The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

COLONIAL MARKET.
The operations were on a small scale, and almost exclu•
sively confined to the public sales, which consisted of Tca
Sugar, and Coffee, at which the biddings were languid
and prices gave way. The arrivals were small from al
parts.

TEA MARKET.
The market was in a dull state, and at the public sales
the principal part offered was withdrawn for want of buyers.
East India Company's Congou dull, at 23. Old. per lb. cash.
TALLOW MARKET.
The sales were moderate at about 475. to 475. 31 per
cwt. on the spot, but the market still had a sickly ap-
pearance.
WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.
There was a large supply, and a steady demand, at
rather higher prices. Straw in short supply ; and prices
advanced full 2s. per load. Clover Hay, to 51. 15s
Meadow Hay, 4/. to 4!. 16s. Straw, 30s. to 345. per load:

THE ATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The Royal
mail steamer Caledonia, was to leave Boston on the Ist
and Halifax on the 3d inst., for this port, and is expected
to reach the Mersey in the course of to-morrow. The
British Queen was to sail from New York on the Ist inst.
for Portsmouth and London. She is expected to arrive
off the former port on Thursday or Friday next. The
Great Western was to leave New York on the Bth inst.,
for Bristol, at which she will be due on the 22d or 23d.
She is expected to bring copies of Mr. Van Buren's Mes-
as Congre s did not meet until
sage to Congress ; but,
the first Monday in December, and that was the 7th, the
Message would not be communicated till next day, Tues-
day, the Bth, and would not reach New York before the
9th. The steamer would, no doubt, wait for it. We may
mention that, on the night of the 15th ult., in long. tl,
Captain Delano, of the packet-ship Patrick Henry,
rd,
the fore and aft lights of a Y.2ssz:l steering to the we
t.ler
which he took for a stcatner. lia steamer, it was ei I
' the British Queen or the Caledonia ; if thefocrin;:h, he
calculated that she would reach new York on th
Liverpool Albion.
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fessedg himself guilty. The amoun
employed in the Bin
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robberies of coin
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EVENING EDITION.

CRIMINAL COURT-THIS DAY.

OLD CO U RT.
(Before Mr. Sergeant ARAISIN.
George liardintan and George W. Dalton were ind'cled
for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling. house of
Clayton William Ward, and stealing 11b. weight of cigars,
and copper monies, value 145., his goods.
The case was clearly proved, and the Jury found the
prisoners Guilty.
Hardiman having received a good chamter, was sen-
tenced to be impriscned for nine months, and Dalton, I ding
known, was sentenced to be transported fur fifteen years.
Mary Kemp, convicted of robbing her furnished lodg-
ings, was sentenced to fourteen years transportation.
William Mathews, convicted of stealing half a crown,
the property of his mist,r, was sentenced to two months'
impris, nrnent and hard labour.

James Powell, an old man, aged 68, convicted of
stealing a coat,was sentenced to eix mom imprisonment.

BURGI,AfiT IN A PUBLIC 110 USE

Art Gearish, age:l 28, and William Allen, aged 20,
Were indicted for a bu.glary in the dwelling-house of
John Alger, and stealing one pair of spectacles and 31. in
copper money, his goods and monies.
The prosecutor keeps a public-house, crake, the Miire,
in Broae-.call, in the parish of Christchurch, Surrey, and
on the night of Nov. 5, last the house was br( ken
into and the property in question stolen. The prisoners
had for some time been in the habit of frequenting the
house. Gearizh, it appeared, bed communicated to Allen
the circumstance, and Allen had been present %hen Gz!a-
rish had disposed of a portion of the property. Allen sub-
secrtentiy becoming uneasy in his mind, communicated %%hat
had occurred to the prosecutor, and both the prisoners were
in constqualee t .ken into custody—Gearish having gone
to Birmingham to escape pursuit, On learning that Allen
hed made a statement to the trosecutor, was thereZappre-
hen ded.

Mr. CHAMBERS who defended Allen, contended that
tiere was no evilence to grove his connection with tl:e
robbery, and that his conduct tbroughcut had been that
of an imprudent but honest man.
Mr. Sergeant ARABLI summed up, and said the case
against Allen was by no means a strong one.
The Jury acquitted Allen and found Gearish guilty.
The COURT sentenced him to tranTortation for fifteen
years.
(_ha, les Barret was indicted for breaking into the hon.°
of Air. Thomas Massey, a watchmaker in Cornhill, and
stealing a chronometer, and a great quantity of other
,rloable property, and Robert Clearela and Sarah Bibbed
were indicted for feloniously receiving 4 union of the
property, knowing it to have been stolen. ii.irret pleaded
guilty; the other prisoners pleaded not guilty.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS, while the Clerk of the Arraigns was
reading the indictment, came into Court, and said he had
just received a blank sheet of paper, bow could he pos-
sibly defend the prisoners without proper instructions?
Mr. Sergeant AR4BIN said really he could not help
that, the case must go on. The solicitors should have
instructed him before.

Mr. Ph iLurs said that it was part of that s3steni of
which the Court hzd so often complai.-ed. The names of
the prisoners had only been placed on the list fur trial an
hour ago, in the ahser.ce of the Solicitor,

Mr. Sergeant ARAnIN could nut help that. The case
Faust go on. The Learned Judge
.then Lsked Mr. Phil.
lips for whom he appeared ?
Mr. PHILLIPS—For no one, My Lord; I sould con-
,idcr it a great injustice to the prsoner to undertlke the
defence under such circunutPnees.

Air. DOANE then opened the case, and the Court having
intimated its opinion that the case was not sufficient
against Cle2vely and llibbcrt, they w• re acquitted, Barrett
who, it appeared, had been nn apprentice of the prosecu-
tor, and had been previously convicted, was senttnced to
15 years' transportation.
CnARGE OF BIGA?tIY.—Pt trr Anthony Cullen vas
charged with feloniously marrying J4IIC 13.iitOW, his 'age
being alive.
Mr. Chambers, on behilf of the prisoner, applied for
a postponement of the trial until to-morrow, in conse-
quence of the absence of a material witness, who would
to-morrow bz.• in attendance.
An affi,b.vit to the above effect having been made by the
prisoner, the Court granted the app ication.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TiVIELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MGNDAY.—The sales to-
day are 5,000 bags of a'.l kinds; prices steady.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 14.—Chester and
Birkenhead, 341 ; Eastern Counties, deb 13s. 6i., 14s.
Grand Junction, 212; Quarter Shares, 524; Great WC'S-
tern half shares, 491 ; Liverpool and Manchester quarter
shares, 45 ; Brighton United Company, 301 ; Welch Bank,
4i; New Gas Company, 176.

(From the Bombay Papers, recently received.)
Assam Tea Company.—Fevi; of our readers, perhaps,
know that the Assam Tea Company are building a fine
vessel at flourat, about 90 feet, for the purpose of running
up Assam River to the tca plantations belonging to the
Company, and bringing cargoes of tt a to Calcutta for
consumption or exportation. The Company arc also
erecting at Bourat a saw-mill, which came out with the
Malcolm some days ago, and which is intended for the set-
tlement in Asam.