The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-16 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY

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The Court sat this day in Banco by special appointment, to hear
the further arguments in the motion for a new trial in the case of
Stewart v. Steele. The case was one of disputed ship insurance,
and was of interest only to the parties concerned.

The arguments were not concluded when we went to press.
HARRIS V. PeLEAN AND ANOTHER.

This was an action for false imprisonment against a police con.
stable and an inspector. The circumstances out of which the ac-
tion arose attracted a good deal of public attention at the time of
their occurrence. The plaintiff; a respectable tradesman in the
Borough, having dined with a party of friends at the Sugar.
loaf Tavern in Queen.street, Cheapfide, and was. proceeding
homewards by Southwark.bridge, w.lven as he reached the tollgate
he was stopped by one of the defendants, police constable Bramah,
who took him into custody, up.oo a cbarge of having been over-
heard to say that a few minutes Would terminate his existence.
Mr. Harris denied this, but, notwithstanding his remon trance, he
was taken to the Compter, and locked up by the other defendant, the
inspector who took the charge, which was altered to That of being
drunk. For this the action was brought.
Mr. Alderman Ttiomas WOOD being now examined, stated that
in the morning after the arrest, the plaintiff was brought before
him, and he thought the charge frivolous. He was the more in-
duced to dismiss it- at once, on account of the variance in the
policemen's statements.

The landlady of the Sugarloaf, and the tolltaker at the Bridge,
swore that Mr. Harris was not intoxicated.

For the defence a policeman and another witness swore that
the plaintiff appeared to be intoxicated when brought to the
Compter.

Mr. Justice CRESSWELL said there was no case agalnt Mr. Cleave.
ThJury found for the plaintiff against the defendant Bramah
alone.--Damages 25/.

BOW-STREET-(T1 US DAY.)
SINGING IN ♦ WORKHOUSE TUNISHAHLE.—Five girls, attired in
the blue-check garb, which plainly told that the wearers belonged to
the workhouse, were charged with boiardisOrderly and creating a
disturbance in St. Giles's Workhouse.

Mr. Buckstone, the governor of the workhouse, a gentleman
whose rubicund visage pretty clearly betokened an inordinate love
for the creature-comforts of life, stated that the girls were all very
riotous always, but yesterday particularly so.

The MAUIiTRATE—WeII, but you must specify a particular charge.
Begin with the first now. What's her name, and how old is she ?

The girl alluded to, who was a good-looking piece of humanity,
and appeared to snake very light of the worthy governor's charge,
replied in a hold tone that her name was Phoebe Baldwin, and her
age was 20.

Buckstone—She is a very bad girl, your Worship; she has only
been out of prison two months.

Phcebeh—No, I aint ; he always fixes every think on me.
NLGIITRATa--She seems a strong girl ; she ought to be at work.
But come to the charge. Buckstone—Last night she was a-sing-
ing tongs, and making a noise. I sent tn. 'em several times to de-
sist, but they didn't mind me no more than if I was nothing.
The Beadle of the workhouse corroborated the evidence of the
other functionary. He could swear " the gals was a singin',"
though he could not catch the precise words.
The iNfAoisTRATT.—I want something particular; for instance,
it would be a grave charge, if, in a place like a workhouse, where
so
Vcmoualndypguans yiihwtohpelerne.7Bregate, these girls sang indecent songs.; and

_ .
The Beadle said their language, generally speaking, was very
indecent.
The AIAGI9TRATE —lt seems to me that there would be nothing
easier then to keep that place in order. There is a Magistrate
always sitting here, and if you bring them here on any specific
charge we will punish them. Now l'ho?be.
Phoebe then entered into her defence, in a speech containing
more words than sense. We endeavour to give her own words
please yer worship, I was a scouring all day yesterday. I never
made no noise. Hatter prayers we sung the Hold ows at eme.'
The bed bell hadn't rung then ; the Governor comes, and he says,
Now go to bed, there's good gals,' which, we went to bed. I
was in bed, and the Governor runs and made me get up. The
Governor always goes agin me; I don't know what's the reason."
The MAGISTRATE--You always go on singing, which is contrary to
the Governor's order, and consequently disorderly. I shall send
you to the House of Correction for 14 days. The tender and de-
licate Phirebe was then removed.

Sarah Ralph, the next girl, had also been in prison before. She
did not appear quite so incorrigible as her predecessor (Phoebe),
wherefore the worthy Magistrate sentenced her to only six days'
imprisonment.

The other three girls were dismissed. One of them complained
that she could have a place, only she could not get ally clothes to
go in ; a lady wanted her for a servant in a place where she had
been four months before.

