The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-09 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.)

Frederick Hamilton was placed at the bar charged 'with
horse-stealing.
James Roustage, farmer, at Kilburn-lane, said that he
missed one of his horses from the straw-yard on Thursday
morning last, and gave information to the different police-
stations. Ile on the same day, accompanied by police-con-
stable Ilimbury, 102 D, went to Mr. Winkley's slaughtering-
yard, 23, Green-street, Blackfriars-road, and found the stolen
animal.

The constable gave similar evidence, and said that he
took the prisoner into custody yesterday evening, in the
tap-room of the White Lion, Edgeware-road. He endea-
voured to conceal himself below some seats, but was disco-
vered by the witness. He denied all knowledge of the robbery.
Richard Lindsay, in the employment of Mr. Winkley,
proved that the prisoner had offered the horse for sale in his
master's yard for three pounds,- but on Mr. Winkley's put-
ting several questions to him respecting his name, his place
of residence, and where he got the horse, "he took hisself
off all at vonce" without giving the required explanation.
The prisoner was not more fortunate on the present occa-
sion, and he was at once committed for trial. He had before
been convicted for a similar offence.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Margaret Morgan, a young, handsome, and very fashion-
ably-dressed French woman, was charged with robbing
Mr. Thomas Graham, of No. 7, Trevor-square, 'Knightsbridge,
and a member of the Stock Exchange, of 10s. in silver, under
the following circumstances :
Mr. Robinson, the solicitor, attended on the part of the
accused. _ . _

The prosecutor stated that, between 3 and 4 o'clock that
morning, as he was passing up the Haymarket with a port-
manteau in his hand, having just returned from Brighton,
he was accosted by the prisoner who, after persisting in
walking by his side for some distance, suddenly thrust her
hand into his right hand trowsers-pocket, and withdrew it
grasping the amount of silver in question ; he immediately
seized her, and called " police," and on a constable of the
S division coming up, and taking her into custody, she
scattered some money over the carriage-way. A number of
cabmen and other fellows of the lowest grade were about,
and the police-constable was only enabled to pick up three
shillings out of the ten. He had seen his money safe but a
few minutes before.
In answer to questions put by the prisoner's solicitor to the
prosecutor, he admitted that he had been drinking.
Mr. HARDwicK—A drunken man is not, as a matter of
course, to be robbed.
The prosecutor said he came forth on public grounds as he
had noticed several of the swell mob, who infest the West-
end, following up the prisoner, and he had no doubt that the
intention of the parties was to rob him of his watch, a
valuable one, guard-chain, portmanteau, and ether property
he bid About him.

Mr. HARDWICK said he must see the public protected
from such nocturnal depredations, and committed the pri-
soner to take her trial at the Central Criminal Court.

UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.)
John Faulkner was charged in the police-sheet with at-.
tempting to cut his wife's throat.
A noise was heard in the prisoner's room at one o'clock
that morning, and a policeman entering, his wife was found
bleeding from a slight wound in the throat, which she said
was inflicted by her husband. She was the worse for
liquor at the time; her husband was sober. The wife was
not in attendance.

The prisoner denied the charge, and gave a melancholy
account of his wife's propensity for liquor, which had reduced
him to beggary.
Mr. CorriNGnA3r said that the wife not being in attendance
to press the charge, he should discharge the accused.

MONE YAND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. ,
There was an animated inquiry for Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday, at fully previous rates ; sales about 7,000 bales, of
which 2,000 American were on speculation.—Shares had
rather a quiet appearance :—Dublin and Cashel, 4i ; Great
Western, Fifths, 21k ; Brighton, 45 ; South-Western, 85 ;
North British, 3 ; Paris and Lyons, 3 ; South-Eastern, 38i ;
Do. New, 12i.
The private bankers who have the privilege of issuing
notes, are up ia arms at the prospect of there being, before
many years have expired, but one point of issue established
for England and Wales; Ireland and Scotland being left out
of the Premier's plans for the present. The joint-stock banks
are pretty passive, as they have obtained more than they
expected from the Government. Private meetings were
held yesterday, of the principals, not only of the joint-stock
but of the private banks ; mid of the former the shareholders
are to be convened in public meeting on an early day, to
consider—not oppose—the intended alterations in banking
and currency. There is no doubt but that the proposals of
the Ministers will be passed into law with but slight
modifications.

