The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-23 00:00:00

IHE NAVE at The Himalaya, troopship, Capt. J. Seccombe, Portsmouth, is expected to proceed next to Canada with the remainder of the wives and families of the troops sent out to the colony during the recent alarm. As Capt. Seccombe is about to relinquish the command of this celebrated troopship, and as considerable discussion has within the past few years taken place in Parliament relative to the cost of the transport of troops, which discussion resulted in the appointment of a select committee to receive Evidence on the subject, and whose compendious re port was printed and laid on the table of the House of Commons in 1861, it is interesting to note the manner in which the Himalaya has performed her duties, and more especially their cost as compared 'with the price paid by Government for the transport of troops by hired steamships. Our space will only permit us to give the bare results, but it is necessary to observe that in the debtor and creditor account which has been kept against the Himalaya through out the whole period of het eommission the credit given to her for the conveyance of troops between England and any port has in no one case exceeded, and in most instances has been less than the price paid to private owners of steamships for the same work. In the debtor account against the ship every possible item has been charged against her, including pay and provisions for her officers and crew ; repairs to hull and machinery, and deterioration ; consumption of fuel, oil, &c., for the engine department ; interest of the original purchase-money, and insurance, wear and tear of rigging, &c. In fact nothing has been )eft unconsidered that could be fairly placed to the debtor of the account. For the year ending June, 1862, after allowing for all expenses, and taking credit in the way stated for the work done, the Himalaya's account shows a balance in her favour of £47,614 15s, This would give an average gain of £190,459 by the ship, as compared with private transport of the same number of troops during the four years that Capt. Seccombe has commanded the ship. Deducting from this sum the cost of the ship, £120,000, and £15,000 for new cylinders, the ship will be found to have cleared her original cost, paid all expenses, and, reckoning in her last ser- Tice to and from Corfu, Malta, and Gibraltar, to 'now show a balance in her favour of no less a sum than £64,183. The account for the four years' work, rot including her last voyage, would stand, as nearly as possible, as under :—Her total receipts for four Tears were £330,526 158., and total expenses for ditto, £140,067 13s. Bd. The Himalaya's gain would thus be £190,459 ls. 4d. If we deduct for the ship's first cost, £120,000, and for the cost of new cylin ders, £15,000, the balance in favour of the Hima laya to present date, exclusive of the last voyage, is £55,459 ls. 4d. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. the Hon. Chas. D. Tracey, to the Shannon, for gunn er y dutiJs;oh John C.Paget, n Jack, surg.- midshipman, to the Severw, superintendent, to the Ironsid, convict ship ; Wm. Vawdrey, Josh Milne, William Stretton, and William T. Searle, acting second-class assist.-en gineers, to the Cumberland, as supernumeraries ; John H. Woolward and John F. Barns, masters' assistants, to the Liffey; Edwin G. W. Hilliard, master's assistant, to the Lizard ; Henry E. Roy, assist.-Paymaster, to the Severn; Alex. G. Young, assist.-paymaster, to the Edinburgh ; Lewis G. Hodder, clerk, to the Severn ; and Stanley Wolfer ston, assist.43lerk, to the Severn. Mr. John L. E. de Whatteville and Mr. Arthur O'B. Ternan have been nominated to naval cadets. 7HE ARMY. The chartered troopship Middlesex, 1,191 tons, Capt. J. Camillell, belonging to Mr. G. Marshall, London, embarked the following reinforcements at Gravesend yesterday for Calcutta :-238 non-com missioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich; 16 non-commissioned officers and men of the 77th Regiment; 2 men of the 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers, and 1 man of the Indian army, from Chatham ; 23 non-commissioned officers and men of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, from Winchester ; 3 men of the 7th Hussars, from Maid atone ; 37 men of the 42d Royal Highlanders, and 21 men of the '79th Highlanders, from Stirling. The troops were embarked under the superinten dence of the officers of the Staff from Chatham Gar rison, and the Middlesex was to leave the Thames last night. The following troops also embarked on board the Newcastle, 1,275 tons, Capt. C. Wiltshire, for Calcutta—viz., 159 men of all ranks of the Royal Horse Artillery, 90 men of the Royal Artil lery, and 15 men of the 20th Regiment. The Conflict, 1,177 tons, Capt. R. Deus has been chartered by the Hon. Council of India, and will embark the following troops at Gravesend for Cal cutta :-178 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery ; 7 men of the Bth Hussars ; 70 non-commissioned officers and men of the 27th En ziiskillens, 29 men of all ranks of the 48th Regiment, 20 men of the 80th Regiment, and 7 men of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. The Blenheim, 1,400 tons, Capt. J. Atkinson, will embark 316 non-commis sioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery from Sheerness, at Gravesend, on Friday next, for Calcutta. The undermentioned of f icers and troops from the First Division of the depot brigade, Royal Artillery, have embarked for Calcutta in the St. Lawrence, 1,200 tons, Capt. J. Toynbee :—Capt. Sir W. Hamil ton, Lieut. H. A. Mackey, Lieut. R. Warburton, three sergeants, three corporals, three bombardiers, and 142 gunners. Yesterday the chartered East India troopship Vittoria, 873 tons, Capt. Tate, belonging to Messrs. Dunbar, which arrived in the Thames on Monday night, from Bombay, with detachments of cavalry, infantry, and Royal Artillery on board, landed her troops at Customhouse quay, Gravesend, when the time-expired men and the sick and disabled troops - were forwarded to Chatham garrison. The Vittoria sailed from Bombay on March 20th, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on May 18th ; touched at St. Helena on Ist ult., and left on the 3d; crossed the line on the 16th ult., and first sighted the Lizard on the 19th inst. The passage to Gravesend, including detentions, occupied 123 days. The troops brought home include 52 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal, Bombay, and Madras Artillery ; 3 men of tLe 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards; 6 men of the Enniskill en Dragoons ; 18 men of the 17th Lancers; 7 men of the Ist battalion Ist Royals; man of the Ist battalion 4th King's Own ; 4 men o f the Ist b attalion 18th Royal Irish ; 4 men of the 33d ; 6 men of the 28th Regiment ; 3 men of the .56th ; men Highlanders; 9 men of the 3 men of the 72d 83d ; 16 men of the 91st ; of the 95th ; 11 men of the 1033 Royal Bombay Fusiliers ; man of of the 106th Bombay Liht Inf antry; convicts under sentence of penal S ervitu de,and 24 women \ and children. The following o fficers Were in E. J. T. Hill, l et charge of the troops : Dragoons D ra goons; Lieut . Royals ; Lieut. W. V. King, 6 th - A Staff Assl st.-Surg 'W. S. Thoruburn, let Royals, an :M. J. Griffin. Nine deaths an d throe births occurr incurredoe d on board during the passage. The deaths.ver eight soldiers , o n e o f whom , a lunatic, jumpe d 6 b e ard and was d rowned. Ens i g n N. R. Slator,2Bth Regiment, arrived in the Vittoria, on sick leave. After the troops had been medically inspected nine of the number were admitted in Fort Pitt Hospital/ including two und lunateri c orders for completion of their period of service, and 57 have been sent home invAlided. Tile Avalanche , 692 tons, Capt. Stott, belonging to Messrs. Parks, which arrived at Gravesend with troops from New Zealand, landed her detachments on Monday. She brings home 45 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, Royal En gineers, Army Hospital Corps, 14th, 40th, 57th, and I 70th Regiments, the whole under the command of Lieut. C. J. Urquhart, 65th Regiment, and in medi cal charge of Assist.