The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-16 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AVERWA. (From the Imes' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, MAY 2. All doubt of the capture of New Orleans has been at an cud for the last two days. Corroborations of the fact, though contradictory as to the details, had arrived from so many fluarters, that the natural incredulity of an often-deceived public had yielded to the accumulation of evidence even before the re ceipt this morning of the official correspondence between Commodore Farragut, the Federal Com mander of the Mississippi flotilla, and Mr. Monroe, the mayor of the city. When the news first arrived the wonder was not so much that New Orleans should have fallen, hut that the Southern generals, engineers, and captains of iron-elad rams and gun boats should not have made better use of their time and opportunities in preparing for the defence of so important a place, and that two days were more than sufficient to accomplish against the commercial em porium of the South what 20 days failed to accom plish against Island No. 10 in the comparatively unimportant regions of the middle Mississippi. The catastrophe is a startling ens, and has been quite as unexpected to the North as it must have been to the South. It is evident from tho correspondence be iween the Commodore and the Mayor, that the General in command of the Confederate) forces had left the city with his whole army, as soon as he found it to bo untenable. Though the correspond ence give no detail, and no official reports have yet been received by the Federal Government, it seems, as far as anyclue to the truth can be obtained through the mite of imperfect and oonflioting testimony which has reached this city, principally through the medium of Southern newspapers brought within the Federal lines before Yorktown by runaway negroes and deserters, that the means of attaining this great victory were as simple as they were ex traordinary. Either two or a larger number of ireraclad gunboats (some accounts say as many as 12, but not all iron -clad) succeeded in forcing their way past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, through a terrific yet harmless storm of shot and grape. This impediment surmounted, they steamed leisurely up to New Or leans, anchored in mid stream, and threatened either to shell the city or cut the levee and lay it under water in case of re sistance. The iron-clad vessel Louisiana, con structed after the fashion of the Merrimac, and on the support of which for attack or defence the Con federates appear to have largely calculated, was either captured or destroyed by Commodore Farra gut's superior force, while the Mississippi, a second vessel of the same kind, was scuttled to prevent her falling into the hands of the Federals. In these circumstances, the city lying wholly at the mercy of the flotilla, which was riding unassailable on the swollen river, several feet above the level of the streets, General Mansfield Lovell resolved to save (is army, if he could save nothing else, and took his departure, with his whole force, by the Jackson Railway, to Camp Moore, 78 miles distant on the road to Memphis. The Mayor, thus left without naval or military aid, yielded, like a wise man, to inevitable necessity as soon as he was summoned to surrender. But, in placing the city at the mercy, or under the protcction,of the conqueror, he refused to hoist the Stars and Stripes on the public build ings, or to give any orders to that effect to his subordinates. I do not say that this is a correct history of the capture, but it is the only intelligible or coherent account that I am able to piece together out of the odds and ends and loose scraps of reliable and unreliable information contained in the news papers. Nothing has yet been heard from General Butler, in command of the military force which was to have operated in the rear of the city from Lake Pontchartrain by the Shell Road ; and at the time at which I wrote no official telegram or letter had been received from Commodore Farragut, or any private letters from any one engaged in the opera tions. I need scarcely say that all of these are looked for with the greatest interest. It does not appear that the desperate expedient so often recommended to the Southern planters and holders of cotton, and which has been so constantly held out as a menace against England and France to compel their recognition of the Confederacy, has found favour either at 'New Orleans or any other place invaded or captured by the Federal armies. Not a bale has been delivered to the flames, as far as can be ascertained, and, in all pro bability, the whole crop of 1861 remains available for the wants of Europe and of Northern States of the Union as soon as the means of its transportation from the interior can be regularly organised; and, with the command of the Lower Mississippi, lead ing, as it does, to that of all the tributary rivers that pour through the cotton States into the bosom of the Father of Waters, all difficulty in this respect ought soon to be removed, New York, as far as Nall-street and its operators and speculators are concerned, is jubilant with gladness at the result. Stocks have gone up from 93 to 98, and the certifi cates of indebtedness issued by the Government as pledge of payment for any contracts and other ex penses of the war have found esger purchasers at 99 —strong proofs of the public confidence in the ability of the Federal Government not only to bring the war to a successful issue, but to pay its way hereafter. And, as if to contradict the expe rience of such " slow" places as London, which goes to prove that bankers, brokers, and money-dealers do not usually give the reins to their imagination to lead their judgment captive, it is enthusiastically held in Wall-street to be a matter of certainty that the fall of New Orleans is virtually the conclusion of the war ; that before the 15th of May the Stars and Stripes will wave triumphantly over every fort, steeple, and public building in the restored Union ; and that a new era of happiness and prosperity will immediately commence—when New York shall be, to General Walker, of Kansas, was bold enough to predict only four years ago, in the true style of Buncombe, 4 , th e commercial, financial, social, and political centre of the universe." Simultaneously with the news of the retirement of General Lovell from New Orleans to Camp Moore, there comes a rumour that General Beauregard has I w ithdrawn from Corinth, and concentrated his forces in the neighbourhood of Memphis. If this rumour prove to be well founded, a desperate battle is immi nent at this point between the Federal army, under General lialleck, which has been largely reinforced sine the bloody encounter at Pittsburgh Landing' or Shiloh, where it is now known tha t upwards of 20,000 men were slain on both sides, and the still larger force under Bo uregard, which fought on that occasion with a ferocity seldom exhibited in modern warfare, and which is likely on the next occasion to fight with a still more desperate courage, and with the full knowledge that defeat would be irretriev able ruin. The fortunes of the South hang but on two issues. At Yorktown an d e i t h er at C or i n th or at Memphis (most probably et the latter) its destiny will be de cided. If conquered in a pitched battle at either of these places its cause will be virtually lost, and the American Union will be restored in name, but not in nature, and the victors, for the sake of future harmony, will have nothing to do but to cement as well as they can the broken fragments of dominion, provide for the payment of their debts, and exercise such clemency to the vanquished as sound policy no less than humanity shall