The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-26 00:00:00

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY).

CORN EXCHANGE.
This week there have been good arrivals of Wheat and
Oats, but riot much other grain. :There has been much
ram, and harvest operations are proceeding very indifferently.
The trade for old Wheat is full 2s. to 3s. per qr. higher than
on Monday, and very little left unsold. Barley, Beans, and
Peas remain as on Monday. Oats have met a slack demand,
and they hardly maintain Monday's prices. There is a good
supply of Flour, and no alteration in the trade.
'ARRIVALS.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Fl uir.
English ....... . ovs 1,354 qrs.. 10,100 tits 6,400 sacks
Irish 16,500
Fare I g n 6OO

SMITHFIEL]
The supply to this day's market
dull, at the following

'MARKET.
was moderate, and the trade waf.

PRICES rEICSTONE Dr Br,

TO SINK THE OFFA LS.

- B. d. to s. d. .. A. d toad.
inferior 8ea5t5......:...... 2 2 2 6 Inferior Sheep 2 t; 210
Second quality ditto 2 8 3 2 Second quality ditto. 3 3 3 q
Prime large Oxctr,. '1 4 3 5 Coarmweolled ditto..... 3 8 4 2
P•i rue Scots, &c.
Large coarse Calves 3lO 4 2 Large Hogs 'l 8 4 0
Prime small ditto
Slckling Calves each ...16 o 33 0 Quarter old Pigs
,each, 12 u 2') 0
Lamb 4s Od. to ss. 2d.
SUYPLY, AS PEE. CLERK'S STATEMENT.
Beasts. 1
Sheep.
7,800 1 Calves. i Pigs
425
2=o 31+1

NEWGATE AND LEA
At per stone, 1 _
s. d. to s d s d to s. d.
Beef, inferior 2 4 2 S Mutton, inferior
- middling • _.... 2Jo .2 0 middling 3 2 3 8
-- prune large 3 2 3 4 - prime 3 8 4 0
- prime smal
Veal
Lamb 3s. B,i. to 4s. Sd.

I)ENILALL MARKETS.
by the Carcass.

ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET.
This day's supply consisted of 101 Beasts, 763 Sheep and Lambs,
and no Calves. The trade was dull throughout at the following
prices per stone of 81b. sinking the offals :
Beef 3s. Od. to as. 2d. Veal 4s. (U. to 4s. 10d.
I Mutton 3 8 4 6 Per 4 0 4 4
1 amb 4s. Sd. to ss. 2.1.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Means.

Per Quarter. s. to s. s. s. S. to s. s. to s.
Blandford 40 56 25 24 44
48 51 32 31 18 25 38 40
—; 44 38
c;:rd 44 49 130 32 24 26 44. 48
. 54 31 34 '2O 21 31 37
Loai,r Siitt.7oo"-- 28 38 10 2 30 34
42 541 27 31 211 24 35 40
I.3'ftt, 32 38 22 31 16 20 30 32
143 47 32 35 22 21 40 42
Nottiogba '1) .28 31 10 28 35 42
reterbormigh
wr
30 47 30 37 17 9.4 32 39
Plymouth ,40 bv 34 20 _
Pontefract—, .—.. I 07 —.• 43 27 43
Sleaford 65 70
.38 22 28 i4l 43
Upplogluon 143 48 24 30 18 28 32 44
133 12 ——4 - SO 32

Pease,

8. to 8.

33 -
33 36

32 34
- 35

WA -0;13T._ Aug. 23
rer 5. 41 : P. •
Barley ..... 0 to 3' 0
Oats ......... 24 4) 23 4)
Beans (per sack)... 22 0
Flour (per tvg
Bread (per gall.) 1 1 0

