The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-25 00:00:00

BILLINGSGATE MARKET.

Fish scarce, and prices as high as before ; the demand
tolerably good. Turbot, 7s. to 255. ; Cod, 2s. to 10s. each:;
Lobsters, ls. to 4s. ; Soles, 10d. to 3s. Gd. per pair ; Oysters,
Us. to 40s. per bushel ; Whitings, 6d. to Is. each ; and Had-
docks, Is. to 2s. Gd.

HATTON-GARDEN-(THIS DAY.)

CONVICTION OF A BEERSHOP-KEEPER.

John Herring who keeps a beershop, at the sign of the
Blue Lion, in Green-street, appeared to answer a summons
charging him with having, on the night of the 16th inst.,
kept his shop open after the hour of eleven at night.
It appeared from the evidence of several policemen of
the E division, that on the night in question, there was a
great disturbance at the defendant's house, and that at half
after eleven they saw a man named Brennar coming out,
followed by the landlady, who said he had assaulted her—
that they offered to take Brennar to the station• house, but
she refused to give him in charge—that they then dispersed
the persons who had collected, and afterwards eight or tell
of those who had left the beershop with Brennar, returned
into the house. This was at a quarter to twelve at night.
They had previously warned the defendant that it was
past the hour of closing.
The landlord, in his defence, said that he had previously
sent for the police to clear the house, but that he could not
find any policeman; and that Brenuar, who was the cause
of the disturbance, had been given into custody by him,
and locked up.
It appeared, however, from the testimony of his own
witnesses, that it was the night after this, and for another
disturbance, that Brennar had been given into custody.
And they all proved the case against him, by admiting that
it was half after eleven before his house was cleared.

He was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 40s. gnd
costs.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)

Ann May, a very respectable-looking young woman, the
wife of a journeyman harness-maker, was committed for
seven days for being drunk and using insulting and abu-
sive language in the station-house. She sobbed violently
on hearing her sentence.
Five fashionably-dressed girls were committed for one
month each for being drunk and using indecent language
in the streets.

RINGING AT Doom.— A foreigner named Philip Hayter,
was fined ss. for wantonly ringing the bell of the house of
Mr. James Bentley, in Frith-street, Soho.

EXTENSIVE FORGERY IN MAN-

CHESTER ON A LONDON HOUSE.

NEW BAILEY, MANCHESTER-TUESDAY

Rickard Barlow, a person of high respectability, in
Manchester, was brought up before the sitting Magis-
trate, at the New Bailey, charged with forging a bill of
exchange for 4921. 13s. Id.

Mr. Joseph Seddon, one of the partners in the firm
of Scholes and Co., bankers, of Cannon-street, Man-
chester, stated that in January last the prisoner came
to the bank with a bill of exchange for 2851. 10s., pur-
porting to be accepted by Messrs. Lcaf and Co., mer-
chants, London, at Messrs. Denison and Co., bankers,
London, who questioned him as to whom Leaf and
Co., were, and he said they were a branch of
the firm of Leaf, Coles, and Co. Witness re-
plied that he knew the firm of Leaf, Coles, and
Co. and taking the prisoner's account to be correct, and
knowing his family, discounted the bill. Between that
time and the 21st May, witness discounted four other
bills, drawn by the prisoner, and appearing to be accepted
by Leaf and Co., and they were all answered. On the
21st May, the prisoner came to the bank with the bill
produced, dated 15th May, 1839, drawn by himself on
Leaf and Co., and appearing to be accepted by them
for 4921. 13s. ld. This bill witness also discounted, but
it came back on the 14th instant dishonoured, and they
then wrote to Leaf and Co. about it, and from the an-
swers they received, witness went to London the follow-
ing day, and met the prisoner on Thursday, in Cheap-
side, by accident. He gave him in charge to a police-
man, and said, " I suppose you know what I give you
in charge for ?" The prisoner replied, "Oh yes, I
thought my father would have arranged that." Witness
then took him to the Mansion-house, and he was re-
manded till Monday last.
Mr. William Leaf; of the Old 'Change, London,
partner in the firm of Leaf, Coles, and Co., warehouse-
men, London, and in the firm of William Leaf, Crofts,
and Co., merchants, London, stated that there is an-
other firm of Leaf, Smith, and M`Dougal in London,
but with it he had nothing to do. They had no branch
firm of Leaf, Coles, and Co. He knew nothing of the
bill for 4921. 13s. produced by Mr. Seddon. The ac-
ceptance, Leaf and Co., was not in witness's handwrit-
ing, or in that of any of his partners, and no other per-
son had any authority to accept bilis on their account.
He had no knowledge of any previous bills of exchange
drawn by Richard Barlow being presented to them
Messrs. Glynn and Co. were their bankers for both the
firms he was partner in, and he was not aware that either
of them had ever any transaction with him.
Mr. Smith, police beadle of Manchester stated, that
after the prisoner was delivered to him at the Mansion-
house, he said he met with a young man of the name
of Robert Leaf, a buyer of goods in Liverpool, who
said he was a nephew of Mr. Leaf, of Leaf and Co.,
and accepted the bill ; and he (prisoner) had been
searching for him in London, but could not find him.
The prisoner was committed for trial at the Liverpool
assizes.