The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-20 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
The LORD CHANCELLOR disposed of several cases of no
particular moment, up to the time of our going to Press.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
BANKRUPTCY OF HURST AND ROBINSON.
"ilk mrEs. POLE. AND °TRIMS v. SPOTTISWOODE AND

OTHIRS.

This case was mentioned at the sitting of the Court, but
'was allowed to stand over until Mr. Twiss came into
Court.
The plaintiffs are certain creditors of the bankrupt's estate
and six of the defendants are the assignees under the corn-
" Amission ; the other three defendants, Francis Graham,
Moon, and Messrs. Greaves and Boys, are pur-
-: chasers of a large portion of the stock and effects
of the bankrupts. The present application was that
the three latter defendants might be restrained by the
order of the Court, from selling or disposing of the
hooks, prints, &c. which they had purchased from the as-
signees, and that a receiver might be appointed to manage
the property. The Bill also prayep that, the sale made by
the assignees, to Messrs. Moon, Greaves, and Boys might
Le set aside on the grounds that the purchasers had impo-
sed on the assignees, as to the value of the property sold.
Mr. Twiss, for the purchasers, said that although he
Lad sufficient merits to enable him to resist the application,
still he felt it to be his duty to take preliminary objections
to the present form of proceeding. The Learned Gentle-
man then urged his objections, which in the result, his
Honour did not think sufficiently strong to call upon the
Court not to allow the matter to go further.
Mr. CoE and Mr. KNIGur were also heard at great
length on the same side.
Mr. llonue, in support of the application, then pro-
ceeded. The bankrupts, 'Messrs. Hurst and Robinson were,
as every-one must. know, booksellers of the first eminence
connected with every thing respectable in literature and
the fine arts, up to the period of their bankruptcy.
Several of. the defendants were assignees under the
commission, and certainly it was not his intention to say
any thing bearing on the character of these gentlemen, ex-
oept that through ignorance or inattention, they reposed
confidence in subordinate agents who had grossly
abused their trust, and had by fraud contrived
to . convert themselves into purchasers of the stock
which had been committed to their management
by the assignees. Shortly after the bankruptcy it
had been determined, instead of publicly selling the
bankrupts' stock, to dispose of it in the shop, and by what
was called trade sale. Boys and Graves, two of the pur-
chasers, were selected for the protection of the estate, and
the chargeagainst them was, that front the great knowledge
they had thus acquired of the value of the property, they
in an evil hour prevailed on the assignees to sell it to them
at -a price wholly disproportioned to its real value.
—Boys had not been a servant of the bankrupt previous
to his appointment. He was himself a man without
capital, and had a short time before been.an uncertificated.
bankrupt. But still from his knowledge of trade, he
was a very fit person to fill the office he now
retained, namely, that of shop-boy and clerk, to sell
and value the property. Graves was a subordinate shopman
for pretty nearly the same purposes.
[Mr. floaNy had not concluded when our Paper went
to prem.]

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.
There was a fair supply of fish at this day's market,
Which met a brisk demand, at the following prices :
Prime Turbot, each 2le. Od. to 245. Od.
Ditto small, per do. 5 0 10 0
Salmon, per 11).
7
Fine Cod-fish, each
Inferior ditto
Fine Whitings, per 15 4 0 7 6
•l
Smelts, per 26 4 U 6 0
*ate, each ... •
Haddocks, per dozen l2 0 42 0
Brill, each
Fine Soles, per three pairs 1 0 10 6
Gurnotts, each 1 0 1 6
Live Flounders, per quarters
Live Eels, per 51h.
Dutch Plaice, per basket
Fro* Herrings, per hundred 0 0 4 0
line Lobsters, per score 0 0 50 0
ltgerior ditto
Fine Prawns, per lb.
Shrimps, per gallon
Fyne Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 0 0 7 0
Scotch ditto 0 0 6 0
Rest Common Oysters, per bushel
Natives '26 0 30 0
Slackarel, per 100 £4 0 £6 0

HAY MA RKEIS.—,(At per Load at 36 Trusses.)
ST. JAMES'S.
.f. 1. £. s £. s. .C. s.
14Wlaad Mead. Hay 3 sto 4 5 Clover 'Jay 4 oto 5 15
tPlalld Ditt0....... 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw ll2 I lt;
"'Maras' Hay 4 0 5 0 Wheat Ditto llO 2 0
New Meadow Hay 315 410
4 Hood supply, and a sluggish trade!, pricew as last quoted.
- -----•---

SMITHFIELD.
X. s. a.
Lowland Mead. Hay 3 5 t 4 0
Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0
Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0
New Meadow Hay 315 4 5
A good supply, and a dull

