The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-12 00:00:00

COLONXAL.

SUCAR.--The market Ins nct been very active, and
prices have rcled lower in consequence of the large
parcels offered fir public competition. Barbadoes by
auction has realised 41s to 42s Gd fur fine yellow, and
38s to 40s Gd for mid to good, and Demerara crysta:ized
has been sold at 334 6d to 34s tor low brown, and Lt 39s
to 42s Gd for grayish.
REFINED.—There has not been much doing. Erown
lumps have been sold at 48s to 48s 6d per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-31auritius has been about Gd lower,

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SPlCES.—Cassia Linea has realisrd 91s to 97s for
good, and 82s to 883 6d for mouldy. Pimento has been
sold at Sid to .s:ld per lb.
SAL•rrETRE.—R,-fraction 21- and 4 per cent. has been
taken in at 263 63, and sales made of other retraction
have been at 6d to is decline.

COTTON.—There has hem a good demand, and the
quotations has been frilly supported.
Rum.—This article has ruled dull.
TEA.--The demand continuos limited, but prices are
suppoi ted.

TALLOW.—The market Is not active, and 36s 6d to
37s have been about the prices of P Y C on the spot.
GREEN FRIIIT.—The arrivals of Oranges have been
large, and several cargoes being landed in bad condition
has depressed the price. Four cargoes from St. Michael,
and one from Terceira, sold by Keeling and Hunt at pub.
lic sale, went at a reduction of 2s to 3s per box.
The stock of Lemons being reduced to a small quantity,
prices are well sustained. The bulk of Barcelona Nuts
now being held in one hand, and refusing to sell at the
present figure, are withdrawn from the market until a
higher price can be realised.

SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. JAMES.)
FALSE IMPRISONMENT.—JACOBS V. SEAGRAM
This was an action to recover damages for fuse im-
prisonment. Defendant had suffered judgment to go by
default.

Mr. RoIaINSON stated the case for the plaintiff, who
has been for many years in the service of Mr. Howard,
ono of the Common Councilmen. Defendant is a soda
water manufacturer, in Maze-pond, Borough. In the
afternoon of the 22d February last defendant was near
the Bridge-house Hotel, in the Borough, where a crowd
had collected round a drunken man, and defendant
stopped and had his pocket picked of his handkerchief,
and suspecting the plaintiff, followed him over the bridge
and gave him into custody of a City policeman; but In-
spector Torrens considered the charge to be groundless,
and would not have detained the plaintiff but defendant
persisting in the charge, the inspector sent the case over
to Southwark, but at the same time told the officer to
inform the inspector that there did not appear to be any
ground for the charge. Defendant accompanied the
officer a short distance on the road back, and then aban-
doned the charge.
The jury gave a verdict for 51.

