The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-05 00:00:00

TiII3LOV7.

Since this day se'nnight our market has been in a
inactive state, and, in sonv, intances, p
veryrices have
ruled the turn in favour of buyers. To-day new P.Y.C.
on the spot is quoted at 365 9ti per cwt. Town Tall,w
is 37s per cwt net cast'. Last wait tho imports were
only 132, the delive:ies 2.417 c.i4.l;:s.

1848.

1849.

1850.

1851.

Steck this day . • 21,247
44s d
Price of Y. C. .. [lto 45 O o,'
Delivery last week • • 327
Ditto from June 1.... I
Arrivals last week • 669
Ditto frem June 1 ... 75,1.32

:,,5,392 46,396 51,272 61,976
423 Od 38s 02 378 32 tol 36s 9cl
to 6801 to 33s 6d 37s 6d to Os 02
2,6:+9 2,142 1,736 2417
61,537 i 53,718 53,1i6 65,942
3,2 1,346 210 132
96,696 78,614 83,530 90,684
45s 01 33s 01 393 61 393 51

Price of Town • • •...1 49s Od

CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.)

OLD COUR7.I.

The January session of the Central Criminal Court
was opened this morning in the usual form. The
calendar contains the names of sixty-three prisoners.
The Grand Jury having been sworn and impannelled,
The RECORDER proceeded to charge thorn. Ho said
the state of the calendar was such as to require but little
observation. The number of prisoners they had upon
the list was small. He was glad to perceive that in that
number there was only one serious case, namely, the
charge of murder a hieh stood over from last session; but
BS a true bill had already been returned against the ac-
cused, they would not be troubled with the case
at all. There was but one other ease involving
the destruction of human life, and that was a charge of
manslaughter, which appeared to have arisen out of en
unfortunate broil produced by excessive drinking. The
case, however, presented no legal difficulty, and it was
therefore unnecessary for him to detain them further
upon it. He was glad to observe that the calendar con-
tained but a email number of these serious offences
which excited so much alarm about this period lea year
—he meant those daring burglaries and street ref-heries
which generally attended the winter months. Whether
this was to be attributed to the example of
the punishment inflicted upon previous of-
fenders, the increased vigilance of the police,
or an improvement in the moral and physical condi-
tion of the people could not exactly be ascertained, but
it certainly was to him, and no doubt would be to the
jury, a matter of deep congratulation. There was one
other case to which he must briefly advert. It was a
charge against two persons of having within three
months of their bankruptcy obtained large quantities of
goods under the false pretence that they were trading in
the ordinary course. That was an ant which made the
parties liable to be indiated for misdemeanour, and in
this case it appeared the prisoners had pawned the,
goods which they obtained in this way, instead of ap-
plying them to the usual purposes of trade.
.There was
another case in the calendar upon which he bad intended
to make a few observations, as it was one which deeply
in
affected the due and proper administration of justice
this and other courts. It was a charge of ob-
taining money from a" prisoner under the
pretence that the offender was a clerk to a
.
barrister, and enabled to secure the services of
s
employer, when in point of fact he held no such position,
nor was he competent to render any assistance whatever
to the prisoner, from whom the money was obtained.
Now that was an offence which, if established, would
subject the party accused to a severe punishment; but
it was not necessary that he should go into the circum-
stances of this particular case, because, since the court
was opened, the unfortunate accused had ceased to exist.
He was aware, however, that there were, other parties of
his class lurking about the Central Criminal Court,
and he had therefore thought it right to warn them that
if the offence could be brought home to them, it would
be the duty of the Court to visit them with the severest
punishment. He would not detain them further, but,
' thanking them for the attention they had given him, he
would at once dismiss them to the discharge of their