From a periodical that has been sent us, we extract the
following as to the Tea trade :
" The rate of consumption, upon the average, has more than
doubled in the United States within the twenty years, whilst
in this country it has progressed something, more than one-
third only. The exports of Tea from Canton to the United
States, in 1840, exceeded 9,000,000 kilogrammes. The
inference from such premises would seem to be clear and un-
mistakeable. The growing customer for the teas of China
will, paripassu, become the largely growing monopolist of
the supply of China with cottons, woollens, hardwares,
metals, &c. What the United States do not produce them-
selves, or do not produce cheaply enough, they can be fur-
nished with in European Ccitinental markets, on more ad-
vantageous terms. British merchants are already exporting
German and Belgian woollens to China, because the differ-
ence of prices, as compared with British manufactures, is
equal at once to a reasonable profit. We may remark, that,
for one, Captain Pidding himself has verified the fact, as-
suredly with no feelings of satisfaction, whatever the per-
sonal advantage accruing. Out of a bad bargain, nationally,
arising from the exorbitant taxation of tea, the public are
partially, compensated, however, in one sense. For if with
cheaper German woollens the merchant is enabled to obtain,
ton cattier of tea against nine which Leeds or Gloucester
cloths would only procure, it is evident that from the larger
Supplies, the price of tea must be cheapened to the consumer.
" We shall conclude for the present with remarking that
in the heavier and more substantial qualities of cotton cloths,
American domestics' are already largely supplanting, and
in long cloths advantageously competing with, the similar
fabrics of British make in the markets of China. The raw
cottons of Georgia and New Orleans have but recently sought
the same regions, yet, from their superior preparation and
finer as well as longer fibres, they can hardly fail eventually
to supersede or to greatly interfere with the vent of one of
the chief export staples of British India. The lead of the
United States has already excluded that of this country in
all neutral marts."

We have been favoured with the sight of a commercial
letter from Mexico, which states that trade was excessively
dull there, and at Tampico matters were equally bad. •
The Stock Markets have been very firm this morning, at
a quotation within a mere fraction of par. The Commis-
sioners took about the usual amount of Consols at 99k. A
few bargains were made at 994. The Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. are firm. Exchequer Bills are at 755. premium, and
India Bonds at 925. premium. Bank Stock is at 1951, and
India Stock at 2881 to 289, a rise of li to 2 per cent. since
the day before vestilrday.
The Spanish Securities have fluctuated frequently this day,
and the tendency has been rather to improve. The Three
per Cents. have rallied from 33i• to 341, and the Active Bonds
from 23fr to 24. Portuguese Stock is dull at 451. Dutch
and Belgian Bonds are steady, and in the South American
Stocks the alterations trifling.
A fair amount of business has been transacted in the Rail-
way Shares, but prices have not generally materially altered.
In Bank Shares little is doing.
tRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 195%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99%
3% per Cent Reduced Annuities
New 3% per Cent. Annuities. .... .... ........
Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 12%%
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. lE6O.
India Stock
India 80nd5,1,000.......... ............. .................. 92
Ditto under 1,000 92
Consols for Account ......... ................ 99% %%
Exchequer Bills, I%d. I%d
1,0001.
5001
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ION
Columbian Bonds
Mexican Bonds, 1837,5 per Cent. .....- ....
Ditto Deferred Stock 15%%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Converted 4'l4 45%
Ditto for the Account. 46
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 23%%%
Ditto for the Account 1.......... .............
Ditto Three per Cent. . ....... - ....... ........... "34, 34;6%
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 2% per Cents 6)%8%
New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. 99%
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Bristol and Exeter '7o 76% to
Chester and Holyhead 5
Eastern Counties
Ditto New Registered. 81. 61. Rd....... 14%
Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent 13.. 4d.... 1%
Edinburgh and Glasgow SO
• Ditto Registered
Great Western
Ditto 4 Shares 5O 75% ... to 75
Ditto Fifths
Harwich (Braithwaite)
Ditto ( Lo ke)
Hull and Selby
London and Birmingham. lOO 233 ......... to i...
London and Blackw4ll 16% ...... 7% to
London and Brighton BO 44%%;,... to
London and Greenwich - ... to
London and South Western 41% 85% to
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
Newcastle and Darlington Junct.
.18

North Midland - 100 .. —p
Ditto Thirds... .... ~. .. ... 214 13s. ild ' 30 ..
South Eastern and Dover 32% 374:;1fi to
Yarmouth and Norwich lB .... ..... 25
York and North Midland ......... 50

Ditto 34 Shares •
Paris and Orleans 58% to

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY B.—There is no
material change in our market to-day ; our quotations are :
Manchester and Birmingham, 59 to 591 ; North Union, 1101 ;
Sheffield and Manchester, 801 to 811 ; South-Eastern, 381
to ; Ditto, New, 12 to 12/ ; Caledonian, 4 11-16 ; Man-
chester, Bury, and Rossendale, 5 15-16.