The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-13 00:00:00

THE NUN, LONDON, nviDAy EVENING, A.PRIL Ys. itss

LINES TAEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

ICENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY).

NEWMARKET RACES.

RAILWAY..

Company

losing Prkes
this day.

f.u•:LesS
rater Is 7.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Erle.)

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

Bedford and
Bletchley
Bdckgliamsh.
Clydesdale
Col. Stour Vy.
Sud. and Hal.
E. Lincoln gr.
6 per cent.
Clan. Barr. &
Neils. Direct
Do. New
Glstr,6l Dn. Fr
Hrtlpl. Dk. &
Railway
Hull & Selby
Do. Shares.
Do. Shares.
Lon.&Greeuw
Do.Preferen::e
Lon., Til., &S.
Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent.
Do. 6 per et.
Manch. Bxtn
and Matlock
Middlesbro' &
Redcar

Longnian, 36, nag indicted for feldniausly
adminMer;ng to a young girl, named Elizabeth Edred
Ashen.% a quantity of some noxious drug, with intent
to procure abortion.
Mr. Parry prosecuted. Mr. Cooper Was counsel for
136 138 the prisoner.

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He was found guilty, and sentenced to six years'
penal servitude.

io

NEW C URT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THE CASE OF KING, THE EX-DETECTIVE
OFFICER.

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1051

12i -- 13
23 -- 24
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This morning, upon the Recorder taking his seat,
Charles King, formerly a plain-clothes officer in the C
division of the police, was put upon his trial for having
conspired, with a namber of young thieves, to commit
felonies. The prisoner, who is described in the calendar
as hammerm in, aged 32, was arraigned upo❑ several in•
dictinents, containing counts for stealing and receiving,
and the first one proceeded with was that of having stolen
upon the 31st Dec , 1853, a purse, containing 175., from
some person unknown, at the parish of St. Mary Ab-
botts, Kensington.
Mr.
,Bodkin and Mr. Clerk prosecuted, and Mr.
Sleigh defended.

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Nfidld.Bradfl
Newmarket
Bury Exten ..
Northbrn and

par i p
57 59

Easternsp.e.
Do. per et.
Do. Fixeds p e
Prost. & Wyre

Upon the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mr. Sleigh
applied to the Court to postpone the case until next ses-
sion, as Mr. Duncan, who had been retained by the pri-
soner, was unwell, and he (Mr. Sleigh) had not had time
to sufficiently study the prisoner's instructions, which
bad but that day been put into his hands.
The Recorder said that, the case not being of a com-
plicated character, he thought that Mr. Sleigh could do
sufficient justice to the prisoner without the postpone-
ment, as it was merely a case of the credit due to the
witnesses.

Do. Shrs. A
Roystn.&Hit.
Shef.Rothanci
Goole g. 5 p.c.
Shrews. &Her.
S. Staffordsh.
Wear Vali eygr
6 per cent
Do

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Wiltskgomrst

M. Bodkin then stated the case to the jury, and said

that the present prosecution had been ordered by the
Government, and it was one about which great anxiety
was felt, as the charge against this man was, if untrue,
one of a most wicked character ; and if true, he could
conceive no offence more heinous, as the prisoner was
one of those members of the police force who were
placed in plain clothes to prevent the commission •f
crime, and his position therefore afforded some facilities
to commit crime if he felt disposed. The charge about
to be proceeded on was this : The prisoner had got ac-
quainted with a young thief, named Reeves, now
undergoing a sentence of two years' imprison-
ment in the Westminster House of Correction,
for picking pockets, and from what that boy had stated
to the officials then they had taken these proceedings
against the prisoner, and the boy's statement was that
prisoner had taken him and some other boys, upon the
31st of December, 1853, where the skating was going
on upon the Serpentine, and there pointed out to the
lad Reeves a la ly, whose pocket he picked. After
Reeves had picked the lady's pocket of her purse he gave
it to the prisoner, who, having shown the boy what
money it contained, and then putting the money in his
pocket, hid the purse, in a tree. The boy then picked
another lady's packet of some loose silver, and
the prisoner afterwards, at a coffee-shop in
Sloane-street, divided the proceeds of the day'4
plunder. The case did not rest upon the testimony of
the boy alone, for the circumstance of biding the purse
was seen by Sims, the park-keeper, who called the atten -
tion of the police to it ; and although they could not
prove the prisoner to be the party, the fact of some one
having hidden the purse, :s stated by the boy Reeves,
would be clearly proved. Prisoner had also been seen
at the Zoological Gardens and other places with the boy
Reeves,

The evidence Adduced fully bore out the statement of
the learned counsel.

