The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-18 00:00:00

Vbirb Writtton•

Tho Chesterfield Handicap.
The winner objected to on the ground of a cross•
The Ebor St. Leger.

Frantic
Daniil O'Rourke .1.
••• •••

CRIMINAL COURT -(THIS DO')

OLD COURT.
Frederick A
(Before
dolphus M
Hoare, a clerk, aged 2r. Justice TALFOURD.)
6, P. 1 °3/
dea
,
guilty to stealing bank notes, value 4001, the pre
P
of Abraham Wilde y Roberts and others, his master. _d
er
Several respectable witnesses gave the prisoner a gau
character.
Mr. Justice TALFOURD sentenced him to transPertir
tion for 10 years.
Mr. BODKIN said he thought it right to mention th,..110t
the prisoner had been induced to steal the money by LU
temptations of betting houses. ' oner
Mr. Justice TALFOURD hoped the fa'o of the pril
Pb
would be a warning to others not to yield to first tenip._tca,
itiieornesd, wthhiechmooftneenyslead to an abyss of crime. lie 19`C)
stolen by the prisoner
1,0001.
Mr. BODKIN.—Oh, much more than that, he has
carrying on a regular system of robbery for some o°2°2
James Betteridge, 32, grocer, and aarlotte trekbe
inr,
ot
• oner amounted t 0
spinster, were placed in the dock on an iDdliii,g.
char ging them with feloniously setting fire to a awed Lite
house with intent to defraud the Monarch Fire and
A Coman. nutioe,
Mr. Ballantinpe conducted the case for the 105 e
and Betteridge was defended by Mr. Parry f the ease
Mr. BALLANTINE, atter stating the nature °„,,eB:---,
against the prisoner, called the following 01111;lioner 11:te
Henry Judge—l am she man to the Mule t itth '3'
Whitecross-street. I entered his service on tOll
another
June, 1851. The prisoner had not at that tini° . toe.
Islieg
shop, but he had afterwards in Chapel•stree : ,ross•
I remember the fire on the 24th of June in Wilitfe; fire
street. The prisoner, before then, spoke tO me °or five
that was likely to happen. This was about far be
to
weeks previous to the occurrence. Ho said he v 1313 bad
make money somewhere or other, and he thought hents-
better fire the place and get money from the figura fre..
office. He conversed with me on the subject veg di.
quently. We made preparations for the fire., nt eel-
rected me to cut a portion of the ceiling in the iro•• ilea
ler the night before the fire. The same evening I intoPti•
a portion under the shop down, and put the rubbish a_
a vat, and conveyed it to the York-road. He said it W.,5.
his intention to put some barrels under the broken eelo
ing, in order that the shop might catch the boardsa_
easily. He also desired me to wrench up the l7
the shop under the counter. Ile had an errand-beY °
the name of William Warner. He was not on the Prt,a;
raises on the night of the fire; he was sent into t"
country. Betteridge said it was better he should be Away,
vious to the fire, I took to Islinton.
There was a dcg kept loose in the cellar. The dog,Pre-
goods away to the other shop Among thew was
coffee-box. I bought an old one for 3s. to take t.lr
place of the other. Ho directed me to
broken
up the tea and other boxes where I
did some
this
Betteridgep e rbaj I bvlaced
I also took some
the ceiling. Tho shop was closed at ten, an when I
afterwards
I,
the near
femtahlee w present.
hadlle told me that this paper was to '
b°Wegwent to bed a
night.
little aft( r eleven. Betteridge told supper together that Prisnrate-d. W© all
eellax-doore.re
be wouldcall the fire got dangerous. I
me before m© to go to bed, and,
asked him about my clothes, to touch them. I
going so far as
cheese of the fire and he said there was no
1-. erisoners went to bed. I left
don't know whether the •
themup. Between twelve
rs on. The female prisoner was
tridge, he had his tro.wwbcas
(Ave and one I was called by Bet-
in Betteridge's room, which
Partly undressed. a . Vi h
h d better
rived. Betteridge said he a
escapes had then
was the second-floor from. ...e.tner engines nor &e-
a:
Charlotte Webber said,
"Don't be
give the alarm, ha- . pe soon
a fool, let them fi he house by it. When the lire
we all left t
ud It out." The firo.esca 0 ar-
rived, and
was put out, - - er
we returned to the house, and I opens
d
the shop. On the same morning the female prisoll

