The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-27 00:00:00

THE' SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, J 842:

LAW INTELLIG EN CE.

BANKRUPTCY,(THIS DAY).

IN RE JOHN PHILLIP BREADAN.
The bankrupt was an extensive Irish provision-
dealer in Thames-street. The amount of debts in his
schedule was 12,4701., and the available assets about
2,7E0/.
This day being appointed for the choice be assig-
nees under the fiat, after the proof of debts to the
amount of about 3,500/., Messrs. Thomas Taylor and
William S. Morton were appointed assignees.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
• OLD COURT. -
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
CHARGE OF ' PERSONATION.—Sarah Paterson, aged
53, was charged with feloniously personating Mary,
the with of George Roger, a gunner on board the
ship Howe, LI order to receive 10/., with intent to
defraud our Sovereign Lady the Queen.
Mr. Adolphus conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Payne defended the prisoner.
A gentleman from the Paymaster's-office, Somerset
HOusn stated that the prisoner came there on the 22d
June last, and produced what purported to be an
allotment by George Rogers, gunner of the Howe, of
2/. los. a month out of his wages to his wife ; and
also a certificate of marriage, to show that she was
the wife of Rogers. He upon this paid her 10/.,
and took a receipt from her for the amount, to
hich she attached her mark. The allotment was
made out by a clerk in the office named Kennedy,
who had since absconded.

Mr. W. H. Turner deposed that previous to the
seaman making an allotment; he filed a declaration in
the office. No such declaration had been filed by
any person named George Rogers, neither was there
any person of that name serving on board the Howe
in any capacity.
The porter at Somerset House stated that the pri-
soner had- frequently been in the habit of coming there
to see Kennedy.
The defence was an alibi. Several witnesses swore
that on the 22d June the prisoner was in their com-
pany the whole day, on a party of pleasure to
Richmond.

The Jury found her Not Guilty.
There was another indictment against her, on which
no evidence was offered. She was acquitted on that
also, and discharged.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
Dennis Clements, who it will be remembered was
Tied the other day before Mr. Baron Rolfe, for the

wilful murder of Bridget Clements, alias Holloway,
and who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment,
was placed at the bar on the Learned Judge taking

his seat.

Mr. Baron ROLFE said that since the trial of the
prisoner he had been considering his case; and he
'thought he might, with a due regard to justice, miti-
gate the sentence to one year's imprisonment instead
of two.—The prisoner appeared grateful for the cle-
mency of the Learned Judge.
CHILD MURDER.—Sarah Stroud, 25, was indicted
with the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, Har-
riet Stroud.

Mr. Pendergast and Mr. Thomas appeared for the
prosecution, and called the following witnesses :
Sarah Lee was the nurse of St. Pancras work-
house. The prisoner was an inmate there, and on
the 15th of July :the was delivered of a female child,
which was christened. and vaccinated. The prisoner

and the child afterwards left the workhouse.

Recol-

lected the dead body of a child being brought to the
workhouse a few days afterwards.
Cross-examined by Mr. DOANE—The prisoner was
in the workhouse some weeks before she was confined.

