The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-23 00:00:00

parties to whom they were addressed Wee Worse than the'
putting the threat itself into execution, for when a Matt lost
hip property by fire he at least knew the worst; but he to
whoTii mien flitter; were made was made to live in a state of
continual terror and alifttl. Stith a state of society was in-
tolerable, and in order that the well dib-ptigeti part of society
might sleep not only in security, but in a sense of scemity
under a well-founded trust in the laws, and others be deterred
from a repetion of the offence of which the prisoner had ad-
mitted his guilt, ke must receive the extreme measure of
punishment which the law had annexed to his crime, which
was, that he be transported beyond the seas for the remainder
of his life.
Allpress Catlin, aged 19, was indicted for stealing a sheep,
the property. of Robert Dent.
Mr. Gunning was counsel for the prosecution ; the pri-
soner defended himself
This was a case of some singularity. The prosecutor is
steward to Lady Olivia Sparrow, and has an " off-hand"
farm some miles distant from his residence. The prisoner is
a labourer living in this neighbourhood. Early in the morn-
ing of the 26th of January the prisoner knocked at the door
of one of the Isle of Ely police, and on the policeman going
to his window the prisoner desired him to " got up and take
him into custody." The officer at first thought the man
was drunk, or that he had roused him from his slumbers for
the purpose merely of annoyance ; but the prisoner pro-
duced a handkerchief covered with fresh blood, and
said lon had been sheep-stealing ; "he was sure to be
taken, and he might as well give himself up at once."
Upon seeing and hearing this the policeman went down
stairs and secured him. The prisoner then stated that "he
had killed a sheep in Mr. Dent's forty acre piece at Ram-
say, and had cut off the hind-quarters, which he carried in
his handkerchief for four or five miles, when he got tired and
threw them into the river close by the Forty- foot-bridge."
He also gave the officer the knife with which he had killed the
animal. Having left his prisoner in the custody of one of his
men, the policeman hurried off to the farm of Mr. Dent, and
in the field the name of which the prisoner had mentioned he
found the head, skin, and fore-quarter of a newly-slaughtered
sheep.: He then got assistance and went to the place where
the prisoner said he had thrown the hind-quarters, and after
much dragging of the river he fished up one of the legs and
and a. loin. The prisoner also confessed his guilt when he
was before the justices on the charge.
The prisoner in Court to-day loudly protested he was inno-
cent ; denied having killed the sheep ; said the • knife which
was produced was not that with which the sheep had been slain,
and conducted himself in the dock in such a manner as to
induce the Learned' Judge to inquire -of the gaoler, if the
man's intellects were impaired. The gaoler, who had known
him long and had him in his custody frequently, replied in
the negative.
Lord ABINGER having in few words- summed up the evi-
dence.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty,
Upon inquiry it appeared that he had beenin Huntingdon
gaol 'alone on six previous occasions, and he was, therefore,
sentenced to be transported for 15 years. He stepped gaily
from the dock and bade the spectators " good by," leaving
them astonished at his uncommon impudence.
When he was before the magistrates upon the above charge,
he confessed that he was the person who had, a few nights
before the robbery in question, wantonly cut down a large
quantity of young trees of the prosecutor, and he had the
assurance to insist upon being paid 10 guineas by that gen-
tleman, being the reward which he had offered to ' any one
who would discover the offender; The grand jury found a
true bill against him for this offence also, but it was not
,hought necessary for the ends of justice to try him upon it.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
George Gumm, the young man who was some days ago
brought up on suspicion of having been concerned in the
robbery of the City of Bolougne steam-vessel, belonging
to the Commercial Steam rpacket Company, was put to
the bar, in the custody- of Daniel Forrester, for re-exa4-
mination. A great quantity of gold, and a number of
bank-notes, had been placed in the charge of Captain
Tune, who, commanded the vessel, and several bags were
missed upon the arrival of the vessel at the Custom-
house. The Captain was brought, soon after the rob-
bery was discovered, to the Mansion-house, but, after a
very minute investigation, the Lord Mayor (Alderman
Humphery) dismissed the case, being decidedly of opi-
nion that/ Captain Tuue, who had always been most
highly respected, knew nothing 'of the circum-
stances. After the last examination, a ioL note, which
proved to be one of the notes that had been stolen out
of the vessel, was.traced to the prisoner.
Mr. Child appeared for the prosecution, and a solici-
tor appeared for the prisoner. •
A cashier in the Bank of England produced a 5/. note,
No. 52,944, and dated 12th January, 1843, and a 51.
note, No. 14,673, and dated 12th June, 1843. These
notes bad been paid in at the Bank.
