The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-17 00:00:00

EXCHEQuER._crhis DAY')

SMITH V. PRICE.
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The plaintiff in this case is a manufacturer are the
and the de endant is a gentleman of fortune, resiclinf ;so of
country. It sppeared that in the year 1836, a geiltdeot far
the name of Else had taken out a patent for A ma detest!'
roasting corn for the purpose of malting-. The presee„t „iota
ant had advanced him 1,500/. in order that he might
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the invention, and it was agreed between them, that 100'
patent succeeded, the defendant should have a share iplz,, Ir.
tits. The patent, however, was turned to no account, e•ebstl
Else had since left the country. The plaintiff in this cs"-*saa
furnished certain machinery connected with the por t
r
the present action was brought to recover from the e be
the cost of this machinery, on the ground that he 1.4-,
considered as a joint proprietor of the patent. "Haiti'
ei
'1 h.- Jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, rettUr'",,..
diet for the defendant. .
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POLICE INTELLIGENG
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MARLBOROUGH•STREET•
(THIS DAY.) •
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A young man of very respectable appearance, who itv, e sigh.,
name of... Tames Smith, which he admitted was not is
one, and whose face and eyes were frightfully turtio"`-',
charged with being " drunk and disorderly." • agog
Police constable No. 32 of the C division, stated 1,", *.t ti
.41e
11,1 f past one o'clock this morning, while
proceediwV"iii is
through Air-street, he heard a great noise
and distnrbso
Regent-street, and on proceeding there found
sons, amongst whom were several notorious
orderly women, assembled in front of the Regent
in the Quadrant, and in the midst of them thi
was bleeding so profusely from the nose and mot
part of his clothes were completely saturated
evident that lie had been brutally ill-treated.
much intoxicated that he rt fused to give any
self, but would persist in remaining where he •
therefore conveyed hin: to the station-house to
the way of further harm.
Mr. HARDWICK asked the defendant if h,
lection of how he came in such a plight ? Th,
that he was on his way home, having drank rat'
a female he met with inveigled him into the "
to treat her with a glass of wine. They had
sort of bar, and on asking what was to pay, 6s.
him, and on his refusing to pay so extertiona.
was menaced and abused by several well-dressed
peared to bela ng to the house, and at length,l
get ill-used, he paid the exorbitant charge. an,
as possible making his way out of the place, wi
tacked by the men, and one of them beat him
and lied until he was so completely stunned that br'i,
'recollection of how he got into the street. -
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Mr. HARDWICK inquired whether this place tees
...:,',.,
the police ?
tsiti°
Police-serjeant, No. 10, of the C division, said it was,. 2.4*
the' r parties who had opened it dared the police to enter
mises, as it was not a licensed house. It had only bett,
but a very short time, yet every night disturbances
_2°°,
were occurring there, and numerous complaints had Dev", • ,
;,
of the nuisance by the inhabitants of the neighbourhoooOtt
01,
Mr. HARDWICK said he should discharge the de „tee
who had evidently paid dearly for his folly, and the sa°7oo
would no doubt be a caution to him in future. As t° 3 •
of such a description as the one in question, he would =•
• :
see that immediate steps were taken to suppres it.

