The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-11 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

On Tuesday George Williams, a tall young man, of very
smart appearance, described as an accountant, was placed at
the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with feloniously utter-
ing several pieces of counterfeit money.
Mr. Powell, jun., attended on behalf of the Mint to conduct
the prosecution, and Mr, Atkinson as solicitor for the prisoner.

It, appeared from the evidence, of Alfred Borlin, a youth
living in Brunswick-place, City road, that while passing the
house of a confectioner in the City-road. on the preceding
evening, his attention was attracted by the circumstance et" a
person in the shop cutting a base half-crown, and handing it
to the prisoner, who then presented some good money, and in
a hurried manner left the shop. In consequence of this oc-
currence the witness's suspicions were, excited, and he was
induced to watch the further movements of the prisoner,
whom he subsequently saw enter several public-houses, at
one of which he obtained four half-crowns in exchange for a
corresponding amount of smaller silver. The prisoner was
closely followed by a male companion, n ith whom he held a
short conference on leaving each of the shops, and at more
than one of which the witness had ascertained he had en-
deavoured to pass base col.. The prisoner ultimately en-
tered the shop of a tobacconist, where a similar transaction
took place, and soon after he had left that the witness gave
information to a police-sergeant, who followed the prisoner as
far as the Eagle, and then took him into custody.
Mr. Frederick Smith said, the prisoner called at his shop
and purchased some biscuits, in payment for which he ten-
dered a half crown. Witness immediately saw that it was a
piece of base metal, and after defacing it, returned it to the
prisoner, who then handed him the value of the biscuits in
good money, and hurtled out of the shop, leaving the bis-
cuits he had bought upen fee counter.
Mrs. Phyllis Almond said the prisoner called at her shop
and purchased a cheroot, tendering a half-crown in payment.;
she gave him his proper change, and he left the shop, but im-
mediately he had done so she discovered the coin to be a bad
one, and-sent a messenger in pursuit of him, who found he
was already in the custody of the sergeant.
The prisoner closely questioned the witnesses with the
view of shaking their evidence as to his identity; but they
all positively adhered to their previous testimony, and the
witness Borlin declared he could not be mistaken, as he did
not once lose sight of the prisoner from the time he left the
confectioner's shop until he was taken into custody.
The police-sergeant, who took the prisoner into custody,
said the latter had been searched at the station, and that
among other articles found upon his person was a quantity
of silver and copper money, amounting to about 245. or 235.,
which was good-coin.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, earnestly protested
that the witnesses were entirely mistaken as to tbeir identi-
fication of him ; and, though he must, of course, admit that
he was in the City-road at the time in question, he denied
that he had been near any of the shops at which it was al-
leged that the base coin had been offered. The prisoner was
proceeding in a similar course of strong denial, when he was
checked by his solicitor, who advised him to reserve his
defence.
Mr. BneGunet said, that after the clear and positive evi-
dence that had been given against him, he had no alternative
but to commit the prisoner for further examination, and lie
must be brought up again next week.
An application was then made by the prisoner's solicitor
to accept bail for his client, which Mr. Bingham acceded to,
but said he should require the usual 48 hours' notice of the
patties, that their sufficiency might be inquired into.
LAMBETH.
Tuesday Mr Williams, proprietor of the New Inn, in the
Bridge-road, Lambeth, being in attendance at the court on
other business, requested the advice of Mr. Norton as to how
he should nroceed in a case in which a person, calling himself
a German 'Count, had obtained 20s. from him under false
pretences.
From the statement of Mr. Williams it appeared that the
" Count" (who sometimes wrote his name " Count Julian
-," and at others " Count Albert -"), had honoured
his house with his patronage, and run un a I ill of upward,: of
10/. This, however, was not what he complained of, as he
was aware it was but a simple debt, hut on the Tuesday,
before the Count left his house, he sent hint from hia dressing-
room a letter addressed to Messrs. Merrick and Co , bankers,
at Hamburgh, with a request that he -(Mr. Williams) would
meal and send it to the post-office. He did so, and the Count
immediately after applied for end obtained 205., on his posi-
tive assurance that Messrs. Meyrick were his bankers, and
that lie had written for a remittance. Instead of a remit-
tance the Count's letter came to his house by return of post,
and it was quite clear that the bankers at Hamburgh had
no funds in their hands belonging to him, and that in fact
the letter was a mere manoeuvre to throw him off his guard.
Mr. NORTON inquired if Mr. Williams bad been made Sc.q.uainted with the contents of the letter written by the
Count to the barkers ?

lyilliama replied that he bad rot ; and said that

though the letter bad been send to him unFealed, he bad not
had the curiosity to open it. It, however, came into his
hancis, having been returned from Ilamhurgh, but as it
was written in the German language he was unable to read it.
Mr. NORTON remarked, that the guilt or innocence of the
writer of the letter would very much depend upon the 'lan-
guarre or terms of the letter, and, theref,re, the applicant's
first duty was to have his letter translated.

