The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-08 00:00:00

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5,060 I 3,290
Malt, 1,170 qrs.
zionouGa ELOP De..ELEMET.

The finest Hops are in moderate request, at full prices.
In all other kinds next to nothing was doing. The
plantation accounts are considered unfavourable; and
the duty is called 70,000/. to 80,0001. Sussex pockets,
31 103 to 4/ 10s; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 12s to 41 10s;
Mid and East Kent ditto, 418 s to 71 7s per cwt.

NITECITZ:CHAPMI..

Only a limited business ;as transacted on the follow-
ing terms:—Beef, from 2s 2d to 33 4d; Mutton, 2s 10d
to 3s 10d; Lamb, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 6d;
and Pork, 3s 2d to 43 ywr Blb3 by the carcase.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Two young men, named Randall and Burns, who
described themselves as drapers, were charged before
Mr. Henry, with creating a disturbance in Maiden•lane
at three o'clock this morning. It appeared that the de-
fendants, who had been at the Cider Cellars, left with-
out discharging their reckoning, and were followed by
the waiters. Eventually the defendants paid what was
demanded of them; but the altercation in the meantime
was so loud as to bring the policemen from Southamp-
ton-street and Henrietta-street to the spot. The defen-
dants being remonstrated with about their noise, per-
sisted in shouting, and refused to go on.
They were fined -10 s. each, and Mr. Henry cautioned
them against again representing themselves as
" drapers," whereas it turned out that they were only
" as,istants," or shops:ea. If he had remained in the
error that they were drapers he would have fined them
as drapers.
THE " SWEEPS AND BETTING" OFFICES.— Wylde
and Henry Hitchens, brothers, were charged with steal-
ing two pictures and some books, the property of their
late employer, Mr. Thomas Deacon, of No. 16, New-
street, Covent-garden. The prosecutor stated that the
prisoners were employed by him as clerks, at his offices
in New-street, which were opened for the purpose of
receiving bets upon the results of the several races from
time to time pending. Ho went down to Goodwood last
week to watch the results, and the persons who had de-
posited bets with him expected to be paid their winnings
the day after the races. He came to town at the ap-
pointed time, with the full intention of paying;
but on his arrival he found that the offices were
closed, the key returned to the landlord, and th©
moveables, consisting of two coloured prints of races
(valued at 1/. 15s. the pair), and three or four betting-
books, had been conveyed away by the prisoners.
The prosecutor was cross-examined by a solicitor:on
the part of the prisoners. He was a bankrupt fourteen
years ago, and had taken the benefit of the Insolvent
Debtors' Act three years ago. He did not on either of
these occasions go by his present name. In fact his
real name was not Thomas D :aeon, but Thomas Dean.
When he was made a bankrupt ho had been trading in
his right name, but he became insolvent under the name
of Thomas Sims Dean. That was not a false name,
because his mother's name was Sims.—(A laugh.) He
had never gone by the name of Sims. He had given
receipts for Mr. Thomas Sims, at a " betting concern,"
with which he was connected at present, in Great
Wild-street. There was a real Mr. Sims there, and
he (prosecutor) was not the person, though he
took money for him and gave receipts. He had been
connected with the Madras Railway scheme, bat he
could not say upon his oath whether he was registered or
not as the promoter of that scheme. He did not recol-
lect the facts, but the deposits were never paid back. Ho
could not pay them, for he had no money. He had gone
by another false name, that of Dustin, in which he took
a cheesemonger's shop and business in Judd-street some
time ago, and sold it at a profit. He never opened it
himself. He had assumed, at the place in New-street,
the name of Deacon to escape his creditors, who had an
execution against him. He had not been at the offices
since he came up from Goodwood. The prisoners and
another clerk named Braude had received all the money
in his absence, and be could nut pay the claimants. He
had paid none of the winners, for he had not received
the money. Brande made away with it all except about
12/., which they had let him have. The prisoners met
him in Gray's lan-lane last night, beat him, and took
him to the station-house. They accused him of cheating
a friend of theirs. He gave them into custody on this
charge, but the police let them go until this morning,
when the pictures, &c., were found in their house. Be
further admitted that although he had sworn at the
beginning of his examination that he lodged at 9,
Duchess-street, Portland-place, he had at present no
fixed lodging.
The Magistrate ultimately dismissed the charge.