-Surgeon A. Neill, 65th. The Avalanche sailed from Auckland on April 16, the only land touched at being Pernambuco, which was reached on June 5. One death and one birth oc curred on board durin g the passage. Major Stack :and Lieut. Bailie, late of the 65th, who were ca,shiered by sentence of general court-martial, came hon.le as passengers. Detachments of the Royal Rom Artillery and the depot, consisting of 120 rank and file of the former and 84 of the latter, in command of Captains Burns, Smith, and Metcalf, in medical charge of Assist.- Sarg. Robinson, and accompani( d by Vete rinary -Surg. Lambert and Riding-mater Vir, left head-quarters, Woolwich, yesterday, -n the steam tugs Monkey and Bustler, to embark on board the troopship Newcastle, at Gravesend, for India. A detachment will leave to-day, in the same manner, to sail by the Conflict, and will be commanded by Capt. Wilson, Lieut. Cumberledge, and Veterinary- Surg. Birt. The departments of Woolwich Arsenal were closed yesterday and Monday to permit the men to 7;sit the Great Exhibition, and it was intimated by the authorities that the men were expected to follow out the conditions for which the holydays were granted. A further draught of 110 rank and file has left Warley Barracks, near Brentwood, under the com mand of Major Tower, en route for Madras. The force at the barracks is expected to be still further reduced by similar draughts. The military rifle match at Aldershott, which has been looked forward to with great interest by the troops, and which is to extend over three days, com menced yesterday at Caesar's Camp. The weather throughout the day was delightful, and the arrange ments of Capt. M'Crea, Inspector of Musketry, in conjunction with a committee of officers, were excel lent. Sir J. L. Pennefather, accompanied by Major Paget Bayly, visited the ground about 4 o'clock. The firing began at 9 o'clock at 12 different ranges, the bull's-eyes, upon this occasion—following the precedent recently set at Wimbledon—being square instead of round, as formerly. This change in the targets is found to operate very benefically ; and a desire is generally expressed that the practice should be adopted at Hythe. To-day the chief at traction will be the Rifle Derby, open to all corners. The new fort barracks now in course of construc tion on the north shore of Milford Haven, bet wean the village of Little Honeyborough and Scoveston, will form an extensive and important station ; dur ing the spring a large body of men have been re gularly at work under the contractors. It is stated that 60 acres of land have been appropriated to the site and approaches. COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 22. Their lordships sat this morning at 11 o'clock, as a Committee for Privileges; Lord Redesdale in the chair. THE WILTES PEERAGE. This was the claim of Simon Thomas Scrope, 01 Danby-on-Yore, in the county of York, Esq., to the honour and dignity of Earl of Wiltes. Mr. Fleming and Mr. Cayley appeared for the claimant; and the Attorney-General and Mr. C. Clarke watched the case on the part of the Crown. Mr. Fleming, in opening the case, said that he had the honour of appearing before their lordships on behalf of the claimant. The peerage was created by King Richard 11., in the 21st year of his reign, in the person of Sir William Scrope. One pecu liarity of the creation was that the title and dignity was limited to Sir William Scrope, " to hold to him and his heirs male for ever." Tne claimant did not claim as a descendant of the first earl, but as a descendant of a collateral branch of his family; it having been decided by the House in the Devon Peerage that a grant of a peerage to a person, " to him and his heirs male, did not limit the descent of the title to the heirs of his body, but embraced his collateral heirs male. William, the first Earl of Wiltes, was put to death in July, 1399, at the time of the invasion of the kingdom by Henry of Lan caster, and before the abdication of Richard IL, leaving no issue. Richard Lord Scrope, the father of the first earl, was one of the most distinguished members of their lordship' house, being eminent as a statesman, as a warrior, as holding the Great Seal, and as being the first layman whose coat-of arms appeared in that house as having held the office of Lord Chancellor. Richard Lord Scrope died in May, 1403, and his son, the next brother and heir male of William Earl of Wiltes, in Decem ber of the same year, leaving a son, Richard, only ten years of age. The latter died in August, 1421, leaving an infant son, Henry, who did not come of age until 1439. When Henry Lord Scrope came of age it was probable that everything connected with the creation of the earldom of Wiltes had been lost sight of, as the charter granting the dignity most likely fell into the hands of HenrylV., and its provisions were wholly unknown until a short time ago, when the proceedings in the Devon Peerage brought it to light. No claim to the title had ever been made since the death of the first earl until the present time. The Lord Chancellor said they observed that in the Parliament of the Ist of King Henry IV., after the act had passed which made void all the proceed ings of the Parliament of the 21st Richard 11., the Commons prayed that the pursuit, arrest, and the judgments, and whatever else was done against Sir William Le Scrope, Sir Henry Greene, and Sir John Bussey might be affirmed in the then Parlia ment and held good, and that an act for that pur pose was accordingly passed. The course that the Committee would desire should be followed was that Mr. Fleming should proceed with his case and the evidence in support of it up to that point, and then they would require the question to be con sidered whether, having regard to the fact that there had been no claimant to this dignity since 1399, and to the proceedings that then took place, it must not be held that the earldom of Wiltes was not in effect extinguished, and the title absolutely abro gated and lost from that period. Mr. Fleming, in obedience to their lordship's suggestion, proceeded to cite the case of the dispute for precedence in Parliament between John Earl- Marshal and Earl of Norfolk and Nottingham, the second, but then only surviving son and heir of Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham, created Duke of Norfolk in the 21st of Richard 11., and Richard Earl of Warwick. The controversy was carried on with great violence, and interrupted the ordinary business of Parliament. In the 3d of Henry VI. the House of Commons presented a peti tion to the King in Parliament, stating the evils which it was supposed might arise from the quar rel, and suggesting that the Earl Marshal was in truth Duke of Norfolk under King Richard's grant, and that therefore the examination into the question of precedency was unnecessary. Shortly afterwards the Earl-Martial presented his petition to the King, setting forth his claim for precedency, the interference of the House of Commons, the crea tion and the dignity of Duke of Norfolk, and his own title to that honour, which petition was re ferred to Parliament. In the record of Parliament relating to the claim his claim was upheld, not withstanding the revocation of title by the Ist Henry IV., on the ground that " the creation of dukes or earls or other dignities doth pertain only to the King and not to the Parliament. The Lord Chancellor inquired whether Mr. Fleming could produce any other authority upon the point. Mr. Fleming had not any other authority to cite on the subject, but considered that one case to be quite sufficient to establish his proposition that Parliament could not abrogate a title when once granted by the act of the Sovereign, unless the person deprived of it had been attainted of treason. The Lord Chancellor said the title of Earl of it Wiltes was created by Richard IL in full Parlia ment, and de facto all the proceedings of that Par liament were