The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-11 00:00:00

EVENINTGAUN
LAW INTELLIGENCf

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CHANCERY COURT-(THIS 1)- ,4
This being the first day of Hilary Term the Vi
Chancellor did not take his seat in Court till half:9:,
one o'clock, having, as usual, to entertain the Joo`l,
Masters in Chancery, Queen's Counsel, &c. to brealti
at his Lordship's residence in Georges street, 11811°':t,
square. On his Lordship taking his seat, he 10,.,9"p.
companied by the Master of the Rolls the Vice4'"'.
cellor of England, Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce 9
Wigram, and Masters Duckworth and Richards.
IN THE MATTER OF GUNDRY, A SUPPOSED LUN.A:fort
Our readers will recollect that the matter came ue,,is
the Court shortly before the Christmas recess, bah,.
ordered to stand over in order to enable the party t°,(°o
taro further evidence. The object of the petitioned&
to obtain a Commission of Lunacy against Mr. Gutith
Mr. BETHELL, who appeared for the respondent, 1,0
morning stated that from the further affidavits that
been filed he was quite convinced that it was
case for a Commission. His Learned Friend Mr. o',,f
burn might, therefore, take the order asked by the prale
of the petition.
THE ATTORNEY-GENEIiAL V. THE MANCHESTER

MAK SCHOOL.
The further arguments in this part-heard case
ordered to be resumed on Monday next, upon the 951
cation of Mr. Bethel).

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QUEEN'S BENCH."--(THIS :BAY'S
The Court was opened with the usual formalities.m
At twenty minutes to two o'clock, Lord Denman! 06
tices Patteson, Coleridge, and Wightman, tot*
seats on the bench.
Nothing of any interest occurred up to the. Oil
our going to press.

EXCHEQUER-(THIS
The Judges did not sit to-day until near two de iir,
having, as usual, breakfasted with the Lord Chance
and come down to Westminster Hall in procession. 9
Mr. Baron Parke is the Judge who presides at
Prius and at Chambers during the present term. Ad
The Bar was gone through, but no motion was Ina"
the slightest interest.

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Their Lordships then called on the old new fi
paper, but much difficulty was found in proceecratlig,
the non-preparedness of the Cotmsel.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY;)
Mr. Justice Williams did not take his. seat' on
bench until nearly two o'clock. When his LordsbiPseeo
tered the Court there was not a single Counsel trea
and the bar remained. unoccupied for a considerable
DOE DEM STURTT V. MORD& •
Mr. BARSTOW applied for a rule, calling npon7o,oo
fendant to show cause why the writ of execution si'i,„o
not be executed notwithstanding a writ of error liau ti
taken out by the defendant, such writ of ife bso
been taken out was for the purposes &Molar to
action, which was one of ejectment, H11%61%14000
possession of property to an immense lefer'
had been tried at the sittings after Trinity Tern;
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Lord Denman, and a verdict had been returned
the plaintiff. The case had been - set 139 114
trial before a special Jury, a tales had beeti,:Pr°lol
and the trial had gone on. During the courig' e.tj
term, Mr. Erle had applied for a rule for a neArld
the ground that one of the Jury had not been s"fuld'
Th.p Court had, however, refused the ,tll
The defendant had since taken out e' 11
of error' on the same ground. .Now roe 4
(Mr. Barstow) had affidavits from all persons condoo
for Mr. Sturt, and from the Officer of the woe'
distinctly- affirming that all the Jury had been sr
and, besides, the defendant, even if that had not beeo
case, was not in a condition to take advantage of tiled!"
take. He had chosen to take his chance of a verdict, o,e
as lately as October last treated that verdict as I/t
one, by indicting one of the witnesses for pedurpi_e
evidently merely for the purposes of delay that tue,ill
of error had been obtained, and therefore he trust 0
Lordship would grant his application.—Rule nisi 4110°0
MANDAMUS-THE QUEEN V. THE POSTMASTER-1 vo?
Mr. DUNDAS applied for a Mandamus to in
Master-General directing him to deliver 11 l'113(1?
W. Auld,. Esq., all letters addressed to
Straton and Co.,_ for the three weeks, to commence
the Ist of June last. He made the application under
Scotch Bankruptcy Act.
Mr. Justice WILLIAms—Is: there any instanced"
similar application, having been made ? Mr. DO
I think not, my Lord.
Mr. Justice WiLuAms—You had better -
before the full Court.
The Court rose at three o'clock.

COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS
Their Lordships came into Court soon after ribP'
one o'clock.