iVIARLBRO'-STREET—(TIIIS DAY.)
Diana Greenman, a well dressed woman' was charged
with having torn from the doors of Trinity Chapel, Con-
duit- street, a list of voters, thereby rendering herself
liable to the penalty of 201.
The defendant .was seen to go up to the door, and,
affix looking at the list, she deliberately tore out a leaf,
and was about walking off with it, when she was given
into custody.
The accused, in defence, said she was a member of the
chapel, and thought by seeing the papers on the doors
that they referred to some matters connected with the
chapel; she therefore, in her ignorance, tore out one of the
leaves in order to read it at her leisure. If she had
done wrong,. she:was very sorry for it, and would take
care not to be so foolish again.
The MAGISTRATE said, as she had expressed such con-
trition for the offence, he should only fine her in the
mitigated penalty of ss.
The money was immediately paid.

THE COAL TRADE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six,—Knowing your columns are always open to
correct public abuses, I take the liberty to state, that in
consequence of my connexion with the coal trade, my
hostility to the system of coal merchants sending out
short weight being publicly known, I have received many
letters from families making loud complaints; and asl can
prove that the majority of carts and waggons daily
passing through this metropolis do not contain in each
saek more than one hundred and a half, in place of two
hundred and twenty-four pounds, I beg to suggest the
propriety of Government appointing some official person
to, test the mode in which the coal merchants weigh and
send out an article of such extensive consumption, and
,hereby destroying the wholesale plunder to which the
nhabitants of this metropolis are subjected.
I am, Sir, 3 our obedient servant,
L. L.

Aug. 8, 1849.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Her
Majesty's box was occupied last evenin,, by Viscount
and Viscountess Palmerston. Among the visitors were
—the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Au-
gusta Paulet, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duchess of
Richmond and the Ladies Augusta and Cecilia Lennox,
the Marquis of Titcbfield, the Marchioness of West-
meath and the Hon. Mrs. Henry Murray, the Marquis
of Douro, the Greek Consul-General and Madame
Ralli, Earl and Countess Granville, the Countess of
Glengall and Lady Margaret Butler, the Earl of Cardi-
gan, the Countess of Tankerville, Viscount and Lady
Mary Anne Alford, Earl Bruce, Countess Poulett, the
Countess of Carnwath, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount
Cantilupe, Viscount Sydney, Lord Bateman, Lady
Mary Bentinck and Mr. F. Bentinck, Lady Rc.ndle•
sham and the Hon. Miss Thellusson, Lady Bayley
and Mr. Bayley, Lady Leeson, Hon. Colonel Arthur
Upton, Hon. Mrs. W. Herbert, Hon. Spencer Cowper,
Hon. Edw. Upton and Mrs. Upton, Chevalier and Ma
dame de Horta, Baron Osten, Hon. Cecil Forrester,
Hon. Edmund St. John Mildmay, Sir John Walsh,
Bart., Sir Thomas Hare, Bart., Sir George Armytage,
Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Charles Marshall and
Miss Marshall, Sir John and Miss Burgoyne, Lady
Jervis, Mr. Gregory, M.P., Mr. Gerrard Sturt,
Mr. Disraeli, M.P., Mrs. Disraeli, Colonel Wingfield,
General Wyndham, Captain Parker, Captain Stirling,
Captain Cuddy, Captain C. Ellison, Captain Dalrymple,
Captain Egerton, Captain Dudley Carleton, Captain
Bastard, Captain D'Aguilar, Captain Robinson' Colonel
Blane Mr. Cullingham Smith, Mr. J. Lloyd Clayton,
M. and Madame de Lizardi, Mr. and Mrs. Arabi!), Mr.
A. Arcedeckne, Mr. and Mrs. Coghlan, Mr. H. Greville,
Miss Burdett Contts and Miss i3urdett, &c

Dispatches were EElnt oft yesterday evening from the
Colonial•ofco for the Governors of Hong-Kong and
Ceylon.
LONDON AND NOIIT II- WESTERN.—The dividend
of this company will be atter the rate of 7 per cent., and
the balance carried forward to the next half-year will
be considerable.