Mr. Joseph Robinson, of St. Martin's-lane, deposed
that the notes produced were of those which had been
stolen on board the City of Boulogne steamer.
Henry. Goldby, assistant to Mr. Plews, a shopkeeper,
stated that on Saturday the 10th of February, the- pri-
soner called at the shop and paid to him the 5/. note,
No. 52,944, and wrote upon it before he received the
change the name and address of " G. Green, Board-road,
Kensington."
Frederick Baker, of No. 207, Fleet-street, tobacconist,
stated that the prisoner called at the shop on the sth of
March, and bought tobacco to the amount of 7s. 2d., and
presented the note No. 14,673, having written upon the
back of it " T. Thomas, Church-lane, Kensington."
In answer to a question from Mr. Child, Daniel For-
rester said he thought it probable that other notes be-
longing to the parcels which had been stolen would in a
few days be, produced.
The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday.
Alderman- HVNPUERY took occasion to say that the
suspicion which had at first existed - against' Captain
Tune was altogether groundless.
A gentleman sent 2/. 2s. to the Mansion-house poor-
box, the contribution of a witness who had been
subpeenaed in a case which had come on for trial. He
begged that it might be mentioned in the newspapers
that the contribution was the amount of his subpoena
and attendance, and that he expressed's wish that gen-
tlemen receiving money in a similar manner might be
induced to appropriate it to the poor.
CLERKENWELL.
William Sands, a little urchin, apparently not more
than twelve years of age, was charged with the following
daring street robbery
On Thuriday evening Miss Wright, an elderly lady,
was passing along Charles-street, Hatton-garden, where
she resides. It was broad daylight, and the street was
full of people, when the prisoner ran up to her, and, seiz-
ing her reticule, which hung from her arm, pulled it
violently. He did not break the string by the first jerk,
but with a second, more violent, became possessed of it
and ran away. The reticule contained some silver and
copper coin, and some other trifling articles. The pri-
soner was arrested on the following morning by a City
officer. Although so young, the police described him
as an old and dexterous thief.. He was committed for
trial.
Ellen Sullivan was charged with deserting her. infant
child, by John Leary, the father of it.
It appeared the prisoner had been married, and that
she left her husband in Ireland, to earn her bread by
servitude in this country. She was in a situation in this
City when the prosecutor, who had known her in Ireland,
induced her to leave it, and they cohabited for a while
together, and lived in Spitalfields. A child, born abbut
six months twPo was the result of the adulterous inter=
course, and this child, or its mother, the prosecutor refused
to contribute a farthing towards the support of. She
accordingly left the child in the prosecutor's residence in
Daddy's-rents, Islington, and was running away when
given into custody.
The case was referred to the authorities of Spital-
fields parish.
A lad, named Mountstevens, an apprentice to Mr.
Fribben, a brushmaker, residing in Coppice-row, Clerk-
enwell, and John Wilson, a painter, were charged with
stealing a quantity of brushes;- value 15s , the property
of Mr. Fribben.
Mr. Duncombe appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
'Humphries for the prisoner Mountstevens.
Evidence was adduced which left no doubt of the
guilt of the prisoners. Wilson he been painting cm
the prosecutor's premises when the brushes were stolen,
but it did not clearly appear whether or not Mountstevens
gave him the brushes on the premises, or at a distance
from_ them. Upon this,
Mr. GREENWOOII observed that there was a great de-
fect in the law in this respect. If a party were indicted
for stealing goods, and it turned out they were given to
him 100 yards from the premises, he would be acquitted
on the ground of having been a receiver, for which he
should have been indicted, and the prisoner, however
guilty, would escape, for he could not be mdictid a second
time for the same offence.—The prisoners were com-
mitted for trial.

plan could be adopted, and the priso'ner replied "yes, in the
pit ;" but he did not think any other pe4:80115 employed in the -
theatre were in the habit of pursuing such it CO"se- On the :
uignt of the 20th inst., being both in the some situation;
witness received 20 full-price checks, which he beingin
pocket to return to the prisoner, and, about 8 o'clock;
asked by a constable for them, he gave them Up ; an"
d
fatly the prisoner was taken into, custody. Witness i`.
formed Mr. Parsons every morning of what had taken Fl_acel
and he delivered to him the moneys in the same state be °A"
received them.
Mr. Parsons, having explained the directions he had
the last witness on Monday, proved- that ke went irith edt
officer to the prisoner, shortly after 8 o'clock, and desired hi
would bring his money and check-box to Mr. Buun'a
The receipts were then found to be 5/. 18s., which ricetd%
tallied with the remainder of the first-price eheckk; --
examining the half-price checks which should not hive
used, there appeared a deficiency of 31, the last witness•bc_
ing 20, and the prisoner 8, on his person, with three M.
were found in the box, the money for them not being:
counted for. th.
