The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-12 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the Lord Chief BARON and a Special Jury.)
. THE .ATTOUNEY7GENERAL V. BOIER.

This was a 'prosecution by her Majesty's Commissioners
of Customs to recover penalties for unduly unshipping
tobacco.
Mr. Jarvis and Mr. Wilde appeared for the Crown, and
Mr. Chambers for the traverser. After the case had been
opened by Mr. Jarvis,
Mr. CHAMBERS consented to a verdict fur the Crown for
391/. Ils. 6d.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WALTER HENRY AUSTLN.
Mr. Jarvis and Mr. Wilde appeared for the Crown, and
Mr. Humfreys, Q.C., and Mr. Chambers for the traverser.
Mr. WILDE opened the pleading., and Mr. JAavis stated
the case. This was a prosecution instituted by her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners of Customs against the traverser
for defrauding the Customs revenue. Amount of
penalty 1,000/. The circumstances of the case were these :
It appeared that Walter Henry Austin was a clerk in the em-
ployment of a firm named Robinson and Co., of Water-lane,
Custom-house agents; that in the mouth of July, 1842,
Messrs. Robinson received a consignment of a case of foreign
silks, weight 741 b. 3 oz., the duty payable upon which would
amount to 851. ; they senghe ti averser with the:money to pay
the duty ; but he contrived to substitute a case weighing
only I llbs. of inferior quality, the duty payable upon which
was 71. 1 ls. 9d., which traverser paid, thereby defrauding
the revenue of the difference. When the fraud was discovered,

the prisoner was brought before the Lord Mayor on a charge
of felony, and his employers, Messrs. Robinson, entered into re-
cognizances for his appearance at the Old Bailey. But when
the session opened, he did not appear, and therefore the pre-
sent prosecution was instituted against him for the recovery
of the difference and the penalty.
Several witnesses were examined to prove preliminary
matters, and the party to whom the case was consigned to
prove the fraudulent substitution. When the case for the
prosecution closed,
Mr. HUMFRIZYS spoke to the evidence at considerable
length. He contended that his client was a young man of
good character, who bad, in fact, no charge against him ex-
cept his having had the misfortune to be a clerk to a house
that was now broken up, and had for a long time been
mixed up in those Custom-house transactions. He con-
tended that no case had been made out against his client, for
the evidence only went to prove that he paid a certain sum
for duty at the Custom-house upon one out of a number of
packages. Having commented upon the evidence at great
length,
Mr. JARVIS replied. After which
The Learned CHIEF BARox summed up, and in the course
of .which he told the jury they had to consider two questions;
the first of which was, whether any fraud had been com-
mitted at all upon the revenue ; and, secondly, whether the
defendant, Austin, was the party who committed the fraud.
Having recapitulated the testimony of the witnesses,
The jury consulted together fur a few minutes, without
leaving the box, and found a verdict for the Crown-3341.
damages.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
The seventh session of the present mayoralty commenced
this morning, in presence of the Lord Mayor, the Recorder,
and several of the Aldermen.
After the grand jury had been sworn,
The RECORDER proceeded to address them. He said that
the calendar contained the names of 168 prisoners, but that
number would be considerably increased before they had
done with their labours. Among many very serious offences
in the calendar, there were several of mamlanghter, one of
false personation for the purpose of obtaining prize money,
three charges of sacrilege, a case of forgery and uttering
forged instruments, and two charges against females
for murder ; the first against a mother for the
murder of her new-born child, and the latter
against a nurse for the destruction of an infant en-
trusted to her care. With respect to the last of these
charges, it would be their duty to examine the evidence, and
to decide upon it, whether .the party charged had really
committed the murder, and in the event of their coining to
the conclusion that she bad done so, then it would be their
duty to put the case in course of further examination. The
gentlemen of the grand jury must understand that it was not
their province to determine the motives which might have
actuated the person in the commission of such a crime, or
the state of mind in which she might be. That would be
matter for another tribunal, their duty would be simply to
ascertain that such a crime bad been committed, and by the
person charged with the offence. With regard to the first of
these charges, he should particularly direct the attention of
the grand jury to the evidence of the surgeon, and it would
depend upon the weight theyattached to that evidence, whether
that case also should be referred to the full Court. Should
the capital offence not be made out, it still rested with them
to indict the prisoner fur the concealment of birth. There
was a charge of false personation with intent to defraud the
proper party of his share of the Chinese batta, and that
offence, if proved, would come under the provisions of the
Act having reference to prize money. The remaining
charges, with the exception of that of sacrilege, which would
turn upon the question of fact, were of a minor character ;
and he would not detain them from their duties by enlarg-
ing upon them. With these few remarks, therefore, he
would dismiss them to their onerous duties, and if the assist-
ance and advice of the Court were required in any stage of
their proceedings, that advice or assistance would be'readily
accorded.
The petit jury were afterwards sworn.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
A young man of genteel appearance was charged with
gambling. His name is William Evans.
The neighbourhood of Argyll-square is infested with
vagabonds who spend the whole of Sunday gambling in front
of the church in the square, and annoying every respectable
person that passes by. The nuisance has been repeatedly
complained of by the inhabitants, and the attention of the
police has been called to it, but whenever they apprehend
any of the delinquents it is generally tome
well-conducted youth who has been decoyed into
these vicious practices by the others, who are
artful and active enough to make their escape. The
prisoner is the son of very respectable parents, and never was
wehended ,or even seen, at any such mischief before. His
brother, a respectable-looking man, came forward, and said he
was thoroughly ashamed of the prisoner's conduct ; his father
was bedridden and unable to attend.

