The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-21 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day)

WEST INDIAN INCUMBE RED ESTATES COURT.
(Before Henry J. Stoner, Esq., Chief Commissioner.)
In the matter of Robert Sutherland (deceased), ex parte Sir
Roderick Impry Murchison and another, petitioners; re
Alexander McLeod (deceased), John Cochrane and
another, petitioners; re John M'Fee (deceased), John
Grant and Robert Grant, petitioners.

The following sugar estates situate in the parishes of
Charlotte and St. George, in the Island of St. Vincent,
were sold by auction by Messrs. Leifchild and Chet Ens,
under orders pronounced by the chief commissioner in the
above matters, and realised the following prices, viz.:—
Waterloo, containing 430 acres, £s,oso—Orange Hill, 430
acres, £l,olo—One half of Sans Souci, 315 acres, £3,700—
Mount Greenan, 366 acres, £4,loo—Jambou Vale, 287
acres, £l,oso—Peruvian Vale, 332 acres, £7OO —and Henry's
Vale, 301 acres, £7OO.

MARKETS—This Day

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load.
Trade slow.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103; clover,
£4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s par load.
A slow demand.

WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10a ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 10a Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load.
Trade inactive.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—Business has been moderately active, and full
rates are current for superior qualities.
SuclAß—The market has remained without animation,
although West Indian descriptions fully sustain former
rates. In th© refined market there is little change to report.
COFFEE —The demand for colonial descriptions has been
steady, and prices are generally well sustained. The stocks
on hand, as compared with those of the same period of last
year, showing a slight increase.

RlCE—Only a limited business has been done, and there
is no change to record in prices.
TALLOW —The market has continued rather inactive,
owing to political influences. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted
403 6d to 408 91.

COAL Al
Friaes of Coal per Ton ni
s. d.

Aith: ET,
t ttle olos.e 01 the market.

Byass's B ebside West
Hartley ....16 3
Holywell 16 6
Eden Main l6 3
West Hartley 16 3
Hastings Hartley l6 3
Tanfield Moor Butes l4 0
Lambert's West Hart-

Walls End.

Haswell
Eleugh Hall 16 6
Tunotall
Ke110e......... l6 9
South Kelloe 16 6
Hetton l7 6
Eonth Hetton 17 6
Braddyll's Hetton 16 6
Harton 15 6
Riddell l5 9
Wharncliffe 15 9
Goeforth l5 6
Caradoc l7 0
KeiperGrange 16 3
Russel's Hetton 16 6
South Hartlepool.-- 16 9
Framwellgate l6 6
It, 101 ; sold, 93.

ley 16 0
Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 3
North Pelton Gas 13 0
‘,Walker Primrose 13 3
Wylam 16 6

Walls End.

Hartlepool l7 3
East Hartlepool 17 6
Cassop l6 9
ships at market

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Market quiet, without change. Sales prob Ably
5,000 bales.

MIND Youit, STOPs!—In the account given by
one of our morning contemporaries of the Marquis
of Abercorn's magnificent banquet to their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of Wales last evening, we read
with some sense of surprise that—" The Royal guests were
received in the grand hall—which was adorned with a pro-
fusion of choice exotics disposed in admirable taste by the
)ioble host and hostess and Viscount Hamilton—and imme-
diately afterwards that—the Princess was conducted to the
library, where linner was served by the Marquis of Aber-
corn, and the Prince gave hie arm to the marchioness."

AN EXPERT SWINDLER.—At Birmingham, on
Saturday, a spruce, gentlemanly looking man, of
middle ego, named F. G. Wainwright, was charged with
stealing two gold watches, one silver watch, and three
gold Albert Chains, the properly of Messrs. Widdowson and
Veale, goldsmiths, &e., London. This charge merely indi-
cated the extent of the legal evidence against the prisoner
without giving a clue to the extraordinary character of the
case as described by Mr Morgan, and also by Mr Manton,
detective inspector. It appears from their statements
that the prisoner has for many years been carrying on a
clever system of commereial plunder, and has conducted
his operations with such skill as to elude detection. His
plan has been to take a house in some respectable vicinity
in she town he might select as the temporary basis of ope-
rations, rarely selecting a rent below £3O, and there to
write in the name of some well-known or fictitious firm
(as the case might suit) to the tradesman he might single
out as his victim, ordering a quantity of goods to the
house. Inquiries on the part of the tradesman ascertained
the fact that the prisoner had actually taken a large respec-
table house in his own neighbourhood, and thus all mis-
givings were allayed, and the goods were supplied.
'emetimes the order would be sent to another town—
frequetly to London—and the references in every case
confirming ,is locus stencil, the transaction was opened
with confidence. The prisoner having got the goods into
his possession
(and tn,,Tv were usually of a light and valu-
able character, such as j,ewellery, optical instruments,
watches, &o.) quickly became .".'ion est. His " furniture"
being designedly portable, and cap.. ble, according to Mr.
Manton, of being accommodated in a sti:.%ll hand-
cart; he
was enabled zo pack up and be off in doub..e •quick time,
without exciting any attention on the part of 32,.;ghbotirs
Of course, his track was immediately lost, and l'e'tters
from uneasy creditors were returned without finding ten
owner, It turns out that he engaged a house in every
succeeding sphere of operations a month in advance,
and, having assumed a new name in tho new locality, he
was enabled to prosecute his plans with impunity. In this
way, it is said, he has gone on for years, mulcting unfortu-
nate and too-confiding tradesmen to enormous amounts.
Latterly, he came to Birmingham, and had, up to the time
of his apprehension, made three " shifts." He carried on his
" business" at Highgate, under the name of Anderson,
then at Green-lane, under the name of Harrison, and lat
telly, having got from an optical instrument maker a
large quantity of spectacles, he set up in Bradford-street,
and travelled as the representative of Messrs Dolland and
Wainwright, opticians, the former being an eminent
London
to give
optician, and the latter a myth, a name introduced
For a
Long
colour to his own connection with the concern.
a
time the police have been on the look-out for hint,
but have
At last he en-
never been able to carry their cases home.
t
tered into negotiations with the London jewellery firm.men-
tioned at the commencement of this notice,or a supply of
watches and jewellery, and somehow their suspicions were
excited, though not soon enough to prevent the despatch
of the goods. The police were placed on the alert. The
prisoner was supposed to be in London, but Insp .ctor
Manton succeeded in meeting with him in Birmingham, on
Friday, and at once took him into custody. Oa his person
he found sine of the watches described in the list forwarded
irons the victimised firm, and on searching his house he
found three pawn tickets for the other articles mentioned in
the charge. The prisoner made no reply when asked to
account for the possession of them. He was remanded till
Friday.--Birmingham Post.

PERFECTION OF MECHANISM; —" As engineers we can
say that it really approaches much nearer the perfection of
mechanism than any other example of clock wak we have
yet seen on anything lice the same large scale."—Engineer.
J. W. Benson having erected steam power and improved
machinery for clock making at the manufactory. Ludgate-
hill, will be
glad to furnish to clergymen, architects, and
cominift es estimates and specifications of every description
of horological machine, especially cathedral and public clocks,
chiming tunes on any number of be Is.' A descriptive pam-
phlet on church clocks post free for one stamp. Wa ch and
ciock maker bywarral.f of appointment to 11. ti.ll. the Prince
(1 Wales, and maker of the great clock for the Exhibitiun of
1862. Manufactory, Ludgate-hill, London. Established 1749.
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