The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-26 00:00:00

WORSHIP STREET.

FORGERIES UPON MESSRS. BLACKWOOD, THE PUB-
LISHERS.—Among the remat.ided cases appointed for re-
examination before Mr. Haanmill was that of Mary
Johnson, a young woman of very lady- like appearance,
and stated to be highly connected, who stood charged
with having feloniously uttered three forged promissory
notes purported to be drawn by Messrs. Blackwood, the
publishers, with intent to defraud Mr. Frank Senior, a
chemist and druggist in the Queen's-road, Ralston.
On the arrival of the prison van containing the several
prisoners under remand at the usual hour in the morn-
ing, considerable surprise was occasioned by the disco-
very of the absence of the accused, who did not reach
the court until nearly two hours afterwards, when she
was brought from the House of Detention in a cab in
the charge of one of the female turnkeys, who intimated
that she bad been directed by the prison authorities to
remain till the close of the investigation, and to conduct
her back by the same conveyance.
At the termination of the night charges the prisoner
was placed at the bar, and on the prosecutor being called
forward,
A gentleman, whose name did not transpire, but who an-
nounced himself as the solicitor engaged to conduct the
ease, addressed the magistrate, and stated that he had been
instructed on behalf of Mr. Senior to express an anxious
wish that he might be permitted to abandon the prosecu-
tion. He had been induced to adopt that course in con-
sequence of having instituted a rigid investigation into,
the matter since the last examination, the result of
which was such as to satisfy him that the prisoner had
been the victim of a cruel hoax which had beenat pr. e iwaus
upon her by some designing persons, and
she
opa,s,,,,sedesstrhse.
notes that they were the genuine signaturesat r
present to
Blackwood. He was not in a conditionha
thought it
enter more fully into the subject;
obwutn
suggestion he
right to add, that at the prisonheerr'
giegs at Dalston,
slod
had accompanied Mr. Senior to
where, in the presence of the assembled
bo family wit
her x, and dishwhom she resided, he had opened
uctions which she had
covered, among other literary
"st ne 8, the rough mann-
a"'aallusion had been made as
furnished for the leading
aheaedusaerdr;ivaeudd
aftrotmheocthoner.
script for the novel to which
having been written by the
concurrent circumstances th y
elusion that she had been made the dupe of a heartless
imposition, and was altogether guiltles of any fraudulent
intention whatever.
Mr. Mammal. said that he could not for a moment
entertain such an application, and that any observation
in exculpation of the prisoner's conduct had better be
reserved for another tribunal, as he had made up his
mind to send the case before a jury. lie should take
that opportunity of referring to a letter on behalf of the
prisoner of a most unusual character, which had reached
him that morning friln the chaplain of the House of
'mention, and he could not but express his extreme
surprise at the receipt of such a communication from a
gentleman holding that position. He had also received
a letter of a very different description in reference to
the prisoner from a tradesman at Leamington; but he
should abstain, however, from adverting to its contents,
as it conveyed anything but a favourable impression of
her former habits and character.
The solicitor for the prosecution said that he was
completely taken by surprise by such an announcement,
and ho was most anxious that the communication last
referred to should be publicly read, as he had been given
to understand that the conduct and character of the
pri-ainer had been hitherto irrepreach..b!e.
The letter, which was writt..o b.) a bookseller at Lea-
mington, nam- d Robertson, was accordingly read, to the
effect that the prisoner had obtained books from him to
the amount of 41., which she had immediately afterwards
disposed of for half their viklue, and absconded from the
Sown.

Serrant Judge, H 26, informed the nrigistrate thst
Inspector Tarleom opetitd a eon., sp .11,1 mo. with
Mr. Wiliam Kobe, superfutepdeut of the loalvingtoa
poiinr., who had apprised him that the prisoner had prac-
tised similar fraada upon other tradesmen at the, place;
and he had also received a letter from a silversmith at
Birmingham, complaining that he had supplied her with
goods to the am, unt of 15/. 10., which she at once
converted into monel, and he had seen nothing of her
since.

The Magistrate then directed the evidence in the case
(the particulars of which have been fully detailed in this
paper) to be formally reduced to depositions, which vrere
accordingly completed and read over, and
The prisoner, who expressed her intention to reserve
her defence, was committed to Newgate for trial.
• SOUTHWARK.

