The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-08 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Jos. Thompson and If itliam Canninoton were placed
ut the b ,r, tu•tore Mr. Broughton, tor final oxamination.
charged, the former with having stolen, and thf., latter
knowingly rec«•ived two valuable sporting dogs, tho pro-
perty of Mr. William Burnell, a licensed victualler at
King'•-cross.

In addititm to the evidence already published,
Edward tiorn,by, a waiter at a public-house in Cock-
lane, Shoredach, proved that on th- night ~1' the rob-
bery the prisoner Thompson en'ered the tap-room with
the two dovs now prodnceJ, and was shortly after joined
by two other men, who remained in cony. isation with
him for s me time, when they all left the
Elizabeth Crowther, a lodger in Cunnington's house,
deposed that the dogs had been left there by the pri-
soner Thompson, and that he afterwards called and fed
them on several occasions.

Police-constable Burchan prored that the prisoner
Thompson hail recently sufrvred t elve months' impri-
sonment l'or uttering bsse coin, but nothing was known
to the detriment of the other prisoner.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that this was the first ese of

the kind that had been brought befbre him ~intw the
passing. of the new Act for the more effectual suppres-
sion of dog stealing, which contained very stringent pro-
visions for the accomplishment of that object. By one
of the clauses any person found guilty of the offence
was liable to be committed to the House of Correction,
and there kept to hard labour for six calendar m ,nths.
or, at the discretion of the Magi,trate, to forfeit and pay
over and above the value of the dog so stolen any sum
of mot.ey not exceeding 201. ; and, by another clause,
any person i t whose posses ion, or on whose premises,
any stolen dog, or the skin thereof, should be found,
with a guilt) knowl •dge that such dog bad been stolen,
was Hanle to the same penalties as those specified in the
preceding clause. In the present case he did not con
cider that evidence adduced against the prisoner Con-
nington to be sufficiently strong to warrant his c nvic-
tion, and he should, therefore, order him to be dis-
charged ; but with regard to the other prisoner, the
offence had been conclusively established, and he should
ord r him to be committed to the House of Correction
for six na-intha, and to be kept to hard labour.
MAR I, BO ROUGH-STREET.
George and Thomas Smith. brothers, fashionably dressed
young men, who on the police charge-sheet were described PS
gentlemen," staying at the British and Foreign Hotel,
Ueorge-street, Hanover-square, were charged with having been
found on the roof of the house of Thomas Charles Smith, Esq.,
of No. 23, Hanover-square, supposed with an unlawful purpose.
It appeared that about twelve o'clock last night, one of Mr.
Smith's female servants was alarmed while in bed by hearing
some person on the roof attemp ing to open a skylight, open-
ing into a store-room, from which access to all the other parts
of the how.. could be gained The police were on the instant
called in, and on constable No. 4R of the C division going on
to the roof he discovered the defendants concealed behind a
stack of chimneys of the adjoining house. He in consequence
took them into custody, on which they said they had merely
come there for a lark. This morning the hinge of the sky-
light was found to have been broken off.

-Mr. MA LTBT asked if they were known to any of Mr.
Smith's lamily ?—The servant said they were not.
Mr. MALTBY—Did they intend to visit any of the servants?
—1 bell, ye that no one in the honse knows anything of them.
The defendants said that they had got out of the window of
their bed-room at the ilritish and Foreign Hotel, and passed
over the roofs of the adjoining houses ; their object was to view
the display of fireworks at Vauxhall-gardels.
The seoreta,), and librarian of the British and Foreign In-
oitute, sleorge-Greet, Hanover-square, said he knew the de-
fendants were highly respectable.
Inspector Aggs, of the C division, said he had ascertained
that the aceourit they had given of themselves was correct; he
believed they hart no other purpose than a mere lark.
Mr. MihTav —Then they will be discharged.—They were
accordingly set at liberty.

