The Sun. — London, England, 1862-11-15 00:00:00

WAR IN AMERICA. Groan the Time? Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Ocr. 31. The approaching elections engross public atten tion to the exclusion of almost every other topic. People no longer ask what M'Clellan is doing, but what are the chances of Mr. Seymour ? Betting men are offering three to one that the Democratic ticket will be elected in New York city, and two to one that it will be triumphant in New York State. " Mass meetings," " ratification meetings," and " rallies" of both parties are daily and nightly held, and if any inference may be drawn from the fact that the Republicans are losing temper, while the Democrats preserve their equanimity, it is that the Abolitionists and ultra war party have made up their minds to be defeated first and revenged after wards. The Republican journals as invariably pass over the Republican demonstrations with slight or no mention, or the assertion that they are held in holes and corners by " nigger worshippers" and war contractors. The truth is, however, that the meet ings of both parties are largely attended, and that the Democrats, having the best, the boldest, the most logical, and the most popular speakers on their side, draw by far the most numerous audi ences. One of tho greatest gatherings of the poli tical campaign was the torchlight " rally," which took place on Tuesday night last in the City Hall Park, to ratify the nomination of Mr. Horatio Seymour and the Democratic Ticket, and to hear in their support the Hon. Mr. Cox, who has just been returned to the new Congress by the Democrats of Ohio. As soon as it was dark processions, with bands of music, began to pass up and down Broad way to the place of meeting, with banners, torches, Chinese lanterns, and a large and very suggestive variety of illuminated devices. For two hours the stream flowed on till it filled the park t o overflowing. The crowd presented a highly picturesque and imposing spectacle. The in scriptions on the transparencies and flags spoke the sentiments of the assembled Democrats more sententiously than the orators of the evening. Among the most conspicuous were, " The Rights of Free Speech !" "No Niggerism !" "No Bastiles!" "The Habeas Corpus for ever!" "The Union and the Constitution, one and insuperable !" " Our National Malady—Nigger on the Brain !" " Opposition to Tyrants is Obedience to God." "A free Press, the true Champion of the Freeman's Rights." In addition to these were many carica tures of Mr. Horace Greely, in attitudes more or less grotesque, and always accompanied by the " irrepressible negro," with which that gentleman's name is popularly identified. The speeches were characterised by a degree of boldness that the Demo cratic party has not recently shown, and which proves it to be conscious of its growing power and determined to use it in favour of legality and peace. Though all the speakers manifested a desire to carry on the war with the utmost vigour, there was a pal pable under-current of sympathy with the South, which the meeting appreciated and applauded. The denunciations of Abolitionism and of the notable scheme of the President for the deportation of the negro race were loud and frequent, and enthusias tically received. It was declared that the present Congress was nothing but a negro debating society ; that the white labourers of the North would never consent to be taxed either for the manumission or the expatriation of the black labourers of the South ; that the abolition of slavery without the consent of the slave-holding States was unconstitutional, and a breach of the President's oath on assuming office ; that the election of the Democratic leaders in the State of New York would throw upon the south a gleam of hope ; that the people of Austria and Russia enjoyed greater liberty than the people of New York ; that the American flag was disgraced in the eyes of the world by the imbecility of the Lincoln Administration ; that the ship of State was under the control of drunken mariners, who were driving it to destruction ; that the Abolitionists - would continue to villify GeneraliM'Clellan until they made him President ; and that if Mr. Lincoln persisted in over-riding the Constitution the day of reckoning would come, when he would be ar raigned before the Supreme Court, tried, con victed, and disgraced. It is evident that Fort Lafayette and the other Bastilles must have tem porarily lost their terrors, for hundreds of persons have been incarcerated within the last four months for infinitely milder " treason" than this, or on mere suspicion of entertaining the opinions thus openly expressed. The Republicans assert, however, that their day is coming; that the leaders of the Demo cratic party cannot and shall not be permitted to talk in this manner, whether successful or unsuccess ful at the polls; and that not even their election as Governors and members of Congress on Tuesday next will shield them from the operation of martial law. And if the Government be as mad as the party that supports it, it will carry out these threats, and precipitate a revolution. Last night the Republicans held their great rati fication meeting at the Cooper Institute; and, as Gen. Wadsworth was announced to make his first appearance before a New York audience, a very large assemblage was the result. Not one half the number anxious to be present could be accommo dated in the great hall, and outside meetings were consequently organized, at which some of the less important speakers endeavoured to keep the disap pointed crowd in good humour. Mr. Seward was invited, but could not attend. In his letter of apo logy—full of nautical metaphors and similes— which was read to the meeting, he said the noble ship of State was driven on a lee shore 18 months ago—that he took a hand at the helm in obedience to the captain's call ; and that he intended to re main at his post promptly, and strictly obeying or ders. He also spoke of " expelled mutineers" who were "coming back from abroad" to board and sink her, and expressed his conviction that, with activity, vigilance, and perseverance on the part of the crew, the precious vessel would be carried through all her perils, and greet the waiting nations with the cry of " well." This little birth of rhetorical fancy having fallen dead upon the meeting, the business of the evening was commenced by Mr. Tremayne, the candidate for the office of Lieutenant -Governor, who confined himself to personalities against Mr. Seymour, Mr. J. Van Buren, and the two Messrs. Wood, and was biting and epigrammatic enough in bis structures to administer largely to the intel lectual, if not to the moral, gratification of his hearers. Gen. 'Wadsworth, "a tall, elderly, quiet looking man," followed in a strain of more dignity. Ile spoke of the deadly peril in which the country was placed, and declared his deliberate and solemn conviction that it was in the State and city of New York more than in the Valley of Shenandoah or the hills of Re e t„ ky that the battle of the Union had to be fou g h t. In all his remarks the patronising tone assumed towards the President was conspi cu- ous. s p o k e of enced man, who him as an honest but inexpert faithful and hadear/lei made mistakes, but. who was th e Republica n Part _ Re declared that the duty of sustain and ste eng 4 l n _d of all loyal men was to laita wi v r i, - Lincoln in his arduous task ; to admonish him back to the right path 17 neeeßsary. and lead Re E l i o went astray, but never to abandon him. will against the too k.. occasion to express his ill -whom he accused, with an ignorant aristocracy, lence characteristic of Americans in" malevo teti t hat to English affairs, of fitting out armed relates prey upon American commerce and takeetra to American seamen, while they W ere all theqVle prating of neutrality and of their peaceful enti men • ts He finally wound up by advocating the