The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-24 00:00:00

711 E NAVY. VALETTA, JULY 18.—The following movements of her Majesty's ships of war have occurred during the week :—The screw gunboat Alacrity, 4, Com mander K. E. Baird, arrived on the 14th inst., from Corfu, with despatches from Admiral Martin and a mail ; and the screw gunboat Foxhound, 4, Commander the Hon. A. C. Hobart, left Malta on the 15th, for Zante, with the despatches for the Commandenin-Chief brought on that day from England, via Southampton and Marseilles. Capt. Vesey, 22d Regiment, and Ensign Burnett, 15th Regiment, returned from Corfu by the Alacrity. The gunboat Growler, Lieut.-Commander Denni stoun, also arrived on the 14th from Corfu. The screw corvette Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, left port on the 15th for Gibraltar, and the Procris, 1, Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J. B. Vivian, left on the 16th for the same destination, to resume her station there, The screw corvette Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock, having had the defects to her Use keel made good, took her departure for Corfu on the evening of the same day. The screw line of-battle ship Algiers, 89, Capt. E. B. Rice, will follow for the same island about Saturday. We have no other large ships here at present. Besides the Algiers and the receiving-ship, the only war vessels in port are the gunboats Surprise, 4, and the Wanderer, 4, making good their defects prior to leaving for the coast of Syria ; the Alacrity, 4, which vessel is to take up the next mail to Corfu, on the 22d inst. ; the Trident, 3, having her engines re paired; the tenders Gruwler and Boxer, and the surveying ship Medina. The screw liner Queen, 86, which had been despatched from the lonian Islands to Beyrout, is daily expected at Malta; and the Magicienne, 16, and Scylla, 21, are also expected here from Gibraltar. The Magicienne transferred the invalids she conveyed from Malta to the Hima- Jaya, which vessel arrived at Gibraltar on the 9th inst. from Corfu, with the 2d Queen's, to replace the 6th Regiment on that station, removed to Corfu. By letters from Corfu of the 12th inst. information has been received that the only ships of war lying there at that date were the Marlborough, 131, bear ing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8., the Amphion, 36, and the Alacrity gunboat, the last taking the mail to Malta that day. Up to the last accounts the ships of her Majesty's Medi terranean fleet were distributed as follows :—The Alacrity, 4, Commander Baird, Malta; the Algiers, 89, Capt. E. B. Price, Malta; the Amphion, 36, Capt. A. C. Gordon, Corfu ; th e B oxer , ten d er t o the Hibernia, Malta ; the Cockatrice, 2, Lieut-Com mander R. M. Gilson, Constantinople, for the Danube ; the Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock, left Malta on July 16 for Corfu; the Exmouth, 86, Capt. J. A. Paynter, the Piraeus of Athens ; the Firebrand,, 6, Commander Piers, coast of Syria; the Firefly, surveying steamship, Commander A. L. Man:aell, Beyrout ; the Foxhound, 4, Commander tte Hon. A. C. Hobart, left Malta on July 15 for Corfu ; the Gannet, 11, Commander the Hon. M. H. Nelson, Constantinople; the Growler, tender to the Hibernia, Malta; the Hibernia, receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. S. Codring ton, C. 8., Commander R. B. Harvey, Malta; the Icarus, 11, Commander Salmon, V.C,, coast of Syria ; the London, 86, Capt. H. Chads, Naples ; the Marlborough, 131, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Sir W. 'F. Martin, K.C.8., Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., Corfu; the Mars, 80, Capt. J. N • Strange, Coast of Syria; the Magicienne, 16, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, expected daily at Malta from Gibraltar; the Ma lacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, left Malta on the 15th July, for Gibraltar ; the Medina, surveying steam ship, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., Malta; the Nep tune, 86, Capt. G. T. B. Hornby, Naples ; the Peli can, 17, Commander P. Brock, Alexandria; the Procris, 1, Lieut.-Commanding the Hon. J. B. Vivian, left Malta on the 16th July for Gibraltar ; the Queen, 86, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, daily expected at Malta from the coast of Syria ; the Scylla, 21, Capt. R. Lambert, expected at Malta from Gibral tar ; the Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, Malta; the Trident, 3, Commander Balfour, Malta; the Weser, 6, Commander A. H. Johnstone, Danube; the Wanderer, 4, Commander M.C. Seymour, Malta. Yesterday the chartered troopship Akbar em barked the following reinforcements at Govern ment-quay, Gravesend, for Kurracbee—viz., 3 offi cers and 172 non-commissioned officers and men of the 51st King's Own Light Infantry ; 1 officer and 14 men of the Ist battalion 19th Regiment, and 1 officer and 24 men of all ranks of the 94th Regt., from Chatham ; 1 man of the 7th Dragoon Guards, from Kneller-hall ; 1 officer and 30 men of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, from Stirling; 8 men of the S)3d Highlanders, from Aberdeen, and 2 men of the 98th Regiment, from Canterbury ; total, 8 offi cers and 300 non-commissioned officers and men. The sailing of the Akbar was delayed in consequence of the provisions on board having been condemned on the vessel being inspected by the officers of the Staff from Chatham. She will take her departure from the Thames to-day. The reinforcements which embarked in the Conflict, R. Dees commander, in cluded 3 officers and 178 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich; 7 men of the Bth Hussars, from Canterbury ; 2 offi cers and 70 men of the 27th Enniskillens ; 1 officer and 29 men of the 48th Regiment, from Cork ; 2 officers and 20 men of the 80th Regt., and 7 men of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers from Buttevant. In accordance with orders to that effect received at Chatham, the G field battery of the 9th brigade Royal Artillery has proceeded from Canterbury to Shoeburyness, for the purpose of going through an extended course of Armstrong gun drill at the School of Gunnery with the 12-pounder field guns. The horses and guns of the battery remain behind. The following officers accompanied the G battery to Shoeburyness :—Capt. F. E. Byrne, Lieut. F. H. W. Milner, and Lieut. A. E. Turner. The strike which recently took place among the hired mechanics employed on the iron frigate Achilles, 51, at Chatham Dockyard, having caused the whole of the skilled mechanics to leave the yard, upwards of 100 of the best workmen have been removed from the Royal Oak, 51, and the other wooden ships building, and placed on the Achilles, where they will work as riveters, platers, and in other branches of the trade, until the iron vessel is completed. To supply the vacancies thus caused have give n di rect i ons f or 200 addi the Admiralty tion al s hipwrights to b e i mmediately entered in the yard to take the places o f the established ship wrights who are draughted onto the Achilles. Dur ing yesterday and the previous day large numbers of hands presente d themselves at the d ockyard gates, and in the course o f a few days the ent i re number of additional ship wr i g hts required will h ave been obtained. The Pylades, 22, 400-horse power, under repair at Chatham Dockyard, has had 100 additional hands placed on her, in order that she may be corn.. pleted with the utmost possible despatch. The Warspite, 50, attached to the sailing reserve at Chatham, has been towed round from that port b to the Thames, the Admiralty having len t her to e med as a training ship for the Mercantile Marine Society. ?HE ARMY. The remainder of the Indian Engineers, who have for some years past been under instruction at the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, with