Mr. GREENWOOD tined the prisoner six shillings or a com-
mensurate term of imprisonment.
The prisoner's brother, who paid the fine, at once said he
hoped the Magistrate would punish the prisoner more
severely if ever he came before him again.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday was quiet,
only 2,000 bales finding buyers—they all went
to the trade. There was no change in prices.
A better business was done- in Shares :—Aberdeen
Railway, 78s. 9d. ; Barnsley Junction, 5% 4%; Birken-
head, Manchester, and Cheshire, 10% 1/2 ; Blackburn,
Darwen, and Bolton, 6/. ls. 6d. ; Belfast and Ballymena,
%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 105/, 3/4 ; Cale-
donian, 11/. 11/. 6s. 3d. ; Ditto Extension, 2% 114 ; Cambridge
and Lincoln, 7% ; Chester and Birkenhead, 511,1 50;
Chester and Holyhead, 16 %; Churnet %; Cli-
theroe Junction, 2% ; Cork and Bandon, 8 ; Cork and Kil-
larney, 2%; ork and Waterford, 2% ; Dublin and
Belfast Junction, 11 ; Dublin and Galway, 4% ; Dublin,
Mullingar, and Athlone, 4%; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 5%
; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 64; Glasgow and Dumfries,
1%; Grand Junction, 030; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 20; Great
Grimsby and Sheffield, 6 ; Great North of England, 30/.
Shares, 20%; Jamaica Junction, 2% 3 4tl ; Limerick and
Waterford, 8 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 %; Lon-
don and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 3234 ; London and
Brighton, 62%; London and Windsor, ,3‘ 10s. 6d. • London-
derry and Enniskillen, 4% • London and York, ; Direct
Northern, 3% 31. 55.; Leeds and Dewsbury, 1014 ; Leeds
and Thirsk, 534 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 91,E
10%; Manchester and Birmingham, New Shares, 7%; Man-
chester and Buxton, 5% ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Mid-
land Junction, 6; Manchester and Leeds, 150 149; Ditto,
Half Shares, 66 651,1; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18 193/4 ; Mid-
land Railway, 155 ; Ditty, 40/. Shares, 18 % ' • Newcastle and
Berwick, 13 %; Newry and Enniskillen, 41-A ; North Union,
A, 144%; North-Western, 4% %; North Wales, 3 %;
Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 3% 4 ; Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton, 41s. 6d. 2 ; Preston and Wyre,
30 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 116 115 ; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 14; Sheffield and Lincoln, 365. 6d.; Shrewsbury
and Grand Junction, 534 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestrv, and
Cheshire, 434 ; South-Eastern and Dover, New shares,
No. 3,6% 11 s. 6d.; Scottish Central, 6% %; South Wales,
511% •' Trent Valley, 18%; Waterford and Kilkenny, 3% ;
Welsh Midland, ils. ; West Yorkshire, 3%; Worcester and
Tring, ; York and Carlisle, 2% ; Austrian and Sar-
dinian, 4s. ; Boulogne and Amiens ( English), 93/4 ' • Northern
of France (Rosamel), 2%; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's),
English, 2% ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2%; Sambre
and Meuse, 108.; Tours and Nantes, 58s. 6d.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 10.—The sales
are :—Barnsley Junction, 5% %; Birkenhead, Manchester,
and Cheshire Junction, 10% 34 ; Birmingham and Glouces-
ter, New Shares, 41,8 ; Caledonian, 11 ; Cambridge and Lin-
coln, 73/4 ; Churnet Valley, 6% • Clitheroe Junction, 2 13-16
% prem. ; Direct Northern, 31/2 ; Dublin and Galway, 4;
Eastern Counties, 19 11-16; Glasgow and Dumfries, 255.
261. ' • Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 7%
%; Leeds and Thirsk, 6 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manches-
ter, 10%; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 11 95, • Lon-
don and Windsor, 10a. prem. ; London and York, 4% %;
Manchester and Birmingham, 57%; Ditto, New Quarters,
711% Vs ' • Manchester and Buxton, 5%; Manchester and
Leeds, 149 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 67% 66%; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 19 ; Ditto Sixteenth Shares, 8 ; Newark and Sheffield,
4%; North Wales, 3; North Western. 4% %; Nottingham
and Mansfield, 2%; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction,
1% ; South-Eastern, No. 1, 143/4 ; Ditto, No. 3, 634 %;
Southport and Euxton, 234 ; Trent Valley Continuation and
Holyhead Junction, 2% % • Welsh Midland, 2 prem. ; West
Yorkshire, 31/2 ; Great Northern of France (English), 5% lA.
Some curious statistics of banking firms in the metropolis
are given by Mr. Gilbert in an analysis from the Parliamen-
tary returns, completed since the new Act came into opera-
tion. He states that :
" The particulars required to be returned by the Act, and
stated in the Cdiitti.are the name of the firm or Company ;
the name, residence, and occupation of the persons of whom.
the Company .or partnership consists, and the name of the
place or places where the business is carried on.
"The London banking establishments consist of sixty part-
nerships, each not having more than six partners, and of five
public companies, which are usually styled joint-stock
banks. The former may be divided into three classes:—
, 1. Those who are members of the Clearing-house.

