The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-18 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

COLONIAL.
SUGAR.-The market for British plantation is steady,
about 450 hhds having been sold without alteration in value.
The public sales have consisted chiefly of 10,522 bags Mauri-
tius, 4,669 bags 141 chests Bengal, 1,723 bags Madras,
and 210 hhds Porto Rico, nearly all of which sold at
steady prices, with the exception of the latter, which
being held above the market value was all withdrawn. Pri-
vately about 5,000 bags Manilla have been disposed of at
44s 6d, being a full price. The quantity of British Planta-
tion landed last week at the East and West India Docks was
1,451 hhds 104 tierces; there were taken for home consump-
tion 1,143 hhds 140 tierces; the stock in the same places is
10,180 hhds 892 tierces.
COYFEE.-133 bags Plantation Ceylon, 422 bags Mysore,
and 141 bales Mocha. The Ceylon realised steady prices, but
the Mysore and Mocha were taken in.
Eu,.__The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 876 puns 37 Mids. There were taken
fot home consumption, 325 puns 70 hhds, and exported 88
puns 52 hhds. The stock in the same place is 9,120 puns
,25,7t9h4pockets Bengal, 2 538
gttseJra\q'au,alaitnides,49a3t
the previous currency, whilst on the lower kinds 504 hhds.b
abagsgßsl Ric,,.—At
Madras, a2luvBcls:
eto ihne rn2c'eens9a3r7Cl
yabraaolgll issnoial,(Bl
a reduction
of 3d to 6d was submitted to.

SALTPETRE —1,590 bags Bengal were withdrawn.
SPICES.-200 bags Pimento, 314 bags Malabar Pepper,
and 140 chests Cassia Lignea were offered by auction. The
Pimento and Pepper realised former prices, but the Cassia
Lignea was withdrawn.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 47s to 475 9d per cwt on the spot,
and Town 49s 6d.
TEA.—This article is quiet.
CorroN.—There is an increased disposition to buy.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The May adjourned se3sions for the county of Middlesex,
commenced this morning at the Court-house, Clerkenwell-
green, before the Assistant-Judge and a full Bench of Ma-
gistrates.

The names of 82 prisoners appeared for trial in the calen-
dar, of whom seven were charged with misdemeanour, the
remainder being indicted for felony. Of those, 46 were
de-
scribed as able to read and write imperfectly, 9 only ab.e
to read, and 27 wholly unacquai..ted with either reading er
writing.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in his charge to the grand jury,
said there was one most important matter with respect to
the effects likely to be produced upon females who were sen-
tenced to transportation, to which he could not allow the
present oppsrtunity to pass without adverting—he meant
that system of reformatory discipline which the Government
had established wtthin the last four years in relation to the
female convicts in Van Dieman's Land. By that system the
colony of females received the best of moral and religious
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struction, and were also instructed in such domestic duties as
would fit them for becoming useful members of society,
and when they showed by their conduct that
they had availed themselves of the benefits of the systemstickets of leave were granted to them, and they were placed
out as servants with persons of approved character. It. 71";
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true the period of three or four years was not enouga,""
enable them to form an opinion of the perfectability 01 I
system like this, but still there were sufficient facts to enable
them to come to the conclusion that it was one fully desert'
ing of a trial, and he hoped it would have a fair one. The
Learned Assistant-Judge concluded by adverting to the
system at present pursued at Parkhurst, so that boys under
a certain height were refused admission, by which manY
fitting objects were precluded from its benefits.
William Burke, for picking pockets, against whom there,
were several previous convictions, was sentenced to ten years
transportation.
Edward Aiken was indicted for stealing a purse containiag
seven sovereigns and other monies, the property of Lothian.
Nicholson, from his person.
The prosecutor, an officer in the Royal Engineers, was
coming up from Woolwich by one of the steam- boats, and
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upon the vessel reaching Blackwall he missed his purse, Intl
recollecting that a man very like the prisoner, who cum"
a cloak on his arm, had pressed closely against him, he gave
information to one of the pier police, who took the prisoner
into custody. Six sovereigns were found upon him when. he
was searched, and he accounted. for them by first saying
that they were the result of his hard work as an umbrella
maker, and next that he got them from a young girl to
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whom he was about to be married. The prisoner denied
that the cloak was his, but it was identified by a policeman as
belonging to the prisoner.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, the prisoner was a most nett'
rious character, and always hanging about the Blackwell
steam-vessels and piers, for the purpose of robbery; and be
should, therefore sentence him to be transported for the term
of ten years.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Sparrow, a cab driver, badge No. 2,535, appear°l.
in answer to a summons charging him with making use 0`
abusive language to Mr. David Falake, 394, Oxford-street.
The complainant stated that on Saturday, the Bth instant,
about a quarter to one o'clock, he called the defendant's cab
off the rank opposite the American stores in Oxford-street,
and told him (the defendant) to drive to Park-lane, and
from thence to Grosvenor-square, when he got out for Awl.:
a minute. He then ordered him to drive him (complainant)
to 36, Park-street, and then to No. 107 in the Bala:
street, at each of those places he remained Abolll'
five minutes. Complainant then desired defendant
to drive him back to Oxford-street. Instead of driv-
ing him to his own residence, defendant drove
to No. 384, where complainant got out and offered defendant
Is. 6d. for his fare. Defendant refused to take the money,
and said " What do you mean ? that is not my fare." Coin- •
plainant then took some silver from his pocket and told de•
fendant to take what he thought was his fare. Defendant
replied that he was not going to be given in charge for a
robbery, and declined taking any. Complainant then told
the defendant that he lived at No. 394, and that he could
have redress by summonsing him. Defendant would neither
do one thing or the other, and began to abuse him and call
him a swindler, and said he (complainant) should not
swindle him. Complainant then said that he
would summons the defendant, who replied that he
did not care, as he had got plenty of money
Complainant was then surrounded by a mob of at
least one hundred persons, who hooted bins and pushed hint
about. At length a neighbour, who saw the predicament
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which he was placed, came to his assistance, and wished hint
to come into his house; but the defendant refused to let hint
go, and detained him till his (complainant's) brother Cagle
and paid the defendant 25., who returned 4d. change. CI:
plainant then managed to get away, followed by a mob, w
hooted him all the way home.
Mr. Won tner, who attended for the defendant,
witneses, who proved that the complainant was very abus_iv2
and excited, and that the defendant was remarkably civn
and temperate in his behaviour. the
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Mr. 13INGHAar, after going through the whole of
evidence, dismissed the summons, and ordered the -
plainant to pay the costs. called severe!