The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-16 00:00:00

MARKETS.

MARK-LANE, FRIDAY.—A rather more easy feeling nas been
apparent in the grain trade to-day, in consequence of an out-
break of hostilities between France and Prussia being now con-
sidered to be almost inevitable. Prides have acquired a hardening
tendency, but any important upward movement is checked by the
more favourable agriculturalprospects, and by the near approach
of the harvest. Very few samples of English wheat have
been on sale to-day, and the arrivals from abroad
have not been extensive. For all qualities the de-
mand was firmer, and prices were well maintained. The
supply of barley was moderate. The trade was firm, and prices
were well supported. Malt was dull, at late rates. Oats
were in request, and the quotations had an improved
tendency. Beans were firm, and peas were quite as dear. Flour
was qiiiet' at late rates. Arrivals.—English and Scotch—wheat,
600 ; barley, 40 ;• malt, 400 ; beans, 60. Foreign—wheat, 17,040 ;
barley, 11,980 ; oats, 63,100 ; maize, 4,830 ; peas, 1,270 ; flour,
1,130 sack 7,950 barrels.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—This market was
fully attended to-day. There was a good demand for wheat, at
2cl. to 3d. per cental advance, chiefly on speculation account.
Flour is generally held for ls. advance, which checks business.
Beans were unaltered. Oats and oatmeal were a slow sale.
Indian corn of good quality was scarce, and brought ls, 6d. per
quarter more money. Round yellow, 325. 6d. per quarter.
Imports—lreland, : wheat, 172 qrs. ; barley, 125 qrs. ; oats 603
qrs. ; beans, 62 qrs. ; and oatmeal, 505 qrs. Foreign : wheat,
25,325 qrs. ; oats, 2,801 brs. ; beans, 1 qr. ; peas, 1 qr. ; Indian
corn, 4,290 qrs. ; flour, 1,260 sacks and 3,541 barrels.
LINCOLN CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—This market was well
supplied with wheat to-day. Trade was but slow, at late rates.
All other grain was the same as last week.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.— The weather con-
tinues favourable for crops, but the effect this might have on the
wheat trade is more than counterbalanced by the threatening
aspect of continental affairs. The wheat at this market to-day
is held for 2s. advance. Millers buy sparingly. Corn fully as
dear.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, FRIDAY. -The supplies
have been short. The trade has been as follows :-Beef, from
3s. to ss. 2d. ; mutton, 4s. to ss. 4d. ; lamb, ss. 4s. to Os. ; veal,
4s. Bd. to ss. ; and pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. per 81bs., by the carcase.
LONDON COLONIAL MARKET, FRIDAY.-The sugar market
is steady, at previous quotations. Barbadoes refined, 28s. 6d.
to 295. 6d. ; crystallised Mauritius, 365. 6d. ; Porto Rico, afloat,
235. 7d. and 24. Coffee continues flat at declining values.
Plantation Ceylon, tirage, 465. to 495. 6d. ; peaberry, 765. 6d. to
795. : Mocha green, 975. ; Jamaica good ordinary to low middling,
495. 6d. to 60s. The rum market is dull, and prices are easier.
Rice afloat has changed hands at late rates.

LONDON TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY. —Tallow is in steady
demand, at late rates. Sellers, spot 455., and 465. 6d. to 465. 9d.
for October-December. Linseed oil, 31s. 9d.; English brown rape,
425. 6d. to 425. 9d.; refined, 445. 6d. to 455.; foreign, 48s. ; Ameri-
can refined petroleum, ls, 7d.
MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY,—Our market has
assumed a very gloomy aspect to-day, and buyers retain their
orders wherever practicable ; the transactions are, consequently,
very meagre, and quite insufficient to form a list of prices.
Quotations are, however, even lower and irregular. Yesterday
there were symptoms of rather more steadiness, owing
to the more peaceful news from the Continent. The
latest advices, however, being more warlike, as a
natural result our market has relapsed into a dull state,
and the cotton market in Liverpool is in sympathy with ours.
In yarns there is nothing doing for shipping, and the home trade
are only supplying their immediate wants, being able to buy at
lower rates than hitherto. The 'cloth market is no
better than the yarn market. All our large buyers
keep out of the market pending the result of complication on the
Continent, as prices will undoubtedly decline farther should
war unhappily break out. Quotations, in the absence of busi-
ness, are purely nominal : and our market closes more de-
pressed in tone than has been the case for a considerable time
past.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—The cotton
market opens dull. Sales will probably foot up 7,000 bales. The
cotton sales for the week are returned as follows :—Total,
58,460. Speculation and export 4,290 ; export, 6,840 ; actual
export, 6,077 ; import, 72,242, of which 36,744 were American ;
stock, 599,610, of which 320,280 are American. The trade took
47,330 bales.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, FRIDAY.—There is no
market to-day, being fair holiday.
CORK BUTTER MARKET, FRlDAY.—Ordinary firsts, 114 s;
seconds, 1095.; thirds, 1035.; fourths, 995.; fifths, 835.; sixths,
60s. 2,220 firkins in the market. Mild cured, firsts, 1165,;
seconds, 1155.; thirds, 108 s. 100 firkins in the market.

