The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-03 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

• •
POLICE INTELLIGENCE;
A well-dressed you ng man, who state SE. d
that his name,
was James Stewart, was' brought before the Lord Mari,
charged with having robbed a lady of the name of liec
of a sovereign and some silver. thre
Mrs. Rock stated that as she was walking fronl
Borough of Southwark over LondOn-bridge, the Phil 3
soner, who was accompanied by another man, put
h and to her person, and with amazing quickness, ca
ble of being exercised only by a clever practitioner, et
tied her pocket of all her mone Although the act 2-$
so likely to create alarm in a female, Mrs. Reek
dart at the prisoner, collared him, and held
policeman appeared, into whose hands she placed
thief, who was astonished at the energy of his vietirn•wo
The Loan ~,AYort—Are you convinced that he the
the man who robbed you? Mrs. Rock—There
is
slightest doubt of it. I saw his hand upon roY Ps'. '3l.e
and I never stirred my eyes from his person until I gll
him into custody. for
„The prisoner said that the lady was quite in error,
she
hint unothe
he was quietly proceeding over the bridge wheirld

seized him, to-his great surprise, held himfit'at, IL".t of
cused him of having robbed her. He never thoug“
such a thing as a robbery. Il•
The policeman stated that he found nineteen sbl
and sixpence in the prisoner's pocket but net 1,9
The prisoner having persisted in declaring t"'"Ahid
lady committed a mistake, his Lordship askeugicto
whether there was any body present who could EV-
theT h oodness of his chaer ?
g?
prisoner said heract believed there were several I
sons in the room who knew it to be unescellt'f7,
and immediately afterwards a man of respectft''''onet
pearance stepped forward, and declared that the Pri;)
ac-
and he had been school-fellows, but could give l'n-fdle
count of the subsequent proceedings and character -
accused. ,t
The LORD MAYOR (to the prisoner)—This lin the
I have every reason to think that you are one °,tiorl
swell mob, who seem to direct their particular "tteh-erieg
to the plunder of women. I find that more hto
have been of late committed upon females than übritig
be the case formerly, and I shall do all I can t°,,,stice.
thieves who practise in that way to exemplar)? J", you
Let me know where you live, and by what loll:, JO
support yourself ? The prisoner--I'd much rat',„ilthout
your Lordship would decide abOut me at once, " ant
requiring to know anything more. I decline sayino
more. witted

The LORD MAYOR—Very well. You are o°ln'
to take your trial. 11
The prisoner, who had been lately in Bridewees'pec-'
t
then committed for trial. He belongs to a veil id abf
able family, and has been for some time disonla-e
them man,oil*
A named John Baker, was charged with in die
tried to break the windows of a bullion 511°P iogi'f,
neighbourhood of Cornhill. The fellow was seen
three punches with his elbow against the ginss't}:e at
happened to be particularly strong, and resisted
ocivilie
tempts successfully. After being taken into euld 051°r
said he was very pobr, and wanted to get e•
the Spanish gold coin, which looked so teniptiog 113. title'
The prisoner was sentenced to hard labour in
well for two months.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. 05
Yesterday, John Smith, a sturdy labouring' r°ll;' 11.5'
charged with drunkenness, begging, and violeoLdieitf
saulting John Horsford, a constable of the 3161
Society. esa/
Horsford stated that he saw the man on iirai
evening begging in Oxford-street. He heard :,fiiir;
abusive and indecent language to every one wit° I,' rotl'e"
to give him money, and then he went with his a col
to take him into custody. The prisoner, wh° ii,gnstsb,/e5;
powerful man, immediately knocked both c"rite
down, and a desperate struggle commenced. --nna
soner kicked witness over all parts of the hod'', t;
sisted with such ferocity that had not persons cid 110"
the assistance of the constables the prisoner w°ll
got away.
.er)
Mr. MALTBY considered the case as one of a tit; als
gravated description; and, therefore,sentenced t"
seri 1
to three months' imprisonment. • t tesll„6i
Mr. Chapple, vestry clerk of St. George's,,-„,gti°",,,
yesterday before Mr. Maltby, to give some e%P'n„-recl '-
relative to the case of the girl Laws, which *Pe"
f
*the papers of Saturday last.
Mr. Chapple said the girl was now an inmate
workhouse, and on the next Board-day her ensol 't, a'
be inquired into. He had, however, no doubt t.t- „,p,4
sequel of the investigation would rove that her r' 311."
parish was St. James's. He wished, to vindieatesoo°i
Rowad from the imputations thrown pon hico b„,f
nted
porKon of the Press, in consequence of the State.-:
Mr. Nicholson, that the girl in the first instance re':,e.h of
a shilling from Mr. Rowad to get a bed in the Ptlhri,-fact.
St. James. The reverse of this, he asserted, was

