The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-06 00:00:00

THE HERRING TRADE.

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The fishing during the past week has been much re-
tarded by rough weather; but as there are splendid ap-
pearances of fish on the coast, there is still a hope che-
rished of the fishermen being able to make up their
leeway. The John o'Groat Journal states, that the
total average at Wick for the season is 90 crans, or eight
behind that of the last year at the same date. As yet
the fishing along the whole of the Scotch ,oast is con-
siderably under an average one, particularly on the
shores of the Moray Frith, where the prevalence of
northerly winds has been much against its prosrcution.
Much, however, may yet be done. There has of late
been a considerable rise in the prices of cured fish at
Wick, as high as 21s. per barrel for full crown brands,
having been off,red, which sum several curers have re-
fused. Meantime the accounts from the continental
markets are very diseouraffing„ arising from a largo im-
portation of the early-caught fish, but they are expected
to rally so soon as the accounts of the backwardness of
the fishing shall have reached the various ports. Irish
markets rule from 245. to 255. The largest arrivals
seem to have been at Belfast, where the quotations are
245. Gd. A sale of 300 barrels of Norwegian herrings
took place there lately, and brought a very poor figure
indeed. Leith markets may be stated at 235. The ac-
counts of the fishing at the different stations are
varied. The fishing is at an end for a season at Helms-
dale, and the average is eleven crans better than last
year. Owing to the late unfavourable state of the
weather the Coats at Lossiemouth and Burghead have
not been much at sea for some time, and it is almost cer-
tain now that the fishing at these stations will be poor
compared with past seasons. At Fraserburgh the total
average is about crans, and the boats at Peterhead
841- crans each. The men employed in the herring
fishing on the west coast, particularly about Loch Ey.
nort, ;icalpa, and Broadford, have been amply remune-
rated. The general take hies been from one to six bar-
rels, of good quality. This'has been the case for weeks.
—lnverness Courier.

PARTRIDGE SHOUTING.—The season for this sport
opened on Monday, but, owing to the latliitess of the harvest,
operations, we believe, will be delayed for a few weeks. 'I lie
birds are said to be numerous and in good condition.—Tyne
Mercury.
"Any iron wheel may be made to travel almo3t
noisleesly along a railway," says a distinguished lecturer, " by
inclosing its two sides with boarding on thin metallic sheeting,
so as to confine a quantity of sawdust in contact with its spokes;
sawdust being anti-vibratory, will effectually prevent the wheel
vibrating, thus enabling it to roll without noise. All who are
interested in lessening the noise of railway wheels should make
this easy method as public as possible, so that railway directors
may be urged to adopt a plan so inexpensive, efficacious, and
desirable."

TAW INTELLIGENCE.
PA L A 2'1.7 CI )17 PT, Wect,r6ote,-. Sent 5.
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COC:ii:.ANE V. LY.

This was an action brou,:-Jit by the plaintiff to recover the
sum of 19/, Is. 6d., fur editing and abridging the .:‘merinan
edition of the " Mysteries of Paris," and for reading and
correcting the printer's proofs.
The defendant pleaded the general issue, and a set-off.
Mr. Locke and Mr. Beadon conducted the case for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the defendant.
The person who had to do thd composition of the work said
he had got the copy for the printers from the plaintiff, and the
proofs were sent to him to correct. He considered one guinea
very reasonable for reading the printer's proofs.
The son of the last witness proved the delivery of the proofs
to Mr. Cochrane, for correction, and had afterwards seen the
proofs corrected in the office.
Mr. Mills, the editor of the Sportsman, said he considered
that one guinea a sheet was very reasonable for reading the
printer's proofs, and correcting them.
Mr. Laden, the printer who had done the press work, said
that he had been endeavouring to mediate between the parties,
and that the defendant denied the claim, but offered to pay 71.,
and plaintiff offered to take 10/. Ihe edition had been a lone
one.. Ile had, on one occasion, used six reams or the plain-
tiff's paper to finish the volume. Mr. Daly gave him an order
from Mr. Cochrane, authorising him to use it. Witness had
accepted a .It,/. boll fur plaintiff, which he dishonoured, and Mr.
Daly gave the money to take it up. He had in his possession
paper belonging to tltie plaintiff much above the value of the
bill, or he would not have accepted the bill. He bad a me-
morandum from Nle. Cochrane to keep the paper as a security
for the acceptance.
Miss Cochrane said that the defendant had been at her
father's house and offered 71. for the sake of Mrs. Cochrane.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
Is. Cd.