TRIPLE BIRTH NEAR PONTEFRACT.—A few days
ago the Rev. Joseph Mann, vicar of Kellington, near
Pontefract, received her Majesty's gift of £3 for the wife
of a platelayer named Joseph Drew, of Eggborough,
whose wife had had three children at a birth—one boy and
two girls, full grown and healthy.

THE NORWICH ELECTION.—Mr. MolliSh, Q.C.,
has been retained on behalf of Mr. Huddlestone, the Con-
servative candidate for Norwich, in connection with the
legal proceedings about to be commenced with a view
to the unseating of Mr. Tilled, the new member for that
city.
THE QUEEN AND THE DRESDEN EXHIBITION.—
Her Majesty the Queen of England has, as we hear,
graciously promised to lend eight pictures from the
galleries of Windsor and Hampton Court, as well as a
number of drawings from the Windsor library, to the
Holbein Exhibition at Dresden. Besides this most valu-
able contribution, other loans of importance have been
generously promised. Thus the Berlin Museum, and the
gallery of Patriotic Friends of Art at Prague, have placed
their Holbeins at the service of the committee. There is,
therefore, every reason to hope that the undertaking will
be a great success.—North German Correspondent. •

THE AIRTH PEERAGE.—The question of the
Airth peerage is coming before the House of Lords, the
petition having been presented of Mrs. Margaret Barclay
Allardice, some time residing at Great Malvern, in the
county of Worcester, now at Quarter House, in the
county of Stirling, widow, praying their lordships to
allow the petitioner to refer in her printed case to and
found on the documents put in, and other evidence
adduced on the petitioner's father's claim, and to found
on the same before their lordships and their Committee
for Privileges as evidence in support of the claim of the
petitioner, in so far as their lordships may think fit to
accept the same. Their lordships have decided that the
petitioner may be allowed to lodge her case.
Tin TELEGRAPH CABLE BETWEEN PENZANCE
AND SICILY.—In order to insure the greatest possible
amount of durability, the most novel and improved plan
has been adopted in the manufacture of this cable. In
the centre are containsd seven copper conductors, through
which the electric spark is transmitted. These are
secured in what is commonly known to electricians as
" Hooper's core," which consists, first, of a coating of
india rubber, then a layer of composition, then comes a
third circle of india rubber, and round the whole of these
there is encircled two layers of best Russianhemp. As an
additional security, on these are entwined 10 stout iron
wires. Then last comes the outer skin, which is composed
of two layers of tarred hemp. The cable is about 13
inches hi diameter, and 41 inches in circumference. It is
enormously strong, and capable of standing a vast amount
of strain. The two shore ends are 1 miles long- each of
them, and estimated to be equal to nearly seven tons to
the mile.

