The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-01 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP.

Good and fine new, including well-kept old, hops are in
steady request, at extreme rates. Other kinds are a slow
sale, yet no change in prices.

WHITECHAPEL.
Full average supplies of meat are on sale, and the trade
rules ivactive, as follows :

Beef, from 2s 61 to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to
48 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork,
3s 6d to 45.6 d per Sibs by the carcase.

THE WORST LADY'S HABlT.—Crinoline, and the
sooner she throws off tho habit the better.—Punch.

WILKES WITH WINGS.—By accounts from
Yankee Land we learn that:—" Commodore Wilkes had
been ordered to take the command of a flying squadron on
the West India Station." Is that because Commodore
Wilkes is a goose?--Punch.

THE GIttAT GLOBE, LEICESTER-SQUARE.—In
few days this noted structure, which was sold a short time
ago, will be entirely cleared away. A number of men are
employed in its demolition, and the property, as it is taken
down, is disposed of and removed. It is stated that there
are about 400.000 stock bricks, several tons of lead, besides
a large amount of timber used in its construction, and it is
believed that the area will be farmed into an ornamental
garden.

The Belgian journals give some details respect-
ing the destruction of the theatre of Namur. It appears
that the building might easily I have been saved had
there had been a regular body of firemen, as when the
alarm was given the fire had scarcely taken hold of the
roof ; buts much time was lost before the engines could
be got to work, that the whole building was in a blaze,
and all efforts were useless.
SUICIDE OF A FRAUDULENT "ODD FELLOW."—
No little excitement has been occasioned in the village of
Southam by the suicide of William Neville, a barber and
news agent, who had filled several offices in connexion with
the Southam Friendly Sick Fund and Burial Society—a
branch of the "Nottingham Order of Odd Fellows." De-
ceased for many years acted as permanent secretary to thf-
above society, and resigned in July, when one of the mem-
bers had expressed certain suspicions that all was not right
with respect to Neville's exchequer. The society having at
this time no complaint against him, appointed him steward.
The committee, however, came to a resolution to audit his
books, and they were found to be incorrect. lie was twice
requested to attend "summon lodge meetings" to explain
the matter, but did not do so. This was in August,
and it being found that many irregularities had occurred
during his secretaryship, the managers warned the mem-
bers not to pay any more money to hilt, About a week
ago the letter of ono Rawlins, of Stratfotd-on-Avon,
whose money he had received but not accctented
for, was read to him by Spraggett, the new secretary, as well
as another, complaining of his defalcations, from the general
secretary to the Ancient Imperial United Order of Odd
Fellows at Nottingham. He then promised to refund to
the society the moneys he had embezzled, and it was ar-
ranged that he should attend a meeting of the lodge on
Thursday last to pay Rawlins's money. On Sunday last
Spraggett called upon him for the general cash account book
for the funeral fund, and was told if he did not produce it he
would be proceeded against. Instead of meeting the mem-
bers of the lodge as he promised, deceased procured a gun-
shot, and powder, and discharged the contents of the weapon
through his body, death being instantaneous. An inquest
was held on the body last Saturday, before Mr. W. Poole
who deposed that the brain was so much softened that the
deceased would be very likely to manifest what is termed
paroxymal insanity." The jury returned a verdict to the
effect that he had committed suicide while in an unsound
state of mind.