Li su bitigatiOn" of the South by fire and sword, a n d th e manumission of its slaves, as preferable t o sub ny recognition of Southern nation rniesion, or to a a lity or independence ; but refrained from imitatin g the example of so me of the most zealous and indis creet of his supporters, and calling his opponents heads were public enem ies, upon whose t r aitors end to be invoked the penalties of martial law—the cells llows, and the guil lotine. of Fort Lafayette, the ga ard on both sides The canvass goes briskly forw the day of polling and the excitement increases as draws near. The Republicans, in th e ir placards, call upon the people to vote for ft wadsworth an d the life of the nation," or for "Seymour, t reason, and dismemberment ;" while the Democratic band bills and posters invite all true Americans to stand by " Seymour and the Constitution," and to over- I throw " Wadsworth, tyranny, niggerism, and ' swindling coutractors." They have also ex E naively circulated a little card, with a wood engraving re presenting a stalwart Southern negro, olding at arm's length by the leg the naked body of a white infant, into whose heart he has just plunged a dagger, while the white mother lies dead at his feet upon a bale of cotton. The card bears the inscrip tion " Gen. Wadsworth's docile peasantry," and is intended to prefigure the results of Mr. Lincoln's proclamation of freedom to the slaves, should that ill-starred document ever provoke the servile war which the Abolitionists expect. The issues to be decided are indeed momentous. Not only New York but eight other States—those of New Jersey, Mas sachusetts, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mis souri, Minnesota, and Delaware, hold their annual elections on that day. The Democrats reckon on success in five of the nine, and even in Abolitionist Massachusetts are not without hope of defeating both Governor Andrews and Mr. Charles Sumner, two gentlemen who share with Mr. Wendell Phil lips, Mr. Horace Greeley, and the late John Brown of Ossowattamie the most cordial hatred of the party. By far the most important of all the elec tions are those for the State of New York. If the Democratic victory be achieved Mr. Lincoln must either rocal his Proclamation of Emancipation, dis miss his present advisers, and walk strictly in the paths of the constitution, or brave an organised and powerful opposition in Congress and the States, which will sooner or later produce a revolutionary crisis. The example set by the Abolitionist Go vernors, in refusing to forward troops to the sup port of the President until they coerced him into the adoption of measures in accordance with their own views, will indubitably be followed by the De mocrats, if the President should call upon them hereafter for additional men to carry on hostilities, and public affairs will either come to a dead lock or a civil war between the rival factions of the North. A journal which claims to be the organ of Ameri can gentlemen, and which every week indulges in fierce personal invectives against Gen. is so violently in favour of the Republican ticket, that it declares "if Seymour is elected, there are but two desperate remedies left to reunite the North and save the country. One is an immediate war with England ; the other the quick displacement of M'Clellan, and the seizure of authority by some bold military chieftain, whom the soldiers truly love, and who will return the Republic to the people (a dangerous chance) after he has snatched it from its present perils." But as there happens to be no military chieftain whom the soldiers love, or in whom they have any confidence, except M'Clel lan, and as the North has more than enough on its hands in fighting the South, without rushing into an unprovoked war with England, the despair of this :representative of American " gentlemen' is not likely to be converted into hope by the adop tion of either of his alternatives. Were M'Clellan a man like Napoleon lll.—able, ambitious, and dar ing —he, and he alone, of all the public men in Ame rica might, with the assistance of the triumphant Democrats (if they are to be triumphant), effect a successful coup d'etat. And if something of the kind be not attempted, it will be for lack of a man, and not for lack of provocatives, or of latent sympathy on the part of larger messes of the people. The premium on gold, notwithstanding the efforts which are made to keep it down by the Financial Secretary and his friends the" loyal bankers," who look upon the commodity as a traitor to the Union, refuses to go lower than 29 and 30 per cent,, and obstinately and feloniously shows a determination to follow its own laws in reference to superabund ance of paper issues. The working men of New York have begun to discover what they did not previously know, that a premium on gold is but another name for a depreciation of paper currenci not convertible into gold; and that their ordinary wages of a dollar and a half per diem in paper re present at the present rates no more than a dollar ; and that a dollar no longer purchases more than two-thirds of the food, fuel, and raiment into which it was exchangeable in the halcyon days of peace. The consequence has been a new feature in the social history of this country—a succession of " strikes" (long believed to be peculiar to Eng land) for higher wages. Among the la bourers who have recently struck for an ad vance on the plea of the increased and increasing price of the necessaries of life are the ship caulkers, the gas workers, the stevedores and ships' porters, and the ostlers and ' driver of the horse railway cars. In all these cases the men have been successful in their demands, and in some instances the mere threat of a strike was sufficient to procure a consideration of and an acquiescence in their claims. The readers of the Times will perhaps remember the case of Mr. W. H. Winder, a gentleman of Philadelphia, who has been imprisoned for more than a year in Forts Lafayette and Warren, with out cause assigned, in pursuance of a telegraphic order from Mr. Simon Cameron, then Secretary of War, which that gentleman denies he ever ihitho rised or had any knowledge of. The case was first made known to the world in my letter to the Times of the 15th of August, but was not reproduced or commented upon in any of the journals of this country. Last week an application was made on Mr. 'Winder's behalf to Judge Clifford, of the United States' Circuit Court of Massachusetts, for a writ of habeas corpus directed to the military com mandant of Fort Warren, to show cause why he detained that gentleman in custody. The Court granted the writ. The day before yesterday the deputy-sheriff, on being refused a pass to go in the regular steamer to the fort, proceeded in a sloop, but found a company of soldiers drawn up on the esplanade, and was not allowed to land. Finding it impossible to serve the writ he returned, and re ported proceedings to the judge. The Court heard his statement, and replied that it had no means with which to enforce the writ, and ordered the papers to be filed. And so the case ends for the present. Mr. Winder, however, is not likely to let the case drop, and perhaps the s h er iff , or one of his assista assistants, may yet succeed i n fi n di ng the means of reaching the commandant—if he ever leaves his grim fortress to take an airing in the pleasant pur lieus of Boston Common, goes to church, or accepts the elegant hospitalities of that learned city. At present he remains as close a prisoner as Mr. I Winder. The draught continues to be so unpopular, and the consequences of a possible or threatened re sistance continua to be so distasteful to the Go vernment, that a demand has been made for its adjournment in the State of New York, and gene rally throughout the North to the Ist of January. It is not yet known whether the demand will be acceded to. In the meantime, the number of per sons claiming exemptions as aliens increoses from day to day, and affords employment to a large staff of clerks in all the districts of the city. Under the expectation that many Irish and Germans who are unwilling to fight for the Union, but willing enough to vote at elections, will present themselves at the polling booths on Tuesday next, the War Depart ment has issued an order to Provost Marshal Gene ral Draper to watch all such cases, and submit any offenders they may detect to the summary operation of martial law. This threat is aimed at the Demo cratic party, who are strong in Irish support. They, on their part, will take what measures they can to prevent fraud on the Republican side, and should an emigrant ship from Bremen or Liverpool happen to arrive on M on d a y th e em i grants w i ll not b e al lowed to pass themselves off as citizens, and vote for General Wadsworth, though such things have ha ppened befo re now i n h ot pol i t i cal contests. Con u Tuesday night, as both parties are highly excited. hard aWnd°hrtobpellesi's cri m i nals ON 01JIL CR IMINAL is not gSe..