duties.
Thu grand jury then retired, and in a short time some
true bills of a minor nature were returned into court and
the trials were immediately gone into.
The last case referred to by the Learned Recorder
was that of the man Henry Marlin Flanigan, who stood
charged with having obtained money from a person under
the pretence that he was the clerk of, and would secure
the services of, Mr. 'lorry, the barrister. It transpired
that the unfortunate man had committed suicide while
the Court was sitting by immersing his head in a bucket
of water, and keeping it there until life was extinct.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The January sessions were opened this morning a.
Cleikenwell. The calendar contains 70 names.
Five watermen and lightermen, named Robinson, Scott
Charles Watkins, John Watkins, and Fraser, were in.
dieted for stealing tour sacks of oats, the property o
J. 0. Keane.
On Thursday, the 11th of September, a barge
belonging to the prosecutor was lying in the Thames,
off Blackwell, having a cargo of oats on board. A
lighterman, Phillips, who was in charge of the barge,
proved to seeing the four sacks in question upon the
after part of the deck shortly before seven o'clock, and
other witnesses proved that the prisoner Scott's boat was
seen laden with tour sacks of oats, marked with the pro-
secutor's name, lying off Execution Dock. Shortly after-
wards Scott, Robinson, Fraser, and Charles Watkins were
seen drawing a truck wishfour sacks of oats from the di-
rection of Execution Dock, to Brewhouse-lane, where they
deposit( d them in a dust-corner. A carpenter in the
service of Mr. Jones, in that lane, gave ieformation to
the police. The sacks were found in the dust-hole, and
the prisoners were followed to a neighbouring public-
' house. The evidence against John Watkins was to the
effect that before the other prisoners reached Brewhouse-
lane with the truck he was observed walking up and
down there, apparently "on the look out," and that
when they came to him, he said, " What -- fools you
are to be all four with the truck." He was also in the
public-house when they were arrested, but he was
not in their company, nor was he taken into custody at
the same time. It was also proved that he plied for
beansp e.e t
a there
ble in
witnesses t h
fares as a raterman about that spot, and would have
eordinary course of his business. Re-
gave a good character to each of
the prisoners.
The jury., after a long consultation, found all the pri-
soners Guilty, except John Watkins, whom they ac-
quitted, recommending Robinson to ercy on account
of previous good character.
The JernoE said the offence was of a very serious
character, and should be punished severely. Those who
were guilty of it were generally in the habit of plunder-
ing vessels la the river, though apparently bearing a
good character. Ile sentenced Robinson to six months'
and the others to twelve months' imprisonment.

IVIARLBRO'-STREE T--(THIS
andDAjYam.2
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Micaue. _
Massey, 18, were placed at the bar before Bingham
cinhasrtgeaeld
watches, the inwgithlBble.inlOg3c.oinne egronledd, , wani tdh
fourot hers not in custody,
pro-
perty of Mr. Michael Metcalfe, 59, Marshall street,
Golden-square.
Swanson, C 62, said, yesterday morning he was sent
for to 29, Marshall•stroet, to inquire about a robbery
which had been committed there, end from information
he subsequently received he suspected the prisoners to
have been concerned in the robbery. Ho accordingly,
took them into custody, and conveyed them to the sta-
tion-house, where they wore searched, and a quantity of
gold and silver money was found upon them. Witness
had since discovered that the prosecutor's brother-in-law
absconded directly after the discovery of the robbery,
and that the prisoners had been previously seen in his
company. Witness now wished for a remand in order
to give him time to proceed further in the case. The
prisoners, who had nothing to say, were remanded for a
week.

ntJames Smith appeared in
..__
answer C itUE Lt To Ya TOA B
summonso sgEr.a_
eclat the instance of Mr.
Royal Society for the Thomas, the secretary of the
Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals,
apleaticoaan named
when he saw
themoro Dyecoefmber last he was
wan-
tonly ill-treating a horse. charging him with
New River Cf m-
defe
It appeared from the evidence of
the _
antacted
Dunn,pan) that
a t clerkon thein thei6
ustornrthoeer-
ceeding along Oxford-street,
wantonly beat a horse which he was drivileaapbroi
head with a whip. Witness thought the
with unreasonable severity, and told him so, w
the defendant commenced such a volley of abuse that, in
order to protect other people, he communicated with
n
Mr. Thomas, who adopted the present ploc„, ngs
against the defendant.
i d
• The MAGISTRATE fined the defoliant 103. and costs

- - -
DRURY-LANE THEATRE —The new lantern. ime of
Har/eqwin Hoya7 th continues to crowd this housz, night after
er
night, and is one of the gleatest hits the theatre has aver
made.
A scion of an ancient and distinguished family,
famed for the military achievements of its ancestral line, is
about to lead to the hymeneal altar an accomplished daughter
of a wealthy divine, well known in Fermanagh as a most
extensive landed proprietor.
The cold has `et in with great intensity. Yes-
terday muroiog, at six o'clock, 11. Chevalier's thermometer
marked 8 deg. 8-ldths of centigrade (16';; Fahrenheit), and
at 12 o'clock 7 deg. 4-10ths 9/ centigrade (18%
--.Parr e arr. Fahrenheit).