The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-21 00:00:00

TALLOW.

Lettlts from St. Peterslii7rghto the 14th inst. stlte
that a good business was doing in Tallow at full prices.
Shipments were progressing steadily. Since our last
report the imports into London have been large, viz ,
11,837, whilst the deliveries have been confined to 2,321
casks, leaving a present stock of 36,790 c.sks. On the
whole the trade is steady, but we have no change to
notice in the quotations. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is
selling at 38s 61 per cwt. For f,rward delivery next to
nothing doing. Town Tallow, 38s 3d to 38s 6d per
cwt, net cash; Rough Fat, 2a 2d rer Slbs.

_
1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850.
Stock this day ...... 4,388 25.288 31,931 41,4,8 , 33,790
370ssOod,ito.to38s0360dd
Price 01 Y. C. •• ..
Elt 50315001 t0444‘5560dd to4ssos°odd
Delivery last week •. 2,551 2,897 2,808 2,849 ' 2,321
Ditto from June 1.. • . 29,052 33,0 $0 37,730 31,753 34,626
&rivals last week • 100 1,836 6,150 775 1 11,837
Ditto from June 1 ... 22,517 59.2.9 62,138 47,768 45,792
Price of Town .. •-• 52s Gd 48s 01 47s Gd 39s Gd 4ls 01
STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETEnsßUnan.
1850. 1849. I 1848. 1847. 1846.
Tallow dispatched Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks.
from Cronstadt to
Sept. 25, 0.5... .. 49,383 88,150 99,759 95,485 70,394
In ships loading and
lighters ••••.. • • . . 17,194 13,196 11,591 16,537 19,822
Total loaded off, 27th -
Sept., O.S. .. •• .. 96,577 102,346 111,350 112,022 90,216
Loaded afterwards.. .... 15,786 18,154 19,842 23,007
Total at the close of
the navigation.... .. .. 118,132 129,,04 131,861 113,223
London.• •••• • • • • 33,121 33,311 55,406 41,230 31,61+9
Liverpool • • ...... 14,870 15,871 12,103 12,167 9,722
Bristol • • •• • . • • .. 3,542 3,255 4,231. 3,329 2,745
Other English ports 5.288 10,698 11,008 9,320 8,711
Ireland • • •• •- • • • • 3,573 4,267 4,172 6,615 6,060
Scotland ....... • 2,520 4,171 f,472 6,043 5,073
Germany ........ 8,331 9,602 6,076 9,8,5 5,419
Francs .... •• .. • • 3,134 6,975 291 6,916 965
79,383 88,150 99,759 95,485 70,390