The jury found the poisoner guilty, and he was sen
;enced to fourteen years' transportation.

MARKET NE WS-(THIS DAY.)

COltN EXCHANGE.

The receipts of English wheat up to oar market, this
week, coastwise and by'land carriage, have been very mo-
derate, and the show of samples here, to-day, was limited.
The demand, however, was rather inactive, at Monday's
quotations.
There was very little business transacted in any kind of
foreign wheat, yet holders were firm, and prices were well
supported.
Barley commanded Monday's rates, but malt was very
dull at barely stationary prices.
We had a fair average quantity of oats on offer, and the
sale for them was heavy, at Monday's decline
In beans, peas, and-flour very little was doing, ;t late
rates.

Flour,
1,170

Wheat.
1,810

ARRIVALS TIIIS WEER.
Barley. I :'43lt. I nos.
4,210 ' 1,651
-- 44,4 so
1,740 3311pks.
6110 brls.
GENERAL AVERA.GE PRICES OF BRIT/SII COts44.
For the week ended April 12,1855, mado up,from the Returns of V e
:tweeter.; hi the ditlereat eittea and TOWhe In England And With s
tier Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I RTE. BEANE. I PEAS.
684 5d 30e 81 24c Il t , 424 2d , 404 81 f 37s 91
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE.
WEIZAT. i HARLEY. OATS. HEARS. PEAS.
67s 101 1 80s 51 25s Id 393 lld 401 81 38s 91
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN Sala), LAST WEEK.
Wheat, 91,982; Barley. 49,801 ; Oats, 20,756 ; Rye, '4.63 ; Beane.
5.722; Peas, '.,178 Quarters.

English .•
Irish •• ••
Foreign ..

2,070

SMITHFIELD.
Although the supply
of beasts in to-day's market wa s
very limited, the demand for all breeds ruled heavy, at
barely Monday's quotations. We were well supplied with
sheep, which sold slowly, and the currencies were with
difficulty supported. Lambs moved off heavily, at from
5s 21 to Co; till per 8 lbs. Prime small calves were scarce,
and rather dearer, but inferior calves met a dull market.
The pork trade was heavy, at barely late rates. Milch
cows moved off slowly, at from 141 to 191 each, including
their small calf.

Per Sibs to sink the dials.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s (1.
Interior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4'PrimeSouthdown 4 6 410
Second quality.... 3 6 4 2lLarg.e crse. calves 310 4 4
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6Prinse small d 0... 4 6 5 0
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 16Large hogs 3 0 4 0
Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6;Sinall porkers 4 2 4 4
Second quality ...a 8 3 10'Suekting calves .22 0 29 0
Primo crse.-wlled.4 0 4 2 QUalt,3l. old pigs 20 ,0 25 0
Lamb ss 2d to 6s 6,1,
roams SUPPLY.
1,015

TOTAL d UP? Li.

Be&it .. .............

Beasts••••••••• •••••••• • 120
Calvacs..•• •••••••••• •• •• 120

Sheep .•••••••• •• ..•• .... 6,700 i
Ca1ve5:.................. 190
Pigs ..•................. 320 1

NEWGATE AND
The supplio3 were seasonal
heavy, as follows :

LEA.DENHALL.
.bly good, and the trade was

Per Slbs by

tb e c Ircaaa.

s. d. s. d.
Beef, inferior_ 3 2 3 4
Do., middliug ..... 3 6 3 8
Do., prime large .3 10 4 0
De , do. small ....4 2 4 4
Fvrk,large.—.... 3 0 3 8
Lamb

s. d. s. d.
Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6
Do., middling 3 8 310
Do., prime 4 0 4 4
Veal. 3 8 4 8
Pork, small 3 10 4 4
Od to 6s Od

BOROUGH HOP.

