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

WHITECHAPEL.

Our market is iu Tivjr.7l.7soiveTtste, as follows:--:
Beef, from 2s to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 8c1,..'
Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Pori"
2s 6d to 3s 6d per Blbs by the carcase.

SECONDARIES'.--(THIS DAY.)
There were only two undefended Cdtfe in the list. which
were of no interest. At present there is not a sine
record before the Learned Secondaries, and the jury Os
dismissed with an intimation that they would be re.
summoned when required. During the terms the sittings
are on Wednesdays and Fridays, but during the vaca,
tion they are u certain, and depending on the tan'
specified in the writ directed to the sheriffs.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY'
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr, Justice, ERLE.)
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATI. N IN THE CITY.'"
Henry Charles Page, ageu 30, described as an interpreter'
was charged with feloniously shouting at John Franca'
Hacke, with intent to kill arid murder him.
The prix tier applied to the Court to postpone hie
trial fur a few days, on the ground that a lady who we
a material and necessary witness for his defence had 0°:
yet arrived from Boulogne, and Mr. Justice Erle direct
that the case should stand over until Friday.
Muzzall, aged 25, clerk and Thomas Georg'
Young, aged 22, also a clerk, were iedicted for etealivi
a leiter containing two bank notes value 101. each, a°
one bank note value 51., the property of the Postmaster'
General.
Mr. Clarkson, with whom was Mr. Bodkin and BAL.'
Huddlestone, appeared for the prosecution; and Dlr.
Ballantine and Mr. Parry appeared for the prisoners. e
The circumstances connected with the charge were 0`
a somewhat singular character. Jo September last Ore
letter containing the notes in question was posted ip
Southampton, by a person named Fairo. It was lye;
dtesstel to a Mr. Fee rand, residing at Graveaeed•
was duty dispatched from the office in Southampton, bar,
it never reached the bands of the party to whor
it was sent. At this time the two Pry
soners were engaged in the Gravesend P°3i.
office as cleiks. Information of the nun-arrival of tbe
letter, together with the number of the notes, was for
warded to the Post-master-General, who caused a strict
investigation to be made into the matter, but nothirie
was heard of any of the notes until the 18th of NoTen3ci
bar, when one of the 5/, notes returned to the Bank, 6,13
it was traced to a stationer in Piccadilly, where it bee
0
been changed a w days previously by a person wu
bought a quantity of postage stamps there. On the 24t„"
of June, the first of the 101. notes found its way intd,
the Bank, when it was traced to a persoa living at I%
port, in Sussex, and on the 4th of Jul 3 the second I'lA
note came ife, and sas traced to a chaudler, who recoil!:
it from one of his customers, but who that customer 1"`"
he could not tell. So far, however, nothing transpired
implicate the prisoners in the robbery, and the probs.;
bitty is their guilt would never have been found out /At
it not been fur the domestic perfidy of the prieone
Muzzall. He, it would seem, married his
ceased wife's sister, and a few weeks ago he turned h 9
..ut of doors to rake up with another woman, telling her
that he had b, en consulting some law book which satin
fled him that their marriege was void, and that 9°e
had t.o legal claim upon him. While smsrtil
from this cruel treatment, she gave information to tu.
police authorities, which led to the arrest of the i/ri,
sonar en the present charge, and the subs, quoit ident_li
tication of Young as the party who changed the 0';
note at the stationer's shop in Piccadilly. She state",
that about the period a hen the letter was said tee bald
beau forwarded to Gravesend Muzzall came borne, s°,
wanted her to go out and get two 10/. notes change'
She refused to do anything of the sort, declaring her
belief that be hal not c, me honestly by them, and tbe°
he confessed to her that they had been given to him bi,
Tom Young," the other prisoner, who had eV/1401
them, with another note fur 51., from a letter which 11°'
arrived from Southampton. Meanwhile the prisoner
Young resigned his situation, which he had held Pt
eight or nine y ears, at Shepherd's-bush, and when al
Feist-office began to make inquiries about the missil
1 tier, and to talk about searching the premises °_
Clark, she was induced by Muzzall to go up to owl;
and place the two ten pound notes in the
hands of Young. Such was the case ag°';
s,d
:•
the prisoner, as disclosed by the opening at
went of the Learned Counsel, and afterwards SUPI3"S,
by the evidence. In the course of the inquiry
tion was taken to the admissibility of the woman'obj:i
s e ife
dance, on the ground that she was prima facie the w 0
of one of the prisoners; but the women herself W
I xamined with the view of showing that she was eli_illAoo
jot
to the marriage of Muzzall with an elder sister, AD. tart
she was married to him after the death of her sinter'!
The marriage the Court held to be void; but the
for the prisoner contended that. as the mother of itioi
deceased wile was living, she ought to have been cse,„e•
to prove the sisterhood, an objection which was °—
ruled by the Bench.
(The case was proceeding when we went to press')

