The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-14 00:00:00

fine Hops, both in pockets and bags, and last week's quotationS are
steadily supported. In all other kinds, however, comparatively little
is doing, at barely previous rates.
COLONIAL
Strows.—The market has been very dull again all the week, and
buyers have held themselves back. The new duties come into ope-
ration on Saturday, and It is believed all Sugars now in bond will
be admitted at 14s per cwt duty, if coming under the present rate of
245, and 5 per cent. The sales of West India have been small, but
generally prices have varied but little.
EAST INDlA.—Bengal has been in fair demand at rather easier
prices; 1,760 bags at auction, nearly all sold mid and good white at
606 to 645, low at 586 6d, and yellow at 54s to 56s 6d per cwt; 10,980
bags, 360 casks Mauritius brought 82s 6d to 570 6d for low to mid
yellow, 58s to 64s for good to fine, 42s to 83s for low to fine brown,
and 42s to 636 for washed.
FOREIGN.-78 chests, 2 casks Bahia,were taken in at 18s to 22s 641
for sound.

REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been 70. s per cwt.
COFFEE.—There has net been much doing in Coffee. The auctions
of West India have offered 119 brls and bags. Jamaica sold at
irregular prices, flue fine ord pale mixed at 70s, fine ord at 52s to 575,
and ord to good ord unclean at 31s 6d to 49s per cwt. Demerara
was all taken in, mid green unclean at 48s to 50s per cwt, low mid at
455, and good ord pale at 355. Berbice also was mostly taken in at
full rates. Ceylon has been sold at 86s to 88s for mid
bold dark colours, and at 46s 6d to 47s for ord. 126 bales Mocha
went at 59s to 608 for mid greenish clean garbled, and at 500 for triage.
Singapore Java, 17 bags, was taken in at 43s Gd, and 32 casks, 148
brls, 368 bags Rio were bought in at 30s 6d to 52s per cwt.
Cocoa.-394 bags Trinidad partly sold at 39s to 47s 6d per cwt.
Rtaf.--This article has been dull, at about former quotations.
SALTPETILE.—CaIcutta has been:sold at 26s for 6% per cent refraction.
SPICES.— White Pepper has realised, at auction, 4%d to 53(d perlb,
being low er quotations ; 650 bags black sold at 3%d to 3%d per lb for
Malabar, and at 2d to 2%d for Sumatra.
RICE. —3,000 bags Bengal have been sold publicly. Mid white has
realised 11s to 12s per cwt.
CorroN.—Holders generally have been tolorably firm, but the busi-
ness done has not been extensive. - .

TALLow —P. Y. C. has been rather flat at 39s to 39s 3d per cwt.

izA7----ihel-rialiCt is steady, and there is no particular feature,

INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY.

(Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.)
IN RE ISAAC SLIPPER.
In this case the insolvent had kept a public-house at Romford, and
having become a bankrupt he was compelled to appeal to this Court.
About a fortnight since he was heard in this Court, on an application
to be bailed, when the Learned Chief Commissioner finding that all
the insolvent's property had been seized upon by a friend of his,
named Potter, under a warrant of attorney for an alleged loan of
money, and net being satisfied that money had been advanced,
and concluding that the warrant of attorney was nothing
more than a ruse to defraud his other creditors, refused to
allow the insolvent to be discharged until the matter was
inquired into more closely, and the body of the creditors were present.
Not having complied with the orders of the Court, the insolvent was
confined in the Queen's Bench until this day, when he again came
up for hearing, and the Learned Chief Commissioner seeing none of
the creditors present, instituted a most searching investigation into
all the facts of the case, after which he said he said he should not
allow the insolvent out upon bail, because he considered the conduct
both of him and Potter to be most unfair and fraudulent.

