The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-16 00:00:00

EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1862.

LAW-THIS DAY.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)

IN RE BAKER.
This bankrupt was described as of Homerton, builder,
and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge.
The accounts, by Mr. T. W. Palmer, show—debtor,
£2,000; assets, £250.
There was no opposition, and bankrupt passed.
IN RE WALKER.
This bankrupt was a licensed victaaller in Shoreditch,
and applied to pass his examination and for discharge.
Mr. E. Reed supported, and Mr. Pook, for the assignees,
did not oppose.

The bankrupt passed, and an allowance of £25 was
assessed for preparing supplementary accounts required by
the assignees.

His Hcnour—The matter was one entirely for the assig-
nees representing the creditors ; but it seemed a large sum.
Mr. Pook said the accounts had been found useful, and
as there would be assets the assignees would not object to
an allowance of £2O.
Order accordingly.

CITY SHERIFF'S COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
A CURIOUS STORY OF A ONE POUND BANK OF ENGLAND
NOTE.--MASSEY V. BARBER.
Mr. Beard said this was rather a peculiar case, arising
out of the sale of what had been alleged to be a LI Bank of
England note, which, in these times, was a Curiosity.
The defendant was a licensed victualler in Bishopsgate,
and a short time since he showed the note, and said it was
a £1 Bank of England note, to be sold to the highest bidder,
and the plaintiff purchased it for 15s. ; but on its being pre-
sented at the Bank, it was pronounced to be a forgery, and
the plaintiff now sought to recover back the amount he had
paid for it. Mr. Barber was applied to, when he said the
note was not his own, but he would see the party to whom
it belonged, and see if he could get the money; and ha
afterwards offered to pay 10s. and ss. in a month, but he
now appeared to defend the case, but what the defence
could be he could not conceive.
His Honour—l can, and that it will be that there was no
warranty.

Mr. Beard—lt was sold as a Bank of England note.

His Honour—lt was sold as a "curiosity," and not war-
ranted to be worth £l. I think there is a statute by which
the Bank is not responsible to pay £1 notes after a certain
date.

Mr. Beard—But I submit that is not the point. It was
sold as a Bank of England note, and it is not one, but mere
waste paper.

Plaintiff was called, and said he went to the Bank, and
found it to be a f)rgery.

His Honour—So you went to the Bank to get 20s. for
what you gave 15s.

Plaintiff—No ; if it had been genuine I would not have
parted with it. I would have had it framed and glazed.
A good deal of evidence was given as to what was said,
but his Honour said there was evidently no warranty. It
was sold as a curiosity, and it was not easy to warrant it.
A member of the Society of Antiquarians might give £5 for
that which no one else would give as many shillings or
pence.

Mr. Barber said he had referred the plaintiff to the party
to whom the note belonged, Mr. Fish, of Guildhall-cham-
bers, but they could not agree to terms. He (defendant)
had taken the responsibility of making the offer.
His Honour—There is no warranty. You don't mean
to say that Mr. Barber knew it was forged ?
Mr. Beard—l should be sorry to say for a moment he did.
Have you paid Fish the money, Mr. Barber ?
Mr. Barber—No, net yet.

Mr. Beard—Then you will not be doing harm by refund•
mg it.

His Honour—Only that Fish would bring an action
against him to a certainty.

Verdict for defendant.

POLICE-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A DISSATISFIED PAUPER AT ST. MARTIN'S.—George
Heart, an inmate of St. Martin's Workhouse, came before
Mr. Tyrwhitt and made a complaint against the officers,
that he was not given his proper allowance of food, and
that the food was of a very bad quality. He also said the
treatment he received was so harsh that he had discharged
him self, and would not go back again.
_ _ _ _ _ _

Mr.-Tyrwhitt told the man—who is aged—that he had
better go back, and desired Barnes, the gaoler of the court,
to go to the workhouse and make inquiries into the matter.
Barnes went yesterday evening, and reported to the Court,
in the presence of the complainant, this morning the result
of his inquiries. He said that he was at once shown into
the larder and examined the butter, cheese, bread, &c., and
that all the articles *ere of excellent quality. Cheeses were
broken in two, and also loaves, so that he might test them,
and there was not the slightest ground for the man's com-
plaint.
Applicant—The meat stinks.

