The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-07 00:00:00

COLONiBi.

SUGAR.—The markeifJriritisii Plantation has been
dull, and prices are 6d to is easier for the lower sorts.
Sales—About 500 hhds at auction, 750 bags Mauri-
tius and 1,800 bags Bengal were only partly sold,
without material alteration in prices. Foreign-300
cases and 400 barrels and bags brown Rio were
withdrawn at nominal rates. Privately 1,500 bags
Manilla sold at 30. to 31s 6d for low cloyed. The
quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the
East and West India Docks was 3,499 hhds, 433 tierces,
1,123 barrels. There were taken for home consumption
1,572 hhds, 194 tierces, 828 barrels. The stock in
the same places is 18,671 hhds, 2,445 tierces, 5,961
barrels.

COFFEE is more inquired for, several hundred bags good
ord Native Ceylon have changed hands at 39s to 40s,
being rather dearer, and 1,000 bags Bahia, at 36s to 375.
At auction 150 casks and bags Plantation Ceylon mostly
found buyers at stiffer rates, as also 2,200 bags Costa
Rica, the latter from 42s to 635; a further improvement
appears evident.
Rust is firm, with a steady business doing. The
quantity landed last week at the East and West India
Docks was 655 puns, 8 hhds. There were taken for
home consumption 275 pans, 16 hhds; and exported 113
puns, 141 hhde. The stock in the same places is
13,716 puns, 1,061 hhds.
Rica.-7,500 bags pinky Madras and 2,000 bags Ben-
gal sold well; the former at 7s 6d to 8s 6d, and the latter
at 9s 6d to lOs for good white.
SALTPETRE.-500 bags Madras 21 to 31 per cent re-
fraction were withdrawn at nominal rates. . .

TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 38s 3d to 38s 6d per cwt. on the
spot, and Town, 31s 6d.
TEA.—There is not much doing privately as public
sales are declared. The deliveries are good.

BOW-STREET.-(,THIS DAY.)
Henry Soaper was charged before Mr. Henry with
having violently assaulted an elderly man.
The complaisant stated that be was a porter in the
employ of Messrs. Bramah. Last night ho was return•
ing home through the Strand, a route which was un-
usually crowded, and he accidently ran against a man
who was walking with the prisoner. He had no sooner
done so than the prisoner turned round and deliberately
struck him across the bridge of the nose. Complainant
was quite astounded at the suddenness of the attack,
and asked the prisoner what that was for. The pri-
soner, who had an impediment in his speech, made an
unsuccessful attempt to explain himself, but finding
that he was unable to speak sufficiently distinct
to be understood, he became frightfully exasperated and
let fly at the prosecutor right and left, and the assistance
of a policeman had to be called in.

Mr. HENRI asked the prisoner if he had anything
to sp.), _ _

The prisoner, who appeared to make light of the
matter, stuttered so much that he was unable to explain
himself, but he was understood to insinuate that the com-
plainant was the aggressor.
Mr. HENRY said the prisoner had been guilty cf a
violent and unprovoked assault, and he should therefore
fine him in the full penalty of 51., or in default of pay-
ment commit him to the House of Correction for two
months. _ _ _ _ _

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The_ money was not forthcoming and the prisoner was
locked up.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A ladylike woman, about twenty-five years of age,
who gave her name as Mary Benson, was brought up
this morning before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with
causing a mob to assemble in front of the British School,
Cow per- street, City-road.
It appeared from the evidence of Police-constable
Hayward, 212 G, that about half-past nine last evening a
great crowd collected at the place above-mentioned,
where the defendant was haranguing the multitude, and
calling on them to adopt the dress she wore (the
Bloomer costume), and also to wait and hear Mrs. Dexter
lecture. Witness gave information at the police-station
in Featherstone-street, and Inspector Jecks, with a body
of police, went to disperse the mob. In spite of their
intreatics, however, the defendant insisted on her right
to address her fellow-countrywomen, and on being told by
the inspector that Mrs. Dexter would not lecture that night
(it was last week her lecture was to have taken place at
the above school), she said, if Mrs. Dexter did not come
she would deliver a lecture herself. The crowd as-
sembled evinced the highest degree of excitement, and
it was found impossible to disperse them without re-
moving the primary cause, who was taken into custody
by witness.
It was stated by the inspector that the demeanour of
the defendant whilst in custody, together with the pro-
perty in her possession, bespoke her to be a person of
no mean station in society.
The defendant said she was a native of Gloucester,
and she was so convinced that the costume sought to be
established would be of utility and convenience to her
fellow-countrywomen, that she had come to town on
purpose to give it her advocacy. She understood that it
was last night Mrs. Dexter was announced for, regretted
her present position, and promised not to give cause for
a recurrence.
Mr. D'EYNCOURT, taking into consideration that
she had been locked up all night, took her personal
recognizances not to offend again, and ordered her to be
discharged.