The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-16 00:00:00

SALTPETRE.-585 bags sold at 27s to 27s 6d for 14
refraction, and one lot unrefracted at 255, which prices ;
establish a further decline of 6d to Is. Some parcels
have been sold privately at corresponding rates.
Nitrate of Soda is likewise difficult of sale, and rather
lower.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY).
(Before the VICB-CRANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
The Court was occupied with unopposed petitions
and short causes; it then took petitions by order,
most of which came on to be spoke to, or had been
part heard.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRucE.)
MORTON V. TEW.&RT.
The hearing of this part-heard cause wa3 concluded
this morning, and his Honour pronounced judgment.
It appeared that Mr. Morton, who had married Mr.
Curling's sister, was the tenant of a farm at a rental of
1,4001. a year, under Lord Tankerville. Falling into
difficulties he assigned his property to trustees for the
benefit of his creditors. In substance, therefore, the
farm was relinquished to Lord Tankerville. The
steward of the estate, in the execution of his duty,
took steps for re-letting the farm. • This was a great
loss to Mr. Morton's estate,. and the loss was heavier
than it would have been, on account of the embarrass-
ments in which he was involved. Mr. Curling com-
menced a correspondence with Lord Tankerville's
steward, with a view to taking the farm himself, for
the purpose of assisting his sister and her family.
The arrangement was made upon the footing that Mr.
Curling should be considered as the tenant, and be
associated with himself in the manangement of
the estate by a farmer of the name of Bodmin,
who, it • appeared, was to have a certain
part of the farm at his own risk. In substance the
arrangement made was, that Bodmin should :lave the
benefit of the lease, and make what he could of it.
The question was, whether the interest taken by Mr.
Curling was to be considered as for his own benefit,
and to be used at his own arbitrary discretion. That
was the question in the cause: The letters which had
been put in evidence appeared to afford sufficient evi-
dence of the tenantcy. Mr. Curling's intention might
be changed by a great variety of circumstances. His
Honour, after going at length into the case, said he
was of opinion that the mother and her children must
be held to have been taken as joint tenants. His de-
cree would be to declare that all the benefits which
Mr. Curling took under the assignment of the lease
were taken as trustee for Mrs. Morton and her children.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir JAMES WIGRAM.)
GOLDSMID V. GOLDSMID.
His HONOUR gave judgment this morning in this
case. The question in the cause related to the moiety
of ten-twentieths of certain property, the ) trusts of
which were declared by a deed which vas executed on
the 25th of April, 1821. The deed was executed in
pursuance of a power which was granted by statute
to certain trustees, in relation to the estate of the late
Mr. Abraham Goldsmid. To this deed Ann 'Gold-
smid, one of the persons interested in the estate, was a
party, as were all the trustees mentioned in the
statute. Moses Golcisrbid, to whom, by the will of
Ann a part of the property was appointed, had filed
his bill, insisting that the trust deed of April, 1821,
was void as against him, and prayed relief upon that
footing. The argument for Moses GoldSmid was,
that in the declaration of trust contained in the deed,
the trustees had assumed a power to delegate to others
the execution of a trust which was reposed in them-
selves, that they had no right to delegate. that trust,
and, therefore, that the deed was. void. He also
objected that the deed authorised a creation
of estates, which was not warranted by the
power. He thought the deed operated in two -ways ;
first, as the appointment of an appointee, and, secondly,
as a settlement by the appointee of the property. All
the cases bearing on the point led to the conclusion
that if the estates to be created by the will of Ann
had been inserted in the deed itself, instead of being
left to be created by Ann, those estates would be
good, though not given to the persons named in the
act of settlement. In this case there was, first, the
appointment of Ann, and then the settlement of Ann.
It could make no possible difference whether the form
was given to Ann in the form of an interest, or in the
form of a power. The only shadow of distinction
arose from the circumstance that Ann was not named
by herself as a . separate party to the deed ; but he
thought that was not sufficient to justify a departure
from the ordinary rule. His decision, therefore, would
be against the plaintiff.

SPICES.—The public sales have offered 926 bags
Pepper, 179 bags Pimento, and 134 chests Cassia Lig-
nea, the former consisted chiefly of Sumatra, which
mostly sold at 2d, to 24d for mid to good black, and
mid to good Pimento at 2d to 281 Only a portion of
the Cassia found buyers at 81s to 86s for mid to good
mid quality; good ord coarse was taken in at 70s,
which prices must be quoted 2s to 3s lower, more
particularly for the mid and inferior sorts. Privately
1,000 bags good Penang Pepper have been disposed of
at 2-Id.

