The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-30 00:00:00

DISCOVERY OF BURGLARS.

The neighbourhoods of Bingham, Hose, Melton Mow-
bray, have latterly had many robberies of an extensive
character committed in them, and it has only been by
the most vigilant and persevering exertions that a dis-
'every has been made which led to the apprehension
and final committal of the Bingham burglars for trial at
the next assizes. Amongst the many depredations com- •
mitted was one in the early part of the month of March
last, at the house of Mr. John Bailey, draper, at Bing- •
ham, when property consisting of silks, satins, waist-
coats, flannels, and other goods, to the amount of
nearly 601, was stolen and carried away. The thieves
accidentally left behind them an old pocket•knife, hav-
ing a remarkable appearance. On the police being in-
formed of the circumstances connected with the robbery,
Gillman, an officer, took the knife into his possession,
and during three weeks used his, best endeavours to
find out the owner, but being unsuccessful, he handed it
to Cunningham, a policeman, at Bottesford, to exercise
his judgment and to set his wits to work in discovering
the owner. After untiring exertions Cunningham as-
certained that the knife belonged to Henry Rouse, for-
merly of Hose, but then a soldier at Leicester, and
being determined upon an experiment, he set out to Lei-
cester. where, after diligent inquiry, he contrived to get
into the company of the soldier. Attired as a country
man, he sat a considerable time in the room, and
then took the knife from his pocket, and began to
pare his nails. Rouse, seeing his old pocket com-
panion, in voluntarily exclaimed, " That's mine."
"Is it indeed ?" replied the unknown policeman,
" I should think not, for I have had it a long time."
" You hav'nt," replied Rouse incautiously, and imme-
diately attempted to force the knife out of the hand of "
the policeman. Cunningham, fully satisfied with his
discovery, said, " Yes, I know it's your knife, and you
are my prisoner," and at the same time secured his man
with a pair of handcuffs. The soldier was then directlyr
charged with the burglary, and supposing his accom-
plices had been " splitting" upon him, he resolved to
make terms, if possible, to save himself, and he
at once made a confession of the whole affair. In '
consequence of his information, Samuel Morrison,
carrier, from Hose and Bingham to Nottingham,
and Richard Sarsten, labourer, of Hose, were taken
into custody, 'and a large quantity of the stolen pro-
perty was found concealed in the roof of Morrison!'s
house, and other portions of -it have been found secreted
in different parts of the village of Hose. The prisoners
underwent examination before the magistrates at Melton.
Mowbray, and afterwards were removed to Bingham,
where, on Thursday last, they were committed to the
county gaol at Ncttingham, for trial at the next assizes.
Morrison has been living in circumstances that raised
him above suspicion, and was considered a respectable
person, but there is reason to believe he has long been
an associate of thieves, and the means of conveying large
quantities of stolen fowls to market from the neighbour-
hood in which he lived, as the farmers have missed
poultry, generally, on the mornings he had to go to Not-
tingham.

TO REMOVE WHITEWASH OR

PAINT FROM STONE AND WOOD.

