The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-17 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

AN INCORRIGIBLE THIEF.—Eliza Hargrave, a woman 40
years of age, was charged with stealing a great quantity
of property. _ _

Thomas Downes, shoemaker, 18, Lawrence-street, said
—Yesterday, in the day time, a pair of blankets of mine
were stolen, and I suspected the prisoner, she had been in
talking to my wife. She is a lodger. Some boys gave me
information, and I went to the station.

Frederick Bishop, 22, Church-street, said he saw the
woman about half-past two in Church-street. Some boys
were hal]oaiug after her. I saw the blankets under her
arm. She was drunk. I have seen her before and am
sure of her.

James Gardner, 132 V, said—The prosecutor called my
attention this morning, and I looked after prisoner. This
morning I found her in Oakley-street. She said she did
not recollect anything about it.

Prisoner—lf I did it I was drunk and know nothing
about it.

Upon searching the prisoner's place the constable found
a quart pewter pot, two half-pint pewter pots, a pewter
haif-quart
and she
ernmeas
was ; 8 or 10 cans, quarts, pints, and
half-pints,as further charged with stealing
them.

John Edward Hudson, the Black Lion, Church-street,
Chelsea, said the pewter measures are all mine. We missed
the two half-pints and the half-quartern yesterday ; they
were safe yesterday morning. I have seen the prisoner at
my bar as a customer.

Prisoner said she was drunk and might have taken them
by mistake. The quart pot she had the night before with
beer in it.

She was remanded till Tuesday next.

THAMES.

ADVICE GRATIS.—THE WIDOW AND HER BROTHER-IN-
LAW.—Mrs. Mary Ann Payne, a widow of No. 2, Bow
Common-lane, applied to Mr. Paget for his advice. Her
husband, lately deceased, left seven children by a former
wife, the eldest, a son, was 22 years of age. He left no will,
and no letters of administration had been taken out. Her
husband's eldest brother, Mr. Payne, a marine-store dealer,
had taken possession of all her late husband's effects, and
sent a girl to her house to take care of the property. This
was done in defiance of her and against the express wishes
of her late husband's children.
Mr. Paget said if the applicant's husband had left no will
she was entitled to one-third of the property, and the chil-
dren to the remainder in equal shares. The brother of the
deceased had no light to take possession of the property,
or to interfere with it in any way whatever. If the girl
put in possession by the brother when directed she
could be removed, using no more force than was ne-
cessary.

The applicant thanked Mr. Paget for his advice, and
retired.
ROBBING A SAILOR.—Ann Buckley, aged 22, and
Katherine King, 11, were charged with stealing £9
from Nicholas Clariss, a seaman.
The prosecutor, an homeward-bounder, met with King,
and after treating her with a good deal of liquor, was in-
veigled into an infamous place, No. 5, Bluegate-fields,
Shadwell, where many sailors have been robbed and ill-
used. In this place King and the sailor were joined by
Buckley, and they run away with the sailor's trousers lifter
he had gone to bed. All his money, £9 in gold, was in
his trousers' pocket. He called out lustily for the police,
and his trousers were returned to him, but without the
money. The prisoners were captured yesterday by Donald
M‘Kay, a police-constable, No. 275 K, who said both pri-
soners were hardened thieves. They plundered every
mariner they could inveigle into their infamous haunts.
Both prisoners had been repeatedly convicted for robbing
sailors.

Mr. Paget committed the prisoners for trial, and said it
was very much to be regretted that seamen would not
adopt the advice given them upon their wages account to
carry no more money than was sufficient for their imme-
diate necessities. Sailors could leave their cash with the
managers of those excellent institutions, the Sailors'
Homes, in Well-street and the East India-road, and re-
ceive interest for the same. It was a pity that seamen did
not learn a little common prudence.
A FEMALE SAVAGE,—Jane Carter, a masculine-looking
vioman, was charged with assaulting William Soul, a
mariner, belonging to the ship Sarah Jane.
The prisoner was endeavouring to steal a ring from tho
finger of the complainant's shipmate. He interfered, and
she struck him several times with her clenched fist. His
eye was blackened and swollen, and there were other con-
tusions on his face.

Mr. Paget—This is a brutal assault. No doubt the pri-
soner intended to rob one of the sailors. I sentence her to
one month's imprisonment and hard labour.

',IKETS-:-This Day.

MARK-LANE.
A modemie quantity of English wheat received fresh up
to our market to-day. The condition of the produce was
good, and the trade ruled steady, at quite Monday's cur-
rency.

With foreign wheat the market was scantily supplied,
both ex ship and ex granary. The trade was decidedly
firm, and all descriptions changed hands at fully lato rates.
Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request, at full
prices.

The supply of barley on sale was small. The trade,
however, was very inactive, and prices had a drooping
tendency.
_

Malt was in moderate demand, at late rates.
There was a large supply
.of oats on sale. All descrip-
tions met a slow sale, and prices had a downward tendency.
Beans and peas ruled firm, at full currencies. The sup-
plies on sale were small.

For flour there was a fair demand, at full quotations.

.I.l.l"al2tic. 'Oats. Flour.
..1 nwr ah ve
aAtL. sB
ItTills
English and Scotch..l,l2o 110 830 640 550

Irish• — 1,200
Foreign 5,920 8,470 --- 30,810 40 eke.

brls
Comparative Quantities and Prices of Grain.—For the
average, 40s.ndi 1d ; b
ending
131a.y1a3; 1865.—Wheat, 74,649 quarters.
ley, 8,387, 4295. 7d.; oats, 5,495,
235. 3d. For the corresponding Week last year.—Wheat,
68,066, 38s. 9d. ; barley, 11,274 30s. 3d. ; oats, 6,482, 19s. bd.