THE BABY FARMING CASE AT BRIXTON.—
Society will blush, or at least ought to do so, on reading
the long list of baby clothes found in various pawnshops
in Brixton, the duplicates being in possession of the baby-
farmers now awaiting their trial. Two children's shirts,
stamped with the Order of the Garter and motto,
Irani soi qui mal y pense ; two other articles
marked with the Order of St. Patrick, and
motto, " Quis separabit, 1783," and one with a coronet in
the corner, and the initials, " J. 5.," are discoveries which
will suggest reflections not very far to seek, coupled as
they will be with the evidence of the girl O'Conner that
on the 10th of May a gentleman brought a baby, which
Waters afterwards said was "a lord's child." and that
she had had £2O with it. That was the child on
which an inquest was held at Lambeth Workhouse,
on the Ist of July. Many more very hand-
some and costly robes are in the list—white dresses
with fine lace insertion, one petticoat marked
" Maudie fi," with a cross in red silk and a circle in blue,
and satins and silks in abundance. We are not careful to
defend the upper and middle classes from suspicion, by
casting it upon those lower down in the scale of life, seeing
that humanity suffers as much from the frailty of a ser-
vant as from that of her mistress. But it would of courre
be a very unjustifiable induction that all these fine
clothes of necessity belonged to fine ladies. Clothes
may be given away or stolen, and the higher we get
in society the more common are both these things.—
Echo.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The Illustrated London
News states that the will of General Sir de Lacy Evans,
G.C.8., has just been proved in her Majesty's Court in
London, and the personalty in this. country was sworn
under £BO,OOO. , There are two codicils, feebly written in
his own handwriting, executed in 1867-68, signed
"De Lacy Evans," by which he makes the
following' bequests—viz., to Colonel Wilson, two
legacies, being £4,000 and £2,000 ' • to General Sir R.
Dacres, £l,OOO and £2,000 ,• Admiral Sir Sydney Dacres,
£l,OOO ; to his nephews, John O'Leary, of Fort Shannon
£2,000 ; and Mr. Henry O'Leary, of New Zealand,,
£3,000; to his head servant, Samuel Smart, £1,500 and
£500; and legacies to others. By this will he leaves to his
stepson, Mr. Phillip Alexander Hughes (the son of his wife
by a forineimarriage),besides other property, such an amount
as will, with the value of other bequests, make up twenty
thousand pounds, free of duty. He appoints his said
two nephews, John and Henry . O'Leary, residuary
legatees, which embraces a reversionary bequest of
twenty thousand pounds from the Stanford Hall
estate, under a codicil of the will of the
Honourable Robert Otway, payable on the de-
cease of Baroness Braye ; and also includes the follow-
ing presentations made to the gallant general :—A sword
presented to him on his return from the Crimea ; a silver
Plateau and candelabra presented to him by the officers
who were under his command in Spain ; and the stars,
crosses, and other decorations conferred • tipon him for
disthrg-uished and meritorious services.

LAW AND POLICE.

