The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-23 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 10s ; clover,
do., £4 Os to £5 ss; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load.
Both hay and straw were in steady request, at full prices.
CraktnEßLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 158 to £4 lOs ; clove-
do., DI Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 8s per load.
A fair demand.

WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 lOs ; clover
do., £4 5s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 8s per load.
supplies moderate. Trade steady.

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

\lLorrporr, April 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.;
light breeze, and fine weather.
PORTSMOUTH, April 22.--Wind N. to N.E.—Arrived—
Schah Jeham, from London for Cape and Madras, and pro-
ceeded for Southampton.
PLYMOUTH, April 22.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—
Her Majesty's steamer Algiers, from Portsmouth. Sailed
—Marley Hill, steamer, for. London.
LEITH, April 21.—Sailed—Gertrude Sarans, for Rio
Janeiro.
CARDIFF, April 21.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Magathea,
for Kurrachee.

CLYDE, April 21.—Witcl screw
steamer, from St. Nagaise.
SWANSEA, April 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Devon Vale,
for the Cape of Good Hope.
QuEENSToWN,ApriI 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jesusa
from Matanzas.

POOLE; April 21.—Wind N.—Sailed—Stadecona, for
Quebec.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind N.N.E_
Arrived, April 22.—Nemesis, screw steamer, from An
were.._

April
23.—The steamers Kangaroo and Alps, from New
York, and the Nova Scotian, from Canada, are fully duo
but are not yet reported.
The Persia, from New York, is hourly expected.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind E.S.E. ; tide, five hours' ebb; fine.
Arrived, April 22.—Pilot, from Frederickstadt; Marley
Hill, from Lisbon.

Arrived, April 23.—Charles Brooks, from St. "V intent ;
Nathalie, from Dantsic ; Theodore, from Horsens Agnes
Maria, from Randers; Catherine, from Ditzum ; Christian,
from Lauvig.
Sailed, April 23.—Rhine, steamer for Ostend; Schwan"'
for Bremen ; Tritton, steamer, for Calais ; Excelsior, for
Hobart Town ; Jenny, for Berbice ; Hannah, for Nance.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.

Wind E. by S., moderate.
Passed, April 22.—Priscilla, for London, for Bathurs
Ann of Haatlepool, from north to west.
Anchored—Edward, from St. John's, for London.

On Monday an inquest was held at Narborough
on the body of a child aged 11 years, named James
Fowkes, son of Thomas Fowkes, a labourer, work-
ing for Mr. Richard Pratt, at the Flash Farm, near
Narborough, who had died under the fallowing
circumstances :—lt appeared from the evidence of
the deceased's father that on Sunday afternoon he
loaded a single-barrel gun belonging to Mr. Pratt,
for the purpose of sheeting some crows which in-
fested the Marley. He discharged the gun once,
and then reloaded it, and Wt It on the bottom
of a cart in the hovel at the baok of the
farm, with the exploded cap upon it. There
was no one about at the time. He did not
put a fresh cap on it, lest any of Mr. Pratt's
children or the deceased, who were about the yard,
should happen to lay hold of it, He intended using
the gun again when lw had finished milking. He
went to his work, and in a short time after, while
he was talking to Miss Pratt, he heard the report
of a gun across the yard, and they both ran to
see what was the matter. They found the gun
whit* hp had plaeed in the part leaning against the
wall of the coal-house, and on going inside witness
found the do eased lying there, The deceased said,
" Father, Henry has shot me," meaning Mr. Pratt's
son, who is also about eleven years old, Witness
lifted him up, and finding him seriously wounded
ran off for a surgeon, When he gat back he
found his son had died. Witness' asked Mr,
Pratt's son how he came to fetch the gun out of
the cart, and he replied (f I knew you would not
leave it there if it was charged, and so I put on a
cap, and was gofug to shoot at the thatch, when it
caught the door and went off." The deceased and
Henry Pratt, were on the best of terms, and very
fond of each other. Mr. William Targett, surgeon,
said he was sent for to M. Pratt's, and found the
deceased lying on the pavement against the coal-
house ; he was complaining of pain in his
bowels. Witness had him removed on a bed,
and on examining him, found a gunshot
wound over the region of the left kidney. The
deceased only lived half-an-hour after he was re-;
moved. The following voluntary statement was made
by Mr. Pratt's son :--" I was in the staoluard last
night, and saw the deceased come out from his
supper, and he got upon a wall in the coal house,
and between it and a pigstye, to look for some eggs.
I saw the gun standing in the corner behind the
coal house door which had been struck off, and I
put another on to fire it at the thatch to frighten
the birds out, not knowing the gun was loaded.
The deceased turned round and said, Yes, I thought
about doing so at the thatch,' and he then began to
look among the straw again for eggs, and on raising
the gun it went off, and I knew the report was
louder than what a cap would make, and I dropped
the gun and ran away. I did not know that he was
hit till my sisters, who are younger than me, began '
to hoot out and call his father. I had let a gun off '
twice before, but only with a very small charge in
to frighten the crows. I used to go about with '
Fowkes shooting, and so I carried a few caps. I
never saw the gun in the cart." Verdict, accidental
death.—Leicester Journal.