The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-25 00:00:00

711 E NAVY. The presentation of the Victoria Cross to William 'Odgers, captain's coxswain of her Majesty's ship Cambridge, for conspicuous and daring bravery at the storming of a pah in New Zealand, on March 28, 1860, took place yesterday, in the Government Parade-ground, Devonport. Odgers was specially recommended for this honourable distinction by his late commander, Capt. Cracroft, RN., who in a letter, dated her Majesty' ship Niger, Taranaki, March 31, 1860, appended to a despatch from Com mander Loring, thus alluded to his gallant conduct : S' As there was only half an hour's daylight left, I determined to attack the pah at once. Accordingly I planted the 24-pounder rocket tube about 700 yards from it, and after a few discharges the men stormed the pah, under a heavy fire, in the most gal lant style, Wm. Odgers, leading seaman, doing duty as my coxswain, being the first man in it." In a sub sequent despatch Capt. Cracroft specially alluded to the " conspicuous gallantry" of Odgers ; and also mentioned the names of Robert Glanville, William Older, seamen, and W. Clarke, a marine, be longing to the Iris, as being worthy of the deco ration of the Victoria Cross for their bravery on the occasion referred to, when the men men tioned eagerly contested with each other for the possession of the enemy's flag. In accordance - with the recommendation of Capt. Cracroft, the Victoria Cross, which also carries with it a pension of £lO per annum, was conferred upon Odgers, as being the first who entered the pah; and as it was desired that the presentation should tf ke place in the most public manner, the authorities of the dis trict decided upon having a naval and military review. Accordingly the naval brigade, under command of Capt. Heath, consisting of between 400 and 500 men from her Majesty's gunnery ship Cambriige, and a number of second-class boys from her Majesty's ships Impregnable and Implacable, were landed and marched to Mount Wise. Four companies of the Royal Marines—all that could be spared from duty—were also present, and the fine band of that corps; the command of the whole de volving upon Colonel-Commandant Holloway, Royal Marines. Brigade-Major Kirk acted as field officer, lieut. F. Nicholson, her Majesty's ship Cambridge, being in charge of the " blue Jackets," who were dressed in white frocks and duck trousers. The gallant fellows presented a very fine appearance, arid their evolutions were warmly commended, especially the celerity which they displayed in un limbering their 12-pounder field-pieces, and getting them into position again—the latter process occupy ing only 50 seconds from the time the men rallied from behind the infantry square where they had obtained (so to say) refuge from the enemy's cavalry. The presentation of the cross was made by Vice- Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.B. Among the officers present to witness the ceremony were Major- General Hutchinson, in command of the western district, and Staff, and Admiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley. The review, which was preliminary to the presentation, commenced about half-past 10. The battalion was drawn up in line and received the gal lant Port-Admiral and party with a general salute in advancing. The men were then put through a series of evolutions which were all satisfactorily per formed, the skirmishing of the Cambridge men being especially satisfactory. The artillery were under the charge of Lieut. S. G. Price, of her Majesty's ship Cambridge. At the termination of the review the men were drawn up in three sides of a square, the side faces oblique. Admiral Sir Houston Stewart said they had assembled by her Majesty's command, which had been graciously announced to him, to du honour to a gallant sailor, who, in the hour of danger and of difficulty showed himself to be made of true British stuff. (Cheers.) The Admiral read the official notice in the Gazette confirming the cross on W. Odgers, and proceeded to explain the circumstances under which the order was in stituted by her Majesty at the close of the Russian war. The substantial addition to this reward of courage was this—that any warrant -officer, sea man, soldier, or marine was entitled for life there after to £lO sterling per annum ; and P.S two years and a quarter had elapsed since Odgers was named for this distinction, he would now receive an order on the paymaster for £22 10s. The Admiral then affixed the riband and cross to the breast of Odgers, between two other medals for service. Odgers desired the Admiral in an under tone to convey to the Queen his deep sense of the honour conferred upon him. He requested also that it should be distinctly stated that " there were many men as good as himself present at the storming of the pah ; but that it happened to be his good fortune to get in first." The Admiral in con clusion requested three cheers for the Queen, which was loyally responded to. Three cheers were then given for Odgers and the proceedings terminated. The Warrior, iron frigate, Capt. Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., took in yesterday at Spithead her powder and shell in readiness for sea. The Royal Alfred, converting at Portsmouth from a 91-gun screw liner to a 51-gun screw iron-cased frigate, is ordered to be prepared to receive an armament of 34 guns only, in lieu of the 51 as originally in tended to have been given to her. Her newly organised armament now comprises—For the main deck, twenty-four 68 pounders of 95 cwt. each, 10ft. long, and eight 100-pounder Armstrongs of 82 cwt. each, 10ft. long ; all on rear-chock carriages with directing bars_ For the upper deck—two 110- pounder Armstrongs of 82 cwt. each, 10ft. long, on revolving carriages. Her field guns and guns for the boom boats will be the same in number and de scription as those apportioned for the Achilles iron frigate building at Chatham. Sir R. M. Bromley, K.C., Accountant-General of the Navy, and Mr. W. H. W. N. Walker, Inspector and Auditor of Yard Accounts, from Somerset House, are now on an official visit to Devonport. The Columbi ne, which was recently 4, screw steamaloop, 669 tons, launched at Deptford, and fitted at Woolwich with direct action horizontal engines of 150 nominal and 600 Indicated horse power, by the Greenock Foundry Company, previous to being reserv e placed in the steam - at Sheerness, was taken on trial at the measured m il e at the Mapling Sands yesterday. The results weremos,, satisfactory. She a tt a ined an av erage speed o f 1 0 643 knots per hour with full boiler power, and la knots per hour with 1 She made 103 revolutions of half-boiler pow er. -; vacuum, engines; her pres sure of steam vi ta 2 0 ,, in 25 ; her Griffith's se re w has a pitch of 13f t. , and a diameter of 10ft. ; her draught of water at t Naas 12ft. 7in., and forward 91t. 7113- The vessei Was in charge of Capt. T. P. Thompson, of the steam reserve, and the engines were in charge of me. L amont, Who re_ presented the contractors. Mr. S. Townsend, fo re . man of the engineering department of her Majesty's Dockyard, and Mr. Ashworth attended on the part of the Admiralty. Ca The hired transport St. Lawrence, apt . Toynbee, al Ex belonging to Mr. T. W. Smith, of the Ray changebuildings, was four miles south of the Ra me Head, Plymouth, at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, all well, under three topgallant sails and flying jib, with the wind from west-south-west, bound to the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. The military rifle-match at Caesar's Camp, Alder shot, was brought to a successful termination yester day. The attendance was larger than on any of the preceding days, and the weather was well adapted for shooting. The regiments represented at the butts comprised not only all those quartered at Aldershot, but several from Portsmouth, Shorn cliffe, Chatham, London, and more remote stations. The band of the 20th Regiment was in attendance yesterday. The first prize shot for yesterday was the Volley Stakes, £lO. Each regiment one sec tion of 10 files, in tunics, forage caps, accoutre ments, k napsacks, and greatcoats. 