The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-04 00:00:00

A grand carousal was given at Wiesbaden on the 25th ult., in
honour of the Duchess of Nassau's birth day. The fete took
place in the riding-house of the new Palace, and the Grand Duke
headed a party of twelve horsemen, dressed as Hungarian magnates
of the 13th century, and as Bedouins.
The ceremony of the betrothment of the Princess- Frederica,
daughter of the King of Prussia's uncle, to the Prince Royal of
Bavaria, took place on the 23rd ult. at the place of Berlin.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A small enclosure behind the stranger's gallery has been erected,
"under the rose," for the accommodation of political ladies in the
House of Commons desirous of hearing the debates. There it room
forof about a hand's-breadth, and they are admitted by orders signed
by Sirnot Williamumrethan Gi2
osseto,r thleS, who peep unobserved through a space
Sergeant. at- Arms.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS -(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and
the Earl of Redesdale, sat in the House of Lords to-day, to
hear Scotch Appeals.

BALFOUR V. MALCOLM.
The arguments in this part-heard Appeal were resumed and
concluded to-day, and

Their Lordships gave jwlginent, affirining the decision of
the Court below, with costs.

HAMILTON V. HAMILTON-ABSENCE OF COUNSEL.
Upon this Appeal being called on, the Agent fur the Ap-
pellant stated that Sir William Follett, his leading Counsel,
was absent ; that the junior Counsel ( Air. Goreon) had not
Leen instructed, and he had therefore to request of their Lord-
ships to postpone the hearing of the case to another day.
Lord liaoucriAm (with some warmth) observed, that an
intimation had been given to their Lordships yesterday, at
three o'clock, that such a request would be made, and the
parties then were peremptorily told that the House would not
accede to any such application. It was the bounden dnty
of the parties, therefore, to be ready to proceed to-day with
the appe;.l. He considered the course that had been pursued
highly disrespectful to the House, and he for one would not
be a party to so great a waste of the public time. The case
must, therefore, either proceed, or the appeal must be dismissed
wi.h costs.

The LORD CHANCELLOR. having taken his seat on the
Woolsack, put the question that the appeal should be dismissed
with costs, when

Mr. Go' 'mow, the junior Counsel for the appellant, said,
that although he had not even looked into the papers, he was
willing to save the time of their Lordships and would, therefore,
open the appeal as well as he could.
Lord CAMPBELL said it was a case ,)f great importance, and
one also of hardship to some of the parties interested ; he
thought. therefore, that the motion for the dismissal-of the
appeal should be carried into effect.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that as Mr. Gordon
had expressed his willingness to proceed with the appeal, their
Lordships would adjourn the consideration of it till two o'clock.
in order to give him time to look into the papers, without which
it was impossible that the Learned Counsel could state the case
in a manlier their Lordships were entitled to expect.
Lord BROUGHAM said, that counsel, agents, and parties,
might depend upon it that the course that had been adopted by
their Lordships that day would in future be peremptorily car-
ried into effect, as their Lordships were determined that the
time of the publ c and of their Lordships should not be wasted,
in consequence either of the non-attendance of counsel, or the
neglect of agents.
The appeal was then ordered to stand over till two o'clock,
and in the interim their Lordships proceeded to hear the argu-
ments in the case of
HAMILTON V. WRIGHT,

This was an appeal from the decision of the Court of Session;
the object of which was to reduce a deed, granting an annuity
of 2211.
Air. PEMBERTON and Mr. ANDERSON were heard for the
appellant, and shortly before two o'clock, the further con-
sideration of the case was adjourned to Thursday next.

HAMILTON V. HAMILTON.

Mr. GORDON then proceeded to open this appeal, and had
not concluded when our Evening Edition went to press.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY )
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of England. )
Unopposed petitions, short causes, and the part-heard case
of Branfil v. Brydges, occupied his Honour the whole mot ning.

SECONDARIES.-(T I-1 I S DAY.)

HODGEINSON V. MILLER.

This was an action by an attorney against his client for
5/. 45., for professional services. Defendant had engaged
plaintiff to flea bill of discovery against a Dr. Bigsby, but
after some correspondence and inquiries defendant was advised
not to persevere, as he had not a prospect of success.
The defence at first was that this was a no•cure no-pay case,
but this allegaticn failed, and it was said that no service had
been performed, i. e., that the plaintiff had done no good, and
then that a sufficient bill of costs as requited by the statute
had not been delivered in.