MONEY MARKET and CITY 11
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT:4IO
TIMES.—NI hen it was first understood that the sto pit
on Consols and other securities, which will be due in
were to be taxed as half-yearly income, though the aet;,ifis
only from April last, it was scarcely believed ; but ntesele
pretty generally ascertained that such is the case, it is "'Aker
ject of much conversation on the Stock-Exchange• loir
post facto law is always regarded as an injustice, bat f:.00
trospeetive operation of the Income-tax Bid is looked,sriffr
still more unjust, since it is remarked that while the 7„ertelf
ture have made the act commence from a certain rorio
the Government, unauthorized by the act, have n 3044
apply to the three months previous. An explanatioaill.° t
which, however, far from satisfying the cotaphuno 0 0
re
the subject, rather increases the dissatisfaction, si?, 401
fectly inadequate is it considered. This explanation
LW,
when the income-tax ceases, it will be in the month of AP,
and that therefore the holders of Consols at the time, w_iny
titeir tax on the receipt of their dividends in January,,l,
saved the three months' tax incurred between that per',
April. Thus the operation is considered to be one 7,..i,5ie
the Government receives a quantity of ready money in '"
sent year, en the plea of making it good at some in
,
petite!, and then, in all probability, net to the present ',,
of stock, who may have sold it in the interval, ands ir, .-
period of compensation is uncertain, without being able
ticipate it in the price at which he sells. It is singular t,
1
much time has been suffered to elapse since the first t
c ot
of this report before the view of it above described sratleaelle
There certainly is a good deal of reason in what haa.l"7 .4.4
ireoi
been alleged.
The Lest advises from Alexandria afford satisfacterl.- !-
the desire of Mehemet Ali to cultivate and promote d'S - -;
rests arid conciliate the friendship of this
country. tl• '
pliance with the wishes of the Oriental Steam Navigatinfe. . -'
parry, he has allowed them to place steam-vessels on OM/
,5
of Alexandria—a point on which he had been hitbeT,„
tenacious. The Pacha had also given orders for cl3ar..'"Or
otherwise improving the road between Cairo and t.,
fl
building transit depots, an hotel at Suez, and malts,"lo
arrangements for facilitating intercourse with India eu•
~,,
The -,
best feeling is understood to prevail between the . ~
and our Present Consul-General, Colonel Burnett. 4'
S UN.—The same uneasy feeling which pervaded the ' 0
„i,
yesterday continued unabated at the close of businet 'illia„
best prices of Consols were 91i 91i; Reduced, 91/',44.4f
Bank stock 167 168; Exchequer 13,11 s bearing the intv'ij'sip
lid. per day, 46 48 ; and these at 2d., 40 42 premium' •' ',!
Scarcely any thing was done in Foreign Securities;,o
reinained at 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a-Half pere-
,8111,1
525/s 52i ; the Five per Cents , 101 104; Danish qua :!•;'
and Brazilian 66 67.
Shares were very flat, and generally lower, alth°o
prices appear unvaried. The total absence of all
ils__lt. ei
for a time will fully account for this apparent coner"-traise,,'
wil
The declaration of forfeiture for a large number of now., the Northern and Eastern line has caused a further ele` .4
their price ; but it must be remembered that upon the 0,!-
part of them not more than 30s. per share has been Psi/vie
the 451., and in no case does the Payment exceed 51. ~ , eikr,
quotations for London and Birmingham were, 175 174.1E5_,.-;
r,,.
miugham and Gloucester, 80 62 ; South Western, nit,'
the Half Shares, 61i 62i; North Midland, 65 67; l'eggil I
Shares, 32 33 ; the Scrip, 54 6 ; Eastern Counties, Oa
Northern and Eastern, 40 41; filackvvall, 10k 11 4. :e:'
grighton, 35A 35i per share. 016 t,
The quetatons of the Bonds were, Celombian, rlus„, te Ol'
Peruvian, 17i 181, ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 373‘,1Vogkii''
Three per Cents., 214 22i ; Spanish Five per Cents., it'S r ' e`
the Three per Cents, 231 231. .: doi
A report was circulated during the afternoon that thiltolike
tisement, announcing the payment of the dividend on 750,'
Stock, which ought to have appeared to-day, would -7tikit'i
be pub:i,hed to-morrow. This had the effect of imPeriiele
(potation of the bonds. For the sake of the holders, it iSmtr'
~
to be hoped that the report is tree, but too little reliss.,,,,' eill".e . not he plac, d upon any such connected with these dec:ideeri
experience having proved that nothing is stopped at in el. influence the quotations.
.k e 0,„,• .; The wide margin which has for some time been . '—j,-Trr,
jobbers in Chi;ian stock, commonly 5 per cent.,
li-,,01ete7. !
quently more, has, from time to time, been the subject.
AO '•
mark, as proving a degree of dishonesty to exist tosvardSiC, ts,"
the buyer or the seller. Respectable dealers have labss. ':'
probated such proceedings, and to-day, a party having is :e
lions to pur, hale this stock instead of going at once tnsfifte-,..1:
ber, the price heir.; nominally 85 to 90, took the unttsr
_:.,,s under the circumitances, perfectly warrantable method"' la kal,'',';e
a public notice of his order, and requesting tenders. d had the effect of rendering parties more cautious, riiii" i
prices at the termination of the market were brought I
e ' ':,' closer approximation of 88 90.
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MILTARY FLOGGING.—The 4th Dragoons .--1,-,0" rf,-,,;:!qtl' turned from India, and being too ful,, permission was gl _earP'e 'I
itr`;;e4 rr.T.e
some to volunteer their services into other regiments.
.4„ . eve
ingly, three of them had vo!unteered into the 11th }{us''"-„ gee; ' the proceedings requisite for the transfer having hef"ot. pair pheed, they made a demand for certain alleged arrears 01 i
and refused to jo nthe regiment, using, at the same tialerosl,.: '
abusiee language to the commanding officer. They' ',NO,:
c..nsequence, sent down as prisoners to York, where ,I,lol.'''
court martial assembled to investigate their conduct. 'eerier tense and finding of the court was, that the vrorste '''r
leader, was sentenced to receive 150 lashes, and the utTit'euee
~ to be confined, for a certain period, in Wakefield ''':d•iriP'. Correction ; and the punishment of flogging was earr'
effect on Friday afternoon.—York Courant.
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BIRTHS.
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lie Ja_d,Li.. r
n the 25th of Aril , Secunderabad,
LieuOtenant-Colonel Japmeslast Bell,at Ist Madras Europe°
ment, of a son.
100; .1 On the 4th inst., at Harting, Sussex, the wife 0-f II -
.
Curtis, Esq., of a daughter, , .
r
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On the 14th inst., at Lyrninster Lodge, near Ar°ll-A el
1 i '''''' lady of the Rev. Edward Hamer Ravenhill. of a son. fie* •`;it
On the 15th inst., in 'Whitehall-place, Mrs. Svlnfen '''''''.
of a daughter.
spoltk
„ Ott the itth inst., at Bytleet, the lady of James ' . t', r,
i. 1) i
L*(l.-, br a son.
Mr. ~. ,'4
On the 16th inst., it Stoke Newington, the wife of -", 0::'
R. Vardy, of Finsbury-place, of a son. 1 1,,
On the 16th inst., in Caclogmt-place, the lady of Lieu. , i; ,444
an d 11, 11. ; of .;,. 4'
Colonel N. Alves, of the Madras' Army, of a son
On the 16th inst., in Doughty-street, Mrs. C. WB3- ' ' '''::' '
. ji.'' • . ' li?
daughter.