2. Those located,east of Temple-bar, but are nut members of
the Clearing-house.
3. Those located west of Temple-bar.
" The names of 40 of the private banking firms end in
Co.' In 3 instances there is no partner represented by the
Co.' In 17 instances the Co.' represents the partners of
the same name as other partners mentioned in the firm.
There are 12 instances in which the name of the firm does
not correspond with the names of the partners, and three in
which the names do not occur in the same order. _

• • ••• •••• ••••• •••••••••,,, ••••• ••,• •• • ••• •.••••• ••••
" In ••
the firm of Messrs. Barnett,•,
Ikares, and Co., there
are three partners of the name of Hoare. In the firm of
Messrs. Charles Hoare and Co., there are five partners of the
same name. The firm of Jones and Son is represented by
Mr. Alfred Jones. There is also a partner named Jones
in the Smithfield Agency Banking Company. In the firm
of Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., there are two part•
ners of the name of Mills. In the firm of Messrs. Curries
and Co., there is also a partner of the same
name. In the firm of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths,
there are five partners named Smith. There is also a partner
of the name of Smith in the firm of Messrs. Child and Co.
In the firm of Messrs. Williams,Deacon. and Co. there are two
partners (Attie name of Williams. There is also a partner of the
name of W illiams in the firm of Messrs. Cockburn and Co. ;
aid there is a partner of the same name in the film of Messrs.
Ransom and Co.

