The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-16 00:00:00

THAMES.

STEALING MONEY FROM A CART.—Benjamin
Palmer, a young man well-known as the associate
of thieves, and who has been several times in cus-
tody, was charged with stealing the sum of £57
15s. 9d. in Bank of England notes, gold, and silver,
from a box in a cart belonging to the well-known
firm of Knight and Sons, soap-makers, Old Gravel-
lane, St. George-in-the-East.
In the early part of September last, William
Blanks, the prosecutor's carman, was out with their
horse and van, delivering goods and receiving
monies for them, and the above sum was deposited
in a box in the cart. He left the horse and cart for
a short time in Ratcliff-highway, and, upon his
return the money was gone. In consequence of in-
formation a police-constable named Henry Ford-
ham, No. 197 H took the prisoner into custody a
few days ago, and upon charging him with taking
Messrs. Knight's cash, he said, " Well, I did help
another man to take it." _

Elizabeth Campbell, a young woman, said the
prisoner had been paying his addresses to her, and
he promised to marry her. Some time ago, but she
did not know when, he gave her £4, and she bought
him a shirt, coat, and waistcoat, and returned him
£2 10s. of the money. She did not know when he
gave her the money.
Police-constable John Law, No. 659 A, said the
prisoner was tried for felony and acquitted on Jan.
30 last, and was acquitted in consequence of the
prosecutor being intoxicated.
The prisoner denied having used the words attri-
buted to him by Fordham. He never confessed that
he hoped another man to commit the robbery.
The prisoner was committed for trial at the next
Middlesex Sessions.

A DESPERATE AND UNREFORMED THIEF.--
Samuel Ramford, a stout and rough-looking lad,
aged 16 years, was charged with stealing a bladder
of lard, valued at 45., from the shop of Mr. Gib-
bons, a cheesemonger and grocer, No. 1, Rose-
lane, Ratcliff.
A cabman saw the prisoner leave two other boys
at the shop door, enter the shop, and come out
with a bladder of lard. The thief was immediately
secured, the property having been identified.
The prisoner, who roared loudly, said he would
never do so again. Other boys made him thieve.
He imploredof the magistrate to send him on board
a man-of-war,

The magistrate—Thieves are not accepted on
board m en-of:war.
The mother of the prisoner said he was a good
boy when at school ; and on being asked what
school, she said it was in the country, and the
magistrate sent him there.
The magistrate—You mean he was sent to a
reformatory school, and has come out unreformed.
He is now committed for trial.

After the gaoler removed the prisoner a great
uproar was heard. The prisoner raved, and called
out murder and help, and resisted being taken to a
cell. Roche, the gaoler, called for assistance, and
the other officers rushed into the gaoler's room, and,
after a severe struggle, secured the young ruffian.
The mother of the prisoner, called out " Your
worship," they are ill-using my poor boy.
The magistrate—No one will dare do that here.
No prisoner in our custody is ill-used, but he shall
be locked up and go to prison.

MARKETS—This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

The market is fairly supplied with fruit and vegetables.
The trado is tolerably active, as follows :
Fnurr—Pine apples, 7s to 8s; hot house grapes, 2s 6d to
6s ; foreign do, 9d to 2s Od ; filberts, is 6d to 2s Od per lb ;
apples, 2s Od to 3s 6d per half sieve; new oranges, 3s 6d
to 8s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s• walnuts, is to 2s per 100.
VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 1s 6d to 2s Od; white do.,
6d to is Od ; Savoys, 6d to 1s Od ; celery, 8d to is 9d ;
horseradish, 1s to 2s Od per doz heads ; greens, 2s to 2s
6d ; turnips, is 6d to 2s Od ; carrots, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; onions,
1s 6d to 2s ; brocoli, 4s to 6s per doz bunches ; Brussels
sprouts, is 3d to is 9d per half sieve ; seakale, 2s to 8s per
punnet.

POULTRY.
Turkeys, 4s Od to 12s Od ; geese, 4s to 7s 6d ;
ducks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is ,Od to 2s Od ; wild
do., 1s to is 4d; pigeons, 8d to is each; pheasants, 2s 9d to
3s 3d ; partridges, is 3d to 2s 3d; hares, 2s 9d to 3s 6d ;
Surrey fowls, lOs to 12s Od ; do. chickens, 6s to 9s Od ;
barn door fowls, 4s to 6s Od per couple. English eggs,
14s 16s ; French do., 10s Od to 12s Od per 100 ; Ostend
fresh butter, 1s 2d to is 6d ; English is 5d to is 7d per lb.

The Insurrection in Jamaica.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,--By ads ices received this day from a gentle-
man acting for me in St. Vincent, I am requested
to insure my sugar works, &c., in that island, if not
already insured.

It is discouraging for a West India resident or
proprietor to reflect that Governor Eyre's prompt
and successful putting down of the late insurrection
in Jamaica, and which, backed up at home, would
have given us some sort of security in that and other
islands, has been neutralised by the exertions of the
negro-worshipper at home, as the following extract
from my correspondent's letter leads me to believe :
" There have been sufficient indications lately that

mischief is brewing in that island. Quashie has been
indulging in placars, giving minute directions as to
how Kingston is to be fired and plundered. And a
wonderful document has 'heen posted in the Leeward
district, stating the number of fighting men, the
reserves, &e."

An eligible opportunity now offers to any and
all negro-worshippers to accompany me to St. Vin-
cent, West Indies, on the 18th inst., when, should
they (thanks to Mr. Eyre) fail to see the negro
giving vent to his peculiar idiosyncracies—vide
Times on the late West India riots—it will afford
me much pleasure to introduce them to their black
brethren in that island, who—l will not gainsay
them—are, I believe, in almost all respects their
equals. Your obedient servant,
J. M. 11.

Dec. 14, 1865.

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