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21/E NAVY. The Himalaya, troopship, Capt. J. Seccombe, at Portsmouth, is expected to proceed next to Canada with the remainder of the wives and families of the troops sent out to the colony during the recent alarm. As Capt. Seccombe is about to relinquish the command of this celebrated troopship, and as considerable discussion has within the past few years taken place in Parliament relative to the cost of the transport of troops, which discussion resulted in the appointment of a select committee to receive evidence on the subject, and whose compendious re port was printed and laid on the table of the House of Commons in 1861, it is interesting to note the manner in which the Himalaya has performed her duties, and more especially their cost as compared with the price paid by Government for the transport of troops by hired steamships_ Our space will only permit us to give the bare results, but it is necessary to observe that in the debtor and creditor account which has been kept against the Himalaya through out the whole period of het commission the credit given to her for the conveyance of troops between England and any port has in no one case exceeded, and in most instances has been less than the price paid to private owners of steamships for the same work. In the debtor account against the ship every possible item has been charged against her, including pay and provisions for her officers and crew ; repairs to hull and machinery, and deterioration ; consumption of fuel, oil, &c., for the engine department ; interest of the original purchase-money, and insurance, wear and tear of rigging, &c. In fact nothing has been left unconsidered that could be fairly placed to the debtor of the account. For the year ending June, 1862, after allowing for all expenses, and taking credit in the way stated for the work done, the Himalaya's account shows a balance in her favour of £47,614 15s, This would give an average gain of £190,459 by the ship, as compared with private transport of the same number of troops during the four years that Capt. Seccombe has commanded the ship. Deducting from this sum the cost of the ship, £120,000, and £15,000 for new cylinders, the ship will be found to have cleared her original cost, paid all expenses, and, reckoning in her last ser vice to and from Corfu, Malta, and Gibraltar, to now show a balance in her favour of no less a sum than £64,183. The account for the four years' work, not including her last voyage, would stand, as nearly as possible, as under :—Her total receipts for four years were £330,526 155., and total expenses for ditto, £140,067 13s. Bd. The Himalaya's gain would thus be £190,459 ls. 4d. If we deduct for the ship's first cost, £120,000, and for the cost of new cylin ders, £15,000, the balance in favour of the Hima laya to present date, exclusive of the last voyage, is £55,459 ls. 4d. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. the Hon. Chas. D. Tracey, to the Shannon, for gunnery duties; John C. Paget, midshipman, to the Severn ; John Jack, Burg.- superintendent, to the Ironside , convict ship ; W m . Vawdrey, Josh Milne, William Stretton, and William T. Searle, acting second-class assist.-en gineers, to the Cumberland, as supernumeraries ; John H. Woolward and John F. Barns, masters' assistants, to the Liffey; Edwin G. W. Hilliard, master's assistant, to the Lizard ; Henry E. Roy, assist-paymaster, to the Severn; Alex. G. Young, assist.-paymaster, to the Edinburgh ; Lewis G. Hodder, clerk, to the Severn ; and Stanley Wolfer ston, assist.-clerk, to the Severn. Mr. John L. E. de Whatteville and Mr. Arthur O'B. Ternan have been nominated to naval cadets. 7HE ARMY. The chartered troopship Middlesex, 1,191 tons, Capt. J. Cammell, belonging to Mr. G. Marshall, London, embarked the following reinforcements at Gravesend yesterday for Calcutta :-238 non-com missioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich ; 16 non-commissioned officers and men of the 77th Regiment ; 2 men of the 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers, and 1 man of the Indian army, from Chatham ; 23 non-commissioned officers and men of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, from Winchester ; 3 men of the 7th Hussars, from Maid stone ; 37 men of the 42d Royal Highlanders, and 21 men of the 19th Highlanders, from Stirling. The troops were embarked under the superinten dence of the officers of the Staff from Chatham Gar rison, and the Middlesex was to leave the Thames last night. The following troops also embarked on board the Newcastle, 1,275 tons, Capt. C. Wiltshire, for Calcutta—viz., 159 men of all ranks of the Royal Horse Artillery, 90 men of the Royal Artil lery, and 15 men of the 20th Regiment. The Conflict, 1,177 tons, Capt. R. Dees has been chartered by the Hon. Council of India, and will embark the following troops at Gravesend for Cal cutta :-178 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery ; 7 men of the Bth Hussars ; 70 non-commissioned officers and men of the 27th En niskillens, 29 men of all ranks of the 48th Regiment, 20 men of 80th Regiment, and 7 men of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. The Blenheim, 1,400 tons, Capt. J. Atkinson, will embark 316 non-commis sioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery from Sheerness, at Gravesend, on Friday next, for Calcutta. The undermentioned officers and troops from the First Division of the depot brigade,Royal Artillery, have embarked for Calcutta in the St. Lawrence, 1,200 tons, Capt. J. Toynbee :—Capt. Sir W. Hamil ton, Lieut. H. A. Mackey, Lieut. R. Warburton, three sergeants, three corporals, three bombardiers, and 142 gunners. Yesterday the chartered East India troopship 11 Vittoria, 873 tons, Capt. Tate, belonging to Messrs. Dunbar, which arrived in the Thames on Monday night, from Bombay, with detachments of cavalry, infantry, and Royal Artillery on board, landed her troops at Customhouse quay, Gravesend, when the time-expired men and the sick and disabled troops were forwarded to Chatham garrison. The Vittoria sailed from Bombay on March 20th, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on May 18th ; touched at St. Helena on Ist ult., and left on the 3d; crossed the line on the 16th ult., and first sighted the Lizard on the 19th inst. The passage to Gravesend, including detentions, occupied 123 days. The troops brought home include 52 no n - commissioned officers and men of the Royal , Bo mbay, and Madras Artillery ; 3 men ' of the 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards; 6 men of the Enniskillen Dragoons; lB men of the 17th Lancers ; 7 men of the Ist battalion Ist Royals; ' 1 man of the Ist battalion 4th Kin g ' s Own ; 4 men of the Ist battalion 18th Royal -6 - 811 ; 4 men of the 28th Regiment ; 3 men of the 33d ; 6 men of the 56th ; 3 men of the 72d Highlanders ; 9 men of the i - I ma , of 83d ; 16 men of the 91st ; 17 mFusTers , en of the 9 5th ; 11 men of the 103 d Royal Bombay of the 106th Bombay Ligh t Infantry; 24 3 convicts under sentence of penal servitude, and wom en. and children. The following officers were i n , c harge of the troops :—Capt. T. Hill , I st Royals ; Lieut. W. V. King, 6th Dragoons . ; Lient.l W. S. Thornburn, Ist Royals, and Staff Assist.-Surg M. 3. Griffin. Nine deaths and three births occurred_ o n board during the passage. The deaths in cluded eight soldiers, one of whom, a lunatic, jumped over board and was drowned. Ensign N. R. Slator, 28th itegiment, arrived in the Vittoria, on sick leave. After the troops had been medically inspected nine of the number were admitted in Fort Pitt Hospital, including two lunatics. Of the troops brought home, 109 are under orders for discharge on the completion of their period of service, and 57 have been sent home invalided. The Avalanche, 692 tons, Capt. Stott, belonging to Messrs. Parks, which arrived at Gravesend with troops trcim New Zealand, landed her detachments on Monday. She brings home 45 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, Royal En gineers, Army Hospital Corps, 14th, 40th, 57th, and 70th Regiments, the whole under the command of Licut. C. J. Urquhart, 65th Regiment, and in medi cal charge of As sist. -Surgeon A. Neill, 65th. The Avalanche sailed from Auckland on April 16, the on ly land touched at being Pernambuco, which was r , a ebed on June 5. One death and one birth oc currcd on board during the 'Passage. Maj or St ac k and Lieut. Bailie , late of the 65th , who were by sentence of g enera lcourt-ma r ti a l , cashiered came home as passengers. Detachments of the Royal Horse Artillery and the depot, consisting of 120 rank and file of the former and 84 of the latter, in command of Captains Burns, Smith, and Metcalf, in medical charge of Assist.