The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-27 00:00:00

HAT MARKETS.

SMITTIFIELD.—Course Meadow Hay, 2/12s to 313 s ;
Useful ditto, 315 s to 3/ 13s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 14s to
41; Clover Hay, 3/ 3s to 51; Oat Straw, 115 s to 118 s ;
Wheat Straw, 119 s to 1/ 12s • per load. There was a
trifling improvement in the demand for both Hay and
Straw, at fully late rates.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 318 s ;
Useful ditto, 3110 s to 31155; fine Upland ditto, 3116 s to
4/ ; Clover Hay, 31 10s to 4118 s; Oat Straw, 11 7s to 119 s;
Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to It 12s per load. Supply but
moderate, and trade steady. Prices somewhat on the
advance.

WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 218 s to 31;
Useful ditto, 315 s to 3l lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to
41; Clover Hay, 31 to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 5s to 118 s ;
Wheat Straw, 118 s to 11 lOs per load. A good supply,
and a fair demand.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY.
There was only a small supply of Wheat to this day's mar-
ket; the Millers do not purchase freely, but the holders are
very firm in demanding last week's prices. Select samples of
Barley are taken off at full rates, but secondary qualities met a
dull sale, and barely supported their former valve. Oats and
Shelling are more in demand than of late, at rather improved
prices. Beans must be noted Is. per quarter dearer.
Per qr. of 601 b to the bushel.

_
OLD. NEW.
Wheat, Suffblk, Essex, and Kent Red....... 53 to 56 53 to 55
Ditto ditto Whit... 56 62 54 60
Norfolk Red 52 54 47 52
Ditto ditto White... 55 59 51 54
Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red....... 51 52 47 52
Ditto ditto White... 53 56 51 51
Yorkshire Red 49 53 47 52
Ditto ditto White... 51 55 50 54
Foreign Red 51 5$
Ditto ditto White... 55 59
Per guano. imperial
34 38
31 36

Barley, Norfolk and Sunlk
Yorkshire a^d Lincolnshire
Grinding
SO 32
Foreig 3 - -. 32 3.
Per qr. cf 631 b. to the bushel
Beans, Small en, 3l 33 28 30
Ticks 3l 32 28 29
Foreign ....
s. Oats, Potato a' d Pola d —s. —5 ... ...T.

I►.ealinp lOl. to lid., Fcrcign —d to —d. pet Stony.
Shelling.... 0000000 0000000000 00000 .•.21s. to 2ts. per Load.
Malt
. 23(.05. 241.05. 251. Os. per Lut.

MONE I AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
In the Liverpool market yesterday a la-ge quantity
of cotton was sold at previous rates, and the market was
firm. Of 10,000 bales taken, 5,000 were on speculation.
In the Share Market the French and South Eastern lines
were heavy, but there was a good business done in the
others. Birmingham and Gloucester were 66k; Eastern
Counties, 10 6-20 ; Great Western, 110 ; Birmingham,
New, 30 ; Brighton, 44; M inchester and Leeds, Half,
484 ; Midland Counties, 91 ; and Paris and Lyons,
21. I4s. 6d.
A rising market must be noted for most of the public
Securities to-day. The Three per Cent. Consols have
reached 971 ; for Account, 978 ; and the Reduced Three
per Cents., 94 Money is superabundant, and the pre-
mium upon Exchequer Bills is again on the advance,
being now 695. premium. Bank Stock has reached the
high price of 195, though now it is rather lower. India
Bonds are up to Bfls. premium, and all the other British
Securities look firm.
Not much business was transacted to day in the Fo.
reign Stocks. Spanish Bonds are a shade higher, namely,
at 23* ; and the Three per Cents. were quoted at 318.
But a shade of variation has taken place in the other
foreign bonds this morning.
A considerable amount of transfers have been made
in Railway Shares to day. The Birmingham and Glou-
cester, the Bristol and Exeter, the Liverpool and
Manchester, the London and Brighton, the Croy-
don, the Northern and Eastern, the South Eastern
and Dover, and the York and North Midland (Scar-
borough branch) have improved. The other Shares are
scarcely so high as yesterday. The National Provincial
Bank of Ireland Shares have advanced to* discount,
ex dividend. St. Jago de Cuba Shares are at 8 prem.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock

