The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-06 00:00:00

IBER.

THAME,S.

William Hawkins, aged 16, and Charles Bennett,
aged 14, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged
with being concerned, with others, in discharging a
pistol loaded with powder and shot, and wounding
Mary Leonard, a single young woman, and Mary
Anne Lovell, aged nine years, who resided with her
parents at No. 3, Wright's-road, Pell-street, who is
expt4cted to lose the sight of one of her eyes. The
unfortunate affair happened during the celebration of
the marriage of the prisoner Bennett's sister with a
boatswain named John Smith.
Mr. Smith, solicitor, attended for the prisoners.
Mary Leonard, parasol maker, of 6, Pell-street,
St. George-in-the-East, said that on Monday last she
was on a visit at Mr. Lovell's. About half-past five
o'clock she was at the two pair back with twe other
young women and Mary Anne Lovell. They were
looking at the prisoners, who were firing off a small
pistol and a cannon i❑ the yard of a house on the op-
posite side of the street, and they were as.dsted by
two other boys about their own age. Witness saw
Bennett fire the pistol off three times ; after which
she heard _Bennett say to a boy, " Go and get some
shot." Bennett loaded it and held it up to them. He
laughed, and observed that " He would shoot their
faces off." The child said " Here it comes." She
heard the report and felt that she was shot in the face
and neck, and immediately fainted.
Janet M`Naughten confirmed the evidence, and
said that upon hearing the report the child, Mary
Anne Lovell, shrieked loudly and fell on the bed.
Witness went to her assistance, and found that she
was dreadfully wounded in the face, which was covered
with blood.

Mr. YARDLEY—Did Bennett make any objection
to you being at the window ? Witness—He said
that if we did not go in he would shoot our faces.
Mr. YARDLEY inquired if the child still continued
in a dangerous state ?
The child was brought forward, when Sergeant
Foay, H 7, said that nearly all the shots were in her
face and arms. The surgeon was afraid that the sight
of one of her eyes would be destroyed. She had been
in bed up to that day.
Sergeant Foay, v rho took the prisoners into cus-
tody, stated that Beim ett observed that he loaded the
pistol, and that it was fired off by Hawkins, and the
latter remarked that hss did not know it was loaded
with shot, and thought; it was loaded with stone.
Mr. YARDLEY said that if the act was not done
with a malicious intent it was one of the most foolish
and reckless that a b, iy could commit. Had the act
been maliciously intro led, which there was no evi-
dence to show, he shuutd have treated it as a felony.
He would not deal with the case as a felony, but
would send them for t rial under a recent Act of Par-
liament for assaulting a nd wounding.
The depositions were, taken and the prisoners com-
mitted, bail being taken in the sum of 251. for each.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
WAKEFIELD, SEPT. 5. —During the present week we
have had frequent showt!rs, and harvest in this neigh-
bourhood has not made srery great progress. The re-
ported arrivals are "nary small, but there is a good
quantity of new wheat ler railway, which meets a fair
sale at prices scarcely equal to last week, but still rela-
tively high; the better q lalities of old make the prices
of last Friday, and infer' or sorts are still neglected.
Oats and shelling are fully as dear. Beans scarce. In
other articles no change.
WHEAT, per qr. 60Ibs per bushel:— S.
Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... —to
Ditto, white ... -
Norfolk and Hunts., red ...
Ditty white

New-

Old.
a.

38 to 40
44 46
36 38
40 42
32 36
35 40
32 36
40
4')-43
35 37

Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red •••
Ditto, white ...
Yorkshire, red ...
Ditto, white ••• ••• —•
Dantzic and Kouigsburg, white
Lower Baltic and Hamb argh, red.,, _
Mediterranean, red ...
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:
Norfolk and Suffolk_
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
Scotch ••• •e•
Grinding per 30 stone
Foreign _
BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b
:
Small, fine ... 31 _33 31 —33
Ticks ••• —3l 29 —3l
Foreign 2d —27
OATS, per stone :---
Mealing •.. 100 to Hid —d to —d
• •••
Feeding— 10d to lld —d to —d
Foreign
_d to —d 10d to lld
SHELLING, per load of 2611 b ... 25 —27
MALT, per load of 13 imperial bushels 34 —. 36
PEAS, per Imperiaii Quarter:—
Blue and white boilers .......27 —29
Grey and Feed
.. ... 26 --28
NEWBITIIY, SEPT. 4.—Az to-day's market we have
only s moderate supply of vrheat, the larger portion of

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