The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-15 00:00:00

Alth naILOUGH HOP MARKET,
kap, "gh the supply of Hops on offer is comparatively
qik,. Jim demand is in very inactive state, at unajtered.
'l,t,l°llB- New 1-Ips :—Sus,ex Pockets 61 lOs to 71 ,
toe:l"st Bent ditto, 6/ lOs to 71 les; Mid Lent ditto, 71 7s.
'Yearlings :—S.tssex Pockets,
61 83 to 71; Mid bents, 6i 15s to 76111065 s to 61 15s ~
WOOL.
Ilpitinktie Past week the impw ts of foreign Wool have been
petitsmall. In the private contract markets next to
-g la doing, and prices are almost nominal.
TALLOW.
%I'll(' ill, Market is firmer than on this day se'nnight ; Y. C.
osti!,„'N'erY, in all this month, may be sold at 41s 6d, and,
Illonti;sP,ot, Y. C. is worth Vs. The price fa. the spring
kid 8.8 42s 6d to 42s 9d, but there are very few, if any,
kt)ott
1 sellers. The quantity now to arrive is very small-
-44,,,,000 casks only, and the stock on the Ist of January
ittiktkleit:° had at 42s nr°ltneaxne;ed from 26,000 to 27,000 casks, being the
years. Town Tallow is not abundant, but
6d net cash.:

OLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
the h seLordship sat at 10 o'clock, and proceeded with
•
Pied.tirinZ of so considerablme portione unimporoftthe dayant motions, which occu-

t
lINALAL uou 'PHIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the
The RECoRDER, &C.)
th,,;„gllnd jury having retired to choose their foreman,
N.% returo they were sworn, and
t,Raeoenen, addressing them, said—Gentl,men of
1t4„.,,fie4t4(1.14,rY, the interval which has occurred between
„"unipe,ll4° the present session is much less than a
„, 12r% There are, however, in the calendar the names
eLPrisoners and number' will be augmented by
tkillrete,°f great many more before your duties are
'4. Gentlemen, although the calendar is not so
7isthtilir,e dto the cases of parties charged
°'iree • gar
in proportion to the time which has
skild will I Probably bear comparison with any other
4h-,tete have had this year. I lament to say, how-
Ztripttli;:°ll),..e of these cases are of the most fearful
here are two charges of murder, and
e°41;1!';s."110 a third a the particulars of which were
'etc' bef I shall have occasion
ore me this morning.
t:r4teem'll' shortly to the two first cases, which, I can-
'ers 'Lin a doubt, y, u will feel it your duty to place
~,°441141.‘, Petty jury. You will, perhaps, come to the
on'l'ele°ll that the third case requires it'lso a course of
eillen. With regard to the crime of murder, I
:4;1 have occasion to observe that the fact of
tk-eeik 4;411 being first proved,. then all circumstances
necessity,or infirmity, are to be proved by
tl4. evid"for the prose-
,. 'se 30 as either occurs in the case
ej • et
prose-
-1) U defence of the prisoner. You will have to
tzth b, eases whether it is proved that the death
to Out act of the party charged; and if that ap-
Obero7 the case, you will, unless the prisoner, as I
11° said, can refer to any accident or necessity,
thir, bill against him for the crime of murder.
te, charge is against a young woman whoisae
kitteeti"%stroying her illegitimate child bydiddrowningl
'it 1,8,140u1d not have referred to the casenot
111' 'B,ol4pey.utY to warn you that, whatever circumstances
eieklleefstri or other circumstances come before you,
14,1 he be Your duty to inquire into them. Neither
tirojour duty to ascertain whether she was of
oss-su t the time of. the commission of the act.