"The total number of places at which the business of private
bankers is carried on in London is sixty—of which forty-
seven are to the east, and thirteen to the west of Temple-
bar.
" The occupation of the partners—all are described simply
as bankers, except Sir John W. Lubbock, who is described as
a merchant, and Mr. Young, of the firm of Weston and
Young, who is described as banker and brewer.
" The residence of the Partners.—Three Banking firms have
returned all their partners as resident at the place where the
business is carried on. Three other firms have each two
partners resident on the bank premises. Seven others have
each a partner resident at the bank. Most of the other
bankers reside in London, or within an easy distance. Some
reside at a considerable distance in the country."
The market fur the English Securities has to-day been
tolerably firm. Consols for present transfer have been 98%
to 99, and for Account 99 to 99 tA. Exchequer-bills are
545. to 565. premium, and East India Bonds 70s. to 71s. ; the
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 10034 to 100%. '1 he
steamer from Halifax is expected about Thursday next, but
there is not by any means so much interest felt for the news
she may bring upon the Oregon question, as before the Great
Western arrived, since it is conceived that the matter will
now be left to the calm consideration of the American and
English Cabinets, the populace of the United States having
been much less excited than usual. Bank Stock has im-
proved to 209 and 210, and India Stock to 278.
The Foreign Funds are not quite so well supported as on
Saturday. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 41%, and
the Passive 8111, to 81. Portuguese Converted are 66142 to 67,
being an improvement. Mexican Bonds are quoted 371/8 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 631jC %; and
Belgian Four per Cents., 99.
. There is a g,od deal of business doing in Railway Shares,
and prices appear to be maintained in most instances.

ITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIL
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 209 210

3per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97X
3 per Cent. Consols Aims 99 99 9838
New 34 per Cent. Annuties IOOA %
Long Annuities ,Expire sth Jan. 1860 IIIA
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 ll 1-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860
India Stock 278
India Bonds 1,0001 •••
Ditto under 1,000/ 7O 71
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 014 d. 1 ihd.
1,0001. ..
5001.

Ditto Small —
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Deferred Stock...,.
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 —
Ditto Passive Bonds
Ditto 3 per Cent 41%
Ditto for the Account 41%
Belgian 4 per Cent. 99
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... 97%
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen ............... ........ 21/2
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 136
Ditto, ituS Shares ...... .. 3
BriPtol and Exeter
Ditto New 2 ...... 7%...... to
Bristol and Gloucester 3O -
Caledonian 5 ... 11% to 103/4%
Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 1% 7%%... to
Chester and Holyhead
Chichester and Brighton
Churnet Valley
Cornwall
Dublin and Galway .. ... 2%...... 4
Dublin and Mullingar 2% 4l/4..... to
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 5/.13s 4d 1% to
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto New % Shares
Great South and W. (Irish)... 10
Great North of England...... 100

Ditto New v 5 43% to
Ditto New

Great Western
Ditto I,h Shares 5O lO4 -
Ditto Fifths

Guildford, Fareham, Portm& -
Hull and Gainsboruugh -
Hull and Selby .. 50 lO6
_ _

Ditto Quarters 22%...... to

London and Birmingham —lOO--
Ditto Thirds
mi.