The SECONDARY observed that an attorney's claim must
not be considered as groundless, because what his client had
ordered him or permitted him to do had not been successful.
The defendant's Counsel farther urged that the bill of costs
was drawn up in abbreviations not commonly used in the Eng-
lish language, and that, therefore, according to " Archbold's
Practice," the bill was invalid. The bill had the letters A. T.
S. which stood for nothing, for there should have been the
lour letters. A. T. S. 0. to stand for "at the suit of." Also
that the plaintiff had not put down his residence in the bill.
The SECONDARY thought this a very strong objection, still
he could not non-suit the plaintiff on this point.
The case was allowed to go to the Jury, who thought the
charges on the whole reasonable, and gave a verdict for the
plaintiff for 5/. 4s. _ _

• The defendant's Counsel said he would raise the point of re-
sidence elsewhere, to which the Learned Judge did net object.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
Peter Illinn and Robert Smith, the master and mate of a
ship called the Sealby, from Tampico to Liverpool, were placed
at the bar, charged with killing and slaying John Jones, a
sailor boy, on board the said ship.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Doane appeared to prosecute, and
Clarkson and Mr. Phillips appeared for the prisoner M'Minn,
and Mr. Pendergast for the prisoner Smith.
From the statement of the case by Mr. Bodkin, it appeared
that the ship Sealby sailed from Tampico on the 12th of
December. For some time previous to her sailing, the Cap-
tain and crew had been sick of the fever, and many of them
had been in the hospital at Tampico. At the time the vessel
sailed the boy Jones had not recovered, but was in a very weak
and sickly state. While the boy was in this state the mate
ordered him on deck, and putting a scraper into his hand,
ordered him to scrape the deck. At another time the
Captain, who was ill below, ordered the mate to take
a piece of rope, and compel the boy to work. When the vessel
left Tampico, the surgeon ordered that the boy should not be
allowed meat for some time, but that he should be sup-
plied with coffee, and a little soup. These directions
were complied with, but the coffee and the other food, when
brought for the boy, was always placed on the after hatch
in the open air, and if the boy was too weak to fetch it he was
obliged to go without it, as the cap! ain would not allow any
person to take it to him, saying That if the boy was indulged
in that way he would never work at all. The boy wou dat
times crawl to the place where his food was put, but when he
was unable to do so he had no food during the day. The boy
ultimately died on the 24th December.
James Lewis was the first witness called, who stated that the
boy was extremely ill at the time when the vessel sailed. It
was ordered by the doctor that care should be taken of him.
The boy was directed by the mate to scrape the ship, and the
mate put a scraper into his hand, and made him go down on
his knees to scrape the deck. The boy died on the 24th Dec.
John Rapson stated, that he was a boy on beard the vessel
called the Sealby. She sailed from Tampico on the 12th of
December. A number of the crew was at that time ill. The
boy Jones was very ill, but he was ordered on deck to scrape
the ship. His food was always placed on the after hatch, and
if he did not go for it himself, he was obliged to go without it.
Use boy was so weak that he used to crawl upon his knees
to the after hatch. Has seen him crawl to the water-cask
to get some water. Once when he was at the cask saw the
mate push him down, and prevent him getting any water
to drink. Never heard the boy use any improper
language to the captain or the mate. Witness was fed
vet y well during the first part of the voyage. They had then a
pound and a half of meat a day, but it was afterwards reduced to
one pound, and then to half a pound. Has seen the mate beat
the bov frequently when the boy was unable to work, and often
heard him complain of the mate and captain beating him. The
t' ay before the boy di ti he complained of ill-treatment, and said
he h-id been starved. tie died on the 24th December.
'r he ship's cook was called, and corroborated the foregoing
testimony. On cross-examination, he said that in cases of
fever in the climate of Tampico, too much food frequently
caused death. The meat was always taken to the after hatch
that the captain might see how much was given to each man.
Had seen the deceased boy frequently go to that part of the
vessel for his food, but could not say how much lie ate.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. PRENDERGAST then addressed the Jury for his client,
contending that under the circumstances the courser adopted
was a necessary one for the safety of the whole crew ar.d the
ship. The whole of the crew were in a state of sickness, and
if cessation of labour had been allowed, the slip must have
been sacrificed, together with the whole crew. The de-
ceased was put to the easiest work in the ship, that of
scraping the decks, arid even for this the mate was not answer-
able, inasmuch as he was acting under the orders of the captain.
Several witnesses were then called, all of whom gave the
prisoner Smith a good character for humanity and mildness.
Mr. PHILLIPS then addressed the Jury for the other pri-
soners.

