The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY
_EVENTNG, DECEMBER aY,

amount to more than one-third of a penny for five hun-
dred miles, so that you may have meat nearly as cheap
in London as you have it in Inverness. There is another
great advantage arising from this easy and cheap mode
of transit; which is, that the little country butchers who
pnrchase lots of cattle and sheep for the consumption of
the town or village in which they may live, always find
among those lots a few that are of too good a quality for
the consumption of their particular distriA ; and if they
are enabled to send them to a great distance to a more
wealthy part of the country, they not only supply those
rich communities with the superior article that they
want, but they can supply it at a cheaper rate; and again,
this enables them to sell the medium and inferior animal
at a lower rate to the consumer in the country; so that
the rich population of towns are benefited, and the poor
of the district where the animals are killed are very
much benefited.

Is there not a demand "in lame towns for picked
joints ?—There frequently is, and I know, from the in-
quiries I made in Yorkshire for the Direct Northern
Railway, that the butchers are contemplating, when that
railroad communication shall be worked out, to send the
surplus of their better joints to the London market,
which will enable them to sell the inferior parts to the
working classes at a lower price.
In short, quick conveyance enables them to dispose of
the whole animal in the best market ?—Yes.

By the former mode of conveyance there was no pis •
sibility of carrying killed meat any great distances ?
It was quite impossible. There is another great advan-
tage in killing the animal in the country districts ; the
offal or inward parts of the animal are available to the
working classes of the district, and there is an immense
quantity available for manure, which when brought to
those large towns is a nuisance ; in tho country it is
of great value.
Have you anything to add in explanation upon the
points upon which you have now been examined ?
I have several tables to give in illustrating the different
points upon which I have been examined. I have no
doubt that railroads will do more for communicating
intelligence amongst the general community than even
the press has done, inasmuch as seeing a thing is much
more than hearing of a thing, and there will be much
greater progress made in the diffusion of improvement
by railroads than by any other means.

