The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-09 00:00:00

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £4lss to £5 15s ; new
do, £3 10s to £4 lOs ; old Clover, £5 lOs to £6 15s Od ; new
do., £4 4s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load.
A fair trade.

CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £4 15s to £5 15s Od;
new do., £3 10i to £4 15s Od ; old clover, £5 lOs to £6lss ;
new do., £4 4s to £5 10s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 10s per
load. Supply limited.

WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow haf, £4 15s to £5 15s Od ;
new do., £3 12s to £5 Os ; old clover, £5 lOs to £6 15s Od ;
new do., £4 4s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per
load. A short supply.

SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM—BARKING (Thursday
Morning).—For several hours last night and this
morning the inhabitants of this usually quiet district have
been kept in a state of great excitement, in consequence
of the raging of a fire, which, there is strong ground for
believing, was the work of some vile incendiary. The
premises in which the disaster commenced were termed
Mary Bell Farm, the property of Mr. T. L. Copper. The
flames were first discovered by one of the farm servants
raging in a stack of hay on the homestead. At attempt
was at once made to get the fire extinguished,
but all exertions on the part of those present proved
futile, and the flames quickly extended to another rick,
and assumed such a formidable appearance that it was
deemed advisable to send to West Ham and also to Lon-
don for the use of the engines. Those from the first-named
place quickly attended, as well as two of Shand, Mason,
and Co.'s land steamers. Under the direction of Superin-
tendents JoneS and Gatehouse, the engines were sot to
work from a pond on the farm, but hour after hour passed
away before any impression could be made upon the vio-
lence of the flames, and it was not until this morning that
the firo could be extinguished. Fortunately all the farm
buildings wero saved. The loss will fall upon the Royal
Farmers'., Insurance Company.
BURGLARS CONVICTED BY A PARROT.—HEAVY
SENTENCE.—At the Liverpool Assizes, yesterday, two bur-
glars, named Edge and Thornton, were charged with a
burglary at a house in Everton. The prisoners had entered
the house and had stolen some money. An alarm was given
by a parrot in the house, and the prisoners were appre-
hended about 100 yards from the premises. The brutal
fellows had cut off one of the legs of the parrot, and when
apprehended had in their possession a knife stained with
blood, and with one of the parrot's feathers on it. The
prisoners, who had undergone penal servitude for several
previous offences, made a most elaborate defence. During
the hearing of the case Edge twitted the doctor upon not
knowing whether the blood on the knife was that of a cow
or a parrot, after having examined it through a "telescope."
He also accused the policeman of perjury,, and said that
when before the magistrates the policeman's cheeks burned
"like a furnace burns—down to the lowest depths of hell."
His lordship (Mr. Baron Martin) sentenced each of the
prisoners to twenty years' penal servitude,

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HER MAJEST Y.

OSBORNE, Aug. 8.
The Queen went out yesterday afternoon, accom-
panied by their Royal Highnesses the Princess
Louise and Princess Beatrice.
Prince Leopold also drove out.
Her Majesty walked this morning, accompanied
by Princess Louise.

The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at a,
meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, held
at the Office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Bucking'
ham-gate, St. James's Park.
There were present Sir William John Alexander,
Attorney-General ; Major-General Sir Thonl33
Myddelton Biddulph, Receiver-General ;
General Knollys, Comptroller of the llousehold of
his Royal Highness ; and Herbert William Fisher,
Esq., Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Mr. Bateman, the Secretary attended as Clerk
of the Council.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at -Marl-
borough House yesterday.

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Their Royal Highnesses the Count and Counted
de Paris have left York House, T wickenham, for Peile3r.:
row, on a visit to Lady Molesworth.
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe and the
Marquis of Bowrnont are expected to prolong their sojoufa
in Norway till the second week in the ensuing month.
The Countess of Rothes and the Hon. George
Waldegrave-Leslie, M.P., have left town for Leslie House'
Fifeshire, N.B.
Count and Lady Cecil de la Feld have left
Princes-terrace for Feldenstein, near Richmond.
Count de Clermont-Tounerre, Chef d'Escaciroll
d'Etat Major, has arrived at the Clarendon Votel,
Paris. The count will succeed Colonel the Igar4ll,lsA
d'Audigne as Military Attache to the French Emba,ssYy,
latter having been appointed to the Comite cl'lnfanterio 111
Paris.
Sir Roundell Palmer, M.P., and Lady Laura
Palmer and family have left town for Lowestoft.
Mr. George and Lady Charlotte Russell intend
to leave town to-day for Floors Castle, Roxburghshire• a
Mr. Gladstone is about to take a tour with JO
Clarence Paget through the Mediteiranean, and Will Pr°-
bably visit Rome.—Bury Post.