The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-02 00:00:00

PUBLIC SALES.—(THis DAN.)

By Messrs. RoatNs, at the Auction Mart.—A substantial well-
built Residence, nearly complete, of a frontage of 28 feet 3 inches,
situate Holland-park-terrace, held for 99 years, from Lady Day,
1825, at a ground-rent of 14/., presumed annual value 140/.,
when completed. Sold for 5201.—A150 a smaller House, equally
substantial, and of a frontage of 19 feet 7 inches held for 99 years,
from Lady Day, 1825, at a ground-rent of 10!. 18s., presumed
annual value 100/. when completed. 3601.—An excellent Car-
case, situate. Holland-park-terrace, 22 feet by 32 feet (the Eastern
end), held for 99 years, from the 24th of June, 1825, at a
ground-rent of 10 guineas,. presumed value 901. a year, when
completed. 2201.—A superior Carcase (the centre house) has
been desigited for the residence of a gentleman of distinction, held
fl)r 99 years, from the 24th of June, 1825, at a ground-rent of
141. 12s. ed., presumed value 140!. a year, when completed.
3401.—An excellent Carcase, 22 feet by 32 feet (the Western
end), very similar to Lot 3, held for 99 years, from the 24th
June, 1825, at a ground-rent of I I/., presumed value 90!. a
year, when completed.-2201.
A Renter's Share in Drury Lane Theatre, (being No. )
entitling the purchaser to an Income of Is. 6d. per Night of Per-
formance, (which amounts generally to near 15/. per share, and is
paid to Messrs. Ransom and Co., Bankers to the trustee;) and
also a Free Admission, transferable every Season, admitting to all
atbeauptresseilntyt-esiegahston is included. tlO kinds of performance, oratorios, benefits, &c, The Share is held
faourdainpcoeruiodie
forof years, and the free admission
Guineas.—
Another, (being No. 228,) exactly similar. 190 Guineas.--A
Lana, A petiowd Life Admission, or the privilege
111000yaLlJi7rinutryStock or Proprieter s Shan, in the New Theatre
to nominate any one person to a free admission for life. 70
Guineas.

By Ma. NEwTote.—Ml that extensive freehold substantial
editiet,,,the New York TOM, coffee-house, hotel, and liquor shop,
most eligibly situate in Sweeting's Rents, Cornhill. These pre-
mises are conveniently arranged for business, have just undergone
a complete re
pair and improvement, at a very considerable ex-
pense, and are now in tlnk best possible state. The whole are
now in the occupation of Ir. James Careless, a most respectable
tenant ; on lease for a tefo
i whereof thirteen years end a half were
unexpired at Midsummer 1891 Z
day,
- ---, at the respective net rents
of two hundred pounds per annum, for the remaining seven yea'
of the term. The Lend tax is redeemed. All the fixtures on the
premises, that are the property of the vendors, will he included
in the purchase.-4,100/. Two substantial brick-built dwelling-
, houses, shops and extensive preniises, desirably situate in the
preferable part of that greet leading thoroughfare, Ratcliffe High-
way.-4,0701.

LAW INTtiltaikla;

VICE-CiIANCtI.IOII'S COURT---(Tats Day.)

itAIWISToCK,' v. AtsThieli.
Mr. Pepys stated thiS Nyas,a demurrer bye a wit-
ness. The witness had been asked rtitteation relating to '
the matters in the cause, and having been PiZAtifinna,lly
concerned for some of the parties, he did not think that
he ought to disclose what had been asked of him. It was,
li.owercri a matter of perfect indifference tr. him whether
he answered or not ; Mr, P: understood :parties interested
in the answer meant to appear by their Counsel to oppose
the answer, and In that Way to bring the question fairly
before the Court.
Mr. HEALD appeared for the plaintiff, and felt surprised
to hear that the parties in the cause were to appear to
argue the questioni and that the witness who had de-
murred meant to leave the demurrer to the tide of chance.
The witness had been a solicitor, had left that branch of
the profession and gone to the Bar; and the only reason
he had demurred was, that he might not be edusidered
hereafter to have made any unprofessional disclosure. He
(Mr. H.) felt it his duty to oppose the demurrer, and to
treat it just in the way in which Mr. Godfrey's demurrer
was treated is Parkhurst v. Lowton, but he thought some-
body ought to appear to support it.
Mr. HART said he was Counsel for the defendant in
this cause; but he had no instructions to support the de-
murrer, or to say any thing whatever on the present oc-
casion. • _ _