Several witnesses gave the prisoner 'IP:UIm) a good charac-
ter for humanity, and
The LEA RNED JUDGE having .s immed up the evidence, the
Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, but at the same time
expressing their belief that great blame rested on the prisoners.
The prisoners were again indicted for killing and slaying
another boy of the name of John Popham, but
Mr. CLA RESON said after the decision the Jury had come to as
to the former case, he should not press the second indictment, as
the evidence upon which it rested was precisely the same as that
already adduced. The prisoners were eonsequently acquitted.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
The Court was occupied during the morning with the hear-
ing of "%lint cases, none of which offered any feature of pub-
lic interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Robert Owen was charged with obtaining the sum of 71. I Is.
from Mr. Levinson, under false Pretences.
The prosecutor stated that, on the sth of October last
year, the prisoner went to him, and stated that he had a claim
upon the Portuguese Government for upwards of 401., and at
the same time showed him a paper, being an acknowledgment
that the claim reerred to had been accepted by the Portuguese
Commission. He represented himself as being William
Varney, an I stated that he Lad bees a soldier in
the 4th company of Portuguese Marines, and added
that he wished to dispose of his claim. After
some further iliqu'ries witness gave the prisoner 71. 65.,
for which he gave him a receipt, and subsequently a
power of attorney, enabling the witness to act for the prisoner ;
to both of these deeds the prisoner signed his name ~ William
were out yet
blarney." Witness subsequently gave the prisoner 55., but not
feeling secure in making these advances, he went to the Corn-
ya;nawghaivlset
missioner and inquired about the awa:ll ; to his surprise the
Commissioner informed him that William \Varney had died
follonweyin;
some time ago at Kensington, and of course the claim was
worth nothing. Last night a boy went to witness's house, and
said he came from William Warney to know if his award
; witness replied that the award was out, and told
the boy to tell the prisoner to call in the morning for the
ghtehethheonystehnet hyiosnynogunrog
amnaninteot
tfohlelowprtthsoenebro
him in charge.
By Mr. JARDINE—The paper from the Commission, ac-
knowledging that the claim had been accepted was, of course,
given to Wm. Warney, who is dead.
The prisoner entered into a long statement, and urged that
he
had purchased the claim from Wm. blarney, to whom he
gave 1/. for it, and received a power of attorney from Warney to
act for him. Having heard that a man named Leslie, of Castle-

street, Leicester-square, bought these claims, he went to him, and
he said he would purchase it. Leslie then went to Mr. Black's, the
agent, in whose hands the claim was, and saw it, and got the
acknowledgment paper from him (the prisoner). Leslie kept
him drinking all day, and in the evening took him to Mr.
Levinson, who, having asked him one or two questions, gave
him the money, and told 11;.m that he must give him a power
of attorney, which he did.