Mr. WilFams said, he had no moral doubt the party was
a regular swindler, for after leaving his house, he (Mr.
Williams) discovered that he had borrowed money from the
waiters of his establishment, and, in fact, laid most of his
servants under contributions He had also ascertained that
the Count was at present 'living in first-rate style at the
west-end of the town, and not content with good living
merely. had entered into engagements with a job-master for
a carriage and horses to drive him about town. He (Mr.
Williams) should, however, take his Worship's advice rela-
tive to the letter, and if he found, as he anticipated, that it
was not a request for the remittance of money in the hands
of the barker belonging to the writer, he should certainly
have the Count apprehended.
THAMES POLICE.
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Two coal-whippers, named NichadCollins and Matthew
Harney. were charged with assaulting Robert Frederick
Nunn, landlord of the Ship and Green Dragon. King-
street, St. George's-in-the-East, and James Park, who was
drinking in the house, and also with assaulting three police-
constables of the K division, named Wiggins. 73. Brook. 364,
and Jolly, 346. Another constable, named Plant, 34 K,
lies very ill in the London Hospital from injuries which
he sustained while conveying the parties to the station-house.
It appears that the prisoners, two powerful fellows, went
with another, not in custody, to the house of Mr. Nunn and
called for two pots of the best ale, which they refused
to pay for when served. They jeered at the landlord,
and taking what are called " sights' at him, told him to get
the reckoning out of that. A constable was sent for, but
they still refused to pay. He then told them to leave his
house, and took Harney gently by the shoulder. when the
latter turned round on him, and commenced a most brutal
attack. His wife and son were also struck by the prisoners.
More police were sent for, and the prisoners renewed the at-
tack with increased fury, assailing the police and others who
came to the landlord's assistance with the stools, the tables,
the fender, and the other furniture of the tap. room. Wig-
gins 73 R succeeded in closing the door against a large mob
who were endeavouring to force in to the rescue of the pri-
soners, and after receiving severe ill-treatment, from the pain
of which he was still suffering, captured Collins. Just then,
however, the door was broken in, and he, with the prisoners,
were hustled out into the street by the mob. The prisoner
was rescued, and again re-captured by Wiggins, who con-
veyed him to the station-house through a mob of 200 or 300
persons, amidst a shower of stones, dirt, arid brickbats.
Mr. BRODERIP said, that a case involving such a series of
gross outrages was too serious to be dealt with summarily.
He should, therefore, require the prisoners to put in bail to
answer the charge at the session', themselves in 100 b each,
and two sureties for each in 501. As the Court was so crowded,
he would take that opportunity of stating, that if any fatal
result followed from the stones and brickbats thrown, every
person in the mob sv.uld he liable to be tried for murder.

THREATENING (TOLPRORISirOVE.--A1 417 :11:111 Phi/ h
ejoys-looking• w,man, wa, charged wi h thr,
po'son h. r hu,band.
The husband, a quiet, poor fellow, living at N., 9.
Peter's-lane, St. Sepulchre's, swore that he was in con-
tinual fear of his life from his wife's violence. A month
ado she threatened to stab him, and he brought her he-
f to-e this Court. She was sent to prison for a fortnight
in default of hail. At the expiration of the sentence she
returned home, but had not been long in the house when
she attempted to burn it by pouring a quantity of tur-
pentine on the fire. He ,xtinguisheri the fire, and she,
without any provocation, threw a bottle at his head, and
swore she would poison him and their-eldest daughter ;
so that they were in continual fear of their lives from
her violence. On Tuesday night she renewed her threat
of poisoning. and he fe:.-ed ,he would carry it into effect.
Mr. GRI,:c:NWOOD—What have you to sly to this. nr
soner? Prisoner—Oh, the wicked wretch, he'd sw, ar
anything.
The daughter, a modest, decent-looking girl, wss
called, and she, with tears in her eyes, corrobrated her
father's testimony.
Prisoner—(to the daughter)-oh, you are g nice
youth, ain't you?
In default of bail, she was committed for ten days.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
PROTECTION TO TRADE AT ICHABOD.
The Committee of Lloyd's have addressed a letter of
thanks to Captain Sir John Marshall, R.N., for the
great attention paid to their interest, and the mercan-
tile community ge-nerally, by him during the period of
his command on the Cape of Good Hope station, by ar-
rangemen's made at Ichaboe for the preservation of the
peace, and for the furtherance of trade otherwise on that

Sir John Marshall. in reply, conclUded with, "Long
experience in the public service has taught me duly to
appreciate the importance, as well as to respect and ad
mire the intelligence and honourable bearing of our
shipowners and merchants."
LONDON, APRIL 10.—Wind N.W., moderate breeze, and
cloudy.