SCOTT V. HENCHMAN.
This was an inquiry under a special capias utlagatum
t) ascertain of what property defendant, who has been
outlawed, was posses od, in the city of London.
The writ was directed to Messrs. Whittle and: Hil-
yard, and it was alleged that defendant was in possession
of property in the Bell's Weehy Messenger office,
Bridge-street, Blackfriars, but this was negatived by
Mr. Davies, a clerk in the establishment, and a return was
made to that Effect.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FAKE.)
IN RE BRADING.
This bankrupt, who is proprietor of the Albert Sa-
loon, this day attended to consent to a Sat issued
against hire.
It will perhaps be remembered that not long
since a former fiat was superseded, on his undertaking
to pay a certain sum annually, which he found himself'
unable to do.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice ERLE and Mr. Baron PLATT.)
FORGERY.-- Wm. Baxter, aged 18, and described as a
gunefinisher, was placed in the dock, indicted with
feloniously uttering a forged note for 51, with intent to
defraud the governor and company of the Back of
England.
Mr. CLARKSON, in stating the case to the jury, said this
prosecution had been instituted by the Bank of England,
not only for their own protection, but for the purpose of
preventing the commission of frauds upon tradesmen,
and also preventing innocent parties becoming the in-
strument through which forged notes might be passed;
and when guilty parties were discovered, iv was neces-
sary they should be visited with such a degree of
punishment as to deter others from following their ex-
ample. The prisoner was charged with forging a Si.
note, was under 20 years of age, and was a native of
Birmingham, and had, up to the time of his apprehen.
sion, resided with his father, who kept a public-house at
296, Kent-street, Borough. It appeared that on the
27th of February last, about noon, he found his way to a
public•house belonging to a Mr. Compton, known as the
Crown, in the Edgware road. He was alone, and had
with him a carpet bag. He wore a rough overcoat, and
underneatla it a green Newmarket one. On entering he
called for a glass of sherry and cigar, which were sup-
plied to him, and he tendered a 5/. note in payment.
The landlord inspected the note, and his impression was
so strong that it was a-bad one that he refused to give
change. The prisoner replied, " Oh! it is of no conse-
quence, I know the person from whom I got it." The
landlord, however, thought it right to give him into cus-
tody, upon which the prisoner exclaimed, " You shall
suffer for this." The account he gave of himself was
that he had just come by the rail from Birmingham,
but he afterwards said he had not been there for 11
3ears. He also said he resided at 196, Kent-street,
Borough, but on itquiry he was not known there. The
note had written upon it, " Mr. Ellison, 6, Spring-
gardens, Charing-cross," who was the person from whom
the prisoner atti rwards said he had received the note,
but no such person had ever resided at the address. It
was just possible that this note might have innocently
fallen into the hands of the accused; but besides the false
epresentations which he bad made, there was another
circumstance which tended to confirm his guilt. On the
day previous to the occurrence he had just detailed, viz.,
on the 26th, the prisoner went about nine o'clock on the
evening to the Marquis of Cornwallis public-house, in
Marchm ont-street, Brunswick square, in company with
a servant girl, named Emma Fipple, who was in the
habit of fetching beer for the family. He requested to
be supplied with two glasses of port-wine, and asked for
change for a 5/. note, but as the landlord, Mr. Dale, had
no cash by him, he sent lids pot-boy to a neigh-
bour's to get it changed. The prisoner had with
him identically the same carpet-bag which was taken
from him at the station-house. The instant the parties
received change they left the house, but Mr. Dale soon
discovered that he had been the means of passing a bad
note upon his neighbour. The bank authorities had
made inquires respecting the girl, and they had reaso❑
to believe that she was an accomplice, but in order that
the counsel for the defence might not complain of the
omission of important evidence, she would be brought
forward as a witness. These were the facts of the case,
and it was clear that the Bank of Fngland would neither
have done justice to themselves or to the public if they
had not instituted a prosecution agairst the prisoner.
Several witnesses were then called, whose evidence
corroborated the facts detailed by the Learned Counsel.
A person from the Bank of England stated that both
the notes ware forgeries, in respect of paper, plate, and
sigLa'ure. There was no water-mark upon them, but a
resemblance to it had been obtained by pressure, instead
of by a process in the manufacture of the paper.
Mr. PAYNE, on the part of the defence, contended
that no guilty knowledge of the forgery had been
proved against the prisoner.
Mr. Justice ERLE having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and ho was sen
tented to transportation for fifteen years.

NEW COURT.
(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman Frious.)
Roam STEALING. —James Simpson, aged 23, de-
scribed in the calendar as a draper, was indicted with
stealing, on the 26th of July last, a horse and cart, of the
value cf lel., the property of John Francis. From the
statements of the prosecutor and other witnesses, it up-
peered that on the 26th of July last the prisoner went
to the house of the prosecutor, in Hart-street, Bethnal-
green, and stated that he wanted a horse and chaise-cart
for about two hours, for a person named Howell; the
prosecutor sent his man with the prisoner and the horse
and cart, they stopped at the house of a person named
Howell, the prisoner got out, and appearing to go into
the house, the prosecutor's man thought all was right,
and got out of the cart. The prisoner then drove off,
and was never heard of till he was taken into custody
last month for stealing ducks at Tottenham. It ap-
peared also that the prisoner ultimately sold the horse
:.,nd chaise to a person at Luton, in Bedfordshire, for
5/. Is.