—lrt h i s e a disgrace Class o f to a society like On that it element • l cannot manage that mischiev ous, but the f •al are Is natured mistake of tea I Partly due to the good to be like themselves i'neeft4be people in imagining criminals enter their innocent heade:lt7:gs aud in views. It does not but vain of their pursuits • thaatcriminals are not ashamed of honour and conscience', and : :they have peculiar notions what is desirable in life. Our ten:: bre unlike our s of not know what to aim at in the raitea:eraempietopolfe therefore d o and do not understand the importanc e of the :u'yartee°mil viThicitach is entirely spoiled in its operation in England b y certain ,of its provisions being neg l ected which are carefAuy fulfilled Irelaml.— Ow a Week, in the successful uses T - E' L•ONPON, SATURDAY EVONING, NOVEIM REM 15, 1882. THE NAVI'. Commodore Sir F. Nicolson yesterday went down to Gravesend to superintend the disembarkation of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse on the occasion of their return to England. A foreman and a working party of ship wrights also went down from Woolwich, at an early hour, to prepare the landing stage and deco rations. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamvessel Spitfire, Master-Commander Charles Bowden, recently com missioned, is under orders to sail from Woolwich on Monday next, to adjust compasses at Greenhithe, and proceed to Bermuda, to supply the place of the Kite, ordered home to Woolwich to bo broken up. The War Department transport Petrel was yes terday placed under the steam crane at the Ord nance-wharf, Chatham, and during the day landed 90 tons of 32-pounder and 8-inch solid shot and shell from the line•of-battle screw steamer Hero, 89, Captain A. P. Ryder, dismantling at the Nore. The armament of the Hero will be shipped on board the Ordnance transports Bomarsund and Marlbo rough, and forwarded to the gun wharf, Chatham. As soon as the Hero has been paid off she will be docked to ascertain the injuries she has sustained. The mechanics who have been employed during the summer at Chatham dockyard in bending the armour plates for the Royal Oak are to bend the iron slabs for coating the iron frigate Caledonia, 50, recently completed at Woolwich. The officials from Chatham are to superintend the process of bending the plates at W oolwich dockyard. The screw steam sloop Flying Fish, 6, 350 horse power, Commander W. H. Anderson, from the west coast of Africa, arrived at the Wore yesterday from Spithead, and saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone, Commander-in-Chief. The Fly ing Fish is to undergo some repairs rendered neces sary from the length of time she has been in com mission, and will be furnished with new boilers,after which she will be provided with a new steering ap paratus and rudder. Up to yesterday no orders had been received at Chatham whether her alterations and repairs are to be executed at that dockyard or Sheerness. The number of vessels composing the fleet of mortar boats lying in Gillingham Reach and Yantlet Creek, Chatham, all of which were hastily con structed during the Russian war, and but few of which were ever brought into use, are gradually being adopted for the transport service connected with the dockyards, for which they are well quali fied. Instructions were yesterday received for one of the mortar vessels to be fitted as a Coastguard ship to replace the Kite at Clift Reach, and another of the boats is to be removed to Woolwich for use at that dockyard. A mortar vessel has also replaced the Deptford lighter, which is to be broken up at Chatham. The Russian schooner Hendrika, from St. Peters burg, commenced discharging a full cargo of hemp at Chatham dockyard yesterday, the last will be re ceived at that establishment until the spring, owing to the Baltic being closed against all navigation during the winter. The Hendrika is being dis charged with the utmost despatch, in order to re turn to St. Petersburg before the Baltic is closed. In consequence of the strain on the ropemaking department at Chatham Dockyard for sometime past the supply of first-class hemp does not keep pace with the demand, and several hundred tons more are re quired to complete the orders already given. The Urgent, screw troopship, Capt. Hire, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from China, with military and naval invalids, passengers, &c. She left Hongkong. Aug. 3; arrived at Singapore Aug. 12, sailed on the 16th; passed Anjer on the 20th; arrived at Mauritius on the sth September, and sailed again on the 9th. On the 20th she was com pelled by a heavy north-west gale to put into Algoa Bay for shelter ; she remained there until the 23d, when she again sailed. She arrived in Simon's Bay on the 25th. After filling up with coals and stores in Simon's Bay that anchorage was• left on the Ist of October; Ascension was reached on the 17th, and l i left on the 18th ; St. Vincent's was reached on the 28th and left on the 30th ; Madeira reached on the sth inst. and left on the following day. With the exception of the north-west gale off Algoa Bay, fine weather was experienced the whole passage home. Her Majesty's ship Euryalus passed _Singapore a few days prior to the Urgent's arrival there. At Simon's Bay were her Majesty's ship Narcissus, flagship of Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, on the Cape station, and the Arial and Rapid screw sloops. At Ascension was her Majesty's paddle steamer Bloodhound, with yellow fever on board. The greater part of the naval officers, together with the whole of the inva lided seamen and marines, brought home, were transferred from the Urgent to the dockyard and the Victory flagship by the Pigmy steam-tender yesterday afternoon. The Urgent is ordered to proceed into Portsmouth harbour at 10 o'clock this morning to land her military officers and invalids. The services of the Urgent as a troopship during her present commission have been very important, ans especially so during the time she has been on the East India and China station. Four soldiers died on the voyage home. The Eclipse screw gunvessel, Commander Mayne, which had her steam up and slipped the chains from her moorings in Portsmouth harbour at 4 p.m. on Thursday, to leave for the Australian station, was detained at the last moment for a message from the Admiralty, and did not finally sail on the com mencement of her long voyage until noon yesterday. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Captain A. Mellersh, to the Forte; Lieut. C. A. Hayes, to the Euryalus; F. Garnault, midshipman, to the Euryalus; C. R. Dawes is no minated to a naval cadetship ; J. S. Moore, pay master, additional, to the Fisgard ; J. S. Willcocks, assist. paymaster, to the Resistance ; E. W. R. Veale, assist. paymaster, to the Royal Adelaide ; J. A. Skene, assist. surgeon, additional, to the Cum berland ; W. P. Davis, acting second-class assist. engineer, to the Sutlej, as supernumerary; and W. M. Thomas, assist. clerk, to the Royal Adelaide. Education, the Church Building Society, the Society for Assisting Additional Curates, Lincoln Lunatic Asylum, , County _Hospital, Stamford and Rutland Infirmaries, and the London Orphan Asylum, to be paid within six months after the decease of the testator. John Almond Cropper, Esq., barrister-at-law, of Fulwood House, Gray's Inn, died in September last, aged seventy-nine, without any relatives, his only son having died unmarried twenty-three years since. Mr. Cropper was possessed of considerable property, real and personal, the bulk of which he has left to charitable institutions, devising his free hold and other estates, scattered over seven counties in England, amongst the three undermentioned hospitals, which by certain Acts of Parliament he is enabled to do, notwithstanding the Statute of Mortmain. These estates will produce to the Westminster Hospital a rental of £BOO per annum, to St. George's Hospital £7OO per annum, and to the Middlesex Hospital £6OO per annum. To the last-named hospital he has also bequeathed the residue of his personal property, amounting to about £4,000. Legacies are also left to the twenty following institutions, free of duty—viz., the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Midland Institution for the Blind, Leicester Infirmary, Stafford Infirmary, each £200; and to the Royal Free Hos ital, St. Mark's Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Great Northern Hospital, Brompton Hospital for Con sumption, City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest ; Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond-street ; University College Hospital; Strangers' Friend Society, Royal General Annuity Society, Society for the Suppression of Mendicity, London Society for the Protection of Young Females, Female Aid Society, Indigent Blind Visit ing Society, Ragged-school Union, Fox-court Ragged Schools, Adult Orphan Institution; Trinity National Schools, Bedford-row; Field-lane Ragged School and Night Refuge for the Utterly Destitute, and the Bethnal-Clreen Philanthropic:Pension So ciety—each £lOO, Mr. Cropper has also left seve ral small estates and other legacies to his personal friends; and appointed W. Latham, Esq., of Melton Mowbray, and George Capes, Esq., of Gray's Inn, his executors and trustees.—lllustrated London News. SPOR7ING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL RACES-FRIDAY. A Handicap Plate of 50 sous, for all ages. Half a mile. Mr. Temperley's Wetsail, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Hunter) 1 Mr. T. Hughes's Juliet, 6 yrs, 7st 41b (T. French) 2 Mr. Barber's Cutler, 3 yrs, Est 21b _ _ (G. Noble) 3 The following ran :—Lady Clifden, Maggiore, Redpole, Bernice, David Ann, Interest, Antipodes, Unfashionable Beauty, The Fawn, Mountain Maid filly, and Tautology (late Garibaldi.) _ _ Betting-10 to 3 agst Wetsail, 6to 1 agst Lady Clifden, 8 to 1 each agst Juliet and Bernice, 100 to 12 agst Moun tain Maid, and 10 to 1 agst Redpole. The flag fell to a straggling start, and Bernice, in com pany with Redpole, Antipodes, Cutler, and Wetsail, came on in front, waited upon by Lady Clifden, Juliet, and Mag giore next the rails on the upper side, to within the dis tance, where Wetsail drew away, and won very ,easily by two lengths ; a length between second and third ; Antipodes was fourth ; Lady Clifden fifth, Bernice sixth, and Redpole next. The last three were David Ann, Mag giore, and Unfashionable Beauty. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with maiden and selling allowances. 1 mile. 6 subs. Mr. W. Hart's Henham Lass, 4 yrs, 9st llb (no) (Clement) 1 Mr. C. Wintringham's Weatherwise, 3 yrs, 7st 121b(£30) (G. Noble) 2 Mr. Cliff's Rowena, 2 yrs, Get 61b (£3O) ..(Williamson) 3 Mr. T. Smith's Tautology (late Garibaldi), 3 yrs, Bst Gib (X3O) Mr. Elliott's Giltnook, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (c3O) (Edwards) 5 Betting-5 to 2on Henham Lass, who jumped away with a commanding lead, followed by Tautology and Weatherwise to the distance, where Tautology was beaten, and Mr. Wintringham's filly went on in pursuit of the favourite, who won in a canter by,three lengths ; a length between the second and third. Giltnook did not get to the post in time to start. The winner was bought in for 105 guineas. A Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards, weight for age, with - selling allowances. Three furlongs 100 yards. 11 subs. Mr. Saxon's Lady Fanny, 2 yrs, Est 131 b (u)) (.J. Grimshaw) 1 Lord Uxbridge's Mountain Buck, 2 yrs, Est 131 b (L2O) (T. French) 2 Mr. Jackson's Antar, 2 yrs, Est 131 b g3O) .. (J. Doyle) 3 Mr. T. Cliff's Estrelda, 3 yrs, Bst llb (X2O) (H. Taylor) 4 The following also ran :—Loretto, Leontes, Wansbeck, Sharper, and Confession.' Betting-5 to 4on Mountain Buck, 9to 2 agst Lady Fanny, and 7to 1 agst any other. Upwards of 35 minutes were lost at the post through the fractiousness of Moun tain Buck, Antar, and Fanny. At last they were de spatched in close company; Leontes, with the favourite and Lady Fanny nearly in a line, came on in front, closely followed by the others to the half distance, where Lady Fanny came away and won in a canter by four lengths; two lengths between the second and third, and a like distance between the third and fourth. Confession was fifth, Sharper sixth, Lorette seventh, and Wansbeck last, a long way. The Great Autumn Cup, value 200 sovs, added to a Han dicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft. Winners extra. One mile and three quarters. 75 subs, 32 of g y yl r i s 3, 7st 31b .... (Cl eme nt) 3 _ . whom declared. Mr. Elliott's Gardener , 4 yrs, 6 st 61b (G. Noble) 1 L Bst 21b „(Edwards) 2 L ll o or r r. d d jB c . V tSa i lmu if t o it n h ' r e 'ds's Lady iiDaril it i Evelyn ,cnigbet°lllia colt, ' 3 yrs, Est lib (Hun t e r) 4 The following also ran : — Fairwater, Brilliant, Chere yn,JohnnyMag num Armstrong, Haddington, M A In a : t e e , r C B o a r g o o n t a ; s C il a k n s a t o r e Bonum. Betting-7 to 2 agst Dulcibella, 4to 1 agst Canary, 6to 1 agst Hartington, 1 0 to 1 each agst Haddington, and Gardener, 100 to 7 a gst Misfortu ne , an d 20 to 1 each egst the Lady Evelyn colt and Silkstone. The time lost in the previous race was not regained with this, as the 16 competitors did not reach the post until up wards of three quarters of an hour after the time set down on the card; and the delay was further increased by the performance of Magnum Bonum, who abs o lutely r efused to face his horses. When at length the flag was lowered Master Begot, on the upper side, got fi rs t o ff, b u t was im mediately passed by Gardener, who, with Dulcibella next the rails, Misfortune, Johnny Armstrong, Corona, and Har tington in attendance, came on in front past the stand, waited upon by the Lady Evelyn colt, Master Begot, Bril liant, and Socrates. On rounding the top turn Gardener increased his lead, and proceeded along the far side two or three lengths in advance of Dulcibella, Misfortune, and Johnny Armstrong; then came Canary, Hartington, and Silkstone, with the others presenting a beaten appearance. At the bridge turn Corona hit his leg, and gave way to the Lady Evelyn colt, who went on in waiting upon the leaders. Gardener continued to increase his lead, and on entering the straight the race was left with him, Dulcibella, Har tington, and Lady Evelyn colt, and Misfortune. The lot ran in close company to the distance, where they were all beaten but the four placed, and Gardener won easily by four lengths; there was a neck between the second and third, and a length between the third and fourth, Magnum Bon= fifth, Chere Arnie sixth, Silkstone seventh; Bril liant and Haddington, side by side, were the next two ; the others did not pass the post. The last lot were Canary, Fairwater, and Corona. The Hooton Nursery Handicap of 60 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 soya each, for 2-yr-olds, winners extra; five furlongs. 