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

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day)

WEST INDIAN INCUMBERED 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 estltes situate in the parishes of
Charlotte and St. George, in the Island of Bt. Vincent,
were sold by auction by Messrs, Leifchild and Chtffins,
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—Jarubou Vale, 287
acres, £l,os)—Peruvian Vale, 332 acres, £7oo—and Henry's
Vale, 301 acres, £7OO.

MARKETS—This Day

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4loa Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 103 Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 10s per load.
Trade slow.

CUMBERLAND.•—MeagOW I•ay, £3 Os to £4 10s; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load.
A slow demand.

WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 las; clover,
£4 Os to Li lOs 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.
SThalli—The market has remained without animation,
although West Indian descriptions fully sustain former
rates. In the refined market thei ais little change to report.
COFFEE--The demand foe 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
40s 6d to 40s 9d.

COAL M.
rrioes of Coal per Ton at

ARK ET.
t the clove of the market.

Byass's Bebside West
Hartley ....16 3
Holywell l6 6
Eden Main 16 3
West Hartley ..16 3
Hastings Hartley 16 3
ranfield Moor Butes ..14 0
Lambert's West Hart-

`falls End.

Haswell
Reugh Hall 16 6
Tunstall
K elloe.. .
South Kelloe 16 6
Hetton 17 6
South Hetton 17 6
Braddyll' a Hetton 16 6
Hatton 15 6
Riddell 15 9
Wharncliffe l5, 9
Gosforth 15 6
Caradoc l7 0
KeiperGrange 16 3
Mussel's Hetton 16 6
South Hartlepool.... l6 9
Framwellgato l6 6
;r, 104; sold, 93.

ley l6 0
Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 3
North Felton Gas 13 0
alker Primrose 13 3
Wylam l6 6

Walls End.

Hartlepool ..17 3
East Hartlepool 17 6
Cassop l6 9
Ships at market

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market quiet, without change. Sales probably
5,000 bales.

MIND YOUR 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
noble host and hostess and Viscount Hamilton—and imme-
diately afterwards that—tne Princess was conducted to the
library, where .dinner was served by the Marquis of Aber-
corn, and the Prince gave his arm to the marchioness,"

AN EXPERT SWINDLER.—At Birmingham, on
Saturday, a spruce, gentlemanly looking man, of
middle age, named F. G. Wainwright, was charged with
stealing two gold watcher, one silver watch, and three
gold Albert chains, the property of Messrs. Widdowson and
Seale, goldsmiths, &c., 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 eppears from their statements
that the prisoner has for many years been carrying on a
clever system of commcreial 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 the 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.
:Sometimes the order would be sent to another town—
frequently to London.—and the references in every case
confirming his locus standi, the transaction was opened
with confidence, The prisoner having got the goods into
his possession (and they were usually of a light and valu-
able character, such as jewellery, optical instruments,
watches, &c.) quickly became non est. His " furniture "
being designedly portable, and capable, according to Mr.
Alanton, of being accommodated in a small hand-cart, he
was enabled to pack up and be off in double-quick time,
without exciting any attention on the part of neighbours.
Of course, his track was immediately lost, and letters
from uneasy creditors were returned without finding an
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 the new locality, he
was enabled to prosecute his plans with impunity. In this
way, it is said, he has gone on tor 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
terly, having got from au optical instrument maktreeret,
a
large quantity of spectacles, he set up in Bradford-street,
and travelled as the representative of Messrs .Deoulitaiednadnedn
Wainwright, opticians, the former being anetumto give
optician, and the latter a myth, a name introduced
ho en-
tered
men-
tioned at the commencement of this notice, for a
colour to his own connection with theconfcoerrnh.imF,
borutahloanv!
g
time the police have been on the lookout
never been able to carry theire cases
tered into negotiations with t
hLondon home.je welA ler
ty
lastfirm
eupply of
watches and jewellery, and somehow their suspicions were
excited, though not soen enough to prevent the despatch
of the goods. The police were placed on the alert. The
prisoner vies supposed to be in London, hut Insp-ctor
Manton succeeded in meeting with hint in Birmingham, on.
Friday, and at once took him into custody. On his person
he found one of the watches described in the list forwarded
from the victimised firm, and en 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. lie was remanded till
Friday.—Birminghant Post.
PERFECTION OP MECHANISM,—" As engineers we can
say that it really approaches much nearer the perfection of
Meohani.na than any other example of clock work we have
yet seen on anything lido the same large scale."—Engineer.
J. W. Benson having erected steam power and improved
machinery for clock m,king at the manufactory, Ludgate-
hill, will be glad to furnish to clergymen, architects, and
committ. es estimates and specifications of every description
of horological machine, especially cathedral and public clocks,
chiming tunes on any number of beds. A descriptive pam-
phlet on church clocks post free for one stamp. Wa ch and
clock maker by warraL t of appointment to 11.1t.H. the Prince
of Wales, and maker of the great clock for the Exhibition of
136 t. Manufactory, Ludgate-hill, London. Establißhed 1749.
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