told me that she fired the house, as Betteridge was a
coward. Betteridge, in a conversation afterwards, said
the fire had been put ow, a gleaner of an hour ttn soon.
J. went .o the Monarch Intuit-ince Company, tied on my
return I told Betteridge the cfriee kn-sv all about it, and
la
_female prison, r said they wire only pumping you.
.0n cross-examintaion, the witness sta'.ed that on the
night of the fire he latched his te.d.room door, undressed,
went to bed, and fell last asleep, and fir. Betteritto had
to force the dour open bef,,re be could rouse him up.'".
Vaasa Joseph Cooke, shopman to the prisoner at
Zdtapel•stre-t—ln May the prisoner informed him that
ae l
contemplated setting fire to the shop in Whitecross-
attet, in order to g
Gods
more money fr,,m the insurance
wewPaay then the goods were worth. Gds and clothes
e. sent from lkihitecross-street to Chapel-street the
firea2tY !ie had fore the fire. After the fire Betteridge said the
oali been discoverid to soon.
cor,,,erasetexaminatioa, the witness said he had some
eatacation with the fire-offiee.
atre:tll:l4h,Ann Rose, wife of a furniture dealer in Old-
boz rt-,`°4l, deposed to Betteridge purchasing a coffee-
way was b °la her for 3s. about two days before the fire.
Jararfaght away by the boy Judge.
Bled " Seaward, of 149, Whitecross-street, said he
the eltletlY opposite Bettridge's shop. On the night of
taaii3.,:' he invited them over to his house, and they re-
razb-1;!4, with him until the fire was put out. The we-
v, not
"e lay b Seem to be alarmed while the fire was raging.
Soo.- g ed at the lad Judge. I believe the two pia-
), slept together. There was no otherfemale in the
oesc,
la 41: arid I have seen a man and woman going to bed
Wi !"43lha Betteridge seemed alarmed.
he Thomas, a carman. said, on the '2sth of June
ae'lthlBl the • quantity of ceiling rubbish had been placed,
L consists e,
wall of his premises in York-road, St. Luke s.
ab d of
mortar and hair, and must have been
o
there on the previous day.
Georgeßrigade, went to the fire
at two , Fogo, of the Fire
fireo °clock in the morning in company with two otherinee
kettle°, Lamed Wilson and Crampton, who had se
he
Tr t with their deaths. On examining the premise
ialen,c,inthat the fire had originated in the front cellar.
The. was an aperture from the cellar into the shohe
p.
b fire bad bunt off the end of the curtain.
T
1184°3 aad been loosened to let the fire get up. If there
to ,b-v9a no opening the fire would have been confined
e bisernent.
zwge depositions of Wilson and Crampton were ad-
ite:d and read.
serealt"hce was given to show that the prisoner had in-
160F goods for 4001., and had made a claim of about
4. for loss sustained by the fire.
the r'll'UtßY then addressed the jury on behalf of both
Drison‘rs
(The trial
Was Proceeding when our report left.)
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