Much of the beauty, we are able to obtain by well-
executed masonry, results from the well-defined forms
of the mouldings, and the sharpness of the arrises. The
effect of Time is rather to chip out at intervals the soft
parts of the stone, than to wear the whole away, at an
equable ratio : the general tendency of the lines is uta-
broken in the perspective, and the decay rather adds to
the impression which results. But the brush of the
whitewasher mars all that it passes over : for fillets are
substituted rounds, and for mouldings and indents plain
faces, while bosses and similar ornaments become very
much like door-handles. To the paint-brush is
to be attributed the unsatisfactory result of our
modern cement and stucco, scarcely less inferior to well-
executed brickwork than to stone, and having for its in-
evitable consequence a feeling of unsatisfaction at its
pretension, and the attempt to deceive. The speedy re-
moval of the whitewash, from which hardly two of (Kr
churches are free, is much to be desired, and the work
is so easy and inexpensive, and the result, with roper
care, likely to prove so very satisfactory, that it ought
to be every where proceeded with. This may be most
easily done by scraping away the outer surface, tind then
moistening the part by means of a brush with a mixture
composed of one part of sulphuric acid (oil
of vitriol), and eight or ten of water, and washing
it over with water after every second i,r third time you
put it on, till you see the stone or wood appear. If,
however, you wish to remove the whitewash from the
remains of a painting on a wall, use soft soap with. hot
water, and a brush not too hard. This, done carefully,
will not hurt the painting. Paint is harder to get rid of
it may, however, be effectually done with strong soap-
makers' lye, or, what is quite as good, the fol-
lowing liquid :—Put one pound of potash or pearl-
ash, with half a pound of unslaked lime, into a
jar, and pour over it one gallon of boiling hot rain-
water ; wash this repeatedly over the surface,
scrubbing off the paint as it becomes softened. Or
you may try this way : take a quarter of a pound of
soda, boil it with a little soap in three pints of water 'ail
it comes to a paste, then lay it on till you want to Clean,
r pretty thick ; two dayS after lay
,it on again, 'without
washing the bld aivay ; do this tour times, and P,ien scrub
the whole off, the paint will come off too. This does
either for stone or wood. At North Walsh,am, Norfolk,
a solution of potash and quicklime, in tF,e proportions of
one pound' of the former and half, a pound of the
latter to a allon of boiling. Neater, was used
with satisfactory results. ThCa solution, being ex-
tremely caustic, should be used with care, and if the ex-
ternal coating of paint which it may be desirable to re-
move, be thin, diluted with water ; and in all cases the
solution should be trite:, ukon a small portion of the
painted surface. Mr„ J. G. Valler, in giving his opinion,
that the
Paintinr, found on the walls of churches, and
usually called .
fresco," arc in reality nothing more than
distemper, suggests the use of vinegar for cleaning. It
should tie carefully applied with a brush, alternately
with water.—The Builder.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—The premium on geld at Paris is 17i per mine,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 59; and the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 77k, it follows
that gold is 0.72 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 436 per
mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 loft ; and
the exchange at Hambnrgh on London at short being 13
it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer in London than
in Hamburgh.

The course of exchange at New York on London is 109 f
per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and.
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex-
change is 0.18 per cent. in favour of England ; but the quoted
exchange at New York being for bills at sixty- days' sight,
the interest must be added to the above difference.

The settlement was the chief business of the railway mar-
ket. It is not a very heavy account on the present occasion,
but money nevertheless fetches high rates of interest. Dublin
and Galway and Direct Northern experienced severe depre-
ciation, the want of compliance with standing orders having
caused sales. In other respects prices show a tendency down-
wards.

The decree passed on the 19th inst., for the conversion of
the Portuguese Bonds of 1841 into a new permanent For
per Cent. stock, appears as an advertisement in the journals
of this morning. On the whole it seems to have met with.
the approbation of the parties most interested, as is indicated
by the state of the market; but, otherwise, a second conver-
sion of a Government stock, brought forward after an interval
of only four years, would be a matter liable to some question
as to its soundness and policy, as, in consequence of this pro-
ceeding, an entire set of new bonds with coupons attached
must be issued, and all the old ones cancelled—a process
which involves considerable expense in itself, as well as a
commission to the parties who manage it, and is almost al-
ways attended with embarrassing circumstances, arising from
the neglect of many holders to convert in time,
and the refusal of others to convert at all, which
must be dealt with according to the merits. Some
persons are of opinion, therefore, that it would have
been better for the Portuguese Government to have quietly
waited the gradual increase of the rate of interest under the
conversion of 1841, which would not have reached 4 per
cent. for several ,ears to come, though it would ultimately
be 6 per cent. '1 he present arrangement involves the pay-
ment of 100,0001. annually by the Portuguese Government
more than would otherwise have been required, and this,
with a Government certainly not in a state of great financial
prosperity, would have been a fair motive for a little further
delay in such a conversion, which could as well have been
accomplished three or four years hence as now. There is
some suspicion, too, of a little stock jobbing at the bottom of
the whole affair, as it is notorious that Portuguese stock did
rise nearly 10 per cent. without any public communication by
which its cause could be explained, and of which it follows,
that some few favoured individuals must have derived the
advantage. We have no reason to doubt the regular pay-
ment of the dividends now created, but certainly Portuguese
credit would have stood quite e.a high withoeuxostunisgttarihn
alle present
oßfdr
reuoasi
tteiihne
lehtor
conversion.
Letters from Rio de Janeiro to the Ist of March state that
it has been proposed
stu:in2aetipuneriree
st bye
e:ee
iinnCt ha
5.a ad,mvdt
hiibltlaieotbrnae
on
nohe
lat,tiithieedeo n and after the
• English duty on Brazil sugar is reduced so
• nations. It is expected that the
proposition will be