Barnes—l heard that the applicant is a dissatisfied man,
and always grumbling at everything. He, amongst other
things, said they wanted to poison him.
Applicant—So they do, doctor and all.
Mr. Tyrwhitt told the applicant he could not interfere.
Applicant—l won't go back. I was out all night last
night. I will go into the Thames first.

The applicant left the court grumbling at the authorities
of the workhouse, and declaring he would never go back.
It was stated that his conduct had at times thrown the
whole house into a state of disorganisation.

WESTMINSTER.
MR. WEMYSS JOBSON AGAIN.--APPLICATION FOR A
WARRANT FOR PERJURY AGAINST MR. DISRAELI.—
Directly Mr. Ingham took his seat on the bench this morn-
ing, Mr. Wemyss Jobson, addressing him, said—l won't
apologise for my shabby exterior, because if your worship
peruses the Times and other papers of this day, you will
find that it is no fault of mine that I appear in this mise-
rable plight, but of the magistrates of the House of Correc-
tion who so sent me out after my own clothing had been
destroyed by fire there. My state of external filth, how-
ever, is insignificant and unworthy of notice compared with
the loathsome filth within the walls of that gaol of
which I feel it my duty to complain on public grounds,
and I hope that if the reporter can find terms to express
the complaint I have to make without the imputation of
indelicacy, he will do so. After my incarceration in the
gaol for months, where it is known the sexes are divided
and never see each other, I was afflicted with two loath-
some diseases, which can only arise directly from pas-
sion and impurity. With these I must have been
afflicted by the filth of the prisoners' clothing. As the exis-
tence of such diseases is calculated to destroy the happiness
of many a circle, I must repeat my hope that for the bene-
fit of others this may obtain publicity. I now will proceed
to the subject of a more material complaint. I was
here a few days ago applying to Mr. Arnold, and it is at
his request and by his directions that I apply here to-day. I
have come for redress against Mr. Disraeli. When I was
here before I told Mr. Arnold that I should want to make
him a witness, and he therefore referred me to you. The
perjury of Mr. Benjamin Disraeli is to be found in a letter
having the seal of the English Exchequer, and written by
Sir C. Ryan, the private secretary, I believe, to Mr.
Disraeli. I produce the letter ; you will see it bears the
seal of the British Exchequer.
The letter, addressed; to Mr. Wearyss Dobson, bore date
the 31st of May, 1858, and had been directed to Nassau-
street, New York. It thanked Mr. Dobson for his article
in the Democratic Review on Lord Palmerston, atd was
signed " Charles L. Ryan," and purported to be written by
the directions of the then Chancellor.

Mr. Jobson continued—l :produce this letter to contra-
dict Mr. Disraeli's statement that no letter had ever been
written to me by him or by his authority. This letter,
perhaps, would have been trifling had it stood alone. lam
willing to make every allowance for a minister. I can,
because, that in the amount of business he has to tran-
sact he may give directions for a letter like this to be
written, and it may escape his attention ; but there are
other matters in which I ground my applications for a
warrant for perjury against him. When Mr. Disraeli was
here on the occasion of my being charged with libelling a
Scotch Baronet, with whom I am unfortunately related by
marriage, he said that I was a very bad character,
and had
written him a hundred threatening letters, while I most
positively declare that I never wrote him one. How
can he reconcile my writing of such a letter ? When
he got me sentenced at the Old Bailey a fortnight
after, he increased the number of letters to one hundred
and seventy. That was when I was tried . for writing a
few paltry verses, which Sir James Ferguson himself pub-
lished, and for which I received two years' imprisonment.
Look at those charged with libel in another country. Louis
Napoleon treats them as gentlemen, not as pickpockets, and
that was how I was treated. Mr. Disraeli also charged me
with so conducting myself at the British Exchequer that
he was obliged to order the clerks to turn me to the door,
and I never was there in my life.