COTTON.—The demand has now almost entirely
subsided, and for the small quantity sold, a decline of
id has in some instances been accepted. 288 bales
Surat, 53 bales West India, and -243 bales Savanilla have
been brought to auction, the former sold_at 31d to 4d
for ord to mid quality, &id to 6id for fair West India,
and 31d to aid for fair Savanilla, but specky, which
are likewise rather lower prices.
TALLOW—P. Y. C. is 48s 3d per cwt on the spot.
The Tea sale passed off very heavily, the trade
buying unwillingly; 1,500 packages sold out of
15,000 offered; Congou at a reduction of ld to lid,
other kinds lid to 2d.

a. to s.
35 38
3:1 38
36 41

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.

I Wheat. jßarley. Oats. Beans.

- Per Quarter
Bolton
Braintice
IS, ight on
Cambridge.
Chichester
Dunmow
Grantham
Grimsby
Hitchin
Ipswich
Lewes
Lynn
Ittaidstone
Norwich
Pet worth

Pea.,

to b. i. to A.
22 38 18 22
27 22
,31 22 26
23.-- 18
IA 30 19 .!
211 33 20 21
IA 27 21 18
28 33 lb 21
23 3:- 19 21
27 34 20 30
20 25 1:19 . 22
24 28 19 22
23 27 18 22
36 39 26 32
27 • !i9 24 28
28 30 21 24
24 30 17 124
:30 31 21 24
32 36 24 28
28 34 18 21
23 28 21 26
50 32 24 no ,
I. CORN MARKET
per 70th

39 4V
35 46
93 3V

I. to R.
34 60
42 59
41 5!
46 52
44 52 40 42
40 44 24 36
46 32 86
40 60 36 40
46 51 30 24
,to 57 34 45
41 52 27 34
41 50 30 ao
59 56 30 35
49 50 38 4O
51 56 32 38
47 54 38 40
41 54 24 31
50 56 ;,2 8.3
61 (4 40 44
62 56 31 39
44 54 27 30
5C 55 38 401
VERPOO' ,—Dec 13
7, 01.1' fl • 0
Red
1, Welch, and blaux
While 6 6 11 10
Red 6 0 6 6
----- Foreign . 5 9 8 0
OATS, Bnglish, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b.......... 2 2 2 7
--- Irish
---- Foreign
BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ...... •• 29 0 32 4
-- Scotch and-Irish, per tiolbs.
Feeding 3 0 3 3
LEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 34 0 36 u
- Irish, &e.. • ••••• lB 0 31 6
Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 32 0 34 0
Foreign
flotne, English, per 2861 b. 33 0 41 0
Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs .. 20 9 22 9
INDIAN Coax, per 4801 b.
RYE, per Imperial quarter • .1:0 0 32 0
MALT, per Imperial quarter

Rom ford .

Sandwich.,
Tnet ford ...
yViaticch ...

-.
Witha'q .
Yarmouth
I ,
Wit AT. Eno

Scotci
Irish,

VI 4i
3 32
2$ 92

3.t.