-"inue.,..,tteteo
_fee feelings necessarily lead us to believe that
111;4 iees-7,4 fgreat wickedness le done by a person of
4le .'staer°r apparently of sound. mind, who before
%Itnehl,asi°ll of the offence manifested the greatest.
ti the' " a child, and that child her own offspring,
thittice persoa must have been under the
tie iof some aberration of mind to
11:1s4ry 4 so great a measure from her
rieduct, tenderness towards the child. That
igolio; however, must only be a matter of supposition
e
it, If You, for it will not be your duty tc.•
0, it shall appear, therefore, that this young
eittel,'essioned the death of the child by drowning, it
L 11°2" imperative and bounden duty to place the
'Sflie'urse of further inquiry, and to leave the. que.se-
qbse ',sanity to those whose duty it will be to mg=
teoue was in possession of all her faculties. There
Viklti 4es °f a nameless offence on the calendar, and
ik_Or tible Useless for the Court to go into the partict?-
C4of.,ese charges. They are supported on the evi-
-41174 wr:"B°ns 'who made the discovery, under eircum-
Ve orTh render them almost eye-witnesses. . A
ltes,l:4,,'sdemeanour almost amounting to a similar
14(1:4 -,,mca Charge of carnally knowing a girl under
setae age, I dismiss to you with the like remark,
Orthe-,.-e,rme will render it your duty to send the cases
44 sho-nniquiry. You may possibly feel some little—
yon t° say astonishment, but that is too strong
ha
OfC 'nue feel some surprise that in
particulars, cases of sue
4e re COurt does nut dwell on the but
Zdst,',°n? the intention of the Court to anticipate the
44ilnation of these cases. There is also another
pt 41 not troubling you—viz., that these cases
ttiehes-r, legal difficulty or any peculiar point of law
th,4 c°4sideration. Gentlemen, there is another
%ot out of the ordinary way ; and there iss
tT, „enlanding money with menaces. In these
kNeh-,ittailY speaking, there is a degree of mystery
!les,"4let of the parties offendidg, who assume t_h•at
4441 order to screen themselves more effectually.
lestee;° is described to be obtaining money by
e.',„eg to char e persons with an infamous
losetlsiy.'wll,e, facts gwill be placed before you,
)e,,11. cit. be enough to cause you to send the case to
,_"1117. The case which I was about to refer to
lisire of having in possession au engraved plate
etas;
....°f a foreign note, Tha is the form of thee
1, '
te..sete iit the various s'_eps takent by the parties ache
4 it a charge that can be presented in many
kei,!9, itT the Acts of 11 Geo. IV. and lst Wm. IV.,
S4wen'e Provided, that with regard tohaving in pos- •
„l"aga-st'raved plates of foreign bills or notes, or thee
klee-",,Yengraved paper purporting to be thfern:ieliehf
bank, or corporation, is an offence o
"t 4 keit: so offending are liable to not more
k Or ,-en or less than seven years transporta-
thoZieb:°re than three or less than two years
11,710,4 t, unless they can show an authority from
lob sees', bank, or corporation. whose note or plate
Gentl imitated or uttered. I will only remark to
kiellesqleruen, that infinite mischief might be done by
114tplise„.° are well acquainted with the form. of foreign
,1,.e;,,ng over to this country, and passing lor,;ed
ltitetei,t;B and notes of their own country, as if they
°-,le. In all probability, the persons who are
setie" foreign trade would be the sufferersh tei)
aa.
411,
ro eir4l, and commercial interests would
ee!ed. I will now refer you to thee Acotrs 1
4st lifte:utioned, and which especially provide fh
‘l4fese,es• (The Recorder here read that part of t.the 1
likei;ug to this crime.) I have troubled you.
sts3 ,°f the Act at some length, becauso, in c
'acts of the depositions, it appears to me,
hu "care circumstances applicable to more than one
ttiite 4( the clause, the particulars of which I have
as the possession of any paper, or plate
lit() 0' PurPortinff to be a good note or plate, an-
tpcitedi to-4". the pro-vision's of this Act. It will be a matter
b,equenee whether the party ultimately de-
-1417.kti a foreign prince or any other foreignbs powerare
ikkie'nas the guilty parties—if proved to
tireitikk.-Bb!e to the laws of this country. Tehere does
'),/ of t° me to be any other cases on the. .calendar
ty,pr keitrticular notice, and I will now dismiss you
'&14,IIIrs• The Recorder having made a few
.re-
"'e grand ury on the nature of their duties,
lased them tw their duties.
TLE
kt NW ELL.—(I tilS DAY.)