195 1941

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities "Altai
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities
3/ per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3/ per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
India Bonds, 1,000
Ditto under 1,000
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 14d. lid.
10001.
5001.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Brazilian Bonds, b per Cent.
Columbian Bonds
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 23 22/ 23/
Ditto Three per Cent. . .
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 2/ per Cent
Dutch 5 per Cent.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 68 ...... to
Bristol and Exeter . . 7O 68
Eastern Counties
Ditto New
Do. Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow . . .. 50
Ditto New ...... .............. ... 12/.... 15
Great Western
Ditto Fifths
Liverpool and Manchester .....100
Ditto / Shares
London and Brighton
London and Blackwall
London and Greenwich
London and South Western ... 41% . . 77
Ditto Eighths - ... .. 214//// to
London and Croydon (Trunk)... 131 I6A/ ... to
Lancaster and Carlisle
Manchester and Birmingham 40
Midland Counties 100
Ditto i Shares
Norwich and Brandon
Newcastle and Darlington Junct l5 ...... 30
Northern and Eastern
North Midland ...100

Ditto Shares
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ..
South Eastern and Dover.-
Ditto Scrip ••••
York and Narth
Ditto Scarboro' Branch

40 ..... 47i to --
.. 20 -
~ 20 -
- 50
. 25
- 50 -
2i l%l ... to --

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
National Provincial of England... 35
London Joint Stock lO
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam ~. CF. 12 6 'Gibraltar .. .. —
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 6/ Genoa
Antwerp -.25 95 Milan
Hamburgh M.B.-1315 Venice
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 Palermo, per oz 1181
Ditto, 3 months 25 90 1 isbon
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 23
Frankfort on Maine ...122 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 361 Buenos Ayres ..—
8er1in...7 (New York, 21 days sight
Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 9 56:1Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 26.—Although
we have had less animation in our share market, yet
prices remain firm, with a fair business doing :—Chester
and Birkenhead, 301 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 591 ;
Eastern Counties, New Registered, 12A- ; North Union,
95 ; Manchester, Bury, and Ropendale, 3i ; South
Western, Eighths, 21; Manchester and Sheffield, 59 ;
Peath Forest Canal, 38i.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. C0n5...... 971 Ditto Old Annuities —
31 per Cent. Red lO2/ Ditto New Annuities..
New 31 per Cent
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 69 pm
Jan. 1860
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860
FOREIGN FUNDS.

tustrran, 5 per cent. — 1 Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, S per cent , Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds ... ...... IPrussian, 5 per cent --
13 Lanes A yres6 per cent. 78i , Russian, 5 per cent —
Cnilian, 6 per cent. — i Ditto, Metallic ..... ..
Colombian, 6 per cent... 12 1 Spanish, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 1824 — liDitte, 3 per cent... —
Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent lll Ditto, Deferred.... .. ,
Danish, 3 per sent i French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange ...... .... —f —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 i Dutch, 2} per cent. bbh
Peruvian, 1825,6 perct. Ditto, 5 per cent.... 101
SHARES.

Birmingham and Dtrby (100 paid)
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 pd) 68
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) . ..... ...
Eastern Counties (23 paid) loi
Ditto New Shares (25 paid) 12
Ditto Extension (13s 4d paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) —
Ditto New Shares (12k paid) l5
Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (2i p) 2i
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Half Shares (50 paid)
Ditto Fifths (12 paid) ... l9}
Harrogate and Knaresboro' ( 3 paid)
Liverpool and Manchester ( WO paid) —
Ditto Half Shares (50 paid)
London and Brighton (50 pa d) 441
London and Blackwall (161 13s 4d paid)
London and Greenwich Railway (12/ 15s 4dpd) 5
London and South Western (41/ 6s 10dpd) 76i
• ' Ditto Eighths (15s. paid)
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ... 16i
Lancaster and Carlisle (5 paid)
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid), 391
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 22i
Norwich and Brandon (2 paid) .....
.Newcastle atid Darlington Junction(ls paid` 30
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
North Midland (100 paid)
Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) .
Paris and Orleans (20 paid)
Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ... . ...
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ......
Ditto Scrip (25 paid)
West London, Old Shares (20 paid)
Ditto First Class Preferred (10 paid l4i
York and Scarboro' Branch (2i paid) lBl

47i
33i
32h
35i
361

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
CUSTOMS' FRA UDS —THE QUEEN V. BLAKE.
Lord DENMAN said, that in the ease of the Queen v. Blake,
the Court was of opinion that the rule nisi for a new trial ought
to be granted. It would not, however, go into the new tr►all
paper, and some day, next. term, would be fixed for the ar-
gument.

