The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-13 00:00:00

HAY MARR2TS.

SMITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5
Osclover,
£4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load.
Trade firm.

CumBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 Os ; clover,
£4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 48 to £1 12s per load. A
good demand.

WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Oa to £5 s; clover,
£1 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 100 per load.
An active inquiry.

COAL MARKET.
Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.
s. d.
North Pelton Gas 13 9
Walker Primrose 13 3
West Hartley 17 9
Pensher Primrose 17 3

6. d.

Walls End.
_. __

Brad°l3,ll's Iletton- 17 9
W. Byron 17 0
Cassop 18 0
Belmont l7 0
Framwellgate l7 3
Ships at market

Walls End.
Tiaswell ...... ...19 0
Hartlepool ..18 9
East Hartlepool 18 9
Kelloe...
South Kelloe 18 0
Eieugh Hall 18 0
South Hetton 19 0
Tunstall
Hetton 19 0

it, 57 ; sold, 60.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Aug, 13.—Wind dila day at noon—North-
West; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a
cloudy.

OFF FALMOUTH, Aug. 12,—Arrived— iiebe, from Callao
for Dunkirk.

NEWPORT, Aug. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Panama,
from Bristol for Havannah.

CARDIFF, Aug. 12.—Araived—Blencathia, from the
Cape of Good Hope.

LOUGH FOYLE, Aug. 12.—Arrived—Caledonia, steamer,
from New York.

.1•••••••• kVA.

(111 t ULUOTIt/CI TntGRAPH.)
PLltliOuTa, Saturday Morning.
The smack Prince of Wales, Capt. Weeks, which left
Portrien, France, yesterday morning, and arrived here to-
day. with cattle for Mr Treeby, reports having observed,
at half-past 2 o'clock this morning, when 10 miles south
of the Start Point, eight ships of war going to the east-
ward, under half-engine power ; no canvas. Wind easterly,
light. At that time it was too dark to obtain more distinct
information.

(By MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
Arrived Au ust GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
, g 12Emerald, from T. 7, mut—Mathilda,
from
Prince, St.from Guernsey
lizabeth Hamv;,ton, from Oporto—
Arrived, August 13—Urania, from Archangel—George,
Guerfrom Domsjt—Sarah, from Dunkirk--Forest Queen, from
nsey,
DBAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Pei-Ho, of Liverpool, from Shields, for China.

MURDER ON TIIE liiGR SEAs.—At the South.
ampton Police-court yesterday, before the Mayor,
Mr G. Brinton, and other magistrates, a German seaman,
named Adolphe Bjornsen, about 35 years old, was charged
with
Adolphe,wilfully
an murderingG the captain of the barque
tausus-
English registered vessel, on the high
seas, on the 21st June last. It appeared from the evi-
dence of the first mate, Mr Peterson, that the ship left
London on the 7th of May for China. When they were
within about five days' sail of Pernambuco, the first mate
was in his cabin—the time being 9.30 p.m.—when he heard
a noise proceeding from the captain's cabin. He imme-
diately went there, and found the prisoner in the cabin with
the captain. As soon as the prisoner saw him, he raised a
pistol and fired, but the shot missed him. He then went
again on deck, the prisoner following him, having still ,a
double-barrelled revolver in his hand. Shortly afterwards
the captain came on deck and asked where the second mate
Prisoner was standing near at the time, and he
was (meaning the prisoner), and whether he had not been
y shot the captain through the
head. The captain fell, and after lingering for about half
an hour, died. The prisoner in the meantime had betaken
turned secured
himself to the captains hi 1,
' ca....niw&Lere he remained for a con-
siderableg unable to get at him, as he
had eb taPi roundnt iemde'andtpossessionhedcerleibwe robate'tieaall all the firearms. He afterwards
came on deck heavily armed, and proceeded to lower the
binto which he got, and at once started from the
It was then about half-past two in the morning.
h f
were fired at him, but it was exceedingly dark at the
ltssiinmeiopeto:sa t ,
and they did not take effect. As soon as the day
were strained in order to discover some
trace of the prisoner, and the boat Was discerned in the
distance. The vessel went immediately in pursuit, and
dawned, all eyes
mo'clock, Shots were fired at
thea eu
prisoner'slwithhim about
eem 1 t Iriddled; and
when it was in a sinking state, the jollyY
boat belonging to
the ship, and manned at the time by Six of the crew, was
e boat, b
which
sent to seize the prisoner, who was placed in irons as soon
awhth ten
was
Pee
as secured, and conveyed to the vessel, where he remained
•
in confinement until Pernambuco was reached. He was
)
then arraigned before a naval court Where depositions were
taken, and the English consul directed
his removal to this
country. It was stated that no disagreement had taken
taken place between the captain and the prisoner. At the
close of the first mate's evidence the prisoner was remanded
for a week, in order that the register of the `easel might be
produced, Mr Mackey, who appeared for the prisoner,
having expressed a doubt as to whether it was authorised
to carry the English flag.