ARSON BY A SERVANT. —At the Central Criminal
Court yesterday, Sarah Ann Nash, a domestic servant,
was tried before the Recorder on a charge of setting fire
to a house of which she had been left in charge, in order
to conceal a robbery of money, jewellery, and clothing to
the value of £3O or £4O. She was convicted and sentenced
to five years' penal servitude.
CHARGE OF SHOOTING AT POLICEMEN.—At the Central
Criminal Court, John Leedom, a respectably-dressed young
man, 25 years of age, was indicted for feloniously shooting at
three constables, John Macdonald, John Whatmore, and
George Franklin, with intent to do them grievous bodily
harm. On the morning of Sunday, the 6th of June, about
one o'clock, the three policemen were standing together
at the corner of Cable.street, St. George's-in-the-East,
talking. The prisoner passed them, and shortly after-
wards they saw a flash and heard the report
of firearms. They immediately ran after the prisoner,
seized him, and took from him a five-chambered revolver,
of which one chamber had been exploded, and a dagger
without a sheath. On being taken to the station the
prisoner said the pistol exploded accidentally, and that he
did not fire at any person. The bullet was searched for
but could not be found. A ticket for admission to a
meeting in support of a " patriotic Irishman" was found
in his possession. He gave a correct address, and the em-
ployer with whom he had worked gave him a good
character. The jury after having retired to deliberate,
returned into court with a verdict of Not Guilty.
DOES FELONY BAR CREDITORSHIP ?- In the matter of
George's Wilson's estate, which has become a suit in
Chancery, a question came before the Chief Clerk, in
Roll's Chambers, as to how far a person having been con-
victed of felony can establish a claim for debt. An aPPli-
cation was made in the case in question that the Chief
clerk would allow the sum of £66 alleged to be owing by
the deceased to Mr, Hermann George Myers. This appli-
cation was opposed on the ground that Myers had been
twice convicted for felony, and subsequently had been sen-
tenced to 18 months' imprisonment for receiving stolen
goods. Myers bad made an assignment of his debts,
and under this document the claim was now sought to be
established. It was further contended that the Attorney-
General could be the only claimant under the circum-
stances of the conviction, and application was made that
the names of the solicitors should appear in the sum-
monses, so as to be responsible for costs. The Chief Clerk
said it was a matter which he could not interfere with
and referred it to the judge.
THE MONARCH INSURANCE COMPANY.—At Judges'
Chambers yesterlay, the case of " The Queen v. Bulwer
and others," came before Mr. Justice Smith. Mr. Lewis,
solicitor (Lewis and Lewis), applied to his lordship in
reference to the question of bail on the removal of the
indictment from the Central Criminal Court against the
directors of the Monarch Insurance Company, into the
Court of Queen's Bench. He proposed that the bail
should be in the same amount as before the Lord
Mayor—two in £l,OOO each, and each defendant in his
own recognisances to 2,000. He was for the prosecution
On the Part of the defendants--three of whom were repre-
sented—it was stated that there was no difficulty as to
the amount of bail. It could be given to any amonnt.—
Mr. Lewis said three of the defendants had not appeared,
and he supposed the indictment as to all six would be re-
moved by certiorari.—His Lordship presumed that it was
so. The Crown Office would see to the inatter.—The bail
was to be accepted at the Mansion House—the same as
before—and the defendants liberated, to appear next term
at the Court of Queen's Bench.
ALLEGED POLICE VIOLENCE.—Thomas Sinfield, groom
to Mr. Naurse, a gentleman, residing in Piccadilly, was
brought before Mr. D'Eyncourt, at the Marlborough-street
Police-court, charged with being drunk and disorderly,
and assaulting Police-constable Elam, 76 C. From the
evidence of Elam, it appeared that he was called to the
White Horse public-house, Stafford-street, Piccadilly,
where the prisoner, who was drunk, was making a dis-
turbance. After a great deal of persuasion the prisoner
left the house. As soon as he did so he began shout-
ing, and on his taking him into custody and towards
the station he threw himself on his back, and struck him
on the chest. With the assistance of other constables he
got the prisoner, who was very violent, to the station.
Another constable' deposed to going to Elam's assistance,
and finding the prisoner kneeling on Elam's stomach,
Elam at the time being on his back on the ground. Seve-
ral witnesses were called for the defence, who stated that
the constable (Elam) used great violence towards the
prisoner, one of them stating that the prisoner was kicked
by him. In reply to Mr. D'Eyncourt the witnesses ad-
mitted that the prisoner caused a disturbance in the public
house, that he had been drinking, but was not drunk, but
the constable came into the house to assist in ejecting
the prisoner, and that the constable persuaded him to
leave, but that he was rather obstinate. Inspector Hamb-
ling said that so far from the prisoner not being drunk, lie
declined two hours afterwards to take the prisoner's
master's bail, without his master would undertake to see
him home, owing to the condition that he was in, but the
master declined, but came again later for him, when he
was bailed. Mr. Naurse said he believed that bad temper
had been taken for drunkenness. Mr. D'Eyncourt said some
persons considered it was a pleasure to a constable to take
a man into custody ; but instead of that it must be a great
nuisance, causing him extra labour, and often keeping
him many hours out of his bed. He generally found that
constables were only too glad to get rid of a drunken,
awkward customer if they could do so by persua-
sion, and that when in a disturbance caused by a
drunken person any violence took place that the police
were always blamed. The prisoner had brought all that
occurred on himself through getting drunk, and his own
witnesses admitted that he had been drinking, and that
the constable told him to go away, and it was further
shown that he was very violent, as it required four con=
tables to take him. As the prisoner had received some
ather rough treatment, he should only fine him 10s. or
seven days.

A COWARDLY •RUFFIAN.—SaIMIO Pardew, aged 21
years, a shipwright, of No. A 4, Lion-street, Poplar, was
brought before Mr. Lushington at the Thames Police-
court, charged with violently assaulting Anna Maria
Bell, barmaid at the Sussex Arms public-house in Upper
North-street, East India-road, Poplar. The complainant
is the daughter of the landlady of the Sussex Arms. On
Saturday last there was an old man in the house taking
his pint of beer, when the prisoner came in and asked him
to treat him with liquor, which was refused. The pri-
soner then abused and struck the old man. Miss
Bell interfered, and said it was cowardly for a
strong young fellow to strike an old man.
The prisoner on this attacked the young woman in a
brutal manner, got her head in " chancery," struck her
several times, tore the hair from her head, and scratched
her face. In cross-examination, Miss Bell admitted she
called the prisoner a coward, and he was a coward to
strike an old man. Elizabeth Palmer, barmaid at the
Sussex Arms, confirmed the statement of Miss Bell. She
did not supply the prisoner with any drink.
The magistrate said the assault was disgraceful and un-
warrantable, and lie sentenced the prisoner to two months
imprisonment and hard labour. The Prisoner : Will you
take a fine, sir ? Mr. Lushington : A fine for a brutal
assault on a young woman ! Certainly not. Two months'
hard labour, and nothing less.