The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-11 00:00:00

LANCASTER.

By the death of Mr. Samuel Gregson, who has for
some years been the senior member for Lancaster,
and who died at his town residence yesterday (Wed-
nesday) morning, a vacancy occurs in the represen-
tation of this town. As yet no candidate has
appeared in the field, but among those spoken of as
probable candidates are Mr. Schneider (formerly
M.P. for Norwich) in the Liberal interest ; Mr. H.
T. Wilson, of Liverpool, or Mr. W. A. F. Saunders,
of Kennington-hall, near Lancaster, in the Conser-
vative interest ; and Mr. G. F. Head, who is pledged
to come forward on independent principles at the
first vacancy. There is, however, some talk in the
town of inviting Viscount Amberley to contest the
borough. The late member was a Liberal, and a
staunch supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government.

MADAME T L'SSALTD' S. —A full length portrait
model, taken from life, of Kohl, who was recently
executed at Chelmsford, for the cold-blooded murder of
Theodor Christian Fuhrhop, in November last, at Plaistow
Marshes, has been added to the Chamber of Physiognomy,
in Baker-street. We are happy to say that the exhibition
has been unprecedentedly well attended by visitors during
the holidays.

AFFAIRS AT NEW ORLEANS.—Extract from a New
Orleans letter of the 13th of Jan., 1865 :—" The
trade regulation proclamation is beginning to cause cotton
to flow in here. So little trust was put in the good faith of
the Yankee Governmental officials and manifestoes that it
looked quite certain that no cotton would be forthcoming
from beyond the lines, and I suppose the consciousness of
this feeling on the part of those who would control the
' coveted production of immoral and enervating slave
labour,' as Seward stigmatises our staple in his correspon-
dence on your Relief Fund, has induced the authorities to
grant permits without stint, and offer every facility for
getting their own share of the plunder. Still, it costs 50c.
a bale for a permit, whether the permit fructifies or not.
You have to pay $250 cash to the issuer of permits, a sort
of perquisite in advance, for the right to bring in your 500
bales, or at the same ratio more or less, whether you ever
have a chance to get out of the city ; so it may happen that
a bonus is paid here for the privilege of being snapped up
and conscripted on the other side of the lines. Such is the
fashion of the times! A gunboat, the Venango, was re-
cently destroyed with cotton on board a short distance up
the river, so that it is likely there may be many slips be-
tween the cup and the lip. A cargo of 500 bales got safely
down, though somehow or another it caught fire. There
is a great deal of talk about the demoralisation of the
people here and of the corruption existing. I think the
people are as true to the cause, as uncompromising and un-
tameable as ever. Many, it is true, are seeking temporary,
if not new, homes in Mexico ; but the general conviction
appears to be in the ultimate triumph of the Southern
people, and that they will secure, the rights they have so
long striven for. Numerous arrests still take place upon
the most frivolous pretexts, too. A member of a family
writing to another beyond the lines, if the missive should
be intercepted, is sure to subject the incautious writer to
incarceration in a dungeon. The son-in-law of yester-
day received sentence in a prolonged imprisonment at the
Tortugas for this kind of offence ; in fact, they consider
any one having aught to lose as fair game, and they run
him down as such accordingly. Mr. has been much
afflicted ; he lost his only son and an interesting daughter
within two weeks of scarlet fever, and his house was
searched by detectives while the dead lay therein. We are
fast getting to be rivals of Poland in our relations with the
best Government ever framed. I think Russia will have
gracefully to yield to the United States so-called."
THE LATE JULES GkßAßD.—Father Codant,
superior of Dominicans, has offered to receive into a ladies'
school at Sevres, belonging to that order, one of the
daughters of M. Jules Gerard. It appears that it is the
nieces and not the daughters of M. Gerard, who are left un
provided for.—Galignani.