COMMITTAL. of a POST-MISTRESS
FOR FM IIEZZLEMENT AT BIRMINI,IIA M.
On Tuesday last Miss Louisa Maria Mewis, a female 'most
respectably connected. and who has had the superintendence of
the receiving office at Edgbaston, was brought before the ma-
gistrates at the Birmingham Police-office, charged With having
embezzled several small sums of money belonging to the Post-
office authorities.
Mr Peacnick, solicitor, of Londe's, arid Mr. Spurrier at.
tended for the prosecution ; Mr. Harding for the prisoner.
The case excited a great deal of interest, and the office was
crowded by a number of respectable persons.
The prisoner, who had been in custody the previous day and
night, was brought into the room in custody of Richard Bing-
ley, the officer, arid allowed to sit in front of the bench. She
was most easefully dressed, and seemed to treat the charge
with compararative indifference.
Mr. Edward Bird, chief clerk of theßirmingham Pest-
office, deposed that in consequence of instructions which he
receive-4 he directed a letter to be written and sent through the
Edgbaton post-bag to Mr. Groves, Frederick-street, Edg-
baston. There was a twopenny stamp put od the envelope,
but the contents of the letter was matte heaey to render it a
surcharge of 4d. more. He, however, did not surcharge it, but
sent it with the 2d. stamp upon it. Benjamin Rowe, one of
the clerks, was present, and made up the bag, and he (Mr.
Bird) saw ii leave the office fur its destination. The sameeven-
ing he went to the house of Mr. Groves, which is only about a
mile from the Post-office, and .obtained from him the same
letter after he bad received it in due course from the postman
of Egdbaston. The witness then produced the letter and skid
it was not in the same state as when he saw it put into the bag
at Birmingham It had now written upon it the words " Abiere
One ounce, 4d. extra." In the evening of the same day Miss
Mewis sent to the office in Birmingham what was termed an
office bill, containing an account of all moneys received that day
for letters and surcharges, and that bill he then produced,
but it did not contain any return of the surcharge made by
Alias Mewis for Mr Groves letter. It ought to have con-
tained that surcharge because it was the duty of the prisoner to
make all such returns. In the hurry of business letters some-
times went from the office at Birmingham to receiving-houses
not surcharged; but, it was the duty of the receiver to attend to
the emissiose and hiving received the money to make a proper
return of it to him daily.
The witi.e.s was here cro-s.examined by Mr. Harding,
when he said—ln the office-bill then produced, there was net a
column for a return of surcharges. He could not tell why there
was not such a printed line. The regulation emanated from
the General Post-office. He did riot keow that there existed
any impression amongst receivers that such sui charges were
considered fees or,
,perquisites. If any such notion existed, it
was a very wrong one, for which there was no foundation, but,
in fact, no such impression did exist.
Mr. Spurrier, with Mr. Peacock, then referred to the Act

o f IV., which provides, that if any Pest-office. reer
sh embezz!e money belonging to the Crown, he or sh°
be subjected to transportation for any term not exeeedirs
years.
tl tt
Mr. Rowe, the clerk referred to by Mr. Bird, state
he saw the letter then produced put into the letter bap'
it;
sent by the carrier to Edgbaston, and he was quite P°s ,
that it was not then surcharged in the manner in which

present appeared.
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Joseph Hampton, letter carrier at the Edgbaston pegtbe'
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deposed that he received the letter then produced from
soner, to be delivered at Mr. Grove's house, and it was
surcharged 4d. in the handwriting of Mi,s Mewis.
Mr. 'Wainwright, another clerk in the Birmingham r,
office, produced the day bill which had been received frt
prisoner, and in that bill there was no entry of 4d. surebP'
to Mr. Grove. a
In answer to questions by Mr. Harding, Mr. Bird 551..
letter and another had been sent intentionally, in order..;l
test the prisoner, whom they suspected kad been carni
suvh practices for a length of time.
Two other similar charges were then preferred afeil)st:
prisoner, and she is fully committed to take her trial
assi.es to-morrow. •

. CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH C 085,0 p,
For the Week ended Aug. 2, P 54,5, made up from the ReturlV
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England 0.11"
per lnfperial Quarter.
2025AT85.d
34ItsYE. TOci
WHEAT. 1 HALEY. sEkrau. 4,,
PRICE .. I 53s 3d 6d 409 5,1 '
DUTY . —20 s 9s Od 6s td 108 6d 30 64 ....,
DAY.; MA liIiET NE 0 L4—(YESTERDAY'
itia.? P.C..mitz.z..r* ast(i
;•iairritrxELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 18s to 4185; ~ iy.
do., 4/ lOs to 518 s ; fine Upland do.. 51 lOs to ~,
Glover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 185 vl4
Wheat Straw, 21 to 21 2s per load. Trade steady, r

prices.
CumzERLAND.—Co;