Mr. Ingham said he could do nothing
Mr. Jobson then withdrew. in the matter.

SOUTHWARX.
" ONE OF THE Erin SEL"—Elizabeth Ford, a fine but
rather masculine looking female, Was brought before Mr.
C ombe, the presiding magistrate, for final examination,
charged with having committed u most aggravated assault
on a female named Ellen Cambert,
Who has been confined
to her bed for the last fortnight in consequence of the in-
juries she sustained,
The complainant, whose face retained traces of the vio-
lence to which she had been subjected stated that last
Tuesday week, as she was going to her employment in Ber-
mondsey, she was informed that moms person was assault-
ing her mother, whose life was in danger, and she returned
home to Union-court, in the Borough,
here she found the
prisoner beating her mother with her fist, and kicking her
while she was on the ground. She entreated her to desist,
'w
and the prisoner immediately attacked
013 violence, knocking her down, and kicking her until
she became quite insensible. By the asdatance of some of
her neighbours she was conveyed to her with the moat
saver,
the hospital, whore she

had been obliged to remain until yesterday. In reply to
the magistrate, the complainant said that two cuts on her
head were caused by the prisoner, when she knocked her
dawn, beating her head against an iron grating.
The prisoner, in her defence, said she was attacked first
by complainant's mother, who assaulted her, and struck
her with a hammer, without any provocation, and she
acted only in self-defence. The complainant interfered,
and knocked her down, and a fight ensued between them.
She had no ill will to the complainant, and her own head
had been severely injured in the scuffle that took place be-
tween them.

Mr. Combe, having commented on the strange conduct
of the prisoner, said that she had already been a fortnight
in prison, and sentenced her to seven days more imprison-
ment, which, he observed, might have the effect of taming
her temper.

THAMES.

SLITTING A MAN'S EAR. -A GENUINE RUFFIAN

James O'Brian, a tall Irish Yankee, lately arrived from
America, and who described himself as a labourer, aged
34, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with slitting a
man's ear with a knife in the Poplar Union Workhouse,
High •street, Poplar.
The prisoner has been a pauper inmate of the Poplar
Union for a few days, his examination has been taken, and
it was intended to remove him to Ireland, his legal settle-
ment,: next Thursday. His ruffianism, threats, and bad
language have rendered him the terror of the other inmates.
He quarrelled with the inmates at supper time last night,
and threatened to knife some and boot others in American
style. This morning while the male paupers were having
breakfast in the breakfast-hall, a man named James Roberts

I said to another, "What do you think ought to be done to
this man," and pointed to the prisoner. O'Brian, on hearing
this, made use of horrible threats and imprecations, and
brandished his knife. He said he would put the knife into
Roberts's b—y heart, and to a second man that he would
knock him over, and to a third that he would send his
knife through him, and have his life before night. Roberts
got up and slapped the prisoner's face. The prisoner im-
mediatel returned the blow, and slit Roberts's right ear
with hisy knife. The ear was nearly divided into two
pieces, and ",c that must have happened," said Mr. Lane,
the porter, if the ear had not been a very thick one. The
wounded man was attended by a surgeon, and his ear was
dressed. He lost a good deal of blood.
The prisoner, with the real Yankee twang, said he had
been 24 years in America. He would eat John Bull's
hide off. He did not go into the Union-house for charity's
sake. He was " O'Brian O'Brian," not Pat. The b—r
Roberts called him Pat, and he would kill him if he could.
He then launched out into dreadful invectives and denun-
ciations of Englishmen and every thing English.
Mr. Selfe committed the prisoner for trial.

THE SHABBIEST FELLOW EVER MET WITH.--William
Williams, a tall sun-burnt man, aged 56, was brought be-
fore Mr. Selfe, charged with assaulting Mr. Thomas Mar-
chant, the landlord of the Boundary Tavern, Commercial-
road East.