dictate. And this done, as all the world can see, except the Northern people, wilt commence a work far more difficult than the suppression of a civil war—the reconciliation of the conquered to the conquerors, end the maintenance of the form no less than of the spirit of liberty in a state of society established against the consent of the governed by the strong arm of military force. A voluntary Union may be liberty, but wliat is a compulsory Union but despotism ? A nd if despotism, wholly or in part, be established, what is the great Democratic Republic of Washington and Jefferson hut a dream of the past, as dead as the lleptarohy ? Fort Macon, the capture of which was erroneously announced some weeks ago, after the fall of New bern, yielded to the arms of General Burnside on Friday, the 25th of April. The event was long anticipated, and has excited no interest. Fort Sander is now the only place of historical importance on the Atlantic seaboard that floats the Confederate flag: To restore the Stan and Stripes to their ancient pre-eminence on that for tress, and to bring the war home to the streets o f the peccant city of Charleston, is the last sweet morsel of revenge that remains for the North, and not even the retreat of the Confederates from Yorktown, or the defeat of Beauregard at Memphis or Corinth, though of far superior importance, would deprive it of its flavour on the palate pi those who are unwise enough, even in this mom, nt of almost too facile victory, to clamour for vengeance. But better counsels prevail at Washington, and those who declare that all the sacrifices which the North has made to maintain the Union will be in vain un less the gallows be erected in every city of the South,and every slaveowner and cotton planter who supported the secession be ruined, expatriated, or executed, are not likely to be listened to in quarters I where opinion and the power to enforce it unite in the same individual, If they were, far darker days Iwould be in store for the reconstructed Union than j any which the old Union has yet experienced. TIIE SLAVE TRADE TREATY. The following is the treaty concluded at Wash ington, April 7, 1862, between the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade : The United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous to render more effectual the means hitherto adopted for the suppression of the slave trade carried on upon the coast of Africa, have deemed it expedient to conclude a treaty of that purpose, and have named as their plenipoten tiaries, that is to say—the President of the United States of America, William H. Seward, Secretary of State of America, and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. Richard Bickerton Pemell Lord Lyons, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Knight Grand Cross of her Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles : ARTICLE I. The two high contracting parties mutually consent that those ships of their respec tive navies, which shall be provided with special instructions for that purpose as hereinafter men tioned, may visit such merchant vessels of the two nations as may upon reasonable grounds be sus pected of being engaged in the African slave trade, or of having been fitted out for that purpose, or of having during the voyage on which they are met by the said cruisers been engaged in the African slave trade contrary to the provisions of this treaty; and that such cruisers may detain and send, or carry away, such vessels, in order that they may be brought to trial in the manner hereinafter agreed upon. as little delay atd inconvenience as possible the ves sels which may be detained according to the tenor of the first article of this treaty, there shall be established, as soon as may be practicable, three mixed courts of justice, formed by au equAl number of individuals of the two nations named for this purpose by their respective Governments. These courts shall reside, one at Sierra Leone, one at the Cape of Good Hope, and one at New York. But each of the two high contracting parties reserves to itself the right of changing, at its pleasure, the place of residence of the court or courts held within its own territories. These courts shall judge the causes submitted to them according to the provi sions of the present treaty, and according to the re gulations and instructions which are annexed to the present treaty, and which are considered an integral part thereof, and there shall be no appeal from their decision. In order to fix the reciprocal right of search in such manner as shall be adapted to the attainment of the object of this treaty, and, at the same time, avoid doubts, disputes, and complaints, the said right of search shall be understood in the manner and according to the rules following :- 1. It shall never be exercised except by vessels of war authorised expressly for that object, according to the stipulation of this treaty. 2. The right of search shall in no case be exer cised with respect to a vessel of the navy of either of the two Powers, but shall be exercised only as regards merchant vessels ; and it shall not be exer cised by a vessel of war of either contracting party within the limits of a settlement or port, nor within the territorial waters of the other party. 3. Whenever a merchant vessel is searched by a man-of-war, the commander of the said ship shall, in the act of so doing, exhibit to the commander of the merchant vessel the special instructions by which he is duly authorised to search, and shall de liver to such commander a certificate, signed by himself, stating his rank in the naval service of his country, and the name of the vessel he commands, and also declaring that the only object of the search is to ascertain whether the vessel is employed in the African slave trade, or is fitted up for the said trade. When the search is made by an officer of the cruiser who is not the commander, such officer shall exhi bit to the captain of the merchant vessel a copy of the before-mentioned special instructions, signed by the commander of the cruiser ; and he shall, in like manner, deliver a certificate, signed by himself, stating his rank in the navy, the name of the com manner by whose orders he proceeds to make search, that of the cruiser in which he sails, and the object of the search as above described. It it appears from the search that the papers of the vessel are in regular order, and that it is employed in lawful objects, the officer shall enter in the log book of the vessel that the search has been made in pursuance of the aforesaid special instructions, and the vessel shall be left at liberty to pursue its voyage. The rank of the officer who makes the search must not be less than that of lieutenant in the navy, unless the command, either by reason of death or other cause is at the time held by an officer of inferior rank. 4. The reciprocal right of search and detention shall be exercised only within the distance of 200 miles from the coast of Africa and to the southward of the 32d parallel of north latitude, and within 30 leagues from the coast of the island of Cuba. ART. 11. In order to regulate the mode of carry ing the provisions of the preceding article into exe cution it is agreed 1. That all the ships of the navies of the two na tions which shall he hereafter employed to prevent the African slave trade shall be furnished by their respective Governments with a copy of the present treaty, of the instructions for cruisers annexed thereto (marked A), and of the regulations for the mixed courts of justice annexed thereto (marked B), which annexes respectively shall be considered as integral parts of the present treaty: 2. That each of the high contracting parties shall from time to time communicate to the other the names of the several ships furnished with such in structions, the force of each, and the names of the several commanders. The said commanders shall hold the rank of captain in the navy, or at least that of lieutenant, it being nevertheless understood that the instructions originally issued to an officer hold. ing the rank of lieutenant of the navy or other su nerior rank shall, in case of his death or temporary absence, be sufficient to authorise the officer on whom the command of the vessel has devolved to make the search, although such officer may not hold the aforesaid rank in the service. 