The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-19 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY
The arrivals of English Wheat for our market this week
have been again very small, and the show of samples of that
grain here was trifling. Although the attendance of buyers
was by no means large, the demaand was very firm, and in
some instances is per quarter advance was obtained for se-
lected runs of both red and white. Foreign Wheat was in
active request at is per quarter more money, with a fair
average quantity on offer. There was a very steady
inquiry for all kinds of Barley, and the late
improvement in value was firmly supported. There
was only a moderate inquiry for Malt, at Monday's
currencies. Oats, Beans, and Peas were quite as dear, with
a fair trade. Indian Corn was is higher, and the best town
made Flour was seiling at 85s per 2801hs; American ditto,
52s to 55s per 1961b5.

English ..... Wheat.
•
Irish. ...... • 4,060 qrs.
Foreign •• •• •• 11,650

ARRIVALS.
I Ballo,.
2 i 0 qTa.

Oats Flair.
470 qrs. I 1,590 sks
210 --
2,310 I

3,410
Malt. 1.460
HITECLI.M.
We had a very fiW
rm trade here,AP
end the general quotations
had an upward tendency. Beef, from 33 44 to 43 84 ; Mut-
ton, 43 2d to 53 6d ; Lamb, 53 Gd to 6s 6d ; Veal, 4s to 5s 6d ;
and Pork, 43 to 53 4d per 81bs, by the carcase.

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of fire-dampeee‘.er.
FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EXFLOSIOL—SEVEN LIVES
Losz...—LEEDS, MONDAY.—ThiS morning a terrific explosion
Harding and Co., New Hall, Beeston, about two miles from
T:eccurred at a colliery belonging to Messrs.
Leeds, by which seven individuals have lost their lives, and
this communicating with the lights another has received injuriesfrom which be is not expected
The
r placesn rasbboruotk en iinnet o oa'uni ooclkd.
pit, from which the confined and inflammable gas issued, and
an almost instantaneous cxploEi,;n. Six of the nniciltunate
P"wis who were at work in the pit were killed on the
spot, and two others weregot Olit dive and conveyed to
the Leeds Infirmary. One of them has since died. The
names and ages of the killed are as tollov s:—George Bell,
used in the pit caused
15; Aaron Bell, 20; George ()tithe, 29; William Wester-
man, 12; Joseph Longstaff, 55; Charles Duck, 11; and
John Ilall, 10. _ 1

, --- ATTEM PT AT POISONING. BURY ST. EDMUND'S,
I.'-'
TUEsD.4.I7. e to ,--1
17-'—'',Y, at the police•otlice of this town, the
young woman, Hannah Rouse, who had beera apprehended
on suspicion of being
concerned in the poisoning of the en-
tire family to which she belonged, consisting of six persons,
was brouuht up before 11Iessrs. l'robart and Le Grice, bo-
roughly
ntagnoistdra,,tuebs:
tfonratexaatln.elrnyatiwoiiicoknedthe serious charge.
At the close of the evidence, the Bench observed that there
could
he
elicited that would warrant them in detaining the accused ;
and, therefore, she would be liberated on entering into her
factsbn
ee
made on the lives of the fami, but
own recognizances to answer any charge that might be
hereafter made against her. This was c' and she was
discharged. there(-1" attemptere h
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CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
OBTAINING PROPERTY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES —Josenh
Clarkson, aged 31, and W. E. Schotlander, aged 34, descraied
as agents, were indicted for unlawfully obtaining, under false
pretences, twenty-two dozen cocoa-nut mats, arid other arti-
cles, -value 106,., the property of Edward Rolle and another,
with a view to cheat them of the same.

The prisoners wereacquitted.
There was nothing el►e before the Court this morning of
the least interest.

The session terminated early to-day.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
Mary Hateard, a decent-looking middle-aged woman W 33
in licted for Sealing a blanket from her ready-furnished
lodgings.
bhe said she was induced to pledge the article after having
fasted for upwards of two days. Once she was in very in-
dependent circumstances, but sunk latterly into poverty.
She called several witnesses, who gave her an excellent
character, and said they knew her when under more for-
tunate circumstances.