The prisoner went into the Boundary Tavern last night
with two females and asked what they would like to take,
to which the ladies replied, " Lemonade, if you please."
The ladies having partaken each of a bottle of lemonade,
which they pronounced delicious, the prisoner called for a
half-quarters of " Old Tom," which he diluted with some
water, and drank. He was about to depart with his two
companions when Mr. Marchant reminded him that he had
not paid the reckoning, and asked him for the money.
" I'll see you first before I pay a farthing," roared
out the prisoner, on which Mr. Marchant remonstrated with
him. The prisoner then made a great disturbance in the
house, and on Mr. Marchant and his potman endeavouring
to put him out of the house, he struck the landlord re-
peatedly on the shoulders, and attempted to throw him.
The prisoner was then given into custody.
The prisonet, in defence, said that he was not bound to
pay for the lemonade drank by the two women.
Mr. Selfe—You invited them into the public-house.
The prisoner—No, they took me in.
Mr. Selfe—Nonsense. You are a shabby fellow—the
shabbiest I ever met with—to invite two women in* a
public-house and not pay for their refreshment. What are
you ?

The prisoner—l have been invalided home from India,
I can't pay the reckoning.

Mr. Selfe—Yes, you can. You have plenty of money—
two sovereigns and silver. I fine you ss. for the assault-
that is a good deal more than Mr. Merchant's score.

GIVING WAY OF A PORTION OF NEW
LAMBETH BRIDGE.

TAbout 9 o'clock on Thursday night the residents
on both sides of the river, in the vicinity of this
bridge, were alarmed by a noise resembling the roll
of thunder. The houses for at least 300 or 400
yards were very much shaken. The Ship at Lam-
beth, and at least 40 houses in the locality, and even
Lambeth Palace, experienced a shock similar to an
earthquake. The White Hart and the White Bear,
at the corner of Horseferry-road, as also the
Ship and intervening houses, were even' more sen-
sibly affected by the vibration. At the same time
persons were to be seen running to Milbank, and
it was at length ascertained that the cable near the
Middlesex shore had slackened, in consequence of
the " saddle" or roller over which it passed having
in some unaccountable manner yielded, and caused
the north side of the structure to bulge, and go se-
veral feet out of the perpendicular, inclining to-
wards Vauxhall-bridge. The occurrence fortu-
nately happened after all the workmen had left, or,
DO doubt, very serious, if not fatal, accidents would
have been caused; as it was, one man was injured,
but not seriously. He was one of the smiths en-
gaged at the forge erected at the Old Horse Ferry
close to the cylinder, to which the wire cable is at-
tached, when by the terrible sudden jerk given to
the whole bridge, the forge was overturned, and
the man severely wounded in the arm. This alarm-
ing occurrence has had the effect of suddenly throw-
ing out of employ a vast number of workmen, espe-
cially painters, carpenters, engineers, &c., the
works being in a very forward state. As soon as
it became known, messages were despatched to Mr.
Barlow, the chief engineer, and other gentlemen,
who were promptly in attendance. Exertions have
been used to stop further danger, and remedies will
be at once put in force to repair the damage. In
order to effect this object, by the direction of Mr.
Barlow, barges are to be moored near the tower re-
ferred to, and by the aid of powerful hydraulic lifts
endeavours are to be made to replace the " saddle,"
and force the structure into its proper position. It is,
however, feared by some, from the general strain
caused by the giving way of the cable and other cir-
cumstances, that some of the ironwork has buckled,
and therefore that restoration of the stucture to its
proper position will be somewhat difficult to accom-
plish.
SHIPPING---THIS DAY.

