The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-05 00:00:00

THAMES.

REFUSAL TO RECEIVE PRISONERS LY THE GOVERNOR
OF THE HOUSE OP CORRECTION.—PoIice Sergeant Baker,
of the K division, who has charge of one of the vans which
conveys prisoners to and from the varicus gaols and this
cGurt, returned to Mr. Paget two commitments signed by
the magistrate yesterday afternoon, sentencing two men,
named Henry Bowra and Charles Juniper, to three months'
imprisonment and hard labour for noa•payment of arrears
on orders of bastardy. Roche, the gaoler of the court, inti-
mated to the magistrates yesterday that the prisoners would
not be received in consequence of an order from the
Middlesex justices, who have the regulations of
the gaol not to receive prisoners committed on
civil processes. An order was issued by the
justices for prisoners on civil process to be removed to the
debtor's prison in Whitecross•street, who, acting on the
opinion of the City solicitor, refused to receive any prisoners
committed by the magistrates of the Metropolitan police
courts.

Mr. Paget asked what had become of the prisoners Bowra
and Juniper P
Sergeant Baker said when the Governor of the House of
Correction refused to receive them, he had no alternative
but to release them.

Mr. Paget expressed his astonishment at the state of
things which ex sted in the county, and said he should
write to the Home-office on the subject and forward the
two commitments to the Secretary of State.

A young woman made application for a warrant against
a man who had not paid the arrears on a bastardy order for
an illegitimate child for six months. She was informed it
would be useless at present to issue a commitment for the
imprisonment of a man for non-payment of bastardy arrears.
The young woman very properly postponed her application
for a warrant until the law was settled on the subject.
An application is to be made to the Court of Queen's
Bench on the first day of Easter Term for a mandamus
against the Governor of Whitecross-street Prison, and upon
the decision of the Judges will depend whether prisoners
on civil process from the police-courts are to be confined in
the House of Correction or Whitecross-street Prison.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARIi.24TS.

SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 108 Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per lead.
Trade slow.

CUMBERLAND.•—Mea'tow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 10s per load•
A slow sale.

WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4loa ; clover,
LI Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, X 1 4s to £1 lOs par load.
Trade inactive.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—A fair amount of business has been done in the
late arrivals of the new season's crop, and full rates are cur-
rent, particularly for fine qualities of greens. A rather
large quantity of China is announced for public sale this
day.

SUGAR.—The market has been dull, the operations
having only been to supply immediate requirements.
Good grocery qualities, however, maintain full rates. In
the refined market there is little change of importance
to report.

COFFEE.—There hag been a steady clematis' for Colonial
descriptions, and good and superior qualities maintain
former rates.

RICE.—The operations bays been on a very limited scale
without any rnateritl change in quotations.

TALLow—Business has been less active, and in some
instances a slight decline has taken place for smite. P.Y.C.
on the spot is
quoted 41s 9d ; June delivery, 42e 3d to 42e 9d,
and last three months 45s per cwt.

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