...TheCourts(THlS DAY.)
at this morning to hear bail and. appeal
117,..
mat the Court-house, Clerkenwell-green, their being
y 77 ea in the paper for trial.
"ea Hanson pleaded not guilty to an indictmente
thiargiag her with violently assaulting her child, Jan
Stirin most unmerciful manner.
Dearsley es of
appeared for the parish authorities
0_41440108, Holborn- for the prosecution, and Mr.
lrkson for the defence'.
tt
moth PPettred from the evidence of the girl that her
verei,eo had upon several occasions beaten her most se-
; sometimes with a rolling-pin and at others with a
thaes,r°d, She had run away from home nine or ten
She bad been brought home again by the police.
sliest taken money from her mother's till, and had
theirt and it Was for that she had been flogged.
' 7,4 Waders, a surgeon, stated that he examined
riiiB7.'us and found upon her arms some very severe
bleek
n.aTh7,Boalp was also bruised, and the eye was
sit tie should think that the bruises were the
ettakedl saveral severe beatings, and might have been
Y 4 window roller or some such instrument.
4r.ereat
witeesses were called who proved the above.
eePlel "44X40N addressed the jury for the defence in
cicirenrt °Peach, and contended that she had not ex-
wlatY chastising her daughter.
1117 refs —11414 bummed up at great length, and the
med a verdict of Not Guilty.

