The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-05 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

To .day's market was moderately sppplied with beasts.
Prime breeds moved off steadily at, in some Instances,
rather higher prices ; otherwise, the beef trade ruled in-
active at Monday's currency. The general top price was
4s 8d per Sibs. The supply of sheep was also extensive,
and the demand for most breeds exhibited a slight im-
provement at fully previous quotations. Lambs—the show
of which was limited—sold steadily at full currencies, viz.,
from 5s to 6s per Blbs. There was a large falling off in the
receipts of foreign calves, and the trade was somewhat
active at an advance of from 4d to 6d; the top quotation
being 5s per Sibs. Pigs changed hands slowly on former
terms.

Per Slb. to sink the offal.
s. d. s. d. d. s. d.
Crse. & inf. beasts 2 10 S 2 ITrimecrs-wool do. 4 0 4 8
Second quality do. 3 4 3 6 pme. S' thdown d 0.4 10 5 2
Prime large oxen 3 8 4 4! Large orse. calves 3 10 4 4
Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small d 0... 4 6 5 0
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 0 3 2 Large h0g5...... 3 410 4
10
4
Second qualityilo. 3 4310 I Small porkers 4 6

Lambs, 5s Od to 6s Od.
Suckling calves, 21s to 29s ; and quarter-old store pigs,
23s to 30s.

TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts
Sheep and lambs.... 9,890 Sheep . ...
Calves

Pigs. 440

Pigs

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Somewhat increased
supplies of meat have been on sale, and the trade has ruled
inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton,
3s 2d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ;
pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, Sept. 4.—Prime stock was firm in price,
but inferior breeds sold rather slowly as follows :
—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 5s 4d ;
lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s
8d to 4s 10d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 17s to 26s ; quarter
old store pigs, 21s to 28s each; and milch cows, £l4 Oe
to £lB Os each. _ _ _

SOUTHALL, Sept. 4.—On the whole, trade is steady, as fol-
lows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 6d to 58 4,1;
lamb, 6s Od to 58 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 6d to,
48 10d per 81b8. by the carcase.
HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od;
new do., £2 Os to £4 Os ; old clover do., £3 10s to £6 Os ;
new do., £3 10s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12a per
lead. Trade steady.

CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os ; aew
do., £2 Os to £4 Os : old clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os ; new do.,
£3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 5s to £1 12s per load.
Both hay and straw were in steady request, at full prices.
WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od;
new do., £2 Os to £4 Os ; old clove', £3 10s to £6 Os Od ;
new do., £3 10s to L 5 Os, and straw. £1 4s to 12s per
load. A lair demand.

A FEAR OF "CHURCH REFORM."

(From the Liberator.)

We have now before us the 13th general report
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. A
bishop—one of the Ecclesiastioal Commission—is a
gainer by the past year's effort at " Church Reform."
We had thought that grants out of the funds of the
Ecclesiastical Commission towards bishop's palaces
had ceased for some years past, but we were mis-
taken. The Bishop of Salisbury appears in the
present report as a suppliant for £2,000 for " adding
to, altering, and improving the episcopal house of
residence.