the Royal Engineers, will quit Brompton barracks to morrow and the following day, to embark for Cal cutta and Bombay, leaving none but Royal Engi neers at the Chatham establishment. According to instructions received at headquarters, it is the in tention of the authorities to immediately raise two additional depot companies at Chatham, the non commissioned officers and men of which will be trained exclusively for service in India. In accord ance with this intention, orders have been received at the Royal Engineer establishment for additional recruiting parties to be at once despatched to Lon doo , Manchester, Gl asgow, Birmingham and Exeter, for the purpose of raising the additional number of Royal E n gineers required to augment the corps. Notwithstanding the wretched weather the com petitors in the military, match at Aldershott re sumed their places at the ranges y„teraay at nine o'clock a.m., w hen the same regi m ents were repre sented as on the pr evious day, with the addition of several cavalry regimen t s • The rnen.attendance was considerably larger than on Tuesday, and the inte rest in the proceedings was unabated, The contest commenced with the Marksman's Prize, £55, for non - commissioned officers and men qualified as marksmen during the present annual course ; 700 and 800 yards ; ten priz3- at each dis stance, and a silver watch for the best shot through ; out. 136 entered. The prize for the best shot throughout fell to private Bell, 26th Cameronians, who scored 17 points and 7 hits ; total, 24 marks. The next competition was for the Carbine Stakes, £27 10s., for cavalry, royal artillery, and all corps armed with the Victoria carbine, 200 and 300 yards; ten prizes, and a cup for the best shot throughout. 30 entered. The best shot throughout was Corporal Crouch, 13th Hussars. At noon the Veteran Stakes were contended for, £55, for non-commissioned officers and men of 15 years' service, 400 and 500 yards. Ten prizes at each distance, and a special prize for the best through out. 127 entered. At 400 yards—Colour-Sergeant M'Coy, 7th depot battalion, made 12 points, 5 hits, 17 marks; Corporal Lawrence, Ist battalion 60th Regiment, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks; Private Alex ander, 64th Regiment, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks ; Serg. Wright, 26th Regiment, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks ; Colour-Serg. Judge, 7th depot battalion, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks ; Serg. Irvine, 26th Regi ment, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks; Serg. Drake, Ist battalion 60th Regiment, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks; Corporal Long, 76th Regiment, 10 points, 5 hits, 15 marks; Corporal Slater, 64th Regiment, 10 points, 5 hits, 15 marks ; Private Donally, Ist battalion, 60th Regiment, 10 points, 5 hits, 15 marks. At 500 yards, Serg. Evered, 37th Regiment, made 11 points 5 hits, 16 marks; Serg. Irivine, 26th Regiment, 11 points, 4 hits, 15 marks ; Serg. Marshall, Ist batta lion Scots Fusiliers, 10 points, 4 hits, 14 marks ; Serg.-Major Cooke, 76th Regiment, 9 points, 5 hits, 14 marks ; Private Snelgrove, 26th Regiment, 9 points, 5 hits, 14 marks ; Serg. Read, Ist bat. Bth Regt., 10 pts, 4 hits, 14 marks ; private Bain, 2d bat. 12th Regiment, 9 points, 5 hits, 14 marks ; Corporal Slater, 64th, 9 points, 4 hits, 13 marks ; Colour- Serg. Toole, Ist battalion 60th Regiment, 8 points, 5 hits, 13 marks; Serg. Pullen, Ist battalion 2d Regiment, 8 points, 5 hits, 13 marks. The day's shooting concluded with the Challenge Prize Cup, value £2O, open to officers and men; entrance, 10s. ; 700 and 800 yards ; 33 entered. It was won by Private Stevens, 2d battalion Ist Royals. Lieut. Harris, of the 2d battalion 20th Regiment, who was second in the contest for the Ladies' Prize on Tues day, entered a protest against Lieut. Lacey, of the 2d battalion 12th Regiment, the winner, on the ground that his rifle being one of the London Armoury Company's, he was thereby disqualified. A meeting of the committee was held yesterday to decide the question, and the result was that the ob jection was held to be fatal. The Ladies' Prize was thus adjudged to Lieut. Harris; the second prize to Capt. White of the Royals ; and the third to Lieut. Nugent, of the 61st Regiment. THE DISTRESS IN THE COTTON MANU FACTURING DISTRICTS. The Rochdale relief committee called a meeting, by circular, for Monday evening, their object being to gain an assurance that a requisite fund to last till Christmas would be guaranteed ; but, although 300 circulars were issued to wealthy men, only a tithe of that number attended. Alderman G. L. ASHWORTH, who was called to the chair, stated that, of 85 cotton mills in the dis trict, 36 were closed, and only 12 were running full time. Mr. NIELD made some severe strictures on the cottonspinners, of whom only three or four were present. He also expressed his strong objection to any application being made to the London or Man chester funds until the limit of local liberality should be ascertained. A further appeal was decided on, and the following among other subscriptions were announced :—Mr. Nield, Mr. G. T. Kempe, Mr. W. W. Schofield, Messrs. R. and J. Kelsall, Messrs. Fenton, Messrs. John and Thomas Ashworth, £lOO each ; Mr. W. Ormerod, Messrs. G. Ashworth and Brothers, £5O each; Mrs. Midgley, Mr. Thwaites, Mr. Jas. Chad wick, Mr. John Chadwick, £3O each. The total of the evening's subscription was £1,180: At the weekly meeting of the Preston board of guardians on Tuesday, the chairman stated that in the whole of the Preston Union there had been a decrease in the pauperism as compared with that of the previous week, which was owing to an increase in outdoor labour. The decrease was more observ able in Walton than in any other township. The outdoor cases in the union last week were 4,435 in number; persons, 11,332; cost, £705 3s. 7d. Cor responding week in 1861—lases, 1,100; persons, 2,467; cost, £124 16s. ld. The number in the workhouses was 873; last year, 617 ; increase, 256. Total number of persons relieved in the union had therefore been, last week, 12,205. There were working on the Moor, 1,465 able•bodied paupers; at the stoneyard, 139 ; on the Marsh, 74; total, 1,678. The CHAIRMAN stated the result of a conversa tion he had with Mr. Villiers, respecting the best means of providing for the present emergency, and the anticipated increasing distress. Mr. Villiers was of opinion that a rate in aid would be the best means, but the chairman thought that, as far as the Preston Union was concerned, such a plan would not work well, on account of the difficulty of assessing the quota which would have to be con tributed by the various townships. He was in favour of borrowing for a time, if the consolidated fund was really to be fallen back upon. Mr. T. B. ADDISON made a lengthy speech, say ing that he preferred a grant from the Treasury, repayable in a term of years; and that if the dis tress went on increasing in its present ratio, not lass than £lOO,OOO would be required for the county of Lancaster alone to meet the case, in addition to what would be raised by the poor rate.