The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-26 00:00:00

SCOTLAND v. ENGLAND.

The North British Daily Mail publishes the fol-
lowing :
To THE VOLUNTEERS OF SCOTLAND.
I have the honour of announcing to you that there
will be an annual match between the Volunteers of
England and Scotland. The terms of this match
have been arranged by Lord Bury, acting for Eng-
land, and by myself, as the representative of the
Scotch. I beg to refer you to their rules, which are
annexed hereto, and which will be published in all
the Scotch newspapers. Lord Elcho, with his usual.
liberality, and as an additional proof of the interest
he takes in the Volunteers of both countries, has
promised to present to them a shield, to be called
the " Elcho Challenge Shield." This is the prize
for which we are to contend. The country
which gains it will have the honour of hold-
ing it for a year, and the names of the
successful champions are to be engraved on it.
I have undertaken the duty of selecting tilt)
competitors who are to represent Scotland in the
first contest, and. I feel assured I shall receive every
assistance from my brother volunteers. I hope
that all volunteers who, from their shoot-
ing, think they are qualified to take a part
in this great match, will communicate with
me. I shall always be happy to receive them
at Netherley, and to afford to them an opportunity
of testing their powers along with myself at the
Netherley rifle range. Compared with England,
Scotland is a small and thinly peopled country.
The English have nearly seven times as many
men as we have, from whom they may pick their
best shots. There are great odds in favour of Eng-
land, but we must endeavour to counteract them
by that dogged perseverance and energy which
have hitherto been characteristics of our countrymen.
Whatever the result may be let us at all events
deserve success, by embracing every opportunity of
of improving in rifle shooting, and preparing
ourselves for the rifle tournaments at Wim-
bledon in 1862. To bring the shield back to Edin-
burg would be a great triumph ; to have our names
engraved on it, the highest distinction which as
rifle shots we could attain ; it will be gaining the
" Victoria Cross" of our order. The prospect of
this interesting international match will, I am cer-
tain, be sufficient to unite all Scotch Volunteers
"shoulder to shoulder" in giving every assistance
to each other, and in doing their best to bring for-
ward next year men who are likely to do credit to
the country at Wimbledon.—l have the honour to
be your
_fuithful servant,

HORATIO Ross.

Netherley, near Stonehaven, Dec. 19.

BRUTAL CONDUCT 01 A FATHER.

An inquest has been held about two miles from
Exeter, before R. R. Crosse, Esq., county coroner,
on the body of a young woman named Piper, about
19 years of age, who drowned herself in the Exeter
Canal on the 19th inst., through the brutal conduct
of her father. Mrs. Harriet Louisa Piper deposed
as follows :—The deceased was my daughter. She
has not evinced anything strange in her manner
until within a few weeks since, when she seemed
unusually merry—singing that I could hardly stop
her. My husband has been a very cruel father to
her. He has turned her out of doors at night, and I
have heard her say that if he ever came home again
from prison and treated her badly she would drown
herself. He has left home since her death. His
conscience, I believe, would not allow him to
remain at home. The deceased has told me she could
not pass through again what she had already borne
from him. She was not so merry on Saturday when
my husband came home as she had been before.
She seemed depressed in spirits, and cried because
he had returned. On Sunday night last my hus-
band and the deceased had some words because she
came home late, about 11 o'clock. She had been
with some friends, but he would not believe it; and
when she assured him that she had, he ordered her
not to answer him, or else he would give her a good
thrashing. and would tear ber clothes to pieces.
The deceased replied that he should never do that
again, for she would rather drown herself.
She then left the room and slept on the stairs
all that night until five o'clock the next morn-
ing. She told me on the following day that she
did this because she was afraid of her father. On
Monday she had some breakfast and complained of
being cold. I sent her to Mr. East's, boot and
shoemaker, to inquire about some work, but she
returned and told me she could not obtain any work,
as Mr. East did not intend to take on any more
hands until after Christmas. Upon this her father
replied that he knew she would not get any work
because she wanted to keep up the Christmas
holidays, and he should remember her as soon
as he got into work. She did not sleep at home
that night, and I did not see her again until five
o'clock on Tuesday night. He then became very
angry with her, and said he would not give her any-
thing he worked for. Deceased told him she should
not want it, and with the same she left the house,
looking exceedingly wild and dejected. I have not
seen her alive since. The body I have seen to-day
is that of my daughter. She was a member of the
Bristol Prudential Insurance Company, for which
she used to pay ld. a week. She had been a mem-
ber of it about two months. Her executors or re-
presentatives were entitled at her death to receive
£8 lls. A verdict of found drowned was returned,
the coroner and jury expressing an opinion that if
the father had not thrown her into the water, he
was the cause of it.

COUN2 RY MARK", AS.

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HULL-Dm. 24.

Arrivals of wheat have been rather large this week, and
consist almost entirely of Baltic shipments per steamer.
Continental markets are firm, but without activity. The
wheat trade during the week has been steady, and a fair
amount of business done at fully late currency for best de-
scriptions of red ; but white, being more plentiful, has in
some instances been sold at a decline of is per qr. At our
market to-day there was but a poor attendance, and a
limited business was done. English sold slowly at last
week's currency, and foreign in some instances realised is
to 2s above the quotations of the week.
Wheat ....Old white per qr. s4s Od to 58s Od
Old red
New white • .
New red
Dantzic,lionb , &c. old white 63s Od to 67s Od
Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od
Baltic and Hamburg, red 6os Od to 62s Od
St. Petersburg and Riga, old Os Od to 52s Od
Barley.... English malting 3ss Od to 39s Od
Grinding 3os Od to 32s Od
Seal and Oderbruck

Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 36s Od
Grinding '3os Od to 31s Od
Oats English, old
Archangel

_.,ilangel and Riga, per at 0812141 to 13d
Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 03134 d
Swedish and Danish Osl2d to osl3d
Beam ....English, old, per qr 4Bs Oa to 50s Od
New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od
New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od

Etian
Peas Foreign breakers

Grinding
Tares .... Spring —s Od to —s Od
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding
crushing
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15 oto £lO 10 0
Foreign 8 5 oto 9 0 0
Rape cakes 517 6to 6 0 0
Bones 5 5 oto 510 0