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

These sessions, the twelfth and last of the present
mayoralty, commenced to-day. before the Lord Mayor,
the new Recorder (the Right Hon. James Stuart Wort-
ley, M.P.), Alderman Wm. Hunter, Alderman Challis,
Alderman Sidney, Alderman Sir C. Marshall, Alderma❑
Farebrother, the new Sheriffs, Messrs. Carden and Hodg-
kinson, the Under-Sheriffs, &c.
The calendar contains the names of no less than 196
prisoners, of which 39 are from London, 114 from Mid-
dlesex, 8 from Essex, 12 from Kent, and 23 from Sur-
rey. The crimes of which the prisoners stand charged
may be stated as follows:-1 for feloniously at-
tempting to procure abortion, 1 for an assault
with latent to rob, 1 for bigamy, 6 for bur-
glary, 13 for unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin,
1 for feloniously threatening to accuse of an in-
famous crime, 3 for cutting and wounding with intent,
12 for embezzlement, 1 for forgery and uttering forged
instruments, 9 for housebreaking and larceny, 47 for
larceny, 13 for larceny from the person, 44 larceny by
servants, 12 for larceny in a dwelling-house, 1 for steal-
ing a post letter, 2 for manslaughter, 10 for misde-
meanour, 4 for rape, 13 for receiving stolen goods, 1 for
shop breaking and larceny, and 1 for feloniously return-
ing from transportation.
The grand jury having been empannelled and sworn,
The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to
them. He had no doubt that the gentlmen who formed
the present grand jury were sufficiently experienced in
the duties they were called upon to perform to render it
unnecessary for him to dwell upon them. They
were called together for the protection of the
subjects of the queen from unfounded charges,
and unnecessary punishment and delay. The institution
for which they were constituted in that box was one of
the great bulwarks of the liberty of the subject, and one
that was entitled to the greatest respect and considera-
tion, and whatever opinions might be entertained with
respect to the value of grand juries, whatever difference
there might be in that respect, this at least was clear,
that it was a great privilege that persons of every grade
in society might be called from time to time together to
prevent their fellow-subjects from being charged, and
unnecessarily subjected to trial in a criminal court. He
was happy to congratulate the grand jury that
there was nothing in the appearance of the
present calendar that would require from
him any special remark, and he was happy also to add
that from the information he had received from the
officers .of the court, that, as compared with this time
last year, crime was not on the increase, but had
diminished. The opportunity he had had of running
over the depositions, as well as the nature of the charges
contained in the calendar, be was glad to say, enabled
him to state that there was none of any peculiar
atrocity, or which called for any special direc-
tions to the grand jury from him. There had, no
doubt, of late been notoriously considerable alarm
excited in the public mind at the different
burglaries, attended with violence, that had lately taken
place, those events had been strongly commented upon,
and had alarmed the public mind, but he was happy to
say that the present calendar did not disclose any case
to justify that alarm. The cases that had principally
caused alarm were not within the jurisdiction of this
Court, and had occurred in districts to which the effi-
cient exertions of the metropolitan police did not ex-
tend; and for his own part he believed that the com-
mittal of such crimes might be attributed to the want
of a proper organiz ition of a force to de-
tect and prevent crime in those districts to
which the jurisdiction of the police did not extend.
There had, however, occurred cases within the jurisdic-
tion of that court which had caused some alarm, and
which called for increased exertions on the part of the
police to put down. In cases like these it became the
duty of the officers of justice to attend most vigilantly to
the security of the poorer classes, as they bad not such
remedies in their power to prevent the intrusion
into their dwellings of the burglar as the rich had.
As to the rich, they had the means in their
own hands, because they had always .a great
number of inmates in their dwellings, and had the power
of having their houses amply secured. In the case to
which he was alluding he could not but express the gra-
tification he felt at the course adopted by the inmates
who were left in possession of the property; it was richly
deserving of praise, and required only to bo imitated to
put an end to the crime of burglary altogether, for never
was there a greater truism than that crime and cowardice
went hand in hand. With respect to the other cases in
the calendar, there were wily three he considered re
quired any special notice from him. The first
was the case of a foreigner who was charged
with forging and uttering a true security► of
a foreign country, namely, notes upon the
Austrian Government. Now, with respect to that case,
all he need say was that such forgeries by Act of Par-
liament were placed upon the same footing as forgeries
upon any bank or firm in this country. The grand
jury would, therefore, have no trouble in that respect.
The two other cases were charges in which two human
beings had la, en deprived of life. The first was the case
of an unhappy young woman causing the death of her
child, and the other the death of a party caused by the
ill-usage of the police officers in attempting to
take him into custody. In the first case the
grand jury were bound, before they returned a true bill
either for murder or manslaughter, to consider well the
evidence, in order t.) ascertain whether the death had
been caused by accident or design; and in the latter case
the jury must bear in mind that no officer was allowed
by law to use more violence in endeavouring to capture
an individual than was absolutely necessary. It would
be for the grand jury to say, after hearing the evidence,
whether they considered that undue violence had been
used, and it they thought there had it would be their
duty to put the case in a train for further investigation.
The Learned Judge then remitted the grand jury to the
discharge of their duties, and the Court proceeded to
swear the petty jury.

(SURREY SESSIONS.—THIS DAY.)
The adjourned quarter sessions for the county of
Surrey commenced this morning, at the Court House,
Newington-causeway, before Thomas Buckle, Esq., and
a full bench of magistrates.
The calendar contained the names of forty-eight
prisoners.
The grand jury having been sworn, the Chairman ad-
dressed them as to the nature of their duties.
James Stroud, 23, was indicted for stealing, at Ber-
mondsey a watch, pair of stockings, and other property,
belonging to William Filming.
The prosecutor, a young man in She employ of a but-
cher at Berunt!ndsey., said, that the prisoner was a'so in
the same service prior to the 17th of September, and
slept in the same room with him. On that day he ab•
sconded, when witness found that his box had been
broken open, and that his watch and other articles had
been stolen.
Mary Pearch, a lodging-house keeper in the City-
road, said the prisoner formerly lodged at her house.
and on the night of the 17th. ult. he came to her and
handed her an old-fashioned silver watch to take care
of. He slept there that, night, and on the following
morning he went away, but returned shortly afterwards
for the watch. A few days after that she •received
information of the robbery, and as soon as the prisoner
came to her again she sent for a policeman and gave
him into custody. Witness produced a pair of stock-
ings which he left with her, and were identified by the
prosecutor.
In defence the prisoner denied all knowledge of the
robbery, and said what the female stated was false.
The jury found him Guilty, and the Court sentenced
him to six months imprisonment with hard labour.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A Foousu WOMAN.— Hari iet Bowler, tee wife of a
cabman, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with
attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself into
the Serpentine, Hyde-park.
John Parsons, a boatman in the employ of the Royal
Humane Society, stated that on Saturday evening, about
six o'clock, he was standing by the boat-house on the
north side of the Serpentine, when he saw the defendant
rush from amongst several persons and throw herielt
into the water, which at that place is about three feet
deep. He immediately went to her assistance, but be-
fore lie could get to her a gentleman had jumped in and
pulled her out. She was then taken into the receiving-
house, and subsequently to St. George's workhouse.
In reply to the charge, the defendant said she was
driven to attempt suicide by the ill-treatment she had
received from her husband.
The priioner's husband,.:a respectable-looking _man,
denied this, and said he always had treated her with
the greatest kindness, and allowed her 30s. per week for

