The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, 1,01s:DON, MONOAY EVEN G, OCTOBER 2,186 E

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE.

The trade for wheat in the country markets held on
Saturday ruled firm, and prices were rather on the advance.
Most descriptions of spring corn were in but moderate re-
quest, at late rates.
On the Continent the wheat trade is firm, and a fair busi-
ness is passing in spring corn, at full prices.

At New York the export demand for produce continues
limited.

Limited supplies of home-grown wheat and other pro-
duce were received up to our market last week. The im-
ports from abroad amounted to 19,867 quarters of wheat:
9,164, barley; 48,001, oats; 15, beans; 2,339, peas; 5,148,
linseed ; 3,348, oilseeds ;- 3,850, maize ; 3,014, sundry seeds;
85 sacks and 4,770 barrels of flour.
Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English
wheat were small, both from Essex and Kent, and the bulk
of the samples was received in bad condition. For good
and fine dry samples, therefore, the trade was firm at full
prices. Damp produce was very difficult of sale, and sold
at irregular quotations.
A fair supply of foreign wheat was on the stands. The
demand was by no means active, but the trade presented
a firm appearance, and last Monday's currency was well
supported.
Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, and prices
ruled firm.

Barley was in short supply. Good and fine malting
parcels were scarce and realised full prices. Inferior barley
met a dull sale at barely late rates.
Malt changed hands to a moderate extent on former
terms.

There was a good supply of oats on offer. The trade
was steady for good and fine samples, at full pricos ; but in-
ferior qualities were rather cheaper.
Very few beans were on offer. The trade was quiet, at
late rates.

There was a fair supply of peas on offer, the trade for
which ruled somewhat inactive, at previous quotations.

There was a moderate demand for flour. Prices were
without material change from Monday last.

CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 24s to 42e
Do., old 42s 47s
Do., white, old sos 548
Do., new
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —w
Do., new —s -s
Talavera, new sos 58s
Rye—
Barley—Grinding
Malting 3os 35s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
Brown
Kingstown and Ware
Chevalier 64s 65s
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s 24s
Potato
- Youghal and Cork, black l9s 24s
Cork, white 2os 25s
Scotch, Feeding l9s 23s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons ..., 42s 45s
Peas—Grey, new
Maple
White
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 3os 32s
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel 2ss 30s

full prices. Rapeseed was in slow request. The trade for
cakes was very quiet.

the weather. His face and person were besmeared with
blood, owing to the violence of the police. The row was
entirely owing to the existence of an illegal gin and
rum shop in Glasshouse-Street. It was kept by a woman
named Barry. The house was opened for the sale of rum,
gin, and beer after the publichouses were closed. Mrs.
Barry received two half-crowns for pennies, and would not
give change, and a jar of beer was completely smashed,
and it was only water. Carr seized him during the row,
when everybody was hitting and kicking everybody, and
accused him of striking and kicking him. The two con
stables bent hiS arms up to his head, and in that position
dragged him to the station-house.

James Hayes, an Irishman, the father of the prisoner,
said his son came home "full of blood," and went out to
look at Carr's number, and was immediately seized bp him.
The witness, who is a very respectable and sensible fellow,
said, " There will never be any peace in the neighbourhood
until Mrs. Barry's "ginhouse is suppressed," All the dis
orderly actions and rows were caused by this place, to
which people were admitted by signs or introduced by old
customers. It was No. 8, Glasshouse-street. He had been
17 years in England, and no policeman ever put his hand
on his shoulder.

Roche, the gaoler of the court, said that Hayes, the
witness, was an honest, industrious man, and his character
stood high with his employers, the Corporation of the
Trinity House. Hayes was a ballast getter, and his son
was in the same employ, and was a hard-working boy. He
knew him since he went to school.

Mr. Paget said he intended to let the good character of
the prisoner and his father have its effect. Roche. was
an old and valuable officer, and could be depended
upon. He intended to send the prisoner to the
House of Correction for one month, and to be kept to hard
labour, but after the character given of him ho should fine
him 40s only. He was satisfied the police had acted pro-
perly and with discretion in the matter, and that Carr had
been ill used. With respect to the illegal gin shop where
beer and spirits were illicitly sold, he had no doubt the
inspector of the police of the district and the revenue
officers would look after it, and take measures for its
speedy suppression.
Inspector Bendy, II division, said he would look after
Mrs. Barry's house directly.