The Governor said it was not in his power to give them clothes;
that rested with the overseer ; many of the girls if they got the
clothes would sell them directly they left the workhouse.
The MAGISTRATE—If you don't give the girls clothes when they
can get places, you may keep them till the end of their lives.
The Governor again stated that it rested solely with the overseer.
The worthy Magistrate recommended that the girl's case should
be brought before the board.
The girl, who appeared truly grateful, thanked the Magistrate
for his recommendation, and she, in company with the other two,
left the office in charge of the workhouse functionaries.

LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION.
(THIS DAY.)
A special general meeting of this Company was held this day at
the offices, King William.street. One of oar reporters attended,
but he was told the press would not be admitted, therefore we are
precluded from giving any report of thepioceedings,

A CHILD BURIED IN THE BANKS OF THE
Itivert.—An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Baker, thecoroner,
at the Gun, High-street, Wapping, on the body of a male child,
name and age unknown. It appeared that on Saturday evening
last, as a dredgerman was at work on the banks of the river at
Limehouse, he found a bask et deeply sunk in the sand, and upon
opening it, the body of the deceased was found. From its decom-
posed state, it could not be ascertained whether death was the re-
sult of violence, or even if the child had been born alive. Verdict
Found dead."
We mentioned, a short time since, that the carriage
of a gentleman going to Blois, was accidentally destroyed by the
embers of a chaufferette used by a lady inside communicating with
some wicker-work at the back of the vehicle, and setting it on tire.
It appears that a countryman was jogging along on his pony be-
hind the carriage all the time, and saw smoke issuing from it,
but
gave no alarm to the persons in it. On being questioned, how he
could be so stupid, he repliede There are so many new inventions
now-a-days that I thought your vehicle was perhaps a steam one."
Perrier, a stocking-maker, and a woman named
Veille, had for some time lived together at Uzes, in the Gard, as
man and wife, but, a short time ago, removed to Nimes. They
had been at their new lodging only two days, when the woman was
found dead in a well, into which she had been thrown, after re-
ceiving a severe wound over one of her eyes, and having her throat
cut, the blood being received into an earthen cooking-vessel.
Perrier and a cousin of his have been arrested on suspicion, for
which there are strong grounds.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW'
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. i
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 15.—We have MI.;
a very indifferent Cotton Market to-day, the sales not amount
ing to more than 2,000 bales to the trade at declining pricel
N•ithing in export or speculation. dot •
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, FEB. 15.—The transact ..,
at the Stock Exchange this day, are reported as follows .1
Eastern Counties, 84; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 92; Gra
Western, New, 59i ; Liverpool and Manchester, 191 ; Loud
and Birmingham, 1674; Midland Counties, Quarter
3.';
31. lis ; Paris and Rouen, 14g.
niark4
MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 15.—The -
continues quiet, without much alteration in prices; thr "',
of business done is limited. Lancaster and Preston, • „!
South Westerns, 60; Manchester and Birmingham, 281.
The intelligence brought by the Royal Mail steattfr t
1
Britannia, from the United States, of the stoppage a : 4
Girard and Pennsylvania Banks, and there being no re
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able probability that the interest on the State Debt win.,
paid, together with a further decline in stocks, produced c_9_;
siderable sensation among the American merchants this 02n,
ing, and bad as things are, it is the generai opinion that MP/
'
will still be worse. 1
THE FUNDS. tOlik
There has been but little business transacted at IlleiS,il
Exchange ; the markets are rather flatter than at the c'Tfor
business. Consols are now 89i, for Money, and °e lap,
the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 23 25; Three per ,--4;o'
Reduced, t.9a 2 ; Ditto Three-and-a•. Half, 99%; 31es, i' ,
„ Bonds have receded to 344 35 ; Spanish Active Stock, 1.91::
Portuguese Five per Cents., 31.4 32* ; Ditto, Threes, 18i
The Continental Exchanges were firmer again yesterdi f 0 Y.
The Hamburgh Mail has arrived ; no alteration tonot—
the rate of exchange on the rice of gold. v
PRICES OP SHARES THIS DAY AT ON P.

a. ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
* 036
London and Brighton 50 ...... 36k...... t
...,,
Ditto New
London and Birmingliam.... 90 .. ,„ to '"

..... , ..... . ..... ,
Ditto New
London and South Western 3Bk 59i...... to .....
London and Croydon ( Trunk)... 134 ll ii.. ... to
Midland C iunties
North Midland ... ..100
.....
Ditto New
Ditto Thirds
York and Narth Midland...
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Colonial
London Joint Stock
.d:
COURSE OF EXCHANGE--(YESTERDAP
Amsterdam CF. 12 7t Gibraltar ... ......., .. . ..•'
_ _