The insolvent was accordingly removed back to the Queen's Bench
Prison.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, MARCH 13.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAYS.--This was ' a petition for a
Bill to enable the promoters to make railways from the ter-
minus of the South-Eastern line and the branches from Lon-
don to Chilham, Tunbridge, and Paddock-wood, with
branches to Faversham-creek to Stone, near Dartford, and
to make railways and branch railways from the South-
Eastern Railway at Tunbridge to Tunbridge-wells, and
from Maidstone to Rochester, and from Ashford to Hast-
ings; and also to alter and extend the Canterbury, Rams-
gate, and Margate branch of the South-Eastern line, and
to make a branch from there to Deal, and to widen and ex-
tend certain parts of the London and Greenwich Railway,
which is now about to be leased by the South-Eastern
Company.
The Bill came before the Committee last Friday, when it
was withdrawn, on an understanding from the Chairman
that it was informal to introduce into one Act powers which
could only be obtained by separate Bills; on that day it was
also found that many of the standing orders bad not been
complied with.
Mr. Burke attended on Thursday, and stated that the
original Bill would be withdrawn, the House having given
permission to the promoters to divide it into seven Bills.
Petition for Bill withdrawn.

BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY (PORTSMOUTH
ErrEnsion).—The promoters of this Bill propose to make
a railway from the Brighton and Chichester line, on the
eastern side of the Dell-quay and Farmhurst turnpike-road,
in the parish of St. Peter's Subdeanery, to the turnpike-
road from Portsmouth to London, near Landport, in the
borough of Portsmouth ; and also to make a branch from
the Farlington Waterworks, to terminate by anction with
the Gosport branch of the London and South-Western Rail-
way at the Fareham station. The line will pass throngh
New Fishbourne, Bosham, Huntington, Chidam, Westbourne,
Warlington, Havant, Bedhampton, Wymmering, Portsea,
and Portchester, in the county of Southampton. The esti-
mated cost of the works is 320,0001. Engineer, T. W. Ras-
trick.

Mr. Burke appeared as agent for the Bill.
There were two petitions complaining of non-compliance
with the standing orders.
The Agent for the promoters having called the necessary
witnesses to prove the serving of notices, &c.,
Mr. Coates, of the firm of Dyson and Hall, said he ap-
peared in support of the petition of Mr. John Edward Pad-
don, against the proposed line of railway.
Mr. James William Blackman, owner and occupier of pro-
perty on the line, said that his name did not properly appear
in the book of reference, he having been noticed as Joha in-
stead of James William.

Mr. Burke explained. The mistake was occasioned by the
name having been copied from the witness's door-plate,where
the name was not in full, but simply J. Blackman.
Mr. J. E. Paddon was interested for the family of Commo-
dore Henry Ducie Chad, the owner and occupier of certain
lands on the line.

Mr. Burke objected to the examination of Mr. Paddon,
who was himself a petitioner against the Bill, and who, under
such circumstances, he submitted, could not be heard U a
witness.

Mr. Coates replied, and the Committee having cleared the
room, after some little time the parties were called in, and
informed that the -witness should be heard upon the alle-
gation.
Witness—Commodore Chad was put down in the book of
reference as Captain John Chad, instead of Henry
Ducie Chad.

The Committee were of opinion that the standing
orders had not been complied with in this instance.
It being now four o'clock, the further hearing of the case
was adjourned to twelve o'clock this day.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.

THE CORNWALL RAILWAY.—It will be recollected that
Mr. Aglionby's Committtee decided that the standing
orders had not been complied with. To-day, however,
Mr. Burke, .the agent for the Bill, submitted reasons to the
Standing Orders Committee against the decision of the
Sub-Committee, and the result was, that the Standing Orders
Committee decided that the promoters of the Bill might pro-
ceed with it.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
(Sub-Committee, No. 2.
BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY.
Mr. COATES, agent for the petitioners against the Bill, proceeded
to prove the allegation of petitions presented yesterday respecting
erroneous description in the book of reference. In several cases of
misnomer the Committee decided against the Company that the
standing orders had not been complied with. The particulars were
very trivial, in one case Matilda Cope was erroneously described as
Matilda Coape.
Sub-Committee No. 4 assembled this day at Twelve o'clock. Pre-
sent Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. Childers, Mr. Packe, Mr. C. Leigh, and
Mr. Shirley.
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY.
This line is to be 120 miles in length, and to cost 1,500,0001. En-
g'neer, Mr. Brunel.
Mr. VENABLES appeared as agent, and the necessary formal proefb
were gone through, with the exception of the proof of certain notices,
the witness who was to prove this being unavoidably absent.
The case was adjourned to Monday for the attendance of this
witness.

