The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-13 00:00:00

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fendant being from home at the time), whop
through the garden a few hours afterwards.
The girl stated that she forgot to tell her master:ro
mistress of the occurrence, so many papers being le"
the house that ultimately she took no notice of tliel?!.,,
The jury immediately gave a verdict for the plaint 4"
damages Is.

QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS
Lord Denman at at Ni*i Pr:us this morning, witiel
Middlesex common jury. Two cases were disrsefer
during the morning, neither of which presented anY
tures of interest.

CRIMINAL COURT.—.—(THIS P"'"AY.)
(Before Mr. Justice OLD COURT. , tie
CP.ESSWELL and lit s

COLERIDGE.)
George Gifford, 71, a seaman, was indicted for
niously stabbing and wounding Henry Howard, r"
intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. I, till
The affray took place in a brothel, during wo'c
prisoner stabbed the prosecutor with a sword. a V
The jury found him Guilty of the asstailt, an
was sentenced to twelie months' imprisonment.
POLICE IINTELLIGENC

MARLBOROUGH-STREET
(THIS DAY.) f
7 homas Robinson, between 50 and 60 years
„ho.,
ce
dressed in the style called shabby-genteel, and 2:100
manners and appearance at once indicated that Deca
seen better days, was placed at the bar on the lb
charge : than
Police-constable, No. 85 of the C division, statc;,, er,
between b and 10 o'clock laSt night, he saw the Pri,-.°0.1o•
beg of several gentlemen passing along the Opera
nude and also Regent-street—some he followed 1113 k;
considerable distance, entreating them to give -or
halfpenny towards enabling him to get a night3l
ing ; he begged of fourteen persons altogether, at'
ness then look him into custody.
The prisoner produced a number of letters, wl'-cte
said would prove the correctness of the statonePter
was about to make. He had formerly been in an Ito;
sire way of business as a woollen manufacturer at .0
chester, and was at one period of his life possess`jd
great wealth. He, h6wever, ultimately fadehdi ht
everything but an annuity of 171. per annum, " e
was still in the receipt of. A short time ago he con it
London to endeavour to procure a situation, havief 1;0
viously arranged with a friend of his in town to anti3O
him some money while here on his annuity. This 4:go
however, had put him off from day to day, and be!tb'ool
arrears at his lodgings he could not retain them yf
alo
paying, and was, therefore, last night constrained .410
a penny, which, with 3d. he had in his pocket,'"
have enabled him to procure shelter for the night' 010
Mr. MALTBY ordered that the unfortunate
should be detained until inquiries might be made'

