The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-22 00:00:00

improving the state of its navy, and accumulating
naval stores at its different dock girds. Last wet-k
a contract was concluded by the Minister of the
Marine for oak tifduer for ship'ouilding to the
amount of upwards of one million sterling. Contracts
have also been taken for a large supply of coals, to
be delivered both in France and in the French
colonies. A French company has just concluded a
contract to deliver four thousand tons of coals in
Madagascar, where it is rumoured the French Go-
vernment intends to send another expedition, if the
disturbed state of their relations with the other states
of Europe should not prove an obstacle. By the
terms of the different contracts both the coals and the
timber must be carried in French bottoms. From
this it will be seen that our neighbours, though they
profess to be under no alarm for peace, do not
neglect preparations for war.

PARIS BOURSE, OcT. 20.—The market has been scarcely
so firm to-day; Threes have, however, closed within a shade
of yesterday's prices, but the Fives have slightly receded,
the last price called for the former being 82f. 65c., and of the
latter 117 f. 65c. The market closed as follows :—Three per
Cents. for Cash, 82f'. 70e. ; for Account, 821. 65c.; Five per
Cents. for Cash, 1171. 75c ; for Account, 117 f. 65c. ; Bank
of France Shares, 3,-1801.; Neapolitan, 102 f. 10c.; Spanish
Fives, 351/2 ; Ditto, Threes, net quoted.
RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has varied but little, but
the change for Cash transaction, where it has occurred, has
been pretty generally against the seller. For Account the
market has been a shade better. For Cash—Paris and
Orleans, 1,250 f.; Paris and Rouen, 9321. 50c. ; Avignon,
8911. 25c.; Strasburg and Bale, 2251.; Northern, 6911. 25c.;
Bordeaux, 5581. 75c.; Fampoux, 400 f. ; Paris and Lyons,
5201. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4961. 25c.; Nantes, 502 f. 50c. ;
Dieppe, 365 f. ; Havre, Vierzou, Boulogne, and' Montereau,
not quoted.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE. OCTOBER 21.

Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—Demerara, 2%—Direct Bombay and
Madras, 14—Dutch Rhenish, 5 —East Indian, ;74—Namur and Liege,
3%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 lA—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5

GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.)

Maria Donald was placed at the bar charged with
stealing a purse containing 19s. and some trinkets from
a gentleman named Goodyer, in Farringdon-street, on
Monday evening.
When the case was called on the prosecutor was not
in attendance, and the Alderman, Sir Peter Laurie,
having ascertained that the prisoner was not known to
the police, anti certainly was not one of the females who
infest the streets of the City, strongly censured the con-
duct of the prosecutor in omitting to come forward to
substantiate the charge, said, that in consequence of the
statement of the police, he was disposed to think that
the prosecutor was mistaken.
Whilst the magistrate was speaking, Mr. Goodyer
came into Court, and having apologised for his un-
avoidable delay, and declared that he had no intention
of abandoning the charge, of the truth of which he was
perfectly convinced, he said that on Monday evening,
at seven o'clock, as he was passing through Farringdon-
street, the prisoner accosted him, and asked him the
way to Bride-lane. As he was giving her an answer le
was hustled by two " gentlemen" so violently that his
" breath was taken away," and in the meantime the pri-
soner abstracted his purse from his great coat pocket,
and ran off. Last evening he met her on Blackfriars-
bridge, and gave her into custody.
The prisoner denied the charge, and referred for her
character to the person with whom she resided, and to
the tradesmen for whom she worked.

After hearing the inspector of police and other con
stables, as well as the friends of the prisoner, the magis
trate dismissed the case.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

A cabman named ,Sidney Kersey, was charged before
Mr. Hall with being concerned in stealing a watch and
chain from the person of a gentleman, whose name we
did not hear.

The prosecutor said that last night he was at a public-
house in Long-acre, and seeing the prisoner with his
cab opposite the door, he offered to hire him, but the
prisoner said he would not take him, as he was en-
gaged. Witness then went away, but had not got far
from the shop when he was met by some women, who
laid hold of him, and attempted to seise his watch.
Witness pushed them away, but the prisoner, who had
followed him from the cab, caught him by the arm and
held him while the women robbed him of his watch and
chain. Witness was not quite sober, but he was per-
fectly collected, and able to know what passed.
The prisoner called in his defence a witness, who said
that he and a friend took the cab in Barbican, to drive
to Lung-acre, when they stopped at the public-house to
get chancre, and give the prisoner his fare and some-
thing to drink. The prosecutor was there, very drunk,
and was twice turned out by the landlord, and he offered
to take the prisoner's cab, but the prisoner refused to
drive him. The prosecutor went away, and the prisoner
returned with witness and his Iriend to the public-house,
where he remained for some time. The prosecutor,
after some time, again came into the public-house, and
charged the prisoner with stealing his watch. Witness
told him he must be mad to make such a charge against
a man who had been in the public-house ever since he
himself left it, and was there at the time he said he was
robbed. 'rho prosecutor, however, insisted on giving
the prisoner in charge.
The other witness corroborated this statement.

