The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-10 00:00:00

HAY.

SutrariELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £2'Os to £2 6s per load.
A moderate supply.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £1 4s to £sl2s Od; clover,
£5 5s to £6 12s ,6d ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load.
A fair demand.

WHlTEcHipm—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load.
Supply tolerably good.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.
s. d.
Walls End Hatton 18 6
Hartlepool
Hetton Lyons 16 6
Hastings Hartley l7 3
Pensher Primrose 16 6
Halton
Ships at market, 38; sold, 37.

s. d.
South Hetton
Heugh Hall
Holywell Main l7 3
Byron l6 9
Wharucliffe l6 6

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—A meeting of
the above society will be held on Monday evening, May
14, at half-past eight, at Burlington House, Sir R. I.
Murchison, Bart., in the chair, when the following papers
will be read :-1. "On Yarkund and other places in Cen-
tral Asia," by Captain T. G. Montgomerie. 2. "western
Shores of Volcano Bay, Yosso," liy Commander C. S.
Forbes.

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HER MAJESTY•

'WINDSOR CASTLE, Wednesday.
The Queen went out in the grounds yesterday
afternoon, and again this morning, accompanied by
her Royal Highness Princess Helena.
Her Majesty held a Council to-day at 1 o'clock
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Present—Earl Granville, Earl Russell, the Duke of
Somerset, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey,
and the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was introduced
and took his place as Privy Councillor, and the
Earl of Cork and Vice-Admiral Lord Clarenc,e
Paget were sworn in members of her 'MaiestY
Most Honourable Privy Council. an
Earl Granville, Earl Russell, Mr. Gladstone a
Vice-Admiral Lord C. Paget had audiences of her
Majesty.

Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council.
The Earl of Caithness and Colonel the linu• A.
Liddell were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
E. yorke,
Prince Alfred, attended by the Hon.
went to London this afternoon. A•
The Earl of Caithness and Colonel the Ho. ,
Liddell have succeeded Lord de 'Tabley and Maj°r,-,
General Sir Henry Bentinck as Lord and Groom l'
Waiting.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince and Princess of Walk, attended 71
the Hon. Mrs. A. Hardinge, Lieutenant-Gene!
Knollys, and Major Teesdale, visited the Botanical
Gardens, Regent's-park, yesterday forenoon.
The Prince of Wales rode out in the afternoon.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, 3t.
tended by the Hon. Mrs. A. Hardinge.
ee
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by v r,ln 3
Alfred and Prince Teck, and attended by
Spencer and Lieutenant-General Knollys, 313J11%
Teesdale, and the Hon. E. Yorke, dined with t„ii
President and Council of the Institution of CIA
Engineers, at Willis's Rooms, in the evening.

His Highness the Tinnongong of Johore/the
first Malay Prince to visit Europe) and suite have arriv.
at 22, Manehester-square. cash
METROPOLITAN PROPERTY.—Acorn pensation
yesterday, "Moffatt v. the Metropolitan District Ilsllsvg3r;
occupied several hours at the Westminster Sessions-1°115e;
before Mr. H. Scott Turner, the High Bailiff. On this ° s
casion only five special jurors answered, and no tales 1.
prayed. The fines in such cases are handed over to the
rC
way companies towards the expenses. Mr. .Hawkins, 12';
and Mr. Barrow were for the claimant, a baker in 0
street, Westminster ; Mr. Lloyd and the Hon. Mr. ThY,T,IO
appeared for the company. The claim was £2,300. 'I,
present rent was £5l, and, according to the evideucat,n
consequence of the increased value of metropolitan hat
perty, it was now worth £lOO a year. It was allegectT
the business would be destroyed by the removal. 'A;
profits were £4OO a year, and "three years" were detaag- g
as a trade compensation. Mr. Lloyd called no WitS-scele
for the company. He contended that the claim for trgrs,
compensation was absurd, and there had been an exagg°,lo.
tion. The High Bailiff summed up on the several hag,
The jury had seen the property and would exercise
aOll
common sense. The jury retired for some time, D'us 396
their return gave a verdict for £1,163 155., including -
for the damage to the business.
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TRADE OF THE SOUTH WALES PORTS.--m_%-lort
the month of April the exports of coal from Ne'm rod
reached 33,163 tons, against 41,117 tons in March' The
24,507 tons in the corresponding month of last Year:, pith
shipments coastwise were 45,264 tons, as compare%.nril,
54,563 tons in the previous month, and 48,517 tons ie."'''ted
1865. The comparative mildness of the weather acerninnort
for the decrease in the coasting shipments, and thee a
returns would have shown a larger increase had it not
that the docks were closed for dredging for several "IL'
; Web'
Swansea exported 58,834 tons; against 51,146 tons -a 3 ar
and 47,668 tons in the corresponding month of last ye_-.4
and the coasting shipments were 23,945 tons as coulr-ns
1
with 27,204 tons in the previous month, and 24,11
in April, 1865. From Llanelly the exports were I,l'o°
tons, against 14,604 tons in March, and 18,320 tons lost
corresponding month, and the shipments coastwise reg%,i.
17,871 tons, as compared with 21,584 tons in the Pravlrted
month, and 24,812 tons in April, 1865. Newport exP°
¢nd
14,090 tons, against 10,225 tons in the previous raoatnbiftDe
Swansea 10,049 tons patent fuel and 885 tons iron. ;',ll
iron exported from Newport, Cronstadt took 4,918 01
Now York 1,878 tons, Alexandria 1,603 tons, 31°P- °
1,615 tons, and Dantsic 1,101 tons. Der,fal
OWLSLIGHT.—We are informed that his l'"'s
Highness the Prince of Wales will occupy Titf,e-:
the residence of Lord Annaly, during the Ascot lts,eo "
Lord Otho Fitzgerald, M.P. for the county of liildar°,o;
about to be appointed Treasurer of the Household,
1u
iOD.
room of Viscount Bury, who lost his seat at the last elect
ea,
We understand that the Marquis of NormanbY7 late -i,lOOl
tenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, will be appointed
ern-
in
n Waiting to her Majesty. We believe that the G°: of
meat intend to amalgamate the two bills—for exten-:
the Franchise and Redistribution of Seats—therebY areld-
ing unnecessary divisions on the reports and third e tro
ings. There is, naturally, no object in inviting tlr-tri
divisions. The vacancies in the Lordships of the s're,-7,lder
caused by the promotion of Mr. Hu essen to the i'itata
Secretaryship of the Home Departmegnt, and by the iguot
of the Hon. Luke White to secure his re-elotlorlThe
autumn at Kidderminster, are about to be filled up- .1100
position of the Government at the present moment
permit them to leave such offices in the hands of thoge,oo,
have .
not seats in the House of Commons Capt. Aadertife
R.N ~ has been requested to attend on the Represen.
b°
this
ea
the United States Navy, who is about to arrive 111 b ea
country on an official visit. Col. Yolland, R.E., 1335„ ta-
selected by the Board of Trade to inquire into the °"'"Doti
stances attending the late fatal accident at Catgrh •

