The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-26 00:00:00

DREADFUL OU7 AS

The inhabitants of Spalding, Line olnshire, were
thrown into a state of great exeitemtlnt on Sunday
last, by the fact transpiring that an at, tempt at mur-
der, which it is greatly to be feared woll be produc-
tive of fatal results. had been comroitted under the
following singular circumstances appears that
on Saturday night last about 12 o'clock a roan named
Percival, formerly ostler at one of the inns in the
town, was returning to his home, and wh en crossing
the sheep market he met a man natued Loadbeater,
a labourer, from the adjacent village of Pinchbeck,
with whom he had not the least previous.acqaaint-
ance, suddenly, and without any provoct.illon, Lead-
beater rushed upon him and cut his throat with a
large knife, inflicting a serious injury. Percival VAS
accompanied by another man, but the deed was
accomplished so quickly that he was unable to pre—
, vent it ; and whilst in the act of raising his wounded
companion, the assassin rushed upon him and .in-
flicted a similar wound. Whilst the scuffle was still
pending a third man, Hayes, came up and attempted
to collar Leadbeater. when the latter stabbed him in
the arm, causing him to release his hold. The fellow
then ran away along the Bourn-road, but was pursue&
by two policeman, who came up at the time, and about
a dozen other persons, who, after a chase of nearly
half a mile, succeeded in capturing him near the
Pied Bull public-house, on the Bourn-road. The
wounded men, Percival and his companion, were in
the meantime conveyed to Dr. Morris's surgery,
where their wounds were promptly attended to ;
' but they were found to be of so serious a nature
that the doctor deemed it advisable to have them
lodged at a neighbouring public-house, lest their
removal home should prove fatal_ Latest accoun is
state that they are in a very precarious state.
Hayes, on having his wounds dressed, was able a t
once to leave for his own home. At present no'
possible motive can be ascribed for the fearful
deed, and it is generally suppos.ed that the prisoner
was suffering from temporary insanity.

COUNTRY .31A.RALAAS.

COLCHESTER—AUG. 23.
The supply of wheat to-day at market was siriall.
Farmers demanded high prices for the few lots of dry
wheat, which millers were in many cases obliged to p ay.
Spring corn dull, for want of supplies.
Wheat, white ..52s 66s I Beans, Mazagan..3Bs 4k9s
red s 60s I middle & small.4os 416
Barley
Oats

GLOTICE STER--AuGt. 23.
To-day there was a supply of new white wheat dat mxket,
which was of better quality than expected, an bht
roug
57s to 60s per 396 lbs. Foreign wheat was in limited de-
mand. Barley and beans firm. Oats dull.

CHELKSFO]
The supply of wheat was 8]
advance of is to 2s on last wei
firm, and prices as of late, but
Wheat, old white 4,5 s 62s
new —s

,D-ATJG. 22.

Lort, and the trade brisk, at an.
.k's prices. Spring corn was,
a dull trade.
Yeas, Partridge.....37s 410
White „39s 42s
Boiling .. 41s 44s
Dun .......... 40s
Ditto new -
Beans, Tick, old 3sx 39a
new —s --s
Barrow Ticks 3ss 40s
new —s •—s
Mazagan 34s 3118

old red....50s bBs

new —s —s
Barley ..30s 39s
Chevalier ..30s 42s

Grinding 24s 32s
Malt.. .. 6ls 67a
Chevalier 64s 69s
Oats 225 29s

KIRKCALDY GRAIN—Auct. 23.
A small show of wheat and oats today, and three par•.
eels of barley. A slow trade, at about former prices.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
First....sos Od 33s Od I 28s Od
Second ..52s 6d I 34s 6d 29s Od
Third...62s Od —s Od 318 Od

COAL M.

LARKET.
t the close of the market.

(Prises of Coal per Ton at
s. d.
Bower's West H artleyls 0
Craighead Steam 13 6
Carway and Duffryn
Malting 23 0
Do. Anthracite 21 0
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley .15 0
Holywell .15 9
Tanfield Moor ........ 13 0
Davison's West Hart-
ley ............... .15 0
Grey's West Hartley.. 14 6
Walker Primrose 12 6
Eden Main 15 6
Wylam ..16 0
Cowpen Hartley 15 0
North Percy Hartle yl2 6
Hastings Hartley ...,15 0

S. tie

Ships at mark

Walls End.
South K elloe l6 0
K elloe
Camp••••l6 0
Framwellgate .. • . 15 6
Hetton .•17 0
South Hetton ...... ...17 0
Eden .. l5 6
Tunstall
Trimdon Hartlepool ..16 3
Hartlepool.. l6 3
Caradoc....
Acorn Close ..
Hedley .........15 0
Braddyll's Hetton 16 G
Stewart's.... l6 6
Trimdon Thornley 14 6
Whitworth 15 0
Heugh Hall ... .16 6
, 98; sold, 62.

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.
Aufe.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton... .. —Aug. 18.
via Marseilles
/3razil and Cape Verds, by British packet......,.. Sept. 3.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... Sept. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via SouthamptonAlpt. 3.
via Marseilles ...Aug. 28.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. i 9.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 3k.
via Marseilles Aug. 28;.
India (Bombay), via Southampton
via Marseilles Aug,
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 29.
via Marseilles Aug. —.
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Aug. 28.
by U.S. packet
by Canadian packet. Aug. 27.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Sept 10.
Bahamas, via New York'
Mexico..
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Aug. 28.
California, and British Columbia.

TAXES UPON TRAVELLING.—The produce of the
taxes upon railways rose from £280,314, in 1852, to
£334,063, in 1857, and to £372,178 last year. The produce
of the tax upon stage carriages has also risen from£ll4,Bo7,
in 1857, to X 125,557 last year.
PHOTOGRAPHY ON MONT BLANC.—We find in
the Dioniteur an interesting description of an ascent of
Mont Blanc, effected on the 11th inst., by M. Bisson,
an eminent photographer, who had already performed
the feat last year, but was desirous of completing
his collection of views. His progress as far as
the Grands-Mulets was not marked by any particu-
lar incident : he took various views from different
points, and then proceeded to tee Passage des Echelles,
where he and his party crossed the ravines, some 300 feet
deep, crawling on horizontal ladders one by one on their
hands and feet. Their further progress to the Dome du
Goutte was, however, impeded by an unforeseen incident.
A bridge of ice and snow, which had hitherto served as a
passage to the Grand Plateau had broken down, and they
found a yawning abyss, from 45 to 155 feet in width, be-
fore them. No other passage seemed possible, and M.
Bisson was on the point of giving up the adventure, when
he was hailed by three of his men who, unperceived, had,
sought a convenient place, and, with their hatchets, hewed
out a path, by which they had succeeded in gaining the
icy crest of the Mont Maudit. They soon descended the
rocks on the other side, and threw ropes to their comrades,
by which the luggage was hauled up. M. Bisson and the
rest of the party followed the new but dangerous path,
which brought them two hours sooner to the Grand
Plateau. There, new difficulties awaited them; they had
to hew 800 steps, and ascend the side of the corridor, which
in some places had an inclination of 50 degrees. On reach-
ing the end of the corridor, they vi ere assailed by an icy-
cold wind. On arriving at the summit after some further
labour, M. Bisson found to his regret that the silver of his
plates was crystallised, the temperature having suddenly
fallen 10 degrees Centigrade, although it was exactly noon.
At two p.m. he re-descended the summit, but visited it
again on the 14th, and returned to Chamounix on the 15th
without any further accident.