The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-17 00:00:00

words that he had a speech ready, that h e was dis- THE CAVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, JUNE 4. Sunday last; for the first time in two months, was a quiet day in New York. There were no second, third, or fourth editions of the newspapers hawked about Broadway by the vociferous and extortionate young Celts of the Green Isle who monopolise this branch of business, and bawl themselves house with the news of defeats and victories. Pezple were dis appointed, and went to bed wi'sis the feeling that they had been defrauded of their usual stimulant. But the few who remained up till 11 o'clock were rewarded for their vigilance by the well-known cry of Young Ireland, announcing a " great victory by General Ms‘Clellan over the rebels at Richmond." The detssils were very meagre, but Monday brought Allies , particulars in the shape of the official despatch from General M'Clellan to the Secretary of War, dated " the Field of Battle, Sunday, June 1, 12 o'clock." The battle took place on the previous day, on the banks of the Chickahominy, the attaek having been commenced by the Confede rates. General M'Clellan admits it to have been desperate and bloody ; stigmatises one division of his army under General Casey as having given way unaccountably and, " disunitedly," and ends by claiming a great victory. The Confederates no doubt claimed the victory also, and with as good reason, for, like the battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing ; it left both armies as they were in respect of position—both damaged, and both ready to renew the struggle on the following day, to take and to retain Richmond. On Sunday accordingly the fight Was renewed by the Confederates, and according to General M'Clellan they were everywhere repulsed, with a loss which he declares to have been heavy in his own army, and " enormous " in that of the enemy, but which subsequent despatches reduce to 300 slain upon his side, and 1,200 of the Confederates left dead upon the battle-field. During the whole of the • engagement on Sunday morning Professor Lowe's balloon hovered over the Federal lines at an altitude of about 2,000 feet, and maintained success ful telegraphic communication with Gen. M'Clellan at his headquarters. It is asserted that every move ment of the C o nfederate armies was distinctly visi ble, and instantaneously reported. lip to the time of the departure of the steamer for Liverpool no news has arrived of any re newal of the fight, so that the " great victory " resolves itself for the present into a great skirmish, in which, according to Federal accounts, the Con federates had the worst of it ; but which has not resulted in any decided advantage to the victors. Richmond still remains unassailed, and protected by an army which General M'Clellan admits to be superior in numbers to his own, but which is asserted to be, and mssibly is, demoralised and discouraged, and P;cpare that the ultimate capture or surrender osl' the city is but a question of a few days. Suet is the intense interest excited by the fate of Richmond--near or remote—that all other war news, however important, dwindles into insignifi canoe compared with it. The rapid and suc cess f u l march of General Fremont a hundred miles across the mountains of Western Virginia to the support of General Banks would at any other time have filled the country with delight, but is now passed over almost unnoticed. General Fremont came up with the Confederates under Gen. Jackson within five miles of Strasburg on Sunday, and endeavoured to force an engagement, but Jackson declined the offer or the opportunity, and continued his retro grade movement, leaving Fremont to occupy Stras burg unopposed. It seems probable that the result of this achievement—the only one of which Fremont has yet been able to boast, will be his junction with Banks, the re-occupation by the Federals of the whole valley of the Shenandoah, and the capture of Jack son's army; the same that so scared Washington and the whole North only eight days ago. Next to the battle of the Chickahominy, the evacuation of Corinth by General Beauregard con tinues to excite in the highest degree the wonder and speculation of the public. It is not believed that Beauregard was confrontea by an enemy so much more powerful than himself as to render his further occupation of the place utterly hopeless, or 1 even that his provisions failed him to such an extent as to make a retrograde movement imperative, but that the great object of gaining time, and of driv ing the war into July and August, when Northern men are liable to worse diseases in a southern cli mate than lassitude, listlessness, and exhaustion,was the main motive of his masterly movement. Mas terly it must be considered, for he was engaged for more than a fortnight in carrying it into effect -without exciting the smallest suspicion on the part of the enemy whose outlying pickets were on speak ing terms with his own; and he took away nearly everything that he needed—stores, ammunition, pro visions, letters from the post-office, invalids from the hospital —everybody, in fact, who desired to go away, and left behind him only the dogs of the camp and a few women and old men who were too infirm or too indifferent to follow his army. General Halleck has been completely foiled. He had not the remotest notion up to the moment that Corinth was occupied by his own army that he would not have to fight one of the most obstinately bloody battles of the war; when, as with the stroke of har lequin's wand at a pantomime, the foe retreated, no one knows whither or for what purpose. It will perhaps take General Halleck three months after finding out the place to invest the new position as be did the old. And in the meantime no one knows what may happen, what Cholera or Yellow Fever may have done, or whether at the last moment Beauregard may not make another retreat into Texas, where it wiil be difficult to follow him. The part played by the Southern women in the war has often been remarked. General Butler, at New Orleans, has found it difficult to deal with t, 144 731; and has only made bad worse by his blun dering attempt to punish the spiteful enmity *which he could not prevent. A more powerful Person than General Butler—the President him self, ha s not been more fortunate in his efforts to control the It , ntrollable tongues of a few fair rebels; b u t h e 1 4 1 ° ladiesavoided the General's blunder and punished without calling them bad names or forgettingtrhset his own position was that of a gentleman. A of tair durance and some others, a. l o ng held in kind uranee and surveillance at Washington , to the great discomfort of every one who had anything to o with them, were politely expelled the city last week,lua! (-talent:tea nudv. proper escort to Balti more, where theywere set at liberty, with a cautio n to be discreet;their gut, havingmuch zeal and no discr etion theymaden theirt r i nmp h. Having a whole host of sy mpathisers amid the belles of Maryland, they took care to l et their arrival be promulgated by the busy voice o f fashion. The result was that they held a great re ception all day, and were visited by everybody who thought himself or herself worthy of being thought anybody; and that in the evening they were serenaded by a band that did not play " Yankee Doodle," " Hail, Columbia," " The Star-spangled Banner," or any other tune that is supposed to express or to represent the - martial ardour or national patriotism of the North. The hideous enmity of the North against the South, and we versa, has risen to such a pitch that scarcely any one in either section of this once great and free Republic dares to breathe a word in favour of peace. Millions may secretly prey for it, but so great is the dread felt by prominent men of the excited public opinion which raves and roars around them that few have courage to utter what many thousands feel. There has, perhaps, been more courage in this respect in