It will be recollected that we recently copied fro rn the
Essex Herald some particulars relative to a most Llarmg
attempt at robbery on Mr. Green.
Yesterday morninr, George Rogers was finally examined
in the Justice-room, Billericay, Essex, before Messrs. SKIP..
PER and THOMAS. He was charged with having broken
into the premises of Mr. Green, of the Duke of York pub-
lic-house in that town, and attempting the life of thLt in.
dividual.
The police-office was surrounded many hours befor e it
opened, by persons who were anxious to be present at the
investigation ; the nature of the charge, and rniraculous
escape of Mr. Green, having occasioned the most inteuFA
interest in all parts of the county.
Mr. Green is well-known as a- trainer and breeder of
sporting dogs, and at the time the offences scileged again It
the prisoner were committed, he had care of between 60
and 70, belonging to Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Wel-
lington, Lord Segrave, and other noblemen and gentle-
men, independent of 3.3 of his own. He attended befo:T the
Magistrates, but was in so bad a state of health, occasOned.
by the very severe injury inflicted upon him by the prisoner,
that it was with considerable difficulty he could be examine!.
On being sworn he stated, that on the night of the 28tle
ult., he was awoke by the barking of his dogs, and he
got up, but seeing no one about his house he returned to
bed. Half an hour afterwards being alarmed again in the
'ame manner, he went doWn stairs, and on going into the
yard, lie saw that eight of his dogs, each of the value of
upwards of 20/., had been loosened from their kennels, and
feeling satisfied that thieves were about, he procured a.
double-barrelled gun and searched after the depredators.
In the course or a few ininuteslic saw dun men under his
garden hedge, and on calling oat to them, " What do you
one of them, whom lie is confident is the •
want? surrender, or I'll shoot you," they jumped up, and
caught hold of hi prisoner, instantly
m, and struck him with some sharp instru-
ment upon the head. That blow, however, did not stun
_ him, but be felt that ha_was
r.qall7—Nro-Lrdect-,--anciest'''' bfood streamed fast down his face and neck. He grappled
with the accused, thinking that some men that were in his
house would come to his assistance, and capture the pri-
soner, but in this he was disappointed, and the prisoner
being by far the strongest man, eventually, by repeated
blows over his arms with a crow-bar, deprived him of the
power of further defending himself, and he afterwards was
beaten over the head with the same instrument until he
dropped senseless to the ground, and lie did not obtain the
slightest return of reason for upwards of twenty hours.
Mr. SKIPPER—You say there were men in the house -
how many pray? Prosecutor—There were eight ; but.
neither of them came to my help. A servant girl was the
only one that ventured out while the prisoner was ill-treat-
ing me.
Mr. SKIPPER (indignantly)—They were no men then.
Never let them be called men arrain.
' Mr. TuomAs,--Did any one 'but the prisoner lay hands
upon you ? Prosecutor—No ; the moment he attacked me
his-companions made their escape.
Mr. Tricoi&s—What became of your gun ? Were you
not able to use it in your defence ? Prosecutor—ln tha
struggle it went off, and the punishment upon my arms, of
whiAr.l have already spoken, compelled me to drop it.
Several witnesses were examined, who proved that on
the 27th of ,;illy the prisoner and two other men arrived in
Billericay by the London coach, which goes on to South-
end, and that they ;eft in the vehicle a parcel, which be-
ing opened on the folbwing day, in consequence of its
offensive smell, was found. to contain prepared liver, such
-as dog-stealers carry. Two persons also swore to seeing
the three men lurking about the prosecutor's premises for
three hours on the evening of the same day.
Mr. SKIPPER asked the prisoner, after hearing all the tes-
timony, if he had anything to say to the charges ? He re-
plied surlily, " I know nothing about it ; it's all false."
Mr. SKIPPER told him that it was his duty to commit
him for trial, and he bound over the witnesses to give evi-
dence against the prisoner at the next Sessions for the two
capital offences of cutting and maiming and burglary.
The prisoner was conveyed to the county gaol shortly
afterwards by Collier and Isaacs, strongly ironed.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF

MURDER.

. No case has Occurred in the county of Kent that has
excited greater interest, or that has been surrounded with
More extraordinary circumstances than the following.
The accused is John Frederick Parker, Esq., of the firm
of Messrs. Parker and Sons, attornies at Lewisham ; was
Clerk to the Lewisham Bench of Magistrates, and also
held the appointment of Clerk to the" Commissioners of
TaxeS for the. cohnty;' which Aitmtims are stated to have
yielded between 1,5001. and 2,000/. per annum.
The lady who brought the case under the notice of tho
legal authorities is the widow of the late Colonel Boys, of
Lewisham, and eldest daughter of - Tanner, Esq., of
Norwood, who holds a lucrative situation in the Customs.
The case has not appeared' in any of the local or county
journals, although at the time (now two months since) the
fact of the charge having been made was generally known
in Greenwich and the neighbouring towns of Kent. The
reporter was engaged longer than a week in collecting the
particulars, and had to contend against every difficulty.
Mrs. Boys, accompanied by Mr. Lester, a professional
gentleman residing at Lewisham, appeared in the first in-
stance before Messrs. BRANDRAM and JActiNoN, two of the
county Magistrates, at the house of the former,at Lee, for
the purpose of making out a sufficient caparie case to ob-
tain a warrant for the apprehension of Mr. Parker for child-
murder. Mrs. Boys stated that she had been delivered of
several children, of which Mr. Parker was the father ; that
one of them, when a few days old, was taken away from
her by Mr. Parker, under the pretence that it was to be
confided to the care of a wet nurse, and she had been told
since by Mr. Parker and Mr. Hellist, a medical gentleman
of Lewisham, who attended her (Mrs. B.) during her con-
finement, that the child was dead, but that she had subse-
quently ascertained that the child was living ; that Mr.
Parker was paying I6s. per week for its maintenance
through Mr. Hellist, and that letters concerning the child
were addressed to Mr. Parker under a feigned name to the
house of the medical gentleman ; that she (Mrs. B.) in
consequence of what had afterwards occurred (referring to
the shocking charge hereafter detailed) had reason to fear for
the safety of the child, and consequently applied to the
Bench for interference.
The second and most serious charge against Mr. Parker
was then stated, and the information of Mrs. Boys was
taken upon oath. It was to the effect that she was pregnant