-r4 '
/i
pe •
--- °
,Leghorn ...
94
Genoa ......... ...• 51
Milan . ................... ' 0
Venice
Naples
!Palermo, per oz .....•
Lisbon .................... • bgt.
Oporto ................. ..• 0.
Rio Janeiro ............... ag ;
Bahia ................... ',..,
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days sight
Philadelphia ...... ........ 01
'PRICES OF nyi.uori, rri I
Foreign Gold, bars £3
Portugal Gold C0m...3 101 '4.
NewNe w
uDoonuarsblo7.3 ••0
0 401
4
,Silver in Bars 0 j f
HALF-PAST Ogo
The English Securities have improved since the o
Consols are now quoted at 89i for Money and Accounti.4.
168* 169 ; India Bonds, 57 ; and Exchequer Bills, 93 rrfr,
The Foreign Securities are flat, with little doing. 01
lombian Bonds, 22; Mexican Bonds, 34A; Deferred.me
Spanish Active Stock, 24%; Dutch Iwo-and-a-14 .!
Cents., 51151.
' or
There has been rather more business doing in theatiol
Market, but prices have not improved. Eastern Cliopir
8%; Great Western New, 60 ; Ditto Fifths, 9i ; Lon foll
Brighton, 36 ; South Western, 59i ; London and Cf4s4li
11%; Midland Counties 82 ; North Midland 'Net
~
Ditto, Thirds, 15i ; York and North Midland, 90i. 1
LLOYD'S SHIPPING— f)(THIS 0-- '
LoNDoN, FEB. 16.--Wind this day at noon S.W.
~_.itaf ,
DEAL, FEB. 15.—Wind S.W., light.—Arrd. from
Earl Durham, for Sydney; Cato, St. Vincent; le
Teneriffe. Put back the Barros, for Batavia. ',
OFF DOVER, FEB. 15. Arrd. Hacker, New Yorki:Aso
SOUTHAMTON, FEB. 15.—S1d. Teviot steamer, Bev—
FALMOUTH, FEB. 14.—Wind W. S. W. moderate."ol
her Majesty's ship Rapid, Sierra Leone ; Turk, Wells, °77''
Tagus steamer, Vigo, &c.
Th.0011;01
KINTALE, FEB. 12.—Arrd. Cantab, Liverpool,
CORK, FEB. 13.—Arri. the Cambridge, Graham'''. F
Mal* I
Ayres ; Isabella and Ann, Hutchins, dn.; Alfred,
blew a heavy gale this morning from W.S. W. to W. ,„,4
The Many Jane, from Malta, and Amanda, from vp,— . ,
ashore at Carlisle; the former is expected to bilge' 4
Oporto, Wilkie, bound to this port, and the Uva, frog!` '
seilles, were driven past in the gale of yesterday, si3
anchor in Bally Cotton Bay.
BEAUMARIS, FEB. 14. —Arrd. Margaret, Dickson, PvH2
, $#A
rara for Clyde, with loss of sails.
BRIDLINGTON, FEB. 15.—The Sir William Cal e,
,
Yarmouth to Leith, put in here yesterday leaky, end ..;eir
petted must discharge.
A 'for f 7,
HULL, FEB. 15.—Wind W., fresh.—Sld. LEoparuf
Orleans.
LIVERPOOL, FEE. 15.—Arrd. Britannia steamer, 4
sld. Ist inst., and Halifax 4th ; Alice, Mauritius, sld.sRappahesimock, New Orleans; Creole, St. Ancire,,
Brunswick ; Nautilus, Lima. The Tyrian. from Nas
this port, was ashore in the Mississippi, 9th ult. r" Lhi
Ellen German, La Guayra.
is sonriii
SCILLY, FEB. 11.—A vessel, apparently a brig, Ol4O
Meledgau Island, about one mile from St. Ag°,„„ell'ltiledjie.
feared the crew have perished. Half 'her 00,-,4a,r-
-washed ashore, a bust and head painted whitet",,,edwir,-
under the left arm. Name on the sails, .b(l'..--- ' ,-11;
South Shields.
- PLYMOUTH, FEB. 15.—Wind S.W. (leelli''ll
Arra. ,
mer, Chatham, China. „,ora,
SWANSEA, FEB. 14.—Arrd. Valeria, Haute, iraly:
STANGATE CREEK, FEB. Is.—Arrd. CarolizieVAlW7l
YARMOUTH, FEB. 15. —The William '1 hompstp,
Hartlepool te Algiers, and the Jane and Betsy, from
Liverpool, have.put in here, having been in contact. of
mississirei, JAN. 19.—Arrd. Forth (steamer), Son ..,
ton, and proceeded fur Mexico.
-.110 .4
SUPPLEMENT TO THE r'"
OFFICE DIRECTORY. ~,1011
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includes a complete directory of the new Parliament ; • fe,
directory; a Post-office and Money.order directory; 8 boor
mail directory, and a mass of very useful information of f 4
recurring importance to the banker, the merchant, and trsoo
mentary agent. In this age of cheap penny-worths, nothi
loot,
conceived cheaper than such a mass of useful infortastio f'
shilling. The stranger in London should make it one of
purchases.
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CHANCE olf. dr
IRISH COURT OF CHANti-i-ilicr
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OP THE COURT OF C 1104,1
CARRIED AWAY AND MADE PRIVATE PROPS jWO
The above startling fact appears from the following
...0,
Sir Edward Sugden's Secretary :
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" Seeretary's Office, Four Con.'rts ,,,,its
Feb. 11, 1842. grobi
" Sir,-_I am directed by the Lord Chancellor to in
in answer to your request, that he has no means °fed iSd I
you in your inquiries" (relative to a document IoJE 1 ze,;•
the Court of Chancery, on the 11th of February, 171reflS
which a written order was made, eonsigning the Moor
dungeon). " The book in which the petitions were
my predecessor, was carried away by him, in accord
the usual custom," &c. &c. e
" I am Sir, your obedient servant,
" HENRY SUGDEN, Burs col
" Samuel Gordon, Esq." riiia
eisf
I have heard of a Lord Lieutenant attempting to ,e
the books of the Casile, but a peremptory order .;;;, or,
England that he should carry himself away without, 1410
ll
but never before heard that the appropriation Pr'
carried so far as this.—Tory Paper.

Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam .2 U. 12 8
Antwerp l2 7
Hamburgh M.B. 13 14
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 80
Marseilles . ....... . 25 95
Bourdeaux 25 95
Frankfort on Maine... 151
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37
Berlin.
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 953
Trieste, ditto 9 54
Madrid
Cadiz 36*
Bilbao 36
Barcelona
E•eville

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MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.-A meialle-it
was committed on the afternoon of Wednesday last, 30 ofj
Hill, by an old man named William Gilholme, 93 ,
tr
His daughter and grand-daughter, resided with n'Vtellor
their absence between two and three ,o'clock,
suicide by cutting both his wrists with a razor, tilt wt/
ceeding, he resorted to the manner which proved housell
by suspending himself to one of the binders in the bolt! flj,
rope. '1 he body was discovered in less than half an 'Odin
begger-woman, but ere this the vital spark had i• psi/
possessed of all his faculties and senses, but only 1" jet
old age.—Berwick Advertiser. rP4.telt
An avalanche fell at Fahrigues, ilettA-corosee.,tl
d'Aubrac, in the Pyrenees, a few nights ago, an"ded"¢"l"..,l
overwhelmed a barn, containing 30 head of cattlee° bei/rotry
The keeper was fortunately absent, and no how,'" eit 5 ifsj'
his life. Such an event as the falling of an avalanebotheer
to be very rare in this part of the mountains. ft.och fire
lanche fell on the same night at Alayres, in thetb
overwhelmed two houses. In one the man and he
killed, but their two children were saved; in t-dthet
man and his wife were saved, but their mother
children perished.
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On the 13th inst., at Sulby Hall,
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BIRTHS. °too'. a
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Northan'' of '‘
Grace the Duchess of Montrose, of a daught,e4,,,,, the „t a °
On the 6th inst.. at Frankfort-on-the-Alai"- ation, - di
Leg ora
G. Kuper, Esq., Attache to her Majesty's 4 in Ge
who survived but a few hours. f CsPla- ri.
On the 9th inst., at Beaumaris, the ladY ~) ot, of a
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Mac Call, of her Majesty's tlOth Regiment of r2tdolphu
On the 11th inst., at Ramsgate, Mrs.
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MARRIED. ~. srallts son ,
On the 14th inst., at St. Pancras Chura.lc, roline f Char
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Ou the 12th inst., Bacrbara, Lady...---tn' . teo
Samuel Chambers, of Bredgar House, ,ts;en's'ti.,
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On the 13th hist , in tipper HarleY
Colonel W. B. Davis, of the East- India Harlon
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On the 16th of December, at Kuckra, ill
Lieutenant
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