The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

GUlLDHALL—Yesterday Mrs. Matilda Smith, the
good-looking better half of an industrious city porter, was
charged with having stolen from Master Jacky Neale, son
and heir of Mr. John Neale, one half pint of neat gin,
together with a black flint bottle containing the same ; the
whole being the property of the said senior John.
Mr. John Neale is a constable of the city, and having,
by virtue of his office, captured Mrs. Smith in his own
right, he now stood by her side at the bar, with bright brass
staff in hand, fully prepared to prosecute her with the
utmost rigour of the law. He stated that, having a few
friends at his house from the country, and being desirous
of making much of them, he sent his son out for half a
pint of gin ; and that on his way home with the ►aid half
pint of gin in a black flint-glass bottle, be was met by the
lady now at the bar (Mrs. Matilda Smith), who took the
said gin from him, together with the bottle containing the
same, and therewith got away and escaped ; all which would
be proved by his said son, and by another credible witness.
" How old is your son ?" said the sitting Alderman,
Sir PETER LAURIE.
" Rising seven years old, your Worship," replied Mr.
Neale.

" Well, let us see him," and Master Jacky Neale was
brought forward by his grandpapa—so that there were
then three generations of Johns arrayed against poor Mrs.
Smith—viz., John, the grandfather, John, the father, and
John, the son ; and John, the son, was altogether imper-
ceptible in the witness-box—his stature not exceeding that
of a half-pint bottle (imperial measure), his grandpapa, by
order of the Alderman, lifted him on the table ; where he
stood very pleasant and perpendicular--seemingly quite
amused with the novelty of his situation.

" Now tell me, my boy," said the AL➢ERMAN, " do you
ever gs to church ?"—" No," replied Master Jacky, twid-
dling his thumbs in his cap-string, and looking very arch.
" Does your father go to church 2" continued the Alder-
man.—," No," replied Master Jacky.—" Does your mo-
ther go ?"—" No,"—" Does your grandfather ?"—" No ;
but my grandmother does, sometimes."—" So, you never
go to church ?"—" No."—" But you like a drop of
gin?"--." Yes."—Do you often get a drop ?"—" No ;
only a Sundays."—" And were you not to have some of
that you were sent for yesterday ?"—" Don't know ; if I
was a good lad, I should have a little sup, I think."
Here the Az.pviodAli told Mr. Neale he was bringing up
his child very improperly, and he should ask him no more
questions.
" Well, but, your Worship," said Mr. Neale-..-" here's
another gentleman that saw her take the bottle of gin from
the lad."

The other gentleman came slowly forward--and a very
greasy gentleman he vas. He was sworn; and, looking
at Mrs. Smith, he said, " That isn't the lady what tuck
it." He admitted he had told Mr. Neale that Mrs.
Smith was the lady what tuck it; but he now declared
that he was himself under the influence of too much gin
at the time, and " told any name as came uppermost."
" Your 'Worship," exclaimed Arr. Neale, " he (the
greasy gentleman) and Mts. Smith's husband have been
together all the morning—they are old acquaintances, and
they have persuaded him to falsify his evidence; for last
night he told me positively that he saw her take the bottle
from the boy. 7.

Mrs. Smith's husband now stood forward, and declared
that be and the greasy gentleman were not old acquaint.
ance. "He never was in my house but once," said Mr.
Smith, " and that was on my wedding day, when he
made us a present of a pair of sheep's hearts for dinner"
---
a very pretty and appropriate present certainly, emblematic
of the innocence and simplicity of the hearts of the new-
married couple. Or, perhaps, the worthy greasy gentle-
man might fancy that, as they had mutually lost their
hearts to each other, he could not do better than present
them with a pair of she9p's hearts in lieu thereof. How-
ever this might be, he now explained that he was " a re-
gular dealer in hearts"—that is to say, in sheep's hearts,
and in so doing he accounted in some degree for his own
exceeding greasiness.