UNION HALL,—(THIS DAlc,Joitli
George Goodwin was charged, before Mr. Tom' l*l
threatening to stab James Butterworth with t'
knife.
and
The complainant stated that, between tWO .-- niso•
o'clock that morning, as he was walking over J.J.,00
friars-bridge, he had an altercation with the prisone'brefil.
drew his knife out of his pocket, and, opening it, tic the
ened to rip up his bowels. The moment he, 590 re•
weapon in the prisoner's hands, he (complaillanoper
treated, and, calling for the police, gave the Pre, flit
into custody. On their way to the station-ions 00
prisoner also threatened to stab the policeman'
wrested the knife from him. ffoo,'
•
The prisoner endeavoured to palliate his 0 - If
60
using a knife by saying he was struck in the
Lio,
stance by the man who made the charge against Phe cri;
Mr. TRAILL said that nothing coud justifY,,to 05
soner in drawing out a knife against any man---tm.i.ili•
r'
acts, were of • frequent occurrence amongst uncti, c 0,11;
beings ; but in the streets of London for a man ,-„fibi.,'
duct himself with such violence was quite illexc'il sir
He, therefore, adjudged the prisoner to find bail, till
to pay a fine of ss. for intoxication.
NEED'
MONE Ir AND COMMERCIAL .11-%.f.
'TIM
CITY, QUARTER TO ,--,,,terin
There was a fair demand for Cotton at Liverpool Y'4 o;ti
Sales-5,000 bales, exclusive of 1,500 by speculat°M; 0
Surat sold at 4d to 4id ; 300 of Maranham at 50 to "oil
of Pernambuco, at bid to 60 ;20 Egyptian, at 9d; ,A
rest rest American at sid. to 7d. for Orleans. 1 ollt,
Shares were rather dull, and the market generaVi.,„iii
so good. Birmingham and Gloucester, 70-1 • Eastern Viffhll;
ex New, 10-1 ; Grand Junction, 227 ; South' Westero "'el
.£3. 9s. ; Midland Counties, 91i ; Paris and Lyons,3 ;
te
Eastern, 34k.
From Saxony we learn that the Stocking trade `'l°
viving. or l'''"
There are no tidings vet of the West India mail, 0
ril°re
we any late ship arrivals. her lOf
The Funds look very steady, and there is rat opt ii,
doing. Consols for immediate transfer are 97i to k'd 10(4
time the same. Exchequer Bills bring 675. to 695., 3',,, e,,
Bonds 82s. to 84s. premium. The Commissioners ban 2,elf
Consols at 97i India Stock has risen to 277 i n:11.5.1P
Bank Stock is 1931 to 1924. The New Three-on ,
th'
Three-and-
per Cents. realise 102 to h.
tults tile
Spanish Bonds are not quite so good, the ace° ei, f
morning representing the revolutionary spirit as rathe,r,:e re,
advance. The Five per Cents, are 23% to 23, and the T',44 to'
Cents 324 to 32. Mexican Bonds are rather dull at '', lys
for the Five per Cents. Columbian are 12i to 1, and re
vian 27i to 28. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. II
to i.
)411t.
The Share market is inactive, and prices are not bylet*
Brighton
.have been down to 54 discount ; Great 1:i '
New, and one or two others are also lower. , na•
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O*o-,
(From the Official List.) 00
Bank Stock 1,1)1,4
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities
11 I°S
g ii:eerr Cent.en iticutidesAnlBnluBities
14w 3% per Cent. Annuities lOl 3,10)j
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 121,09'
India Stock
India Bonds,l,ooo ;ci 6ti
Ditto under 1,000 97%
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, • iNd. oid
1,000/.
5001.
Ditto Small 69
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL
106 fi
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent li
Columbian Bonds. 34
Mexican Bonds, 1531, 5 per Cent. ... ......... —••• jj
Ditto Deferred Stock :7)i,.
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. n
Ditto for the Account ". 23 /4
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent ..................... 0
,t
Ditto for the Account g r
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 2% per Cents lOl
Dutch 5 per Cents 10014
New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents.
$.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 0-7.1
RAiLwAxs. 0
~
PAW. P6e14..S n.. 4,.:
Birmingham and Derby ..... ...... 100
Birmingham and Gloucester...." 100
Ditto New
.1 1..... ::/

Eastern Counties - lO, ..
Ditto New
Ditto Extension l3s. 4d li•• .. 5 go .-
Eastern Union 5 .. sq ". . t° ...,
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O
.....
.. _ , ....... to -'
Ditto Registered.
Great Western
Ditto i Shares 5O
......... 704 .... to:,
Harwich Extension
London and Brighton 5O 44;067' t°,,
London and Blackwall
London and Birmingham Stock ~, „. „ -.. .......... to ,
Ditto 34 Shares
London and South Western 41% - .. t° ,-
Ditto Eighths
%,.
42.. to
„,
Mancheiter and Leeds
Norwich and Brandon
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 15 3,W1,4 to
.„
Northern and Eastern ..... ... ...... 45 ........
Morth Midland .
Ditto N Shares
......... 46 .......... to „
Ditto Thirds 2l . 13s. 4d. so ...... . to _
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen 2O .. ...... 32 ' to
.A 2,.. .0 .-•
South Eastern and Dover
..... 1 0)11J„
Ditto Scrip - . Ogr stet!'
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 12,.---„th fil ode':
ket is not quite so firm to-day, particularly in 0°- file JO'
• •id c
Shares, which have been more freely (dere ,;betbe 5S'
are :—Manchester and Birmingham, 39i ; 'ns
004
Manchester, 63i ; Ditto, Quarters, 74 ; Sout--h
,„
E
Ditto, Scrip, 35i i ; Manchester Assurance, l''