TAFFER, THE MATE OF THE VT
-.,OWERY LAND.—
It will be in the recollection of our traders that, on
the conviction of the pirates of the Flowery Land, who
were executed at the Old Bailey, an appeal was made on
behalf of Wm. Taffer, who was instrumental in bringing
them to justice, and who was left destitute and disabled for
a time. Those who subscribed to Taffer's necessities will
be pleased to learn that, through their kindness,
he has had
the means so to apply himself as to pass a creditable exami•
nation, and obtain a second mate's certificate. Taffer, we
understand, is likely to obtain an appointment to a first-
class passenger ship about to sail from the port of Lon-
don.

THE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT CHILWORTH.
—Yesterday Mr Woods, coroner for the Western
Chilworth,
connected with
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the death of Charles Mansell and John Farnfield, who
were killed by the explosion at the Chilworth Powder Mills
on Friday, the sth inst. The Coroner, in summing up, re-
marked that the evidence did not show that blame attached
to any one. The machinery had been properly manufac-
tured and put up. The jury, after consulting for about 15
minutes, returned a verdict "That the deceased met with
their deaths by an explosion of gunpowder at Mr Sharp's
mills, but that the cause of the explosion was unknown."

British Archaeological Association,

IPsWicu, Aug. 12,
At half-past eight this morning the pally CIE'.
sembled at the White Horse, where omnibuses were
in readiness to take them to Helmingham, and after
a very pleasant drive by roads by the side of which
are waving cornfields, they drove up to the fine old
hall, the seat of J. Tollemache, Esq., M.P., where
they were met by the Rev. G. Cardew, the rector.
Helmingham Hall is a beautiful specimen of early
Tudor architecture, built round a quadrs,ng!e, and
surrounded by a moat which is still filled with water,
and the drawbridge of which is drawn up every
night. Mr. Cardew said there was a tradition that
it had been so for eight centuries, but it was certain
for 300 years the operation had not been once

omitted. The Hall was, the rev, gentleman said,
built in the reign of Henry VIII. by the second
Lionel Tollemache. Before his time Helmingham,
and the Hall which occupied the place of the pre-
sent, were owned by the Joyces, and before them
by the De BJckings, and the next previous owners
were the Nuns of Flixton, who were the successors
of the Nuns of Campsey Ashe. In Domesday Book
he found that it belonged to the brother of William

,he Conqueror, the celebrated Ode, Bishop of
Bayonne. In Edward the First's time it was
probably the property of Lis Queen, Eleanor.
The present hall was built on the site of the
old hall, which was built in the twelfth
century by Bartholomew de Creyke, and he
had no doubt that there was before that an
Anglo Saxon farm at this spot, and from the quan-
tity of Roman remains he had found he believed
there had been a Roman villa there. He had found
Roman remains in every part of the parish ; he had
no doubt whatever that there was a Roman village
on this spot. One of the Tollemaches entertained
Queen Elizabeth in the year 1561. There was a
tradition that the Queen stood as godmother
to Tollemache's child, but it was not the
case, the child having died befora her Majesty
arrived, and a sort of ceremony was performed
over the body. Passing through the paved inner
quadrangle the visitors entered the fine hail of
the house, in which is a beautifully carved oak
fireplace; indeed, the wood-carving throughout the
house is very fine. In the dining-room were ex-
hibited some leathern " blackjacks " of very for-
midable dimensions, which it was said are
still occasionally used; the fireplace is a
very handsome specimen of carving. The wal_l,s
of the drawingeroorn, as aro those of the d;.ning.
room, are hung with family portraits, End there
are some tables beautifully inlaid with silver, ivory,
&c., and other interesting artieles of furniture,
amongst them being a curious and beautiful inlaid
cabinet of Flemish wotkmanship, In an ante-
room, between th© drawing-room and library,
a glass case, containing a lute, which belonged
to Queen Elizabeth, and which she presented
to the lady of the owner of the ha ;1, on the
occasion of a visit, and also a small, but valuable
collection of coins. There was al.so an ancient spin-
net. The most curious is ar. Anglo-Saxon manu-
script of the 9th century, Alfred the Great's trans•
lation of " Orosius," and a copy of the first book
printed in England by Caxton, " The Play of Chess."
In several of the rooms are portraits of Queen Eli-
zabeth, and in the drawing-room is one of Mary,
Queen of William 111. The bedroom which was
occupied by Queen Elizabeth during her visit was
then visited, and some curious old china having
been inspected, the party left the Hall.
The church was next visited, a stop hei'eg made
at one of the immense oaks with whir'a the park
abounds. The part of the park sirrrounding the
church, was a wood belonging to. the church. Mr
Cardew said the contract fo;„ the erection of the
tower of the church was existence--it was be-
tween the builder and ohn Talmidge, as the Tolle-
mph° family werr., then called, and the sum for
which it wasb':lltwas .£3O. It was dated 1487,
that is, in tte reign of Henry VII., but it was not
comPleted till Henry Vlll.'s time. The church vas
bui'a on the old cemetery, and in digging the graves
at the present time they dug through the old graves.