—Manches ter Guardian. A meeting of the central committee for the relief of distress in the manufacturing districts was held yesterday in the Manchester Town-hall, the Mayor of that city presiding. It appears that this com mittee have now received subscriptions amounting to nearly £6OOO. The most recent donations, in cluding a second contribution of £l,OOO from Messrs. Schunck, Souchay, and Co. (who had pre viously given £1,000), £5OO from Lord Egerton of Tatton, for Manchester specially—the same noble man giving £5OO to the fund started at Bridge water-house last Saturday—and :X5OO also for the relief of distress in Stockport) ; £l,OOO from Sir Thos. Phillips, Bart, of Middle-hill, Worcestershire, " on condition that his contribution be considered as a tribute to the memory of the late Prince Con sort, as a supporter and encourager of the arts and sciences ;" £25 from the Rev. Canon Stowell ; and £lOO from Lord Ducie, who has promised to do what he can to assist the committee in Gloucester shire,noblemen The Patdtiding of which he is lord-lieutenant. A resolution Was yesterday requesting the following and gentlemen to join the committee lord -li eute nant: — and high sheriffs of Lancashire, the West Der byshire ; the , 1 7_ of Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Der v‘aleillonr of Manchester, Chester, and Ripon ; the Ta D tt erby, the Earl of Ellesmere, of LLaonrcdasiitearr,teinogit Lord Egerton of the Chancellor of the Eaten, M.P., Lord Stan ley,DuchY M.P. , E.Q.n.ni M.P. , Mr. J. Pender, —ar deastl Cheet wood, Mr. Mr. a Hey le, Manchesatel); barn, Mr. W. Ashworth, Mr. Iv . Re e ' t . J. H. Mason, Sir J. K.. Shuttleworth, the is Mayor and ex Mayor of Liverpool, Mr, T. Ashton, and Mr. H. Cooke. A sub-committee to distribute funds was pointed, m r . R .Geloandssitsot Mr.ne, ot Tth.eHlt: IBaly.rolery.o,f M. Ross: and Mr. E. Hardcastle, together with the mayo rs and one representative from each town in the dis tressed district ; also the treasurer and honorary secretary ex officio. The Mayor of BLACKBURN was very much in favour of having two more Manchester gentlemen nominated, but did not press the matter, because the Manchester members of the committee them selves were anxious to limit their number, so as to inspire confidence in the minds of contributors at a distance that the distribution of funds would be in the hands of a body sufficiently representative and impartial. Sir G. B. MIDDLETON, of Shrubland, Suffolk, THE ' SUN, lAONDON, T HURSDAY EVENING, y 24, 1862. having offered to throw his park open for a fete in aid of the sufferers by the famine, if the com mittee would undertake the arrangements, a sub committee was appointed in connection with that specific object. It was reported that the Mayor of Manchester and Mr. M'Clure (the hon. secretary) had waited on the Lord Mayor of London, as previously arranged, to confer with his lordship on the pro priety of their being only one committee for the distribution of funds, although both the London and the Manchester committee might continue to receive them. His lordship seemed rather averse now to give up the duty of distribution; but it was arranged that further communication should take place on the subject. It was reported also that the commit tee formed last Saturday at Bridgewater-house , when £ll,OOO was subscribed, would not themselves distribute funds, but would hand them over to such central committee as it might appear would best carry out the intentions of subscribers. The Man chester sub-committee will meet next Monday at half-past three for the first distribution of funds ; and it is hoped that the press will call attention to this, in order that all districts intending to make , application may do so in time, sending full parti culars as to the number of operatives entirely or partially out of work, and the amount of relief al ready received, discriminating between what was derived locally and what was obtained elsewhere. in all portions of the State, and specific instructions given to them. "The enlistments will be for three years, or dur ing the war. " I cannot at this time indicate the number of troops wanted from Ohio, but can safely say that the Government will accept all who may offer within the coming 40 days. " Promptness and vigilance are indispensable ; 40,000 recruits within the time indicated would be of more service than twice that number at a later period. " The gallant men of the State may rely upon my best endeavours to discharge the highly responsible duties devolving upon me with an eye single to the preservation of our Government, and with the sin cere hope and belief that when the great struggle of life shall be over my children may claim for me an honest and faithful performance of duty. " Invoking the smiles of our Heavenly Father upon our good work.—l am your humble servant, " DAVID TOD, Governor." In much weaker cases by a pretext—shall appear. a similar acknowledgment had t).. -en sustained by a a- jive girl, the Court. in this case the pursuer, dealing with a Scotch gentleman, never din live with him except while she held a written declara- tion of marriage of the most express and unequi vocal character, while the defender's conduct had been so kind and considerate as to be unexplainable on any other view than that of marriage ; for, though at different times he appeared to have yielded to the influence and remonstrances of others, his better feelings, his sense of duty and honour, and his real affection for the pursuer brought him round again. The Lord Ordinary was therefore of opinion that the marriage had been established by sufficient evidence. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.-CLIELMSFORD, July 23. CIVIL SIDE. 'Before Mr. Baron Bramwell and a Common Jury.) CARRINGTON V. MAY. This was an action of seduction. The defendant pleaded that the plaintiff, who was the father of the young woman, had accepted a sum of £3, and an undertaking that the defen dant should pay a sum of 2s. per week until her child should arrive at the age of 13 years, in satis faction of the injury of which he complained. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Pearce were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr, Philbrick for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Shee (the issue being upon the de fendant) said that the plaintiff was a labouring man, and his daughter and the defendant whose in timacy was the subject of the present action, were both very young persons, not more than 18, and the defendant did not deny that he was the father of the child, but the answer he was instructed to set up to the present action was that the plaintiff had consented to accept of certain terms on behalf of his daughter. A gentleman named Betts was then called, who stated that he went to see the plaintiff in May, 1861, upon the subject of the birth of the child, and to make some arrangement, and the plaintiff at that time wanted £2 for expenses and an allowance of 2s. 6d. per week. He could not consent to these terms, but eventually it was arranged that £3 should be paid for expenses and arrears, and an al lowance of 2s. per week should be made to the child until she was 13 years old, and a receipt and me morandum were drawn up to that effect. The child, it appeared, had since been affiliated upon the de fendant, and an order to pay 2s. 6d. a week made upon him. Mr. Hawkins objected to the memorandum refer red to being put in evidence upon some technical grounds; and after some discussion had taken place, The learned Jud g e in q uired whether it was neces sary to proceed further with the case, when an order of affiliation had been made, and whether some ar rangement could not be come to between the parties. The learned counsel on both sides thereupon con sulted together, and upon certain terms that were arranged a juror was withdrawn. THE QUEEN V. THE INHABITANTS OF HARLOW. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the defendants, and called a num ber of witnesses to show that they were not liable to the repair of the road in question. The jury, however, in the result, found a verdict for the Crown. RHODE ISLAND. " Citizens of Rhode Island,—ln the present crisis of our national affairs no good Union-loving citi zen can look upon passing events ;with apathy and indifference. We are confronted by a bold, un scrupulous, and unprincipled enemy in the field, in great strength, who, with almost barbarian ferocity, makes war on our Government and our institutions, who would destroy our liberties, and reduce us to the condition of serfs of a military despotism. To triumph at once over this lawless horde of rebels, and to restore peace and prosperity to our now dis tracted country, the Government absolutely requires an augmentation of our military force. Rhode Islanders ! you will readily and joyfully respond to this call. Let no consideration stand between us and the duty we owe to our country. Let no sacri fice be thought too great to be offered on the altar of our country. Carry out the good work you have so nobly begun, and so nobly prosecuted; and by all means let us give to the great and glorious cause all the aid the exigencies demand. More troops are wanted. Let men be furnished forthwith. " WILLIAM SPRAGUE." COMMITTEE OF THE ROUSE OF LORD ON THE 7HAJIES EMBANKMENT. Yesterday the committee appointed by the of Lords, consisting of Earl St. Germans (chairman Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Viscount de Vesci, the Earl of Powis, and Lord Longford, met to finally consider and settle this important question. There was a large array of counsel and of the various parties interested. After hearing Mr. Serjeant Wrangham, Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., and other learned counsel, pro and con., the committee passed the preamble of the bill as it came amended from the Commons, affirming unal tered the cardinal clause of the measure, which pro vides that the embankment shall commence at the northern side of the Middlesex end of Westtninster bridge and terminate at Blackfriars-bridge, thus setting aside the opposition of the Duke of Buc cleuch and of the crown lessees, and furnishing an uninterrupted public route between the east and west of the metropolis. The improvements and works clauses, as finally settled, provide that the embankment shall be 100 feet wide up to the eastern boundary of the Inner Temple, and not less than 70 feet wide thence to Chatham-place, with all requisite approaches. The approach road leading out of the embankment is to be of an uniform width of not less than 40 feet at a gradient of 1 in 30, and communicating by means of approaches with Surrey, Norfolk, and Arundel-streets, The new street to come out of the embankment at the east side of the Middlesex end of Hungerford-bridge, passing through the parishes of St. Martin's, St. Clement's, and the Savoy, will terminate in Wellington-street, Waterloo-bridge, opposite the north wing of the western front of Somerset-house, with several shorter communications out of it, terminating in Villiers -street, Buckingham and Cecil streets. Another new street, commencing by a junction with the last communication, will form a junction with it at George-street, Adelphi, and terminate in Whitehall-place at its eastern end ; and the com pleting feature of the undertaking will be another new street running out of the embankment or road way near Whitehall-stairs, passing through White hall-yard, and terminating in Whitehall, opposite the Horse Guards. :ouse The committee struck out three clauses inserted by the Commons—clause 9, to empower the Metro-1 politan Board of Works not to proceed to construct the street between the east side of the Middlesex end of Hungerford-bridge and Wellington-street, until the other works authorised are completed ; clause 33, which sought to provide that the plans and elevations of all buildings proposed to be erected on the land reclaimed by the embankment, or on lands fronting the river, should be submitted to the First Commissioner of Works, who it was proposed should have power, within one month after the re ceipt of the plans and elevations, to express in writing his disapproval of the whole or part of them, and enacting that the buildings so disapproved of shall not be erected. Clause 36, empowering the board to sell surplus land, was struck oat as being superfluous, that power being sufficiently conferred upon them under the Lands Clauses Act, The committee, after making various verbal and routine alterations, then adjourned, and the bill, as amended by the Lords, will now go back to the Commons. A SCOTCH MARRIAGE CASE. Another case has just been decided in the Court of Session by Lord Ardmillau, in which the law of Scotland in regard to the constitution of an irre gular marriage is curiously illustrated. In the present instance the pursuer has succeeded in ob taining the judgment of the Court in her favour, as wife of the defender. The pursuer is a young High land woman named Margaret Mackinnon, unedu cated and unable to speak English, and who in 1858 was servant to the defender, Mr. Patrick M'Don ald, of Ardmore, in the island of Skye. After having sent her for a brief period to a school in Glasgow the defender invited her to accompany him to America, explaining to her brother that he had fallen in love with her, and would have mar ried her, but was unable to make the requisite stay, and was apprehensive his relatives would interfere. He, however, made a promise of marriage, and they left Glasgow with their luggage addressed " Mr. M'Donald" and " Mrs. M`Donald." In passing through Liverpool, on March 4, 1859, the defender signed a paper acknowledging the pursuer as his wife in the presence of two witnesses, and with this paper in her p o s s ession they sailed together for America. They returned to this country in May, having cohabited together in the interval, and at this stage some of the defender's friends interfered "to get him out of the scrape." The pursuer, who evidently did not understand the proceedings fur. ther than that there was a separation desired, agreed to give up the paper signed by the defender and was induced to grant a discharge to the effect, that the defender had promised to marry her, but had refused to fulfil the promise. This discharge was given at a meetin g of the parties, at which the woman cried very much, and refused money when offered to her ; and the legal gentlemen present de posed they were not aware she did not understand English, and that the character of the proceeding was not explained to her in Gaelic. The Lord Ordinary held that the discharge could not be taken as a renunciation by the pursuer of her status, see ing the legitimacy of her child was also involved. For some time the pursuer and defender were parted, but before long he reopened communication with her in affectionate terms, and on the Ist December, 1839, he sent her back the acknowledgment of the 4th of March, telling her it would make her happier and would make the discharge of no use. In Feb ruary, 1860, the pursuer gave birth to a female child, and the defender visited her and got the birth registered as that of a lawful child to himself, and to whom he gate his own mother's name, On the law applicalle to this state of facts the Lord Ordinary says he has not felt much hesitation. Such an acknowledgment, communicated and accepted and followed by cohabitation, is, by the law of Scot land, sufficient to constitute marriage, unless a dif ferent intention—an intention to deceive others, or give a colour to concubinage, or escape from scandal THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. The following proclamations had been issued by the Governors of Massachusetts and Ohio, and also by Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island : MASSACHUSETTS. " Executive Department, Boston, July 2. " To the People of Massachusetts — "The President of the United States has signi fied his desire andreadiness to r6-4 d ive a large acces. sion to the volunteer military force now engaged in maintaining the cause of our common country. " 1. He desires that every corps now before the enemy shall be immediately recruited to the maxi mum standard, to repair the diminution suffered while earning the laurels of gratitude and honour now garlanding the brows of our brethren in arms, " 2. He desires from