The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-20 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE o' Ciocr.
Quebec Papers to the 21st May, and Montreal to the
same date, have been received at the North and South'Aine..
rican Coffee-house, as well as Sincapore Papers to the '7th
Febi nary, but they are barren of information of any con-
sequence.

(From the Quebec Papers.)
MONTREAL, MAY 13.—At the end of last Week the
weather resembled July, and now it is snore like March ;
yesterday morning some snow fell, On the 10th and 11th
inst. a fresh Easterly wind brought up seventeen vessels
from sea, which has caused our ports to resume a crowded
and busy appearance. The 68th Regiment have received
orders to proceed form this province, Upper Canada, to
Lower Canada, and are to be stationed at Montreal.
(From the Sincapore Papers to Feb. 1. )
The weather here for some time has been very rainy
and cold.. We regret to learn the loss is the-neighbour-
hood of the port of a Portuguese brig, called Diuradd.
She left Macao on the 18th inst., bound for Bombay. We
understand that only one man was drowned. The brig had
a valuable cargo of dollars on board ; report says five hun-
dred thousand, and hopes are entertained of saving them.
The Hastings and Nuchir brigs have sailed in quest of the
wreck, accompanied by the deputy master.
The Quebec paper of the 20th May says, that a safety
vault for depositing the moneys of the Receiver-General of
the Provinces, has been commenced in the lower part •f
the old Chateau close to the Gate.
We have several arrivals this morning of ship -letters
from Bombay of the '7th February, and Calcutta 18th
February, which are only a few days later than the last
accounta, but they do not bring any information of conse-
quence. We have also a Lisbon mail. The private let-
ters from Oporto of the 2d instant are silent in regard to
politics, as they are af,•aid to write. It appears that 92
ships had arrived at Quebec in seven days, which has
greatly revived the trade of that port.
The Consol Market still continues in the same state of
inactivity as for several days past. It opened at 881 for
the Account; and the Foreign Market is, alp fo the pre-
sent time, almost deserted. The price r..:re
^.ominal, no
L a bargain as yet done.

TWO O'CLOCK.
in regard to intelligence or business, there is not any
at present, and the Consul Market remains as in the early
part of the morning, at 88t, alteruately buyers and sellers,
without a feature worth observation.
• (From the Bombay Courier to the Bth July.)
Accounts have reached us from the Governor-General's
party, dated Malda, that the governor-(General accom-
panied by Sir Edward Ryan and Major Benson, joined the
camp on the Mahanudy on the evening of the 4th instant.
On the morning of the 7th, the Governor, accompanied
by a party of his suite, quitted the camp. His Lordship,
we believe, was to make a circuit on the stations on the
riorth7eaat of Bengal, and to proceed. from Malda to
Binea:a.
The private letters from Lisbon are 'void .of any fresh
• .
polities! information.
In the Foreign Market nothing doing, except in Portu-
guese Stock, which has improved one per cent., owing to
the speeches in the House last. night on the affair of Portu-
gal. Exchequer Bills, 68 9 ; Brazil, 56k ; Buenos Ayres,
25k 6i ; Danish, 66} ; Colombian, 17i IS ; Meirician,
81 ; Portuguese, 41.1 2.
Consols for Account, 88 I,

THREE O' CL 0 CX.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.

The Court proceeded with Appeals to-day, but nothing
of any public interest had occurred when we left at half-
past one o'clock.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
Nothing of importance took place in this Court to-day.

CONSISTORY COURT.

WRIGHT V. ELLWooD, FALSELY CALLING iiititsELF

WRIGHT.

The KI,NG'S Anvocaut stated, this was "a suit instituted
by Mr. Wright, for the purpose of obtaining a Decree of the
Court, declaring his marriage null and void, by reason of
undue publication of banns. The lady, Emily Ellwood,
described herself as a spinster, when in fact, at the time
the banns were published, she was a married woman, and
her husband was living.
Dr. Anams, who appeared for the lady, admitted that
her husband was living at the time of publication of banns
between her and Mr. Wright, but stated•that he died pre-
vious to the marriage taking place, she was therefore a
widow at the time, and would the Court say, that a female
describing herself as a spinster in the publication of banns,
when in fact she was a widow, would be sufficient to de-
clam the marriage null and void.
The KING'S ADVOCATE was aware the Court would
have great difficulty in the case of a widow describing
herself a spinster, but here the female was a married
woman, and if that fact had been known it would have
been competent for any person to have forbid the banns.
The Couail,(Dr. ILushington) thought in all [such
suits as the present, the greatest caution ought to be ob-
served in all the proceedings, as it not only went to sepa-
rate the parties, but to make their children illegitimate.
He did not think the citation in this case had been regu-
lar, and therefore should dismiss the wife from the suit.
Several motions of course wore then disposed of, and
the Court adjourned at half-past ten o'clock.

COURT OF COAIMON PLEAS.
KIMBLE V. FARREN.

Mr. Sergeant Wl►.ns applied this morning in this case,
which it will be recollected was tried a short time since
for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be
increased from 7501 to 1,0001. _ _

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE enquired if the case had not
been carried beyond the authority of the Court by tendering
of a bill of exception?
Mr. Sergeant WILDE observed that he had tendered no
bill of exception. He made the present motion on the
ground that the penalty mentioned in the agreement, for
the breach of which the action was brought, was for the
larger sum ; and the Learned Sergeant contended that it
was not competent for the Jury to give a less sum.—Rule
IVisi granted.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

ALEXANDER V. LAWSON.