At the base of the tower is the inscrir,Lion
"Scanclit ad Esther Virgo puerpera virgulr, Jesse "
" She mounts to Heaven, the virgin, mother, the rod
of Jesse."

The church consists of a n'..ve and chancel, and
is benched throughout, and contains some very fine
monuments to members of the Tollemaohe
Alter leaving the chrach the party proceeded to a
field, from the formation of which Mr Cardew said
he felt certain thd there had been an ancient tu•
mules there. Ile set two men to work digging,
and at once they came upon a large quantity of
pottery! ITihich some thought to be Anglo-Saxon,
but tte majority of them thought them Romano•
Br:tish. He also found a spearhead and the jaw.
bones of some animals. He had made eloven ex-
cavations in other parts of the field, and found re-
mains in each. He found the site of a house in which
were Roman remains, a few Saxon and some me.
difeval, and the house ceased to exist is about the
reign of Henry VII. At another spot a gold coin
of Vespasian was picked up by one of his parish-
ioners. Mr Cardew then led the way to a moat
at the bottom of the field. At the rectory
Mr Cardew then exhibited the remains he
found just above, and with the bodied in the ceme-
tery, and stated that he believed the date of the
cemetery was certainly not so late as the later
Norman occupation, but probably of the early
Roman occupation, or before that time. He also
showed the remains (Roman and medialval) found
in the Pond Field.

The eemetary itself (near the churchyard) was
next visited. Here a great deal of excavation has
been going on, and the skeletons exhibited. There
was no coffin or any sign of one to be found any-
where in the cemetery. There is a very large num-
ber of skeletons lying very close, many of them
perfect—one of a mother with that of her
child—
about five or six years old. One body was buried
in a mutilated condition, the head cut off, the
vertebrae of the neck on the bosom, the head sup-
ported in its place by a tint ; this was evidently the
body of a man of enormous power, the bones being
very large. Above the bodies the usual black
funereal pottery, some fragments of querns, and
some bones of animals were found.

It was now time to return to Ipswich; `which was
reached at a quarter past one o'clock.

At two o'clock the omnibuses were again oalled
into requisition to drive to Orwell-park, Nacton, the
seat of the President, G, Tomline, Esq., M.P.

SUP2OSED SUICIDE IN KENSINGTON-GARDENS.—
Yesterday Dr. Lankester instituted an inquiry at
the Hall Arms, Paddington, relative to the death of Fre-
derick Seholfied, aged 31, who was found dead and shot
through the head in a shrubbery in Kensington-gardens.
The deceased was identified by his brother. Witness heard
of his death last Monday evening, and his opinion was that
he committed suicide. He came to that conclusion owing to
the discovery of a letter at his lodgings in Short-street,
city. The coroner read the letter as follows :—" Mother
Dear,—These lines are the last my hand will trace, and
when your eye meets them I shall have passed into another
existence. It has come to this at last, and now I see how
mistaken I have been—how I have been playing a losing
game for years. I sea it all now it is too late. Forgive me
if you can for my conduct to you and everybody; there is
much that requires forgiveness. I have lost all but life,
and that I have rendered worthless. Wearied, sick,
disgusted, and hopeless, I must end it. I have delayed too
long already, and go to find rest if I can. Forgive me for
all, and forgot if you can. God bless you. I know I am
wrong,very wrong, but I want to go. God bless you, mother,
and forgive me. From your miserable FRED." The witness
added that the deceased was not a good son. He had been a
cripple from birth. John Bunston, parkkeeper No. 39, de-
posed to finding the body at 4 o'clock in the morning of
Monday last. He heard the repert of a pistol on Sunday
night after the gates were closed. lie a?d other officera
could not then discover the body although within 20
yards of the spot where it was found the next morning.
Mr J. S. Beale of Paddington, examined the head of de-
ceased, and found that the hair had been singed. Judg-
ing from the wound, he believed that death must have
been instantaneous. After some remarks from the coroner,
the jury returned a verdict of "Suicide under temporary
insanity."