Mr. Smith now took up his wife's cause in good earnest.
lie declared that she was at home at the time stated ; that
she wag by no means addicted to gin ; that she was the
daughter of respectable parents in the country, and totally
incapable of doing such a deed as that attributed to her.
Finally, he declared that Mr. Neale had got up this charge
against her in spite, because they owed him three shillings
for " intermediate beer."
It's three shillings and a penny, if you please, Mr.
Smith"-,said Mr. Neale the constable.

" Then you are a dealer in intermediate beer, as well as
a constable and gin drinker?" said Sir PETER LAITME.
Mr. Neale admitted that he did dabble in that article
yclept "intermediate beer;" and having no further evi-
dence to produce in support of his charge against Mrs.
Smith, she was discharged ;—the Alderman recommending
him to drink his intermediate beer, and eschew the vile
potation called gin.
MARYLEBONE.---Mr. James Cavanagh, of Mary-
lehone-lane, was charged with assaulting Mary Ann Braxton,
in Harper's-fields, Paddington, at a quarter past twelve
o'clock yesterday morning,
The prosecutrix, a comely, modest-looking girl of 17,
appeared before the Magistrates to make her complaint in
tears, and told the following story :
;:a(nmdlpatnhyey:
She lives with her father, at No. New-street, Ken-
sington Gravel-pits ; and on Wednesday afternoon was
invited to accompany Mrs. Stubbs, a neighbour, on a visit
Mr. Smith,
to the mother of Mrs. Stubbs, who lives in Stephen-street,
Lisson.grove. As they returned, they fonnd there were
races and feats of horsemanship going forward in the
s
first
rreosntutndi
whom she'ever saw before. And when the entertainments
a grocer, at No. 3, Great Chesterfield-street; neither of
with 4:of
the the
sech
ep
trilisSeontni' gr:
dearveaeZt:hwey:eil Iwl;itnandto'
serean
over, those persons insisted upon " seeing them safe
home." The road was across the fields which contain the
works of the Grand Junction Water Company, and are
unfrequented by night! AA-.. Smith walked with Mrs.
Stubbs, and the prisoner with her; and by
some means
be took her in a wrong direction ; and when she had lost
sight of Mrs. Stubbs and Mr. Smith, he pushed her down
upon the banks of a ditch which surrounds the ground of
the intended Polygon. She screamed murder, and by
struggling got from him. He pushed her down again, but
her continued cries brought Mr. White, a baker, and a
watchman, to her assistance, and his intention was defeated.
Mr. URIFFITII asked the prisoner
if he wished to say
any thing in answer to the :.barge ?
The prisoner said no.
Mr. GRIEf:ITH then, told, him he had beez guilty of a
gross assault upon a female under his protection, and re-
quired him to give sufficient bail, with twenty-four hotiN'
notice.

Notwithstanding the prohibition issued by the
Loan Maxox against white bait fishing, the taverns in
Greenwich and Blackwall are supplied as abundantly as
ever. Numerous companies assemble at thole glares daily.
The Marine Society, after having xisited th,eir ship at
Greenwich :on Saturday last, dined there., and the very
first dish served up to ',hem Proved that they had no great
respect for :he oiden of the Chief Magistrate ita caterer.
A CORPORATION VAULT.—The other day
a gentleman was inspecting the new Cemetery bah;n4 the
Mount, Liverpool. He asked a wgrkrnan %.vhat the small
vaults were for, when he wa.s 0.0 they wete.curnil) burying..
places, " And what is that very large vault for, my man ?"
;.nquired the gentleman. Nay, clang it, now you've
puzzled me a bit. 1 cannot tell who it may be for unless
it is fOr the Dlayor arid Corporation.",,,C4est,cr Courant.