400 and 600 yards. Best section, £5; second best, £3; third best £2. Fifteen regiments contributed competi tors for the prize. The following shows the average each reg iment :—The num ber of mark s obtained by battalion2d Regiment, ent 18.75 ; let 76th Regiment, .0 • lot battalion 18.45; 2 d battalion Ist Regiment, 17.55 ; 61 s t Re giment, 17 G renadier Guards, i 16.70 ; Ist batta lion 60th Regiment, 16 .O ;3d bat talion Grenadier Gua rds, 16 60 ; lat batt r a lon Scots Fusiliers, 16.59 ; 2d battalion Grenadier Guards, 18.45; 37th Regiment, 15.90; 26th Caraerouiatis. 15.0©; let battalion Bth Regiment, 14 ' 95 : 2 d bat talion 20th Regiment, 14 - 45 ; Ist battalion sth Re. ant, 12.25 ; 64th Regiment, 10.20. A protest in this match was entered by the section of the Ist battalion Bth Regiment on the ground that when kneeling about 2 feet of the target 'A as visible. A meeting onlyo of the committee was h e ld in re f erence to the matter, when the decision was k; :yen against the Bth Regiment. The non-commissioned officers' prize of £lO 10s., presented by Mr. Truefitt for all non-commissioned officers above the rank of corporal, 500 and 600 yards, was next competed for, The first prize was for five guineas, the second prize three guineas, third prize two guineas; 146 entered. After firing off the ties the winners were placed in the following order:-Ist, Serg, Chamberlain, 2d battalion Ist Royal, 16 points, 10 bits, 26 marks ; 2d, Serg. Walsh, 37th Regiment, 17 points, 9 hits, 26 marks ; 3d, Serg. Thompson, 76th Regiment, 17 points, 10 hits, 26 marks. The last event of the day was the Rifle Derby, open to all corners, which, contrary to general expectation, was not so well patronised as that of last year, when there were 17 entries at £1 each. The number then was less than had been anticipated, and it was supposed that by reducing the entrance fee to one-half the former amount the number of competitors on the present oc casio❑ would be considerably increased. Such, however, was not the result, only eight having entered at 10s. each. The distances were 500 and 600 yards. The use of any rifle not exceed ing 10Ib. in weight was permitted in this match, and the marksman was at liberty to choose his own position. The following is a list of the competitors, with their respective total of marks. At 500 yards: —Capt. Bland, 76th Regiment, made 13 points, 5 hits, 18 marks ; Lieut. Chatfield, 2d battalion 20th Regiment, 8 points, 5 hits, 13 marks ; Capt. White, 2d battalion Ist Regiment, 9 points, 5 hits, 14 marks ; Lieut. Lacy, 2d battalion, 12th Regiment, 10 points, 5 hits, 15 marks; Ensign Stourton, 78th Regiment, 9 points, 5 hits, 14 marks; Lieut. Wal linger, Royal Engineers, 7 points, 4 hits, 11 marks; Capt. Fletcher, Military Train, 7 points, 5 hits, 12 marks; Lieut. Harris, 2d battalion, 20th Regiment, 7 points, 3 hits, 10 marks. At 600 yards :—Copt. Bland made 9 points, 4 hits, 13 marks ; Lieut. Chatfield, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks ; Capt. White, 8 points, 5 hits, 13 marks ; Lieut. Lacy, 5 points, 4 hits, 9 marks ; Ensign Stourton, 6 points, 3 hits, 9 marks ; Lieutenant Wallinger, 6 points, 4 hits, 10 marks ; Capt. Fletcher, 4 points, 4 hits, 8 marks and Lieut. Harris, 5 points, 4 hits, 9 marks, Capt. Bland thus obtained the first prize, having scored 31 marks at the two ranges; Lieut Chatfield obtained the second with 29, and Capt. White the third, with 27 marks. The sizes of the targets used were as follows : First class, 6ft. by 12ft., bull's-eye 3ft., centre 6ft. ; second class, 6ft. by Bft., bull's-eye 2ft., centre 4ft.; third class, 6ft. by 4ft., bull's-eye Bin., centre, 2ft. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JULY 24. Two political notabilities have been engaged in a legal contest in Sligo. Mr. P. Somers brought an ac tion for slander against Mr. J. Reilly. Mr. Somers is a gentleman whose family once possessed an estate in the county of Sligo, to which he succeeded on the death of his father when he was yet but a child. He was educated at Harrow,where he made steadfast political friends. Having returned from his travels, Mr. O'Connell advised him to take part in public affairs. In 1837 he was returned to Parliament, without opposition, for Sligo. In 1847 he was re elected, but was unseated on petition. In 1848 Mr. Townley offered him a large sum of money to retire, which he indignantly refused. Mr. Townley was unseated, and Mr. Somers, his opponent, became member for the borough again. Since that time his public life has been one of unsuccessful opposition. At the last election he opposed Mr. Tenison. Mr. Reilly, a Dublin barrister, on that occasion stated " that Somers was a traitor, and sold the borough of Sligo to Mr. F. Maedonogh for hard cash." Every word of this he declared himself able to prove Both the plaintiff and the defendant were placed in the witness-box. Mr. Somers, examined by Mr. J. Robinson, Q C., gave his electioneering history. In 1852 he fought a contest with Townley, in 1853 with John Sadleir, in 1857 with Mr. Wynne, and in 1860 he was a candidate, with three others— Tenison, Macdonogh, and Reilly. He polled only two or three votes at the close of the poll. On that occasion the defendant called him " traitor," " caitiff," a "snake in the grass," and said that he had been trading all his life in the borough as his only capital. Mr. Ball retired from Sligo in 1857 because demands were made on him with which no gentle man could comply ; Mr. Tenison in 1860, because, he said, " he was in the hands of the Philistines." He admitted on cross-examination that he had called the defendant a " stump orator," with no reference to his physical infirmity ; but he denied that he called him a " tailor." Mr. Reilly, cross examined by Mr Morris, admitted that he charged Mr. Somers with selling the borough, and said, "I will tell you the story by and by, and I will fit the cap so tight on the traitor that when taken off it will not leave a hair on his head." The people were so excited that they burnt the plaintiff twice in effigy, and he (the witness) " roasted him next morning." Mr. Robinson, Q.C., replied for the plaintiff, end in a review of the case showed that Mr. Somers did not complain of any reflections on his political character, but when the defendant charged him with basely telling the borough for money he did that which any right-minded man would do— namely, give the defendant an opportunity of justi fying the slander if he could, and which he dared not attempt to do. His lordship having charged the jury, they retired, and, after half , an-hour's consul tation, found for the plaintiff, with 6d damages and 6d costs. The trial of William Herdman for the murder of Mr. John Herdman, at Belfast, excites extraordi nary interest. The prisoner was arraigned yester day, when the spacious court was filled with a select assemblage, admitted by tickets ; but at the request of the prisoner's counsel, to which the Attorney- General assented, the case was adjourned to this day. Mr. Walter Fitzsimons, solicitor, who was charged with having committed several forgeries on a pro- vincial insurance company for which he was agent, was yesterday placed on his trial, and, before Ser geant Sullivan had completed his opening state ment, pleaded guilty. Sentence will be passed today. in the threatening letter case against John O'Connell and Morgan O'Connell, the trial was post poned until next assizes, on the application of the Crown. Next to the Herdman case, the most interesting trial at the present assizes was the poisoning case at Clenmel, which has ended in the conviction of the Prisoner, Richard Burke, on the clearest evidence. The poison used was strychnine ; the victim was his wife, and the death was one of frightful torture. If guilty at all, the prisoner's guilt is enormous. It was a cool, deliberate , th well-planned murder of a wife by her husband, w i th th e view to get rid of the burden of her support, and Yet, strange to eity , toe at liberty to marry another. t heory recommended the pri soner to mercy on account of his good character! The trial was commen ced Tuesday, at Clonmel, before Baron Deasy. Owing teetleiel 850 respectable social position of the accused, who in has held the Unionn,i_o e of deceased Water ford, the cas e s it u ation of cle rk to the Poor- law e xcited great interest. and the prisoner were married in 1847 Z any family, and since his appointment never had % ey h a d not and lived together, he residing at Waterford - she at Clogheen, in the county of Tipperary,wher e s h e had property. She was subject tileptic fits and „ io. /13 . hnt palpitation of the heart. 