The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

5,290 I 10,170

BOROUGH HOP MARKET. OUT
The plantation accounts being more favourable] y'
market is heavy at
.barely stationary prices.
05,000/. to 100,0001.

ViTHITECHAPEZ. sfb:
Our market is in a vary inactive state, as folio . sd;
Beef, from 2s to 3s 2d; Mutton, 29 4d to pork,
Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 2s 6d to 3s 4d; *"
23 6d to 3s 6d per 81bs by the carcase.

SECONDARIES'.--(THIS D A Srji:ll
There were only two undefended cases in the list, °b
wt.
were of no interest. At present there is not 61!/10
record before the Learned Secondaries, and thejurL re•
dismissed with an intimation that they would „ive
summoned when required. During the terms the 01"06-
are on Wednesdays and Fridays, but during the loaf
tion they are uncertain, and depending on the
specified in the writ directed to the sheriffs.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS

OLD COURT:

(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATI.N IN THE gel
Henry Charles Page, aged 30, described as an ioterPr' raid
was charged with feloniously shooting at John fr
'lecke, with intent to kill and murder him. gel°
The prix Der applied to the Court to peer," 00
trial for a few days, on the ground that a lady silpoi
a material and necessary witness for his defence bs,corci
yet arrived from Boulogne, and Mr. Justice Erie
der
that the case should stand over until Friday.
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William Muzzall, aged 25, clerk and Thomas u:dipf
Young, aged 22, also a clerk, were indicted for 06'00
a letter containing two bank notes value 101. eneb; ter
one bank note value 51., the property of the Posto3)
General. AO
Mr. Clarkson, with whom was Mr. Bodkin epti
Huddlestone, appeared for the prosecution; °r/,`.0.
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Ballantine and Mr. Parry appeared for the prfsol3-rem
The circumstances connected with the charge Wei tbr
a somewhat singular character. In September leo it)
letter containing the notes in question was peered Of:
Southampton, by a person named Fairo. It t/- P
dressed to a Mr. Farrand, residing at Graveeee bit
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was duly dispatched from the office in Southernoo4l,
it never reached the hands of the party to le ptr
it was sent. At this time the tw° eir
Boners were engaged in the Gravesend rt ito
office as clerks. Intormation of the non-arrival fat'
letter, together wito the number of the note.., pagitiO
warded to the Post-mast, r-Gen. ral, who caused
investigation to be made into the ma-ter, but .0.e°,;f00);
was heard of any of the notes until the lath of Pi:
ber, when one of the 5/. notes returned to the 80,71110
it was traced to a stationer in Piccadilly where "100
been changed a f w days previously b9y a persettp h
gyp
bought a quantity of postage stamps there. On t%
of June, the first of the 101. notes found its 60;
the Bank, when it was traced to a person living at 100,
port, in Sussex, and on the 4th ot July the secoo or°
note came in, and was traced to a chandler, wholle, sfa
it from one of his customers, but who ,bat custoel'eal4
he could not tell. So far, however, nothing tranoP!robr,
implicate the prisoners in the robbery, and the dr'
bitity is their guilt would never have been taloa °lee
it not been for the domestic perfidy of the Pr; dr
Muzzall. He, it would seem, married 13',1 bel
ceased wife's sister, and a few weeks ago he tarr ,bl 4
out of doors to take up with another woman, tellinstir
that he had ben consulting some law book Whit-, 111/
fled him that their marriage was void, and tu`-rtiel
had no legal claim upon him. While 100tbf
from this cruel treatment, she gave information t
police authorities, which led to the arrest of tbleeti;
soner on the present charge, and the subsequent 11,8
fication of Young as the party who chauged t"oteo
note at the stationer's shop in Piccadilly. She 6`bot!
that about the period when the letter was said
been forwarded to Gravesend Muzzall came hol3el:eb
wanted her to go out and get two 101. notes cbs„"ilei
She refused to do anything of the sort, declari,egibeo
belief that be hal nut come honestly by them, 6131'4- 0,
he confessed to her that they had been given to Pcteo,
" Tom Young," the other prisoner, who had e%trhisbio
them, with another note for Si., from a letter tytlii-oli,er,
arrived from Southampton. Meanwhile the Vs
Young resigned his situation, which he bad bald
tbd
eight or nine 3 ears. at Shepherd's-bush, and wbejoiri
Post-office began to make inquiries about the I? sof
I. es
I. tter, and to talk about searching the press
Clark, she was induced by Muzzall to go up t:„,
and place the two ten pound notes 'Wag'
hands of Young. Such was the case /"ststr
the prisoner, us disclosed by the oPenir4„vorty,
merit of the Learned Counsel, and afterwards surbobje"
by the evidence. In the course ot the inquiry °jos el.,
iron was taken to the adwisbibility of the weraallbeol
dunce, on the ground that she was prima facie
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of one of the prisoners; but the woman bee-oliveal
xamined with the view of showing that she war „c 1011"
to the marriage of :Viezzsll with an elver sister, P-ioterl
she was married to him after the deith of ber t'otiole
The marriage the Court held to be void; but the cof 0.1
for the prisoner contended that, as the mother self
deceased wife was living, she ought to have bee' of'
to prove the sisterhood, an objection which 11/911
ruled by the Bench. „pie)
(The case was proceeding when we went to

