The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-07 00:00:00

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

The supplies of meat on sale hero are seasonably exten-
sive. For good and fine qualities there is a steady demand,
at full quotations; otherwise the trade rules inactive, at
about previous rates.

Per 81b. by the carcase.
sdsd
Inferior beef .. 2 6 3 2
Middling do. .. 3 4 3 6
Prime large do. 3 8 3 10
Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2
Largo pork .... 4 0 4 6
Inferior mutton. 3 0 3 4

s d• s d
Middling mutton 3 6 4 0
Prime do .. 4 2 4 4
Veal .......... 3 4 4 0
Small pork .... 4 8 5 2
Lamb . .. 0 0 0 0

BOROUGH HOP.

For new hops we have to report a steady, though not to
say active demand, at last week's currency. In yearling
and old hops very little is doing. Last week's imports
wore 282 bales from Ostend, 20 from Ghent, 445 from Ant-
werp, 415 from Hamburg, 288 from Hamburg, 288 from
Rotterdam, and 52 bales from New York.
New Mid and East Kents 200 s to 273 s per cwt.
New Weald of Rents .. 170 s 200 s ~
New Susses lsss 170 s

BOROAH AND SPITALFIELDS.
The supplies of potatoes on sale here are moderato. Gene-
rally speaking, the trade is in a sluggish state. Neverthe-
less, prices rule firm.
Scotch Regents
York do.
Kent and Essex ditto

Mr. John Hollingshead has been confided the task
of writing an introduction of a "popular" nature to the
Catalogue of the international Exhibition of 1862.

A German translation of the last historical ro-
mance of Mr. Harrison Ainsworth—" The Constable of
the Tower"—is about to be published at Hamburg.
A LUCKY NON-COMMISSIONED OFFlCER.—Ser-
jeant Campion, lst battalion 18th Royal Irish, now serving
in India, has, by the death of his brother, come in for a
fortune of £lO,OOO. His brother, who had made his money
in Australia, returned to Ireland and purchased an estate
a short time ago, near Fermoy, and on the day of the pur-
chase (being the worse for liquor) rode his horse into the
river at Fermoy, and was drowned. He leaves, as next of
kin, two brothers and one sister, each of whom will have
£lO,OOO.—United Service Gazette.
The _Norfolk News announces the death of Mrs.
Geldart, author of " Historical Tales of England and her
Forty Counties," of " Scotland," of " Ireland," " Glimpses
of our Island Home," &c.
M. Moreau has reported to the French Academy
of Sciences that he has succeeded in collecting the elec-
tricity of the torpeda by means of an electroscope and gold
condenser.
In the French markets on Thursday the:annual
ceremony took place of promenading the " King of the
Pumkins"—the largest pumkin offered for sale. It weighed
110 kilogs. (2423/41b.), and was 3 metres 15c. (10 ft. 4 in.) in
circumference A market gardener of Orleans had the honour
of growing the monster.
The Spanish Government has opened up the great
archives at Simancas to the deputies of our Master of the
Rolls. Mr. Bergenroth, a most competent English and
Spanish scholar, will calendar and abstract the documents
relating to our history.
FALL OF HOUSES.—Shortly after eight o'clock on
Saturday evening a number of newly-built houses, near the
Old Kent-road, suddenly fell down with a terrible crash.
At first some fears were entertained that the accident had
been attended with a loss of life, but on examining the
debris it was found that that apprehension was happily
unfounded.
journalism seems to be looking up in Naples.
Fifteen months since there was but one daily journal in the
capital of the Two Sicilies—the Gazetta di Napoli. Now
there are 15. With so much mental information, and a
little gas, and a little drainage, and a few miles of foot-
pavement in the streets, we may hope for the best, so far as
the Neapolitans are concerned.
THE FORTHCOMING FOOT RACE.—The race be-