The plaintiff, a Jew, applied for a rule to allow cause
why he should not he discharged out of custody, under the
Lords' Act. His affidavit stated that he had entered an
action against the proprietors of the Times newspaper,
for a libel. He had lost the action, and been confined-for
the defendants' costs till the Ist of this month, when
he applied for the relief awarded by the Lords' Act, and the
'Court decided that he should be discharged, unless the de-
fendants undertook to allow him 3s. 6d. per week in pri-
son. This the defendants had consented to, and he re-
ceived in Court the written undertaking and the first pay-
ment of 3s. 6d. Since that time he had not received any
thing, and there were now two weekly -payments due to
him, of which he had received no information.
Mr: Justice BAILEY inquired of the officer by what
coueee the money so paid usually reached the prisoner, and
was informed that it was usually paid to the turnkeys.
Lord TENTERDEN (to Alexander),—Have you asked
the turnkey if he has received it?
Alexander—No, my Lord, I am not bound to do so
by the Act.
Lord TENTERDEN-But it is the regular course by
which money reaches prisoners under such circumstances.
Alexander—But I don't know my Lord, that I ana—
LOld TENTERDZN—WeII, you need not enquire with-
out you like, but you will have no rule unless you do.
The applicant then left the Court, for the purpose of
enquiring.

El-PASTE SMITH. . •
Ir. Common Sergeant Ditlaw; moved the Court for
a rule to show cause why a wt it of mandamus should not
issue against the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury,
calling on them to account for the dismissal of Henry
Carmichael Smith, one of the Paymasters of Exchequer
bills.
Lord TENTERDEN-1t h.s been here once before, I

believe.
Mr. Commost SERGEANT—Yes, my Lord, it-was here
some time ago, and the Court then refused to interfere be-
cause it was not expressly stated that the office was a public
one ; but under the 48th Geo. 111. I believe your Lord-
ship- will find that it is a public one, as under that Act
the Commissioners of the Treasury are empowered to ap-
point Paymasters for that office, and under that Act they
had appointed him with a salary of 400/.- per year. The
Learned Counsel then contended, that the appointments
under the Act were only. in relation to public officers, and
that the Act did not authorise the Commissioners in . die-
' missing a Paymaster from his office without having this-.
conducted himself, as it did-not state any period at which
the appointment should terminate.
Mr. Justice -BAILEY—But how did the office originate?
Because it must originate under a charter, to give a person
a freehold in hit office, and enable him to obtain a
- nsandasn us.
Mr. ComstoN SERGEANT considered that the- only
question here was whether the office was of a public na-
ture, as some offices in the city,,where the office of City
Surveyor was considered a public one.
Mr. Justice 'I:ITTLEDALIC considered that all officers
connected with the public revenue, and appointed by the
• Commissioners of the Treasury, were rereoveable, as
the King might remove the Commissioners by whom these
officers were appointed.—Rule refused.

DAWSON V. MORCAN.

. This action was by an indorser of a. bill of exchange
against the acceptor for costs, which he had suffered by
being sued by the holder of the bill. It was tried before
Lord Tenterden at the last sittings, and the plaintiff non-
suited.
Mr, PATrtsorr now moved to set aside the nonsuit, on
the " ground that if an indorser was put to expence by
the acceptor not honouring a bill, he ought to be allowed
to recover; on the game principle as a holder could recover
his costs against the acceptor.
Lord TENTERDEN observed that this was quite a new
experiment. It was only by the usage of merchants that
the holder could recover from the acceptor, but he consi-
dered that the usage of merchants did not extend so far
as the present case, as it would enable all indorsers, how-
ever many there might be, to recover their costs from the
acceptor if sued by the holder.—llule refused.

Juxx 19.
ELLIS V. MONTAGU.

'fie ATTORNRI,GRAL moved for a rule to show
cause why the verdict obtained by the plaintiff in this case
should not he set aside and a new trial trial granted, on
the ground that the Learned Judge (Mr. Justice Little-
dale) before whom the case was tried on the 10th inst. at
Guildhall, had misdirected the Jury in point of law, and
also that the verdict was against evidence. The action
was brought to recover a large sum of money on a bill of
exchange, and the defence was, that the transaction out
of which the bill arose was usurious. it appeared that
thedefendant (Mr. M.) was a gentleman of family, whohad
fallen into difficulties, and had been confined in the Bench
prison about 18 months. He had never carried on any
business in the wine trade or otherwise, but being in want
of a loan of money, he was introduced by a Mr. Welsh to
the plaintiff, who was said to be a wine-merchant.—
Welsh, it appeared, had carried on the negociation for the
sale of wine, and he stated that he told the plaintiff that
the defendant's object was to raise money, and that he
shOuld sin the wine for that purpose. The plaintiff then
said he would let the.defer`idant' bale the wine 014 such
terms as would prevent his losing above 24 or 3Q per cent.
A purchase was then made on the defendant's behalf of a
large quantity of wine, which was soon afterwards sold, and
by which the defendant was a loser to the amount of about
50 per cent. A second transaction of a similar descrip-
tion afterwards took place, and the defendant was again a
considerable loser. He (the Attorney-General) had con-
tended at the trial that these sales of wine had been re-
sorted to as a shift for fhb purpose of lending money rt
usurious interest, but he submitted that the Learned Judge
had not left the question of usury properly to the Jury,
and they had given their verdict against the evidence.
The COURT, after hearing the Learned Counsel at some
length, observed, that on the question of usury the verdict
certainly appeared to be very much against the evidence,
and they would therefore grant a rule Nisi.
Lord fkIiTERDEN observed, that the justice of the case
would be to let the verdict be reduced for the real value of
the wine.

Five and twenty guineas was the price asked
and' paid for a baroucht and four horses for the day to Ascot.