NEW COVET.
John Dowling. 56. described in the calendar !
"Afar
13.0,1°
bourer, pie:need guilty to an indictment chtsrPo
with stealing seven pounds and a halt of pepper'
perry of the St Katherine's Dock Company, trap - A
in the port of London. e CI;
The prisoner pleaded poverty, and hoped s
would pass a lenient sentence, as he had six
Brio
children, and did not like to go home without s'" .4
crust of bread to give them.
The RECORDER said he was afraid that Was
Eibietio Oa
of the prisoner when before the Court on a Prec
elusion. f
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The prisoner declared that he had been 011 of
ployment fur a considerable time, though he had
It
get an honest living. JOY-
A police-constable said the prisoner was e1:139,1 Ogg,
pumping water cut of the bold of the vessel, 01.1"ifi
receive 14s. a week. He had three shillings ifs
pocket when taken into custody. hits
The RECORDER wished to know how long -
had been dead? The prisoner—Three year& ors,
The RECORDER observed that the prisoner
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sentations respecting poverty were believed recetff,
Court on the last occasion, and he accordinglih"oresliep
a lenient sentence. In the present instance, roe
there seemed to be DO foundation fur the st-inilt,"lio
and even if the prisoner were induced to eel' pauAef
theft from poverty, it was necessary that die Cevis
should be protected against such depredatioes..ni tat,
the circumstances the Court would sentences 3100 v
months' init,risonment. His children wouldrv°oerbsAo;
in the interval be taken care of by the law, Af"
be much better looked after than when under
tecrion of their lather.
The prisoner was then removed.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAlflio°'
Thomas Millar, lately eellec•ing clerk in the se-oceri;
the proprietors of the Patent Journal office, G"
lane, was charged with embezzling sums of net' ,
considerable amount, the property of his emPl`VeatSellas
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. pp
Parkin, one of the proprietors, that the Pr.„'tbe
discharged, on the 26th of February last, irnwtner.f,;l),
vice of the firm, of which he (witness) was 1311r%pdP,',,i
Messrs. Barlow and Payne, as
patent ages,",;
ushers of the Patent Journal. Some time at'
eb blO
ad of
charge he sent in accounts of various sums Ph" forlitio
lected in the name of their house, both in l' to it,
pay ments or fees for agency, and as subscriptiel3d to 67‘
Journal. The sums so acku. wledged arnouete ottotilf
against which he set off claims of commission elngueet(o
to 48/., and leaving a deficit of 16/.; but sub`lielP„ia
the prosecutors discovered that a very ecl'oper
amount besides had been taken up by the Pri
their name, and had not been accounted for.
In answer to the Magistrare, 100'
Mr, Parkin said that the prisoner's selarenf "I
all t-000e#
week, with the addition of a per centage
cullrcied. itheteer,
The solicitor for the prosecution stated, that g‘nriee,fiff,
they bad ascertained several cases against she r to-e'ff
they were prepared to go on only with tbreease oecii
which were for small amounts, being in each, cp.,,,tdento
or :e guinea paid as subscription to theJourna‘'d for
Was given of air( such pa) ments not account'
tot
the Journal office. 1; 1 ed t so
Mr. outlier, in cross-examination, e.e- 400
Messrs. Perkin and Co. bad sent anuther,t`chorr„
travel over the prisoner's ground before they
their c.no's
him. They bad in this way secured some erbrough
towers who tist d to du business with them t_ for 1114
prisoner. The prisoner was now in busihe"... Tin
self. He had obtained some of their custoni.er'_
,eii iraev';
did not ascertain that he was in business fur/310:10rost
three weeks or a month ago. They bad. 01tha
b;rn sooner because they could net find him,i'scuoion,
Af, r stun'. further evidence, and much
prisoner wi.,s di-charg.d.
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LAMBETH.— (THIS PA Y.)
h for°
Mr. Norton,
Clayton Kti:i brought up at this et,urt wer j_E
on a charge of wilful perjury. Yeste:o",
I** prisoner Appouctri before the magistrate *6