The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-05 00:00:00

LEVY V. HOPE, ESQ.

This was an action against the late Sheriff of
Surrey, for an alleged false return of nulla bona,
to a writ of non omittas fieri facias, issued by the
plaintiff, Lawrence Levy, against the effects of one
Joel George Young, in November, 1828. The She-
riff, as defendant, was a mere nominal party, the de-
fence being made on the part of Benton, the officer,
to whom the warrant had been directed, and through
whose negligence it was alleged the plaintiff had lost
the fruits of his execution.

PALACE COURT, DEC. 4.
WARD v. PAGE.

This was an action brought by Mrs. Ward, a
chandler's-shopkeeper, residing in Chesterfield-street,
Marylebone, against Mr. Page, a hair-dresser, of
Park-street, Grosvenor-square, for the recovery of
241., which delft was contracted by his wife, from
whom he was separated.
The defendant, as a set-off, pleaded adultery on
the part of his wife, whose debts he did not feel
himself bound to pay. •
It appeared from the evidence, that Mrs. Page, on
separating from her husband, took lodgings at the
plaintiff's, at the rate of 14s. per week, which
amounted, with money lent to her at various times,
to 241., the sum claimed. Several witnesses were
called, who fully proved an adulterous intercourse
between defendant's wife, and a person named
Knapp. The Jury, after the Chairman had summed
up, returned a verdict for the defendant.

The number of hands through which a com-
mon table knife passes in its formation is ivortky of being
known to all who use them. The bar steel is heated in
the forge by the maker, and he and the striker redice it
in a few minutes into the shape of a knife. He then
heats a bar of iron and welds it to the steel so as to form
the tag of the blade which goes into the handle. All this
is done with the simplest tools and contrivances. A few
strokes of the hammer, in connection with some trifling
moulds and measures attached to the anvil, perfect in two
or three minutes the blade and its tang or shank. Two
men, the maker and striker, produce about nine blades in
a hour, or '7.1 dozen per day. The rough blade thus oro-
duced then passes through the hands of the filer, who files
the blade into form by means of a pattern in hard steel.
It then goes to the halters to be hafted in ivory, horn, &c.
as may be required ; it next proceeds to the finisher, and
is then packed for sale or exportation. In this progression
every table-knife, pocket-knife, or pen-knife, passes step
by step through no less than 16 hands, involving at least
144 separate stages of workmanship in the production of
a single pen-knife. The prices vary from 2s. 6d. per
dozen knives and forks, to 101. In the manufacture of a
razor, it proceeds through a dozen hands; but it is after-
wards submitted to a process of grinding, by which the
concavity is perfected, and the fine edge produced. They
are made from Is. per dozen to 20s. per razor, in which
last the handle is valued at 16s. 6d. Scissors, in like
mnaner, are made by hand, and every pair• passes through
sixteen or 17 hands, including 50 or 60 operations,
before they are ready for sale. Common scissors are cast,
and when rivetted, are sold as low as 4s. 6d. per• gross !
Small pocket knives, too, are cast, both in blades and
handles, and sold at 6s. per gross, or a halfpenny each !
These low articles are exported in vast quantities in casks
to all parts of the world. Snuffers and trays are also ar-
ticles of extensive production, and the latter• are orna-
mented with landscapes, etched by a Sheffield artist, on a
resinous varnish, and finished by being dipped in diluted
nitric acid for a few seconds or minutes...—Sir X. Phil-
lips's Personal Torn• (Account of Shitifield.)