TRANSFER OF LICENCES.
ST. ANNE'S, WESTMINSTER.
At a special session for the district of Soho, held on
Saturday (present, James Whiskin, Esq., Chairman, and
Thomas Russ..ll, Esq.), the following transfers of licenses
took place :—Dean-srreet, Soho: Green Man sod French
Horn, from Edward Stone to Charles Cutting—Greek-
street: George and Dragon, from Mary Anne Page to
James Norton—Hayes• court : Geneva Arms, from Robert
Tibbatt to Walter Wightman—Little Compton-street:
Coach and Horses, from Robert Seaton to George Sandy
—Lisle-street: Prince of Wales, from Louisa Meunier
to Henry Bingham—Macclesfield-street : Horse and
Dolphin, from David Moyniham to Isaac Pye—Moor-
stri, et: Three Tuns, from Robert Willey to Thomas Nar-
riott—Princes-street: Falcon, from Juhn Brook Haynes
to James Frederick Tindall.
The above were the whole of the applications made for
transfers, and none of the cases called for any special re-
mark from the magistrates, further than the requirement
on the part of the authorities that the parties above en-
trusted with licences should conduct their houses in strict
accordance with the provisions of the law.
The magistrates then separated, there being no further
business to transact on behalf of the parish.
FINSBURY DISTRICT.
On Saturday, a special session was holden at the
Session House, Clerkeawell, before Messrs. Wilkes and
Warner, the magistrates for several purposes, when the
following public-house property changed hands:—
The Welsh Harp, in Aylesbury-street, from Alfred
Poole to John Attley ; Apple Tree, Dorrineton-street,
from William Henry Young to William Brown ; the
Bull's Head, Peter-street, from Mary Martin to Thomas
Williams ; the Cart and Horses, Turnmill-street, from
Henry Cross to Charles Leverge ; the Gun, St. John-
street, from Thomas Shirley to John Sawyer ; White
Hart, Myddleton-street, from Isaac Jeans to John
Bowdy ; Horse and groom, Turnmill street, from John
Bower to Daniel Newman ; Lamb and Flag, Clerken-
well-green, from Edward Thomas Phinn to John
Bradley ; Hemingford Arms, Hemingford-road, from
William Harris to Reuben James Huntley ; Nightingale,
Hornsey-road, from Joseph Archdeacon to Richard
Allen ; Oxford Arms, Oxford-street, New North-road,
from William Moody to John Thornett ; the Dolphin,
Old-street, from James Walker Ready to John Henry
Spear ; the Red Lion, City-road, from Thomas Henry
Brown to Sarah Smith.
STRAND UNION.
On Saturday the following transfers of licences took
place at the Strand Petty Sessions, before Messrs. Graham
(Chairman), and George Co%dray :
Bull's Head, Vere- street, Clare-market, from Mr. G.
Davis to Mr. Michael Alengan ; Castle, Portugal-street,
from Mr. Win. Ford to Mrs. Mary Field ; Crown and
Still, Clare-street, from Mr. James Almeroth to Mr.
Thomas Hetherington ; Fountain, Clare-street, from
Mr. Wm. Dousbery to Mr. Henry Elcaes ; Grapes, No.
109, Drury-lane, from Mr. Wm. Neat to Mr. Daniel Cold-
man, late of the Cloudesley Arms, Cloudesley-terrace,
Islington ; Pavilion, Newcastle-street, from Mr. Fred.
Newhouse to Mr. G. Baldwin • Old George, Stanhope-
street, Clare-market, from Mr. John Hooper Staines to
Mr. Wm. Bradley ; Nag's Head, James-street, Covent-
garden to Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, administratrix to Tier
late husband ; Bell, Exeter-street, Strand, from Mr. E.
Rine to Mr. W. Evans ; Red Lion, Houghton-street,
Clare market; the late proprietor, Mr. W. Meades, not
being present, in consequence of being in the debtors'
prison, Whitecross-street, the Chairman objected to
grant the transfer, stating that it was a principle he al-
ways adopted, and which was always followed out at
other sessions, not to grant a transfer in the absence of
the individual who was about to part with his house, as
the Bench must always be satisfied as to the facts of the
case. Inspector Cogan observed that the police magis-
trates always had similar objections. Licence refused.
NOVEL APPLICATION.—sir. Moseley, vestry clerk of
the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, attended on be-
half of several licensed victuallers carrying on business
in Bow-street and its vicinity, soliciting the interference
of the Bench to prevent Mr. Humphreys, proprietor of
an hotel opposite the Grapes, Bow-street, from publicly
selling gin and spirits. He stated that the former land-
lord, Mr. Jackson, who had parted with the house and
interest of the business to Mr. Humphreys, when he ob-
tained his licence, pledged his word that he would only
sell gin and other spirits to persons who were in the
habit of dining and lodging at his house. He (Mr.
Moseley) was informed that in the alterations which
were now in progress it was intended to construct the
premises so as to be able to sell to out-door customers.
The CHAIRMAN remarked, that a pledge entered into
by the former proprietor was not binding on the present
occupier.
Mr. Roach, transferring clerk, said that Mr. Hum-
phrey formerly conducted La Ville de Paris Hotel, in
the Haymarket, and carried on the business of a well-
known house in Brydges-street, Covent-garden.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the case was out of the
jurisdiction of the Bench, and that when a renewal of the
application for the licence was made at the granting of
licences, the attention of the Bench might be called to
it. If Mr. Humphreys persisted he must abide by the
consequences.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
MANSION-HOUSE.
A foreigner, named Hendershon, was brought before
the Lord Mayor, on Saturday, charged with the follow-