There is a steady buineisdeingin Sussex hops, on rather
higher terms. All other kinds move off slowly, at last
week's currency. This week's imports are, 18 bales from
Rotterdam. 37 from Hamburgh, and 2 from Ostend. Mid
and East Kent pockets, 141 0.1 20/. ; Weald of Kent ditto,
131 103 to 11l 10s ; Sussex, 121. 12s to 131 15s ; and year-
lings, 71 lOs to 10/ per cwt.

COLONIAL..
The markets re-opened on Wednesday, after the Baster
holidays.
SUGAR—There has been a fair inquiry for British plan-
Ws on, at full prices. Mauritius has sold freely, at the
current last week, viz...—at 25s to 30s fer low
to fine brown, at 30s 6d to 36s Cos • low to fine yellow, at
29s b
highest s ales
brown, arid at 36a to 38s for yel-
low. 6d to 313 for grainy
Bengal brought full values ; Benares, 35s Oct to 365,
andCossipore 38s to 40s- ;Madras, at public sale, realised
privately at 17s 6d, and another of Havannah at 21s 6d for
25s Gd to 265. A cargo of low Iv rown Pernambuco sold
No. 11. Publicly, brown Havatt nab went at 29s 6d to
31e, yellow at 31s 6d to 375, and florettes at 37s 6d to 38s.
For all kinds of foreign the market has ruled firm. There
has been an improved inquiry for :refined brown lumps, at
42s 6d to 435, and grocery at 93s to 48s Gd.
COFFEE—Plantation Ceylon leas gone et a higher ad-
vance, but the demand has been limited. Holders of
Native has shown considerable firsimess, and have checked
business by asking such high rates. Good ord W 26 taken.
qwubailtiet
Av,s taken in publicly , has found buyers at
in at public sale at 48s to 48s 6(1 per cwt.
COCOA—Prices are lower. Trinidad went publicly at
y
35s to 465, and Lucia at 35s to 363 Gd per cwt.
at
14s Gd. Carolina brought 365, and good cleaned Java 28s
to 28s 6d.
SPICES—Sound Singapore pepper was taken in at 4A
but damaged sold at higher rates, viz., 44d to 44d for first
class. Pimento went steady at 41, and Zaanzibs cloves
12sR tI o RIDE
—Bengal,
bl'utof goodlow
r
at
sid to Nid. Nutmegs reaiised former values, .v 2s to
2s sd. Bengal ginger, in bond, was taken freely sit 17s Gd
to 18s. First class damaged African brought 22s to 22s 6d.
TEA—The market has been dull, the trade taking very
little.
Rum—This article has been firm and somewhat ibrisker.
SALTPE mg.—Bengal 13.} to 20 per cent refractie n went
at 22s to 228 6d.
COCIIINEAL.—Thero Las been no particular variat' on in
the price.
TALLow.—P.Y.C. has been firm at 48s 61 per c• wt on
the spot, and at 484 'ld to 48s Gil for May and June,
GREEN -FRUIT.—The Easter holidays have had `good
effect upon consumption, and this combined with the.. back-
ward state of vegetation is in favour of prices bei-ag well
sustained for all kinds. Two cargoes oranges fa-ona St.
Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public w Jo, went
at an advance of 2s ner box. The stock yearan
siderably less than at a simile r period lastua is con-
.

A DESERTER TO THE ItllSSlANS.—Ye,4terclav int 'ortna
thin wa,i circulated by the Government authoriti es re-
specting Serjeant Charles Aldridge, who on 21st Feb.
de,erted from the army in the Climes, and went over
to the Russians.. He was at the time on picket iin
middle ravine, and, went away wi!h his grea,pcoat over
.mva bay , S ett.
his regimental uniform, taking with him also 4i
pouch, belts, and ammunition. He is a t
Margaret's, Middlesex, and had been a porter'