The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-15 00:00:00

Lew AND POLICE.

At the Abingdon Assizes a young man of the name of
Robins was indicted for the abduction of Jane Willavise, a
girl under the agerof 16. The prosecutor, a large farmer, re-
siding at West Woodhay, in this county, has about 600 acres
of Land, and his rent is 7001. per annum. The Prisoner, avery
goo thloOking youth, was his under-carter. After evidence in
proof of the charge had been heard, the fair subject, the cause
of poor:Robin being placed in a dock, a well-looking less,
whose age seemed to be at least 19, stated that there had
been littlelove affairs between 'her and-the prisoner,' and that
their elOPement waS,Plaimed between them the night before
it took place, and that it was she. who offered to run away
with him, and`not he -with her. The prisoner was found
guilty, and sentenced to a fine of Is., which being instantly
paid to the sheriff, he was discharged, amidst loud applause.
The -Western Circuit commenced at Winchester on the
10th. - Thecalendar sho-ws the names of twenty-seven pri-
soners.. Qul
.of ,these, there are two cases of manslaughter;
One forgery, `tWci bOrglarieS, three highway robberies, one
• rape, two A§saglts with intent, &c.; three cases of arson, one
case of cutting, and one case of mooting with intent to
murder. Mr. Justice Matteson presides onthe Civil, and Mr.
Justice Wiklitreah dii the Crown side.
The Hon., WillianiTouchet was .brought up at Bow-street
for re-mtaminatioti, charged with firing a loaded pistol- at •
Thomas Smith, gun-maker and proprietor of- a shooting-
-gallery; 288; High-Holborn with intent to murder him. The
prisoner was brought in the van at ten o'clock from Clerken-
well 'new prison, and he evinced the same indifference that he
did at,the last examination. It appears from the following
certificate that Mr: Smith is not able to appear before the
Court :—" I certify that the patient, Thomas Smith, although
having gone on favourably up to last night, is not so well this
morning, and I' cannot pronounce him out .of danger.
(Signed) GEO. RoYDE, House Surgeon, Bartholomew's
Hospital, July 12, 1844, half-past ten o'clock: The
prisoner was remanded for a fortnight.
At Marlborough-Street James Riley, valet to Lord North-
,Land, No. 38, 'l4ll-mall, was charged with having stolen a
10/. note, the property of his master. • The defence of the
prisoner was, that he had received the note from his master
id order to pay for ss. worth of stamps. Lord Northland
said he: certainly desired his valet to buy some stamps, but
he gaVe him ss. in silver for that purpose. The prisoner was
remanded for a few days. • •

IIIMICEI.X.A.NEOI7S.
The Essex 'assizes commence this day. It is expected
that the business will be very heavy.
The grand festival in honour of the poet Burns, whiCh is to
take place near Alloway Kirk, is fixed for the Ist of August.
The Earl of Eglinton will preside. Two days •afterwards
the Highland and Agricultural Society's Grand Sh`ow,- at
Glasgow, will take place, so that both places may be easily
visited. .

• Two• Billi were introduced into the House of Commons on
Friday morning, just before the rising of the House, whose
object is to advance further improvements in different parts
of the .metro Polis. Thefirst was a Bill. "to widen and im-
prove PiCcadilly,
•the_ city of Westminster," and which was.
ordered to be brought in by the Earl of Lincoln and Mr..
Young. The second is "to provide for the care.and preserva-
tion of Trafalgar-square, in the city of Westminiter." The
Earl of Lincoln has given notice that, on Thesday, the 30th
of July, he will move for, leave to bring in a Bill "for the
embankment of the Thamek" "
The projected railway from Beverley to Hull, in connec-
tion with the Hull and Selby,. is propcsed to be constructed
on Mr. Prossees plan of wooden railS and bevel Wheels-

A coal vein at the Beaufort Iron Works, Aborgaveuny, re-
cently ignited, and is now on fire to the extent of three miles
Many fatal accidents have already been the consequence.
At the concluiion of the poll relative to church-rates in the
parish of West Hackney, the chairman declared the numbers
to be—for the rate, 275 ; against, 372 ; majority, 97. The
number of persons polled were—for the rate, 211 ;against, 327.