The Owl. V
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;nattirl'
THE FALL OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE.--An 1'
lasting six hours, was yesterday concluded L'_•7
ridge
veru,
W. Carter, Surrey Coroner, at the Windsor Castle ey.dgo
0 arshalton, regarding the fall of an accommodation Coast
over the London and Sutton extension of the South ;veto
Railway, i
on the 28th of April, by which six labottrevi%doo
killed. Mr. Faithful appeared on behalf of the P°-r
and South Coast Railway Company ; Mr. G. liendoll
presented Mr. Firbank, the contractor, and liir. dISt;
Henry King, the sub-contractor for the bridge ;
Nairne watched the case for the relatives of .1"1-0St
Hutchinson, one of the men killed. Mr. H. C. G°11,5131 istea
described the construction of the bridge, which cellse t in
of one arch 88ft. span, and was composed of brie tot
cement and mortar made of blue Has lime. It vra- ,a oi•
menced in November last and was finished at the °olio
December. During its progress the weather OsA oid
vourable, and therefore the centring was not knoeke%„ant
completely until the 18th of April. He could not se.-- rain'
for the bridge's falling. It was just possible that the rAI
sbiP
had softened the mortar. The materials and ivorkteL
were good. A labourer named James King said hat
ifit4
mortar was bad, and the materials he got to 11183°4i-0e °
c!
were not good. He was never allowed proper Vi
,
make the mortar. He had not been discharge"' No
witnesses, however, deposed that James King los eie,/3
in trouble for laziness, and had been discharged.
named Marsh, a brother-in-law of one of the tne,rl„
said that he had been at work underneath it on tP... or 2l
co
and had then noticed that part of it was " all Inelilltit oe
shapes." He felt such fear that he asked to
another job, but he did not tell the sub-contracter °,910/1
one in authority what he had seen. The Corolierto 10'
the witness why he did not call attention to Wilat t-ber-5,
law 11:
seen, when he knew that others, and his own 191.°- TP-
among them, had to work under the bridge. ,sere:
witness said it was not his place to do so. It W,Asas
tained that no workman had been discharge", it fel"
stated, for refusing to work at the bridge hef,°r° 1:116„
There was no keystone of chalk let into the briugi. Tbo
whole structure was brickwork resting on chalk r()„,elot
'
jury after long deliberation returned a verdict, cog
deaths of the six deceased men were accidental
d
by the giving way of the bridge." 'll
THE RATE OF MORTALITY IN OUR „dew If
The mortality of 13 large towns of the United P"D';', rater,
the first quarter of the present year has been at th"
30.45 per thousand per annum, calculated upon 1.36 v
tion (6,122,894) as estimated for thedniddle of th folio`Yre
In detail the ratio of mortality has been as polte'
London, 26.66 ; Hull, 27.84 ; Edinburgh, 3°°9o;
30.54; Birmingham, 30.66 ; Glasgow, 31.37; sbefgie
33.27;
42 •
33.
Ty 43 ; Leeds,ne, 31.58 ;
36.85; Manchester, 37 Bristol, 32.25; Salford,
Liver pOO./
1100
than 45.93. For all England the death-rate of tile.r cievi°l
was 26.53 per annum, the average of the ten rfo,tal I
winters being 25.04. Typhus fever Was Yell
cOr
Liverpool and Manchester.
LYING IN PRISON.—The most cheerfill,ll:reatea,.
fined in the Tombs is Jenkins, whose defalcatle 001,10
so much excitement in Wall-street last stunweir's E 0 he
piesa large cell in the front building, in whet lent he
the "Boy's Prison." From his place of confine° 1011 '
bo la .
look out upon Centre-street, a habit Whin" vs be en is
dulges in. He is exceedingly cheerful, and sal is spell'orti
fectly reconciled to his lot. Much of his ti.reesinjost big
reading, while the luxury of smoking heqlssophi gre'eget
stantly making the most of. Books of Ph".
favourites, but his chief delight is Carlyle, WiliePeosolo.ttioe,
he says, have given him great comfort se?, take
He is exceedingly anxious that his trials hotttnii'le tiotonp'
ri,
and hopes to receive a light sentence, so th io of be
his ter g 9
an opportunity after the expiration of
sonment to make ample restitution for all
has done.—Nato York, Herald_ '