The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1853.

age, considering the land is the heaviest description of
clay.

The steward, whose duty it is to superintend the farm-
ing operation, reports :

" The marigold wurtzel averaged above 43 tons per
acre upon the whole crop ; the wheat seven quarters per
acre, &c., which I attribute to the superior value of
spade husbandry, complete draining, and the careful
application of the sewage (liquid manure) from the
prison and barracks, farmyard, and every other avail-
able source.

" We grew about three acres of flax, which has proved
to be an excellent crop of first-rate quality ; and I be-
lieve that if we had the means of preparing it (even if it
were only so far as to render it marketable in its first
stage) we should find it not only a means of furnishing
profitable in-door employment for the prisoners in wet
weather and during the winter months, but it would be
found to be a fair paying crop."

ing him with the murder of Eliza Grimwood. Have
you any other evidence ?

.•
Goff—No, I have not, sir.
Mr. Combe (to the prisoner)—Then you are dis-
charged.

Ai soon as the prisoner, who never uttered a word,
left the court, Ann Jennings addressed his worship, say-
ing that she was afraid of her life, and was sure the pri-
soner would do her some harm.
Mr. Combo told her to keep away from him, but if he
annoyed or ill-used her she should have protection.
The prisoner Lameschall is the third man who has
been charged with this murder, and discharged. The
first was Hubbard, a bricklayer, who cohabited with the
deceased at the time, and the second a soldier, who gave
himself up at Dublin three or four years ago, and was
brought to this!court, when it was ascertained that he
charged himself with the murder with an idea of getting
out of the army.

GUILDHALL.—NEW SYSTEM OF PAWNBROICINGF.—
Shortly after the disposal of the night charges; a poor
woman applied to Sir R. W. Carden for a summons
against a woman of the name of Scannell, who keeps
what is termed a " leaving shop," for unlawfully detain-
ing an apron and a handkerchief.

The applicant stated that she was wanting bread on
last Sunday fortnight, and sent the articles in question
to Mrs. Scannell's leaving shop, in Black Horse•court,
and obtained an advance of sixpence upon them. At
the expiration of a fortnight she sent sixpence and a
penny to defray the expense of redeeming her property,
but Mrs. Scannell had expressed an inclination to burn
the articles rather than let her have them.

Sir R. W. Cardan asked what she sent a penny for ?
—Applicant said she did not know ; but that was the
usual charge.
Roe, the summoning officer of the court, said it was a
charge made in lieu of interest.
Sir R. W. Carden wished to know if any ticket was
given with these pledges ?
Roe said such was never done, as the property was
generally pledged for a certain number of days, for which
a specific charge was made, and if not redeemed within
that period the keeper of the leaving shop kept the
goods.

Sir R.W. Carden inquired if there were many of these
leaving shops in the city of London ?
Inspector Shelford said, unfortunately the city was
overrun with them. He believed in his district (Moor-
lane station) there were at least from thirty to forty, and
they were the greatest difficulties the police had to con-
tend with in tracing stolen goods, as they were recep-
tacles for all kinds of property, and open at all hours
night and day, Sundays included.
Sir R. W. Carden expressed great surprise at the
existence of so many of these establi,hments in a place
like the city of London, and wondered, as the system
was a gross robbery on the community of pawnbrokers,
that no steps had been taken by those immediately in-
terested to suppress it. If the attention of the public
was called to these sinks of iniquity, he had no doubt
but that the subject would be brought under the con-
sideration of the Government before very long.
A summons was then granted against Mrs. Scannell.
Repeated complaints have been made at this court
against the leaving shops in the neighbourhood, but
hitherto the mode of doing business in that line has
been so cunningly contrived as to deprive the magistrate
of all power to interfere.