By Mr. JARDINE—I do net recollect what the questions
were that Mr. Levinson asked me, having been drinking with
Leslie all day, and being at the time intoxicated.
In answer to other questions from Mr. Jardine, the prose-
cutor stated that he did not observe the prisoner to be intoxi-
cated, when he first called upon him. Leslie was also a claim-
ant upon the Portuguese Government, but as he had miscon-
ducted himself he could not now be found.
The prisoner further stated that he had been a servant in
the employ of Dr. Ganning, of Walworth, for four years, who
would no doubt give him a character.
Mr. JARDINE—This case must be further inquired into.
(To the prisoner)—l cannot help being struck with your
account of the matter, and I don't want to send you to prison,
but, at the same time, I must be sure that you will appear
here to answer the charge. If you can find one householder
who will give bail to the amount of 201., or two in 101. each,
for your appearance here this day week, I shall discharge you.
he prisoner was then remanded to enable him to find bail.
A strange-looking man, of :cry dark complexion, with a
rough moustache on the upper lip, was charged with creating a
disturbance at a public-house.
The prosecutor stated that about half-past twelve last even-
ing he cleared his house of his customers, of whom the pri-
soner was one ; he had not been long out, however, when he
returned, and made a most furious disturbance at the door,
which he kicked and battered most lustily. To prevent a re-
currence of such conduct he gave the prisoner in charge.
The prisoner, when called on for his defence, said, " Sare,
sare, me go to de beeblic oos in de morning, me ab de glass of
bare, me go to de beeblic oos in de eebnin, me take glass bare, in
de beelic oos, me full my peep tabac in de beeblic oos. 1 want
make wa-ter ; de man say, You go dat way ;' de vomana say,
' You go toder way.' I go out, make wa-ter, and leave de
glass bare, and de peep tabac, in de beeblic oos. De moment 1
go out make wa-ter, dey shut de beeblic nos,:and no let me in.
I say, Gib it to me my glass bare—gib it to me my peep
tabac.' Dey no gib it me ; me knock and kick de door—dam
debil, kick him down—and me say 'gin, Gib it me my glass,
gib it me my peep.' Dat all, Sare."
The complainant stated that he did not desire to punish the
prisoner, but he was a great nuisance, and all he wanted was to
have less of his company.
Mr. JARDINE (to the prisoner)--By your kicking at the
door in this violent manner, you have made yourself liable to
be fined 405., or to suffer fourteen days' imprisonment ; but
if you will promise not to trouble this gentleman any more,
and not to go to his house at all, I shall discharge you.
Prisoner, with a grin—" No, no, Sare, I no go no more."
He was then discharged.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Henry Chester, a young man, wearing a fashionable M cin-
tosh, was charged with picking ,the pocket of a working man,
named Joseph Webb. It appeared that last night, between
seven and eight o'clock, the prosecutor, who was exceedingly
intoxicated, was drinking with the prisoner, who was a stranger
to him, at the bar of the tap of the White Bear Tavern, in
Piccadilly, and the landlord saw the prisoner slip his hand
into the prosecutor's jacket pocket, and take nut some silver,
part of which he let f.,11 on the floor. He was immediately
taken into custody, and money cnrrespending in amount (12s.
6d.) to what the prosecutor missed, was found on him.
The prisoner positively denied the charge altogether, and as-
serted that he was a person in a respectable station of life; but
as he was recognised as one of the swell mob, he was commit-
ted to take his trial for the robbery at the ensuing Westmin-
ster Sessions.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARCH 4.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.
DEAL, MARCH 3. Wind W. S.W., woderate.—Arrd.
Arcturus, Hill, Calcutta; Vixen, Palmer, Mauritius. The
weather has been more moderate throughout the day, but now
(7 P.m.) it is blowing a fresh breeze, with-every appearance
of squally weather.
LIVERPOOL, Maitcm 3. —Wind S.W. to W., fresh.—Arrd.
Spinster, Culquhon, St. Domingo ; Lanark, Bainbridge,
Mobile ; Jamaica, White, Nassau ; Octavius, Colburn, New
Orleans ; William Ackers, Nicol, Port Cabello; Catherine,
Halifax ; United States, Britton, New York.
MARGATE, MARCH 3.-1 he Economy, from Rouen to Lon-
don, sunk in the Queen's Channel yesterday, having been in
contact with a vessel ; crew saved.
RAMSGATE, MARCH 3.—Arrd. Chigas, Shields, fer Ha-
vannah. The Sarah, Harman, from Newcastle to Malta, is
at anchor off the North Foreland, with loss of mainmast, &c.,
having been in contact with the Unity, of Exeter.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 3.—Wind S. W. to W. N. W., strong
and squally.—Arrd. Chieftain, from London for St. Helena and
TrinAad.

SOUTHA MPTON, MARCH 3.—Sld. Liffey, Madeira.
TORBAY, MARCH 3.—The Diligence, Rider, of Buxham,
having carried away her bowsprit, was lyinc, to off Berry Head,
and was run into by the Undaunted, Hanvell,° for St. Michael's,
and sunk ; crew (except one) saved.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. West Indian,
London, for St. Helena.

OFF RYDE, MARCH 2.--George, Shields, for Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 2. —Wind W.S. W.' strong gales, with
violent squalls.—Arrtl. Francis, Russell, Port-au-Prince,
sailed Jan. 18; Rosa Lane, ditto.
JERSEY, MARCH 2.—The Vibilia, Driscoll, from St. An-
drew's, New Brunswick, was brought in here last evening
water-logged, having struck on the rocks.
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN, MARCH 2.—The Satina, from
Sligo to Liverpool, has put in here leaky.
CORK, MARCH 1.,-Arrd. Charlotte, Artis, Cuba.