THE WOMEN RATHER LIKE THE INVASION.—A
letter from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where the rebels
were expected every hour, says :—" The women rather like
the invasion. It is odd that far less anxiety was exhibited
by women than by men. They sat tranquilly on their
door-steps, and only the older ones appeared desirous to
leave. The young ones had heard that Southerners were
gentlemanly and often good looking. Female curiosity was
excited, and anticipated no hart, The girls, therefore,
were as lively as at a strawberry festival, old ttotted about
with supreme indifference. ' I just feel like laueling all
the time,' was the remark of one maiden, which well illus-
trated the sentiment of the rest."
SUGAR DUTIES.--There can b 3 no doubt what-
ever that the consumption of sugar in Great Britain is
capable of very large increase ; moderate cost, and the re-
moval of restriction as to the general use of the finer class
of sugars being the main element required to bring it
about. The question of revenue must, of course, be a
material consideration with Government; but recent expe-
rience certainly leads to the conclusion that it would not
suffer under a further reduction of duty. The reduction of
duties which took plaee in 1815 may be said to have an-
swered the expectations formed of it, as regards the increase
of production. Still it cannot be concealed that condsatutTes.
tion is checked by the heavy and vexation • 1860 y
Nearly as much sugar was imported in 18178:0_
~___e_
and even last year there was scarcely an increase
yeta:Zo
quarters of a million cwt, over the imports of 5
s esistinsgln
—The Grocer. was launched
The Hector, iron-clad war shiy,
0, Glasgow, on
from the building-yard of Messrs, Napier,l
Friday.
Wales, and
.the Inspector-Gene-
Commodore Yelverton, C.B.
in
ninsßpfetion on
ral of the Coastguard. having
the coasts of Scotland and Irra
office in Spring-gardens
has
ferlinmecinP:leisildntohhweiscelery at East
will very probably return teek......
Army and Navy Gazette.
about the middle of next Nivte
Nottingham Journal re_
gxtensively grown for the Sheffield
CELERY BLIGHT.--ht
where it e
is week or two the craps, b; .1.,
w, .eu were
[ market. Within the last pßoerttisorthd,at a severe.bli
pronitslsef it have now the appearance of dried
appear to have been smitten all at
once,lookinang most
loasrtg
et fit a
is
h state of things was attributed to a few
furze. which it was thought had. caught the plant in
early fr°9'"ta e but on examination it was found to have
its earlier
been caused byg as small green maggot or grub, which is so
neatly embedded between the fibres of the Val as at fist to
•
be scarcely dietinwizable.

ITHE GLASGOW MURDER.
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A great meeting was held in the City Hall, Glasg 'ow, on
Monday evening, to petition the Home Secretary ' for a
respite of Jessie M'Lachlan. An hour before the 1 lime
announced for the commencement of the business, th 9 hall
was crowded in every part, and hundreds had to go away
unable to gain admittance. Councillor Clark was call, 3cl to
the chair, and told the meeting it was intended to fors vte -el
the petition that night to London, in order that it neigh t 1 ie
presented to Sir G. Gray yesterday. The following met. ee -
rial to Sir G. Grey was unanimously adopted :
"That in the case of Jessie M'lntosh or M'Lachlan, eat( i
is at present confined in the prison of Glasgow under sere.
tence of death, your memorialists respectfully submit,
"Ist. That the evidence adduced at the trial sea,
entirely circumstantial, and was not such as to clear uj
many doubtful and obscure points that deeply affect the
solution of this important case.
"2d. That an extraordinary and exceptional character
had been given to the case by a declaration read by the
prisoner's counsel after the verdict was returned, which
declaration purports to be a true statement of the prisoner's
connection with the crime, and is affirmed to have been
made by her to her agents on the 13th day of August last,
before she had any information as to the evidence to be
adduced against her,—which declaration was not made use,
of in the prisoner's defence.
" 3d. That from the circumstances in which the declara-
tion was made, the nature of the declaration itself, and the
painful excitement created on the subject, it appears to your
memorialists to be imperatively necessary for the interests
of justice and the satisfaction of the public mind, that there
be a special investigation into the whole matter.
" 4th. That, in the meantime, a respite of the sentence
be granted, and upon the above inquiry being made, that
the Crown be graciously pleased to interpose further in the
case, as the ends of justice may appear to demand.
" And your memorialists, as in duty bound, shall over
pray."
The North British Daily Mail says :—" The Crown
officials in Edinburgh, having taken into consideration
what has transpired since the return of the verdict in the
case of Mrs. M'Lachlan, have issued a warrant to the
Sheriff here, directing that a strict official investigation be
made into all the circumstances which have since come to
light. This warrant has just been received, and already
the Sheriffs officials are bestirring themselves to give it due
effect." The truth of this statement, which was published
in a late edition on Monday was disputed, and the Mail
therefore gives the following particulars :
Yesterday the Lord Advocate arrived in Glasgow a little
before mid-day, and had a consultation with the Sheriff's
officials, including the Procurators-Fiscal, Messrs. Hart
and Gemmel. The upshot of this consultation was, that a
warrant or order was given for a private official precognie
tion to be made by the Sheriff and his Fiscal, of all who can
throw any light on the case, and who were not examined
as witnesses at the late trial. Accordingly, yesterday after-
noon summonses were issued to about a dozen witnesses,
including Mary Black, Miss Dykes, the three young women
(the Misses Brawn), Mr. Stewart, Sandyford place. and
others, calling upon them to appear this morning, before
the Sheriff, at the County-buildings. The following are
the terms of the summons :
"Room No. To —. You are hereby summoned to
compeer before the Sheriff of Lanarkshire, within the Pro-
curator-Fiscals' office, County-buildings, Brunswick-street,
Glasgow, one stair up, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep-
tember current, at nino o'clock forenoon, to be examined as
a witness in the case of Jessie M'lntosh or M'Lachlan, and
that under the penalty of one hundred merks Scots."
It may not be out of place here to correct a popular error.
According to the constitution of this country, no parson
who has been examined as a Crown witness can be after-
wards charged with the crime regarding which he has
riven evidence. At the same time, if it be found that a
person has given testimony inconstent with truth on the
trial, he may be indicted for perjury.
The condemned criminal continues much in her former
state of mind. Some imprudent person, however, we un-
lerstand, has informed her of the efforts being made to get
for her a respite, and it seems she is sanguine of their sue-
.ess. Her husband brought her child into the prison on
Saturday, when it may well be imagined a most harrowing
scene took place.
The Caledonian Mcrcury says :—" It is currently en-
meured in the city, and believed to be tine, that Lord Deas
has received a missive from Sir G. Grey, requesting his
attendance in London in reference to the Glasgow murder
trial, and that his lordship has left to consult with the
Hoene Secretary."

