The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-27 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—.A. moderate amount of business has been tran-
sacted in the now season's crop, several bales of Mononz
Congou having sold readily at from ls. 10d. to 2s. 2d. perlb.
Si:GAlL—There were no public sales yostsrday, but in
the private market superior qualities of West India
brought full rates. Refined goods are dull at previous
quotations.
COME.—For plantation Ceylon thorn has boon a fair
demand at late prices, but native has been neglected.

The market shows little change ; prices, how-
ever, tend upwards, and the progress of business has boon
somewhat retarded by the high rates demanded by holders.
GREEN FRUIT.—A steady market for all kinds. Almeria
grapes met with a ready sale ; some parcels sold by Keel-
ing and Hunt at public sale wont at prices in character
with quality. Lemons support their value, stock being
light. More firmness exists with Barcelona nuts, and not
so easy to purchase on previous rates.
TALLow.—Business has remained very quiet, and
quotations for present and forward delivery aro a shade
lower. P.Y.0., on the spot, is marked, old, 43s 6d; last
3 mouths, 44s 41s 6d; and January to March, 44s 6t.1 45s
per cwt.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

LONDON, Sept. 27.- -Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderate brecz• and line weather, but rather
cloudy.
131tIsroL, Sept. 26.—Wind N. V.—Arrived—John Davis,
from Quebec.
Orr CROOKHATEN, Sept. 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Persia, screw steamer, from Now York; Virginia, screw
steamer, from Now York.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Thoban,
screw steamer, from Glasgow to the Mediterranean ; Keda,
screw bteamor, from ratra2.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MANSION-HOUSE.

PAYING DEAR FOR HIS WALNUTS.—Richard
Freddenwick, described.. as a stock and share
dealer, who ought to have answered to the sum-
mons yesterday, whose manner during the hear-
ing of the case was very eccentric, was
charged before the Lord :111.tyor with causing
an obstruction in Royal Exchange Avenue,
and with interfering with the police in the execution
of their duty and using abusive language towards
them.

The police constable on duty at the Royal Ex-
change-avenue stated that about five o'clock on
Wednesday last a boy was hawking about walnuts
and causing great inconvenience to the gentlemen
coming from the Royal and Stock Exchanges. He
ordered the boy to go, but the prisoner told him
not to mind the policeman, and after keeping
him there six or seven minutes, told him to put
down his basket and go into the public house for
change. The boy did so, and when he came out the
officer made the boy move on. The prisoner then
commenced abusing him, and followed him to the
end of the avenue, and finally threw the walnuts,
which he had bought for about Gd., at the feet of
the constable, whereupon about a mob of
100 boys and lads scrambled for them
all over the policeman's feet. Tho prisoner
abused him all the time. At last, with
the assistance of another policeman, the prisoner
was taken to the station-house.
The other constable corroborated the last witness.
It was urged for the defence that the prisoner was
merely buying some walnuts, and sent the boy into
the public-house for change, and was waiting for it
when the constable interfered ; and that as he ob-
jected to his eating the walnuts be then threw them
down, and was going to walk away when he was
taken into custody.
the Lord Mayor said that he had a good mind
to send him to prison for interfering with the officers
in the execution of the law, but instead he should
inflict half the penalty the la w enforced, that was
£2 103. The fine was paid by the defendant's
solicitor.

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Mary Wright, about 45
years of age, was charged as follows :
Police-constable Win. Eadie, 198 C, said last
night I found the prisoner naked in the middle of
the road in Oxford-street, and, thinking she was in-
sane, as soon as I could get some clothes I took her
to the hospital ; but as the surgeon stated there was
nothing the matter with her, I took her to the
station.

Mr. Knox—What time was it?
Constable—A quarter to 10.

Mr. Knox—Do you really mean what you say
that she was naked.

Constable—l do, sir.

Prisoner—lt's quite true.

Mr. Knox—How came you to do such a thing
_ _ _

_ ...
Prisoner—We had been having some conversation
about persons getting a living in the streets having
a license put on them, and I did it for a lark, and
the boys annoyed me.

Berns, the gaoler—l have known the prisoner as
,he keeper of a stall with vegetables in Oxford-street
'or about 17 years.

Prisoner—That's true, but I don't go out on Sun•
day like St. Giles's women.
Mr. Knox—She seems to me not to bo in her righ
mind. Was she drunk last night?
Inspector Bowles—She was.

The Prisoner's Sister—Ever since 1860 she has
been out of her mind. She has been at Hanwell,
but was let out to give her another trial. I have
now had her living with me in Barrett's-court ten
weeks, and my children are afraid of her.
Mr. Knox—She is a very unfit person to go
about the streets.

The sister—When she has fits she falls on the back
of her head, and becomes worse. She is not safe
to be about.

Mr. Knox—The best course will be to take her
to Marylebono workhouse, and then have her
passed to Ilanwell.

THAMES.

STEALING COALS ON THE RIVER.--William Eld

and Thomas Eld, brothers, most notorious river
thieves, who had been convicted several times, were
brought before Mr. Benson, charged with stealing
3701b5. of steam coal from a barge called the Tory,
the property of William Cory and Son.
George Read, an inspector of the Thames Police,
was in a police galley this morning at 10 minutes past
six o'clock, and saw a man in the barge Tory hand-
ing a basket of coals to a man in a boat alongside.

The man in the barge
jumped into the boat, and
both rowed away. William Eld was using the
skulls, while his brother was throwing water on the
coals and wetting them, to give them the appearance
men gave chase to the boat and
of having been overboard. The inspector and his
captured the priso-
ners. Both denied taking coals from the Tory.
The coals in the prisoner's boat weighed 3701b5.,
and were exactly similar to the coals in the barge.
Owen Sheen, a river constable, confirmed the
evidence of his inspector, and Mr. Thomas Willetts,
foreman to Cory and Sou, coal merchants, said that
coals had been taken from their barge, Tory. The
coals were for steam purposes,
and worth 18s. per
ton.

The prisoners protested their innocence, and said
that lightermen gave them the coals out of other
barges.

Mr. Benson sentenced the prisoners to be impri-
soned for six weeks, and kept to bard labour.
Inspector Read produced a ticket-of-leave, from
which it appeared that Thomas
Bid
was liberated
from Millbauk prison on the 2d of May last, and
that ho was sentenced to seven
years' penal servi-

tude for warehouse breaking
and larceny on the
18th of August, 1861.
Mr. Benson—And has his sentence been com-
muted ?

luspector Read—No, sir ; he had four years
before that.

A list of convictions against William Eld were
put in. Ile had been imprisoned for 18 months for
felony, and repeatedly convicted summarily at this
and other courts.

Mr. Benson said there had been a great failuro of
justice. If these representations had been mado to
him when he called upon the prisoners for their
defence ho should have committed them for trial.
lie could not alter his decision now.