MURDER AT SALT-HILL

CLOSE OF THE TRIAL, AND

VERDICT.

AYLESBURY, FRIDAY, HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The trial of John Tawell has just closed in a verdict of
Guilty, and the unhappy prisoner has been sentenced to
death.

The town appears quite in a state of excitement, and the
verdict was received by many with surprise, while on the
other hand a great many people had made certain of
his conviction, for the feeling in Aylesbury and the neigh-
bourhood was very strong against him.
The Court again opened at eight o'clock this morning,
and was more crowded even than yesterday.

Mr. Baron Parke took his seat on the bench at a few

minutes after that hour, and the prisoner was immedi-
ately brought in and placed in the dock. He appeared
much as he did yesterday, with this difference, that his face
had a more anxious and worn expression. The feeling of ex-
citement in Court with regard to the issue appeared in-
tense.

The Learned JUDGE, as soon as silence had been
proclaimed, commenced summing up the evidence,
which he did with a lucidness well calculated to leave
the minds of the jury in a befitting condition for the
discharge of the awful duty which they had to per-
form. The effect was felt, however, to be, upon the
whole, against the prisoner. His Lordship concluded
in the usual manner, by leaving the awful de-
cision of the question of the prisoner's life or death in the
hands of the jury, telling them if they had any fair and
reasonable doubt, they must give the prisoner the benefit
of it.

The jury retired for deliberation at half.past eleven o'clock,
and a sensation in which a general feeling of anxiety as to
the event, appeared to pervade the breasts of the majority of
those present.
After an absence of rather sore than half an hour, they
returned into Court and the Foreman delivered a " VER-
DICT OF GUILTY," amid the most profound silence.
The JUDGE then proceeded to pass the awful sen-
tence of Death upon the prisoner. He told him
that he had been found guilty by a jury of his coun-
trymen upon evidence which had perfectly satisfied
him (Baron Parke) and them, and he thought every
fair and reasonable person who had heard it, that he
had committed a most heinous, diabolical, cowardly
murder upon his unfortunate victim. He then passed the
sentence of death in the usual manner, ordering that hie body,
after execution, should be buried within the walls of the
jail.

The unhappy man received the sentence with an extraor-
dinary amount of firmness ; and, beyond the nervousness which
we noticed yesterday he betrayed very little emotion,
although numbers of persons in Court were in tears, and
some of the females sobbed aloud. He was then removed
back to the prison, and the public immediately quitted the
Court.

SUICIDE BY BITTER ALMONDS.—Yesterday Mr.
Biggs held an inquest at the Cock, Grafton-street, Soho-square, on
the body of Sophia Margaret Thompson, aged 36, late a cook in a
gentleman's family, who had poisoned herself by drinking some of
the essence of bitter almonds, which had been used for flavouring
puddings, &c. The deceased, it appeared, had some time since been
deserted by a man whom she expected to marry her. Verdict, " Tem-
porary insanity."
DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—The Directors of
this Company are about at once to carry into effect the Board of
Trade's report in favour of their line from Lincoln to York, and to
cease to press upon the Legislature that portion of the line between
Lincoln and London. To compensate, however, for the abandon-
ment of the latter portion of their undertaking, it is the intention of
the promoters to enter into an arrangement, already said to have
commenced, with the Cambridge and Lincoln, Eastern Counties, and
Tottenham and Farringdon-street =erasion Companies.