abrogated by the Ist Henry IV_, and, therefore, the Committee would require that Mr. Fleming should show *hat the titles created in that Parliament were not abrogated with all its other Earl Acte. Mr. Fleming said the Act did not specially abro gate the title of the Earl of Wiltes. Lord Chelmsford observed that perhaps, as the Itede.a title. h af ad Wiltes had left no heirs m ale - of his . body, e t o Lordabr Henry IN at. b 4l e itethn beheaded before the accession of was not thought necessary specifically of Wiltes in Me ttle said he was not called the Earl William de Scrop e , of Ist Henry IV., but merely Mr. Fleming Was was put aware of those facts. The record of his trial or Ri gi l t ra f , o death on the 29th of Earl of Wiltes July, in the 23d of 11. (139 3 ), t o h r er o e f being e n o legal who were murdered with him at i ft the kingdomat i t „ i all3 King Richard, having e ful Sovereign of previous May, was the left his uncle law Edmund, Duke of the previous ° w r h o the ha t d " .. Bo;ihsemrl.genAtltetrahen Henry Greene, and Si r William the or Castle Regent ; the Earl of Wiltes, Lord Tf Cust " Begot, Keepers of keptWallingford, where he was away 'le g y the f King's absence. While f uke of Lanc n a r Eit Isabella, the Queen, her Court during Lancaster, the eldest son c En g land in consideerr landed in the north C U the crown of able force, not at that time claiming England, but merely professing to Until the endeavouring to recover the possessions of his father. e country, all hands ta be the lawful Sovereign of th 29th of September Richard was acknowledged on hut at that time a great number o nobles having joined Henry of Lancaster, and bdi- Richard, who was then in his hands, having a cated, he assumed the title of King. It was there fore impossible, under any pretence, that until the SUN, 29th of September any faithful adherent of King Richard could have been attainted as a traitor. Lord Chelmsford inquired what charge led to the execution of the Earl of Wiltes ? Mr. Fleming believed he should be able to satisfy their lordships that no charge of treason—the only one which could affect the title—had ever been made. In the first place, against whom could the treason have been ? Certainly not against Henry IV., for he was not King at the time, and certainly not againt Richard 11., because the Earl of Wiltes was beheaded for serving him. The Lord Chancellor inquired what would be the result if Henry of Lancaster had chosen to charge the Earl of Wiltes with treason, and that Parliament had thought fit subsequently to ratify that charge? Mr. Fleming replied, that in case Henry of Lan caster had made a charge of treason against the earl there would have been some record of the fact, of which, however, there was no evidence. There was no evidence that the Earl of Wiltes had been tried by his peers, which was the only tribunal by which he Gould be legally tried for treason, or of his having been indicted before any other regular tribunal for any offence whatever. The Lord Chancellor remarked that Henry IV. had designated the adherents of Richard 11. as dis turbers of the realm. cha M rg r. e F a l m em ou i n n t g onincgttoentdreeadstohna.t t r h r a h t e d o i n d ly no a t u i t m ho p r l i y ty a by which the earl could have been tried at that period was by martial law, which was not compe tent to determine charges of treason against peers of the realm. According to Coke Littleton, Henry had been guilty of murder, or, at all events, of a high misdemeanour, in executing the three peers at Bristol. The execution of the Earl of Wiltes in accordance with the hasty decision of an impro per tribunal, was nothing more than a formal mur der, and no subsequent proceedings in Parliament founded upon such an Act could have any weight whatever. The Parliament of Henry IV., by an Act of Indemnity, declared that no adherent of either Richard or Henry should be found guilty of treason except under the 25th of Edward 111. ; and by that Act it was declared that no averment that a person had been guilty of treason should be considered good unless the record of his conviction was produced. In this case there was no such record, and therefore the suggestion that the earl was executed for treason must fall to the ground. Under these circumstances, he contended that nothing that occurred up to the time of King Henry's accession affected the title, and the earl being dead at the time, nothing that oc curred afterwards could affect the petitioner's claim. The Act which, it was suggested, abrogated the claim only ratified " the pursuit, arrest, judgment, and other proceedings" against the earl, without specifying that there had been any charge of treason against him, or that he was thereby attainted of treason. The only effect of that Act was to convey his lands to the King, " conquered in his lifetime. The Lord Chancellor suggested that the proper translation of the words of the Act was " acquired in his lifetime." Mr. Fleming, in reply to his lordship's sugges tion, said that when the Isle of Man, which formed part of the Earl of Wiltes' property, was given by the Crown to the Earl of Northumberland, it was described as property acquired by the Crown "by conquest," and, therefore, he submitted that his ver sion was the correct one. It was a strong confirma tion of his argument that when Sir W. Bagot, who escaped at the time, was afterwards taken, he was tried for felony, and not for treason ; end, if the Earl of Wiltes was beheaded for felony only, his title could not be affected. At the conclusion of the learned counsel's argu ment certain evidence was adduced in support of claim. Their lordships having consulted for some time, The Lord Chancellor said,—The importance of this matter is such that the whole subject must receive, and will receive the careful consideration of the house. It will be impossible for us to come to any conclusion upon the arguments during the present session. What that committee propose to do is this—to fix an early day in the ensuing session for the Committee for Privileges, when the formal evidence will be taken, and will then fix another day when the question can be solemnly argued by her Majesty's Attorney-General and the counsel on the part of the claimant. Due notice will be given to each side to prepare their arguments, and if any additional evidence is to be produced it must then be given. Further hearing adjourned sine die accordingly. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-July 22. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before C. Cresswell.) HAWARDEN V. DUNLOP. In this case, which has been so frequently before the Court, the plaintiff, Lady Hawarden, had in stituted proceedings for the purpose of obtaining letters of administration to the effects of her brother, the late Lord Elphinstone, as next of kin. The defendant, Mr. Geo. Dunlop, had propounded a will by which he was constituted sole executor and universal legatee. This instrument had been duly proved before the Commissary Court of Dum bartonshire, but an appeal had been lodged by the plaintiff, which is now pending before the Court of Session. The defendant had been cited to pro pound the will in this Court, and he prayed that the seal of the Court might be affixed to the confir mation grant by the Court in Scotland, which would have the effect of proving the will according to the Scotch law. Pending the proceedings an arrangement had been come to between counsel by which the suit should be discontinued, upon terms to be mutually agreed to, and the Judge Ordinary made a decree in conformity, to the effect that the Court should affix its seal to the confirmation of the Court in Scotland, on the understanding that the litigants acceded to that course. To-day the case was again brought before the Court on a technical point, namely, as to whether the confirmation should be delivered out of Court with the seal affixed. Sir C. Cresswell said he should have all the papers before him, as well as those giving an ac count of what had taken place in the Court of Chancery, and