3. That if at any time the commander of a cruiser of either of the two nations shall suspect that any merchant vessel under the escort or convoy of any ship or ships of war of the other nation curies ART. V, In case the commanding officer of any of the ships of the service of either country duly commissioned, according to the provisions of the first article of this treaty, shall deviate from the stipulations or from the instructions annexed to it, any one wronged thereby shall be entitled to repara tion. In such case the Government to which such commander or officer may belong binds itself to cause inquiry to be made into the subject of the complaint, and to inflict upon the said officer a punishment proportionate to any wilful transgres sion which he may be proved to have committed. ART. VI. It is hereby further mutually agreed that every American or British merchant vessel which shall be searched by virtue of the present treaty maylawfully be detained, and sent or brought before the mixed courts of justice established in pursuance of the provision thereof, if in her equip ment there shall be found any of the things herein after mentioned, namely,- 1. Hatches or bulkheads in the hold or on deck in greater Lumber than are necessary for vessels engaged in lawful trade. 2. Division of bulkheads in the hold or on deck in greater number than are necessary for vessels engaged in lawful trade. 3. Spar planks fitted for laying down a second or slave deck. 4. Shackles, bolts, or handcuffs. 5. A larger quantity of water in casks or in tanks than is requisite for the consumption of the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel. 6. An extraordinary number of water casks or other vessels for holding liquid, unless the master shall produce a certificate from the custom-house at the place from which he cleared outward, stating that a sufficient security had been given by the owners of such vessel that such extra quantity of casks, or of other vessels, should be used only to hold palm oil, or for other purposes of lawful com merce. 7. A greater number of mess-tubs or kids than requisite for the use of the crow of the vessel as a merchant vessel. 8. A boiler or other cooking apparatus of an un usual size, and larger or capable of being made larger than requisite for the use of the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel, or more than one boiler or other cooking apparatus of the ordinary size. 9. An extraordinary quantity of rice of the flour of Brazil, of manioc or cassada, commonly called farina, of maize, or of Indian corn, or of any other article of food whatever, beyond the probable wants of the crew, unless such rice, &c., or other article of food be entered on the manifest as part of the cargo for trade. 10. A quantity of mats or matting greater than is necessary for the use of the crew of the vessel, as a merchant vessel, unless such be entered on the manifest as part of the cargo for trade. If it be proved that any one or more of the articles above specified is, or are, on board, or have been on board during the voyage on which the vessel was cap tured, that fact shall be considered as prima facie evidence that the vessel was employed in the Afri can slave trade, and she shall in consequence be con demned, and declared lawful prize, unless the mas ter or owners shall furnish clear and incontrovertible evidence, proving, to the satisfaction of the mixed court of justice, that at the time of her detention or capture the vessel was employed in a lawful under taking, and that such of the different articles above specified as were found on board at the time of de tention, or as may have been embarked during the voyage on which she was engaged when captured, were indispensablQ for the lawful object of her voyage. ART. VII. If any one of the articles specified in the preceding article as grounds for condemnation should be found on board a merchant vessel, or should be proved to have been on board during the voyage on which she was captured, no compensation for losses, damages, or expenses consequent upon the detention of such vessel shall in any case be granted either to the master, the owner, or any other person interested in the equipment or in the lading, even though she should not be condemned by the mixed court of justice. ART. VIII. It is agreed by the high contracting parties, that in all cases in which a vessel shall be detained under this treaty by their respective cruisers as having been engaged in the African slave trade, or as having been fitted out for the purposes thereof, and shall consequently be ad judged and condemned by one of the mixed courts of justice to be established as aforesaid, the said vessel shall immediately after its condemnation be broken up entirely, and shall be sold in separate parts after having been so broken up, unless either of the two Governments should wish to purchase her for the use of its navy, a: a price to be fixed by a competent person to be chosen for that purpose by the mixed court of justice, in which case the Go vernment whose cruiser shall have detained the con demned vessel shall have the first option of pur chase. ART. IX. The captain, master, pilot, and crew of any vessel condemned by the mixed courts of jus flee shall be punished according to the laws of the country to which such vessel belongs, as shall also the owner or owners, and the persons interested in her equipment or cargo, unless they prove that they had no participation with the enterprise. For this purpose the two high contracting parties agree that in so far as it may not be attended with grievous expense and inconvenience, the master and crew of any vessel which may be condemned by a sentence of one of the mixed courts of justice, as well as any other persons found on board the vessel, shall be sent and delivered up to the jurisdiction of the nation under whose flag the condemned vessel was sailing at the time of capture; and that the wit nesses and proofs necessary to establish the guilt of such master, crew, or other persons shall also be sent with them. The same course shall be pursued with regard to subjects or citizens of either con tracting party who may be found by a cruiser of the other on board a vessel of any third power, or on board a vessel sailing without flag or papers which may be condemned by any competent court for having engaged in the African slave trade. ART. X. The negroes who are found on board of a vessel condemned by the mixed courts of justice, in conformity with the stipulations of this treaty, shall be placed at the disposal of the Government whose cruiser has made the capture. They shall be immediately set at liberty, and shall remain free— the Government to whom they have been delivered guaranteeing their liberty. ART. XI. The acts or instruments annexed to this treaty, and what it is mutually agreed shall form an integral part thereof, are as follows : (a) Instructions for the ships of the navies of both nations deatined to prevent the African slave trade. (b) Regulations for the mixed courts of justice. ART. XII. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications theyeet shall he exchanged in Loudon in six months from this date, or sooner if possible, It shall continue and remain in full force for the term of 10 years from the day of ex change of the ratification, and further until the t e i nd es s o h f a o l n l e h y a v e a e r g a l f v t e e n r e n i t e h t i e . e r e o t f o t h t h e ec other c o t f in g it s p ar in tention to terminate the same; each of the con tracting parties res erv i ng to itself the right o f giv ing such notice to the other at the end of the said term of 10 years. And it is hereby agreed between shall altogether cease and them that, on the expiration of one year after such o noticeth r psiahtrnatelyt:shawv thiseh te b rre e ea e ot n fy r either from the In determine. wreapertiye Plenipoten negrees on board, or has been engaged in the Afri can slave trade, or is fitted out for the purpose thereat the co mman d er o f th e cru i s er shall commu nicate his suspicions to the commander of the con voy,en who, ace°rn . panmd by the commander of the cruiser, shall proceed to the search of the suspected vessel; a i case the suspicions appear well founded, according tothe the said vessel shall be conducted or sent to one of the places where the mixed courts of justice are s t a tioned, in order that it may there be a dj u di ca t e d upon. that 4. It is furt her mutu a ll y agreed the com manders of the ships of the two nav i es respectively, who shall be employed on thin service shall adhere strictly to the exact tenor of the i aforesaid nstruc- tions. ART. 111. As the two preceding articles are en tirely reciprocal, the two high contracting parties engage mutually to make good any losses Which their respective subjects or citizens may incur by any arbitrary and illegal detention of their ye., sels, it being understood that this indemnity shall be borne by the Government whose cruiser shall have been guilty of such arbitrary and illegal de tention, and th a t th e search and d e t en tion of ves sels specified in the first article of this treat shall be effected only by ships which may form part of the two navies respectively, and by such of those ships only lzs are provided with the special instructions annexed to the present treaty in pursuance of the provisions thereof. The indemnification for the damages of which this article treats shall be made within the term of one year , reckoning from the day in which the mixed court ofjustice pronounces its sentence. ART. IV. In order to bring to adjudication with, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, EVENINCI MAY 16, 1862 tiaries have signed the present treaty, and have' thereunto affixed the seal of their arms. Done at Washington on the 7th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1862. W`,l. 14. SEWARD. LYONS. department. The old system of leaving prisoners for months untried still to some extent prevails, and, unless roused to action by association with some energetic men from the north, it is not very clear how an improvement will be brought about by judges brought up under and accustomed to the old system. There are no regular gaol deliveries in this coun try, and the length of the period of detention before a prisoner is brought to trial is a matter of the ut most uncertainty. To some extent this uncertainty is inevitable, from the system adopted, which is this —when a person is committed to prison on any accu sation, a " Juge d'lnstruction" is appointed by the Procuratore-General to instruct or collect evidence in the case. This evidence is all documentary, and the collecting it may occupy, according to circum stances, two, three, or in fact almost any number of months. When, finally, this evidence is completed and sent back to the Prccuratore •Generale, he, if he considers it sufficient, refers to the judges to fix a time for the public trial ; and no limit would appear to be assigned to the time within which the judges must fix the trial. As an instance of the delay which can occur, I mention the case of Count de Cristen. This gentle. man was arrested on the 7th September, 1861. I am informed that theinstruction was completed and sent back to the Procuratore-Generalein December, and though I have reason to believe my French colleagae has made not less than ten or twelve strenuous applications to urge on De Cristen's trial, up to this time no day has been fixed, and he is still in prison untried. Clearly, some radical change is wanted when a case of this kind can occur. lam informed, indeed, that an entire change in the judicial procedure will commence with the month of May ; if so, it appears all the more to be regretted that no North ern Italian judges have been nominated, who, being cognisant of the system to be introduced, might ma terially assist in bringing it into working order.— I have, &c., (Signed) EDW. WALTER BONHAM. L.IW IN2ELLIGENCE.—May 15. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings at Nisi Prius after Term at Westminster, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and Common Juries. PLEDGE V. FIELD-SLANDER. This was an action for slander. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Hawkins, Q C., and Mr. Byron were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Addison for defendant. The plaintiff is an auctioneer at Sandgate, and defendant is a builder of the same place. Both are members of the local board of health, and the slan der arose out of certain local matters. Plaintiff, in 1856, was appointed clerk, surveyor, and collector of rates to the board, which offices he held till 1857, and after that he had been an ordinary member of the board. In Oct., 1861, there was a meetingof the board, when a squabble took place between plain tiff and Dr. Gidley, another member of the board, re lative to the latter erecting some stables, which the plaintiff called livery stables, and asserted that the doctor was a livery stable keeper. The defendant, it appeared, interfered, and addressing Dr. Gidley, said, " Never mind, you are not a thief, as he (plain tiff) is. You are not a robber." Application was afterwards made to defendant to apologise and re tract, but he declined, and on a subsequent occasion the defendant said to plaintiff's attorney at the Folke stone Railway station, "I am not going to apolo gise to a man that you and I know to be a thief, and has stolen money belonging to the board, for which he ought to have been punished long ago." The defendant had brought the action for the vin dication of his character, and not for the purpose of obtaining vindictive damages. The plaintiff was called and deposed to the above facts. He added that shortly after he resigned his offices a summons was taken out by the defendant, charging the plaintiff with not having rendered proper accounts to the local board of health. The defendant's counsel interposed and said it was a mistake. The defendant never took out a summons against the plaintiff. The original summons and information in the . defendant's name was put in and read. Plaintiff further deposed that he appeared before the magistrates at Hythe, in obedience to the sum mons. It was dismissed with costs. Defendant had frequently called him a thief since 1857. Several witnesses were called on behalf of the plaintiff. They said that party polities ran high at Sandgate, especially with regard to the water question. The defendant called no witnesses. Mr. Addison, for the defendant, asked why, if this action had been brought for the vindication of character only, it had not been tried in Kent instead of in Middlesex. The words complained of were mere vituperation and idle abuse—that they did not refer to the plaintiff, but to the question before the board relative to water to be supplied free of expence to the Wesleyan Independent chapel, and the water to be used in the erection of Dr. Gidley's stables. He admitted the word " thief " was used, but not the words " as he is," meaning the plaintiff. He denied that the defendant meant to impute dis honesty to the plaintiff in reference to money mat ters connected with the local board of health. The Lord Chief Justice said there could not be a doubt that the words complained of had been spoken, and if they were not intended to convey the imputa tion alleged by the plaintff, the defendant ought to have gone into the witness-box and have explained the matter. Ti.e jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages, £2OO. PRIEST V, WARREN. This was also an action for slander. The declara tion stated that the plaintiff was an unmarried man, and that the defendant said of the plaintiff " He is a married man, and that woman (meaning a woman of immoral character) is his wife, and those two women (also bad characters) are his daughters, and he is living in adultery with them." The declaration also stated that he visited a house of ill fame with them. