The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. THE MARRIAGE LAW. The Duke of RUTLAND presented two petitions from Cambridge praying that the marriage with a deceased wife's sister might he legalised. CHARING- CROSS (CITY TERMINUS) RAILWAY. This bill was read a third time and passed. WREXHAMOIOLD, &c., JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. Lord REDESDA.LE moved the third reading of this bill. The Earl of SHELBURNE objected to the motion. He thought there were various circumstances connected with this bill which would justify hi m giving it his strongest oppositi on . Ho did so p r incipally on the ground that much evidence which would have been given by the opponents of the bill before the select committee was unfairly excluded. He concluded by moving that standing ' order No. 170 be considered in order to its being dispensed with, and also that the bill should be recommitted, or that any further proceeding on it be postponed for three months. The noble lord stated that his reason for adding the last few words to his motion was to show clearly his intention, and to prevent its being said that the measure was got rid of by a side wind. The Marquis of SALISBURY defended the committee before whom the merits of the bill were tested. Viscount MELVILLE said he had been a member of the committee, and he was certain they could not have arrived at any other conclusion than that to which the noble lord objected. After some further discussion, in which Lord REDES DA.LE, Lord DENMAN, and others took part, The Earl of SHELBURNE withdrew his amendment, and the bill was read a third time and passed. UNION RELIEF AID BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, in moving the first read ing of this bill, said he should propose that the second read ing be taken pro forma to-morrow (this day), and that any discussion should be taken on Monday on the motion for going into committee. Before going into committee her Ma jesty's Goverment would propose to suspend the standing orders with the view of reading the bill a third time on the same day, if no noble lord objected to that course. The bill was then read a first time. THE COTTON SUPPLY. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from the Cotton Supply Association, urging the adaptability of India as a cotton-growing country, and the advisability of giving encouragement to the exertions of the Madras Irri gation Company in. making canals and improving the navi gation of the great rivers in the interior of the presidency. g The noble earl spoke o f thereat advantage which wou ld arise from establishing a permanent and independent sup ply of cotton from a British possession. The Duke of ARGYLL admitted the vast importance of the subject, and observed that the work of intercommunica tion in India was progressing so rapidly that in a short time facilities would be afforded to the cotton planters in that country which would enable them to make us altoge ther independent of America. With regard to encourage ment to private companies by guaranteeing the payment of interest on their capital, he adhered to t he opinion he had formerly expressed, that it was not de sirable to proceed further in that direction, as such guaran tees had the effect of preventing the development of private enterprise. Lord LYVEDEN agreed in the necessity of offering in ducements for the cultivation of cotton in India, but was of opinion that guarantees might in certain cases be advan tageously given. After a few words from the Marquis of CLANILICARDE, the subject dropped. The Union Relief Aid Bill was broughtup from the Com mons, and road a first time. It was arranged that their lordships should mee t this day at half-past one o'cl oc k, so that the measure might be read a second time and passed through committee. The, bills on the paper were advanced a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER did not take the chair until 20 minutes past 12 o'clock, in consequence of 40 members not having been present before. THE NIGHT POACHING PREVENTION BILL. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition against the bill. UNION RELIEF AID BILL. On the motion of Sir G, GREY, the house went into committee pro forma, for the purpose of considering the amendment which had been previously agreed to, and resumed. On the motion that the bill as amended should be consi dered, Mr. HADFIELD, in the absence of Mr. Osborne, moved the addition of the following clause :—" That no person shall lose his veto for a member of Parliament, or a muni • cipal officer for any city or borough in the said counties or other places by reason of his receiving parochial relief or otiaer alms during the continuance of this Act." Sir J. SHELLEY supported this clause, and contended that the conduct of the operatives in Lancashire showed how well fitted this class were for the exercise of their rights of citizenship ; and he appealed to the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Villiers), who was so consistent a Liberal, not to press the objectionable measure of the bill. Sir G. GREY said that the object of the bill was not to increase the number of persons receiving relief, but to extend the means of giving relief; and he contended that the measure would not have the effect which was supposed by the supporters of this clause. Mr. COBDEN hoped the clause would not be pressed to a division, and he thought the subject should be left to the consideration of the Parliament in the spring. He thought it would be a gracious act towards the men in the North of England, who were a manly race, if Parliament at the next session took the matter up, and he did not apprehend that any practical injustice would be inflicted under the provisions of the bill for the next seven months. Mr. HADFIELD withdrew the clause. Mr. LYGON then moved the following clause :—" The chairman and vice-chairman of the board of gu ar di ans o f any union, parish, township, or incorporation, an y p ar t whereof is called upon to contribute in aid to another union, parish, township, or incorporation shall be entitled to take part in the proceedings of the board of guardi ans administering the relief so contributed, and to vote there upon, in like manner as if they were guardians of the poor within the union, parish, township, or incorporation re ceiving the contribution in aid." Mr. VILLIERS suggested an amendment modifying the clause. After some remarks from Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Henley, and other hon. members, the clause, as amended, was agreed to, and added to the bill. Fir G. GREY said he hoped the house would allow the bill to be read a third time now, in order that it might be sent to the Upper House this evening, instead of standing over until the afternoon sitting. Mr. HENLEY advocated that course under the excep tional circumstances relating to the bill. Sir J. SHELLEY complained of the lateness of the Period when the bill was introduced. Mr• VILLIERS said that originally the boards of guar dians wi • shed to have the subject entirely in their own hands, and it was not until the exceptional state of the manufacturing districts had arisen that Government felt called on to bring the su bject before the house. After a f ew - words from Mr. S. Fitzgerald, Sir G. G re y, Mr, Lygon, and rea r d . D. Griffith, COUNT The bill was str _third time and passed. Sr The Lords' amon tt dm VEYOßS (IRELAND) BILL. he bill was ordered f e rs ii to this bill w ere agree d t o , an d HIGHLAND itoAz a dkreading. ND The Lords' a mend ments to BRIDGESi bill was alalso agreedßlL L to, th i and the bill wa s ordered fo r thira a r b C ONFIRMATION OF sials d . BILL. ding. &c This bill was re ad a third time aud The sitting was s us p ended at a eiLe m P ar . r . past one until six o'clock. At the evening sitting, on the motion that the house at its rising should adjourn till Monday, Mr. COWPER stated, in reply to Mr. O. F orster that during the recess the public would be admitt• d to ' dew the two houses on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday s , :THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. COBDEN, wh o h a d g i v en notice of h is intentio n to I offer some observations on the administration of the noble lord the member for Tiverton, in relation to the legislation and state of parties in this house, stated that in what he was about to say he was the exponent of the opinions of many members of the house, both present and absent. He did not profess to be a party leader, but he would say that if a party bad no principle it was a faction and a nuisance; whilst if it had a principle and violated it such a party was an imposter. With respect to the so-called Liberal party, if ho referred to what were formerly its professed principles, he found them comprised in the words "economy, non-in tervention, reform ;" but if that party were now to show itself in some great fete, with banners and insignia flying, and their chief at their head with a flag bearing that motto, he appealed to his hon. friends whether it would not occa sion considerable hilarity. On the subject of economy, how had the Liberal party fulfilled its pledges ? It had signalised itself as a party in power by a higher rate of expenditure than was ever known before except in time of war. It had not only spent more money absolutely, but had been more extravagant relative to the numbers and the means of the people, and its government had been the most wasteful that hadexisted for a whole generation. For example, the esti mates for the present financial year for army, militia, navy, and f ortifications, including the packet service, a mounted to same items int `ttli.