The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

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SMITLIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 410 s; Clover,
31 Os to 41 2s ; and Straw, 1/ is to 11 8s per load.
Supply but moderate, and trade dull.
C UMBERLAND. - Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 4l Os ;
Clover, 31 Os to 410 s; and Straw, 1124 to 11 9s per load.
Trade dull, at barely stationary prices.
W lIITECHAPEL. - Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 4/ Os;
Clover, 310 s to 4145; and Straw, 1/ is to 118 a per load.
Both Hay and Straw sold slowly, at our quotations.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
The young man, Charles Durden, the landlord o the
Somerset House beer-shop in Tottenham Court-road, who
stands charged with having stabbed the policeman
Caleb Davis, F 22, was brought up on remand this
morning.

Mr. HENRY asked if the wounded man was in at-
tendance.

Inspector Dodd replied in the negative. The man
was not sufficiently recovered to make it safe for him to
be present.

Mr. HENRY—Is he in danger? •
Inspector Dodd—The man who is sitting up with him
came to me last night and said he was suffering very
much from the swelling of the leg near to the wound.
immediately sent for the surgeon, who re-dressed the
wound, and told me that though the injury the man
bad received was serious, and would trouble him for
some time, there was no immediate danger. I am, how-
ever, afraid that he will not be able to attend here for a
week.

Mr. HENRY—I must therefore remand the case again.
Let the prisoner be brought up for re-examination this
day week.

dr. Wontner, who appeared for the prisoner, applied
to the magistrate to admit him to bail. The prisoner
was a highly respectable man, and before he entered
business he was in the service of Lord Digby and other
gentlemen of distinction. It was quite absurd to sup-
pose that the prisoner had contemplated murdering the
policeman, for he was almost in a state of drunken in-
sensibility when he was betrayed into the act of stabbing.
Mr. BEERY had no doubt whatever that it resulted
from drunkenness. There was nothing in the evidence
to show malice, or that the prisoner had meditated over
the offence previous to its committal.
Mr. Wontner hoped, under these circumstances, his
Worship would have no ohjEction to admit the prisoner
to bail.

Mr. HENRY had none whatever, but the bail must be
substantial and good.

Mr. Wontnersaid the parties who were ready to be-
come the prisoner's sureties were men of substance and
respectability.

The bail was forthcoming, and approved of in the
course of the morning ; and the prisoner, who was re-
manded for a week, was liberated.

WESTMIN STER.—(T HIS DAY.)
Caroline Smith was charged with stealing, from a Mr.
Breachley, some tobacco and other articles.
The prosecutor stated that he kept a beer-shop, and
the prisoner was in the habit of coming to his house to
sing in the taproom. Last night, about half-past ten,
he suspected that she had stolen some tobacco, and be
asked a policeman to watch her. He saw her take from
the window some eatables that were exposed for sale,
and put them in her pocket. When searched at the
station the articles were found in her possession, as else
some tobacco.

The prisoner, who pretended to be deaf, said that she
did not want to go to prison, and would pay for the ar-
ticles sbe had taken.

Mr. BURRELL then committed her for trial.

E•DVERTISEMENT.]
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

London Ducks, Januarii,"l3sl.
Sin,—ln your police report of last evening, as to ea
examination of two men, named Clarke and Collins, at
Bow-street, James Button, a discharged foreman from
the London Dock Company's service, is represented tO
have asserted " that he had authority and directione
from me to abstract goods from ships' cargoes."
I beg to contradict this in the most direct and positive
manner; and shall be prepared to prove, when dot
the proper time arrives, that the assertions he has mad*
are both in spirit and letter untrue, as I never gave all
such directions, nor do I believe that any such were
given, either to James Burton or any other person what..
ever.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. S. NORTHCOTT,
Deputy Warehouse-keeper.

COMMUTATION OF TITHES.
(From last night's Gazette.)
Return stating what has been during seven yeah
ending on the Thursday next before Christmas-dals
1850, the average price of an imperial bushel of British
wheat, barley, and oats, computed from the weekly
averages of corn returns. Published pursuant to as
Act passed in the 6th and 7th year of the reign 'of Wil-
liam IV., intituled " An Act for the Commutation of
Tithes in England and Wales."
Wheat
Barley
Oats

—. 6s. 50.
—. 4 0
—. 2 8

GEORGE .3-oyez, Comptroller of Corn Returns.
Corn Department, Board of Trade, Jan. 2, 1851.

