The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-28 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

Richard Richards, living at No. 3, Weir's passage,
Somers-town, was charged before Mr. Long with having
stolen birds of Paradise and ostrich and other feathers to
the value of upwards of 2001., the property of Mr. Ad-
cock, plumassier, Prince's-street, Cavendish-square.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. Adcock, that
on the night of the Bth ult., about ten o'clock, be locked
up a house adjoining, and, in fact, forming part of his
business premises; and on the morning of
Monday, the 10th ult., at seven o'clock, be found an
entry had been effected, and the above valuable pro-
perty carried off from the room in which if had been de-
posited. On tint floor of the room a dark lantern was found.
and it was clear there had been no forcing, and that
entrance must have bean made with a false key. About
a fortnight after he received an anonymous letter, ad-
vising him to offer a reward for the recovery of the
property. From some information that Mr. Adcock
had received from Mr. Elving, commission agent, 9,
Duke street, Grosvenor-square, he went with that gen-
tleman and Inspector Jackson, D division, to the pri-
soner's lodgings to see a quantity of feathers the pri-
soner had offered to sell Mr. Elting (on the intro-
duce ion of a person named Scott), and for the
apparent purpose of purchasing them, if approved of.
The prisoner, without hesitation, showed them, anti
they found 26 bird of Paradise feathers. The prisoner,
askeel 601. for them ; and Mr. Adcock, being satisfied
that they were a portion of those stolen, gave him into
custody. Remandf dto Saturday next.
W ORS HIP-S 7 BEET.
John Plaskett, an active, powerful young man, de.
scribed by the police as being the brother of the notori,
ous William Hackett, wirfose adroit escape from the
Pentouville Model Prison excited so much public atten-
tion about six or eight months ago, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Hammil, charged upon suspicion of having
been concorned with others not in custody in stealing
three bales 4,f silk of the value of 1131., the Lotninal pro-
perty (sf Mr. John Pope, a llghterm.in and carrier, BA
Harp-lane, Fenchurch-street.

It was intimated by Sergeant Teakle, who appre-
hended the prisoner, tied deserved great ertdit for hie
adroitness and determination, that if an opportunity were
given him he should be able on a future occasion to ad-
duce evidence or a very conclusive character to fix the
charge upon the accused, and he was ordered to be
brought up again in a week.

CLERKEN WELL.
The neighbourhoon of Islington and Hornsey was
painfully excited on Saturday, in consequence of a re-
port that a young lady had been outraged in a barbarous
manner by a villain who had attempted her life in Horn-
sey-wood, and that he had been apprehended and lodged
in the station-house of the district, and was to be exa-
mined before the magistrate of Clerkenwell-court.
Long before the opening of the justice-room crowds
had collected in the vicinity, and when the prisoner was
brought in it was instantls excessively crowded. The
acca,ed, a well-dressed fellow, stated his name to
be James Noble, otherwise Thomas Spurrier, and
the prosecutrix, was Miss Saran Elisabeth Brown,
18 pars old, of No. 6, Annett's. place, Ball's.
pond. She seemed terroratricken and nearly feinted
away. On being sworn she deposed that she was on
a visit to her sister, and on the previous afternoon
she took a walk in Hornsey wood, where she observed
the prisoner with another man. She lost sight of them
for some time, when suddenly the accused emerged from
a thicket behind her, and gave her a violent blow under
the right ear, which caused her to stagger, and, on turn-
ing round, he gave her another blow on the left eye,
which caused her to fall. The ruffian then threw him-
self upon her, with his knees on her stomach, and,
holding her tightly by the throat by one hand, struck
her several violent blows on the face and other parts of
her person, frcm which blood flowed abundantly. She
screamed, and called out " Murder," the prisoner all the
time endeavouring to raise her clothes and conducting
himself otherwise in a manner not fit for publication.
She effectually resisted his base design, although he
pulled out a knife and attempted to cut her throat,
saying he would have her d- brad off unless she con-
sented to his doing what he liked with her. Her
cries at length brought assistance, and the prisoner,
after a most desperate resistance, was eventually
captured.

William Reesby, a butcher, said he was attracted by
cries of " Murder," and screams. He found the prisoner
and prosecutrix struggling on the ground. The accused,
on seeing him, endeavoured to escape, but was laid hold
of by witness, when a moat terrible struggle ensued be-
tween them, the prisoner catching hold of his necker-
chief and attempting to strangle him, which no doubt
he would have done, as he (witness) became faint and
exhausted, when luckily a young man named Moseley
came to his rescue, and they kept him down until the
art ival of a police-constable, the prisoner struggling
desperately and w ounding them with a knife.
Mr. Moseley and the officer, having given corrobora-
tive evidence, the prosecutrix was recalled, and, in an-
swer to the magistrate, said, that before the constable
came up, she saw the prisoner throw the knife into the
wood. It was a white-handled one, silver mounted. She
was cerain she must have been murdered had it not been
for the brave and courageous conduct of the witnesses.
The prisoner kicked and boat her in a molt awful man-
nor. and she was suffering very much, and under medical
treatment.