tween Deerfoot, the Seneca Indian, and Jackson, " the
American Deer," which is to take place at Brompton on
Monday, the 14th inst., is exciting much interest among
the class of persons who patronise such sports. The Indian,
who defies all corners, is likely, it is thought, to meet with
his match in Jackson, whose friends are backing him well.
The place selected for the match is the "West London Cricket
Ground, Brompton, a very suitable place for the perform-
ance, capable of well accommodating quite as many people
as aro likely to attend. On the following Monday Deer-
foot will run with a man named Jones, who has obtained
some celebrity in Islington and its neighbourhood, and who
defeated " the Little Wonder" (Mills) a fortnight ago.
With Jackson the match is to be four miles for £5O, and
we believe that the same conditions will be made with
Jones. Deerfoot is also to run next Monday afternoon in
a handicap at Dublin, with Levett and Mills (the Little
Wonder before mentioned), both of whom he has previously
defeated. Sharp running, however, appears not to be his
only qualification, for he is matched with Beckwith, the
champion swimmer of England, to swim 20 lengths of the
Lambeth Baths, for €5O, on Wednesday, the 23d of Octo-
ber, Deerfoot receiving a quarter of a minute start.
MURDER IN STIRLING.—As Sheriff Sconce was
engaged in the Falkirk Small-debt Court on Wednesday, a
telegraphic message from Stirling was handed to him on the
bench, to the effect that a murder had been committed in
Stirling on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. When
the contents of the telegram became rumoured in court no
little excitement and interest were manifested, seeing that
information of the murder had not reached the authorities
of Stirling till after the despatch of the morning train,
which conveyed his lordship to Falkirk. It appears that
a house of questionable fame is kept in the Castlehill,
Stirling, by an old pensioner. His pension became duo on
Tuesday, and he and his friends of both sexes betook them-
selves to the consumption of an unlimited quantity of
liquor. There had evidently been a series of quarrels in
the house, the precise origin of which, however, is not
known in the meantime. Several of the persons, on retiring
to bed, seem to have been absolutely oblivious from drink.
On awakening in the morning, the pensioner states that he
found his wife lying in bcd beside him, cold and lifeless,
having a ghastly throat wound, effected with some sharp
instrument, indicating that she had been murdered. Infor-
mation having reached the polipe, the persons found in the
house were apprehended, and, a warrant of committal hav-
ing been signed by Sheriff Sconce, they were on Wednesday
lodged in Stirling prison. One of the women (Christina
MtLean, or Peters) is, in the meantime, suspected of having
murdered her own sister (the wife of the pensioner). The
maiden name of the murdered woman is Jean Peters, and
the suspected murderess is the widow of the wretched
criminal, M'Lean, who was executed at Linlithgow three
or four years ago for the brutal murder of a man at Dur-
hamtown, near Bathgato,—Falkirk

Defendant said he was drunk and wanted to ride.
Mr. Beadon said if he (defendant) was drunk the con-
ductor had a right to refuse him, and was liable to be
punished if he did not. In the month of November next
power would be given to commit with hard labour for as-
saults of the kind, and had it been November he would
have given him hard labour. He (Mr. Beadon) would like
to know what right he (defendant) had to strike a man who
was in charge of a public vehicle.
Defendant was fined 405., or a month.
CURIOUS CIIARGE OF STEALING A HORSE AND CART.—
William Thorn, of 5, Holles-street, farrier, and Robert
Utbcy-, of 3, Chenies-street, father, were charged with
stealing a horse and tort, of the value of £2l, the property
of Henry Lewis Steers, a general dealer, of Cherry Orchard-
road, Surrey.

The prosecutor, it appears, had been drinking, and the
two accused, probably for a lark, drove off his horse and
cart, and lost a quantity of sand from it and the basket,
but there appeared little room for giving the accused In
charge for a felony.

Mr. Beadon said he should discharge the men, and he
would advise the prosecutor to keep sober for the future,

THAMES.

ALLEGED MURDER AT SEA.--SOOR after Mr. Wool-
rych had taken his seat on the Bench this morning. Mr.
J. C. Evans, superintendent of the Thames division of
police, who was accompanied by two seamen, named James
Gilroy and William Benson, applied for a warrant to appre-
hend William Burwood Baldry, the master of the ship
Shantang, which was away for three years, and which
arrived in the port of London about a fortnight since.
Mr. Evans said that three of the seamen belonging to the
Shantang had made statements to Captain George Pearce,
the shipping master at the Sailors' Home, in Well-street,
that James Riley, an ordinary seaman, had died on the 12th
of September last, at sea, a few days after he had been
severely flogged by the captain. The statements of the
men wero forwarded to the Board of Trade, with the
official log-book, and a communication was made to the
Home Secretary. Captain Harris, the Assistant Commis-
sioner of Metropolitan Police, was directed to put the police
in motion, and two of the seamen were now ready to be
examined on oath. The third man, a very material wit-
ness, had gone to Liverpool since he made his statement to
Captain Pearce.

