The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-17 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS;

I'ENSON V. JIIMAS,
Mr. Sergeant WILD ?Yid that this was an actioil upon
a charter party, brought by the plaintiff to recover
damages for unnecessary delays in the cfigttering of the ship
Tki:ity, beyond the period allowed by the charter/ against
the defendant, Wlid is the consignee of a person named
Gillen, who chartered the vesiit He should put in the
charter party, and prove the delays upc-J the part of Mr.
Gillen, and thereby entitle himself to the verdict Of „the
Jury against the defendant, who having placed himself in
the situation of Mr. Gillan, must be equally answerable for
the conduct of That gentleman. The Learned Counsel
then called the followhig Witnesses, having first proved the
chiirter between the parties :
James Maylet deposed that he was the enter of the
ship Trusty, and that he arrived the River Saint
Lawrence on the 26th of May I and sai, Mr. Gillen on the
27th, and told him he was ready to receive staves and
broken stowage, but none was sent. On the Ist of June
was ready to receive
,his cargo, but none came until the
11th. On the 20th of July witness was ready to sail,
but a dispute arose about tte hill of lading, which de-
tained the chip until the 28th. On reaching London still
further delays took place, owing to the state tf the London
docks, and the want of craft to unship the staves.
Mr. Sergeatit TARDY, for the defendant, contended that
an unreasonable time was occupied in unloading, and called
evidence to Wye the fact.
Mr. Justice Bunacruort was of opinion, that the de-
fendant was liable to those delays, unless he could show that
they were the result of negligence on the part of the plain-
tiff or his Captain.
Verdict for the plaintiff....-Damages, 1401.

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
SCOTT V. WITZENDEN.
lir. %say. opened the pleadings.
Mr. RUSSELL stated the case. This was an action
brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for a serious
wrong inflicted upon her by the defendant. The plaifitiff
was Martha Scott, and the defendant was 'William
Wikenden. It might be said that the transaction between
these parties will of unusually short duration, it having
commenced in the beginning of April, and terminated at
the close of that month. All this he admitted, and still
he would contend that a most serious injury had been in-
flicted on his client. The father of his client %Ira a West
India merchant, and at one time lived in great affluence,
but he died in embarrassed circumstances. The plaintiff
was 23 years of age, and was possessed of very considerable
personal attractions. She had a sister married to -a Mr.
Coltsworth,who is clerk to the plaintiff. The mother of these
girls had been accustomed to let lodgings, but in consequence
of reverses, was obliged to live in an humble apartment in
Gloucester-place. They were in the habit of taking tea
with Mr. Coltsworth. Mr. Wikenden was captain of a
vessel, and was intimate with Mr. Coltswort4, and often
regretted to him that he was unmarried, and on coming
honie always felt uncomfortable. Mr. Coltsworth imme-
diately offered to introduce him to a lady, and accordingly
he invited the plaintiff to tea at his house, and there she
met the defendant. For a fortnight after he pressed his
suit. Plaintiff told him he was precipitate, but he offered
reasons for doing so. On the 14th of April he made an
offer of marriage, and was referred to the Blether, who also
remonstrated upon the haste with which he was anxious to
proceed. At length, however, the Ist of May was ap-
pointed for the marriage ;_the wedding. dresses were
made, and the house taken, the furniture of Which was to
cost 6001. He now came to the breach which formed the
ground of the present action. On the Monday the licence
was taken out, and 'on the Tuesday they Went to the play
and there he took offence because she had forgotten a
great coat, and , on the day following, again he
took a second ,offence, because she was not at home
when he called. On the Thursday following, he called
on Mr. Coltswortb, and threw out insinuations that
the plaintiff had been on the preceding Sunday with a
young man and not with her brother. He demanded rudely
the name of the lady with whom she had spent that Sunday
and having got the name of Mrs. Lunn, he proceeded to
that lady's house, and there threw out charges against Mrs.
Coltsworth, for having slept on a sofa at Mr. Coltsworth's
house on one occasion prior to their marriage. On a subse-
quent occasion, he met the mother, and in a most in-
sulting way told her he doubted her respectability, and
although she offered him references to prove that she was
respectable, he refused to go to them, but said lee would
give the business up. If he had retired like a gentleman,
and stated that he believed dropping the, intention of
marriage would be better for both parties, the present
action never would have been broug-,14. He, however,
went to a relative of the plaintiff's, and there said that she
had confided to him too largely on the night she went to the
theatre. This was false ; but he went further, and re-
peated, to that relative the charge he had formerly in-
sinuated against Mrs. Coltsworth. Under these circum-
stances, after such ungenerous and unmanly conduct,
' the plaintiff had no other choice than to bring this
action, and she therefore came now before a jury to ask
them for damages for such a serious injury as the de-
fendant had inflicted on her ; an injury not to be
measured merely by' the loss she has sustained in losing
this particular marriage, but by the probability that she
may in consequence snost probably never be married at all.
The Learned Counsel then called his first witness ; whose
examination had not closed when our Reporter left the
Court.