111 August, 1861 NI Burke, having heard that her husband had formed an improper intimacy with anot.tler woman, visited him at Waterford f or the purpose of getting from him a separate maintenance. On that occasion he gave her £5, and she returned to Clogheen. This circumstance was dwelt upon by the Soiicitor-Gene ral as supplying a motive for the commission of the crime. On the Bth of last March Burke visited his wife and spent two daye with her, during which his manner was very affectionate. He commiserated the state of her health, and promised to send her some medicine made up by a Dr. Harrington, which he strongly advised her to use. On the 28th of March he sent her a parcel containing some coffee, a bottle of essence of turpentine, and a paper package of a white powder, labelled in his handwriting, L Lose of salts and magnesia —to be dissolved in THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVE XING, JULY 25, 18 62. water, and taken at bedtime." The deceased did not immediately make use of either of the medicines, which were put by in a drawer which she always kept locked. On the 13th of April she received a letter from Burke, inquiring whether she had used the medicine and " salts," and next evening, the 14th, feeling unwell, she took part of the contents of the package, and died in half an hour afterwards, in the fearful convulsive agony that precedes death caused by strychnine. The contents of her atomach were analysed, and found to contain a grain of strychnine—double the quantity requisite to cause death. The residue of the package was found to consist of Epsom salts, magnesia, and strychnine. The prisoner had access to all parts of the workhouse, and had been seen in the sur gery some short time previous to Easter, with a paper before him containing a white powder, into which he appeared to be pouring another white powder from a bottle. In this surgery the Epsom salts and magnesia were kept in open drawers, and strychnine was most culpably kept in an unlocked press. It was proved by Dr. Fitzpatrick, the phy sician to the workhouse, that in the beginning of March the prisoner had a conversation with him about poisons, in which the doctor informed him of the nature and properties of strychnine, and that half a grain of it would be a fatal dose. The cir cumstances of Mrs. Burke's death were proved by her sister, niece, and servant. Dr. Harrington identified the bottle of turpentine as having been sent from his establishment, and proved that the package of white powder had not been made up by any medical man, the materials being merely mixed together instead of being triturated in a mortar. Dr. Blyth, Professor of Chemistry, in Queen's Col kge, York, deposed that he had analysed the con tents of the deceased's stomach and the remainder of the powder. He discovered strychnine in each —in the latter to the amount of 12 per cent. The witnesses were closely cross-examined by the pri soner's counsel, Messrs. Rolleston and Johnstone, but their evidence was not shaken. The trial ter minated at half-past six o'clock yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recom mended the prisoner to mercy on account of his previous good character. Mr. P. Delany, one of the Kilkenny deputation to the American delegates who brought over the supposed bones of M'Manus, was arrested on Tues day, charged with swearing in members of the Phoenix Society. accumulating until the whole sewer was filled to where it crosses the railway tunnel at Frederick street. At this point tht sewer was not then com pletely cased up and secured in the manner in which it is done at King's-cross. Here for a short time great apprehensions were felt lest the enormous bulk of water so confinel should burst over and into the tunnel, where it world have done an immense amount of mischief. Fortunately, the pressure proved too much for the obstacles which were bat ring its progress where the sewer had fallen, and the great stream at last forced a passage, but not till it has saturated and sapped away a good deal of the 12-feet strip of earth that intervened between the sewer and the massive retaining wall of the Victoria-street station. The Board of Works had put up shores to support the tottering rubbish on each side of where the sewer had given in, and had began a cutting to divert its course from passing over and into the rub blish. But the mischief had gone too far. On the Monday following the accident the water had corn- pletely soaked through the earth and through and under the foundations of the railway Walls, which began to yield. As these gradually sloped back wards towards the gap in the road, the pressure became too much for the supporting shores. What followed was then a matter of course-120 feet of he massive wall slipped very slowly down as the water undermined its .. fou3dations, the foundations working forward as the summit of the wall inclined back, and, as this brought an increased pressure on the top of the sewer that was still standing, while the support of the earth was washed from its side, 120 feet more of the Fleet ditch collapsed as the wall leant on it. Of course, the force of water in the sewer was unable to push away the mass of earth and bricks that now choked it, and the waters again accumulated in it up to the Frederick-street junction. But, in the interval that had elapsed since the first break in, Mr. Fowler had averted the danger that menaced from this point in case of the sewer again filling, and all was perfectly secure. The sewer therefore must have filled almost to its very source till it again acquired strength to force its way over the rubbish into the excavation for the railway station. As soon as the water had filled this it found its way into the railway tunnel itself, up which it penetrated for some 800 yards, dimi nishing in depth as the incline of the railway rose, and being nowhere deeper than at its mouth, where it was 54- feet. As soon as the channel of the sewer was diverted above the breakage, and brought by a deep channel along Victoria-street to a point below the fracture, the filthy inundation ceased; the water was at once pumped out of the tunnel, to which it has done no manner of injury, and the subterranean railway left as perfect as before the accident, with the exception of the overthrown 120 feet of wall, which, as we have said, £7OO will replace as before. The examination of the sewer since the accident shows that in that portion at least which passes along Victoria-street the brickwork is of the flim siest and most worthless kind. Though the tunnel of the sewer is 10 feet 6 inches wide, the brickwork is only 15 inches thick, scarcely enough to enable it to bear the earth above it. Even 8-feet sewers are now sometimes made with five rows bricks, but this of 10 feet has only three. The wonder is, con sidering the loose soil through which it runs at this part, how it has stood so long as it has done. The whole sewer, however, has been known for some time past to be scarcely equal to the work it has had to do, and in the general plan for the main drainage it is intended to relieve