.
DEAL, APRIL 9.—P.M.. Wind N.W. by N., strong.—Sld.
Pearl, Ceylon ; Paramatta, Valparaiso ; }reeland, Honduras ;
Ann, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Walmsley, Prince Ed-
ward's Island ; Eleanor, Carshalton Park, and Neptune,
Quebec, and the whole of the outward-bound.
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PLY;IOUTII, APRIL 9.—Wind variable.—Off, Velocity,
Barbadoes.

FAL3IOUTH, APRIL 9.—Wind variab!e, fresh breeze.—Off,
Hezog Bagislov, Jacgar, Buenos Ayres, and proceeded for
Antwerp, sailed Jan. 23.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL B.—Sid. Ann, Quebec.
OFF DOVER, APRIL 9.—Triton, Robe, La Guayra, for
Hamburgh ; Albania, Smith, Ichaboe.

BRISTOL, APRIL 9.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Ajax,
Stark, Trinidad ; Britannia, Simmons, Barbadoes.
CLYDE, APRIL B.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Flavis, Jones,
New York.

Ayn, APRIL 7.—Arrd. Mountain Maid, Allen, Ichaboe.
DUBLIN, APRIL B.—Sid. William and Ann. Quebec.
LurEnteK, APRIL 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Sir William
Wallace, M'Kenzie, Newfoundland.
NEwity, APRIL B.—Sld. Agnes and Anne, Quebec.
ABERDF;EN, APRIL 7.—Sld. Mayflower, Cuba.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Wind E. N E. to W. N.W.—Arrd.
her Majesty's steamer Styx, Malta. left 28th ult., and pro-
ceeded for Southampton ;-IDuke of Cornwall, steamer, Higgin-
son, Constantinople. Sld. her Majesty's steamer Resistance,
Plymouth.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd.
Harvest Home, Heron, Calcutta; Bachelor, Napier, Ichaboe;
Campbell, Campbell, Porto Cabello. Sld. 7. Severn steamer,
Havre; 9. Syria, Countess Arran, and Saghalien, China;
H Isabella arnett, Calcutta; Susannah Callings, Mauritius ;
Bonne M'Cre, Africa; Henry Bell, Bahia; Champion, Barba.
does: Lunena, Nassau: Dublin and St. Lawrence, Philadel-
phia; Superb and Rochester. New York: Huron and B.
Avmar, Boston ; Crusatb-r, Staten. I ; 'do oy,
United States; Washington, Acadia, D vertux. awl MA.g
ret, Quebec; Mary Muir, Niontreal. The eau,.
the Pennsylvania, from New Orl.oins to t port, 1 .s;ir, the
Colorados, has been sold for ,11J,(X)0. Oil', Enterprise (sup-
posed), Calcutta.
HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 9.—The Zen^bias Lucas, hence, was
in contact yesterday morning off Scarbort-aigh with the
Alonzo, Carnaby, and foundered; crew (except one) saved
by the Alonzo, which has put inhere.
CASTIETOWN (BEARHAVEN), APRIL s.—Sid. Triumph,
St. John's, New Brunswick.
CLYDEAPRIL B.—Arrd. Harvies, James, New York. Sld.
Romance, Bathurst.

SUNDERLAND, APRIL 9.—.Arrd. Agnes, Purvis, Ithaboe.
Sid. Gundon, Prinec, Edward's Island.

APRIL 9.—Ski. 4r~~eU, Quebec.

Ili RE EDW BEAUFORT CULLEI''