Congress than any where el se ; f or if a f ree th oug ht —even should it be an unwelcome, or unpopular one—cannot be spoken in that Assembly ' the liberties of the United States are al rea d y at an end • but even in Congress one of the representatives of city of New York, the Hon, Benjamin of W it is alleged, o d , a po p ular man, and re-electioncer tain, whbn his term ex pires, is so doubtful ofb . his reception that he prefers to print his thoughts rather than to speak them. He had written out, and was prepared to deliver, an elaborate argument in favour of conciliation, but, mistrusting the temper of his auditors and the per sonal reception he might meet if he ventured to stand up in his place and speak of peace, he ow , . tented himself by inform in g the h ouse in Cs inclined to speak it, and that he requested permis sion to have it printed and circulated among the debates of Congress. The request, which is quite proper and Parliamentary in Washington, though somewhat unusual, was at once granted, and the document has been given to the public and circu lated extensively in New York, especially among the hon. gentleman's constituents. It is a feature of the tyrannous public opinion of the time that not one of the daily journals has deemed it expedient to bestow a word of comment upon it, either in the shape of approval or of condemnation. The docu ment is a very remarkable one, and is creditable to the courage and patriotism as to the ability of its author. As a disclosure of the unspoken sentiments Of thousands of meu, who only await the opportu nity to break silence, it has importance here, and may have some interest in Europe. After depre cating any interference with the slave question, or any aggravation of sectional differences of opinion, and earnestly calling upon men of all parties to do their best to heal existing acrimonies, and restore a free Government, Mr. Wood continues :-- "There may be a craving for martial glories in the hearts of men, and an instinct of contention which we share in common with the brute creation. But if ever there can be a time when a more Chris tian impulse should possess our souls it is now; now, when the triumph and consciousness o f s t rength g ive us the noble privilege of extending the hand of conciliation without fear of degrad a ti on, or of self reproach for cowardice. If adversity has been our excuse for sternness, let suc cess b e our p l ea f or magnanimity. Providence has placed within the reach of the North a greater triumph than count less armed legions could conquer ; the triumph of subduing a brave enemy with a generous and mer ciful policy that will disarm resentment and re kindle the old brotherly flame that perhaps is not yet totally extinct. For, after all, thoy are our brothers, and some softening of the stern Roman rigour which our rulers have assumed is due to that brotherhood which by untimely severity may be cancelled for ever. There are gentlemen who will say that the South must be subdued; that every armed Southerner must throw down his weapon and sue for mercy. Should a freeman ask so much of his brother-freemen ? Would they be worthy of companionship in our fraternity, being reclaimed at such a sacrifice of manly feeling ? What would you have them do ? Would you have them crouch and cringe and strew their heads with ashes and kneel at your gates for readmission ? They are Americans, and will not do it. No, though Roanoke and Fort Henry and Fort Donelson should be re enacted from day to day through the lapse of bloody years, they will not do it, Give them some chance for an honourable return, or you will wipe out every chance, and the two sections will be twain for ever. You may link them to each other with chains, and pin their destinies together with bayonets, but at heart they will be twain for ever. They are the ' children of the same heroic stock, the joint inheri- tance with ourselves of the precious legacy of free dom ; and it seems a sacrilege and an insult to the memories of the past that so many, Sir, should sit in your presence here to-day to goad them on to desperate resistance, and so few—alas ! so very few—to mediate and restrain. Of those few I thank my God that I am one." It is a pity such noble words were not actualy spoken to the Assembly they were intended to con vince. Mr. Wood was equally eloquent and was possibly prophetic in the picture he drew of the fate of the American Union, should no friendly sword in Europe cut the knot of the difficulty which the North refuses to untie. " Is it possible," he asked— , " That gentlemen can hope to reconstruct the Union by pursuing a policy of unrelenting severity? Can they expect to re-establish concord and brotherly love by pushing hostilities to the extreme verge F What is the Union worth without mutual respect and reciprocated amity to bind the sections? What ! a Union of unwilling States, driven into companionship at the point of the bayonet, and held there hereafter by military power ! Such a Union would not be worth the shedding of one brave man's blood. We want their hearts, or we want them not at all. And we cannot conquer hearts with bayonets, although they 'should outnumber the spears of Xerxes. U not brought back by negotia tion, they are gone from us for ever. To conquer them may be possible. To slay their soldiers, lay waste their lands, and burn their cities may be within our power. But to hold them in subjection, having conquered them, would in itself be a final repudiation of the first principle of Republicanism. Prosecute this war until you have established the necessity of holding a subdued section in subjeciiiii, and the world will look in vain for a Republic on the western hemisphere." Nor is the peroration the least striking part of the warning voice that Mr. Wood raises in the ears of his countrymen : " When the Executive hand, for the first time in our history, was interposed between the citizen and his rights, the germ was planted of a danger mightier than rebellion in its most gigantic phase; for I believe encroachments by an Executive to be in itself rebellion against the only sovereignty I acknowledge—the majesty of the people. I believe each step towards absolutism to be more fatal to the welfare of the Republic than any possible act within the power of the citizen to conceive and execute. I will resist every grasp that may be made upon an attribute of sovereignty not hereto fore acknowledged to the Chief Magistracy ; for reason and instinct, no less than the fearful ex amples that history has furnished from the ashes of republics, teach me that the first step, unchecked , will not be the last, but only the precursor of those giant strides by which, over the necks of betrayed freemen, ambitious men have mcunted to a throne. We want a Union, Sir, of Sovereigns, not of subjects. And that our Government shall extend over a vast area to me is of less moment than that it should be purely, and strictly, and unequivocally Republican, at all times and under all conditions." Mr. Wood is right, though his countrymen lag far behind him. This is the view of matters that all men not blinded by passion have long since taken —the view of all the impartial and clear-sighted observers abroad, who owe the Union no allegiance, but who wish it well, and would regret to see so fair an experiment of liberty as it once seemed ruined for ever by the madness of a moment. The time has not yet come when Americans may speak out ; but it may come sooner than is generally 1,....,:,&...a. The position of the " irrepressible negro" is ever thrusting itself upon public attention. The war has been ostensibly commenced on his behalf, and the rights and wrongs of poor Sambo, who seems personally to care very little about the matter, or, if he have any likings at all, seems to like his Southern master better than his Northern friend, are continually canvassed by angry patriots, the greet bulk of whom wish most devoutly that there wer e no neoes the eme eo mass of tile anywhere except Northern people do not care