The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-22 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SUITIEFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od ;
new do., £2 Os to £4 Os ; old clown do., £3 lOs to £6 Os ;
new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 4s to 12s per
lead. Both hay and straw changed hands steadily at late
rates. Supply moderate.

CIIMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; Rew
do., £2 Os to £4 Os : old clover, £3 10s to £6 Os ; new do.,
£3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load.
Trade steady.
WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od;
new do., £2 Os to £4 Os ; old cloves, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od;
new do., £3 10s to £5 Os, and straw. £1 4s to lOs per
load. A fair demand.

CAUTION TO BRIGHTON EXCURSIONIsTS. On
Monday, at the Town-hall, Brighton, five persons were
summoned at the instance of Mr. Inspector Carpenter,
charged respectively with disposing of and purchasing re-
turn excursionists' tickets. The offence was clearly proved
in each case. Mr. Inspector Carpenter produced the tickets
in question, on which was printed the following:—" Not
transferable; any person transferring or dealing with this
ticket will be prosecuted. Available only by the excursion
train of this day an 4 for the person to whom issued." The
magistrates said the defendants must have known they were
doing wrong, and as a caution to them and others the)
would each have to pay the full penalty of 405., together
with 12s, 6d. costs, and in default of payment to be impri-
soned for one month. _ .

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FIRE IN LEATHER-LANE.—Last night, about nine
o'clock, a fire, that at first threatened serious consequences,
broke out upon some premises in the occupation of Mr.
Massarente, an Italian grocer and confectioner, situate a
few doors distant from Reid's well-known brewery in
Leather-lane, Holborn, the powerful private fire-engine
from whose establishment was immediately on the spot,
under the superintendence of Mr. Stringer, and succeeded,
although not before the first and second-floors were com-
pletely gutted, in extinguishing the fire, almost before the
Farringdon-street and other fire brigade engines reached
the spot. At present it is not known whether the premises
are insured. The engine, worked by Reid's men, was one
of the most powerful order, and the men worked with un-
wonted vigour at the pumps, under the promise of copious
supplies of beer from the brewery, as a recompense for their
labour.

" AM I NOT A MASON AND A BROTHER ?"—Ac-
cording to the Herald's American correspondent, this
question seems to have been asked, to small purpose, on
the race••course of Bull's Run. A Master Mason, floored,
made " the sign of distress," but a brother with a bayonet
declined to recognise the intimation, and incontinently dis-
missed the other " from labour to repose." Probably this
would not have happened under the presidentship of " the
judicious Tyler." Brother Punch would like to know
whether the immunities of the Order of the Gridiron ex-
tend to civil broils P—Punch.

A NOVEL Fox HUNT.—On Wednesday last a
rather novel fox hunt took place on the line of railway be-
twixt Cumnock and Muirkirk. As the evening passenger
train was approaching the farm-steading of Wellwood, the
engine-driver saw a fine large dog fox on the line right
ahead of him. He thought he would like a little sport, and
putting on some extra steam he gradually gained on the
vermin, which ran gamely till fairly run over. the wheels
dividing him in two. A few yards further on a hare was
also run over, and it is very probable that Reynard was
victimised while in pursuit of $‘ miss puss."—Afmfrifs
Courier.