The prisoner said he would reserve his defence! and
witnesses being bound over, he was fully committed CO '").
at the Central Criminal Court.
17IVN-HALL.
Emma Shaw, a respectalO
ble-looking young female,
.Yeeer;
brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with making a's
-determined attempt upon her life. t no*
It appeared that on the preceding night the defend/i,- hill
found leaning against some railings in the Kent-road, i'rid
Mr. Appleton, a medical student, seeing she was very
her conveyed to the shop of achemiit;where it was diseol"%,,,
she had taken a large dose of laudanum. Medicine having be, ;
administered, she recovered, and then described that she 1,
a servant out of place, having quarrelled with her 0:10
tress, and that being reduced, had formed the resolidi°,
of destroying herself. When before the Magistrate she has
that the reason she lost her situation was in consequence 0
scalding her leg. She also said that she went to th and estrs.
fire
one night, that her mistress found fault with her,
this led to her discharge. After considerable ditficulti tog
unfortunate girl at length admitted to the Magistrate t *
_
she had been seduced by a young man, and had contracted
disease which rendered her truly miserable.
Mr. CorrueGnAtr said that he should send the defendin2
to the hospital, and in the meantime inquiries should be ":
stituted into her case.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. .011
ROBBERY UT A SERVANT.—Sarah O'Meara, a midare-.
Irish woman, of very decent appearance, was committed of
take her trial at the Central Criminal Court, on a Chan, jo
stealing a valuable diamond and embossed gold ring Snio,
silver teaspoon, the property of Mr. Stephen Hagen; eof„4
16, Woodstock-street, New Bond-street, ladies' stay
h
corset manufacturer, in whose service she had lived is CO
Oa
for several months past. On Friday last, the proPer?„oB,'
question was missed from an upper apartment of the ,
but not the slightest suspicion was attached.to the prisePeij
It, however, appears she was the thief, and had seer.iinet
the property in the copper-hole, where, as she 1154,.,,d
the opportunity of taking it out of the house, it re 111470
until a day or two since, when
tli
during her absence Ot,
chimneys and flues of the lower part of the house were so_i,,,,s;
and amongst the soot, &c., the stolen articles were
tr,e,
away by the sweep, as he alleges, without his kneels
The prisoner afterwards applied to him, stating
the
ring and spoon which belonged to her had' been taken
"-;.0
the copper-hole, and offered, if he would sell them, to
tgo
him half tke amount they fetched. He had found o
amongst the soot, but fearing that he should get into trOtreet,
he gave information at the police-station in Vide"
which led to the prisoner's app
The prisoner confessed her guilt,rehension . but imPlored -
neatly forgiveness.

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MARKET NEWS.—(
YESTERII.O'
colarr-mmesitaitus. lots'
Since Monday several fresh arrivals of English, e%bi-
have taken place up to our marks* and the atonal', „tir
bited a full average number of samples. Even the fin_Aor
lilies met a very dull sale, and prices had a dowun's4t oft
dency. There were no buyers of Foreign Wheat, eicefet tit°
lower terms. The supply of Barley was not large:4u 014
sale for it was heavy, at barely stationary pricaa._ ti Be
at a decline of Is per quarter. The demand for Vali:,
Peas, and Flour was extremely inactive.
RRIV
Wheat. A'
BaArley.. Osts. F7,141‘116
4,270 qrs, 4,140 qrs.l 1,410 40.

,iglish llll.
Erich.. -- -
Foreign 1,440 631
Malt, 5,660

ir,sso
7170
if.
Ana • , Iri..,,th
'ed
Our market was .-soinewhat extensively KIPP' ostriP,"(
beasts, nearly 300 'of Vitie4 came fresh to band. DY 'oce '
from Scotland, owing to IfVeil, and the thin atteD,..o,' A
buyers; the Beef trade IVA'' in a very depressed Wiedpie.
barely Monday's pi ices. Prinitiold Downs readily producedicgli
vious rates; but in those of'other breeds of Sheep es to tell'
little was doing, and their currencies had a _downilwj,tboot
dency. The Lamb trade was, on the whole, stead', :',f-!'tAt
alteiation in prices, wish about an average til-ne ivo
1,
supply on offer: Calves moved off slowly at bar!oirors
rates. Pigs were unaltered in value. Much cows cola
16/. to 19/. each. - " "tv I'
Per 81hs. to sink the offal. F. dots 5 4 .
