The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-22 00:00:00

TIIE COAL TRADE.

DROCKLEBANK. V. SUGRUE.

This was an action on a policy of insurance, to recover
4,0001. on the ship Phoebe, and 1,0001. on her cargo._
The policy was effected on a voyage from Liverpool to
Quebec, but contained a clause by which, if the ship wns
detained beyond the time mentioned, the policy would
stand good for a voyage from Liverpool to New Bruns-
wick, on the insured paying an increased per centage.
The ATTORN GENER A L contended that the policy
was invalid, according to the Stamp Act, as it clearly in-
cluded two separate risks, and should have been on two se-
parate stamps.
Mr. PoLtocx contended, in reply, that the case was
similar to a policy where a vessel was allowed to go into any
one of two ports, as the weather might permit. If one
port only was mentioned, the clause containing liberty to
go into the second port might legally be introduced, and
he contended that the principle in this case was exactly
the same, and perfectly legal.
Lord TENTERDEN held that as the policy was originally
made for a voyage to Quebec, and afterwards altered for a
voyage to St. John's, the ships could not then go to
Quebec. It was clearly a different voyage, and might al-
most as well have been a different ship.
Mr. You.ocx. then contended, that as no risk had
been incurred, the underwriters must return the premium,
which was opposed by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Lord TENTERDEN observed, that the plaintiff could re-
cover the premium, as the risk had never commenced.—
There was an insurance on a voyage which had never been
made, and on which consequently the underwriter could
not have lost. The premium, therefore, could be reco-
vered on the money counts.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
421., being the premium for the freight, and for 190/.,
being the premium on the vessel.
His LORDSIIIP, however, gave Mr. Pollock leave to
move the full Court on the last part of the verdict.

LAW NOTICES.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

LONDON SPECIAL JURIES APPOINTED TOR. TO-MORROW.
Murray v Heath (by order) I Sturge v Groves
Nicholls v Asquith and Tennant and another v
another Strachan and another
Pitman and others v Daniell Gordon • Taylor
The King, sn the prosecu- Yorke and others v Barnett
tion of the Apothecaries' and others
Company, v Clapham Griffiths v Bostock, Gent.
Burke v Tunnicliffe

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
LONDON SPECIAL JURIES APPOINTED FOR TO-MORROW.
Fawcett, Gent. v Hnble Dalglish and another v
Hodson and another v Hodgson
Tarleton Angas v Smith
Davies and ethers v Burton Hall v Morrison.

We have again to call the attention of our
readers to the mischievous and most revolting practice of
killing salmon in breeding time. It is well known that
the practice and the use of certain destructive engines have
had the effect of nearly extirpating the breed of salmon in
this country, and have, consequently, for many years, put
it almost out of the power of the common people of tasting
what was wont to be the cheapest and most abundant ar-
ticle of food they could get. But this dearth is not the
only pernicious consequence of this illegal practice. The
slightest reflection might satisfy the commonest capacity,
that a salmon about to spawn, or immediately after spawn-
ing, is just as unfit for food, and fully as revolting and
unwholesome, as a cow with calf or recently after calving.
This was formerly well understood in Scotland, and ac-
cordingly so highly criminal was this offence reckoned,
that it is declared by the Act 1503, Cap. 72, to be pu-
nishable by death for the third offence, while the slaying
of salmon in forbidden time, or of kipper molts, a rich
black fish, at any time, is declared by two other separate
Acts, of 1606 and 1607, to be punishable as theft. These
Acts, it will be observed, are still in force, and though
they are now rarely enforced to the full extent of their
enactment, the offence still stands on the statute books as
one of the highest criminality, and is, in fact, morally, as
well as legally so.--Dun fries Courier.

On Saturday afternoon, about four o'clock,
the usual monotony of Monteath Row was disturbed by the
appearance of a visitor seldom seen amid the din and
bustle of a manufacturing city. This was no other than
a poor hare which by some means or other had mistaken
its way, and was endeavouring to escape from a crowd of
four or five hundred people, aided by a pack of upward.
of fifty curs of all degrees, who were in full cry after it.
It proceeded at full speed towards the Cross, where, from
the crowd which instantly collected from the opposite
quarter, it found itself at fault, and backed through Lon-
don-street to the bridge, over which it sprang, and made
for St. Andrew's•square. Here again it was turned, and
in despair it took to the burn, and proceeded through the
tunnel towards the Gallowgate ; but from the depth of
water there it would inevitably have been drowned, had
not a humane individual leapt in to its rescue, into whose
arms it fled for safety. The captor carried home his
prize in triumph, supplied it liberally with cabbage leaves,
and today it is as lively as et-cr.—Glasgow. Chronicle.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .. £2 S to £3 0
stew Meadow Hay 2 19 3 19
Useful Old Ditto
Fine Upland Meadow and Aye-grass Hay 3 19 4 15
Clover Hay...is - 11.61 3lO 5 5
Oat Straw .L 1 18 to £2 0 I Wheat Straw... 2 2 2 5
Supply good, and trade dull; prices as last quoted.

SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ....E.? 8 to £3 0
New Meadow Hay 2 0 3 5
Useful Old Ditto 3 'l., 3 14
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 14 4 111
dli:ver Hay (extra fine)...£s 10... Generally
;.,t Straw £l 16 to £1 18 1 'Wheat Straw I I'l 2 5
A great supply, and a very dull trade; prices as last quote'.