Memorial to the Secretary of State on

behalf of Madame Valentin.

(From the Sunday 7 inzes)
Yesterday Mr. Montague Leverson, of No. 66,
Bishopsgate-street, the solicitor in the case of Louise
Pierrette Valentin, convicted of perjury at the re-
cent sittings of the Central Criminal Court, waited
upon Sir George Grey, and presented the following
memorial on her behalf, viz. :

"To THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, ONE of HER

MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE,

" The Humble Petition of Louise Pierrette Valentin,

sheweth,

"1. That upon the 25th of November, 1864, Jean Lafour-
cade made an affidavit iu the Court of Exchequer of Pleas
in which he swore that I was about to leave England and
go to America with all possible despatch.
"2. That upon such affidavit Mr. Baron Martin granted
a capias ; but, although the plaintiff's attorney knew well
where to find me, I was not arrested until the sth of De-
cember, 1864.
"3. On the 15th of December I was further detained in
a further action, at the suit of the same plaintiff, on an
order obtained from Mr. Baron Pigott on another affida-
vit of the said Jean Lafourcade.

"4. The action was tried, and a• verdict given in my
favour, on the 9th day of June last, after a trial which
lasted five days. .
"5. After the trial 1 prosecuted the said Jean Lafourcade
for perjury committed in the affidavit on which 1 had been
arrested, as having sworn that I had told him I intended
to.leave this country and proceed to America with the
utmost possible despatch. .
"6. The trial of the said Jean Lafourcade commenced
on the 15th day of August last, and lasted two days, and
was tried before Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C., the Recorder
of the City of London ; and on tho 16th day of August
last said Jean Lafourcade was convicted, the jury who
tried the said prisoner accompanying their verdict with a
censure upon the plaintiff's attorney, who was also the
attorney for the prisoner.

"On the 22d of August one Eugene Thion, a perfect
stranger to me, applied for and obtained a summons for
perjury, alleged to have been committed by me on the trial
of the said Jean Lafourcade, in that I had stated (as the
fact in truth was) that I only came to London towards the
end of Sept. 1864, and had never been in London before ;
whereas the said Eugene Thion alleged I arrived in Lon-
don on the Bth of September.
" I was committed to take my trial on that charge, but
was admitted to bail ; no evidence of any kind being ad-
duced before the magistrate of any other charge or assign-
ment of perjury.

" 9. My trial came on before the said Russell Gurney,
Esq., Q.C., on Thursday, the 21st of September inst., when
I was tried on the above assignment, it being held by the
learned Recorder to have been wholly immaterial
" 10. M. Berryer Fontaine, physician to the Emperor of
the French, and many other persons attended on the trial,
who were ready to -prove distinctly that I was in Paris at
the time it was pretended I was in London, and the hotel
keeper and his wife, where it was sworn I lodged, and two
of their guests, proved before the magistrate that I was not
there at the time alleged, nor until the end of September.
"11. The indictment against me contained two other as-
signments for perjury, viz2:—
" That by deposing upon the trial of one Jean Lafourcade
at the August sessions of tho Central Criminal Court, that
that from the time I came to England till I was taken in
custody I never told Jean Lafourcade or any one else that
I was going to America or that I intended to leave Eng-
land and go abroad, and that by deposing at the time and
place aforesaid that on May sth when Jean Lafourcade
came to me in Whitecross-street prison I did nct speak to
him, I did commit wilful and cos rapt perjury.
12. Notice of the above additional assignments of per-
jury was given to me and my attorney, but notice of the
witnesses intended to becalled in support thereof was not
given to either of us.
13. The jury found me guilty upon the said two last-
mentioned assignments, but I solemnly declare I am wholly
innocent thereof, and I respectfully solicit that this my pe-
tition may be referred to the said Russell Gurney, Esq.,
Q,C., for his opinion.

"14. I am prepared with abundant evidence of my in-
nocence, if any evidence whatever be thought necessary
beyond what is already known to the said Russell Gur-
ney, Esq., Q.C.
"15. That my proper counsel, W. C. Sleigh, Esq, be-
ing engaged in a trial in which the life of a prisoner was
at stake, and which he, therefore, could not leave, several
hundred sheets of brief were handed to an able member
of the bar at ten o'clock on Thursday, the very day and
hour on which my case was called on, and such counsel
was ignorant of the facts except as he was able to gather
the same as the trial proceeded.