Mr. PEPY3 certainly understood that the defendant
meant to support the demurrer ; however, as it was quite
a matter of indifference to the witness whether he an-
swered or not, he left the question to the Court, being
willing to answer if he should be ordered to do so.
His HONOUR said, as nobody appeared to support the
demurrer, it was of course to overrule it; and therefore
the Court did so.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—(Tars DAT.)
Btscilorr V. OGLEBY.
This was an action to recover the value of a bill of ex-
change fix 5001. accepted by the defendant, dated March
1823.
Mr. Serjeant BOSANCIUET appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN for the defendant.
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 500/.
SOAMES V. BONTHARD.
In this action, which was brought to recover the sum of
1,3001. on a Policy of Insurance effected on the ship Indian
Trader, in the St. Patrick Insurance Office,
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN, on behalf of the defendant,
agreed to the plaintiff taking a verdict for I,OOW. subject
to arbitration.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-WESTMINSTER-.-0.1113 DAY.)

Before the Cum JusticE and a Common Jury.
THOMAS V. VARTOI4.

This was nn action brought to recover from the defendant the
sum of 18/. which was paid in consequence of an unlawful dis-
tress. It appeared that Ovid Thompson, the uncle of the plain-
tiff, had rented a house of the defendant, at Islington, as tenant
at will ;, that in May, 1825, he had given notice to quit at
Christmas, at which period he put the plaintiff in possession,
without consulting the defendant, who was entirely ignorant of
any change having taken place in the tenantry, as the plaintiff had
carried on the same business (that of a plumber) u his uncle had.
In the February following, Ovid Thompson was arrested by the
defendant, for two quarters' rent, and it having appeared that he
was in insolvent circumstances, the action was withdrawn, and
the goods of the plaintiff distrained for the arrears then due, in
consequence of which, he paid the sum, which he now sued for,
on the ground that he was not liable for more rent than had ac-
crued since he came into possession; but it having appeared in
evidence, that he was in partnership with the uncle, the Jury re-
turned a verdict for the defendant.

MANtI-118Tglt—,-TUESDAY EVENtNG, QCr.3l
(mom' OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Through the past week, as well as to-day, we hay
had little or no inquiry for goods, and trade, appears t
be almost at stand ; indeed, the little business doing
is at such' miserable prices, that it is scarcely worth
atti_inding to. Yarns ate ,ma the decline, and prices
have giveti itYwy from one halfpenny to a penny per
pound from last wielFs quotation. Heavy goods for
exportation are also on the' decline, and sales cannot
be effected, but at a considerable reduction. Shirt-
ings, and every description of ligfat goods, partake of
the general depression, and should the flatness continue
but a very short time longer, we shall be ist as bad a
state as we were some months ago. The Cotton 'mar-
ket, both here and in Liverpool, is 'exceedingly dull,
and Cotton may be purchased at reduced prices; few
sales have been effected,
We understand that it is the intention of our mer-
chants to convene at an early period a public meeting
on the subject of the Corn Laws.

HORRID DEPRAVITY-DISTRESS.

