The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-10 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Market opened quiet, and without change in
price. Sales, probably 5,000 bales,

A MAGISTRATEFINED FOR ILLEGALLY ARREST.
ING A STREET PREACIIER.—Mr Younghusband,
one of the Birkenhead magistrates, was yesterday the de-
fendant in the Birkenhead County Court, in an action
brought against him by Mr Dowling, a street preacher,
who sought 40a damages for illegal arrest and assault.
Dowling, while crossing in a steamer from Woodside to
Liverpool, on the 25th of June, commenced to preach, and,
on refusing to desist, he was given in charge by Mr
Younghusband. On this he was taken back to Birkenhead,
and conveyed through the streets to Bridewell, where after
a brief examination, he was discharged. Mr Harden, the
judge of the County Court, who tried the case, gave judg•
ment for 40s, and costs for the plaintiff.

SUGAR ON THE PLATE !—Sugar is beginning to
be grown rather extensively in the province of Mendoza,
River Plate, and it is expected from the appearance of the
crop that the produce will be sufficient to supply the Buenos
Ayres market.—The Grocer.
THE MACKAY GUN.—We understand that Go-
vernment has given Mr James Mackay, of Liverpool, an
order for one of his windage adaptation guns, the weight to
be 10 tons, and the bare the same diameter as the ordinary
68 pounder. A 12-pounder gun on the same principle as
the heavy gun recently tried will shortly be publicly tested.
We are informed that the range already attained is much in
exo,,ss of that of any other weapon.

COLLISION.--A telegram received by the Liver-
pool underwriters yesterday states that on the 7th inst. the
Providence sloop and a Cardiff pilot boat came into colli-
sion near Harmock, and both sank. The crew of the former
was drowned, and that of the latter say ed.
A WELSH JURY.—With reference t o the case of
a man named Edward Regan, charged at the Mold
assizes on Friday last with rape, and acquitted, the Lord
Chief Justice, on coming into court on the following morn-
ing, thus addressed the Under-Sheriff:—" Before closing
these assiz:s let me ask you in future to return men more
capable of discharging the duty of jurors than those who
served on the first jury yesterday. They returned a ver-
dict of accquital, and in the whole course of my profes-
sional career I don't know a more signal, instance of the
failure of justice.
FEARFUL FALL OF A FEMALE INTO THE MAIN
DRAINAGE WORKS.—Yesterday Mr. Carter, the
coroner, received information of the death of Mrs. Martha
Matthews, aged 31 years, who resided at 73, Albany-road,
Camberwell, which was occasioned under the following
frightful circumstances :—lt would appear that on Satur-
day she came from her door, opposite to which—in the road-
way—was a cutting about 25 feet deep, belonging to the
works of the Main Drainage. Having some curiosity to
see the men at work she leaned over the barrier, when she
lost her balance, and with a loud scream the was prscipi-
tatcd head foremost into the sewer. As soon as possible she
was brought to the surface in an insensible condition, and
conveyed to Saint Thomas's Hospital, where,, she was at
once attended by Mr Siddall, the house surgeon, who found
that her skull was fractured and that she was otherwise
so dreadfully injured that she expired in a few hours. The
deceased had left behind a family of five young children,
and at the time of the occurrence was far advanced in
pregnancy.

Mr John Henry Etheridge, formerly of the
Union Bank of Australia, and manager in London,
since its commencement, of tho London and South
African Bank, has been appointed general manager
in Liverpool of the Eastern Exchange Bank
(Limited.)
The directors of the Agra end Masterman's Bank
(Limited) have this day declared a dividend at the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum, together with a
bonus of £2 per share, for the half-year ended 30th
~)f Jane last, payable on 18th inst., being together
at the rate of 18 per cent, per annum.