The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1863.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE.

New English wheat, in the country markets held on
Saturday, sold heavily, and e further reduction took place
in the quotations. The inquiry for all kinds of spring was
much restricted, and prices had a downward tendency.
Flour was dull, on easier terms.
Letters from New York state that the wheat and flour
trade was dull, and that the amount of business doing for
export was very moderate. On the continent the trade
generally is flat.
The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week
were far from extensive. The imports from foreign ports
comprised 40,110 quarters of wheat, 5,454 barley, 37,892
oats, 605 beans, 2,047 peas, 2,922 linseed, 2,286 oilseeds,
12,164 maize, 420 sundry seeds, 125 sacks and 25,957 barrels
of flour.

The supply of English wheat received fresh up t ) this
morning's market was somewhat in excess of last week,
and the quality and condition of the whole of the produce
were most satisfactory, The crop in this country being
now ascertained to be very abundant, combined with the
heavy import of foreign wheat and Hour, produced a very
heavy trade both for red and white qualities, and factors
were compelled to submit to a further decline of fully ls.
per quarter in order to effect sales, There were a few buyers
from Yorkshire in the market,

The show of foreign wheat on the stands, both ex ship
and ea granary, was large. All descriptions met a dull in-
quiry, and prices were is to 2s per quarter lower than on
Monday last.

There was a considerable number of floating cargoes of
grain on offer, and the demand ruled heavy on rather
easier terms.

The supply of new English barley was small—of old
foreign qualities very moderate. No material change took
place in the value of any descriptions, but the inquiry was
far from active.
Malt sold heavily at about stationary prices.

The market was well supplied with oats, and all descrip-
tions were in heavy request, at a decline of 6d. per quarter.
There was a parcel of new beans on sale on the Kentish
stands, in very fine condition, Old samples—the supply
of which *as small—moved off heavily, at about previous
rates.

Ihe shew of peas on offer was very moderate, yet the
demand ruled inactive, at late quotations.
The flour trade was very dull, and the quotations had a
downward tendency. There was a large supply of barrels
on offer.

CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 39s to 45s
Ditto, old 3Bs 41s
Ditto, white, 1863 4os 47s
Ditto, old 4os 96s
IN orfolk and Lincoln, red, old —B 8
Ditto, 1863
Talavera,
Rye— 34s Ms
Barley—Grinding,
Malting OOB 00s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 68s
Brown
Kingstown and Ware 6os 688
Chevalier 66s 688
Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding l9s 23s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black .. —s —8
Cork, white...:
Scotch, Feeding 8 —8
Beans—Tick, old 36s 418
Pigeons,
Peas—Grey
Maple
White Its ass
Boilers 36s 38s
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 2Bs 30s
Stockton and Norfolk.. .....
American, per barrel l7s 21s

to transactions by French buyers, and to a few parcels on
Belgian account, whilst the American trade took a very
small quantity. The amount of wool, therefore, disposed of
to our own manufacturers was large. The biddings through-
out the season, owing, in some measure, to the abundant
harvest in this country, ruled
,active, and the full prices
current last sales were realised for all descriptions. In the
private contract market a fair business has been done in
English wool, at full quotations. The import last week was
3,362 bales from Sydney ; 505 Port Philip; 968 Swan
River; 3,856 New Zealand; 997 Algoa Bay; and 123
bales from Persia.

AQUATICS.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

DISTURBANCE AT COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, --A
young man, of gentlemanly appearance, named Frederick
Page, was charged with assaulting Mr. James Henderson,
at the Opera House, on Saturday night.
The complainant stated that on Saturday night he was
in the promenade at Mr. Mellon's concert, at the Royal
Italian Opera House, Govent-garden, and the prisoner was
standing near him. Suddenly the prisoner turned upon
him and said " Hold your tongue." Witness asked whom
ho was talking to, when the prisoner seized him by the
collar, struck him on the nose, and knocked him down,
causing his nose to bleed.
Mr. Wm. Isaacs was also at the theatre, and saw the com-
plainant there with several other gentlemen. They were
speaking to come females, who were talking rather too loud.
l'he defendant in a very rude and ungentlemanly tone told
them to be quiet. Complainant merely asked him whom
he was talking to, when defendant seized him by the collar
and assaulted him as described. He was dressed as a volun-
teer.

Inspector Eccles was on duty in the theatre at the time,
and on going to the spot found the complainant with his
nose bleeding. He charged the defendant with as assault.
Witness tried to get defendant away quietly, seeing that
he was the worse for liquor, but ho resisted, and laid
his hand on his bayonet saying he would bayonet him.
He tried to draw the weapon, but was prevented by a con-
stable seizing his arm. He then called on other volun-
teers present to assist him. With the help of some other
officers the prisoner was secured and removed to the station-
house.

The prisoner, in defence, stated that he was at the theatre
with his two sisters, who were much annoyed by the loud
conversation of complainant and his friends. He requested
them to desist several times, first politely, but afterwards,
he admitted, angrily. The complainant answered him by
an abusive expression, and being provoked that such lan-
guage was used in the presence of his sisters, he seized the
complainant by the collar to put him out. Complainant
struck him, and he then struck the complainant again. He
denied that he was the worse for liquor, but he was much
excited by the provocation he had received.
Complainant here called another witness, a Mr. Smith,
who corroborated the former evidence, and insisted that the
offensive expressions mentioned by defendant could not be
used by complainant but by the defendant himself. Com-
plainant was certainly a little the worse for liquor, and so,
indeed, was witness. _ _

Mr. Henry—Then that expression might have been used,
and you might have forgotten it ?
The defendant called Mr. Nicholson, a friend who had
met him at the theatre, and who confirmed his version of
the case. He admitted, however, that defendant was a
little the worse for liquor.

Mr. Henry said the prisoner had behaved in a manner
highly unbecoming in a volunteer, especially when dressed
in uniform. No doubt he would have acted differently
had he been sober. But drunkenness, again, was a bad
defence for a volunteer to rely upon. Nothing could ex-
cuse the resort to blows in a theatre, which was sure to
lead to great disturbance. He must pay £5 or be impri-
soned, for two months.