C 0 ItN A VERA at:N.
•c 0111410,5401
(iENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BLit' I it A,.
,1 For the Week ended Jan. 28, 1842 the
, made up from 0a0
the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in kl
Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat ro3 7d. 1 (Ws
Barley 2Bs. 3d. 1 Rye
AVERAGES OF THE LAST.327I: S4ll.lWrillfeenaltniceLS:::o:l::;sl'
Week ending WHEAT. HARLEY. OATS. RYE. B"
515,
162 10 30 2 21 5 34 8, 37 10
(13 1 29 9 20 7 43 6 26
Jan. 7 63 0 29 7 :0 7 39 9
14 62 5 29 1 2.1 4 11 'St
rl
23 67 7289 CO 197 4 j I, P't 1711
IMPERIAL AOO REGATE AI/IMAGES OF THIXci% ''r'''
Wheat
625. 11. I Oats .........:0:. Si. waris.e ''''' '
Barley, 29a 4.1. Rye
DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. 11"
Wheat 21r 8d I Oats
Barley lBs. 4d. 1 Rye

Dec. 2b ...
31

THE M

COAL N

Ships arrivCdslncei;
Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 19 0
Carr's Hartley 2O 0
Holyweil Main l9 3
'1 anfleld Moor i-1 0
West Hartley ......
West Wylam
Wylam
Walls End Hedlcy 2O 3.
Walls End Hilda . ... 19 i;
Walls End Northumberland 19 9
Walls End Perkins l9' 0
W. E. Braddyll'sliettan
Walls End Ea•t Hatton
Walls End Hatton 23 0

Wheat,

LRKETS.
ARKET, 0 6:
st market .day 110.
Walls End Lambton '''''" 6
Watts End Pemberton 1.01;
Walls End Russell's tiet ,t 1
Walls End Stewart's!.. ''' s'
Walls End Caradsc ........ y 0
Walls End Kellam ''''''
,Tennant's Hartlepool ''''''' Ol
Victoria Hartlepool., ''''''''''
Walls End '''9."Adelaide
e'
Walls End Seymour l %,',* 0
Wal s co. • '''''''''''' °
Walls End West Tees •"'''
Holywo.ll Trader ''''

Per Quarter.
Boston
dratiniee
B. ighton
Cambridge.
Chichester
Dunmow
Grantham
Grimsby
Hailsham
Hitchin
Ipswich...,
Lewes
Lynn
Maidstone
Norwich
Petworth
Rom ford
Sandwich
l'oetford
Wishech

Earley. I Oats.

P. to a.
55 .70
52 70
60 (8

---
O. to 4. B. to S.
22 38 18 22
27 31, 23 29
28 37 22 28
27 ..... 18
27 35 21 24
30 35 20 26
28 33 22 28
29 33 lb 21
33 3.5 S 2 23
27 34 12.0 30
28 112 21 26
32 33 21 22
26 32 18 24
36 39 26 32
27 39 28 30
30 32 25 2fi
28 3; 21 32
21 34 i 5 30
32 36 24 28
28 31 20 23
29 35 24 21
30 32 24 30
CORN 1114RKET.,
per 701 b.

60 66
54 e 2
60 73
56 74
66 72
50 67
60 67
10 66
52 61
59 67
64 70
73 74
54 16
61 71
61 64
56 63
61 71
60 69
V EIIPOO
ish, White
Red ..,
Scotch, Welch,,
Irish, WWI.,
Red....

Witham
(armouth I
Li'
WHEAT, Engli

and Manx .

Foreign
OaTab English, Welsh, EP
----
- Foreign
rIARLEY, English, Malting
- Scotch and Irish,
-- Feeding
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter
- Irish, Ba,. •
- Foreign .......
PEASE, English, per I inierial quarter
Foreign
clone, Englith, per 2kinlb.
- Irish
OATSSEAL, English and Irish, per ‘2,4mbs
INDIAN COaN, per 18010.
Rye., per Imperial quarter
MALT, per Imperial quarter

id Scotch, per 451 b

pg, per Imp. quarter
, pet 60Ibs.