that he would give his jadgment on Tuesday next. JAGO V. JAGO AND GRAHAM. Mr. Bingham Daly made an application for a new trial in this case, on the grounds that the verdict was against the weight of evidence, and of surprise. The particulars, which have been recently reported, exhibited a discrepancy between the witnesses as to the date of circumstances material to the issue. Sir C. Cresswell d aid that there was some ground to suppose that there had been a failure of Justice, and granted the rule nisi for a new trial. HEPWORTH V. HEPWORTH. This was an application for an allotment of ali mony. The petitioner had become bankrupt on the 10th March, and the respondent had been allowed to put in her claim as a creditor for the amount granted by this Court. Dr. Wombey ap peared on behalf of the respondent. The petitioner, who appeared in person, stated he had been put to such expense by his wife, that if he should be compelled to comply with the order of the Court, he would be obliged to leave the king dom. The case came before the learned judge in the form of a motion, on the part of the respondent, for an order directing the petitioner to secure for the further costs in the cause. Sir C. Cresswell said he could not help the posi tion of the petitioner, and orders of the Court were made in the ordinary way, 04 should be complied with, and acceded to the application. • DICKENS V. DICKENS. In this case an attachment had been granted by the Court against the husband, who was the respon dent in the suit, for costs and alimony. In the mean time the respondent had become bankrupt, and the wife had been allowed to come in as a creditor to the estate. Subsequently an application was made for sequestration as against the estate of the respon dent, and the motion stood over for the considera tion of the Court. Sir C. Cressweil now delivered judgment, and having recited the several dates of the orders issued by the Court, refused to make any decree for seques tration, on the ground that no such order would have effect until the attachment was returned. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—CHELMSFORD, July 22. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) SEXTON V. SKINGLEY. This was an action for slander. Mr_ Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Philbrick were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Parry was counsel for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action was Miss Mary Anne g s e a t u al e l i , in s defen dant's Sexton, who, it appeared, had been for a great many years housekeeper to the brother of the defendant, and she sought to recover damages for certain where slan derous words that had been spoken by him respect ing her, and which imputed to her that she had improperly troperly possessed herself of money in the course employment. It appeared that the brother Mr. Joseph Skingley, lived at Cog - Skingley, county,. ad that the defendant, Mr. be ingley, also lived in the same town, the defend carriedtwo o on the business of a maltster. A aor ndit a p peu r Mr. Joseph Skingley sold a farm, investigation of defendant and he subsequently became ill, and hi:nother brother entered into an they seemed to haaffairs, and the result was that that he was not in have entertained an impression the condition, so far as pecu- THE LON 90 JUIY ' 3 , 18 6S. whole sum taken by him was about £7,000. Al though found guilty yet he was not sentenced, be cause a legal point was raised, whether or not he was a trustee ; but that question having been de cided by the Court of Criminal Appea: hi the affir mative, he now came up to be awarded the punish ment that was allotted him by the judge before whom he was tried. WEDNI&SDAY ZVENIN44, niary circumstances were concerned, that he ought to have been, and that his money had by some means or other been improperly made away with, and it appeared that on the 28th of May the defendant, in the course of a conver sation he had with a medical gentleman named Christmas, stated that his brother Joseph was almost broken-hearted at the position in which he found himself ; that the money that was the produce of the sale of the farm, and which was stated to be £2,000, had all been squandered, and that the plaintiff had used it for her own purposes, and she was a -- thief, and had well feathered her nest. This was the slander upon which the present action was brought, and it was proved that the farm in question, instead of fetching £2,000, was sold for £9OO, and that the money was paid into the bank to the account of the plaintiff's mas ter, and that he disposed of it by his own cheques, and that there was not the slightest ground for the s tatement tnat the plaintiff had possessed herself of any portion of it. Serjeant Parry addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, and he endeavoured to show that he had in a moment of angry feeling made use of ex pressions that could not be justified, but he really had no serious intention of imputing to the plaintiff the offence of either robbery or embezzlement. Baron Bramwell having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £2O. IiER V. MATHIAS. This was an action to recover the amount of a dishonoured cheque for £lOO that had been given by the defendant. Serjeant Shee and Mr. Barnard were for the plaintiff; Serjeant Parry and Mr. Hannen were for the defendant. The circumstances of this ease were rather pecu liar, The plaintiff and the defendant were both merchants in London, and it appeared that they had each had money transactions w ith a person named Lacey, who was also engaged in mercantile affairs. On the 30 th o:' December last, to the plaintiff's case, Lacey applied to Mr. Kerr for an advance of £ lOO , and he gave him his cheque acc upon Messrs. Glyn and Co. for that a mount, upon the condition that he vas to repay him on the fol lowing day; and it appeared that on the 31st Lacey brought the plaintiff the defendant's cheque for £lOO, but upon its presentation at the bankers, it was not paid, and hence the present action. It appeared that on the same day Lacey obtained the cheque from the plaintiff, he obtained one of the same amount, and which was the subject of the pre sent action, from the defendant ; but it seemed that this cheque was post dated for the 31st, and in con sequence of something that came to the knowledge of the defendant, he took steps to prevent the cheque from being honoured, and Lacey had since become bankrupt. Serjeant Parry, upon the defendant's cheque being offered in evidence, su b m itted that it was not admissible, on account of its being post dated, and he argued that the cheque being, in point of fact, payable one day after sight, and not upon demand, the instrument became of the character of a promis sory note or bill of exchange, and th at it ought to have borne a shilling stamp. Iresupport of his ob jection to the cheque being received in evidence, he urged that if once the principle of admitting that the penny stamp was sufficient was adopted, a cheque might be post dated two or three months, and thus the law, so far as regarded the stam p s re quired for bills of exchange, would be altogether evaded. Baron Bramwell, after a good deal of technical discussion had taken place, ruled that the cheque was admissible, and that all that was required was that an instrument of this description should bear the penny stamp. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount of the cheque. ecial The Court next proceeded to try a sp jury c ause—the Queen v. the Inhabitants of Harlow — w hich was an indictment for the non - repa ir of a road. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. J. Browne, were for the prosecution ; and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Walford, for the defendants. The case was of the usual description, the only question being who were the parties liable to main tain the road in question, and at the close of the case for the prosecution, the court adjourned. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) The learned Judge, in his charge to the grand jury, expressed his regret that the assizes should have been fixed for the same day as the county rifle contest at Southend, and said that Mr. Bramston, M.P., president of the Essex Rifle Volunteer Asso ciation, had communicated with him upon the sub. ject, with a view to making some alteration in the day fixed for holding the assizes for this county, but as the arrangements had already been made for the circuit, it would have been necessary to obtain a fresh commission from the Crown in order to effect that object, and which would have occasioned a good deal of convenience. It had therefore been found impossible to alter the day for holding these assizes. Edward Hawkes, 50, and William Bowers, 27, were indicted for assaulting Elizabeth Sapsford, and occasioning her bodily injury. Mr. Murphy prosecuted, Mr. Taylor appeared for Hawkes, and the other prisoner was undefended. The circums! ances under which this offence was committed by the prisoners were of a very aggra vated character. It appeared that the prosecutrix was about 30 years old, and the wife of a labouring man, and they resided at Hallingbury. On the 20th June they had been at work together, and afterwards went to Bishop's Stortford, and were on their way home about ten o'clock at night. The husband had occasion to stop behind for some purpose, and the pro secutrix went on towards her home, and at a turn in the road she met the prisoners, who got their living by travelling about the country with a tinker's bar row mending saucepans, and articles of that descrip tion. According to her evidence, the moment they came up they commenced an attack upon her of the most brutal description, knocked her doWn, and then beat her with bludgeons of a most formidable size. She screamed " Murder;" and her husband came up and found his wife lying on the ground bleeding, and almost insensible, and while he was in the act of lifting her up, one of the prisoners struck him also upon the loins with a bludgeon. The husband, being a powerful man, succeeded in seizing hold of each of the bludgeons and wrenched them out of the prisoners' hands, and they then both ran off. The poor woman ~vas then assisted to a beer-shop in the neighbourhood, when a surgeon was sent for, and it was found that she had received very serious injuries ; indeed, at one time her life was considered in danger, and the surgeon stated that even at pre sent it was impossible to predicate with any cer tainty what the ultimate result might be, as the un fortunate woman was injured internally in a very serious manner. The jury found the prisoners guilty of the whole charge contained in the indictment. Baron Martin, in passing sentence, said that the prisoners had been convicted, upon the clearest evi dence, of one of the most atrocious and unprovoked assaults that he had ever heard of, and he ordered them to be kept in penal servitude for the space of three years. James Boatman, 21, labourer, was charged with feloniously setting fire to a shed, the property of the Guardians of the Billericay union. The prisoner, it appeared, was so deaf that it was utterly impossible to make him hear the charge that was preferred against him. He was able, however, to read the form of the accusation contained in the calendar, and the question, whether he pleaded guilty or not guilty, was put in writing and shown to him. He said in reply that he did not see what right the guardians bad to make him work in the fields for sd. a day and half a quartern loaf. de asked them to give him a pair of shoes and they refused, and so he went and set fire to the shed. Baron Martin ordered the prisoner to stand down, and he would consider what sentence should be passed upon him. Henry Green end Frederick Bates, two young men, were charged with a misdemeanour in having taken a girl, named Susannah Robinson, under 10 years of 'ge, out of the custody of her father, with out his consent. Mr. Shaw prosecuted. The case was only partially gone into, but it ap peared that th e d e f en d a nts had met' the girl in question, who w ee a b o ut 13 years old, in the street, at Prettlewell, near Rochford, and that they gave her some liquor, and eventually her person was abused by one or other of the defendants. The learned Judge ruled that upon these facts the case did not come within the statute under which the indictment was raised, and that there was no " taking away" of the girl, such as was con templated by the act of Parliament. He, there fore, directed an acquittal, but at the same time said that the defendants had grossly misconducted themselves, and advised them to be cautious in their future conduct. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, July 22. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) THE SENTENCE UPON THE REV H. S. FLETCHER. The Rev. Horatio Fletcher surrendered to bis bail, and was sentenced for his frauds as treasurer of the Bilston Savings Bank_ It will be remembered that the prisoner, who was the incumbent of St. Leonard's, Bilston, and a magistrate for Staffordshire, was d foul guilty at the last assizes for defrauding the depositors of the Bilston Savings Bank, of which he was treasurer an d trustee, of severa l large sums of money--to wit, £lOO on the Ist of January, 1859; £lOO on the Bth of the same month ; £lOO on the 15th, £5O on the 22d, and £2OO on the 29th, all of the same month; and £l,OOO on the 25th March, 1861. The Mr. Baron Blackburn said that the prisoner was found guilty upon evidence which left no doubt that he had fraudulently misappropriated to his own use the property with which he had been invested. There was, however, some doubt whether the terms of the act recently passed would meet such cases as that of the prisoner, but after much deliberation — Here Mr. Hemp, the Clerk of Arraigns, spoke to his lordship, who paused, and then addressing Mr. Matthews, the prisoner's counsel, said that the sen tence he was about to pass was the sentence which Mr. Baron Channell, who had tried the case, had thought was one which it demanded. If, therefore, he had anything to urge that had not been urged before Mr. Baron Cbannell, now was the time to urge it, and he (Baron Blackburn) would communi cate with Baron Channel before delivering the sen tence. Mr. Matthews having repeated that he had no thing more to urge, The learned Judge, resumed his address to the prisoner. After much deliberation, the Judges be fore whom the point was raised, and of whom he was himself one, decided that the prisoner's case was one which came within the terms of the act. At no time did the Judges entertain any doubt of the prisoner's criminality. And it now became his duty to pass upon him the sentence which the Judge Rho had tried the case, and had very carefully considered it ever since, told him (Baron Blackburn) was the proper sentence for such an offence. It was a melancholy thing to see a person of such a profession as that to which the prisoner belonged in such a position ; but the disgrace was not in the sentence, but in the offence. The sentence might have been a much severer one, inasmuch as penal servitude might have been awarded. The sentence was that he should be imprisoned in the common gaol for the space of two years. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-July 22. (Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant Judge.) Marianni Sassi, an Italian, was indicted for stea ing the sum of ss. 6d., the moneys of Forbes Winslow, Esq., her master. There was also a second indictment against her for stealing the several sums of £l4, £l5, and £2O, the moneys of Forbes Winslow, Esq., her master. Mr. F. H. Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Lewis and Lewis, of Ely-place, Holborn) prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended. From the evidence it appeared that the prose cutor is Dr. Forbes Winslow, of Cavendish-square, and that the prisoner was employed in his estab lishment as lady's maid. In consequence of money being missed, on the 14th of July various coins were marked and placed in Mrs. Winslow's drawer. The marked money consisted of half-a-crown, a florin, eight shillings and one sixpenee. Mrs. Winslow locked the drawer, and afterwards gave the prisoner the key, and directed her to empty three of the drawers, stating that she was going to have new locks put upon them. The prisoner soon afterwards brought Mrs. Winslow a bag containing copper money, seven shillings, and one sixpence; but the half-crown, florin, and one shilling were gone. Police-sergeant White was sent for, and he was told what had happened. The prisoner was called down stairs when Sergeant White desired her to give him what money she had about her ; I upon which she took out her purse, and in it was found the whole of the marked money. Mrs. Winslow, before this occurrence had lost above £4O from her drawers, although she always carried the keys of them in her own pocket. When the prisoner was apprehended two keys were found in her pocket, one fitting Mrs. Win slow's desk and the other the wardrobe. On open ing the prisoner's desk £5O in notes and gold was discovered. She had in her possession a gold watch. When the officer made known to her that he was a police-officer, she said " She did not care for the police, and that the money was all her own." The prisoner, when called upon for her defence, pretended she did not understand what was said, although it was stated she was well acquainted with and could speak the English language. The Jury found her guilty. The prisoner was then tried upon the second in dictment, charging her with stealing the sums of £l4, £l5, and 120. Mr, F. H. Lewis prosecuted. It appeared that about the Ist of April Mrs. Winslow received from Dr. Winslow a sum of money in notes, which she put into her drawer,and a few days afterwards, on being about to deposit it in a bank, on counting it previous to making out a ticket, she found that a £5 note had disappeared. She subsequently counted the money, when, to her astonishment, Bile found that it was minus £l4. Inquiries were set on foot, but no informa tion could be obtained how the money had been abstracted. About the 25th of May the doc tor received a fee of £lO, in two notes. One of them he gave away, and the other was abstracted from his purse ; and about the same time some gold was missing, together about £l5. About the 15th of June Mrs. Winslow placed in her drawer an en velope, containing a £2O note ; and a day or two afterwards having money to pay into her bankers, she was about to add this sum to it, when she found that this, like other sums, had disappeared, She told the prisoner to go and search her drawers for the missing money, when she brought her an envelope containing a £lO note and not a £2O note which was lost. The money was removed to a more secure place ; but some other money being missed, and the prisoner being seen near to the drawers, suspicion was excited, and the police were employed, which led to her conviction in the pre vious case. The jury in this case found the prisoner guilty. Dr. Winslow stated that he kept money in a despatch box, on which was a Bramah. lock. He had two keys to it, both of which were in his pos session ; but a third key was found on the prisoner. In that box was £2OO or £3OO at a time, and he could not say how much he had lost. Mr. F. H. Lewis said it had been ascertained that the prisoner had, through the Union Bank of London, in Argyll-place, sent various sums of money to be deposited on her account in the bank at Rome. In January s , e paid in £BO, in April £43, and in November £43. The Assistant Judge, after strongly condemning the conduct of the prisoner, said it was the duty of the Court to make an example of her, and sen tenced her to be kept in penal servitude for seven years. The third key was directed to be taken to Messrs. Bram ah. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-July 22. WE STM INSTER.--ExTRAORDINARY CHARGES OF BIGAMY.—Mr. Eugene Plumber M'Carthy, a gentleman 44 years of age, described on the police sheet as a solicitAr and notary public in Ireland, underwent a lengthened examination, charged with bigamy and perjury, under very extraordinary circumstances. Mr. Lewis, sen. ; was engaged for the prosecution, alai stated that he was prepared to prove two charges of bigamy against the accused, and a third of perjury iu procuring the licence for the last marriage. Dr John O'Bryan, of 17, Thistle-grove,Bromp ton, produced a certificate from the registry of the Rev. J. G. F. Schultz, in the Consistorial Court, Dublin. The prisoner was there described as Eugene M'Carthy, and the marriage, which took place on the 28th of Jan., 1839, was between Catharine Creegh and Eugene M'Carthy. Witness also produced a certificate of the marriage of Mary Ann O'Bryan, in the parish church of St. Peters, in the county of Cork, to Eugene IVl‘Carthy, on the 29th of June, 1844. Mr. Michael Harrington,of Cleave's-lodge,Church street, Chelsea engaged in the Post Office, said he was in Dublin in 1839, and was present at the first marriage. It was performed in a private house, at Collingswood, by a German clergyman named Schultz. It was here explained that the clergyman in ques tion was called a " couple beggar," in allusion to his performing the ceremony at a cheap rate, and that he performed the ceremony as of yore at Gretna, with great alacrity. He merely made entries in his book, and did not take the signatures of the parties united. Mr. Lewis pointed out that his marriages were valid, or they would not be required to be registered in the Consistory Court. In reply to questions from the prisoner, Witness said that accused called on him, and asked him to be present at the marriage. He said he had brought the girl Kate Creagh from the country, and was afraid that if any time were lost the friends on one side or the other would prevent the marriage. Mr. I. T. Miller, solicitor, George-yard, Lombard street, produced two letters from the prisoner, which were proved to be in his handwriting, dated the sth and 9th September, 1860, in which, in allusion to his first marriage, the prisoner urged that he was very young at the time, that Catherine Creagh had lived with him previously, that neither of them ever considered it as a valid marriage, that she left him shortly afterwards, considering there was no marital obligation ; that after he was married in 1844 at St. Peter's, to Miss O'Bryan, he repeatedly saw C a theeinc Creagh in the streets, and attaching no value to her marriage she never sought him or required anything of him, although his marriage with Miss o•Bryan had been published in the news papers, and must have been well known to her. The question having been raised in one of the courts of law, it had been determined by the authorities that marriages like the one spoken of were valid. The writer said he had seen Catherine Creagh in Cork as late as 1855. Prisoner said that these letters were dated from Woolwich, and he never was there. Mr. Lewis intimated that Catherine Creagh was alive now, and had given evidence a few days ago in the Court of Chancery respecting some property transaction. Prisoner said that a woman had been brought from Ireland certainly. Mr. Miller, on being cross-examined by the pri soner, said that at about the time the letters were received, there was some treaty aboukthe raising of some money ; the object was that the settlement should be set aside. He was about to lend Miss O'Bryan some money, and he wanted to be satis fied on some points relating to the prisoner. A pas ssge in one of the letters purporting to be written by the prisoner was pointed out as showing that he well knew his first wife to be alive at the time of his marriage with Miss O'Bryan. It stated that Catherine Creagh resided at Cork, in 1844, and she continued to live there, and that he repeatedly saw her. Miss Mary Ann O'Bryan, who described herself as a single woman, said she was married an the 29th of June, 1844, to the prisoner. This was the evidence in support of the first bigamy, and the second was now proceeded with. Mr. Lewis proposed that the evidence of the first marriage should be copied upon the depositions