The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.

Wins.—The will of Field Marshal the Right Hon.
Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., has been proved in London
under 80,0001. ; also have been proved the wills of Sir
Edward Sherlock Gooch, Bart., M.P., for East Suffolk,
50,0001. ; Charles Walker, Esq., Seymour House,
Jubilee-place, Chelsea, and of New Inn, formerly of
Old Jewry, 100,000/. ; Miss Elizabeth Mary Miller, of
Apsley Manor House, Hants, 30,0001. ; William Cox,
of Dorchester, 14,0001. Miss Ann Dupree, of York-
place, City road, has made a curious will, and amongst
other legacies has bequeathed to the Friendly Female
Society 3001., the interest to be distributed to poor single
women of good character, or widows above 40, having
bad s►ght, and who are hardly able to work, being Eng-
lish Protestants ; to the Rev. Mr. Hetherington's Cha-
rity for the Blind at Christ's Hospital, 500/. ; Aged
Pilgrims' Society, 3001. ; Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, 3001. ; Asylum for Idiots, Park
House, Highgate, 3001.
CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A SUPERINTENDENT OF
POLICE.—TYNEMOUTH, Saturday Night.—Great excite-
ment has prevailed in this borough to-day, caused by the
di.,appearance of the superintendent of police, Mr.
Robert Mitchell, who is charged by the watch committee
of the corporation with fraud and forgery. In conse-
quence of some information received by them the com-
mittee had held some long sittings, investigating Mr.
Mitchell's accounts, and en Thursday night they sus-
pended him ; he immediately left the town, and has not
since been heard of. .ikt the conclusion of the inquiry
on Friday night they discharged him, and authorised Stock this day
the police to apprehend him if he returned to the town. rri •• • •
A tic eov oafriosmY Jct n e
Shields has been exceedingly unfortunate with superin-
tendents of police, for the late superintendent of police toi)?livery last week
in South Shields is now undergoing a term of imprison- rri 1 last wee
ment in Durham Gaol, for frauds committed in the Ditto from
. police accounts of that town. Price of Torn • •

Large supplies of each kind of meat were on sale to-day.
Beef, for Christmas consumption, sold somewhat briskly,
at very full prices. Otherwise the demand ruled steady,
at extreme rates.

S. 4. s. rI
34 3 8
3 10 4 2
44 4 A
3 10 4 8
,4 8 5 4

Per 81bs by the carcase.
s. d. s. d.
Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior
Do., middling 3 6 4 (1 Do., middling
Do. prime large.. 4 2 4 4 Do., prime
Do., do. ema11....4 6 4 8 Veal
Purk, large 3 8 4 4 Pork, small

BOROUGH HOP.

For the time of year there is a good business doing in
noarly all kinds of hops, but more especially in fine par-
cels, at very full prices.
Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; Weald
of Kent, 3/ 5s to 41 I.ls ; Sussex, 31 Os to 3/ ISs.

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
Only moderate supplies of potatoes came to hand last
week, coastwise, and by land carriage. The imports
amounted to 41 bags from Harlingen, 7,3 do, and 200 tons
from Rotterdam, 12 bags from Dordt, 120 do. from Ham-
burgh, and 1 basket from Amsterdam. The demand is
steady, as follows :
York Regents, 90s to 126 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do.,
90s to 112 s ; Linoolnshire 808 to 1103 ; Scotch do.,
90s to 105 s ; ditto cups, 100 s to 110 s ; Middlings, 50s
to 70a ; blues, 903 to 100 s.

WOOL.
We have rather an active demand for all kinds of Eng-
lish wool, and prices have an upward tendency. Foreign
and colonial qualities continue firm, at full quotations.
Last week's imports were 213 from Rabat, 756 from Algoa
Bay, and 154 from the Cape.
The following are the current rates of English wool :-
Down tega, is 5Ad to is 6id ; Down ewes, is 3 d to is 5d ;
half-bred hogs, le 4id to is sd; half-bred wethers, is 3?,d to
is 4d ; Kent fleeces, is 4d to is 51; Leicester do., Is 4d
to is 5d ; combing skins, is to is 4d ; blanket wool, 10d to
is 2d ; flannel wool, lid to Is 3d ; and old skin, 15 5d to
is 6id per lb.