11 3r
32 3n
31 33

31 32
31 XI
28 34
23 110
38 41
34 38
29 3•4
1:8 83

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was
uiet, and not much variation occurred in the prices.
['he new crop of American was a point lower than en
riday last. Sales 4,000 bales, 200 Maranhain, at
54d. to 63d ; 140 Pernams at 64. to 73d. ; 600 Surat,
at 33d. to 43d., and 3,000 American. In the Share
market Brightons were in request, and business was
done in the other lines at the following rates:—
Eastern Counties, 8-1 ; Grand Junction were 189;
Great 'Western' Fifth, 8.1 ; Brighton, 363 ; Manches-
ter and Leeds, Quarter, 611 ; North Midland, 62.
The Exchange comes over the same from Ham-
burgh, viz., 13 73, and the price of gold 4313.
The Russians seem resolved to continue their sys-
tem of exclusion against anything likely to promote
liberality of sentiment in political matters, and which
they are especially apprehensive may penetrate by
way of the German frontier, so, to obviate this, they
make the Customs establishment subservient to their
views, and in their rigorous search of travellers, they
have an eye to State manifestoes, as . well
as to smuggled manufactures. New Customs
offices have' been opened on the Austrian frontier, as .
well as in the Cracow districts, and such trammels
will ere long be imposed as to have the effect desired,
that of cutting off all intercourse between the remote
Russian provinces and the frontier kingdoms.
The progress of manufacturing industry in Ger-
many is solid and promising. The conference of the
leading manufacturers, proposed to be held early
next year at Cologne, or elsewhere, excites much in-
terest, and great results are anticipated from it.
We have no news yet of the steamer from Halifax.
The corn trade abroad is in a very languid condi-
tion, and it is uncertain what may be the prospects of
the trade for the ensuing year.. the meantime the
dealers hero have received .such a severe blow as to in-
dispose them entirely from speculations of magnitude,
and if foreigners want Our custom they will be com-
pelled to submit to.very low rates.
The Telemaque business has turned out as it was
expected. It .cloes not answer . the purpose of
the contractors and the 'engineer; who will profit
.greatly by the • sale of the shares to .act with
energy or straightforwardness, and Whereas, with
the beautiful weather at Quillebouef, and the 'ad-
vanced state of the works, three days would have suf-
ficed to bring up the whole of the wreck, it will
now be deferred till April next. As to what Mr.
Adam chooses to say about the treasurer, it would be
sheer folly to take his ipse dixit, given, as it is, with-
out a single explanatory remark. Probably a prompt
search of the vessel would spoil the sale of the shares.
The funds are very quiet, and not a feature can be
noticed in them. Consols for special transfer are 95
with the dividend, and for the opening 933 to 94.
Exchequer Bills, the Five Hundred Pounds, have been
50s. premium. 'Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
are 944- to 943, and' at the latter quotation the Go.
vernment have taken the same amount as for some
time past. Bank Stock is rather dull at 1723.
The ,Foreign 'Bonds are less animated. Spanish
Five per Cents. bring 19, and the Three per Cents.
241 3. Portuguese Three per Cents. are 24, and
Mexican Deferred 83. Buenos Ayres Bonds keep
steady at 233 • Dutch Five per Cents. are 101.
Shares are firm, but scarcely any business is doing.
Great Western Railway, 253; Ditto, New, 14+ ;
Ditto, Fifths, .5 ; and Manchester and Leeds, 33 pre-
mium. Brighton, 14 to 143 ; Croydon, 43. South
Eastern Scrip are 21 discount. Colonial Bank shrres
are down to 6 discount.

The tea offered to-day found no bidders, and is
therefore withdrawn. The few lots taken were at ld.
to lid. per lb. decline on Congou, and lid. to 2d. on
other sorts.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western
Ditto New ...... .. .... ........ ... b 0 ...... 64* to
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton ... .. 60
London and Croydon ( Trunk)... 131 9l to
Manchester and Leeds ... 70
South Eastern and D0ver......... 60
Ditto Scrip ..... ,20 -
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

Colonial
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 15.—The
Share Market is still inactive, but prices generally
continue firm :—Eastern Counties, New, 104 ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 20 to 20i ; Manchester
and Leeds, 73i to 74i ; ditto, Quarter Shares, 51 to
51; Lancaster and Preston, 28} to 291; ditto Three-
Quarter Shares, 19 to 19k.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY)
LONDON, DEC. 16.—Wind this day at noon,
S.W., light and hazy.
DEAL, DEC. 15.—Wind IS.W. by S. moderate—.
Arrd. Pink, Patterson, ,Calcutta; Roseberry, Young,
Montreal, Sld. Golden Fleece, Pernambuco; Wham-
poa, Demerara. Remain, Fiedel, Venergia, for Rio
Janeiro; Edinburgh, New Orleans; Ocean and
Jean Graham, Sierra Leone ; Isabella, for Demerara;
Charles, for Tobago; and several others.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind, S.S.E., fine.—Sld.
Quebec, New York.