Massachusetts 10 to 15 new Volunteer regiments, or their equivalent, to rein force the army of the Union. " The Department of War has issued the follow ing orders : [Here follows the recent orders from the War Department in reference to bounties for Volunteers and an explanation of their meaning.] " The commonwealth of Massachusetts also, by its Soldiers' Families Relief Law, makes further provision for the needy families of our recruits, by affording them aid, according to the necessity of each case, up to the amount of 12 dole. each month. " 11. All persons are further reminded that a premium of 2 dols. will be paid to any citizen or soldier for each accepted recruit that he may bring to the rendezvous. This premium being payable to civilians equally with military men, all persons are invited to assist in procuring enlistments, and are offered the remuneration for their labour above in dicated. " The Adjutant-General will issue such written certificates of authority to recruiting agents who may offer their services as may be necessary to authenticate their employment and responsibility. " 111. All men belonging to existing corps now in active service, who are not disabled nor under parole, are urgently reminded of the General Orders of the United States' War Department, Nos. 61 and 65 of the current series , which require their immediate return to their posts of duty. " Proper facilitiies for transportation will be fur nished them on application to the Adjutant General of this commonwealth, or to the United States' Quartermaster, Captain W. whose office is at No. 15, Kilby-street, Boston. "By General Order No. 65, above mentioned, issued on June 12, all United States' soldiers in Massachusetts who are not under treatment in a United States' hospital are required to report them selves without delay to the United States' military commander at Boston, Lieutenant-Colonel H. Day, whose office is at 190, Congress-street, under penalty of being considered deserters. "In cases of serious disability from wounds or sickness, which may prevent obedience to this re quirement, the soldier must furnish a certificate of a physician of good standing, describing his case, on which, if satisfactory, the military commander may grant a written furlough for not exceeding 30 days, or a discharge in the proscribed form of a certificate of disability. But no discharges will be given on account of rheumatism, or where there is a prospect of recovery within a reasonable time. " No plea of sickness, or other cause not officially established, and no certificate of a physician in civil life, unless it be approved by some officer acting as a military commander, will hereafter avail to remove the charge of desertion or procure arrears of pay when a soldier has been mustered as absent from his regiment without leave. "By General Order No 61, abovementioned, issued on June 7, was provided that all officers of the regulars and volunteers, except those on parole, then absent from duty with leave, would be con sidered as absent without leave, unless found at their post before June 23, or unless authorised to to be absent by orders from the Adjatant-General of the United States' army, based on the certificate by a surgeon of inability to travel. And all invalid and wounded officers of eastern volunteer regi ments, able to travel, although their disability may not have been removed, were required to repair, without delay, to Annapolis, Maryland, there to report to Major-General Wool, commanding the camp of instruction. " IV. All good citizens are respectfully requested to report forthwith the name and place of any volunteer or regular soldier in Massachusetts—if such an one is here to be found—who may be in tentionally evading his duty by neglecting to com ply with the provisions of the general orders above quoted. _ _ _ " Massachusetts, which has never slumbered nor slept, must now arise to still higher efforts, and pledge to all the duties of patriotism, with renewed devotion, the individual efforts, the united hearts heads, and hands of her people. " JOHN A. ANDREW, Governor of Massachusetts." OHIO. " Executive Office, Columbus, Ohio, July 3 "Fellow-Citizens,—Another appeal to your patriotism has become necessary. The enemies of our Government, now assembled at Richmond in hostile array, largely outnumber any disposable force at the President's command. " The army under General M'Clellan has been driven back, merely by the force of overwhelming numbers rapidly concentrated there. " Additional troops are alone necessary to hold the important positions already gained, and speedily crush the rebellion at all points. _ " Liberally and gallantly as Ohio has heretofore responded to the calls of the President, he has ever been assured that we had but to know that further aid was needed from us to insure a prompt answer to any further calls he might make upon us. This knowledge we now have, and the call has also been made. " And now, citizens of Ohio, one and all, shall the call be responded to ? Something whispers me that, with one voice, you say it shall be answered. " Arouse, then, and let every man be able to say that he has done his duty. "There is work for all to do. The aged can stimulate the young ; the wealthy contribute to the wants and necessities of the destitute; and the ladies, who have a l rea d y d one so muc h, an d w h ose kind hearts will p rompt them in the cont i nuance o f th e i r good wor k , Can encourage, by their noble example, both old and young in the performance of this great duty. What is w ealth, or even life worth, if, to preserve eith er , we have to confess to the world that we are unable to mai n • taut our glorious Govern mat. Gallant and worthy recruiting officers, for the or ganisation of the new regiments and the filling up of thew already in the field, will be app o i n t e d in FOWLER V. BAYLEY. _ This was a special jury case. The plaintiff Har- ' riet Sparks Fowler sued the defendant, Vere Temple Bayley, for a breach of his promise to marry her. The aefendant pleaded, first, that he did not make the promise as alleged, and, secondly, that the plaintiff was an immoral person. Mr. Pearce and Mr. Martin were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Honey man were for the defendant. Mr. Pearce, in opening the case, said that the plaintiff was a young woman living with her parents at Colchester, and the defendant was captain in the 54th Regiment, and the parties became acquainted while he was stationed at the camp at Colchester. The first acquaintance took place two or three years ago, and the plaintiff and the defendant used to meet at the house of a person named Wendon, who kept a tobacconist's shop at Colchester, and he believed that on more than one occasion the defen dant expressed his intention to marry the plaintiff, and while the defendant was at Aldershot and other places with his regiment he wrote a great many letters to the plaintiff, some of which he should have to read, and the jury would judge from the contents of these letters whether there could be any reasonable doubt that the parties were upon terms of the greatest intimacy and affection, and such as would warrant the plaintiff in believing that the defendant intended to make her his wife. He should also have to lay before them another do cument of a very singular character, and which appeared to have been drawn up and signed by the defendant, and which, he submitted, would clearly show what his intentions were with regard to the plaintiff. It was dated the 3d of February, 1861, and was in the following terms : , 4 I, Vere Temple Bayley, lieutenant in her Majesty's 54th Regiment, do declare that I consider Miss Harriet Fowler, of Colchester, as my wife." The learned counsel then stated that it appeared that in the beginning of the present year the de fendant had married a lady