The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK COURT OF RE-
QUESTS-(THIS DAY.)

DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS IN EXECUTION UPON JUDG-
MENTS FROM THIS COURT UNDER LORD BROUGHAM'S

BILL.

This morning a very full attendance of the Commission-
ers of this Court was held in the Committee-room, for the
first time since Lord Brougham's Act for the Amend-
ment of the Laws relating to Insolvency, Bankruptcy,
and Execution, came into operation, to take into consi-
deration the powers vested in the Commissioners by the
provisions of the Act to discharge persons under execu-
tion upon judgments from that Court, and also to con-
sider the various applications for discharge by prisoners
in custody upon such executions in Horsemonger-lane
and the Borough Clink prisons. After considerable de-
liberation, the Commissioners, acting under the
advice of their clerks, Messrs. Drew and Meymott,
determined to grant the applications in all
the cases in which the petitions presented
had been accompanied by a certificate of the gaoler that
the petition was the petition of the party presenting it,
and had been duly signed ; in seven cases orders of dis-
charge were made without any fee, and in the other
cases the petitions were • sent back to be amended.
Mr. Keene, the humane Governor of Horsemonger-lane
Prison, was in attendance, and, with a kindness and ala-
crity characteristic of this gentleman, undertook to ob-
tain the evidence required, and enable the whole of
the applicants to be discharged in the course of the
day. The Commissioners also determined that all
applications -for ..discharge under the Act should
be made by petition, 'to •be presented on a Court-
day, qi. e., on Tuesday or Friday, stating the
amount for which the prisoner was in custody, and at
whose suit, accompanied by the certificate or attestation
of the gaoler, that the petition was the voluntary peti-
tion of the prisoner, and had been duly signed by him
or her ; the reason for so doing was, we understood,
that in several instances, at other Courts, petitions
have been presented in the name of, and against the
wishes of persons who had been in prison nearly the
whole of the time deemed sufficient to satisfy the debt ;
the consequence of which will be that the plaintiff, after
incarcerating his debtor for a number of days, can now
issue an execution against his goods.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yes-
terday, the sales being 4,000 bales, of which 1,000
were for export, prices being rather in favour of buyers.
—There was a dull' market for Shares, and in some in-
stances at rather lower rates. Birmingham and Glou-
cester, 113} ; Caledonian, 4 ; Chester and Holyhead,
61 ; Dublin and Cashel, 6i ; Grand Junction, 2194 ;
Ditto, Quarters, 54i ; Great Western, Fifths, 244 ex
div. ; Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 104 ; Liverpool
and Manchester, Halves, 99i ; London and Birmingham,
321. shares, 38 ; Lynn and Ely, 41 ; Midland Counties,
109 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 84 ; South-Eastern, 12t;
Trent Valley, 10 ; Ulster, 374 ; Paris and Lyons, 21 ;
Paris and Orleans, 371 ; Rouen and Havre, 184 ; Or-
leans, Tours, and. Bordeaux, 308.
The dates from Jamaica are to the 24th July. The
subject of obtaining a full supply of hill-coolies con-
tinues to attract, it would appear, very general interest.
An authorisation to raise a loan of 500,0001 for this
great object has, we believe, been resumed. The Corn-
wall Courier, of the 18th July, received at the Jamaica
Coffee-house this morning, upon this subject states :
" Were this island (Jamaica) peopled in proportion to
its extent, prosperity would attend every effort that is
made to improve its culture, labour would be at com-
mand at a moderate rate, and an increased demand
would exist for the luxuries as well as the necessaries of
life. There would be also an increased consumption of
British manufacture, as well as of American goods."
No doubt any step in the right direction to render
labour adequate to the wants of the planters would
be most beneficial ; but without the sanction of the
home Government, and, indeed, its guarantee for re-
payment, it is questionable if so large a boon as half a
million could be raised here upon the security of any of
the West India Colonies. The House of Assembly had
been prorogued to the 20th of this month.
Meetings continued to be held in the Colo-
nies to protest against the Government measures
connected with the reduction of the duties on foreign
sugars produced by free labour. The quotations of
sugar in Jamaica. and other colonies had advanced, more
rain having fallen than was required in moist districts.
A strong phillippic is inserted in the Falmouth Post at
the mode in which too many of the planters and over-
seers lived. " If," says our authority, " they were
to commit their houses to the keeping of vir-
tuous wives, instead of profligates, we should
soon see the effects of so desirable a change by the in-
crease of respectable families, who would thea be iden-
tified with the interests of the colony—equal, at no dis-
tant period, in wealth, intelligence, and happy contened-
ness, with the farmers of Great Britain."
There are accoUnis from Hayti of an unfavourable
tenour. The island was in a most disorganised condi-
tion, and it is asserted that French vessels of war were
hovering about to take the people under the protection
of the King of France. The Haytians are said to hate
the French.
The Victoria left the St. Katherine's Dock for New
York yesterday afternoon with 50 cabin and 150 steerage
passengers, and a fair cargo. On Saturday a dinner was
given to Mr. Voy, pilot, by the captains of the London
line of packet ships, and presented him with a service of
plate, value, 50 guineas. as a tribute of respect for his
good conduct, having piloted their ships for the last 24
years successfully.
The Funds have been pretty steady this morning.
Consols, for money, have been sold at 984 to 4 ; for
the account at 984 only. The Commissioners took
5,0001. Consols at 981. Exchequer Bills, Canadian De-
bentures, and the other Securities, were ratherjhigher
than yesterday.
The Foreign market has been in a quiescent state to-
day. Spanish Actives are at 224, and French Three per
Cents. at 80f. 25c., a fall of about 4 per cent. The only
alteration in the other Foreign Bonds is an improvement
-in Brazilian, which opened at 834, and are now at 844.
The tendency of the Railway Share Market has been
upwards, but the variations were but slight. Provincial
Bank of Ireland are at 204 premium.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank 5t0ck„...,,.. 1993 199
3 per Cent. Iteou.Q..Annuities ••••••••••••••••••••• 99X3i 34 %
Ssr Cent. Consols. 9B
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lO2
New 314 per Cent. Annuitie5..„.„....„....„,„ lolla 3(
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860. 1214 7 9-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860.........» l2 3-16%
South Sea 5t0ck......•." 00000000000000000 00000
Ditto New Annuities 977
Consols for Account 00000000000 06N,
India Stock 000000 ••••••••••••••••• 00000000 282 A

