The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-06 00:00:00

and the infant that had just beer} brought into the 0,
The question they had to consider was—whether the
soner was a man who was likely to have committed sui
diabolical crime ; and whether a man who had been pr'
to have always acted with kindness and affection tali
his wife and children should suddenly have become .0
ated by the horrible intention to destroy them in
cruel manner ? In all these cases the jury were bone
look for a motive for such a crime, and in ordinary °
it was shown that the motive was to obtain some
pecuniary benefit. What, however, was the case in
present instance ? Instead of making any profit by the
he submitted that it was quite clearly established 11
evidence for the prosecution that, instead of being a gal
the prisoner would have been a serious loser. All he co
under any circumstances, have received from the insane
office would have been £3OO, and it had been proved I
he had been offered £l3O for his business, and . there d
be no doubt that he had at least £250 worth of prop
actually destroyed in the fire, so that, instead of real
any advantage, he must have been a seriousloser. Agl
deal of stress had been laid upon the removal of a small'
tion of the property, but he urged there was nothing to 0
that the prisoner's statement of his having let his busil
was not true, and that his only desire was to take who'
called "breakables" from his house before his removal,
order that they might not be destroyed. Even suppeei
however, he had removed this property, where was the;
dente of fraudulent intention, when it was admitted '
there was a much larger quantity of property actual'
stroyed than was covered by the insurance ? He then
the attention of the jury to the period when the offence
alleged to have been committed, and asked them wh.
it was likely that a man who contemplated the corn
of such a crime should have chosen the period just wh
wife had been delivered, and when he must have been
aware that any sudden alarm would in all probability
fatal to her. He then proceeded to argue that the
put forward by the firemen, that the fire must neces
have commenced in the cellar, ought not to be inio
relied upon ; and he at the same time said that, even
jury should be of opinion that it was a correct one, it
not at all impossible that, if the fire commenced in the
some sparks should have fallen upon the straw in the
and thus have produced the same result. The 1
sergeant concluded a most able speech by calling upon
jury to dismiss the prisoner from' the bar, certaipll
without having suffered pain, anguish, and agony, b
all events free from the imputation of being guilty of a
of this dreadful description.
A great number of highly respectable witnesses were°
examined, all of whom described the prisoner as being °
markably kind and affectionate man, and apparently
votedly attached to his wife and children.
_ _

Baron Martin then proceeded to sum up the case, all
a quarter to seven o'clock the jury retired to deliberate
their verdict. They returned into court at a quarter
seven, and gave a verdict of Not Guilty.
There was a burst of applause when the verdict was
nounced, which was with some difficulty suppressed bi
officers.

Sergeant Parry said there was a charge 9f misdemel
against the prisoner, arising out of the same transit'
the offence imputed to him being that of endeavourb
obtain money from the insurance office by making a
claim. The company were unwilling to press the /I
against the prisoner, and he was anxious to have
lordships' opinion whether the other indictment oug
be gone on with.

iSaron Martin said that he and Mr. Justice Wines
both of opinion that the whole case had been substall
inquired into, and that it was unnecessary to proceed
the other indictment. At the same time he wished
be understeod that the court was very far from expi
an opinion that there had been anything improper 111
inquiry that had already taken place.
A verdict of Not Guilty was then taken, and the viol/
was ordered to be discharged from custody. •

COUNTRY MARKETS.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE—SAL 4.
The supply of farmers' wheat was good, which 1111,,
brisk sale at is per qr. advance on Friday's rates. P:1
country and Foreign grain in limited request, but b
firm. In the few transactions that occurred an inW
meat of is to 2s was established. A better demauu
flour, and full prices asked by holders. No improvej
in barley. Oats steady. Beans and peas sold in ret
former prices, Rye in some demand, but none offering'

NEWARK-JAN. 4.

At this day's market there was rather a fair sup]
wheat, and sales were effected at the quotations of till
se'nnight, and in some instances rather dearer.
were rather dearer. Oats unchanged in value. In
we have little alteration.

White wheat, new, 443 to 48s
Red do. 4ofi to 44s
Old white 42s to 41s
Red do.. 37s to 40s
Barley, malting 38s to 43s

Barley, grinding— 27s
Oats, old, .. 3os
New do 24s
Beans. 4451
Peas ..„ 5551

HULL-JAN. 4.

At the market this morning there was a moderato,/
ply of English wheat, for which the demand was I_,
for best qualities. Prices firm, at last week's curro7
Barley trade inactive, and prices about stationary. IA
little alteration. Beans is up, and peas the same as 0'
Wheat.... Old white.... per qr 4ss Od to 411
Old red
1)
New white .. „
New red .... ,
~,
Dantzic, Konb., &c. old white 50s Od to 5•,',
Dutch, Belgian, and French 4ss Od to 4(';,.
Baltic and Hamburg, red 43s Od to 40'1
St. Petersburg and Riga, old 3Bs Od to 3,,,,95
Barley.... English malting 32s Od to i"„,1
Grinding 2Bs Od to
„4,311"
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 29s Od to ,3`'
Grinding 26s Od to 'or,
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga, per st Os lld to
Friesland and Dutch Osllid to 1!
Swedish and Danish Oslla to 0,,5;
Beans .. , . English, old, per qr. 44s Od to,
4 7,
New pigeon 4os Od to 47/
New tick. 39s Od to 400
Egyptian 358 Od to 365
Peas Foreign breakers
Grinding
Tares ....Winter Bss Od to r„
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding sos Od to s"'

crushin
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 50 toci t£9l
Foreign BlO oto 8 v
610 oto 617
512 6to sl'

Rape cakes
Bones

CORK—JAL 4.
The following were the quotations this morning :-
wheat, 16s 6d to 19s 6d; white, 20s to 22s 0d; barley
to 13s 8d; oats, lOs 6d to 12s 4d. An improved sale.

DUBLIN—JAL 4.
At this morning's market the trade in wheat v711'4,,)
a rather better character, at an advance of 3d on last OD
currencies for best qualities. The same may also be sv:,
oats and grinding barley. Indian corn held for an add
which, however, was not realised.

3. d. s. d.
Wheat, white 22 6 to 25 0
Do., red 2l 6 to 22 9
Do., new
Barley
Oats
Do., black ll oto 12 0

s. d.
Do., new ... , ii 6to
Bere . ll 6 to
Rapeseed 26 0 to
Oatmeal l2 6 to
Bakers' flour
Indian corn ~ 26 0 to

BRISTOL SUGAR—JAN. 5.
The brokers' offices opened to-day after the holidaysfo
there was not much business done in sugars, owing t°,
porters requiring an advance of fully is per cwt. Ther
no rum offering at present.