OFF itEACHEY HEAD, DEC. 14.—Manhattan, Bith-
nall, New York, for Amsterdam ; _Adeline, Cham-
bers, Quebec.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind E.S.E —Arrd. Roy-
alist, Shapcott, Demerara; Pestonjee Bomanjee
(transport), Launceston, Quebec.
BRISTOL, DEC. 15.—Arrd. Albion, Hick, Quebec.
Sld. William Miles, Jamaica; Hero, Fayal.
SWANSEA, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Helen Simpson, Cuba.
LARNE.—Arrd. Chieftain, Quebec.
GRANGEMOUTII.—Arrd. Hampton, Quebec.
GLASGOW, DEC. 15.—The Fidelity, from Lerwick
to Bristol, stranded on the Island of Jura, has been
got off after discharging her cargo, and put into
Ardilshan to repair.
ILFRACOMBE, DEC. 15.—The Ludd, from Cette
and Gibraltar, has been towed in here with loss of
rudder, spars, and sails.
LIVERPOOL, Dzc.ls.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.—
Arrd. Richard Anderson, Bennett, Virginia; Port-
land, Robinson, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid.
Bidston, Calcutta ; Fame, Buenos Ayres ; -Windsor,
Ceara; Ariadne, and 'John Bolton, New Orleans;
Mary Campbell, and Greenock, Mobile; Garrick,
New York ; Levant, Magnolia. The Hampden,
bound to Liverpool, was ashore on the Bar of the
Mississippi about Nov. 8.
OFF HASTINGS."—GIeII Huntley, Calcutta.
DUBLIN, DEC. 13.—And. Industry, Stephens,
St. John's, New Brunswick. •

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY;)

CHEESE V. REDMAN.
STRANGE CONDUCT OF A WITNESS.
The plaintiff is a pawnbroker and auctioneer, Carry-
ing on business at Bow, in Middlesex. The defendant
is a shipowner and merchant engaged in the Turkish
and African trade, and also a•dealer in opium.
The action was brought to recover the sum of
101. 12s. 5d., for a quantity of umbrellas, linen,
drapery, and other goods, which were shipped on board
a vessel belonging to the defendant in-the early .part
of the year 1840, and alleged to have been so shipped
by the defendant's order, and.at his risk, for the
were
market. T
he defence was that the goods
never. ordered by, or had on the credit of, the defend-
ant. The case for the plaintiff was conducted by Mr.
Sergeant Channell and Mr. Butt, and the defence by
Mr. Sergeant Bompas and 111 r. Mertyn.
Several witnesses were called,,who proved the pur-
chtise'of the goods froni the plaintiff,
,by Captain Her-
bert; of the Gil Blass, the name of his owners.
Captain Herber '6, who was 'brought up in custody
of one of the turnkeys of Whitecross-street prison,
was called, and.•swore that he had purchased the
goods, in. question by order and .on behalf 'of the de-
fendant. In his eross-examinationi by Mr. Sergeant
Botnpas, a book was handed to the witness, who said
he could not swear that the writing and figures therein
were in his handwriting. He would say upon his
oath that he could not tell whether they were in his
handwriting or not. He had been several years act-
ing as captain in Redman's vessels. He alsoireded
on his own account, until prevented from doing so
by Redman. Could swear positively that he had
never sent palm oil to Messrs. Hutton, with instruc-
tions to them to sell for him' and give the proceeds to
Mr. Cheese, the plaintiff; in liquidation of the latter's
claim upon him.
A letter was here handed to the witness, who
swore that he was unable to say whether it was ig
his.handwriting. He did not know that he had ever
signed a letter in the name of G. C. Bethel]. Would
swear that he never did.

• LOWESTOFF, DEC. 15.—Anna, Haward, •of New-
port, which was on the Holm Sand, has been assisted
off, and proceeded.

Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS—Take him away.
Lord., we shall prove that he wrote the letter.
The ' witness instantly dropped down in a fit, and
on being carried into the hall was promptly attended
to by a medical gentleman, when the witness made
so much noise, and worked in such contortions as to
raise the suspicion in very one present that the fit
was not altogether unfeigned.
Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS then said that he should prove
that the goods in question were shipped without the
defendant's 'knowledge, on the risk and for the be-
nefit of Capt. Herbert alone. They were never invoiced
to the defendant, nor were they entered in
the ship's manifest, or passed through the Cus-
tom House in the regular manner, but were mixed
up with the Captain's chests and stores on board the
Gil Blas. As to the palm oil, he could show that
it had been surreptitiously abstracted from Mr. Red-
man's stock, and this action would never 'have been
brought but for his endeavours to recover it out of
the hands of the plaintiff. He (Mr. Sergeant Bornpas)
was grieved to be compelled to prove that the witness
had perjured himself, a'id that he was in the act of
perjuring himself at the moment of the awful visita-
tion the Jury and crowded Court had witnessed.
Several witnesses having been examined, to the effect
of the Learned Sergeant's statement, •
Air Sergeant CHANNELL said he could not think of
carrying the case of the plaintiff any further, and ac-
cordingly a verdict of nonsuit was entered.