a straw for were they ZZ, 0 11 of the blacks in the South, and t free. to-morrow would commence a social crusadwen sit them if they turned their faces northwards , of which the result might be m ore awful to the race than the slavery to which the South has doomed it eiav ery and should all that they All that the Northern people have hitherto desired, de sire even now , is that owt are ith alarm made r ln% .They look be confined w ithin its existing limits. a nd disgust at all the propositions tha from time to time by the Abolitionists for the slaves against their m a sters, and with a di sap_ g proval at the more mod erate p ro posal of enroli regiments of free blacks to servo under Tie --- ( 01ellai e and Halleck, or wherever else they might be m a d e useful. If they entertain at all the idea of armi ng the slaves, it is only to put it aside as premature-- a thing not to be thought of except as an expedient to be reserved for the last extremity of national peril; and only to be adopted even then with re pugnance and a deprecation of the wor ld's unfa vourable judgment th a t th e y should resort to so desperate an expedient. But, although this is the present feeling of the North, the popular passion for conquest grows so much fiercer as the war widens, that the minor Proposition of arming the free blacks is not received with the same disfavour as before, and has at last found supporters in the Council Chamber of the President, klor the last THE SUN LONDON, TUESDAY, EVENING, JUNE 17, 1862. month it has been rumoured that a black brigade, destined for service in Virginia, was in process of secret organisation in this city, though nobody knew the place of rendezvous or the white men who were at the head of the movement. It turns out that the rumour was correct ; that the Black Brigade, or Regiment, numbers already about 800 men ; and is to be commanded by a white colonel and white captains. But among the many peculiarities of this war, not the least remarkable is the erro neous estimate which the North has formed of the Southern negroes—individually and in the aggregate. It has scarcely entered into the calcula tions of any one that, if black armies are raised to support the Federal cause, they may be opposed by black armies in support of the Confederates, and that black may fight as deperately against black as white is fighting against white in this unnatural contest. The Southern people allege that they are certain of the attachment and honesty of their slaves ; and the Northern generals are for the most part so distrustful of the fidelity of the negroes that bring or pretend to bring information to their camps of the movements of the enemy that they discourage their visits, disbelieve their statements, or treat them either as spies or prisoners. Ninety nine people out of a hundred, whatever may be the colour of their skin, take their opinions from the mass around them. The Northern negroes are for this reason Federals ; the Southern negroes are for the same reason as decidedly Confederates. A pro position which was first made in a Richmond jour nal for the immediate levy of a negro army of 10,000 or 20,000 men, to oppose either the "Yan kee niggers" that may be brought into the field or the Yankees themselves, has met with the general approval of the South. if such an army were raised, and commanded by white Confederate officers, it is the opinion of the Abolitionists here that it would strike for its own freedom and for that of its race, or desert on the battle-field. But is not this opi nion founded in misconception of the negro charac ter ? Hitherto the whole experience of the war supports the view that, as a rule, the Southern negro is warmly attached to his master, and that he would not only obey his orders with the utmost faithfulness and docility, but fight for him to the last extremity. And should the war last for another year, or be protracted far into the present summer, it will not surprise those who know the negro character best to learn that not 20,000 negroes only, but 100,000 have been enrolled in the South, and that they will hate the " Yankees" quite as intensely as their masters do, and fight against them with as much determination. A FRENCHMAN'S ACCOUNT OF THE EXHIBITION. The Ultramontane journal, the Monde, has an article from the pen of M. X. de Fontaines on the Exhibition, occasioned by the manner in which, as he says, French products are disposed of at the Exhibition:— bition " The jealous meanness of the English has refused it space, and in this respect France is .undeniably the worst off. The finest glass cases have hardly a little space between them, which makes it difficult to move, and cuts off the view of the masterpieces of art which they contain. The objects of British art in precious metals, which are mere caricatures in many instances, are allowed a vast space, that people may admire their wretched execution, while the productions of our own artists, whose finish, elegance, and distinction are known, are thrown together in a bazaar without air or light. All is given with regret as to one's enemy, whom one receives against his will. Received in France with the politeness and urbanity which characterise our country, the English wish to appear in the eyes of strangers our superiors, by thus treating us with an indifference and carelessness of which one can have no idea. They fear France, and pro fess for her an antipathy which nothing can hide. We are their rivals until such time as they force us to become their enemies. What will be the end of it ? Time will take upon itself to answer. Meantime they profit by us in their own country, and, what is worse still, they do it also in ours." Such, the Monde observes, are the impressions of the whole of the visitors to the Exhibition, not merely 'French, but foreigners. Yoliteness, good behaviour, hospitality, are qualities unknown on the banks of the Thames." It was not for the general interest that nations were convoked to this great industrial meeting, but merely "to show to the world their resources and their products, and to do business. It was, therefore, quite natural to shut as much as possible the Great Exhibition to the only people from whom they feared compe tition." Finally, the Monde observes— " What passes in London should not astonish people. We will say more—people must have ex pected it. But what does astonish as is, that a nation like France allows herself to be treated so unceremoniously. What was the good of appoint ing Commissioners and sending them to London to represent our country and defend our interests P It was worth while, forsooth, to get a bazaar without air, without space, without a seat, and often without light !" BURSTING OF THE FLEET DITCH. 7'HE CORONERSHIP FOR MIDtTESEX. Yesterday a special meeting of the magistracy of the county of Middlesex was held at the Sessions house, Clerkenwell, to consider the assignment of one of the districts of the county to any one holding the office of coroner in the county. Mr. POWNALL, the chairman, having stated the reasons for his having called the special meeting, which was one of no inconsiderable importance, said that in 1839, on the death of Mr. Stirling, he moved that the county should be divided with respect to the office of coroner ; but the authorities did not think it necessary, and subsequently a bill was brought into Parliament and passed, by which coro ners were empowered to appoint deputies, and thereby the freeholders were ousted of their right of election. If the labours of the office were such that it was necessary to appoint a deputy, who received but a small salary to perform half or more of the duties, what stronger proof could be adduced as to the desirability of division of the district ? Mr. Wakley, with all his zeal, talent, and experience, had to appoint a deputy, and that showed the ne cessity of a division of the district. The division would be highly conducive to the interests of the public, and he felt bound to express his gratitude for the gracious compliance