The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-15 00:00:00

COPPER ORES, &c.

A deputation of the Members for Cornwall and several of the
leading Representatives of the mining interests, was received
yesterday by Sir Robert Peel, Lord Ripon, and Mr. Gladstone.
We jsave reason to believe, that the result of this interview was
extremely satisfactory. The Cornish gentlemen expressed their
intention of not contending for such a scale of duties on foreign
ores as may exclude them from the market; and the Govern-
ment has shown its anxiety to meet the reasonable wishes of the
mining proprietors and population. The duty on copper ores,
which was originally stated to be 51. per 100 on the value of
the ores, is now proposed to be Si. per 100 on the value of the
metal to be extracted from ores containing more than 14 parts
of copper; and 21. 10s. per cent. on the value of the metal in
ores containing less than 14 parts of copper. The Deputation
urged the propriety of making the duty 5/. per ton on the metal,
assuming (as is the fact) that the average pi ice of copper in Eng-
land is about 100/. the ton. It appears, however, that there
is a considerable departure from the original plan. and no slight
danger of fraud from the proposal to admit the poorer ores at a duty
of 2/. 10s., instead of 51. For such an enactment would pro-
bably make it the interest of the foreign miner to send his ores
to Froland in a poorer state, either by mixing the rich ores
and the poor ones together till they should come in at the low
duty, or by stopping the process of dressing the ores at an
earlier stage, by which means the east of dressing would be
diminished, and the additional freight, would be compensates!
by the reduced duty. Thus, in point of fact, the importation
of copper ores to be smelted in England would take place
at the low duty, and the revenue would receive only
2/. 10s. per ton of metal, instead of Si. Ores con-
taining 14 parts of copper are rich ores ; those of Cuba vary
from 12 to 23, but the average of the ores of Cornwall is only
eight. Hence it is clear that the higher duty would never be
paid, the revenue would be less benefited, and a quantity of
poorer ores would probably be brought into the market so sud-
denly and abundantly as to affect the prices to a considerable
extent. We hope, therefore, that the final decision of the
Board of Trade will' fix the duty on copper ores at a uniform
rate of Si. per ton of the metal. The interests of the tin mines
and the manganese trade, and the drawback on timber for the
use of mines, were also satisfactorily di,cussed by the Deputa-
tion.—Morising Paper.

THE MURDER at ROEEIAMPTON.
After the verdict of the Jury was given on Wednesday, Mr.
Carter, the Coroner, issued a warrant for the interment of
the mutilated trunk of the ill-fated woman ; but at the
same time recommended that it should be kept above ground
as long as possible, as in the event of the apprehension of the
murderer, which was hourly expected, it would be of vital im-
portance, in furthering the ends of justice. The trunk is at
present en the premises of Mr. Sheills, where the inhuman
deed was perpetrated, under the protection of the police.
Wednesday afternoon, as also at an early hour this morning,
great numbers of persons visited the village to obtain, if pos.
sable, a sight of the remains, and the premises, but the Superin-
tendent of Police has given orders that no persons of whatever
degree were to be admitted.

`GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic returns for the week ending April 9, 1842:
Passengers £Bo4 7 6
Merchandise .534 0 6

Darlington, April 13.

£1,338 8 0
W. O'BRIEN, Secretary.

REVOLUTION IN PERSIA.

In a Belgian journal of Tuesday. received yesterday we
find the following important piece of intelligence, which we
quote without a word of comment :-
66 Letts s from Odessa announce that a revolution had broken
out in Persia. The Shah was dethroned; and 30,000 insur-
gents were marching towards Teheran. This intelligence
1(1C1113 to require confirmation."