- Sorg. Robinson, and aceompani , d by Vete rinary-Surg. Lambert and Riding-master Vir, left head-quarters, Woolwich, yesterday, in the steam tugs Monkey and Bustler, to embark on board the troopship Newcastle, at Gravesend, for India. A detachment will leave to-day, in the same manner, to sail by the Conflict, and will be commanded by Capt. Wilson, Lieut. Cumberledge, and Veterinary- Surg. Birt. The departments of Woolwich Arsenal were closed yesterday and Monday to permit the men to vlsit the Great Exhibition, and it was intimated by the authorities that the men were expected to follow out the conditions for which the holydays were granted. A further draught of 110 rank and file has left Warley Barracks, near Brentwood, under the com mand of Major Tower, en route for Madras. The force at the barracks is expected to be still further reduced by similar draughts. The military rifle match at Aldershott, which has been looked forward to with great interest by the troops, and which is to extend over three days, com menced yesterday at Caesar's Camp. The weather throughout the day was delightful, and the arrange ments of Capt. M'Crea, Inspector of Musketry, in conjunction with a committee of officers, were excel lent. Sir J. L. Pennefather, accompanied by Major Paget Bayly, visited the ground about 4 o'clock. The firing began at 9 o'clock at 12 different ranges, the bull's-eyes, upon this occasion—following the Iprecedent recently set at Wimbledon—being square instead of round, as formerly. This change in the targets is found to operate very benefically ; and a desire is generally expressed that the practice should be adopted at Hythe. To-day the chief at traction will be the Rifle Derby, open to all comers. The new fort barracks now in course of construc tion on the north shore of Milford Haven, bet ween the village of Little Honeyborough and Scoveston , will form an extensive and important s tation ; dur ing the spring a large body of men have been re gularly at work under the contractors. It is stated that 60 acres of land have been appropriated to the site and approaches. COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 22. Their lordships sat this morning at 11 o'clock, as a Committee for Privileges; Lord Redesdale in the chair. THE WILTES PEERAGE. This was the claim of Simon Thomas Scrope, of Danby-on-Yore, in the county of York, Esq., to the honour and dignity of Earl of Wiltes. Mr. Fleming and Mr. Cayley appeared for the claimant ; and the Attorney-General and Mr. C. Clarke watched the case on the part of the Crown. Mr. Fleming, in opening the case, said that he ( had the honour of appearing before their lordships on behalf of the claimant. The peerage was created by King Richard 11., in the 21st year of his reign, in the person of Sir William Scrope. One pecu liarity of the creation was that the title and dignity was limited to Sir William Scrope, " to hold to him and his heirs male for ever." Tne claimant did not claim as a descendant of the first earl, but as a descendant of a collateral branch of his family; it having been decided by the House in the Devon Peerage that a grant of a peerage to a person, " to him and his heirs male," did not limit the descent of the title to the heirs of his body, but embraced his collateral heirs male. William, the first Earl of Wiltes, was put to death in July, 1399, at the time of the invasion of the kingdom by Henry of Lan caster, and before the abdication of Richard 11., leaving no issue. Richard Lord Scrope, the father of the first earl, was one of the most distinguished members of their lordship' house, being eminent as a statesman, as a warrior, as holding the Great Seal, and as being the first layman whose coat-of arms appeared in that house as having held the office of Lord Chancellor. Richard Lord Scrope died in May, 1403, and his son, the next brother and heir male of William Earl of Wiltes, in Decem ber of the same year, leaving a son, Richard, only ten years of age. The latter died in August, 1421, leaving an infant son, Henry, who did not come of age until 1439. When Henry Lord Scrope came of age it was probable that everything connected with the creation of the earldom of Wiltes had been lost sight of, as the charter granting the dignity most likely fell into the hands of HenrylV., and its provisions were wholly unknown until a short time ago, when the proceedings in the Devon Peerage brought it to light. No claim to the title had ever been made since the death of tne first earl until the present time. The Lord Chancellor said they observed that in the Parliament of the Ist of King Henry IV., after the act had passed which made void all the proceed ings of the Parliament of the 21st Richard 11., the Commons prayed that the pursuit, arrest, and the judgments, and whatever else was done against Sir William Le Scrope, Sir Henry Greene, and Sir John Bussey might be affirmed in the then Parlia ment and held good, and that an act for that pur pose was accordingly passed. The course that the Committee would desire should be followed was that Mr. Fleming should proceed with his case and the evidence in support of it up to that point, and then they would require the question to be con sidered whether, having regard to the fact that there had been no claimant to this dignity since 1399, and to the proceedings that then took place, it must not be held that the earldom of Wiltes was not in effect extinguished, and the title absolutely abro gated and lost from that period. Tvlr. Fleming, in obedience to their lordship's suggestion, proceeded to cite the case of the dispute for precedence in Parliament between John Earl- Marshal and Earl of Norfolk and Nottingham. the second, but then only surviving son and heir of Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham, created Duke of Norfolk in the 21st of Richard 11., and Richard Earl of Warwick. The controversy was carried on with great violence, and interrupted the ordinary business of Parliament. In the 3d of Henry VI. the House of Commons presented a peti tion to the King in Parliament, stating the evils which it was supposed might arise from the quar rel, and suggesting that the Earl Marshal was in truth Duke of Norfolk under King Richard's grant, and that therefore the examination into the question of precedency was unnecessary. Shortly afterwards the Earl-Martial presented his petition to the King, setting forth his claim for precedency, the interference of the House of Commons, the crea tion and the dignity of Duke of Norfolk, and his own title to that honour, which petition was re ferred to Parliament. In the record of Parliament relating to the claim his claim was upheld, not withstanding the revocation of title by the Ist Henry IV_, on the ground that "the creation of dukes or earls or other dignities doth pertain only to the King and not to the Parliament. The Lord Chancellor inquired whether Mr. Fleming could produce any other authority upon the point. Mr. Fleming had not any other authority to cite on the subject, but considered that one case to be quite sufficient to establish his proposition that Parliament could not abrogate a title when once granted by the act of the Sovereign, unless the person deprived of it had been attainted of treason. - The Lord Chancellor said the title of Earl of Wiltes was created by Richard 11. in full Parlia ment, and de facto all the proceedings of that Par liament were abrogated by the Ist Henry IV-, and, therefore, the Committee would require that Mr. Fleming should show that the titles created in that parliament were not abrogated with all its other Azte• „intattet..