who, he believed, was possessed of considerable property, and it was there fore impossible for him to fulfil his engagement with the plaintiff; and, under these circumstances, it was for the jury to say what amount of damages she was entitled to receive at the hands of the de fendant. Jane Wendon deposed that her husband was groom to an officer at the camp at Colchester, and in 1861 she kept a tobacconist's shop in that town. She knew the plaintiff and the defendant, and they used to come to her shop almost every day during the year 1861. (The witness was then shown the document that had been read by the learned coun sel, and she stated it was in the handwriting of the defendant.) The plaintiff was a dressmaker. The defendant used to say a great many things to her. (A laugh.) He once said to he': in witness's pre sence that if he took any other lady to the altar but her he hoped he should be struck dead. (A laugh.) He observed that he would never have any other woman, and he threatened to destroy himself upon one occasion when the plaintiff talked of leaving him. Cross-examined—Witness et present kept a straw bonnet shop. Nothing was done at her former place of business except selling tobacco. (A laugh.) The defendant and the plaintiff used to be in the front shop together, but there was a screen in the shop and they went behind it, so that nobody could see them. (A laugh.) Witness was always present, and she was sure that nothing improper took place between them. Mr. Hawkins, to the witness—You do not mean to say that you were all three behind the screen to gether. (A laugh.) Witness—Oh, no, I was in the shop, attending to my business, but I could hear all that took place. Cross-examination continued—They used to make love before me, and did not mind my being there. (A laugh.) No one else used to come to my shop to make love, and I do not remember• any other lady or gentleman going beyond the screen. (A laugh.) Mr. Hawkins—Did you ever hear of people in Colchester going courting in a tobacconist's shop before ? (Laughter.) Witness—Well, I have heard of such things being done. (Renewed laughter.) She added that the de fendant was quite a young man, but she did not know that he was not more than one or two and twenty, and she should think from his appearance he was about 30. Mr. Pearce then put in a number of letters that had been written by the defendant to the plaintiff. He addressed her as " My dearest Harry," and sub scribed himself sometimes " Vere,' and at others "her boy." In one of these letters defendant said— " I wish to put the case clearly before you, that you may judge for yourself. I have done all I can to show you how much I love you, and if you desert me my life will be a blank. You will always find a friend in me, and I will fulfil all the promises I have made,—Yours, till death, " VERE." In another he said -46 You alone can save me from destruction. I have been all day at the Cups, and have done nothing but drink. What I want of you is to make me give up drinking, and I could do it for your sake. (A laugh.) I have got up from my bed to write this. (Renewed laughter.) Come what may, I will never desert you." In another letter the defendant stated that he had been at a ball, and he felt the effects at five o'clock the following morning. He also said that he was going out to dine at Thompson's, whom she knew as the man with the glass in his eye and red mous taches. (Laughter.) In one of the other letters that was read the de fendant concluded by stating that the tea-kettle was boiling over, and he had just taken up the kettle-holder to remove it from the fire. (Laughter.) There were a number of other letters of a similar character, and when they had been read the case for the plaintiff was closed. Mr. Hawkins then addressed the jury for the de fendant, and he contended that, in the first place, there was not the slightest evidence upon which they would be justified in forming the conclusion that the def en d an t had ever promised to marry the plaintiff. He said that he could not deny that the defendant had written a number of very silly, rub bishing letters to the plaintiff; but they only, as it appeared to him, tended to show the character of the intimacy that existed between them, and that they negatived the supposition that the defendant entertained any idea of marriage. He then, stated rated the second and third, and a similar d istance the third and fourth. that his learned friend had neglected to inform them 1 that the plaintiff was in reality _ the daughter of a cabman at Colchester, and he asked the jury whe ther it was likely that if the de fendant, e an officer in been her Majesty's army, had ever that such . terms h b e ee in n t a e w nd a e r d e ,with her, at.; to lead to a supposition to martT her, her parents would not ha a v t e of the fact, an d would have been brou g h t courtship witnesses in her behalf, but instead of is, no one I was called but the person who kept the tobacconist's shop, where this extraordinarywas re presented to have taken place. (A laugh.) He s hould, therefore, contend that there was n o evi dence of any mutual engagement to marry ha ving taken aving t a ken place betwee n these p arties, but he said if the jury should be of opinion that there was an y such evidence he should show that the character and con duct of the plaintiff were such after the promise was alleged to have been made that the defendant was ' justified in breaking it. ' Witnesses were then examined whose evidence wen: - to show that the plaintiff was in the habit of going t,.' the camp at Colchester very late at night and that si'lle had conducted herself on several ocea: sions in an hi2moral manner. Mr. Baron 81. - am well having briefly summed up, the jury immedia tely returned a verdict for the defendant. His lordship certifie,i that it was a fit case to be tried by a special jury. LATEST BETTING,. GOODWOOD STAKESn 10 to 1 agst Rather High colt 12 to 1 agst Myrtle 1000 to 80 agst Canary 1000 to 60 agst Magnum Bonum. 20 to 1 agst Audrey 20 to 1 agst Hartington 25 to 1 agst Rapparee 40 to 1 agst Rubicon 50 to 1 agst Montebello GOODWOOD CUP. 3to lon the field (offered) 9to 2 agst Fairwater SOUTHAMPTON RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Stewards' Plate of 5 sous each, with 50 addel; weight for age ; the winner to be sold for 200 soya ; if entered to be sold for 100 soya, ailowed 71b ; if not to be sold, to carry 51b extra. Half a, mile. Mr. Mellon's Strawberry Vill, 7st 111 b (£100) .. (Page) 1 Mr. Saunders's Mountain D oe, 7st 111 b (MOO) (Pearson) 2 Mr. Shelley's Vive la Reine, Bst Mb (J. Snowden) Mr. Stevens's Miss Edmonds Iton, 7st 111 b (£loo)(Payne) Mr. W. Day's Canzonette, Bst' 91b (J. Adams) 5 Mr. R. Lawe's Draft, Bst (£lO 0) (D. Hughes) 6 Betting-6 to 4 agst Strawberry Hill, 3to 1 agst Moun tain Do.e, 4 to 1 agst Vive la Reioe. The favourite was the quickest on her legs, and she got away with a clear lead, and made the running throughout, CROWN SIM. winning by th ree parts of a length ; two lengths separated (Before Mr. Baron Ma,-tin.) the second and third, and Miss Edmondson was a bad Maurice O'Connell, 25, a private in the Royal fourth. The winner was not claimed. Artillery, was indicted for a felonious , ssauit upo n The South Hampshire Stakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft, and t... Adelaide Whatnell. only sif declared, with 100 added; winners extra. Once nieuoly round (about a mile and a half). The prisoner was also charged with felt: do her Lord Palnierston's Spencer, 4 yrs, Bst 31b.... (C. Gray) 1 wounding the prosecutrix with intent to' s Innellan, 7st 61b (inc 71b extra) some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Wyndham' (J. Adams) 2 Mr. Woollett conducted the prosecution- Mr. W. Day's Quicksilver, 4 yrs, 6st 131b..