GRAND MARKET AT SMITHFIELD.
(THIS DAY.)

This being the Grand Market-day at Smithfield before
the approaching Christmas, the chew of prime fat beasts
was beyond our recollection, or Mr. Tisdall'e, the clerk of
the market. As early as three o'clock this morning every
space in the area was occupied, and many droves oY beasts
were obliged to be driven back to the marshes or housed in
the various yards about Smithfield, in consequence of there
not being room for them in the market. Such was the
bustle that prevailed, that at one period it was utterly im-
possible for a foot passenger to pass, and in order to prevent
any interruption to the salesmen, large boards were placed
at the various inlets by the order of the Lord Mayor,
stating that no cart or other conveyance could be allowed to
pass through till after three o'clock in the day, in addition
to which a large party of City officers were stationed about
the market to keep order. The number of beasts was
greater on this occasion than on any former.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke of
Devonshire, at Devonshire House ; Captain Donaldson, in
Berkeley-square, from Blaudford, in Dorsetshire ; Mrs.
and Miss Southcote, in -Park-street, from Paris ; Captain
Magennis, in Regent-street, from Lisbon ; Major Kelly, in
Brook-street, from the Netherlands ; Major and Mrs. Ellis,
in Sackville-street, from Paris ; Colonel Cochrane, in
Gloucester-place, from Brighton ; Major Granville, in
Grosvenor-place, from Florence ; Mr. and Mrs. Manning,
in Gloucester-place, from Brighton ; Mr. Hugh Montagu,
in Park-lane, from Vienna ; Colonel Grey; in South Aud-
ley-street, from Paris; Major Robert Hyde, in Regent-
street, from Manchester ; Mrs. and Miss Farquhar?n,
Park-street, from Paris; Major and Mrs. Graham, in Al-
bemarle-street, from Dublin; Mr. Thomas Raikes, at• the
Hanover Lodge,' in Regent's Park ; Mr. R. Gosling, in
Deverishire-place; Major Hartley, in Regent-street, from
Dublin ; Mr. Thomas Waller, in Brunswick-square, from
Tavistoek ; Major, Mrs. and Miss Douglas, in Brook-
street, frosts Paris; the Rev. M. Adams, in Grosvenor-
place, from Brighton ; Captain Bayard, of the Life Guards,
at the Barracks, Knightsbridge ; Major Elton, in Witr.t
pole-street, from Cambridge; Mr. Elphinstone, in Har-
ley-Street, from a tour ; Captain and Mrs. Kennedy; in
Pall-mall, from the South of France.

DEIARTURES.—The Duke and Duchess
of St. Albans, for Brighton; Major Burdett, to join the
Tenth Hussars, at Ipswieh, in Suffolk;. Hon. Captain
Murray, for Banbury ; Captain Doveton, for Cork; Cap-
tain Alexander Seton, for Bombay ; Major and Mrs.
Browne, for the East Crescent, Bath; Mr. Edward Pottle,
for Madras; Captain Sotheby, for the lonian Islands;
Captain Chambers, for Calcutta; Major Elliott, for Dub-
lin; Lieutenant Villiers, for Madras; Captain Atherton,
for Bombay ; Mrs. and Miss Powis, for Milsom.street,
Bath; Mr. Henry Campbell, for. the Government House,
Caleatta ; Captain Carleton, for Paris ; Captain Maxwell,
for Bombay ; Lieutenant Welsh, for Paris; Mr. O'Niell
Corry, for Guildford, in Surrey ; Sir Timothy Shelley,
Bart. for Horsham; Mr. J. B. Cave, for Hastings; Major
Coleman, for Brighton ; Mr. James Langham, for Has-
tings; Colonel Grey, of the Royal Dragoons, for Dublin;
Major Coombe, for Chatham ; Captain -Smith, of the
King's Dragoon Guards, for Cork ; Captain. Burchell, of
the 14th Regiment, for Bath ; Captain and the Hon. Mrs.
Burton, for Brighton; the Marquis de Rarbacena and Ma-
jor Savolo, from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, in Cvendish-
square, for France; Lord Charles Townshend, M.P. from
ditto, to Norfolk ; Richard Jenkins, Esq., Mrs. Jenkins
and family, from ditto; W B. Anderson, Esq. and the
Rev. R. Anderson, from ditto ; Everson Harrison, Esq.
from ditto ; Rev. Edward Kitson, from ditto.
CHANGES._.. Lord Arundel, from a tour,- to
Paris; Marquis of Hertford, from a tour, to Sudbourn
ill Suffolk,

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE.

