The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-15 00:00:00

raLl37 AND POLICE.

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At the Surrey Sessions, Elizabeth Ross, a female of • tog
bility, and a widow of a major in the army, was indicted f°“i,oef
to a female child of six years of age. It appeared that the 1 f
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was a lady of independent fortune, and had taken the child ,jll
her care, with a view to adopt it as her own, which induc'f
etbtf
grandfather to part with it, the mother being dead, and ibe,
having enlisted for a soldier, and gone abroad. The Pribpe
found guilty, and butenced ro Inont4/1. m}prisonicent'vdilo
Two young men were charged at Bow-street with 100'1 01'
St. George's Church, Bloomsbury, for a felonious purP°B,ooll,
of the prisoners, named Nicholls, was the son of a beadle
connected with the parish ; but the other (who gave the 0
Page) was unknown. They were committed.
At the Thames Police-court James Raven, a labourer, 0-f
opt
James. street, Limehouse-fields, was brought before Mr. 131.0'
on a charge of assaulting Mr. John Redulius, a foreig°r
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landlord of the King and Queen public-house, in Three Colf",,,ori
Limehouse. Mr. Broderip fined the prisoner 51., and CL
him in default to the House of Correction for two months.

COURT FASIIIONAMME.
Her Majesty will entertain the directors of the An'—•d
certs, including his Royal Highness the Duke of Caulb ge
the Duke of Wellington, at dinner to-morrow evening'
Albert being director of the evening. rrife is
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are expected art
Belgrave.square on Saturday next, from Newmarket,fort"b
Lady John Russell has left Chesbarn-place for VOW"
near Godalming.
Hon.
The Marv: of C,

marquis o. _,onyngham and family, and the
rell and family, are sojourning at Ryde, Isle of Wight. euoJ Jo,
The Earl of Cardigan has taken his departure for I'ool
join his regiment, the 11th Hussars, at Dundalk. The
has arrived at Rome. 1411(
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The Earl of Yarborough has been to Cowes from -istO
cornbe, to give instructions as to the alterations he contegt.'ea
have made in his yacht Kestrel, which is about to be rigg
brigantine.
Count and Countess Jarnac have left Mivart's Hotel for
Maynooth, on a visit to the Duke and DuchessnA° is
ater, from whence they go to join Viscount de Chabot
who is residing on his estates in that country.
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The Marquis and Marchioness of Loris are expectedtbef
at Stafford House from Roseneath about the latter end of
sent month.
MISCELLANEOUS. Co"
It was stated a short time since that Mr. Dickenson, et,oio'.l
missioner for the collection of the income-tax, had been .1)
to the vacant Commissionership of Customs. Mr. Dielte.."'o°,"
within this day or two taken his scat as a member of tb•-
and entered on his official duties. ovri;
The will of the late Sir Thomas Corsellis, forrnerlY '01"
d-place, but late of Cambridge street, Dig add •or,
Bedford
county of Middlesex, Knight Commander of the
Nere-r° Deft
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General in the • • servico of the Hon. East India Co"'34tsa• e
died on the 14th of March last, was roved on the 9th w-
B3tb, 3
Henry Philipps, of Sise.lane, London, attorney, one 01.
tutors, a power being reserved to Lieutenant-Colone,',.o3o'
Barnwall, East India Company's service, and Miss rti,.
the other executors, to prove hereafter. The personal Pr3.161,-.01
England sworn under 5,000/. The will is dated Feb.
directs his executors to provide for and continue the P 3/ vea'
certain small annuities to persons residing in Bombay, 17;
had been in the habit of allowing pensions in his lifettil d lelvei ,
queaths to the Colonel a legacy of nineteen guineas; 11-1 the,',
his furniture, wine, stores, carriage, su.d effects, and 3•30"ro
and residue of his property of whatever description the for
be, and wheresoever situate, to his daughter, absolute.)lo 0'
own sole use and benefit, independent of any husband .1
marry. 10'
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On Thursday last the Rev. J. S. Wilkins, of St. Pan.'" "I.; ti'",‘
accidentially slipped, and fell down 15 or 16 steps at the :I°,4'
Gallery. He was taken home in a cab, and his surge°n
for, who, on examination, found that Mr. Wilkins "d
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severe contusions, but happily no fracture.
He now g°
favourably.
An eminent house in the neighbourhood of the Custom .--
has received an order from the Government to suPPIY the
ratty Department with 3,000 gallons of extra strong Isjetliii,
rum, thirty-five per cent. over proof, for the use of herof
ships Erebus and Terror, about to proceed on a T°Y3,lini., tot.",
covery, and the Lords of the Treasury have issued direct'vf:olll",l
proper authorities to permit the said rum to be retrial,' pet"g
bonded vaults of the docks to the victualling stores at 3i
without payment of the accustomed duty. n erSo6froo
, Yesterday afteroon a sailing. boat, containing six r of
upset opposite the Horseferry, Westminster, the Vi- Alton'
W., blowing in severe gusts at the time. H. '— c
ands to
Lambeth, f)llowed by others, put off wkh all speed, alni:g te "0,
in saving five persons, the sixth was supposed to have ewperl 4
main sheet, and went down with the boat, which sunk. ill
ertion was made to recover the other person by drags, 311.. put
half an hour the body was found, and brought on shore,
happily all efforts to restore animation proved ineffectual.

