The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-21 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
THE ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER IN LAMBETH.

Mr. Metcalfe made an application to the Court for the
postponement of the trial of the prisoner Shirley, who
stood indicted for attempting to murder Mr. llus by shoot-
ing him with a revolver.

The Court asked the grounds for such an application.

Mr. Metcalfe said the case would present various pecu-
liarities, and the prisoner had not yet had time to collect
together the materials for his defence.
The Court granted the application.
THE RUSSIAN ROUBLE NOTE FORGERIES.

The prisoners charged with feloniously having in their
possession 500 forged five-rouble notes of the Russian em-
pire were brought up this morning. The council engaged
for the prisoners having addressed the jury on their behalf,
the learned judge summed up the case, but the jury had
not returned their verdict when we went to press.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
The court was occupied this morning in disposing of a
case of indecent assault. The prisoner eventually pleaded
guilty to tho attempt, and he was sentenced to 12 months
imprisonment with hard labour.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)

Francis Gayton, lately in the service of Mr. Bennett, the
jeweller of Cheapside, surrendered to an indictment, charg-
ing him with embezzling certain moneys, the property of
his employer.
It appeared that the defendant had been sent home with
some jewellery, and for some time he did not account for
the money as he had left it at home. Afterwards he spoke
to the cashier, and asked him if he would take the money,
and he replied that, as far as he was personally concerned,
he had no objection, but that he had received orders not to
do so.
The jury found a verdict of not guilty.

Martha Smith was indicted for feloniously wounding
Ann Gordon, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm.
The prosecutrix and the prisoner both belonged to the
" unfortunate" class, and the injury was inflicted after a
drinking bout at a low public-house.
The prisoner, in defence, said she was greatly aggravated
by the prosecutrix.

The jury found her guilty of unlawfully wounding.
The common sergeant sentenced her to six months' im-
prisonment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A STRANGE CHARACTER.—Thomas Blackwell, a crazy-
looking man, was charged before Mr. Knox with being
drunk and disorderly.

Edgar Adams, 148 0, said that about one o'clock that
morning he was passing through Silver-street, when he
heard the prisoner making use of bad language. He told
the prisoner to desist, and asked him what the was matter,
when he replied that he was looking for his walking-stick,
and again began making a great noise, being at the time
drunk. As the prisoner refused to go away and disturbed
the inhabitants of the street, he took him into custody,
when he set to making use of the vilest expressions, and
said if he could only get a knife he would cut his (wit-
ness's) - fingers off.
Barnes, the gaoler, said he did not think the prisoner
was in his right mind. All the property he had with him
was a bag full of rubbish.

The prisoner, who appeared to be lame, said he had been
bitten in the knee by a dog.
Barnes said the prisoner had once before been charged at
the court and sent to the House of Detention that the state
of his mind might be inquired into, and he believed it was
then stated that he was sane.

The prisoner said he had nowhere to sleep.
Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 10s. or seven days.

THAMES.

THE SMOKE NUISANCE ACT—ANOTHER Bow COMMON
NUISINCE.—AIfred Vosper, the proprietor of oil works
and a brimstone refinery in Bow Common-lane, Limehouse,
appeared before Mr. Paget to answer an information and
summons taken out by Mr. Edward Worels, the superin-
tendent of the K division of police, for using a furnace so
constructed as not to burn or consume its own smoke.

Mr. William Sandison, engineer, by direction of the
Home Secretary, inspected the defendant's works on the
28th of June last, and again on the Ist November. There
were fifty furnaces under evaporating pans. There was
no smoke consuming apparatus attached, and smoke poured
out in volumes. There would be no difficulty at all in
applying a smoke consuming apparatus to the furnaces.
The defendant promised to make the necessary alterations
when he made the first inspection, and nothing had been
done.

Inspector Bean of the K division, who accompanied Mr.
Sandison on the Ist of November, said that dense volumes
of black smoke issued from the centre shaft of the defend-
ant's premises. It was the greatest nuisance on Bow-
comm nn_ He had seen the road opposite covered with
smoke. The nuisance continued up tin yesteruar---------
A Solicitor, on the part of the defendant, said that his
client had suggested improvements and had tried various
plans for the consumption of smoke, but they failed. The
cost could not be abated all at once.

Mr. Paget thought there had been very gross neglect on
the part of the defendant, and fined him £4, which was
paid.

MARKETS—This Day.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was a la* supply of beasts on offer here to-day,
in fair average condition. All breeds met a dull sale, at a
decline in the quotations, compared with Monday, of from
2d to 4d per Blbs. Scots and crosses sold at 4s 8d to 4s 10d
per 81bs.
Sheep, the show of which was seasonably good, moved
off heavily, at 2d to 4d per 81bs less money. The best
Downs changed hands at 6s 4d per 81bs. The demand for
calves vas in a depressed state, and prices gave way 4d
per Blbs. The top figure was 4s 8d per 81bs.
Pigs were very dull, and 2d per 81bs cheaper than last
week. In mulch cows next to nothing was doing.

Per 81b to sink the offal.

d s d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 2 3 6
Second quality do ..3 8 4 2
Prime large oxen ..4 4 4 6.
Prime Scots. &c.... 4 8 4 10
Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 8 4 4
Second quality do ..4 6 5 2

s ds d
Pme crs-wool sheep 5 4 5 10
Prime o'thdown 00.6 u 6 4
La-ge coarse calvcs.3 8 4 2
Prime small d0......4 4 4 8
Large hogs 4 4 6
Small porkers 4 8 5 0

Lamb ....Os Od to 0-3 Od.

Suckling calves, 19s to 20; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s
to 32s each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 2,010 I Beasts

Cows. - 110 Cows.
Sheep
Calves 2.0 Ca ves l6O
110
Pigs 370 Pigs