The porter of St. Pancras workhouse stated, that
on the 16th of July the dead body of a female child
was brought to the workhouse, and placed in the dead
house. The body was wrapped up in a piece of cloth.
Witness went in search of the prisoner to Wellington-
street, Camden Town. rili...eigbner came out, and
witness told her that she must go along with him as
she was charged with the murder of her female child.
As they were going along the prisoner said she had
taken away the child from the workhouse and taken
it direct to the canal, that she sat on the bank by
some trees, undressed the child, pinned the cloth round
it, put it in the water, and put her foot on it. Mrs.
Edwards asked her if it cried, to which she replied it
struggled and floated away. Witness took her to the
station-house and charged her with the murder.
Caroline Edwards said the prisoner lived with her
previous to going to the workhouse. Upon witness.
accusing the prisoner of being in the family way, she
denied it, and said that she had the dropsy. Witness
stated it was no use deceiving her, and the prisoner
then said it would be of no consequence to her (wit-
ness), as she the prisoner was going to leave that
night. On the prisoner's leaving, witness followed
her to the workhouse. The prisoner returned to wit-
ness's house some weeks afterwards, and upon wit-
ness's husband asking her what had become of her
child, she said, laughing, it had kicked the bucket;
to which witness replied, that it was a pity she had
not done so too, as she was a bad woman. At this
time the prisoner had a bundle, and upon being
asked what it contained, she said her little thing's
clothes. Witness said, how could that be, be-
cause, if the authorities at the workhouse buried
her child, they would not give her the clothes;
she said that they did, in order that she might be pre.
pared in case she had another child. The witness
then proceeded to give evidence in corroboration of
that given by the last witness, with respect to the
statements of the prisoner relative to the death of the
child. Prisoner said to witness, "Do you think I
shall be hanged ?" to which she replied she could not
tell. The prisoner then said, she went to the canal
that day to see if she could observe the child, and that
she thought she saw it floating, to which the witness
replied, that was impossible, as the body had been
taken to the workhouse on the previous Saturday.
The bag, now produced was brought to witness by the
porter of the workhouse ; it was the one in which she
usually kept the dirty clothes.
James Jones found the body of the child on the
16th of July, in the Regent's Canal, near the bridge,
not far from the York and Albany Tavern, in the
Albert-road. The body was wrapped up in the bag
now shown to witness. It had nothing else on it.
It was about half-past five on the afternoon that wit-
ness found the body.
A policeman deposed to seeing the body of the child
on Saturday, the 16th, of July, which he took to St.
Pancras workhouse.
Mary Ann Parsons' stated that the prisoner came to
her house on Saturday, the 16th of July, between
nine and ten in the evening. She said she wanted a
room ;. that she had been in service, but was now out
of place. She slept with witness that night. When
the prisoner was undressing, witness said, " Why,
you hive had a child ;" to which she replied that she
unfortunately had, but it was dead. The prisoner
brought several articles of dress for a child to her
house. The articles produced were those she brought,
The nurse of St. Pancras workhouse proved that
the clothes produced belonged to the workhouse, and
were of the description that was given to females who
had children there.
The Surgeon of St. Pancras workhouse recollected
the prisoner having a child, but could not say whether
the dead body which had been shown to him was that
child or not. From the appearance of the body wit-
ness could not say whether the child died from drown-
ing or not.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. DOANE addressed the Jury on behalf of the
prisoner, contending that' the statements that had been
made by the several witnesses could not be relied on,
on account of their improbability.
Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up at great length, and
The Jury, after a short consultation, found the
prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Baron RoLrE, having put on the black cap,
pronounced upon her, in a feeling and impressive man-
ner, the awful sentence of Death, holding out to her
no hopes whatever of the remission of the sentence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOA'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

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Charles William Stringer Fitzgerald, who was
charged with attempting to extort money under very
peculiar and disgusting circumstances from Mr. Henry
Watson, hairdresser, of No. 12, Cowcross-street, and
who was remanded from Monday last till to-day for
the production of further evidence, was again placed
at the bar on the same charge.
The particulars of the case, which are very extra-
ordinary, have already appeared in The Sun.
Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, and Mr. Robinson, the
attorney, attended on behalf of the prosecution.
The only additional evidence was that of
Robert Samuel Roberts, grocer, of 36, Stanhope-
street, who proved that the prisoner lived next door
to him for a considerable time, and added that he
purchased a candle of him in the month of April last
in the evening, between eight and nine o'clock, and
was taken into custody the same night.
It will be remembered that the prosecutor stated
in his examination, that previous to goinc, up stairs
with the prisoner, with the intention of looking at
some prints, he (the prisoner) went into a shop rext
door, and purchased a candle, which he afterwards lit.
The whole of the evidence was then read over, when
the prisoner was fully committed to take his trial on
the charge of robbery.

CLERKENWELL,—(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Charles Robinson and John Legget Bidden,
Cs nonbury-terrace, Islington, were charged with
knocking at several doors, and thereby disturbing the
public peace.
The prisoners, fashionably-dressed young men, said
they were clerks in the City—the one in a ship-
broktia office, the other in some other mercantile

horse. They declined, how ever, giving a more parti-
cu'ar account of themselves. _ _ _

The pliceman said several of the inhabitants were
aroused from their beds, and complained bitterly of
the annoyance.
Mr. COMBE fined them 2/. each.—The cash was not
forthcAning, and they were consigned to the care of
the gaaler.

