The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-06 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of May 3.)
SUGAR.-To -day the trade were desirous to purchase
West India Sugar, but the scanty show operated materially
against business ; many of the brokers had not a board to
offer for sale. The total purchases for the week are 1,320
hhds and trcs, and prices closed is per cwt above those of last
Friday; the market has a very firm appearance.
REFINED.-To-day, Refined goods were much wanted by
the home trade, but the supply was inadequate for the de-
mand : brown Lumps are 80s, and standard Lumps 81s 6d to
82s per cwt.
M aviirrie-s.-A good demand has been experienced from
the grocers for all sorts, and refiners have been purchasers to
a fair extent; good and fine yellow and grey qualities
brought previous rates ; but inferior and brown kinds have
advanced 6d per cwt. This afternoon, 500 bags at auction
were sold at full rates ; middling yellow at 62s 6d to 635,
grey 60s 6d to 62s 6d, and good brown 58s 6d per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with
little attention, and 1,495 bags at public sale sold at prices
that exhibited a decline on those of last Friday of is per
cwt ; fine white went at 66s to 675, middling to good 64s to
65s fld, damp and washed 63s to 65s 6d, sound middling yellow
61s to 625, damp 60s fel to 61s. Manila taken in above the
value-good strong grey at 20s to 20s 61, mid 18s 6d to
19s 6d, and washed 16s to 18s per cwt.
FOREIGN.-This afternoon yellow Havannah sound all
taken in at the full value, fine at 22s to 22s 6d, good 21s to
21s 6d, middling 20s to 20s 6d, low 18s to 19s : one lot brown
16s ; slightly damaged fetched 15s to 19s for low and mid-
dling ; 19s 6d to 21s for good and fine, and damaged 14s to
20s for low to fine, and very soft in casks 12s Gd per cwt.
MotassEs.-For all descriptions of West India no advance
in prices has taken place. Berbice at 245, Demerara good
25s 6d, Antigua 275, St. Kitts 245, Tobago 26s ; at auction
100 puns of Antigua fetched 275, and 26 puns Grenada 23s
per cwt. Bengal more in request at 15s to 17s per cwt.
TEA.-There has been a considerable falling off in the de-
mand for Tea this week, which is mainly to be attributed to
no alteration being proposed to be made in the duties. To-
day there was little inquiry for any sort of Tea, and prices are
on the decline ; common and good common Congou, cash,
Is to Is 0/tl, and ordinary Twankay is 2d to is 2}d per lb.
The exnorts of Tea from China were 25,922,677 lbs from the
Ist of October to the 31st of December last year.
SAGO.-This afternoon Sago met with attention, and 287
boxes at auction were all sold at an advance of 2s per cwt,
good middling small Pe&l fetched 20s to 20s Gd per cwt,
SPICES.-For Cassia Lignea a reduction on former rates of
Is to 2s per cwt have been submitted to, and buyers have
been induced to operate more freely. This afternoon, at auc-
tion, 43 bags of White Pepper, sound, taken in at 5/d to 54d
for good ordinary dingy, sea damaged sold at sid to Sid ; 946
bags of Malabar went readily at an advance of Ad to id, fine
sound shot fetched 4d to 4/d, and good 3id to 3/d per lb.,
COFFEE.-The market has been supplied with clean qualities
of West India Coffee this week. There was little inclination
shown on the part of the trade to operate, and a reduction on
former rates of 3s to 5s per cwt, was submitted to. This
afternoon the market was much better,Suppliedwith East India
Coffee ; Mocha at a decline on the rates ofyesterday of is per
cwt ; middling greenish clean garbled went at 73s to 75i 6d,
low middling ditto 72s to 73s 6d, good middling ditto 77s 6d
to 78s 6d, fair yellow ragged 63s 6d to 645, ragged pale 58s 6d,
middling long berry even pale taken in at 84a. Costa Rico,
tine ord colory 56s to 58s, sup 60s 6d to 635, fine ord foxy 54s to
54s 6d, and poddy 45s 6d. Padang taken inat moderate rates,
good ordinary greenish 325. Company's Java went cheaper,
and sold at 46s to 46s 6d for good fair bold pale. Ba4ivia
fetched 32s for low good ordinary brown ; Ceylon black
triage lls to 13s, and broken 40s to 41s. The closing pfices
of good ordinary sound Ceylon were 54s to 54s 6d per cvq.
Cocoa.- The market is in a quiet state for West India, and
former rates are barely sustained. Foreign is held with firm-
ness, and sales to a fair extent made privately at 28s to 30s
per cwt.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-In Jamaica Rum this
week holders show firmness; 28 to 30 per cent ever is 3s 4d
to 3s 6d ; 33 to 35 over 3s 8d to 3s 10d •, good 3s Ild to 4s 4d ;
fine 4s Gd to 4s lld ; superior 5s to 5s 6d. For Demerara the
demandhas been for small parcels only, 28 to 30 per cent over-
proof 2s 10d to 38 2d, 33 to 35 over 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; proof Lee-
wards are held with firmness at 2s 2d per gallon ; Cal-
cutta Rum at Is 10d per gallon proof. In the
Brandy Market a fall in prices of 2d per gallon has taken
place. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838 hhds
5s Bd, puns 5s 6d; ditto 1839, lihds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d ; ditto
1840, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d; ditto 1841, hhds 5s 3d, puns
5s ld ; ditto 1842, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss; middling qualities of
various marks 3s 4d to 4s 6d, and low 2s 9d to 3s 3d per gal-
lon. Geneva for shipping at is 8d to is 9d, for fine in small
parcels for home use 2s 24 to 3s paid. English Corn Spirits
at lOs 2d per gallon cash.
RICE.-Carolina dull of sale at 20s to 26s per cwt. This
afternoon Bengal Rice sold at easy rates; fine bold clean
white at 11s ed to 12s, and good lls per cwt.
Ons.-For Linseed Oil in the early part of the week, prices
declined to 26s 6d. but during the last few days prices ad-
vanced tb 26s 9d to 275. Rape at 39s to 40s for pale,
and 38s to 38s 6d per cwt. for brown, the market appears
firm. Olive Oil in excellent request, Gallipoli 52/ lOs a 53/,
Sicily 52/, Spanish 51/ a 51s 10s, and Barbary 50/ a 50/ 10s.
Cocoa Nut Oil 29s to3os, lowto mid, and 30s 6d to 31s 6il per
cwt for good to fine. Palm may be had at easier rates, 27s 6d
per cwt for fine quality. Cod 341 to 3415 s ; Southern 261 to
301; Pale Seal 33/10s to 34/. Southern Oil of Foreign fishing,
in bond, sold at 24/ lOs to 2515 s per tun. This afternoon
Sperm Oil sold at 72/ lOs to 74/ 15s, and headmatter
771 5s to 781 15s. Southern Oil at 28/ to 29l 15s ; and Palm
Oil at 23s 3d to 27s 6d per cwt.
TaLeow.-For Russian Tallow on the spot former rates are
barely maintained, 40s to 40s 9d is the value of Petersburgh
Yellow Candle, in some cases 41s per cwt has been obtained.
For delivery at 42s per cwt for the last three months of the year.
American' allow is still plentiful, and prices continue to go
down particularly for the lower qualities. Town Tallow at
40s per cwt, nett cash. This afternoon North American
Melted Tallow sold at 38s 3d to 40s, South American at 34s
Gd to 39s 6d, and Odessa Beef at 39s 9d to 40s per cwt.
INDIGO.-Holdersof East India manifest firmness, the rates
paid are rather above those of the last quarterly sale. All
other sorts at previous prices. In Spanish prices are very
firm.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COIVSISTO.RY COURT, May 4.
LORD DYSART V. LADY DYSART.