%o9oo, whereas the estimates for the eleei ,. when Mr. Disraeli was Chan cellor of the Each the , were £21,610,000, or £8,306,00 0 less than those for year. How, then, had it ar isen that our warlike c e l'rent 6ti 'latos durin those four ears ba d go ne on increasing ? This g y tion brought him necessarily to the noble lord at thegh ment, to whose credit he haten h oliti r of . the Govern at.% tourtdehadialways expenditu . T he rte L b l , n . in placing this great and growing been the first and foremost in all eztrav an d t a ki ng i nto acto r t enditure eeti h .. e . e dining the last 20 ycars ; Chi nese and Affghan wars, the expeditions hither thither, and his fortifications scheme, he believed that since the year 1840 the noble lord had cost the country at least 100 million sterling, a price at which, with all his merits, he Was Vett dear. How had the noble lord induced the house to aug ment the budget of the Conservative leader i y eight mil lions'? By a constant agitation in favour oft xpensive esta blishments.:Whether in this house, at a Lo :d Mayor's feast, at a school or rifle corps meeti ng, or at a ohe had alw a y s ra i sed the cry of danger and , .2: emonial at the France. The n o bl e l ord and his friends came invasion Cinque Ports,from 1 into polder upon two grounds : first, that they would give the country a better reform bill than gentlemen opposite, Uid next that they would preserve us on friendly terms with France. But they had kicked reform out of existence, and we had heard nothing but the cry of invasion ever since the noble lord had been in power. In consequence of the agitation and alarm thus created the people had been pre vented from attending to their domestic affairs, and from looking after economy in the expenditure of the state. Not only had the Government wasted the public money upon armaments, but the ground had thereby been laid for future expenditure, the extent of which it was impossible to fore see; and if this were allowed to continue, the Liberals, as a party, would rot out of existence, and become so odious that a Liberal party would not only not be tolerated but stink in the nostrils of the country. The hon. member then pro_ ceeded to criticise the Chinese policy of the Government, the end of which he observed would be that China would be left upon our hands in the same manner that India had been. For the last seven years our exports to China had not exceeded three per cent. of the entire exports of this country. Yet for that miserable fraction we were going to meddle with four hundred million of people, and pene trate into a territory ten times larger than France, and in a state of complete rebellion. But what the cost of that interference might be no one could tell. Having also re ferred to the measures taken by the Government for the de fence of Canada as involving unnecessarily an expenditure of one million sterling, the hon.member remarked that upon th ese grounds the Liberal party had no reason to congratu late themselves upon the close of the session. With regard to the relation of parties in that house, he argued that it was not an honest state of things; and for this reason, the noble lord was not governing the country by means of his own party, but by the party opposite. Why was it that party had not proposed a vote of want of confidence in the Administration? Simply because they had more confidence in the noble lord than in their own chief. To whom was the noble lord responsible if he was to carry on his Govern meat with the as s i s t ance of gentlemen oppos it e ? The rnh_ lord was no doubt as goo d a Tory as any of them—Perhaps better; but what b ecame o f governme nt by Par.T. P The s fact was that th e no bl e l or d was irresponsible. wasHe e his la a P . e despot as long as th a t s t a te of things lasted. True, - queurs in the press represented him as a pepul e Minister, but test him by his acts, how had he treated his r . own party ? He ostentatiously opposed the ballot ; he declined to tak e up the question of church rates ; and under his leadership all those popular measures in which the Liberal party took the greatest interest were going backward instead of for ward. Upon none of these subjects was the noble lord in earnest ; and the result was that the whole party became slack, s it the e principles they advocated l os t ground, gentlemen pe wer e allowed to have th e i r own way, and the noble opposite lord destroyed his own party for the future. Than that the present state of things should continue he would rather see himself in opposition,for he was convinced that as long as the Liberal party remained on that aide of the house under exist ing circumstances they would become only the more demo ralised. Comparing the noble lord with the leader of the Op position, he agreed with those who on the other side wished to keep the noble lord in power, that the occupation of the Treasury bench by the right hon. gentleman was quite as desirable for the Liberal party. Lord PALMERSTON, in replying, said that if reform had for the moment been set aside it was not owing to the Government, but in a great degree to the feeling of the House of Commons itself ; in a still greater degree to the general feeling of the constituencies of the country, and most eminently so to the course pursued by Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright. With regard to economy, the hon. mem ber had adopted a mistaken criterion of what it meant. He seemed to think that it consisted simply in not spending money ; but he (Lord Palmerston) imagined it to be the judgment which a sensible man formed of the wants of the moment, and the best means of satisfying them at the least expense and with the greatest efficiency. It was, there fore, most irrelevant to say that in a given year the public expenditure was so much, and in another given year so much, unless it could be shown that the circumstances of the country and the world were precisely the same at each period. He contended that the measures which the Go vernment had taken for the national defence were approved by the country; but he disclaimed all blame or merit for these measures. The expense thereby occasioned had been the result of the judgment of the Government, the house, and the country, of what was necessary to maintain the country in the position among the nations which it was entitled to occupy. It was idle, then, to say that the merit or the blame belonged to one individual or another, when it belonged to the collective judgment of the nation. He admitted that he had been all along anxious for the honour, interest, and safety of the country, and it had been his object, as far as his influence went, to persuade Parliament and the country to guard against dangers which, if not pro vided for, might at any moment come upon them. He was ready, therefore, to go to the bar of public opinion with the hon. member in defence of the mccosuruts of the Govern ment on the ground of their merit. He denied that it was intended by the Government to take part in the civil war in China, or do anything more there than protect British interests, and pointed to the neutrality which they had maintained in the contest between the Northern and Southern States of America in proof that they had honestly acted upon the principle of non-intervention. He also de fended the steps which the Government had taken in de spatching troops to Canada, and recurring again to the question of the fortifications, expressed his belief that the more the public considered it the more they would