MURDER IN THE COUNTY GALWAY.--TTJAM,
slonday Evening.—l regret to inform you that a most hor-
rible tragedy was enacted yesterday, at the 'Weir Village,
within about a mile and a half of this town, involving the
sacrifice of human life under circumstances of a most re-
volting and unnatural character. An old man named
Qualter, upwards of 7J years of age, quite blind and infirm,
was found lying dead in his house, about three o'clock p.m.,
with his skull fearfully fractured and several other marks
upon the body, which leave no doubt whatever of his having
met with an awful and violent death. An old hatchet
stained with blood was found in the room near the corpse.
Suspicion having strongly pointed to some of the home
diate members of deceased's family who lived with him, and
consisted of two sons, two daughters, and a daughter-in-
low, the police arrested the whole party, who ware brought
into town and underwent a preliminary examination, at 12
o'clock to-day before Mr. Redmond, R M., who has re-
manded them, pending the result of the coroner's inquest,
which will commence to-morrow. Rumours aro rife of
occasional bickerings and dispute regarding the possession
f the old man's holding, in which one of the sons and his
wife were principally concerned, and various stories are
afloat; but to those it is unnecessary to advert any further
at present.—Dublin Freeman.
ASPROMONTE.—The Lady Brenhilda, wife of
7ount Robert of Paris, was, as will be seen in Sir Waiter
Scott's romance of that name, owner and heiress of Aspro-
monte, where Garibaldi was captured. The Normans con-
quered great part of the present kingdom of Naples, and
Walter Scott so makes his heroine Lady Paramount of
Aspromonte.

