The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-13 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

On Saturday, William Mowatt and Frederick Bubb
were charged before Alderman Lawrence with obtaining,
under false pretences, 651., under the following circum-
stance-

Mr. William James Beadel, of Bromfield lodge, near
Chelmsford, said, on Monday, the 6th of November,
I saw an advertisement in the newspaper re-
specting a pair of geldings which were for
sale, and accordingly went to the address, " Turk's
Head Mews, Harley-str( et," for the purpose of
inspecting them. I saw Mowatt, and requested to see
the coachman who had the care of the horses, when he re-
plied that he was the individual I wanted, and at once
conducted me to the stables and pointed out the horses;
and called the other prisoner by the name of George,
and said that he was groom of the stables. That indi-
vidual then, at my request, led one of the horses out for
inpection, and I was leading the other, when the prisoner
Mowatt took it from me at the door. I then spoke to
Mowatt and asked for a reference, when he said the
horses belonged to a lady named King, residing at East-
bourne, in Sussex. The groom when he brought one of 1
the horses out did it so clumsily as to make Mewatt say
"D— these London fellows, I thought they were
more up to their business." I then asked the age of the
horse, and was told he was six years old; but having
examined him I remarked that either I or Mowatt must
be a fool to say that a horse with such a mouth was only
of that age. I then desired to see the other, when Bubb
brought it out to me; and having asked how long they
ran together, and what period they had been the pro-
perty of Mrs. King, Mowatt replied that one of the horses
had been bred by Mrs. King, and the other she purchased;
that he had driven them for two years, and they were per-
fectly quiet in harness—in fact, he had driven them himself
from Eastbourne to Bromley. I then inquired if they
were quiet by railway, and he replied that they were,
for he had brought them up from Leamington, as his
mistress wished to dispose of them in conbequence of
her going to reside at Jersey. He likewise said his
mistress expected 100 guineas for the pair, but as they
were costing her for their keep and his nearly 51. per
week, he thought it probable that less would be taken
fer them, and he referred me to the jobmaster. The
jobmaster (Ward) was then called, and in the presence
of Mowatt first of all asked 80 guineas and his commis-
sion. I said that I wanted them for my father, and that
unless they were quiet it was useless to bargain for
them; and I also added that I should like my father to
see them, although I had no doubt as to their sound-
ness. Ward then remarked that he had been offered
701., but if I made up my mind to purchase I should
have the pair for 651, provided I paid his commission,
and he would then persuade the coachman to take that
sum. In the afternoon I accompanied my father, who saw
the horses, but refused to give more than 651. The job-
master ( ard) pressed herd for a commission, saying that
he could not ask anything from Mrs. King, as she was
in the habit of putting up at his livery stables; but find-
ing my father would not consent, he asked for a sovo
reign to bind the bargain, which was at once given to
him, it being agreed that the horses were to be forwarded
to the Eastern Counties ltailWay, for the purpose of go-
ing by train to Ch •linsferd, and the money to be called
for at 29, Gresham-street, the offices of my father.
_ _

Mr. Beadel, sen., corroborated the evidence of his son,
and proved the payment of 651. to Ward, the jobmaster,
wlp se receipt he produced. On trying the horses it was
found they would not run together, and one of them had
to be backed out of the stables.

A City policeman also proved that he hail been to
Eastbourne, and no old lady of the name or King was
known there.

Ausav
Alderman LAWRENCE sail he should remand the pri-
soners, but would accept bail.
Mowatt found bail, himself in 80/. and two sureties in
401. each; but the other prisoner was locked up.

MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 131 1848.

AA-IL-WAY SHARE -MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Nov. 11. _ _

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was active in the smaller
shares of the Great Western Company, which, in consequence
of the publication of the accounts, materially progressed in
value, and cloned with an upward tendency. Great Western,
Quarters, were done at 2 dis., and Great Western, New 171.
Shares, 114 die.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 11.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a good demand for
Midlands to day, and prices are on the advance. The sales
are—Caledonian, 191 —Ditto, Preference, 14 dis.—Lanca•
shire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Leeds), 21 dis.
—Ditto, Quarters, 6 dis.—Ditto (late West Riding Union),
Fifths, 514 dis.—Ditto (Preston and Wyre, No. 1), 34%—
London and North, Western, 118.4 c.—Ditto, New Quarters,
c. p.—Ditto (C), 1% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 39
Midland Stock, 85—Ditto, New Halves, 8% dis.—North
Staffordshire, 6% dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, 10/. Pre-
ference (late N. W. M.), 13—South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4, Thirds, 6%.
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 11.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices remain firm, and business as-
sumes a better aspect. The sales are—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (A), 7%—Ditto (B), 41. Bs. 91—Shropshire
Union, 66e.3d.—South Staffordshire, 86s. 3d.—North Stafford-
shire, 6%. _ _