with the memorial of the Court, and also his obligations to the Lords of the Privy Council for the ready attention that had been paid on his visits to them in reference to this mat ter. The opinion of the law officers of the Crown, the Attorney and Solicitor-General, had been taken, and they considered that the Court could Snot assign a division to Mr. W. J. Payne, Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, as a coroner for the county. The writ could not be issued until the Court had done something, and it was therefore to determine what course to take. The Coronership of the Eastern Division of the county was, on the motion of Mr. Armstrong, se conded by Mr. Bateman, assigned to Mr. John Humphreys. A memorial from Mr. J. Payne, Coroner for the Duchy and Liberty of Lancaster, asking, as one of the coroners acting in and for the county, to be appointed to one of the sup -divisions, was laid before the Court. Mr. PAYNE was allowed to speak in support of his memorial. He said the question lay in a mere nutshell, and it was whether the Court could not, under the sth section of the Act, assign one of the vacant divisions to a person holding the office of coroner in the county, and he contended that, though he held his office by letters patent from the Crown, as coroner for the Duchy and Liberty of Lancaster, he was a coroner for the county in the true meaning and construction of the Act, and the Duchy was part of the county, therefore he was a coroner of the county, If he was not a county coroner, why were his fees paid out of the county rate ? They were not paid out of the revenue of the Duchy. The CHAIRMAN said it appeared to him that Mr. Payne could not be recognised as a coroner of the county. Mr. PAYNE said, not as a county coroner, but as a person holding the office of coroner within the county, he made his claim; and by the words of the Act the term " county" co mprehended " liber ties, divisions," &e. He maintained , ther e f ore, tha t he was one of the coroners of the county. He thanked the Court for having heard him. After some discussion, the following resolutions were submitted - to the Court, and approved: — Proposed by Mr. Alderman PHILLIP S, and se conded by Mr. HARVEY LEWIS, That Mr. Payne's memorial having been read, with the opinion of the Attorney and Solicitoz-General, re solved, that Mr. Payne not being a coroner of the county within the meaning of the Act of Parlia ment, this Court has no power to assign to him either division of the county to act as coroner in either of such divisions." Captain MORLEY proposed, seconded by Mr. FAULCONER—" That, acting on the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, the application of Mr. Payne for a district to be assigned to him be re fused." That resolution, Captain Morley said, would bring the matter to an issue, as Mr. Payne could apply for a mandamus. On the motion of Mr. H. LEWIS, M.P., seconded by Mr. ARMSTRONG, it was resolved, "That a copy of the case submitted to the Attorney and Solicitor- General, together with their opinion, and a copy of the resolution of the Court should be forwarded to the Lord Chancellor, with a letter from the Court." There being no other business to dispose of, the Court adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—June 16. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in 13ftnco, before Lord Chief Justice Erle, and Justices Williams , Willea, and Byles.) HENNEDYV.BROUN AND WIFE-TILE SNVINFEN CASE, This case was partlyheard on Thursday last. The plaintiff, a barrister, had acted as professional ad viser of Mrs. Swinfen in reference to the suit in which her title to the Swinfen estate was estab lished, and in other matters, and he now claimed to recover £20,000 upon an " account stated" be tween them, the account being based upon the services which the plaintiff had rendered. At the trial he recovered a verdict for the £20,000, but the question now was whether a rule should be made absolute to enter a verdict for the defendants, or for a new trial. Mr. Kennedy appeared in person to show cause, and Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Field to support the rule. Mr. Kennedy, in continuing his argument, said that it was necessary to the understanding of the case that he should enter into the previous history of it. It had been alleged that he in the first place introduced himself into the case, and that the de fendant having been anxious at one ti me t o ac c e pt the compromise which was offered to her, he strongly urged her to resist it, and expressed great anxiety to undertake the case gratuitously, and in fact—to use an ex pression of the adverse counsel—that he had "i nsinua ted " himself into the case. Then, again, all promise of remuneration which he had deposed to had been distinctly denied. It was admitted that he rendered service, suc h as it was , but that having received £162, the co s ts allowed them from the other side, there was nothing now duo to him. It had been alleged that he induced the defendant to come up to London in order to obtain a deed from her, and that having got her there, he requested her to give him a grant of the reversion of the estate, for the purpose of his borrow ing £2,000 ; and that when she objected t o thi s , because she might die in debt, and leave nothing to her relations, he proposed that two sums of £lO,OOO should be excepted from the grant —one amount for her debts, and the other for her relati ons . Sh e sa id that, overcome by his importunities, she executed the deed; in fact, that he obtained it upon this fraudulent pretence, and that a long time after, and when she was going to be married, and demanded it back, he refused to give it up. It had been alleged likewise that he made a fraudulent attempt to obtain a will from her at the same time. Of course these were very serious charges , and if they were true, then instead of standing there h e ought to ha v e stood in a court with a different jurisdiction. nut, how ever, no such proceedings were taken against him ; and he distinctly refused to give up the deed, main taining that it had been honestly given as a reward for services rendered. He was himself the person who sought redress ; and he said this because one would be led to judge from the numerous attacks which had been made upon Lim in the newspapers and elsewhere that he was a sort of criminal against whom proceedings had been taken, instead of being a plaintiff seeking his own rights in a court of law, instead of being himself the party aggrieved and injured. He should be able, without the least diffi culty, to show that there was not the slightest foun dation for any one of these pharges ; whilst, on the other hand, he was prepared to prove that the de fendant 'who made them herself committed at least 20 pieces of perjury, for each of which she might be convicted, This was perjury not proved by his evi dence but by her own letters, and by evidence. He thought that when they considered the whole of the circumstances under which the false charges had been made against him, their lordships would think that he should be failing in his duty to the public if— The Lord Chief Justice wished to be allowed to draw the attention of the learned counsel to this ; that the present rule involved the discussion of a legal point, and the attention of the court was en tirely removed from any question of fact. They took it to be found by the jury that the evidence Mr. Kennedy gave was true; but notwithstanding its truth the question of law was raised, whether a count upon an account stated could be held to give him a right to support the verdict. As to a new trial upon the ground that the verdict was against the evi dence, that was entirely ancillary to the question of law, and turned upon this, whether the jury could find the substratum for an account stated. The question, therefore, as to the credit due to the state ments of the opposite party would be irrelevant to the question to which their minds were directed. Mr. Kennedy said that the counsel for