THE QUEEN V. FORBES M'NIEL.
The defendant, in this case, appeared upon the floor of the
Court this morning, to receive judgment.
Mr, Justice PATTISON, in passing sentence on the defendant
said, that this was an indictment, charging the defendant with
having assaulted John Abel Smith, on which indictment he had
suffered judgment to go by default, and he was therefore, now
brought up to receive the judgment of the Court. (The Learned
Judge then proceeded to recapitulate at great length, the cir-
cumstances which had led to the assault, a.nd which have been
already frequently fully reported.) As soon as it had been re-
ported to the defendant that the prosecutor had made use of
the offensive term swindler, the defendant had written a letter,
very properly framed for that purpose, requesting a retraea•
which
tion of the expression, or an investigation,
Mr.
letter had been forwarded to the prosecutor foS'
Ravenshaw. The prosecutor, however, had refused to re
ci
tract the offensive expression, or to give any explanation, aid
had stated that the only investigation to which he would ems"'
sent was a legal one, and Mr. Freshfield, the prosecutor's attor-
ney, had written to Mr. Ravenshaw, stating that the prosecu
tor had used the expression in a moment of irritation, but that
he would not retract it ; that he was willing to afford every fa-
cility for legal inquiry, and that if an action were brought against
him, he would put in a plea of justification. That course, how-
ever, had not been adopted, and the defendant had taken the
first opportunity of puolicly horsewhipping Mr. Smith. The
Court entirely acquitted th 3 defendant in sending Mr. Williams
to the prosecutor of any design or intention to stir up the angry
feelings of the prosecutor, but it could not but be regretted that
the offer of the prosecutor to make the matter in dispute the sub-
ject of legal investigation had not been adopted. The defend-
ant said that the offer was a mere mockery, but the Court was
not of that opinion, for although the use of the word swindler
might not be actionable, which was very doubtful, yet the
pro-
secutor might have beers required to reduce the expressions to
writing, and the Court was of opinion that the letter of Air'
Freshfield was in itself actionable. If that course had been
adopted, all the facts would have been laid before
a jury, who would have had the advantage of hear-
ing the viva voce evidence of the witnesses as
given on their examination and their cross-examina-
tion. Such a course of proceeding would be much more
consistent with the interests of justice than the one which had
been adopted, for no character had ever been vindicated by
acts of violence. The language of the prosecutor, it must be
admitted, had been most offensive, and such as he ought never
to have used, and if it could have been shown that all explana•
lion had been refused, the-Court would have considered that
circumstance in passing sentence; but it seemed that the use of
that language had been justified by the prosecutor, and volu-
minous affidavits had been put in on both sides, to the contents
of which he would now allude. ( The Learned Judge then
went at great length into the history of the pecuniary traneae-,
tions of the defendant with the house of Smith, Payne, wan'
Smith, and of the circumstances attending the formation of Ow
1 artnership of Wells and M'Niel, the whole of which has ai-
reay appeared when the case was argued.) With regard to the'
misappropriation of the trust fund of Mrs. Wells and her
daughters, the Court was of opinion that the prisoner, in the
first instance, had been led into this misappropriation of that
fund from his blind confidence in others, and that lie Was
guilty of negligence, and not dishonesty. He, however,
had subsequently shown a degree of acquiescence i°
the acts of others, which might very fairly have
been considered as operating on the prosecutor's mind !31
produce an unfavourable impression. In the year 181
the defendant had discovered that his partner Wells had beep
guilty of several unjustifiable acts, more • particularly that he
had been pledging the credit of the firm for his own private
debts, in consequence of which the defendant had caused th
partnership to be dissolved, and had attempted to carry on the
business, impoverished as it had been by the abstraction of Oral
funds. The business was insolvent, and the atteril,t
was hopeless. The Court, however, did not think
that the defendant believed such to have been
the state of the business at that tithe ; on the co?:
trary, they were of opinion that the defendant thouga'
the business might be restored, although they could not ar
prove of the steps which had been adopted to support that bils,';
ness. The Learned Judge then went into a history of the 13°`
transactions between the defendant, Virtue, and others. Pl°,ll'
although there might not have been any deliberate intention r'
defraud Smith, Payne, and Smith, yet no one could be sa'
prised that a person who had suffered so severely as the preset"'
tor had, in consequence of these transactions, should have bee:l
betrayed into the use of strong terms in expressing his fee,'
ings. Looking carefully at the affidavits, although the proseenn
was not justified in using the word swindler, or in imPatic°
deliberate fraud to the defendant, yet looking to all the eircup;
sten ces of the case, it must be admitted that great allowances
ought to be made for the use of expressions blameable in thtal,.:
selves, but which had been uttered in haste and not ria'",
berately. But nothing could excuse the defendant in hail;
had recourse to personal violence, nor could the Court pas
over such an offence lightly. It was necessary, by making If
example, to protect the public against such breaches
the peace, and to prevent persons who might consider
themselves aggrieved from having recourse to personal viei:
knee. A certificate of the state of the defendant's health
had been put in, which would have the effect of diminish*
somewhat the length of time for which he would be
soned. The sentence of the Court was, that for this his 0
fence he should be imprisoned in the Queen's Prison for three
calendar months.
Mr. M'Niel was then removed in custody of the officer
the Court.
MANDAMUS—THE WILL FORGERIES.
THE QUEEN V. TEE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. L.,.
In this case a rule nisi had been obtained, calling upon on
Lord Mayor of London to show cause why a mandamus should
not issue calling upon him to deliver to Joshua Fletcher or to his
attorney copies of the depositions taken against him, and upon
which lie had been committed to the Giltspur- street ComOtee,!
for re-examination, on a charge of forging the will of Ann Slack'
The AT TORNEY- GENERAL now showed cause against the
rule, and contended that it was evident, from the wording °,
the Act, that the copies of the depositions were to be furnished
only after the person demanding them should have been com-
mitted for trial ; besides, it appeared from the affidavit of Itir'
Goodman, the Lord Mayor's clerk, that the depositions were
not actually in existence, inasmuch as they had not been yet
signed by the magistrate.
Mr. V. RICHARDS followed on the same side.
Mr. KELLY (with whom was Air. Ballantine) in support
of the rule, contended that the wording of the Act made 7._
distinction between committals for trial and committals on r:7"..
mand, and that every person committed on a magistrate's "*.a,
rant, had a right to copies of the depositions on which he vi
detained in custody.
Lord DENMAN said, that it appeared to him that in this
case the rule ought to be discharged. It was evident from
the preamble of the Act (the Prisoners' Counsel Act) that ti%
intention of the Legislature was to furnish the prisoner wit
copies of the depositions in order to enable his counsel to 0%
fend him at the trial. He had at first been inclined to enterte
some doubt from the wording of the section, which enacted t"-
any prisoner committed to any lawful custody for any 011C,,°,,ceel;
might demand copies of the depositions on which he bad t
committed; bid in the present instance it did not appear t
the committal was for any offence—it was for the purposes h°ol
further investigation, and therefore did not come within
meaning of the words of the Act. The rule must therefore ''''
discharged.
The other Judges concurred.
Lord DENMAN—In coming to this decision we do net tig
ceed at all upon the want of signatures to the depositions. ae
the duty of the Magistrates to sign the depositions at the th 7
they are taken, and every other proceeding as it goes on.
Rule discharged.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY•)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron ROLFE and 3
Common Jury.)
EVELEIGII V. PURSSOIIII.
--.4%