The jury convicted the prisoner.
The RECORDER, after expressing a doubt as to whe-
ther be ought not to transport the prisoner for fifteen
years. sentenced him to two years' imprisonment and
bard labour in the House of Correction.
Shortly after the prisoner had been sentenced a letter
was sent to the Recorder, culling upon him to have two
cf the witnesses prosteuted, one for perjure and the other
as a receiver of stolen goods. The Recorder, directed
the party who had brought the letter to be placed in the
witness box, and shortly afterwards a respectable-look-
ing female, who had been one of the witnesses to the
prisoner's character, appeared in the box.
The RECORDER, addressing her, said that if the com-
munication she 1.a:1 made to him was in the hope that
he would mitigate the sentence, shu was very much de-
ceived; and if any communipatiou was made to him from
the office of the Secretary of State, he
should at once
state that if the Court had made any mistake, it was in
not transporting the prisoner.
Joseph Hunter, 22, a respectable•looking young man,
described in tho calendar as a I?,w writer,pleaded
guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing 18
sovereigns, 3 ha'f-sovereigns, 1 crown, 1 half-crown, 15 (

and nearly 10,000 bags sold at 37s'to 39s for fine and
good yellow, at 34s to 355 for low, at 32s to 34s for mid
to floe brown, and at 34s to 33s for low to fiat.. grey.
Bengll has been offered to the extent of about 15,000
bags, and went 6,1 to is lower, about 11,41 f fi❑ding buyers.
Fienarcs. fine white, r.•aiised 395 6d to 40s; low to good
365 to 39 ; fine grainy white, 4:s to 465; fine grainy
yellow, 40a to 425, and brown 30s. Madras went heavily,
soft, brown at 28e, and low to mid yellow at 29s to 30e.
Foreign was dull. Pernambuco ord grey was held for
17e, and Huvannah, low to good yellow at 37s 6d
to 415. Manilla, ord and low was taken in at 13s 6d
to 14s 6d, and mid at 15s to 17s; 75,000 bags being
offered.

COFFEE.—Prices have ruled lower for all descrip-
iions. Good ord Native Ceylon has been sold at 49s 6d
to 503, and Plantation at 60a to 65s for good to fine, at
57s to 593 for mid to good mid, at 52s to 56s 6d for low
mid, and at 47s 6d to 508 for triage. Rio has ben
taken in at 41s to 435, end Bahia good and fine ord
at 50s. Porto Rico has been held for 525, and
Caraccas at 52s :fur fine ord, and at 35s for Blacks.
Bengal mixed sold at 40s 6d per cwt.
Cocoa.—There has been no demand for this article.
RICE.—Low and mid white Bengal has been sold at
8s to 9s, and the better sorts have been taken in at
9s 6d. Madras sold at 7s 6d to 8s 6d.
A RROW- ROOT. —Sc. Vincent's cf the new crop has
ben quid at 3d to 83 per lh, and Bermuda has been
taken in at is 4d to is 6d.

ar.d other money, to the amount of 250 property of Richard Wheatley.
Ic appeared from the statements of the pros,citli that he kel,t a public-house at Greenwich, and that
the day on which the robbery was committed the 11r';
soner applied to him for apartmet.ti in his
}louse, Whiedi
the prosecmor agreed to let him. Shortly afterws,r,
the prisoner discovered him on the stairs, and fell
suspicious, he went to his own room, the door of whle,
he found burst open, and his drawers ransacked oft',
money in question. The prisoner ran off, but was ttij'e
in a few minutes after, with nearly 25/. in his possessiO'
21 keys, and a screw-driver.
The RECORDER sentenced him to ten years' tr4l/1'
portation.