MONEY and COMOERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Mark is are all exceedingly good, though but
little business has been done. Consols at one period
of the day were 93 for Money, and 93* for the Ac-
count, but a slight reaction has since occurred, and
the prices are now 921, 93 for Money, and 93 93-4-
for the 13th October ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
W; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1011 ;
New Three-and-a- Half per Cents., 101; Bank Stock,
168 169 ; India Stock, 250 2.51 ; India Bonds, 34;
Exchequer Bills Old, 51 53; New, 49 51 prem.
Dutch are the only Foreign Securities which have
been dealt in to-day, the Five per Cents. at 1028; and
the Two• and-a-Half per Cents., 525.
The quotation for Mexican Bonds is 34-a.
More inquiry has been visible for Railway Shares.
The purchases have included South Western, 63 ;
Great Western, 85,V ; the Half Shares, 60:1; Bristol
and Exeter, 44+ ; Brighton, 33 the Loan Notes,
10-a-; Eastern Counties Debentures, 101. 9s. 2d. ;
York and North Midland, 89; and Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 48 50.
The Bonds quoted to-day are Colombian, 20+;
Portuguese Five per Cents., 334 ; Spanish Five per
Cents., 204 ; the Three per Cents.,l9i.
Money continues very abundant, and is difficult of
employment at 1 per cent. on Stock, and at 2 per
cent. in the Discount Market.

AIANCHESTUR STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 26.—We
have no change to remark upon. Manchester and
Birmingham, 244; District Bank, 10*; Bank of
eMunchester, 3/. Is. 6d.; Union Bank, 8 to B*.

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, AUG. 26.—1 n
mint descriptions of Foreign wool there have been
hut few transactions during the past week, although,
now that the disturbances are quelled, there is every
prospect of the trade hfradually improving.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEAS, AUG. 26.—
During the present week sales of Wool hoe not been
extensive. Prices may be quoted the same as last

week.
YORK WOOL MARKET, AUG. 25.—The show of
wool has been very limited here to-day; the sales
have been few, but the prices are much the same as
they have been for some weeks past. Hog from 12s.
to 12s. 9d.; Hog and Ewe Hs. 4d. to 12s. ; Locks
and Cots Bs. to 95.; Moor Wool 6s. to 65.6 d. per stone,
TRADE OF LEEDS.—We have nothing new to report
of the state of business in our Cloth market, although
this is the season at which goods in ordinary times
are purchased freely for the winter trade. There
was very little business done both on Saturday and
Tuesday ; prices, however, continue stationary, and
the stock of goods in the hands of the manufacturers
is by no means large. Although business continues
Awy dull in the warehouses, there is nevertheless more
doing than for some time past.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY, AUG. 23.—
Though tranquillity isrestored in this neighbourhood,
and there is no probability that it will be again dis-
turbed by acts of violence on the part of the opera-
tives, yet our market to• day is far below an average
one. 'There is the usual attendance of buyers, but
all their operations are characterised by extreme cau-
tien and timidity, and they are evidently resolved
that their purchases shall he on the smallest possible
scale, until all apprehensions of a 'further outbreak.
are removed by the return of the operatives to their
work in other districts. Though business has
been suspended during the late tumults, yet we
cannot say that prices have been at all affected thereby.
The temporary nature of the causes by which trade
has. been deranged would forbid all anticipation of a
further decline. In the woormarket, during the pre-
vious week, there was a complete cessation of all busi-
ness. To-day, however, the manufacturers seem to
have partly recovered their spirits, but still an average
business has not been done in this article. An imme“
diate restoration of confidence cannot be expected.
The shock was too violent, and, though the storm has
passed Over, it has left behind a ground-SWell, the, vio-
lent heaving of which is still felt, and which time only
can fully assuage.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—We have about
the usual attendance of merchants at our piece-market
to-day, and the business doing an average—compris-
ing all the endless diversity of plain and fancy goods
that the manufacturers produce. Prices of . all kinds
are without alteration. There is rather a marked im-
provement in yarn, which is in some measure occa.
sinned by the de-laine makers buying more freely; also
the manufacturers in the home trade not operating
during the disturbed week gone by. We hear that
the combers have been soliciting an advance on their
wz:ges, which, we trust, their employers will be en-
:Ned to comply with, and the improved state of the
trade be commensurate with it. Our wool market
appears to indicate considerable lethargy, and the
spinners continue to buy very sparingly, and as there
is a good supply of all kinds freely offered, the turn is
rather in favour of the buyer.
BARNSLEY.—The improvement in the trade of this
town still, continues, although not to the extent stated
in some contemporary journals.—Leeds Mercuq.