the defen dant brought before the attention of this court divers pieces of evidence tending to prejudice his charac ter very gratuitously in the opinion of the court. First he referred to a letter written by m (Mr. Kennedy) about Lord Chelmsford and Sir C. Cress well, and he distinctly said that that letter was read to show his character as a witness as contrasted with that of the defendant. Tho Lord Chief Justice repeated that he had his mind concentrated upon the question that he had to answer by his judgment. He was very well aware of the extreme importance of observations as to character, but for the practical result of the argu ment the learned counsel would bear in mind what he had just said as to the point upon which their minds were concentrated. Mr. Kennedy was anxious to explain the letter which he had written. He regretted altogether having written that letter, but at the same time it was capable of explanation, and certainly it did not lie in the mouth of the defendant to impeach him upon account of having written that letter, and of the proceedings which he took against those emi nent persons at her instigation. He would now proceed to unfold the original contract entered into and which was the foundation of these proceedings. Casting aside the statements of the defendant upon that point which were disbelieved, he would state what, according to his evidence and the letters of the lady herself, was the true story. In the begin ning of April, 1865, he was staying at his cousin's house at Shenstone, three miles from Lichfield, and on coming out of church on Sunday morning he met Mrs. Lechrean, a friend of the defendant, and she requested him to go and see the defendant,who was in a sad way in consequence of what had taken place at Stafford. Not a single word had been said by him to her previously; and his daughter had been at Mrs. Swinfen's house twice before, therefore be would have had no difficulty in pushing himself into the case if he had desired to do so. His reply was that he would go to Mrs. Swinfen's if invited, and having been invited he went,, and was asked by Mrs. Swinfen as to the power of counsel to compro mise a suit. He said that he thought that counsel had no such power, but he dissuaded her from pro ceeding. She requested him to see her attorney, Mr. Simpson, with whom he happened to be intimately acquainted. In two or three days he called upon Mr. Simpson, who showed him some opinions that the compromise was binding, but he asked him to look into the law upon the subject for him as a friend. He did not again go near the lady, but a fortnight after he sent Mr. Simpson a long opinion upon the question whether counsel had power to compromise. He never saw the lady again until the 9th August, nor did he communicate with her upon the subject at all until after the argument in this court upon the first rule for an attachment upon 11th June. The lady then wrote to him, and he simply wrote to her in answer, saying that he was sorry for what had taken place, and that he sup posed she would acquiesce in it, and being about to have some private theatricals in about a fortnight, he said that he should be glad to see her, and that some ladies were coming from her own neighbour hood. He thereupon received from her this letter on the 20th June, "You see by the decision of Jus tice Cresswell and the other two judges that the infamous compromise at Stafford is made binding. If I now find that they can only take my person and not touch my property, to prison I will go rather than submit to the tyranny of unprincipled men. I am quite resolved on this point, and I hope in this case that good may come out of evil. The case will become too public then to be hushed up. My spirit is raised by the injustice done me, and I feel I can endure any privation in order to expose men, whose duty it was to uphold justice, instead of arresting the course of it. Mine is a hard battle, to fight alone with such men for my opponents, but my heart does not fail me. Many thanks for your kind offer, but lam afraid I cannot leave home." This showed her feeling, but he wrote advising her to submit, and she replied, expressing surprise that he should advise submission after giving the opi nion that counsel had no power to compromise. Afterwards she visited him at his house at Lea mington, on the 9th of August, and she then un folded to him a certain project of Mr. Simpson, which fact she did not admit in her evidence, though it clearly proved his case, that it was not he who was stimulating her to resistance. Mr. Simpson had conceived a project of a most insane descrip tion ; he advised her to go abroad in order to avoid the process of this court, to borrow £l,OOO from her friend Sir Henry Durrant, which was to be given to Mr. Simpson to carry on legal proceedings against the tenants. He conceived that he should be able to recover the rents, prevent the other side from getting an attachment, by which means he would wear out their opponents and defeat the compro mise • and this scheme she was about acceding to. He (Mr. Kennedy) at once said that it was absurd and mad, and told her that the Court of Chancery would stay the proceedings against the tenants, and that she would have to come back, would have to pay costs, and would be disgraced in the eye of the public. She stayed four days and talked about this project all the time, but he advised that she had much better accept the compromise than adopt the course suggested. The lady had a great deal of common sense, and he succeeded in persuading her that his course was the better one of the two. Be fore he left she told him that she should like very much that he should be her counsel, and that he should see Mr. Simpson. He promised to do so, but after she had promised 'to take his advice he was surprised to receive from her a letter a day or two afterwards, in which she said, " After two sleepless nights and also consulting some friends, I have come to the resolution to retire from the contest, and • to give up further resistance ; the reasons I will confide to you when I have the pleasure of seeing you. I have not come to this resolution without much thought and painful reflection." " Let my enemies enjoy, if they can, the possession so harshly and illegally got. God will, I hope, pro vide for me such happiness and enjoyment as my conscience can approve and be grateful for. I shall ever have the proud satisfaction of having done my duty to those who are gone." The Lord Chief Justice—The whole of this only show s in detail that you were appointed to act as her counsel and legal adviser. Mr. Kennedy—There were many other little things to show. In answer to that, he sent his daughter over with an envelope containing only the word " pause." He received a reply thanking him, and saying, " My proud spirit revolted at the mere thought of being made an easy victim of treachery and injustice ; but from an interview I have had with a friend, I am led to believe that if I go on I shall be ruined. I then asked myself if the dead could speak how far they would wish me to go on with the matter, and I fancy hearing them say, ' Stop here.' " He wrote her a letter, rebuking her for vacillation, and he believed that he told her there would be no harm in trying one motion in the Court of Chancery for an injunction; and in reply he had a fragmentary letter, in which she said that she never looked for any other benefit than to ex pose Sir F. Thesiger's conduct, and to correct the many erroneous reports circulated at different times in the papers; and this done, she felt that she could take leave of the place calmly and without grief, where she had suffered so much pain as well as ex perienced so much pleasure. He called attention to this because he had been accused of having driven her into proceeding against Sir F. 