(5. Adams) 3 The first charge was proceeded with, and the 1 Or. Fuller's Walpole, 3 yrs, 7st llb (car 7st 31b) offence imputed to the prisoner appeared to have (J. Snowden) 4 W . E van s's Don John, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Page) 5 been committed under the most aggravated circum- ivirr, stances_ The prosecutrix is a married woman, the I , hc following also ran .—Overton and St. Lawrence. wife of a basket maker residing at Shoebury, near Be tt in g — T to 4 agst Innellan, 7 to 2 each agst Walpole Southend, and on the evening of the 17th of May and Sp , enter. she was on her way home with a child in her arms, The Ctree favourites got off together, and they laid in in a lonely place not far from the sea, when she saw front to th. 1 wood on the far side, where Don John took up the prisoner looking at her from behind a hedge, the running, -gtho retired,i sln and he held the lead till after rounding the when he dropped back beaten, and Walpole and when she came up to him he made an indecent Quicksilver, who had been lying off, turn for hermit proposal to her. She told him that her husband went to the froilt ; e andite d lla i n n t hif3r and oont htSeptrhe threene cer was coming up, and upon this the prisoner made L h ' i til , l n p W e la e c r a e g l soon after taking" use of a filthy expression and seized hold of her. Walpolee s in e At the foot of the She resisted violently, and in the struggle they came on together, S"x en both rolled over a ridge of cliffs, and, when they k ileverly by a length; a head between closure, and winning came to the bottom, the prisoner beat the unfortu-ii, valpole was fourth; and the others the second and third; nate woman in a most brutal manner, knocked out were beaten a long way. three of her teeth, and dragged her along for a The Town Stakes of 3 sem, s each, with 25 added ; weight considerable distance, until she became quite insen- for age, w ith selling allowances. One mile Bible, and he then committed the offence imputed to .... r 3 yrs, Est 3lb (£4O) Mr. him. He then ran off, and two other soldiers came ' Howell's Consternation, (Arnold) 1 up shortly afterwards and discovered the prosecu- Mr. Price's Liberality, 3 yrs, G h .t 3lb (X 40).. (E. Taylor) 2 trix in a most dreadful condition, covered with Mr. Howell's Mary Stuart, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (£4o)..(Webb) 3 blood, her clothes nearly torn from her, and her Mr. Freeman's Chrysalis, 3 yrs ,. Gat 31b (£4O) (S. Adams) 4 stockings and clothes full of sand, and the prisoner, Bettin Even on Consternation , 2to 1 a g st Liberalit y , g— who appeared to be the worse for liquor , was pur- sto 2 agst Mary Stuart. sued and taken into custody. The favourite waited upon Liberality and Chrysalis till The prisoner, in his defence, made a statement I they got half way up the straight, and then he drew away attacking the character of the prosecutrix, for which and won easily by a length and a half; a bad third. The e the evidence did not appear to give the least foun- winner was sold for 95 gs. The Maiden Two-Yr-Old Plate of 40 sous; colts, Bst 71b; dation. The Jury, after a very short deliberation, re- fillies, Bst 41b ; selling allowanoeo. T.Y.C. turned a verdict of guilty. Mr. W. Day's Plunkett colt, 7st 111 b (£5 . 0) (J. Adams) 1 Mr. Baron Martin said that the prisoner had Mr. South's Pearl colt, Bst 21b (£100) ......... (C. Gray) 2 M Webb's Village Lad, Bst 21b (£100)...... (Pearson) 3 been convicted of one of the most atrocious cases of --r. ' - Mr. Lawe's Draft, 7st 1 llb (£.30) ., . (Prior) 4 rape he had ever heard of, and he felt it his duty sing-wallah and Edmondson also ran. to pass upon him the extreme sentence of the law, Bettivg-7 to 4 each agst the Plunkett coif and Sing which was that he be kept in penal servitude for' the rest of his life. wallah. The Pead colt made play to the distance, where the __ Plunkett colt made his effort, and, after a good race, won by a neck; villa, lad was a bad third; Singwallah and Miss Edmondson bolted when the Sag fell, and took no part in the race. The Stand Plate (Handictap of 70 soya, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 soya' each, 2 ft. T.Y.C. Mr. South's Michel Grove, by Rattle—Hoyden, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Payne) 1 Lord Palmerston's Spencer, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b J. Snowden) 2 Mr. H. Goatees Caliber, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (car Bst 111 b) (Gray) 3 Mr. Turner's Lady Clare, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Peppler) 4 Betting-5 to 2on Spencer, 4to 1 agst Michel Grove. The last-named wade most of the running, and won cleverly from the favourite, Calibart finishing a moderate third. The Scurry Handicap St:tkes of 3 soya each, with 30 added. T.Y.C. Mrs. Osbaldeston's Rosabella. 3 yro 6st, 111 b (S.Adams) 1 Mr. T. Hughes's Real Jam, 3 yrs, 7st 91b.. (J. Adams) 2 Mr. South's Michel Grove, 3 yrs, Bsl .- 21b .. (Payne) 3 Mr. Sadd's Commander, 3 yrs, 7st 21b .. (Pearson) 4 Betting-7 to 4 each agst Rosabella and Commander, 4 to 1 agst Michel Grove. Won by half a length; two lengths Letwetm the second and third. —... SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM SUMMER MEETING.---JULY 23. The Bunney-Park Stakes, of 5 sovs each, with 50 sovs added ; for two-yr. olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b. Certain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. Mr, Hargreaves's Country Maid, Bst 71b (Bullock) 1 Mr. R. C. Naylor s Abbotsfordian, Bst 71b .. (Chatloner) 2 Mr. Barber's Huntress, Bst 41b Betting- 6 to son the Country Maid, 6to 4 agst Abbotsfordian, and 10 to 1 agst Huntress. Abbotsfordian led to the straight, where the favourite went up to him, and the pair ran abreast to the half dis tance. Country Maid there quitted Abbotsfordian and won with ease by a length; Huntress beaten off. The Portland Handicap Plate, of 50 sovs, for all ages. Winners extra. One mile. Lord Westmoreland's Bones, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Barber's Abron, aged, 9st Mr. Mundy's Bolero, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordham) 3 Mr. Lincoln's Tourist, 2 yrs ' E s t Mr. Hodgman's Sagittarius, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Reeves) 5 Mr. Taylor's Vigil, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (H. Grimshaw) 6 Mr. Devereux's Bceotia, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (parried Est 51b) (H. Taylor) 7 Betting-5 to 2 agat Sagittarius, 3to 1 agst Bolero, sto 1 each agat Abron and Virgil, and 10 to 1 agst Bones. Tourist was first off, with Virgil and Bcootia in attend ance, and the two favourites waiting. Those three re mained in front to the bend, where Abron went up to him, and led into the straight, followed by Virgil. Bones now crept gradually forward, and Bolero took third place. At the distance Bones and Abron were abreast, and a fine race from that point ended in favour of the young one by a neck. Bolero finished two lengths from the second, and a length before Tourist. The rest were widely spread. The Nottingham Nursery Plate Handicap of 100 soya for 3-yr-olds. Winners extra. Half mile straight. Mr. W. Wilson's Cairncastle, Bst 41b (Fordham) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Merry Hart, Bst 81b ....