The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-01 00:00:00

EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1847.

ig September 28,

2s Bd, very ordinary_ 15.9.1 to is 10d Of Mace 13 cases
sold at firm rates, middling and good 3s 2d to 3s 7d.
EICE.—To• day the business transacted iu all kinds of
East India Rice was extremely limited by private treaty,
and at public sale" 1,610 bags of Java were taken in, but
sold afterwards at 16s for good bold white, and at 8s 6d
to 15s for damaged, which are lower rates by sd.
SPIRITS.—There are still free sellers of Jamaica Rum
but merchants submitting to a reduction on last week's
rates of Id to 2d per gallon, tempted the trade to operate
with more freedom, and a large business has been trans-
acted. The sales amounted to 400 pans. Demerara
met with little attention, and was obtained upon
rather lower terms, the sales amounted to only 100
puns at 3s 3d to 3s 4d for 34 to 36 per cent. over proof.
The business concluded in Leeward Island has been ex-
tremely limited, although there has been a desire on the
part of holders to accept 2s id to 2s 2d proof strength.
East India met with little attention, and proof with cer-
tificate is only worth is 10d to Is 11 d. Havannah is dull
of sale at is 7d to is 8d proof. There are further arrivals
of Rum, still the stock is not so large as it was in the past
year at this time, home deliveries continue to be greater,
but for exportation they keep smaller. Prices are,
however, under those that existed at this time in 1846.
Holders of brancy are willing sellers, and offer large
parcels of old landed seats for sale, whilst of the
younger kinds the supply is good. on the part of ex.
porters and the home trade there has been little done.
COGHINEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal met with

little attention, and at public sale 114 bags of Hon-
duras went at a decline on former rates of 2d to 3d per
lb., but the whole sold.

OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 40 tuns Southern
Oil sold at 231 to 251 15s for low to gcod, 20 tuns Hump-
back 221 15s to 241; and 181 casks Palm 303 to 35s 3d
for low to fine, which are at lower rates.
TALLow.—For Russian prices have improved, and
on the part of the home trade more desire has been
manifested to operate. On the spot a good demand has
been experienced, and 46d 9d to 47s 3d have been the
rates obtained for fine new Petersburgh Yellow Candle.
For forward delivery many contracts have been entered
into at 45s 6d to 46s for P.Y.C. Home made sells more

freely at 47s 6d to 48s nett cash. All other kinds of
Tallow are more required, and former rates are fully
supported, but the supply continues to be good.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MAASIOA-HOUSE.
Yesterday Nathaniel Silvester, Custom-house
agent, of Lower Thames-street, was charged under
the sth and 6th of Victoria, entitled an Act to amend
the law relating to advances bona fide made to agents
intrusted with goods.
Mr. Hobler attended for the prosecution, and stated
that he should merely open the case so far as to show
the necessity for a remand until the prosecutors, who
were foreigners, should have the opportunity of pro-
ducing witnesses to all the facts attending the com-
mission of the offence with which the defendant was

charged. Certain goods, it appeared, had been con-
signed to the defendant to be handed over to three
firms in the city of London ; and the defendant had
received from these firms money to clear them at the
Custom-house, so that there could not be the pretext
of a lien upon them to sanction their detention, not a
farthing being due for the commission. The defendant,
instead of delivering them to the parties for whom
they were intended, pledged them for a sum of
money, and when it was discovered that a misappro-
priation had taken place, wrote a letter to the agent
of the prosecutors, stating that he could not deliver the
goods until Saturday, and that he would pay for any
loss that might be sustained by the delay ; requesting
also that the agent would be quiet, assuring him that
if he would have patience all would be well, but if
not, the result might be unfavourable.
Mr. Anatonie Leblond, examined by Mr. Hobler
(through an interpreter), said—l live at Rouen, and
am at present stopping at 139/ Cheapside. I repre-
sent the house of Hippolite Huignard, and Co., of
Rouen, commission agents, and I know the defendant
well. We never supplied him with goods on his own
account, nor to dispose of for us on commission. In
the bill of lading the defendant's name was inserted
for three bales of woollen and cotton plaids and
ginghams to the amount of 2141. ss. 7d., per the Co-
lumbine steamer. The defendant was to deliver one
of the bales, containing 52 pieces, value 791. 2s. Bd.,
to Messrs. Devas and Co., of Lawrence-lane; another
containing 60 pieces, value 861. 103., to Messrs. Cooke
and Son, of St. Paul's Church-yard ; and the third,
containing 33 pieces, value 481. 12s. lid., to Messrs.
Leaf, Coles, and Co., of Old Change. I arrived on
the 22d of this month in London and saw the three
bales on the premises of a Mr. Solomons. I told Mr.
Solomons they were my property. I knew them to
he ours from the marks made by me and from my
own hand-writing, and the marks are the same as are
mentioned in the paper produced. I marked them at
the Custom-house at Rouen myself.
Mr. Abraham Solomon 3, of No. 26, Basinghall-
street, merchant and warehouseman, said, I received
these bales of a Mr. Ahrenfeld, and here are the par-
ticulars—(handing over a paper). Ido not know
the defendant at all, and never saw him before this
moment. I was present when Mr. Leblond examined
the goods. I introduced him to the goods, and he
recognised them exactly in the manner he has de-
scribed. I have a lien upon the goods to the amount
of 1241. I advanced to Mr. Ahrenfeld 136/. upon
them, and according to the terms of this document
they are now my property.
Here the witness read the following letter :
" London, Sept. 15.
" Sir,—You have lent me this day 136/., against
which I lodge with you as security three bales of
manufactured goods, containing 145 pieces. In the
event of my not paying you 12/. on the 22d inst., and
the balance of 1241. on or before the 29th inst., the
abovementioned three bales shall be your property,
abandoning all further claims.
" I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
" J. AHRENFELD."