in this case, and called The Rev. W. Bell M'Kenzie, incumbent of St. James's, Holloway, who stated that on May 22, 1852, he performed the marriage ceremony with Eugene M'Carthy and Emily Verling. They signed the register which he produced. Dr. John O'Bryan proved that the name of M'Cartny was prisoner's handwriting. Miss O'Bryan said that Emily Verling unfortu nately resided in the same house with herself and husband. Prisoner and Miss Yarling left the house together. It was stated that Miss Verling, finding that she had been deceived, left the prisoner and went abroad. Mr. Arnold asked what evidence there was to show that in 1852 prisoner knew his first wife was alive. ..._ ..... Mr. Lucas said that the letters proved the pri soner knew she was alive after 1854. _ Mr. Arnold pointed out that he might have be come acquainted with that fact in 1854, but he might have been ignorant of it in 1852. A certificate was now produced in the third case against the prisoner, in which he had sworn in his application for a license to be married to Miss Ver ling on the 19th of May, 1852, that he was a ba chelor. _ . Mr. Arnold observed that the question in this case would again arise, whether in 1852 the peti tioner knew that his first wife was alive. Miss O'Bryan was again called to supply the proof required, and her brother was also put into the witness-box to give secondary evidence of the contents of a letter written by the prisoner, which had been destroyed. It was addressed to Dr. O'Bryan, and written after his connexion with Miss Verling, and stated that he had left his (Dr. O'Bryan's) sister because she was not his wife ; that in 1839 he was married to Catherine Creagh, who died in 1851, and was buried at a cemetery described ; and further stated that he was married to Miss Verling, as he was at that time an unmar ried man. Mr. Arnold said that this evidence was not against the prisoner, but in his favour. Mr. Lewis applied to have the depositions copied up for prisoner's committal on all the charges, and asked for a remand, for witnesses from Ireland. Mr. Arnold remanded the prisoner for a week, bat said that at present he could only commit upon the first charge, as the others were not pressed. ALLEGED MURDER AND ROBBERY BY GAROTTING. A protracted investigation was held at the Green Man Tavern, Roston Town, by Mr. John Humph reys, one of the Middlesex coroners, on Monday evening, respecting the death of Mr. Samuel Chap man, aged 70, a deacon of Ebenezer Chapel, Reeves'-place, Hoxton, who was found robbed and insensible in the adjoining house, with marks of having been violently garotted under very extraordinary circumstances. Mrs. Elizabeth Gardiner, No. 20, Union-street, Kingsland-road, daughter of the deceased, said— My father was a woollen draper, retired from busi ness, and resided in the house klone—in the house adjoining the chapel of which he was deacon. I saw him in good health on last Sunday week. On the following Monday evening I was sent for, and found him speechless and in a dreadful state, but quite sensible. He seemed to wish to communicate something which he could not articulate. After some time he placed his hand around my throat, as if to imply that his throat had been grasped. That was what we understood by the sign at the time. He was in the habit of keeping a polieeman's staff under his pillow to protect himself with, and I missed it from its place. When I found it after wards there were stains of blood upon it. I asked him if it was a friend that he wanted to make me know about, and he intimated " no." I asked if the person belonged to the chapel, and he said not, but placed his hand to his throat. The Coroner—You understood that your father had been garotted by this person ? Witness—No ; we did at first. We asked him and he said "yes." I asked him the next day and he said " no." I cannot say why I asked him the question after he had said he had been garotted. As deacon of the chapel he received the quarter's col lections. He might have received some recently before his death, but I am not certain of this. Whilst I was there on the Monday night three gentlemen, whom I did not know, took away the drawer, with the money in it just as it was. He died last Friday. The witness in her evidence in chief spoke with such manifest desire to explain that the deceased withdrew the statement that he had been injured that the coroner expressed his dis satisfaction with her manner of giving her evidence. The Coroner What do you suppose was the caused of deceased's death? Witness—Natural causes. Coroner—Have the goodness to explain why. Witness.—l have no reason to suppose otherwise. He was regularly attended, and a doctor was called in. My husband had not been unfortunate in busi ness ; he gave up business only in consequence of a month's illness. He gave up business recently, and went into the employment of Mr. Stephens as a journeyman. We did not think deceased well off, because we knew what he had. He had had two slight fits ; one six weeks ago, and one six months ago. Samuel Gardner, a little boy, son of the last wit ness, said that he used to sleep with deceased, and go out in the day time to get his errands. At half past twelve on the Monday he left deceased in good health and went to his mother's. He returned at six o'clock. He was away longer than usual, for he was getting a lot of messages for his mother— more than usual. He believed she was at home ail the time, but his father was out at work. He saw deceased put his hand to his mother's throat, and when she said, " It must be a friend," deceased said it was no friend, and put his hand to her throat again. He seemed indignant. Two or three days before his death he had received some money from Messrs. Walton. He kept his money in a purse, and he had a watch. Mrs. Sarah Curtis, 6, Albion-place, Hackney road, pew-opener, said that she went as usual on the Monday afternoon, and could not get deceased to answer. The key was not in the door leading from the chapel to the deceased's house as was usual. Mrs. Lambert said that when she was called in saw deceased lying with his head to the fender, and resting on a Bible. The carpet was pulled up in two places. His cravat was apparently very tight indeed. He seemed to clasp one of his pockets tight, as if to take care of it. Dr. C. Benley said he was called to deceased on Monday and found him quite sensible, but he could not articulate, He Ras not breathing like a person in apoplexy. There was a broad mark round his throat, as if from compression of his handkerchief, which he always wore remarkably lax, so as not to confine his throat. In consequence of what witness heard afterwards he inquired for the staff which deceased was in the habit of keeping under his pillow. There were stains of blood upon it, and witness showed it to deceased. He grasped it, and seemed pleased at the blood stains, as if satisfied tried ed a he had inflicted some injury on some one that P t were gu lled to injure him. The carpet was muchlled from under the fender, and near the table marks as if a struggle had taken p l ace. Witness was informed that deceased's pur se was gone. He would was a perform action appeared vvhieh a personto recentlyll pocket,is tlyt which aaaed conscious. The post blow on the sid of n 1 o rtmechanicallyern examinations Internally fr there . was blood the head externally. tempas if om . a violent blow or temple as if from a violent blow or fall. There was also extravasation on the left ven tricle, ofTbhlooodm,aanr,issipnogresiethhearefrncol effused There h the a t h e at tricle, and slight strangulation or a . been discovered since. By the Jury—The watch was h ang i ng up, and a t h n e y P o r e -openers could scalling out might have distu r b ed have been taken. The Coroner 10. 