The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-12 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THiS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY.
The arrivals of English Wheat for our market, this week,
coastwise as well as by land carriage and sample, have been
on a very limited_scale ; and the show of that grain here, to-
day, was small. IN otwithstanding the fineness of the weather,
the demand for all descriptions of Wheat of home produce
was again brisk, at a further improvement in value of from
is to 2s per quarter. The best Essex white sold at 1103 to
112 s per quarter. Foreign Wheat—the quantity of which on
offer was small—moved off freely, at Is per quarter more
money. The Barley trade was firm, at fully Monday's im-
provement in value. In Malt, comparatively little was doing,
yet prices were well supported. Oats commanded a ready
sale, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Beans,
Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were quite as dear.

Wheat.
1,140 qrs.

ARRIVALS.
I it..rlAy.
I 610 gra.

Oats I Flour.
20 gm. I 1,33 ski;
I b.) --
21,410

English
•• • • ••
Lrish, .•
Foreign • • • • • •

8,990 I 13." -
Malt, 1.190 qrs.
We had a fair average supply of meat on sale this morning.
Generally speaking, the demand was steady, and, in some
instances, the quotations had an improved tcndencv. Beef,
from 3s 2d to 4s ; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Lamb, 5s 6d to
6s 4d; Veal, 45 4d to 53 4d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per
Blbs by the carcase.

The Duke of Northumberland has directed some of
the fields adjoining Alnwick to be (livid, d into allotments,
for gardens, &c., and let, at the ►ate of 3/. 2s. 6d. per acre.
These allotments are to contain one• fifth, and some of them
one-tenth of an acre, and every applicant of good character
is to be accommodated with such portion as he may require.
The distribution and regulation of the allotments are placed
in the hands of the minister and churchwardens.—Yewcastie
Guardian.

QUEEN'S BENCH.--(TIHS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice EKLE.)
The cases tried in this Court to-day possessed no feature of
public interest.

EXCHEQUER.—(rius DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before the LORD
CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.)
THE ArronNET GENERAL V. AVERY, SENIOR.
This was an information filed by the Attorney-General, at
the instance of tlie Board of Customs, against the defendant,
charging him with having received a quantity of sugar out
of bond without payment of duty.
The Attorney-General, the So.licitor-General, Mr. Watson,
and Mr. Wilde, were counsel for the Crown ; Mr. Martin
and another learned gentleman for the defendant.
The transaction which formed the subject of this informa-
tion arose eta of the importation of sugar from Madras by
the Lady Flora, described already in the case of the " At-
torney-General v. Howe," a large quantity of which it was
alleged that the defendant, who is in business in Mincing-
lane as a sugar-broker, had purchased duty cif, and sold
duty on, to a person by whom it was passed into 11,-me con-
sumption through a grocer at Banbury. The defence was,
that the duty had been paid, and that the discrepancies
charged on the part of the Crown were to be accounted for
by an examination of a number of books put in on his part.
The ATToRNEy-GRNERAL replied, submitting to the jury
that the case set up by the defendant was a flimsy and
clumsy answer to the charges in the infOrmation.
The Learned CHIEF BARON having summed up,
. The jury returned a verdict for the Crown fur 651. 12s.—
single value.

COMMON PLEA S.- ( THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prins.)
The Court was cccupicd the whole day in hearing a case
of no public importance.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.

(Before Baron ALDERSON.)
FORGERY.—On the application of Mr. liallantyne, the case
of Edmund Garbett, who was indicted for forgery, was post-
poned till next Saturday.

FORGERY.—NiChaßS'icerp, a tailor, Alfred Williams, alias
Brown, a painter, and Joseph Alexander, a labourer, who were
remanded front last session, were indicted for forgery.
Mr. CLARKSON conducted the case for the prosecution, and
the prisoners were defended by Messrs. Ballantyne and Parry.
The facts appear from the following evidence:—
Mr. Harley, of St. Thomas's-square. Hackney, deposed
that he kept an account at Messrs. Fuller's, the bankers,
and that he had not authorised the drawing of a bill on that
bank for the sum of 5001.

Mr. Baker, clerk in the bank of Messrs. Fuller, deposed
that on the 29th of December last the Bill now handed to
leim was presented at that bank for payment. He paid that
bill in four 100/. and two 50/. notes. He knew the numbers
of these notes. The forged bill was presented for payment
between ten and eleven o'clock. Soon after he had paid this
bill, Mr. Hickman, from the Bank of England, called on him,
and in reply to a question from him, he (witness) said that
"all was right."
Mr. Bawtrey, clerk of the Bank of England, here produced
the notes in question.
Mr. Baker re-examined—All these notes had the private
mark of the Bank of England, L.C. Did not know why
the Bank of England should have sent to the bank of Messrs.
Fuller.

Cross-examined—Had no recollection of the rerson who
presented the bill.
Joseph Green, clerk in the Bank of England, recollected
the 4001. notes being brought. to the issue department before
twelve o'clock on the 29th of December last, thought he re-
ceived them from Kerp, but was not sure. The reason lie
sent to the bank of Messrs. Fuller was, that the person who
asked for all gold had told him that that he got it from
that bank. About five minutes afterwards he changed the
two 50/. notes, but that was too small an amount for him to
take notice of the party who presented the notes.
Mr. Hickman, clerk in the Bank of England, deposed that
his attention was called to what had been deposed to by
the last witness. Kerp was the party who presented the
notes. After seeing Mr. Baker he ordered the money to
be paid.
Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—Did not remember
to have ever seen kerp before. Thought that the person
who presented these notes bad no mustachios. Would swear
positively that Kerp was the party. Kerp was in the Bank
of England for about an hour. Did. not recollect the dress
which he then wore.

Mr. Moses Samuel, a clothier, deposed to Brown and Kerp
having come to his shop, and that the latter purchased the
former, who was wretchedly dressed, a su►t of clothes.
Atter two o'clock on the same day Brown came to his shop,
and pulled out a double purse, full of sovereigns, and said,
I have got it,' and that the young man who was with him
had given him the money. The nest day Kerp and Brown
called to his shop. Kerp said to Brown, " Why did you run
away?" Brown answered, " Because I heard the bankers
asking you questions."
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CrOislexainined by Mr. PARRY, for Brown—Had never
seen Brown or Kerp before. Ilis wife was in the shop upon
each occasion when the prisoners called.
W. H. Edwards, police-constable 139 L, saw the three pri-
soners standing together in Angel-court some time ago,
Alexander beckoned to him (the policeman) and told him
that he had a charge of forgery against the other two pri-
soners. He afterwards said that he had no charge against
Brown, but that Kerp " was the villian." He afterwards
missed Brown, but took Kerp anti Alexander to the station-
house, when the officer refused to take the charge; but he
went afterwards, attended by the two prisoners, to Messrs.
Fuller's bank, and one of the gentlemen there gave the pri-
soners into charge, on the statement which he (the police-
man) maie. In December last he saw the prisoner Brown
in a coffee-shop, in Holborn, and took him into custody, and
Brown admitted that he had changed four notes for 100/.
and two kr 50/. for Alexander, for which he got 251. from
him.