London and Blackwall 16% 9 rit to 8%
London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 6314 to
London and Croydon... 131. 15s. 9d.... 181A' to 17%
Do. New l3s 4d OX to
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 6
London and Greenwich... 12/, 15s. 4d... 11
Ditto. Preference
London and South Western.. 41%...... 78
Ditto New
London and York... ..... 2112
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 2 % .. .. . to
Londonderry and Coleraine—. 2% 3% to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 2% 4 ...... to
Lynn and Ely
MancheiLei and Leeds 73 .....
Ditto. Half Shares
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 214 71,4 to
Manchester and Birmingham 40 — to
Ditto Quarters
Midland ... ... 100 156 ...... to 157
Ditto New
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 ll6 ...... to
Newcastle & Darlington aunc. 25
Ditto New Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 21,12 4 4 1h... to
Newark and Sheffield IA .. 4111/2/ to
North British
Ditto, New 1
Northern and Eastern 45 66% 653/4 ,to 66
North Wales ll4 3% - to 3
Perth and Inverness
Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1
Scottish Central
South Eastern and Dover ... 33%-..-.... 39?8 to 40
Ditto New. No. 1 8
, Ditto New, N 0.2 7 .. ... 13%...... to
Ditto New, No. 3 2% 6l/2%... to
South Wales .., 2% 5% to
Trent Valle:,
Trent Valley and Holyhead
Junction... ... 1
West Cornwall
7
West Yorkshire
Wilts,Somerset,& Weymouth 21,$ ...... 6 4 to
York and North Midland ... 50 ......
Ditto Half Shares 25 ..... 51%..... to
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens.
Dijon and Mulhouse
Great Northern of France

(Laffitte's)
Do. Do. (Rosamel's)
Jamaica Junction
Lyons and Avignon 2 . 2X% .. to
Namur and Liege........
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 .. • ... 101 A
Over Yssel 413 s 4d %%.. to
Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2
Paris and Rouen .. ....... ..... 20 ...... 42% to
Royal North of Spain
Sambre and Meuse
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock..
Provincial of Ireland ..

MARKET NE 41 THIS DAY

CORN EXCHANGE—MoNDAY

The past week's arrivals of English Wheat have been on
a full average scale, for the time of year ; but those of
Barley, Oats, Beans, and Peas, of home produce, have
proved small. Or Foreign Barley and Oats, the imports
have been liberal. Fresh up, a limited supply of Wheat
was received coastwise, as well as by land carriage,
hence the stands were rather scantily filled with samph ti of
both Red and White. The extreme caution manifested 00
the 'part of the millers in effecting purchases. caused the
demand for all descriptions to rule exceedingly inactive,
and, in some instances, when sales were pressed, the quo
tations had a downward tendency ; while, at the close of
business, a clearance was not effected. The general con-
dition of the samples was not first-rate. The
accounts respecting the Wheat plants are still favourable.
The show of fine foreign Wheat was small, yet the inquiry
for that article was in a very sluggish state, at barely, though
at nothing quotable beneath last week's prices. In Corn
under lock, next to nothing was doing. We had a good sup-
ply of fine foreign Barley on the stands ; but that of English
was small. All kinds were again dull, and previous rates
were with difficulty supported. Malt, the supply of which
was good, met a very dull inquiry, and the currencies were
with difficulty supported. The aggregate quantity of Oats
being on the increase, that description of produce was dull,
at barely stationary prices. Both Beans and Peas were
again firm, arid the quotations may be considered the turn
higher. Seeds were generally heavy, at late rates.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevaller .. 648 to 65.
Red
Ditto, White •• • •
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe ...... •• . • 245 25s
coin, Red.... • 385 435 Yougha.., and Cork,
Ditto, White. .
Irish, Red.... •• • • —5 --s Cork, White. .... 215 23s
Ditto, White.... • . —5 —8 Scotch, Feed..... 22s 23s
Rye—Old
New.
Barley—Grinding ... .. 23s 285 Pease—Grey .
Malting .•••• • • • • 32s 34s Maple. ....• ..... 355 381
Chevalier ••.• • . • • 36s —8 White ..... ••• • • . 385 401
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •...• • • • . 40s 42s
folk •••••• • • • • • • 585 63s Flour—Tomi-made .• . 428 s
Brown .••.•• • • • • • 565 60s Suffolk
Kingston and Ware 60s --B Stocktu & Norfolk 338 35s
FOREIGN GRAIN A
Wheat—DantAc • . • . • . 328 to 36s
Marnburgh .• 30s —s
Barley

D FLOUR IN BOND.
Beans
Pease.
Flour—Amvi-lean
Baltic

Oats —.New .••••. . • . • • 19s 23s 1
Facd
• la ;WITH:
The late almost unpreekden.
comparatively short period dull
the improved demand for th,
_ .

luded to—which has taken pl
this market has, as might be
inquiries as to the probability