B 0 W-ST REE T.-Cr HIS DAY.)
Two young men named John Smith and henry
I,
wire charged with stealing a suit of clothes and a buDe
of keys, the property of a person who represented
him
self to be Mr. Greene, of No. 27, Little Russell•atret"
Bloomsbury.
The complainant stated that last night he met the Pri:d
soners at a public-home in Broad-street, St. Giles's,
being somewhat the worse for liquor, he invited 0013 to
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drink with him, which they (lid readily. After part;
ing of sundry stiff glasses' of brandy and water, I':
adjourned to hi, own house, the two prisoners c°"'
siderately volut tetring to see him safe how,-, where thel
had more drink and otherwise enjoyed themselves. ,
the morning advanced the prisoners manifested a dolt
to beat a retreat, and accordingly he lighted them cleo
stair% and then retired to bed. lle had scarcely g°
comfortably between the sin ets before it terrible raV",t;
tat eatne to the street-.loop, and rushing down in a rta
of alarm if st the premises should be on fire, he fouls.
policeman with the two piisot.ers, whom he had take:
into custody on suspicion of having stolen a suin,
,th
clothes, which they said witness had given to them. 1'
complainant thought it right to add that he had beeo
drinking a good deal, and he therefore had anything b"/
a distinct recollection cf what really did take place.
Mr. JARDINE Wel I, is the suit yours? Complainso
—Yes.

Mr. JARDINE—How could the prisoners get hold of it;
then? Complainant—l suppose the clothes must SI
been hanging up in my room.
Mr. JARDINE—WeII, prisoners, what do you as/ tO
this?
Smith said it was quite true, as the complainant 135.
stated, that they all met accidentally at the public-boll',
in Broad•street, and the complainant insisted on treatiS'
him and his companion to brandy and water. At 61
they wanted to go away, but the complainant would o,°,
hear f such a thing, and, calling for another glass,
literally poured it down their throats. He spent all
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0
money at this public-house, and then proposed that 'ht.%
should go to another public-house, but finding tellit
neither of them had any money, he said, " Never 1231137,
my lads, come home with me, and I'll find something'
e
Being at this time rather elevated, they exhibited IJ,,
disinclination to this, and, efter some difficulty, toed
succeeded in staggering into Little Russell street on
finding out his house. Here the complainant ran,,
them sit down on his bed, 'and, producing
bottle of gin from a cupboard, he declare,
that neither of them should move until tbei
had dispatched the gin, and to oblige him they drat,
every drop of it. It was now very late, and they 105 1
a move to go home, but the complainant observed thsi
it was impossible they could go through the rain
out getting wet through, and he kindly told them to take
down the clothes and put them on. They.did sj
but directly they got outside they were stopped 11
policeman.

Complainant—Well, if I allowed you to drink tho
you need not have taken the Sunday " togs." /
The other prisoner said Le was too drunk to recollee
what had taken place, but he never had any intent°o
of robbing the complainant.
Mr. JARDINE said it was quite evident that the Pr.
soners and complainant had been all drunk togeal,
and as their recollections could not be relied on.
should direct the clothes to be restored to the cl 3:
plainant, and the prisoners, who had certainly acted
discreetly, to be discharged.
The prisoners were accordingly liberated.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS
OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.--116%
Smith was' placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged
committing a series of violent assaults on the police.
It appeared that on the previous night, about to
o'clock, a police-constable was called to take the prisoor
into owtody in Oxford-street, for an assault on a fen°o
named Gordon. On attempting to collar the prisoner]
the latter struck him a tremendous blow in the face. orjt
knocked him down. Before the constable could recov'l
himself the prisoner kicked him dreadfully about the
lie
body. His cries soon brought several other constaW,
to his aid, who were knocked down, one after the (Abel
by
by the prisoner, who was such a determined ruffian 0
it took six constables to convey him to the station. tio
i
constables were all more or less injured, and thleJr,'"n
them were rendered unfit for duty.
The prisoner, who seemed to glory in what he 111
done, was committed for three months, with hard labour