25 subs. Mr. Taylor's Liston, 6st 121 b (Hardcastle) 1 Mr. liargreave's Cheerful, 7st (Doyle) 2 Mr. Temperley's Alice, 7st 71b, including 101 b extra (Hunter) 3 Mr. T, Smith's The Cobbler, 7st 41b .. (Barlow) 4 The following also ran :—Queen of Clubs, Sails, Prairie Flower, and Supple. Betting-6 to 4 agst Alice, and 4to 1 each asst Liston and Cheerful. The first three made all the running, and Liston won cleverly by a length, the same distance between the second and third ; The Cobbler was a bad fourth, Queen of Clubs fifth, Sails sixth, Supple next, and Prairie Flower last. The Croxteth Welter Cup of 30 sous, added to a handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, winners extra, gentlemen riders, jockeys 51b extra, the second saved his stake. Ono mile ; 18 subs. Mr. T. Hughes's M. Philippe, aged, lOst 111 b (in. 51b ex) (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Otho, 3 yrs, 9st 31b 51b extra) (Perry) 2 Mr. Milward's Tho Greek, 6 yrs, lOst .. • • (Mr. James) 3 Mr. It. Walker's Colonel Crockett, 4 yrs, 9at 131 b (in. 51b extra) .......... Mr. W. Owens Brilliant 4 yrs list 21b (Mr. Blake) 5 Mr. Bruc e ' s P e i gno i r, 3 yrs, 9st' 101 b (car. 9st 121 b) (Mr. Edwards) 6 Kinnaird, 9st, was weighed for by Mr. Gammon, but he kicked his rider before reaching the post, and consequently did not start. Betting -2 to 1 agst M. Philippe, and sto 2 agst Otho. Colonel Crockett, in company with the Greek, made the running for the first half mile, when they were headed by the favourite and 0 tho, who finished the race home to gether. M. Philippe winning cleverly by a length, a like distance separated the second and third, and the others finished as placed by the judge. THE INTERNATIONAL EXIIIBITION.—The total number of visitors to the building yesterday was 6,000. To day it will be open to the public for the last time, and will close at 3 o'clock without any figmality whatever. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nev. 14. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief iustice Cock burn, and Justices Wi,ghttnan, Blackburn, and TRIMMER V. WALSH (CLERK).-THE TITIIE OF HOPS. This was a special case stated for the purpose of ascertaining whether certain hop grounds in the parish of B instead were liable to the extraordinary tithe or rent-charge on hops. The defendant had distrained for the extraordinary rent-charge, and the defendant had replevied. The plaintiff was the owner and occupier of certain waste lands, which were afterwards enclosed, and in 1855 were culti vated as hop grounds. The defendant became the vicar of the parish in 1854, and was so now, and ho claimed to be entitled to the extraordinary rent charge in lieu of tithes for the cultivation of the land as hop ground. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., for the plaintiff, said the tithes of the parish has been apportioned, and the 6th and 7th Wm. IV., chap. 71, the Tithe Commu tation Act, expressly enacted that in the case of hops and market gardens there should be an extra ordinary apportionment during the time the land was so cultivated. In this case the land paid no tithe, and the learned counsel contended that no additional or extraordinary charge could be made ; that immediately after an apportionment was made waste land could be brought into hop cultivation without being liable to any additional charge. The policy of the state in passing the Tithe Commutation Act was to further the breaking up of waste lands and their cultivation. The learned counsel quoted the 40th and 42d sec tion, as applicable to the case, and on which it was necessary their lordships should give their decision : where nothing was paid there could not be an ad ditional charge. Mr. Mellish, Q.C., for the defendant, urged the liability of the land to the amount of additional tithe claimed. There was a provision that where a person ceased to grow hops the additional rent charge should cease. The additional rent-charge was so much as the land (though otherwise tithe free from being waste land broken up) ought to pay for the cultivation of hops, which was a very profit able cultivation. After hearing the lengthened arguments of the learned counsel, The Lord Chief justice said he was of opinion that the judgment should betfor the defendant. The case turned upon the question whether the tithe on the plaintiff's land, in respect of which this addi tional rent-charge was demanded, had been com muted under the Tithe Commutation Act. He was of opinion that it had. The land at the time of the commutation was waste land, but it had since been applied to the cultivation of hops. The 42d sec. specially applied to hops, and whilst it increased the rent-charge, where the cultivation was changed from the cultivation of general agricultural produce to that of hops, it decreased to the original charge when the growth of hops was discontinued. It was admitted that the land was newly cultivated, and the 42d section stated " That all lands the tithes whereof shall have been commuted under this act, and which shall be newly cultivated as hop grounds or market gardens at any time after such commu tation, shall be charged with an additional amount of rent-charge per imperial acre." The land at the time of the apportionment of the parish did not pro duce any titheable production, and consequently the commissioner in apportioning the tithe set the figure "nought" against it, and it was said that that was no commutation of the tithes. He thought the term " apportionment" had been confounded with " commutation." The land in question was liable to tithe, if at that time it had produced any thing that was the subject-matter of tithe, That liability to pay tithe had been extinguished, and in that sense there had been, it appeared to him, a commutation. In what sense did the act use the word " commutation," in contradistinction to that of ap portionment P It spoke of the tithes of a parish being commuted into a rent-charge, which was ascer tained with regard to the general titheable value of land in a given parish, and that then the rent charge was to be apportioned according to the seve ral portions of land that were to be so charged. That had been done in this case, and the tithes of the parish had been for ever commuted into a rent charge, The liability of the land in question to pay tithe had been extinguished by the commutation of the tithe • and how then could it be said that the tithe of the land in question had not been commuted? This land did not remain liable to tithes, because they had been commuted, and the reason why, in apportioning the rent-charge, it did not pay any thing was because it had not paid anything for seven years previous —not from any want of its lia bility, but simply because it had not produced any thing that was the subject of tithe. His judgment was for the defendant. Mr. Justice Wightman was of a contrary opinion. The clause referred to an additional rent-charge. Now, as there was no rent-charge on this land he was unable to see how the section imposing an additional charged applied. His judgment was for the plaintiff. Mr. Justice Blackburn and Mr. Justice Mellor also gave judgment for the defendant. Judgment for the defendant. YOUNG V. MACRAE—LIBEL. This was a demurrer to a declaration for libel claiming special damages in the depreciations of the plaintiff's paraffin oil, by the publication of a circu lar which stated, " I certify that I have carefully tested the above oil, and find it a colourless and somewhat aromatic liquid, while Young's Scotch has a reddish brown and has a more disagreeable odour," Mr. Millward supported the demurrer, contend ing that no action would lie. Mr. Edward James, Q.C., opposed the demurrer. The contents of the circular were disparaging, and had injured the