Mannarrus.7-9,132 bags taken • in, fine yellow at
66s 6d to 68s, goad "t 4s-to: 655-6 d, middling' bls to 635,
low 58s bd to 60s bd, fine- grey 61s to 65i, good Gis 6tl
to 63s 6d, IoW to middling 58s to 61s; middling brown
55s,qa ;- fine yelloW at 65s 6d to 666,.g00d.646 to 655,
middling and good
.middling fits to .63s .6d, . Tk.)-day
several parcels were sold privately, and of the lots taken
in at the public sales few are remaining- unsold ;,the ad-
vance in prices for the week is is per cwt. ' I .
:EAST INDia.:—To-day several parcels of Bengal Sug4r
sold privately at stiffer rates, goo& an&fine white at 63s
-to 685,-,middling '63s to 645, and strong yelloW 615 to 63s
per cwt ; there was no public sale. -
UOI.AsSES.—To- day the demand wtis brisker for West
India ; Trinidad sold at 25s 6il, Antigua 278, and De-
merara, 25s per cwt. The total purchases for the week
are 400 puns.
.Feivicroza.—White Ihviinaaht good quality, sold at
28-1, and .a floating cargo of 'l,OOO boxes old suft.,at 2,5 s
per cwt,' deliverable at Ghent ;- for. yellow there-are
several phrchasers and full rates offered; Bahia 17s to 19s.
~ COFFEE.—The small supply of west India. at • market
ce ' niiitteprineipally.ef:infeeior and unclean deseriptiOns,
for theae:there are few purchasers, and prices are going
down; middling clean kinds are however wanted to
supply.. -town and.. country orders, and stiff rates paid
privately . for some parcels. -Mocha is cheaper, and
little business dOne. All kinds-of Foreign Coffee have
been taken sparingly, by private " treaty, and the. rates
accepted are rather under those of this day week: This
afternoon Ceylon wet `. with increased • attention, . and
'privately several parcels Were,- disposed of; good ord
64s 6sl to 65s per cwt: at public sale 383. bags were'clis-
p.esed of---good"ordinary at 64s to 648 60, ragged 62s 6d
to 63a, and sea damaged 56s to OS; these rates are 2s 6d
to'3S higher: than •on Tuesday.• . Rio at 31s 'to 32s for
good ordinary. .. . , , - - •
Cocoa.---This afternoon West India was not much in
demand; and 32.9 bags of ,Trinidad at public sale a part
only sold at 503 6d •to 51s for mid, 45s to 49s ' low
for
_
Ited„a44ss to. 46s for damaged' being rather cheaper.
activity • 'the' Te
,Zp:,,,6::,There- - has' been 'more _ ?n.
_. _ a
market:Ns week, and' holders .are leas. ynglin 4to
' realise:, purchases 'to a fair extent havnibeen , Made
,privitelyan black andsreen, and ,full rifts paid; sound
eoniinini COngou, for cash, has fetched ls, good'penimen
is Oid,' Twankay ord _ls 2.l .to l.s'2Ad, and', common
Hyson 2s 2d to 2s 4d per lb. Assail; Tea sold
.04t itiffilitqs.,
),31,1er.5.;`,-This afternoon- Nutniegs from NeW2Voik;
.:were clionght in, bOld liined at 30,' rather woimy 2s ad,
.auft- tai hrls for exportation, only at 2s 9d-for bold limed;
43144f(cAela A%acer taken `inat4s 4d for-good 'Middling.;
.:1,2409141,4*. wets only partly- sold; drdinatt atagf
--, i 1.,_...:1.L.:,..,„_:,3 f ~., -..-! 1,5•J1LL70 i',4 ' :
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