This case came on for hearing on Saturday, before
Dr. Lushington, and the arguments, no doubt, must
occupy some days longer. Lord Dysart sues his wife
for restitution of conjugal rights. Lady Dysart pleads
cruelty in many forms us a reason why she ought not to
bo compelled to return to cohabitation. The libels on
both sides are voluminous, and set forth the complaints
of the several parties. They were married in 1819, and
lived together, with intermissions, until 1837. The alle
gations of Lady Dysart plead a variety of circumstances
in proof of cruelty; that though at first the husband had
3,000/. a year, and when he came to his title 30,0001. a
year, he lived in a manner not suited to their rank ; that
his residences, in more than one instance, were almost
without furniture ; that in one house there was
no bedstead, her Ladyship being compelled to
sleep upon a mattress upon the floor. The pro-
visions were served out by his Lordship, "and the
Earl, and a boy servant had on various occa-
sions, washed the clothes. There were many items, such
as these, and in some oases extreme violence is asserted
to have been used by his Lordship towards his wife. In
replication, Lord Dysart denies those charges, anti asserts
that he was anxious for retirement, that the conduct of his
wife had compelled him occasionally to restrain her, and
that the evidence in support of the charges was sustained
principally by one witness. The Counsel for Lord Dy-
sart had not yet been heard; but, in opening, they stated
that the husband was compelled to adopt the course he
lead done is order to protect himself from debts con-
tracted by the wife. During the whole of the day the
junior counsel was heard for her Ladyship against being
compelled to return to cohabitation, and the evidence of
the witness in support of her suit was commented upon
at very considerable length, and with a small portion of
acrimony. In consequence of the length to which the
case is likely to extend, and as the other side has not
yet been beard, the charges against Lord Dysart being
all denied, time must be given fur the case to proceed to
its termination.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
A broker, of the name of Brown, who resides at No.'
95, Long-alley, Bishopsgatc, was summoned before the
Lord Mayor to
r having extortwl the sum of ss. 6d. from
a poor young woman, named Ellen Myers, who earns a
livelihood by hard application to shoebinding.
Tho defendant appeared very confident of throwing
the girl over the bridge.
Ellen Myers said, that unfortunately she had con-
traetod a debt with her landlord for rent to the amount
of 45., and Mr. Brown was sent to distrain. Capel, the
defendant's man, called at nine o'clock and told the com-
plainant that if she could contrive to pay the amount in
twenty minutes no expenses would attach. She imme-
diately ran off to borrow from her friends, and returned
within the time specified; but a sum of ss. 6d. addi-
tional was demanded, and Brown threatened to sell off
all her goods if she refused to pay the whole sum of
9asn. 6d. With the utmost difficulty she raised the amount,
frodmp_alid it to Brown, who would not deduct a farthing
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promise, and that she had returned within the period
specified. The witness, however, did not hear the agree-
ment made.
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The defendant said he had given directions to dis-
train, at the desire of her landlord, and as she had
toobeen iste,liy nearly five minutes,everai personst
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theexexPperfiessesse—d (tilhec!ramost contemptuous indignation.)
The Complainant—He was not satisfied my Lord, with
making me pay, but a little while ago he said he would
be even with me, and do for me, and I am afraid he will.
Lapel, the broker's man, said he acted entirely by the
direction of his employer.

