The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-02 00:00:00

CHELMSFORD-JUNE 28.

On Tuesday, the 4th inst., a coroner's inquest
was held at Albany on the body of L. Harris His-
cock, of Syracuse, a member of the New York Con-
stitutional Convention. The circumstances of his
death were these : —Mr. Hiscock was a prominent
lawyer and politician; for several years a member of
the Legislature, and lately chairman of the Judicial
Committee. He was about forty years of age and
a widower. The causes of his death were given by
his murderer apparently with truth, and for the
present at least we accept them. General George W.
Cole, brother of Senator Cole, of California, entered
the United States army as a private when the war broke
out, and attained before it closed to the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel. He was a friend of Mr. His-
cock, married, and with two children. In 1864,
while absent in the army, his wife was taken ill,
and sent for Mr. Hiscock to make her will. The
lady could not have been in such extremity, as her
position appears to have excited the lawyer more to
love-making than to drawing wills. Some very
curious interviews followed, in which Mrs. Cole
appears to have been subjected to strong importu-
nity and insult, at the same time that Mr. Hiscock
professed friendship for General Cole. The lady
dreaded an exposure, and the consequences of in-
forming her husband of the indignities she had suf-
fered. After the General returned from field service,
he had occasion to visit Washington about four
months ago when Mr. Hiscock renewed his impor-
tunities. The changed manner of his wife appears '
to have excited a feeling in the mind of the husband
that something was wrong. She seldom smiled,
and seemed broken-hearted. His suspicions being
aroused, a direction was given by Mr. Hiscock re-
peatedly inquiring when he would again go away.
He wrote to a friend asking if he had ever seen any
improprieties between Mr. Hiscock and his wife,
who replied he had seen suspicious circumstances.
Immediately he applied to the lady, and from her
lips learned the circumstances. At her earnest so-
licitation he delayed shooting Mr. Hiscock at
once, intending first to remove his wife, and
then force Mr. Hiscock at the mouth of a pistol
to beg forgiveness on his knees, for the injury he
had done, and compel him to leave the country in
ten days. He went over to his hotel to see him.
Mr. Hiscock was leaning against a pillar in the re-
ception-room at Stanwix Hall, talking to Moses
Somers and Patrick Corbett. George Cole ap-
proached from the Maiden-lane entrance. When
about twelve feet off he raised his right hand, Mr.
Somers's impreinion being that he was about to shake
hands with him. He continued to advance, lifting
the arm. higher until his hand almost touched Mr.
Hiscock's head when he fired, and his victim fell
backwards on the floor, almost instantaneously
dying without even an exclamation. The general,
in a rather incoherent manner, kept repeating, " He
has dishonoured my simple, innocent wife." He
was taken to the station-house, where, besides his
pistols, there was found concealed upon him a long
sharp-bladed spring-back knife, from which it is
supposed that he contemplated suicide.
In the Constitutional Convention, on the sth inst.,
the death Qf Mr, Iliscock was announced by Mr.

This market was very poorly supplied with wheat, and
Little business was done. Last week's prices were about
made. Spring corn of all descriptions generally brought
the prices of last week.
Wheat, old white....s2s 676
new . .538 71s
old red Nis 61s
new. 538 63s
Barley 26s 33s
Chevalier 41s 538
errind.ng 268 32s
Malt 66s 748
Chevalier 688 76i
Oats ... 203 26s

Peas, Partridge 408 429
White ..34s 388
BAling 36s 408
Bun—. ..... ...38s 40s
ditto, new --s —9
Beans, Tick, old 4os 458
new 303 434
HarrOw rlcks 428 408
new 41s 458
Mazagan 393 43s

ABERDEEN-JUNE 28.

At our market to-day there was a quiet business done,
with a thin attendance. Prices for all kinds of grain were
the same as last week.

White wheat 58s Od to 63s 0d)
62/b ? bushel.
Red wheat 50s Od to 58s Odi
Potato oats 28s Od to 29s Odi 40lb 11 bushel.
Common oats 26s G(.l to 27s Od
Bere 35s 6d to 36s 6d)
s"lb lil bushel.
Barley 35s 6d to 36s 6d j
Oatmeal 20s 6d to 21s 6(1 '4l boll of 2801 b.
Flour, tine 52s Od to 51s Od V sack of 2801)).

KIIIKCALDY—JuNE 29.
• Small supplies of wheat. Only two samples of black
oats and no barley. Wheat in favour of sellers.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
tBs Od ' 33s Od 3os 6,1
l!'eeoud 60s 61 36s Od 31s Od
Tuird 62s Od 36s Gd 32s Od

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the closeof the market.
s. d. s. d.
West Hartley
Keno()
Cassop lB 3 Eden Main
East Hartlepsol
Hartlepool
T unstall

Ships at market, 32—sold. 30.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton July 20.
Ditto, via Marseilles ................ ... .... July 14.
Ditto, via Panama . • •
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video July 4.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape Verde. by Brazil packet July 4:
Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Lieleua July 8.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July 3
Ditto, via Marseilles July —.
Falkland Islands _ . _

