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

ONE
O'CLOCK.

ARRIVALS THIS WEER

irloar•
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. .....---""
sa_,,,cll.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. (10,. Pv
English •••••• I,l°o 1,750 lAN 3,030 ."
5c0tch........ ....
Irish •....... MVO 3,570
Foreign ...... 3,660 1,310 00
BOROUGH HOP 'WARIEST•
ea sod i°
Our market continues in a very inactive sta'A"
some instances the quotations are almost noitimi"
WHITECTIAPEL. ; a la
The general demand continues very inßetal-'olice•
prices, however, we have no material change 1" 3,0;
Beef, from 2s to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 4d t° by the
Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per Blbs'
carcase. _

QUEEN'S BENCH.---(THIS 11'.
„Died
Lord Campbell and a Special Jury were ,the"'
throughout the morning, at Guildhall, in trpnfc, re'
cause of Laming v. Adams, which was an
wilet 00"
cover the price of 300 casks of butter, and b
teresting to any but the parties concerned.

INSOLVENCY.—(THIS
HANNAH'S RETREAT.—IN THE MATTER OF /1-1'
BENFIELD. hOO5B
This insolvent, the keeper of the George 1”111,44.0-0bis
at Bankside, where Marshal Haynau retreated Goer'
attack by the draymen, whose case was before thte.„.tiee
on a former occasion, again appeared on his el)Pela''oe•
under the Protection Act. There was no c'e,r env'
It will be recollected that the insolvency hod George'
in consrquence of the crowds attracted to the "„denee
and the absence of the regular customers in coese".oo3l'
Ile
of such attendance. It was understood that tb e
vent received nothing for sheltering the Mar
el: tbie
stated on the present occasion that he was 8 :4- 111 Ps
public-house, selling beer and spirits, until the
could let the premises. WO
CHIEF COMMISSIONER—I thought so; and Pr-gessro'
are the landlords The insolvent roPlietfr-
Manvers, the brewers of Whitechapel. ArlJ.
It was stated that on the former hearing a:;6084
ler, who held a bill of sale on the property at the -
was examined. the sate
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER asked whether
negatice.
. had been apposed, and was answered in the der'
His HONOUR granted the insolvent his final or
CRIMINAL COURT—(THIS DAY.,
OLD COURT. v f.a.
(Before Mr. Justice WIOHTMAN and Mr. Baron this
The second bel edition of the Calendar, publiebe."ng 31
morning, contains the names of 162 prisoners,
more than appeared in the first edition. (*I"
POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES.—Andrew Edney,toter'
ably-dressed man, aged 33, and described es,:
inre tfre
wasgindicted fir stealin a post letter eoutoi""
watches, the property of the Postmaster-do:,eretrhael.prote.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin
cution, and Mr. Ballantine defendaepdpethaer prieeherh
The prisoner had b( en a messenger in the ent
, of the dater.
Post-office, and it was occasional!
assist in stamping letters. On the 6th of
;seed twe
Gear, a watchmaker is Newgate-street,P latter
eller,
silver watches in a box, and, covering the
p. per, he directei it to Mr. S. Waltenburg,
Lytham, Lancashire, and then posted it at the ue
ith
Post-office in Sr. N tin's-le-Grand. This letter, "co
Navin
enclosure, never reached its destination, and sosPifecer
eying fell upon the prisoner, Beak, the detective e so.
April I to:0
engaged in the Post-office, went to his lodgings'aebt
, Windsor-terrace, City-road, where he found wh-Sr.
which afterwards turned out to be one of those wb
Gear ie:
r enclosed in his letter of the 6th of once
The prisoner was directed to attend at the Po d bold
the next day, which he did; and when he was toile of
became by the watch, he replied that towards the e"
last April he was in Southampton, where he met 110,0,
lar named Levis, who was well known in tbet,g
From this man, he added, he purchased the was", 'rob
ing an old one and 21. for it, but although careful sea
was made in Southampton for him, no such Parse.; r
that described by the prisoner could b• found. n 8":41141
quently transpired that the other missing watch ill" of
the possession of Mr. William Mitchell, the landlern,
th• Eagle Tavern, Wandsworth, and it turned out:hf
the prisoner presented the second watch to the
Mr. Mitchell; and that circumstance, coupled with ;be
fact that the prisoner was on duty at the time whe„„h
letter was posted on the 6th of April, induced the d; et
office authorities to give him in custody on the Pr°P-
charge. for 110
Mr. BALLANTINE having addressed the jut,'
defence, and called several witnesses to character,

Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN summed up, and
The jury returne a verdict of G.
The COURT sentenced the prisoners to be tranerfteci
for ten years.