This was an action to recover from the defer.dant a °lie
quantity of goods and chattels, which were assigned to,o
is
plaintiff by his nephew by a bill of sale. The plaintiff, v"00
a member of the Society of Friends, became security 1°003•
amount of 100/. for his nephew, who was formerly a Coal coecl
mission agent, and who, becoming embarrassed, was dis 011" foe
by his employers, to whom the plaintiff paid 99/. 55. 310.
moneys which his nephew had received on account of the the
Subsequently the goods were distrained by the Sheriff a' fore
suit of the defendant, against which the plaintiff appealed be,tieg
a Learned Judge, who decided that the Sheriff was a" and
legally. The plaintiff now appealed against this decision;
in support of the bill of sale, which he contended entitled "the
to the ownership of the property. His object in brioglngiury
present action was, not to recover damages, but that a
might determine to whom the property really belonged. t‘g
On the part of the defendant, his Counsel (Mr. '`''?ure
complained of the extreme hardship of cases of this o'4le
A man might refuse to pay a debt—his creditor is cornP`Bo
to issue an execution on his property. A writ is issued,
~
then a relation steps forward and, producing a piece of Paits
declares the property to he his. Why, so soon as a ina"
into difficulties he might say to a relation, let me have
-this
money and I will give you a bill of sale on my propertY, ~,05i
defrauding his creditors, who may have trusted, him t° ac,",sa.
derable extent, on the supposition that he (the debtor; Tod
possessed of considerable property. This was a plan a°o°4o
by an embarrassed man. It was an established maxim 111! 0 o
lawyers, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to the reigor
George the Third, that unless possession immediately 840%01
panies a deed it is a batch of fraud. The Learned C.,°ed the
cited authorities in support of this doctrine, and connoreed,
bill of sale was a private transaction, not likely to be er! It
unless the plaintiff's nephew should get into difficultikeit, told
was not stamped until the present action was broug"
therefore illusory and fraudulent. t°
The Learned JUDGE summed up. It was easy for a heel.
set aside his property for the benefit of one creditor to
elusion of others. The transaction was not fraudulent inaPbie ;
of law—in a moral view it might not be strictly hon°ll.ke the
it was very difficult for juries to determine questions +.036 0f
one before the Court; the absei.ce of a stamp at the woo
executing the deed was not fraudulent ; a penalty cf 5 'esPe"
inflicted when executed deeds were stamped, and parts ere
cially relation., desirous of saving expense, keep cloe,eeie pro'
stamped, by them until a dispute may wise requiring
duction in a Court of law.