DE VEAUX V. HILL.
This was an action upon a policy of insuranceilo'
upon a vessel from Bourdeaux to Mauritius and.ool
The policy was conditioned to be interpreted eefPa
to the French law, and the vessel having been 'q,*:itlo,
her return, near the mouth of the Gironde, and FOl,
forty miles of Bordeaux, the defendants refused v!
on the ground of fraud. After a trial of three dni joe„:
ration, before the Lord Chief Justice and a specie,,A 'sr;
a verdict was found for the plaintiff on some .P.l'''oito4l
for the defendant on others. A rule nisi having
been obtained for a new trial,
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD now obtained, by consel,tr',:r
enlargement of the rule, on the ground that the V.10r0,,
were likely to come to an arrangement- for obtain' '
final settlement of the questions of law involved Inrci,
case, these being of great importance to the coltes
interests of both countries, and SeV6rtil other P.M.
insurance depending on the decision upon tfkki T
MONEY and COMMERCIAL N,. 4.
CIS Y, T WEL VE 0' CV:01:c
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 10.-1 v n'fig
had a quiet market to-day, the sales aniounil
3,500 bales, of which 200 have been taken for es'
Prices are firm without alteration. tr°•
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 10.—.
actions reported are in Lancaster and Preston J'fbAre'
New Shares, 16-1 ; London and Birmingham, 321
572. North Midland, Half Shares, 36.
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MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, 10.
JAN. - tes,j
though we have had a quiet market, prices remain sr 00
Very little stock offering for sale. Manchester
Leeds, Halves, 301.
Private letters:received at Liverpool by the Plur
eat
from Buenos Ayres, from which place she sailed
,1„0,
1
sth of November, state that accounts have been rime"aeroir
to the 2d of November from the interior, tbat:tirr'bere
had either been taken and killed, or killed himself. 'bid
is nothing Official yet, but, from the rejoicing peer
have taken place, we are led to believe it must 140°'
rect. Exchange was quoted 217 to 2 15-16; doublooliS!
THE FUNDS. t'edqc'
Both the English and Foreign Markets opened s 5
without any variation, from the closing quotati°l3o
last evening, Consols for Money and the Account
.ci!
on • 0"
now quoted at 89 to 89i ; Exchequer Bills, 18
.4i4
nish Active Stock 25i ; Passive, 5 ; Deferred,
Portuguese Five per Cents, 32f f ; ditto Threelo
Cents., 191 4 ;_Dutch Two-atid-a-Half per Cents'
511 ; and the Five per Cents., 100 k.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 0;0'
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western 65
Ditto New
London and Brighton 50 3711 to
London and Birmingham 90
Ditto 1 Shares
5
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia (New)
Union of London lO
...... to e
niVP'
.HALF-PAST
The English market has been heavy, with hilt 017,
business doing this morning. Consols for Mells9l'
the Account are 84 89 ; Three per Cents. Reduee".bree'
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 99 ; Nee'
and a-Half, 981 ; Exchequer Bills, 18 20. hate
In the Foreign Market but very few transactions opeo'
been done, and prices remain the same as at theiro
ing, Spanish being 251 1 ; Dutch Two-and-a-I, per
Cents. 51 to 1 ; and the Five per Cents., 100i-ibets'
tuguese Five per Cents., 321 i; Ditto Three per
194
The business in the Share Market has been n,i', o Gre°
ted. London and Brighton were last done at 371.' ha"'
Western New. Shares 61 ; London and Bill°
Quarter Shares 241. ,rjrl7.
Consols, Money and Account,
February, 89} i; Mexican, 281 29; Colom'hiall,
Spanish, 251 1.
QUARTER TO TEL • 01;
The official statement of the quantity ofl
ported into London during the quarter ending tac ib4
inst., shows a great increase
Wheat, but a falling off in the supplies of home-P.13.e el
in the arrivals of Itm-A
a fact of itself that speaks at once for the neceltooli
imports from abroad to secure a sufficiency
dw- •
to our population. There were • received,
the above-mentioned period, 49,888
.quarters- o' wgie
lisb, 113,598 quarters of Foreign, .and not o•
g g HALF--.PAST rp fit to2‘ 1;1;
quarter of Irish wheat. Ireland, too, s. country Wl' 6°
under proper management, might supply e*
richly. The total imports, including 120 finio
from Scotland were therefore 163,606 quarters, 7;07
the quarter ending the 26th December, 1840,
the c,
quarters. It may be as well to Mate, that t-h-ogr
ceipts of Irish oats were very considerable, t.,jiag
still rather below those ,of the corresP°`,,,kil
quarter in 1840. The imports of. Flour were 9`_
sacks, 23,680 barrels, the latter from abroad. Thiediol°
counts respecting the growing crops are on the
favourable. s
THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY')
COLONIAL MARKET. ,5 of
There was a fair business transacted in most o;at
produce, and at firm rates. Refined Sugar sold fr!, „roe;
81s. 6d. for standard lumps. Rum in request,
Leewards at Is. 10d. to 2s. per gallon. Rice (!" cer
prices on the decline. Coffee firm, and 18 alited ,

lon, Vs.' to 70s. for good and fine ordinary.
- TALLOW MARKET. a' for
Prices were firmly.sustained, with a fair den gi „oat,
immediate consumption. Fine Yellow Candle on the2l3s,
at 48s. to 48s. 6d., and for delivery in the next two Inw-
48s. 6d. to 48s. 9d.
WHITE

CHAPEL HAYMARKET. ,
The market was plentifully supplied with 110stra•
Clover, the demand middling, and prices steadY•
di.
advanced ls. to 2s. per load. Clover, 2L 10s. to
Hay, 21. to 41. 6s. ; Straw, 11. 12s. to 11. 165.

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YORK , A.D. 626.—York Wa so small --
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Arne that there was not so much as a church i11,.101
which Ring Edwin could be baptized. One wnsii‘ilt
in haste of wood for the purpose. The baptism ° Do
Edwin took
caster Gazette.
place on Easter Sunday, A.D. 627.