The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-15 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
John Hill, axed 58, was indicted fur stealing a ge,,t,
the property of John Ballard, on the 28th of Aug. -0,0
It appared that the horse on the above day Os., tbe
grazing on Stanrnore-common, but was not tilt" viss
next morning, and in the course of the next daybed it•
offered for sale to a horse slaughterer, who detstught
The prisoner, who offered it, then said that he had "'"
the horse of a Mr. Wright, at King's Langley. le
In his defence to-day, however, he said that btegsoo.
28s. for the horse on the road to a man he did not "

The Jury found him Guilty.
11$11
Margaret Barry was convicted of robbing -
Maggs of nine sovereigns in a house of ill-fame.
.400
Richard Dennington, William Newell, and VY .
Williams, were indicted for stealing 30 sheep, valise'

the property
stated tyiof Johnstad to th
Simpson.inone. Jury that the pr"--.ec,„urber
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kept some sheep-pens in the Back-road, Islington. 'lose
evening of the 2d of August there were put into Were
pens 71 sheep, and on the next morning 80 of them ern.
missing. Newett had formerly been a butcher, at lin,
stile, Holborn, but had failed, and afterwards .lilo,-
Drury-lane. The Learned Counsel stated, that he
lieved that the evidence he had to offer to the Jury. %It" a
convince them that the prisoners were the men who Pi.
committed the robbery. He then called witnesses, If::
proved that the sheep were counted at half-past twelro—t
the night of the 2ti, anti that 30 were gone at- lo `roe
seven the following morning ; that Newett had sent ~d
carcasses to salesmen in Newgate-market, and that be had
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breed, and one of them was a black one. Deuniult°oo
the Monday morning to the house of a butcher no
Johnson, in Edgware- road. A black one was ualt
them. Newett was there, and said that he blia,"°4l
them from a salesman, named Head. They put the -est'
one inside, as they said he would frighten all the ,
They were killed at Johnson's, wile bought two o
atterOrf thei
and the others were disposed of. There was no
to conceal the sheep. tnic
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NEW COURT-
Samuel Fisher, a soldier of the Ist regiment ofui
Guards, was indicted for stealing on the 24th of lAugoes
last, a gold watch and chain, value pi„ the Wert/
Matilda Bartlett,
The prosecotrix, who is rather a vulgar looking
said that on the above day she met the prisoner, whoro
had never seen before, and agreed to accompany him t°i
public-house to take something to drink, but first of
she said she would go to her uncle's, (a respectable 111
in Gloucester-place, and return to the prisoner. At
and of an hour and a half she returned, and found' he
toner waiting at the spot where she had left him; she OF,
with him to the sign of the Little Cannon, in Norton-atrer.,
He called for a pint of ale, and they had some beef-steed
Several people came into the same parlour. A lady P..
gentleman came in, and conversed with her for an hfi,
and a half ; remained there till a quarter to sevep.
rectly these persons had gone he paid that Ole had 69, ,

