The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-30 00:00:00

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A TOBACCO PETTICOAT.—CRINOLINE SUBEBSEDBD.----
Lottie Dartdemere, a little Dutch woman who carried
an infant in her arms, was brought before Mr. Yardley,
charged with smuggling 2llbs. of foreign manufactured
teha,co, by which she had incurred a penalty of 1001.
Tole was an information exhibi.ed by Mr. J A.
Walford, tide surveyor, by order of the Board of Cus-
toms. It appeared that on the arrival of an Antwerp
steamer yesterday at St. Katherine's wharf, the prisoner,
who was a passenger, was about to leave the vessel,
when her extraordinary bulk attracted the notice of the
revenue officers on hoard, who politely asked her if she
had any goods liable to duty in her possession,
to which She made signs in the negative. The
offis.3rs transferred her to a female searcher to whom
she declared that she was enceinte. "Then you
must allow me to be the midwife, and relieve you," said
the unrelenting Eogli-h woman, and she accordingly
proceeded to strip the Dutch woman, and took from her
a huge petticoat, which encircled her person, and which
was lined throughout with compressed tobacco. The
prisoner then stammered out an excuse that as ladies
wore crinoline petticoats in England to give them a very
bulky appearance, she had sub,tiLuted tobacco, which
was cheap in Holland. The excuse was not credited,
and the prison r was taken into custody, the case re-
ported to the Board of Customs, and this prosecution
instituted.

The prisoner, through an interpreter, pleaded guilty.
A Custoin-house officer produced a large petticoat
made of canvas, with straps attached to make it fast to
the shoulders of the wearer. It was fil ed with tobacco.
Mr. Yardley Paid he had no alternative but to sen-
tence the prisoner to pay a fiae of 1001. to the Queen,
and in default to be imprisoned for six months.'
The prisoner hoped she would be allowed to take her
baby into the prison, and, as it was only 8 months old,
she was allowed to tske it with her

MA TIKET Ni WS. —(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the week ended July 30, 1857, made up from the- Re-
turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in
England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS I PEAS
623 7,1 38s 3d 27s 8d 41s 3d 45s 6d 43s Sd

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES,
WHEAT BARLEYB OATS RYE I BEANS PEAS
_
62s 6d I 3 s 2dB
278 4d 41s 8d , 45s 5d 43s d

• ENGLIS •~ GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.
Wheat, 74,1,, •arley, 740; oats, 4,761; rye, 70;
bea., .;,031; peas, 204 quarters.

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade generalll
ruled steady, at full prices, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d
to
.4s, ; .lutton, 3s Od to 4s Bii; Lamb, 48 8d to 5s 83;
Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Gd per Blbs, by the
carcase.

SOUTHALL, July 29.—T0-day's market was but Mode'
rately supplied with fat stock. The trade generally ruled
steady, as f OlOws :—Beef, from 3s 01 to 48 6d ; Mutton,
3s 4.1 to 48 10 I ; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s 0,1; Veal, 3,6 d to 4s 6d
Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8.1 oar 81bs, to sink the offal.
itOHFORD, July 29.—The trade generally was steady,
at our quotstions :—Beef, from 3s 44 to 4s 6d ; Mnttoo,
3s 4a to its Od; Lamb, 5s 4ki to 6s 4d; Veal, 3s 8d to
61 ; Pcrk, 3s 101 to 4s 81 per Blbs ; Mitch Cow's,
--1. to —Z. each.