Charles Benson, of Sydney, New South Wales, Was
placed at the bar for re-examination, before Mr. A'Bec-
kett, charged with intermarrying with Isabella Munro,
his former wife, Elizabeth, being still alive.
The circumstances which led to the prisoner's appre-
hension are as follows:—On last Sunday week he was
married to Isabella Munro, a young
woman 18 years of
age. After the ceremony a convivial party met at a
friend's house iu the Dover-road, and while they were
regaling themselves the complainant rushed in and an-
nounced herself as the lawful wife of the prisoner, as-
serting that they were married nine years ago at Syd-
ney. This announcement of course threw the whole
company into confusion, in the midst of which the com-
plainant perceiving the portrait of the prisoner hanging
up in the room immediately possessed herself of it, and
refused to deliver it up. The prisoner on that occasion
repudiated the complainant's assertion, and although he
admitted that she had been living under bis protection at
Sydney, still that she had no claim upon him, further
than that circumstance. The result of the scene de-
scribed was the introduction of a policeman, into whose
custody the complainant was given for stealing the por-
trait, and the parties forthwith appeared at the station-
house before the inspector, who refused to entertain the
charge; but upon being made acquainted with the cire
cemstances relating to the alleged charge of bigamy, be
entered that on the police-sheet, and the prisoner was
accordingly brought before the magistrate.
The first wife, as she called herself, represented that
she was married to the prisoner nine years ago at Syd-
ney, at which period he had just been pardoned for an
ffence which had subjected him to transportation. That
as soon as he became a free man he set up in business in
the colony as a butcher, and succeeded in realizing a
handsome property; that they came together to England
to see their friends, and intended to have returned to
Sydney, and she was making preparations for that pur-
pose when she was intormed that on last Sunday week
he married a young woman, and was about to abandon
her, his lawful wife, and to take out his new bride in her
place to the colony. She added that on hearing such
piece of intelligence she felt exasperated, and proceeded
to the house where the bridal festival was held, and
there announced herself as the prisoner's wife, and,
seeing his portrait in a conspicuous place, she took pos-
session of it, as she considered she had the best right to
it. This led to a charge being preferred against her,
but ultimately to that of one of bigamy
against her
husband.

In reply to Mr. ATECKETT,
The complainant slated that she was married to the
prisoner at the Scottish Kirk at Sydney, but that he de-
stroyed the certificate and all other documents connected
with their marriage on the passage home.
The steward and cook of the Seringapatam were then
examined, and stated that the prisoner and complainant
were passengers from Sydney, and that he always de-
scribed her as Ilia wife. The former witness added, that
during a quarrel between the prisoner and his wife, h.a
heard him threaten to destroy the certificate of thel:
marriage, adding that he intended to "turn her up
when they arrived in England, and to get another wife.
Mr. Salomon, on behalf of the prisoner, contended that
the complainant etas not his wife, although she lived
with him at Sydney; that her name was M•Evoy, and
that she went out to the colony with her husband, who
left her there in consequence of her intemperate habits;
but that he was still alive, and supposed to be in London
at that moment.
The complainant contradicted the assertions which had
been made,
Upon which the Magistrate remanded the prisoner. B,*
it was stated that the certificate of the complainant*
marriage to M'Evuy would be produced at the next exa-
mination.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 24.—There was a fair attendance at to•
day's market, but the demand for wheat and flour was only
moderate. Friday's prices for both were, however, realised.
Oatmeal very scarce, and 6d to Is per load dearer. Oat!
Id dearer. Beans and peas the turn dearer. Barley Ana,
malt rather lower. Indian corn in moderate request, and
rather less money accepted.
LEEDS, JUNE 24. We were fairly supplied with wheat for
the wants of the but er ; buyers not being great, they acted
with caution. Friday's rates were, however, maintained oss
the business done, and the trade ended Srmly. Barley aa
before. Oats and beans slow, without alteration in value'
Other articles steady.
EDINBURGH MEAL MAREET, JUNE 24.—There were in
the meal market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801b1;
imperial, which sold thus :-11 at 1/ 19s 6d, and
1 at It ISa uci ; average price of the whole 1118 s lld 0-12th%
1 sack flour, which sold at 30s. 2 sacks pot-barley, whereof
1 sc.ld at L7s.
EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, JUNE 24...."
Oat straw, from 7s Od to As Od per kemple of 16 stones troll;
wheat ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od.
Hay, from 10d to Is per stone.
DALLEITII Meal. MAREET, JUNE 23.—There were 92
bags oatmeal, and 4 of barleymeal at this day's market ; sales
heavy. Oatmeal down on the top Is per bag, and on the
second price 9d ; barleymeal 2s per bag dearer.
Oatmeal, per sack, Let 'e6U lbs. First Second
imperial .. 37s Od 36s Od
Barleymeal, per ditto ... 22s Od —s Od
Peasemeal —s Od —s Od
Flour ... —s Od —s Od
Pot barley ... —s Od —s Od

