The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-12 00:00:00

THAMES.

BASTARDY ARREARS —CAUTION.—WiIIiam Anly, an
Irish labourer, was brought up on a warrant to show cause
why ho should not pay 13 half-crowns to a young Irish-
woman, named Johanna Gibbons, who said the child she
carried in her arms had been affilated on the prisoner, and
he was ordered to pay 2s. 6d. per week for its maintenance.
He was six months in arrbar, or £3 2s. 6d. in all, but she
could only summons him for 13 weeks money.
Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner why he did not pay the
woman ?

The prisoner said that he had been out of work some
time, and could not meet the demand upon him.
The complainant said she summoned the prisoner last
November, and he then made the same defence. He could
pay, but he would not pay. He got over her " with his
brogue and blarney and bothering ways," and ho would
not pay for his child, which was exactly like him. She
then raised the child above her head, and exhibited it,
amidst great laughter. _ _

Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner if he could pay any
portion of the arrears due to the poor woman?

The prisoner—l can't pay a farthing

Mr. Partridgs said the prisoner had made no effort what-
ever to pay any portion of tt e arrears, and ho could not be
permitted to set the law at defiance. 110 sentenced the
prisoner to bo imprisoned for three months and kept to
hard labour.

THE UTILITY OF POLICE REPORTS. - Henry Timms, a
carman in the service of Joseph Baxendale and Co., com-
monly known as Pickford's, Haydon-square, Minories,
was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing
a lady's seal-skin coat, valued at .£lB.
The prisoner's wife was detained by Mr. Folkard, pawn-
broker, and his assistants, on Friday last. She offered a
seal-skin coat in pawn, and her answers as to her posses-
sion of it not being satisfactory, Mr. Folkard, who has
done so much for the interests of public justice, detained
her. A notice of the case having appeared iu the news-
papers, an owner for the coat now appeared. The pri-
soner received a deal box containing two seal-skin coats
at the Haydon-scpare railway station on Friday morning,
for delivery to Sutton and Co., Aldersgate-street. There
was only one coat piece ix it when delivered. Another had
been taken out.

Mr. Uale, foreman to Baxendale and Co., said the priso-
ner had been in the service of his employers 15 years.
Mr. Partridge —How do you know it is worth £lB ?
Mr. Gale said the coat piece was worth £l7. That was
what the firm, who were agents of the North Western
Railway, would have had to pay if the coat had not been
recovered.

Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner till Friday, and
said the people who sent the coat piece from Birmingham
must then attend, or the case would fail.

MARKETS.—This day.

HAY.

SurrxriELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 ss; clover,
£1 Os to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 6s per load.
Inquiry limited.
CumszuLAND.—Mcadow hay, £2 18s to £4 8s ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 6s per load.
A moderate demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 5s ; clove!,
£4 Os to £5 12s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to Us per load.
Trade quiet.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The market has remained very quiet, and without
any material alteration to report in prices. About 3,393
packages of Indian will be offered for public competition
to-day.
SUGAR.—Business has remained very inactive, and the
few dealings entered into have been of quite a retail cha-
racter, at about previous rates. Refined goods also are in
limited request, without any change iu values.
COFFEE.—There has been a good demand for colonial
descriptions, and owing to the smallness of stocks on hand
compared with those of the corresponding period of last
year fully late rates are maintained.
RICE.—A moderate amount of business has baen entered
into in cleaned descriptions, which have generally supported
former rates.

SALTPETRE.—A steady tone has been apparent in the
market, but very little business has been entered into. The
export duty in India of 3 per cent. has been repealed,
which is equal to about 41 per cent. on the shipping price
at Calcutta.

TALLOW.—The market has been steady during the past
week, maintained chiefly by a ddiiitthd fOf apoft, the
home trade being only moderate. From St. Petersburg
the latest advices bring the price 47 to 471- silver roubles
and the exchange 311-d. 15-16. To-day the market is a
shade firmer. 435. is paid for the month, 445. for October
to December i on the spot, the price is 435.; South Ameri.
can, 445.; town tallow, 425. nett cash.

LIVERPOOL CO friON MARKET.

(This Day.)

The Market opens with a rather steady tone
Sales probably 6,000 or 8,000 bales.

FOOT BRIDGES OVER CROWDED THOROUGHFARES.
—For years past the construction of bridges for foot pas-
sengers at such dangerous crossings as those at the St.
Paul's end of Cheapside, and where the six ways meet op-
posite the Bank, Mansion House, and Royal Exchange, has
been from time to time advocated, and we have frequently
urged the thorough practicability of the suggestion, and the
small cost at which it could be carried out. Whilst the
English have been talking, the Americans have been act-
ing; one of the most handsome and substantial structures
that could be desired having already been erected over
Broadway, New York, by Messrs. Rich and Griffiths, at a
cost of only £4,000. The bridge has been proved capable
of sustaining 101 tons, and 100 men trampling over it at
the same time produced no perceptible vibration. The
bridge is situated where Fulton-street crosses Broadway,
awl the four corners aro conveniently connected. There
Is 17 feet 8 inches clear under the bridge, which is ap-
proached by four flights of 31 steps each, each flight hav-
ing three landings. Surely the Corporation of London,
although they could not be induced to set the example,
Will taut longer delay the consideration of the matter, now
that they linso the Broadway bridge as a precedent.—
Mtnt'stg Itotrnas
aitTLE MAItKEF, MAttda 7.--. There
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was a good st.ippl dI hilted stook 'kit the demand
*tts 5t6.41. ati4 pF des Wde slipPofted. nest fiatilples
tßottgiat from /Os. to igs. per cwt,; and middling from
SU to 68s, per c*t. fBhuep sold readily at fully last
Week's currencies, There was a Very large supply of pigs,
Which had a good sale at fully the late currencies. Owing
to our fair having just closed, there were very few horses
offering, and those on show were of inferior quality. In
store animals there was little passing.

The lighted end of a cigar thrown on the ground
in a dancing-saloon at Weseley, near Pardubitz, in
Bohemia, recently set on fire the dresses of three young
woman, one of whom has since died of the injuries
received, and the others aro lying in a dangerous state.
ROYAL FREE II9SPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.—

The number of pyrieuts relieved at this hospital during the
week endillg March 9 was 3,265, of which I,on were new
cases. •