'Thesiger; and one of her charges was that he was continually ask ing her to leave her home; whilst, in fact, she was constantly saying that she desired to leave the place. In her letter she also expressed some want of con fidence in the " pilot who steered her bark," and when he asked her to explain,. this she said that a friend had told her that Mr. Simpson was a vindic• tive man, and that if she did not act accord ing to his opinion he would ruin her. He (Mr. Kennedy) treated this as absurd, and afterwards he had an interview with Mr, Simpson, who fully agreed with him in what he suggested. On the 10th of September she wrote saying that ' she intended to make an application to the Court of Chancery, and wishing him to act as her leading counsel; and in a subsequent letter she complained of Mr. Simpson's delay, and desired to have some superior person in the case. It was in consequence of what she and Sir Henry Durrant said that he was induced to make the absurd charge against Sir C. Cresswell and Lord Chelmsford, which he now so deeply regretted, because it was founded on falsehood. He had written to Lord Chelmsford expressing his regret. The lady stated that Lord Chelmsford said to her, at the private in terview at Stafford, that he had a communication from high quarters that t he case w as going against her, and she had better save something from the wreck ; and he must say that if Sir C. Cresswell had said so, and Sir F. Thesiger had acted on it, it would have been an illegal act on the part of both. He said to her, "This is a very serious charge—is there confirmation of it ?" and she replied that Sir H. Durrant and Mr. Cole had heard it. He had Sir H. Durrant brought up to town expressly to see whether he would confirm this statement, and he said it was true; and he (Mr. Kennedy) then advised that the matter should be brought forward as a substantive matter, impeaching the validity of the contract. He could look their lordships in the face and say that he believed he acted honestly, and did his duty as counsel, when having a state ment made to him by his client, whom at that time he believed to be a virtuous and highly honourable person, and having her affidavit confirmed by Sir H. Durrant. The question was whether, believing these statements, he was to shrink from supporting them because they were denied by three eminent persons, and that question he had to consider sud denly, for their lordships knew that the affidavits of the three counsel were suddenly put into his hand whilst he was conducting the case in this court. The question was whether he should at once have said, " My client must have told a falsehood," or whether he ought at onee to have supported her statement. It must not be supposed that it was a plea surable thing for him to bring that matter forward and he did not know after all that he had brought forward in an indecorous or improper manner. He was quite sure that ho adverted to it with a good deal of reserve, but he submitted that if his client was to be believed he was bound to do what he did irrespective of persons. He would now refer to a letter which Mr. Macaulay had read, and ;awn which he made comments reflecting very severely upon his (Mr. Kennedy's) character. The Lord Chief Justice said if the statements had been made they passed by them " as the idle wind," for they, none of them, had any memory of them. His mind was entirely in the peaceful region of an abstract question of law. Mr. Kennedy would say no more upon that part of the case, though probably the statements had made more impression upon the reading part of the public than upon their lordships. He now came to the important part of the case, which related to the foundation of the contract, She had promised him remuneration, and she was going to do a great deal for him, and remunerate him amply thereafter, and this promise had been repeated on various occa sions. A good deal had been said about mainten ance and champerty, of which he was wholly igno • rant, and besides the plea of maintenance was aban. doned, and champerty was not even pleaded. He never made any contract to be paid in the event of success, though the lady promised to reward him for what he did, which she, however, denied, stat ing that he was to have nothing but the barren re ward of gratitude. While anxious to clear his character upon this point he, however, denied that the court had any power to ente r a verdict upon the plea, because no such power was reserved. The learned counsel entered minutely int o the evidence given at the trial, contending that it proved that there was a promise of remuneration, and yet after all that had taken place, it had been said, " Then you did not act disinte restedly," and the newspapers had taken up the parrot cry. It was folly to suppose that he was not to be remunerated, for who acted without it ?--not even the judges themselves; and indeed he would have been a fit inmate for Bedlam—and he had had almost enough to drive him there—if he had under taken to abandon his business and come to London to conduct this particular suit without any remune ration, The further hearing was adjourned. SURREY SESSIONS, June 16. ROBBERY AT EPSO➢i RACES. Henry Jones, aged 50, and Thomas Williams, aged 55, were indicted for stealing at Epsom an opera glass, the property of Mr. Alderman William Taylor Copeland. Jones pleaded guilty, and put in a written state ment that he had taken the glass through poverty and want. Williams was then placed at the bar, and the following evidence adduced : Mr. Alderman Wm. Taylor Copeland, M.P., said he was at Epsom races on the 4th of June, having a carriage on the Downs. The two prisoners were together, and he saw one of them take the glass out of the carriage. He collared them both just as one handed the glass to the other, who at once dropped it, and thereby the clasp was broken. He never lost sight of them. After some evidence and defence the jury found the prisoners guilty, and the Court sentenced them each to six months imprisonment. SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. About twelve o'clock on Sunday much alarm was caused by a sudden sinking of the earth in Victoria-street, close by the present termination of the new battering wall now being erected, for the purposes of the Metropolitan Railway, on the eastern side of the street This • sinking was im mediately followed by a flow of water into the side of the cutting and the low lying ground and adjoining alleys and streets, flooding a considerable portion of the works of the railway on the one hand, and submerging a large space of ground on the other. More than 30 feet of the roadway fell in in the first instance, and the sewer—the re- n owned "black ditch,"theFleet—being water-logged at the time from the heavystorm-water of the upland districts, and the tide not long before having been exceedingly strong, the brickwork gave way, and thus caused the catastrophe. Several of the basements of small tenements were instantly flooded by the rush of water, and amongst them those of Mr. Richardson, of the Coach and Horses publichouse, Mr. Warkley, baker, and other rowi.no Ray-street : all these small holdings being situate closely contiguous to the ancient bed of the Fleet-ditch, and built long before it was turned into the present channel under Victoria street. But it is to the works of the Metropolitan Railway that most damage has been done, it being estimated, proximately, after as full an inspection as could be obtained yesterday, that it will require a considerable sum to make good the disaster, the rush of water having retarded the works at one of the most important parts of the line, and flooded the whole of that portion lying between the work house in Coppice-row and the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-grecu. It being Sunday when the accident happened bnt few of the navvies were at work, but instant infor mation having been sent of the bursting of the sewer to the foreman and Messrs. Jay, 'the con tractors, a large body of men were shortly on the spot. Their first step was to set going the steam engine attached to the hydraulic pump, and to puddle round the whole of the sewer, other men being employed in raising barricades to prevent the too eager intrusion of the public. So soon as it was possible the pump was set to work to raise the mater from the line and the submerged properties, though but little progress was made until last even ing at a late hour, when no further danger was ap prehended. D iVte b m l p E e lt rs T parrs. 