-yeletmling said the Act did not specially abro- Earl a Loq Chelmsford of the Earl of Wiltes. a e observed that perhaps, as the Henry Iv., i t t `, % , and h a d. C e t e _a had left no heirs male of his body, beheaded before the accession of the e i r not thought necessary specifically Lord Redesdaltie %i d to abrogate was well aware of Wiltes in the A et o .he was not called the Earl William de Scrop e . '.. 1 -st Henry IV., but merely to death those facts. The le w mi i n it g es was put July, in the 23d of Richard 11. (1393 on the 29th of Ea l‘ r i l r. o F f no legal record of his trial or exee . e 3 4 r), there being of the two other gentlemen - whe "Z 3 2 or of those with him at Bristol. At that ti me i7e taurdered who had left the kingdom i n the vrillefi!lichard, was tho lawful Sovereign of the con nt „ u 7 j‘ i lY, left his uncle Edmund, Puke of York, "ii e " st avig Regent ; the Earl of Wiltes, Lord treasurer ” " . _er ; s ir , Greene, and Sir William John Btrsey, Sir Henry Bagot, Keepers of the Castle el Wallingford, w h ere Isabella, the Queen, kept her Court during the King's absence. While he Was away Henry o f Lancaster, the eldest son of the Duke of Lancaster, landed in the north of England in consider able force, not at that time claiming the crown of England, but merely professing to be endeavouring to recover the possessions of his father. Until the 29th of September Richard was acknowledged on 01 hands to be the lawful Sovereign of the country, hut at that time a great number of discontented nobles having joined Henry of Lancaster, and King Richard, who was then in his hands, having abdi cated, he assumed the title of King. It was there fore impossible, under any pretence, that until the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY' 23, 1862. 29th of September any faithful adherent of King Richard could have been attainted as a traitor. Lord Chelmsford inquired what charge led to the execution of the Earl of Wiltes Mr. Fleming believed he should be able to satisfy their lordships that no charge of treason—the only one which could affect the title—had ever been made. In the first place, against whom could the treason have been ? Certainly not against Henry IV., for he was not King at the time, and certainly not againt Richard 11., because the Earl of Wiltes was beheaded for serving him. The Lord Chancellor inquired what would be the result if Henry of Lancaster had chosen to charge the Earl of Wiltes with treason, and that Parliament had thought fit subsequently to ratify that charge P Mr. Fleming replied, that in case Henry of Lan caster had made a charge of treason against the earl there would have been some record of the fact, of which, however, there was no evidence. There was no evidence that the Earl of Wiltes had been tried by his peers, which was the only tribunal by which he could be legally tried for treason, or of his having been indicted before any other regular tribunal for any offence whatever. The Lord Chancellor remarked that Henry IV.. had designated the adherents of Richard ILL as dis turbers of the realm. Mr. Fleming contended that that d id not impl y a charge amounting to treason. The only authority by which the earl could have . been tried at that period was by martial law, which was not compe tent to determine charges o f treason against peers of the realm. According to Coke Littleton, Henry had been guilty of murder, or, at all events, . of a high misdemeanour, executing the three peers at Bristol. The execution of the Earl of Wiltes in accordance with the hasty decision of an impro and no subsequent proceedings in Parliament per tribunal, was nothing more than a f orma l mur der, founded upon such an Act could ha ve an y weight whatev er. The Parliament of Henry IV., by an Act of Indemnity, declared that no adherent of either Richard or Henry should be found guilty of treason except under the 25th of Edward 111. ; and by that Act it was declared that no averment that a person had been guilty of treason should be considered goad unless the record o f hi s conv i c ti on was produced. In this case there was no such record, and therefore the suggestion that the earl was executed for treason must fall to the ground. Under these circumstances, he contended that nothing that occurred up to the time of King Henry's accession affected the title, and the earl being dead at the time, nothing that oc curred afterwards could affect the petitioner's claim. The Act which, it was suggested, abrogated the claim only ratified "the pursuit, arrest, judgment, and other proceedings" against the earl, without specifying that there bad been any charge of treason against him, or that he was thereby attainted of treason. The only effect of that Act was to convey his lands to the King, "conquered in his lifetime." The Lord Chancellor suggested that the proper translation of the words of the Act was " acquired in his lifetime." Mr. Fleming, in reply to his lordship's sugges tion, said that when the Isle of Man, which formed part of the Earl of Wiltes' property, was given by the Crown to the Earl of Northumberland, it was described as property acquired by the Crown " by conquest," and, therefore, he submitted that his ver sion was the correct one. It was a strong confirma tion of his argument that when Sir W. Bagot, who escaped at the time, was afterwards taken, he was tried for felony, and not for treason ; and, if the Earl of Wiltes was beheaded for felony only, his title could not be affected. At the conclusion of the learned counsel's argu ment certain evidence was adduced in support of claim. Their lordships having consulted for some time, The Lord Chancellor said,—The importance of this matter is such that the whole subject must receive, and will receive the careful consideration of the house. It will be impossible for us to come to any conclusion upon the arguments during the present session. What that committee propose to do is this—to fix an early day in the ensuing session for the Committee for Privileges, when the formal evidence will be taken, and will then fix another day when the question can be solemnly argued by her Majesty's Attorney-General and the counsel on the part of the claimant. Due notice will be given to each side to prepare their arguments, and if any additional evidence is to be produced it must then be given. Further hearing adjourned sine die accordingly. niary circumstances were concerned, that be ought to have been, and that his money had by some means or other been improperly made away with, and it appeared that on the 28th of May the defendatt, in the course of a conver sation he had with a medical gentleman named Christmas, stated that his brother Joseph was almost broken-hearted at the position in which he found himself; that the money that was the produce of the sale of the farm, and which was stated to be £2,000, had all been squandered, and that the plaintiff had used it for her own purposes, and she was a -- thief, and had well feathered her nest• This was the slander upon which the present action was brought, and it was proved that the farm in question, instead of fetching £2,000, was sold for £9OO, and that the money was paid into the bank to the account of the plaintiff's mas ter, and that he disposed of it by his own cheques, and that there was not the slightest ground for the statement that the plaintiff had possessed herself of any portion of it. Serjeant Parry addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, and he endeavoured to show that he had in a moment of angry feeling made use of ex pressions that could not be justified, but he really had no serious intention of imputing to the plaintiff the offence of either robbery or embezzlement. Baron Bramwell having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £2O. KER T. MATHIAS. This was an action to recover the amount of a dishonoured