The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-10 00:00:00

NEWPORT.

Beef, from 3s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ;
Peal, 4s 23 to 5s 2d; and pork, 4s Od to .5s 2d per Sibs
by the carcase.
WHITECHAPEL.

Beef. from 2s lnd to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; veal,
4s 2d to 5s 2d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per Blbs by the
carcase.

BREAD.

The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
7fd. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 50. to 7d. per 4lbs. loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.

Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 21d to 3d. • 64 to 72 lbs, 3d
to 3-id ;72 to 801bs, 3d to aid ;80 to 881135., 31d to 4d ; 88
to 961b5., 4d to 41d ;96 to 1041b5., Od. to Od. Horse
hides, 9s to 10s Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, 6s 6d ;
polled sheep, lls 6d to 14s Od; half-breds, 10s Od to 1.2 a 6d ;
downs, 7s 6d to 9s 3d.
HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
A moderate inquiry.
CumnEawatn.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £slss ; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; andstraw,:ll 18s to £2 5s per load.
Trade firm.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 10s to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Demand inactive.

Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day.

Market opens rather quiet. Sales probably
8,000 or 10,000 bales.

Jefferson Davis and Secretary Stanton.

The Washington correspondent of the Times has
the following regarding the supposed plot to rescue
Jefferson Davis from his confinement :—‘, Jefferson
Davis, who for some time past has rested so.quietly
in Fortess Monroe as to have been quite overlooked
by all but the restless Congress men who are anxious
for notoriety by moving 'treason resolutions,' has
again suddenly loomed up before the public gaze.
A plot has been discovered—so says Secretary
Stanton, whose familiarity with plots should entitle
him to judge—a plot has been discovered, and, of
course, frustrated, the object of which was to rescue
Mr. Davis from Fortress Monroe. Officers high in
command at the fortress have been dismissed for
supposed complicity, and there has been a sudden
weeding out of the workmen in the fortress and the
people of the adjacent little village of Hampton.
Hundreds, on very short notice, have been banished
from the neighbourhood of the fortress to gain a
livelihood elsewhere as they can. Vessels have been
forbidden to anchor in certain parts of the harbour,
and, as is customary on such occasions, vessels
made inside the fortress are strictly forbidden.
Although a great hubbub has been raised, the
general impression is that there has been no plot at
all, but the excitement has been created by the
wish of an odious War Minister, whose power is
fast departing, to keep his name before the people as
zealous public servant, The newspapers have
availed themselves of it to urge Mr. DaVis's trial,
for then all danger of plots would be over. No one
is more anxious for the trial to begin than Jefferson
Davis himself ; his counsel are constantly urging
it upon the Administration, but they do not see fit
to order any trial, and Mr. Davis bids fair to re-
main in the fortress until death rescues him. The
gentlemen selected for counsel by the distinguished
prisoner—Mr. O'Conor, of New York, whose re-
putation as a lawyer is world:wide, and Mr. Reed,
of Philadelphia, well known in England as the
American Minister to China in 1858—proud of the
honour conferred upon them, will make a good
fight for their client ; but our strange Adminis-
tration, which no longer seems to govern by any
rule, prefers to debar the prisoner of the trial in a
civil court which he demands as his constitutional
right."

COMMON LAW FEE STAMPS.—Under the Act 28
Vic., cap. 45, which came into operation on the Ist ult., the
fees payable in the superior courts of common law are re-
ceived in stamps, and we understand that for the fees pay-
able at the assizes, adhesive stamps can be obtained at the
offices of the distributors of stamps for the respective towns
in which the assizes are held. In order to prevent incon-
venience, it is desirable that the solicitors having causes
for trial should, on attending at the courts, have in their
possession a small quantity of each description of the ad-
hesive stamps that may be required.
THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT COMMISSION.—From
the report and evidence published it appears that
the following were the members of the commission who
were of opinion, "that capital punishment might safely,
and with advantage to the community, be at once abo-
lished :"—Dr. Lushington, Mr. Bright, Mr. C. Neate, and
Mr. W. E wart. The Right Hon. Mr. Justice O'Hagan ap-
pended the following as his opinion :—" I am of opinion,
with much deference for the great authority of those who
think otherwise, that the weight of evidence and reason is
in favour of the abolition of capital punishment. I should,
therefore, sign the declaration prepared by Mr. Ewart, but
that I doubt whether public opinion in this country is yet
ripe for the Acceptance of such a change ; and if it should
be accomplished, without the sufficient sanction of that
opinion, I fear the reaction which might follow on the per-
petration of some great crime. I think, also, that the sub-
stitution of a minor penalty would render essential serious
modifications in the discipline and machinery of our pri-
sons ; and such modifications, whilst I believe them to be
possible, may be difficult, and remain to be devised. On
these grounds, having regard to the practical scope of your
Majesty's commission, I cannot join in simply advising im-
mediate abolition ; but so far qualifying my adhesion to
the terms of the declaration, I am prepared to adopt the
principle which it embodies. (Signed) THos. O'HAGAN."
The following append a declaration that they are not pre-
pared to agree to the resolution respecting private execu-
tions :—Dr. Lushington, Mr. W. Ewart, Mr. C. Neate, the
Lord Advocate, and Mr. Bright. A summary of the evi-
dence occupies 40 pages of the blue-book.
THE BAGDAD FILIBUSTERS.—The New York
Herald says there has been some excitement
created by the recent news from Mexico that
a few hundred Americans crossed the Rio Grande,
stormed the imperial city of Bagdad, captured
a party of imperial troops, and actually sum-
moned a couple of Napoleon's gunboats to surren-
der. All this might have been expected. There are
plenty of roving fellows to be found, especially
among the discharged officers and soldiers of the
rebel army, to undertake raids of this kind, for
which, of course, the United States. Government is
not responsible. Although the Monroe doctrine
was literally represented in the persons of the parties
who participated in this freak, not one of them had
any political idea upon the question. They regar‘d
the French and Austrians in Mexico as filibusters,
and they thought they might as well do a little fili-
bustering too ; so they made a dash at Bagdad,
scared the soldiers of Maximilian, and carried off a
goodly share of booty. They had probably read
the statement of M. Drouyn de Lhuys to Mr. Bige-
low that if the United States wanted to settle any
difficulty in Mexico they must make application to
Mexico and not to France, and they were just act-
ing on this diplomatic suggestion.