plaintiff in his business, which was clearly libellous. It drew an unfavourable compa rison, both with regard to colour and smell, between the plaintiff's oil and the defendant's. The Lord Chief Justice said he did not consider the circular libellous. It was very much like the advertisements about cod liver oil. One recom mended his as being colourless and tasteless, and another as brown cod liver oil. (Laughter.) Each relied on his peculiar colour., Mr. James—Perhaps each libels the other. (Laughter.) It was not to be assumed such adver tisements were not libellous because no actions had been brought. Mr. Justice Blackburn said the circular was no more than saying "My wares are better than yours." The Lord Chief Justice said the judgment of the Court was in favour of the demurrer. He was far from saying that, if a man feloniously and maliciously disparaged an article manufactured or sold by another man (without casting any imputa tion on his personal or professional character), and special damage arose, that an (ration would not lie. A grievous wrong so inflicted on another ought not to be without its remedy by means of an action. This declaration did not allege facts sufficient to support it. The other learned Judges concurred. Mr. James asked to be allowed to amend. The Lord Chief Justice declined. The learned counsel must bring another action_ The easiest way to settle the question was for the plaintiff to get another professor to give another report. (Laughter.) Judgment for the defendant. THE GUARDIANS OF THE SOCIETY OF KEELMEN OF THE TYNE V. TAYLOR. Mr, Mellish, Q.C., (with whom was Mr. Lilley), said the question for the decision of the Court in this case was the construction of a clause of a rather peculiar act of Parliament passed in 1820, by which the Society of Keelman of the River Tyne were entitled to the charge of one farthing per ton on all coals exported from the Tyne. Several of the collieries were not in existence when the act passed, and with regard to two of them one was fifteen and the other nine miles from the Tyne. The question was whether these collieries were sufficiently " near" to the Tyne, in the language of the clause, to come within the act. The proceeds went towards the support, &c., of old and decayed keelmen. _ Mr. Manisty, Q.C., for the defendants, who were coalowners, urged that the circumstances had en tirely changed. Owing to the facilities of steam and docks the keelmen were not required. The word " near" must be construed to apply to collieries that would have used the Tyne under the old state of things. Ultimately a kind of compromise was agreed to, the plaintiffs giving up their claim on the furthest colliery, and the Court giving judgment in their favour on the other two. Judgment accordingly. BAIL COURT. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr. Justice Crompton and a Common Jury.) VAUGHAN V. COOK. This was an action for false imprisonment. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Prentice was counsel for the plaintiff; the defendant appe are d i n person. The plaintiff is a widow, residing in Wells-street, Oxford- s t reet, and the defendant is a tailor in Berners. street, Oxford-street. The plaintiff was in trouble about some house property, and she con sulted the defendant about it. He settled tll: matter for he r , an d sen t i n a c l a i m f or £3 17 for his t rou bl e. A quarrel then too k placeo. o between them. Th e p l a i nt iff a f ter thi s borrowed aladder of a per son , wh o occupied 'a . house th e rent o f which the defend an t collected. The defendant, it __ appears, gave the plaintiff into custody for stealing the ladder, and she was taken to a police-station in the neighbourhood of TottenhAni-court-road. The in spector, after hearing the. particulars of the charge, refused to take it. The defendant urged that the plaintiff had treated him with ingratitude for the services he had ren dered her. He demanded the ladder of the plaintiff, but she refused to give it, and thinking to frighten her, he called in a policeman. She still persisted in keeping it, and he gave her into custody. The jury wished to know what amount would carry costs but the learned judge declined to gratify their curiosity. Ultimately they returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, £5. On the application of the learned counsel his lordship after hesitation certified for the costs. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Mary Anne Julia Louisa Harriet Lowry, Countess Dowager of Sand wich, relict of the late Earl of Sandwich, was proved in the London court by the Right Hon. John Wm. Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, P.C., the son, and the Right Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry, P.C., the joint executors nominated in the will, dated Dec. last. Her ladyship, who attained to a great age, commenced her will by expressing her gratitude to Almighty God for his great mercy in sparing her to the lengthened period of upwards of 80 years, and without experiencing those infirmi ties incident to a long life. The testatrix was left a widow in 1818, and her son, then only seven years old, succeeded to the title and estates. To him she bequeaths many specific bequests, some of which are to be held as heirlooms ; and to her other executor, and to her granddaughters, Emily and Florence Mon tagu, legacies of £5,000 each are bequeathed, besides specific bequests. Legacies are also left to other members of her family, and the residue of her money she bequeaths to her grandson, Olive Mon tagu. There is a legacy of £1,200 to a faithful man servant, legacies to all her other servants and some bequests of a peculiar description, being three annui ties amounting to £36 to be paid to those who may have the charge of some domestic animals belong ing to the testatrix—namely, a boarhonnd, a terrier mite, and two paroquets, which annuities are to be paid during the lives of these favourites. The will of the Rev. Edward Brown, M.A., of Lydon, Rutlandshire, was proved in London under £400,000 personalty, the executors nominated being his nephews, Edward N. Conant, Esq., and the Rev. J. W. Conant. The will is of moderate dimensions. His freehold estates he devises amongst his said two nephews and a niece, Mrs. Catherine Ellis (a daughter of his late sister, Mrs. Catherine Conant), and to them he also leaves one fifth of his personal property, bequeathing the re maining four-fifths, in equal proportions, between his four sisters. There is a legacy of £2OO left to each of tqe following charitable institutions free of 1 cl.„`ltY-\--naraely, the Society for P romo ting Christian A-n owledge, th e Society for the Propogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, the National Society for BETTISON V. EYRE.-A STRANGE CASE. This was an action to recover the sum of £4O. 0 . Mr. Prentice was counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. Barnard for the defendant. The defendant was a lodging-house keeper, and the plaintiff had been in her service as a domestic. In 1857, wnen the plaintiff was only 17 years of age and was in the defendant's service, she was either criminally a , saulted or seduced by a young mAn who was on a visit at the time in the defendant's house. The plaintiff was in such a state that she was unable to give evidence before the magistrate, and the case was remanded ;but the cas e cou ld no t be proceeded with, as the girl, instead of getti ng i better, got worse, and became nsane. Upon that, the young man or his friends, by way of amends for his conduct, paid the defendant £4O for the girl's benefit. It was arranged by the girl's friends that the money should be paid into the bank for her benefit. The father-in-law some time after made some inquiries about the money, and then the de fendant produced an account purporting that there was only a balance of £lO left, the rest having been laid out for her benefit in necessaries, &c. _ The defendant offered to give an I 0 U for the LlO. The defence was certainly a very curious one— vlz., that the defendant did not receive any money for the girl's benefit, but produced the sum of £4O to pacify her; and Mr. Barnard, the defendant's counsel, intimated to him that he must consent to a verdict for £2O, or he should throw up the case. The defendant would not consent, and the conse quence was that the jury immediately gave a ver dict for the plaintiff for £3O. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell) BULLOCK WEBSTER V. BULLOCK WEBSTER AND YONGE. This was an undefended suit, instituted by the husband for a dissolution of marriage, on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, who holds the rank of captain in the 61st Regiment of Foot. Dr. Spinks was counsel for the petitioner. It appeared that the parties were married in 1852, and cohabited until 1860, daring which period the respondent gave birth to two sons and two daughters. They resided first at Hendon, after which they re moved to Brecon, where the petitioner took a farm, in the management of which he was unsuccessful, and the father of the respondent, who became em barrassed, withdrew an allowance of £l2O a year, which he had granted them for some time. The re spondent became very much dissatisfied with their situation, but up to this time there was no rupture between her and her husband. The petitioner after wards accepted the situation of guard on the railway station at Swindon, where they resided for some time, when the petitioner gave up his situation and removed with his wife to Tenby, in Pembrokeshire. He took a house at No. 1, Brighton-place in that town, but not obtaining any employment in the neighbourhood he returned to London, where he got the situation of secretary to the Dental Hospital, Soho-square. This took place at the end of Decem ber, 1861, and after he left Tenby the respondent addressed him letters written in affectionate terms, although it was alleged that at the time she was carrying on an illicit intercourse with co-respondent. Caroline Price said she was a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Webster, and she visited them after their mar riage. They appeared to live happy together, and the respondent corresponded with her from time to time. She identified the letters alluded to as being in the handwriting of respondent. Louisa Evans, wife of William Evans, formerly a superintendent in police, said she lived opposite Mr. Webster and his wife at Tenby, and knew them perfectly by sight. The March after Mr. Webster left for London she noticed that a gentleman, whom she subsequently ascertained was Captain Yonge, came to Mrs. Webster's frequently. He was in the habit of remaining till five in the afternoon, and sometimes later. Mary Price, a servant at Mr. Webster's. stated that after her master left, Captain Yonge visited her mistress frequently. He was in the habit of calling every Sunday, and sometimes on week days. He came on Sundays while she was absent at evening service, and remained till late in the evening. He generally came about 2 in the afternoon on week days, and then she was sent out with the children. Mrs Webster left Tenby in December, and told witness she was going to Haverfordwest, but gave no directions about the forwarding of her letters. She returned in about five weeks, and told her she had had a baby during her absence. Evidence was then given of the co-respondent having instructed a medical gentlemen to take lodgings for Webster at Haverfordwest, and to his having offered subsequently to provide for the child after its birth. Mrs. Webster first registered the child at the parish church under the name of Henry William Winter; father, Henry Winter, mother, Rose Lavine, which was ber maiden name. She afterwards altered the entry, giving the child the name of Webster, and her proper name as that of the mother and father. The handwriting of both entries was recognised to be the respondent's. The Court pronounced the decree nisi, with costs against the co-respondent. BAYLIS Y. BAYLIS. In this case the wife prayed for a divorce on the ground of her husband's adultery, coupled with cruelty and desertion, and there was no d e f ence . .._. . . Dr. Spinks was counsel for the petitioner. It appeared that the parties were married at Bristol in 1846, the respondent having a situation as porter on a railway, and the petitioner being a dressmaker. They removed to London, and lived together until 1857, during which time the conduct of the respondent was of the most vio lent and brutal description, and on ono occasion he struck her with a saucepan in which his dinner was boiling, , from the effects of which she became in sensible, and blood gushed from her ears. He was in the habit of seizing her by the hair and holding her head under his arm while he struck her in the face,and from this treatment she received a perma nent injury in the face. Ultimately he left her and cohabited with a woman to whom he represented himself as a widower and who was obliged to leave him, from his ill-treatment. The Court pronounced a decree mu; with costs. REEVES V. REEVES. This was a petition by the wife for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty and adultery. Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner. The parties were married on Sept. 7, 1860, at Shrewsbury, the respondent being a private in a regiment of artillery, and the petitioner the widow of a tradesman in London. The petitioner returned to London on the following day for the purpose of purchasing her husband's discharge from the army, and since then there has been no cohabitation. On the wedding night the respondent was in such a state that the marriage could not be consummated. The petitioner went to see her husband, who was in the habit of getting money from her, when he struck her, and he afterwards repeated his assaults in Tottenham-court-road, when she was obliged to live away from him. Several witnesses proved the facts of the case. Sir C. Cresswell said he had some doubts, not as to the adultery, but to the amount of relief that should be granted, and the case required some con sideration. He would therefore defer judgment. WILLIAMS V. WILLIAMS AND GRAHAM. In this case the husband prayed for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The parties were married at St. John's Church, Waterloo•road, in June, 1841, and for some years lived happy together. The co respondent was a lodger in the petitioner's house. The separation took place in 1854, since which time the respondent and co-respondent lived as man and wife, at 42, Napier-street, Hoxton. . . _ Mr. Sturgeon, who appeared for the petitioner, stated, in reply to the learned judge, that the rea son of the delay in bringing the suit was want funds. of Decree nisi, with costs. GARNER V. GARNER. This was the petition of the wife for divorce on the ground of cruelty and adultery. The parties were married at Chester, in 1853, and afterwards emigrated to Canada , where the petitioner,who was a labouring man, was alleged to have committed the offences imputed to him. Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner. 