The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-13 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP MAR HET.

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We have still to notice a fair demand for the best new
"'Nu, at full rates of currency. In all other kinds
next to nothing is doing, and, to effect large sales, lower
motes must be submitted to. On speculation scarcely a
transaction has taken place. New Hops—Sussex pockets,
21143 to 3135; Weald of Kent ditto, 21. 16s to 31 10s;
Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 to 5/ 5s per cwt.

WOOL.
Scarcely any imports of Wool have taken place into
.40nclon during the past week. For all kinds of Wool,
In the private contract market, the demand is in a very
411 state; yet, as a better demand is shortly expected,
the holders are firm, and will not submit to any reduc-
tion in value.

twin TALLOW.
g to the small arrivals this market is very firm,
414 prices have advanced is per cwt. This improve-
inerit, however, is not expected to be suppurted, as a
larger quantity of Tallow is between here and St.
Petersburgh. P. Y. C, on the spot, is 46s 3d to 46s 6d,
Id for delivery in the spring, 45s per cwt. Town Tal-
:w steady, at from 47s 3d to 48s net cash. Rough Fat,
Bid per Blbs.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN RE MEYER AND BROWNSMITH.
Inge
bankrupts had carried on business es lace and
merchants, in Bedford. street, Covent-garden, and
dividend meeting was held a few days since, when a
Pee arose as to tho right of persons holding goods of a
bankrupt as a security to sell them, and pursue for the
mgierence.
Mr. REED, solicitor, of Friday-street, now appeared
titil behalf of the assignees for his Honour's judgment on
tPeint, and submitted that should his Honour be of
hun that goods pawned or held as security
0), t be sold without allowing the pawner
his representatives to redeem thorn, then by
for ° 108th sec. 6 Geo. IV., no proof should be admitted
any balance; for, by that section, persons holding
asecunities, must, before they could prove, give up those
keellrities. He, however, contended there was no mort-
"ag,e, but a mere pledge or deposit of goods.
Ills HONOUR expressed his opinion that the parties
4:: a right to dispose of the property held by them as
furturitY. That was his present opinion, but he would
her consider the point as it was affected by the 6th
wee. /v.
t REED said the point was one of very great im-
portance, for if his Honour should decide that the proof
"mild be admitted, no security would ever be given up.
The declaration and payment of dividend was then
adjourned.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

The December session was opened this morning, at the
118119.1 hour, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder,
Aldermen Wilson and Farncombe, and the Sheriffs.
The grand jury-having been sworn, and elected their
foreman,
The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. He
Itor
'tid the number of prisoners set down in the calendar
trial was 144, 98 of whom had been committed from
Ziddlesex, 23 from Surrey, and 5 from Kent. Neither
Persons
Admiralty nor the county of Essex bad sent any
F29ons for trial during the present session. The short
11;7! which had elapsed since the termination of the last
bf,l,l'9ll—not more than 11 days—accounted for the
ii-'lclV of numbers to which he had referred. The
41% ber, however, was about the usual average
Pri, Boners waiting for trial during those sessions which
ctitl,llcCY followed upon each other in this court; but before
° termination of their labours the number would, no
4ubt, be considerably augmented by the committal of
18°1as now undergoing investigation at the various
ofLee•courts. The number, however, comprised some
charged
raost serious offences. A youth, aged fifteen, was
aLtYged with the commission of a criminal offence upon
rt under ten years of age; it would be for them to
tle,-sider whether or not the offence was committed with
the consent of the child, but it was his duty to tell them
ph._.Bt the offence was equally criminal and equally
st7Bhable, if the child had given her consent, as it
zu'uld be if she had resisted the perpetration of the out-
e' There were a vast number of charges of robbery, of
l,;,: tng and wounding with the intention of doing the
fibre 11
not3l attackof a e
nature toe
evous
require bodilany specific
hpearmti,
c but
allusion
they
cases
oußlit him! It was for them to consider those ci
and which ought not to be sent for further inves-
Zoo before the Court. One person was charged with
teii:eiatering poison to another. It appeared he had
wan Poison himself with a view to destroy life, which
ea ail offence for which he might be tried. Unhappily
art individuals were charged with the high crime of
tollttler and robbery. No less than five persons bad been
Initted on one charge, namely, the murder and rob-
-1114,„," person, the instrument by which the Grime of
sith;"r was inflicted being a large iron bolt. The depo-
U 4419 so set forth, but it was in the testimony of one of
o,3..Parties implicated that the deadly blow was struck by
I,o' of the five; it would, therefore, be for them to consider
147. ether they could place credence in the statement; and
the her, Supposing they believed the statement, whether
Th others were accessories before or after the fact.
Quer° Was a charge of child murder, and in that case
to" ,): would have to consider whether the evidence led
he conclusion that death resulted from violence, or
OneleUrole an attempt to conceal the birth of the child.
public ",acl caused the most painful interest in the
"ria—namely, a charge of murder committed by
.38 hisadovvnininistered by the accused to the deceased, who
mother. The medical testimony would prove,
a 0 doubt, the presence of arsenic in the body of the de-
It appeared from the depositions that the de-
titi7eci had a violent attack of illness, and had
of en brand in consequence a considerable quantity
y. It was right that he should
C‘e that the evidence which would be adduced would
perineipally that of relatives, between whom and the
tire: licr it appeared great rancour had existed for some
fee ',411c1 consequently it would be for them to say how
ski37,LeY could rely upon such testimony. If they were
tetu'led that the deceased did not die from natural
uponee, and they had sufficient evidence to cast suspicion
can ; the prisoner, it would be their duty to put the
tilttztafurther train of inquiry; in fact, the prisoner
irrespective of their decision, be put upon his
1104:11 tbe finding of the coroner's jury. It was a
y po°f deep regret that so many cases of murder
l'eriaon had recently taken place. After some further
to Cap',B explanatory of the duties which they would have
theirto a
--"arge, the Learned Gentleman remitted the jury
duties.
IV() n
).--"SHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
,el5/I1 requests us to acknowledge the receipt
sent to him by a humane individual, with the
tionef"' D. W.," for the poor-box; as also a similar
-°,,11 of 5/. from .‘ H. V."
IV(); Inspector Gravestock, of the G division, brought
char Mr. Ilaramill a female named Jane Gough,
Thad Under the following bort ifyieg circumstances :
1443 l'ospector stated that the prisoner was brought
tiEttu baue station-house, at about half past twelve on
iheEtur:lBY eight, in a state of inebriety. She bad an
thol' at her breast about four weeks old. Witness sent
tll4llltter to the workhouse, but had it brought back to
hixdrther at ten o'clock in the morning, when, as she
(1%4 a great measure recovered, he permitted her to
she '5ll her own bail. At two o'clock this morning
,t_lB rolling about Golden-lane in a state of intoxica-
konrt subs., quently went to her lodgings at No. 17,
.athat the
,Woloan. on her awakening at about six o'clock
deed ark- ri.nlant milk, she discovered that the child was
Tles of old.
endant said that she had three children by a