it of some of its overflow water by making a junction from it into the great Middle Level Sewer some distance above Victoria-street. It will be no slight relief when the whole of the great main drainage scheme is com pleted. Readers who wish to have a good notion of the deliberate manner in which we have been poisoning our atmosphere and our river for years should go now to Victoria-street to the open cutting through which Fleet ditch has been diverted, and watch the rush and volume of its ble ck fcetid waves pouring down thousands of gallons per second to the Thames. The smell along the course of this torrent of filth is almost enough to breed a pestilence in the neighbourhood. Sanitary precautions, however, have not been entirely overlooked, as the visitor who passes up the filthy stream will see at the head of the opening where a man is engaged in dribbling chloride of lime into the chasm, at the rate of about half a pint of the disinfectant to 10,000 gallons of the poisonous fluid. How worthless are his labours the stench from the sewer sufficiently proclaims. The opening of the underground railway has, no doubt, been delayed by this accident to the Fleet ditch—not as regards the main line, which is still as perfect as the day it was finished—but as re gards the completion of the temporary station in Victoria-street. Engines can and do now tra verse the whole length from Farringdon-street to Paddington, but the intermediate stations are not yet ready for the reception of the pas senger traffic. The main station at King's cross is as large, as lofty, and as well lighted through its glass and iron roof as any of the great metropolitan termini, while the arrangements for the arrival and departure of the incoming and outgoing traffic are as perfect as modern railway experience can make them. The present powers of the company only allow them to carry their line from Paddington to Finsbury-circus, a distance of nearly five miles, of which the first great length from Paddington to Farringdon-street is completed, with working junctions to the Great Western and Northern railways. The tunnel commenced at the Paddington terminus, and continues in an almost direct line towards the New-road, passing beneath the Edgeware-road, at right angles, and intersect ing in the same manner Lisson-grove-road and Upper Baker-street, skirting along beneath and just outside the southern extremity of Regent's Park. Thence it passes under the houses at the eastern extremity of Park-crescent, beneath Tot tenham-court-road, into the New-road, and, passing close by Euston-square, turns at King's cross to effect a junction with the up and down lines of the Great Northern Railway. From King's-cross a great part of the line is an open cutting, except for a length of about 600 yards beneath Bagnigge-wells-road and Coppice-row, where again a tunnel intervenes. From this to the Victoria-street station it is nearly all a fair open cutting, and up to this point the line is ready. From the Victoria -street station, on the dirty waste ground beyond Holborn which is still dignified with the name of Victoria -street, the line is soon to have two branches, one intersecting Holborn-hill, or rather Skinner-street, and continuing its course due south under the site of the old Fleet Prison, to effect a junction with the Chatham and Dover line, which is to cross the Thames at Blackfriars. The other and more important branch—in fact, the main line —is to be continued under the ground north of Smithfield and south of Charterhouse-square, and will pass beneath Barbican into Finsbury-circus. At this terminus it is intended, for the present at least, to stop ;. though we hope that, as the advantages which this mode of communica tion will afford and the relief which it must give to the overcrowded traffic of our streets become more generally known and appreciated, the share holders will find their account in extending their branches to the chief suburban districts of the metropolis. Along the whole of this length all the stasions will be open-air stations except two—that in Gower-street and that in the Edgeware-road. Both these are underground, but Mr. Fowler has given them almost as much daylight as if they stood in the air by making circular apertures in the sides of the tunnel which communicate with the forecourts of the gardens in the road, where the openings are covered in with ground glass. The light which comes through these is collected and concentrated by the apertures being lined with glazed tiles, which throw the rays direct upon the arrival and departure platforms; so that, in fact, these underground statiors are almost as well let as the others. As soon as possible after the opening of this first length it is intended to proceed with the main line to Finsbury. The cost of the whole un dertaking is estimated at about £1,100,000. Had it been taken on a viaduct above the streets it would have cost nearly four times this amount. Whether or not it will be remunerative has yet to be seen, and on this point we express no opinion. But, pay ing or not paying, it must be of the greatest eon , venience to the public, not only of the metropolis but throughout the kingdom, as by its junctions with the lines south of the Thames it will enable pas sengers to book through, without changing, from Edinburgh to Southampton or Dover, and vice versa; and we all know what an amount of annoyance and delay is thus saved. It must also tend much to relieve our overcrowded streets, which are now ab• solutely congested with traffic. COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 24. Their lordships sat this morning as a committee for privileges ; Lord Redesdale in the chair. THE DUNDONALD PEERAGE. The claimant in this case is Thomas Barnes Coch rane, who seeks the title and dignities of Earl Dun donald and Baron Cochrane, in the peerage of Scot land. Mr. Fleming and Mr. Kay were counsel for t 129 petitioner; Mr, Archbold represented Capt. the Hon. P. L. Cochrane ; and the Attorney-General watched the case on behalf of the Crown. The claim came before their lordships for the third time under the following circumstances. In 1647 Sir Wm. Cochrane was created Lord Cochrane of Dundonald, and in 1669, after the Restoration, he was created Earl of Dundonald. Archibald, the 9th earl in succession, was the grandfather of the present claimant, and he died in 1831. The claim ant's father was born in Scotland in Dec., 1775, having entered the navy, in 1793, as Lord Coch rane, in which he saw much service. He was elected member for Westminster in 1812 and in 1814, having been found guilty of conspiracy, he w as sentenced to imprisonment. On the accession of William IV. he was restored to his rank and ap pointed to a naval command in the West Indies, and subsequently took the command of the Chilian fleet. In 1831 he succeeded to the Earldom of Dun donald, and in 1833 he voted at the election for Scotch representative peers. After that the pe titioner was always called Lord Cochrane, until the death of his father in 1860, when he assumed the title of Earl of Dundonald. The petitioner's parents were 'mulled in Scotland in 1812, each signing a paper, acknowledging themselves to be husband and wife, which, it was submitted, was sufficient toesta biish the legitimacy of the petitioner. There were subsequently a public marriage between the parties, both in Scotland and England, which would, it was contended, even if the Scotch marriage were held invalid, render the claimant legitimate. The case was adjourned on the last occasion for the attendance of the Countess Dowager Dundonald as a witness. Her ladyship now appeared to give evidence. She stated that her maiden name was Catherine Corbett Barnes, and that her parents died when she was very young. She was now 64 years of age. She was brought up by her aunt, Airs. Jack son, who resided at 9, Bryanston-street, Bryan ston- square, and was party e d u cated at Great Mar low, in Buckinghamshire. Whilst