cheque for £lOO that had been given by the defendant. Serjeant Shee and Mr. Barnard were for the plaintiff; Serjeant Parry and Mr. Hannen were for the defendant. The circumstances of this ease were rather pecu liar. The plaintiff and the defendant were both merchants in London, and it appeared that they had each had money transactions wit h a person named Lacey, who was also engaged in mercantile affairs. On the 30th of December last, according to the plaintiff's case, Lacey applied to Mr. Kerr for an advance of £lOO, and he gave him his cheque upon Messrs. Glyn and Co. for that amount, upon the condition that he was to repay him on the fol lowing day; and it appeared that on the 31st Lacey brought the plaintiff the defendant's cheque for £lOO, but upon its presentation at the bankers, it was not paid, and hence the present action. It appeared that on the same day Lacey obtained the cheque from the plaintiff, he obtained one of the same amount, and which was the subject of the pre sent action, from the defendant ; but it seemed that this cheque was post dated for the 31st, and in con sequence of something that came to the knowledge of the defendant, he took steps to prevent the cheque from being honoured, and Lacey had since become bankrupt. Serjeant Parry, upon the defendant's cheque being offered in evidence, submitted that it wa s not a dmissible, on account of its being post dated, and he argued that the cheque being, in point of fact, payable one day after sight, and not upon demand, the instrument became of the character of a promis sory note or bill of exchange, and that it ought to have borne a shilling stamp. In'support of his ob jection to the cheque being received in evidence, he urged that if once the principle of admitting that the penny stamp was sufficient was adopted, a cheque might be post dated two or three months, and thus the law, so far as regarded the stamps re quired for bills of exchange, would be altogether evaded. Baron Bramwell, after a good deal of technical discussion had taken place, ruled that the cheque was admissible, and that all that was required was that an instrument of this description should bear the penny stamp. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount of the cheque. The Court next proceeded to try a special jury cause—the Queen v, the Inhabitants of Harlow — which was an indictment for the non-repair of a road. Mr. Bovill, the prosecution ; and Mr. M. Chambers, Q .C., and Q.C., and Mr. J , Browne , were for Mr. Walford, for the defendants. The case was of the usual description, the only question being who were the parties liable to main tain the road in question, and at the close of the case for the prosecution, the court adjourned. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) The learned Judge, in his charge to the grand jury, expressed his regret that the assizes should have been fixed for the same day as the county rifle contest at Southend, and said that Mr. Bramston, M.P., president of the Essex Rifle Volunteer Asso ciation, had communicated with him upon the sub ject, with a view to making some alteration in the day fixed for holding the assizes for this county, bat as the arrangements had already been made for the circuit, it would have been necessary to obtain a fresh commission from the Crown in order to effect that object, and which would have occasioned a good deal of convenience. It had therefore been found impossible to alter the day for holding these assizes. Edward Hawkes, 50, and William Bowers, 27, were 11111h:tea km I%mm-tilting Elinboth. Sopfaford, and occasioning her bodily injury. Mr. Murphy prosecuted, Mr. Taylor appeared for Hawkes, and the other prisoner was undefended. The circumstances under which this offence was committed by the prisoners were of a very aggra vated character. It appeared that the prosecutrix was about 30 years old, and the wife of a labouring man, and they resided at Hallingbury. On the 20th June they had been at work together, and afterwards went to Bishop's St o rtford, and were on their way home about ten o'clock at night. The husband had occasion to stop behind for some purpose, and the pro secutrix went on towards her home, and at a turn in the road she met the prisoners, who got their living by travelling about the country with a tinker's bar row mending saucepans, and articles of that descrip tion. According to her evidence, the moment they came up they commenced an attack upon her of the most brutal description, knocked her down, and then beat her with bludgeons of a most formidable size. She screamed " Murder," and her husband came up and found his wife lying on the ground bleeding, and almost insensible, and while he was in the act of lifting her up, one of the prisoners struck him also upon the loins with a bludgeon. The husband, being a powerful man, succeeded in seizing hold of each of the bludgeons and wrenched them out of the prisoners' hands, and they then both ran off. The poor woman was then assisted to a beer-shop in the neighbourhood, when a surgeon was sent for, and it was found that she had received very serious injuries ; indeed, at one time her life was considered in danger, and the surgeon stated that even at pre sent it was impossible to predicate with any cer tainty what the ultimate result might be, as the un fortunate woman was injured internally in a very serious manner. The jury found the prisoners guilty of the whole charge contained in the indictment. Baron Martin, in passing sentence, said that the prisoners had been convicted, upon the clearest evi dence, of one of the most atrocious and unprovoked assaults that he had ever heard of, and he ordered them to be kept in penal servitude for the space of three years. James Boatman, 21, labourer, was charged with feloniously setting fire to a shed, the property of the Guardians of the Billericay union. The prisoner, it appeared, was so deaf that it was utterly impossible to make him hear the charge that was preferred against him. He was able, however, to read the form of the accusation contained in the calendar, and the question, whether he pleaded guilty or not guilty, was put in writing and shown to him. H 6 said in reply that he did not see what right the guardians had to make him work in the fields for sd. a day and half a quartern loaf. tie asked them to give him a pair of shoes and they refused, and so he went and set fire to the shed. Baron Martin ordered the prisoner to stand down, and he would consider what sentence should be passed upon him. Henry Green and Frederick Bates, two young men, were charged with a misdemeanour in having taken a girl, named Susannah Robinson, under 16 years of age, out of the custody of her father, with out his consent. Mr. Shaw prosecuted. The case was only partially gone into, but it ap peared that the defendants had met the girl in question, who was about 13 years old, i n the street, at Prettlewell, near Rochford, and that they gave her some liquor, and eventually her person was abused by one or other of the defendants. thteimre e The learned Judge rule d that upon these facts the case did not com e within the statute under which the indictment was raised, and that there was no " taking away" o f the girl, such as was con stf there fore, r m i de p , td a hi t ar e et d at b eh y de the a n a defendantsacte ci u t l hadParliament.b grossly u ta the i sconducted He, same themselves, and advised them, to be cautious in their future conduct. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, July 22. