The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Two dissipated looking young men, named Henry and
William Garden, were charged with the following out-
rageous conduct.

—A
decent-looking poor woman and her husband, re-
siding in 111ilfield-place, Stoke Newington, were return-
ing home about twelve o'clock last night along the
Lower-road. The wife caught hold of .her husband's
arm to lean upon it. He in sport shook her off, telling
her she had walked by herself all day, and must do so
then. At this moment the prisoners came up and made
use of the grossest and most offensive language towards
the couple. The complainant desired them to go away,
but they struck them, knocked the woman down, and
kicked her on the breast. The husband came to her
assistance, and him too the prisoners felled to the ground,
and treated him very roughly. Walker, 88 N, and several
civilians came up, and the prisoners were with much
difficulty secured.
Two gentlemen named Laing and Grontage, who wit-
nessed the occurrence, came forward and described the
prisoners'• conduct as very brutal.
The complainant, when asked if he could account for
the conduct of the prisoners, said the only reason he
could assign was that they entertained an old grudge
against him on account of his resisting them in an at=
tempt to rescue a prisoner from the police twelve months
ago.

—The defence set up by the prisoners was that the male
complainant struck their father; but on investigating
this allegation Mr. CONBE said that he believed it to
be altogether fictitious, and that it aggravated the
offence.

The prisoners were sQntenced to pay a fine of 2/
each, or a month's imprisonment in the House of Cor-

rection.

MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.)
Bridget 111‘Cann, a young woman, was placed at the
bar, charged with a.series of aggravated assaults.
The evidence went to show that the prisoner lodged
with a Mrs. Atkins, No. 4, John-street, St. John's Wood,
and that she went into the latter's room yesterday even-
ing to pay part of her rent. Mrs. Atkins wanted the
whole of it, when the prisoner got very abusive, and
struck with great violence a young female who was
sewing there. Mrs. Spall (Mrs. Atkin's mother) came
in to assist in ejecting the prisoner, when she was struck
in the mouth, and tumbled down stairs. A policeman
was sent for, and he, on taking her into custody, was
attacked in a very disgraceful and dangerous manner
by her, and was now suffering from the injuries received.
It was mentioned by Mr. Jones, the usher, that the
prisoner had been once before the Magistrate, on suspi-
cion of having caused the death of her husband, in a
similar manner.

The prisoner admitted having been in this Court on
such a charge, but said she was belied, and that the case
was dismissed.

Mr. RAwLINSON said that it was very evident, from
the severity of her attack on the policeman, and her flip-
pant conduct before the Court, that she was a dangerous
woman, and nut sufficiently aware of the violence of her
conduct. He should, therefore, endeavour to impress
the fact upon her. For the attack on each female she
was fined 305.,0r, in default of payment, six weeks in the
House of Correction ; and he was sorry that, for her
conduct to the policeman, he could only inflict the
penalty of 405., or one month there.--The female was
then removed.

John Turner, a young lad, was placed before Mr.
Rawlinson, charged with having been drunk and an-
noying Charlotte Thompson.
The complainant said that some time since she had
been keeping company with the prisoner, and he yester-
day came to her sister's house, where she resides, forced
his way in, broke the kitchen door, and used the most
infamous language 'to her. Ile did the same last
Christmas. A policeman was called in, and he was
given in charge.
Police-constable 193 said he was bit in the hand, and
tripped up by the prisoner. He had great difficulty in
taking him to the station-house.
Mr. RAWLINSON—WeII, Sir, this is a queer way of
making love to the girl. Why do you go after her at
all if she does not like you? I must fine you 20s.
Prisoner—l have no money.
Mr. 11.twuNsoN—Then you go to prison.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
ITAIMARIEZTS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 31; use-
ful ditto, 3l 5s to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s td
3/ 168; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 8s ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. Supply very
limited, and trade dull.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/16s to 3/ 3s ; useful
ditto, 3/ 58 to 3/ 12s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 13s to 4/ ;
Clover Hay, 3l 5s to 4/15s ; Oat Straw, 1/7s to 1/108; Wheat
Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply, and
a heavy demand.
WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 3/ ;
useful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3l lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 123 to
3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to Si 5s ; Oat Straw, I/ 6s to 1/
8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load.. Both Hay,
and Straw sold heavily at the above quotations.
COLONIAL.
The Colonial markets being shut we have nothing to
report under this head in regard to them, but we give
the stocks in the port of London.
SUGAR.—ApriI 1, 1844, British Plantation 4,790 hhds
467 tierces, against 8,317 lihds 1,099 tierces at the same
time in 1843. The stocks of all other descriptions are
larger than at this time last year. The deliveries of
British Plantation are larger this year. Those of Bengal
have fallen off. The home consumption of British Plan-
tation from the East and West India Docks last week
was 466 hhds 12 tierces 147 brls.
COFFEE—British Plantation, April 1, 1844, 2,051
hhds, 1,578 barrels and bags, against 3,331 hhds, 2,024
barrels and bags at the same time last year. The stocks
ofForeign and East India rather larger than at this time
last year. The consumption of British Plantation has
increased.
Rum.—April 1,1844, 11,704 puns, 2,821 hhds, against
17,638 puns, 5,229 hhds at the same time in 1843.
TALLOW.—P.Y. Candle, is 40s 9d to 41s per cwt on
the spot, and town 435. '
Tl.'A.—The market is dull.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT HUNGEREORD MARKET.—
' Mr. Higgs held an inquest yesterday at the George,
Castle-street, Leicester-square, on the body of William
Payne, H aged 35, a porter in ungerford-market. It ap-
peared in evidence that the deceased was on Thursday
last employed to unload a barge of some mangel-wurzel.
The barge was moored off the market, about ten feet
from the shore, so that deceased had to carry his load
along a plank. As he was on the middle of the plank,
with a load on his shoulders, the barge was unexpectedly
set in motion by the swell of a steamer leaving the pier, I
and the plank being shaken the deceased fell into the,.
water. An alarm was instantly spread, and the'drrAgs
were brought and put into operation without delay. he
was found in about ten minutes, but quite dead, -."Ver-
dict—" Accidentally drowned."
" THE ROOKS HAVE LOST THEIR PLACES."—The
rooks that formerly tenanted the trees cril the parade in
the Tower, as well as the crowns at the summit of the
White Tower, built by William Mullis, and which they
inhabited for many successive generations, have vacated
that locality for about eight years. Until that period
likewise there was a celebrated rookery in the large
tree in Wood-street abutting from Cheapside.
Pnozipic FAMILY.-A person on Bolton Moor,
named William Flitcroft, received, on the 24th ult., the -1
following additions to his family, within the space of two
hours;—two children, eleven pigs, four whelps, and three
kittens, —ln all, twenty-one..-7,-Veefon Free Press.