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COVE OF Corac.—We
are glad to hear that great improvements are contemplated at
Cove by Lord Middleton, under the direction of Mr. Dreimus
Burton. The execution of them will be intrusted to Sir Thomas
Deane and Mr. Hearne Deane, and could not be in better hands.
We are glad that Lord Middleton has determined to take advan.
tage of the talents of gentlemen who have been engaged in so
many undertakings of importance, to employ artisans and la.
bourers, enhance the worth of his own property, and impart addi-
tional attractions to the place. The work, according to Mr
Burton's plan, will consist of an esplanade 2,000 feet in length, on
a new quay in continuation of Mr. Smith Barry's, divided Prom •
new road by chains, &c.—a crescent and several ranges to be 13Id
out for new buildings, with provision for terraces, hotels, baths,
and all that can contribute to comfort or convenience. We hope
this example may be followed by other proprietors similarly <a
cumstanced. Rumour says his Lordship intends to spend 40,V00/.
in the improvements.—The Builder.

A NEW WAY TO GET IN DOUBTFUL DEBTS.—A
good deal of merriment and some little " quizzing" was excited on
Wednesday last, by the appearance of the following " notice" in
the shop window of Mr. Mottershead, provis:on.d,aler, of East-
gate street, Chester :—" Mr. —, grocer, of Eastgate.street.row,
owes me, Thomas Mottershead, Is. Bd. for two pounds of butter ;
this is to give him notice, that unless he pays very soon, the blank
will Le filled up with his name in full." On Thursday an addendum
was made to the following effect :—" Sent the boy to ask for it this
morning—says he is a respectable man, and will not ba annoyed—
drove the boy away without paying—does that look like respectabi.
lay ?" We suppose Mr. Mottershead terrified his long winded
debtor into compliance, as the threat of publishing his name his
not yet been fulfille&—Macclerfield Courier.
SALE OF FOXBOUNDS.--On Tuesday, at Tattersall's,
Grosvenor.place, a sale of foxhounds took place, the prop
celebrated sporting gentleman, well known in Hampsheibrre,ty,
was attended by a ;mat many gentlemen of sportienigoceteel
iz
Bud
an active competition was the result. There
e first was
put up at IO
which were divided into six lots. ert:ioilfca;
fetche:t al.
Lots
together 100 guineas.
guineas, and was sold for 19 guineas. several lo

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 29.
:.TRIAL AT BAR.-THE GREAT DISTILLERY CASE.I

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. GEORGE SMITH.

Mr. KELLY in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yes.
terday ) said—The other hole, which was also discovered in December,
1843, and which Drinkwater also swore did not exist in August of
that year, was also made in 1824, as should be proved by the
cooper who made the cover, and by the manager under whose
superintendence it was made. It was intended to be squared for
the admission of the dipping-rod ; but het e again the cooper made
a mistake, and the manager ordered the hole to be plugged up.
Batten admitted, in his evidence, that from below he could not force
the ping out with his finger, so that if it were intended
to use the hole for extracting spirits, the plug must be pulled out
above by a screw, which would leave a mark, and make the fraud
palpable to the eye. The whole suggestion was absurd, but with-
out relying upon any probability, he (Mr. Kelly) would prove the
fact by evidence. With respect to the charge of increasing the
drip for the purpose of defrauding the Crown, the jury should re.
member that when Drinkwater alleged that he had discovered
the increase, it was Mr. Smith himself who insisted that the sur-
veyor of Excise should come himself and ascertain the fact.
He submitted that on the whole of the case there were, at the
utmost, only grounds for suspicion, upon which the jury would
not confiscate the whole property of these gentlemen, even were it
not the fact, as it was, that he (Mr. Kelly) would lay evideuce
before them to clear up every suspicion, and to contradict the facts
upon which the greatest reliance was laid by the prosecution. For
that prosecution there must be either of three motives—the jea.
lousy of traders doing less business than the defendants-
-the anxiety of the officers to obtain their share of the penalties—
or the too great readiness of the Excise authorities to give ear to
their subordinates. There was only one other point to which he
had yet to call their attention.