MARKET NE W HIS DAB )
tralr IDTILIZILETS. 15
Clod
Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 4/ - Clod
ful ditto, 4/ 168 to 5/6s ; fine Upland dO., 5/7s to 5/123; 506'4
Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/; Oat Straw, 11 18 to 21; W11,3,,tje
2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Supply rather limited, and t"4/1,"1,5-1
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 133 1(:„ 5/1;i;
useful ditto, 4/ 17s to 5/ 7s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/83 4,, I'-‘1
Clover Hay, 41 8s to 51 17s; Oat Straw, 1/ 183
Wheat Straw, 2/ 2s to 2/ 3s per load. Both 1113" c 3;
Straw commanded a steady sale, at full prices. 4/
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WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hav, 3/ 153 t° 5/ 6541.
useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ ss; fine Upland ditto, to
5/123; Clover Hay, 4/10s to 6/; Oat Straw, 1/ ISs opPlr
Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. A fair averag°
and a steady demand.
C 01. 0 NIALI h 4,
Stalan.—A good business has been done in Brit'3" 00.4
tation, about 700 hhds having been sold at precb34
The public sales have consisted chiefly of 34 1111(13 133,1'91 bki
7,753 bags Bengal (chiefly white Benares), and B,Li' fortlfilf
Madras. The Barbadoes sold at 49s 6d to 513 114
yellow, being rather cheaper. The Bengal went °of
heavily, and only partly found buyers at a declin,.e spa
Is to Is 6d. Nearly all the Madras was disposed 0' "pry ,(6,1
previous prices, viz., at 30s to 42s 6d for
brown to mid (bright) yellow, but chiefly 4 313.04
brown
to 37s 6d for low to fine brown. A inall Tit
of mid to fine (date brown) was taken in at 29s to 3-13-'efs,
quantity of British Plantation landed last week atjbjsrte;s
and West India Docks was 705 hhds, 43 tierces, 2v", 10, 47
There were taken for home consumption 1,262 •°•:lfVq,
tierces, 281 barrels. The stock in the same plAce:•Oig't
hints, 572 tierces, 1,056 barrels. A cargo of r'Afloo,l
Bahia, containing about 600 chests, had been sold 011;
26s 6d, deliverable in the Mediterranean, which `6
9i
dered a very high price. A Ifl
COFFEE.-1179 bags Ceylon, 146 bales Mocha, •-beil'),,
bags Manilla have been offered by auction. The #0 Ver'ri
was taken in at 45s to 468 fin good ord brownish tgtio•
good ord quality, and mid to good mid British Plant
kind at 75s to 85s, being the former value, but at,Dailll
there were not purchasers. All the Mocha and ttlei'„ 30l
found buyers, the former at 61s to 62s for mid quA"';;lor,''
the latter at :36s 6,1 to 40s for fine ord pale to fine ord cob°
being for the Mocha previous prices, but the Manilla
quoted rather lower. a9tArinj
RCM.—The quantity landed last week at the
West India Docks was 609 puns, 230 hhds. Thered
taken for home consumption, 275 puns, 35 hhds; slates
ported 109 puns, 14 hhds. The stock in the same Pioo,Ort
8650 puns, 2109 hhds. A Government contract for
gallons has been taken (supposed to be) at about 13 #l,, co-
proof strength, not more than one-half the quantity"'
sissyfES. East India. , at 3j
IC-240 bags Pimento, at auction, sold steadily,
to 3hd for good mid quality. ti
TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 38s 3d per cwt on the spot, and
41s per cwt.
TEA.--There is not much doing.

Jame

TIIE SWINDLING CASE AT SUNDERLAND.- d ssl'a
Dawson, late landlord of the Commercial Hotel at Sundeso
was last week committed for trial on charges of conspiracy' , eat
fraud his creditors, of forgery, and of stealing a watch,
bited in the same line in various parts of the country', u'her, Sf;
assumed names of Dawson, James, Hughes, Jones, 13°".-010"
At Preston, in July, August, and September last, he Y'f,d
the tradesmen there to the tune of 1,0001. or 1,300/., a"nneet"
decamped. He is well known to the turnkeys of the :ijeace
Bench Prison by the name of Boucher, and additional e'yei t°
of his "business habits" is by almost every post cenve' 00;
Sunderland. His friend, Mr. Richard Raymond Shtre‘o'e
mitted to Durham gaol for attempting to compound 0/ the
Dawson's felonies, is also well known to the offieerl.tied
Queen's Bench Prison, and he has not only been iden`;ifistiO,
the under-governor of that prison, but some useful inf°;s
has been received respecting this worthy, which Pr° rhsl
the gang is an extensive one, well organised, and til'iuntler
have carried on a system of wholesale confederate Pool st
at once extensive and astonishing. Mr. Williams, who fig
Sunderland with Dawson, was, at the time of the lattrertrestelr
ure nett
apprehension, about to open an " establishment " at n
under the name of William Thompson but since the Or'
the gang at Sunderland, he has " cut and run " without in,. It
any serious inflictions on the pockets of the people in that lawiang of
is expected that the exposure of this extensively organ'sed,,,gsall' Of
swindlers will break Up the confederacy, and be the „or'
Putting unsuspecting and confiding tradesmen on the'roi'SurPi,t to
fol
against the designs , who maY 5t low their villanousof practices.similar scoundrels
The creditors of Daws°"t,'t -:to u'e
derland, have made him a bankrupt, and are determined tilv,
every lawful means in their power to unravel his villanles, tent o.
mask his confederates, and to punish him to the
the law. He is in good hands, and his " friends "in 1-'°° Lbst hs
the provinces many comfort themselves with the reflecti.onc, s
has in all probability terminated his business and 31,1'61
hop " merchant. —Newcastle Paper. dier
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Clive, of the Gre woe
at the
&Lilo,
Guards, died yesterday, in the 51st year of his age,
of his father, E. B. Clive, Esq., in Grafton.street. The :nd 110
officer's Grit commission was dated the 4th of July, 1811' an
attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the Sth of
1844. He served in the Peninsula in 1814, also in the ci3o7 soot
of 1815, including the battles of Quatre Bras and Wager
fullest lonso
the taking of Peronne.