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN F
FORTUNE.—Yesterday one of those unfortunate
cases of self-destruction, which of late have been of such
frequent occurrence, took place at the Bedford Hotel,
Covent-garden. It appears that the night previous a
gentleman of middle ago arrived at the hotel, and, having
taken some ra'reshment, retired to his apartment, which
was situated on the third floor, he being at the time per-
fectly sober. About half-past 12 o'clock, from something
which one of the porters of the hotel perceived, his suspi-
cions became aroused, and he communicated with another
porter on the establishment, with whom he proceeded to
the apartment which the gentleman occupied. _ They

knocked at the door, but, receiving no answer, pushed it
open, and to his horror and astonishment discovered the
deceased suspended from a boll ropo from of the bed rails.
The deceased had cut down the bell rope, and must have
proceeded in a very deliberate and determined manner, as
the ropo was very carefully secured to the rail, and in
snch a way as to effect his purpose without any
chance of failure. Medical assistance was promptly
procured, but when Dr. Vine, of 3, Henrietta-street, Covent-
garden, the professional gentleman summoned, arrived he
found that life was extinct. The gentleman, whose name
was Lewis, resided at Merthyr Tidvil, in Wales, where he
possessed property and was well known, and up to the pre-
sent time there has been no clue to the cause which in-
duced him to commit the rash act; but there have been
some rumours current to the effect that transactions in
connection with the turf have, in some degree, conduced
to the melancholy event ; but these rumours rest upon no
certain foundation. There was nothing in the manner of
the deceased calculated to excite suspicion as to his sanity,
or indeed to cause any observation whatever at the hotel.
On searching his clothes and portmanteau, there were found
a purse containing £3 10s. in gold, £5 in silver, a cheque
for £250, a pocket-book, a silver watch and gold chain, and
some articles of apparel and of the toilet. The friends of the
deceased have been communicated with by telegraphic
message, but no answer has as yet been received.

BRIBERY AT A MUNICIPAL ELECTlON.—Yesterday
he first cases which have ever been tried under the

22d Vic., cap. 35, sec. 11, arising out of malpractices at an
election under the Municipal Act, came before the Leeds
County Court. The agent of the Liberal Registration
Society sought to enforce a penalty of 40s. in each of seve-
ral cases in which it was alleged that bribery had been
committed by a town-councillor named Wray, an auctioneer
named Joy, and two other persons. It was proved to the
satisfaction of the judge that Wray and Joy had paid to
certain men 4s. each to induce them to vote at a special
election of a councillor on Nov. 28 last, and he imposed the
40s. penalty in each case, with an intimation that the de-
fendants, as a necessary consequence, would for six years
be struck off the roll and disqualified to exercise any of the
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liamentary elections
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drid, the trial which has lasted some years,
claimed the inheritance of the countshi Her Majesty
the immense estates attached to the titlel) of Miranda, and
family also alleged its rights, ; but the Malpica
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the latter has been given. decision in favour of

We have great regret in announcing the prema-
ture death, in childbirth, on Tuesday last, of Mrs. S. 0
Beeton, the accomplished editress of the Englishwoman's
Domestic Magazine, and other useful home publications.

POULTRY.
Turkeys, 4s Od to 9s Od ; geese, 5s Od to 8s Od each ;
goslings, 6s Gd to 7s 6d ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; ducklings,
3s Od to 5s Od ; rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 18
to is 3d ; pigeons, Os 9d to is 2d each ; Surrey fowls,
8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od ; barn door fowls,
4s Od to is Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s 6d to 4s Od ;
ptarmigan, is
Gd to is
9d each ; pheasants, 3s Od to 4s 6d ;
partridges, ls Od to 2s Od; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od; snipes,
ls
3s Od
;d to 13d ; teal, ls 6d to 2s Od; wild ducks, 3s Od to
widgeon; is 9d to Os Od ; plovers, Os 9d to is Od
each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 8s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to
(Is Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to
s2d ; English,
is 2d to is 3d pd
to iler lb
French do., 7s GEnglish eggs, 98 Od to 12s Od ;
s Od 3s 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. Per 100 ; leverets, 3s Od to

BILLINGSGATE.
Salmon, 2s 6d to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os Od ; eels, Os 8d
to is Od ; prawns, N Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali-
but, 6d per lb ; turbots, 3s Od to 21s Od ; cod, 2s Gd to
lOs Od ; brills, Os Od to Os Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mul-
lets, Os 6d to is Od ; lobsters, is Od to 4s Od ; crabs, Os Gd
to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Os Od to Os Od each ; soles,
Os 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, lOs Od to 60s Od;
natives, 84s Od to 90s Od per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to
8s Od ; haddocks, 12s Od to 18s Od ; smelts Os Od to Os Od ;
flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os Od to Os Od per
120 ; fresh herrings, 6s Od to 108 Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od
to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os Od per brace.

NEWPORT.
Beef, frem 3s Od to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Bd.
Lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 4d
,o 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase.

WHITECHAPEL.
Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal,
4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81b by the
carcase.