The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-18 00:00:00

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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
THIS DAY.
Mr. Witham, in the( absence of )6' th Assistant-tf ilt"'Age,
sat this morning. of
Mary Lloyd was indicted for stealing 42 yard/
flannel, the property of Charles Longman. pri.
the
It appeared that, on the 2d of this month,'the
soner, in company with another woman, went into the
passage of the shop, when she put her cloak over the
flannel and walked off. She was followed, and drops
flannel. The other woman was not apprehended. that
Mr. HORRy, who appeared for the
prisoner sal" l•
some bullocks were pasing at the time, and
,1 the ribs
goner, in company with several others, took refuge,lan she
door, when the flannel was knocked down, and ?on.
was stooping to pick it up she was accused of steil7le ito°
a' -
Witnesses were called, who gave her an wall
meter.

Mr. W1T73131 having summed up, 110
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and 13'-c Co'
sentenced to six calendar months ill the House 0'
motion, with hard labour.

1 INDIA HOUSE.—(THIS DAY')he
A quarterly general Court of the proprietors elfoslo
East India Company was held this morning at the f cli.
House, Captain Sheppard, chairman of the court °
rectors, in the chair.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read 00
.-
confirmed.

RA/A OW simutA. iiion
The CHAIRMAN said he understood that Mr. Se" to
wished to put a question to the court of directors o,e,•„aa
subject of the Raja of Sattara. Perhaps Air, Saul'
would be good enough to ask it now.
Or'
Mr. SuenivAx said he was obliged to the geetdog
able Chairman for giving him this opportunity of pu,-;ily
the question. It would be remembered that in "Led ,
last (as we understood) the Government of India 14—.0c1
to make a certain allowance to the Raja of Sattars, „7,,d
what he wished to know was, whether any
been received to the communication which was sent, nOO
to India on the subject, lie understood that as ye'74
a single shilling had been allowed to him, and be n°
remained in a state of beggary and starvation. •
cill
The CHAIRMAN said with reference to the questl„
that had been asked by the Honourable Proprietor, ma
had to inform him that certain papers had been received
from India, but so very lately, that the directors badnro
answer ePtit
had time to consider them, so as to bring them be'
the present Court.
VACANCIES IN THE INDIAN ARMY.
Mr. M. LEwnr moved that it was expedient on vivi
cancies occurring in the army of India, in the officie °
Commander-in-Chief, that such vacancies be given in a
just proportion to the military servants of the East
0
India Company, unless it could be shown that the%
were not men in India really fit for the service.
could see no reason whatever that any high apfleiet.
ments in India should be given to the Queen's troops'
and no such high appointments should be conferred on
the troops of the Company,
Mr. SULLIVAN seconded the motion, on which a de:
sultory and somewhat personal discussion took :Piee"
which resulted in the motion being withdrawn.
The Court then adjourned.
SP

ORTING INTECLIGENCE.
EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1851.
The Metropolitan Stakes.
Additional entry—Champion 5 yrs.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TuEsnAIr•
Only one bet laid-600 to 50 sgst Newmirster for
Derby.

---tg• ..../',.;
Wheat. Barley. Malt.. °3
_ _ _
........_...-- 5
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 01' 16-0
English ....•• 1,150 1,760 1,680 3,030 '.
..•
Scotch— .. _ _
Irish 7,390 3,210
—— 00 Foreign .... •• 3,V,0 1,310 6
..„.
BOROUGH HOP MAXROI%
state'
0111 w
Our market continues in a very inactive 10._11,1_
some instances the quotations are almost nominal"
DI
WITHITECHAPEZ. tie' •
The general demand continues very inac,A notlce,'
prices, however, we have no material change "" ss Sie.
BeFf, from 2s to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 4cl ,ti,c).. by the
Veal, 2s 8d to 3s Gd; Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per 8,""
carcase.
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DAYL
QUEEN'S BENCH. 'THIS i.
—k OOP he
Lord Campbell and a Special Jury were ~ the
the morning, at Guildhall, in OPT re'
cause of Laming v. Adams, which was an action anir
cover the price of 300 casks of butter, and vit'°''
teresting to any but the parties concerned.