household expenses. She was of a most violent temper,
and had repeatedly threatened to do him some serious
injury. On Saturday last he was obliged to take her to
Ckrkenwell Police-court, when she was bound over to
keep the peace towards him, and he agreed to give her
ss. lot r week, and paid ber a week in advance. She rip
sooner received this money than she called a cab, and
drove directly to the Serpentine.
Mr. HARDWICK severely lectured the prisoner on her
foolish conduct, and on her promising not to repeat it he
discharged her.

WESTAIINSTER,.-(THIS DAY.)
James Miller and George l'reston were charged under
the following circumstances:—
Police-constable 190 B, from information he received,
went last night into No. 4. Gardner's-buildings, and,
looking over the wall into No. 5, he saw the prisoners
emptying a cesspool into a pit which they had dug in the
garden. They had been so careless that the street was
in a most beastly state, and the nuisance to the inhabit-
ants of the neighbourhood was intolerable. He got over
the wall to take them into custody, when one of them
ran out of the front door and the other got up a chim-
ney. Both of ths m were, however, eventually secured.
The prisoners said they were in extreme poverty, and
were glad to do an thing to ret a shilling.
Mr. I'AYNTER said he could not allow them to risk
the lives of others for that purpose. He should there-
fore order them each to pay a fine of 20s. or be impri-
soned for three weeks.

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY, 10 P.M.

The Royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain
Ryrie, arrived in the Mersey at half-past nine, with
advices from New York to the 9th inst.

The Cambrian arrived at Boston on the 3d inst
The Niagara has 300,000 dolls. in specie on freight.
The steam•ship Hermann, from Southampton, ar-
rived at New York on the morning of the 9th inst
The United States steam-ship Atlantic arrived al
New York at 8 a.m. on the 9th inst.

The Lotus, from Bremen, went ashore on Carri-
tucket Island on the 2d inst.

Upwards of 5,0001. sterling in gold dust had been
received at New York from California.

Our accounts from 'Washington are unimportant.
Sir H. Bulwer had denied the assertion that he had
endeavoured to procure the recall of Squier.
Great alarm prevailed amongst the coloured popu-
lation of the northern cities, and hundreds had tied
to Canada.

San Francisco accounts of September 1 state that
the prospects of commerce were auspicious. Rich
fruits were being yielded by the mines and quartz
rocks.

From Canada, Jamaica, Havannah, &c , we have
later dater, but no details of note.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The exchange market is firm, with good demand.
Sterling money is at 104 to 104 ; francs, 5 184 to
5 17k. Bills on Amsterdam, 408 to 41 ; I.lamburgh,
34 to 3G. At the close sterling was freely offered at
10i. Bremen, 80 to 804. The supply of money is
very abundant, and loans are negotiated with facility
at 5 to 6 per cent. on good stocks, and still lower on
Government securities. Paper of good quality is
scarce, and second class is taken cautiously. First
class goes at 6 to 7 per cent. freely, and the demand
exceeds the supply.
Cotton is very buoyant, and some sales have been
made at an improvement. About 9,000 bales sold to-
day. Middling fair is quoted at 141 to 144 cents. per
pound.
Breadstuffs—The flour market is rather easier for
low grains. There is less doing for export, but fair
for home trade.

Wheat:-There is not an active business, and the
market is rather easy. The market for corn is easier,
heavy, and quiet. Sales are 15,000 bushels.
Provisions—ln Pork there is more doing. The
sales are 1,000 barrels at 8 dolls. 37i0. for prime; 10
dolls. 81c. to 10 dolls. 87ic. for mess. There is but
little action in beef, but the market is easier. Lard is
rather easier.
Iron—Sellers at 16 dolls. 25c. and 20 dolls. 25c.
six months for Scotch pig, with sale of 150 to 200
tons. English bars are dull, at 15 dolls. to 35
dolls. 50c.
Ashes inquired for, with sales at 5 dolls. 87ic. to 6
dolls. 12 }c. for pots and pearls.
Freights are quiet, at 16d. for flour and for cot-
ton. About 8,000 barrels and 1,000 bales were en-
gaged at these figures. Some dead weight was taken
at 15d. to 20d., and 4.000 bushels at 4d. To London
cheese was taken at 30s.

NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 7.
Cotton is firm, and the advance is fully sustained.
The sales to-day were 2,000 hales fair at 141.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, OCT. 19.
The Queen and Prince walked to-day in Osborne
Park.
The younger members of the Royal Family walked
and rode as usual.

OCT. 20.

The Queen and Prince, and the younger members
of the Royal Family, walked this morning in Os-
borne Park.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and the
Princess Royal, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of
the royal household, attended Divine service at Whip-
pingham Church this afternoon. The Rev. 'l'. Pro-
theroe officiated.

His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs.
Lawrence left town en Saturday on a visit to Lord
and Lady Palmerston, at Broadlands.
Sir George Grey arrived in town on Saturday, from
his seat, Fallodon, Northumberland. The Right
Hon. Baronet paid a visit to Lord John Russell, at
his residence in Downing-street.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Co-
lonial-office from the Governors of the West India
Colonies.
Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office
for the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, and Hong-Kong ;
and also for the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands, on Saturday evening.

FUNERAL OF THE QUEEN OF THE

BELGIANS.
(From Galignani's Messenger.)
The remains of this illustrious and amiable per-
sonage were on Friday confided to their last resting-
place. Before ten o'clock the Ministers, the Presidents
of the Chambers, the corps di plomatique, the first pre-
sidents and procureurs-general of the Courts of
Cessation and Appeal, the ladies and gentlemen of
the King's household, and a long list of senators,
representatives, public functionaries, and eminent per-
sonages, were assembled. The church was hung with
black. Four colonels stood at the corners of the cof-
fin with drawn swords, and around them were twenty
old non-commissioned officers, who had been selected
to bear the coffin to the vault.
At a quarter to eleven o'clock the cannon announced
the departure of the King and the Royal Family from
the chLeau of Laeken. They were received with
marks of the greatest respect by the crowd which had
assembled, and the Civic Guard, who formed a line
from the chateau, presented arms. The Cardinal Arch=
bishop of Malines, and the clergy received the King at
the entrance to the church. The Cardinal addressed
a few observations to the King, but his Majesty could
only reply by tears. The King entered first with
Queen Amelie leaning on his arm. He was so affected
that he could scarcely walk. On passing the cata-
falque, his:Majesty was observed to stagger, as if over-
whelmed with emotion, and the queen addressed some
observations to him, and took his arm in hers to
support him. This incident excited a most painful
sensation. The King's sons, the Duke de Brabant
and the Comte de Flandre, accompanied by the
Princess Clementine followed, and then came the
Duke de Nemours, who seemed profoundly
affected, the Prince de joinville, who was paler than
usual, the Duke d'Aumale, and the Prince Augustus
of Saxe Coburg Gotha. The Royal party was ac-
companied by the Duke de Cazes, General de St.
Yon (Minister of War under Louis Philippe), Dc la
Rue (formerly director of Algerian affairs at the
Ministry of War), de Montesquiou and d'Houdetot,
the Dukes de Marmier and de Trevise, &c.
The funeral service then commenced, and lasted for
about an hour. The voice of the Cardinal who offici-
ated was frequently broken by emotion, and all per.
sons in the church were in tears. When the venerable
Prelate turned to bless the congregation, subdued
sobs broke the solemn silence. On the conclusion of
the requiem, the King and Royal Family retired. The
non-commissioned officers then removed the coffin to
the vault, the Cardinal casting holy water upon it, and
throwing on it a handful of dust, saying, "Dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return." The coffin
having been duly deposited, the vault was closed, and
the sad ceremony terminated.
All the Belgians, without distinction of class or
opinion,
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drawn profound sorrow for the
addressesofcounpdobly hundredsencetothe
of municipalities, public bodies, &c. The Court of
Cassation, as well as the Cour des Comptes, have
presented addresses. In a vast number of churches
masses for the repose of the soul of the royal deceased
have been celebrated, and others are to take place.

We understand that Government has just appointed
a gentleman of colour to the office of British Consul at
Liberia. This is, we believe, the first instance on record in
which a man of colour has received a similar appointment
from our Government. On the introduction of the new
British Consul, on Friday last, at the Foreign•office, his per-
sonal appearance excited no inconsiderable interest. He is a
man of superior intelligence, and of highly polished man-
ners. Vie wonder what the Americans will think of this
appointment. They will, doubtless, be very much shocked
at the taste of the Brttish•GoVermnient4 as they deem ali men
of colour, no matter how great may be their intellectual at-
tainments or moral worth, little better than the beasts of the
field.—Morning ,Advertiser.