QUEENSLAND EMIGRATION.—The ship Fiery
Star, 2,500 tons burden, belonging to Messrs. T.
Mackay and Co., sailed on the 6th instant from Queens-
town for Queensland. The Fiery Star is the 44th vessel
that has sailed on the Land Order System of Emigration,
under the immediate direction of the Queensland Govern-
ment. She contains 483 souls, divided into paying, assisted,
and free passengers, and consisting of 166 members of fami-
lies, 226 single men, 91 single women,

Horses Struck out of their Engagements.

Jury 28, at 1 30 p.m,, all Lord 11teman's hprses, except
Mousley for Champagne, cut of Blightin engagements.
At 4 30 p.m., Limosina, out of all handicaps published to
date.

July 29, at 2 45 p.m., Stiletto, out of all engagements.
After 6 p.m., Leonora, out of Brighten engagements.
July 30, at 2 20 p.m., Imogene filly, out cf Brighton
Nursery. At 439 p.m., all Mr Baker's horses, out of
Brighton and Lewes engagements.
August 1, at 9 a.m., Queen of Trumps, out of Wolver-
hampton engagements—Merry Bird, out of Surrey and
Middlesex, at Egbana—Dollar, out of the Brighton Stakes
—Filbert, out of the Brighton Nursery. At 11 a.m.,
Purity, out of Brighton Nursery. At 4 p.m., Dunkeld
and Signal, out of all engagements to date; Myrtle, out of
all handicaps to date—all Mr Ten Broeck's horses, out of
Brighton Nursery.
August 2, at 9 a.m., Saloon out of Brighton and Lewes
engagements—Filbert and Farnham, out of Lewes
and Brighton engagements—Creole, out of all engage-
ments—Johnny Armstrong, Man-at-Arms, and mare
by Flying Dutchman, out of Peggotty's dam,
out of
Brighton and Lewes engagements—Tocsin, out of all
engagements—Tom Fool (dead), out of all engage-
ments—all Mr Brayley's horses, out of Brighton and
Lewes engagements—Erin-go -Bragh, out of Lewes engage-
ments—Madame Walton, ont of Lewes engagements—
Reindeer, out of Borough Members' Plate, Wolverhampton,
At 0 10 p.m., Thalestris, out Great Ebar Handicap at
York. At 355 p,ua., Moulsey, out of Champagne Stakes,
Brighton. At 515 p.m., fby Vengeance, out of Queen
Christina, out of Brighton Club Biennial, At 6 p.m.,
Milly (dead) out of all engagements. At 930 p,m,,
Blakiaton, out of York Nursery.

August 3, at 2 p.m., Doublet, out of all engagemer_ts, in
Mr Mundy's name. At 210 p.m., Mr Cartwright'
out of Brighton enagagements. s horses,

August 6, at 9 all Mr W. Scott's horses, out o
Huntingdon engagements, At 3 p.m., N.adcap, out of al
handicaps to date.

August 8, at 9 a.m., Vigilant and Aristocrat, out of Wol-
verhampton and Reading engagr,msnts—Scamander, out
of Wolverhampton Enville We'.ter—Lady de Trafford, out
of all engagements—Thalest,ris, out of all handicaps to date
—all Lord Coventry's :iorses except Prosperity, out of
Wolverhampton engagements—at 313 p,m., Reindeer and
Simple Maid out of Wolverhampton and Reading engage-
ments.

August 9, at 9 a.m., Captain Crow, out of the Wolver-
hampton Stakes—Chaff, out of all handicaps. At 428
p.m., L'irdfinder, out of the Great Easters Railway
Handicap.

August 11, at l a.m., Glenochty colt, out of Reading en-
gagements, At 155 p m, Raglan, out of Berkshire Stakes,
Leading, At 5 p.m., Gibraltar, out of Dover and Egham
engagements,

ORES FOR 1864.

Plymouth
Lichfield
Devon and Exeter ..., 30
Stockton ....
Derby

:MBEE.

Brecon
.. 19
Ricb.mond
Royal Caledonian Hunt 21
Monmouth
I Manchester Autumn
I NewmarketFirst October 27
'OI3EII

Lincoln
Kelso
Gloucester
Newmarket Hong on 24
:MEER.

Leamington&War.Hunt 22

IRISH.
SEPTEMRRB.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.

WHITEHALL, AUG,.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Thomas Burch Western, of Rivenhall, in the
county of Essex, Esq., and the heirs male of his body law-
fully begot.