(Goater) 2 Mr. Handley's Declaration, 7st 71b (includinlb extra (H g s Grimshaw) ) 3 Mr. R. Sutton's Semley, 6st 71b (J. Plumb) 4 The following also ran :—Boatswain, Wax, Fanfreluche, Countess, and Hugh Lupus. Betting-5 to 1 each agst Cairncastle and Merry Hart, 6to 1 each agst Declaration, Fanfreluche, Countess, and Hugh Lupus, and 10 to 1 each agst Wax and Semley. COUNTRY MA RK_EI )5: Countess and the two favourites ran in front for a quar ter of a mile, where Cairncastle took up the running ; De claration immediately afterwards mended his position, and at the stand was close up with the leaders, Countess then dropped back, and Semley took her place. The rear rank now began to spread, and Cairncastle, carrying on the run ning to the end, won cleverly by half a length ; Declara tion was a neck only from Merry Hart; Semley was a moderate fourth, Hugh Lupus fifth, and Countess sixth. Fanfreluche and Boatswain were the last two. The Chesterfield Handicap, of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 soya added. The second received back his stake. Win- ners extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Astley's Atherstone, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (inc 101 b extra) (Fordham) 1 Mr. Barber's Coronet, 5 yrs, 7st (G. Noble) 2 Mr. Buckley's Wynnstay, 4 yrs, 7st Sib (H. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. Hodgman's Otho, 3 yrs, sst 71b .... (J. Grimshaw) 4 The following also ran :—The Monk, Croagh Patrick, Confectioner, Trapcage, and Ross. Betting-7 to 4 agst Atherstone, 4to 1 agst Otho, 100 to 15 agst Confectioner, 8 to 1 agst Coronet, and 100 to 12 agst The Monk. Otho, with Confectioner, Coronet, and Trapcage next, _ _ _ made running at a good pace, Atherstone lying off, with Croagh Patrick, The Monk, and Wynnstay behind him. Coronet disposed of the other two at the straight, where Atherstone, apparently shut out, began to creep up on the outside ; Wynnstay followed him through the crowd, and the two went together to the front, but Coronet was not caught until ho was within the distance. Atherstone then challenged, and a very fine race ended in his favour by a neck; Wynnstay lost second money by two lengths, and Otho finished a length from him ; Confectioner was fifth, and Croagh Patrick sixth. The Grand Stand Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for all ages. Optional selling weights and allowances. Half a mile. Mr. Saxon's Douche, 2 yrs, Est 41b, £5O .... (Midgeley) 1 Mr. R. Lawson's Curatrix, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b £5O (J. Doyle) 2 Mr. R. Sutton's Semley, 2 yrs, Gst 31b, £20.. (J . Plumb) 3 Mr. Osborne's Ripley, 2 yrs, Gst 71b, £50.... (Whiteley) 4 Mr. Barnes's Factory Girl, 2 yrs, 6st, £2O (J.Grimshaw) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Semley, sto 2 agst Douche, 3to 1 agst Ripley, and 5 to 1 agst Curatrix. Douche made all the running, with Curatrix lying second. Nothing was near the two as they passed the stand, and Douche won cleverly by a neck ; three lengths between second and third. The winner was sold to Capt. King for 120 guineas. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, 3-yr-olds, Bst 31b; four, 9st 71b ; five, 9st 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 131 b. Two miles. Mr. Barber's Doncaster, 5 yrs (Fordham) 1 Mr. W. Owen's Brilliant, 4 yrs .. (Goater) 2 Mr. Osborn's Tythonius, 3 yrs (Whiteley) 3 Mr. Fobert's Retento, 3 yrs (Doyle) 0 Betting—Even on Brilliant, 5 to 2 agst Doncaster, 6 to 1 agst Tythonius, and 8 to 1 agst Retcnto. Tythonius, with Doncaster second and the favourite third, made the running into the cutting. Brilliant then took it up, and came on slightly in advance of Doncaster to the stand. A magnificent race then took place, which Don caster won by a neck, Tythonius b ein g a bad third; Retento did not pass the post. The Forest Plato Handicap of 50 soya, for all ages; w i n _ ners extra. Five furlongs. Mr. Bowles's Hetty, 5 yrs, 7st Slb (in. 51b ex) (T. French) 1 Mr. R. Walker's Astart e, 4 y rs, Est 11Ib (J. Doyl e ) 2 Mr. Eskritt's Lapid ar y , 3 y rs, Est 61b........ (Mid g le y ) 3 .. Mr. Barber's Abron , a g ed, 7st 131 b (in 51b ex) (Fordham ) 4 M M r r J A m o b s cbro:n , s Goldseeker, ys P aler mo, 3y 4 yrs, Est yrs, 6 41 b ..... (C onnor ) 5 Est t . 41b .. (Whiteley) 6 B e tti n g-2 to 1 each agst Abron and Hetty; 4 to 1 agst Astarte ; and 5 to 1 agst Lapidary. Goldseeker and Astarte led abreast round the bend, and after running a short way up the straight Goldseeker gave way to Abron and Astarte. Hetty wen t u p t o them a t th e distance, and WOll may by a length; half a length sopa- MARKET HARBOROUGH—Tr ESDA.Y. White wheat, 58s to 608; red, 50s to 53s per 3\ 5 atone. Barley at 35s to 37s per qr., grinding 30s to 338 per 30 at. Oats, 24s to 29s per 24 at. ; beans, 45s to —s:; new, ..40s to 43s per qr. HULL-TITESD.XY. -- - Wheat.... Old white.... per qr —s Od to —8 0 Old red ,, New white .. ~ New red .... " Dantzic, Konb , &e. old white 55s Od to 60 s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French sBs Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red.. St. Petersburg and Riga, old 5OB Od to 52s Od Barley.... English malting 3 3148 Od to 37s Od Grinding 8 Od to 338 Oa Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 36s Od Grinding 3OB Od to 31s Od Oats English, new Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2}d to 13d Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to Oal3d Swedish and Danish 0812%d to 0813 d ' Beans ....English, old, per qr New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian .. 38s Od to 40s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing a,..... 40s Od to 52s Od Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 0 oto £9 5 0 Foreign 815 oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 MELTON MOWBRAY—TunsDAY. The following were the currencies :—White wheat, 60e Od to 62s Od; red, 52s Od to 55s per 36 stone; beans sold at 48s to —s for old ; new sorts, —s per 38 st. ; barley, 34s to 38s for malting, and 31s to 33s per qr. for grinding; oats, 24s to 32s Od per 24 stone. LYNN—TUESDAY. New white ..59s to 61s I Barley. ..... .....30s to 32s .. 55s to 57s I Oats ... ~.20s to 26s Beans .40s to 44s I Peas ,40s to 44s FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. July 19. via Marseilles ... Aug. 12. Srazil 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;l9. via Marseilles ...July 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. July 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton July 30. via Marseilles July 24. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet July 23. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. July 23. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Aug. 10. Bahamas, via New York July 31. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 July 29. California, and British Columbia.. BIRTHS. CARNARVON.—On the 21st inst., at 17, Bruton-street, the Countess of Carnarvon, of a son, stillborn. GoupoN.—On the 22d inst., at 1, Halkin-strect west, Bel grave-square, the wife of Cosmo Duff Gordon, Esq., of a son. PECHELL.—On the 21st inst.,, at Aberbraint, Anglesey, the wife of Mark Robt. Pechell, Esq., Commander R.N., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BEVAII—RUSSELL.—On the 22d inst., at Woburn Church, Francis A. Bevan, son of Robert C. L. Bevan, Esq., of Trent-park, Middlesex, and Fosbury. Wilts, and Lady Agneta Bevan, to Elizabeth Marianne, third daughter of Lord and Lady Charles Russell. HAY—BREWSTER.—On the 19th inst„ at St. Mary's, West Brompton, Augustus Fred. Hay, to Emily Maude, third daughter of the late Walker Brewster, Esq., of New Bond-street. DEATHS. CURRAN.—On the 19th inst., at The Priory, Rathfaru • ham, near Dublin, John Philpot Curran, Esq., barrister, Inner Temple. FRANCKLIN.—On the 23d inst., at his brother-in-law's re sidence, Gloucester-crescent, Hyde-park, J. Franklin, Esq., of Dinton, Bucks, aged 60. GOTTLTEB.—On the 21st inst., suddenly, at Paris, Fredk V. Gottlieb, Esq., late Storekeeper of H.M.'s Dockyard , Woolwich, aged 76. JOLLIFFE.—On the 23d inst., at 16, Stratton-street, LadY RAPER.—On the 22d inst., at his residence, Hoe Co urt Herefordshire, Lieut.-Colonel Raper, late 19th Foot, aged 73. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN' 4, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct;of the Savoy, in the ConntY Mititilegaz•-111ursiday, July 24, 1862.