The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-06 00:00:00

THE STRAND MUSIC HALL.

The application of the directors for a license for musio for
his now building will be taken to-morrow.

WESTON'S RETREAT.

The application of William James Kent, for a license for
Weston's Retreat, will also be considered to-morrow.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 39s 8d ;
barley, 30s 11d ; oats, 20s 7d ; rye, 35s 4d ; beaus, 40s 4d ;
and peas, 37s ld.
THE SIM WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 41s 7d ;
barley, 3ls Id ; oats, 21s sd; rye, 34s 6d; beans, 40s lld ;
peas, 365 sd.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 101,769 ;
barley, 41,276 ; oats, 8,368; rye, 487; beans, 3,662; peas,
1,585 quarters.

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METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
There was about an average supply of beasts on sale here
to-day, but the general quality of the stock was vary mid-
dling. The beef trade was in a sluggish state at Monday's
inquiry. The beat Scots realised 58 4d per 81bs. We were
but moderately supplied with sheep ; nevertheless, all breeds
moved off slowly on former terms. The best old Downs
sold at 55 8d per Sibs. Calves were in short supply and
good request at 4d per 81ba more money. The quotations
ranged from 4s 4d to 5s 4d per Blbs. Pigs were firm in
price, but mulch cows were very dull.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.

s. d. s. d. s. d. id
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 81Primecrs-wool d 0.5 2 5 4
Second quality do. 3 10 4 6 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 6 5 8
Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 Large 'arse. calves 4 4 5 0
Prime Scots, &c. 5 2 5 4 Prime small do 5 2 5 4
Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Large hogs 3 6 4 4
Second quality do. 48 5 0 Small porkers 4 64 10
Lambs....os Od to Os Od.

Suckling calves, 183 to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs,
208 to 26e each.

TOTAL SUPPLY
Beasts
~, ,

FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts .. . 470
Sheep
Calves
Pigs

Cows 134
Sheep
Calves .. 270
Pigs. 440

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—There is a fair amount
of business doing in each kind of meat, as follows :—Beef.
trom 38 Od to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; veal, 38 10d
to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, Oct. s.—Prima beasts and sheep moved off
freely at very full prices; otherwise, the trade was in a
sluggish state. Beet, from 3s 6d to 58 4d ; mutton, 4s Od
to 58 8d ; veal, 4e Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d
per Blbs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, 0&. s.—There was a moderate business doing,
as follows :—Beaf, from 3s 4d to 5s 4d ; mutton, 3s 10d to
5s 8d; veal, 48 2d to 48 10d; and pork, 4s Od to 48 10d per
81bs; suckling calves, 16s to 19s; quarter-old store pigs,
20s to 255; an milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os each.

lIAY MARKETS.
SMITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 8s ; clover,
£4 lOs to £6 10s Od ; and sizaw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load.
A fair demand.
CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, Os to £5 103; clover,
£4 108 to £6 ►Os Od ; and straw, £lBd to £1 14s per load.
Trade steady.
WILITECIIAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 158 to £5 ;. clover,
£4 158 to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per' load.
Supply only moderate.

CAPTAIN SPEKE'S LAST LETTER.—The following
is a copy of an unfinished letter which was found among
the gallant and lamented gentleman's papers, and which,
it is believed, contains the last words he ever wrote:—
' Neston Park, Coraham, Sept. 14.—Dear Mr Tinne,—l
have been delighted by seeing the way in which you have been
handling the Nile question in the Timer of the 12th. The
ladies' accounts of the way they were treated by those
ruffians up there is a perfect picture, as far as it goes, of
the true state of the system practised in those lands, There
is one other reason not alluded to which must have ope-
rated to thwart the ladies' designs—viz., the jealousy the
traders are so susceptible to of any one prying into the
nature of the country they have appropriated to them-
selves. Pray do keep working this subject, for no ono can
do it better than yourself. No doubt, indeed, a consul is
much wanted in the Soudan; but then he should not be a
trader, for no one can trade honestly in those regions. I
have great fears about the fate of Baker. He ordered
Petherick to place a boat for him at Gondokoro this and
last year, The boat was there, and the men with whom
Baker went into the interior must have returned to that
post, else we could not have heard of Baker's having gene
to Unyoro. This being necessarily the case, how is it that
Baker did not send a line by them to Petherick, unless
some foul play can answer the question ? For the love of
those you have lost, do bring retzibution on the miscreants
who occasioned it. There is no richer i,:_
nd in the world than
the equatorial regions, and nothing more u: importance to
the interesis of Egypt, as well as our own mercha2fll
" than
that of openinu up those lands to legitimate commerce.
COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OP A SERVANT GIRL.—
At about a quarter-past 12 on Sunday morning last a bur-
glarious entrance was effected at the house of Mr Edward
Wood, of Oakham. Mr Wood, who is in business in Dud-
ley, was staying at his business residence, and the house was
left with only a servant girl and a younger son of the pro-
prietor. At the time abovementioned the girl, whose name
is Hannah Langston°, was aroused by hearing a noise in the
house. She at once got up and went down stairs, and found
a man in the back kitchen with a side of bacon on his
shoulders. She immediately naught hold of the bacon and
took it from him %ud commenced calling for aid. The
burglar attacked her, and while struggling with him,
kicked her violently ou the right thigh, which is bruised
and blackened severely. He ultimately made his escape
through the kitchen window, which he had forced in obtain-
ing an entrance. The girl endeavoured to prevent his
escape, but the man overpowered her and got away, without
however taking any spoil. As soon as possible an alarm
was raised and several neighbours came to the spot, but the
man had succeeded in getting beyond pursuit. Besides the
flitch of bacon, a ham was found out ready for carrying
away. Detective-sergeant Davies, of the Dudley force,
was called in, and his opinion is that the fording of the
window is not the work of a " regular hand." The girl
is seriously but not dangerously hurt. Her courageous
behaviour is a general topic of comment in the town, and
we understand it is the intention of her employer to re-
ward her handsomely for plucky conduct.—.Birasinghatn
Garage.
At the Clerkenwell police-court yesterday a gene
tleman named Lloyd was charged with having got '
out of a train in motion on the Metropolitan Railway. The
affair took place on the 10th of September. Mr Lloyd
wanted to get out at King's Cross, but failed to do so before
the door of the carriage in which he was riding was shut
and the train in motion. He-then opened the door and in-
sisted on getting out. The result was that he fell on to the
line a little within the tunnel and was taken up for dead.
Fortunately, however, he was only insensible, but was very
seriously hurt. The magistrate yesterday fined him ls. and
costs, but the railway company declined to receive the costs.
At the Middlesex Sessions yesterday a police
constable named Gully was charged with assaulting
a married woman named Gumpertz. According to the
statement for the prosecution Gully had behaved in a very
coarse and brutal manner to Mrs Gompertz. It was alleged
for the prisoner, on the other hand, that he had found her
making a great row, and had taken her into custody, and
that the charge against him was an afterthought. The jury
ceuld not agree upon a verdict, and were discharged.
DEATH OF THE FIRST NUTMEG PLANTER IN
GRENADA.—Mr. Robert Kennedy, a native of
Perthshire, Scotland, who emigrated to Grenada in 1804,
and subsequently introduced the nutmeg into that colony,
expired in August last at the ripe age of 83. The nutmegs
sent from the deceased gentleman's gardens at Bellevue
carried the prize at the Great Exhibition of 1851. His
graye lies between those of his wife and daughter,
shadowed by the wide-spreading branches of his first-
planted nutmeg tree, in the midst of his plantations, vfhere
he had himself directed it should be,--1-.7 he Grocer,