A certiticate way here handed to the magistrate, bear-
ing the signature of a surgeon, who de-cribed the prose
cutrix t,) have been grievously maltreated, s.tud that it
would be a long time before she could recover, as her
system had received a very severe shock indeed. While
giving her evidence she was deeply affected, and several
times burst into tears.

The witnesses who secured the prisoner said, that
whi-n he found out that further resistance was of no use,
he Qff:!red them ail the money he had about him to allow
him to escap , and because they refused, d them vile
names, vowing he would some day or other be the death
of them.

The prisoner, on being called on for his def,nce, coolly
said —" I d*ny having had or thrown away a knife, and
I shall t.ay no more.".

He was committed to Ishwgate fJr trial, and the
witnesses were bound over to prosecute.
The magistrate highly c.troplimeired the young men
Reesby and Moseley f-r their brave and humane inter-
ference. They were deserving of a reward, and he pre-
s,nted ouch of them wir,h 10s.
They thanked tie Court, observing they had only
done their duty, and were happy to have had it in their
power.

The prisoner wai them removed to Newgste, and Miss
Brown, with her sister, was convee ed home in a cab.

AaiRDZKN, JULY 25.—Grain—Oats 21s Od to 21s 6d,
401bs per bushel; oats (seed ), ()Os Od to Oils Od, 401bs per bushels
barley, 23s ud to 24s Od. 521bs per bushel ; bear, 2310 d to 24s
Od, 521bs per bushel; wheat 00s to 425; oatmeal, 17s 6d to 18s 6d
per boll ; flour, 30s to 32s per sack. Provisions—Beef,
do to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 3d to 6d; veal, ditto, 3d
to 5d ; pork, per stone, as 6d to 3s 9d ; lamb, per lb, sid to Od;
tallow, per stone, 3,, 6d to ds 9d ; long potatoes, per peck, is Bd.
round ditto, Is Od ; rabbits, each, ud to Od; hares, each, Os
to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 8a ;
eggs, per doz, 7d to 8d ; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 23s Od ; hens,
pc, pair, 2s Od to 2s 6d; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d; ducks, do.,
I s 6d to 2s Od ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d; turkeys, each, 7s Od
to r-s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 88; butter for exportation (present
cure), per cwt, ()Os to 68s; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od
to sid ; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; pork, per stone of 141bs,
0• d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork, large
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os.
Meal—Oatmeal, Is 9d to Is 1 ; barley dust, Od to 10d;
peasemeal, is 8d to 2s Od; side, 7d to Bd,; beremeal, Is 5d
to Is 6d; flour, is 9d to is 10d; barley, per ib, lid to 2d; barley
fiber, Os Od to Is Bd.

DALKEITH, JULY 24.—The relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were 18st .01b, 18st 21b, and 17si
81b. Oats, 13st 01b, 12st 41b, and llst 111 b. Barley, 00st 01b.
00st 01b, and 00st 01b. Peas and beans, 18st 121 b, 18st 13th,
and 19st Olba.
Qra. Best. Current. Inferior.
392 Wheat ....£2.. 8 0 £2 4 0 £1 16 0
395 Oats ... 1 8 0 1 5 6 1 3 4
38 Peas and Beans 1 18 0 1 17 0 1 15 0
Average of wheat 43s lid.
DUBLIN, JULY 25.—We continue to have favourable
weather, and a dull market for all descriptions of grain, with-
out alteration in price. Wheat, white, 22s bd to 25a 6d;
red ditto, 21s 6d to 24s 6d ; barley, Os Od to Os Od ; oats,
per barrel, 12s Od to 13s Ed ; rape-seed, 19s to 00s Od ;
oatmeal, 12s Od to 13s Od ; bakers' flour, per cwt, 12s Od to
14s ; Indian corn, per 4801 b, :e 7s to 29s 6d.
CORK, JULY 25.