Verdict for the plaintiff.
NICV.
POLICE INTELLIGEI

Y•)

BOW-STREET—(THIS DA - forto
A young man, named Webb, a servant, at the :i`etion
Club House, Pall Mall, was brought up for final exam"'
erBt y of
charged with stealing a quantity of articles the Pr°APntheto*
the Right Hon. E. Ellice, the Earl of Clarendon a"
Mr. Coppock appeared for the prosecution. co-
A short time ago, a woman with whom the prionZ„.
le to
habited, committed suicide, and left one child charge.aiond
the parish. The parish of St. Martin's seized thegoctioM°
in the prisoner's room, in order tog ppropriate them to ts7..ipber
tenance of the child. Amongst these had been found as7,,,gre
of articles belonging to the Reform Club, and vi,tnieso having
called to-day to identify them. The little girl depeSeathe
seen the prisoner bring home the articles in questionfrog'
Reform Club Huse, nd also aples, pears, nuts, 84e• fully
The prisoner said nothing p
in his defence, and v°'
committed for trial

lITARYLEBONE.—rTHIS DA1() ith
_ William Ward, a notorious smasher, was
having passed three counterfeit shillings at the shop or °
Savage, 83, Harrow-road. idthat_ he
Police-constable Thomas Hallingan, 83 " sa. "s
eel::
aasnedert ascertained from. Mr. Savage the description of the PrVers
having found out the same evening that three " sine
or
utterers of base coin had sought admittance for tbs. don,
at the Refuge fur the Destitute in Market-street, Paddle:ae,
v‘he went there, accompanied by the complainant, Mr. os' "ile
'lto identified the party who had passed the shillinge•sohe
was therefore taken into custody, and on being searchetilliege
station-house, a counterfeit half-crown and two bad s -oade,
eharged_ tn..
were found upon him. On a more minute sears'being e
used Or
there was also found a phial containing some liq us-
rend!, for colouring the coin.