The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-21 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

James Elmore, a policeman, recently in the employ of the
Croydon and Brighton Railway Company, was convicted at
the Surrey Sessions of feloniously stealing, on the 13th of
February last, at St. Olave's, Southwark, a gold seal and
ring, the property of W. Fisher, and sentencedto hard-labour
for 'twelve months.
At BoW-street, Frederick Shaw, a gold-beater, and Frede-
rick Radfort, a butcher, were committed for trial, the one for
four acts of theft and burglary, and the other for six similar
offences. In one case, the property stolen in jewellery,
amounted to 2001.
At Guildhall, William Brown, Isaac Chaplin, and Joseph
Harvey, three seamen, belonging to the schooner Maas,
Captain Cooper, trading between London and Hamburgh,
were charged by the Solicitor of Customs with smuggling
1201bs. of foreign tobacco, valued with the duty at 651. Mr.
• Alderman Gibbs, with the concurrence of Alderman Sir. C
Hunter, fined each of the prisoners 100/., and ordered them
to be imprisoned till the same be paid.
Mr. Maltby, the sitting magistrate at Marlborough street,
acknowledged the receipt of a 51. Bank of England note,
No. 00,700, f, om a benevolent person, who states in his note
that • it was saved from "self-denial practised during Lent,"
for the poor-box.
At Worship-street, Wm. Stripling alias Wilson, was re-ex-
amined before 31r.-- -Broughton, charged. with'. having bur •
glariously entered the dwelling-house of John Finlayson,
Esq., a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, residing in Pales-
tine-place, Cambridge-heath, and stolen therefrom a quan-
tity of plate and other property. He was fully committed.

COURT-

-PASIZIONABLIA.

The Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the Baroness
Ahlefeldt and Major Stephens, honoured the French Plays
with her presence last evening.
The Earl of Rosebery received at dinner on Wednesday
the Earl Stanhope, Lord John Fitzroy, the Earl of Altamont,
Sir John Harrington, Bart., Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Stan-
hope and Miss Stanhope. Mr. Hope Vere, and Mr. Robert
Drummond.

The Earl of Haddington entertained the Duke of Welling-
ton, Sir R. Peel, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, LordWharn-
eliffe, Sir James Graham, Sir H. Hardinge, Sir E. Knatchbull,
Duke of Buccleuch, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
at dinner last evening, at the Admiralty. It was the Noble
Earl's first Cabinet dinner this season.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are still on a visit
at Badminton, and will not leave until Saturday next for
town. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort return to Arling-
ton-street, for the season, on the Wednesday following.
The Countess of Uxbridge is recovering from her very
serious attack of illness, and we are happy to hear no danger
is now apprehended.
Tuesday next is the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince
George of Cambridge, who will complete his 25th year.
The Marquis of Abercorn is expected at Dudley House,
Park-lane, early in the ensuing week.
The Countess of Haddington has issued invitations for a
grand assembly at the Admiralty on Monday next, in honour
of her Majesty's drawing-room,
The opening ball at Almack's on Monday next, the day of
her Majesty's drawing-room, is expected to be a brilliant
assembly. The Countess of Jersey and Viscountess Palmer-
ston purpose being in attendance, and the applications to
those ladies patronesses for vouchers, considering it is the
commencing ball of the season, have been exceedingly nu-
merous.
Lord and Lady Stanley have a grand dinner on Saturday
next. It will be the Noble ILord and Lady's last party be
fore Easter.

