The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-22 00:00:00

he had sold the pony near Smithfield for 31, because, he
said, it fell sick.

Sergeant Rogers, of the C division of police, who sr
prehended the prisoner on the sth instant in Queen'
street, May -fair, and obtained possession of nine paW
brokers' duplicates, now brought fora ard several gt ntle-
men, owners of portions of the property found in pawn.
Mr. Richard King Pierce, a young surgeon, living in
chambers in Child's-place, in the Temple, stated that be
bcame acquainted with the prisoner about two years at."
and on the 10th of last month received a note from hill'
expressing an intention to pay him a visit. He accord-
ingly came and passed the evening with complainant and
another gentleman named Dukes. The following morn'
ing he called again, and witness having to go to a lee"
ture, invited the prisoner to accompany him, but be
declined doing so, and asked permission to remain there
and smoke a pipe. Witness told him to remain there 0
long as he pleased, and appointed to meet him there at
lour in the afternoon, but he was never seen again until
the present time, and the witness missed his ease of in'
struments, a silver lancet case, a number of coins pierced
and strung upoli a string, and other articles.
Mr. Thomas William Dukes, a solicitor, stated that
he occupied the same chambers as Mr. Pierce, and the
prisoner passed the evening of the 10th or July with
them. The next evening., when witness returned home,
and informed Mr. Pierce of what had occurred, he 001,,,"
mined his bed-room, and missed three gold rings, a gold
pin, a razor case, pearl handled knife, and silver tobacco
stopper.
The three gold rings, two gold pins, the case of in'
struments, lancet case, and silver tobacco stopper Were
now produced by two pawnbrokers, in Holborn, with
i
whim the prisoner had pledged them on the llth
July, and they were identified by the respective owners.
John Dennett, footman to Captain Chappel, of 170
Queen-street, May-fair, stated that on the sth instant/
the prisoner, who bad f,rmerly been a visitor at }IL°
• master's, met him at a public-house, in Queen-street,
and put nine pawnbrokers' tickets into his hand to telt!
care of for him while he went to see his mothertw
Essex. Witness kept them for an hour or two, and tbell
gave them up to Sergeant Rogers, who took the pi,
soner into custody.
The depositions in these cases having been taken and
read over, the prisoner, who appeared much dejeotet,
and admitted his guilt, handed to the magistrate a We,',
written letter, in which he professed to explain what P.
termed his " extraordinary conduct" and his motires'
and he was about to be fully committed, when anot.,ber
charge was unexpectedly preferred against him by r*
Alexander Steward, a nurseryman and seedman at Salt*
hill, near Windsor.
Mr. Stewart stated that he had known the prison!!
for many years, and knew his connections to be high?.
respectable, hut had lost sight of him for a considersin`
time, until about the 16th of last March, when the Preii
soner called upon him at Salt-hill, and having remind
him that they had been schoolfellows, proceeded to 00'
that he had become captain and part owner of the Rubj
brig ; that he was bound for Constantinople, and b 6
been commissioned by the Sultan to select and take oLe•
with him a large quantity of seeds. He remained atittio
house of the complainant until the 31st of March, 10110
the meantime the seeds were selected and paobeu.h".
wooden boxes, the prisoner stating that he was to get 4
money for them, and for other purposes, from his moths o.
lawyer, a gentleman named Sawyer, in Lincoln's In
They then came to town together by the Great Weetett
Railway, and the boxes of seeds were taken in a on"
a public-house called the Essex Serpent, in Charles;
street, Westminster. They were about together for teed
three days, and the prisoner several times borrow
complainant's watch to enable him to be punctual toteb•
appointments. On the morning of the 3d of April
borrowed it again, and they then walked about nett
they came to Carey street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, wher4
prisoner left him upon pretext of going to his mothe,..
solicitor's for the money, and promised to return to in;
in an hour. He did not return,however, and complainl/Pei
proceeding to the Essex Serpent, found that the boxy
of seeds had been taken away. His watch he said "ije
worth 41. or 51, and the value of the seeds was 301

never saw the prisoner again until yesterday.
The depositions were taken for the prisoner's co
. . . .

tal in this case also.
Mr. BINCHAM handed to the prosecutors the -110/1
which the prisoner had addressei to him before the of
charge was brought forward. The following is a coil
the letter :