ing burglary and robbery. The prisoner is one of those
fellows who are in the habit of standing shivering in the
streets, half-naked, in the coldest weather.
Mr. Leach, son to the proprietor of the house No. 5,
Great Tower-street, watch and clock-maker, stated that
on Friday evening the window of the shop was broken
with a stone seven or eight pounds in weight by the
prisoner, who then thrust his hands into the shop and
tookjout a case containing between thirty and forty pounds
worth of seals, rings, and other jewellery. If it had not
been for the sash and other impediments, the stone would
in all probability have struck him, as, no doubt, was
intended, for the purpose of preventing him from
running after the thief. He, however, esceped injury,
and jumping over the counter, ran out of the shop,
called " Stop thief," and succeeded in getting hold of
the prisoner, who had been just received into the arms
of a policeman, and upon whose person some of the
stolen property was found. The prisoner's hands were
cut with the glass. He had thurst both his hands in to
grasp the tray of jewel:ery. The tray was thrown upon
the pavement, and several of the neighbours picked
up the greater part of the goods, and restored them to
the owner.
Mr. Leach, the prosecutor, stated that the prisoner
had some time ago broken a pane of glass in his shop,
and stolen four gold watches of the value of upwards of
60/., and the Recorder had sentenced him to twelve
months' imprisonment. The punishment at that time
was considered exceedingly disproportioned to the
offence, and not at all calculated to deter ruffians from the
commission of similar depredations, and the complainant
addressed the Court upon the subject. He appre-
hended now that the lightness of the punishment at
that time had probably led to the commission of the pre-
sent offence.
The prisoner was committed For trial.
CLE R KEN W E L L.
A CHANDLER SHOPKEEPER FINED FOR SELLING
BEER 'hilpot, a chandler shopkeeper,
residingwhn i
was summoned by the police for
oNiSno lam °
having sold table beer on Sunday morning before the
hour of one o'clock.
An attorney, who attended for the defendant, con-
tended that selling small beer did not come within the
meaning of the Act of Parliament, 2 and 3 Vic., cap. 47,
which prohibited the sale of wine, spirits, beer, or other
fermented liquors on Sundays before one o'clock, and
that small beer was no more a fermented liquor than
ginger beer.
Mr. COMBE said the question had often been decided,
and no one could doubt that small beer was a fermented
liquor within the meaning of the Act.
The defendant was fined 20s. and costs.
LAMBETH.
CONVICTION OP A POLICEMAN,-Mr. Norton investi-
gated a charge against Thomas Hedone, 251 P, and
James Dobbin, 175 M, metropolitan police.
It appeared that on Thursday afternoon two men,
named Shepheard and Adams, employed by a person I
named Harrington, a running dustman, were caught
by a person in the employ of Mr. Davis a dust con-
tractor, removing some dust from a house in Camber-
well parish, who called constable Hedone to take them
into custody, but the constable made light of it, and
walked away. Mr. Davis's servant, however, contrived
to stop them, when they assaulted him violently with a
thick stick. Hedone, hearing the cry of " Police !" re-
turned to the spot, when Mr. Davis's man showed him
his hand, which was bleeding, and told him that he had
been struck several blows on his head, and further
saw him struck by Harrington, the master of
the two men. He let them go, after keeping
them in custody for a short time. The complaint against
constable Dobbin was that Shepheard and Adams boasted
that he would not have interrupted them, as he was well
acquainted with Harrington, their master, with whom he
was subsequently seen to come out of a beer-shop, and
when questioned on the subject by Inspector Campbell,
he first denied it, but afterwards said he went in for a
pint of beer. After a lengthened investigation, Shep-
heard and Adams were fined 30s. each, or a month's im-
prisonment, Adams in a further sum of Si. or two
months' imprisonment for the assault on Mr. Davis's
man ; Harrington, the master, in 5/., or two months' im-
prisonment, for alike assault ; and Mr. Norton said, with
respect to the constables, he was of opinion that the com-
plaint against Dobbin amounted merely to an error in
judgment, in not having taken the parties into custody,
when desired to do so, and the accusation of having
drunk at the beer-shop with Harrington was not proved,
though he must say it was a suspicious circumstance.
The charge against the other constable, he was sorry
to say, was very different. His conduct in the first in-
stance in laughing at the man who wished him to take
the dustmen into custody was highly improper, and his
leaving the man struggling with the two men and walk-
ing off was equally improper, and his not keeping the
parties in custody after the man had shown the wound
upon his hand, and told him that he had been struck
several times on the head, was conduct that could not be
tolerated. It was most distressing to him to be obliged
to convict a man who had been in the police force for
upwards of fifteen years ; but his duty demanded it. If
conduct like his was tolerated there would be no safety
for the public. The law enabled him to impose a
penalty of 101. ; but under the circumstances he would
mitigate it to one half, and the constable must therefore
pay a penalty of 51., or one month's imprisonment.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE LATE LIEUTENANT W. P. GREEN.