HULL, Ala act! 3.—The Undaunted, Fea, bound to Ham-
burgh, in proceeding down the Humber yesterday, got on the
Heim Sand, but got off on the flood without damage, and
proceeded.
A LDBOROUGH, MARCH 3.—The Sharp, Maxwell, of Sunder-
land, struck on the Whiting yesterday, and went to pieces :
crew saved.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrivals of English Grain have been small, but good of
lush Oats. Wheat at Monday's prices. Barley and Oats
extremely heavy and rather lower. Flour unvaried.

SMITHFIELD.
The supply of Beasts was moderate and trade heavy. Of
Sheep and Pigs the supply was short, with a brisk sale at the
lower prices. A better supply of Calves, and trade the same as
on Monday. Beast-3, 557 ; Sheep, 1,850; Pigs, 263; Calves,
828. Prices—Beef, 3s. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. to 63. ;
Veal, 4s. Bd. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d.
COLONIAL MARKET.
The business done was small, but full rates wore obtained.
Brown West India Sugar, 565. to 60s. ; Yellow, 61s. to 695.
per cwt. Refined goods firm, standard lumps 80s. per cwt.
TEA MARKET.
Prices firm, but the market was quiet, and few parcels offer-
ing for sale. Company's Congou, Is. 11 }id. cash.
TALLOW MARKET.
The market was quiet, but prices were firm, at 48s. 3d. on the
spot, and 495. for delivery. Town Tallow, 50s. per cwt.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Feb. 26, 1842." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:—
Weekly
Average
1638-9-40-1.
Total.
Four I Four
Winters' Year,
Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 138 199 190
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 138 1641 149
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ..
Okseases of the Heat and Blood-vessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and ether
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidnays, &c. 4 5 4
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c l2 11 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles g 7 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c 2 1 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
MI Age, or Natural Decay . 64 90 69
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern-
pei ance
Causes not specified 4 7 7
Deaths from all causes . 942 --
Average Weekly Deaths
Population Average Deaths
enu- Weekly in
merated Deaths the
1541. 183?-1;-4 —l. Week.
West—Kensington, St. George r
( Hanover-squ are), Westmin- Four Four
ster, St. Martin in the Fields, Ye rs.lWint rs.
St. James
North--St. Mary-le-bone, St
Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 182 199
Central—Saint Giles and Saint
George, Strand, Clerkenwell,
Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon-
don, West London, City of
London 373,806 183 213 162
East—Shorediteh,Whitechapel,
Bethnal Green, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,49 i 206 228 217
South—St Saviour, St. Olave,
St. George( Southwark ), Her-
mond-ey, Newington. Lam-
beth, Camberwell, Rother-
hithe, Greenwich —.438,060 221 243 217

CAUSES OF DEATH.

DISTRICTS.

Total 1,870,727 912 1017

It is slated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—•
and the parishes of St. Alarylebone, St. Pancras. Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmitl. C'hapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary ( Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was
1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, and
1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by
208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52.

TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
Feb. 19. Feb. 26.
Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean ......... 45 42
General flegister Office, March 3, 1842.

T. MARTIN'S IN THE FIELDS

REFORM AND REGISTRATION SOCIETY.
Last night, at nine o'clock, a very numerous meeting of the
members of the above Society was held at the Cambrian Tavern,
Castle-street, Leicester-square, Mr. H. Pouncey in the chair.
Mr. AUSTEN, the Secretary, brought up the Report, which
declared that the Committee had no confidence in the plans of
the present Government, and they recommended that the So-
ciety should, for the present, refrain from memorialising her
Majesty until they had seen what were the financial pans of Sir
R. Peel—when, should they not answer the expectations of
the country, they would have an additional argument in
support of a memorial for the dismissal of the Ministry.
The Committee then expressed, " That having re-
ceived, by special communication • from Capt. Rous, a
report of his speech, delivered in the House of Commons on
the Corn-laws, they declared their indignation at the a,set Lion
that the most enlightened of the electors of the city of West-
minster were declared to be satisfied with the measure brought
before the House of Commons by Sir 11. Peel, that they
solemnly assert such declarations to be untrue, and that they
pledge themselves to use their best exertions to prevent the re-
election of Captain Rous at any ensuing contest for the repre-
sentation of the city of Westminster."
The Report was agreed to. It was resolved that they should
be advertised in the The Sun, Advertiser, and Chronicle
newspapers. Various Members having been enrolled, among
whom was Mr. T. Duncombe, the Member for Finsbury,
thanks were voted to the Chairman, who replied, when the
meeting broke up.