DRITEX-LANE 'THEATRICAL FUND.—The anniver-
sary festival of this useful Society was held on Wednesday at the
Freemasons' Tavern. There were about 260 gentlemen pre-
set t. The Duke of Cambridge in the chair, supported by the
Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Dunkellin, A. B. Cochrane, Esq.,
M.P., H. H. Lindsa , Esq , M.P., J. G. Booth, Esq., B. B.
Cabbell, Esq., ttcc. Ze. On the removal of tho cloth, " Bene-
dictus" was sung, by the musical assistants present, including
Mist Hawes, Miss Romer, Miss P. Horton, Miss Betts, the
Alisses Williams, Messrs. Crouch, H. Phillips, Reeves, Fitz-
william, Giubilei, Balfe, Allen, &c. &c. The usual toasts
having been proposed and duly honoured, the illustrious Chair-
man proposed Mr. Harley al success to the Drury-Lane
Theatrical Fund, after which lt r. Cooper delivered the custo-
mary address. Subsequently the amount of subscriptions to
this fund was announced. The total amount was 830/. Amory,
the principal contributors we observed—Her Majesty, 100 nti-
neas ; the King of Hanover, 50 guineas., the Duke of Cim-
bridge, 25 guineas; the Duke of Devonshire, 25 guineas ; the
Duke of Bedford, 50 guineas; Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, Esq.,
Esq., M.P., 10 guineas; Alex. Baillie Cochrane, Esq.,
10 guineas; 13. 13. Cabbell, Esq., 10 guineas; Aliss Coutts,
50/. ; Earl of Dartmouth. 10/. ; Charles Kean, Esq., 201. ;
Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., 10/. ; the late Mr. Davidge (a
bequest) 100 guineas, &e.
An aszzoeiation of Russian nobleinenaillin de of
merchants
is about (says the Constitutionnel) to open a
from the centre of the kingdom to .Nicoi aelf, with a branch
road to Odessa. This line is afterwards to be united to the
St. Petersburgh and Moscow Railroad, to which alone it is
inferior in iii,portance, and, when completed, will bring St.
Peteriburgh within six days' journey of Constaninople. ln
sts
commercial point of view, this undertaking will make
Petersburgh and Odessa the two great entrepots of the empire,
,
since, in less than eight days, the merchandise of the Baltic
will be transported to the Black Sea. It is calculated that the
works will be completed in four years ; or, if the Government
should decide on employing troops, in a shorter period. Prince
de Dcmidoff, so well known for his extensive scientific and
manufacturing establishments, and for his " Journey of Scienti-
fic Research in Southern Russia ",will it is reported, have the
direction of the operations.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SHERIFFS' COURT ', April 14.
NORMAN V. MILLS.

The defendant in this case is a gentleman of fortune,
living in Hertford-street, May-fair, and at Blandeston
Hall, in Suffolk. The action was brought for the re-
covery of 151. 12s. 2d. for service rendered by the wife
of the plaintiff, from September, 1840, to the 16th of April,
1841, and also for eleven weeks' beer at 14d. a week,
for meat at 3s. 6d. a week, and for 51. 7s. 10d. laid out
by the plaintiffs wife, then Miss Kendal, for sundries
for the use of the house, such as letters, cat's-meat,
chops, steaks, cheese, cakes, Congreves, candles, starch,
tea and sugar for herself and her masters. The defen-
dant pleaded that he *as only indebted to the plaintiff
six guineas, which he had tendered, and which she had
refused, and which was paid into Court.
Mr. V. LEE, for the plaintiff, said, Miss Kendal was
employed to attend upon Mr. John Mills and Mr. Mills.
while Mrs. Mills was in the country. Her wages were
12 guineas a year. but she had to feed herself while her
mistress was in the country, for the gentlemen used to
dine out, and nothing was left in the house
for the servant, except she could feed on the
atmosphere. In fact, nothin., eatable came into
the house during several weeks except what was
paid for by Mrs. Norman ; but she had to pay also
for washing for the family and other indispensables. In
fact, she had fed the family herself for some time.
Ann Brittle proved many of these details. She heard
Mrs. Norman say, all the money she had received for
the use of the house from Mr. Mills was ss. She always
complained that she could not get money from Mr. Mills.
Cross-examined by Mr. C. JONES—The gentlemen
used sometimes to come home late for dinner, and dine
on chops and steaks. This is a receipt for the 55., but
here is another receipt for 10s. Mrs. Mills did come
to town in January, and then she paid what Mrs. Nor-
man had laid out. It was proved that Mrs. Norman had
ordered several of the above articles.

Mr. C. JONES, for the defendant, said, Mrs. Norman
had been employed to take care of the house while the
family were in the country. Her wages were at the
rate of twelve guineas a year, but she was to board her-
self. She had received 1/. 10s. on account of wages, and
41 to pay for sundries, of which she had applied only a
small part. She had also left her place suddenly. But
when she came and asked for a settlement, Cl. Cs. were
tendered as her due, but she refused it.

