The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-26 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

Yesterday, Mr. Edmund adman, of No. .22
iirompton-square, the son of the celebrated dramati
!ensor, was placed at the bar, before Mr. WHITE
!harged with stealing two pewter ,pots from at
muse of Mr. William Sprat, landlord of the Roya
Hospital public-house, near Chelsea College. 'l.w
respectable-looking persons, who gave their name
Vir. James Kelly, of No. 26, Baker-street, holdin,
t situation in the Army Pay-office, and Mr. Jame
Baker, a student of Cambridge University, wer
dso charged with attempting to ret•cue Mr. Co'•
nan from the police, when in custody on a charg.
of felony.
Mr. WHITE asked the prisoner Colman what he.
profession was ? The prisoner replied that lie Peel.
t situation in the Lord Chamberlain's office.
• :The prosecutor stated that• about ten o'clock of
he previous evening the prisoners came to his lions
and called for a glass of brandy and water at th
!ntr, with which he served them, and they paid fe
'it. The prisoners, after remaining at the bar fo
,shout an hour, called for another glass of brand'
And water, which he refused to serve, as they al:•
peered to be larking with some bank notes. Colms
then went out, leaving his companions at the bar.-
In about a minute a waterman who attends a stam
of coaches near his house, came in and asked witnes
if lie had served any person with porter outside.—
He replied he had not, and the waternsan then
:conned him that there was a person carrying airs
one of his pewter pots. Witness run out of th,
nouse, and overtook the prisoner going towards Pa
radiie-row. lie collared him, and found a quait po
hid under his coat. Witness asked him why he hat
taken the pot. The prisoner in reply made use of
vulgar expression. Witness called a police cop
stable and gave him into custody; the prisoner mad

John Ridder, for printing sermons 7O 14 (: • . • . .
W. L. Newman, solicitor
Of which law expenses of Alderman Winchester, in his houie 'and insisted on the prisoner not being taker
contest with Mr. Wilde, amounting to 1,500 t) form a to the watch-house, and endeavoured to rescue hin
part, we understand.
.: from the officer. Finding he could not succeed, h
The estates and leasehold property of the city are corn- P went into the house and brought Kelly out, and the
posed of about 6,000 tenements and houses, (producing.s, both tried to rescue him; more officers by this tim
rental of 46,8531. 19s. lop.), a very large portion of 42, came to assist, and the prisoner was lodged in the
which are let on most ruinous terms. That which
aisbirl,,,e-t is:!:,.Colman, a half-pin
watch-house. On searching
scribed to be situated in Conduit-mead, comprising
t pewter pot was also found in his coat pocket.
600 houses in Hanover-square, Maddox-street, Albemarle-
Air. W.IIITE asked whether he had ever seen.an
street, Grafton-street, Bond-street, conduit-street, and
several other streets in that neighbourhood, is let for ' of the' prisoners before ?—The prosecutor replies
3,4561. 4s. sd. per Annum far ever, upon haws renew-
~..:, that they were quite strangers to him, nor had h
able every 14 years, by paying a premium eery 14 years,' ever seen them in his house before. It woul
equal to from five to seven years'rent, which averages less :.. scarcely be believed the number of pewter pots It.
than 61. a year each, and a premium of about 381. every '';` had lost of late.
14 years, for houses which are let in many instances atP? Mr. WHITE-4 wish to know whether you hay,
from 2001. to 500/. per annum. 1 any reason to believe that the two prisoners (Kell
We find the property within the city to consist of about '.. ':rid Baker) lutd.any knowledge that Colman hat
2,000 tenements or houses, which are let at a rental of ks
the pots away ? The prosecutor said 11,
,83,3661. Is. 5d., averaging less than 171. eaeli;
in he : 01,
they
tate, not answer that question.
taken
!situated in every part of the city, many
of them Mr. WHITE—What distance was the prisone.
!situated
public thoroughfares and best situations for business, gt,
land are now worth in many instances 1001. to 2501. per!.;from your house when you collared him ? Prose.
atinum. A great portion of them are ht upon similarF. tutor—About a stone's throw.
terms to the Conduit-mead estate, with this difference,,i In answer to further questions, the prosecuto
that in the city leases the Premium payable every 14 years described the situation where the porter pots wet
equal to seven yews rent, may be paid at any period with-, placed at the bar, which was at the top of the lea(
it: 61 years, by paying five per cent. interest from the end', over the beer machine.
lof every pi, years. The consequence of this curious sys-, George Thatcher, police.constable, B divisior
tern of kttin property is frequent compromising with the
1 g.that 041 No. 17,, stated,
tenants upon the best terms can be obtained. that about eleven o'clock on th,
1. We find there is a charge of 111. 4s. made to every''` Previous evening, as he was coming from Parodist..
row towards Jewe-row, Chelsea, he heard" police
tenant far his lease, exclusive of the stamp, which is divided
!amongst various officers and cloths of the corporation, who.4called ; he went to assist, and found the prisons,
de: ire hens this source a very large income : the precise:i with a quart-pot in his Land, and the proieculo,
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LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE—June 22.

The transactions at this day's market were on a mode-
'ate scale, but an advance on last Tuesday's quotations of
Id. to 4d. per bushel was obtdinel.l on free Wheats. Flour
:nit Oatmeal were each ls. to 2s. per sack dearer.

WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b.
Red
Scotch, Welch, and Manx 9 6 10 0
---- Irish, White 9 6 9 9
--- Red 9 0 9 8
- Foreign 9 6 10 9
)ATs, Engliih, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 4 0 4 3
--- Irish
- Foreign
3ARLEV, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 3(l 0 38 0
- Scotch and Irish, per 60Ibs ...
- Feeding 4 9 1 0
'SCANS, English, per Imperial quarter 3O 0 44 0
- Irish, &c.
- Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 47 0 '
- Foreign
t,Loua, English, per 2801 b. 53 0 56 0
- Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401b5• 16 0 37
INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b.
ttvg, per Imperial quarter
%Lox, per Imperial quarter 57 0 61 0
IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending June 21.
Wheat. Oats. I Barley. Flour. Oatmeal.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Foreign, -Brls !Irish, &a. Sas.' Loadr,
5,EC4 1,033 1+703 9,217 I 4:2 27

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