living in Bryan ston-street, in 1811, she was introduced to her late husband, then Lord Cochrane, by his cousin, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, who was a friend of her aunt's. He was then living with his uncle, Mr. Basil Cochrane, at 20, Portman-square. He made love to her and offered her marriage, which she at first refused, but eventually she accepted him. He asked her to be privately married, and to keep her marriage a secret, as his uncle had promised him a large fortune if he married another leg. She re fused, but on his being taken ill, he sent to her beg ging her to walk opposite his uncle's house, as he was dying. She complied with the request, and on his being lifted to the window, the sight of his corpse-like form and face softened her heart and she consented to a private marriage. Here Lady Dun donald became much excited, and said she could not sit there to vindicate the conduct of that great man who was the hero of a hundred fights. It was, she said, impossible that he could have done wrong in the matter, and he w,,s incapable of the deception which the world—who it was she knew not, she dare not say her own son—imputed to him, such a good, such a great man, who could have so ruled upon the waters ; and, oh ! it was too much that she, his wife, should have to sit there and vindicate his honour. She had followed the fortunes of that great man. She had stood with him on the battle deck, where she had seen his men fall around him, and she had herself fired a gun to save the life and honour of her husband, and was ready to do it again. He was a glory to the nation to which he belonged, and there was no member of the family of Dundonald who should not feel proud of him. Her ladyship then proceeded to say she and her late husband went to Scotland in a car riage, attended by her maid and his man, and on their arrival at Annan, on the Bth of Aug., 1812, they went to the Queensberry Arms Hotel, where Lord Cochrane wrote out a paper, and she copied out another, which they signed. They ran as fol- lows :-- "I, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Coch. rane, of the kingdom of Scotland, being desirous, for parti cular reasons, to avoid a public marriage, hereby acknow. ledge and receive Catherine Corbett Barnes as my lawfu wife. " COCHRANE." "I, Catherine Corbett Barnes, of the parish of Maryle• bone, county of Middlesex, do accept and declare Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, to be my lawful husband, premising faithfully to keep secret this deed of marriage until I shall be permitted in writing, under the hand of my accepted husband, to disclose the same. " CATHERINE CORBETT BARNES." " Done at Queensberry Arms, in the town and parish of Annan, in the county of Dumfries, in the kingdom of Scot land, the Bth day of August, 1812. " ANNE MOXAM. RICHARD CARTER." Lord Cochrane told Carter that he had come there to be married. He also told her that the marriage was legal. He left for London immediately, scarcely stopping for refreshment. She returned on the 10th, when she went to her aunt's house, where she re mained until the 18th, when she went with Lord Cochrane to the Isle of Wight, where they stayed two months, and she lived with him from that time until his death. They were afterwards married in England and at Edinburgh. By the Chancellor—ln signing the deed she and her husband used the same pen. By the Attorney-General—She recognised her own writing, although it was 50 years ago since she wrote it. It had been in the hands of Lord Dun donald's lawyer ever since, as far as she knew, and she had only seen it once since. That was in 1844, on the occasion of her son's marriage. She was aware that Mr. Basil Cochrane, on the 12th of August, was married four days after her own mar riage, Lord Cochrane left her so suddenly in order to be present at his uncle's marriage. Lord Brougham was consulted on the marriage deed, and he said it was perfectly binding. Lord Cochrane had several country houses in England and some property in Scotland. In consequence of certain circumstances which occurred in 1814 he sold his property. After his release from prison she took him to Dover, and they embarked in an open boat for Boulogne, standing up throughout a cold night during their passage. She had discharged her maid Moxam in 1813, and she heard she had died thirty years ago. Her cousin was informed of her mar riage. She was not introduced to her husband's family until afterthe English marriage, when they received her, and behaved in the most kind manner i I to her. Mr. Herd, Sir J. H. Maxwell, and Mr. Bevan proved that Lord Dundonald's family had recognised the Scotch marriage, and that he himself always considered it valid. Mr. Archbold, on behalf of Captain Cochrane, prayed that Mr. William Jackson, the husband of Lady Dundonald's aunt, might be examined by com mission, as he was bedridden. Their lordships granted the application, and the further hearing was adjourned to Monday next. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, July 23. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice Mellor.) ROGERSON V. OXSPRING-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. Mr. Brett stated that the plaintiff was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rogerson, who were the occupants of a farm belonging to Lord Galway, at Wincover, near Barnsley. The defendant was a person about thirty years of age, of a respectable family. In 1853, when the plaintiff was sixteen years of age, she went to live with Mr. Ibbotson, of Chevet, uncle of the defendant, for the purpose of as sisting in the farm business. Defendant was at that time , about 21 'years of age, and also on his uncle's farm, assisting in the management. In Jan., 1855, plaintiff returned from Mr. Ibbotson's to her mother's house, where she stayed some time, whilst the defendant was received there as her accepted suitor. In this light he was introduced to her friends, and the defendant's friends from this time forth visited the plaintiff's parents. In November, 1855, plaintiff went again into service, with Miss Parker, of Doncaster, where she stayed three years, and during this time the defendant began to write to her. In a letter dated the 25th day of the above month, he exp resse d his gratification at the plain tiff's good health and contentment, "as his happi ness in a great measure depended on that." He then went on to say—" The thought of your gentle frame has not been absent from me since the day of your departure." After stating that whilst life re mained he would be constant to her he signed him self, " Your sincere lover, William Oxspring." She visited her home in the midsummer of 1856, and the Christmas of the same year and 1857, w he re the de fendant was also present. On the 12th of July of the latter year he wrote her again, and after in forming her of the progress of farming operations, THE SUBTERRANEAN RAILWAY. The time by which it was hoped to open the first length of this important branch of metropolitan communication for traffic from the Victoria ter- minus to Paddington has already been overpassed by several weeks, and yet a further postponement is anticipated to the end of September or begin ning of October. The first estimated date of com pletion was undoubtedly premature, and due to the not uncommon cause of contractors being _ _ _ over-sanguine as to the time required to finish their labour. Apparently the line could not, under the most favourable circumstances, have been opened before this month at soonest, and why it cannot be ready then is due indirectly to the unexpected "caving in" of Fleet ditch, the largest, foulest, and worst-built of all our London sewers. We say that the delay is due indirectly to this cause, for the amount of mischief which the bursting of the sewer was alleged to have inflicted on the railroad has been somewhat exag gerated. The whole amount of damage it caused to the line consisted in undermining 120 feet of