(Fro s TA.,fi; thi-1 ADE.
1,1,,.t0 the Manchester Guardian of this day.) .
hieoC'eUtsTEl, TuESDAY.—On Saturday an excite-
the to
~ was got up in the Liverpool market, and.
.a.lo_ ttitlute exteet of 25,000 bales (15,000 on speculation
li.
Dee iitl)r "Port) were eff,cted, at an advance of to
~ on the rates of the previous day,
advises of
that Monday's packet mainlywo bring
e„ "es of a further rise in cotton in the American
rqts.
they A. When the accounts came to band, however,
teeti
,isappointed the sanguine expectations that had
Jury ; for, only very partial tent
eimpor
and
the __Y having een committed by worms,
and u
favarePerts ot the crop being in the highest degree
eatt,,able from nearly all parts, the New York evhi,`,.!t had not gained more than *e. to lb ,
'IC' Pe.
p0t:..7 basin continued limited in the southern The eso"se Yet with a bias to rather higher quotations.
asieetenta is, an abatement of spirit amongst our.
i'L,„, urs, who are hardly able to maintain the
lev_end they took at the end of last week, though
8,0),r.„ aold 12,000 bales yesterday, and about
thouUra t A
eee.ay. The upward tendency which
llpion,w material continues to exhibit has caused
east, rt,s agaia to harden in their terms, or, at
the `lld the more difficult to deal with than
Ivhether in °f
°lir last report. Water twist,
The Germans lh bundle or warp, is fully iii. per lb dearer.
they were, are more inclined to purchase than
4.83 . ere, end .
give
has arisen since
"11 inquiry from the China houses
the arrival of the advices, which
ta . a better aer.
--(mat of twig than of shirtings.
.The
it t-roent re ant
' needs some qualification,
;ll
checkth elO wer counts,though warps
to buy, are kept
worse
%he ll the unsatisfactory state
.of doeLtic,_,a,n_d,
I"'''r heavy
goods. For 40's and 50 s mule. twee of
..,"lan quilit•
e,to- qualities, there is now more inquiry, and an
ie. toes of 83. per lb. is obtainedh for the latter, and
same bearing is still
kola, 'I. for the former. ".L.
ero:t_ie medium cops and in fine. yarns. The accounts
the value of shirting.,
it ;40uhina show a depressio,
nofinsupplies ; and such de-
rasoillsequence of an
excess
eLfor these articles a week
at, ;_ as we experiencedqiiiii!.arrested. Although some business is doing in
epee es adapted to the Indian trade, it has received a
„al from the .
0 '• funsatisfactory condition of business at
qitta Domestics still lag exceedingly in the
_es, •
The
lesOf the yarns from which they are made.
4174 of these cloths are hoping that a better trade
ke,;tu,aed, as August and September are always the
tilt L'aa of greatest demand; but as yet they have
fat ‘lttY in obtaining the very inadequate advance
ee„W°loh they are struggling. They are, however,.
fevillog the Stocks, which have accumulated only in
l"ands, and to no great extent on the wh e.
elths(lether the cloth market is quiet, but perfectly
.11t.0 ni,
-ma tek-ALE MONDAT.---Ne..w DAY.--Notwithstanding ithstanding it has
teaso`ee rush-bearing Monday, there
.has been a fair
4111,14 of business transacted, at prikc. es much the
The wool
teetk t.as those of the previous wee
spans has been dull ; the manufacturers buy very
)4;l4'Y, and for immediate use only.
lt.bied-CLESPIELD, TIIESDAL—We
the demand
'or giii,...° q3Ort a decided improvement in
are at length en-
rezik; ' manufactured goods.
the
; and,
41 thrs "ave more orders than for some time past ,
Many of smaller
ift P: Bt°kS on hand were all but exhausted, it
active.
Ile-;Pe,ed the autumn trade will be • a
taste()-Ik3illlS---The inquiry for the home market is
de-
atriptimore free, but chiefly confined to the finer
The
l'ereha,acrisi Which are difficult to get worked.
4I so en--„e,s: fez the French and German markets are
tropio;Tuerl, which keeps the throwsters actively
4,lllfer;e% Raw Silks—The market for Chinas has
bone dese"ri;eaetioll to the extent of 6d. per lb. on
14,5
.s have been . and some
.considerable transac-
,,asiness done in Breduction. The
e entered into at this
leices as before engals has been to .
aeetinent Imark
he accounts received from the
a fair extent,
4 rtllin a
represent prices of Italian raw
ek„ g extreme!,
I:eted to be
110.Lir ' ' high, and that but little silk was
sent forward to our markets.
Reeds ; 41) Se're worsted
ahety.—The demand for H
ll
See .La,htlt languid just now, both in the Piece a.
40
ti,itne warehouses.
vermin,.
beeljlll3asete in yarns and wools there is
e %tie SHIELD, TUESDAY.--Our marketto•day has
aloto , . 0 the came
aa last week ;rather
hays 4s doing to order among the woollen fancies.
sev
hot had
eral if anything, We
h rrime shippers in the town,
..see h any extensive purchases. The warehouses
but they have
Cittilet-711 flat during the week, but have been doing
'wre to•day,
Plneetel, - ____'--------e-__,-_,... ••t medal
em i„..
been 102.118 T MEDAL really
het" k fts and
do , struck off by Messrs. 'Thomas
excpust e
n, jewellerof
dies
1111esi s Boston, in commemoration.. of
e_ es _ °liable triumph of the Protectionist can
rez tlii; Lincolnshire. The front of this—what
Z' scamiva,a Would have grandiloquently designated
I,l4l,troemereee of plate," has the arms of the county
qttil the bY a wreath of acorns and oak leaves,
I:44lEl7°l'de " Glorious Protectionist Triumph :
spear fl thk, Election Jul y, 1852." On the reverse ap-
tk.grn of the In commemoration of the
t:rlre ob .„0 whole thirteen Members for Lincoln-
ees of
t-crotectionist Principles"—surrounding the
,Piler, T bTse thirteen Members as follows :—Chris-
1144,perCe,11°13e, Sibthorp, Cabbell, Herries, Welby,
tptahett ',(4eurghley, Heneage, Heathcote, Thesiger, Oder% ' :1-laneeley. The most enthusiastic Free-
tVlll3Py---"e„"ltiengst whom we have ourselves been for
„ma reat:rs Proud to be enumerated—cannot but admit
'lalta‘bleaess of this graceful little evidence of
on.
eo,
..„---.
Of I
4111 e Pot smNboN RAnAvAr.-(20 miles open)-.Return
p nthe Week ending Aug. 14, 1852:-
144 ,_ ges, parcels, &c. .. £l7l 0 1
ouandise, cattle ,&c.... ~.,. 21 15 9
't)ress,... Total ... ... .... £192 15 10
i,,,Jyridning Week i isBsl (10 miles open) :--"
tife'.."_, gel's, parc, &c. .. ... 39 0 '
'.riandiSet cattle, &C.... ... 06 9

Total

TEN
assed
°vet, tC4-Sroom.—A heavy thunder-storm P
as
toot, raetropolis • yesterday evening. The lightning
dtttiwYrvid, and the peals of thunder deeper and of uge'
Pll4C°4l thit4 have been known in London for some Yea"

... £39 7 2