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Watch, as he heard it ticking; she denied it, but after-
wards admitted it, saying that she defied any man to take
it from her..,, He left her abruptly at a quarter past seven
o'clock, !laving he would return. She then missed her
watch, and told the landlord of it; the latter advised her
to.go down to the barracks, and went with her. She
went the next morning, and recognized the prisoner, who
denied having taken the watch, and said in answer, to the
fact of the tape (which held the watch) being cut, that he
144 no,k.nife, and how could he have cut it.
.:Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS—Were you in any
way of business on 24th of August? Witness—Not then.
COUNSEL—Pray what have you been ? Witness—l
have been living with my father. I have never lived ser-
vai% or been brought up to any business.
.cotiaisee—Do you. know one Mrs. Hughes? Wit-
I have no knowledge of her. It was between
twelve and one, o'clock that I met the prisoner. I don't
know the name of the street where I find met him. He
was a total stranger to me, and I did not think be would
ston. when I made the appointment with him. I went to
the Little Cannon public-house with him, and am positive
to no other. I did not go to the Goat's Head and Corn.'
,Patses, • before I went to the Little Cannon, where we
"54 a beef-steak for dinner. We in the first instance
had a pint of ale, and I partook of it. I am ,sure
We had no more. Now I recollect, we had three pints al-
together, and I drank my share, some before and some
after dinner. Before the prisoner went away, he had a
glass of gin and water, and I took a small part of it. Be-
'idea that we had a pint of porter at dinner, of which
there was some left. He was sitting near, but not touch-
19g me.. He might have kisstd me, but I don't call kiss-
ing touching.—(A laugh.)—Upon my oath that one kiss
didn't last the whole time we were there. There was no
fondling, • because people kept coming in ; nothing more
than what was perfectly decent. He was not kissing me a
gocd.part of the time we were there, and I will swear that
the kissing was one kiss and not forty. The prisoner paid
for the dinner and liquor, but he did not give me any
money. I-will swear I was not drunk. He did not know I
had a watch before I told him, and I saidam man could take it,
because I did not know what character he might be. It
was a quarter after seven when we parted, and I saw my
watch about a quarter of an hour before that. The candles
had been lit above an hour, although the room was not
dark. There was no other person in the room when he
Went out. The watch was tied by tape, which was itrokeq,
and I missed the watch directly after he went. When I
Went with the landlord (Mr. Blake) to the barracks, the
address I gave was Matilda Bartlett, and not Matilda Par-
her, 16, Britannia-row, Islington. That lam positive of.
By the COURT—The tape appeared to he cut, and I
am positive I saw my watch half an hour before prisoner
*left, just before candles were brought in. I mentioned it to the
landlady, and showed her that part of the tape was gone.
The prosecutrix, at the end of her examination, said, if
the Court doubted her respectability, she had letters in
her pockets which would prove it.
Mr. Blake, landlord of the Little Cannon, saw them on
the-above day in his parlour.
The pot-boy of the house said that when the prose-
cutrix left she seemed rather drunk.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the defence, called
Ann Hedsan, who lived on the 24th of August at the
Goat and Compasses public-house, did not know the
Prisoner, but knew that she served the prosecutrix with
two pints of ale, was certain it teas her. She had a
soldir r with her, but witness could not recollect more of
him than that he was dressed in regimentals. The wit-
" 11444 here described the dress of the prosecutrix, and that
she had a cast in her eye, which is the case.
William Bower, of the first Regiment of Life Guards,
remembered the prosecutrix coming to the barracks ut
night. She was certainly drunk. She was sent to the
Adjutant, and roiled against the wall as she went in. The
Adjutant asked if witness was the min 7 She said "no." She
was asked what time Fisher left her, she said half-past
fine, the landlord said she must mean half-past seven; site
"'Plied, that she was positive it was half-past nine ; wit-
ness went to a clock, and then found that it was only a
quarter to nine.
Mr. Milton, Quarter-master at the barracks, stated
that Fisher had been searched, and nothing found on hint.
She had written on a piece of paper that she lived at Mrs.
Parker's, No. 16, Britannia-row, Islington. This piece
of Paper was now produced, and the prosecutrix then re-
collected that it was her writing, although she did not
recollect it at first.

o. J. Bulkeley, senior Lieutenant of the prisoner's re-
giment, stated that there was not a man in the regimeut
Lore a better character.
Mr. Common Serjeant DENIIAN asked the Jury, if they
Wished him to recapitulate the evidence? They answered
'ln the negative, and immediately returned a verdict of
acquittal.

