The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-03 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

EXTENSIVE ROMIERY.—Ann Shepherd, and Edward
Shepherd, her brother, were charged with stealing a
reticule, value 205., and a great variety of other arti-
cles, value 151., the property of William Fellow::,
a
gentleman residing at Pimlico, in May, 1841.
Mrs. Fellows stated that, in the month of May last
year, she removed from Pimlico, and the prisoner was
present when the box of linen was packed up, and was
acquainted with its contents. She missed it ten days
afterwards, but never, heard of it till a few weeks ago,
when the apartments' of the prisoner were searched in
consequence of another charge having been brought
against her.
A policeman proved that the articles produced were
found at No. 5, Buckingham-street, Pimlico, where
the male prisoner lived; when they were discovered
he denied any knowledge of them. The female
prisoner denied her guilt. The brother was not. put
on his defence, but discharged by the order of the
Court. Ann Shepherd was convicted.
The two prisoners were again indicted for stealing
an immense number of articles the property of Thos.
Murky, Esq. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs.
Murky that the female prisoner came into her ser-
vice on the 29th of September last. She had not been
with her many days before she missed . articles of
every description—linen, furniture, confectionary,

&c., of the value of 101. and upwards. A great part
of the property was also found at No. 5, Buckingham-
street. It was shown that Edward Shepherd had a
key which opened the boxes where the most valuable
articles were deposited. 13e pretended ignorance of
the whole transaction.
The COMMON SERGEANT considered it impossible
that the male prisoner could be ignorant of the fact,
that some or all of those articles had been stolen.

The Jury convicted both prisoner; on this charge.
The Court said the woman had evidently been a
wholesale plunderer, as there were no less than four
other indictments against her for robbing her employ-
ers of valuable property. They were each sentenced
to be transported for seven years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

IVIARLBOROUGH-STREET. •
(THIS DAY.)
John Barnes, a well-known thief, who has several
times been summarily convicted at this Court of mis-
demeanours, with felonious intent, &c., was placed at
the bar, charged with stealing a parcel containing
four cloaks, of the value of 191., from the residence of
Levison Gower, Esq., of No. 35, Lower Brook-
street, Grosvenor- quare.
It appeared that between eight and nine o'clock this
morning the prisoner watched an opportunity to pass
unobserved down the area steps of Mr. Gower's
house, and through the kitchen-passage to the
housekeeper's-room, from whence he took the par-
cel in question, and with it was hastily mak-
in, his way out of the place, when he was
met by the housekeeper, who, as he was a perfect
stranger, inquired his business. He muttered a reply
she could not understand, and rushed forward up the
area steps into the street, - and was running off as
quickly as he could, but owing to the alarm the house-
keeper gave, he was pursued and taken into custody
just after he had thrown down the stolen property.
The prisoner, said there was too great a prejudice
against him for anything he might say to be believed.
He was fully committed.

MAAYLEBONE—(TMS DAN).
Frances Rayner, a young girl, most respectably
connected, was placed at the bar,lnnia charge-of shop-
lifting, and attemptingio utter l*Woney.
Mr.. Woolf appeared for,tho prisoner; and her pa-
rents and some friend4-*en4so,iti'crourt,
It appeared from • t 4gyzic c-moce of Mr. Hunt,
of Hunt and. Wallekr drivel's; 541 Edgeware-road,
and one of his shopmen, that the prisoner called in at
their shop, and requested to he shown some cambric
handkerchiefs. She selected two at is. Id: each, and
tendered half a-crown in payment. The, shopman
told her it was bad, and she said she had no other mo-
ney upon her. He told his employer of the circumstance,
who suspecting she had come in for the purpose of
stealing something, taxed her with theft, and after
sending fur a policeman she pulled some cambric
handkerchiefs (not those she had looked out) from
under her shawl, saying they were all she had taken,
and requesting to be forgiven.
Mr. Woolf examined the witnesses, but could not
shake their evidence in the smallest. _ _

She was then committed for trial. Bail was offered
but refused.

UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
George Tinsley, clerk in the employ of Mr. Blu-
Menthal, a stationer, was charged with stealing a quan-
tity of writing-paper, the property of his employer.
The prisoner was bserved on the preceding after-
noon to quit the complainant's premises with a large
parcel. Soon after his departure a quantity of paper
was rnissei from that part of the warehouse out of
which he was seen to go, and when he returned,
being accused of the robbery, he denied it, but re-
fused lo give any explanation as to where he went, or
what he had been about. The complainant added,
that on previcus occasions large quantities of paper
were missing from the stock, to which the prisoner
had constant access. The prisoner was remanded.
John Harvey, butler in a gentleman's family, was
re •examined on a charge of bigamy.
The first wife attended and produced the register
of her own marriage, and that of another female on a
more recent occasion, to the prisoner. She said that
she had seen his second wife, but that she refused to
attend to give her evidence, although at the time
living with the prisoner.
The prisoner said that he and his first wife agreed
to a separation shortly after their marriage, he giving
her 1131. in order that she should have no further
claim upon him. The wife denied this, and the pri-
soner was remanded.

