The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-15 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

Misses Julia and Elizabeth Gibson, two maiden ladies
residing in Grosvenor-street West, Belgrave-square, who
stood charged with stealing five pairs of kid gloves from
the shop of Benjamin Harvey, linen-draper, Sze., Knights-
bsidge, were brought up for re-examination. The shop_
man, Cooper, who had served the prisoners and detected
the theft, could not be found. It was stated by police con.
stable 108 T, that on inquiry at the prosecutor's he was
tcld that lie had left the shop on Wednesday to give evi-
dence, and had not since been heard of. The Magistrate
said that there being no further evidence he must discharge
the prisoners. The prisoners; who had kept their faces
concealed during the examination, then left the dock.
Mr. Humphries, who was engaged for the prisoners, here
observed, that upon looking over the depositions he found
that the prisoners had purchased four pair of gloves and
paid for them, when they were called into the warehouse
and taxed with the robbery. One of the prisoners imme-
diately pulled out from her bosom a packet containing five
pairs of gloves, and upon examination the four pair pur-
chased by the prisoners were found upon the counter. He
should, therefore, opine very reasonably, and so he thought
must every person, that the prisoners bad not, in fact,
committed a felony, but a mistake, and Mr. Harvey,
seeing that, had declined to prosecute.

SODA —The manufacture of soda, since the re-
peal of the salt duty in 1819, has increased so rapidly, as
to become one of the most important branches of the trade
of the Tyne. Unfortunately, the mode of its manufacture,
viz., by the decomposition of common salt, through the
agency of sulphuric acid, has caused large quantities of
muriatic gas to be thrown off, to the annoyance of the in.
habitants of the locality, arld the injury of the adjoining
cultivators of the soil; and much complaint, litigation,
loss, and ill-will, have been the consequences. The tall
chimneys with which the Banks of the Tyne are orna-
mented, though remedying the evil to a considerable ex-
tout, have still failed to convince the neighbouring tenantry
that their fields are as green and productive as of yore.
We are happy to state, however, that a discovery has been
made by Mr. Burnett, by which that great enemy to the
commercial amity of the neighbourhood can be effectually
destroyed.—Gateshead Observer.
DEATH FROM LOCK JAW.—An inquest Was
held before Mr. Baker, on Thursday, at the London Hos-
pital, on the body of John Clark, aged 36, who died in
that institution. It appears that the deceased, who was
employed as gate-keeper at Dr. Warburton's Lunatic
Asylum, in Heaton, jammed the thumb of his right hand
in closing the large gates on Wednesday vieek, which
caused it to bleed a good deal at the time, but no serious
consequences were apprehended from the in jury until
Wednesday morning last, when the deceased was seized
WOR SIIIP- STREET. with lock-jaw. He was removed to the hospital, and every
Jam Crigleu, who, together with his wife and another means used to relieve him, but without effect, and he di;
woman, was charged on Saturday last with robbing his in the course of the night. The Jury returned a verdict
employer, Mr. Massey, watchmaker, of Birchin-lane, to Died from lock-jaw, brought on from the effects of the
a great amount, was brought up to-day, and the evidence accident.

UNION .HALL.
Gipsy Cooper, the pugilist, was charged with striking
a respectably dressed young woman named Louisa Gas-
coigne, before the Surrey Theatre. The complainant
stated that the prisoner came up to her and struck her
violently in the face, assigning as a reason for his conduct,
that she had insulted a lady in the pit of the theatre,
Cooper, in his defence, said that the complainant was a
gipsy fortune teller, and, having got up a little in the
world, neglected her poor relations. The complainant
denied that she was either fortune-teller or a gipsy, and
the prisoner's tale was all false. Cooper was held to bail
in 801. to keep the peace for twelve months.

EVENING EDITION.

IiKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Lyndon New Price Current qf July 12.)
Suomt._.The merchants generally having submitted to
a reduction on last week's rates of 6d. per cwt. for brown
and low yellow sorts, and Is for every other description of
West India Muscovadoes Sugar, have caused buyers to
come forward more freely: from the refiners there
has been a good demand, particularly for strong
grey qualities, and the grocers have purchased to a
fair event, principally of the low descriptions, which are
much dearer in proportion than good and fine yellow sorts.
Good brown Jamaica and Trintlad at 625, middling
Grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad 635 to 645, good mid
Jamaica 653, fine with a great deal of colour 675. At
wictioa 273 hilds 137,rbadoes have been offered, 200 of
.Ihich diiposed of at and after the sale at a reduction
on last sal"'s rates of 63 per eat. ; good middling to good
sold at 65a to 66,: 6d, fine 67s to 68s, and a board of vo:y
supe. for 69a.