The LORD CHIRP BARON asked if that point would occupy much
time ?

Mr. KELLY replied—About half an hour.
The LORD CHIEF BARON thought the jury might be allowed to
retire a few minutes before Mr. Kelly proceeded.
Their Lordships and the jury aceordingly retired. 'When the
Court resumed,

Mr. KELLY said he was sorry to have to occupy the jury longer
at this late hour. He would only call their attention to the legal
facts in respect to the pipe which formed the gravest of the present
charges. It was pretended that the pipe was not properly de.
scribed In Mr. Smith's entry of his premises. But the fact was
that the pipe and its course were fully described, according to the
requirements of the Act of Parliament. It was described in the
entry exactly as it traversed his premises ; but the Act of Parlia-
ment did not require the description to follow the course of the
pipe into any other premises. This was not the moment
to argue the question as to whether it was legal to have the com.
munication between the distillery and the rectifying-house. But
he should prove that it was not a clandestine communication—that
it had been long known to the Excise—and that Mr. James Smith
and Mr. George Smith both at once avowed its existence without
disguise, when Cameron and Batten asked them about it. The
Excise knew well that the thousands of gallons of water used daily
in:the rectifying.house were supplied from the great reservoir in
the distillery. In fact, it was done openly, and with the permission
of the Excise. He should be able to prove that the pipe never was
used for transmitting one gallon of spirits. He would call Mr.
James Smith to prove that, and to prove further, that he never
knew, and never thought, that spirits could be transmitted by the
pipe. The Learned Gentleman proceeded to argue that under the
meaning of the Act the pipe was not a " communication capable of
conveying spirits." That it was not such a communication
was proved by the operations of the Excise officers themselves, who
failed in two experiments, after having entirely altered the con-
struction of the pipe, stopped off all the branches, added new
tubes and pumpe, and forced in some thousand gallons of
water through the pipe to prepare it for the pur-
pose. But what did they prove ?—that all the other
business of the establishment, large and complicated as it was,
must be suspended, to obtain 700 gallons of spirits with a loss of
twenty cr thirty gallons. If Mr. Smith had ever once been guilty
of the Laud it ain't be known to every workman on his premises,
the Excise had proved that the operation could not be per-
formed without the assistance of persons in every part of the build.
ing, and the entire suspension of every other operation. He submitted
to the Court, therefore, that the pipe did not come under the
meaning of the Act. The Learned Gentleman concluded with an
animated appeal against what he characterised as the most extra
pdtlinary prosecution ever instituted by a Government against one
of Its subjects. At his conclusion there was applause in Court,
which was immediately checked. He then proceeded to call wit-
nesses for the defence.

Mr. James Smith examined by Mr. MARTIN, deposed that he
was proprietor of the rectifying.house referred to in these proceed.
inv The distillery was ninety years established. He commenced
to take part in the business in 1813. The evidence of this witness
was chiefly directed to show that the " pipe " was laid dow❑ for
the supply of water from the distillery to the rectifying.house, in
182 ti, with the knowledge of the solicitor of Excise, and water
the eyes of four of the principal surveying officers.