the retaining wall near the Victoria station, and this can be replaced at a cost of less than £7OO. The delay has arisen in the first place from the com pany being unable to resume their works until the Fleet ditch was diverted into a new channel, which had to be cut, and its sides secured with powerful shores, and, secondly, because the company wished things to remain in statu quo till the eminent engi neers they called in had finished their inspection, with a view of deciding the rather difficult ques tion of whether the sewer had collapsed from gradual decay and bad construction, or had been accelerated to its fate by the vicinity of the railway works. In the construction of such a peculiar tunnel as the Subterranean Railway, running under the very heart of the metropolis, of course every yard had its own peculiar difficulties. The whose length now completed is about 32 miles. From west to east the average slope downwards of the entire line is one in 100 feet, but after entering the City it again rises, though there is no steeper gradient through out than that we have mentioned. The sharpest curve is of 200 yards radius. There are not more than 1,200 yards of straight line in the whole length, and the rails are sometimes at a depth be neath the earth of not less than 54 feet. Such a line, of course, passes through almost all the kinds of subsoil to be found in London—gravel, clay, rubbish, and sand, and each soil required certain adaptations in the strength of the tunnel that penetrated it. The span of the arch of the tunnel is 281 feet, its form is generally elliptical, and its height 17 feet. This is the general style of the structure where there are no pecu liar difficulties to surmount. Parts of this kind have six rings of brickwork, though railway arches of 7 feet greater span are never built with more than five. In other places, however, where there is great superincumbent pressure to resist, the form of the arch is altered to give it greater strength and to take the crown to a height of 19 feet. At no part are the foundations of the brickwork taken less than from four to five feet into the solid ground below the rails ; and, where the close vicinity of very heavy buildings rendered extra strength neces sary, the whole has been driven like a shaft, and is a solid ring of massive brick work above and below. In fact, in all parts of the structure the most zealous care has been taken to insure its being everywhere greatly in excess of the strength required, and all the outer sides of the arches have been filled in with beds of solid concrete, covered over with asphalte to keep all water-tight. The easier portions were con structed in 12 .feet lengths at the rate of 72 feet a week—quicker than any work of the kind has ever been accomplished; but when passing near churches or other heavy buildings a regular shaft had, as we have said, to be driven by skilled miners in four feet lengths, and from the great care requisite at these parts the works advanced but slowly. Of course there were all sorts of other difficulties in the way of sewers, gas pipes, water mains, with exceedingly abundant springs of good water breaking out at unexpected and most inconvenient places, and one of the most difficult of all the difficulties was caused by Fleet ditch sewer. This, the foullest of all those noisome arteries that drain this city of its daily filth, could not be interfered with, and it somehow always crossed and recrossed the line precisely at those points where the works were most difficult and where it seemed almost impossible to take the tunnel under it at all. Where the junctions have been effected at King's cross it was necessary at the point where the switch rails joined to widen the tunnel, and at these parts make it, in fact, open out like the mouth of a trum pet. This was a most difficult operation ever attempted either in tunnelling or brickwork, but Mr. Fowler has surmounted all the obstacles in a masterly manner. What made it more difficult was the most critical part the Fleet ditch sewer crossed it right through the crown of the tunnel arch. As the sewer could not be moved, the obstacle was met by carrying it across, slung, as it were, in a strong east-iron trough, and there it now hangs, peering through the brickwork like a colossal main, and with all beneath it as dry and sweet-smelling as if Fleet di tch were 100 miles away. Again, an other very di ffi cult part—at Frederick-street—it actually r es ts point it runs ul na ' in the tunnel enclosed beneath, as at King's-ero upon s a similar iron tube. From this n P aralle l with the tunnel at vary- Victoria-street, where point of approach being e it has fallen in, and at this point it is only somel 2 cut ti n g which is being 13 feet from the open made for the temporary station. Here, at this part, on the 15th of last month, 30 feet of it suddenly gave in, taking down with it th e whole p iece of superitteu rabent roadway, to a thick ness of some 16 feet, as cleanl y . if it had b ee n carefully cut out. The rubbish, as f course, in stantly blocked the passage, and the Waters kept he thanked her for" the pretty flowers enclosed in her last letter, but he would much rather have seen the flower that sent it." In another letter of August of the same year he again wrote, acknowledging th e plaintiff's long-looked for letter, and also informing her that he had received her portrait, which, h e said, was a good resemblance, but than which he would rather have the one it was taken from. H e then said the portrait employed the greater portion of his time; it looked " such a modest little crea ture. "In November, 1858, she left service and again went home ; and just about this time the defendant having some difference with his uncle, was also taken in by the plaintiff's mother, and kept as a member of the family. In January, 1859, plaintiff went again into service; and in writi said ng to her in February of the following year, he he " hoped the time would soon come when he should be able to call her his." Thus up to the above date he had talked to the plaintiff of marriage, made her presents, had been honourably received by her friends, and the marriage was expected shortly to t yke place. At last the defendant took advantage o f hi s nosition with the plaintiff, and from that t • moment do deserted her. The Jury ~nand a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, £125. C RO WN COURT. THE CEMETERY OUTRAPES AT SHEFFIELD.--TFIE TRIAL OF THE CLERGYMAN. John Livesey (on bail), was charged with making a false entry of burial on the 3d of April last, and giving a false certificate of the same burial on the sth of June last, at Sheffield. Mr. Price, Q.C., and Mr. Hannay prosecuted ; Mr_ Bliss, Q.C., and Mr. Blanchard defended the prisoner. The case seemed to excite an nnusuai degree of interest, and the court was crowded at a ve:y early hour. Mr. Price stated the case. The prisoner at i.he bar,--the Rev. John Livesey, has been, and is now, the incumbent of St. Philip's Church, Sheffield, and has had the office some 30 years, and so far as he (the learned counsel) knew had conducted himself as any one in that position of life could be expected to do. Mr. Livesey was indicted under the 24th Victoria, chap. 98, sec. 36, which enacts to the effect, among other things, that whosoever should knowingly or unlawfully insert, cause, or permit to be inserted in any register of births, marm2,ges, deaths, or burials, or any certificated coi:11 7 thereof, any false entry relating to any such births, deaths, marriages or burials, should be guilty of felony. The entry out of which the present case arises is one con cerning a body brought from the Medical Hall, of one John Gretores. It purported that it was buried on April 3d, which was utterly false, as it was then lying in a coach-house in the cemetery. Next came the most important entry, "By whom performed ?" Answer, "John Livesey," which was equally false as the other, and more than all, must