POLICE INTELL.RiENCE.
111 AA SION. HOUSE.
A meagre Scotchman, who refused to let his name be known,
in the fear that it should be conveyed in a defiled condition to
his native country, through the medium of the press, was
brought before the Lord Mayor.
The LORD MAYOR (to the defendant)—Do you persist in
refusing to say who you are ? Defendant—Yes, your Lord-
ship. You will excuse me—l am not inclined to appear in the
newspapers. Will your Lordship prevent the publication of
my name if I mention it.
The LORD MAYOR—I have nothing to do with the publica-
tion of it. I shall call you John Thomas, and I put you down
in that name in my book. Now (to the officer in whose cus-
tody the defendant was) what have you to say against John
Thomas ?
The policeman said, that as he was passing along on his beat,
he saw the defendant sitting close to the door of a house, the
dog of which was barking violently ; knowing that the animal
was one of great sagacity, his attention was the more partieu •
larly attracted to the appearance and condition of the stranger,
whose pockets seemed to be bulged out, and whose clothes had
the marks of whitened walls very palpable upon them. Wit-
ness asked him what he was doing, to which being in a state of
intoxication, he replied, by asking the question—" What's that
to you?" These words were followed up by language casting
imputation upon the general body of the police, and describing
them as a set of vagabonds, who impertinently interfered with
the affairs of the respectable members of society. Finding that
he was not likely to get a satisfactory account of so strange a
customer, the witness took him to the station-house, but his
introduction there by no means improved his manners or his
respect for the force, and be was detained until six o'clock,
when the inspector, fancying that the little imprisonment he
had got would operate as a corrective, told him that he was at
liberty to go. The permission, however, had no effect, but
that of exasperating him to the use of still more offensive
'enguage, and it was determined that the Lord Mayor should
e appealed to.
The Loan MAYOR asked the prisoner whether he wished to
say anything ?—The defendant replied, that the policeman had
committed perjury, for although he (defendant) had been drink-
ing, he was perfectly sober when the man walked up to him,
and wanted to know all about him. He certainly considered
that such interference was altogether wrong. He had been
fatigued with walking, and he sat down. Why any body
should question him upon the subject he could not conceive,
and he was resolved not to stand it.
The policeman, in answer to questions from the Lord
Mayor, stated that the bulk in the pockets of the defendant was
occasioned by the prominence of his wardrobe therein depo-
sited; that in refusing. to leave the station-house, in which he
had rested, he violently intimated that his application against
the inspector in the Queen's Bench should be immediately
made, and his whole conduct became troublesome in an ex-
treme degree.
The LORD MAYOR—I fine you five shillings, Mr. John
Thomas, for being drunk.
The defendant—That's not my name.
The Loan MAYOR—Never mind. It will do as well as any
other to go to prison with.
The defendant—l shan't pay the money.
The LORD MAYOR—Then you must go to prison for seven
days.—The defendant was committed.
Elizabeth Evans, a person of very serious deportment, who
had with her a female child, was charged by a policeman.
W. Morris, 419, stated that while he was on duty in a street
near the Mansion-house he saw the prisoner sitting at a hal:-
door, apparently very unwell. He asked her what was the matter
with her, and was told by her if she had a drink of water she
would be better. The witness procured her some water, and
at her request left her ; but he kept his eyes upon her move-
ments, and soon found that she managed to fall into fits
when she thought he was not in the way to witness the per-
formance. Upon being convinced that her experimental dis-
order was about to be interfered with, she suddenly recovered,
afunrdniseadidhietrwtahsaatlslhreighmtultit.halhkerw.
ithThhiemwtlotnheasys the howeveradvce ii in-
formed
a medical man, who was a good judge of maladies of the sort.
Instead of rejoicing at the prospect of effectual assistance she
slipped out of witness's hands, and was suddenly seized with a
fit of running, in which she appeared to be every atom as clever
as she had just 'shown herself to be in fainting. She also
showed that she had as much command of her tongue as of her
heels, for never did witness endure such a shower of disgusting
abuse as she heaped upon him.
The prisoner said she was so beside herself with suffering, that
she really did not know what she said to the policeman, and she
hoped his Lordship would let her go about her business.
The policeman said that the prisoner, although she stated her-
self to be the mother of the child in the justice-room, had
owned in the station-house that such was not the fact; and
witness believed that the infant was hired to assist in carrying
out the delusion.
The Loan MAYOR—I fine you 20s.
The prisoner—l have got no money to pay the fine.
The LORD MAYOR—Then you must go to Bridewell for one
month.—Committed.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Ann Wright and Mary Ann Jones were placed at the bar
charged with the following daring street robbery.
At a little after twelve on the previous night a tradesman
named Gelliisan, residing in Yeornan-creacent, Brompton, was
passing Hyde Park-corner, when the prisoner Wright came up
to him and invited him to take a walk with her down Constis
tution-hill. He refused, and was in the act of proceeding to-
wards his home when she suddenly threw her arms round his
waist, and before he could extricate himself he found by the
pressure of his guard chain on the back of his neck, that she