SHIPPING I'ITELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.
WEDNESDA Y, May 2 1 . —High water 6 minutes fros
o'clock.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Rolla, Gorda' v.
Nassau (sailed 13th April), from New Providerice•
I,r)
gods, from Savannah, 0ff....-One ship and one
off at three quarters past five o'clock.
CLEARED OUTWARDS. --The Sarah Anne,
St. Domingo; Lord Exmouth, Kerr, for Pernall..3,ji,
Stewart, Hannah, for ditto ; Balize, Bangs, for Mir
phis ; Hannibal, Thompson, for ditto; Ann Parlf
naird, for Baltimore; Traveller, Carr, ,for Itiebels,o
Joseph Hahne, Rattray, for Quebec and Montreal;
Cullen, Downing, for Pernambuco,
elegraph Office, Ma
Wind at Holyhead this morn Ting E.S.E.--Light y bree,
nothing to report.

THE MARKETS.

SOUTHALL 31 A RE ET.—May 21.
This day's supply having been good, and neither
don nor country buyers numerous, each kind of fat 9-,K
met with a very sluggish sale, at the following priceP
stone of 81b. to sink the offals:—
Beef 35.6 d. to 4s. /341. Veal 4s. 441. tub
Mutton -- 3 6 4 6 Pork 4, 8
Lamb As. Od. to Bs. 041.
The foregoing quotations are, Beef from 2d. to 441., Mutr,.
I..amb 441. per stone beneath those of this day se'nnle'i)! Veal and Polk no alteration. Much of the supply left t 5
ket unsold.

HAILSHAM MARK ET.--May 21.
3s. 10d. to 4s. 2d. I 4i. od. to Motton--.... 4 0 4 8 I Pork —..—.— 4 0 '
Larob 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d.
Supply of Beasts limited, that of other stock, partir°
Sheep, great ; trade, on the whole, dull.

STEYNING MARKET.—May 19.
Beef 48.:Ck1. to 4s. 641. I Veal 4,9. 6d. to P,
Mutton 4 2 410 I Pork 0 0 °
Lamb .16. Sd dull. Sd
A limited supply, and a rade.

ARUNDEL :11ARKET.—May 2(1
4i.!
8aef.......„_. 4s. Od. to 4s. 6d. I VeaL.............. 4s. 4d. go • Mutton ........., 4 0 4 8 Pork 0 0 0
Lamb
A tnoderate supply, and a dull trade. /

CH
ICHESTER MARKET.—May VI. Beef ----.. :Is. F.d. to 4,. tid. 1 Vea1.....—.......... 8. d. to ••„ *0
Mutton ....—.. 3JO 46 1 Pork---....—. 0 0 Y
Lartli— 4s. 6d. to sa. 4d.
rsti
Supply moderately good; trade with LeAn Stock tolerably
with Fat ditto very dull. i
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RUMFORD MARKET.—.May 2J. Ll
s. d. to s. d.
s,d. to,- i
Beef 310 4 6 Vaal
........ 4 4 ", i
Mutton 310 4 8 Pork . ... ..... ...
... .... ... 4 4 '
Lamb 5,-: Od. to. 65..0d. . 4
itlekling Calves from 14s. to:kis ; Quarter old Pigsltis. to 204,'"
Supply vod, and trade dull.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE

Wheat. I Barley. Oats. tl3
Per Quarter. ia.to s. s. to P. 8. to a. I.
9. t°
Blaniford f— 61 28 25
Brigg j4B 52 24 28 18 21 SA $,
56 28 18 $
Chard 56 66 32 SS 24 30 42 4)
Huntingdon...—. 50 56 23 26 22 25 42
Long 46 60 —.— 17 23 36 $
Louth 48 54 26 28 14 18 34 $
Lynn 5O 60 28 39 16 24 3.4 $
Newark 52 59 28 35 18 28 42
Nottingham 58 62 35 42 30 40 41 ,
Peterborough 40 60 26 30 18 25
Plymouth 50 60 26 28 20 21 --
Pontefract...—. 55 36 25
Sleafonl 52 56 24 28 18 20 40
Uppingham —.. 50 56 22 24 18 T 2 :Fl/
46 58 16 Zi =ll.