41 ~~

Jarse Meadow Hay, a to
u,efu, ditto, 5/ to 5/ 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 10$ toll
Ch,ve+ Hay, 4/ lOs to 5,18 s; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to
it.raw,2/ le to gi 3s per load. A fair
supply, and an naive demand.
WitITECHAPEL.—Comse Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to ,
usfful ditto, 5/ to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, to%
Si 15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 1/ la 0
Wheat Straw. 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Supply go'
trade rather dull.
New Meadow Hay 3/10s to 4115 x, and New Clever
5l per load.
IVZ =ALT TWX.AMYLET S.
HAusx.A3l, AUG. 6.—Although the supplies were,
means extensive, the trade was inactive, at our quote&
Bret*. from 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb'
6s ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and Pork. 2810 d to 3s 6d peer, P,
AutuiDEL, AUG. s.—Prime old Downs sold steau,ll'of
full prices. In other kinds of stock comparatively 14'90!
doing:—Beef, from 38 6d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 4s to 55; yr
5s to 58 8d ; Veal; 33 8d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to
per 81bs. I'llo
CHICHESTER, AUG. 6.—We had only a moderate Silo
fat stock on offer:to-day, yet the demand was Mary
late rates :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, d s for
to ss; Lamb. 5s to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; ev)
3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves. 18s to 28s; n
tY
old Store • Pigs, 16s to 208 ; and Mulch Cows, 1""
small Calves, 161 to 19/ each.
SOUTHALL, AUG 6.—The demand for Beef we5.„.81144
what inactive, at a decline in the quotations of 2d 1)',"
In Mutton, Lamb, Veal, and Pork, only a moderate IV
was doing, at late rates :—Beef from 38 4d to 484 d ;,d;
3s 10d to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s 8d to 450
essj
Pork, 2s 10 dto 4s per 81bs.
ROMFORD, AUG. 6.—We had rather an inactive geoi
f fr°
trade to-dav, and prices were sot supported. to
24 to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 44 to 58 • Lamb, 4s lu' 61`
Veal. 3s 8d to 4s 64; and Pork, is 8d to 3s Bd,,er 1011'
Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; Quarter-old Store Pigivic
20s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 1