have been made with the full knowledge of the prisoner in whose handwriting the entry was. In consequence of certain disclosures concerning the exposure and mutilation of dead bodies in the cemetery the sexton became the object of much excitement and public opprobrium, and in consequence Mr. Livesey took upon himself to write a letter of explanation to the Sheffield newspapers, in which he tried to excul pate himself, and cast all the blame upon the sexton. He spoke of what was found in the coach-house as " a mass of foetid matter, black and shapeless," and of the existence of which he surely ought to have known ; and he also referred to what was found in the cemetery catacomb, or large pit, as " relics of humanity, over which the burial service could not legally be read." Now, there were only three cases in which clergymen can refuse to perform the burial service. The first was in the case of one who might be excommunicated by the Church; the second where a person had not been baptised ; and thirdly, in the instance of one respecting whom a coroner's inqui sition had returned a verdict offelo de se. Now, al though the prisoner knew this, yet he represented to the authorities that he had read the burial service; besides which, if he had refused to do so, the autho rities would probably have decided the question, and thus have satisfied the prisoner's mind. Since the time that the question had been before the grand jury Mr. Livesey had had the register, to which he had appended a long note, explaining that on June 23 last he had discovered that the body of Joseph Gretorex was not buried, as he had supposed, on the 3d April last, but that after its removal it had been decently buried. The above facts were then proved by the wit nesses for the prosecution. Mr. Bliss addressed the jury for the defence. He contended that the present was rather a question for the bishop of the diocese than a criminal court. He submitted also thnt the burial service was addressed to the living, and not to the dead, and when the interment was a square box, with a dissected body in it, and without any kind and mourning friends to witness the ceremony, the service might, without impropriety, be left out. After an absence of nearly half an hour the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentence deferred. The case of Isaac Howard, the sexton, was then proceeded with, but was not concluded when our parcel was dispatched, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-July 24. SOUTHWARK. Edward Colpoys, a well dressed man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Burcham, charged with assaulting Albert Kreusler, a waiter at the Bridge-house Hotel, Wellington street, London -bridge. The prosecutor, a young German, said that the defendant and a lady came to his employer's hotel on the previous afternoon, and, at the request of the gentleman, were shown to a private room. They were supplied with refreshments by the wit ness. At the defendant's request the witness had the bill made out, amounting to 7s. 6d., which he handed to him. After looking at it, the prisoner became much excited, and said that they were a set of rogues, and that he should not pay it. Witness showed him the list of prices, which agreed with the bill, and told him the charges were correct, when the defendant tried to leave the house. The witness demanded payment before he left, when the defendant deliberately struck him on the face. The defendant here, in a very excited manner, declared that what the witness had stated was un true. He considered that he had been treated shamefully. The bill was exorbitant, and he offered 65., which be considered sufficient. The barmaid refused to accept this sum, and then the complain ant rushed at him and called him a swindler. He told him if he applied such a name to him he would knock him down. The complainant repeated the offensive ephithet, when he struck him on the cheek. He would not put up with such an insult from any one. The complainant, recalled, said he did not say the defendant was a swindler. He behaved in a cour teous manner to him, and only asked him to settle his bill before he left. The defendant again contended that he was ill used. His uncle was one of the directors of the South-Eastern Railway, and he wanted to send to the Board-room to prove that he was a gentleman of property and position, well able to pay the bill, but they refused and surrounded him. Joseph Honor, 492 A, said he was called to the hotel. and saw the defendant in a very excited state outside. He was asked for his address, and told that if he gave it he might go. The defendant then pointed to the complainant, and said, " This vaga bond has called me a swindler," and at the same time he struck him on the face. The witness then took him into custody. In cross-examination the witness said that the defendant was in a very excited state when he came up, fighting about with everybody. He not only threatened to fight the witness, but said if he laid hands on him he would blow his brains out with a 1 pistol. He had no weapon about him. Mr. Sidney Spencer, proprietor of the Bridge house Hotel, said that a little after four on the previous afternoon he was writing a letter in his private room when ho heard an altercation in the passage. He went out to see what was the matter, when he saw the waiter showing the defendant the list of prices at the bar. The defendant struck the waiter at that time. The witness went up and said that he was the proprietor of the hotel, and that such un gentlemanly conduct could not be allowed. The defendant then exclaimed in a violent manner, " You are ad- set of swindlers, and here's my card." The witness had ascertained that he had refused to pay his bill ; consequently he told him he might leave the hotel, provided he gave his address, as the card had only a name on. Mr. Burcham told the prisoner that as far as the evidence went he was of opinion that he had grossly misconducted himself. Suppose the charges had been exorbitant, he did not act in the way a gen tleman should have done. He should with coolness have seen the landlord, and pointed out to him the charges which he thought excessive. If they were not reduced he should then have left the house never to enter it again. No gentleman would have attacked a waiter under such circumstances. The defendant assured his worship that he was in great mental trouble through his wife's alarm ing illness, and he might have been over excited. Mr. Burcham had no doubt from his manner that he was much excited. His conduct, however, had disgraceful. He should convict him of the been assault on the waiter and fine him 405., with the imprisonment. of 14 days' GREENWICH.—Robert Cooko, carrying on business as a butcher at Lee-green, Lewisham, was violent assault upon chargedThonaweisthßocbomsomn: A o tg a f in Eith am-green, Kent. l\ , r .1. From the evidence of the complainant, corrobo rated by that of his t sis l .ers, it appeared that, at 9 o'clock :he previc ►ars evf the prisoner came to his reside.nce and rani; violently at the bell. The door was opened by the servant. Hearing a disturbance, he went to ascertain the cause, and ' then found a n xob coil ected. The prisoner de nounced him and . sisters as swindlers. He said he had called for e ‘ll ace ount, and would not leave until he saw his (cc 'mph anent's) sister. The com plainant told him to lit , was not a proper mode of obtaining his debt. The prisoner, however, made his way into the hall E ntrance,and the prosecutor put up his hand to preven 1 ; his going further. The pri soner then broke a sti ck over his head, and, seizing him by the whiskers, I mid him down with one hand across the hall table. l Is afterwards broke a square of glass, value 65., and threatened to have his re venge. Police-constable 96 Ti'.said he took the prisoner into custody, and heard 1 lira say he would have his revenge. Tho prisoner •cs -as. perfectly sober. The prisoner., in his defe nce, said