The Learned JUDGE then granted the expences to Blake
and the other witnesses; but on the prosecutrix applying
for her's he seemed reluctant to grant them, and took the
Jury's opinion on the subject. They were ultimately granted.
Ralph G. Martin, un officer of the ship Catherine
Stewart, was indicted for stealing 170 dollars on the night
of the 4th of August, the property of W. R. Briggs, an-
other officer of the same vessel.
The prosecutor stated that the dollars were stolen from
his cabin while he was absent, and on a search being made,
70
.of them were found in a night-cap in the prisoner's
"uchs He, however, admitted that be had taken a pros-
titute on board on the night of the robbery, and that she
Lad remained there till six o'clock the next morning.
Mr. G. Fell, another officer, whose cabin adjoined the
Prisoner's, deposed that on the above night he thought he
heard the prisoner enter Mr. Briggs's cabin, and make a
noise, as if he was pouring dollars into something.
The prisoner received a most excellent character, and
Was immediately acquitted.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY).
HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 30 Trusses.)
ST. J A Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow HayMES'S. £2 sto£2 15
New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 5
Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and /lye-grass Hay 315 410
Clover Hay 3 10 5 5
Oat Straw £2 2to£2 4 I Wheat Straw... 2 210
Supply good, and trade (lull ; pries as last quoted.
.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay SMITHFIELD
£2 4 to £2 15
New Meadow Hay 213 218
Useful Old Ditto 3 3 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Eye-grass Hay ... 310 4 8
Clever Hay (extra fine)....£.5. 10... Generally
Oat Straw £2 oto £2 4 I Wheat Straw 2 6 2 10
A moderate supply, and a dull trade, at Saturday's prices.

CITY MARKETS—(TWO O'CLOCK. )
SucAn.—The deliveries of Sugar from the West India
Docks last week were nearly 3,000 casks ; but, owing to
the heavy arrivals, the stork has been increased to 49,657
htis, and 3,605 tees. The sales last week were pretty
'tges and prices were fully supported. This morning
there has not been much doing either in plantation or fo-
reign descriptions.
The COFFEE market remains firm, and the transactions
in the Foreign last week were pretty large ; to-day the de-
mand is less limited, but the market is well attended.
Rum.—The delivery of Rum, both for exportation and
home consumption, continues large, but as the arrivals
were considerable last week, the stock yesterday in the
'West India Docks was 24,456 puns. and 1,923 hhds.—
There is no alteration in prices.
The East India Company's Tea sale will conclude to-
day. The licensed Teas have gone off pretty well.
Hoes.—The duty this morning is called from 36,0001.
to 38,000/. The current prices of Hops are—Kent,
.tik 10s. to 71. 7s. ; Sussex, 61. 6s. to 6/. 16s. ; growth
1.828 ; ditto of 1627, 41. 10s. to 51. ; ditto of 1826, 4/.
to 4/. Bs. per cwt.
In SPICES there is not much doing, the result of the
sale for the Ceylon Government being waited for before
(lerations to any extent are entered into. Cinnamon is
stpady.
branSr“ TitADr.—Some alarm was produced in this
* of trade by the announcement of a failure on Satur-
day
afternoon to a pretty considerable amount, but as the
"'eta are sufficient to make what is called a fair dividend,
oats
composition was entered into, and the shock partially felt
subsided. The trade is in every dull state, but a more
than sanguine opinion is indulged that after Christmas u
revival will occur. The Company's sale next month is ex-
Lected to go off heavily, the stocks sold and unsold
engals being so very large.
THE WOOL TRAWL —The market for Wools, both
f°VcifißanO of our own growth, is particularly heavy. The
stocks of Isiew South Wales and Van Dieman's Land Wools,
•es,Pecially the former, have been greatly increased by large
arrivals of late, :male parcels are very good, and are ex-
tcted to realize fair prices. The quotations of English
Wools are unusually low. The stocks of German Wools
are also heavy.
TRADE WIWI SPAIN —Since the establishment of Cadiz
into a free port large quantities of British Linens, and other
Manufactures, have been exported from this country, which
*ili find their way into the interior of Spain where British
o°4 are in good estimation. Both English and Irish
Linens havebeen forwarded to a very large amount recently.
RUSSIAN PRODUCE. —Tallow is heavy, at 375. 9d. to
1_414• per cwt. ; the stock is 15,515 casks, and the delivery
Not we01c3,2h5 {tasks. The prices from St. I'etersburgh
I:4r.c to the 29th ult...Exchang Naat
e 10-16 to 21.32.
410 W 101 rubles. The trade was dull.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

HILLOCK V. THE EAST Loll DON WA lEE-WOKKS COMPANY.