Exchequer Bills, I%cl. 1368. .-
1„.._MI01. •••••••••••••••••••••••• •••• •••••••••••• 7 4 pm.
irtti...,..7,4,....::“."......-..-: --•.....-::::::: 77:51 7754 pm.
Ditto Advertised..........— ••••••• 00000 --.
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. 82%
Mexican 80nd5,1837, 5 per Cent...„.„.„...„ —
Ditto for the Account... ............. .........
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cont. • ••• II 81
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840.............
Ditto for the Account •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 221{
French Rentes, 3 per Cent
Exchange 2sf. 50c.
Dutch 236 per Cents. ..... •••••••••••••• .......... .
Ditto for the Account.
Dutch 5 per Cent 5...„.„.„.„,„,„.„.„.,..„....„ lOO 1%
New Loan. 5 per Cents. (1837)
PRICES OF SHARES.THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAM
Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 ...........112%
Bristol and Exeter.•.......... ........ •••• '7O 00000 .•• 19N: ••• to 80
Bristol and Gloucester
30 •......55,6 ••• to --
Caledonian
5 00000 .. 4 to
Eastern Counties ..... ..•
.......,.. 23 . ..... 12 2to
Ditto New Registered....., W. 6s. BCi. *Gem 1314 •••••• to 14
Edinburgh and Glasgow ~...,......50 ••••••••• 6654 to
41 Great North of Eng1and.,„......., 100
Great Western •••••.•••"•••••••••••se 75 •••• 00000 135 ....... to 136
Ditto 16 Shares •........•........ 50
Ditto rifths... •
0000000 •••••••••••11•••• 12 00000 ...• 24% -
Hull and Selby ......... ..... ........ 50 65 to
London and Birmingham. lOO ........22334
Ditto New Thirds .. .. ••••••••••••• 2
London and Blackwell.... ....... .... 16% 7%% ••. to
London and Brighton .... ........• 502.
London and Greenwich .......... 12%7 •••••• 8% • •••• to ......
London and South Western ...•• 41% 86% ... to 87
Ditto Eighths. .... .............. A
_. ••••••• 3%%i ... to ....
London and Croydon ........ ..... %......, 19% to
Lynn and Ely 154 .. 4% ..... to 5
Manchester and Leeds. '7o .....„..124 •••• to 125
Ditto 34 Shares 3O ••••••• . 5254
Dit o % Shares ....... ............ 2
Manchester and Birminghami ... 40 .....
Ditto % Shares 2 .... .....1155(
Midland Counties ••••••••••••••••••••• 100 ••••••••,110 to 109
Birmingham and Derby ..... ..... 100
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 ....... 4734 •••••• to 48
North British
Norwich and Brandon ...... ...... 4
South Devon •.•• ••• 5.. .... ... 5%76 ••• to
South Eastern and Dover ..... •••• 32%...... all% ... to
Ditto New ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4 ....•.••• 12,6
Trent Valley ... .... ••• •............• 2 •••• ..... 10
"Yarmouth and Norwich lB ..... ... 29
York and North Midland ........ 50 ........108 ..... to