LEEDS CORN MA RKET.—May 20. Act „
We had a fair supply of Wheat, but the fine weak„
and dull state of the Flour trade, caused the demand
be extremely limited, and the few sales effected were at 6'
to ls. per quarter decline. There was but a short sul
of Barley, and as many of the maltsters are giving
for the season, there was but little doing in that altkl
and prices much the same as last week. Oats and Sl'
ling nominally the same. In Beans there was no P
teration.

Wheat, Norfolk and Suffblk, 601 b. s3s. to 00.'4 ----- York. and Lincoln. (3011). Va. to NO.
Barley, Norfolk and SufFolk
--- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding
Beans
Oats, Potatoe
265. to 49g•
--Mealing, Foreign lid. to llid....English lid. to 12%d.
Shelling
Rapeseed, English, 201. to 231.
—l. to —l. p!!...7.."

MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD.—May 21.
At per lb. sinking the offal.
2,655 Sheep Cid. to lid. 49 sd. to 1
512 Cattle.-- 5 Ck I 124 Pigs 5
1,226 Ltmbs at &1. to
MANCHESTER POTATOE MA MICET.-3.lar 17. 04
Potatoes, 3.c. Od., and Os. 011. per load of 12 scAto‘r:vo,
12lbs. ; New ditto, Os. Od., Os. Od., and OR. per ditto;
ds. Od., Bs. 6d. and 98. Od. per load of Id pecks Onions,
44a. lid., and —s. per 12 score.

MANCHESTER YARN MARKET.--lay 20. jli 1
No. d. d. 30 ........, 11 10 0
6
Thrmtle Twist, 20-10 a to 11 40
........... 11
30 —12 i 5014 Z,
40...151 17 Mule Cop 00 ..- 1 Zp
I'd ule copTwisti se
_lli ii, a weft— 70 .......„,., 10 iii
for wzop .........J 1110 .-.......... 29
40-14 15 100
29 *1
50 .... 17t 20 120 --.._ S 4 W
00....20 22 10 7
70...23 26 We ftfrom 14 Se al"
80 ..,27 30 waste .. 18 9 'I
Vsclß.tok;OsT 24,,,,„„„ 10 iti;
.._._._--_._._._.____
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Asdl I: 11,01aAtinR
eliaEjpe'S.r—.oll.lalLy
6419.3025. t,,j,
Beef UpLeAr
lb SG 00:: 1
Mutton oii 0 8 Peasemeal 2 0 S '
Veal . v 6 0 S Pot Barley, cift.l2 0 17 :
Hams - 9 5 0 7 Pearl ditt0......20 0 24
Lamb pergr. 0 0 0 0 Grey Pease 12 0 0- ,uQuarternLOaf... 0 9 0 0 White ditto 13 0 it „
Hour, per ctc.ne 2 0 2 8 Blue ditto. Pi 0 14 •
Rye
HOP INTELLIGENCE.
Woat EsTE ft, MAY 21. s;tardsf
In our market on
~
'7l pockets were weighed. No variation in prices. The
accounts from the plantation state that the plants sr°l
fast and look very kind. The Duty is laid at 255,00'
to 140,0001.
IMPORTATION OF SHEEP'S WOOL.
1826
1827
18438
EXPORTATION OF WOOLLEN GOODS.
1826 £6,194,926
1827
4,928,901 i , J.-
1828

It is a standing monument of English ingrv.
titude, that no traces are on record of the inventor of
minced pies !

CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCR.---A couple - o
robins, which had obtained access to the interior of Laeock
church, lately took the liberty, between the intervening
Sundays, to build their nest upon the Clergyman's Pre.
Book, whence it wa.s detached by the rude hands of s"'
sexton. The poor birds, however, then took to the '44;
ing gallery, and by the following Sunday had their net
completely finished upon the music-books belonging to
choir. The hen bird deposited her eggs in that situation;
and during the pet iod of incubation sat, during the lof,
formance of divine service on two Sundays, undisturbed"
undismayed, although the knees of the nearest singers nire
within 18 inches of her ! Her progeny, thus ushered jail°
existence in so extraordinary a situation, have done well!'
Hereford Journal,