(By MAGNBTIO TELEGRALPE.)
GRAVEESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived —Thomas Humphreys, from Hudwickswall ;
Wedon, from Archangel; Diadem, from Sundswall ; Li-
rands, from Riga; Ellen, from Somerdam ; Eclipse, from
Cappelshanm ; City of Norwich, from Tonning ; Bores,
from Hamburg ; Prinds, Mauvity, from Swatwick.
Sai ed—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne ; Triton, steamer,
for Calais ; Zetland, steamer, for Laugney ; Palm, for
Buenos Ayres,

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed, Aug' 15—Cornelius, for Sydney; Fairy Queen,
for Bordeaux—both from London; Acipua Co., from Sun-
derland, for Shanghui.
Passed in tow—Dantsic, from Quebec, for London.
Anchored—Peteason, from Sunderland, for Aden.

CAUTION TO HOTEL AND TAVERN KEEPERS.—
A foreigner, supposed to be a German, is now victimising
hotel keepers to a considerable extent. It is therefore as
well to caution proprietors of those establishments against
the depredations of the swindler. The man is about five
feet in height, of fair complexion, without either board or
moustache. His plan is to enter the house, and then in
broken English to ask to be accommodated with a bed. He
carried with him a small white parcel, and on being shown
into a room he takes the first opportunity that occurs
to appropriate the wearing apparel or anything
of value that may be lying about in the rooms adjoin
ing, and then to decamp as quickly as possible.
He lately entered one of the City houses and
carried off no less than two coats, a pair of trou-
sers, and a valuable cape, all of which were nearly
new. It is to be hoped that this impudent rascal will soon
be in the hands of the police.
THE LUDGATE-HILL TRAGEDY.—Mrs. Vyse
Is
still in the custody of the Governor of Newgate, Mr. Jonas.
Nothing is yet known as to her ultimate destination.
SINGULAR CASE OF POISONING.—Yesterday
morning, at the London Hospital, an inquiry was held by
Mr. John Humphreys, one of the Middlesex coroners, res-
pecting the death of John William Gordon, aged 56, who
died from the poison of the sap of the African oak, which
penetrated into the hand. It appeared that the deceased
was In the employ of Messrs. Brown and Lennox, of the
Anchor Works, Millwall, and that while working on some
African oak his hand and arm became inflamed and poisoned
through a slight abrasion of the skin. Mr. Dyte, the house
surgeon, said that the limb in question was terribly
swollen, and had manifestly been poisoned ; but the actual
cause of death had apparently been an internal disease
The jury returned a verdict accordingly.
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FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.

