The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-09 00:00:00

THE CONVICT MARY ANN HUNT.

Alderman MOON, as one of the visiting magistrates
of the gaol of Newgate, presented to the Court the
following communication, which he had received from
Sir G. Grey :

"Whitehall, Nov. 6.
"Gentlemen,—With reference to the case of Mary
Ann Hunt, the convict under sentence of death in
the gaol of Newgate, in which case the Sheriffs, for
reasons reported to me, directed that the execution
of the sentence should be delayed, and afterwards, by
command of her Majesty, the capital sentence was
respited until further order should be given, I have
the honour, to inform you, that, under the special cir-
cumstances which have occurred in this case, her Ma-
jesty has been pleased to command that that sentence
should not be carried into effect. I request that you
will communicate to the prisoner this information.
" The prisoner will he detained in Newgate until
after her expected confinement, when the comet
punishment will be notified.—l am, gentlemen, Your
most obedient servant,
" G. GREY*"
Alderman MOON said the Sheriffs had made the
communication to the convict as soon as possible after
it reached their hands.
The communication was ordered to be entered upon
uted
the journals.

SUNDAY TRADING.
The following report was brought up and read
,‘ In obedience to an order of this Hon. Court, of
the Bth day of June last, to consider the report of tbe
Inspectors of Weights and Measures for the last
year, we, your Committee for General Purposes, d°
certify that we proceeded therein, and directed the
inspectors to visit their districts upon some Sundah
and report their observations as connected with Sun-
day trading ; and having subsequently received s re;
port from them thereon, we have annexed the 8011,1,0
to this our report ; and having procured copies of the
minutes of evidence taken before a Committee of tb
House of Commons on the subject of Sunday rading.'
which have also been presented to the several lin:
bers of this Hon. Court, we considered the saktn,..;
and are of opinion it is not expedient for the insPeci—,
to exercise the duties of their office upon Sunda,'
within this city."
Sir P. LAURIE said the committee had recoalt;
mended that the inspectors should not be direetedo
inspect the weights and measures of tradespeePleh 0
$
Sundays, because to employ the inspectors in atictb,
manner would be sanctioning Sunday trading by ,
authority of the Court of Aldermen. He would tell tb
poor, however, for their government, that the 511430 f
keepers who traded on Sunday were the grossest is
all the impostors with whom they could come
contact.
Alderman COPELAND owned that there were day
culties to be contended with in the matter of Surnfnia
trading. He was not for preventing the poor ..-be
getting nece,saries on Sunday morning,
'but k,
wished that the trading should cease at nine ool°cre,
The report was agreed to, and a report Was Pthe
sented to the Court, stating that Mr. Teague+, re.
principal clerk at the Guildhall Police-court, haliA.
signed his situation. The resignation was acceptetu
The Court then proceeded to discuss some oaters
of no public interest with closed doors.

PILCHARD FISHERY.
NEWQUAY.—Large shoals of pilchards were se:n(l
off Towan Head on Tuesday last, and it is belies—
that they were passing to the westward. Some 1111;.
dreds of pilchards were taken amongst the herrirlg
but no shoal has been seen in the bay. full of
ST. IVES.—On Monday last this bay was
pilchards, and the numbers inclosed were as folloWo 80.
—Wearne and Victoria Co., 7,000 hogsheads; t,
litho and Co., 7,000 hogsheads; Union CoMPs,,rjfi:
3,000 hogsheads ; Hitchens and Co., 4,000 hog'shes;A
Tremearne and Co., 700 hogsheads ; liocking„gly
Co., 200 hogsheads ; Faithful Gleaner C°l.l3l—Tia;
2,000 hogsheads ; and the New Gleaner, 100. tef
weather is now very fine, and it is hoped the greae
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part will be saved, but as the quantities are so Deb
it is quite uncertain. f fish
PORTHLEAVEN.—Considerable quantities o
op
were taken by the driving boats of this port re
Monday and Tuesday last, and some fine shoals we
seen on the same days off Porthleaven. Fish We re
d
also seen from the look-outs at Gunwalloe snLe
Mullion, but too deep for the seans to enclose.
scans at both those ports are manned, and ready
inclosing, as also around the coast at Cadg with, &e'
West Briton.