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Littler was counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Francis were counsel for the defendant. .• _ The plaintiff is a boot tree maker, residing in the Walworth-road, and the defendant is a butcher, also residing in the same neighbourhood. The plaintiff claimed special damages. The first witness called was Wm. Gillett, a dyer. He refused to be sworn unless his two days' expenses were paid. The plaintiff's solicitor tendered him 55., which he indignantly declined to take, saying that dock labourers were paid more a day than that. The solicitor then was told that he had a right to ss. a day. The 10s. were then given to him , which he pocketed with much satisfaction, and was then sworn. He deposed that he never heard the defen ant say anything of the plaintiff. (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins (the defendant's counsel)—Mind, no money returned. (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Justice—Have you put your best witness forward, Mr. Littler? Mr. Lit tler—l am afraid so, my lord, and that the plaintiff will have to be nonsuited. (Laughter.) James Jennings, another witness, was called, and he gave a similar answer to the learned counsel's questions. W. Bush,collector to the Fishmongers' Company, to whom the plaintiff is a tenant, deposed that on coming out of the plaintiff's house one day he acci dentally met the defendant, who said to him, " Why do you keep that man in the house with his daughters ? they are not women of moral character." The matter was investigated by a committee of the Fishmongers' Company. Defendant said to witness that he had received a lawyer's letter about it, and he supposed it was with a viem to extort money from him. Defendant afterwards said the witness had wrongly represented what he (defendant) had said to him. Mr. Hawkins submitted that the words sworn to were not actionable. They were at variance with the declaration. The Lord Chief Justice said the words sworn to were not actionable, and he could not amend the declaration. Mr. Littler - said this action was brought on Bush's information, and the other witnesses could have given evidence in support of the plaintiff's case. The only manner in which plaintiff could at all account for the slander was that he had let part of his house to a woman and her daughters, who gave satisfac tory references, but who turned out to be immoral characters, and he got rid of them. The plaintiff was then nonsuited. SECOND COURT. -- - Sittings at Nisi Plius—(Before Mr. Justice Wight man and a Common Jury,) THOMAS V. RAYS. The plaintiff in this case was a printer in Tavis took-street, Covent-garden, and the proprietor of the Theatrical Observer, and the defendant was a gentleman popularly known as Capt. Morton Price. The action was brought to recover £lOl, balance of an account for printing for the defendant a book called "A Trip for a Wager to America," and for printing other things in relation to the dramatic entertainments the defendant is in the habit of giv ing in different parts of the country. The defence was that the amount claimed was an (=cooly° charge, and the defendaut called wend printers, who stated that they would have done the work for £7O. The jury ultimately returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claiin3.l. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prius in Middlesex.—(Before Mr. Justice Byles and a Common Jury.) STEVENSON v. TOMKINS.—FALSE IMPRISONMENT. The plaintiff in this case was a young woman, 18 years old, and at the time in question she was living with her father in lodgings in the house of the de fendant, a milkman, in Orford-road, Marlborough street, Chelsea. She was given into custody by the defendant on a charge of stealing a gold locket and about 15s. in copper from out of his room, but hav ing been taken before a magistrate she was, after a remand, discharged, and she now sued to recover damages for false imprisonment. The defendant pleaded a special plea, which alleged that among the halfpence stolen there was a halfpenny which was battered in a peculiar man ner ; that the door of the bedroom where the locket and the halfpence were kept was usually locked, but that some days before the charge was made the defendant's wife showed the locket to the plaintiff, who admired it; and the defendant's wife then went downstairs, leaving the door unlocked, and that the plaintiff might have then committed the theft ; that after the theft the defendant received information that the battered halfpenny had been in the pos session of the plaintiff's brother, a boy 8 years old ; that the boy, on being questioned, stated that he had picked it up in his father's room, and that the plaintiff told him she had dropped it; that the plain tiff on being questioned said that her brother had told her that he had seen a strange woman go up stairs, though the brother, when asked, denied this, but said that the plaintiff had told him to say so. When the brother made these statements in tte pre sence of the plaintiff she said he was a liar. Fur ther, that the policeman told the defendant that he believed the plaintiff had been in the service of Mr. Drury, and that after she left some articles, includ ing a gold brooch, was missed. In addition the plea alleged that the plaintiff at the time of the theft was in such poor circumstances that the father, mother, brother, and herself all liv e d in one room . Mr. ‘lntyre appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hannen for the defendant. A good deal of evidence on both sides was given in reference principally to the plea of justification. Mr. Justice Byles directed the jury that it was not now imputed to the plaintiff that she had actually stolen the property, the real question being whether the defendant had reasonable ground for suspecting her. The jury were locked up to consider their verdict, and after they had been absent about a couple of hours they sent a note to his lordship to say that they had not agreed, and never should ; but as the plaintiff's counsel would not consent to their being discharged, they remained in their room. In tha course of about an hour after they came into court and gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 405. THE CONSOLS INSURANCE COMPANY V. NEWALL- ACTION FOR DEPOSIT MONEY lITON SHARES. This was an action to recover £125 for deposit upon 500 shares in the plaintiffs' company ; and the defendant pleaded, among other things, that he had been induced to take the shares by fraud. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Merewether ap peared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Giffard for the defendant. Evidence was given that the defendant, a pat tern designer at Leek, in Staffordshire, had exe cuted the deed of the company in the presence of Mr. Hart and Mr. Rayner, two agents of the com pany, and had taken 500 shares in his own name and 500 in the name of his wife. The deed pro vided that a deposit of ss. a share should be paid. It was denied that any misrepresentation had been made, or improper inducement held out to the de fendant to take the shares or sign the deed, and the evidence of the defendant was generally denied by anticipation. Mr. John Newall, the defendant, was then called, and said that he had been at one time a designer of patterns for buttons, bat his present employ ment was that of " weigher." His firstlntroduc tion to Mr. Hart was in this way : he was sitting after his work by the fire with his wife, when Mr. Hart, a travelling agent, and also Mr. Rayner, the local agent of the company, knocked at the 'door and asked him to take shares. He said he would have nothing to do with it, and that he had no money. They asked to be allowed to come into the house and show him the names of some persons in the town, and having done this, he thought the scheme was " well laid out." They said the com pany would pay 20 per cent., the same as the Westminster Bank, and that it would pay a bonus in a short time, and they " puffed it off" in what they said. They showed him a book (the deed) with names in it, and he signed it. Mr. Rayner said if witness put his name in the book they could get other names, because witness was known as a steady hardworking man. Witness said he had no money, but a person owed him £237 10s. ; and they replied that only ss. a share was required, and he could make up the difference on the 1,000 shares. Wit ness said that if he got the money he would take the shares, but if he did not get the money, be would not take the shares. They said—he should think twenty times—that he need not mind sign ing his name, for- it would not bind him. He did not know he was signing a deed, and if he had known it, he would sooner have had his finger cut off than signed. He had never got the money which he lent to a relative, and he feared he never should. Mr. Justice Byles drew attention to the deed, and to the fact that the place where the witness signed was headed, " Schedules of signatures to the foregoing deed," the first three words only being upon the page which bore the names. Witness continued—The word " deed," was never mentioned, and he never said that he delivered it as his deed. It was a "list of shareholders" he was asked to look at. When the allotment was brought by Mr. Rayner witness said he had not got his money, and he should not take the shares ; but Mr. Rayner said he must take them. He recollected that " lords" and " esquires," and other high-sound ing names were mentioned to him as directors, but he could not recollect whether that of Peter Morri son was one of them. Cross-examined—His position at the mill was one of trust, or he should not have remained there 23 years. He was a self-taught man, having been at work since he was eight years old, and never having been at school. He had learnt to write, and had walked seven miles every Sunday for a time to learn. He had never seen the prospectus of the company before he signed, but he was told that half the money was to be invested in Consols. He re collected executing a deed at the time of the rail way mania, when he was " juggled" out of some money—Xso. He had had shares in the South- Eastern Railway, and he signed a paper when he sold them. He had had three shares in the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line. He did not remember having had anv other shares. When he was asked to take the Consols shares, he was told that it was a great favour to let him have them, and that they had come to do him good. To the Judge—Neither the title page of the deed nor any part of the body of the deed was shown to him when he signed. Mr. Hart was recalled, and said that he showed the defendant the title page, and also the first and second pages of the body of the deed. When he had signed witness said, " That is your seal, you must put your finger upon it," and the defendant " deli vered" the deed in the usual way. His lordship put several questions to the jury, and they in answer said that they found for the defendant upon all the issues. AFFAIRS OF SOUTH ITALY. A further series of " Papers respecting the affairs of South Italy" presented to Parliament by com mand, have been issued. They contain the three following letters from Consul Bonham : Naples, April 2, 1862. My Lord,—l have the honour to r port to your lordship that great insecurity continues to prevail in the province of Capitanata. There are several bands of brigands in that province, who keep the country in a state of terror, and successfully elude the pursuit of the troops. Reinforcements have been sent, and, as mentioned in my despatch of the 27th ultimo, a new and active general appointed to the command. The civil governor or prefect, Signor Strada, has also been replaced by Signor del Giudice. Most exaggerated reports of brigandage throughout the country generally are industri ously and perseveringly spread at the present time, with the obvious view of causing alarm and disgust. Brigandage no doubt exists on a largo scale and as yet met no serious check in the Capitanata ; but in other provinces, at all events up to this time, that scourge is not at all what it was last year, and in many provinces it does not exist at all. So far as I can learn the Calabrias are undisturbed, and the Abruzzi the same; these have usually been the most disturbed provinces. In the Abruzzi they are now expecting an invasion of adventurers, wbo are organising, without, as is believed, hindrance or molestation, at Tivoli in the Roman States. The reactionary agents hero aro busy, not only in spreading alarming reports, but in endeavouring to seduce and corrupt the N t eapolitan soldiers, who now in considerable numbers are embodied and serving in Italian regiments in these provinces. I am, however, assured that these soldiers are behav ing exceedingly well, and that the attempts of these agents meet no success. There continues to be great discontent in Naples, and undiminished jealousy of Northern Italians ; still in many respects there is progress and material improvement It cannot be doubted that commerce is largely increasing ; British shipping at Naples during the first three months of this year as com pared with the first three months of the years 1859, 1860, and 1861, shows the following results : British vessels entered during Ist quarter:- 1859, 51 vessels, 15,925 tons; 1860, 62 vessels, 21,646 tons ; 1861, 57 vessels, 20,347 tons; 1862, 93 vessels, 34,710 tons. The custom-house is inadequate in size to contain the increased quantity of goods now landed, and a large area on the outside has been covered in with zinc roofing, to afford temporary shelter for such goods. People have no difficulty in finding work ; trade generally is good, and furthermore employment is largely given by the municipality in building and other works in different parts of the town. House rent and provisions of all kinds have risen in price. I hear no complaints of distress or want of work at the various ports where there are vice-consuls, and I believe commercial affairs there, as here, are going on prosperously. Crops of all kinds (ex cept Indian corn) were last year abundant ; in this category I can even include wine, which had previously failed for some years, owing to the grape disease. The quantity now arriving weekly in Naples and sent on hence to the North is very large. The export of oil from ports in the provinces has also been very considerable. Of public works in the pro vinces 1 can only mention the Roman railway, still unfinished between Prezengano and Ceprano, em ploying several thousand persons; the railway