The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-08 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 15s ; clover,
£5 Os to £6 15s ; and. straw, £1 8s to £1 12s par load,
A fair demand.
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011MBERLAND.—Mewlow hay, £4 Os to £5 17s 6d ; clover,
£5 Os to £6 15s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per toad.
Trade firm.

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HITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 N to £5 15s; clover,
£5 Os to £6 15s ; and straw, I'l 8s to £1 12s per load.
A moderate supply.

A LIBERAL MINDED RECTOR,—On Monday the
children of the Cobridge Catholic school had their
annual treat. They marched in procession, with flags and
banners, through Burslew, back to Cobridge, and then to a
field engaged for the purpose on the Birches Head Farm,
where they were provided with tea and buns, &c. Some of
the friends of the scholars had procured the services of the
band of the Burslem Rifle Volunteers, who headed the
scholars in their march. While passing through Barslom,
we are informed that the procession was met by the Rev.
Dr Armstrong, the rector, who ordered the volunteer band
to leave it, alleging that he would not permit them to join
in the procession of a Roman Catholic school. The band
refused to obey the rev. doctor's order, and accompanied the
children to the field. It appears that Dr Armstrong then
went to the commanding officer of the Bur3lem Wile Corps,
Captain Twigg, and induced hicu to give an order for the
band to return. This order was not, however, communi-
cated to the band until eight o'clock in the evening. The
Rev. Mr Leith and the scholars had been left the field, and
the band was engaged in playing for some of the friends of
the scholars, who were amusing themselves with a dance.
It is presumed that some misunderstanding occurred, as
the band did not obey the order to return. We regret to
state that this disobedience of orders has led to some serious
unpleasantness, and that the members of the band have
been required to send in their instruments and clothing .
We understand that a court of inquiry is to be held upon
the subject.—Sicriordehtre Septincl.
THE ARRESTS DURING THE BELFAST RIOTS.—

As we have already announced, 176 people were
wounded and nine killed during the recent riots, which
lasted for 14 days. There were in Belfast, including
military and constabulary, a force of 4,000 armed men, and
the number of arrests made of those.in gaol awaiting their
trial was exactly 50—the great majority of whom are charged
with no more serious offence than having arms in their
possession in a proclaimed district. Probably the greater
number of the accused will also be charged with riot, but
it seems a complete legal farce that only 50 should be in
custody for a fortnight's rioting, when in any half hour
during that time ten times that number might have been
lawfully arrested if the authorities had only done their
duty.—Korthern 1171 big.
DESTRUCTION OF FEDERAL SHIPS BY CONFEDE-
RATE CRUISERS.—Yesterday intelligence was re-
ceived at Lloyd's, under date New York, August '27, that
two more Confederate cruisers had evaded the Federal war
steamers and successfully run out of the harbour of Wil-
mington, and since then had destroyed no less than 33 Fede-
ral merchantmen. T.ho Tallahassee hes eluded all the efforts
of the- Federal gunboats to overhaul her since she ran out
of the harbour of Halifax, INS,, and on the 23d of August
destroyed no less than 25 Federal coasting ships and vessels
on their homeward voyage from Europe, many laden with
valuable, cargoes. All this destruction was effected off the
coast of the State of Maine. The Federal mercantile marine,
and the coasting trade especially, is completely paralysed
by these daring exploits of the Confederate cruisers. The
Federal gunboats have hitherto been foiled, as the com-
manders of the Confederate cruisers will not risk an en-
gagement, their only object being the destruction of pro-
perty, and not fighting. •
The smallest pony in the world is owned by Sohn
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only 211 b,