Yesterday morning, between 1 and 2 o'clock, a dreadful fire
broke out in one of the lofty mansions in Cumberland-street,
Hyde Park, belonging to Mr. S. W. Barrett. The house stands
nearly opposite the Marble Arch, and is a large capacious
dwelling vc ith fiats at the back, which afforded easy means
of escape in case of a fire, but which, unfortunately, were
lost sight of by the inmates. At the time the fire broke
out there were more than a dozen persons sleeping in the
house. They consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Barrett, their chil-
dren, governess, lady's maid, nurse, general servants, and
butler. Mrs. Barrett had only been confined a fortnight
before. As customary, the family attended prayers at 10
o'clock, and soon afterwards Mr. Barret went over the
house, in conformity with his usual practice, to see that all
was safe. By 11 o'clock the whole household had retired to
rest. About 12 o'clock, or a quarter past 12, a light was
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seen in the kitchen by a police constable who was
passing.
On closer examination ho found that the house wasosig
on fire.
Ho instantly sprang his rattle and rang the bell. In a few.
moments the front door was unbolted and opened by a per-
son in his night-dress, who turned out to be Mr. Barrett.
He was only there a moment, for he reclosed the door and
bclted it, and was not again seen alive. Shortly afterwards
piercing screams issued forth from the top part of the house,
and loud cries of "Fire I fire !" " Help I help I" from the
upper windows. The flames had seized upon the whole of
the staircase, thus cutting off all means of retreat by the
regular way. The only chance left depended upon the
early arrival of the Royal Society's fire-escape. Fortu-
nately, Conductor Elsdon arrived with his escape in two
minutes after hearing the call, and was quickly followed by
Conductor Hutchings with another of the Royal Society's
escapes. Upon getting in front of the building they could
see the smoke rolling from nearly every part of it, and at
several of the windows were women and children screaming
frantically for help. Elsden placed his machine in front of
the house, and at the risk of his own life entered the different
rooms, and brought down in rapid succession a little child,
four women, and an old gentleman. While he was so en-
gaged the other conductor, hearing screams proceeding
from the next house, pitched his machine against it, and
having passed through some of the rooms, on reaching the
leads at the back of the house found the governess of Mr.
Barrett's family there almost stifled with smoke. He at
once brought her down the escape and also three other per-
sons. As the escape conductors were engaged in front,
John Parsons, coachman to Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P,, pro-
cured a ladder from his master's premises, and placed it
against the back of the burning house. He managed by
its means to save the lives of Mrs. Barrett, her infant, and
the monthly nurse. From her recent confinement Mrs.
Barrett was little able to exert herself. She was for the
time taken from the back window in Cumberland-mews
to Mr. Parson's lodgings. Loud cries were then made
for the conductors to enter the building and rescue Mr.
Barrett and his two children, who were known to be still
inside. The conductors both made for the first floor, but
the flames were rolling out and curling round the window-
tops with such fury that they were fairly driven back by the
flames and heated smoke. They next went to the other
windows, but with the same result. All hopes of saving the
three persons known to have been left behind in the building
were therefore at an end, loud and piteous screams were
heard, apparently proceeding from some portion of the
ground-floor. Here an attempt was made to enter, but
without success, and in a few minutes the screams ceased,
and the flames shot out into the street. It then became
manifest that these unhappy persons had perished.
The engines of the London Brigade from King•street,
Baker-street, Golden-square, &C., with the land steam-en-
gine of Shand and Mason, and others from more distant
depots, bringing with them Capt. Shaw and strong bodies of
firemen, arrived in rapid succession. A good supply of
water was at once procured, but the flames had obtained too
firm a hold to be easily conquered, and great fears were for
same time entertained for the safety of the houses on either
side. The firemen, although exposed to imminent danger,
were the means of saving a vast amount of the surrounding
property ; but the main body of fire could not be extin
guished for nearly three hours, when the house in which

had originated was burnt out, and those on either side
damaged.
With the intention of getting closer to the flames the fire-
men tried to force the hall door open. They wished to take

their hose in, but finding it would not yield to their blows,

one of the men with an axe drove in °Lie of the lower panels:
Through the aperture were seen the bodies of Mr. Barrett
and his daughter huddled together, both dead. It then

became evident that the unfortunate gentleman had, after

closing the door, run up the staircase to his daughter's
bedroom, and, getting her in his arms, returned to the

front door to escape into the street. In his fright he had

forgotten that he had bolted it, and had fallen in the

struggle to get it open. The police were outside at
the time, and could have saved them had they known they
were there. After the fire was extinguished search was
made for the other daughter, aged 4 years, and she was
found near her cot in her bedrosm, which was unburnt.

She appeared to have died from suffocation, For some time
it was feared that a French governess had also lost her life,

but she was found to have escaped with the rest. The in.

terior of the house, with the stone staircase, appears to be

entirely destroyed. The bodies of the sufferers have been
placed in shells to await the coroner's inquest, which, it is
expected, will be held this day.
Mr. Inspector Spencer, of the Royal Society for the Pro-
tection of Life from Fire, with Captain Shaw, the Superin-
tendent of the London Brigade, made a most searching

inquiry yesterday for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible,
how the misfortune took place. Nothing positive, however,

could be gleaned-on that point, but the prevailing opinion
is that one of the gas burners had been left extinguished

but not turned off, and that the gas coming in contact with

a fire in the grate had exploded.

MARKETS-THIS DAY.

COVENT GARDEN.

The show of fruit on sale here to-day was very mode-
rate, but there was a good supply of vegetables on offer.
On the whole, the demand was steady at the annexed rates.