MARRIED.
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On the 15th inst., at St. Ge rge's, Hanover-....„tlare,;ftbe •" ~
Ron an‘l Rev. Edward Ilarbottle Grimston, second 78140' '.
Earl and Countess of Verulam, to Frances H 014,641,
._,
daugt ter of John Morier, E.q., late Minister at Dres"-curier
On the 16th inst., at St. IN.laey's, Bryansten-square'
of PO' . .
Jenyns, Esq., second son of the Rev. George JenYnsi toll°
t;sham Hal, Cambridge, to Louisa, eldest daughter 0
Walter Young, Esq. _--------.... .
On the 18th of Jar.uary lasts at Adelaide,
DIED. Aar;
"af
Thomas A. Forrest, Twlegstst son of the late Mr. Dal.ll
rest, merchant, Edinburgh.
eldest 01 o,,ftb.
On the 29:h u:t., W. Mitchell, Esq., Esq.,_ el— fest 6" .
late 111;r:ha:I Mitchell, Esq. of Hornsey, 3liddleses, ag _ of the
On the 12th inst., at Jerso Julia Harriet, widow
y,
_it Str
late Henry [fatherly Price, civil engineer.
.. Nireo,
On the 13th inst., at W k
Ilea.
wick" ~, .t,,
mersbt, M. Thomas Barrett. 004
On the 15th inst., in Regent-street, Mr. Samuel r` clt..A
ti o'l .. :40'
of Cheap side, aged 63. BrDct° ' • '
North
On the 15th inst., at Claremont Lodge,
S4mu. 1 Thornton Anderson, aged 75.
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• the County of Itliddleses, Friday, Julie 17, 1842'

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