The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-05 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS.

Yesterday these Sessions commenced before the
LORD MAYOR, RECORDER, and a Bench of Aldermen.
A great deal of laughter was produced by the
following case :
A little man, named Woodward, indicted a man
of large dimensions, one .Jack Goddard, for having
assaulted him in the performance of his duty as a
ticket-porter, the defendant not being one of the
fraternity, and, therefore, not qualified to load a cart
with beef in Newgate market.
Mr. CHARLES PHILLIPS stated the case.
Evidence was called to prove that the defendant
and other unprivileged persons were loading a cart
with meat while the prosecutor was unemployed.
It was stated, that when the prosecutor interfered,
the defendant seized him, shook him violently, and
prevented him from performing the work to which
the privilege belonged.
Mt. ALLEY, for the defence, read the following
letter, which the prosecutor had, he said, transmitted
to the defendant's master, and which was calculated
to show the aninzus with which the prosecution was
undertaken, at the same time that it afforded a spe-
cimen of the literary powers of the butchers of New-
gate-market :
" Sea,—l shall esteem it a very particular favour if you
would persuade your man (Goddard) not to persevere to
insult me on the King's highway. It will save a deal of
trouble and combustion with him ; I want no alterca-
tions with him. It will be quite time enough next De-
cember Sessions, when we'll have the ' tug of war.' I fear
not, Sir, all the united efforts and conglomerations of the
whole body of innholders. I will do now what I never
dune before—l will expose to all the country-people how
and in what way their meat is detained and taxed by you
innholders, to the ruin of the public in general. Yes, I
will make it as clear as the sun in his meridian splendour.
You innholders shall have such a rocket of truth against
'
that shall shake the very foundation of all your Guy
Fawkes sort of a secret plot and conspiracy.—(Loud laugh-
ter.) My simple memorial defeated the innholders' me-
morial, which I proved to be an issue of gross and wicked
falsehoods. Since 1819 I watched every dreadful
movement ; and may pen shall not cease until the
public are in possession of the facts involving the con-
tention between you and me; and I possess those docu-
ynti,ayou,ti,geh)thiotntlieger-t.if:)oirsliTitnehleri:e,
ments as shall paralyse your standing barmy against me.
--(Laughter.) If you are a freeman, recollect you have
deliberately sworn in the Chamber to support all the
ancient customs and privileges of the city ; and if any man
o
Gt hdhr anything
will violate an oath when in a Court of Justice, what
will he not do ? But, however, you know as well as me
that
vision,
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shall
—the Guildhall shall be my ground. Truth
love of money ; hut, believe me, single-handed industry
perseverancedhali my seconds, fortitude I
furious system that shall, like the baseless fabric of a
aGnld'il
patience ray time-keeper, and justice
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the use of the globes mathematically, Sir, your undaunted. " ROBERT WOODWARD,
" Ticket-porter, te leiter of geography and astronomy,
butcher."—(Ex-
cessive laughter. )
The RECORDER asked Mr. Alley whether he
wished the letter to be entered upon the record ?
It appeared to be well deserving of such a dis•
tine rion.

Mr. ALLEY said that he would be content with an
acquittal for his client. He had promised the docu-
ment to the Secretary of the British Museum.
A. witness then stated that the dispute was com-
menced by the prosecutor and other ticket-porters,
and the defendant was acquitted.

The Court was a long time occupied in hearing a
case of assault upon an officer by some fellowship
porters, two of whom were committed, and sen-
tenced, the one to imprisonment and hard labour for
fourteen days, and the other for seven.

CHELTENHAM
Per Bushel. s. d. to s. cl.l
Wheat
Barley 4 0 5 6
Oats 4 0 4 3

MA RIVET.—Jan. 3.
Per lb.
Beef
Mutton
Veal

Beans
Pease 5 0 7 0 Lamb
Hay 3/. 10s to 31. 15%. Od. per ton.

d. tad 1
6 7 or
5 6
5 6
6 7 r,
U 0

LEWES MARKET.—Jan. 3. NI
White Wheat (per quarter)-- X 3 8 0 to £3 12 0
Bed ditto.----...----___, 2 16 0 3 2 0
Barley-- _.-- 1 8 0 1 18 0
Oats, New ------..-- 1 2 0 1 6 0
Pease.----.---.---- 1 18 0 2 0 0 ...
Oil Cake, New--........-- 13'10 0 per thousand. ' !
-- , j
NORWICH, Dec. 31.
Wheat (per qr.) —. 545. 625. 665. Beans (per qr.) ........... 355. 425. a
Barley --------... '24s. 325. 365. I Pease, Grey 365. 40s.
o.tts .—.----. 225. 265. 28s. Flour, fine (per sack) 475. 495._,

CANTERBURY. Dec. 31.
60s. to 665. Old —B. to —a. I
50s. to 604. Old —s. to —s.
345. to 40s. Grinding.. 2'ia. to 308.
2.55. to 2Ss. Old. , —s. to 345.
345. to 38s. Old 4llB. to 44e.
435. to 455. ~,,M. Grey 358. to 38►.

l'H CORN

M ARK ET.—Dec.