FIiIIIT.

s. d. s. d.
Pine apples, perlb 3 0 to 5 0
Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0
Grapes, per lb 3 0 to 6 0
Foreig-n do 0 0 to 0 0
Peaches
Nectarines, per dz 3 0 to 10 0
Apples, per hi-sv. 2 6 to 5 0
Pears, per do
Oranges, per 100 6 0 to 12 0
Lemons, per 120 5 0 to 10 0
Gooseberries hi:sveo 0 to 0 0
Strawberries prait 0 6 to 0 0

s. d. sd.
Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0
Foreign ditto, pun() oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb .. 0 oto I'-:3
Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz. • • oto 0 0
Damson .. 4 oto 5 9
Currants, per h.sv 5 oto 6 6
Plums, per do. • 4 6to 5 0
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0

YEGETABLEs.

Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 Shallots, per lb 010 to 1 0
Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9 to 1 3 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 1 6
Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4
Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 t Celery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Brocoli, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1. 6to 2 0
Potatoes, per ton 90 to 130 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0
I New ditto, pr pd 11 oto 16 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0
Peas, per sieve 0 0 Solo 0 Mushrooms.p ptl. 1 6to 1 9
Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 Artichokes, each 0 3 to 0 6
Carrots, pr do 5 oto 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0
Cucumbers 0 3to 1 01 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 6
Garlic, per lb
Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0
Green peas, 11.-sv.l2 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 6
Brus. sprouts,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 6
Onions, hi. 1 oto 1 6 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0
New Do., dz bun 0 9to 1 3 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0
French beans, 100 1 oto 2 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0, Seakale, per bun. 0 0 to 0 0
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 5s Od to 7s Od each ;
goslings, 4s Od to 7s Od ; ducks, is 9d to 2s 6d ; ducklings,
Os Od to Os 04 ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 8d
to is Od ; pigeons, 6d to 8d each ; large Surrey fowls,
8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 7s; barn-door fowls,
3s 6d to 5s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ;
grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od ;
partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os ; snipes, Os
Od to Os; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ;
widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ;
guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od
each; Ostend fresh butter, lid to is Id ; English, is
to Is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 9s Od ; French do.,
5s 6d to 7s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each.

vV
BILLING SLATE.
Salmon, is to Os Od ; trout, 10d to Od ; eels, Sd to 10d ;
prawns Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per
; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ' • cod, 5s Od to 12s Od ; brills, is Od
to 7s Od ; doreys, Os Od to Os Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ;
lobsters, Gd to 3s Od ; crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets,
4d to is Od each ; soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; common
oysters,l2s to 20s • natives, 40s to 44s per bushel ; whitings,
3s Od to 12s ; haddocks, 4s to 20s ; smelts, is Od to is 6cl;
flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s per 120 • fresh
herrings, Os per 100; bloaters, 6s per 100; carp and tench,
Os Od to Os per brace.
NEWPORT.

Beef, from 2s Sd to 4s Ocl ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; lamb
4s 4d to 5s Od ; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 84
to
4s 8d per Sibs by the carcase.

WHITE CHAPEL.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to
4s 4d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6cl ; •and pork,
38 8d to 4s 8d per Sibs by the carcase.

BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
8d to 82d, of household do., Gd to 71(1 per 11b loaf.
HIDES AND SKINS.
b 3d to
Market hides, 561 b to Gtb, 24c1 to 3d ; 641 b to 721 t 44d;
aid ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3ticl. °Horse
881 b to 961 h, 41-d to 4icl ; 061 b to 1041 b, 4fd to .•do. fall,
hides, Os Od to Os Od ; calf skins, light 2s to 3,s_ hi:ii.breds, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 3s 6d to 48 flbs, 3s Od to
Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, 2s 10d to 38 21; 58 Od ; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od.

