The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-25 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERIES IN DOCKS.—Joseph Asser, a man about 55
years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with
stealing 11b. loz. of composition nails, worth about Is.,
fiom the London Dock. The prisoner was stopped as he
was leaving the dock by a constable named Gordon, and
the nails found upon him. He said that he picked them
up in the Eastern London Dock.
The Prisoner—l did take them.

Mr. Paget said that property was necessarily exposed in
the docks, and that robberies of this description were fre-
quent, though small in amount ; in each individual case
in the aggregate the loss to the dock companies was very
great. This system of petty pilfering was a great evil.
He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months,
and kept to hard labour.
A DRUNKEN WIFE AND THE RESULTS.—A man named
Bealing was brought up on remand charged with assault-
ing Eliza Bealing, his wife. Her face was marked and her
eyes blackened. There was no doubt she had been severely
punished. She was in a high state of excitement. From
her statement it appeared that her husband beat her and
kicked her in a very brutal manner on Saturday nightJast
at their dwelling, No. 7, Bermuda-street, Stepney, and he
gave her two black eyes, beat her on her breasts, and
kicked her. She wont to the station-house In Arbour-street
East• on Sunday morning. She was then half stupefied,
and appeared to have been severely maltreated. The pri-
soner was taken into custody at once. Eliza Smith and
Jane Hall, also dwelling at No. 7, Bermuda-street,
said that Mrs. Bealing came home intoxicated on Saturday
night at twelve o'clock. In the course of the night fearful
screams were heard, and there was no doubt the prisoner
was beating his wife.
Mrs. Bealing was questioned, and said she was given to
drink. Her husband split her head open with a ginger-
beer bottle twelve months ago.
Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, said the complainant had broken
up her husband's home. She was an incorrigible drunkard.
He was employed by Allen and Badgers, the manufttc-
turing chemists, in Ratcliff, and he had established a
respectable home, which his wife broke up. Mr. Stoddart
produced 130 duplicates relating to property which the
wife had pawned, and said she had been held to bail for
threatening her husband. It *as a painful case. An in-
dustrious man, ruined by a drunken wife, who came home
and pulled her husband out of bed while she was drunk,
and exasperated him to madness.

The wife here said she was iu the wrong ; she forgave
her husband, and the magistrate, after a severe admoni-
tion to both parties, the one to lead a sober life, and the
other to refain from violence, ordered the defendant to
enter into his own recognizance to keep the peace and be
of good behaviour towards his wife. He entered into the
surety and was discharged.

MARKETS.---This Day.

MARK-LANE,

Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home-
grown wheat were only moderate, but the condition of the
produce was goad. The trade for all qualities ruled quiet
at Monday's currency.
There was a fair supply of foreign wheat on the stands.
In all descriptions sales progressed slowly, at the prices
current on Monday.

Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates.
The supply of English barley on sale was small—of
foreign moderate. The trade was quiet, at Monday's
quotations.
Malt was in slow request, at late rates.

The supply of foreign oats on sale was large, and several
parcels of American produce were on the stands. In all
descriptions sales progressed slowly, at late rates.
Beans and peas were in short supply, and previous quo-
tations were supported.
Flour was in fair demand at late rates.
SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 1,380 40 3,220 880
Irish ..................
Foreign ............... 9,270 5,420

1,260

37,310 2,890 sks.
—Lh.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

The markets are well supplied with meat. The trade
is steady, at our quotations.
eer 81b by the carcase.

sd s d
' g d 8 ci
Inferior beet ......3 2 3 6 Inferior mutton n
-6 4 6
Middling do. ...... 3 8 4 0 Middling mutton 4 8 5 4
Prime lar4e d0.....4 24 4 Prime do 5 5 4
Primr small di.....1 6 4 8 Veal ' 4 4 5 8
Large pork ........ 40 4 6 Small pork ... 48 5 u
Lamb. 6s 4d to 7s 13d.

BOROUGH HOP. ,
Only a moderate business has been passing in hops ;
nevertheless, prices have ruled firm.
Mid and East Keats 100 s to 180 s per cwt
Weald of Keats Bos to 130 s per cwt
Sussex