Witnesses were called in support of these statements,
when the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, for
91. 6s. 2d., to be added to the six guineas paid into Court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday the Directors of the Blackwall Railway
Company appeared by their Secretary, upon a summons
for tithes due to the Rev. Mr. Betts, the Rector of St.
Olive's, Hart-street, for the houses pulled down in that
parish for the accommodation of the Company in con-
structing their railroad.
The case came on before , Mr. Alderman Gibbs, Sir
Peter Laurie, Mr. T. Wood, and Mr. Hooper. Mr.
Buckle appeared upon the part of the Rector of the,
parish, and Mr. Bodkin attended for the Directors of the
Railway Company.
Mr. Buckle stated that several' parishes in the City of
London having had disputes with their clergy on the
subject of tithes, it was fixed that certain annual pay-
ments should be made in lieu of tithes, and many cases
had occurred, in all of which it had been uniformly de-
termined that the statue, 37 Henry VIII., was continued
in operation, and judgments had been enforced upon it
in the Courts of Law. Amongst the parishes alluded
to was that of St. Olive's, Hart-street; and the Railway
Company, by their 2d Bill, required that a portion of the
houses in that parish should be pulled down. At first the
Company made no objection to the payment of the
2s. 9d. in the pound demanded in lieu of tithes upon the
houses so pulled down, but after having legally acknow-
ledged their liability they subsequently refused to pay,
and they were in arrears three-quarters of a year's tithe,
amounting to the sum of 316/. 3s. 111 d. Mr. Buckle
having concluded a very long argument in favour of the
claim.

Mr. Bodkin said that the whole business was an
attempt upon the part of the Rector to obtain from the
Company 9d. in the pound more than the occupants of
the houses had been in the habit of paying. It was
true the Company had agreed to pay the demand in the
first instance, believing that the regulation was precisely
the same as that by which the occupants had been go-
verned; but finding out their mistake, and that
so much more was required of them than they
ought in justice to pay, they were resolved
to resist the imposition. The occupants had paid
no more than 2s. in the pound, and while the Company
were determined that the Rector sjtould be completely in-
demnified for the loss sustained by him by the pulling
down of the houses, they would certainly take care to i
protect themselves.
Mr. Buckle said that the tithe paid by every other
Company amounted to 2s. 9d. in the pound, and that the
Rector was by law entitled to that sum. He also con-
tended that it the. Rector, trom charitable feelings, abated
his just claim in some instances, advantage could not be
taken of the indulgence to deprive him of that to which
he was entitled.
Several other arguments were used upon both sides by
the Learned Gentlemen, and
The ALDERMEN unanimously decided that the Com-
pany should pay according to the amount assessed upon
the occupants of the houses on the last quarter or occu-
pation, namely, the quarter ending the 25th March, 1839.
An odd-looking man, who said he was a tailor, and
that his name was John Grorenor, was charged with
having bilked a coffee-stall in Bishopsgate-street, and
caused much confusion by his drunkenness.
A policeman stated that he was called to the assistance
of the woman who kept the stall, and who complained
not only that the defendant despatched five cups of
coffee and five slices of bread and butter without paying
for them, but abused and insulted her daughter and
herself.
The defendant said that the charge of intoxication
was altogether groundless, for he was a teetotaller, and
had not taken as much as a pot of beer or a couple of
glasses of spirits for the last four months. The reason
he objected to settling the bill was that the landlady had
charged him the extravagant price of three-halfpence
for a saucer which had fallen between them, and which,
therefore, ought to have been paid for between them.
Alderman GIBBS—What have you to say about the
abusive language you are accused of having used ?
Defendant—l never thought of such a thing as using
bad language. Those who say so mistook their own
voices for mine.—(A laugh.)
The daughter of the complainant here stated that the
defendant called her a fiddler's she-dog, in uglier words.
Alderman Gums (to defendant)—Do you call that
civil language ? Defendant—l never heard it before, I
assure you.
The policeman—He certainly used it.
Alderman GIBBS—And you swear that he was drunk?
The policeman—Certainly, Sir, he was full of drink.
Defendant—Aye, of coffee, but not a drop of any-
thing else.
Alderman Grp ns —I must believe these witnesses
against you upon their oaths, Mr. Teetotaller, and I fine
you ave shillings for being drunk.
Defendant—Five shillings ! I won't pay it.
Alderman GIBBS—Yoa must, or yoti must go to
Bridewell.
Defendant—l certainly won't pay it, although I have it
in my power.
Alderman GlBBs—Then you must go to Bridewell
for a month.
Defendant—Very well. To Bridewell I shall go.—
(A laugh.)