66 And your petitioner most humbly prays that her most
gracious Majesty may be advised to grant me a free par-
don on the ground that I am wholly innocent of the
charge of which I have been convicted.

(Signed) " J. IL VALENTIN."
Accompanying the above document the following cer-
tificate 'was handed to the Home Secretary by Mr. Lever-
son, viz.:—

" 66, Bishopsgate-street Within.
"I solemnly declare upon my honour that I believe
every word of the above memorial to be true. Numerous
members of the bar have volunteered to sign any memo-
rial which may be necessary : but I feel so confident that
a mere reference to the learned Recorder is sufficient that
I.would not lose time to get further evidence or to procure
such memorial to counsel before sending in this petition.
(Signed) " W. R. ',EVERSON."

Up to a late hour yesterday Mr. Leverson had not re-
ceived a reply from the Secretary of State, but it was ex-
pected that a free pardon would be granted before Monday
passed over.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A RAILWAY GUARD.
—At the Guildford petty sessions on Saturday, before the
lion. W. Brodrick and a full bench, Charles Matthews, late
guard in the employ of the South Eastern Railway Com-
pany, was convicted of being drunk while in the exercise
of his duty. Tho prisoner wore upon his breast Crimean
and Indian medals, with several clasps. He was fined 40s ,
with 18s. Gd. costs, and has also been discharged from the
service of the company.

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The Belgian National Rifle Contest.
His Royal Highness the Count of FlanderS
last Sunday week formally opened the annual
contest for prizes held near Brussels, and known
as "Le Tir National," to which for these last two
years English vol unteers have been specially and
cordially invited. At the time his Royal Highness
opened the proceedings there was a fair number of
representatives of London and country volunteer
corps present, and the Count, whO was received .by
them with military honours, returned the salute and
entered. into conversation in English with the visi-
tors, whom he individually bad welcome to Brussels.
After Sunday the number of English volunteers
increased, many coming in by the Harwich and
Antwerp routes, the benefit of the mail route via
Ostend, the fares by which between Dover and
Brussels were lowered by the Belgian Government
to volunteers in uniform to one-half, about 17s. 6d.
the return journey, being in some degree lost
through the London and Dover Railway Companies
refusing to grant return tickets.

Notwithstanding the attractions of the four days'
fetes in Brussels, the shooting place was crowded
from morning till night each day, and shooting was
carried on even on those days when there were many
outdoor sights, with unabated vigour. The great
majority of the competitors in the " any rifle
series appeared to be of the labouring and artisan
classes, which in England take delight in any sports
except rifle shooting. The explanation of Tgris
easily found in the fact that rifle shooting in Brus-
sels is exceedingly cheap, a franc being the general
fee charged for five shots iu a prize series, and
sighting shots are only charged for at the rate of a
franc for 10, while in England there are few prize
entries under lOs each for the same number of shots,
and sighting a rifle has to be paid for at the rate of
is. a shot. The workmen class of competitors in
Brussels possess exquisite gallery rifles, in which
they appear to take the greatest pride, and there
being only one range for " all comers" prizes—viz.,
225 metres, or 246 yards, they exercise great inge-
nuity in so regulating their sights and charges as to
make it a mere matter of personal steadiness to gain
a good number of " cartons," the central part of the
" beau blanc," the white here taking the place of
the English black " bull's eye."