My

SIIIELDS, DEC. 14.—Sid. Princess Victoria, Monte
Video.

HULL, DEC. 14.—Arrd. Harriet R och well, Brand,
Charieston.

POLICE IN'T'ELLIGENCE.

CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Wm. Pcofitt, Secretary to the Friendly Bro-
thers' Society, Hatton-garden, was charged with un-
lawfully withholding the benefits accruing from the
Society to John Dilly, one of its thembers.
The circumstances of the,case were rather singular.
The complainant deposed that he, entered .the Society
in the June of the present year. 'He was then suffer-
ing from a pulmonary affection. He called upon
Doctor Raymond Levy Haynes to substantiate this
fact. This gentleman came forward and did so, al-
leging that Dilly was then suffering from spitting of
blood. After being three months a member the
benefits of the Society begin to accrue. During these
three months, that is, from June to September, the
complainant constantly paid in his instalments, and a
week after the expiration of that time he was again
seized with his old disease so violently as to be ren-
dered incapable of earning his bread. He applied to
the Committee for relief, but they refused to afford
him any on the ground that he was unsound at the
time he became a member.

The Secretary disputed the fact, but the clm-
plainant affirmed that every member of the Com-
mittee knew very well he was not sound when he was
admitted.

Secretary—lf we did you should not have become
a member.

Mr. ComßE—Yes; you might allow him to be-
come a member for the purpose of obtaining his
money, presuming from his infirmity that he would
die very soon. if the complainant can establish the
fact of your knowledge of his disease, or of any
member of the Committee, I will decide against you.
The complainant promised to obtain a witness to
prove the fact of the knowledge of members of the
Committee of his infirmity at the time he entered the
Society, and the parties left the office.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
John Avery, a Somersetshire drover, was charged
with the following acts of cruelty to a bullock :
Police constable, No. 82, of the F division, stated,
that about half-vast seven o'clock this morning, as he

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY Eiriiii4iNG; DECEMBER 16, 1842

PRESENTATION of the PORTRAIT
OF G. WILBRAHAM, ESQ., TO LADY
ANNE WILBRAHAM.
(Abridged from the Chester Chronicle.)
Wednesday last was the day appointed for the pre-
sentation of the portrait of George Wilbraham, Esq.,
late M.P., for South Cheshire, to Lady Anne Wil-
braham. The artist is Sir M. A. Shee, RA.; and
the frame was designed and supplied by !Mr. Big-
ginson, of Middlewich. The inscription on the frame
is as follows :
" To THE LADY ANNE WILBRAHAM.—This portrait
of George Wilbraham, Esq., of Delamere House,
is presented by his supporters and friends in the
county of Chester, as a memorial of their gratitude
for the zeal and ability with which he advocated
their interests, and in admiration of the integrity
and manly independence which characterised his
political conduct during the ten years he repre-
sented them in the House of Parliament.—Dec.
14, 1842."
At three o'clock the subscribers and friends pro-
ceeded to the large Assembly-room, where the picture
was placed ; and Lady Anne and Mr. Wilbraham and
Lord Robert Grosvenor were received with loud
cheering. When it had subsided,
Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR said,—Lady Anne Wil-
braham, in the name of the subscribers, admirers of
Mr. Wilbraham's conduct as well in public life during
a lengthened political career and in the performance
of those less conspicuous, though not less valuable
duties of a Magistrate, neighliour, and friend, the
pleasing duty devolves upon me of presenting this
portrait of Mr. Wilbraham to Jou.—(Cheers.) I
trust you will do us the honour to accept it, and to
preserve it as a testimonial of the estimation in which
Mr. Wilbraham is held, and as a pleasing reminis-
cence, that when :he retires from the toils of public
life—an event, I hope, that will be long, delayed—
(Cheers)—it may also prove a spur to active exertions
in the same memorable and useful cause, in those
who are destined to succeed him.—(Loud cheers.)
Lady ANNE WILBRAHAM, who was much affected,
in accepting the portrait, said—Lord Robert Grosve-
nor, I have not words in which to express my thanks.
I hope you will believe how truly grateful I feel for
this proof of your regard and approbation of the poli-
tical conduct of Mr. Wilbraham, while he was your
representative.--(Cheers.)
Mr. Wir.naAttaxt then came forward, and was re-
ceived with the most hearty cheering. He said he
should be sorry if this presentation passed over with-
out giving him the opportunity of thanking them for
their kind attendance on this occasion, when this
splendid testimonial was presented to his family.
This present to his family was double acceptable—
first, because the idea had first originated with the
respectable yeomanry in the neighbourhood of Sand-
bach, and had been carried out by the aid of many
in a more humble station of life, and whose trifling
donations he was more proud of, than if out of their
abundance they had been able to afford larger con-
tributions ; secondly, because it was presented by a
Nobleman with whom he had always had almost an
entire identity of political sentiment, and who stood
in that room as the representative of a family which
had always known how to combine what is' due to its
high rank and station with the rights and liberties of
the humblest individual.— (Loud cheers.) Another
reason came nearer to his heart—because they had
presented the gift to a lady whose kindness and affec-
tion constituted the happiness of his domestic life.—
(Loud cheers)—and who had ever sympathised with
every change in his political fortune.—(Loud cheers.)
DINNER TO MR. WILBRAHAM.
At five o'clock above two hundred sat down to a
sumptuous dinner at the Royal Hotel Assembly-room.
Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., was the President;
and had the able support of the following gentlemen
as Vice-Presidents :—Colonel Tomkinson, Clement
Swettenham, Esq., R. J. Congreve, Esq., J. Skerratt,
Esq., and E. Worthington, Esq. Mr. Wilbraham sat
on the right of Lord Robert Grosvenor, and Lord
Crewe on the left. In the immediate vicinity of the
Chair we observed Sir. R. Bulkeley, M.P., Colonel
Biddulph, Shakespeare Phillips, Esq., E. J. Lloyd,
Esq., G. Wilbraham, jun., Esq., G. Wynch, Esq.,
J. Finchett-Maddock, Esq., Dr. Williamson, R. G.
Temple, Esq., J. Pickford, Esq., &c.
After the usual loyal toasts,
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " the Army and
Navy," could not permit the occasion to pass without
alluding to the splendid achievements of our arms in
the East, where our gallant army and navy had nobly
shed a lustre on their country. He wished to couple
with the toast a mighty name belonging to no party,
because it was the property of every party and also
the property of the country—the Duke -of Wellington
—(Loud cheers)—a warrior who, though he acted
with a party, had shown himself incapable of wearing
its trammels.