had got hold of his watch, which but a minute before was safe
in his waistcoat pocket, and had by a sudden and violent jerk
forced it off the heavy silver guard chain to which it had been
attached. She immediately ran off with the watch, but he
pursued and caught her, when she gave it to the other prisoner,
who was standing with her at the time she accosted the pro-
secutor.' Jones darted off at full speed with the watch, but
finding that the prosecutor who had loosed his hold of Wright,
was overtaking her, she threw the watch into the Green-park,
a minute or two before she was captured. The police came up
at the moment, and both prisoners were taken to the station.
The watch, which was a very handsome patent lever one, was
picked up uninjured.
The prisoners pretended that they knew nothing whatever
about the robbery, and, indeed, had never seen the watch.
They were committed for trial at the Central Criminal
Court, for the assault and robbery.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Thomas Brown and Lewis Green were brought- before Mr.
Hardwick, charged with having robbed Mrs. Anne Lockyer,
the wife of James Lockyer, Esq , of No. 19, Southampton-
street, Fitzroy-square, of her reticule.
Mrs. Lockyer said she was returning home about four o'clock
the previous afternoon, and when about 20 yards from her own
door, the prisoner Brown ran up to her and cut the string of
her reticule, and ran off with it. The reticule contained two
gold chains, some keys, and about lls. 61. in silver. Shortly
after the prisoner Brown had committed the robbery he was
stopped by a man, and he then threw the reticule away, and it
was caught by a man whom she believed was the prisoner
Green. The reticule now produced was her property. Her
dress was also cut by the prisoner, in his attempt to get posses-
sion of her reticule.
James Brown, a labouring man, living at 31, Ship-court,
said he was standing at the corner of Fitzroy-square, on
Thursday afternoon, when he saw the prisoner Brown run
towards Mrs. Lockyer, and snatch a reticule from her arm.
Witness pursued the prisoner into Fitzroy-square, and having
caught hold of him, the prisoner threw the bag to the prisoner
Green, who was a few yards behind. Green then ran away,
and witness released Brown and pursued Green, and secured
him after great resistance. Witness had noticed the prisoners
were in company together just before Brown took the reticule.
Richard Savage, a stonenaason, said he was at work at the
corner of Southampton-street, when he saw the prisoners in
company together. Brown left Green -and followed Mrs.
Lockyer, and immediately afterwards Brown snatched the
reticule from Mrs. Lockyer's arm, and ran off. Witness
followed and secured Brown.
The prisoner Brown said he should reserve what he had to
say for the ears of a jury.
Green denied that he was near the place.
The prisoners were fully committed.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A gentleman, whose name did not transpire, and who was
accompanied by his professional adviser, attended before
Mr. Bingham to solicit his assistance under the subjoined
circumstances:—
The applicant, through his solicitor, stated that he was
some time sittse in possession of a crossed cheque for 23/.;
which had by some means been stolen from him without his
being cognizant of its having disappeared. Upon calling upon
his bankers, about three weeks afterwards, he was much sur-
prised to find that the cheque had been already paid in through
another banking-house, who, it appeared, had received it from
Messrs. Hopkins and Co., linendrapers, in Shoreditch, with
whom he at once communicated, to ascertain- the means by
which it had fallen into their hands. He was then informed
that on the evening before the day it had been paid in
at the bankers, a woman who stated her name to be Jane
Williams, made a purchase at the shop of some baber•.
dashery articles," and tendered -in payment the cheque in
question, representing that she was compelled to proceed
that evening to Gravesend, where her friends were staying,
and as the cheque was a crossed one, and it was then beyond
banking hours, she would be unable to procure cash for it else-
where. There being no reason to doubt the truth of her state-
, ment, and as she appeared to be a person of great respectabi-
lity, the cheque was received in payment of her purchase, and
the balance handed to her. The object of the present applica-
tion was to request that the magistrate would grant either a
warrant or summons to compel the attendance of Mr. Hopkins,
to account for his possession of the cheque, or to ascertain the
proper mode of proceeding to recover its value, as it was quite
clear that the transaction, as far as the banking-houses were
concerned, was perfectly regular, and in the ordinary course of
business.
Mr. Bitecuam said he was not at all certain that he would
be justified in granting a warrant or summons under such cir-
cumstances; and even if,he possessed the power of compelling
an explanatiop by that means, it appeared to him pretty mani-
fest that the only iliformation Messrs. Hopkins would be able
to afford had been already elicited. There could be no doubt,
however, that due caution had.'not been exercised in the negos
tiation of a cheque presented in such an irregular manner ; and
it had been decided by the Judges, after elaborate argument in
a case which occurred about sixteen years ago, and to which
Messrs. Balling, Pearse, and Co, were parties, that the person
so incaution4y receiving such property was clearly responsible
for its value. He should recommend the parties to take the
opinion of counsel upon the matter, as their only remedy was
by civil action. ,
The applicants thanked the magistrate for his attention, and
expressing their determination to pursue the course he had in-
dicated, quitted the Court.