agree that the Government had done their duty. With regard to the state of parties in the house, Parliament, he observed, was no longer divided, as in former times, by a broad line of demarcation into two parties anagonistic to one another, and boasted that, during his three years' tenure of office, as many good and useful measures of progressive improve ment had been passed as during any similar period in our recent history. He was satisfied that the Government pos sessed the confidence of the House of Commons and the country, for they had done their duty; and, having done it, Ithey deserved the support they had received. Mr. DISRAELI said he and those with whom he acted were perfectly content with the present position of the Liberal party, and he had no desire whatever to interfere with the gradual, but at the same time rapid progress of decomposition and demoralisation which seemed to be the inevitable consequence of the conditions upon which the present Administration was formed, through the influence and votes of that self-same Liberal party. The existing Government were formed for two purposes ; to pass a more democratic Reform Bill than had been proposed by their predecessors, and to extricate the country from the danger ous position in which the conduct by their predecessors of our foreign relations had placed it with regard to France. The noble lord at the head of the Government had ob tained the support of the Liberal party by protestations in favour of reform. That party had made him a Minister, and the return he made to them was con tumely and neglect. With precipitate haste he had turned out the Government of Lord Derby upon a cry raised against the policy pursued towards Austria, and yet within a fortnight afterwards he declared that the foreign policy of the Cabinet had been chalked out for them by their predecessors. The noble lord had been three years in office since the celebrated meeting at Willis's Rooms, and what had he done ? He had given no impetus to Liberal principles, while he had placed the finances of the country in a more critical position than had been experienced since 1840. The Government had spent twelve millions sterling in the most reckless manner upon the dockyards ; the navy was in an unsatisfactory and perilous condition, and we had drifted into a war with China, which would lead to a vast and an indefinite expenditure. In concluding, the right hon. gentleman referred to the state of parties in the house, and observed that ever since be had been honoured with the confidence of the gentlemen surrounding him, his advice to the Tory party had been to recur gradually to the original elements and bonds of that great political connection ; to build up a community, not of liberal opinions, which any !_nn. might fashion according to his taste, but of politi ca l Pn iples ; to assert equal rights, civil and religious; to b: Phold the institutions of the country, because they em bodied th alike ire e :wants and wishes of the country—to protect us to resistr4 individual tyranny and popular outrage—equally ciple of a fr e : "L eY and oligarchy, and to favour that prin security for e c Zecracy which was the only basis and of the country au r to lonal government ; to guard the honour f ro m that turbule nt di Protect its interests, but to shrink gen eral to distract th e l ' ra l inleey which was only suited in improvement; to light of a community from internal administer the public treas—'4 ur rnosg ° ja t : l l taiv i ir . o: :::: a c l o ly ra b er ut ; b eca use it was the best s ecurity to avour popular education, t w l o . protect sely o for the rights of the privileges wlocalo rk igngv ernronafnintingatibSarelintdhaetht Senate. ber prerogative These . Ce r s e t t t e _C r ... 0 'er n and .. the which regulated Tory s ty ta s te h s o m u e ld n , ev b el l:t b h : `' it TePri h n a c d ipi n e o s wish that the Tory par Dew ar unless they practised them. for A ei f g t : r po so li m ey e oofbtsheervuatoivonersnmfreorimt a M nd r. d L o I c IsTD ky=rezoni,eit ture, the subject dropped• NAVAL : ADMINISTRATION. Sir M. to naval PETO renewed the motion relating a d.. ministration, o n which the house was counted out on Tues day evening, contenumg that the department required re form, and that, under the existing system, the public could never receive an e quivalent for the expenditure. Lord C. PAGET ' while admitting there we re some defects in the system, observed that it would be extremely difficult to substitute anothe r more satisfactory. The Admiralty, at all events, W anted no char e THE SUEZ CANAL In reply to Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. LAYAED stated that it.was true that 25,003 men was employed by forced labour on the Suez Canal, but that there werc no treaties between this country and ___ the Fackw. - ;;~ of Egypt which would warrant our interference in the matter. The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. POACHING PREVENTION BILL. Sir B. LEIGHTON having moved the thircrieading of the Night Poaching Prevention Bill, Mr. BUTT proposed, as an amendment, that the bill be re-comulitted, The amendment was supported by Mr. Cox, the Attorney General, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and op posed by Mr. Bass, Colonel Dickson, Mr. S. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Newdegate. Mr. W. E. FOSTER suggested that the opposition might possibly be removed by the house consenting to go into committee for the purpose of inserting a clause to con. fine the operation of the measure to one year, and making such alterations in the phraseology of the first and second clause as would make their meaning clearer and more ex plicit. - Sir B. LEIGHTON expressed his willingness to adopt the suggestion, provided all further opposition to the measure was withdrawn. Sir G. GREY said that if the bill were limited to a year the opposition, so far as the Government were concerned, should cease. Lord R. CECIL declined acceding to any such arrange ment, as it was impossible to pledge the opponents of the bill to forego their opposition, and it was in the power of rlrbebdayfei dos readB: a l u9O discussion, cl iaor3ndt , oh: any half-dozen members to defeat the measure if once it were re-committed. Upon a division the amendment was negatived by 90 to 61. , Mr. W. E. FORSTER declared that he would use the forms of the house to the utmost in. order to retard the further progress of the bill, and moved the adjourn ment of the house. The house again divided, and the motion was negatived whichritimrhaeetha nitime, house eip andi altsesdetdhi divided .n e mo t h no e t tirohene by 88 to 35. Sir J. PAXTON moved the adjournment of the debate ; another j an ec d tion of the motion division question we After eT heee carried ii l that h some adbt wasyf the ur tBh : bill further 29 . And the house adjourned at four o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD ItACES..—FRIDAY. The Nassau Stakes of 50 soya each, for 3 .yr-old fillies, Bst 71b each; the second saved her stake. One mile. 12 miles. Lord Stamford's Bertha, Bst 71b .... (Edwards) 1 Mr. T. Valentine's Q. E. D., Bst 71b .... (T. Aldcroft) 2 Lord Coventry's Sappho, Bst 71b (J. Adams) 3 Betting—Even on Bertha, 2 to 1 agst Q. E. D., and 4 to 1 agst Sappho. Q. E. D. made the whole of the running, with the favourite lying second to the half-distance, where the latter went up to her, passed her in front of the stand, and won cleverly by a length. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft., for 2-yr-olds and up wards; weight for age, with optional selling allowances. Half a mile. Mr. Thellusson's Hesper, 4 yrs, 9st llb (£300) , (Fordham) 1 Mr. Jaques's Entremet, 3 yrs, Bst (£150) .... (Reeves) 2 Mr• Craven's Lady Fumy, 2 yrs, 6st Mb (X 150) (J, Grimshaw) 3 Lord Uxbridge's Witch of Endor, 2 yrs, Est 31b (£150) (French) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Reaper, and sto 2 agst Witch of Endor, Lady Fanny jumped away with a slight lead, waited upon by Entremet and the favourite, the Witch of Endor being left at the post. At the enclosure Lady Fanny was beaten, and Hesper then went to the front, and won in a canter by five lengths ; the same distance between the second and third. On returning to scale Lord - Uxbridge made an objection to the start, on the ground that the horses were despatched too far behind the half-mile post; it was immediately investigated by the steward, who over ruled the objection. The Nursery Stakes (handicap) of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds. Winners extra. Last mile. 60 subs. Baron Niviero's Brick, 7st 101 b (inc 61b extra) (H. Grimshaw)t w. o. Mr. Parr's Glenochty colt, Oat 61b .... (S. Adams) Mr. Elphinstone's Dunkeld, 7st 101b._. (J. Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Canace, Gipsy Girl, Marmon, Tornado, The Royal ;Stag, Warhorse, Sister to Lady Ripon filly, Equinox, Lady Superior, Summerside, Laurel, Gelert, Foie de Gras, Sea Nymph, Harlestone, Lady Har riet colt, Rubini, Netherby, Aconite filly. Betting-2 to 1 agst the Glenochty colt, 4to 1 agst Summerside, 8 to 1 agst Brick, 10 to 1 (at first 5 to 1) agst Rubini, 12 to 1 agst Sea Nymph, 100 to 3 agst Equinox, and 100 to 6 each agst Gipsy Girl, Tornado, and Dunkeld. The flag was lowered at the first attempt to one of the most beautiful starts ever witnessed. The favourite, over powering little Sam Adams, rushed to the front, and came on with the lead for a few strides, when he was pulled back, and the running was taken up by his stable companion, who took a decided lead, followed by Canace, Dunkeld, the favourite, Equinox, Tornado, Brick, and Warhorse; the others, who were headed by Lady Superior, Summerside, and Laurel, following in a compact body, with the exception of Gelert, who gradually dropped into the rear as they, proceeded up the hill. With trifling alteration the leading division ran in the order we have given them to the entrance of the straight, when the front rank was increased by Brick, the lot as they streamed down the hill presenting a splendid sight under a bright sun. On reaching the dip, Rubini, having performed his part in the fray, suddenly dis appeared from the front,Canace following suit. Therunning was then taken up by the favourite, who, in company with Tornado, Equinox, Brick, Royal Stag, and Lady Superior, came en together to the lawn enclosure, where Brick, next the rails on the far side, came out, caught the favourite within a few strides of home, and finished, after a fine race, with a dead heat; Dunkeld was third, three lengths in the rear ; Royal Stag fourth, close up ; Tornado fifth, Equinox sixth, Laurel seventh, Lady Superior eighth, Lady Har riet colt ninth, and Summerside next; Warhorse and the Gipsy Girl were the next two; the oth ers f o ll owe d i n s t ra ggling order and at wide intervals, the absolute last being Gelert. Deciding Heat.—The stakes were divided, and Brick walked over. The Queen's Plate, of 100 guineas ; 3-yr-olds 7st 111 b, 4- yr-olds Bst 71b, 5-yr-olds lOst 21b, 6-yr -olds and aged, lOst 41b. About three miles five furlongs Lord Stamford's Dusk, 3 yrs (Edwards) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Rapparee, 4 yrs Mr. Barber's Coronet, 5 yrs • • • • (Fordham) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Dusk, and sto 2 agst Rapparee. Coronet led to the stand, where Dusk passed him, and took up the running, Rapparee taking second place as they turned out of the straight course. Dusk went on with a long lead and was net again approached, and won in a canter by a dozen lengths. Coronet walked in. The Chesterfield Cup (handicap), value 300 soya, by sub scription of 15 sous each, the surplus in money. Craven course. 65 subs. Count Batthany'a Prince Plausible, 4 yrs, 7st 7st (c. 7st 81b) Sir W. Codriugton's Bosh, 3 yrs, sst 101 b .. (S. Adams) 2 Mr. G. Lambert's Humphrey, 3 yrs, 6st 61b.... (Doyle) 3 Lord Palmerston's Spencer, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b „... (Daley) 4 The following also ran :—King of Diamonds, Man-at- Arms, General Hess, Wild Rose, Sir William, Lady Ripon, Chere Amie, Mistake, Maggiore, Volunteer, Myrtle, Leonora, Hubert, Costa, Lady Evelyn colt, Lapidist, Sara cen, Gorse, Rioter, Disdain, Ace of Clubs, and Bandage. Betting-6 to 1 agst Humphrey, 7to 1 agst Sir William, 8 to 1 each agst Bosh and Lady Ripon, 10 to 1 each agst Myrtle and General Hess. 12 to 1 agst Spencer, 100 to 6 each agsi Bandage and Prince Plausible, 20 to 1 each agst Costa, Gorse, Mistake, and Rioter, and 25 to f agst Wild Rose. After four unsuccessful attempts to get them off, caused through the repeated breaking away of Humphrey, Hubert, Bosh, and Volunteer, the flag was lowered to an admirable start. The fit-4 to show in advance was General Hess, but he was immediately afterwards passed by Maggiore, who came on with a long lead, which she increased as they pro ceeded up the bill, followed by General Hess, Man-at- Arms, Spencer, Disdain, Sir William, Chere Amie, and Prince Plausible, the others, with the exception of Lapidist and King of Diamonds, lying close in their tract. On rounding the turn into the straight, Maggiore's lead gradu ally decreased, and half-way down the hill she dropped back beaten. Spencer at the same time went to the front, and, with Humphrey, Bosh, Sir William, and Prince Plau sible lying up, came on with the running to half-way in the distance, where Sir William retired, and Prince Plau sible drew towards the front. The four came on together nearly in a line to the stand, where Fordham made his effort, and obtained a slight advantage, which he retained to the end, and won a fine race by a neck. A head separated the second and third, and there was half a length between third and fourth. Sir William and Costa were fifth and sixth, close up, Volunteer seventh, Myrtle eighth, and Maggiore next ; the last two were Lady Ripon and Mis take. The Duke of Richmond's Plate (Handicap) of 100 sous ; for all ages. New Mile. Lord Chesterfield's Baron Munchausen, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Rogers) 1 Colonel Towneley's Cellarius, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. 'Whittaker's David Ann, 4 yrs, 7st Mb (Wheatley) 3 The following also ran :—Voltella, Clementi, Mary and ea Stuart Court Martial, Vertumna, and Manrico. , g a — nd 5 to 1 agst any other. ett e i nn the el dn, 6 to 4 agst Voltella, 5 to 2 agst Baron Mun to distance ' , Glut cam e o a u r n t ial, Voltella, and David Ann were the first off , e aj h lY abreast, followed by Baron Mur chausen , wel:ethers lying off. In this way they ran back, and Baron isil:eCourt Martial and Voltella dropped where the latter was beatetnbsee joined David Aul t . T t a e l l"n, with Cellarius at his girtba, ran together to the stand, Munchausen vvi n ,,,- ' l eaving the finish to the two, ...arig i n. th were three lengths betwe„, e last stride by a head; Voltella was fourth, and Vertun„ La t t second and third ; The March Stakes of 5 soya each, next, with o h v added; 2-yr thaerren olds, 7st 71b ; 3-yr-olds, 9st ; fillies allowed 31b. The Winner to be sold for 300 sovs. Half-a-mile. 25 subs. Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Olive Branch, 3 yrs (Rogers) 1 Mr. Webb's Peignoir, 3 yrs (Fordham) 2 Mr. Newland's Arrogante, 3 yrs... '(H Grirphaw) 3 The following also ran :—Agag, Margery, Misk-Living stone, Tolurno, Mountain Buck, and Sheerness. Betting-5 to 2 agst Peignoir, 100 to 30 agst Olive 13ranch, and 5 to 1 agst To'urns. Agag, on the lower side, made play, with the favourite, Arrogante, Olive Branch, and Mountain Buck on the far side, lying nearly in a line. At the half distance Agag gave way, and Peignoir, in stand, where hye: Rogers thArro brought gantec outame Olive onw Branch, ththe in a running to h few strides after obtained a slight lead, and won a fine race by three parts of a length; half a length separated the second and third, Agag was fourth, the others beaten off. AQUATICS. ETON AND WESTMINSTER BOAT-RACE. The Eton and Westminster boat-race took place yesterday evening, and the fine and gallant rowing of both parties was the theme of general admiration. There was a large num ber of persons congregated to view the race on shore and in small boats, besides which were three steamers well filled. The following were the crews : ETON. St lb 1 Mr. A. Brassey 2 Mr. W. Griffiths 3 Mr. W. T. French 4 Mr. A. Pochin 5 Mr. R. A. Kinglake ll 5 6 Mr. J. R, Selwyn 7 Mr. H. R. Senhouse Stroke, Mr. C. B. Lawes lO 10 Cox„ The Hon. Needham WESTMINSTER, 1 Mr. A. P. Dawson 9 9 2 Mr. A. Mackey 9 10 3 Mr. J. S. Bull 4 Mr. B. N. Thorns 5 Mr. G. T. M. O'Brien 6 Mr. H. B. Besley 7 Mr. W. C. H. Hunt Stroke, Mr. H. N. Monck Cox., Mr. H. Walker The course was from Putney to Chiswick Eyot, and the Westminsters were the challengers, the Etonians having won the last race, and also that before it, the first after a lapse of a dozen years. In the races preceding that, reck oning from 1835, the Westminsters won four out of the seven events scattered over the 11 years. Both parties trained hard and well for the present race, but the Etonians were markedly the favourites ; the same crew rowed on the 7th ult. at Henley against St. Peter's Radley and beat them easily, and on