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UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Percival, a seaman, was brought up, charged
with conveying smuggled spirits from a vessel in the river.
The Excise officers being on the alert the preceding
afternoon observed a sailor lowering himself from the
bows of a vessel into a boat alongside. When he got
into the boat, the officers perceiving that he had a large
bladder apparently full of liquor underneath his jacket.
rowed their boat towards him with the intention of
securing him. The prisoner, on seeing their object,
pulled away with all his might to escape his pursuers;
but, on finding they were gaining upon him, he jumped
out of his boat into the river and swam towards the
stairs. He, however, did not reach the stairs, but
contrived to get into another boat alongside a collier,
and jumped upon deck, at which time the officers secured
him, but it was then found that the prisoner had very
dexterously got rid of the bladder of spirits.
Mr. TRAILL said that it was fortunate for the prisoner
that the spirits were not found in his possession, for if it
had been, a conviction must have followed. The evidence
against him being therefore incomplete he was entitled
to his discharge. The prisoner hitched up his trousers,
and seemed delighted to have escaped out of the clutches
of the law.

Another sailor named Johnson was charged with con-
veying smuggled tobacco. This defendant, however,
was not so fortunate as his fellow-prisoner.
Johnson, it appeared, was seen by Inspector Judge,
Thames police, walking along Toole -street with some-
thing bulky underneath his jacket. When stopped and
examined. 81bs. of tobacco were found in his possession.
The defendant, a stout-looking man, began to cry,
saying that the tobacco was given to him, and that he
was ignorant it was an offence to carry it along.
Mr. TRAILL fined the defendant 1001., and he was in-
formed that for any mitigation of the penalty he must
petition the Lords of the Treasury.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
George Garrett and James Dunford, a chandler's shop
keeper, living at No. 2, Little Chesterfield-street, Mary-
lebone, were placed at the bar, the former charged with
robbing his employer, Mr. Thomas W. Jefferies, of No.
39, Old Compton-street, Soho, butcher, and the latter
with receiving the stolen property.
It appeared that the prisoner Garrett was the pro-e-
-cutor's foreman, and such implicit
,trust was placed in
him that he was allowed to transact the money and con-
fidential part of the business. Latterly, however, Mr.
Jefferies's sister, who is residing with him as house-
keeper, suspected that Garrett was dishonest, and hav-
ing placed herself on the watch, this morning
she saw the prisoner Dunford come to the shop
at an- early hour with a basket, the shop-
boy having been sent out of the way by
Garrett on a trifling errand. Garrett then proceeded
to take pieces of meat, (one of them half of a salted
round of beef) from different parts of the shop, which
he put into Dunford's basket, and he was going away
with them when the police were called, and they were
both given into custody, on which Dunford offered to
give a sovereign to settle the matter.
The prosecutor said from what he had since ascer-
tained, he had every reason to believe that this system
had been carried on for upwards of twelve months. The
meat Dunford was carrying away was of the value of
about 14s. 6d. The prisoner was fully committed.