„i OP
MR. GREEN'S DESCENT 11,
lii al
ALBION BALLOON. , tele
The veteran aeronaut made a safe descent in a red,i,s,fla
about a mile from Ponder's End, in the parish of EPloglr-6e.
his nocturnal ascent with fireworks on Monday elet°',os,rbe
Vauxhall Gardens. Mr. Green appeared to be "Se, '6,,
lighted with his trip—one of the finest he ever ts; -j,oriii
view of the metropolis, he says, was truly splendiwbil 'lto
appearing one mass of light, resembling only Vas_il.tbittj
its myriads of lamps, and to all appearance confined v'aes 5
space of a square mile. He could distinguish the VI ;or°,
the dotted lines of lamps, and in his transit over the #l-45,..„,
could distinctly hear the shouts of the assembled er.°lll/1;
leaving the gardens, the balloon took a north-essre4
tion, and he atiiicipatedthat he should descend iir t"ftef 0
bourhood of Highgate or Finchley, but in the early tbetsl
day, from the direction of the wind, he considered
0,11,10
should land either in the counties of Essex or flerttekelid
at that period would have had no objection to he",,d tbe',
a ” light weight," but subsequently he deterin`rive s 50
consideration whatever should induce him to ha rested 0
panion in his aerial voyage, and consequentlf_iincosighhtly
ballast from between two and three bunrlrce„,s vit",,i
nearer six hundred weight. No difficulty occu:,gith ref!?
fireworks, either in the ignition or otherwise, h°` hoop bed
to the frame, which consisted of three conjunct W hop se°d
still of opinion that a single weel in front, one large obi',
: he wag of')
be preferable, as in the present instance elan -,•
to rid himself of the frame, as it impeded the fre:
were ad'!,s
grapnel and guiie line. The fireworks,
ably executed and arranged, and did grhea°hricgtatrt:ent.ht:tos°?:
nutty of AIL Darby, pyrotechnic artig to the a
- altitude r?
balloon, Mr. Green states, never attained a
four thousand feet. The temperature of the aro' sr'. ill;
mild, and the lowest degree of the thermometer was 54_.,,e.. rl,
reference to the gauge of the balloon, Mr. Green cope;
will contain about 24 thousand cubic feet of gas, not dins,,,
an as previously stated. After pleatantly sailing ',,,5,,,
an hour in nubibus, Mr. Green determined on, desceno',sll
he was anxious to ascertain, first, whether any diffietwe
curred in the shape of trees, or whether he was over liii
Has position, however, he soon discovered, for on bearing/
below he called out, 6' Where am J?" This question lei,
surprised the gentlemen (Mr. Hogg and Mr. Smythe, d,
monton) who could not conceive from whence the 5004
ceeded. Mr. Green repeated the question, and in Si
tone. They replied, " Who are you?" The rejoindltr,
" I'm Mr. Green, and I have come in my balloon froP '
hall-gardens." Mr. Hogg and Mr. Smythe laughs°, ~
4
and exclaimed, " Then come down, for you are e!'4,til
Mr. Green, on hearing this, let go the grappling re
was soon safe on terra firma. The descent took plsT,,,,eNt.
twelve o'clock. With the aid of the aforesaid ge°t sf sti
misted by two constables, the balloon was soon par'',_'.,leo'arcl
Green then expressed his anxiety to ieturn to the ethe Olio,
not a post-horse was to be had for " love or moue' estabs'
of railroads having knocked up most of the posti°e'tbst 3,10
meats on that road, and it was not till a late boar .401
veyance could be obtained, which prevented the sr°
Green at the gardens till six o'clock in the morning' /
C4Sg'° Two FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE LONDO-ta-P
rogi:lt
On Wednesday two shocking and fatal:Accidents °cell se ~14
ill
London Docks. The first case was that of s °bog" I
Samuel Fry, aged 45 years, a rigger, employed 013,10elte•J$
Aureya, bound to the West Indies, now lying in the's:whet-00i'
appears that deceased was at work on the royal V s it oil
the vessel, when, from some unexplained cause, he 'ld ye de'
ing, and fell on to the deck, from the fearful heigtaieCtel
eighty feet. He was picked up quite insensible,..hiro,„ ePte'
fusely from the head, eyes, ears, and nose, and item be 01,
conveyed on a stretcher to the London Hospital, "-After
ceased to breathe before he arrived there.- Shoral a P,i,
above, another accident occurred to a labourer nst ege.?°llo,
Lang, aged 40 years, who was employed working s °ion rrfe,`