Gilroy and Benson were then examined at considerable
length by Mr. Woolrych, and from their united statements
it appeared that the captain had frequently beaten Riley
with his fists. Before the ship arrived at St. Helena Riley
appeared to be very ill, and he wanted to go on shore vdth
other sick men to obtain medicine and medical advice. The
captain refused compliance with this request, and said he
would give him all the medicine he wanted at sea. After
leaving St. Helena Riley got worse. One day the captain
ordered Riley to clean some brasswork and assist in tarring
the rigging. The mate told the captain that Riley was not
able to work. The captain said rope's end him, and make
him work. The mate declined doing so, and the captain
gave directions for Riley to be sent up from below. As the
deceased was coming up the ladder the captain beat him
with a rope, and upon reaching the deck he flogged him
severely over his body. The deceased sung out for mercy,
and the captain said, there is no mercy for y0u,.1 will have
your work, or have your life. The captain then tied two
over hand knots in the rope and resumed the beating of the
deceased, who cried piteously for mercy. All the crew
assembled, and one of them proposed to go aft and take the
deceased away. Another seaman overruled this, and said
you will get yourself in trouble if you interfere. After the
captain had beaten Riley in a most savage manner for a
long time, the poor fellow was taken below and put
into his berth, where he groaned heavily and
appeared to be suffering much. Three days after
the deceased was flogged he stripped for the pur-
pose of washing, and his body then presented a dreadful ,
appearance. The flesh, as described by Gilroy, "was black
and blue all over, and the colour of it could not be seen.
His breast, legs, and shoulders, were covered with, weals."
Five days previous to Riley's death he sent for tie captain,
and said, in a faint voice, "are you not ashamed of your-
self." The captain said "what for." The deceased said, "for
not putting me on shore at St. Helena; you have beaten
me, and murdered me." The deceased, also said, "he
la going to die."
want to make a will, as I know I a
The captain told him there was no ocoa'sion to make a will,
and, on his complaining of cold, gave him a blanket and
things to cover him.
In answer to questions by Mr. Woolrych, the witnesses
said they believed that the bruta'. flogging inflicted by Cap-
Min Baldry was the cause of the deceased's death.
Mr. Woolrych immediately issued his warrant for the
apprehension of Captain Baldry, arid it was entrusted to
Mr. Evans to execute.

Captain Baldry was summoned to this court a few days
ago by six of his crew for balances of wages due to them,
and he said his own wages were not. paid, and he could not
get any money from his owners to pay them. Mr. Selfe
then made some strong observations: on the captain's con-
duct in spending money he had received for and on account
of several men shipped in Batavia,

FUNERAL OF AND TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A
POLICE INSPECTOR.—On Saturday a numbe'c of police as -
sembled in Walcot-place, in front of the late residence of
Inspector Stephen Thornton, of the detective department,
Scotland-yard (who died suddenly last Mon-day morning,
after entertaining a party of his friends the previous day to
celebrate his 29th year in the police), to ar ;company his re-
mains as far as Kennington-gate as a ma' rk of respect. The
funeral procession being formed, advanc ,ed to Kennington-
gate, where the police filed off and r• °turned to their sta-
tions, tions, leaving the hearse and mourufaig coaches to
their way to Ashted, near Epsom,, *where the deceasedP was
buried,

I subjoin a list of the archbishops and bishops
who have expressed their conviction of the import-
ance of the art of elocution being studied under
competent masters, by all future candidates for ordi-
nation. The opinions of their lordships will be
found in extenso in the appendix to Mr. d'Orsey's
lecture (recently published by Messrs. Bell and
Daldy of Fleet-street), and I earnestly commend
them to the attention of every thoughtful man.
I hope to resume my work at Oxford as usual,
early in Michaelmas Term, and trust, now that the
press generally has supported the course taken by
the Bishop of Rochester, that public opinion will
express itself strongly on the subject, and that
other bishops will be induced to follow his lord-
ship's example.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES JOHN PLUMPTRE.
Archbishops.

CANTERBURY.

DUBLIN,

LONDON.
DURHAM.

OXFORD.
BANGOR.

NORWICH.

LINCOLN.

Bishops.

YOiu

ST. DAVID'S.
LLANDAFF.

BATH AND WELLS.

ROCHESTER.

EXETER.
ELY.

LICHFIELD.

Rirox.

MANCHESTER. '„,
WORCESTER.

ST. ASAPII.

1, Essex-court, Temple.