The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-09 00:00:00

NEWPORT.

Beef, from 38 Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb,
Os OJ to Os Od; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; pork, 43 Od to 5s Od
per Sibs., by the carcase.

WHITECHAPEL.

Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4(1 ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d :
lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork,
4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase.

BILLINGSGATE.

Turbots, 5s Od to 25s ; Brills, 2s Od to 10s each ; Salmon,
Os Oil to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 9s each ; Soles, Ed
to 3s Gd per pair • Trout, Os Od to Od per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to
3s Gd; Crabs, tidto 2s 6d; Whitings, 3s Od to I?,s per doz. ;
Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives, 45s to 50s per bah. ;
Mackerel, 50s to Os per 100; Smelts, is 6d to 3s Gd per doz.;
Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, Os Od to Os Od per gallon ;
Bloaters, 4s 0(1 to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, Gs Od
to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 6s 0(1 to Os Od per
bushel; Doroys, is Od to 4s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 16s pei
doz. • Pike, 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od toOs;
Mullets, 0;6(1 to is 6d each; Plaice, 4(1 to Is each; Halibut,
6(1 per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish,
Od per lb ; Eels, 8d to Is; Carp, is to 5s ; Tench, is to 5s
per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to is.
BREAD.
Tho prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
7d to 8d ; of household ditto, 54d to 60 per 4 lb loaf.
HIDES AND SKINS
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 34d to —d ; 641 b to 721 b,
to 34d ; 721 b to 801 b, 36d to 31 ; 801 b to 881 b, aid to 4d ;
961 b to 1041 b, 4idd
to 41d
hides,
881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d ; 4:1.4 ; 1041 b
to 1121 b, —d to —d ; upwards, —d to
9s Od to Os —d ; Calf skins, light, 3s 0.1 to 4s 6d ; ditt
full, 7s Od to 7s 6d ; Polled Sheop, 6s Od to 7s 6d ; Rents,°
4s Gd to 58 6(1; Half-brads, 48 Gd to 5s 6d ; Downs, 3s 4d to
4s 3d ; Lambs Os to Os 0(1 ; Shearlings, Os 011 to Os Od.
HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os; clover;
; A
moderate su and straw, 1/ to 1/ 104 per load.
3/ 10s to 5 1 Os
ppl 'y, and a fair demand.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 211(01; to 4/ Os ; clover,
31 8s to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 10s per load.
Supply tolerably good and trade dull.
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TECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 8s to 41 Os ; clover
3T/ rares to 5d Os ; and straw. 1/ 4s to 11 Os per load.
heavy, at barely late rates.

TUE LATE DR. PARIS.—It is with much satisfaction
we are able to etate that her Majesty has granted a
pension of 1501. per annum to the daughters of the late
Dr. Paris. This gracious act of the Sovereign was
communicated to the Misses Paris by a letter from Lord
Palmerston, forwarded to them through Sir H. Holland.
This honourable testimony to the worth of the late Dr.
Paris cannot fail to be gratifying to all, especially to
men of science and to the medical profession. We have
pleasure also in announcing that Mr. Paris, the eldest
son of the family, has just received an appointment from
Mr. Justice Cresswell, in the new Court of Probate—an
office for which his literary habits reader him especially
qualified.—Lanett.