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) THE SENTENCE UPON TIIE REV H. S. FLETCHER.. The Rev. Horatio Fletcher surrendered to his bail, and was sentenced foe his frauds as tre asurer of the Bilston Savings Bank_ It will be remembered that the prisoner, who was the incumbent of St. Leonard's, Bilston, and a magistrate . for Staffordshire, was !build g uilty at the last assizes for defrauding the depositors of the Bilston Savings Bank, of which he was and trustee, of several large sums of treasurer mon ry—to wit, £lOO on the Ist of January, 1859; £lOO on the . Bth of the sane month; £lOO on the 15th, £5O on the 22d and £2OO on the 29th, all of the sa me month ; , and £l,OOO on the 25th Marc h, 1861, ''he whole sum taken by him was about £7,000. Al , 1 though found guilty yet he was not sentenc ed, be- cause a legal point was raised, whether or not he was a trustee ; but that question having been de cided by the Court of Criminal Appea; in the affir mative, he now came up to be awarded the punish ment that was allotted him by the judge before w hom he was tried. Mr. Baron Blackburn said that the prisoner was found guilty upon evidence which left no doubt that he had fraudulently misappropriated to his own use the property with which he had been invested. There was, however, some doubt whether the terms of the act recently passed would meet such cases as that of the prisoner, but after much deliberation — Here Mr. Hemp, the Clerk of Arraigns, spoke to his lordship, who paused, and then addressing Mr. Matthews, the prisoner's counsel, said that the sen tence he was about to pass was the sentence which Mr. Baron Channel', who had tried the case, had thought was one which it demanded. If, therefore, he had anything to urge that had not been urged before Mr. Baron Channel', now was the time to urge it, and he (Baron Blackburn) would communi cate with Baron Channel before delivering the sen tence. Mr. Matthews having repeated that he had no thing more to urge, The learned Judge, resumed his address to the prisoner. After much deliberation, the Judges be fore whom the point was raised, and of whom he was himself one, decided that the prisoner's case was one which came within the terms of the act. At no time did the Judges entertain any doubt of the prisoner's criminality. And it now became his duty to pass upon him the sentence which the Judge 7dao had tried the case, and had very carefully considered it ever since, told him (Baron Blackburn) was the proper sentence for such an offence. It was a melancholy thing to see a person of such a profession as that to which the prisoner belonged in such a position •, but the disgrace was not in the sentence, but in the offence. The sentence might , have been a much severer one, inasmuch as penal ' servitude might have been awarded. The sentence was that he should be imprisoned in the common gaol for the space of two years. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-July 22. _ (Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant Judge.) Marianni Sassi, an Italian, was indicted for steal ing the sum of ss. 6d., the moneys of Forbes Winslow, Esq., her master. There was also a second indictment against her for stealing the several sums of £l4, £l5; and £2O, the moneys of Forbes Winslow, Esq., her master. Mr. F. H. Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Lewis and Lewis, of Ely-place, Holborn) prosecuted, The prisoner was undefended. From the evidence it appeared that the prose cutor is Dr. Forbes Winslow, of Cavendish-square, and that the prisoner was employed in his estab lishment as lady's maid. In consequence of money being missed, on the 14th of July various coins were marked and placed in Mrs. Winslow 's drawer. The marked money consisted of half-a-crown, a florin, eight shillings and one sixpenee. Mrs. Winslow locked the drawer, and afterwards gave the prisoner the key, and directed her to empty three of the drawers, stating that she was going to have new locks put upon them. The prisoner soon afterwards brought Mrs. Winslow a bag containing copper money, seven shillings, and one sixpence; but the half-crown, florin, and one shilling were gone. Police-sergeant White was sent for, and he was told what had happened. The prisoner was called down stairs, when Sergeant White desired her to give him what; money she had about her ; upon which she took out her purse, and in it was found the whole of the marked money. Mrs. Winslow, before this occurrence had lost above £4O from her drawers, although she always carried the keys of them in her own pocket. When the prisoner was apprehended two keys were found in her pocket, one fitting Mrs. Win slow's desk and the other the wardrobe. On open ing the prisoner's desk £5O in notes and gold was discovered. She had in her possession a gold watch. When the officer made known to her that he was a police-officer, she said " She did not care for the police, and that the money was all her own." The prisoner, when called upon for her defence, pretended she did not understand what was said, although it was stated she was well acquainted with and could speak the English language. The Jury found her guilty. The prisoner was then tried upon the second in dictment, charging her with stealing the sums of £l4, £l5, and 120. Mr, F. H. Lewis prosecuted. It appeared that about the Ist of April Mrs. Winslow received from Dr. Winslow a sum of money in notes, which she put into her drawer,and a few days afterwards, on being about to deposit it in a bank, on counting it previous to making out a ticket, she found that a £5 note had disappeared. She subsequently counted the money, when, to her astonishment, she found that it was minus £l4. Inquiries were set on foot, but no informa tion could be , obtained how the money had been abstracted. About the 25th of May the doc tor received a fee of £lO, in two notes. One of them he gave away, and the other was abstracted from his purse ; and about the same time some gold was missing, together about £l5. About the 15th of June Mrs. Winslow placed in her drawer an en velope, containing a £2O note ; and a day or two afterwards having money to pay into her bankers, she was about to add this sum to it, when she found that this, like other sums, had disappeared. She told the prisoner to go and search her drawers for the missing money, when she brought her an envelope containing a £lO note and not a £2O note which was lost. The money was removed to a more secure place ; but some other money being missed, and the prisoner being seen near to the drawers, suspicion was excited, and the police were employed, which led to her conviction in the pre vious case. The jury in this case found the prisoner guilty. Dr. Winslow stated that he kept money in a despatch box, on which was a Bramah lock. He had two keys to it, both of which were in his pos session ; but a third key was found on the prisoner. In that box was £2OO or £3OO at a time, and he could not say how much he had lost. Mr. F. H. Lewis said it had been ascertained that the prisoner had, through the Union Bank of London, in Argyll-place, sent various sums of money to be deposited on her account in the bank at Rome. In January s , e paid in £BO, in April £43, and in November £43. The Assistant Judge, after strongly condemning the conduct of the prisoner, said it was the duty of the Court to make an example of her, and sen tenced her to be kept in penal servitude for seven years. The third key was directed to be taken to Messrs. rain ah. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-July 22. