The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY,
MANSION-HOUSE. ' CORN ZXCHANGW.
The Lord Mayor received the following letter on the The arrivals of English Wheat, up to last week, coastwise
subject of the manni-r in which the regulations made by as well as by land carriage and sample, were on a very limited
the Court of Aldermen, and confirmed by Mr. Baron scale, though of somewhat improved gtolity. Of Barley,
Platt, are attended to by the steam-boat proprietors : Nlait, Oats, and all other articles of home produce, the re-
" April 11, 1846. c:ipts were small. From Scotland, no grain of any descrip-
-,b" -vw Ireland, ly about 11,000

"My Lord,—l beg permission to call attention to the
shameful manner in which the steam-boats on the
Thames are crowded. In coming yesterday from Graves-
end, I was really shocked by what I witnessed. If it is
necessary to confine the number of passengers in a cab
or omnibus, how much more necessary is it in a steamer?
The companies seem disposed only to pocket as much as
they possibly can, without regard either to the conveni-
ence or seety of the public; not that I wonder at it, for
a cabman would do the same if the law did not prevent
him. You have the power, and, I trust, the disposition
and determination to put an end to this abaurenable
practice. Were you to go to Grave-end to-morrow, you
would require no evidence stronger than your own eyes
to assure you of this fact. I look with absolute fear to
Monday and Tuesday next, being Laster time, and en-
treat you to take the matter under your contr. I.—l have
the honour to be, your Lordship's obedient s:rvant,
" Palace-road, Lambeth." " J. F. ASTON.
The LORD MAYOR said with reference to the letter,
that he was pert'. oily ready, as he had frequently stated
upon ether occasions, to enforce the regulations cf the
Court of Al iermen, whenever cases should be brought
before him in which it might be proved that any viola-
tion had taken place. He had invited the public
to look to tie instances of overcrowding, vud
to assist in applying the remedy by summoning the
offending parties before him. It had been stated, upon
authority, that .the commanders of the steam vessels,
which so constantly took trips up and down the river,
were in no one case licensed, and it was only necessar:,•
to summon such commander to convict and to punish
them. The penalties for each trip were very consider-
able, as were the penalties for carrying a greater
number than was allowed by the regulations to be con-
veyed, and for in other respects infringing the rules ;
but it was absurd to suppose that the Lord Mayor should
be expected to employ persons to do that which the
public ought to do for themselves.
A lad, who appeared terribly frightened, was brought
before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having at-
tempted to pick the pockets of several ladies on board
one of the steamers, at London Bridge.
The complainant, a gentleman, who was with his wife,
on board the steamer, stated that he saw the prisoner
put his hand into the pocket of a lady, after having
followed others with apparently the same object.
The prisoner had, it appeared, gone on board the
steamer, atter having a orked hard all the week, in order
to prepare himself for a matrimmial enterprise, in which
he had appointed to engage on that morning at 9
o'clock. He had delivered all his earnings, with the ex-
ception of the pence of the excursion to Greenwich, into
the hand of the young woman to whom he was to be
united ; and he little thought that, uron his return from
the twopenny worth of recreation, he should fall into
any other arms than these which were ready to receive
him with affection. Into the possession of a great
policeman, however, it was his unhappy destiny to be
transferred, at the moment be was looking out for the
smiling reception he so naturally expected on the eve of
consummation.

