The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-20 00:00:00

TALLOW.

Notwithstanding the accounts received this morning
from St. Petersburgh are to the effect that the exports
of Tallow are falling off, on a comparison with those
which have already taken place this season, and the sup-
ply of home markets by no means good, the demand is
in a very inactive state ; but the importers are not will-
ing sellers at any reduction in value, as an active in-
quiry is pretty generally expected from the fact that
many of the large chandlers are short of stock. P. Y. C.
on the spot is 46s 3d to 46s fid, and for delivery 45s 3d
per cwt. ; Town Tallow, 47s 3d, net cash ; Rough Fat,
2s SRI per 8 lbs.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT-.

These sessions, the eleventh of the present
Mayoralty, commenced to-day, before the Lord
Mayor, the Recorder, Mr. Alderman Musgrove, Mr.
Alderman Marshall, the Sheriff, &c. There are no
less than 232 prisoners for trial, of which number
.58 are from the City, 116 from Middlesex, 4 from
Essex, from the Admiralty none, from Kent 11, and
from Surrey 44. The grand jury having elected
their chairman and been sworn,
The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to
them. He said that from the calendar which con-
tained a list of the prisoners for trial at the present
sessions, the names of no less than 232 pi isoners would
appear, and he was fearful that that number would
be considerably augmented during the progress of
the labours of the grand jury. The calendar con-
tained a list of the various offences committed by the
prisoners, and several of those offences, he regretted to
say, were of violence to the person, and cutting and
wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
There were no less than five persons charged
with manslaughter, and one of murder, in which it
was suggested that the crime of murder was corn-
mitte d by causing poison to be taken. There were
nineteen cases of larceny from the person ; there was
a case of shooting at a party, or an attempt to dis-
charge loaded firearms, with intent to do grievous
bodily injury or murder; there were also several

• cases of robbery, said to be robbery with intent to
murder, &c. There was a case of bigamy, which
was a little peculiar in its circumstances, and to
which he would refer more particularly hereafter.
There were eight cases of forgery and uttering forged
instruments, four cases of uttering counterfeit coin,
seven charges of burglary, six of house-breaking and
larceny connected therewith, and a multitude of cases
of larceny, with or without violence. There were
also, he was sorry to say, several cases of rape, and
there was also a charge of arson—namely, setting
fire to premises in order to defraud an insurance
office. With respect to the charge of bigamy,
it was,
as he :had said before, very peculiar in its circum-
stances ; the party charged was the female, her former
husband being still alive, and from the depo-
sitions it appeared to be a fact established
by the declaration of the party charged, as well as
by the proof of the previous marriage. He adverted
more particularly to this case, because he thought it
probable that the party who entered into the illegal
ceremony might also be called upon to answer for
his part in the transaction, the female being charged
with the bigamy. If it was proved that the man was
a party inciting the female to commit the offence he
would be subject to punishment. It was right that
parties should know that such was the law in cases
of bigamy. The law looked upon such a party as a
principal in the second degree, aiding and abetting in
the felony committed. By the statute a party so
charged might be imprisoned twelve months and se-
veral times privately whipped. He had ad-
verted thus much to the case for the
reasons he had stated, and also because
he was sorry to say that the crime of bigamy
was now of frequent occurrence. As he bad stated,
there were six charges of cutting and wounding, and
it was lamentable to observe that this offence was on
the increase. Not a session passed without some
case of a most aggravated nature being presented for
the consideration of the Court. By the statute the
petty jury might limit their verdict to a common
assault, if the fact of the case warranted it, but such
was not the province of the grand jury. There were
four cases of robbery, but they did not call for any
particular remark. There were five cases of man-
slaughter, and in one of the cases four persons would
probably be included in one indictment. That was
a case originating in a fight, and the charge was
against four men for causing the death of a
boy, by setting one boy to fight another, and
supplying them with beer to excite and encourage
them on. Now, to encourage a fight, and thereby
cause death, would, in his judgment, render the parties
inciting the fight amenable to the law on a charge of
manslaughter. The case of shooting or drawing a
trigger was one rather out of the ordinary course. It
appeared that a loaded pistol was presented by one
shop boy at another, the trigger was drawn, but, by
some accident or other, the pistol did not go off. The
pistol was afterwards found to be loaded. The party,
it was true, might not have known that it was
loaded. I t might have been loaded afterwards, and
the party might not have intended to do any harm;
but if it was shown clearly that such an act
had been done, accompanied with extraordinary
expressions, it would be the duty of the
grand jury to put the case in a further course of in-
vestigation. With regard to the case of murder by
poison, that was in some measure a case of circum-
stances. There were certain statements alleged to
have been made by the party charged, and there
would be evidence brought before them that the wife
of the prisoner died from poison. In his opinion, it
was a case of strong suspicion, and one which he
considered the grand jury would think should be put
in a course of further investigation. Tho case of
robbery with menaces was a case of some peculiarity.
It appeared that money had been voluntarily given
by one young man to another up to a certain point,
and that, when no further money could be got,
threats and menaces were made to obtain it, and the
party was told, that if he did not furnish it, a charge
would be made against him that would end either in
transportation or death. This case he had no doubt
the grand jury would see the necessity of putting in
a course of investigation before the petty jury. The
Learned Judge having adverted to some of the other
cases in the calendar, remitted the grand jury to the
discharge of their duties.
The remainder of the morning was occupied by
the :swearing in of the petty jury, and the trial of
cases of no general interest in their circumstances.

THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
William Boreham was charged with violently as-
saulting Inspector Richardson, at the Stratford sta-
tion, on the Eastern Comities line. _

The inspector stated that the prisoner came up in
the half-past nine o'clock train last night from Yar-
mouth. It is the practice on the line to collect all
tickets at Stratford, and all the passengers, with the
exception of the prisoner, quietly gave up theirs. He
at first said he had not got one, then that he had lost
it, and at last, that he had given it to another ticket
collector. This was found to be false, and witness
told him he must pay the fare, or leave the company's
carriage. He refused to do either, and when witness
laid hold of him to remove him he struck him a vio-
lent blow in the face, knocked him on to the plat-
form, and then fell upon him and kicked him severely.
Two more officers came to his assistance, but the pri-
soner was so very violent that it was with great:diffi-
culty he was secured.
This evidence was corroborated by Thomas
Crocket, a ticket collector, who added that the pri-
soner kicked him and tore his coat. _ _

In his defence, the prisoner declared that he had
been most grossly ill-treated. The inspector and
the other officers seized him, and banged his head
and body against the carriage in such a manner that
all the passengers cried out shame. He (prisoner)
was one mass of bruises. _ _ _

The officers were recalled and totally denied this
statement.

Mr. YARDLEY fined him:2os., or eight days' im-
prisonment.
The fine was instantly paid.
John Thomson, a sailor, was charged with feloni-
ously cutting and wounding James Dow.
The prosecutor stated that last night he was in the
Blue Anchor public-house, and the prisoner, whom
he had never seen before, was there also. Prisoner
was tipsy, and was turned out of the house. Soon
aftewards witness and some friends left, and he had
scarcely got outside the door when the prisoner
seized him by the throat, and dashed him to the
pavement with great violence. He then drew out a
long knife, such as seamen carry, and stabbed him
twice in the left arm. He was conveyed to the hos-
pital, where his wounds were dressed.
This evidence being corroborated, the prisoner, who
made no defence, was committed to Newgate to take
his trial for feloniously wounding.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Thomas E. Helfrick, a foreman in the employment
of Messrs. Delareux, Fry, and Co., the extensive
playing-card manufacturers of Bunhill-row, was
charged with embezzling various sums of money, the
property of his employers.
Mr. Fry, one of the partners in the firm, said they
employed a large number of foremen, whose duty it
was to make up the accounts of the workmen in the
several departments of the manufactory, and then re-
ceive the total amount from the cashier for distribu-
tion. Circumstances arose which caused them to
suspect the prisoner, and, upon examining the books
and making inquiries amongst the workmen, they
found that the prisoner had, in several instances, en-
tered and received from the cashier as much as one-
fourth more than he had paid to the men for
wages. So extensive had been the amount already
discovered that if each of the foremen were to act in
a similar manner it would cause a loss to the firm of
between 3,0001. and 4,0001. He had been carrying
on this system of plunder for a long time in the most
systematic manner, and had gone so far as to enter
the names of parties in the books who had not worked
for the firm for the last four or five months. He
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UNITED STATES.—The Missouri, French
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Transatlantic steamer, arrived at Cherbourg on Wed-
nesday last, from New York, whence she had taken her
departure on August 31, and consequently made her
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royal children, to the Isle of Wight on Tuesday, should
be here.

Viscountess Palmerston came to town on Satur-
day, from visiting Viscount Melbourne, at Brocket Hall,
Herts. The Noble Viscount returns to London this
afternoon, with her Majesty and Prince Consort, from
Scotland.
Lord and Lady Brougham are entertaining a select
circle at Brougham Hall. The Marquis of Douro has
arrived on a visit to the Noble and Learned Lord, from
his shooting-box, in the Highlands.
Admiral Shirreff is to be the Superintendent at
Portsmouth Dockyard, in succession to Admiral Hyde
Parker, whose period of service expires on the Ist of
next month. Admiral Phipps Hornby will immediately
assume the command in the Pacific. Captain Toup
Nicholas has been appointed Superintendent of the Naval
Hospital at Plymouth.
ROBBERY AT APOTHECARIES' lIALL.—On Satur-
day information was given that a chest in the large
room at Apothecaries Hall was on Friday robbed of
three dozen dessert knives and forks, with silver han-
dles, engraved with crest, " a Rhinoceros."