was proceeding on duty along High-street, St. Giles's,
he saw the defendant and two other men attempting
to goad on a bullock that had fallen from being over-
driven; the animal was bellowing with pain, and, al-
though it made several efforts to get up, it was unable
to do so from its very exhausted state. AS witness
was hastening to the spot, the defendant set light to a
heap of hay placed underneath the bullock's nose, and
its head became entirely enveloped in %Ines. Witness
directly ran up and took the defendant into custody,
the beast was removed to the Green-yard.

Mr. John Gosling, a licensed victualler, residing at
No. 106; High-street, stated that he observed the de-
fendant from his window most shamefully and cruelly
ill-treat the beast. The defendant and another man
had sticks, with a sharp nail stuck in the end, and
with which they repeatedly jobbed and goaded the
animal in some of the tenderest parts of the body. By
the defendants' direction an arm full of hay and straw,
mixed together, was brought and placed under the
animal's nose, and just previous to setting it on fire,
he thrust, with great force, the pointed end of his
stick into one of the bullock's ears, and the blood " in-
stantly spouted out like a fountain." The poor beast
writhed with the torture and moaned piteously. On
seeing the defendant set light to the hay and straw
witness rushed out of his house as quickly as possible,
and kicked the fire away. The hair was singed com-
pletely off the greater part of the head of the beast,
and large blisters rose on the skin.
Mr. HARDWICK asked the defendant what he had
to say in answer to such gross and wicked cruelty ?
The defendant said he did not think he was doing any
harm : the bullock would not go on, and he was an-
swerable for getting it home some how or other.
Mr. HARDWICK inquired of Mr. Fitzpatrick, the
chief clerk, the highest penalty the Act of Parliament
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals authorised
him to impose P—Mr. Fitzpatrick said 405., or 14
days' imprisonment, and to hard labour.
Mr. HARDWICK--Then that I impose upon the
defendant, and I only regret that the extent of punish-
ment is so inadequate to the enormity of the offence.
The usher of the Court asked the defendant if he
could pay the fine ? when he replied that he could
not, but he supposed that his master would : he added
that he was employed by Mr. Somers, the butcher.