The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-28 00:00:00

NEWPORT.

Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ;
lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s Od to 4s Od ; and pork, 38
10d to 4s 10d per Blbs.

BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
8d to 81d, of household do., 6d to 7id per 41b loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b to Gilb, 3d to 3td ; 641 b to 721 b, 31d to
3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 31c1 to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4id ;
881 b to 961 b, 4id to 5d ; 961 b to 10 Ilb, 5d to 51d. Horse
hides, 8s to Os Od ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od ; do. full,
6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 4s Od to 5s Od ; half-breds,
3s 4d to 3s 9d ; Downs, 3s Od to 3s 4d ; lambs, 2s 10d to
4s 6,1; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od.
HAY MARKETS.
SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od; clove,
do., £3 Ss to £6 Os; and straw, El 8s to £1 14s per load.
A slow trade.

CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £2 2s to £5 ss; clover
do., £3 5s to aOs and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
Both hay and straw sold slowly, at late rates.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clove/,
do., £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £ll4s per load,
Trade slow.

THIS DAY'S ShIPPING.

LONDON, Sept. 28.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Easterly; rather fresh breeze, with dull and cloudy
weather.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived—Aquia, from Caen ; Apollo, from Engleholm ;
Alexander, from Cronstadt ; Don Colino, from Guernsey ;
Sunshine, from Vyborg ; Henrietta, from Griefswald ;
Superior, from St. Valery ; Moseles, from Antwerp.
Sailed, Sept. 27.—Trident, steamer, for Touning ; Adlers,
steamer, for Bremen. _

Sailed, Sept. 28.—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed, Sept. 27.—H.M.5. Virago and Swallow, with
despatch vessel in tow, from Sheerness, for Plymouth.
Passed—Celt, of Newcastle, and Bride of London, from
the westward for London; H.M.S. Orpheus, from Sheer-
ness, for Portsmouth ; Black Prince brig, (supposed), from
Colombo, for London.

A MAN KILLED AT KING'S COLLEGE.—About a
quarter to 12 o'clock yesterday, some men were engaged
at King's College, Strand, at tie new building, in lifting
a large stone for the top flooring, when the great weight
of stone by some means fell on one of the workman
named Nixon. A cry was raised, and the men at work
with him ran to his assistance, when the poor fellow was
removed from under the stone, but quite dead. The un-
fortunate deceased was removed to the dead-house to await
an inquest.

CORN TO FRANCE.--Extract of a letter from
Paris, dated September 23 ;—" For your guidance, the
quantity of breadstuffs bought by France during the last
four months is calculated as follows :-3,000,000 hectolitres
in America; 4,000,000 in Black Sea ports ; 2,500,000 in
German and Prussian ports ; 1,690,009 in English ports ;
total, 11,000 000 hectolitres, or nearly 4,000,000 quarters.
WATER CHARGES IN LIVERPOOL.—The owners'
of offices in the town of Liverpool met yesterday, to consider
the charges for water imposed in accordance with an inter-
pretation recently given to the act by the Court of Queen's
Bench. Mr. W. Brown presided, and after several illus-
trations had been given of the exorbitant nature of the
charges, it was resolved to take legal measures to secure a
revision of the same.

Last year the then Mayor of Southampton,
Mr. Perins, had a silver cradle presented to him in cense.
quence of the birth of his daughter during his mayoralty.
The Southampto4 Town Council met yesterday for the pur-
pose of making arrangements for the presentation of a silver
cradle to Mr. Coles, the present mayor of that town, on
account of the birth of his daughter—au event which took
place a few days eine%