AN M.P. FINED £lo.—At the Aberdare Police-
court, last week, Mr. Crawshay Bailey, M.P., was sum-
moned at the instance of the In,l=pector of Mines, Mr. Evans,
for that he did not comply with the tenth general rule of
the act of Parliament, 23d and 24th Viet. cap. 151, which
enacts that no single-linked chain shall be used fur lower.
ing or raising persons in any working pit or shaft. The
offence was admitted on behalf of Mr. Bailey, and in miti-
gation Mr. James said everything was now being done to
carry out the provisions of the law. The magistrates fined
defendant £lO and costs.—. Bristol Mercury,

The Vienna Gazette announces considerable re-
ductions in the effective of the Austrian army—infantry,
cavalry, and artillery. The troops bearing arms of
specialty are to be placed upon a peace footing, and the use
of gun cotton is abolished.
A PRIZE FIGHT PREVENTED.—lnformation
haying been received by the police authorities at Wool-
wich that a prize fight would take place in that locality
yesterday, precept measures were taken by Inspectors Lin-
vill and Monahan, of the R. division, with a view to appre-
hend the parties offending. A numerous body of police-
' constables, under the direction of Sergeant Membety, pro-
ceeded to the Erith Marshes, the spot indicated, where it
1, was found that the combatants, Jem Stewart of Glasgow,
Wand Jem Dove of Shadwell, had commenced operations on
the Essex shore of the river, near Rainham Ferry. The
police then procured boats and crossed the river, when on
landing they were immediately perceived by the prize"
fighters and a mob of about 300 persons, who fled in all
haste leaving behind the stakes and ropes of the ring, au.,
which were taken to the Woolwich police-station. _ 1
In the City Revising Barrister's Court yesterday
outrd ay
it was proposed to strike the name of William goupeu
eeits
There was a good
of the list of the Loriners' Company.
deal of discussion on the matter, but the barrisienroampopef eared
to think that he had no power to expunghieon, in ordemr
the list. Eventually he reserved his
det her a notice of
that he might consider the question, whe
objection which had been served at one only of the regis-
„ was valid.
tered places of residence of RouPeLbt T
A communication from Co
burugnnsays:—" Queen I
before the Ist of
Victoria will not here and reside some
October. Her Majesty will th:nof
Prussia and the Princess
quit Reinhardotosme
weeks. The Hereditory r
Royal will probably remPaininvehere as long as the Queen.
den to pay their respects to
'''hey will first go to Baden- 3
the Queue , vta/GANDs.—We have sorrowful
of Prussia on her fete day."
MURDER BA ^". ~andage ;we hear of various bands
news of the Southern f b7rt:io,
ru:_tuls)'thleaovfitnifisßraocimab.ooininde
(among others
01113.:*v with horrorr. i
itaffroontier, on thtehe:3:c
to the NeaP°l
loits has filled
of their latesttheelmP inute_part_iculars, as I sippoe'4l You will.
them from your Naples correspondent. In "' few
spare
have
_As a bridal party, consisting of a lovely you .N
words •
person of the Cinelli family, 16 ' •
years of age, of her bride-
-0 her mother, and one of their domestics, were the
groo s
day after the wedding travelling from Campobasso by a
y
public conveyante, they were fallen upon by a party of
thirty mounted bandits. The attempt of these latter
tofhrce the bride along with them was resisted by the
bridegroom,
who el as consequently killed on the spot. The
young wife, roused into fury by the fall of her husband,
broke out into such curses and invectives against the mur-
derers that these could only silence her by laying her down
dead by the side of the dead. The villains then compelled
the old servant to strip the bodies of the unhappy couple of
all their ornaments and clothes before the eyes of the dis-
tracted mother, and, after also robbing all the other travel-
lers of all they had about them, they made off with perfeel,
impunity,
THE FATE OF HORSES IN AUSTRALIA.—TaIk of
the nobility of the horse I why we learn from reliable au-
thority that Mr. Atkinson, of Sophienburg, has taken a con-
tract to boil down 2,000 horses. There is no sale for those
animals, and the owner wants to sell their oil, hides, and
hoofs, and thus get as much from them as possible. The
fate of Dibdin'e high-mettled racer was illustrious com-
pared with the ignoble doom which awaits the horse-stock
of the interior. The wild charger of Australia's burning
plains may well envy the European donkey his thistle:ee
likwarra (4ustralip) Expross. .