BENEVOLENCE.—Mr. Bingham has received two subOrip.
Lions of a sovereign and 107.. from " S." and " Annr,
for th twJ
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Henry Mansell, a carman, in the employment of Mr.
Renton, a soap manufacturer, in Park-place, Walworth, we's
charged before Mr. Henry, on'suspicion of being implicated in
a burglary and robbery upon the premises of his master, and
stealing from the counting-house nearly 601. in cash.
From the evidence it appeared, that during the night of the
15th of last month, the premises of Mr. Renton were broken
into, the desk in the counting-house broken open, and about
601. taken out of the cash box. The prisoner was the first per-
son to enter the premises on the Saturday morning, when the
outer gate was found open, and the robbery disOorered ; but at
that time not the slightest suspicion was entertained Of his
honesty. On the Monday morning foil Swing, he called
his master into the stable, and said he had been drink-

the night before with a person who had given him
some information about the robbery, and he (prisoner)
had no doubt that if allowed two or three hours
he would find put all about it. His master told him he might
devote the whole day to it if he liked, and he went away to
pursue his inquiries. In about an hour or so after, however,
he returned, borrowed a shilling from his master, and went
away again. In the afternoon of the same day the prisoner re-
turned to the premises, and informed his master that one of the
barmen at the Swan public•house, in the Old Kent-road, oppo-
site to the Dover terminus, informed him that Tommy Thomp-
son had changed a 51. note there after the day of the robbery,
and previous to this the prisoner had obtained from the
prosecutor the number of the totes stolen. 'I he prosecutor,
on learning this information, proceeded to the Swan, and
on mentioning the circumstance to the landlord, the latter
exhibited all the noses he had changed for some days pre-
ceding, but the stolen notes were not amongst them. The
prosecutor also inquired of the barmen in the house if they
hXd mentioned anything to the prisoner about Thompson
changing a note there, and all denied it. The prosecutor
pressed the prisoner for some explanation of his conduct,•and
repeatedly requested he would give up the name of the person
who he said he had been drinking with on the Sunday night,
and who had given him some information about the robbery,
but he positively refused to disclose it. •
The prisoner said the information had been given to him by
the man while he was under the influence of liquor; and the
prisoner having pledged himself that he should not disclose
his name, he should not do so let what might be the con-
sequence.
The prisoner persisted in concealing the name, and was re-
manded to a future day to give the constable engaged an op-
portunity of further investigating the case.