in came to hand; while from Ireland, only about
Wheat
of Oats came fresh to hand. The imports of Foreign
Wheat and Beans were large—upwards of 26,000 quarters ,of
the former, =4l 10,000 quarters of the latter having been
landed in bond. Fresh up to-day, the receipts of English
Wheat were again small; however, the stands exhibited a
comparatively limited number of samples. Notwithstanding,
it was what is termed a holiday market, the atter dance of
both town and country buyers was tolerably extensive.
The finest Wheats commanded a steady sale, at, in
some few instances, a trifle more money. In the mid-
dling and inferior kinds, comparatively little was
doing, yet previous rates were pretty generally supported.
At the close of the trade very few parcels remained unsold.,
The accounts which have reached us by this morning's pelt,
respecting the appearance of the Wheat plants are very satis-
factory. As hut few parcels of foreign Wheat have been
lately released for home consumption, the show of that article
was very small, owing to which the holders demanded higher
rates for all descriptions As these were not submitted to
by the dealers, the trade may be considered heavy at late
rates. Several parcels of foreign Wheat under lock were
pressing forward for sale, but as the speculators evinced con-
siderable caution, so little was doing in it, that prices were
almost nominal. The same may be said of other grain in bond.
All kinds of Barley—the show of which was small—met a
somewhat inactive demand ; yet the value of the malting
qualiti'2s was fairly maintained, and a good clearance of such
was effected. The supply of Malt was extremely small;
still, however, the malt trade was by no means active, at
late rates. Having a very small supply of Oats from our
own coasts, as well as from Ireland, there was rather more
inquiry for that article, at, in some instances, an advance in
the quotations of from 6d to Is per cwt. It is now pretty
well ascertained that the arrivals of Oats from Ireland for
some time hence will be extremely small ; this, of course,
has imparted firmness to our trade. Beans—the supply of
which was tolerably good—met a dull sale, at barely sta-
tionary prices. In 'Peas, rather more business was trans-
acted, and white boiling qualities had an upward tendency-
The Flour trade was dull, at late rates.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 643 to 65$
Red, New.... 518 to G5B Oats—Yorkshire and
• Ditto,White, Old.. 37s 70s Lincolnsh., Feed. 24s 23$
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe • • 30s 32$
coin, Red... • . 523 65s Youghar and Cork,
Ditto, White.... • . 558 68s 81ack....... 23s '29
Irish, Red........ 518 54s Cork, White..... 243 221
Ditto, White .... • • 538 57s Scotch, Feed..... 26s 301
aye—Old • • • • .. • • • • • • 368 388 Beans—Tick . . 34s 41$
New. • • • • • • • . • . 383 45s Pigeons • • • 433 490
Barley—Grinding..... 24s 951 Pease—Grey. ........ 3gs 410
Malting . ........ 31s 34s Maple.....
Chevalier • • • • 37a 388 White ....... 48s 538
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers . s4s 564
f01k............ 588 62$ Flour—Town-made... 55s 671
Brown . • • • • • • • • • • 578 60s Suffolk . . 485 498
Kingston and Ware 63s 65s Stocktu & Norfolk 46s 4SI
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.
Wheat—Dantzic • • • • • . 578 to 63s Beans . • • • • 398 to 441
Hamburgh • . 56s 62s Pease • • • • • • • • 41s 4711
Barley .. 228 28s Flour—American ....• —8 •—$
Oats--New .. 2ss 271 Baltic ..... • • • --s
eed .. 22s 23s
SMX
Since Monday last the arrivals of foreign stock in the
port of London have been considerably on the increase, and
of improved quality, they having amounted to 21 Oxen from
Hamburgh, 150 Oxen and Cows, together with 350 SheePr
from Rotterdam, and 76 Oxen and Cows, 151 Sheep, and I
Calf, from Harlingen.. To-day we had on offer 250 Oxen

The LORD MAYOR desired to hear evidence as to
he character of the prisoner, for the sake of the girl to
whom it was said he was to have been married, as well
as for the sake of public justice.
The complainant declared that he was anxious to set
the prisoner, who. he was told, hid never been before
accused of dishonesty, at liberty. and hoped that his
Lordship would consent to discharge the young man.
The shopmate of the prisoner stated that nobody could
work harder than the prisoner had worked for the last
two years to his knowle and nobody had ever heard
a tittle against his character.
The risoner's mother said that from his infancy not
the slightest imputation had been cast upon her son.
If his Lordship wished, he could see the young woman,
who was waiting to be married to him, and who had in
her possession all his week's money, with the exception
of a shilling, ninepence halfpenny of which had been
found on his person after his Greenwich excursion, so
that hie refreshments could have cost him no more than
one halfpenny.
The LORD MAYOR, who did not wish to put the girl
to the blush, saw no reason why he should not agree to
the suggestion of the complainant, and the young couple
started off in the hope of prevailing upon the parson to
excuse their want of punctuality in consideration of the
awkward cause of it.
BOW-STREET.
Two young men of highly respectable appearance,
named George Griffin and Henry Smart, were charged
with assaulting the police at a promenade concert, at
Covent-garden Theatre, on Saturday night.
It appeared from the evidence of policemen A 17,179,
110, and 20, and of Superintendent Pierce, that on
Saturday night there was a disturbance at
the concert, which originated in a dispute be-
tween the police, headed by Superintendent Pierce,
and a gentleman who had been seen by him to pick up a
trinket that had been dropped by some person in the
promenade. This person refusing to give up the trin-
ket, the police attempted to take him in custody, but
ware prey, nted by the crowd, who " hustled" and hooted
them. While this was going on, the prisoner Smart
came behind policeman A 17. and knocked his hat
down over his face. He was immediately seiz, d
by policeman A 179, who took him to the
station-house. About the same time policeman
A 110 was endeavouring to keep back a mob who were
driving him and the other policeman from their places,
and preventing them from arresting the person who
held the trinket. This polieeinan was several times
pushed and hooted by the prisoner Griffin, who several
times warned him that he must take him into
custody if he did not desist, and he ultimately did take
in charge. Both prisoners went quietly to the station-
house. The disturbance was so great that the police
were oblieed to send for a reinforceinent.
The prisoner (Smart) said that he certainly did at-
tempt to bonnet the policeman, but he had no Intention
either of creating a disturbance or of hurting the police-
man—in fact he only did it in fun.
The other prisoner said that he did not intentionally
push against the policeman; he was thrown against him
by the crowd, who pressed on him to that he could not
help it. In support of this statement he called two
witnessf-s.
Mr. Jones, the person who was observed to pick up
the trinket, was t, en examined. He had several times
attempted to force himself on the attention of the Court
in the course of the case. He stated that in the course
of the concert he observed a person near him, who had
a stick in his hand, attempt to " hook up" a trinket which
was lying on the floor. He said that "two could
play at that game," and accordingly picked it up.
The superintendent (who was in private clothes) imme-
diately came up to him, and said he must give that up.
Witness did not know that this was a superintendent of
police, and he refused to give it up. The police thee
seized upon him, and teok him to the station house.
He 1.-ft the trinket at the station-house in the charge of
the inspector who was there on duty, and he was then
. diseharced.
Mr. HALL commented at great length upon the case, and
remarked particularly upon the feat that Griffin treated
the charge wish levity, and laughed while the evidence
was being given. He said he must make a distinction
between the person eho acted thus and the portion who
showed contrition for his conduct. In carrying out this
principle, Mr. Hall fined the prisoner Smart (who
" bonneted " a policeman) 5/ ; but committed Griffiths
; (for merely " pushing" a policeman) to the House of
Correction for nine days.
The p• i,,,ner and indeed every person in court, was
astound, d at ;his decision, which was followed by a
general murmur of uncontrollable indigtettion.
The prisoner Smart imm, diately paid the fine.