The direct Examination had ❑ot concluded when the Court rose.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of April 29.)
SeGAIL—To-day there was a good demand for bright gro-
cervand strong refining descriptions of West India Sugar,
which fetched tully former rates, but inferior and brown qua-
litirs purchased sparingly. The quantity sold amount 74
to s°o blids, including a public sale of 150 blots of Barbadoes
Sugar, went off with spirit at fully previous rates; that is to
say, tine yellow at 535 to 56.4, and good 50a to 525, middling
47s to 49s 6d, and low 41s to 44s per cwt.
ItEnNED.—To-day there was less business transacted in
hoine trade goods, but on the whole we have no variation to
note just now ; standard lumps are 695, and brown Limps
,67s to 083. Bonded Crushed Sugar is with difficulty to be
pt,..chand under 37s per cwt.
,31AURITITTS.—Prices have suffered a further decline of Is
1--,•4:wt focall qualities, excepting the best yellow and re-
which brought the former value, and the large parcel
calvred public sale, amounting to 12,280 bags and 10 casks
were all ,oisi—tine yellow at 51s to 535, good 48s to 50s,
middling am: good middling 43s Oct to 47s Gd, low 401 Gd
to 435, common brown 325, middling to fine 36s to 41s, low to
middling grey -mss to 465, and good to fine silvery grey 47s to
5!;:i per cwt ; the quantity of brown in the sale was small.
EAST afternoon the market was largely
Filpplied with Bengs Sugar; five parcels,. amounting to
8,507 bags, 129 chests, aid 12 casks, were submitted to public
competition. The principal part was disposed of at full rates
for white and grainy yellow, Lug date and brown kinds went
at a decline of is per cwt.
Mot.tibsEs.—This afternoon at public sale 55 casks of
Bengal Treacle were taken in at 16i; ii r good quality, but
150 casks Madras Molasses sold at 13s fid, and 150 casks of
Tamarinds at 123 to 13e 6d.
ronEros.—For Brazil, Holders have been unable to obtain
further advance. The private operations ,ire a cargo
of brown Parabia in bags and barrels at 20s 3d ; 1,200
bags of white ParaV,a at 27s 6d ; 250 chests brown Bahia on
the spot at 20s to 225, and 150 chests of white at 24s to 27s
per cwt. There are many orders for yellow Havannah, and
the late advanced rates are offered, theprivat.: operations are
only GOO chests of low yellow at 225, and 350 chests at 23s to
26s for middling to fine quality. In white there has been
little passing, for good and tine 35s to 38s being asked, and
30s to 34s per cwt for low and middling. Of Porto Rico 400
hiols have been sold at 20s 9d per cwt, deliverable over the
ship's side.
RwE.—Bengal is less wanted, former rates are sustained—

none has been brought to public sale, and the purchases made
privately have been trifling, low white at 108 6d, and mid
to fine lls to 12s 6d per cwt. For Foreign East India late
rates are maintained. Madras yellow is held for 9s Gd to
10s. Java white lOs 6d to 12s 6d, and yellow Os Gd to lOs Gd
per cwt.

COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee met with little at-
tention, and 191 bales at public sale were only partly sold ;
but the offers made at reduced rates were rejected.
TEA.—To-day the market presented a firmer appearance
for most descriptions of Tea. In Congou there was a good
deal doing, common sound at 9d to 9id, good ord 10d to
10id, and Twankay good common yellow leaf is 2d to Is 3d
per lb.
SPICE.S.—This afternoon Pimento was less in request, and
50 bags at public sale went rather cheaper, ordinary at 2id,
and very low 2td per lb.
Item, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Previous rates are sus.
tained for Demerara Rum of strong quality, and a good de-
mand exists ; 250 puns sold at 2s 7d to 2s 10d for 30 to
~; per cent over proof, but for common kinds there are very
few buyers, and Is 11d to 2s 3d is the value of 10 to 20
per cent overproof. The market is dull for Jamaica, and
prices still on the decline; 10 to 20 per cent. overproof 2s 5d
to ',s 10d, 30 to 40 over 2s lld to 3s Gd, better quality 3s 7d
to 4s, and superior 4s 2d to 4s 10d. Calcutta is 4d to
Is dd for 300 casks proof, with certificate. In Leeward
Island very little business done, and is 8d to is 9d
is the value of proof. Brandy met little alteration, and the
tendency of prices is still downwards. The market being
better supplied with Geneva, prices have given way, and
is 8d is the value of common export sort. British Corn
Spirits remain at 10s 2d per gallon nett cash.
INDIOO.—To-day some parcels of East India Indigo were
sold at last sale rates, to a small advance.
.SALTPETRE.—To-day there was little demand for Rough
for home consumption or exportation, and the parcels offcred
at public sale amounting to 1,928 bags of Calcutta were only
partly disposed of at rather lower rates.
Ou.s.—This afternoon at public sale 16 cannisters Oil of
Cassia went at 24s 6d to 25s 6d, and 36 bottles of Oil of Cin-
namon 5s per oz.