INSOLVENCY.—(THIS DAY'S
HAYNAU'S RETREAT.—IN THE MATTER °V WI
BENFIELD, Pli°
This insolvent, the leseper of the George Pu'isic.oo
at Bankside, where Marshal Haynau retreated anttr'
attack by the draymen, whose case was before
on a former occasion, aAain appeared on his aPP
under the Protection Act. There was no OP,cP° ore"
It will be recollected that the insolvency hea"-anori..'
in consequence of the crowds attracted to the ;moat',
and the absence of the regular customers in 00°9into'.
of such attendance. It was understood that tiwi fie
vent received nothing for sheltering the 1816113:bitia tbs 94
stated on the present occasion that he was still
public-house, selling beer and spirits, until the '6-
was
could let the premises.
CHIEF COMMISSIONER—I thought so; and Prigeorie
are the landlords? The insolvent replied--
Manvers, the brewers of Whitechapel. hi
It was stated that on the former hearing • -Sear
ler, who held a bill of sale on the property at the
was examined,
the
ease
The CHIEF CommissrowEa asked whether e.
had been opposed, and was answered iu the liege°,
His Ilatsoun granted the insolvent his final order
CRIMINAL COURT—(THIS /-111".)
OLD COURT. p A
(Before Mr. Justice WI GHTMAN and Mr. Bare,„ - - • tb-
The second edition of the Calendar, publishe."ag, ft;
31
morning, contains the names of 162 prisoners, bel
more than appeared in the first edition. Wet;
POST-OFFICE BOBBERIES.—Andrew Ednejh rear*,
ably-dressed man, aged 33, and described 694;,r,g Pf°
was indicted for stealing a post letter conteary
watches, the property of the Postmaster-Goner:I:000r
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin appeared for
cution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisevern. Oral
The prisoner had been a messenger in the ''',lo-130
to
Post-office, and it was occasionall art of last assist in stamping letters. On thereh of April
Gear, a watchmaker in Newgate-street,Plece,dsr- riit;
silver watches in a box, and, covering the i'`iervieliel
paper, he directed it to Mr. S. Waltenburg, J,9 apetto
Lytham, Lancashire, and then posted it at thleett;;;!cilot:
Post-office in St. Martin's-le-Grand. This
its enclosure, never reached its destination, and stigsPiXoet
having fell upon the prisoner, Beak, the detective s.
engaged in the Post-office, went to his lodgings' tclis
16, VVindsor-terrace, City-road, where he found 6 -
which afterwards turned out to be one of those ivbsiceslinfil'
Gear enclosed in his letter of the 6th 01 `;:i6ce
The prisoner was directed to attend at the posts —aoo,
the next day, which he did; and when he was aske"nd of
he came by the watch, he replied that towards the f-ped'
last April he was in Southampton, where he meta 110'
lar named Levis, who was well known in theV°gif'
From this man, he added, be purchased the weie"' ;rah
ing an old one and 2/. for it, but although careful se; 0
was made in Southampton for him, no such perg%or
that described by the prisoner could Co found. n
quently transpired that the other missing watch• •
et
the possession of Mr. William Mitchell, the landle',bit
the Eagle Tavern, Wandsworth, and it turned out: of
the prisoner presented the second watch to the
Mr. Mitchell; and that circumstance, coupled with ebe
fact that the prisoner was on duty at the time whet.; ts
letter was posted on the 6th of April, induced the r-,0
office authorities to give him in custody on the prase
charge.
Mr. BALLANTINE having addressed the jury for
defence, and called several witnesses to character,
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN summed up, and
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
ated
The Counr sentenced the prisoner to be transP--
for ten years.