The atiivals last week of all kinds of Grain were eonsi-
derabfe, except Oats. This morning there is a fair supply
of most kinds of Corn fresh up, and a good sale for the
few samples of dry Wheat that appear; but most of the
supply being rather damp, is heavy at Jest quotations.-
Barley is dull, and Is. per qr. lower than this day se'nnigbt.
Old Beans do not maintain the late prices; New are plen-
tiful, and the damp sell heavy at ls. lower. Boiling and
they Pease hardly maintain previous prices. Many parcels
of Oats still for sale, chiefly foreign, which support last
(potations, but little freedom in the trade. Flour not so
brisk as lately, prices unaltered. New Rape Seed comes
spark:llli rod obtains 281. a 291. per last.
tatots ON BOARD OF 61117.
----White (old) :2'6 6. s. Wheat, Red (old)
~ (old) ....
.. -a.
, ,`,25, . 605.,_. Beans, Small (new)... 48s. 503.
----Red (1927) - lick (new).... gib. 425.
- Fine 50s. 546. .---- (old) ••..645• 655.
------ superfine s6s. 51s. ..... old)..--s. --s.
----White (1827) 46s. 50s. _ ----. (- Harrow new) 425. 445.
325. 345.
-----'" Flue s2s. 58s. Brank.... _
IS:. -.......,-.. Superfine.. Ms. 625. Oats, Feed..
Ne7`
• Rye ....• ---
.... .205. 26,•
....... SOs. 355. - Poland ----s. --s.
Barley New 255. 275. New..-------
--- Foreign, Old 545. 665.
' ---.-- line 2Bs SOI .---- Potatoe
--...-, Superfine ...... 21s. *s. --,------- New 245. Zs-
Malt , 49s. 545. --- Scotch 22s. Ni-
- Fine - 5%. 84., -. Irish l9s. 225. 255.
Pease, Grey ,,,,.,. 41s. 425. Flour (per sack) ....... 465. 50s.
1, ----- Maple . 435. 445. ---- Seconds ......... 441. 455,
--- White - Worth Country 40s. 433.
-....-6-, Boilers _---r Bran 4 ... ....... Bs. Vs.

AERIVALE ar GRAIN IN LONDON DIMINO LAST WEEK.
t:C 1
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Gd P 2 n
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From Whence. 4 F-'.•
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• --- -.-- ...............-- .—............—-
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs.
{Seks.
AldboYeugh•rrai 156 1143 - ...- 31 63 lO
Boston • • - 616 - - 510 ..- -I -•
Cowei c••• • - - -- - .. - 295
,IColehester 655 809 460 12 247 255 1100
0 Harwich 0 603 1195 - 59 5'7 797
: Leigh ll4 419 111 60
44 Maldon 682 litile 175- - 211 886 1919
Hastings ...... - ' -- ..- c-- 29 -
Hun - - ..r2l -44 - 100
Ipswich 314 871 891 20. . 24
Kent 1023 56S 20 108 487 340 '1319
Lynn , 229 - • -
..... 2(4
- 70 - 3R
Poole - • .... 23 2 - ' ""•••
Rye...... - ... - 11 - -
Southampton - - - - -
600
Southwold - 4 '4O
Spalding - ... '7O .-- - -
Stockton - ..,..- -.-.14 4 --o 1023
Wells ssd- -^- -
Weymouth - . r __ -- -•-
Whitby ..-
........._
.- ... - - 100
Wish:each 390 -' - ---- -
....
Woodbridge 0.4 l5O 905 • 35 -
Yarmouth .
_7 =lBOl
Banff4 .o.- - ~... no ~... _ _.
Berwick - 155 .
_., 37
Dundee - 55
---- --. —.--.-- —.
5638 7969 3118 1275 1618 1452 11856
ledsg.
CatleTmOsead - -- -- 819 -- --
Dab* . ...,...... - - - 9627 - - -
Dundalk. - - - 371 -
Lick ......... - - - 1325 -- '- -
Waterfmerio 1125
rd - - -I • -
Wexford - - -- 659 - - 200
Youghall lB ... -. 2465 -•-• -
Fortstorr, '
Hamburgh. -- - .... 170 -
Memel - --- -. 42 - -
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Total... 6233 7969 3118 110661 1830 1 1451 12C,St

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