" Clerkenwell Prison, Aug. 20, 1,44t;t0
" Sir,—Hoping your pardon for this intrusion,
the liberty of addressing these few lines to you, bed
anxious to communicate with my friends, and fey
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convinced that I cannot do so through a better chs'
than your Worship.
distinel
" I stand before you charged with three -
teelt
crimes, to two of which do I own myself guilty, nap
the first and the last; but with regard to the horse 9 t to
ing, most decidedly not guilty.. The animal was lenbesl
me, while in my hands it fell sick, and I thought it
for all parties to sell it ; if I did wrong, it was 113,10 r
an error in judgment. The gentleman of whom
rowed the horse is one of my aunt's tenants. I feltoso(
fectly safe in doing so, feeling certain that my 131.0
would have no difficulty in arranging such a trifling "
with her own sister.
" My object in writing this letter to you is to eglar
to my friends my motives for such extraordinark`o7o
duct. I had not the slightest intention that the).
lose one single article, but was fool enough to ilr:700
that by committing some desperate act my re's-01
(who have so long deserted me). would come foil 0
and give me that assistance which I have long beellol
much in need of. Your Worship will perceive ti",
;
old companions are the only people that have su"6l4
from my premeditated attacks. My reason for solici
them was, that I hoped when I had explained to tile
my object, they would readily believe, from their klivoi
ledge of my liberal character, that the crime 10!,,i,ei
committed with any mercenary point of view or ?Tenet
intention ; because, having once gained the COO.", Is
of my relations, I should have been enabled to gcl 101
each person that which belonged to him. And 009
ju;t returned from France with the determination 0.101
leave my mother until she had given me sufficient teloo
to carry this into effect, when the police took trbeeS
custody, fast asleep at the door, where I low, to
standing for many hours. The only course now 'L,
pursue is to throw myself on the mercy of the CO"'
Your obedient and humble servant,
" O. H. CLAD
a
The prisoner was fully committed for trial yr,
several charges in which the depositions had beef
pleted.

MARKET NEWS. (YESTERD—
CORN-EXCHANGE. t
Since Monday the arrivals of English Wiles; •01
been on a very moderate scale, and we had scaree'lcor
fresh samples of that grain. The finest parcels 0011
manded a steady sale, at full prices. In other kindsitheal
a moderate business was doing. Fine Foreign by v°
was held at full 'prices, but the business doing wifitly,o
means extensive. Barley and Malt moved off 51°"400
Monday's quotations. The Oat trade was very 9"rep'
and full prices were paid in every instance. Beans'
and Flour, ruled about stationery.
ARRIVALS.

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Wheat. I Earley. I Oats. . /70,
English.... 1,210 qrs. —qrs. 1,50 qrs. ',.......
Irish
Foreign ......
Malt. 2.010 ors.
WEXTECHAPEZ.
while the de
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The supply of meat was only moderate, V
mand was steady at full prices. Beef, from 254, PI
3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s Sd • Lamb, 3s 8d to
od QtrVeal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to as 1
Blbs., by the carcase.

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On the 15th inst., at Great Ness Church, SalOP, tict1:0111t.
Charles Orlando Kenyon, son of the Hon. Tkotaag,,„,.—of ""
of Pradoe, to Matilda Eloise Cotton, only daugu'— 01
Rev. Henry Calveley Cotton, Vicar of Great Ness. 010110
On the 17th inst., at Plympton St. Mary, Dev,°1110110,,,0•9
Svdenham Markland, Esq., only son of Captain - to
Markland, R.N., C. 8., of Handley House, Dorsti.h, co
line, daughter of George Eastlake, Esq., of Plyainu, „' rovi,.n.ol
On the 12th of May, 1844, at Hansi, north-wes'i Ines
of Bengal, Manby Nightingale, Esq., of the Ben 004:'
establishment, to Frederica Ellen, only daughter o
P. Hurst, Esq. -pt,aue, 941
On the 7th inst., at Hutton Manse, David .-- Alter
publisher, Fleet-street, London, to Alicia, second dani"
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Elizabeth, the wife of the Rev. John Baskett. __, Co
On the 16th inst., at Maida-hill, Robert William=
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On the 16th inst., at Ladbroke-place, Notting oielo,
Thomas Clements Browne, Vicar of Halse, Sgnersicebsrd .P
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On the 16th inst., at Hexgrave-park, Notts, R.
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On the 16th inst., at Lansdown crescent, ' A,
Catherine, wife of W. H. Hooper, Esq , M.D. ~ cksoa IS''''
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On the 16th inst., at Morningtoncresceut, Ja 0
ton, Esq., of Warnford-court, solicitor. Gray's Din,
On the 17th inst., in Verulam-buildings,
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On the 18th inst., Mr. Stannard, of River street, 0
vale, aged 65. Chaltenll.o/`. .
On the 18. h inst., the It, r. G. Lawrence, ato ~,e late
On the 18th inst., Frederick, third sot._ll'_„...-1 .
Graves Hansard, Esq., aged 26. „0 el
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