Th;s afternoon there was no further change in the prices
of West India Sugar, and there was a fair business doing,
the purchases amounting to 600 hhds &c.
REFINED.-Common description of goods have been in
good demand by the grocers, and brown lumps, of which
the supply is Qmall, have I,r,ught Bos to 80s 6d, but the
better qu,litics have been taken sparingly, and standard
lumps are fetching only 6d above the latter figure. :E.:mall
sa's in Crushed have been executed at 34s per cwt.
MAturiTrus.—A steady demand has prcrvailed, and full
prices have b"en obtained, particularly for low descrip-
tions, which have been the most in request by the grocers :
4,033 bags at publiic sale found ready buyers; fine and very
fine yellow at 66s to 67s 6d, good 65s to 65s 6d, good mid
6-is to 64s 6.3., low mid 635 to 63s 63, very ord dark brown
like Bastards 56s to 575, low mid 58s to 59a, good 61s to
625, grey 62s 6d.

This afternoon there were two pubic sales, containing
7,722 bags, about half sf which found buyers ; brown de-
scriptions maintained their former currency, but coloury
sorts sold rather cheaper, mid to good mid yellow went at
62s Gd a 63s 6d, good 64s a 643 Gd, fine 65s a 663 63, a
superior mark Le Breton 67s 6d, strong grey 64s 6d, good
brown 61- Gd a 62s per cwt.
EasT INDlA.—Be.ngal has maintained its former cur-
rency, and the grocers have purchased freely by private
contract ; 1,600 bags at auction, a trised parcel, end of
inferior quality, went at 64s 6,1 for low mid white, mid
65s to 653 6d, good mid and good 66s 6,1 to 67s ; Manilla
at the rates previously established, good brown fetching
223, and ord soft 20s 6d to 212; at auction 270 bags sold at
22.; (id for mid yellow, and one small lot of better quality
at 23s 63. For Java prices gave way 6d to Is for white
qualities, low soft brown sold at 20s 6d to 21s 6d, good to
fine dry 22s to 23s 6d, good dry white 26; to 27s 63.
FOREIGN-White and brown Brazil have been taken
paringiy, the merchants generally have refused to sell on
lower terms. In Havannah prices have undergone no
change.

AlOLAssEs.—For West India, the prices paid are fully
Equal to those of this day week ; et auction, 135 puns 29
casks have been offered, the principal part consisted of
Barb adoes, which sold at 35s 6d to 36s for five quality.
Be private contract, Dominica has been sold at 34s 6d to
355, and Demerara at 32s per cwt:
COFFEE.—lmporters continue to supply the market
freely with middling and good clean descriptions of British
Plantation Coffee, but the trade generally appear to have
got enough of these kinds for the present, for they have
purchased very sparingly this week, and prices have given
way 2s to 3s.

This afternoon the public sales consisted of 3,172 bags
Ce3lon, act above half of which found buyers, but the
merchants refaced to submit to lower prices ; good ordi-
nary went at 101 s to 102 s, fine ordinary 103 s 6d; 29
casks Jamaica were also offered, and went at previous rates
--middling at 1 1 es to 119= 6d per cwt.
INDIGO,—At the commencement of the Quarterly Sales
of Indigo,on Tuesday, the biddings %s ere very languid, espe-
cially for the low and middling qualities ; towards the latter
part of the day blddinvs became more animated Since then
there has been no mate' ial change in prices. The following
ere the pric-s paid:--Bengal, purple and violet, 8s 63 a
9s 3d, good to fine violet, 8s a 8s Gd, ord and mid do 7s 31
a Bs, violet and copper, Gs 83 a Bs, consuming qualities,
good and fine, 6s 6d a 7s 93, ord and low ditto, 5s 3d a 6s,
low and trash, 2s 93 to ss, Oude, trash, 2s a2s 3d. Ma-
dras, 3s 6d a6s 3d, Kurpah, 3s 9d a 63 93 per lb. Up
to the present time 4,379 chests have passed, 1,074 of
which have been withdrawn, 800 taken in, and the re-
mainder sold.

RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Rum has sold freely,
particularly Jamaica, and the advanced rates of this day
week have been fully supported ; of Leewards 270 puns
have been disposed of, proofs to 5 per cent over 3s 7d to
3s 9d, 8 to 12 over 3s 10d to 4s Id, 13 to 15
over 45 2d to 4s 3d, 16 to 25 over 4s 4d to 51,
26 to 29 over 5s Id to 5s 4d, 30 to 36 over
5s 5(1 to 5s 7d, the transactions in Jamaica have been 300
puns, 26 to 32 per cent over proof 53 10d to Os Id, 33 to
35 over 6s 2d to 6s 3d, 36 to 38 over 6s 4d to 6s 6d; the
arrivals have been small since lest week- The demand
for Brendy has become very li:cited, and previous rates
are with difficulty supported. Geneva has been in good
request for exportation at former rates. British Corn
Spirits have sold steadily at lOs 3d per gallon.
SPlCES,—Ginger has sold steadily at previous rates;
470 bags East India at auction went at 163 6d to 17s for
fair Bengal: good Malabar at 20s; and one lot very supe-
rior, 3ls ; 260 packages Jamaica brought 85s ; 1623
for middling to fine white. Malabar Pepper is dull of sale,
but Sumatra common has brought 3id. Pimento has sold
heavily, and prices have given way full id. fur common
sorts, but the better kinds have maintained their former
rates.