from San Benedetto del Tronto to Foggia, on which 12,000 persons are employed ; and that from Salerno to Eboli, employing between 3,000 and 4,000. Many other railways are projected,but not yet commenced. —I have, &e. (Signed) EDW. WALTER BONHAM. CONSUL BONIIAIVI TO EARL RUSSELL-- , (RECEIVED APRIL 23.) Naples, April 16,1862. My Lord,---I have the honour to report to your lordship that no movement of any particular im portance has occurred in the Capitanata since I last mentioned the state of that province. Brigandage is there still unsubdued; the brigands are stated to be, I will not say reduced to, but amalgamated into, two principal bands, each from 150 to 200 strong. One of these bands, commanded by a chief named Coppa, was met with on the Bth inst. by a detachment of troops near Lucera, where a fight took place in which 31 brigands were killed; the troops lost four killed and four wounded, one mortally; they also took 25 horses. The other band was surprised near the River Ofanto some nights ago, and lost some horses and baggage, but with small loss of life ; still these two bands exist, and spread consternation in the districts through which they pass by their re lentless cruelty. Happily there is as yet no appear ance of this scourge spreading into other districts; it is confined to the Capitanata and some adjoining mountainous districts of the Basilicata and Terra di Bari bordering the Ofanto; of this fact I have no doubt, though the most extravagant reports continue to be spread as to its existence in various parts of the country, and also reports of the continued landing of adventurers on many parts of the coast. His Excellency General La Marmora assures me there is no truth whatever in these reported landings, and further that in no single instance has any village or district taken any active part with the bands in the Capitanata. The mail due yesterday morning with the corre spondence from the south, that is, from Gallipoli, Taranto, Bari, &c., did not arrive ; and this being, I believe, the first instance of failure in the arrival of mails for many months, has tended to give a certain consistency to these rumours of the increase of brigandage. To-day's mail has, however, come in. It turns out the post-cart conveying the mail due yesterday morning was stopped in the night of the 13th and 14th at Ponte della Madonna dell% Incoronata between Cerigaola and Foggia in the Capitanata ; the courier and a delegate of police who was with him were stabbed and left for dead, and the correspondence burned. These two unfortunate men, however, are it seems still alive, though dan gerously if not mortally wounded, and have been brought into Foggia, and the postilion, suspected of having acted in concert with the brigands, has been arrested. _ _ A party of adventurers who had entered this ter ritory a few days previously from the Roman fron tier, and attacked Luco on the Lake Fucino, have been entirely dispersed; I enclose copy and transla tion of General Govone's order of the day relative to that occurrence. No further invasion has been made from the Roman side, but I am told General Govone is expecting one of a much more formidable character than the last, which he is well prepared to meet..---I have, &c., (Signed) EDW. WALTER BONIIAM. CONSUL BONIIAM TO EARL RUSSELL.-(RECEIVED APRIL 23.) Naples, April 17, 18G2. My Lord,—l have the honour to report to your lordship that very great changes have just now been made in the magistracy of these provinces. The appointments in the higher courts appear to give tolerable satisfaction ; not so those in the in ferior or district courts. I must state, however, that at the present time the people of Naples are not in a temper to be much ploetaed with anything emanating from Turin. There is great discontent, and as the realisation of the hopes, long enter tained of "Italia Una," with Rome for the capital, appears more and more remote, so does this discon• tent become more intense, and the jealousy of being ruled from Turin more decided. I believe, however, that these feelings are much more general in Naples than in the provincial towns. Great care seems to have been taken in these new judicial nominations not to wound the susceptibili ties of the Neapolitans by appointing Northern Italians to the Neapolitan courts. It is, indeed, to be feared that this has been carried too far. A complete change is urgently required in the jucliciAl COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.—(Before Mr. Baron Martin and Common Juries.) SATINDERS BASTABLE-ACCIDENT. This was au action to recover compensation in damages for bodily injuries sustained by the plain tiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant's servant in driving a fire-engine. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and that the fire-engine and horses were not under the care and direction of his servant. Mr. Sergeant Petersdorff and Mr. Bridges were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. T. Salter for the defendant. The plaintiff, who was 68 years old, was formerly a hotel keeper, and the owner of a coach and horses at Honiton, hut having become reduced in circum stances,t had taken to cab driving, and earned about 30s. by that occupation. On the evening. of o w h as 31st of January last, about ten o'clock, bk driving through Finsbury-square, and 1-street a in the act of turning into Chis t w while fire-engine, from the Watling-street station, ran injuries upon into his cab, the pole inflicting serious St. Barthoiomew's Hospital, plaintiff was taken to his thigh and the lower part of his abdomen. The i„, say an in-patient ; aua where he remain en for partiallyl recovered, he was repre. although he had ana to be unable to follow his sented to be !am engine, and it appeared from The eddefßenodroannat,h,whhaod cacrornietdraocntebdustio occupation. the t m ct, which was produced by the terms of the superi t s n u e p ss ply in hor B s t e a s r Captain Shaw, n endent of the London Fire Brigade, -lorarthe gade, that he was also to furnish a compe tent driver for whose negligence or default he was to be wholly liable. Captain Shaw said that an engineer generally accompanied the engine, and took command of it, but he did not superintend the driving. The house surgeon of the hospital who attended the plaintiff was absent in the country, and the PlOutiff Was unable ;9 pay the exPeoe of his coming to London. Mr, Lawrence, the senior surgeon, had been subpoenaed and paid the usual guinea fee, but he asked 10 guineas for his atten dance, which the plaintiff also could nut afford. A medical man, who had seen the plaintiff on the previous day, deposed to the injuries which he had received, and said it was uncertain whether his lameness would be permanent or not. Only one witness was called for the defence—the engineer —who said the accident arose from the plaintiff driving his cab suddenly across the front of the engine as it was proceeding at the rate of about seven,miles an hour to a fire at Ball's-pond. Mr. M. Chambers having addressed the jury for the defence, The learned Judge summed up, and The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff— damages £25. COURT OIL PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) JEWELL V. JEWELL. Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner. She was orignally a Miss Levy or Lavy (for her family had latterly adopted the latter name); and she was married to the respondent Joel Jewell, an outfitter in Shadwell, at the New Synagogue, Great St. Helen's, on the 10th Sept., 1851. 