.........___. ...... ..
- Ditto % Shares
Paris and Lyons ..... ...........
Paris and Orleans 2O ..... •••• 37 ....... to --

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Provincial of Ireland.

Union of London lO

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 19.—We
have had a good market to-day, and a considerable busi-
ness has been done. Blackburn, Burnley,:and Accring-
ton, 2 ; Churnet Valley, 3s. prem. ; Eastern Counties,
Perpetual, No. 2,20 s. ; London and Brighton, Eighths,
13s. 9d. to 12s. 6d. prem. ; Lynn and Ely, 41. 19s. to
5/. ; Manchester and Leeds, 122 ; Ditto Half Shares,
514 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 54i ; Ditto, Quar-
ters, 51 ; North British, 2 15-16 to ; Trent Valley, 10.

RAILWAY TRIP TO LlVERPOOL—Yesterday even-
ing, at half-past nine o'clock, a special train of forty-
' two carriages, containing 1,075 passengers, started from
the station at Euston-square to Liverpool, the fares to
and from being 30s. each. The passengers may return
at the end of seven or ten days, and will have the oppor-
tunity of visiting several interesting places in Lancashire,
as well as in England and Scotland, the fare to Glasgow
being reduced' to 56. Trips to Wales and Ireland, as
well as to Fleetwood, will form part of the engagements
for these holidays.
At a dinner given on Saturday last, by the captains
of tho American New York and London line of packet
ships, to Mr. Joseph Voy, pilot of Gravesend, Captain
D. Chadwick, of the Wellington, on behalf of himself
and his brother commanders, presented Mr. Voy with a
handsome service of plate, value fifty guineas, as a tribute
of respect for his uniform attention as pilot to their ships,
having conducted them successfully from Gravesend to
London for the last twenty-four years.
BRIGHTON, AUG. 19.—The General Steam Navi-
gation Company's steam-ship Fame sailed from the
pier this afternoon, with several families for Dieppe.
Ile Magnet has just arrived from Dieppe, bringing
Count Keseleff, Charge d'Affaires of Russsia at Paris,
who has come here to meet Count Nesselrode, who is
staying at the York llotel.
THE LAKES.—The number of visitors to the lakes
this year is exceedingly numerous, and the innkeepers
can scarcely find sufficient accommodation for the visitors
who are continually pouring upon them.--Preston
Chronicle.