MONE YAM) CQIVIMEACIAL NEWS.
(From The Bun of Saturday Evening.)
Cotton at Liverpool yesterday closed rather quietly and at
barely the rates of last•week. Sales 5,000 bales.--Shares had
a heavy aspeCt, except South-Eastern and Dover, which con •
tinned firm. llirrningliam and Gloucester, 98* ; Chester and!
atid Manchester, Half, 115 ;
Holyhead, 46riana ; DdublliainneatiilnD, irD2/511trpHalit7t420,-i:9olieit-LtEoaingchpastehrtspe,erLuil:
IL Is.• 4d;
r and Leeds, Quarters,:Bi ; Midland.
land, Thirds, 33; North Union, 93i ;
;‘QClS44a:rautlealatill.ihltileileerVE'sss'ea*tstBeeinici'f'S4i;lan°3l;;eriftilliePh;h7MseoL'ii2ytaelifons and *Avignon, 1/. 18s. ;- Paris? and
Lyons, 21. 9s.
The sales of Cotton for the week at Liverpool have -been
33,030 bales. The stock is 998,500 bales, against 970,500
bales to the same period of last year. .-
A.• notice issued by the Postmaster-General, this morning,
has occasioned some talk. It has been a practice for some
years past for the, censignees of vesselS to send letters in ships
in which they are interested. Now, however, it seems that
the privilege under' the new Post .office— law has been
done away with. As the objeet is One which may entaili loss
upon owners and Captains if the law be not complied with, it
is worth while to give the Post-office notice under this head :
"As there is' remelt to believe that, under some misap-
prehension of the laW, a practice has for some time existed of
for Warding consignees and other letters out of the United
Kingdom by contract packet-boats otherwise than through the
Post-office, the Postmaster-General thinks it necessary to
point out that such a practice is in • direct contravention
of the law, as no letters, whatever may be their nature or
• description, can be.legaliy sent out of the United .Kingdom
by packet-boats, otherwise than through the Post-office; and
any infritigeMent of the law in this respect will render! the
partiei liable to a proiecution." •
There are accounts to thd 26th June from New York, and
to a corresponding date .from Canada. Their general tenor in
connection with trading matters is good; but in the St. Law-
rence 'freights continued exceedingly high, owing to 'the
scarcity of shipping. This arises in part from the great falling
oft' in the emigration this season td Canada, and the indisposi-
"t len to shi p goods 'so largely, the result of the business of former
seasons, owing to alteration ofduties, over-supplies, and other
causes, having induced more caution. The greatest advance
seemed to be, in the freight for flour, the timber vessels not
being always' adapted for the' conveyance of that, article.
l'There is, an impression also that 'shipping will continne,
scarce, no less than 500 vessels being, we are informed, ena
gaged in the guano trade. - •
The price, ofConsols for Money and the Account has riled
to-day from 99 and 4 tel. The premium upon Exchequer
Bills has receded a shade, being now at 76. •India Bonds may
be had for 945. 'premium. Bank Stock is at' 1991, and the
,New Three-and-a.-1411" ceuti. at 102. India Stock has
t, .
heeh sat at 285. -
Very few bargains have been made in the Foreign funds
this morning. Belgian FiVe per`Cents. were quoted at 104 ;
the Dutch Fives -at 1011 ; Spanish Five and Three per Cents.
nominally the same as 'yesterday ; the Deferred at 12j ;
Mexican at 3.54, and Peruvian at 26. '
The alterations in the Share market havebeen very trifling
this morning, the London and Birmingham Railway ex-
cepted. The premium yesterday was 1261. It is now 1241.
There are no fresh quotations for Bank shares.
MANCHESTER STOCK ...xcitartutE,JULY 12.—Our mar-
ket continues'tirm, 'with lesS business doing:-'Eastern Coun-
ties, •124 ; Ditto; Registered, 14 ; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 551 ; Manchester and .Liverpool District Bank, lot.
_ _

CLOSING PRICES.
• BRITISH FUNDS.
, •
Rink Stock • d 199% Indian Stock. 285 4
3 per Cent. Red wog Ditto Bonds ........ ..... 94 Pm-
' S per Cent. 'Cons.
3% per Cent. Red 1023 Ditto New Annuities...
/few 3% per Cent. lO2. Ex. Bills, 1,0004 I%d ... 76 pm.
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities to expire ' Ditto Small ... 78 pm.
Jan IMO. ....... ...... 12% !Bank Stock for A.cct...
Oct. 1859 ....... :......: .12 5-16 .IConsole for Opg. ......... 99%
Jan. 1860 ..... ........ ,India Stock for Acct....
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent ....... Portuguese, 5 per Cent
Belgian, 5 per Cent........... 104 'Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos. Ayres, 6 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent '
Chilian, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Metallic ........ .........
C•alombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824 ........ .............
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto, Deferred
.Danish, 3 per Cent .... ..... .. ,French, 51.er Cent. —t —c.
Greek, 18.5, 5 per dent. — Exchange ..... .... ..... ... —f —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 61%
Peruvian, DNS, 6 per Cent t6 • Ditto. 5 per Cent .......101i
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 99
' Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) ' 3
' • Dublin and Cashel, 2 % paid
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
Ditto Registered (8/658d paid) . 14
.
Great Western' (75 paid)
Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 79
London and Birmingham (Stock)
London and Brighten (50 paid)
Lando& and South Western (41/. 6s. 10d. paid)
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid ' lO7
Midland Counties (160_paid) 97% s !
South* Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) .....
Ditto New Shares ( 4 paid) .............. .........
• Trent Valley, 2 paid" - %
Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid)
' York and North Midland (50 paid)
Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) ............... - 51 .
Paris and Orleans (20 paid) . 43%

THE LANDOWNERS AND ItAILWAY3....-It was given
hi evidence before the Select Committee, that no less a sum
than 8,500,0004 has been expended by Railway Conipanie
in England and Scotland, on land and "ccappepation.
.This about- an average of 5,0004 a mile. On the Paris and
Rouen Railway the item Was 1:,300/. a mile. The average in.
Belgium is 2,1641. a mils,--Raikaf Record,