the following day contended for the Ladies' Challenge Plate, at the same regatta against the Oxford University College crew, and were only beaten by a trifle. Mr. Chitty, of Exeter College, Oxford, was the umpire, and Mr. Edward Searle, the eminent boatbuilder, the starter. At a quarter-past 5 the Etonians first moved to the station, and were warmly cheered. The Westminsters followed in ten minutes, and were similarly greeted. West minster had the choice of station, and took the Middlesex side. No time was lost, and at 31 minutes past 5 they were off. They started at the same instant, but the Westmin sters plied their oars with such quickness that the nose of their boat was directly some feet in advance. The mo ment, however, the Etonians got fairly to work their supe riority was manifest, and in less than two minutes they were level, and then in another minute were drawing them selves clear, and off the upper part of the cricket-field they went in front of their adversaries. The Westminsters rowed exceedingly well; there was no wildness apparent in their work, and they continued with the mast unabated courage, and in good style; they were far above the ave rage of public school crews, but their opponents possessed the superiority, rowing more like a university crew than any we have seen of late years, and, consequently, the Westminsters were overmatched. They rowed a stern wager, without flinching to the last, but became further astern as they proceeded, and Eton won by seven lengths. Time, 13 minutes. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. This old-established race, upon which the popular musi cal farce of " The Waterman" is founded,, took place yes terday. The distance, as is well known, is from the Swan at London-bridge to the Swan at Chelsea, and the compe titors are watermen's apprentices just out of their time. The prizes legitimately are a coat, badge, and a guinea to the winner, £4 17s. 9d. for the second, and £2 18s. 9d. for the third man, interest on South Sea stock, bequeathed by Sir W. Jolliffe, and to these have been added some trifling amounts. The attendance of spectators was extraordinary —perhaps the largest seen for years past, and the following was the result of the race : John Messenger, Cherry-gardens Jonathan Oakley, Limehouse-hole 2 Thos. Jas. Abbott, Dockhead 3 John Bartlett, Horslydown 4 James R. Becket, Old Barge-house Edward Clyett, Legal-quays Mr. Dards, Bargemaster of the Fishmongers' Company, started the men at high water, and they went away admi rably. Bartlett dashed off with a great lead, but was unable to keep it, Oakley and Abbott coming up, and the former going into the front place. At Southwark Oakley was just heading Abbott, Bartlett being third, and Messengerfourth. The latter, although very diminutive, now began to make play, and shooting by the whole of the others became first at Blackfriars, kept it admirably, and won by a dozen lengths. Oakley was then second, and gained directly afterwards a little upon the winner, but Abbott came up into the second place. A very Sue race then followed be tween him and Oakley, which ended in Oakley becoming finally second at Westminster, and he afterwards kept it, beating Abbott by several lengths. The two last men were completely distanced from an early part of the race. The " jolly young watermen" were afterwards presented at Fishmongers'-hall, and received several gratuities. CRICKET. I ZINGARI v. THE SOUTH WALES CLUB. Yesterday, at Lord's Ground, this match was continued. On the side of I Zingari (who had lost four wickets for 32 runs) Captain Parnell and Mr. E. Tredcroft, being not out with two each on the previous evening, resumed the batting. Mr. Tredcroft made en addition of three singles, and the ball then fell into the hands of Mr. Buszard, off Mr. E. Grace ; five wickets and 40 runs. Mr. C, E. Edwards contributed a good 12, in which was a fine hit for a five. The innings of Captain Parnell was first class, both his batting and defence being good. He scored 63, come posed of three fives, two fours, six threes, and five twos. The sixth wicket fell for 93, seventh for 108, eighth for 132, ninth for 143, tenth for 157. The bowling and out fielding of South Wales were most praiseworthy. The South Wales gentlemen had 109 to get to win. The batting commenced steadily, one wicket being lost for seven runs, the second and third fell for 33, Mr. Fryer made a good stand and played a fine innings for 41, in which were two fives, two fours, four threes, and a two. The fourth wicket fell for 40, and the fifth for 90. At this period the odds appeared to be a "guinea to a gooseberry" in favour of Wales. The sixth wicket fell for 98 runs—only 11 to get to win —still in their favour. On the fall of the seventh wicket, without alteration of the score, some excitement was evinced ; this was increased at the fall of the eighth wicket for the same number. No alteration was made at the fall of the ninth, and the enthusiasm of I Zingari was great, the whole field being on the alert. The crisis soon come—Mr. Bustard and Mr. Crawshay (the two last) could not succeed in rubbing off the runs, the score termi nating for 107, thus I Zingari won the match by one run. MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN THE RIVER AT BLACICF.RIARS-BRIDGE. ...- --. Yesterday morning Mr. Wm. Payne, the coroner for the City of London, resume d th e inquiry at the Bridewell H osp i ta l , N ew Br i dge-street, Bl ac kf r i ar s, into the somewhat mysterious circumstances of the suicide of a female unknown, who was stated to have walked into the river from the steps of the bridge on Monday morning last. Some screams were heard at the time of the occurrence by the police, and when deceased was got out it was found that the skirt of her dress had been torn off, and that her pocket and money were miseing* Charles Dyke, coffee-stallkeeper, said that some time before deceased was found in the water she got from him a cup of coffee, which she paid f or with money t a k en from her poc k e t. She then crossed the brid ge towards the City side. Wm. Taylor sa id that he recognise d the shawl worn by the d eceased as that of a you ng wom an named Mary Ann Di c k son, who was about three years since in serv i ce with a fam ily residing at Denmark-hill, Camberwell. H He was sure that he recognised the deceased as the same person, not was about 35 yea rs of age. He d id withstanding the di s fi gurement f rom death. Sh e not know that the deceased was an unfortunate. He met her ten days ago, and she sa id she was in di s t ress . The jury remarked th a t th e d e ceased appeared to be only 22 years o f age. Some other witnesses were examined, amtthey said. that they observed the deceased going towards the bridge, and she seemed to be under the influ ence of liquor. The Coroner remarked on the sarious nature of the case, an d the deceased was found dead in the river, but how she came into the river there was no evidence to show," [ ADVERTISEME NT.]---Holloway's Pills.--Instructive Fact.—Throughout our summers numbers of persons su ff er from feverishness, 1 , 1 38 of appetite, dejection, and shooting pains in the muscles an d j oints, who could at once com mand ease by resorting to Holloway's Pills. This is a justly, and for a l ong ti me admitted by the profession and publi c . I n al l cases of de bility these fact which has been pills exercise the most indisputable efficacy in, and they successfully combat with, indigestion, involuntary sighing, headache, and habitual constipation. They healthfully: , xplain yet quietly regulate th e stomach, liver, the 'so of HOl lO and bowels. Such valuable and extended b ene fi ts e way's pills being everywhere received with such univers al fa vour , and satisfactoril y account for the cons id era ble and incessant increase in th e i r sale, IRELAND. DUBLIN, AUG. 1. Mr. Braddell, who was shot in Dobbyn's Hotel, in the town of Tipperary, on Wednesday, died yes terday morning of the wounds then inflicted. An inquest was held on the body yesterday afternoon. It was attended by a large number of the local ma gistrates. The dying declaration of Mr. Braddell, and the evidence of Daniel Moore, land bailiff, who was in the room at the time, clearly charged Michael Hayes with the murder. The jury having heard other evidence establishing the charge, returned the following verdict :—" That John Braddell came to his death from a pistol shot fired by Michael Hayes, in the hotel of Mr. Dobbyn, in the town of Tipperary, on Wednesday, the 30th of July inst." This outrage is the most daring and desperate yet perpetrated even in