IV E W COURT.
John Dowling. 56, described in the calendar as
il ohjo
bourer, 'Availed guilty to an indictment charging
with stealing sNw n pi,unds end a halt of pepper, the r.'
pony of the St Katherine's Dock Company, from lb"-
in the port of London.
arl The prisoner pleaded poverty, and hoped the C iess
would pass a lenient sentence, as he had six mother' #
childri n, and did not like to go home without haliPg.
crust of breed to give them.
terl
The RECORDER said be was afraid that was the I or
of the prisoner when before the Court on a previous
casion.
The prisoner declared that he had been out of le t#
ploy went for a considerable time, though he had Vie"
get an honest living.
A poliee-constable said the prisoner was emploYed to
pumping water out of the hold of the vessel, and w"-bRO
receive 148. a week. He had three shillings it/
pocket when taken into custody.
s Wife
his
The RECORDER wished to know how long --
bad been dead? The prlsoner—Tbree yf ars. tip.
The RECORDER observed that the prisoner's term
sentations respecting poverty were believed by Rol
Court on the last occasion, and he accordingly receof,
a lenient sentence. In the present instance, boos it
there seemed to be no foundation for the statei.ros
and even if the prisoner were induced to coaalktolo
theft from poverty, it was necessary that the fru der
should be protected sgsinst such depredations. um
the circumstances the Court would sentence --- h;e3 M
don
in months' imprisonment. His children would, no pg,
in the interval be taken care of by the law, and, perms tr
be much better looked after than when under the „
tiOtioß of their lather.
The prisoner was then removed.

BO W-STREET.—(THIS DA„, :)ot
Thomas Millar, lately collec,ing clerk in the set
the proprietors of the Patent Journal office, Chilli:to--;
lane, was charged with embezzling sums of nieeeJ -
considerable amount, the props sty of his employer*
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. E. I:oo°lfigi.
Parkin, one of the proprietors, that the priellper
nischarged, on the 26th of February last, from tbewlat
vice of the firm, of which he, (witness) was parteerA'„-olr
Messrs. Barlow and Payne, as pan-nt agents, enrdis.
fishers of the Patent Journal. Some time after i 51,7 cc&
charge he sent in accounts of various sums he he"tt,of
looted in the name of their house, both in the °ern do
paymcnts or tees for agency, and as subscription/ ,w 444
Journal. The sums so acknowledged amounted to Zoo
against which be set off claims of commission ar°°lll3oll
to 48/., and leaving a deficit of 161.; but subseque_bis
the prosecutors discovered that a very consider,' 0
amount besides had been taken up by the pr
is
their name, and had not been accounted for.
oner

In answer to the-Magistrate, lQ°, a
Mr. Parkin said that the prisoner's salary wit°
week, with the addition of a percentage on all In°- -
collected. 'lOl
The solicitor for the prosecution stated, that ellia°-;
they bad ascertained several cases against the prialii-f,r
they were prepared to go on only with three to•
which were for small amounts, being in each case.,°,;.
ore gullies paid as subscription to the Journal. Evil to
was given of three sue)i payments not accounted
the Journal office.
Mr. W onther, in cross-examination, elicited tbiltoi
Messrs. Parkin and Co. had sent another Pers°ll ed
travel over the prisoner's ground before they dischar_gor
him. They had in this way secured some of their._ 'so
tomers who nstd to du business with them througa,„„
prisoner. The prisoner was now in business for
frcay,
self. He bad obtained some of their customer selfupta
did not ascertain that he was in business for hirorestst
e
three weeks or a month ago. They had not
him sooner because they could net find him. I, the
After some further evidence, and much discussio
prisoner was discharged.

LAMBETH.—(THIS PAY.) •
Mary Clayton wa. brought up et this court her
Mr. Norton, on a charge of wilful perjury. Vide::
the prisoner ilppenred before the raogudrate