Porrrsstoirrn, SUNDAY.—We hasten, at the earliest
possible period after becoming acquainted with the real
circumstances of the case, to repair an injury which we
may have inflicted upon an institution which has proved
itself worthy of its title.
Commander Dickson, secretary of the Royal Naval
Benevolent Society, did, immediately on the receipt of
Mrs. Green's application, forward, per return of post, 51.
to relieve present distresses, with a printed form, pro-
mising further assistance. This prompt and really bene-
volent donation fully exculpates both the institution and
its secretary from the charge of neglect. We have much
pleasure in further adding that Captain Dickson has in-
terested himself, in sonjunction with Sir John Richard-
son, M.D., medical inspector of the Royal Hospital,
Haslar, in the endeavour to get the eldest daughter into
a lunatic asylum, of which receptacle, we are sorry to
say, she is too fit a candidate, grief having been the chief
cause of the loss of her reason.

We are happy to announce that subscriptions are
coming in quickly, and that in a few days a list of
donors will be fully advertised. In the meantime all
subscriptions are requested to be forwarded to Captain
or Mrs. Pasco, of the Victory ; Mr. Lewes, surgeon,
Cold Harbour, Gosport ; or to our correspondent, 53,
High street, Portsmouth.
We are requested to state, respecting the grounding
of the Avenger steam frigate on her passage hence to
Plymouth in charge of a navigating party from the
St. Vincent, that the course steered was S. W., and
not S.E.
The Sparrow surveying ketch, Commander Otter, ar-
rived on Friday night from the coast of Scotland to refit
and lay up for tf.e winter months. She was towed into
harbour yesterday.
The Mercury tender, Second Master Scarlett, re-
nA
dl yesterday morning from Plymouth with Lieute-
nant oorsom and the remaining portion of the crew of
tthuer
St.
e Vincent, which was employed in navigating the
Avenger to that port. She sailed again last night for
the eastern ports with supernumeraries.
The Apollo troop ship, Commander Radcliffe, is or-
dered to Sheerness, but whether to be paid off or refit
for further service is not ordered.
The Rochester navy lighter sailed yesterday with
stores for Devonport.
The Inconstant, 36, Captain Fremantle, was at Bey-
rout on the 16th ult., expecting to be ordered home im-
mediately. •
The liaphne, 18, Captain Onslow, sailed from Valpa-
raiso on the 29th of August for Rio and England, re-
ported with freight.
The Hazard, 18, Commander Egerton, sailed from
Singapore for Hong-Kong on the 7th of October to
meet the Admiral. She is ordered home forthwith.
The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, is on her way
home (as stated by us some time since) from the coast
of Africa. On her arrival two or three courts-martial
will be held on the officers on board her in reference to
conduct complained of by them as having been practised
on board the sloop.
The Mutine, 12, Commander Tryon, went out of har-
bour yesterday to Spithead, and took in her ammunition.
She is bound to the River Plate with dispatches for the
Commander in-Chief.

STATE OF TRADE.
LEms.--Dulness and depression are the characteristic I
features of the woollen trade of this neighbourhood, and
but few goods are changing hands. Less business, in-
deed, has been done this week than was done last, and
there appears to be no good ground that there will be
much improvement in the trade before the ensuing year
has set in.

BRADFORD.—WooI—The business doing in combing
wools during the past week has been more extensive, and
an increased degree of firmness manifested by the sta-
plers, owing to the reduced supply in the market, and
the growers and country dealers seeking prices which
cannot be realised here. Short wool and noils are some-
what better to sell, the sales of colonial wools now pro-
gressing in London having commanded higher prices
than was anticipated. Yarn—Although the demand for
yarn is chiefly confined to the home consumers, still there
is no increase in stocks. The price it continues to com-
mand being so ruinously low, without any hope of alle-
viation from wool at a reduced price, compels the spinner
to abridge the production, which is now done to a con-
siderable extent, and the only means by which any im-
provement in prices can be effected. Pieces—The busi-
ness doing in dress goods has been limited. The mer-
chants are all on the inquiry for new styles for the ap-
proaching season, and the mixture of silk and Alpaca is
favourably looked upon, from the elegance the combi-
nation affords. Heavy goods, such as moreens, are
eagerly sought up, and no stacks in the market.
HUDDERSFIELD. Rather more sales have been
effected this week, and the manufacturers are well em-
ployed. Prices both of manufactured goods and wool
keep up.
HALIFAX.—Our staple trade is but slack, but prices
remain unaltered. The yarn market continues very flat,
with curtailed production; but there is no alteration in
prices. A little more long wool has changed hands,
which has given more firmness to sellers. There has
been rather more inquiry for short wools, and prices
are somewhat firmer; but not much business has been
done.