Vie " named White and MUSS UM were charged
the brutal conduct :-
4etint Previous night, two unfortunate girls were
kei'eero°ll the City-road bridge, when the prisoners,
-.Perfectl sober, came up, and, without having
144 erseuY provocation, struck one of the girls, Maria
Yoti'e 011 the bead twice. She shouted "
1.414• 4:seonstable Walker, 88 N, came to her assis
41,- t°ok the prisoner into custody, but he im-
ill.bisw; turned on the constable, and with a blow
kii,;illoel° the ground. Walker had just got upon
klvktr p-erl Mussum knocked him down again. Both
k4te.,'Bll Sway, but were finally captured.
0 fined 11, or seven days' imprisonment ;
or five days.
NZt
is; Al 41* it rumoured that his Royal Highness
'oe3, the°rt 'will, in a short time, pay a visit toeavto.,&, inccirce
Weaundation stone of the steam dockyard
cet,ets w.,eed scarcely say the his Royal
eqh'ster,!!l afford the inhabitants of l'this locality the
Zllo:4N,'"fication.—Devonport Journal.
IN THE ISLANDS OF THE RED SEA.—The
.o'f. an extract from a letter written by Captain
Ot 4, • the Colchester, at Aden, 9th Novem-
litNt klort-tillg our passage . down. the Red Sea we
th 4 fortunate than in going up, as we de
ore
Itehtlis islands with guano on. The quality is m
tklAttit, 00,,Teli Am. erican than that from Ichaboe. The
ever, is small, say from 20 to 30 tons on each,
Nifl•
100
• 500 feet high, and red on the summitsas the trouble of the islandof
collectingwhich
are
6144 bt an°
"eig great, we left it. A small schooner was exa-
tNzese islands, We examined from 200 to 300 islands
Nsslt
k1ek,141.2a•-----The high price of bread, and conse.-
Itte:'Y '1„-"Y thereof to the poor, is most severely felt, and is
i4t-1411.,-"elsed by the almost total failure of the potato
,4:l)Detidtle" a S 12s. a sack now being asked for that nec.es-
i'Oiral age to the dinner of a poor and large family.
-,„.°f the news of the probable abolition of the
~ectsaa,7BB most cheerfully received by all such sufferers.
,se„• " oe,-,,esinan in the town begins to feel the injuriou
th;iear loaf it being quite evident that. the more
ilt"B.th;', article 'of, food costs the poor man with scanty
'tier 'hitss he can have to lay out with other tradesmen
pPerg-icite.e,sary articles, including clothes, shoes, &c.—
•NA-‘4l, A
114C*,---4„„"°3•CCIDENT IN YORK • STREET, WESTMIN-
i.-ftlaS• morning an accident of a dreadful character
44'4 a fine young-lad, named. Michael Welch, living
tht tit in fNrt, York-street, Westminster, witich caused his
'lls',,°•4l4t death. The unfortunate child was crossing
the, a 4,,tar her Majesty's Stationary-oflic,, in York-street,
s,it„,"l3ll,.'„,,drore along knocked him down under the wheel,.
eed fro --`4„.was nearl :crushed in before he could be extri-
"k4 his perilo2 positiod. As soon as this was done
tri was r, .eu to the NVestininster Hospital ; but it was found
ot,tlittite dead. The fractures of his head and body were
tlit,,„ka driver of the cart drove away, and it is a,t
StAtll,-"Ahown to whom the cart belonged, except that it
f, .t.,l).,,r°DertY of some wine-inerchant at Kennington.
1 iBY we".`i?R ABSCONDED.—We understand that yes-
-404, , kr. John Sugden .for many years cash keeper
tht:eee, eUsre flax establishment' of Messrs. Marshall, at
sit In„ikoseonded from his situation, taking with him
tiotot,4l-",.eir,„, the property of his employers. The money was
1.4 th's4s, and although there was about 500/. in bank
114. Sum counting-house, they have been left untouched.
tetjeethe.° been in the service of Messrs. Marshall from
''y bo.. Be'Di is about forts- years of age, and has left a
(1 Limit r _
th„ ki Inteiligencer.
clnuaY last, a lendid white woodcock w. s
Ore 4 Nvhope Wood, by 0. A. B. Cresswell, Esq. ; perhaps
rjy/', inrd has seldom or ever been seen.—J* err-