The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-30 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD..— Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 108 ; clover,
do., £4 Os. to £5 55.; and straw, £1 ss. to £1 10s. per load.
Supplies moderate, and trade steady.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 12s ; clover
do., £4 Os. to £5 ss. ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per
lead. A fair average supply, and a steady trade.
WHITECHAPEL.--Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover,
do., £4 Os to £6 ss. ; and straw, £1 6s to lOs per load.
Both hay and straw were in fair request, at our quotations.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—.YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 16f 11 17
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 25 25 30
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 30 25 35
Frankfort on Maine — 118/ 1181
Vienna
Trieste
__ _ 10 7

Petersburgh —
Madrid
Cadiz _
Leghorn —
Genoa —
Naples
Palermo —
Messina —
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York —

34!
49a
49$
29 80
25 4 7 I
41k
122 t
123
52;
521

34k
49-
491
29 90
25 52}
41i
1231
123 f
521
52,

E.I. Co's bis. House bis. 60d
pee
Calcutta, Co.'s ru 26 234
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto — 26 23,1
East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to
the Bth inst.
Bengal £1,201 5 0
Madras 0 0 0
Bombay

£1,201 5 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 0 0

In the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court the case
of Mr. Samuel Griffiths, the bill discounter, who failed
during the crisis in connection with the Wolver-
hampton and Staffordshire Bank, which at the time
attracted much attention, has just been decided.
The Commissioner awarded Mr. Griffiths a first-class
certificate, and the general feeling seemed to be that the
Wolverhampton Bank had shabbily attempted to make him
a scapegoat.
FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, HOLT.—We have
stated already that the ancient Free Grammar School,
founded by Sir John Gresham, at Holt, is about to be re-
opened, and that a deputation of the Governors of the Wor-
shipful Company of Fishmongers of the city of London is
coming down on Wednesday, the 3d November, to open the
new school-room, which has recently been rebuilt, as well
as to introduce the newly appointed master. The gentleman
selected is the Rev. Charles Allen Elton, late Lecturer and
Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he ob-
tained a high position in the mathematical tripos ; is wel
known as a distinguished scholar, and was chosen by the
Master and Fellows of his College to examine on more than
one occasion the Cathedral School at Gloucester. The Rev.
Mr. Elton has recently been residing at Willingham, where
he officiated for upwards of six years as curate, with full
charge of that important parish, and where, from his ability
and cleverness in school management, and his devotion to
his duties, he gained the respect and affection of his
parishioners. Such a choice augurs well for the success
of Holt School under its present new master, who is
well known to have given so much of his attention to the
theory and practice of education, and there is every reason
to believe that the interests of the school have been essen-
tially consulted by the governors in their appointment of
the Rev. Mr. Elton. It is a fair inference that the re-esta-
blishment of this ancient school under such auspices will
be beneficial not only to the town of Holt and its neigh-
bourhood, but to the county, and we give our cordial sup-
port to the event, as calculated to give general satisfaction.
—Norwich. Mercury, Oct. 27.

ROBBERY AT WIGAN.—On Wednesday Mr. John
Pollard, the secretary of the Wigan Union Benefit Society,
and proprietor of the Wigan Examiner, was examined on
the charge of being concerned in the forgery of certain
transfer scrip certificates belonging to that society. The
inquiry as it proceeded showed that a very serious amount
of forgery and tampering with the scrip of the society had
taken place, and at the close of the investigation on that
day Mr. Pollard was placed in the hands of the chief con-
stable to answer the charge on the day following. The
cases investigated by the committee, in which the alleged
forgeries had been committed, went to prove that up-
wards of £l,OOO had been misappropriated by such prac-
tices. It was therefore determined that such evidence only
should be given at the examination on the day fol-
lowing as would lead to a remand, and give tune to
collect the facts and to ascertain the extent of the delin-
quencies. The society has been in existence about six
years, and up to this time has been considered in a flourish-
ing condition. The members who have invested their
money and still retain shares are, for the greater part,
of the most industrious portion of the community, and.‘
include a number of working men, as well as domestic
servants. The loss (which we believe will fall upon the
shareholders as a body) will therefore be a serious draw-
backis upon their hard-earned gains, and consequently
much to be regretted. On Thursday the case came on
for hearing, at the police-office, before the sittipg
magis-
trates, when the following evidence was adduced
.:—Ralph
Leigh, solicitor to the society, said that
19th
dlVilkmson
was a member, and was possessed, on the of October,
of shares Nos. 334 and 335. The prisoner, John Pollard,
was secretary to the society, and on the 12th inst. he
brought to the office of witness two certificates purporting
to be Nor,. 334 and 335. These certificates were marked on
the back as cancelled, and signed with the name Richard
Wilkinson, which signature the prisoner stated was the sig.
pature of Richard Wilkinson,- the member of the society.
Richard Wilkinson stated positively that he neither signed
the certificate alluded to nor authorised any person to do
so. The case was then adjourned, and the prisoner re-
manded to Tuesday nut,—Manchester Guardian.