Policeman F 53, who took the prisoner into custody
said that he and his witnesses were sober, but the pro
secutor was drunk.

Mr. HALL said there was no foundation for the charge,
it ought not to have been made, and the prisoner ought

not CO have been taken into custody. If the prisoner
chose to bring an action for false imprisonment he
would be pretty sure to get heavy damages.
The prisoner said he would do so, for it was a very
hard case.

MARLBR(Y-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
John Frampton. an errand-boy, wAs charged this
morning with stealing a great coat from a gig, and a pair
of leather soles.

Gen. Floris, living at 34, Edward-square, Kensington,
said he drove up last night about a quarter before seven
o'clock to a house in Jermyn.street. The defendant
and another lad came up to hold the horse, which he
gave to the boy Frampton, and went into the house,
leaving his top-coat in the gig. He had been inside
about twenty minutes, and found when he came out that
his coat was gone. He gave the boy into custody, and
at the station house property was found on him which
he had come by improperly.
James Macmillan, 104, Gerard-street, said the de•
fendant, his errand-boy, had been sent up to Carnaby-
street, on business, some hours before this took place.
The pair of leather soles found on the boy, he
said, were his property, and had not been given him.
Just 'before leaving the boy made a pretence of g
down to wash his hands in the cellar, where the soles
could be found, and no doubt had taken them then.
The prisoner said he knew nothing of the coat what-
ever ; but as to the soles, he said they were his master's,
which he had been induced to take by one of the work-
men, who meant to put them on his own boots.
Mr. HARDWICK said, as the coat had not been dis-
covered he would remand the boy till this day week.

MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY).
The lad Callaghan, whose case was remanded on a
charge of pigeon stealing, was again brought before Mr.
Long.

Mr. Courtnay, of No. 9, Finchley-road, was satisfied
that the birds in the possession of police-constable Grant,
63 S, were his property, and
Martha Ballanger, residing at 3, Finchley-road, de-
post -d to having seen four boys go over the wall belong-
ing to Mr. Courtnay's premises, and take each a pigeon
from a coop.
The boy having confessed to the robbery was com-
mitted for trial.

SOUTIIIV ARK.--ITHIS DAY.)
James Simmons, a porter in the employ of Messrs.
Turner, hair deah rs, Leadenhall-street, City, WriS placed
ut the bar, charged with stealing a quantity of hair, the
property of his employers.
Burton, a constable of the M division, said that on the
' previous evening he was on duty in Berm,aidsey-street,
when he saw the prisoner enter a marine store dealer's
with a bundle under his arm. He follow( d him in, and
saw him produce from the bundle a quantity of hair,
which he offered for sale; but the shopkeeper refused to
make any purchases. Suspecting the property to be
stolen, he (the officer) questioned him respecting it, when
he ascertained it to.d been stolen from the warel.ouse of
his employers. He accordingly took him into custody.
The hair was identified by one of the complainant's
men, who had clipped it from various heads.
A clerk in the same employ said, the prisoner had
been in their service about three years. and the utmost
confidence was reposed in him. his employers, how-
ever, had no wish to press the charge as the prisoner had
a wife and family dependent upon his exertions.
Mr. SECKER said he could not overlook the prisoner's
conduct. He had been guilty of a serious crime, which
would have caused him to have been transported had the
'prosecutor desired him to commit him for trial. He
should, under the circumstances, sentence him to three
months' imprisonment.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Joseph Davis wss brought before Mr. Bingham, the
sitting magistrate, charged with attempting to commit
self-destruction.

Police-constable 323 N, stated that at about 10 o'clock
last night he was on duty in the district near the Re-
gput's Canal, when he observed the defendant delibe•
rattily mount the parapet of the bridge, and precipitate
himself therefrom into the water, before witness could
possibly reach him. The drags were obtained, and the
defendant was got out alive. Medical aid was also
speedily obtained, and proper nourishment having been
administered to the defendant, he was cot veyed to the
station-house. Witness added that he had since seen a
brother of the defendant, who is in good circumstances,
and who appeared well disposed towards the latter.
Mr. BINGHAM enquired whether the brother was will-
ing to receive the defendant ?—Defendant replied that he
had no doubt of it.

Mr. BINGHAM, in an animated but feeling manner,
animadverted upon the awful situation from which he
had so providentially escaped plunging himself into.
Ile should detain him until the arrival of some of his
ramily.

MORTALITY OP THE METROPOLIS.—The total number
of deaths regiaered in the metropolis during the week
ending Salurday, Oct. 17, 1846, was 821 : of these 802
were from other causes than violence, showing a decrease
in the number of deaths from disease of 72 as compared
with the week preceding. The deaths from diarrhoea
were 35, from dysentery 3, from cholera 2. The births
rrgistered during the week were 1,287.