MISCELLANEOUS.
To accommodate the arrangements of Mr. Cobden the free
trade banquet at the Amphitheatre at Liverpool has been
postponed until Friday, the 12th of April.
a Roj'al charter granted by George the Fourth
On Wednesday the annualgeneral meeting of the donors
was held at the Freemasons' Ta v ern, Great
and subscribers to the Artists' Benevolent Fund, which was
Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., in the chair. The
income and expenditure for the past year being
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read, the former was 1,5181. 3s. Id., in which was included
931. ss. annual subscriptions, 621/. 14s. donations, and 5611.
13s 40. dividends on 19,0001. Three per Cent. Reduced Stock.
The disbursements had been nearly 1,409/.. leaving a balance
in the hands of the treasurer of 109/. 17s. 9d. The gratui-
ties to widoWs in the latter accounts amounted to 6201. 7s.
Bd., and to orphans-128!. 6s. The capital of the fund con-
sisted of 19,300/. Three per Cents. Reduced.
In the course of last weok three destructive incendiary fires
took place in Essex. • -
A return of the weekly aggregate average price of wheat,
by which the duty is. regulated, from the Ist of February, 1843,
to the present time, Las been printed on the motion of Mr.
Charles Wood, M.P. Striking a general average of the
various prices during the above period (which includes 57
weeks), we find that the weekly average price, by which the
duty was regulated, amounted to 2/. 10s. 4d.
The metropolitan mortality by small-pox during the last
year, which has been remarkable for the severity of its epi-
demic maladies, has been estimated as low as 438, whereas by
measles alone 1,400 lives have been lost. This latter disease
is prevailing to a very considerable extent at Eton College.
As many as between 100 and 200 of the boys are affected ;
but only one case of a fatal nature has occurred.
Last night, a public meeting, crowdedly attended, was held
in the large room at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
called by the Metropolitan Anti-State-Church Asssociation,
to express an opinion on the subject of the union of Church
and State, to adopt resolutions condemnatory of such union,
and to elect two delegates from the metropolis to serve in the
Anti-State-Church Conference, now forming. Resolutions to
that effect were adopted.

MARKET NE W S.-( THIS DAY.)
ITAYST.A.RICETS.
SMITIIVIELD.—Coarse Meadow:Hay, 21 15s to 3/3s ; use-
ful ditto, 3/ 5s to 31 lOs; tine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to
3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 83;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. Both Hay and
Straw sold heavily, at the above quotations.
CumnEßLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2118 s to 3/ 53; useful
ditto, 3/ 8s to 3l 13s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/;
Clover Hay, 3/ to 4115 s ; Oat Straw, 11 7s to 119 s ; Wheat
Straw, 118 s to, 1112 s per load. A moderate supply, and a
sluggish demand. Prices about stationary.
WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s to 31;
useful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ 10s; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s t•
31 15s ; Clover Hay, 31 5s to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to
1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 10s per load. Supply good,
and trade very dull: _
MEATIVIATULETS.
Sotrrn.tu., MARCH 20.—For prime Mutton, Veal, and
Pork we had a steady demand, at prices fully equal to those
obtained on this day se'nnight. In all other kinds of stock
exceedingly little was doing, and their value had a down-
ward tendency :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 28 10d
to 4s 6d; Veal, 35 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, N 6d to 4s per 81bs,
to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 32 ; Sheep, 2,001; Calves,
47 ; Pigs, 40.
ROMFORD, MARCH 20.—Although the supplies of stock on
offer to-day were by no means extensive, the demand was
throughout inactive, on the following terms :—Beef, from
2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to
4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per albs. Suckling
Calves, 18s to 28s; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s;
and Mitch Cows - with their small Calf, 161 to 19/ each.
HartsnA3t, MARCH 20.—We had a comparatively sluggish
demand for stock here to-day, at barely late rates :—Beef,
from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d;
and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per 81bs.
ARUNDEL, MARCH 19.—With the exception of the primest
Beasts and Sheep, commanding a steady sale, at full prices,
the demand ruled extremely inactive :—Beef, from 2s 6d to
4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and
Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 4d per 81bs.
CHICHESTER, MARCH 20.—T0-day's market exhibited a
full average supply of stock, which met a slow inquiry, at,
in some instances, depressed rates :—Beef, from 2s ad to 4s ;
Mutton, 2s 8d to 48 6d; Veal, 3s Gd to 48 6d ; and Pork,
2s ad to 3s 6d per 81bs. • Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ;
quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Dililch Cows, 151
to 181 each.

Monday
VERY UNUSUAL !—On Sunday night, or early on
morning, a copper boiler was stolen from the pre-
mises of Mr. Singleton, in the Brazen George-yard, but
while Mrs. Singleton went to the station-house to give infor-
mation of the robbery, the boiler was restored to the place
from whence it had been stolen l--Cambridge Chronicle,