.f. s. s.
Cloy. Hay generally 4 10 to 5 15
Do. extra tine 0 0 6 0
Oat Straw llO 112
Wheat Ditto .... 112 1 16
trade, at Tueaday'i prices.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—March 18.
At this day's Market there was a fair attendance of town
and country dealers and millers, and sales to a moderate
extent Were effected of Wheat and Oats at an advance, since
this day-week, of Id. a 2d. per 701bs. on the former, and
id. per 451bs. on the latter ; and several holders of supe-
rior qnalities of both articles withdrew their samples from
present sale. Of other articles sales were very limited at
about prices last noted.
WHEAT, per 701 b. s. d. e. d.
Fine Sweet Old English & Welsh, white and red 8 6 to 9 0
__..----- New (crop 1827)
Fine Old Scotch and Manx 7 6 8 3
Irish, Old
New red...6s. Sd. to 7s. 4c1.......5up. white 7 6 7 9
Canadian, fine qualities
Foreign (duty paid) superior white
fine high-mixed
red
. 7 9 8 0
Russian and mild. qualities 7 0 7 6
Foreign (in bond), imported since July I, 1827... 4 3 5 0
OATS, per 451 b.
Fine sweet English, Scotch, &c. ................ ..... :1 0 4 0
------ Irish, 1326 0 0 0 0
Middling and ordinary ditto and We15h..........., 9 5 2 9
Irish, (crop 1827)2 8 211
Foreign (free), French, &c.
BARLEY, per Imperial quarter.
Fine Malting
--- Grinding, per 60Ibs
Foreign (duty paid), ditto
PEASE, white boiling, per Imperial quarter
---- grey 40 0 42 0
---- Foreign, nominal 46 0 42 0
BEANS, Fine English, per Imperial quarter 42 0 46 0
-- Scotch, Irish, Dutch, &c 4O 0 44 0
.-----. Egyptian and inferior Foreign 38 0 40 0
MALT, Fine Norfolk and Suffolk, per Imp. qr. 58 0 62 0
-- Middling and inferior qualities
- -- Irish
53 0 56 0
FLOUR, English, fine and superfine, per 2801 b. 41 0 42 0
--- Irish ditto ditto
Amer., supf sweet (in bond) per barrel 22 0 25 0
----- Dantzic ditto ditto
----- Canadian (duty paid) ........ ..
--- Foreign, sour 3O 0 al 0
OarmEat, English (2tOlbs.) 245. to 25s ....... Old 21 0 22 0
"--g------ Scotch
----__ Irish
10E, per Imperial quarter, English and Foreign 32 0 :“ 0
INDIAN Come, white, per qr. of 4801 b.
------------ yellow and red
ItAvxsx4i, Irish, per last.... l9/. 0 20/. 0
INIFQET OF GRAIN for the Weeet ending March 17.
Wheal Oats. I Barley. Malt. Beans. Pease. I Rye. lOatml.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Loads.
4,742 12,209 2,134 1,360 76 191, --1,806
Flour, 3,003 sacks, 0 barrels.

EXPORTS.
Wheat, 314--Barley, o—Beans, 0 qi

.—Flour, 211 brls.

The following notice has been posted at Lloyd's,
(Torn the Hanoverian Consul-General :---
LIANOVERIAN CONSULATE, MARCII 19.
Utn,—l beg leave to acquaint you, for the
information
.f the Underwriters at Lloyd's, that I have received a
eunnounicqtion from his Excellency Count Munster, ap-
prising me that instructions have been given by the
British Government to his INiqiesty's naval forces in
the Mediterranean, to afford the protection of the Uri-
ish flag to Hanoverian ships, against the piratical depre-
tions to which commerce is at present exposed in the
Levant seas, and that the French Government has issued
opilar orders to the French naval forces in those seas.
I remain, &c.
(Signed) JOHN HALL, Consul-General.
Addre444 t? I‘4, John Bennett, Secretary
et Lloya,t,.
We understawd—

Prince METTERNICH may
tour to P
soon be expected in this country. Ite intends a diplomatic
and the Pr aris
hand London. Things are getting serious,
Prince as much to explain as well as much to ar-
range, which cannot be done by his ordinary agents. Col:n-
-inon channels do not always suit floods and tempests. It
je evident that Austria, whose object, as indeed was not
very obscurely avowed, was to embarrass England (pater
/a affatres d'Angleterre), has succeeded in involving her-
vif in difficulties from which all her diplomatic cunning
frill scarcely emancipate her.....,Morning Paper.