This was an inquiry to. ascertain - the amount of com-
pensation to which the plaintiff was entitled for the ra
moval of his premises, and consequent loss of his business.
at Lee-bridge. The premises were held by the plaintiff
under a lease, of-which twenty-two years of the term were
unexpired, and the Company have purchased the freeho:d
for the purpose of their works.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. PLATT)
said that he had the honour of appearing as Counsel for
the plaintiff, and the subject on which the Jury would
have to decide was a difference which had arisen between
the parties, which was certainly very great; one claiming
infinitely more than the other was willing to give. The
object of both parties, however, was to arrive at the truth
by the most rigorous investigation, in order that the plain-
tiff might receive that which his premises were fairly and
reasonably worth. To settle this question satisfactorily,
and it was an important question on the part of his client,
he had to propose that two scientific gentlemen should be
named to view the premises, and in shot t perform the
functions of the Jury, who, without a minute examina-
tion'of the subject over which they were to exercise their
discretion, could not be expected to do that sort of
justice between the parties which they bad a right to
anticipate. As the premises were at such a distance
from town as to render a view of them by the Jury im-
possible without great delay, he (the Attorney-General)
had to propose that a verdict for 30.0001., or any other
sum should be taken by consent, with liberty to increase or
diminish the amount in such manner as the persons to be
appointed arbitrators, or the umpire should appoint. The
reasonshe proposed this mode of arrangement was, that he
recollected a case in which the matter was referred with-
out the precaution of such a verdict, and the result was,
that although the arbitrator made his award, the matter
had got into Chancery, where he believed 5,0001. of the
money was there locked up.
The CIIAIR3LAN-The award is to be received I pre-
sume, in the nature of a report made to the Court ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-The arbitrator will certify
to the Clerk of the Court the nature of his decision, and
that decision will be adopted by the Court as its own act,
and thereby give validity to the verdict as modified by, it.
Mr. Serjeant WILDE (with whom were Mr. Serjeant
ANDREWS and -Mrs BRODERICK) concurred in the propo-
sition of the Learned Attorney-General, as it was the de-
sire of his clients that the fullest investigation should take
place. His clients were trustees for others, and they
were at the same time anxious to give the plaintiff full end
ample compensation, and to take care of the interest com-
mitted to their care. A verdict for 30,0001. 'was accord-
ingly returned, subject as above mentioned.

COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN DICKEN-
SON, R.N.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)

PORTSMOUTH, SErr. H.
(SEVENTEENTH DAY.)

This morning, on our going on hoard, we found the
Court sitting with closed doors. The cause was the sudden
illness of Captain Dickenson. They remained in public
deliberation until near 11 o'clock, when the public were
admitted. The Assistant-surgeon of the Victory deposed
that Captain Dickenson was attacked with a severe cold,
and had taken medicine, and in his opinion he could not
attend the Court without imminent risk ; but he added
that he thought it probable he would be able to attend to-
morrow. The Court then adjourned till 10 o'clock. We
heard that it is not the intention of. Captain Dickenson to
call any more witnesses, with the exception of one man,
the carpenter, when the defence will be closed. From the
established rules of Court•martials, the accused is always
Considered in custody on board the vessel in which be is
tried, and it is considered a breach of orders of the Court
for any witness, or even a member of the Court, to address
the accused by his name or rank; they should always, in
addressing him, call him prisoner. The avidity with which
the London Papers are read is really astonishing. Officers
going on foreign service are most anxious to have papers
to take out with them.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.