This £2,000 makes up the sum spent on bishop's
palaces by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners out of
the fund " for the relief of spiritual destitution in
populous places," to nearly £172,000.
Next to the bishops come the archdeacons. Three
of these " oculi episcopi" are benefited by the last
year's proceedings of the Commission. The Arch-
deacon of Cardigan gets £2OO per annum ; the Arch-
deacon of St. Alban's a stall in Rochester Cathe-
dral, value £9OO per annum ; and the Archdeacon
of Totnes £162 per annum—all out of the fund for
the relief of spiritual destitution. The income of t'ne
second of these dignitaries, independently of his
archdeaconry, is £778.
Deans and chapters follow archdeacons. In their
collective capacity the Dean and Chapter of Wor-
cester have had voted to them this year the-suns
of £15,000 for the repairs of Worcester Cathedral.
Now the Dean and Chapter of Worcester have an
income, according to the report of the Cathedral Com-
missioners, of rather more than £9,000 per annum,
and they are obliged to repair the Cathedral out
of this income. They have, however, it now ap-
pears, neglected to do.this : they have preferred to
distribute the revenues of the Cathedral amongst
themselves. Here we have the result,—£ls,ooo
taken from the relief of spiritual destitution.
Chapter property to this amount is therefore sold,
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners becoming the pur-
chasers, in order that the expense of repair, as the
order in council expresses, should not be " charged.
on the parties now entitled to the benefit and en-
joyment of the divisible corporate revenues of the
said dean and chapter."
But the deans, in their individual capacity, are
not neglected. First, the Dean of York has his
£2,000 legally secured to him ; and secondly, the
Dean of Chichester has all anxiety respecting his
future income dispelled by £l,OOO per 2unum being
warranted by an order in council.
But do the poor clergy get nothing out of the
funds of the Commission? Undoubtedly they do.
But on what principle are these funds distributed ?
From the list of 145 benefices augmented during the
year, six belong to London, one to Bristol, one to
Macclesfield, one td Norwich, one to Nottingham,
one to Rochdale, and one to Smethwick ; but not
one to Liverpool, Birmingham, Coventry, or any
other place where destitution has become notorious.
On the other hand, we have a curacy (Albrighton),
with a population of seventy, augmented with a
capital sum of £467; Tredington, with a popu-
lation of 150, augmented with a similar grant
of £7OO ; Tunstall, with a population of 150, aug-
mented with a grant of £125 • while Bury, in
Sussex, with a population of only 599, is actually
augmented, in addition to three previous annual
grants of £lO, £39, and £lO respectively, with. a
grant amounting to two hundred and twenty-eight
pounds per annum. In London, the perpetual
curacy of St. Matthew, Pell-street, is augmented
by a capital sum of £l,OOO ; while the pew-rents
alone of the same church are stated, in another. part
of this report, to amount to £226 per annum. And
this, while the ministers of district churches in
populous places are only allowed, on an awrage,
£137 per annum!
Of the £51,003 12s. 9d. expended by the Coin-
mission in the year, the legal expenses amounted
to £13,502 15s. 4d. ; the surveyors received
£8,532 Os. 4d. ; the clerks, £15,578 195.; and the
agents, £10,453 2s. 9d.
Bishops, archdeacons, dean and chapters, deans,
minor canons, lawyers, surveyors, clerks !tng,agnienitss_
are, then, according to the Ecclesiastical
Commis-
sioners, ihoenye r sw, theere "
as
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pi r i
nou
tael
dl y. d eAs tni tdu t eiLfsor ho se
Church
Reform !"

DESPERATE LEAP AND REMARKABLE ESCAPE.--
On the afternoon of Thursday last a man, named Laker, a
shoemaker, native of Ashford, performed several most des-
perate and dangerous leaps while in a frantic state of mind,.
and, to the surprise of all who are acquainted with the cir-
cumstances, he escaped without any serious injury. it tip-
pears that Laker had been working for and lodging with
Mr. Barrat, shoemaker, of No. 2, St. Clement's-place, who
on the preceding evening noticed something peculiar in his
manner, and in the course of conversation found that he
was dwelling upon the delusion of an attempt being made
to send law to an asylum. He afterwards became more
composed, was got to bed, and medical advice was obtained.
About 2 o'clock on the following afternoon he crept quietly
out of bed, climbed up to a window placed above the half-
landing of the stairs, and jumped from the sash on to the
roof of a. scullery, about 20ft. below. The roof giving way
beneath-Ms weight, he fell through, and running across the
yard, sprang to the top of a wall 7ft. or Bft. high. Thence
he jumped on to the roof of another building, 20ft. or 30ft.
below, and then made another descent to a still lower build-
lug, breaking in the slated root, and falling backwards, ag
is supposed, into the yard of No. 14, Undercliff. He then
proceeded into the kitchen or that house, where he was
found leaning on the table in a trembling condition/ an._,
with no other clothing than. a shirt. The crashinrg_!o.l7.
caused by his falls attracted the attention of . Min. ra. -,_
. Beechara, jun., Mr. Sellm,tn, and others, wheo retuadedlaiveal4
ran to the spot, and to their great suroris
- no, Appear to
although cut and bruised,, the poor man did,v
called in, and it
The medical assistance of Mr. Wailes° ~
unrortunate man to the
have broken any bones ,or sustainedn :ras
was thought prudent to. convt.Y
_tvery
necessary attention.
Infirmary, where he receive? e
jut was ascertained to be
The entire distance which he j 6erious injury.
61ft. KILLE .D.—A fatal accident oar
AN INSPECTOR
Tuesday morning ,alt the Midland line, near the
curred on
Melton Mowbray station. About eight on the morning in
question, Mr. Charles Me reliant, permanent inspector on
a X Syston, was travelling in th
erborough, and when near tt rhaei fromn Midland
Leicester line,
li
living
Pat et
Mel-
ton, he was getting off
the train was in motion,tb engine on the platform, while
1,18 unfortunately missed his hold,
and fell batween the ter, der theengine. and He wa im.
mediately
extricated, bui life was quite extinct, the body
being dreadfully Mal • five
let, ;(1. lie has left a wife and
childreu.