The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-05 00:00:00

THAMES.

IMPORTANT TO CONSUMERS OF COAL.—J. Moore, a car-
man, aged 47, was brought up on remand before Mr. Par-
tridge, charged with stealing three sacks and 181bs. weight
of .coals, the property of Mr. John Plume, coal merchant,
of 91, St. John's-road, Clerkenwell.
The prisoner was for some time in the service of Mr.
George Tilley, hose and cart cmtractor, of 19, Suffolk-
street, King's-cross, who was in the practice of delivering
coals to Mr. Plume's customers. A few days since the pri-
soner received two tons of coals at the Groat Northern
Railway Station to be delivered to Messrs. Yearslay and
Spooner, in Dock-street, Whitechapel. The prisoner
stopped his horses and waggon opposite the Red Lion
publichouse at the corner of Leman-street and High-street,
Whitechapel, took a lump of coal, weighing 181bs., out of
one of the sacks and gave it to a woman.

Hudson, 78 H, who saw the robbery committed,
pursued the woman, who ran into the public-house by one
door, made her escape by another, and left the coal behind
ono of the doors. The prisoner was taken to tho station-
house. On Hudson's return to the waggon he found three
empty sacks on the top of the full ones, of which there
were only 17. The prisoner had 20 full sacks of coal at
the railway station.
Mr. C. Young, solicitor, on the part of the prisoner, said
there was no proof that the three sacks of coals were stolen
before the prisoner's apprehension. The horses and wag-
gon were left in the oare of a young man, and could have
been removed in the absence of the prisoner.

Mr. Partridge was disposed to take this view of the case,
and said there was no daubt the prisoner had stolen the
lump of coal produced.
Mr. Young could not resist a conviction. The prisoner,
who would plead guilty, had given a lump of coal to a poor
woman, and would admit he had no right to do so. The
prisoner was a man of good character, and regretted what
he had done.

Mr. Tilly complained that waggoners wore in the prac-
tice of stealing coals in transit, by which coal merchants
and contractors fell into undeserved odium. Ho gave the
prisoner very good wages.
Hudson said the prisoner was intrusted with two tons of
coals, to deliver to Mr. Oxley, in Church-street, Shore-
ditch, on the 10th of last month, and there was a deficiency
of 6cwt. 2 quarters 171 b.
Mr. Partridge—More than three sacks deficient out of
twenty, and here is another case of a similar descrip-
tion. I can only convict the prisoner of stealing 181 b.
of coals, but 1 am by no means disposed to
treat this as a light case. A wholesale system
of robbery of coals in transit is carried on by which re-
spectable coal merchants are defrauded, consumers injured,
and waggoners encouraged in dishonesty, and drunken-
ness. I cannot accept the plea of intoxication set up for
the prisoner. It was a very bad case indeed. The steal-
ing of coals in transit is carried on to a great extent, and
consumers should look to it. 1 sentence the prisoner to
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of
Correction for three months.

WESTMINSTER.
DRUNKENNESS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.—Thomas Em-
berson, carpenter, was charged with being drunk and
riotous.
Charles Stevens, 153 B, said, on Friday night, at half
past eight, he saw a crowd of people in Douglas-street
Westminster, and the prisoner leaning against the railing
of a house, and making a great noise. He was told to go
away several times, but refused to move. He threw wit-
ness down, but fell undermost ;
con-
stables to got him to the station. He was abusive and
violent. and it took other
Prisoner said he was exceedingly sorry, but having no
food in his stomach drink overcame him.
Mr. Arnold ordered him to pay 55.,
or ba imprisoned for
four days.
The fine was soon paid.
There were also two cases of drunk and incapable ; in
the first Jane Russell was found drunk at three on the pre-
vious afternoon, turned out of a public-house. Webb, 233
B, the constable, said he had taken her to the station on a
stretcher.
She hoped the magistrate would bo as lenient as pos-
sible, and was fined 2s. 6d.
Tho other case, John Gipsoy, a middle-aged man, was
found by 43 B, who said had he bean left another half-
hour ho would have been frozen to death. The man said
he was very sorry, and Mr. Arnold, after warning him of
the ill effects of drink, especially at this inclement season,
when ho might be frozen to death, fined him Is.
Several poor men and women were relieved by the
magistrate, who kindly gave them from 7s. to 10s. each.

MARICETS.—This day.

COVENT GARDEN.

In consequence of the inclemency of the weather, and
the great difficulty experienced in getting supplies up to
this market, the show of both fruit and vegetables is
small, and most kinds of produce are disposed of at very
full prices. The trade, however, is quiet.
FRUIT—Pine apples, Gs to 8s ;'grapes, 4s Od to 8s Od ,
filberts, Od to Os per lb ; appled, 4s Od to 8s Od ; pears
2s Od to Gs Od per dozen ; oranges, 2s Gd to 7s ; lemons, 4s
to 8s per 100.
VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, 2s to 6s Od ; cabbages, is to
2s Od; horseradish, 28 Gd to 4s Od; celery, Os 9d to is Gd
per doz heads; turnips, 8s Od to 4s Od ; carrots, 4s Od to
Gs Od per dozen bunches; cucumbers, 9d to is each ;
onions, 30 to 3s Gd; spinach, Os to Os per bushel.
POULTRY.

lgseeosPto 2s O 4; wild do, is
5s Od to 9s ; ducks
to is 4d ; pigeons, 8d to 10d ; bares, 2s Gd to 3s Gd ;
64ds
;Otdara to e lOsa bbOidts ; ,
Surrey fowls, 8s to 12s ; do. chickens 6s to 8s Od barn-
door2s T6durtkoey3ss,
fowls, Os Od to Os Od per couple; English eggs, 15s
to Os Od ; French do., Os 6d to lls per 100. Fresh butter,
is to is 7d per lb.