Tipperary. The victim is Mr. John Walter Braddell, of Mallow, in the county of Cork, a gentleman long known and much respected. He was agent to several other gentlemen in the counties of Cork, Limerick, and Tipperary, and was on this occasion receiving rents for Colonel Hare. He had been accustomed to receive them on the lands, but some ill-feeling having been manifested by Hayes, he took a back parlour in the hotel for an office. Hayes, the accused, was one of the tenants who, it is said, were threatened with evic tion. This man entered the room about half-past 2 o'clock, and demanded an abatement in his rent. Mr. Braddell refused, and, perhaps offended by his manner, ordered him to leave the room. He was not alone with the assassin ; there were two other per sons in the room, a gentleman named Reardon and bailiff named Moore. Notwithstanding their pre sence Hayes fired a pistol at Mr. Braddell. The ball entered his body below the chest. Moore attempted to arrest the assassin, but he got away through the back premises, and though the police heard the shot or shots (for it is said by one account that two were fired), and were on the spot in two or three minutes, and though it was open day and in the most public part of the town, he has not yet been arrested, nor would the people give any assist ance to the officers of justice in tracing him. It is however, scarcely possible that he can long evade their pursuit. This is the most astounding of all the recent murders in the South, for it shows that persons who transgress the Riband code can have no possible security against assassination. In passing sentence on Walsh yesterday, at Limerick, Mr. Justice Keogh delivered a long, elo quent, fervid, and almost impassi aned address, which powerfully impressed every one in court but the prisoner. Judges, in passing sentence in these agrarian cases, are apt to apologise for harrowing the feelings of the culprits and aggravating the hor ror of their position ; but the persons they address seem so utterly insensible that one might as reason ably speak of wounding the feelings of the Gorilla. In this case the Judge endeavoured to find some flesh —some vulnerable spot, susceptible of Chris tian feeling, in the obdurate heart of the prisoner, but in vain. His lordship reminded him that he never had the least quarrel with the gentleman he murdered, that he was young, and must have had some natural feeling; but when he saw that young beautiful, and noble lady beside her husband, im ploring that he might be spared, the prisoner did not stay his murderous arm. In all her youth and beauty she stood before him appealing, and he re lented not. He implored him not to seek to aggra vate the horrible atrocity of his offence by conceal ing the guilty companions that led him into his awful position. Those men were fourfold murderers —they were the murderers of Mr. Fitzgerald, of his widow, of Beckham, and of Walsh —and they were tenfold more guilty than their tools. He warned the prisoner that if he did not disburden his heart of guilty knowledge he would go down to eternal darkness. He (the judge) cared not in what reli gion he was brought up, no rite or ceremony could save him without repentance. Repenting and con fessing his guilt, the greatest criminal would find atonement in the blood of One who suffered for man upon the cross, for it is written—" There is but one name under Heaven by which men may be saved." The black cap was assumed amid solemn silence, and the prisoner was sentenced to be hanged on the Ist of September next. The only remark the wretched young man made was that he was " brought into it." He betrayed no emotion or concern throughout the whole of the proceedings, and his heart was proof even against the earnest and impressive exhorta tions of the judge: The Attorney-General said that in the case of Denis Dillane a true bill had been found against him for being accessory before the fact to the mur der of the late Mr. Francis Fitzgerald. Another bill had been found against a man named Cooke for harbouring James Walsh, who had been recently sentenced to death. The Crown, in the interests of justice, thought it necessary to apply for a post ponement of these cases until next assizes. Mr. E x ham said he appeared for Dillane, and stated that he was much restricted from communication with his friends and family since he had been ar rested. His lordship said he would not inter fere with the prison authorities, and as to enter taining an a pplication for bail, it was entirely out of the question. Mr. Casey said he appeared for Cooke, who said he was charged with the minor offence of harbouring Walsh. He respectfully asked his lordship to admit him to bail, consider ing that he had been already some time in custody. His lordship said that if the Crown objected he would not accede to the application. The Attorney- General said that the prisoner was charged with an offence only second to a capita; crime. He could not consent to the application for admiss ~en to bail. Michael Renehan was then indicted RA' sending a threatening letter to Mr. A. M. Gallwey, on the 2d of February last, threatening to murder him. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor -General, Ser geant Sullivan, and Mr. De Moleyns prosecuted, and Mr. O'Grady, solicitor, defended the prisoner. The Attorney-General stated the case, witnesses for the prosecution were examined, and the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of the unfortunate man who committed suicide by throwing himself on the rails when the half-past 10 train was passing from Dubli n t o Ki ngstown on Wednesday night. Mr. C. F. Green, a medical student, deposed that his attention was attracted, about 11 o'clock, to an obstruction on the railway. He want to the spot with two porters and the Salt hill stationmaster. On approaching the body he saw brains scattered on the rails. The body was lying on the rail, the legs towards the sea, and the arms stretched out. The head was nearly severed from the body, and was parted from it by merely pulling it by the hair. The right arm and the fingers of the left hand were broken. There was no coat on the body, which was still warm when discovered. In the hat was found a slip of paper, on which was written the words, " I slept on the rocks for two nights." A letter to his brother was also found, stating that he would be no more when it was received. James Fox, a dealer in coal, identified the body. The deceased was at his house in York -street, Kingstown, on the previous evening. He said he was very tired, and asked leave to sit down. Wit ness gave him two cups of tea and some bread and butter. He washed himself and asked for a razor, wh i c h w as not given. That was about 2 o'clock. He a ppeared to witness to be quite deranged and wild i n his manner. Maria King, of 82, Upper Dorset -street, Dublin, deposed that deceased h a d l odged in her house for seven months. His name was William Hartford. He had been in good health, but his spirits were much depressed since Thursday, when his brother refused to pay him some money alleged to be due to him. He left the house on Monday night at 9, quarter to 9 o'clock without stating where he was going. He was temperate in his habits, and very well conducted. He owed witness £3 10s. for lodging. The verdict of the jury was that the deceased com►nitted suicide while labouring under tempo rary insanity. CR USTAL PALACE.-ONE SHILLING DAY.- FRIDAY. —A dmissions on payment, 10,967; di t t o , by neasou tickets,7B3. Total, 11,670. • SHOCKING CATASTROPHE AT BOW. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. During the last few days a painful sensation has pervaded the vi c i n ity of Bow on ac coun t of a most determined attempt having been made to murder his wife by a person who has hitherto occupied a very respectable position, and who afterwards at tempted Ricketts; to take his own lif e . Th e name o f the i accused is ; be is about 45 years of age, Rick and is engaged in the coal t ra d e , an d li ve d w ith hi s w ife and family in a cottage in Coborn-road, adja cent to the Bow Cricket Ground. Of lat e h e has b ee n rather intemperate in his habits, and when in that state he was exceedingly quarrelsom e w ith his wife. He appears to have spent a p ort i on o f Tues day evening in the bowling-green a tt ac h e d to t h e Morgan Arms public-house, immediately facing his residence. He left there about ten o'clo c k an d went home. Soon after this the neighbours were alarmed by screams, some of the family at the s ame t i me rushing out into the road calling murder. Several of the inhabitants went into the parlour or sitti ng room, and saw that Ricketts ha d got his wife d own on the floor, her face was covered with blood, and he was apparently "jobbing" her in the throat with a sharp-pointed knife. He was instantly dragged away from her, and the poor woman was carried in a shocking condition into an adjoining house, when medical men were sent for. Amidst the confusion Ricketts was observed to dart dawn stairs into the kitchen, probably alarmed at the cry which some one raised for the police. On a eon.stable arriving at the house Ricketts was called by . name to come up. At first the officer declined to go L iown, fear ing perhaps that the assassin was armed a. ad would make a murderous resistance. At leng th the kitchen was reached by the constable and son2e of the neighbours, and Ricketts was found standing in the centre of the room and blood spurting from gashes in his throat. Some one exclaimed, " Good God! what is the meaning of all this ?" when Ricketts, with a kind of triumphant grin, said, "Ain't I a pluck'd un ? didn't I say I'd do it ? " alluding to some threat which it was supposed he had made in the early part of the evening. Towels having been rolled round his throat, so as to check the flow of blood, Mr. Garman and Mr. Gill, sur geons, in the Bow-road, were sent for, and the wounds were dressed. The last accounts speak of Mrs. Ricketts and her wretched husband being still alive, the condition of the latter being the most serious. The wife has sus tained a deep wound in her cheek. It is stated that the quarrel which terminated with such dreadful consequences arose over the supper table. The police have charge of Ricketts, who remains at his house in the Coborn-road. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT AT MURDER AT MERTHYR TYDVIL BY TWO POLICE MEN. A diabolical attempt at murder, the character of which is greatly aggravated by the fact that its perpetrators are both constables in the Glamorgan shire county constabulary, was committed on Thursday, in the immediate neighbourhood of Merthyr Tydvil. It would seem that there is a dangerous part of Merthyr on which the active superintendent, Mr. Wrenn, deems it his duty to double the beat, and consequently Police-constables Stuent and William Rowland were placed upon it. Upon going )his first round of inspection Police-sergeant William Thomas discovered Rowland partaking of liquors in a beer-house. He reprimanded him, and, made a report of his misconduct to the superintendent. This matter, it would seem, gave great umbrage to Rowland, who must have contrived to excite an equal amount of anger in the breast of his com rade Stuent ; for upon the sergeant making his second round of inspection a very desperate and unmistakeable attempt to murder him was made by the two men. In the course of the beat there is a canal which is crossed by a bridge, and on nearing it the ser geant observed that both constables were standing at the bridge waiting, as he supposed for his visi tation. As he approached them Rowland stepped towards him as if to make some report, but was no sooner within reach than he aimed a heavy blow at the sergeant which at once felled him to the earth. Stuent then came up, and both men commenced beating and kicking him until he was completely prostrate and reduced, as they doubtless supposed, to a state of insensibility. They then took him up and threw him over the bridge into the canal, the fall to the water being fully ten feet. The effect of the im mersion revived the sergeant a little, and there being a current passing through the bridge he was carried by its force across to the opposite side of the bridge. This was observed by the villains, who rushed to the spot towards which he was drifting and attacked him with stones. one of which stunned him for a time. The poor fellow's groans and cries, coupled with the noise of the struggle, caused some of the canal boatmen to hasten to the place, and by their assistance he was got out, but in a state of great exhaustion and suffering. The ruffianly Policemen, upon finding assistance at hand, imme diately decamped. On the outrage being reported to Superintendent Wrenn he at once sent consta bles in pursuit, and one of them, Constable Wright, succeeded in arresting Stuent at a distance of 13 miles from Merthyr. Rowland could not be found, but there is every reason to hope that he will not escape the officers of justice. THE ADVENTURES OF A NEW YORK ZOUAVE. Yesterday afternoon Acting Inspector Davis, of the M division, attended before Mr. Burcham, at the Southwark Police-office, with a smart-looking Frenchman, dressed in the United States Zouave uniform, to ask his worship's advice and assistance under the following singular circumstances. The Inspector said that the applicant came to him at the station-house that morning and told him his wife had robbed him of all his clothes and pro perty, and that he wanted the police to assist him in the recovery. Not being able to understand his complaint, he thought it better to introduce him to the magistrate. The applicant then stated that he was a French man by birth, but a citizen of New York, where he had resided and carried on the business of a basket maker for 13 years. He had for some years be longed to the New York Volunteers, and rather more than a year ago he joined a French regiment of New York Zouaves. He about that time married an Englishwoman at New York, about ten days ago they came to England for the purpose of seeing their relatives in London and afterwards in France. i Applicant brought with him boxes containing 0,: hing and other property, which he deposited at a lo:2 Bing in Bermondsey, but while he was gone to see a c c ontryman of his in the vicinity of Leices ter-square his wife decamped with all his property. He had found ot:. t . his wife's sister's resid ence i n believed not only that hi s property. He was ra th er as l b ' was possess e d o f no Long-lane, and firmi; wife was there but all him the streets in in a critical position, other clothing but the uniform L' e had on, an d h e did not much like walking about.' that, as he caused people to laugh at 2 1 ini and re mind him of" Bull's Run." (Laughter.) The Chief Clerk asked him if he had been con nected with any portion of the army contending against the Confederates. The applicant replied that the New York French Zouaves were al most!the first that crossed Harper's Ferry to oppose the Confederates at York town. He was at that furious and destructive battle, but fortunately for him, at the rear • and he was also one of th ose w h o escape d a t Bull's Run. Some of their battalion, however, fought bravely, and were much cu t t o p i eces . ie, however, was tired of the work, got away as soon as he could, and came to England. Davis informed his worship that the applicant had all his appointments, including his musket. He told him that he ran away—in fact, that he deserted. Applicant did not deny coming away clandestinely, but he considered that he had done enough for the Yankees. They (the Frenchmen) were not so very well treated by them ; in fact, he had had fighting enough, and there were thousands like him leaving the army daily. Many thousands more would be glad to be where he was; but still he wanted his property. The Chief Clerk told him that he did not know how the Court could help him, us a wife could not rob her husband. It was her property as well as his. Applicant could not comprehend that sort of logic, as he said he purchased all the property in New York. He believed he knew where it was, and all he wanted was the assistance of the police to get it!back. Davis here said that applicant had told him that t since he had been in England he had found out that his wife had a husband in London left three or four years ago. with him to An officer was directed to proceed was, to the house where he suspected his prop erty vves about to ascertain the facts. Just as the court with the appli when sh close, the constable (30M) returned Grange road, but cant, and said that he had ascertai mother and sister resided in the . ned that his wife's o f the wife and the pro they denied all knowledge petty. the a pplicant that he could no t Mr. Burcham told it wa s, but if he ascertained that seize it wherever b hus and living, he could give assist him. If he could find .his. property he could who ig his wife had her in charge t eemed much disappointed at his Applica recommendation, then left . the court, ex worships his aversion at the American uniform pressitig a nother hick he Too compelled upfillingly to rear W _ .