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before C. Cresswell.) HAWARDEN V. DUNLOP. In this case, which has been so frequently before the Court, the plaintiff, Lady Hawarden, had in stituted proceedings for the purpose of obtaining letters of administration to the effects of her brother, the late Lord Elphinstone, as next of kin. The detenaant, Mr. ueo. Dunlop, had propounded a will by which he was constituted sole executor and universal legatee. This instrument had been duly proved before the Commissary Court of Dum bartonshire, but an appeal had been lodged by the plaintiff, which is now pending before the Court of Session. The defendant had been cited to pro pound the will in this Court, and he prayed that the seal of the Court might be affixed to the confir mation grant by the Court in Scotland, which would have the effect of proving the will according to the Scotch law. Pending the proceedings an arrangement had been come to between counsel by which the suit should be discontinued, upon terms to be mutually agreed to, and the Judge Ordinary made a decree in conformity, to the effect that the Court should affix its seal to the confirmation of the Court in Scotland, on the understanding that the litigants acceded to that course. To-day the case was again brought before the Court on a technical point, namely, as to whether the confirmation should be delivered out of Court with the seal affixed. Sir C. Cresswell said he should have all the papers before him, as well as those giving an ac count of what had taken place in the Court of Chancery, and that he would give his judgment on Tuesday next. JAGO V. JAGO AND GRAHAM. Mr. Bingham Daly made an application for a new trial in this case, on the grounds that the verdict was against the weight of evidence, and of surprise. The particulars, which have been recently reported, exhibited a discrepancy between the witnesses as to the date of circumstances material to the issue. Sir C. Cress well said that there was some ground to suppose that there had been a failure of justice, and granted the rule nisi for a new trial. HEPWORTH Y. HEPWORTH. This was an application for an allotment of ali•- moray. The petitioner had become bankrupt on the 10th March, and the respondent had been allowed to put in her claim as a creditor for the amount granted by this Court. Dr. Wombey ap peared on behalf of the respondent. The petitioner, who appeared in person, stated he had been put to such expense by his wife, that if he should be compelled to comply with the order of the Court, he would be obliged to leave the king dom. The case came before the learned judge in the form of a motion, on the part of the respondent, for an order directing the petitioner to secure for the further costs in the cause. Sir C. Cresswell said he could not help the posi tion of the petitioner, and orders of the Court were made in the ordinary way, and should be complied with, and acceded to the application. DICKENS T. DICKENS. In this case an attachment had been granted by the Court against the husband, who was the respon dent in the suit, for costs and alimony. In the mean time the respondent had become bankrupt, and the wife had been allowed to come in as a creditor to the estate; Subsequently an application was made for sequestration as against the estate of the respon dent, and the motion stood over for the considera tion of the Court. Sir C. Cresswell now delivered judgment, and having recited the several dates of the orders issued by the Court, refused to make any decree for seques tration, on the ground that no such order would 'have effect until the attachment was returned. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—CIIELMSFORD, July 22. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) SEXTON V. SKINGLEY. This was an action for slander. Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Philbrick were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Parry was counsel for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action was Miss Mary Anne Sexton, who, it appeared, had been for a great many years housekeeper to the brother of the defendant, dant broPtih and she sought to recover damages for certain slan derous words that had been spoken by him respect ing her an d • respect mg ' which imputed to her that she had of her ° P e e n lY possessed herself of money in the course where he carrie4 'llB° anent. It appeared that the defen geshall, in t j , Mr. Joseph Skingley, lived at Cog - Samuelskroigsieeounty, and that the defendant, Mr. lived in the same town, ago ivinrth business of a maltster. A year or two and it appeared that he Joseph Skingley sold a farm, another brother e ntered Beq ther uently ntered into an became ill, and the defendant and investigation of his affair s , a n d dthe result was that they seemed to have entert an impression that he was not in the eondi pion, so far as peen- - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-July 22. WESTMINSTER. —EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES OF BIGAMY.-Mr. Eugene Plumber M'Carthy, a gentleman 44 years of age, described on the police sheet as a solicitor and notary public in Ireland, underwent a lengthened examination, charged with bigamy and perjury, under very extraordinary circumstances. Mr. Lewis, sen.,was engaged for the prosecution, and stated that he was prepared to prove two cha - rges of bigamy against the accused, and a third of perjury in procuring the licence for the last marriage. Dr. John O'Bryan, of 17, Thistle-grove, Bromp ton, produced a certificate from the registry of the Rev. J. G. F. Schultz, in the Consistorial Court, Dublin. The prisoner was there described as Eugene M'Carthy, and the marriage, which took place on the 28th of Jan,, 1839, was between Catharine Creagh and Eugene M'Carthy. Witness also produced a certificate of the marriage of Mary Ann O'Bryan, in the parish church of St. Peters, in the county of Cork, to Eugene M'Carthy, on the 29th of June, 1844. Mr. Michael Harrington,of Cleave's-lodge,Church street, Chelsea, engaged in the Post Office, said he was in Dublin in 1839,`and was present at the first marriage. It was performed in a private house, at Collingswood, by a German clergyman named Schultz. It was hero explained that the clergyman in ques tion was called a " couple beggar," iu allusion to his performing the ceremony at a cheap rate, and that he performed the ceremony as of yore at Gretna, with great alacrity. He merely made entries in his book, and did not take the signatures of the parties united. Mr. Lewis pointed out that his marriages were valid, or they would not be required to be registered in the Consistory Court. In reply to questions from the prisoner, Witness said that accused called on him, and asked him to be present. at the marriage. He said he had brought the girl Kate Creagh from the country, and was afraid that if any time were lost the friends on one side or the other would prevent the marriage. Mr. I. T. Miller, solicitor, George-yard, Lombard street, produced two letters from the prisoner, which were proved to be in his handwriting, dated the sth and 9th September, 1860, in which, in allusion to his first marriage, the prisoner urged that he was very young at the time, that Catherine Creagh had lived with hi m prev iously, that neither of them ever considered is as a valid marriage, that she left him shortly afterwards, considering there was no marital obligation ; that after he was married in 184 at St. Peter's, to Miss O'Bryan, he repeatedly saw Catherine Creagh in the streets, and attaching no value to liar marriage she never sought him or required anything of him, although his marriage with M 135 &Bryan had been published in the news papers, and must have been well known to her. The question having been raised in one of the courts of law, it had been determined by the authorities that marriages like the one spoken of were valid. The writer said he had seen Catherine Creagh in Cork as late as 1855. Prisoner said that these letters were dated from Woolwich, and he never was there. Mr. Lewis intimated that Catherine Creagh was alive now, and had given evidence a few days ago in the Court of Chancery respecting some property transaction. Prisoner said that a woman had been brought from Ireland certainly. Mr. Miller, on being cross-examined by the pri soner, said that at about the time the letters were received, there was some treaty about the raising of some money; the object was that the settlement should be set aside. He was about to lend Miss O'Bryan some money, and he wanted to be satis fied on some points relating to the prisoner. A pas sege in one of the letters purporting to be written by the prisoner was pointed out as showing that he well knew his first wife to be alive at the time of his marriage with Miss o'l3ryan. It stated that Catherine Creagh resided at Cork, in 1844, and she continued to live there, and that he repeatedly saw her. Miss Mary Ann O'Bryan, who described herself as a single woman, said she was married an the 29th of June, 1844, to the prisoner. This was the evidence in support of the first bigamy, and the second was now proceeded with. Mr. Lewis proposed