On Friday, an account of the following tale reached us ;but
the details were so horrible and incredible, that we refrained from
giving publicity to them till we had ascertained from the best
authority the real facts of the case. The following particulars we
obtained from the lips of the respectable medical Gentleman, to
whom the horrid offer was made :
Standing in his shop, he was accosted by a woman, at that time
accompanied with another, who enquired of him if he would buy
her child, a fine infant about ten mouths old. At first he thought
she oust either be insane or intoxicated ; but after a little conver-
sation with her, he ascertained that she was neither, and accord-
ingly he deterZoined to try if she would really carry her unna-
tural object into ezecution. He enquired the price.—Twenty-
five pounds said she, and, besides, you must return me the
clothes! But what can I du with it !—Oh ! you know very well
what to do with it yourself, said the mother. With a living
child said he! what am I to main.' of it?—"Oh you can kill it,
said she, by boiling it ! ! But, said he, I will never make twenty-
tive pounds out of it. Oh, that you readily do, said she.
How ?—Why, by boiling it down,. and mais*-4115 drugs of it, was
the reply!! Notwithstanding these barbarous expressions, the
surgeon still thought it impossible for her to peg severe in her
object ? but he was resolved to put her to the tr;til to the
utmost. Twenty-five pounds, and the clothes returned, 3 • your
price ? Yes ! Very well, you may strip the child, and Ifeve
it. He eyed her narrowly—she commenced—her hand shook,.
and the tears rolled down her cheeks. Did not I tell you, said
the gentleman, that you could not part with it? In a day or two
you will return, and kick up a noise about my shop, and ats.
cuss me of killing your child ! No, Sir, I will not, indeed I
will not ; I give you my word, that I will leave the town the
moment that 1 receive the money. Her companion, in aban-
doned character, whom the gentleman knew from having seen
about the Police OCT, here shrunk back; and being asked if she
had any children, and if she too would sell heed Shocked at the
idea, she answered, No ! and walked off. Have you any more
children ? said the gentleman to the mother, who was wishing to
sell the child. Yes, Sir, I have another, a boy. About what
age ? From eleven to twelve years old. And will you sell
hint also. 0 yes. Sir. But you will not be able to bring
hint here, if he knows of it. Oh! I will coax him to come
with me, said the mother, if you will buy him !
but about the one that is with you, said the Gentleman, will
you just wait a little before my shop door, till I run to my
house and bring the money. Afraid, from what he had
seen, that if he sent her away with the child, she would,
without hesitation, kill it, and carry It dead to some anatomist,
as the readiest way to get it disposed of, the gentleman went
immediately to the Police-office, and procured a constable to fol-
low him ; and, returning to his shop, the woman immediately
made her appearance with her child, and immediately after, the
Police-officer entered, but having no red collar to his coat, the
woman was not aware of his station, and accordingly pro-
ceeded in her intended sale. The Medical Gentleman again
resolved to see how far humanity and maternal feeling were
really extinct in her bosom, and stated that she demanded
too high a price,, that he could not afford so much, and,
finally heat her down to sweets cousins, as the price of her
infant ! Well, then, said be, take off the clothes, as you require.
She proceed to unloose the frock. Nature once snore meltssi her
hard heart. The tears filled her eyes as she unloosed the garment.
"Did not I tell you," said the surgeon, " you could not stand it ;
I cannot take the child from you thus." " Oh, Sir," said she*
with energy, lifting her hands, and wiping away the tears which
stood in her eyes, "take it—l will never cry for him any mom,"
and she proceeded to strip off the clothes " Very wall," said he
" take the child with the clothes upon it, and go with this maxi"
pointing to the officer, "he will conduct you to a house which he
will chew you, and help you to strip the child, and where you will get
the price." and away she went without suspicion,and soon foiled her-
self in the Police Office, and in proper surveillance. But what will
their
bodariees removedfordis.
frost
what can be clone to her, we know not. One thing, we' thinks
is
Itnolleirearb, clear,lsyhewill i
nmattnte
IlLn ;thtt:tdeuantllestit and sell
s children
section. The barbarous wretch is, we learn, from Ireland. Her
husband, hoot whom, it is said, she has separated, is a porter in
this city. Want, she asserted, drove her to the dreadful resource.
It may be so—and if so, how severe must it have been ! But if
not proceeding from this cause, how horrid must the depravity of
that heart be, which could bring a mother to sell the infant hang-
ing upon her breast to be put to death, as she coolly said and sup-
posed it would be, by boiling it in a pot ! !
The mind shrinks back front dwelling upon, and the heart
sickens at, the contemplation of such scenes as these ; and while
such are found in our country, no matter whether the wretched
beings arc driven to such acts by want or drawn to them by no-
total depravity, still we should turn our attention to enlighten,
and to reclaim, and to support such people at home, before we
spend our money or our exertions upon Eastern barbarians or beastly
luttentots.-- Glarriow Courier.