the complainant had ordered me at at van Sus times amounting to L 2 65., saying it was for xhis sister : but the com plainant having since became a bankrupt, he had been unable to get hie n roney or to see the sister. He called for that purpose the previous night, and complainant, on coming to the door, struck him, when he simply acted in self defence. Robert Cave, an engineer,, was then called, and deposed to seeing complainant raise his hand towards the prisoner, but said he could not speak to anything which had occurred previous ly, or inside of the house. Mr. Maude said a gross om`rage had been com mitted. The prisoner had no br,.siness at so late an hour of the night, or, indeed, at any other period of the day, to go to the house of a eroditor, and refuse to leave, there being a legal mode of procedure. The magistrate then imposed a fine of £5, or, in default, one month's imprisonment. The fine was immediately paid. MYS7E..RIOUS MURDER AT CHATHAM. CHATIU,M, THURSDAY. Between five and six o'clock last evening, the body of a respectably-dressed boy, apparently between nine and ten years of age, was found in one of the fields adjoining Chatham Lines, with his throat cut, and the head and face m uch bruised, leaving no doubt that the poor child had been cruelly murdered. On t i l , e body being removed to the Napier Arms Tavern, it was moo?' identiEed as being that of Thomas Frederick Heughton, the son of respectable parents, residing at Almon-place, High. street, Chatham, and it appeared he had left his home in the a ft6rnoon for the purpose of playing on the Lines. From the medical examination of the body, made di• rectly after the deceased was discovered, it was evident that the murder had been committed early in the afternoon, and that the deceased had been dead some two or three hours when the body was fou.nd. The principal wound was one, of some three or four inches in length, in the throat, which was of itself sufficient to cause death. There was also a bruise on the mouth and cheek, as if done by a blow with the fist. The pi'ace where the body was lying gave indications of a severe struggle having taken place, but there was -comparatively little) blood to be seen. At nine o'clock this morning Mr. Thc'mas Hills, one of the coroners for the district, opened an inquest on the body at the Napier Arms. At the commencement (l c the inquiry the Coroner inti mated his intention of only taking sufficient evidence as to the identity and finding of the body, after which he would adjourn the inquest, to give the police time to endeavour to discover the perpetrator of what there was every reason to believe was a foul murder. The inquest was accordingly adjourned for a week. COUNTRY 111ARKL:1:45. ..... J.. - BIRMINGHAM —JULY 24. There was a short supply of English wheat to-day, which held for last week's rates. Barley 6d per qr dearer. Oats, beans, and peas firm. Weather fine. MANCITEST,ER--JuLY 24. English wheat was in small supply, and brought the extreme currencies of this day week. Foreign was in g ,, od consumptive demand, and Id to 2d per 1001bs higher than late prices. Indian corn 6d and Egyptian beans is higher. Oats and oatmeal were ld per bushel and 6d to is per load clearer. Four in moderate retail request, and best barrels 6d higher. PLYMOUTH-JULY 22. White, 62s to 668 ; red, 63s to 65s per qr ; French, 600 to 62s ; American, 58s to 63s ; Spanish, 74s to 76s ; Rus sian, 60s to 625. Barley at previous --345 to 38s per qr for malting ; grinding, 28s to 30s oats , 22s to2Bs ; and beans, —s to —s ; flour, 42s to 42s 6d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—JULY 23. A good demand for country wheat to-day, which sold at about 6d higher in price than this day week. Wheat on the top is Od up average Os 5d up. Barley on the top 2s Od up ..... ....average 28 5d up. Oats on the top 2s 6d up ........... average 2s Od up. Beans on the top 2s 6d up .......... average is 9d up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ..1011 qrs Sold 808 qrs 8ar1ey........ 262 qrs Sold 223 qrs Oats 1132 qrs.. Sold 1069 qrs Beans 143 qr 5...,..... Sold 125 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 48s Od; extras, 46s Od; households, 38s 6d ; shop, 36s 6d. CORK—JULY 23. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, —s Od to —s Od ; white, 22s Od to —s Od; barley Hs 6d to —s Od ; oats, 13s 6d to 14s Od. DERBY SMITIIFIELD—JULY 22. t;'T A fair average show of fat beasts to-day, the quality of which was middling, and no ad Vance obtained. A,plentiful supply of b heep and lambs, which sold well. Fat and store calves also plentiful. A large supply of fat pigs. Beet 6.1 to 7d I Veal . 6d2 to Bid Mutton .. 4l to 7d Pork Lamb Bd to Sid Roug!i fat, 4s 3d per stone. Hides, 3d to 41c1 ; call skins, 5d to 6d. FOREIGN MAIL PACICEV LIST. MAILS DUE. ------ - - Atislralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..... ' July 19. via Marseilles Aug. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July 19. 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 4 .. J uly 23. Oporto and Vigo .. Aug. 4. U. S. and British N. America, 1y Brit. packet.... July 23. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. July 23. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug. 10. i Bahamas, via New York Mexico ....July 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and British Columbia. 1 July 29. THE NEW STREET FROM SOUTHWARK TO WEST MINSTER -BRIDGE-ROAD. —During the last fortnight con siderable progress has been made in the construction of the above line of street, the consequence of which is that there is a regular carriage and foot-passenger traffic from South wark to Union-street. From this point to Southwark bridge-road the foot-pavement has been laid down, and the vaults for the houses on either side of the thoroughfare, with the subway, have been constructed. In two or three days the street will be further opened to the Southwark bridge-road, which will be a great accommodation to drivers of all descriptions of vehicles travelling westward. The continuation of the line will be rapidly proceeded with as soon as the houses come into the possession of the Metropo litan Board of Works, which is expec ted will shortly tak e place. BIRTHS. BERNEY.—On the 2 , d inst., at Croydon, Surrey, the wife of John Berney, Esq., of a so n. BURRELL.—On the 23 d inst., at 32, Milbank-street, West minster, Mrs. Jame s Burrell, of a son. FLEMING.—On the 24th inst., at 7, Clarendon-place, Hyde-park-gardens, the wife of John Fleming, Esq., of a son. TEMPLE. —On the 24th inst., at De Crespigny-park, S., the wife of Mr. Josiah Temple, of Guildhall, of a daugh ter. MARRIAGES. ARF,'.WRIGHT — BYNG. — On the 22d inst., at St. James's Church, Richard Arkwright, Esq., second son of the late John Arkwright, Esq., of Hampton Court, Here fordshire, to the Lady Mary Byng, second daughter of the Earl of Strafford. POOLE—SimrsoN—On the 23d inst., at St. Osyth Church, Charles Selby Poole, Esq., of Clapham, Surrey, to Jane Ann, youngest daughter of the lateW. C. Simpson, Esq., of St. Osyth, Essex. DEATHS. DOUGLAS.—On the 23d inst., at Edinburgh, Hugh M. Douglas, Esq., Captain Bombay R.A. GORE.--On the 23d inst., at his residence, 21, Royal York crescent, Clifton, near Bristol, Lieut.-Colonel George Gore, late 9th Light Dragoons. GREY.—On the 22d inst., at Margate, Frederick Grey, Esq,, of the Stock Exchange, London, formerly of Edith Villas, North-end, Fulham, aged 29. RAVENSCROFT.—On the 20th inst., at Paris, A. Ravens- croft, Esq., late Bombay C.S.. WlLso.s.—On the 21st inst., at Stonard House, Stamford- hill, Josiah Wilson, Esq.,' aged 69. WILKINsoN —On the 20th inst., at Manchester, David Wilkinson, Esq., of the firm of Molineaux, Web b, and Co., aged 52. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIP, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at Tun SUN Office 1.10. 112 ; Strand, in the Precinct;of the Savoy, in the Count MiCkliedele■-Friday, duly 25, 1862. ~- -. ~~ I