The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-07 00:00:00

Cl?IMIN.

OLD COURT.

William Salmon pleaded guilty to an indictment charg-
ing him with sending a threatening letter to Mr. Crawshay
Bailey.
The judge sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Comiurnissioner Kerr.)
ROIII3ERY BY A SERVANT.

Riohard Whittington, John Edward;,- and Smith
were indicated, the first two f)r receiving, the latter with
stealing a quantity of oats and other seed the property of
his employer.

The jury found all the prisoners guilty.
The Judge sentenced Whittington and Edwards to three
years' penal servitude, and as the jury had recommended
Smith to mercy he ordered him to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for 12 months.
This terminated the business of the session.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A FATHER'S RECOGNISANCE FOR HIS CHILD Es-
TREATED.—Sarah Howard, a girl, 11 years of age, was
charged before Mr. Yardley with stealing a cloak from the
shop of Mr. John Garmeson, linendraper, of Totten-
ham-court-road.

Thomas Woodall, assistant to Mr. Garmeson, said—
About five o'clock yesterday afternoon I saw the prisoner
pass and repass several times, trying to knock the cloak off
a pile by the door by pushing her shoulder against it. At
last she took it from the pile and ran away; I then sent a
young man after her, and she dropped it. I had suspected
that she was about to take something.

Mr. Yardley—lf you suspected she was going to take
the cloak, why did you not stop her from doing so ? She is
only 11 years of age, and was tempted, and if you had
prevented it she would not have been brought here.

The witness—lt was unpinned in the course of the after-
noon two or three times.

Mr. Yardley—And yet you let it be taken ; it was very
wrong cf you. Are you sure it was on the pile when she
took it ?
The witness—l am.

Alfred Mitchell, 298 A, said he received the cloak from
one of the assistants, and the girl said she did not steal but
found it on the ground when she passed. She had been
once before at the court, and her father had been bound
over in the sum of £2O to take care of her for two years.
Charles Howard, the girl's father, here stepped forward.
Mr. Yardley—This is not the first time your daughter
has been here.

Father—She was here once for a paltry thing.
Mr. Yardley—Don't talk about a paltry thing—it was a
felcny. She was convicted of stealing, and you were bound
over in the sum of £2O for her good conduct for two years.
Do you know you have forfeited the sum of £2O P If you
only picked it up and walked away with it, you committed
an offence. Ido net envy the young man who let such a
girl walk away with a thing instead of trying to prevent it.
She was strongly tempted to steal the cloak, thinking she
would escape notice, and though she was seen, no one tried
to prevent her. You (to the father) seem to have been re-
gardless of your duty. You have forfeited the sum of £2O,
and if these penalties are not enforced it will become a joke
to impose them. I shall order your recognisance to be
entreated, and if you do not pay you will go to gaol.
The father said he could not pay it.
Mr. Yardley—ls there not a reformatory at Hampstead ?
The Clerk said there was, but he did not think they
would take the girl in for less than £2O.
Mr. Yardley-1 never heard such a thing. It is perfeot
nonsense to think of paying that sum.
The Clerk said that he believed that was the sum stated
in a case when Sir R. W. Carden interfered at this court.

Mr. Yardley said he should remand the girl with a view
of getting her into a reformatory.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng-
lish wheat were much restricted. Good and fine samples
changed hands steadily, at full quotations ; but inferior
parcels met a slow sale, at about previous rates. .
There was a fair show of samples of foreign wheat, ex
granary. The amount of business doing was by no means
extensive, yet no change took place in the currencies com-
pared with Monday.

Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, and prices
ruled fair.

Fine barley moved off steadily, at quite previous rates
but other kinds heavily, on former terms.
The malt trade was dull, at late rates.
The supply of oats was moderately good, and the trade
ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices.
Beane and peas moved off heavily, at about previous
quotations.
The flour trade was rather inactive, yet prices were fairly
supported.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
1,490 ( 740 1 2,393 I 1,430 11,950 sack-.
Irish.. ..... 100 ; 750 ! 1 9
F0reign........ 5,480 1,850 1,430 13,940 brls.

IMrERIAL WEEKLY AvEnAans. Wheat, 50s 8d ;
barley, 35s 9d ; oats, 22s 6d ; rye, 36s Od ; beans, 39s
3d; and peas, 39s 7d.

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 60s Od ;
barley, 36s 4d ; oats, 22s ld ; rye, 37s Ild ; beans, 39s Ild ;
peas, 39s 9d.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.--Wheat, 72,120 ;
barley, 63,538 ; oats, 22,693 ; rye, 11l ; beans, 6,237 ; peas,
1,524 quarters.

NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.

The supplies of meat on sale here are large. Owing to
the unfavourable weather, the trade is in a sluggish state
for all descriptions, and prices have had a downward ten-
dency.