HAY MARKET,Sos to £5 Os oa,
new
SMITHFIELD.— Old meadow hay, Us to £5 15s Od ; new
do., £1 165 to £4 Os • old clover, £4 .s
£1 16s to £2 Os per load.
do,, £3 lOs to £5 Os;
Trade dull. and straW,
iow bay, £2 Os to £5 Os ; new
CUMBERLAND.--Old nr.aolover, £4 Os to £5 15s; new
do,, £1 16s to £4 Os;
straw,o £1 16. to £2 Os per load.
do., £3 lOs to £5; and
A heavy demand-
EL,Old meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; new
IOsN,
£1
old clove', £4 Os to £5 15s ; new do.
do.,
A . and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load,
£3 los to £•-• •
Trade dull.

The Central Committee of Genoa has published
A revolutionary proclamation, and that of Florence has
voted a resolution declaring m
M. Ratazzi the mortal enemy
of Italy. Letters also announce that bands of volunteers
are being organised in the old Kingdom of NaPle° to 30111
Garibaldi ae soon as he shall have crossed the straits.

T 11. IRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK,

SPORTING-THIS DAY.

CITY BETTING—THIS DAY.
There is little or no betting in the City to-day, and be-
yond the increased support to Cape Flyaway, about 'which
5 to 1 is eagerly taken, the following quotations are
merely nominal:—

sto 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken freely)
Bto 1 agst Ivanhoff (offered)
10 to 1 agst Bally Edmond (offered)
10 to 1 agst Q. E. D. (offered)

AMERICA.

(Per Asia via Boston and Roche's Point.)
NEW YORK, AUG. 5, Evening.
The Federal flotilla has for the present aban—
(denpd the siege of Vicksburg.
Fifteen hundred men of General M'Clellati's
army have crossed the south side of the JarAes
river. It is supposed that an advance on I.4'ort
Darling may be made from the south side.
The Now York enlistment committee urge a
general arming and drilling of the people.
The Mayor of New York has recommended the
appropriation of 1,000,000 doll. for the construc-
tion of rams and gunboats for th© defence of New
York harbour.
The drafting order has caused considerable ex-
citement, and large crowds are applying for
exemption papers. An Irish mob attacked a fac-
tory in Brooklyn where negroes are employed, and
threatened to burn the premises with the negro(!s
inside. The latter were, however, protected by tile
police, who succeeded in restoring order. The only
cause assigned for the disturbance is the growing
Antipathy to negroes.

The British steamer Memphis has arrived at New
York in charge of a prize crew. She was captured
while coming out of Charleston harbour with 1,500
bales of cotton on board.

The Nassau Guardian, of the 26th ult., says :
" The Federal steamer Adirondac chased the
British steamer Herald, Captain Coxetter, to within
two miles of Nassau harbour, throwing shot and
shell at the Herald all the way. The Herald en-
tered the harbour safely. The captain of the
British steamer Greyhound has protested, and the
matter will be referred to the home Government."
The Northern Light, from Aspinwall, has arrived
at New York with 1,000,000 dollars in specie.
The Arabia was intercepted off Cape Race on
the 3d inst.

Speculation is rife concerning the future Federal
and Confederate military movements, but nothing
definite can be ascertained of the future plan of
campaign. Important movements are expected at
any moment.
The report of the evacuation of Richmond ha.s not
been confirmed.

Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island, is raining a
coloured regiment for the war.
The Edinburgh sailed yesterday for Europe with
50,000 dols. in specie.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, AUG. 7, Evenirg.
Money easy. Gold, 141 per cent. premium. Ex-
change flat. Bankers' bins, 126. Stocks slightly
firmer. New York Central, 921 ; Illinois, 59i ;
Erie, 34;-. Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 471,
to 48+. Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat and
corn slightly firmer. Provisions quiet. Coffee very
firm. Sugar steady. Molasses quiet and un-
changed.

QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 16.

The Royal Mail steamship Asia, from Boston on
the 6th and Halifax on the Bth, arrived here at
915 a.m. She brings 139 passengers and 49,583
doll. in specie. She landed six passengers and all
the mails, consisting of 111 sacks, and proceeded
at 9.30; all well.