The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-03 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER,

SINGULAR MODE OT OBTAINING A LlVlNG.—George
Smith, an able-bodied young man, was placed at the bar,
charged with the following singular offence :
Quartermaster-Sergeant Brydon of the Royal Artillery,
said that during the last eighteen months the prisoner had
given the authorities at the War-office a great deal of
trouble.

Mr. Paynter—You know the prisoner well.
Sergeant Brydon—l do, but not as George Smith.
Mr. Paynter—He has passed then by other names.
Sergeant Brydon—l knew him by the names of Isaac)
hart and John Cooper, in which he has been convicted.
He was twice charged at Canterbury and sent to prison for
falsely representing himself to be a deserter, and in June
last he was then committed from Woolwich for the same
offence.

By ➢ir. Paynter—He gave himself up on each of those
occasions to the military, stating that he was a deserter.
His statement was believed, and he was maintained in the
guardroom until it was discovered that there was not a
word of truth in it.

Mr. Paynter—His last offence was committed in Loidon.
I find by reference to the deserter's book of this court, that
en the 17th October the prisoner gave himself up to William
Maxwell, a private in the Coldstream Guards, in the street,
as a deserter from the 9th Brigade of the Royal Artillery.
He was brought here, and having repeated that he was a
deserter, was committed to the House of Detention until
claimed by the military authorities.
Sergeant Brydon—lt was ascertained that he was the
same person who had, under other names, during the last
fifteen months falsely represented himself to be a deserter.
He was liberated by an order from the Secretary at War
yesterday, and is now brought here for punishment.
Mr. Paynter—Was he ever in the Royal Artillery?

. .
Sergeant Brydon—He was nciver in the army at all to the
best of my belief. When convicted at Woolwich he repre-
sented that he belonged to my brigade, which 1 positively
disproved.

Mr. Paynter—He has put the military to some expense,
I suppose ?
Sergeant Brydon—His keep and the expenses ho has put
us to amount to nearly £5O.
Mr. Poynter (to the prisoner)—What have you to say ?
Do you still declare yourself to lie a deserter ?
Prisoner—No, I am not a soldier at all.
Mr. Paynter—You are committed for three months to
hard labour in the House of Correction.

MARKETS-THIS DAY.

MARK-LANE.

A very small supply of English wheat was on sale here
to-day, and tho whole of the samples changed hands, at
previous quotations.

The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was large. In
nearly all descriptions sales progressed slowly, neverthe-
less, prices were fairly supported.
Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, on former
terms.

Good and fine barley ruled firm, at extreme rates; but
inferior qualities met a dull inquiry. The supply on offer
was very moderate.
Malt changed hands to a moderate extent, at late rates
Oats--the supply of which was tolerably extensive—
moved off slowly, at Monday's currency.
Beans and peas were in limited supply, and steady re-
quest, at full prices.
The flour trade was steady, and the quotations wore sup-
ported.

ARRIVALS THIS WVEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English-- 490 940 BlO CO I 610 sacks
1ri5h.......... 40 510 •
Foreign.... ..35,920 6,310 17,490 ( 2,210 sacks
4,100 brls

BOROUGH HOP.
We have to report a slow inquiry for all kinds of hops, at
fully the late decline in prices.

ViTHITECHAPEL.
The supply of meat is large, and the trade rules heavy, as
follows :

Beef, from 2s 8d to 38 10d ; mutton, 38 Od to 4s 2d ;
lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 38 Gd to 48 6cl; and pork, 3s 8d
to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase.

....PROSE V. POETRY.—The following extract, from
a letter from one of the eastern counties, illustrates the state
of things prevailing in some of those rural parishes which
are pointed to by sentimental eulogists of the Establish-
ment :-46 is a rectory of £9OO per annum. The
rector, who has been here forty years, has always been no-
toriously inefficient and careless about everything but his
tithes. His late curate was like himself; consequently the
state of things in the church has been very miserable. The
building is in a wretched state. There is no day-school :
till about a year ago thero was no Sunday-school : for eight
or nine years there was no singing in the parish church :
in fact, 1:900 per annum produced just two miserable ser-
vices on tilq Sunday,"—Lacratpr,