The LORD MAYOR—Did you not tell this poor woman
that if she brought the rent to you in twenty minutes
there should be no expenses ?
Capel—Certainly I did, but she was three minutes
too late.—(Loud expressions of resentment.)
Complainant—l solemnly declare that I was back
within the time. I ran fit to kill myself.
Capel—Her landlady showed me that she was three
minutes and four seconds too late, and I was obliged to
make the demand.

Brown—My Lord, the landlord wants to get rid of
her, for she is a bad 'Kn.
Complainant—l refer you to the respectable gentle-
men, my Lord, who have employed me for years for my
character. I had paid my landlady four shillings but
the night before, and I never expected such cruel treat-,

The LORD MAYOR —This broker has acted with great
inhumanity to you, and I very much regret that I cannot
punish him upon this charge. However, I think I can
secure you from the apprehension of any violence. I
call upon you, defendant, to find bail to keep the peace
towards this poor woman for twelve months.
Defendant—Find bail for what !

The LORD MAYOR —For having threatened the com-
plainant; and if you do not find bail you shall go to
prison.--(Laughter.) His Lordship then gave ss. 6d. to
the complainant to relieve her, and the advance of rent
for a week, at the end of which he desired she would
remove to some place in which there was no such inhu-
manity existing.
Robert Henry Drover, a young man who was stated
to be the partner of Dorey, the unfortunate husband of
Mrs. Dorey, who is now undergoing her sentence of two
years' imprisonment in the Giltspur-street Compter, as
one of the accomplices of Barber in the will forgeries,
was charged with having assaulted the servants of Mr.
Martin, of No. 38, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, Manchester
warehouseman.

The defendant was apparently in a state of great ex-
citement.