Mr. Hobler—You say, that according to the terms
of this letter the goods are your property ? Witness
—According to these terms they are.
Mr. nobler—But you do not mean to claim them
after the statement you have heard ? Witness---
I shall act upon the best legal advice of course. lam
not at present prepared to say what I shall do. Mr.
Ahrenfeld, to whom I advancod the money upon the
goods, resides, I believe, at No. 11, Buckingham-
square, Old Kent-road. I knew him before this
transaction, having had many transactions with him
previously. He applied to me for a temporary loan,
and I said he should have it if I was secured. The
moment Mr. Leblond entered my warehouse and
spoke to me upon the subject, I showed him the goods,
on which were the marks he described.
Alderman GIBBS read the 6th clause of the Act,
which stated, that if any agent intrusted with goods
shall, contrary to or without the authority of his
principal, for his own benefit, and in violation of
good faith, make any consignment, deposit, transfer,
or delivery of any goods so intrusted to him, as,
or by way of, a pledge, lien, or security, &c., he
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to transportation
for any term not more than 14 years, nor less than
seven years ; or suffer such other punishment, by
fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall
award.
The defendant was then remanded.
WORSHIP-STREET.
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A " dollyshop" keeper, named Thomas Packwood,
living in Wellington-place, Whitechapel, and selling
fish and dogs' meat, appeared before Mr. Arnold, to
answer an information under the 39th and 40th of
George 111., c. 99, s. 23, charging him with carrying
on the business of a pawnbroker, without having his
name and designation legibly inscribed over his door,
whereby he had rendered himself liable to any penalty
not exceeding 101.
A poor woman, named Emily Satchwell, the wife
of a mechanic in Devonshire-street, Mile-end, proved
having on the 21st of July last pledged a heteroge-
neous collection of articles, consisting of flat irons, a
cloak, and a Bible, at the defendant's shop for ls. Gd.,
and on redeeming them a fortnight afterwards was
charged ls. Bd. ; she requested 2s. upon them, but
was refused by the defendant's wife, who served her.
On the 12th of the next month she pledged a brass
candlestick for 6d., and was charged 7id. on its re-
demption ; and on the 17th she pledged a gown there
for 6d., on which the next day she got another Gd.
advanced, and on redeeming it was charged ls. 2d.
There was neither the defendant's name nor the word
" Pawnbroker" over the door, and though she was
upon each occasion served by his wife or daughter,
the defendant himself was in the shop. No duplicate
or memorandum of any description was given to her
in either instance as security for the return of her
property. It was necessary to prove all the above
transactions, as the Act requires proof of a week's
trading to justify a conviction.
In answer to the charge, the defendant at first said
he felt confident the woman had not been charged
so exorbitant a rate of interest as she had represented ;
and, next, made the usual excuse in such cases, that
his wife was in the habit of purchasing goods, and
not advancing money upon them, which she after-
wards resold to the original owner at a small profit,
but that he was not aware that she was acting
il-
legally, and had no intention to trade as alleged in
the information.
Mr. ARNOLD, however, was perfectly satisfied
that the defendant had been exercising the trade of
a pawnbroker in the terms defined in the statute, and
he was determined to put such practice down, as
being calculated to work very ruinously upon the
distressed people who foolishly resorted to such places
instead of going to a legally authorised tradesman,
who would charge them only a proper rate of remu-
neration, and in whose hands they would have se-
curity for the restoration of their articles. The de-
fendant had brought himself clearly within the Act,
which was a very beneficial statute for the distressed,
and rendered himself liable to a penalty of 101., but
as this was the first time he had been brought there
for such an offence, he should only now inflict the miti-
gated penalty of 40s. and costs, in the hope that that
would have the effect of deterring him from pursuing
such a courio in future.