T.I LLOW. —There has been a large business transacted in
Russian Tallow on the spot; the moderate rates that prevail
causing soapmakers and chandlers to get more into
stock, but holders are yet free sellers, and have taken 37s 9d
to 383 3d for. P. Y. Candle of first quality, and
309 3d to 37s 6d per cwt for other kinds. For forward
delivery the transactions are upon a more extended scale,
but not at better prices; for the last three months of the
year many contracts hare been entered into at 38s to 383 3d
per cwt fur P Y Candle of first quality. Town Tallow is 38s
to 39s per cwt nett cash, but the supply is on the increase.

NOBLE DEFENCE BY CHILDREN.—On Wednesday
night week, a man entered the house of a farmer, nearLongtoorrin,
in the absence of the occupier, who had not returned tr
market, and who had left the house in possession of his several
children, the eldest being twelve years old. The stranger was
about to examine the center cupboard, when the little band of 111.
fantile heroes rose up in arms, and loudly expressed their deter-
mination to slay the robber on the spot. The mats, bellied in his
search for money, was about to enter an inner room, when the
girl nimbly stepped before him, and shut the door, setting her
slender form against his entrance with the resolution of a gLantt
and when the istruder introduced his finger into the hole to lift
the latch, the re-solute girl inflicted a severe cut upon it.
The pain of the wound made him suddenly withdraw the
member, and when the poor girl, unable longer to bear
the separation from the children, made her appearance, the cowardly
ruffian felled her to the earth with the weapon itt his hand. When
the children saw their sister lying bleeding, and, as they supposed,
killed outright, they raised such an alarming cry as sent the burglar
with the candle in his hand to the door, to reconnoitre the premises.
The boy of four years, observing this, ran and shut the door, and
In 'ding down the latch, called out to the rest for assistance, who
forthwith came and pressed the door fast with a spade, and shut
out the robber. The man next went to the back part of the house,
and endeavoured to force an entrance by a window. The bold
juveniles inside now rushed to defend this new point of attack, and,
each armed with a formidable weapon, such as axe, spade, hook,
loudly defied the robber to his teeth, who, finding himself
lolled in every
attempt to obtain motley, and fearing the return of
the farmer, withdrew.—Provincial Paper.

TriE VICTORIA PARK.—Since the commencement
of the present favourable weather, a considerable number of men
have been employed in marking out the lines for the several roas,
and drives, and in planting young trees on the inten-led Victoria
Part;, and also in making preparations for the approaches from the
metropolis. The well.known hall, called Bishop Bonner's Hall,
has heen completely levelled with the ground, and the several
fields adjoining between it and Bethnal-green have been thrown
open. A cross the latter, two lines of road, each 50 feet in width,
have beenformed in diagonal directions, one leading from Be.thnal.
green to enter the l'ark over Bonner's-hall-bridge, and the other
to form a continuation of a new road from Catnbridge-hcath-gate.
It is also intended to erect terraces on three of the angular divisions
of these fields, leaving that portion of them en the Eastern side in
front of the new church of St. James the Less open for an orna-
mental promenade. The road from Bethnal-green to Wick,
where the River Lea forms the Eastern boundary of the Park, is
last progressing towards completion, and we understand that it is
intended to purchase Sir George Duckett's Canal, immediately
running cm the south, with a view to lay out a portion of the Park
informing ornamental pieces of water, which can amply be sup-
pleid at all ti, ea of the year from the canal.