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Yesterday Dr. Lankester, coroner for Central Middlesex, resumed the inquest at the Bank of England Tavern, Pi aed-street, Paddington, on the bodies of James Hall, aged 22 ; Richard Cookson, aged 30 ; Wm. Ogden, aged 20 ; Henry Macey, aged 21; Alfred Beeby, aged 19 ; and Thomas Nicholls, aged 27, the six unfortunate men killed by the falling of several arches of the viaduct on the Hammersmith Railway on the morning of the 6th inst. Mr. C. E. Lewis appeared on the part of Mr. Romans, the contrytor for the works ; and Mr. Cotton appeared on behalf of the railway co mpany. _ _ _ _ Mr. Bird, the coroner of the western division of Middlesex, who was present, said several complaints had reached him from friends and relatives of the deceased parties as to the removal of the bodies after they were proved by medical men on the ground to have life extinct, and he had attended there to call on his colleague, Dr. Lankester, to inquire by whose authority such removal had taken place. Dr. Lankester said, with all deference to the su perior legal knowledge of Mr. Bird, he thought that the jury had no other duty to perform but to inquire into the deaths of these poor people. The removal might be a question between him and his colleague in another place. Thos. Chatterly was then sworn—He said he was a foreman of carpenters to Mr. Rummens, contrac tor for the railway. On the morning of the acci dent his attention was called by Baten to the pier of one of the arches near the ditch having sunk con siderably, and in consequence witness and his men set to work shoring up the different arches, and they had put in about 20 shores when the accident happened. That was about half-past 8 in the even ing. The men were working overtime by the light of fires. When the arches fell witness helped to get the deceased men out, and he directed them to be removed to St. Mary's Hospital because he thought they breathed. He was sure such was the fact in the case of Macey and another. By Mr. Lewis—He had shored six arches before the accident happened—three on each side of the pier which had sunk. The first arch shored was the one on the east side of that pier. The men were found under the third arch west of the defective pier. One of the house surgeons to St. Mary's Hospital deposed that the bodies of the deceased men were brought there dead with various injuries. Mr. john Fowler said he was engineer to the Hammersmith and City Railway Company,and that he had made a minute investigation as to the cause of the accident, and was prepared to state that it had resulted solely from the sinking of the pier of the first arch referred to, consequent on the unsolid character of the ground, which had become al tered, causing the sitiking‘ind sliding of the pier. it had sunk or settled ten inches and a half, and had made a slide westward five inches. The concrete was 18 inches thick. The sinking and lateral movement caused the fall. Mr. Wm. Wilson, civil engineer, of Queen square, Westminster, said he was resident engineer of this railway, and superintended the construction of the works generally, He had examined the soil of the foundations of the first six arches, and gave instructions that if the soil was the same the build ing of the arches was to be continued in the same way. Had heard Mr. Fowler's evidence, and agreed with him as to the cause of the accident. The brickwork was of the best description, and the concrete used was in accordance with the con tract. Believed that was crushed in consequence of the lateral action of the pier. Mr. Joseph Cubitt, engineer, said he had exa mined tho place since the accident, and agreed that the softening of the undersoil or was the cause of the accident. A similar occurrence had taken place at works of his own, and the proper course was taken to save the arches. The quality of the materials was perfectly satisfactory. Thomas Wright Holden, superintendent of works under the contractor, deposed to having superin tended the digging of the foundations for these piers. Saw no difference in the foundation of the soil. Was aware of the ditch, but it was dry when the foundations were dug. The ditch was drained under the arches about three weeks before the pier began to sink. The first indication of the sinking was a crack in the brickwork, at the top of the viaduct. Mr. Robert Ker said he resided at 3, Parlia ment-street, and was architect and surveyor of St. James's. Had visited the fallen viaduct, and quite agreed that the cause as stated by the engineers previously examined was the correct one. The ditch referred to by the side of the pier which gave way had no doubt been accumulating a deposit for many years, and had caused the clay of the lower surface to become moistened and soft ened. Did not think, however, the clay suffi ciently altered in appearance from the surround ing soil to attract attention. Was of opinion that the concrete produced and taken out of the foundation had never been set, but it had nothing to do with the accident. The Coroner here said if the jury felt that they had not had sufficient evidence as to the character of the soil he would adjourn the inquest. A volunteer witness, however, deposed to knout ' i ing the ditch referred t o f or fi ve years, and sa id t was over the boots in summer even. The room was cleared, and the jury, after some discussion, desired to have the pier removed that they might satisfy themselves as to the character of the soil. The inquest was adjourned till Wednesday next' COUN2-RY MARKETS. , .1., LIVERPOOL—Nov. 14. We had a fair attendance to-day, and wheat and flour had a very limited trade, with prices rather in favour of buyers. Indian corn in good request, and prices rather dearer, WAKEFIELD—Nov. 14. Wheat, at our market to-day, was is per qr cheaper than last week, but very little business done. Barley also Is per qr lower. Beans, oats, and shelling held for former rates. Averages for the weer( : Wheat 1 778 qrs., at sls 7d Barley.... 768 -- Peas.. .. -- -- Oats 125 23s Od Rye 3 ........ .. 31s 6d Beans STAMFORD—Nov. 14. New wheat, 50s to 53s—red, 47s to 51s per 36 stone Barley, 30s to 40 8 p er qr. Oats, 22s to 27s per 24 stonv‘, Beans, 40s to 42 s p er qr. EXETER—Nov. 14. Wheat, white 6s 3d to 6s 6d . Barley. ..3s 9d to 4s 61 Ditto red 6s Od to 68 3d I Oats ...... 2s 10d to 33 1 Flour, fine, 37s to 39s ; seconds, 35 s t o 36s per sack. CATTLE. A good supply of all descriptions of stock. f Fat beef, p sc., 9s 9d t o 10s0d Ewes, per lb .... hid 4 Pork carcases, 8s 6d to O s 6d l -° sia Wethors, d 0....,, 61d to 7d Lamb, p 1b....... 70 to 8d Fat calves, d 0 ...60 told. Rough fat, 3i,d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 14. We have again had a quiet market for raw sugar. The refined market has shown mere activity, and prices are very firm. Rum in limited sale. BIRTHS. ------- DEFRIES.—On the 13th inst., at 1, Brunswick.square, the wife of C. Defries, Esq., of a daughter. FIENNES.—On the 13th inst., at 40, Queen's-gate -terrace, Lady Augusta Fiennes, of a daughter. SEYMOUR.—On the 1 1 th inst. , at of West co t e , DOrkingt Brighton, the wife of th e of a daughter. WEBBER.—On the 13 th inst., at Kensi ng t on, th e w ife of H enr y Augustus Webber, Esq., o f a son. Rev. Henry Seymour , inc u m bent MARRIAGES. q ldest of daughter - MARSHALL — TEMPLE.---On the 12th inat at St. James's, L H a e u r r h a er&J cil M ia a i r , s e h m a p ll l , e, E es Poulton, Cirencester, t, Temple, 60th Rifles. TAYLOR—ToLLExAcRE,-0 inst., at Harring ton Church, North n the 13th Northam Colonel Thos. Edward Taylor, M.P., of Ard . 1 Cattle Dublin, to Louis a Harrington, gi lap_ , co. Tin.oh second daughter of the Hon. and Rev.... v Francis Tolle h mac e, rector of Harrington. f I:lent...Colonel DEATHS. ATRERLY.—On the 13th inst., Mr. Matthew AtherlY) ° f Baker-street, Pentonville, aged 80. B YGRAVE.—On the 12th inst., at Baddow-road, Chelms" ford, Edward Lay Bygrave, Esq., aged 63. CARLILE.—On the 14th inst., Mrs. Car relict of thei s t' Wm. Carlile, Esq., o f Bow-lane, at her residence, Argo road, Kensington, aged 72. CHANDLER.—On the 10th inst., Mr. Leonard Chand ler, of 133, St. John-street, W es t Smithfield, aged 73. Edward DALLMAN.—On the 14th inst., at Lewisham, Dallman, Esq., aged 77. RicAnDo.On the 14th inst., at 50 , Grosvenor-place, -_-__ Samson Ricardo, UMFREVILLE.—On the 13th inst., at the resid nce of 11 10 brother, Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Henry Umfreville , Esq. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIX , of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of ItlidAinezr—gtAttillaY, November 16, 1862. ..■MiiA IMP