~ GREA.T FIRE AT SOUTH-END FAR. HAMPSTEAD. Yesterday afternoon the inhabitants of Hampstead were greatly alarmed owing to the outbreak of a fire which ma fortunately proved to be of a very serious charac. ter taking place in a range of pre mises known as South-End Farm, South-End-grove, the property of Mr. A. Pickett, a farmer. The fire when fit st discovered had obtained possession of one rick of hcty, consisting of about 70 loads, but the flames raged wit h such fury that in a few minutes the fire exte.'de d to the cow-sheds, stables, and granaries. Fortunately the horses were extricated, but the flames so completely encompassed the cow house, that no one could enter to rescue a number of cows which were in the build ing, and the valv.abile animals were quickly burned to death. The noise made by the poor animals was very painful to he ar, and several persons tried to enter the shed to rescue them, but they were driven back by the violence of the flames, and not without getting their faces „torched. The engines soon arrived, and plenty of water having been obtained, the firemen set to work in an intrepid manner, but several hours elapsed before they could get the fire under, and even at ten o'clock last night it was not extinguished. The total damage must be very seri ous. The rick, it am:ears), was on fire the previous day, when a p or tion was cut away by the farm ser vants without sending for t now entirely destroyed, lie engines. The rick is an, d the granary, chaff houses, cow-shed s , and stables , covering nearly 501 t. of ground in one direct): on and 30ft. in an other, are partially destroyed. IH.REE MORE EXTENSIVff FIRES. A bout three o'clock yesterday morning a police constable, in passing through St. Helen's'-place. Bishop sgate, discovered a fire burning in the etten sive offices occupied conjointly by Mr. D. Sally, surgeol, Mr. Tite, M.P., and Mr. J. Searight, a merchant, situate at No. 18 in the above place. An instant afarm was given, and as soon as other oon stables came up, whieh was in the course of a few minutes, some 'were sent to convey the necessary intelligence t 9 the fire and escape stations, whilst others kept the doors. The fire- escape from Bishopsgate-street soon arrived, when Conductor Steer pitched his machine against the building, and passed Mrs. P. iwsey, the housekeeper, over the roof, and therel )y saved her life. The engines of the London Brig ade, including the powerful land steam-engine by Shand and Mason s were soon in attendance, under the command of Captain Shaw , and Foremen Swanton and Withers. A plentiful su pply of the New River Company's water having been procured, the firemen went to work in a most praisewort manner, but in spite of their exer tions the wi Irk of destruction continued, and 'even tually the fl a mes rushed from the ground floor up the staircase, 1. 1, nd having penetrated the roof, they rose high into the air, threatening danger to the surrounding proimerty. The firemen, however, by great perseverance. . , managed to get the flames sub dued, but not until the whole of the premises, con -aces, were seriously damaged sisting of about 15 1. by fire and water. ;The origin of the fire is un known. . . About a quarter 1. , efore six in the morning a very serious fire took pi ' ace on the premises of Mr. S. Morris, law stationer, earrying on business at No. SA, Cook's-court, al ey-street, Lincoln's-inn fields. The flames comme nced in the back room, first floor, and they rapidly ascended to the top of the house, and rushed through the roof. The land steam-engine, by Shand and Mason, quickly attended, and four manual-power ma chines, under the direction of Captain Shaw and Mr. Fogo, the chief officer of the B district, who were ably assisted by Engineer Perryer. A. good supply of water having been obtained the engines were called into operation, and with the aid of 58 hired auxiliaries the flames were ex tinguished, but not till the greater portion of the building was destroyed, and the remainder seriously damaged by fire and water. Mr. C. White, of the County Fire Office, was soon in attendance, the contents of Mr. Morris's premises being insured in that office. The origin of the misfortune is unknown. Another fire, almost attended with fatal conse quences to five persons, took place on the premises belonging i'o Mr. G. Glover, wholesale tea dealer, a few doors from the brigade engine-station in Tooley street, Southwark. The discovery was made by a police-constable of the N division, who at once raised an alarm, and sent for the, engines and fire escapes of the Royal Society. Conductor Dunk having arrived with the escape, he fortunately suc ceeded in bringing down in safety three women and two children. At this time the smoke was pouring forth in immense volumes from every win dow. Had it not bee n for the timely arrival of the escape, the whole of the persons who were thus rescued must have per2shed. The engines of the parish and brigade were remarkably quick in arriv ing, and as usual a good a upply of the Southwark Company's water having been procured, the fire men went to work in an adi.nirable manner, under the direction of Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D district, but the fire was not extinguished until serious damage was done to the building and its contents. The loss will fall upon several fire offices. CO UN7RY MARL L tS. ~- ..,- LIVERPOOL-AUG. 1. At to-day's market there was rather a-small attendance of the town and country trade, and not many buyers from a distance. Wheat met a moderate inquiry, but the full prices of Tuesday were realised. Fine flour scarce, and rather higher. Barley brought rather more money, also peas, while Egyptian beans were fully is per qr dearer. Oats advanced Id per 451bs, but oatmeal dull and no change in price. Indian corn in extensive demand, at an improve ment of 3d to 6d per qr. WAKEFIELD—Ara. 1. For fine fresh parcels of red wheat extreme prices were commanded, but a poor show. An inactive demand for other sorts, and prices unaltered. Grinding barley rather higher. Egyptian beans is per qr, and oats id per stone dearer. EXETER—AUG. 1. The following prices were quoted this morning : Wheat, white..7s Od to 7s 6d Barley. 3s 9d to 4s Sd Ditto red. .6s 9d to 7s Od I Oats .........2s 9d to 3s 01 Flour, fine, 41s to 44s ; seconds, 39s to —s per sack. CATTLE. The supply this morning of all descriptions, with the ex ception of fat bullocks, wag large. I Fat beef,cp sc., 10s3U to 10s6d Ewes, per lb .... 7d to 71d Pork carcases, lOs Od to llsOd Wethers, d 0...... 6d to 6id Lamb, p 1b....... lid to 8d Fat calves, d0...51d to—d. Rough fat, 31-d per lb. COAL MARKET. trrioes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market s. d. Walls End. Grey's West Hartley.. 14 9 Eden Main l6 6 Carway and Duthyn Malting Do. Anthracite-21 0 Walker Primrose 12 0 Hastings Hartley l5 3 Holywell .. 16 0 Lambert's West Hart ley l5 0 Wylam ..15 9 Tynedale West Hart- ley 13 6 Buddle's West Hartley 15 3 Hartlepool West Hart ley ...14 6 Ships at market, 71; sold. 31. s. d. Framwellgate 16 9 Hetton lB 0 Hartlepool.. l7 6 Whitworth 15 6 South Kelloe. 17 0 ICaradoc .... ...17 3 lAcorn Close 16 9 ) lEden 16 9 South Hetton ...18 0 Caseop . 17 0 South Hartlepool...... 16 6 Stewart's.. . .17 9 Thorpe l5 0 Haswell . ..18 0 BIRTHS: BOUSTEAD.—On the Ist inst., at Wimbledon, the wife of J. Boustead, Esq., of a son. HAREWOOD.—On the Ist inst., at Harewood House, Han. over-square, the Countess Harewood, of a son. LYALL.—On the Ist inst., at 9, Craven hill, M rs . George Lyall, of a son. WHITFIELD.—On the 31st ult., at Lewes, the wife of Geo. Whitfield, Esq., of a son. . _ MARRIAGES. Lth Rev. John F. Alleyne, Major' ittleton Powys Keck, of Stoughton KECX—GORE.—On the 16th July, at St. George's Church to Maria Gore, youngest sur vivingiffeelate Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore, theH a Hanover-square, v o e n r . - L. e s ff q j u eo en s ;i t e , or; Grange, WAnnunTorr—ioNo.—On the 30th ult., at Saint Paul's, _ h t,bridge, J. W. Warburton, Esq ,of the F ' n oreig B f r e, t o the Hon. Frances King I * d , on ydaughter of Vis s"—DAVIES.—On the 31st ult., at St. Paul's, Cam- G.e i. d , aGr n .c h . te .. 4 . count Lorton. WhAriTdge, George Bowes Watson, Esq ,B A Trinity Col., son of the late Geo. Bowes Watson * , Esq.,..' of Lincoln's inn, to Itosine, youngest daughter of Captain G. Davies, R.N. CAMPBELL-- ung O o n N t h u e tt 2 e 6 r th c p a ult A . p , b T a e li t ll ß , S l a . l s li ( r o re f B H a o l u li s in e, or A e rgyle- Hunt,F.s.--On the 31st ult., at Tulse hill, Mr. J, Hurles, aged 81. 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