that the evidence of the first marriage should be copied upon the depositions in this case, and called The Rev. W. Bell M'Kenzie, incumbent of St. James's, Holloway, who stated that on May 22, 1852, he nerformed the marriage ceremony with Eugene MTarthy and Emily Verling. They signed the register which he produced. Dr. John O'Bryan proved that the name of M'Cartny was risoner's handwriting. Miss O'Bryan st aid that Emily Verling unfortu nately resided in th'e same house with herself and husband. Prisoner at,'d Miss Verling left the house together. It was stated that Miss Verling, finding that she had been deceived, left the prisoner and went abroad. Mr. Arnold asked what evidence there was to show that in 1852 prisoner knew his first wife was alive. Mr. Lucas said that the letters proved the pri soner knew she was alive after 1854. Mr. Arnold pointed out that he might have be come acquainted with that fact in 1854, but he might have been ignorant of it in 1852. A certificate was now produced in the third case against the prisoner, in which he had sworn in his application for a license to be married to Miss Ver ling on the 19th of May, 1852, that he was a ba chelor. Mr. Arnold observed that the question in this case would again arise, whether in 1852 the peti tioner knew thet his first wife was alive. Miss O'Bryan was again called to supply the proof required, and her brother was also put into the witness-box to give secondary evidence of the contents of a letter written by the prisoner, which had been destroyed. It was addressed to Dr. O'Bryan, and written after his connexion with Miss Verling, and stated that he had left his (Dr. O'Bryan's) sister because she was not his wife ; that in 1839 he was married to Catherine Creagh, who died in 1851, and was buried at a cemetery described ; and further stated that he was married to Miss Verling, as he was at that time an unmar ried man. Mr. Arnold said that this evidence was not against the prisoner, but in his favour. Mr. Lewis applied to have the depositions copied up for prisoner's committal on all the charges, and asked for a remand, for witnesses from Ireland. Mr. Arnold remanded the prisoner for a week, but said that at present he could only commit upon he first charge, as the others were not pressed. ALLEGED IITURDEB AND .ROBBERY BY GA_ROTTING. A protracted investigation was held at the Green Man Tavern, Hoxton Town, by Mr. John Humph reys, one of the Middlesex coroners, on Monday evening, respecting the death of Mr. Samuel Chap man, aged 70, a deacon of Ebenezer Chapel, Reeves'-place, Hoxton, who was found robbed and insensible in the a djoining house, with marks of having been violently garotted under very extraordinary circumstances. Mrs. Elizabeth Gardiner, No. 20, Union-street, Kingsland-road, daughter of the deceased, said — My father was a woollen draper, retired from busi ness, and resided in the house alone—in the house adjoining the chapel of which he was deacon. I saw him in good health on last Sunday week. On the following Monday evening I was sent for, end found Min speechless and in a dreadful state, but quite sensible. He seemed to wish to communicate something which he could not articulate. After some time he placed his hand around my throat, as if to imply that his throat had been grasped. That was what we understood by the sign at the time. He was in the habit of keeping a policeman's staff under his pillow to protect himself with, and I missed it from its place. When I found it after wards there were stains of blood upon it. I asked him if it was a friend that he wanted to make me know about, and he intimated " no." I asked if the person belonged to the chapel, and he said not, but placed his hand to his throat. The Coroner—You understood that your father had been garotted by this person ? Witness—No ; we did at first. We asked him and he said " yes." I asked him the next day and he said "no." I cannot say why I asked him the question after he had said he had been garotted. As deacon of the chapel he received the quarter's col lections. He might have received some recently before his death, bat I am not certain of this. Whilst I was there on the Monday night three gentlemen, whom I did not know, took away the drawer, with the money in it just as it was. He died last Friday. The witness in her evidence in chief spoke with such manifest desire to explain that the deceased withdrew the statement that he had been injured that the coroner expressed his dis satisfaction with her manner of giving her evidence. The Coroner What do you suppose was the caused of deceased's death ? Witness—Natural causes. Coroner—Have the goodness to explain why. Witness.—l have no reason to suppose otherwise. He was regularly attended, and a doctor was called in. My husband had not been unfortunate in busi ness ; he gave up business only in consequence of a month's illness. He gave up business recently, and went into the employment of Mr. Stephens as a journeyman. We did not think deceased well off, because we knew what he had. He had had two slight fits ; one six weeks ago, and one six months ago. Samuel Gardner, a little boy, son of the last wit ness, said that he used to sleep with deceased, and go out in tile day time to get his errands. At half past twelve on the Monday he left deceased in good health and went to his mother's. He returned at six o'clock. He was away longer than usual, for be was getting a lot of messages for his mother — more than usual. He believed she was at home ail the time, but his father was out at work. He saw deceased put his hand to his mother's throat, and when she said, " It must be a friend," deceased said it was no friend, and put his hand to her throat ' again. He seemed indignant. Two or three days before his death he had received some money from Messrs. Walton. He kept his money in a purse, and he had a watch. Mrs. Sarah Curtis, 6, Albion-place, Hackney road, pew-opener, said that she went as usual on the Monday afternoon, and could not get deceased to answer. The key was not in the door leading from the chapel to the deceased's house as was usual. Mts. Lambert said that when she was called in saw deceased lying with his head to the fender, and resting on a Bible. The carpet was pulled up in two places. His cravat was apparently very tight indeed. He seemed to clasp one of his pockets tight, as if to take care of it. Dr, C. Benley said he was called to deceased on Monday and found him quite sensible, but he could not articulate, He was not breathing like a person in apoplexy. There was a broad mark round his throat, as if from compression of his handkerchief, which he always wore remarkably lax, so as not to confine his throat. In consequence of what witness heard afterwards he inquired for the staff which deceased was in the habit of keeping under his pillow. There were stains of blood upon it, and witness showed it to deceased. He g rasped it, and seemed pleased at the blood stains, as if sa tisfiedhe had inflicted some injury on some one that had tried p to injure him. The carpet was much pulled from under the fender, and near the table the_r_eitwneerse marks as if a struggle had taken place. W s side of which was an action appeared to defend his pocket, was informed that deceased's purse was gone. He ld -f c onscious. The post partially which a person recently attackbeldowwoonu mechanically whilethe p mortem examination showed a the head externally. Internally there was blood effused on the tem ple a s if from a violent blow or fall. There was also extravasatio-n on the left ven tricle, and sl i g ht escape of blood, arising either from . strang u lation or a fall . The man's purse has not been discovered since. By the Jury—The watch was hanging up, and the pew -opener's calling out might have disturbed an y one before it could have been taken. The Coroner isi.4 4 , 'JAI in so serious a case he should adjou coming to a adjourned. h Ira to, obtain fort her evidence before iry was accordingly decis' .on. The inqu PLEDGING A CHILD L IT A PATVN. BROKER'S. Dr. Lankester, coroner for the central district of Middlesex, prosecuted an inquiry at the St. Mary lebon e Workhouse, yesterday, touching the death of a male infant deposited in a pawnbrol ter's shop, undin* mysterious circumstances. Arthur Wallis deposed that he was an assistant to Mr. Boyce, pawnbroker, 76, Lisson-grove. At 11 o'clock on last Saturday night, as he was in the act of closing the outer door of the entrance to re ceive pledges, he was astonished to find a parcel, carefully sewed up in a piece of black merino, lying the lobby. He hastily picked up the parcel, be t supposing, from feeling the contents, that it was a c. l ead dog, he instantly dropped it, and then eau°, d the attention of the other assistants, one of whom picked it up again and cut it open. Finding the eo,ntents t 3 be that of the deceased child, a police-constable was fetched, and the body was re moved fo the workhonse. He was quite sure the parcel must have been placed there between the hours often and eleven that night, but was totally unable to s ay who placed . 