The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-03 00:00:00

‘VISIXTZCZKAPEL.

Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d;lifuitcr33 6d to 45 2d;
Veal, 4s to 4s 10d;_and Pork, 25 8d to 4s 4d per Sibs.

NZWP 0 R T .
Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 45 2d;
Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs.

BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots, 5s to I Is; Cod Fish, 3s 6d to 7s; Whitings
4d to 6d; Lobsters, Ls 4d to 2s 9d ; and Crabs, 6d to
2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 6d to is 2d,
and Salmon, is 3d to is Ed per lb; Haddocks, 4d to 6d
each; Thames Flounders, Is to Is 6d, and Smelts, Is
to is 6d per dozen; mackerel,6d to 8d each; Oysters, 13s
to 25s per bushel.

BRZAD.7.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are
irom 7d to 7id; of Household ditto, 5d to bid per
4lbs loaf.

ELIDE MARKET.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to
721 b, lid to lid; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to 2d; ditto,
801 b to 881 b, 24d to 2id ; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 2id to 3d;
ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 3id ; 'ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 3id
to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 5s to 5s 6d; Horse Hides,
$3 6d; Polled Sheep, 4s 6s to 5s 9d; Kent and half-
breds, 3s 9d to 43 10d; Downs, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Shear-
lings, 6d. _

EAT

ITS.

SMITIAFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31125; Clover
ditto, 3l lOs to 41 12s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per
load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull.

CUMBERLiND.—Meadow Hay, 21 125 to 31 145 ;
Clover ditto, 81 105 to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1135 to
11 10s per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 85 to t3l 13s ;
Clover ditto, 3/ 105 to 41 13s; and Straw, 11 2s to I / 9a
per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.

IRELAND.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE RATE IN ♦ID PROJECT.

Duiturr, FRIDAY EVENING.—The storm against the
proposed rate in aid grows more and more furious.
The Grand Juries of Westmeath, Longford, and Wick-
low have adopted strong petitions against the impost,
and declare that if Ireland is to be regarded as an in-
tegral portion of the empire, the rate should b• levied
off the United Kingdom.
TEE CORN TRADE.—The market continues dull for
every description of grai❑ and Indian corn. There is no
alteration to note from the quotations of Tuesday.

AMERICA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY Noos.
The Wisconsin has arrived, with accounts from New
York to the 14th ult.

Money was in good demand. The demand for cotton
was active. Freights to Liverpool i per lb. for cotton.
Breadstuffs firm. Exchange on England, 108 i.
The accounts from California were still astonishing.
Murder and robbery were rife.

Q litrb 9Z7attion

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice CaEsswELL.)
CHARGE OF FORGERY.—Edward Painter, aged 27, a
smith, and John Davis, 44, a labourer, were placed at
the bar, charged with feloniously forging a promissory
note for 51. 55., with intent to defraud Titus Turk and
others.

The prisoners severally pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. PARRY prosecuted, and Mr. ROBINSON defended
the prisoner Davis. Painter was not defended by
counsel.

It appeared from the opening statement of the Counsel
for the prosecution that Titus Turk and others, the
prosecutors, are persons who are associated together in
a loan society, called the Beehive Loan Society, and the
circumstances under which the charge arose were these:
The prisoner Painter went to the offices of the society
on the 15th of November last, representing himself to
be Henry Francis, and having an address at 10,
Charles-street, Clarendon-square, and asked for a loan
of five guineas. The prisoner Painter left a paper at the
office of the society with that name and description of
himself in the hands of the officers of the society. The
name of a security being always required by the society
'More advancing a loan, the prisoner Painter, gave the
name of the prisoner Davis as his security. The
officers of the society made some inquiries,
and, it appeared, satisfied themselves as to
the sufficiency both of Francis and Davis to
repay the loan of five guineas. On the evening
of the 17th of November the prisoners came again to the
office of the Loan Society. In the meantime, the pro-
rniaspry note in question had been_prepared at the Loan-;
,offiee,, and only awaited ther signatures. Of the parties to-,
_whom_ the money was about to ba advanced. - The pri-
soner Painter then signed the name of "-Henry Fran-
cis," with the address, " LO, Charles-street, Clarendon-
square," and the prisoner Davis signed his-real-name and
address to the note. Under those circumstances the
prisoner Painter was charged with forging the signature
of Henry Francis. The prisoner Davis knew the real
Francis very intimately, and had worked with him at
Meux's brewery, where Francis has worked for four-
teen years. Therefore, it was charged against the pri-
soner Davis that he knew when he went to the loan-
office with Painter that Painter was not the person
whom he represented himself to be at the loan-office. The
only question was whether the prisoner Painter did
forge the note in question and uttered it knowing it to
be forged, and whether the prisoner Davis uttered the
note knowing it to be forged, and whether or not he was
not an agent from the beginning of the transaction.
John Davis, the secretary of the loan society, and
Titus Turk, one of the prosecutors, were. called and
proved the facts narrated above.
Maria Francis, the wife of Henry Francis, whose
name was alleged to have been forged to the note, was
called on behalf of Painter, and proved that, unknown to
her husband, and being in want of money, she asked
Painter's wife to ask Painter to go and sign the note in
question, as a security, when the prisoner said that he
did not like to do it, but he would go and sign the note to
oolige witness. Witness became- acquainted with the
prisoner, Painter, by knowing his wife. She
had not informed her husband of having given
the authority to Painter to sign the note until
tote prisoners were taken into custody on the
present charge. Witness received part of the money
which the prisoners obtained from the loan society, but
her husband had none of it.

Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, in summing up the case, told
the jury there was no doubt if the note was signed by
the prisoner Painter with the name of Francis, without
his authority, that that was a forgery by him. Then
the other prisoner, Davis, being there, and then present
in orier to assist him in getting the note to
be taken as a security in the name of Francis, he (Mr.
Justice Cresswell) should not.hesitate to hold that Davis
was a principal then present taking part in that transac-
tion, and was guilty of a forgery.
The Jury found both prisoners Guilty, but recom-
mended them to mercy, when
Mr. Justice CRESSVIELL sentenced Painter to imprison
meat for six months and Davis for nine months.

.NEW COURT.
Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman

_
LAWRENCE.)
ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.—John Havin, aged 22,
described as a labourer, was indicted with robbing Wil-
liam Leonard of 10s. ed.

It appeared that on the 28th of January, Leonard, who
is a labouring man, had occasion to wait at a public-
house in Whitechapel for the receipt of some money, and
after being paid 12s. 6d. he happened to drink
more than was necessary, and left the house in a fit
of intoxication. lie was shortly afterwards accosted
by the prisoner, who emptied his pockets of all their
contents, and then knocked him down with great vio-
lence upon the pavement, from the effects of which he
was confined in the hospital for a week. Leonard was
quite unconscious at the time, and could not identify
the prisoner; but the occurrence was witnessed by a
little boy, who gave his evidence with great distinctness,
and fully proved the guilt of the prisoner.
The jury found a verdict of Guilty.
A policeman was called who stated that the prisoner
had been previously convicted in that court, and that he