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Wm.Tempro, 21, a respectable-looking young man, u ntil recently a porter in the employ of the South -Western Railway Company, pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting Charlotte Phillips and Mary Ann Keetch, and maliciously wounding Wm. Barrett. The circumstances of this case may be fresh in the memories of our readers. The prisoner wes on the 14th of May a porter at the Ninenelms Station of the South-Western Railway, and in the middle of the day he,without the least provocation, attacked two married females one after the other in a very indecent way. He then made off towards the Brixton-road, and when any one attempted to stop him he made thrusts at them with an open knife. A man named Barrett stopped him in the Vassall road, when he stabbed him in the arm, but a nur seryman coming up he was secured and given into custody. Mr. Craufurd, M.P., who appeared for the pri soner, said he was instructed to say that he was a highly-respectable, young man, but of a weak con stitution. He had been two years and a half in the Dragoon Guards, from which he was discharged with a good character and a six months' pension. He afterwards entered the employment of the secre tary of the Berlin Water-works, and was recom mended by that gentleman to the railway company. His duties were to work all night, and on the morn ing in question, owing to its being wet, instead of going home, he was induced to go to a publichouse, where he drank on an empty stomach, and that ren dered him insensible of what he was about. Several witnesses were called, who gave him an excellent character. The Chairman observed that it was a very bad case, and had it not been for his good character and the slightness of the wound inflicted on Barrett, he should have punished him with the utmost severity of the law. The Court were determined to ¢ut a stop to the use of the knife ; therefore, taking all the circumstances into coneideration, he should sentence him to 12 months' hard labour. POLICE IN TELLIGEN CE.—June 16. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. — A LITERARY PARTY.—Mr. Wm. J. Prowse was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with assaulting Police-con stable Watson, A 299. Mr. Draper attended for the defendant. Police-constable Watson said between two and three o'clock on Sunday morning, while at the corner of Coventry-street, the defendant and seven or eight friends came towards him, all the party , being somewhat elevated by drink. The pri soner, who had a cigar in his mouth, said, " Bobby, give me a light," at the same:time giving him a push which forced him against the shutters. He told the defendant he did not carry a light, and referred him to an adjacent coffee-stall. The de fendant appeared irritated at not being furnished with a light, pushed him twice again, and was then taken away by his friends, one of whom took him by the shoulders and shoved him across the road, saying, " Let him be, policeman." He replied, " No ;" he had been assaulted, and he should take the defendant to the station-house." He followed the party, and took the defendant into custody. Cross-examined—Did not wish to be too hasty in taking the defendant. Had said to one of the de fendant's friends, " If you put your hand upon me I will take you also." Did not call any of the party " fools." Had said, in reference to an insult ing remark, that they were tom-tits. Had been four years in the force. Mr. Draper described the charge against the de fendant, a gentleman holding a high position on the press, as " infamous." The party had been to a ban quet at St. James's-hall, when one of them, the de fendant, was called a fool by the policeman merely for asking him for a light for his cigar. The assault would be negatived by respectable witnesses. Dr. Strauss, a literary gentleman, was with Mr. Prowse and friends. Heard Mr. Prowse say to some one, " Old fellow, give me a light." Turned round and heard a constable say, " Go away —you are a parcel of fools." Did not like to be called a fool—but, respecting authority, he followed the constable, and merely said ,he was not fit to be in the force—certainly not in the A division, and that he would have his coat off his back within a fort night, for he would report him to his superiors. The constable then said he (witness) had struck him. He denied this, and showed that he could not have struck him, as he had an umbrella in one hand and a carpet bag in the other. The constable then ran towards the defendant, who was with his friends, and said, " Then I'll take you, for you assaulted me first." After taking the de• fendant to the station-house, the constable came to the door and endeavoured to excite them to a breach of the peace by calling them fools. The defendant was quite sober, and witness, who was one of the stewards, was also sober. There were champagne and claret at his table, but no grog. To questions, by the constable, he replied he did not hear the constable direct Mr. Prowse to a coffee stall, nor did he see a coffee stall near. Mr. John Brough, journalist, heard the constable say he was not going to be pushed by a parcel of fools. Was rather ill at the time, but had touched nothing in the way of spirits, and was perfectly sober. The whole of the party were also sober. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Are not literary individuals as jovial as other persons ? Witness—Most certainly. I should be sorry if they were not. The defendant said the constable charged him with being drunk. The constable denied this ; he had said the de fendant was not drunk. Lyceumof had had twenty years' experienc e Theatredo London life: and never saw anything so un warrantable as the conduct of the constable. Mr. Bensley, Ludgate - h ill, heard the constable went up call them " fools," becau se the defendant to him, touched him on the breast, and said, "Here, old fellow, give me a li g ht. Mr. Jacobson , f orei g n correspondent, heard the when at the station - house door call p o li ce constable his party a parcel of Mr. Tyrwh itt said t e case was rathe r i nvo l ve d. A n umber of cle ver p eo p le who had b een enjoying fe h ols. themselves freely might possibly be a little merry in the streets. An assault was committed by the defen dant touching the constable on the breast. The constable did right in following the party, but the assault might be considered as having been con doned by the constable not taking the defendant at once into custody. The wit nes s Strauss had been ra ther lively in his rem ar k s , an d h a d spoken warmly t,42 the Quotable. The Quotable was Rim) right in taking the defendant into custody, but he thought defendant might have been discharged at the sta tion-house on his own bail. There uid not appear to be much hai m done, and therefore he should dis charge the defendant. CLERKENWELL.—SERIOUS ACCIDENT THROUGH FURIOUS DRIVING.—John Horrit, a cab• driver, badge 11,821, residing at 2, John's-place, Henry-street, Gray's-inn-road, was charged with being drunk, and furiously driving his horse and cab inpuildford-street, and damaging cab 2,527, throwing off Charles Wilson, the driver, and injury ing his hand and leg at the same time and place. Between twelve and one on Sunday morning the prisoner, who was the worst for liquor, was driving along at a most furious pace, and as the complainant was coming in the opposite direction he saw the danger and called to the prisoner. The prisoner took no notice but drove into the defendant's cab, upset him and the cab, and went over his hand and leg. The cab was also slightly damaged. The Prisoner said he was very sorry, and his master gave him an excellent character for sobriety. Mr. Barker fined the defendant 20s. and 10s. costs, which were paid. LAMBETH.