Mr. Love, the Polyphonist, is at present sojourn.
ing professionally at Stanwick Park, the residence of hie.
Grace the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Love's extraordi-
nary vocal peculiarities are nightly hailed with every de•
monstration of admiration and applause, by large audience*
chiefly composed of families of the surrounding country. OS
the evening of New Year's Day he gave an entertainment
before a party of about three hundred, and on the following
night appeared before a still larger audience. For the better
accommodation of the recipients of his Grace's hospitalitk,
the apartment in which Mr. Love's entertainments take
place has been fitted-up with an elevated stage, a gallert
capable of seating about two hundred and fifty visitors, and
other conveniences, after the manner of a temporary theatre'
INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Wednesday evening last,
as Hodge, the policeman of Bassingbonrn, Cambridgeshire,
and Stamford, one of the night-watchmen, were going their
round in the outskirts of the village, about half-past sere*
o'clock, and passing by some stacks belonging to Mr. S•
Clear, they all at once saw a light at the stacks, as though
caused by the striking of a lucifer•match. In an instant the
stacks began to blaze; the constables made towards the
spot, and saw two persons running towards them. Hodge
crouched down, and allowed one of the men to run into his
arms. The other. seeing his confederate captured, ran awe'',
was chased by Stamford, and ultimately captured. The fire,
in the meantime, spread rapidly, and destroyed two straw'
ricks and a large quantity of haulm. but no corn was coal
sumed. The captured incendiaries were both youths of *the
place, named Howes and Rowlin, and have long been sus-
pected of being concerned with others is causing the maul
calamitous and devastating incendiary fires that have bikini
place in this parish. This is the third fire Mr. Clear has had;
for in May, 1849, the valuable homestall, with live and dead
stock to a large amount, were destroyed ; and in September►
1850, several stacks of corn were consumed. On Thursday,
the two young men were fully committed for trial to the next
assizes by the Rev. Messrs. Law and Fendall. One is aged
16, and the other 18. They have made a full confession of
their guilt.

METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.---A meet•
ing of this body took place yesterday at the court hooey
Greek-street. Mr. Foster read a report on the drainage of
Peckham, proposing the drainage of 400 acres by 10,935 feet
of pipes laid down in Rye-lane, Peckham, and the neigh-
bourhood. The report was adopted, as also another relating
to the drainage of Lower-marsh, Lambeth.

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He that places himself neither higher nor lower
than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.---Efiza
Cook's Journal.

ALARMING STATE OF THE DUKE OF NEW'
CASTLE'S HEALTIL—We exceedingly regret to state that
within the last few days the bright and sanguine hopes
which had been entertained for several weeks of the Noble
Duke's health being temporarily restored, have, humanly
speaking, become for ever blighted. In consequence of the
sudden and alarming change in his Grace's health, a meg"
sage was dispatched on Saturday evening to Windsor for
the Right Hon. the Earl of Lincoln, who arrived at Mat-
her house on the Monday moroing following. Up to the
time of our writing (Tuesday evening) his Grace lies in e
most precarious state ; and we are informed it is the opinion
of John Dethick, Esq., the Duke's family surgeon, and others,
that he cannot possibly survive much longer.- Worksop
Correspondent of .Notts Guardian.

ANOTHER DARING BURGLARY PI BAR FIMILEY."'";
On Thursday morning, about three o'clock, the mansion of
the Misses Parncombe, called aiwnland House, near lick' •
field, Sussex, was broken into by seven armed men, whose
faces %;ere disguised with nightcaps and crape. The fellova
secured the ladies and their servants in one of the upper •
rooms, and whilst some of them kept guard the, others pro- ,
ceeded to ransack the premises. They remained in the
house nearly two hours, regaling themselves with ham,
cheese, bread, wine, and porter, when they took their de•
parture, getting clear off with their booty, consisting of silver •
plate marked " F," value 2001., two gold watches, a quintitY
of costly jewellery, gold snuff-boxes, Inc. ; one 101. and
seventeen 5/. Bank of England notes ; and about 501. in, gold
and silver. A reward of 50/. is offered for the discovery of
the robbers. This daring burglary was committed at no
great distance from Frimley, where the Rey. blr. Hat* w*
so recently murdered.