4 t there. Police-co nstable 209 D e'eposed that no satisfac tory inform ation ',could be obtained as to where child came from, but it wa' believed that it be longed to the immediate neighbourhood. Mr. Detrobe, resident surgeon of the workhouse said he made a post-mortem examination of the body. It was a fine healthy child, evidently born alive, and death must have been occasioned from violence and neglect. There was a mark of violence over the left temple bone, and extensive bruises on the right side of the crown of the head, producing very conoiderable effusion of blood. The birth must have taken place but a few hours before the body was found at the pawnbroker's. The coroner remarked upon the wide-spread crime of infanticide, and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons un known. THE WEATHER AND CROPS. The weather during the past week has been broken, rough, and stormy, with heavy rains and extremely boisterous winds, varied, however, with omisional sunshine. Notwithstanding the unsea sonable coldness of the wind at times, the tempera ture h as gradually risen, and there have been one or two day7s of warm air and bright sun, the general tendency - , on the whole, being in the direction of more summer-like weather than has lately been the case. On Monday the temperature was decidedly high and ,the sun bright and hot. It is to be hoped that we are nearing a change, and that genuine summer heat may yet be in store. All accounts concur in speaking of warm weather as being the one thing needed. Reports vary as to the character and condition of the crops, but there seems to be a general concurrence in the opinion that on ordi nary and ill-cultivated soils, the long continued ungenial weather has made itself seriously felt. Of the crops on better lands,• accounts are more satis iactory, but even on those the want of genial warmth is felt, and apprehensions are freely expressed as to what will be the result, unless warm weather be spe•edily experienced. A large crop of wheat is not anti;3ipatcd, but a fair average growth is looked for sh ould the weather prove warm, dry, and season able from this time forward through harvest. The hay-making has been greatly impeded by the wet weather, but notwithstanding a good deal of pro gress has bean made, and a large breadth has been carried in pretty fair condition, the high and drying winds and occasional sunshine having been taken advantage of to the full. The accounts fiwom the hop districts speak of con tinued cleanliness and healthy appearance, but all repeat the universal complaint of want of sun and warmer temperature. The heavy winds have done some damage to the bine, by battering it about and ' bruising it. On the whole, however, the reports from Sussex and Kent are promising, and with fine weather a fair crop may be hoped for. From Wor cestershire and Herefordshire the accounts are by no means favourable. In those districts the plant has suffered a good deal, and only a short growth is expected. In parts of Kent the "mould" is spoken of as having partially appeared. At this period of the season every indication of attack, of whatever kind, is anxiously watched, and as ill news proverbially travels fast, the slightest rumour of injury to the hop plant spreads rapidly, and, it need scarcely be added, does not often lose by repetition. ' Prices appear to be hardening, and inquiries for L stock increasing. So far as the coming crop is con cerned, Sussex seems to be doing her share.—Sussex Advertiser. COUNTRY NAREL S. 4 , - - LEEDS—TUESDAY. The wheat trade quiet to-day, without alteration in the prices, and very little business doing. Oats, beans, and other articles unaltered. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. We have had a good steady consumptive demand at our market to-day, at the full prices of this day se'nnight. Not much doing in flour, at late rates. Indian corn in good request at Friday's currencies. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—TtrEsDA.y. At to •day's market there was a quiet demand for wheat, and prices were about the same as' last week. Barley in limited supply, but steady, at the prices of this day week. Flour very dull. Beans, peas, and oats a fair sale. DUBLIN-TUESDAY. Our market was firm at the currencies of Friday for wheat and Indian corn. Oats were 3d to 6d per barrel dearer. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 30:0 to 3410 Do., red 27 0 to 32 0 Do., new Barley Oats .... 13 0 to 16 6 Do., black.... 13 0 to 15 0 s. d. s. d. Do., new . 0 to 0 Bere — 0 to 0 Rapeseed Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn YO.REIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aufe.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton . . July 19. via Marseilles .. Aug. - 12. draail and Cape Verde, by British packet. Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.July;l9. via Marseilles ...July 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton July 30. via Marseilles July 24. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 24. NeWfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. . Aug. 4. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet July 23. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. July 23. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug. 10. Bahamas, via New York' July 31. Mexico July 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 July 29. California. and British Columbia BIRTHS.: Esq., of a FISHER.—On the 21st inst., at Halstead Lodge, road, Stockwell, Stockwell, the wife of Henry Fisher, daughter. JouNsTos.--On the 22d inst., at Kingston-on-Thames, the wife of Patrick Johnston, Esq., of a daughter. the wife of Captain Charles W a k e , R . N„ o f a son. WAKE. —On the 20th inst., at Ch apel Brampton, Nor thara pton, MARRIAGES. HOOPER—PETERS.—On the 19th inst., a t St. A ugus ti ne 's, Henry R. Hooper, Esq., of Ivy Lodge, Shirley, near Southampton, to Fanny Taylor, second daughter of Mr. Daniel Peters, of 31, College-men, Bristol. TDIMS—EELEs.—On the 19th inst., at Trinity Church, Islington, Mr. F. Timms, of the London Assurance, to Louise, youngest dau g ht er o f the late T . R . E e l es , of 22, Cursitor-street, city. DEATHS. BECKIVITH.—On the 19th inst., at La Tour, Piedmont, Major-Gen era l J o h n Ch ar l es B ec k w i t h , C . 8., f ormer ly of the Rifle B r i ga d e . H e commence d hi s di s ti ngu ished career in 1805, was with Sir John Moore at the Battle of Corunna, served throughout the Peninsular Campaign, and was on the Duke of Wellington's staff at Waterloo, where he lost his leg. CHATFIELD.—On the 19th inst., at Redhill, Goo. Chatfield, Esq., aged 34. LIPSCOMBE.—On the 21st inst., Mr. James Lipscomb°, of 93, Regent-street, aged 47. VANDELEUR.—On the 19th inst., at Dublin, Lady Vande leur, widow of the late General Sir John 0. Vandeleurt G.C.8., &c,, aged &5. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office No. 1111? Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesez.—Weilmeclay, July 23, 1861 TO Will i dim C] S. DA' Afoi LOb Gen tiles Wee ract4 Mei] Leh ; N. Dns Din] COCI4 ....._