Sc'
In the BO
QUEEN ITEMS IN OLD ACCOUNTS.---"-„spis ipg
counts of the expenses of some old municipal l'ab`follee`''iDs
processions for the city of Chester, we find the .00 01,. it,
tatioth fo,for
items :—" Paid for keeping hell head (a repro°
mouth of hell) Bd. ; for making hell mouth 01,,d eicharg,:pile
4s. ; for keeping of fire at hell mouth, 4d. ; 0.0. ' cli'
coals to keep up hell-fire), paid to the demon, - tia. es,c,.,
the bishops had but 12d. and the angels 0111 Y bovrelal
There were other little perquisites to the bisholt.shops 00
for one item runs thus :—" Paid Pilate, the yo'estill
knights, to drink between the stages, 9d." °tiler ofeitlle
gravely set down as ordinary matter of accoiTiog No,
more grotesque, as for instance—" Paid for seui. lied `
world on fire, sd. ;" and "paid for half a yard (4 ..,'
6d."—Chester Chronicle -------
.
----- ii•
--
a daughter. BIRTHS. Dlrs'
Finsbury
-place,
December, at Tank-square, CalettettSt:Sil't of
On the Bth inst., the lad of J. Risdon Bennett
of a daughter. of °
, F,541'
On the Bth inst., the lady of Benjamin SholT-' WO'
daughter. h tret' 10
HeOnnrytßheayn9tehs,ionfsat.,soant. Clement-lane, Lonl-8111-5 „cog,
f s. >1
GeOnd the 10th inst., at Saville-row, Walwortll; l‘i-rl:sBes, the
ye, of a daughter.
On the 10th inst ,at the Rectory Little Pfau;
lady of the Rev. T. L. Ramsden of fifth s°ll.llerellce' i9lls
01°
On the 6th inst., at Kennington, Mrs. J. 11' '''
daughter.
On the 6th inst., in Highbury-place, Mrs' Ge°rge
Sandeman, of a daughter

Res.,
MARRIED. the te
On the Bth inst., at St. Martinn-the-Fields, bY" c-if the,e6t,
Septimus Ramsey, Henry Braddick Gale, R. N., so
,otov.
er
Commander John Gule, R.N.,to Frances Rebecca, ) twill a
daughter of Captain Byme, formerly of the Sects.forii fin
.Guards, and grand niece of the late Earl of Crio
Lindsey. oe,
hall'''. io
On the 10th inst., at All Souls Church, Lallg-
., to 11'
the Rev. Sir John Hobart Culme Seymour N" 'f,sit• r
Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Charles'Sniitl!,_ ,Hilts ,
On the Ist inst., at Llantarnam Church, °Pt:llu to l'''
buck, of the 38th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, _ 1%100-
daughter ofJohn James, Esq., of Nat Cott4c, oey,
mouthshire. Berm 00
HeOnnrytlite. 6.‘tvhatillss,t.,ofatiatlitnecoChlnurscihnoufliJres's, Thoill- '
only daughter of Mr. W. Fawcett,
of Crim:collitnsr)t.reet' Ilef.
mondsey.
DIED. - couot
- At Milton, Margaret Mary, youngest chi
Milton. ostrsir
0n the sth of October, at Australind, Western .I_o., 11 r
Robert Gordon Berney, the son of W. Hamilton, .
British Majesty's Consul, Boulogn -sur-flier. iIhOA I r %t
In December, at St. Helena,' e t-Colone, - ° •riteo '
Lieutenan _, 0 Reg'
ander Weight,
East •
India Company's Service. Id a vis

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County of Middlesex, Tuesday, February 13, 1844.