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

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The publio sales have proceeded with very little
animation, and prices have been barely maintained.
StGAR,—The market has remained very dull, and a de-
cline of 6d per cwt. may be quoted on most descriptions. In
the refined market there has been little animation, and prices
have also tended downwards.

COFFEE.—There has been a moderate demand for colonial
descriptions at steady rates.
RlCE.—Only a limited amount of business has been done
at rather lower prices.

TALLOW.—The market has continued very depressed in
all positions. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 42s 3d ; last
three months, 43s 3d ; and January to March, 44s 6d to
44s per owt. ,

PRESENTATION BY THE BOARD OF TRADE TO A
MERCHANT CAPTAlN.—Yesterday Captain Miller, of the
Liverpool ship William Chandler,
was presented (through
the local Marine Board at Liverpool) with a very flue tele-
scope, the gift of the British Government, as a reward for
his gallantry and kindness displayed in the rescue of the
captain and crew of the ship:America, of Belfast, when that
vessel was in a sinking and disabled state off the Cape of
allowancet e nt i
FIRSTons , was
a I ca
Drc opamsLpEsetsl.lEexd Helena.
EtoNp t his
uri
lownl crew on short
Good Hope. Captain Miller, in order
VOLUNTEERS.—toearryouthisin-
fhe competition for prizes between the members of the Ist
company of this regiment, took place at the Ealing range
on the 6th instant. There were three prizes, of the value
respectively of three, two, and one guinea. The ranges
were 200, 500, and 600 yards, The first prize was won by
Corporal W. L. Baker, score, 41—the second by Sapper
Bowler. score 40—and the third by Lieutenant Thompson,
score 32.

THE CHAMPION PLOUGHMEN OF ENGLAND,—
The first All-England Match of the season came off yester-
day at the Sparkenhoe Club Meeting, near Ashby-de-la-
Zouch. Considerable interest was manifested in the pro-
ceedings, and the ploughing, considering the dry and hard
stateipsw Ipswich, thethland,
matchwas
ina t i n
gin favour of Messrs.FOrel2loet in the competi-
tion were the How ards of Bedford and the Ransomes of
afternoon from Boulogne
Howard.
ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.--AS the South.
Easterncrossing
tßheaiclwhaaynneCl oymepstaenryd'asy steamboat Victoria was
to Folkestone, in a heavy sea, her floats struckm a piece of
wreck and she became for a time disabled. The passengers,
nearly 300 in number, were at first ranch Oared—but the
steam was turned off and the floats repaired, and after three
hours' delay the boat made for Dover Admiralty Pier,
arriving there at 7.15.
FATAL AFFRAY IN NEWCASTLE.--0a Sunday, a
mall named
brother, I
byohn namewife's
'Tutler, who
mw ou livesaid in .
In the course of
the afternoon the whole of the parties had partaken rather
freely of drink, and in this state commenced to squabble
amongst themselves, the quarrel being chiefly between
M'Donald and his sister (the wife of
Tutler), In the ad-
joining house—divided only from Tatter's by a thin
wooden partition—resided a wire- worker named Wynn
and his wife. The latter hearing the disturbance and the
cries of the woman as though in distress, rushed out
of her house into Tutler
's and endeavoured to prevent
M`Donald from inflicting further violence upon his
sister. Just at this moment Tutler had interfered,
and was closing with g.Donald, when Mrs. Wynn,
still trying to make peace, got in between them. She had
hardly done so, however, when her husband heard her call
Frank (his Christian name) twice, and upon hastening to
the rescue of his wife he was horror-struck at finding her
lying dead at the feet of the combatants. So short a time
had the whole affair taken, indeed, that according to
Wynn's statement his wife was scarcely more than two
minutes out of their own house when he heard her
call him by name in the manner described. Mr
Rayne, :police surgeon, was immediately sent for,
but life was quite extinct, the peer woman having
apparently died instantlY• The most mysterious part of the
occurrence ie that there are no marks of violence on the
body of the deceased to account for death, which at present
can only be refer rod to cue of two causes ; either that she
has received in the course of the conflict a severe blow upon
some vital part, or being probably subject to disease of the
heart, her death may have been accelerated by the agitation
and excitement produced by the occurrence.
EXTENSIVIi FORGERIES BY A MERCHANT.—
Much excitement was caused at the beginning of
last week by the rumour that Mr William Spence, a well-
known merchant in Kirkwall, had been imprisoned tor ex-
tensive forgeries. This rumour, which many were unwil-
ling to believe, turned out unfortunately to be only too true ;
and as the intelligence spread through the town it awakened
mingled consternation and astonishment, since Mr Spence,
from his position as an elder in the United Presbyterian
Church. and from the apparent interest which he took in
religious matters, had previously enjoyed the repute of
being an honest and consistent man. The defalcations as
at present ascertained amount to £2,550. Mr Spence made
no attempt to hide or deny his criminality. He was pri-
vately examined in the presence cf the Sheriff and Procu-
rator Fiscal during the course of last week, and it is under-
stood that his trial will come on in the high Court of Jus-
ticiary in Ediu'vurgb, probably in November.—Orkney
Hanle!.