Mr. Martin stated that having beard a scuffle below
in the warehouse, he went down and saw the place in a
state of the greatest confusion, of which it was quite
evident the prisoner was the author, for he was struggling
with and striking one of the establishment. It was ne-
cessary to place the defendant in the custody of an
officer of police to prevent a further breach of the peace.
James B. Rogers, warehouseman to Mr. Martin, stated
that the defendant entered the shop for the purpose of
inspecting some goods, and selected some, which were
made up in a parcel for him. The invoice was at the
same time made out, but the defendant wished the arti-
cles to be put down to the credit of the house. This the
witness refused to agree to. He said he expected the
money to be paid down, and that the defendant could
not have the goods without immediate payment. The
defendant's house had an account with the firm, and the
defendant, upon being told that Mr. Martin did not wish
to extend the credit of the house, seized the parcel and
wanted to take it away with him, but the witness and
other people belonging to the prosecutor, resisted the
attempt, and the defendant then proceeded to blows.
The defendant said that having kept an account at the
prosecutor's warehouse, he went thither to get some
goods, which appeared to be very cheap, and he took
them upon cash terms, which signified one month's
credit. The warehouseman snatched the parcel out of
his hand, although he offered to give him a cheque in the
course of the day for the amount, and then a sort of dis-
agreeable encounter took place.
The LORD MAYOR said that the attempt to take away
a parcel of goods which it was intended should be paid
for, might be subject to a very awkward sort of con-
struction, and actually become a subject of more se-
rious investigation.
The defendant was then held to bail.
GUILDHALL. - -

A few weeks ago two summonses were granted by
the magistrates of this Court, at the instigation of Birch,
the common informer, calling upon two women of the
name of Roberts and King, who kept houses of ill-fame
in Ship-yard and Chancery-lane, to make their ap-
pearance for having sold exciseable liquors on their
respective premises, without being provided with a duly
authorised license to do so. For a length of time the
hearing of the cases were adjourned at the request of the
party who laid the information, until it came to the ears
of Roe, the officer of this Court, that they were not
likely ever to come on, as Birch had compounded with
the defendants to forego the prosecution, on, the pay-
ment of 51, which had been made. Roe immediately
made his suspicions known to the sitting magistrate,
Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., who ordered that the
case should be called on for hearing as last Saturday,
and which was accordingly done. The defendants were
not present, but Birch was, and assured the Bench that
he should be ready to go into the cases at a future day
if the Alderman adjourned the hearing. Roe then in-
formed the magistrate that it would be a complete waste
of time to again adjourn the investigation, and which
fact the complainant very well knew. He could assure
the Alderman that there was a nest of informers who
frequented the City of London, and were in the habit
of receiving salaries from brothel-keepers, pawnbrokers,
and others, as a kind of consideration for overlooking
any offences that might have been committed in their
houses against the laws applicable to their trades.
Alderman COPELAND expressed himself warmly
against such a nefarious system, and was surprised that
tradesmen could lend themselves to uphold it. Why
not observe the rules and regulations laid down by the
law, and not place themselves under the power of such
despicable characters?
Birch den'ed all compromise in the matter, and said
that, on Wednesday, he should be fully prepared to go
into the cases.
Roe retorted that he could have no interest in mis-
leading the Alderman; but, when he saw defenceless
individuals pounced upon, with a view to pecuniary gain,
by parties who professed to be acting for the public good,
he should be to blame if he had neglected in bringing it
before the notice of the Court.
Alderman COPELAND was inclined to believe the
statement of Roe, but time would elicit the truth, and
on Wednesday he hoped the officer would be prepared
to go on with the case in question.
Accordingly, on that day, Roe had one of the females,
Mrs. Roberts, in attendance ; but, when the case was
called on, no one appeared to prefer the complaint.
The summons was, therefore, dismissed, and an award
made, calling upon Birch to pay 2L 2s. for the loss of
time of Mrs. Roberts and the officers of the Court,
besides other incidental expenses.
On Saturday, Mr. Lewis, the solicitor, attended with
Birch, and a large posse of the fraternity, at the Court,
before Aldermen Copeland, M.P., and Kelly, to show
cause against the award. Mr. Lewis referred to the
various Acts of Parliament, and said he could find no
provision empowering magistrates to allow costs to either
party in cases where no adjudication had taken place ;
and he contended that the Aldermen had absolutely no
jurisdiction in the matter.
Mr. Humphries, who attended for Mrs. Roberts, en-
tertained a different opinion, and addressed the Bench
on the injustice that had been practised towards his client.
Mr. Alderman COPELAND, after consulting with his
brother magistrate, said the case was of so much im-
portance that he should not give any decision until he
had taken the opinion of the City law officers. Both
parties concurred, and next Saturday week was appointed
for the settling day.
Mr. Lewis remarked that if the Bench would bind over
al parties who gave information to prosecute, they would
have the power of inflicting the amount of costs on the
party who made the charge.
Mr. Alderman COPELAND thanked Mr. Lewis for the
hint, and said it was his intention, in the ensuing week,
to mave in the House of Commons for a return of all
informations laid by common informers and not pro-
ceeded with.