4 - v at in so (serious a ease h e 1 should adjourn to obtain further evidence before coming to a decision. The inquiry was accordingly adjourned. PLEDGING A CHILD AT A PAWN- BROKER'S. Dr. Lankester, coroner for the central district of Middlepex, prosecuted an inquiry at the St. Mary lebone Workhouse, yesterday, touching the death of a male infant deposited in a pawnbroker's shop, under mysterious circumstances. Arthur Wallis deposed that he was an assistant to Mr. Boyce, pawnbroker, 76, Lisson•grove. At 11 o'clock on last Saturday night, as he was in the act of closing the outer door of the entrance to re ceive pledges, he was astonished to find a parcel, carefully sewed up in a piece of black merino, lying in the lobby. He hastily picked up the parcel, but supposing, from feeling the contents, that it was a dead dog, he instantly dropped it, and then called the attention of the other assistants, one of whom picked it up again and cut it open. Finding the contents to be that of the deceased child, a police-constable was fetched, and the body was re moved to the workhouse. He was quite sure the parcel must have been placed there between the hours of ten and eleven that night, but was totally unable to say who placed it there. Police-constable 209 D deposed that no satisfac tory information could be obtained as to where child came from, but it was believed that it be longed to the immediate neighbourhood. Mr. Detrobe, resident surgeon of the workhouse said he made a post-mortem examination of the body. It was a fine healthy child, evidently born alive, and death must have been occasioned from violence and neglect. There was a mark of violence over the left temple bone, and extensive bruises on the right side of the crown of the head, producing very con.iderable effusion of blood. The birth must have taken place but a few hours before the body was found at the pawnbroker's. The coroner remarked upon the wide-spread crime of infanticide, and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons un known. THE WEATHER AND CROPS. The weather during the past week has been broken, rough, and stormy, with heavy rains and extremely boisterous winds, varied, however, with occasional sunshine. Notwithstanding the unsea sonable coldness of the wind at times, the tempera ture has gradually risen, and there have been one or two days of warm air and bright sun, the general tendency, on the whole, being in the direction of more summer-like weather than has lately been the case. On Monday the temperature was decidedly high and the sun bright and hot. It is to be hoped that we are nearing a change, and that genuine summer heat may yet be in store. All accounts concur in speaking of warm weather as being the one thing needed. Reports vary as to the character and condition of the crops, but there seems to be a general concurrence in the opinion that on ordi nary and ill-cultivated soils, the long continued ungenial weather has made itself seriously felt. Of the crops on better lands, accounts are more satis factory, but even on those the want of genial warmth is felt, and apprehensions are freely expressed as to what will be the result, unless warm weather be speedily experienced. A large crop of wheat is not anticipated, but a fair average growth is looked for should the weather prove warm, dry, and season able from this time forward through harvest. The hay-making has been greatly impeded by the wet weather, but notwithstanding a good deal of pro gress has been made, and a large breadth has been carried in pretty fair condition, the high and drying winds and occasional sunshine having been taken advantage of to the full. The accounts from the hop districts speak of con- tinned cleanliness and healthy appearance, but all repeat the universal complaint of want of sun and warmer temperature. The heavy winds have done some damage to the bine, by battering it about and bruising it. On the whole, however, the reports from Sussex and Kent are promising, and with fine weather a fair crop may be hoped for. From Wor cestershire and Herefordshire the accounts are by no means favourable. In those districts the plant has suffered a good deal, and only a short growth is expected. In parts of Kent the " mould" is spoken of as having partially appeared. At this period of the season every indication of attack, of whatever kind, is anxiously watched, and as ill news proverbially travels fast, the slightest rumour of injury to the hop plant spreads rapidly, and, it need ' scarcely be added, does not often lose by repetition. Prices appear to be hardening, and inquiries for stock increasing, So far as the coming crop is con cerned, Sussex seems to be doing her share.—Sussex Advertiser. COUNTRY MABEL 16. .4.- LEEDS-TUESDAY. The wheat trade quiet to-day, without alteration in the prices, and very little business doing. Oats, beans, and other articles unaltered. LIVERPOOL--TUESDAY. We have had a good steady consumptive demand at our market to-day, at the full prices of this day se'nnight. Not much doing in flour, at late rates. Indian corn in good requestat Friday's currencies. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE -.TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a quiet demand for wheat, and prices were about the same as last week. Barley in limited supply, but steady, at the prices of this day week. Flour very dull. Beans, peas, and oats a fair sale. DUBLIN-TUESDAY. Our market was firm at the currencies of Friday for wheat and Indian corn. Oats were 3d to 6d per barrel dearer. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 30:0 to 34;0 Do., red 27 0 to 32 0 Do., new 0 to 0 Barley Oats Do., black l3 0 to 15 0 s. d. s. d. Do., new .—oto 0 Bere — 0 to 0 Rapeseed Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn FOREIGN HAIL .PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... July 19. via Marseilles .. Aug. 12. &fail and Cape Verde, by British packet. Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.July,l9. via Marseilles ...July 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via S ou th am pt on J u ly 19. via Marseilles July 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton July 30. via Marseilles .. July 24. Lisbon Aug. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 24. Newfoundland .. July 23. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet July 23. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. July 23. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ..Aug. 10. Bahamas, via New York ............... ....... July 31. Mexico.. j All parts of West Indies, including Chili , Peru, Jul 29. California, and British Columbia. ..... i y . BIRTHS.: FISHER.—On the 214 inst., at Halstead Lodge, Guildford' road, Stockwell, the wife of Henry Fisher, Esq., of 0 daughter. WEE. Charles . of a daughter. Wake, it . ~0 f a Bo JOHNSTON.—On the 22 d inst., at Kingst on - on -Thames, the wife of Pat w ri i e fof Cap Patrick Johnston, jolinst°tanin E sq, w E .—On the 20th inst., at Chapel Brampton_, nor thu.ani pten,the MARRIAGES. HOOPER — PETERS.—On the 19th inst., at St. Angustine' 6 Henry R. Hooper, Esq., o f Ivy Lodge, Shirley, near Southampton, to Fanny Taylor, second daughter of Din Daniel Peters, of 31, College -green, Bristol. TIMMS— Islin EELES. F. —On the 19th i nst ., at T r i n i ty Churt gton, Mr. Timms, of the London Assurance, f Louise, y o ungest daughter of th e l a t e T. R. Eeles, 22, Cursitor-street, city. BECKIVITH.—On the 19th inst, at DEATHS. at La Tour, Piedmont!, Major-G eneral John Charles Beckwith, C. 8., formerly of the Rifle Brigade. He commenced his distinguislie career in 1805, was with Sir John Moore at the Battle o f Corunna, served throughout the Peninsular Camp' and was on th e D u k e of W e lli ngton ' s staff at Waterloo' where he lost his leg. C HATPIELD.—On the 19th inst., at Redhill, Geo. Chatfi eld ' Esq., aged 34. of LIPSCOMB E .—O n th e 21 s t inst ., Mr. James Lipscow -e h , 93, Regent-street, aged 47. vide , VAIsIDELEUR.—On the 19th inst., at Dublin, Lady vi ew ., leur, widow of the late G enera l Sir John 0. Vanu a ' G.C.8., ficc., aged 85. - - - _----- LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CH-A-Pl' i of No. 112, Strand, Print er , a t T HE S UN O ffi ce 1 %113 . 4. : Strand, in the Preci nc t of th e S avo y, in the Cam ' Middleses.—Weduesday, July 23, 1862. Zvi ill th, Sai le. I al R