The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-06 00:00:00

STATEMENT OF COTTON.

1841, Sep6. 1, stock on hand 14,490
Receipts last three clays 11,554
previously

489,098

Cleared last three dap
" previously

Stock on hand 153,619
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPL

Ordinary
Middling
Middling fair
Fair
Good fair
Good and fine

6 61
7 7f
81 81
919 f
10i 11

Freights have a tendency to advance. The Lehigh
has been engaged to load at Natchez for Liverpool, at
id. Nothing higher than i3td has been paid from the
city, but vessels cannot be taken up on these terms to-
day.
Exchange is extremely unsettled. Sterling has been
sold from 10 to 12i- per cent. prem. France 5 10. Sight
cheques on New York, 5 to per cent. prem.
Money matters continue very tight, and several oxten-
Ave failures have occurred within the last ten days, more
especially amongst houses engaged in the western trade.

CRIMINAL COURT,-YESTERDAY.
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.
A THIEF CAUGHT IN His owx Tanr.—John Saville,
an evangelical-looking young man, was indicted for being found
in the cellar of Mrs. Walter, a publican,
,at 29, Pudding-lane,
ou the night of the 11th of March.
Two gentlemen, named Nile and Claridge, stated that they
were passing the house about midnight, and they saw the flap
leading to the cellar from the street open. They listened, and
heard somebody groping below. Instantly they closed
the flap, and one stood on it, while the other
ran for policeman Hart, 529, and Everett, 589,
who came and searched the premises, where they found
the prisoner with a candle, not lighted, in his hand. 'fhe ex-
planation of the prisoner was, that having no particulir lodg-
ing, and, being fatigued, when he saw the cellar- open he
thought he might as well avail himself of the landlady's hos-
pitality, and he was much displeased at the rudeness of the
gentlemen who disturbed him. His character, he said, was
beyond imputation, as his brother in the City-road could prove.
The police called upon the brother, who said he knew
nothing of his brother fur the last five years.
The Counsel for the prisoner, Mr. PAYNE, argued
that though the prisoner was found in the cellar, might
have got in through the premises up stairs at night before nine
o'clock, in which case he could not be convicted of the burglary.

The Jury found the prisoner guilty.
It i.urned out, on further inquiry, that the prisoner was a
watch-movement maker, but he had not worked for some time
at his trade, and he was known to prefer the company of
thieves.

The RECORDER said an example must be made to check the
frequent rubbery in public-house*, and the prisoner was there-
fore sentenced to transportation for ten years.
Amongst the prisoners is Catherine Morris, spinster, aged
30, charged with stealing a loaf of bread, value lid., the pro-
perty of George Schramm. She has been in prison since the
16th of March.

Martha Harrington, aged 40, a person in the service of
Lady Augusta Paget, was indicted for stealing bank notes and
cash of the value of 20/., the property of her mistress. She
was also indicted for embezzling three sums of 101. each, the
property of the same prosecutrix.
There were two other indictments against the prisoner for
feloniously forging receipts to two bills, with intent to defraud
her mistress.

To the three last indictments the prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr. BannELLY, en behalf of the prosecution, said the sums
named in the above indictments had been selected from various
others, and Lady Paget, from a sense of public duty, had
deemedit necessary to proceed upon them. Since the pri,onei
had been in custody she had sent a letter to her Ladphip, in
which she expressed her contrition for what she had done.
The receipts in question were forged to tradesmen's bills, tke
money for which had regularly been given to the prisoner, but
she hid neglected to pay them.
In answer to a question by the Recorder, Mr. RADDELEY
said the amount stolen and misappropriated by the prisoner was
considerable. It was the wish of her Ladyship, however, to
recommend the prisoner to mercy.
The RECORDER said it was such a very strims offence that
it was impossible the Court could pass it over without very se-
vere punishment. The sentence therefore was, that the pri-
soner be transported for seven years.
Robert Fairfax, aged 20, was indicted for breaking and en-
tering the dwel.ing-house of Mr. John Osborne, and stealing
therefrom a spoon, a miniature, and various other articles, his
proper ty.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Recorder sentenced him to be transported for the term
of ten years.
John Savill, aged 20, was indicted for burglariously breaking
and entering the dwelling-house of Mrs. Caroline Walters, with
intent to steal.

The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Recorder sen-
tenced the prisoner to be transported for the term of ten years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BO W-STREET.

Wm. Miles, and George Groom, two young lads, placed at
the bar together, were charged, the former with unlawfully
collecting money to the amount of 10s., belonging to hie mas-
ter, Thomas Wood, and the other with embezzling the sum
of 16s.
The case of Miles was first entered into.

Mr. Wood stated that the prisoner Miles had been in his
employ about three months. He received 10s. on Maundy
Thursday from a customer, and had not accounted for it. Wit-
ness forgave him that, and sent him about his business. Since
then, however, he had been going about to all witness's cus-
tomers, endeavouring to collect money.
None of the parties, however, being present to whom the
prisoner had applied, on this count the prisoner was remanded
till Friday next. _ _ _

Georg; Groom was then charged with embezzling the
two sums of 12s. bd. and 45., the property of his master, Thomas
Halls Meyer. The prisoner Miles was also mixed np in this
charge, and it appeared that, as the masters of the two boys re-
sided next door to each other, the prisoners were respectively
acquainted with their employer's concerns, and so had a tine
opportunity of carrying out any little rascality which might
appear to them to be desirable.
In this count also, as the parties necessary to the proving of
the charge were not present, the prisoners were remanded till
Friday.