TO THE EDITOR OF THE Sl-LV ,of
Stn,—Your statement in 71e Sun of this evemng,"
the examination of the above gentleman at the Court
Bankruptcy yesterday, before Mr. Commissioner Flule:
is in some points very incorrect, and, if it remains re,
noticed, may tend much to prejudic, him in certain. 14
ceeoings he has been compelled to institute aga'n'bit
party whose name was publicly mentioned in Court
Mr. Cooke, the insolvent's counsel, relative to the l.
solvent's most unfortunate connexion with the shiPe°,on4
queror, and which was the sole cause of his all.ll.-
in that Court. In justice, therefiire, to my e;le- t'of
trust you will permit the following short explanation
his case to appear in your journal of to-incrow:-- rii(r
Your report states that he dealt largely in ace°,lll;.,, ~f
dation bills, whereas, in point of fact, out of a !,`,;:i
v.xty-five creditors, there were only four accomcann'o,7l,
bills in the schedule. The individoal cases or iL:f
taco persons opposing him not being establislau'd bJ
Sturgeon made a sweeping s!ati ment, Ss rerrtf:-hout
you. .liegint- that the insolvent was a person vv,lt-„oti
viable means, raii.ini money wilt nnrer cloulu
aceor[inotlation bills, for which, in some ins:ances.for
was in the practice of allowing almost cent. per 04'01
discount. Such a statement as this counsel are lice,l) t,
to mat,. It has its effect for th. time; but the 011;Itl
nes- of it Mr. Cooke completely disproved, audit 'vet
only have been fair in 3-our reporter to have boa' eid
tea more lines on Mr. Cooke's speech, which fuj,i,tili.
truly- stated the real cause of this gentl, man's dif,,,l"'no
ties. Your report further states that there wc— he
assets to meet the debts. This also is incorrect, asp
Lot only inserted debtors to the amount of 9001, 0
also relinquished certain reversionary interests 's1:11
in Ireland and London, which he derived under the
of his late father, considerably more in value th'ln
bond fide (Itobts,
it
the report truly states that the debts inserted in
schedule amount to 5,160/. 16s. 2d., but it entirely
Mr. C. oke's analysis of them, which was, that
sum 2.2.571. were due on account of the ship Con(l7„r°o
all of which were disputed, except his own ani,ic';,:ela
costs thereon, amounting to about 4001.; 1,527&__,-10
for Irish debts, nearly the whole of which are see" e 5;
mortgage ; 1,0651 were disputed debts and liabilitletbe
and 3211. only were the real bona fide debts due frapi
insolvent. the
Cri ically situate as Mr. Cullen now is, relative tone,
proceedings mentioned in the former part of mY re
whereby he seeks to establish his former credit an `J
spectvbility, and conceiving your report of his case d 0
be injurious to him, I trust to your impartiality in
insertion to this statement; and I remain, Sir, S
obedient servant.
!JOHN BEART,r4, Bouverie-street, Fleet•s°-
Solicitor for the said E. B. Cullen.

April 10.

MARKET NE WS.-(YESTERm-n-
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RAY Aft.allifUSTS. i„. ter
SmirrHYlELD.—Coarse Meadow hay, 3/ 10s to 41 ,1st
tul 4, 12,,tt• 5,4,, ; tine Upland do., 515 s t, 5; 105 •
liar_ 4/ 10,: to 6/, (lat Stray.. I/ 18. n 2/: Wheat
Ste jai
'2' 2. 2s ,err load A fair average supply, and
itiquir' 4/1511

CttinticuLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to -Os;
useful ditto. 41 14s to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5163 to -2/15'
Clorer Bay, 4/ 8s to 51 16s; Oat Straw, 11 18s tf stof
Wheat Straw, 212 s to 213 s per load. Both Hay and ,
sold firmly, at full prices. 41 OP
WHrrEcHArlia..—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 53 0
useful ditto, 4/ 14s to 5/ 4s; fine Upland ditto, 0‘,,,
183 tved,
ls
5/10s; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs 'to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ •
Wheat. Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Supply tolerabl)
and trade rather dull.
tt.s WILT MA 11 n't S. ebY pd
SOUTJIALL, APRIL 9.—Although the supply of taps, •
of fat stock on offer this morning was moderately epees'
the general demand ruled tolerably steady, at full 4s 642
Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d toA porl
Lamb, 4110 d to 5s 10d ; Vial, 3s On to 4s 6d ;
28 10(1 to •s 6d per 81bs. Supply—Zeasts. 47 : SheeP
Lambs, 3,004 : Calves, 39 ; Pigs, 48.
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RoNtri:RD, APRIL 9.—Prime Sheep and Lambs
a steady sale at full prices; otherwise the dews'," -43 60;4
active. Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, Ssitl, /44';
Lamb, 55 to 5s 10d ; Veal :3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and (-s°Eirte';
10d to 3s per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 183 to 285; tbe'
old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Milch Cows, Flt
small Calves, 16/ to 181 lOs each. 5 0
LEWES, APRIL B.—Beef, from 3s to 4s ; Button'
4s Gd ; Lamb, 4s 10d to Sc 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; g`^„ foal.
3s to 3s Gil per 81bs. Supply but moderate, and trade

CORN AVERAGES. rovf
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISPI
For the Week ended April 5,1,45, made up from the 11etim —H'-0 Inspectors m the different Cities and Towns la Engo4l
per Imperial Quarter. • 356 7,1
Wheat ••• • • • 46s ,d I Oats •...• .• • 21s 4d Beans •• " 359
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