ing goods from a ship's hold on the Brandy Quay, with far °c)
go his hold of the handle or jigger, which revolving Wo tO 'tb'
velocity, struck him on the head, fracturing his s"terieg
an extent that he died immediately upon his a° , l','
hospital. 181/ta
Asia' 1,,il
DEATH FROM STARITATION.—Wednefid-. i, (1,
lay, M.P., coroner, held an inquest at the Crown `,.? flie et'
Harrow-road, at Harlesden-green, on the body " bse°iist
Osborne, aged 76 years, who was found dead ins s'o ¢the property of Mr. R. Tubbs, a county magistrate', te'D'ece
distance from the above inn. From the evidence Oball rid'
appeared that the deceased, who was a haymaker'elf pot
wandering about that neighboui hood for a lengthene toe
apparently it, an ill state of health, and living how 'roof foof
having applied for parochial relief. On the moral/T.004 id
day last, he was discovered quite dead, about In"A piroweri
o'clock, in the barn in question, near the London *11'6004 oil
ham Railway. The Coroner remarked that snob ;site',
now of such frequent recurrence, that they searceliejesd, ,
surprise. 'I he jury returned a verdict of " Found.
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BIRTI-15. TOO' ,1
On the sth inst., Mrs: R. Pryke, of the Lord .i)' said
burton-street, Fitzroy-square, of a son. , A, Of 17
On the 31st ult., at Myddelton-square, the la.
ad,'-
Betts.Esq., of a daughter. cl, '-
On the 2d inst., at Trinity-terrace, East Indic- .elt
Nittian Miller, of a son, P°
On the 2d inst., at Bedford, the lady of Samuel rye
Esq , of a daughter.
;t• Of Ge°
Oil the 34 inst ,at Hyde-park-square, . the w--8.„0, r,
La Caste, Esq.. Judicial Referee of Trinidad, of il '"sip Be
On the 3d met' at the Holt House. Wokingb of; s°o+
the lade of John Spencer %I‘' nn Werninck, Esq., floe,
On the 3il list., at Burton-street, Tavistock'sq- Is
M. Phillipson. of a son.
Are, isleOn the 4th inst., in John-street, Berkeley-9g° ~.,,teh
of Harry Surman. E.q., of a son. VreStillw. s',
On the 4th inst., in Manchester-building, ~,---
Mrs. Joseph Cubitt, of a daughter.
_en,. DP-
On the 4th inst., at Belinda-terrace, irslinb— - ' gl*
Dewick. of a son.
Satre'
On the 4th inst., at the Grove, East Dulwich, dr
Henry H. Piper, of Eastcheap, of a son.
Oil the sth inst., Mrs. E. C. Dermer, oft ftl,
road, of a son. rtedf°
On the Ist inst., Mrs. Ainger, of John-street'
A
O row, of a son. • of sf#
On the Ist inst., at Lee. Kent, Mrs. T. B. Stai°v/itbeWl°
Oil the 2d inst., at Greenwich, Mrs. John ,`"' ' •
daughter.
f 1
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A ,tiAti f' s.=. EST S.
On the Bth ult., at Hallow, Allan Waters,
,„_,. Ate
mouth, Devon, to Anne Maria, daughter of the
1041*
Kihg, s.:sq., M.D., of Mortlake, Surrey. ' WI 0
On the 10th ult., at Quebec, the Rev. fikenrali, Can °lOO
1 third son of the Hon. and Rev. Frederick Hor"8 go.
the
Hale, Rochester, to
Receiver-General arr, secoofn
Lower
odaughterCanada: oof he late
1 Aberdeetit' rt,tc
Ott the 31st ult., at St. Andrew's Chaps • Colonel, .Exleitii
fl•
Graceßev. PAilliiap, Cyaorulyi;ogne,s
tlndcauutenhbteenrt ofof
tShte. tag
Aral,
Young. ~.,... ~.0 ~eicjes
W.
nßetihinee2ldt,iEntdsci,„atsoltic.itßocrt,tomlpahn'sc,
daughter of Robert Garrod, Esq., of Ipswich.
frige'
DIED r of the '
On the 4th inst., Henry Mozley, Esq-,
Derby.
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On the Ist of June, at Chittagong,
Vl' d
Sconce, Esq,, B.C.C. Leelleaft'sodifiv
Valetta,
On the 18th ult., in the city of
Tvlden, 00101
hAesltdeerrlaote
u,s,ereri,
the Royal En,..
Zineers in the Island of Mala;:e, c,lnion , Esq,,eg
Lieutenant-Ccilonel Wiliiam Burton
On the 30th ult., at Brighton, Na.th,thig:rrei y. Jo
of Glouceser Lodge, St. James's, Croy
climirni Ge°lle end'
On that 2d inst., at Bath, Vice-A
RsYni
Shirley, aged 77. of James 10
On the 3d lust., Mary Sophia, the wife
.. „aret, re
Esq., of Baythorn- park, Essex.
outb, I‘Larb-- he
On the 34 inst., at Southsea. 1-'wisniClarlie, BaCt.ife °f t
of the late Maj,r-General Sir William ,sat_Ala, `vie
Rev. the 26th ult.. at Dawlish, Frances I o'
.I. Caroline, wife et'
f EA' le'
Rev. pirate W. Beaden.
On the 29th silt., at Hampstead, J°h" E, ar.-"°erl,:solgl2-13: _
On the 30th ult., at Pembroke-square, 4,„,e,
sit r• joio
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