The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-05 00:00:00

WOOL.

The arrivals of foreign and colonial Wool into Lon-
don since Monday last have been about 2,200 packages.
The public sales have closed somewhat more firmly than
they commenced, but prices have not improved. On the
whole the transactions at the auctions, considering the
large quantities brought forward, were decidedly good.
There is rather more doing in the best qualities of Eng-
lish Wool, at full prices; but all other kinds are neglected
for the present. _ _

_
TALLOW.
On the whole this market is steady, at barely late quota.
tions. Town Tallow is dull at 50s nett cash.

IVIARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
John Moleswolth, a well dressed young fellow, was
placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with assaulting
Robert Metcalf, one of the waiters at the Blue Posts
Hotel, Haymarket, and also with assaulting the police in
the execution of their duty.

The complainant stated, that about eight o'clock on
Saturday evening the prisoner entered his master's house,
and ordered to be supplied with a dinner, consisting of
salmon, cutlets, and a bottle of sherry. After the pri-
soner had partaken of his dinner he rang the bell for
witness, and requested him to inform him (prisoner)
what he had to pay. Witness gave him the bill
amounting to Bs. 9d. Directly the prisoner took
the bill in his hand he demanded his change, witness said
" What change, I have received no money yet." The
prisoner said, " Yes you have, I have given you a half-
sovereign." Witness persisted that he had not received
the money, and told the prisoner that he must be labour-
ing under a mistake. The prisoner then got into a most
violent rage, and struck witness several severe blows.
He at length became so violent that witness was obliged
to call his master to his aid, who endeavoured to pacify
the prisoner, and induce him to leave the house quietly.
The prisoner, instead of doing so, struck and kicked
about him in all directions. Witness then ran for the
police, who speedily arrived and took charge of the
prisoner.

Police-constables A 176 and C 141 proved going to
the Blue Posts and taking the prisoner into custody.
The former constable was struck by the prisoner in the
face, and the latter received several severe kicks on his
shins and the lower part of his person, and added that
it was with the greatest difficulty that they got him to
the station.

The prisoner, in reply to the charge, persisted that he
had given the waiter the money. He denied assaulting
either himor the police. He certainly was very much
excited in consequence of the waiter refusing to give him
the change out of the half-sovereign. He could assure
the magistrate that he was highly respectable.
Mr. 13monem said that latterly there had been several
persons before him who subsisted entirely by robbing
publicans. He was surprised that prisoner, who called
himself respectable, should adopt such a course. He
should fine him for the first assault 405., or fourteen
days, and for the latter he should commit him to the
House of Correction for fourteen days, with hard labour.
The prisoner then became so violent that it took four
constables to remove him.

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Mary Ann Maids was brought before Mr. Bingham
for final examination, charged with having caused the
death of her husband, Edward James Maids, by stabbing
him with a knife.

There being no further evidence in addition to that
which appeared in this journal of the Ist inst., the depo-
sitions were taken, and the prisoner fully committed to
take her trial at the sessions now holden at the Old
Bailey.

THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
John Gotfrey Brown, a German, and two women,
named Mary Ann Sumner and Mary Smith, were charged
with having burglariously abstracted three watches, and
a quantity of cluhh coats, waistcoats, silk handkerchiefs,
silk lining, &c., together with some gold, silver, and
other coins, from the premises, No. 32, Wellclose-square,
and No. 30, Parsons-street, both near the docks.
There were three separate charges against the pri-
soners, and the evidence, which was rather intricate,
was gone into at great length. The first case preferred
was by Mr. Verdet, proprietor of the house in Weliclose-
square (a lodging-house for German emigrants), who
stated that the Iprisoner Gotfrey came to lodge at
his house about a fortnight since, and after that period
a large quantity of articles belonging to various lodgers
in the house were missed at different times, and it had
since been ascertained that the prisoner Gotfrey had
abstracted them by means of some
on einhgts person.eniously Thecon-
trived skeleton keys which were found
articles were of the most vawrieeden atnhde
witness
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a asse several other -s.
&c., the stole
the dock was completely coveredbundlwe with
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kind, together with a large
witnesses the vairrieuVseradretitcl
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pro-
perty, and a valuable cloak, with 16 yards of silk
lining, the property of a German named Christian
Kroll, was clearly traced to Gotfrey by a tailor named
Wilhelm Jens, to whom he had given it for the purpose
of having it altered.
Police-constable H 99, stated that, from information
he received, he went to a house in Bridman's-alley,
kept by the female prisoner Sinith, where he found the
coats produced. *Both Smith and Sumner appeared
greatly alarmed when he informed hem that he must
search the house, and exclaimed, "It is all out now."
He at first took them into custody merely on suspicion
of having been concerned in receiving the stolen pro-
perty, but he had since discovered that all three had
been concerned in burglariously entering the house of
Mr. Adolphus Litman, an outfitter, and stealing a quan-
tity of foreign coins. He also produced a letter, signed
by Mary Sumner, addressed to Gotfrey, in which she
said, that if he felt as she did, he must be miserable,
for that she could get no rest day or night for reflecting
on what had been done and concluded with the singular
expression, " not one kiss more.
The QYidence, with regard to the abstraction of pro. I

perty of the same description from the house in Pa
sons-street (also a German lodgin!:,-hour,e), was a