WRECK OF TUE CATFIRRINE ADAMSON,
WITH A LO, s 3 OF 21

Early on Saturday morning, o_t. 24, Sydney
was tly own into a state of considerable exc'teuient
and alarm. The lo_ sof the ill-fated Dunbar, with
fie many familiar friends and acquaintances gone in
her total wreck, but nine weeks previously, was still
fresh to memory and most melancholy to contem-
plate. And now the Catherine Adamson, the
queen ship et Anglo-colonial vessels, is lost also.
We call her the "queen ship" because she han
beaten all other sailing vessels in her run home.
She left this port on the 26th of last March, and
landed her mail on the 68th day. The time from
leaving Sydney on that occasion until her return
and fatal disaster was less than seven months. She
was on her third voyage, au Aberdeen clipper, of
886 tons, and was commanded from her lautioh, by
Captain Stuart, a man of great energy and perse-
verance, and who, we regret to hear, has lost by
this catastrophe the hard earnings of a busy and
industrious life.
Tho following is an account of this sad affair
The Catherine Adamson, Aberdeen clipper, 886
tons, was commanded by Capt. Stuart. About 9
p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, she was off the Heads, and
signalled for a pilot. It was then a moonlight night,
sea moderate, and the wind blew down the harbour.
Hawkes, the pilot who took charge, endeavoured
Ito beat in, but the ship worked badly, and missed
!stays off the Inner North Head. The anchors were
let go and blue -lights burnt, which were seen from
the steamer Williams, as she entered the Heads,
about midnight. Captain Creer made an attempt
to take the ship in tow, but a bard squall and
heavy swell setting in from the southward corn.
pelled him to cast of the warp, and the vessel struck.
The life-boat was not lowered (the gig having pre.
viously reached the steamer), and Captain Stuart
went away in her, promising to return or get the
Williams to approach nearer ; this, however, he
did not accomplish, the boat being swamped soon
after reaching the steamer, which then bore away
to the opposite side of the harbour, to fetch boats
from the pilot station, her own being useless. On
her return, the ill-fated Catherine Adamson was
nearly broken up, and all souls on board, number-
ing 21, had perished.
The passengers lost were Messrs. Loathes (brother
to the Secretary of the Liverpool and London In.
surance Company), Sydney, Ramsay, the Rev.
Jacob Jones, and two servants, with 15 of the crew,
including the second ofticfr and pilot, Hawker'.
The Rev. Mr. Shaw, Mr. Blair, Mr. Wilson, and
two servants were saved, as were Captain Stuart
and the chief officer. The value of the cargo was
estimated at 79,0001.
The Rev. Jacob Jones, a Congregational minister,
hail accepted an invitation in connection with the
New South Wales Home Missionary Society. He
was pastor of the Independent church at Melk-
sham, near Bath, and for six years was a student
at Spring-hill College, Birmingham.
Mr. Ramsay was tho second brother of Mr.
Robert Ramsay, of Darling Downs.
b. Pilot Hawkes, we regret to say, has left a
widow and four children. He arrived in this colony
the 2eith Sept., 1838, as chief officer of the Lady
Fitzherbert. Afterwards ho commanded several
English and colonial vessels, and finally, for the
last four or five years, has filled with considerable
credit one of the posts of pilot at the Sydney Heads.
A coroner's jury, after a protracted inquiry, have
returned the following verdict :—" That the deaths
of the persons named in this inquiry were caused
by au error in judgment displayed by the late Mr.
Pilot Hawkes in attempting to bring the ship
Catherine Adamson into harbour during the un-
favourable state of the weather at the time, anal
that through that error the lives were lost. The
jury would remark that it is their impression that
the late Mr. Pilot Hawkes's boat's crew should not
have left the ship when they did without the orders
of the employer, thereby rendering themselves
censurable. They also think that some further
efforts should have been made with the lifeboat
to save, if possible, more lives of the late passengers
and crew, It is with great pleasure that the jury
now avail themselves of this opportunity of expres-
sing their high sense of the very praiseworthy
manner in which both Captain Creer, of the
steamer Williams, and Mr. Pilot Robson acted in
rendering their services to aid the Catherine
Adamson with crew and passengers in distress."--..
Vydney p aver.

THE LATE DEATH OCCASIONED BY AN
INFURIATED BULL IN THE CITY.

MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST THE LIVERY
STABLE KEEPER.
Last night Mr. William Payne, the coroner, re-
sumed and concluded an inquest at St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, on the body of James Besant, one
of the persons who died from injuries received from
an infuriated bull on the 18th ult., whilst being
driven through the City. At the former sitting of
the jury several witnesses stated that the bull ran
linto a livery-stable in Stonecutter-street, and if it
bad been allowed to remain until a conveyance was
sent for, no harm would have happened ; but that,
in spite of all remonstrances, Mr. Child, jun., son
of the proprietor of the premises, would insist upon
the bull being driven out, and by beating it him-
self with a stick, assisted by his man, the animal
was driven out, and that it afterwards committed
the injuries of which this man died. It also in-
jured other persons. The jury then thought that
as very serious charges had been brought against
Mr. Child, he should have an opportunity of hear-
ing them, and making any statement he chose to
rebut them, and the inquiry was adjourned for that
purpose.
Last night, on the assembling of the jury, a
member of the Common Council and resident in the
ward was present to watch the case on the part of
the widow of the deceased.
The Coroner having ascertained that Mr. Child
was in attendance, said he would read over the
evidence which had been given, so that Mr. Child,
if he thought fit, could put any questions to the
witnesses as he proceeded.
When the evidence of Mr. Fletcher, the master
drover, was read over to him,
The Coroner said it appeared that only one man
was sent with these four bulls, and as the law re-
quired that one drover should go in front of the
cattle, and another behind, he wanted to know bow
it was that that provision of the act of Parliament
had not been complied with.
Mr. Fletcher said he was not aware of any such
law. His licence allowed 10 oxen to be driven by
one man, and here were only four.
James Callaghan was then called on behalf of
Mr. Child. He said he was in Mr. Child's stable,
in Stonecutter-street, when this bull came in. Re
was standing at the 'Maher end of the ride. The
bull entered at one side and went round on the
other and tossed up soma harness. Mr. Childl
jun., was close to the entrance of the ride at the
time. There were no policemen there that he saw.
He ran inside the stable, and the bull went out.
Ho saw no attempt to stop him. He heard no
conversation between the police and Mr. Child.
By the Jury—He saw no one strike the bull dur-
ing any part of the time. He did not lose sight of
the bull at all, although he was there for ten
minutes. There was no altercation between Mr.
Child and the policemen. He did not see the bull
go out of the large gates.
Other evidence having beou given,
The Coroner then summed up the evidence to the
jury, and explained to them that if a person turned
a bull out of a place, and that bull committed such
injuries as to cause death, that person must be re-
sponsible ; but if they thought he only did so
to prevent injury to persons on his own premises,
he had a perfect right to do so ; and although some
injury might afterwards ensue, it would be for
them to consider whether the case was anything
beyond an accident.
The jury retired, and after a time they went to
view the stable and premises. On their return,
after a short consultation, they returned a verdict
of " Manslaughter against John Child."
The Coroner asked him if he had any friends who
would be bail for him, or he should have to send
him to Newgate.
Two of the jury here offered themselves as bail
for him, and, having been accepted, Mr. Child WAS
liberated.
The inquisition was then signed, and the pro-
ceedings terminated.

TIIE NEW DIVORCE BILL AND THE
DIOCESE OF OXFORD.

The following letter has been sent to every surro-
gate of the Consistory court of the Bishop of Oxford
by Mr. Davenport, registrar of the diocese :
‘, Diocesan. Registry, Oxford,
Dec. 30, 1857.

" Reverend Sir,—The Act of Parliament of last
session to amend the laws relating to divorce and
matrimonial causes in England, will come into ope-
ration on the 11th proximo; and lam desired by
the Chancellor of the Diocese to inform you that
after conference with the Lord Bishop on the sub-
ject, the Chancellor requests you will receive the
following as an instruction from him in the exercise
of your office of surrogate.
" That you do not grant a licence for n2arriai..
for
to any person who has obtained a deqry
act, if the husband or 7ife_f,tn t:17„....-.1 have the
solution of marriage under tshc.p:swille
way of the
such divorced Pers?zi your faithful servant,
rev. Jr,g'M. DAVINPORTe"
honour to be,