and Cows, and 240 Sheep, from Holland and Germany, the
demand for which was in a very sluggish state, and prices
were not supported. In addition to the above, 80 Sheep
have been received from the Cape of Good Hope for
breeding purposes; while at Hull about 140 bead of
stock have come to hand from Rotterdam, a few of
which have found their way hither per railway. Amongst
the foreign stock on show this morning, we observed
two very superior Oxen, consigned to Messrs. Vorlef
and Morgan, which carried off the prizes at the last Ham'
burgh Cattle Show. As might be expected, these animals
attracted considerable attention from those dealers present-
As is almost invariably the case on a holiday Monday, the
supply, of home-fed beasts here to-day was limited, but full/
adequate to meet the wants of the butchers, whose attendance
was by no means numerous. For all breeds the demand
therefore ruled heavy at barely, but at nothing quotable be-
neath, last week's prices. The highest figure obtained for the
best Scots did not exceed 4s 2d per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk,
E: sex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,600 Scots, home'
breds and short horns; from the western and midland countiefle
230 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c. ; and from Scotland 800
Scots, chiefly polled. The numbers of Sheep were unusuallt
small; nevertheless, the Mutton trade was very depressed,
and some difficulty was experienced in effecting a clearance
at previous quotations. It must be observed that the prices
in the table below refer to the Sheep in the wool; those
shorn selling at Bd. per 811 y. lower. From the Isle of Wight,
20 Lambs came to hand. The Lamb trade ruled dull, at last
Monolay's figures; viz., from ss. 6d. to 78. per Bibs., being
decline in those paid on Friday of from 6d. to ls. per Sib&
Calves were in short supply, and steady request, at late rates.
In Pigs very little business was transacted, at about otr
tionary prices.

Per Sibs. to sink the offal.
s. d. s. d. a, d. to s.d
Inferior Beasts .. •• 2 6 3 0 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6I
Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 1
Prinie large Oxen.. 3 8 310 Southdown Wethers 410 5 0
Prime Scots ...... 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool ^""64 Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 Large Hogs ...... 3 6
Prime small ditto .. 5 2 3 4 Small Porkers 4 S 5
Suckling Calves -..18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs 16 0 20 it:
Inferior Sheep • • .3 10 4 2 Lambs .......... 5 6 7
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. Sheep. "veg.
I Pigs.
2,576 14,460 51 280
NEVTGATE AND ILNADDNNALL.
Since Monday last the arrivals of country-killed meat for.
our markets have been on the increase, and of full average
quality. The supplies slaughtered in the metropolis ha"
been moderately extensive, yet the general demand bas
ruled steady. Lamb, about 600 carcases of which have NO)
to hand, mostly per railway, has sold at an advance of from
1
6d to Is ; Veal, 2d to 4d per Sibs.; the value of other kinds (4
meat being steadily supported. About 40 carcases of foreigil
beasts, and 90 ditto of sheep have found buyers, at AI:
quotations.

At per stone, by the Carcase.
• s. d. to s. d.
Beef. inferior...... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 62. di" 13: 1
- middling .. •• 2 6 2 6 middling.. 310 1 6
- prime large .. 210 2 2 prime ... . 4 4 ' 4
- prime small .• 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ 3 4 : •
Veal .............. 4 6 6 4,- small ........ 4 6 '