CLERKEN WELL.:—(THIS DA V.)
A respeetable,looking man, who seemed to be in
great affliction, besought the Magistrate to punish a
gunpowder vendor for selling powder. to his son, a
child not more than seven years of age. Complainant
lived in Great Bath-street, Clerkenwell. On the pre-
vious evening his child got a few coppers from his
Mother, and immediately ran to buy some powder to
make a " cracker." In exploding it, the child had one
of the eyes actually blown out of his head, and dis-
figured the other in such a manner as to render it
totally useless.
Mr. COMBE said it was exceedingly improper for
gunpowder vendors to sell it to children, but, as the
person was licenser), he could not punish him.
Eliza Smith was charged with a number of robbe-
ries on children. _

After the examination of several policemen,
Mr. COMM said he would at present remand her
until three or four of the other cases should he com-
pleted against her, when he would commit her.

THE OA K .—C U mous E XPE RIM E E T.—Take an
acorn at this time of the year, tie a string round it in
such a way that, when suspended, the blunt end of
the acorn, where the cup was, is upwards. Hang it
thus prepared in the inside of a bottle, or hyacinth
glass, containing a little water, taking care that the
acorn does not reach the water within an inch; wrap
the bottle all over in flannel, so as to keep it dark and
warm, and put it in a warm place. In three or four
weeks the acorn will have swollen, its coat will have
burst, and a little white point will make its appearance
at the end opposite the water. This point is the root;
the acorn is now changing its nature and becoming an
oak ; still, however, it must be stationed in the dark,
still it must be kept clear of the water, and so it must
continue till the young root is at least half an inch
long. Then the water may be allowed to risehigher ;
but it is only when from the neck or the root a little
point begins to turn upwards that it is safe to allow
the water to touch it. At that time the acorn has ceased
to be an acorn, and has reallybecome a young oak ; for
the little point directing itself upwards is the beginning
of that trunk which a century later may form the
timber of a frigate. As soon as the young stem be-
gins to shoot, the oak will require a dose of light, a
little every day ; and it also yearns for more food, so
that its root, which in reality is its mouth, must be
allowed to touch the water, and to drink it. After
these events have come to pass, the little creature
breathes, and must have air; digests, and must have
light ; sucks greedily, and must have fresh Water
given to its root, • which, however, should. never be
permitted to be wholly covered ; just that point where
the stem begins should always be kept out of the
water. The pet having been brought to this its first
state of existence, must be put in the window. At
first it will be a stout thread, whitish, and covered
with tiny scales; then the scales will expand a little,
and the end will become greener. Next will appear
some little leaves ; hair will begin to grow, veins
will branch ; the old scales will fall off, and by slow
degrees the leaves will arrange themselves upon the
stem, each unfolding from the bosom of the other.
And thus, out of a little starch and gum for the
acorn was not much more, manifold parts will be cu-
riously produced by the wondrous creative powers of
nature.—Gardeners' Ciro nicle.
BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR DECEMBER is far
above an average even of this well-conducted and
clever periodical, that still goes on its way rejoicing.
The present Number is made up of the humorous and
serious, rhyme and reason, without a too preponderat-
ing degree of each. Mr. Ledbury and Jack John-
son still continue their adventures, and the present
chapters indicate that the author is as capable of pa-
thetic, as he has already shown us he is of humourous,
writing. For the more pathetic we have " A Night
in the Adriatic," and the " Reaper's Grave ;" for the
humourous, "The Irish Mandarin," and "The Last
O'Rourke ;" and, as a union between the two, "The
Harvest Home," arid "Sir Archibald ;" the latter a
humourous, but, withal, true delineation of life on the
banks of the Isis, and the value of college friendships.
Then, for truth, we have "The Injured Individual,"
and, to complete the Miscellany, we have a spice of
philosophy, in the shape of an article on " Sleep,"
which occupation we have hitherto thought the most
unphilosophical, in nature. In oddition to all these
good things, we have the " last sad scene" in the
life of " Richard Savage." The illustrations are capi-
tal, and the Number, on the whole, has hardly ever
been surpassed.—Cambridge Independent Prees.
Loan HlLL.—With regret we learn that his Lord-
ship, after recovering from his last illness in London,
since he has been at Hardwick, has suffered a relapse.
His illness was first' occasioned by too anxious and
unremitting attention to his official duties. On
Wednesday last his Lordship rallied, and had a better
night's rest. When the dispatches from China and
Affghauistan had been read to him by his nephew,
Sir R. Hill, Bart., his Lordship testified ' the delight
he felt that Providence had crowned the arms of his
country with success, and, above all, with the blessing
of peace.—Shreirsbury Chronicle.
We understand that it will be found necessary to
take down and rebuild several of the bridges on the
Eastern Counties Railway. The third Kelvedon-
bridge has exhibited symptoms of insecurity, and the
Boreham bridge is shorod up to prevent its falling.—
Essex Standard.

