The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-12 00:00:00

BREAD.

The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are fron?.
61cl to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.

Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2ld to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d
to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3#d; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 4d;
881 b to 961 b, 31d to 41d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 41d ; 1041 b to
1121 b, —d to —d. Horse hides, 9s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins,
light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 12s
Od to 14s Od ; half-breds, 10s Od to 12s Od ; Downs, 8s Od to
9s 9d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; aheallings, Is 8d to Os Od.
HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 3s to £1 10s per load.
Moderate supply—trade slow.
GUMBERLAND.--Mea4OW nay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, 2s to £1 lOs per load.
Trade dull.

WRITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 Os to £1 10s per load.
A slow demand.

COAL MARKET.
Prfoes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.
a. d.
Buddle's'West Hartley 16 3
Cowpen Hartley 15 3
Hastings Hartley l5 3
North Pelton Gas 13 6
Tanfield Moor Butes 15 0-
Wylam 17 0
Eden Main ..17 61

Walls End.
Haswell . .19 0
Braddyll's Hetton 18 0
Hartlepool lB 9
. South Hetton 19 0
K elloe ...
South Kelloo 18 0
Tunstall
Heugh Hall 18 0
Hetton 18 6
Harton 15 6
)t, 51; sold, 49.

Walls End.
Stewart's 18 6
South Hartlepool 17 6
Ships at market

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, March 12.—Wind this day at noon—South.
Weat ; light breeze, and fine weather.

COWES, March 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Boadicea.,
from London for Pernambuco, with lose of jibboom, and
other damage.

NEWPORT, March 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Rising
Sun, from London for New York,
YARMOUTH, March 11.—Wind S. W.—Arrrived—Water-
loo, from London for Alexandria, leaky, and with crew
refractory.

SUNDERLAND, March 10.--Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ever-
green, for Malts.

HOLYHEAD, March 11.—Wind N.W.--Arrived—Bag-
dad Packet, from Liverpool for Havannah.

Or MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Sailed, March 12—Hanover, steamer, for Calais; Seine
et Tamise, steamer, for Paris.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Catherine and Margaret, from Port Maddock,
for Copenhagen ;
Oriental, from Falmouth, for Loudon ;
Hero, of Weyuaouth, from the north, for the west; Regina,
of London, from Demerark, for London ; Indies, Greek
brig, from London, for Swansea.

THE PRIEST AND THE CONSTABLE.-011 the 9th
of December last a Protestant constable named
Wiggins, stationed at Dundrum, in the county of Tipperary,
then almost in a dying state, sent for a Roman Catholic
priest, and the Rev. W. Corcoran went at once to the
police barracks to receivo him into his Church and admini•
ster to him the sacraments. Sub-Inspector Boyce, in
command of the station, refused to admit the priest till
he had communicated with his superior officer, because
Wiggins had been a Protestant all his life, and had just
been visited by the Protestant clergyman, and he seemed
to be then in too weak a state to understand what he
was about. Mr. Corcoran made his way into the sick man's
room, but was obliged to withdraw immediately, at Mr.
Boyce's request. .Aided by the man's wife and a Roman
Catholic policemen he subsequently endeavoured to force his
way upstairs, but was firmly though gently repulsed. The
priest was, however, freely admitted next day, and the con-
stable died a member of the Roman Catholic Church. The
temporary exclusion of the priest caused a great deal of
popular excitement in the neighbourhood, and Mr. Corcoran
made a formal complaint to the Government against Mr.
Boyce, The Lord-Lieutenant ordered a court of inquiry,
which lasted about a fortnight, and the result has just been
made public. It came to the conclusion, from the evidence,
that sub-inspector Boyce had unwarrantably obstructed
Mr. Corcoran in the discharge of his duty as a clergyman,
and denied to the deceased constable liberty to receive the
religious consolation he sought for; but, taking the entire
report and the evidence adduced before it, Lord Carlisle
tchean
however, is of opinion that he is
may
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course he took in even temporarily excluding the priest
from the constable after he had expressed hie determination
to become a Roman Catholic. He has, therefore, given
orders to the Inspector General of Constabulary that the
Sub-Inspector "shall be reprimanded, and removed from
Dundrum to another station!'

--
WHY WE SHOULD EAT TRUFFLES.—What the
spices of the tropics did for the art of cookery
towards the close of the 15th and first half of the 16th cen-
turies, the rediscovery of the truffle has done for it in the
Champagne a dish at every supper—a
last half of the 18th and in the present century. It was in
1720, in the early part of the reign of Louis ..._,..,
X N that
Dubouis, the minister, introduced at his dinner those
a;l2leonwtedofmuch of the keen shrewd-
., diamants de lacuisine," and the Duke of Orleans made
which, nearly a century
tdrizsieZ at
the vine
dailydeexCijko
later, that prince of diners, Talleyrand, is believed by all
profound thinkers to have
ness of his intellect. For truffles,beit
tureomreemcbleearerd;The
"en-
liven the mind, exhilarate the spirits, assist the digestion,
and render the reasoning faculties
Reader.

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under date of the
Chicago corres-
pondentWOß of
fIl ENtheSHetoDlYNoGric
Timeslsth ult. :—" A gentleman arrived in this city from Idaho
last week says that when he left
was X 15,000,000 dole, in gold in the hands of the miners,
awaiting the means of transportation to the States."
MADAME RATAZZI'S BALL DRESS.--The Italian
journals relate the following incident which occur-
red!cuoue among the ladies was
very striking toilette composed of a
at a ball given at Milan, during Victor Emmanuel?,
vuisaidtatmo
ethßaat
tcaiztyzi.
inMsovsterc
white satin tunic embroidered with silver lilies, and accom-
panied by eight puffed tulle skirts, of which the upper one
was studded with floss silk bouquets, each having three
marabout feathers in the centre. Her head-dress consisted
of a cluster of marabout feathers, attached by her splendid
ruby, which is known among the mast famous gems in
Europe as the "Duo Genevois." Madame Ratazzi's dress
was so voluminous that the King could not help rallying
her on the subject. His Majesty was looking for M. Ratazzi,
and,notflnidnciinugirhed, 44 Where is M. Ratazzi ? Is it pos-
sible , be accosted Madame Ratazzi and
laughinglysible that he can have disappeared under your cress ? This
sally of his Majesty was, of course, followed by a universal
laugh.

The Waters of the Seine have reached the height
of 21 metres by the settle at the Pout Royal.