The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with a strong re-
commendation of mercy, and the prisoner was sentenced to
one month's imprisonment and hard labour.
Louisa King was indicted for fraudulently obtaining from
Thomas Powell a quartern of flour and two loaves of bread.
The prisoner called on the prosecutor, and said she wanted
the bread and flour for a lady named Freere. The prosecutor
gave her them without making any inquiries as to who Mrs.
Freere was or where she lived.
The Learned JUDGE, in summing up to the jury, said the
question was whether the prosecutor had used such due dili-
gence and caution as the law required to establish such
charges, in asking no question as to who or what the perso❑
was, whose name was used, although such a name might be
amongst his customers.
The foreman, after a moment's consultation with his fel-
low-jurors, said, we acquit the prisoner on the ground that
due caution had not been used by the prosecutor.
John James Parker alias William Medhurst pleaded guilty
to an indictment charging him with stealing a prismatic
compass and leather case, value 31. Os. 6d., the property of
William Joseph Curtis.
The facts of the case have appeared in the columns of
The Sun.

Mr. MILLER appeared in behalf of the prisoner to induce
a mitigation of punishment. He stated that the prisoner
had been once in a most extensive and respectable business
as a druggist, and upon the engineering mania being so pre-
valent about two or three years ago, he turned his attention
to surveying and engineering, in which he got on very well
so long as the railway speculations lasted, but upon that fall-
ing off, the prisoner became very much distressed, and his
wife and children being in extreme want and destitution, he
was induced to commit the theft.
The JUDQE said, the lowest penalty considering the
nature 01 the robbery, was two months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

William O'Connor pleaded guilty to stealing twelve printed
books and other articles, value Is. 6d., the property of
Henry Hetherington.
The prosecutor was the well-known publisher, and the
prisoner had been in his employment, and it appearing that
this was his first offence,
The COURT mitigated his sentence to one month's impri-
sonment and hard labour.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
TIM DERBY CLuns.—Two members of the Swan Derby
Club, held at Mr. Middleton's, Long-acre, applied to Mr.
Henry for assistance to recover a " ticket" for the favourite,
Van Tromp, drawn for them, or one of them, and obtained in
their names, without their authority, by another person,who
sold it to a Mr. Barnow for 2/.

Mr. HENRY said that he regarded Derby Clubs as con-
nected " with gambling and horse-racing,,' and he could
therefore give them no assistance.
The applicants said that this was a case of fraud or rob-
bery, and they thought it called fur the interference of a
magistrate.

Mr. HENRY thought otherwise, and said the law did not
protect property acquired by gambling. The club must settle
the matter amongst themselves.
The applicants said the treasurer was of opinion that every
prize must be given up to the holder of the ticket entitled to
it, because the tickets were saleable, and the club was not
competent to settle disputes as to the right of possession in
the actual holder. They thought it hard that the magistrate
would not interfere, and that they should be robbed with
impunity.
Mr. HENRY could not help it.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
BENEVOLENCE.—We are requested to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of a sovereign from " H. C.," and the like sum from
Mr. Tilt, cne of the ushers of the Court, for the unfortunate
individuals named Marshall, whose appalling case appeared
in The Sun of Monday and Tuesday last.
George Burridge, a journeyman carpenter, formerly in the
employment of Mr. Mills, a builder, was charged with steal-
ing several brass bolts and other valuables, the property of
his late master.

The prosecutor said that the prisoner was in his employ-
ment at wages varying from 1/. 13s. to 1/. 18s., from the
20th of March to the 24th of April last, when he left. Witness
had been robbed of nine brass bolts, used for mahogany fold-
ing doors, and valued at about 12s. each, a quantity of lead,
and other property. The prisoner was not, however, the
suspected party until a large piece of Spanish mahogany
was missing. Witness then procured the assistance of the
police, and on proceeding to the prisoner's lodgings, the piece
of mahogany, one of the stolen brass bolts, and a chisel,
were found in his tool chest. The prisoner acknowledged
that he had stolen the brass bolt.

Mr. BROUGHTON said that he felt it his duty to send the
prisoner for trial, but that he must be brought up again next
week, in order that in the interim the officer should have an
opportunity of instituting inquiries touching the other stolen
property.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS_DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XXI.
The Committee (Sir James Graham, chairman) met at
twelve, and without hearing further evidence passed the
preambles of the following Bills.—
The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley
(No. 1).
The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (lease to the Lon-
don and North-Western).
The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley
(No. 2).
The London and North-Western (Portobello and Wolver-
hampton branch).
The clauses were then agreed to, and the Chairman hav-
ing been ordered to report the Bills to the House, the Com-
mittee broke up.