The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-27 00:00:00

THE FATAL POACHING AFF,?AY

NE AR NO T7IIVG BAH••

Yesterday afternoon the adjourned inquest upon,
the body of John Hayes, who was drowned during-
the recent poaching affray at Thrumpton, en the
fishing preserves of the Hon. Captain Byron, was:
resumed before Mr. Coroner Swann.

Thomas Whitby, one of the keepers of the Hon.
Captain Byron,stated that on the evening previous
to the affray taking place, he and another watcher,
named Peach, were out on duty and saw a number
of men fishing in the Trent, the right of doing-
which belonged to his employer. Witness and his
comrade went up and Attempted to capture therm
The poachers then shouted " Come on, you —, we
are reacy for you," Three of them had bludgeons
about four feet long. Witn,..oo and his companions
upon this went for further asz4istance, and shortly
afterwards returned with three mere keepers. Wit-
ness and his friends were all armet.3 ; one of them.
had a three-pronged fork. They then went up to
the poachers, and a regular melee took place. After
the affray had lasted some time, two of the poachers
Spreng into the water, and attempted to make their
escape. Peach struck one of the others with the
ha)'-fork, and witness secured his companion. Wit-
ness;:.' e'Quld swear that the poachers were not knocked.
down y
any blow and forced into the water..
Neither.of them were struck while they were in the:
water. It )77as a moonlight night ; but cloudy.
Witness was at Longborough last Friday, but he
never said to any one," We've killed one of the —."
Dr. Robertson silted that he had witnessed a.
post-mortem examination made on the body of
the deceased. Thole were no marks of violence on;
any part of the body, 0-Xcept on the forehead, where
one part of the skin wan dark-,eoloured. On re-
moving the skull-cap, it was fou-,nd that this dis-
colouration extended to the inner surface, but there
was no fracture on any,part of the
.skull. He be-
lieved the mark on the forehead to ha, ve been caused
before death. The blow would have bk. on nffiCient
to sCnn him, and render him unable to swim. It
must 11,Nve been a violent blow, and, if given on.
land, would have knocked him down.
One of the keepers named Goulder said ho saw
the deceased swltnming across the Trent, and when-
he had got about 30 yards in the water he was
carried off by the stream and drowned.
The Coroner, in summing, up, said there was net
sufficient evidence adduced to warrant the jury in.
returning a verdict of manslaughter.
A verdict of "Accidentally drowned " was,
recorded.

COUN2RY MARK.-EIS.

.

COLCHESTER-MAY 2.. t.

A fair supply of wheat, but the trado. was very dull,
ant: prices declined 2s per qr. Little spring corn on offer,
trod Lio change in value.
Wheat, white. 56s Vs Beans, Mazagan . . 355. 38a
red 52s 56s middle & small.3Bs 428
8ar1ey...... —s —s Peas, white 38s 42a
Oats ' —a --8 gray. 38s 4'-244

CHELMSFOi
A'good supply of wheat tx
trade, and may be quoted full
Spring corn dull, at last weel
Wheat, old white...43s 54s
new ..42s 598
old red....42s 46s

new 47s bss
Barley ..30s 39s

Chevalier 3os 42s

Grinding . .24s 32s
Malt.. 6ls 67s
Chevalier 64s 696
Oats 23s 30s

,D-MAY 23.

)-day, which met with a slovt
Ly 2s per qr below late prices.
:'s rates.

Yeas, Partridge-. 378 418.
White 398 428.
Boiling- 4ls 448 r
Dim .36s 408.

Ditto uew -s
Beans, Tick, old 34s 39s
'new 345 39s
Harrow Ticks 36s 423
new 365 41a
Mazagan •• • ... • 31s 44

GLOUCESTER—MAY 24.
A moderate supply of wheat from the farmers, who did
not press salcks. The little business done was at is to 2s
per qr cheaper. Foreign dull, and sales nominal. Oats
flat. Barley fuud beans were in slow demand.

KIRKCAI.LBY GRAIN—MAY 24.
We had small supplies to.-day of wheat and oats, and
only a ttifie of barley. Sales slow. Wheat 14 decline
Oats and barley at late rates.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
TFS !Er t.nd d..
544
382
sss
000
ddd 1
482091:s
000 2
ddd I
22
632
sss
dO

COAL N
(Prices of Coal per Ton al

e. d.
West Wylam 14 3
Holywell 15 6
Walker Primrose 12 0
Grey's West Hartley 14 9
Carway and Duirryn
Malting
Do. Anthracite 21 0
Sleekburn West Hart-
ley ....14 0
Hastings Hartley ....15 3
Buddle's West Hartley 15 3
Craighead Steam 14 0
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley 15 3
Davison's West Hart-

:ARAET.
t the OW of the market
.Alb End.

S. do
Heugh Hall„ 14
Trimdon Hartlepool l5 6
Kelloe
South Kelloe l5 0
Hetton • • l6 0
South Hartlepool 14
Caradoc ..15
South Hetton ...16
Haswell l6 0
Hartlepool.. l5 6.
Braddyll's Hetton 15 3
Russel's Hetton 15 3
ITunstall
Cassop
Belmont 14 0
Fratawellgate l4 9
Hedley....., 14 0
Whitworth.... 14 9
131; sold, 86.

ley 15 3
Eden Main 14 6
Tanfield Moor Butes 13. 61

Ships at market,

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET MST:

MAILS DUE.

AuKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. June 18.
via Marseilles .. June 124
4razil and Cape Verds, by British pacNet. June 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. June 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southsmpton.June 2.
via Marseilles ...May 27.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southarepton .. ~. . May 26.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southainptob... June 2.
via Marseilles.... May 27.
India (Bombay), via Southampton .May 22.
via Marseilles ... Tune 5.
Lisbon . ~ Hay 21.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 26.
via Marseilles May 27.
Newfoundland , .... May —.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... May 22.
by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet. May 21.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe June 10.
Bahamas,4via New York ..
Mexico ....May 29,
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, J
May 29.
California, and British Columbia..

The FRENCH ARMY.—The Moniteur publishes
the following in its bulletin • 4 4 In the sitting of the House
of Commons ef the .19th inst. Lord Falmerkton estimated.
the strength of the French army on the Ist of January,
1862, at 816,000 men, of whom 646,000 were under arm(
and 170,000 under reserve. This estimate contains an
error sufficently serious to require a rectification. On the
Ist of January, 1862, the effective strength of the army
was not 646,000, but 447,000 men, a difference of 199,000
men. The reserve counted, at the same date, not 170,00 t
men, but 165,000 men—a difference of E,OOO men. The
total error is, therefore,' 204,000 men, or one quarter of the.
estimate made in the House of Commons. Since the Ist
of January the number of men of the active army who
have been allowed to go into the reserve is not 31,000 but
exceeds 30,000: this brings the reserve 'to 203.000 men, and
reduces the effective strength of the active army to 409,0%
men—total, 612,000.

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