Gibraltar, via Southampton .• Julyl3.
India, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseil es" July 7.
Malta, Egypt, &e ......... July 13.
Ditto, Marseilles July 3.
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southampton. July 21
Ditto, via Miami les July 11.
Newfoundland ..July 3.
Portugal July 4.
Ditto, by private ship to Oporto ...
Ditto ditto to Lisbon
United States, Canada, California, &c., by British
packet
Ditto, by United States packet
Ditto ditto (New York)
Ditto ditto (New York)
Ditto ditto (Baltimore)
Ditto, by Canadian packet July -
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe July 4.
We.t Indies and Pacific ',except Mexico and Baha-
mas) July 5.
Cub f. and Mexico July
Bahamas, via New York July
Bermuda, via ditto

The Springfield Republican states that a hale and
venerable fellow-townsman, who has paid the compliment
of 43 years continuous subscription to the paper, has pre-
sented it with a copy of the Boston Chronicle of June 6,
1768, or just 99 years ago. It is a small quarto sheet, with
a folio supplement, " printed by Mein and Fleming, at their
printing-office in Newbury-street, almost opposite the
White Horse Tavern." it announces with a flourish the
latest news from London of the 28th of April, or six weeks
previous, and boasts of its large edition of 1,500 copies.
Admiral John A. Dahlgren has written the life
of his son, Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, whose death in the
futile dash on Richmond excited such general national
anxiety.
Dr. J. G. Holland has sufficiently recovered his
usual health to be at work again on his poem, " Katrina,"
said to be his chef d'ceuvre, much of which is already in
type for publication early in the fall.
Senator Sumner is reported to be preparing a
work, but on what subject is not stated.
Rev. Dr. Curry, editor of the Methodist Chris-
tian Advocate, says the Atlantic Monthly, is the organ of
free-thinkers; the New York 2'ribune has always been
anti-Christian ; the Nation is edited by polite infidels ;
the Times is "reckless of truth, propriety, and decency,"
and the Eveuing Post has "Unitarian proclivities_" On
this the Springfield Republican remarks—" The good doctor
finds no paper he can read with satisfaction but the Jlerald,
which he declares to be "the least dangerous oe our
dailies." What a funny doctor of divinity.
The Boston correspondent of the Springfield Re-
publican tells the following story :—A very eminent poet,
resident near this city, is specially sensitive under the
scrutiny of strangers ; nothing annoys him so mucrt as
conspicuousness. The other day he went into a book-stc.re
and was received by an attache who at once recognisedlis
distinguished customer, and shrewedly resolved to make
the most of his visit. The store was full of custom ens.
" Step this way, if you please, Mr. (in a vmiry
loud voice), step this way, Mr. —; I think we have jrist
the book that you want, Mr. —; Mr. allow me t`cs
show you this book of plates." And so on for ten minuttle
at least, till every ono of the scores of people in the store
sated their curiosity with gazing, and mentally thanked
the officious clerk for his loud proclamations. At last the*
poet escaped into the street ; but his persecutor followed
him nearly a block, and was with difficulty shaken off at
all. Such is one of the many penalties of greatness.
General Grant, accompanied by his son and.
several members of his personal staff, attended at West
Point the annual examination at the Military Academy,
now in progress. The result of the examination is thus
given by the Springfield Republican :—" The South appears
to take all the honours at West Point this year, strangely
enough, but it is only in appearance, for the students ap-
pointed to Southern cadetships during the war were chiefly
Yankees. The six highest on the list rank as follows :
Ruffner of Virginia leads, and Sears of Virginia is third;
then .there are Mallory of Alabama, Rogers and Haupt of
Georgia, and Griffith of North Carolina. in the next six
there are three Tennesseoans, Pitman, Maguire, and Bell,
while Turtle of Massachusetts, Greer of Pennsylvania, and
Ileintzelme,n, at large, occupy the other three places. Thus
all the first six and nine of the first twelve represent the
South.

Births.
Cons—On the Ist inst., at Latymer Lodge, Hammer-
smith, the wife of Mr. L. Coils, of a son.
CHICHESTER —On the 28th ult., at Neyland, Pembroke
Pock, the wife of Major E. Chichester, of a son.
GOULD— n the Ist inst., at Clifton Villa, The Woodlands,
lsleworth, the wifo of Abraham Gould, Esq., of a sou.

Marriages.
COXIIEAD—STILLIVELL—On the 29th ult., at S. Clement
Danes, Strand, the Rev. John J. Coxhead, M.A. curate
of Fulham, Middlesex, eldest son of J. Coxhea.d,'Esq., of
Russell-square, to Martha, fourth daughter of J. G. Still-
well, Esq., of Arundel-street, •Strand, and Dorking,
Surrey.
WIGRAM - SoLLY—On the 29th ult. at St. Luke's, Ber-
wick street, Robert Wigram, of 9, New Burlington-street,
fifth son of Money Wigram, Esq., of Moor Place, Iferts,
to Mary Edith, second daughter of Samuel Sully, Esq.,
F.R.S., of 6, Saville-row.