—TIIE VICE OF GAMBLING. — The sitting magistrate, Mr. Elliott, was engaged on this as on most Monday mornings, for a conside rable timein disposing of charges of gambling during the hours of Divine service. The first prisoner called was George Collins, aged 19, who was charged with being in the company of a number of noisy and disorderly youths, and play ing at " pitch and toss" during the hours of Divine service on the morning before. Police , constable George Rogers said, that in eon sequence of the several complaints of the respectable inhabitants, he was engaged in plain clothes on the morning before to detect the gamblers. Having heard that there were a party engaged at tossing, he went into Salamanca-street, Lambeth, and there saw a number of persons and the prisoner in the act of tossing up a number of halfpence, and while he was engaged in picking them up he (witness) secured him. All the others at once took to their heels, and he was not able to secure any more of the party. In answer to a question from the magistrate as to what was known of the prisoner, the witness said. he was the constant associate of thieves and bad cha racters and never was known to do any regular work. The witness added that the language used by the party tossing when he made his appearance was of the most blasphemous and disgusting character. The prisoner attempted to deny the charge of gambling, and was convicted in a penalty of 7s. or seven days. Two other youths, named Hudson and Dale, were each convicted in a penalty of 55., or five days for a similar offence, THE FREAK OF THE YOUNG FRENCH LADY. Mdlle. de Latour, the young French lady who made her way to London disguised in male attire, appeared before the magistrates at Guildhall in their private room, where her father, and Mdlle. List, her aunt, were also in attendance. The latter having expressed her willingness to take her niece back, Alderman Besley said he would allow her to take her when she pleased, and asked her aunt if she had lost any money, as it had appeared that Mdlle. de Latour came away with 500 francs. Mdlle. List said—No; she had not lost any, for as they kept but one purse between them, Mdlle. de Latour had as much right to the money as she had. The gold watch she was wearing was her own. Alderman Besley, addressing the young lady, told her she was of an age to be able to choose for herself, and therefore asked her if she would return with her aunt, or go with her father ? Mdlle. de Latour, immediately clasping her au nt in her arms, said she would go back with her. Mdlle. List said the young lady and her brother had resided with her for the last 10 or 11 years, and she looked upon them as her own children. She expressed her heartfelt thanks to the alder man, to Mr. Jonas, and to the police, for the very great kindness shown to the poor child ,and the Baron de Latour, while evincing the deepest gratitude for the delicacy and consideration with which his daughter had been treated, said he hoped the English people would not think his daughter had been guilty of any other impropriety than the childish freak which had brought her to this country. Alderman Besley said the press had represented the matter hitherto in a very proper light, and he was sure care would be taken, in publishing the re suit of this extraordinary inquiry, to let the public know that there was no criminal charge against Mdlle. de Latour, and that although it had been. found necesssary to place her within the precincts of Newgate until she could be restored to her friends, the only object in so doing was to secure her from the many evils a young and unprotected girl would be subject to if cast loose in this great metropolis. She had had a narrow escape, and it was due to her to state publicly that from the moment she quitted her aunt's house, the whole of the time had been most satisfactorily accounted for, and she, therefore, returned to France without the slightest stain upon her character. COUN2.RI M.ARKEY S. ....•., 41,............. GLOUCESTER—JUNE 14. A moderate supply of wheat from the farmers, whieb, sold at an advance of is to 2s per qr on last week's prices. Foreign wheat in fair demand, and in some instances 6d per qr higher. Oats, beans, and peas were dull. Barley for grinding in good demand. COLCHESTER-JUNE 14. A week of wet and ungenial weather, which has damaged the appearance of the early wheat. To-clay there was a small supply of wheat at market; prices 2s per qr dearer. Spring corn dull at late values. Wheat, - white red 52s 56s middle & small.3Bs 42a Barley —s —s Peas, white 388 429 Oatq CHELMSFORD-JUNE 13. A more limited supply of wheat to-day, and the weather being unfavourable to the coming crop, most samples may be quoted is higher than last week. Trade dull. Spring corn at late rates. Wheat, old white 43s 54s new 42s 58s old red 42s 46s new 47s Ms Barley ..30s 398 Chevalier ..30s 42s Grinding ... .24s 32s Ma1t..... 61s 67s Chevalier ......,64s 698 Oats • 22s 29s Peas, Partridge 37s 410 White 398 42s Boiling 4ls 44s Dun 36s 40s Ditto new .. —s .--s Beans, Tick, old 348 393 'new 34s 393 Harrow Ticks 36s 42s new 36s 41s Mazagan 32s 40$ KIRKCALDY GRAIN.-JUNE 14. We had fair supplies to Zap of wheat, moderate of oats, and but trifling of barley. Sales ready for wheat, and at an advance of is to 2s per qr. Oats and barley at prices much the same as of late. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....42s Od 28sfld I 23s Od Second ..50s Od I 30s Od 24s Od Third.... 665 Od 408 Od 26s 6d TEE NORTHAMTONSHIRE RIFLE A SSO The third annual meeting of the corps connected with this association will take place on the Northampton racecourse on the 10th July. On the two preceding days there will bo rifle matches at Althorp-park, and on the Thursday after noon the battalion will be reviewed by the Marquis of Exe ter, the lord-lieutenant of the county. From the great popularity of the movement in the town, a large gathering is expected. BIRTHS. BURT.--On the 15th inst., at Littlecot, Streatham-common, Mrs. H. P. Burt, of a son. LONG.—At Dolforgan, Montgomeryshire, the wife of R. P. Long, Esq., M.P., of a son. WILSON.—On the 15th inst., at 16, Amhurst-road west, the wife of the Rev. J. Gilchrist Wilson, of a son, WYATTs—On the 15th inst., at Tottenham, the wife of S. Wyatt, of a son. MARRIAGES. FisirEß--LyCEY.—On the 14th inet., at Croydon, S urrey, Mr. Robert Fisher, of Friday-street, Loudon, and South Norwood, to Sarah Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. Thomas Lucey, of Kent House, Dagnall-park, Croydon, late of Bermondsey, Surrey. - - - - WATERS—RussELL.—On the 14th inst., at Dover, Chas. Waters, Esq., of West Dean, Seaford, Sussex, to Char lotto, fourth daughter of the late George Russell, Esq., Wilmington Hall, Kent. DEATHS. BECKETT.—On the 14th inst., Lieutenant Flowers Beckett, Royal Navy. He served under Lord Nelson in the battles of Copenhagen in 1801 and Trafalgar in 1805. HERRICK.—On the 13th inst., at Woodside, near Fur brook, Hants, Captain Edward Herrick, R.N., one of the last survivors of Trafalgar, aged 69. JEPHSON.-- On the 11th inst., in London, William Malone Jephson, Esq., Superintendent of Quarantine, Mother • bank, Isle of Wight, third son of the late Sir Richard , Monteney Jephson, Bart. KINNAIRD.—On the 14th inst., at Camp-street, Brou g hw ton, William Douglas Kinnaird, Esq., aged 48. LAVANOIIY.—On the 16th inst., at his father's house, 6 , New Burlington-street, after a few days' illness, John Francis Alphonse Lavanchy, Esq., of Paris, in the 37th year of his age. MAGNAY.—On the 13th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, Major m agma y, late Ist European Bengal Fusiliers. SCOTT.—On the 10th inst., very suddenly, at Wauchope, near Hawick, N. 8., Thomas Macmillan Scott, Esq., of Wauchope, Roxburghshire, aged 46. LoNnoN: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'DIE SUN Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of NjUlebezt—Tuetglay, June 17, 1862. (