The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-16 00:00:00

SEEDS.

Good and fine cloverseed and trefoil, including linseed
and rapeseed, are in fair average request at full prices,
otherwise the seed trade is quiet. Cakes are a dull inquiry
at barely late rates.
turnip, W hite,p.bus 11s to 14s
Swede —s —s
Mustard, Brown Oa 12s
White,
Tares, New 7s 6d 8s 6d
Old per quarter - a -s
Canary, per quarter 96s 52s
Rye grass, new..... 8 s
Clover, Red Eng., et. 458 72s
White
Foreign Red 42s 55s
White 5BB 7.
Trefoil, new 26s Hs

Carraway ...... 26s 27s
Coriander l6B 18s
Henapseed, per qr 42s 44s
Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 748
Crushing
Baltic -8 —8
- -

Odessa —B —8
Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s
English ......XlO Os £lO 10s
Foreign ...... £lO Os Li I Os
Rape Cakes,p ton.£6 Os £2 15s
Rapeseed, new,pr qr 67s 68s

TALLOW.

The tallow trade is somewhat firmer to-day. St. Peters-
burg Y.C. is quoted at 44s per cwt. on the spot, 418 3d for
March, 44a Gd for April to June, and 46s 3d for the last
three months' delivery. Rough eat, 2s 4d per 81b.

1859. 1 1860. 1861.1 1862. 186.3.
Stock this day...t. 5 :_:660i1120 ,
6015456,8t2c130
60718
601•1009 r )4648535d2t70 444870:2c014150
iPricet o Deliveryorfo ymiaCs;
June w"ee ki
80,6021579
641:52571
63,434146
95,157°8d
Arrivals last wee 547: 181 572 — 175
Ditto from June 1 90,079 86.087 107,449 83,653 71,322
—621,4125
Price of Town .... 54s .id 61s 9d 60s 3d 48s 6d 1 468 6d

POLICE INTELLIGENCE---This Day.

MANSION-HOUSE.

DISEASED MEAT.—Thomas Howitt, of Wisbeach, at-
tended before the Lord Mayor, in obedience to a summons,
charging him with sending a quantity of meat to Leaden •
hall-market, in a state quite unfit for human food.
Mr. Wylde said—l am inspector of slaughter-houses and
sanitary inspector attached to Leadenhall and Whitechapel
meat markets, and on the 2d of February I went into the
shop of Mr. Fitters, in Leadenhall-market, very early, and
had my attention drawn to two quarters of beef which had
been sent up from the country for sale. I instantly seized
the meat as totally unfit for human food. The ribs were
highly inflamed, and the whole smelled strongly of physic.
I afterwards went to Wisb ach and saw the defendant. I
told him I was an officer from London, +tad also the charge
against him. He said he had bought the animal for £2 of a
person named Baxter, but when he slaughtered it did not
think it at all unfit for human food. I afterwards went to
the shop of Mr. Jefferys and found the other half of the
beast. It was in quite as bad a state as the other, A por-
tion of the outer skin had been taken off, and hot fat had
been rubbed over it to give it a better appearance.
The Lord Mayor—That was to make the meat look well.
Dr. Letheby of Finsbury-square, skid on the 2d of Feb.
I examined some meat submitted to me by the last wit-
ness. It was very wet, quite free from fat, and had a strong
odour of physic, which I found pervaded the entire sub-
stance of the meat I analysed it and extracted the mixture
from it, but I am unable io say what it is. The animal had
evidently died or been slaughtered when at the point of
death. Inflammation of the lungs would have produced
the effect I have described. The meat was quite unfit for
human food. The evidence of disease had been removed
from the outside skin, and the hot fat which had been spread
over it was to disguise the fact.
John Chamberlain, farmer in Wisbeach, said—l sold an
ox alive to Mr. Robert Baxter, who is a licensed slaughterer.
It was what is termed "hooved" on the 14th. It was attended
by a veterinary surgeon from the 13th to the 21st of Jan.,
and had physic each day. It gradually got worse, and on
the 22d the doctor gave it up. I sold the animal to Mr.
Baxter, hide and body, for 30s. It was quite grievous to
see the poor animal. 80 I sold it to the slaughterer. It was
suffering from chronic) Jung disease. I did not soil the
animal for human food. It was quite unfit for human. food.
In good health the animal would be worth £l6.
Robert Baxter, horse s aughterer, said—l know the de-
fendant I sold him an ox wbich I had bought from Mr.
Chamberlain. I purchased it for cats' meat. I would not
have eaten any of the bullock myself.
Cross-examined, I went to defendant and told him I had
got a goodish bullock, and that I had no means of boiling
it down, owing to my copper being out of repair. He
bought the animal. If it was ever so much diseased it
was worth the money gave for it.
Mr. Davis, one of the authorities of Leadenhall-market,
said, as soon as the meat was discovered to be in a decom-
posed state the salesmen themselves called the attention of
the officers to the meat.
Mr. Page said, whoever dressed the meat must have
known it to be diseased. _ _

Mr. Baylis, solicitor for the Commissioners of Sewers,
said he was instructed to ask that the defendant might be
committed for trial.
The Lord Mayor said that was his determination, but he
would admit the defendant to bail.

WESTMINSTER.
A DESPERATE GANG OF THIEVES.—Two fellows of the
most forbidding appearance, wearing dirty flannel jackets,
who gave the names of Henry Chatters and John Dislaun,
were placed at the bar charged with being concerned in the
following most disgraceful felony :
Elizabeth Burnham, of 35, Medway-street, llorseferry-
road, Westminster, said—At 10 last Saturday night I was
standing in Tothill-street, Westminster, with a friend,
when the prisoner Chatters crossed over to me, and my
friend having said that he was about to make a grab at
my shawl, I moved away. Directly after I saw Chatters
steal two watches.

Mr. Selfe—How did he ste d them?
Witness—They were in a shop window,
and he broke it.
He dashed his elbow through the window, and having
made a large hole put his hand in and took out two silver
watches. He then ran away willa them, followed by the
other prisoner and several wore.
mr, selfe—Who were the others?
Witness—A band of Nix more besides themselves, who
were lurking about the place.

Mr. Selfe--Had you seen the two prisoners together
before the robbery ?