The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-25 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clover,
£5 Os to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 6s to 1110 s per load.
Trade slow.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 7s 6d; clover,
£5 Os to £6 6s Od; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load.
Trade quiet.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od; clover,
£5 Os to £6 6s Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load.
A slow demand.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.
s. d.
Walls End Gosforth 16 3
Braddyell's Hetton 17 3
Walls End Haswell 18 3
South Moor Pelton
Gas l3 6

s. d.
South Hetton
Russell's Hutton 16 9
Kelloe
Tunstall

Ships at market, 20 ; sold, 17.

ITALIAN BRIGANDAGE.—NAPLES, May 18.—The
Pungolo publishes the following intelligence from
Eboli, dated the 16th inst. :—" The day before yesterday,
about midday, Giardullo's band attacked a carriage in which
were two Englishmen and their wives, who were returning,
by the road from Battipaglia to Pesto, from a visit to the
ruins at the place last mentioned. After making them alight
from the carriage the ladies were robbed of everything
valuable about them, and were then left free to continue
their journey towards Eboli, but their husbands wero led
away as hostages. The ladies arrived soon after at Eboli,
a prey to the deepest grief and terror, and implored
assistance from the authorities, in order to liberate the
captives. Besides this rich booty, another no less impor-
tant prize fell into the hands of the brigands in the persons
of two wealthy planters, who were captured shortly after
the Englishmen above mentioned, and carried away with
them to the mountains. As soon as the authorities became
acquainted with the occurrence they sent out heavy de-
tachments of troops, carabineers, and of the national guard
in every direction, and after diligent perquisitions in all
parts of the neighbourhood the armed force succeeded in
coming up with the brigands after the lapse of 24 hours.
In their flight the desperadoes left behind them three of
their prisoners, among whom was one of the Englishmen.
At present the authorities are making exertions to cut off
the retreat of the brigands, and they hope shortly to be able
to do so, and at the same time to set at liberty two other
gentlemen who have not been heard of for eight days
past. Signor Landolfa Colonna, captain of the staff of the
sixth great military department, who at the time of the oc-
currence happened to bo visiting at the residence of Signor
Andrea Colonna, a senator, is also taking an active part in
the search, having placed himself at the head of the Pia-
cenza Hussars, who were quartered there. His efforts have,
however, as yet been fruitless, although he has gone over
a large portion of territory. —Reuter's Express.
MURDER IN IRELAND.—The Castlebar (county of
Mayo) correspondent of the Freeman's Journal
writes under date of Tuesday--." For some tine past the
authorities here have been investigating a case which at
first presented a rather mysterious appearance, but which,
after a close sifting, turns out to have been a very barbar-
ous murder, in which three persons are implicated. A short
time since a woman named Catherine Doogan suddenly dis-
appeared, and as she had not lived on the best terms with
her husband's people suspicion was active, and police vigi-
lance kept pace with it. No clue, however, appeared for seve-
ral days, when an apron, or a piece of a dress, well known
to have belonged to the woman, was dug up out of what
seemed to have been recently turned-up earth. It was an
apron—only an apron, and nothing more—but it was a
clue, and strengthened the suspicions that Catherine
Doogan had been treated foully. This fact has now been
fully established. From the information of the wife of one
of the persons who had been arrested on suspicion the
body of the missing woman has been found buried in a
field in the locality. It has been exhumed, fully identified,
and it exhibited marks of violence about the head. It has
further transpired that in a quarrel with tho deceased
woman a man named James Doogan, brother-in-law to the
woman, struck her severely on the head with a heavy
wooden instrument known as a "beetle," from which she
was knocked down. At that time James Doogan was heard
to say he would " murder her," and subsequently he was
overheard stating that the body was buried where it was
found. On the verdict of the coroner's jury James
Doogan, Bridget Doogan, and Michael Doogan have been
returned to the assizes on a charge of wilful murder."

The Sunderland Herald states that hundreds of
salmon smelt were on Monday and Tuesday found
dead in the river Tyne, close to Hawks and Crawshay's
ironworks. It is supposed that whilst on their way to
sea by the last flood they were poisoned by the chemical
properties of the water flowing into the Tyne fr9m Allhu-
wn's works.