by Mr. Parker some time since ; that Mr. Parker had pur-
chased some medicine, and induced her to take it for se-
veral weeks for the purpose of procuring abortion ; that the
drug did not have the desired effect, and she was persuaded
by him to go to town to be confined ; that she did so,
and was conducted to apartments previously engaged by
Mrs Marker, and introduced to a foreign medical man (a,
German it is supposed) in a darkened room, and he pelf
formed an -or ration upon her with an instrument, a,.rid
took the child •iv*li which she was pregnant from I;Yer ;
that during the whose of the time she was undergoinf; the
operation Mr. Parker was present. She afterward'i sank
from exhaustion and fait.f.ed, and on recovering she asked
for her child, and was told that it was dead and buried.
A warrant having been obtained, the constable appre-
hended Mr. Parker. An investigation took. place, ,•,,jiic
terminated in the accused being called upon to find bail 1
110 sum of 1,000/. for his appearance on a future 1 .13
aybefore
thei,cnch. A day was fixed for the examinati • •
on of Mr.
Parker, when A full Bench of MagistrAtes assembled at the
Green Man the Blackheath, where Magistrates held
their Sessions, for the transaction of special
business, in-
stead of the Lion and Lain b ,Lewisham, where the usual
Petty Sessions are holden.
Mr. Parker did
not appet.r• •
, anu the bail was declared
forfeited.

Mr. HeHist, it is stated, rescued himself from any crimi-
nal charge by producing the child first referred to. Some
inquiries, it is said, wer.e made after Mr. Parker, and in-
formation was forwarded to the Solicitor for thy prosecutiou
to the police Hue and Ci large posting-bills were also
placarded against the wallS (It the
neighbouring towns, but
they were not allowed to remain up- many hours, a beadle
and several persons having rendered 'themselves extremely
active in' destroyinm them.
It is believed that Mr. Parker is staying in Paris, al-
though some state that he is still secreted in a distant part
of the country.
The admission of Mr. Parker to bail, when in custody,
on a capital charge, has caesed much speculative conversa-
tion in the neighbourhood.
The forfeited recognizances have not been paid, in con
sequence of some alleged informality in them, which an
official gentleman of the county informed the reporter Mr.
Parker's friends intended to avail themselves of.
No clue has yet been obtained respecting the German
or foreign medical man who performed the operation on
Mrs. Boys in town.
Mrs. BoyS, it is stated, is now staying at Norwood with -
her family, Who arc most painfully concerned respecting the
matter.

Major Skinner, whose " Excursions in India"
attained such marked distinction among modern books of
travels, is about to publish a narrative of a journey over-land to
India, including sketches of gypt, Syria, the Holy Land, and
Mesopotamia. The aut ur's adventures among the Arabs in
the wilderness of those I ds, and especially in traversing the
Great Desert to Bagdad, and thence to Babylon, are numerous,
and detailed with his peculiar dramatic and picturesque effect.
Lord Saye and Sele has left Grosvenor-street for
Belvedere, the beautiful seat which descended to him from his
father-in-law, the 1: to Lord Eardley. Prior to the demise of
the late Lady Save and Sole the Belvedere was a scene of
great festivity during the recess.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank . 9tock.
3 Pe t Cent. Itcd. 91%% Ditto Boosts par 2
BP' .!,* Cent. Cons. 9l ,311%1i South Sea Sleek
3V, per Cent......... . 10.134 Old Annuities
.D itto Tied
lvdese r 44 per Cent llO 9934 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... _
New", per Cent — Exch. Bills, .E 1,4100 7 9pm
Bard,. LongAnnuitiestnexpire !Ditto 500 7 pin.
Is a. 5, 'I4CO 15% 13-16 !Ditto Small
0 cr. 10, 1M.50 ;Ditto Commercial ... — 9 Pm.

Jitto Col an...
I"' 5. 1f!710...... ............ 1:i14 ! Ditto Advertised — p 10•.
J:irt . 5, 1550....., • -
Apt it 5, 1R.',0 — Bank Stock for Account..,,.. „„
,
870 — ; India Stock for Account —
.lan. 5, 1
Omni= — ' Consols for Acconnt 91% 1
Inn. I

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