The shooting ground is about 20 minutes' walk
from a central part of the city, and all the shooting
is done under cover of a large and handsome brick
building, which is generally known as " Le Tir."
The interior of this is about 200 ft. long and 30ft. or
40ft. broad. On one sido are 3G little " pens" or
boxes for the shooters, each box opposite a window
looking on a target. In the centre of each box is a
desk at which sits a clerk, who watches the target,
and enters in a book the value of the shots made by
the competitor, and which value is shown at the
firing point by a large figure " 1" standing for an
outside shot, " 2 " for the next, and so on to " 5"
for a bull's-eye, a red flag showing when a "carton"
is made, the value of which depends upon its close-
ness to the centre. There is no time lost in squad-
ing, for the competitor has only to get his ticket for
a series, to write his name and address upon the
" coupon," and to enter at once the place set apart
for the series. Every box or " pen" is fitted with a
rack for the rifles, and shelves for the shooter's
tackle, little matters in themselves, but which add
greatly to the comfort of shooting. No " wrong
targets" can be made by the firers, for boards are
so placed on each side of the line of sight from the
windows that only one target can be seen. Fixed
screens effectually protect the shooter and the sights
of the rifle from the sun. Opposite the shooting
boxes are refreshment counters, places for cleaning
arms, and the box for the Council of the Tir, the
president of which, M. E. Dailley, is generally pre-
sent during the shooting. The marking at the targets
is excellently managed, and is so arranged.that it
would appear impossible for an accident to happen
to the markers. The place for the markers is a
paved and brick-built court, running the whole
length of the range, and it is said to be an unusual
thing for ladies to be walking up and down
this while firing is being carried on. The targets,
which are circular, of 3ft. 9in. diameter, are of paper
mounted on iron frames, so contrived that if the iron
should be hit the bullet would not glance off below.
Behind the target is a high embankment for receiv-
ing all the shots, and white on the one hand no
shots can go over, no harm can result from a rico-
chet. The target frames work on an axis, two to
each frame, which is balanced by a heavy weight.
On the target being struck a small disc points out
the spot, a string is pulled which raises a number
showing the value of the shot, and the balance being
turned the target with the hole in it disappears, and
a second rises in its place. While the first target
is thus turned down the marker pastes a piece of
paper over the hole made by the shot, and it is then
ready to take the place of the other when it is
struck. The shooting goes on very rapidly, and
every half-hour the cartons and bull's-eyes of each
target, which are dropped into a box numbered the
same as at the firing points, are brought up by a
clerk and shown to the registrar of shots. There can
be no disputing of the marking, and the Tir pro-
ceeds uninterruptedly, except a stoppage for refresh-
ment, from morning till night.
A sad and fatal accident occurred to a member of
the Garde Civique on Monday. Some members of
the Garde were shooting together, when one, in
disobedience of the order that "no rifle is to be
capped except on the rest," when the shooter comes
to fire, capped his rifle while another was shooting,
and stood with the weapon on his arm at full cock.
A. jerk or touch of the trigger, the pull of which was
exceedingly light, like all in use here, sent the bullet
through the heart of the unfortunate man in front,
and killed him on the spot. A public funeral was
given to the corpse, and the English Volunteers fol-
lowed.

The competition is for prizes amounting in the
whole to 70,000 f., and is open to any rifle, and to
"military weapons." The only qualifications for
military weapons are that they shall have neither
telescopic nor aperture sights, and that they shall
be capable of carrying a bayonet or sword bayonet.
The weapons which enter as military weapons are
as different from the English notions of a military
weapon as it is possible to conceive, they having
fine bead fore sights, and exquisitely finished back
sights, capable of the finest adjustment for bull's-
eye marking at a short range, where there is no need
of allowance being made for wind. These weapons
are mostly small-bores, and the charge of powder
shot with is so light as to allow the shooter tobalance
his rifle on the tips of his fingers, a manoeuvre
which gives him the advantage of resting his left
elbow on his side, and the pull of the trigger is as
light as the firer likes to have it. Of course, the
Enfield, with its blurring rough and ready sights, is
no fit competitor at this range and under these cir-
cumstances, and the English Volunteers are not
backward in acknowledging the inferiority of their
arm so placed ; but they do not hesitate to express
the opinion that they could beat their hosts if a
longer range were given them to fire at, and in the
field their training with military rifles and at the
various and long range targets would, without
question, give them the greatest advantage over
those who are practised only at the one range.
During the week the English Volunteers have re-
ceived every kindness from the authorities and the
different societies. Their uniform has admitted them
to all festivals held here, and they have accepted the
cordial invitations given them to appear at the
grand balls given at the Rue Madeleine by the
Societe llarmonique, the:Societe Royale Methul,
and the Societe Reunion Lyrique. On entering the
ball-room of the Societe Royale Mehul, the band
struck up " God Save the Queen," and the other
guests saluted the English visitorsin the most cor-
dial manner.
The competition ends on Tuesday (to-morrow) and
the prizes are to be claimed before the sth November.

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