I MONEY and COMMERCIAL -NEWS;
CITY, QUARTER TO- THREE.
1 The Cotton Market at Liverpool was without altera-
tion yesterday, except that the American qualities
in the face, too, of so enormous a crop, had a rising
tendency. People must indeed be speculation mad to
pay advanced rates in the face of suf.th advises as we
receive from the United States. About 6,000 bales
were disposed of. The Share Market was good for.
Great Western, Liverpool and Manchester, and Lon-
don and Birmingham. The quotations were—
Eastern Counties Debentures, ; Grand Junction,
183 184; Great Western Fifths, 4- to 81 ; Birming-
ham, 186 ; Manchester and Leeds Half; 29i ; and.
North Midland, 61i.
Advice have been received fnom -Hobart Town to
the. 27th June. Flour had improved in value, being
181. per 2,0001b5. Wheat was Gz. 101 to 7s. 3d. per
bushel.
The dates at Hobart Town from South Australia
were June 2. In the neighbourhood of Port Line.
coin the natives were exceedinglv troublesome, and
the settlers were afraid to stir -froin the location.
Several most daring robberies lant. been committed at
the different out-stations, and the two or three sol-
diers placed in guard over them were compelled to
decamp. A mounted police was urgently required.
Port Philip papers >of June 16, notice the con-
demnation to death of the desperate bushrangers
captured by a party of the settlers, and in addition to
other atrocities and murders brought home to them,
it had been discovered that they intended to assassi-
nate Judge Willis in cold-blood, as he was riding
into Melbourne, but which their timely capture
happily. prevented. Mr. Arden, the pi oprietor of a
Port Philip journal had bad his seMence for a libel
on Judge Willis remitted by Sir George Gipps.
A narrative is given in the Hobart Town papers of
the .repeated attempts of a party of doubly and trebly
convicted convicts, sent from Sydney to Van
Diemen's Land, to 'effect an escape, extra
irons, a guard within and without the door of their
cells, and a rigorous search, being insufficient to check
theirreckless daring. -A pistol was concealed in a
loaf of bread; the handle of a pail, containing water,
was wrenched off to serve as a tool for working a gap
in the wall, and the constable being suddenly sur-
prised and gagged, the prisoners wrapped part of the
bed-clothing round their irons to prevent noise, .set to
_work and covered the floors with blankets to deposit
the bricks as safely as possible upon them. They
had got to the outer yard, when the . vigilant outside
watcher finding the constable inside made no answer to
his questions, fired off his piece, brought the superinten-
dent and others to his aid, who just levelled their guns at
the convicts as they mounted the top of the prison
wall. One constable fired, but missed, and the con-
victs then cried for a surrender. In their voyage to
Van Diemen's Land, they had previously attempted to
seize the ship ; and a Hobart Town Editor expresses
a very just apprehension that they may yet become
formidable to society, unless the most rigorous and
unrelaxing vigilance be exercised.
Cape of Good Hope papers) to Oct. 7, contain no
news of the least interest.
The market for the English Stocks has been very
firm, and bargains have been made in Consols for
special transfer next week, as high as 94i to 95* with
the dividend. For the opening, the interest
being deducted, 93i to 94 have been the ruling
prices. Exchequer Bills have rather improved, and
are called 50s. to 525. premium, and India Bonds have
touched 455. to 475. premium. There has been an
investment this morning of 6,000/. in Reduced Three
per Cent. Annuities, at 94k. Bank Stock has been
supported at 172 to 1724- ; and India Stock for the
opening has been done at 260 ex-dividend. New
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 101 i to 1011.
The Foreign Bonds are not very buoyant, although
there have been a few more bargains in them. The
arrival of the Regent at Barcelona has had no effect on
the value of Spanish Stock, the Active being still 18-i,
and the Three per Cents. 23k. Mexican Bonds are
flat at 30i to 30-k for the Five per Cents., and at 8 for
the Deferred. Chilian • Stock is rather heavy at 89;
Brazilian keeps firm at 67 ; and Austrian has realised
111. For Portuguese New Five per Cents. the quo-
tation has been 371 ; and for the Converted, 32-a-;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are quiet at 521.
Railway Shares are dull. Great Western, 22f ;
SOuth Western, 19i- ; and Paris and Rouen, 4 to 5
prem. ; Brighton, 15; Blackwall about 11; and Bir-
mingham and Gloucester, 541 discount.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 45i to
Great North of England ........100 ...... 58
Groat Western
London and Brighton 10 •35 ...... to
London and Blackwall
London and South Western ... 60/...... to
Northern and Eastern
North Midland lOO ...... 6li ...... to 62/
Paris and Rouen 20 ..... . `25 ...... to 241
South Eastern and Dover 5O ...... ••.... to
Ditto Scrip... .........
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 2.—There
risegnaordas v .lu
alteration
The businessioninitest doing
eoftlie Share Market, as
is of a very limited
nature. Liverpool and Manchester, 184 ; Ditto Half
Shares, 904; Manchester. and Leeds, 6Q ; Manchester
and Birmingham, 20; Manchester and Sheffield, 31.
BELGIAN FUN .. S.-13nusseus, Nor. 3i•
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent, ............. ......... 51
Rothschild's Loan, Five per ....
..•••••••• 103
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent............
-- Three per Cent...........
—Thirty-seven ns, ditto ............. 71Ti,
--- (1840) ..............
Loan of City, 1822, Four per Cent
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent -
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 76
National Society .
Exchange on London (short) .......
Brussels Papers, Nov. 30. .
AUSTRIAN FUNI)3.--VIENNA Nov. 22.
Five per Cents. Metalliques -
,
„ 1f874
Four per Cents. ....... •••••••• ......
Three per Cents
Bank Shares
...... 1614
Allgcmeine Zeitung, N Nov. 26. ..
HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Nov. 29.
Bills. Money,
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares.l63s
An,glo.litissian Loan... ......' . ..... .. . luBsi UN
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, CerlYtfe7i""*"e (x4l,
Inscription, lit series lO3
Russian 6 per Cent. Hope and Co., 2d and 4th
Series —
Ditto in Certificates 9B --
New 4 per Cent. (1840) 8714 87
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .... 51!k 51
Ditto "6 per Cont. .....
"""
Polish Bonds •—•
New Tickets
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent.
HADIIIITRGII, Nov. 25,-13 9, Two months 12 mi•
Spanish, NewEsx yHCAenNts6a. .
0-174. ................ —Bl
SrocruioLn, Nov. 15.—Seventy-five days, 12 15.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bitacifs, Nov. 28.
Bills. Money
St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. .................. 104 103%1
Prussian English 80nd:7,1530, 4
per cent 102% 101%
Exchange on London. — 624 yb
Prussian State Gazette. N0v.29.
3IA RKET