COAL MARKE'
Buddle's W. Hartley 14s Ocil
Carr's Hartley 14s Odl
Chester Main l2s 6d
Hartlepeol W. Hartley 13s 3dl
Redhugh Main
Ravens worth'sW. Hart 13s 6d
Faatield Moor Butes l2s Od
Howard's W. H. Neth l3s 3dl
Wvlarn
Windsor's Pontop
Wall's End, &c.
Acorn Close
Gosforth
Lawson l2s 33
Hilda l2s 6d
Walker
Belmont 135 6u
Ships at marke , !

;T.— YESTIRDAT.
j Braddyll
I Haswell
jPensher
Russell's Hatton
IRiehmund
ICaradoc .....
Cassop
Heugh Hall
Hartlepool
.........
South Kelloe
Whitworth .
Adelaide Tees
South Durham
Tees ...... . .........
Hart
Civ7l3rtlesyn .. ... ........
91 ...Sold, 51.

Third.
33i 63
od

.—{ Od
...sod

... 14s 9d
6d
135 Od
14si 3d
... 13s 6d
... 133 Od
~. 13s 3d
13$ 3d
... 14s 6d
~. 141 Od
... 135 ad
123 Od
138 3d
12s 9d
14 61
143 Od
138 Od

RAILWA Y SHARE MARKETS•

BRISTOL, JUNE 25.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues ex.
tremely depressed, and very little business thing. The onlf
transaction reported to-day was North Staffordshire,
83/4 dis.
LIVERPOOL. JUNE 25.
STOCK EXCHANGB.— The share market has been have
very inanimate all day, and the lines chiefly dealt in /IsVe
been done at a further recduction. The transactions
were as follow :—Caledonian, 12—East Lancashire, 14,4--•
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 52% —London and North-Western'
121—Ditto, New Quarters, 3% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 34
Ditto, Quarters (C), p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, Preference, 1134- Midland, 47 Ditto, alves,
19,4 South-Eastern and Dover. 22%—York and North
Midland, 1914—Midland Great Western, 13 uis.
MANCHESTER, JUNE 25.
STOCK EXCICANGE.—We have had a dull market to• day,
and prices were barely sustained at the rates of yesterday.
The transactions were as follow : Chester and BirkenhPad,
16—East Lancashire, Quarters, 14 7-16—East and West
Yorkshire, Preference, 6 per cent., 5 ,A,—Lancashirer and
and
Yorkshire, 52 -- London and North-Western, Mancheste
Birmingham, Quarters (C), 2 1-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffl9ld,
and Lincolnshire, 101. Preference 11 13-16—North British,
65I—South-Eastern and Dover, 22
BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 25.
STOCK EXCHANGL—The share market still continues re-
markably flat. The only transactions reported to-day were--
Shropshire Unions, 41/2 dis.—Midland Stock, 47% per Share
for next account.

SAM &aces NEW WORK.—The new produc-
tion, entitled " The English in America," from the pen of
Chief Justice Haliburton, so well known as the author of
" Sam Slick, the Clockmaker," The Old Judge," and other
popular works, illustrative of life in the United States,
appear is to
during the present week. So many Americans ars
now in London that more than common interest has been
excited respecting our relations, domestic and political, with
our Transatlantic brethren, and the forthcoming work of this
distinguished writer is, consequently, looked for with un-
usual curiosity.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]— For Indigestion, Stomach,
and Liver Complaints, take Holloway's Pills. Persons suffer-
ing from any derangement of the liver, stomach, or the °Neuf
of digestion, should have recourse to Holloway's Pills, as there
is no other medicine known that acts on these particular com-
plaints with such certain success. Its peculiar properties
strengthen the tone of the stomach, increase the appetite ail
Purify the liver. Fur bowel complaints it is admirable, asi.s
removes every primary cause of them, thereby restoring
patient to the soundest health and strength. Nervous or T.
bind headaches, and lowness of spirits, may be easily cured at
t
ing a course of Holloway's Pills.—Sold by all di uggists
Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand London.
•
The United States :Mil steam-ship 13 81510,.. Com-
stock commander, with the semi-weekly mails for
.Iveewsterda
,
86 passengers, arid a fair cargo, left the Mersey y
shortly after three o'clock.