: s.. &to s. 1.1 a 2 1
Interior Beasts...". 2 26, Inferior Sheep ...... .. ~ 6, I
Second quality ditto.. 2 1 2 1,1, Second quality ditto.. ;ig 7 e
Prime Scots,n.... 3' 0 36, Coarge-wooiled dittn..:: g 2
Prime &c. 3B 3 10' Seuthdown Wethers 'r 6 'i ,
Large coarse Calv 3 8 441 Large Hogs. ............ t 6 p
Prime small ditto.... 464 10 Small Porkers .......• t 0
Suckling Calves, each 18 11 28 0 1 Quarter old Pigs, each lo
Lambs, 5s to 6s. •
SUPPLY AT MA RICIT• rig.
Bavitg. Sheep. Calves. 1 31
I
191 3,200 I 136
NTIWOATE AND x.nansmrsillA;rtel,
We had a very dull trade, and prices were not suPP 0‘
e i'
At per stone, by the Carcase 11, g
" 0.14
s. d. toe. d., 2 6 2 d
•
Beef, Inferior 2 4 '2 6, Mutton, inferior .....-•'3 0 3 j
---- middling ...... - 2 Illi ----- middling.... .„,
ri 4 .
-- prime large - prime ........• .:., 6 j
prime small "i ‘) 34( Pork, 1arge........"' 5 4
Veal ........ ........
Lamb. 4s t'd to Ss. 10d.
BOROUGH HOP PILARICIar• , ~,gdor:i
The supply of Hops being extremely small, the hil,ln7,,,idt ei,
is comparatively limited; yet the market must be cc:',,'" 61`,,.."
steady on the following terms : East Kent in pec,, t clilt;
61 16s; Mid Kent ditto, 61 12s to 91 10s ; East 0....,„„en" 61„, '
61 15s to 9/; Choice ditto, 101 to 111 10s; Susses. do--__ air
6110 s; Farnham's, 8115 s to 111 10s • Mid Kent Dab"
to 81 10s. - -, ...„. ~ .
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COLONIAL'.•
. SUOAR.—The market for West India' continua do,
l 5430
prices have drooped. The sales have been about ...
sad tierces. ~ r lel
MAURITIUS AND BENDAL.-2,397 bags of the toull:, e, , ,
rather heavily, fine yellow at 66s to 685,„ an „dluir Aso A''''
brown at 51s to 56s per cwt ; and 1,695 bags Beullinng tr.
not find very ready buyers, only a small portion bible. tt .
sold at 58s 6d to 63s for yellow, and 65s for good ivilitt'i_ga;
FonErmi.-1,190 boxes yellow Havannah were tg..teif YePt;
18s to 21s 6d per cwt, being above the value. Prep bfg
nilla has been in request, and one house took 20,vu- 0
speculation at 20s to 21s. rd Lue3r6
REFINED.—The market has been dull, stands-. 7 ;
- i
76s per cwt. v.., brilll f
COFFEE.—British Plaitation lies not been va,,,. cat. 64
casks 25 barrels Berbice were withdrawn at 80# ft t 33.540
530 bags Singapore Java only about 30 bags sarlt or the ,'
to 345, the rest being taken in above the value. -''' sci ' to '
bags Costa Rica were put up, but only part soldl Selo :
rest being taken in at 53s 6d to 54s per cwt. Jdueind it ,
also 1,200 bags Rio taken in at 35s to 37s for Ps'..- bsgted,
ord. In Mocha 27 bales sold at 775, and "siove,:i, t#
Domingo at 31s to 32s per cwt. In Ceylon there , t a`-
no public sales, and the private business has bee° 6 ,erti
66s 6d for good ord. 1-, vest° '''
COCOA.-238 bags Brazil have been offered, .11- Os
in at 29s 6d per cwt. Price°
Run.—The demand has continued good. Old '
cat
firm.
Per
RICE.-150 bags Bengal went at, lOs to lOs 6d P 1 ea
1 titli
SALTPETRE.-3,158 bags Bengal were nearly a' ...t
bii r 0
at 243 to 25s for 151 to lli per cent. refraction. ~,i 0 AI
SPICES.—In Pepper 66 bags white sold at ostv ttiasss, to
lb, and 438 bags Eastern at 3cl to 3411 per lb, t .0,11,10,
common light. 115 chests Bengal Gin pr '4,'N1141, 6039
140 s per cwt, 21 chests Nutmegs at 3s 5d to 4"
Mace at 3s 7d to 4s Id per lb. ~,,,
Ccrrrox.—This article bas been dull. OW-
TEA.—The market has been rather dull, ao-
public sales declared for next Tuesday. on tbOr.
TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 41s to 41s 3d per clot ,
toy
w; IL oil
BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE. ,, onil
Ingham deliVered the concluding lecture ei iteisr,
Palestine, on Thursday, at the Hanover-squareirsaK
numerous audience, who testified by their unbril., . e
the interest felt in the subject. b 10'4 t till;
TIE BRITISH MUSEUM.—Within ti.e
rented ~rd -t
'
weeks several valuable articles have been Presebe-11, 0,1,at
national institution; among them is a Chhieser, by lieh'il, '‘
a Budhist temple, near Ningpo, and preseut": tile ',0..;:i
Gracious Majesty. This bell, whicli,is placed illptiou ofel•
the foot of the grand staircase, excites much strand is c ;,,
the visitors; in height it stands about four feet' kit, "
with Chinese characters and figures. elfilodfiti
I. 's at r
CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—THere 1- Freeo
the possession of Katherine Robertson, residing,ded p
a ring or virl of copper, which she found iffib„e'd tile
piece of coal, the inside of which was quite fiw.",
mineral.—Stirling Journal.

07; ell,'
BIRTHS. T.Tortlifer.
On the 17th inst., at Harrowden otifl,kor,,to
Ju°
shire, the wife of Charles Hill, jun., Esq., of a__"er,ii ,
On the 18th inst., at Brixton-hill, Mrs. _
daughter. t. 1194.17 .1
On the 20th inst., at Southwiek-cre,scen
Hon. Mrs. Arthur Kinnaird, of a daughter. ,/-
On the 20th inst., at Kingston-upon-Thaw
mett, of a son.

On the 11th inst., atill-SALRGReoirgEep's.llo3lr- -041-0)4414
Thomas E d mim d
Rawson,Butler, tEo Francessq.,ofic ~,,,,,, ocolare'jiilei
On the 16th inst., at St.iPdPdeannli-eicalrPasi,7lllN'oarelit'silinuhre%;,,ll'bpe' a6::;:,t1:0,
Robinson, Esq., of Old Broad-street, P.;;;N--,Voolflla
eldest daughter of the late Captain S. C. P.,,".„'"," erl 01400
On the 19th inst., at St. George's, "-....,.;51* ~e P ,
Honywood, Esq., of Evington, Kent, to J"'"i" rilt°' .. el
youngest daughter of James White, E. 541, 0^ ir-
..it,r 001
Devon.
On the 19th inst., at Croydon, Mr. E.igtin'ilite /W ti'
Great Queen-street, Lincol's nn-fielreroydo°' me.
daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Boon, 0 7
_,.i 4, ,
DIED. gew- -....,
At Caen, the infant daughter of Moclarne Pr
Marie. e, Joa' :AO
In Greenfield-place, Newcastle- upcn-Tin 01;0(
more, Esq., aged 43. c4.,obolleLfs, P 7 ,
On the 16th inst., at the Rectory, ‘-'-_,--,, Itor er
Frederick John, fourth son of the Rev. Sub or
Frederick re,
of that parish.
On the 16th inst., John De gam., the
Yards, Penrith, Deputy-Lieutenant and Jtlaniand. Jr'
NlThelpdale, ,c,, of .. _flit
for the counties of Cumberland and 117060130 r fife '
tot,
lo I.lof
'-it Per,'
EllOiont,thme.Dl6.th inst., at Neath, the beloved
On the 19th inst., at Oxford-terrace ,-.1 eof ji
Ithviarndadsawuogrhthte,rEosfqt,hAe. IldaetremCahnr.istopber 144ntreeet:' a
90_..ifir.
Toe' og
On the 16th inst., in Lower Berkeleyo
John W. Commerell, Esq., of Strood, gussovilip, •ti illi
On the 17th inst., in Fitzwilliam-street,
liotO , 6
wife of Edward Tierney, Esq. Voider ' lg
On the 17th inst., Miss Eliza Cooper iip ,
Royal York-crescent, Clifton. stoneh'ilel4,lllo#
On the 19th inst., Mrs. Charles P. John ,ic
P. Johnstone, Esq., of Newbold Manor, near Poo ,
On the 20th inst., at King's-road, Sloane-aq ,411
Clark, Esq., aged 64. Vr rd, 94;;r6. srii
On the 20th inst., at Liverpool, W. - a ~..eci 0
On the 20th inst., at Gerrard-street,
s°""er to
Wade, for many vears resident medical
offic
minster General bispensary.

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