The trade here remains in a very dull state, and unless bad
weather should come to cause an improvement, we see no pro-
spect of any immediate. reaction. We continue to receive
supplies of grain from abroad.—The receipts •f home grain,
however, are very trifling, the supply for the week being, of
wheat 6 barrels, oats 423 barrels. The business passing in
wheat is on the :mast retail scale, but we have no change to
notice in prices. Some small transactions have taken place in
oats at late rates. The tendene), however, is to lower prises.
The trade in flour continues very dull, and it is difficult to make
sales of the article, except where the wants of the bakers com-
pel them to become purchasers. Even then, too, they confine
themselves to the supply of their more pressing necessities.
We observe no change in the value of the article, but, as with
oats, the tendency is downwards. Indian corn, owing to the
liberal supply of good potatoes, is in very little demand, and we
must quote the article a very dull sale at declining rates.
Barrels. Uurrenuy.
0 White wheat oos Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 store
0 Red wheat 003 Cd to 00s Od 00s Od-20 do
0 Barley oos Od to 00s Od 008 Od-16 do
0 Bere oos Od to 008 Od 00s Od
71 Oats ll9 Od to 12s 6d ON Od —l4 do
0 Pigs oos Od to 00. Od 00s Od per cwt

Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:
0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 0 barley ; 0 bore; 10 oats;
0 pigs.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week:.—
Wheat, 6. Barley, 0. Oats, 378. Pigs, 0.
PRICES OF BUTTER.
CANT. CURR/NCY.
First quality
Second quality
Third quality 63. Third quality s4s
Fourth quality
Fifth quality
Sixth quality ......... ..... 40. Sixth quality ... 31s
Return of Cattle sold for week ending July 19.
Pigs, 160. Sheep, 431. Cows, 64.
CORK.—N lour—First 121 Od to las Od; extra 13s 6d;
seconds, 10a 6d to 11. 6d; households 9s to 106 Od; thirds, 7a toes
per cwt. Oatmeal Ils 6d to 00s; Indian meal 7s Od to 7s 6d; wheat-
meal, Ps 6rl to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 6/ las to 71 51 Od per
con. Bran 75s to 77s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 13s to 20s; average
00s; dealers 42s to 44s Od; average 006 per ton. St: aw—Farmers
19. Od to 28s Od ; average 005; dealers 38. Od to 00. Od;
average 00. Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 51d to 6d;
household loaf 41d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
91 per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s 0.21 per hundred. Coals—.
Newport 14s Od ; Lydney 15s ; Landore 00.; Cub's,
12s 6d per ton. Tallow 381 Od to 39. per cwt.
Whisky. 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef Sid to 7d ; mutton 58 to lid ; veal 4d to
sd; pork 4d to Od; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages 5d per lb.
Hops 61 10s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/2. 6d to 315 s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 8/ Os; Valonia 151 to 01; French
6/ Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 141 to 15s per atone.
Hemp 29/ to 32/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 19s to 00s ; red
ditto, 26. to 000 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/ per
ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton; red pine, 31 10s; yellow
ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 158 per 100. Hides...
Market 21s to 30s; salted 22, to 30s per owt ; calf skins
3d to 31d per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 12d; Minions,
00d to 00d. Guano— Peruvian, 11/ lOs ; Ichaboe, 8/ to 910 s
per ton. Tar—Archaneel, 19s per barrel.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 26.
STOOL ExcitArtcils.—The market was better again to-day,
and prices had an upward tendency. The transactions were
as follow :—Ambergate and East Junction, 33,, c. dis—Cale-
donian, Preference, 6%—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 493/4--
London and North-Western, 1233%—Ditto, New Quarters, 3%
p.—Ditto, Fifths, 3,/,1 p.— Midland, 40% —l)itto, Halves,
20% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 22'4—York and North
Midland, 183 g.

MANCHESTER, JULY 26.
STOCK EXCHANOtt.—The transactions to-day were as fol-
low:—East Lancashire, 14 5-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
50—Loudon and North-Western, 123 c.—Ditto, New Quar-
ters, 3 15-16 p —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
271,4—Ditto, New 61. Preference, 9.16 p.—South-Eastern
and Dover, 22.
BIRMINGHAM, JULY 26.
&Yana EXCHANGE. Prices have again receded, and the
share market was not so encouraging as yesterday. The fol-
luwing were among the closing prices: Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, buyers, 4i/ dis.-- Birmingham and Oxford
Junction (calls duly paid), buyers, 24—Birmingham, Wol-
verhampton, and Stour Valley, buyers, 1014—Great North-
ern, buyers, 16:34—London and North-Western, buyers, 123
—Ditto, Quarters, 3.3;, Midland, buyers, 40, sellers, 41---•
—Di to (Birmingham and Derby), buyers, 19, sellers, 21...
Nunn Staffordshire, buyers, 9341 Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham (A), sellers, ti/. 3s. 9d, dis.—Ditto (B), buyers, SLA
sellers, 514 dis.— Shropshire Union, buyers, 3,,v, sellers, 3',1,
dis. - South Staffordshire, buyers, 3k,, sellers, 3 dis.