This afternoon 2,000 pockets Bengal, and 666 bags
,Barhadoes Ginger were offered at auction; the former
sold rather dearer, good bold at 18a to 18s 6d, one lo
19:; ; of the latter only a small part found buyers at 44s
to 45s per cwt.

For East India the prices paid are fully up to
those of last week ; at auction 2,500 bags Bengal sold at
14s 6d a 15s for good, and 13s 6d a 14s for low and mid
a bite ; 5,896 bags Java went at 9s 6d a 103 for low yellow
mixed with Paddy, lOs 63 a lis Gd for yellow, and 12s a
12s 63 for white rather broken. Carolina sells steadily
for home use at 38s a 40s per cal.
011.3—The home trade have purchased rather sparingly
of common descriptions of Fish Oils, and pale Seal of first
quality has declined to 301. Cod Oil, at 311. Ordinary
kinds of Southern at about 231; at auction 76 tuns went
at 231 to 251 for good to low quality. Sperm at former
rates. Linseed Oil :in the early part of the week prices
gave way to 25s 3d to 25e 6d, but since then them has been
more business doing, and prices are rather firmer. Oliva
at previous quotations. Palm at 381. per tun. East India
Cocoa Nut at 43s per cwt.
TALLOW.—P. Y. C. on the spot has brought 47s 9d a
48s for first quality. New Tallow is also held more firmly ;
for the last three months the prices asked are 47s 3d a
47s 6Li per cwt.
A

.NOMALIES OF THE BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND
MARRIAGES' ACT.—In the course of an inquest held on
Wednesday Mr, Wakley inquired of the district registrar
whether he registered the births of still-born children ?
Registrar—No ; but if I find out they have but breathed
five minutes in the world I do. Coroner—But how is it
possible that you can ascertain that fact ? Registrar ?—I
ascertain it in the best way I can ; sometimes the doctor is
the informant --Coroner (addressing the jury)—Really,
gentlemen, this Act contains the greatest anomalies and ab-
surdities that ever existed. It no doubt was instituted to
assist the office of coroner, as a check upon crime, but its
object is defeated, inasmuch as a person may go to a regis-
trar and tell him a lie even to conceal a murder. Another
gi e.:t absurdity connected with it is that of allowing medi-
cal men and overseers of unions and parishes to become
informants, and in many instances I find tho former even
registrars themselves. The medical man, although a pa-
tient may die from his unskilful treatment, and the overseer
of a union pool house, although he may h&ve starved a pau-
per to death, are, by being allowed to be informants, ena-
bled to register their own good acts, taking care to keep
their bad ones in the dark. I repudiate this as a most ri-
diculous and pernicious system, and not another session of
Parliament shall go over my head without an attempt
being made for affording a specific remedy for so flagrant
an evil.

PROLIFIC DUCK.--A cadger at Forth, Carn-
watt), has a fine lively duck that regularly lays " two eggs
at a time;" and what is of importance, the owner cau
breed such ducks at pleasure. lie says, to have the double-
laying breed, you have simply to hatch " one bird out of
two eggs."

LADIES' GOLD WATCHES.—
A variety of excellent and carefully finished Ladies' Second-
hand Gold Watches, many of them, in accordance with the
latest taste, with Gold Dials, Jewelled, &c., are offered for selec-
tion, price from Six to Eight Guineas each, at
T. COX SAVORY'S,
Watchmaker, Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London
SeverkDoors from Graceeliurch-street).
N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange.

SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLERS.
A. 13. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths,
14, Cornhill, London (opposite the Bank of England), have for
choice in their warerooms a Selection of PLAIN and °RNA_
NIENTA L ICE PAILS, to which they wish to direct attention.
The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use), a 10s.
the pair; the Classic Vase (very neat), 101. ie. the pair; the
Victoria Pattern, 151. the pair; the Dresden Cooler, la the
il 1.
pair, &c., all of which are strongly mounted with Silver, and
have Silver Shields for Engraving the Crest or Coat of Arms.'
A pamphlet is published, with drawings of the above and
other articles of plate generally, which
may be ha on applica-
tion, IPas
tion, free of cost.

On the 3d of July, at the Vicarage, f. on gd on, near Lich-
field, the lady of the Rev. Stuart Majendie, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Bovisand-house, near Plymouth, the
lady of Captain John Agar, of a son and heir.
A. On the Bth inst., at Upper Bedfurd-place, the lady of E.
Chaplin, Esq., of a son.
On the 10th inst., the lady of John Howell, Esq., of Frede-
rick-street, Esq., of a son.

MRIED.
On the 10th inst., at PilA
finan R
e, Fife, by the Rev. E. Ram-
say, Robert H. S. Jackson, Esq., second son of the late Lieut.-
General Jackson, and Lieutenant in H.M. 97th Regiment, to
oEflipzaibifeinthati.er
Buanrgte.stGd.cau.gH.hter ot Admiral Sir Peter Halkett,
On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, William
Brooke, Esq , of Edinburgh, to Mary, daughter of the late Rev.
William Allen, of Woodsi..!e. Plymouth.
On the 11th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Pryce Aforrice,
Esq., of Oswestry, Salop, to Susannah, eldest daughter of the
late John Elkins, Esq., of Bayswater.