ROCHDALE.—The flannel market remains in iti former
depressed state, and the severe frost that has set in has
not yet had any effect upon the demand for goods. The
wool market is still languid, but prices are firm.
MANCHESTER.--The market remains nearly in the
same state as during the last four or five weeks. There
is, however, a somewhat better demand for good 40-
inch shirtings, suitable for the Chinese markets; from
whence it is understood more favourable accounts have
been received by the last mail. It is understood that
all the spinners of Bacup and the neighbourhood are
about to commence working short time. Report says
that the Oldham spinners are about to resume full time.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate and
Eastern Junction, 14 p,-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, I% p.-Birmingham and Dudley, 6 p.-
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7% p.-East Lanca-
shire, New (No. 1 and 2), 3% p.-East Lincolnshire, 11/4
p.-Edinburgh and Northern, 3% p.-Glasgow and Dum •
fries, la 3d. dis.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 314 dis.-
Ditto, Quarters, % dis.-Great Northern (late Direct
Northern), 34 dis. cum int.-Huddersfield Canal and Rail-
way, 4s p.-Ditto, Extension, 11% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 114
dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, par-
London and North-Western, 194-Ditto, New, 13% p.-
London and South-Western, 6316 ex. n.-Manchester and
Leeds Fifths, 6 p.-Ditto, Extension, 11% p.-Ditto, Six-
teenths, 81/4-Ditto (late Manchester, Bolton, and Bury),
Fifths, 5% p.-Midland, 127-Ditto, New, 44 p.-North
Staffordshire, 334 p.-North Union (A), 223-Ditto (B),
154-North-Western, lls. 3d. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole, 21s. 3d. p.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, % dis.-
Shrewsbury and Chester, New, 3s. 9d. dis.-Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (A), 21,j p.-Ditto, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares ( B),
3s. 9d. p.-South-Eastern and Dover, 381¢ -Wharfdale
(late North-Eastern), lls. 3d. dis.-West Riding Union, 1%
p.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.-York and
North Midland, Preference, 9% p.-Newry and Warrenpoint,
3 p.-Dutch Rhenish, % dis.
MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, % p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 7 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 11, dis.-East Lincoln-
shire, 1 p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 3% dis.-
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 41,E p.-
Ditto, Thirds, 1% p.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester,
11% p. c. n.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junc-
tion, % dis.-London, Manchester, and Birmingham (B),
7% p.-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 114 p.-North
Staffordshire, 3% p.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A)„
214 p.-West Riding Union, 1% p.
LEEDS, DECEMBER 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The improved appearances noted in
my last week's circular continu"d to be well supported until
yesterday, when a little slackness was observable, and the
market is again not quite so firm this morning. Manchester
and Leeds Stock and Midlands are both considerably higher
than at the corresponding period of last week. North-
Westerns, Great Westerns, and South-Westerns, are also
better. Among local stocks, Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid-
lands, and Mahon and Driffie ds, are higher and in demand.
Dewsburys are firm, but Huddersfield and Manchesters are
not so good, as the terms of the agreement between that
company and the London and North-Western are not consi-
dered proportionately equal to those obtained by the Dews-
buiys. The difference in the bargain is chiefly relative to
the proposed branches which have to be given up to. the
North-Western Company by the Huddersfield and Man-
chester, while the Dewsbury proprietors retain theirs. The
sales are-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7% p.-East
Lancashire, 4% p.-Ditto, New Shares,-4% p.-Ditto, New
Scrip, 134 p.-East Lincolnshire, 1% p.-Leeds and Dews-
bury, 111/ n. p.-Ditto, Branches (blue), 7 p.-Ditto, Ex-
tensions (green), 28s. 6d. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.-
Ditto, New, ss. p.-Ditto, Preference, 245. p.-North British,
Thirds, 21 p.-Ditto, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch);
435. p.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-North-Western, 10s. n.
p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 19s. p.-Shrewsbury
and Birmingham, 214 p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, ss. p.-Leeds Wakefield, and Midland, Bs. 6d. dis.
new scrip-West Riding Union, 41.
HULL, DECEMBER 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-But a limited amount of business
has been transacted to-day, and North Staffords and York
and North Midland Preference shares have declined slightly.
Our other quotations remain unaltered. The sales are-North
British, New Quarters, scrip, 19s. 9d. p.-York and North
Midland, Preference, 9% p.-East Lincolnshire, 19s. p.-
North -Western, 10s. 6d. A - Shropshire Union, ls. dis. -
Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 17s. p.
SHEFFIELD, DECEMBER 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 4s. p.-Birmingham and Oxford, 7% p.-
East Lincolnshire, 1 p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3%
dis.-Ditto, Extension, 275. 6d. dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury,
1114 p.-North-Western, 10s. c. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham
and Goole, 10s. 6d. p.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DECEMBER 5.
STocK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Leeds and Thirsk,
New 3 p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction,
1/4 dis.-London and Blackwall, 2s. 6d. p -Newcastle and
Berwicle(North Shields), 12% p.-North British, 1114 p.-
Ditto, Thirds, 51s. 6d. p.-Ditto, Quarters, 465. 6d. p.-York
and North Midland, Preference, 10 p.
YORK, DECEMBER 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lincolnshire,
214-Leicester and Bedford, 165.-London and' York, 21/.1.-
Melton and Driffield Junction, 3/. 4s. 6d.-North British,
Thirds, 31. lls.-North-Western, 3/. Os. 6d.-Sheffield, Ro-
therham, &c., 31. 1 la.-West Riding Union, 41. 23.-York
and Newcastle, Preference, 7-York and North Midland, Pre-
ference, 1134.