NEWS.

(r[IIIS DAY.)

COVENT-C*.A►RDEN.

We had a large time-of-year supply of vegetables
on sale here to-day, yet the inquiry was by no means
Of foreign fruit, as well
as English, we had an extensive supply brought for_
las and, in most instances, previ-
oussvra heavy
ratesrd, as t week,
supported.
an were d
the prices had a downward tendency.
Oranges and lemons come freely to had. Po-
tatoes were again abundant, but sold at very low
figures. Potatoes, from 3s to 4e 3d per cwt. ; Tur-
nips,to 6s ; Coleworts, or
to 2s 6d; and Leeks, 10d to ls 4d per
dozen bunchep ; Apples, ls 6d to 3s 6d; Pears, 3s to
; and Spinach, 10d to is 2d
:3prsearngheusndred; Pine Apples, 8s
en2ss, t2os3s 6d; Carrots, 4s
per half seive , N 0 and Lemons, 7s to 10s;
to 9s ; and Foreign Grapes, 8d to ls 8d per lb. ;
Celery; 12s to 18s; and Brocoli
and6s;
Brocoli, I:3s to 22s per dozen
Walnuts,
,I s.Bdl_otdoe
wtios
bundles ; Endive, is 3d to 2s 3d ; Savoys, 8d to Is
3d ; and Red Cabbages, 2s to 8s per dozen ; Small Sa-
lad, 2d to 3d per punnet.