'there had been no children. She stated that about three months after her marriage her husband began to treat her with cruelty. He had several times since beaten her, and he had also been guilty of a gross miscon duct towards her which had seriously affected her health. She had not cohabited with him since 1854 ; but she did not leave the house till last year ; and she finally quitted it because he had attempted to use violence towards her. While they lived in the same house she never went near him when she could help it—he smelt so dreadfully. She would not eat with him, or after him, nor would the ser vants. Mrs. Jewell's evidence was largely confirmed by several witnesses. Mr. Giffard contended that the residence of the petitioner in the same house with respondent amounted to condonation. Sir C. Cresswell said the case was certainly a very curious one in some of its aspects. His present im pression was that the allegations of the petitioner were made out ; but he would reserve his decision far further consideration. HALF EY Y. HALFEY.— AN OTHER GRETNA• GREEN MARRIAGE, Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner. The mar riage took place at Gretna-green on the 21st of February, 1849, the petitioner being at that time a servant at the Scarsbrick Arms, Southport, and the respondent the son of a boarding-house keeper in the same town. They never lived together, but they saw each other from time to time; and in the January of 1850 the petitioner bore her hus band a daughter. He had since gone to Australia, where he was now living with a woman, to whom he appeared to be married. Mrs. Halfey, there fore, sued for a dissolution, on the ground of adul tery and desertion. The court made a decree nisi, with costs. SMITH V. SMITH AND PIGDEN. Mr. Hsdgsou appeared for the petitioner, who was a working gardener. The parties were married at Clapham, in the year 1844, and they cohabited till 1857, during which time they had three chil• dren. The respondent then eloped with the co respondent, with whom she was •now living, and by whom she had had two children. Pigden was a blacksmith at Garret, in Surrey. The court made a decree nisi, with costs. TERRY V. TERRY.-SHOCKING CASE. The petitioner, James Terry, a hair-dresser, of Pleasant-row, Holloway, sought a dissolution of his marriage, on account of his wife's adultery with her own brother, -Thomas Richardson. Rictardson, who was a soldier, had since committed suicide. Dr. Swabey appeared for the petitioner. The marriage took place in 1842, and had been followed by the birth of two childrer. Latterly , the conduct of the respondent had become very dis solute; and on the 27th of February. 1860, she left her home with her brother (who had been staying with her), and representing themselves to be man and wife, they obtained lodgings at a coffee-house in Bishopsgate-street, where they passed two nights together. They then both took poison, and Richard son died. The respondent, however, recovered. She was afterwards convicted at the Old Bailey of having been accessory to her brother's suicide, and she had suffered a term of imprisonment for the offence. A decree nisi was granted. BURBAGE V. BURBAGE. This was a petition by a wife for adultery and desertion. The respondent was a cabinet-maker, and he married the petitioner in July, 1840. In Feb., 1859, he went to America with a barmaid at a tavern at Clerkenwell, with whom he had formed a criminal connexion. The petitioner has since sup ported herself as a governess. Mr. Pinder appeared for the petitioner. Decree nisi. DYKES V. DYKES. Mr. H. James was counsel for the petitioner. The parties were married in Feb., 1844, and lived near Eye, in Suffolk. In October, 1860, the respon dent deserted the petitioner and went to America. During the last few years before the separation they had lived in London, and the respondent had been in the habit of ill-treating his wife. In 1859, he had slept with another woman at a coffee-house in the Cif'.—Decree COUN2RY J , BIRMINGHAM-MAY 15. There was a short supply of English wheat, which sold slowly at is per qr under the currency of this day week. Barley rather lower. Oats were firm. Beans and peas unaltered, MANCHESTER-MAT 15. A fair supply of wheat to-day, and sales took place very slowly at a decline of is upon the prices of last Tuesday for English, and 2d to 3d per 1061bs for American. Flour in retail sale, and 6d to is lower. Oats and oatmeal were moderate demand. Egyptian beans and Indian corn at Gd under late prices. NEWAR: .-MAY 14. There was a fair amount of to-day; business dull, at 2s pe; was small. Oats and beans a White wheat new, 60s to 63s Red do. sss to 51s Old white 6oa to 618 Red do. 46s to 56s Barley, malting 32s to 39s Peas,.... wheat and barley at market qr decline. The attendance is before. 1 Barley, grinding 29s to 31s Oats, old, . oos to 351 New do 23s to 27s 1 Beans 45s to 478 Beans, new 44s to —0 .488 to 54s PLYMOUTH-MAY 13. Wheat and flour at about the last week's rates. White wheat, 62s to 668; red, 63s to 64s per qr ; French do., 60s to 62s ; American, .58s to 63s ; Spanish, 74s to 76s ; Rus sian, 60s to 625. Barley at previous rates-34s to 38s per qr for malting ; grinding, 28s to 30s ; oats, 22s to 288; and beans, —s to —s; flour, 43s to 44s 6d. EDINBURGH GRAIN-MAY H. Wheat on the top 2s 6d down .average is 2d down. Barley on the top Os 6d up ....average is Iod down. Oats on the top is Od up average Is Id down. Beans on the top is Od down. average is Od up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat........ 978 qrs Sold a cl 368174 qrsqr 8ar1ey........ 720 qrs Oats 1497 qrs Sold 1064 qrs Beans lOl qrs Sold 81 qrs CORK-MAY 14. The following were the quotations this morning :--Red wheat, —s Od to —s Od ; white, 22s Od to —s Od; barley 17a Gd to —s Od ; oats, 12s 6d to 158 Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD-MAY 13. The supply of fat beasts to-day was scarcely up to the average, and higher prices were asked and obtained. Sheep in fair supply, at former prices. Fat and store caves in small show, a nd sa l es b r i s k. Beet Gid to Old I V ea l 6ld to si d Mutton ... 614 to 7d Pork Lamb Od to Od Rough fat, 4s Od per st one. Hides, 3d to 4id ; calf skins, 5d to 64. BIRTIIS. DAWSON.—On the 15th inst.. at Lepipn Tr o ,, RA, noupell park, treattnun-nill, Mrs. Jose ph Dawson, of a &nigh- ter. KNox.—On the 14 tb inst., at 30, Re g e ncy square, Brigh ton, the wife of Henry Needham Kn ' ox, Eb q R N of a daughter. WETRERALL. e —On the 14th inst., at 14, Upper Mount street, stre t, Dublin, the wife of Colonel Netlierall, C.B. Chief of the Staff in Canada, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Loivz--SENROUSE.—On the 15th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, M a j or Lowe Gronadier Guards, son of w. Drury Lowe, E sq., Ellen, the eldest, daughter of J. P. Senhouse, Esq., of Netherhall, C um b erland. of L ' ocko-park, Derbyshire, to POTTER-I,mm_On t h e 14 t h i ns t . , a t H y d e Ch ape l , Gee Cross, Walter, thi r d son o f Ed mun d P o tt er , E sq ., IVLP., to Elizabeth, third daughter of the late T. Leech, Esq., Gors e llall, Stalybridge, and Palace-gardens, Ken sington. DEATHS. BR ACKENBURY.— On the 13th inst., in London, Eleanor, Wife of Lieutenant• Colonel Sir Edward Brackenbury, of Skendleby Hall, Lineolnshile, aged 49. IJUILLir4ur.-vu 41/0 I ,, ang.• .•.=•••• Melbourne, Victoria, Alfred, fourth son of Mr. Dorling, of Epsom, aged 16. HAVES.—On the 15th inst., at his residence, Queen' s . square, St. James's park, Sir Benjamin Hawes, Under Secretary of State for War. inst., LEEDS.—On the 13:h inst., at Cheltenham, Sir Joseph E. Leeds, Bart.,agle4dth63in., at Edinburgh, R o b er t L es li e ,. LESLIE —On the Esq., formerly of Abchurch-lane, London, WILKIE.—On the 12th inst., at Bath, Lieutenant-Colonel Fletcher Wilkie, formerly of 1 - I.M. 's 35th and 38th Re giments. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sux Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in, the County of Mdclionze-4riday, May 16, 062. J I t