With re,arci tot .i..urgluiy s Mr
Adelphus Litman, owing to the accid,ntai absence of
that gentleman, who had been ordered to be in attend-
ance at tee o'clock, it could not then be proceeded with,
and the three prisoners were removed, in order to per-
fect the evidence, with a view to the dcpositions being
taken, and it was understood other and similar charges
would be preferred against them.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.;

HOUSE OF CWITMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair to day shortly alter
Twelve o'clock.
WAKEFIELD GAS BILL—SITTING OF THE
HOUSE AT TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Admiral GORDON moved, pursuant to notice, that
the Committee on the Wakefield Gas Bill have leave to
proceed with three Members and report forthwith.
Lord G. BENT[NCK opposed the motion. He de'
precated the House sitting at twelve o'clock, and would
du all in his power to prevent Committees sitting during
the sitting of the House at twelve o'clock. They had
specimen on Friday of the results of the House sitting in
the morning, as during the greater part of that tiros
there were only fifteen mbers present, and only
one Membhr of the Government. He thought
the silting of the House at twelve o'clock
highly objectionable, as the Government by that
means got over the trouble of keeping a House.
If he was unable to prevent the morning sittings, he
was determined to do his best to enforce the attendance
of Members, by preventing Committees meeting during
the sitting of the House.
Lord J. RUSSELL deprecated the course pursued
by the Noble Lord. It had been the custom of the
House of late years, at the end of the session, to sit at
twelve o'clock, and he thought the doing so was attended
with no inconvenience. He considered the conduct a,
the Noble Lord on Friday was without precedent•
and totally unworthy of the position which 116
claimed to fill as the leader of a great party
The Government would take care in future to be more
vigilant, in order to insuro them gainst surprise. il„e
thought, if the Government did this, it would be as wet'
to meet at twelve o'clock as at four.
Mr. R. SPOONER thought it extremely inconvenient
for the House to sit at twelve o'clock.

After some observations from Mr. R. YORKE,
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division
took place,

•
Lord G. BENTINCK withdrawing his opposition t°
the motion, on its being stated the Committee did not sil
till half. past three o'clock.
The motion was then agreed to.
Mr. BOUVE itIE then moved that all the Committee
have leave to sit, notwithstanding the sitting of the
House.

Lord G. BENTINCIC opposed the motion.
Afer some discussion, in which Mr. Buck, MP
Mackinnon, Mr. H. Berkeley, Mr. Newdegate, and M
%V. Mills took part, the House divided, when there or
peared—

For the motion
Against it l4
Majority against the motion —53
Leave was then given to all the Committees to
notwithstanding the sitting of the House.
THE WELLINGTON STATUE.
Lord G. BENTINCK gave notice of his intention, °I/
the motion for the House resolving itself into a Cep'
mittee of Supply, to move as an amendment, " That II
humble address be pre anted to the Queen, praying be
Majesty not to revoke, without the consent of the seboi
scribers to the Wellington memorial, or the majority
them, the grant which her Mjesty was graciou9V
pleased to make in 1838, under the advice of her respefi
Bible advisers, and in person to notify to the Duke I,
Rutland, that the triumphal arch in the Green rf!l:,,
should be the site for the erection of an equesul;
statue in commemoration of the military aciaieverne°
of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington.
HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.
The House then resolved itself into Committee on
Health of Towns Bill.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed to postpone tho:
17th clause, which motion, after some discussion, 11
agreed to, and the clause postponed.
Clause 19 having been agreed to,
Lord J. RUSSELL moved that Mr. Greene leave
chair and report progress, and that the further considli;
tion of the Bill be taken to morrow, attwelve o'clock. to
(Lord John Russell) would at five o'clock state what
intended to do with the other Bills daring the sessioll•
The House then adjourned till five o'clock.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES'

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Room B.
GREAT WESTERN (AMENDMENTS ,

EXTENSION).

The Committee met this morning at eleven o'elPeto
K Mr. BURE opened the case on behalf of the proLeP"
of the line.
Mr. Frere, mineral agent, was called to shovisicji
extent of the Radstock coal-field, and the facdity.s", of
the Radstock branch (one of the proposed extension
:of
this Bill) would afford for the transmission of '-
produce.
Mr. JAMES appeared on behalf of the Somersetsbiro
Canal Company, who opposed the Bill, and claimedo
be heard as landowners, to show that there was no PP
necessity existing for the proposed lines.
Mr. AUSTIN objected to his being heard. tii4
The Committee, however, decided that the p 5
should be heard.
Several other witnesses were called with a view of c 1
roborating the evidence, and in favour of the other r
posed amendments and extensions.

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